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PROFESSIONAL. CARDS. "trosTw^teaslyT^ ATTORNEY AT LAW, HARTWELL, GA. Will practice in Superior Courts of Hart, El bert, Oglethorpe and Madison. Prompt atten tion to collection of claims. ly. R. 11. JONES, ATTORNEY AT LAW, ELBERTON, GA. Special attention to the collection of claims, [ly — W ORLEY, ATTORNEY AT LAW, ELBERTON, CIA. IT7 ILL PRACTICE IN THE COURTS OF VV the Northern Circuitand Franklin county JGgfSpecial attention given to collections. J. S. BARNETT, ATTORNEY AT LAW, ELBERTON, GA. JOEIN T. OSBORN, ATTORNEY AND COUNSELOR AT LAW, EL3EKTON, GA. WILL PRACTICE IN SUPERIOR COURTS and Supreme Court. Prompt attention to the collection of claims. nevl7,ly A. E- HUNTER, M. I). .PRACTICING PHYSICIAN Office over the Drug Store, ELBERTON, GEORGIA. WILL ATTEND PROMPTLY TO . ALL cases. [ Ang22,Gm ELBERTON BUSINESS LAUDS. LIGHT CARRIAGES & BUGGIES. J. IT. ATJLD Carriage to[an ufact’ r ELUERTON, GEORGIA. WITH GOOD WORKMEN! LOWEST PRICES! 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Satisfaction Guaranteed, ANYTHING FRIfM A CRADLE TO A COFFIN Made to order at short notice and in the best manner by JOS. A. WRIGHT, Repairing neatly and promptly executed. SHOP AT FRANK SMITH'S OLD BILLIARD SALOON, FebT—4m. EVERY LADY SHOULD have one of our IMPROVED PL A ITERS, adapted to all kinds of goods, and to all the dif ferent and fasuiouable styles ol Plaiting. Sim ple and easily managed, it is just the article every lady needs. Sent by mail, postage paid, on recept of price, SI.OO, Send for Circular. Address N. Y. TREADLE M’F’G CO., C 4 Cortlandt Street, New York. Feb7—( ; ni. OEND 25c. to G P. ROWELL & CO., New York Ofor Pamphlet of iOO pages, containing lists > of 3,000 newspapers and "stimates showing I cost of adverti : ng. ly —— ' Cl? 1 O a day at home. Agents wanted. Out 1 and terms free. TRUE &CO., Augusta, Maine THE GAZETTE New Series. From the N. 0. Picayune ] THE BLIND BOY. BY ZOE Z. The sun was low in the western horizon one warm afternoon in June, and the long shadows cast by the trees seemed to invite the weary traveler to rest. The birds were seeking their rests for the night, and the little squirrels, so busy all day running and jumping about in quest of nut3 and berries, had already hidden them selves in nooks and corners, that the eyes oi the greedy weasels and opossums might not be cast upon them. The cows slowly strolling home from the pasture, nibbling at tufts of grass growing by the wav-side; the empty plow standing in the half-finished lurrow, and the plow boy sitting sideways on the patient horse, softly humming snatches of love songs, gave to the landscape an air of repose. A little stream dashed in miniature waterfalls over small rocks, or free and independent, glided along to the music of its own harmonious gur gle ; now sparkling and bright as it clasped to its bosom a roseate beam shot from the eye of the departing sun: now coyly wooing deep shadows; anon dancing away, forgetting in its lightheart edness that it might have left sorrow lingering behind. But it cares not. Fit emblem of life. On the road lying upon the bank of this little stream was a traveler who appeared to be a boy of not more than eighteen summers. In his right hand be carried a heavy stick or walking cane. Upon his back was slung a guitar, and as he threw up his broad brimmed hat, the bet ter to inhale the magnolia scented air of the lovely South, you saw that he was blind. To his left nyrist was tied a cord, the other end of which was firmly knotted to a ring in the collar of a white Spitz dog, who was walking along with the solemnity of a judge, seemingly con scious of his great responsibility. At times "he would turn his head and rapidly scan the mo bile features of his master, then with head and ears up march on as before, and with a knowl edge gained from long practice avoid the rough, uneven portions of the road, that his young master, seeing, not might not stumble thereon. “Whist, old boy,’’ said the lad, “do your sharp ears not catch the rumbling noise of wheels?’ And boy and dog stood still and listened. Ere many minutes had e.apscd, farmer Wolcot, in his two horse wagon, drove up “Hi! aye !” cried the farmer as he drew rein aud stopped his team. ‘ What’s all this I see? A minstrel, if 1 judge not wrongly by your ap pearance ” “Yes, sir,” replied too boy; “in that way I make m.y living. May I sing to you, sir?” said he as he unslung his guitar, and dexterously ran his fingers across its strings, strumming the air of a simple melody. “Yes, go on, go on,” said the farmer, “ I love music.” So bid, the blind boy sang in a dear, flute like tenor tone, a song of his own composition. SOHO. My sister and I, as we frolicked at play, Ne’er thought I would soon be n rover, But laughingly romped in the sunshines all day. i Or played hide and seek in the clover. We wandered through meadows and by the b'o ik-side, Or chatted with Fay3 in the gloaming, We ran to wild deer who sought not to hide. But followed us close in our roaming. But all is now changed, for my sister has flown To her home mid the stars ot the nigh! ; I wander and sing but my heart does still moan For tny sweet little angel of light. “Biavo,” cried the cheery voice of the farmer, ‘‘that’s the kind of music I like. But tell me, my lad, have you no father ?” ‘■My father,” replied the boy, died when I was but two years old.” “And your mother, child, how about her?” J As shadows cast by the fleecy clouds of sum mer steal gradually over the surface of water, so settled the gloom of sorrowful thoughts over the face of the minstrel. He took off his hat and rested it upon the head of his cane ere he replied in low trembling accents. “I loved my mother, oh ! so dearly, I would have died for her, but she- died for me. She tended me so carefully t rough my early years, that I was spared the suffering of childhood, and when at 1 the age of seventeen I fell a victim to scarlet fever. I was more dangerously ill than I would have been, probably, had the disease attacked me earlier in life. My mother, my dear, dear ! mother”—and the hoy pressed his Land against his heart, then his lips, apparently to suppress a cough, but in reality to still their tremulous ness—“watched by my bedside night and day, ministering to me as only a mother can. Atter weeks and weeks of suffering T began to amend, but my etes kept growing weaker, and at last when my health was fully restored, daylight faded from my sight and I was left in darkness. But sir, 1 would not then have mourned so, for I was young and my spirit was strong, but my worshiped mother faded away, She did not want to go, sir, she wanted to stay and help me. I wished it could have been so ; for, oh ! what shall I do, what shall I do?” The dog seeing the change in his master’s face, and hearing the sadness in his voice, sat up, crossed his front paws and howled dismally. “Oh, you howling beast of the wilderness,” exclaimed the farmer, as he rapidly descended from the*wagon—“there, take that,” and he stuffed into the dog’s mouth a big sandwich left from his own lunch. Then turning and lay ing his large uand gently upon the blind boy’s shoulder, said, “It is hard, my boy, it is hard, my boy, very hard, but cheer up. Your cloud is black, but do you know I see a big hole right in tim middle of it and the sun shining down eve. so brig')’ ? I do,forright over yonder hill lies my ’arm, ..act it is the most famous piece of land hereabot: I never saw such land for children in ali my liie; why they grow and thrive like young cubs. No one is ever sick there, and such pigs and potatoes, too. I know my wife can find a place to stow you away, so jump into my wagon and we will be home i:. 10 time. xVnd yon, whiner,” said he turning to tue dog and untying tile cord from his col!: :-, “just, you trot on behind, and if you make any more noise I.will throw a biscuit at yen ' Then tho farmer helped his new charge into the wagon, but the faithful dog, true to the best instincts of his nature, bounded like lightning in afn master, and ensconced himself betv.f n . knees. The farmer patted him on tin bead clucked to his horses, and the party were soon lost to view in a turning of the road. Turkey Las five hundred thousand men under arms. ESTAXHLTSLTUITD 1859. ELBERTON* GA., FEB’Y 28,1877. THE OLD MAN WHO SMILED. One tine there was an old man living in Detroit. His l ack was bent, his step was slow, and men gazed upon his snowy locks and wrinkled face and whispered to each other: “He is a good old man who has cot long to live.” The old man had been well off in his day, but when he found himself on the shady side of life, wife dead and home broken up, he said to his only son: “Here, William, take all I have and let your home be my home until 1 die.” The son took the paper—you bet he did! and the father was given a cozy corner, a big chair and a corn-cob pipe. All wont well /or a year or so, and then the son and the son’s wife began to make it uncomfortable for the nice old man in the corner. They threw out hints, de prived him of his comforts, and one cold day in winter he was told that he had better go to Halifax—Nova Scotia. The old man’s heart was sore as he went out it:t) the world to battle against hunger and cold, and when night came he cowered in a door-way and wept like a child. “Who is making that chin music up there!” called a reporter, whose steps had been arrested Ivy the sebs, and he went up the steps, patted the old man on the head, and by and by the story was told. “Come down to the station with me,” said the reporter, taking the old man’s arm. “Your son is first cousin to the man who preferred buzzard to lamb, awful- I’ll help you fix him !” Next morning one of the daily papers contained an item to the effect that an old gentleman named Goodhart had been found wandering the street at. and that when taken to the station 810,000 worth of United States bonds were found on him. The old man read it over three times, slapped his leg as be saw the point, and a beautiful smile covered his face and climbed up through h;3 hah'. In about an hour his son William rushed into the station and called out: “Father, dear father, come home ! All of us were crying all night long, and my wife is now lying in a comatose state on your account!” The old man went home with him, winking at the lamp posts and smiling as he turned the coiners. He bad all his comforts back, and the son bought him a costly pipe and a pair of box toed boots that very day. Well, as time went on the son ventur ed to suggest that the bonds had better be turned over to bin?, and every time be said ‘-bonds'’ the olu man would smile and turn tire subject to patent milk-cans or the necessity pi counter feiters taking more pains with their lead nickles. The other day the father went to bed to die, and he smiled oftener than before as he lay waiting for the summons. The son said his heart was breaking, and then went through the old man’s clothes to find the bonds. He didn’t find any. He searched the bain and the garret and the cellar, and finally when he saw that death was very near he leaned over the bed and whispered : “Father, do you know me ?” “Oh, yes—l know you like a book/’ replied the dying Juan. “And, father, don’t you see that this thing is almost killing me ?” “Yes, William, I see it.” “And, father—those—those —bonds, you know. I suppose you want them used to purchase you a monument"?'’ “Correct, William,” whispered the father, winking a ghastly wink, and as that same old smile,covered his face death came to take him to a better home. When evening fell and the son and the son’s wife weie wildly searching tLe straw bed to get their hands on those bonds, a reporter stood under the gas lamp across the street, and with his thumb on his nose he sweetly called oat: “Sold agin and got the tin—next filial son step forward!’’ ♦ “Young ladies have the privilege of saying anything they please during leap year,” she said, eyeing him out of tho corner of her eye with a sweet look. His heart gave a great bound, and, while he wondered if she was going to ask the question he hhd so long desired and feared to do, he answered: “Yes.” “And the young men must not re fuse,” said she “No, no ! How could they ?” sighed he. “Well, then,” said she, “will you—” He fell on his knees and said : “Anything you ask, my darling.” “Wait till I get through. Will you take a walk, and not hang around our house so much?” and he walked. A boy in a Sunday school proposed a question to be answered the following Sunday: “How many letters does the Bible contain ?” “The answer was 3,530,334.” The then said to James, “Is that right?” “No, sir,” was the prompt reply, “there are twenty-six, sir.” A Connecticut beau sent 3. telegram to 1. . gul, . liwas in New York wish ! ing hc.r .. ’.ferry Christmas,” but omit -I +ed to pay 11.I 1 . ? charge. It cost her 25 ’ ,uts to finu that she was remembered, I p,a.' u ,3- gratit’ de she expressed him a package . itui'iug several coal chunks, /dreh cost hiir fifty five cents to get. He is carrying confectionery to a new place now IHE CONVENTION BILL. The following is the full text of the Convention bill as finally passed by both branches of the legislature : A DILL, To be entitled “An act to provide for the holding of a Cc nvention of the people of Georgia for the purpose of revising the Constitution of said State.” Section 1. Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives and it is hereby enacted by authority of the same, that immediately after the passage of this bill, his excellency, the Governor be, and he is herebj r authorized and required to issue his proclamation, ordering nn election to be held in each and every county of this State, on the second Tues day-in June, 1877, for delegates to a convention of the people of Georgia to convene at the capitol in the city of At lanta on the second Wednesday in July, 1877, for the purpose of revising the Constitution of said State. Provided, nevertheless, that at the election of delegates provided for by the aet, 'the voters may have written or printed on their ballots the word “Con vention” or the words “No Convention.” And if a majority of those voting on the question of holding or not holding a convention shall vote for holding a convention, the Governor shall by proclamation so declare and order delegates so elected to assemble ac cording to the provisions of ifiisact, and if a majority of those voting on the question of holding said convention shall be opposed to said convention, it shall be the duty of the Governor by proclamation so to declaie and order ! that the delegates so elected do not as- ; semble and the convention shall not be held. Section 2. Be it further enacted by ■ the authority aforesaid, That said olec- ) iion shall be held and conducted by the laws of the State, in the same manner and at the same places a3 elections for members of the general assembly are now held in the State ; and the returns of said election shall be in the same j manner forwarded to Abe Governor, who shall issuu '"A electin', to such persons, IRSoseu as delegates to said con vention receiving the hignest number of votes. Section3. Be it farther enacted by thedT.ithor.'' y aforesaid. That represent &£d hr naia'cortvention shall be based npoiT population, in the ratio one dele gate to every six thousand inhabitants, j and to this end each senatorial district in the state, as the districts are now ar ; ranged, shall constitute an election dis- ; tiict from which delegates to said con vention shall be chosen as follows, to wit: From the Ist district, 8 delegates. From the 2d district, 3 delegates. From the 3d district, 2 delegates. From the 4th district, 2 delegates. | From the sth district, 2 delegates. From the Gtli district, 2 delegates. From the 7tli district, 4 delegates. | From the Bth district, 4 delegates. From the 9th district, 3 delegates. From the 10th district, 4 delegates. From the Ush district, 4 delegates. j From the 12th district, 4 delegates, j From the 13th district, G delegates. From the 14th district, 4 delegates. From the loth district, 1 delegate. From the 16th district. 3 delegates. From the 17th district, 5 delegates. From the 18th district, 7 delegates. From tire 19th district, 5 delegates. From the 20th district, 6 delegates. From the 21st: district, 5 delegates. From the 22d district, 8 delegates. From the 23d district, 6 delegates. From the 24th district, 5 delegates. From tde 25th district, 6 delegates. From the 26th district, 4 delegates. From the 27th district,. 6 delegates. From the 28th district, 5 delegates. From the 29tb district, 5 delegates. From the 30th district, 4 delegates. From the 31st district, 3 delegates. From the 32d district 2 delegates. From the 33d district, 4 delegates. From the 34th district, 5 delegates. From the 35th district, 9 delegates. From the 36th district, 6 delegates. From the 37tL district, 6 delegates. From the 38tb district, 3 delegates. From the 39th district, 4 delegates. From the 40th district, 2 delegates. Ffom the 41st district, 3 delegates. From the 42d district, 7 delegates. From the 43d district, 4 delegates. From the 44th district, 3 delegates. Section 4. Be it further enacted by the authority aforesaid that in said elec tion any person shall be entitled to vote who is entitled to vote for members of the general assembly under the present constitution and laws of this State ; and that any person who is entitled to this election shall be eligible as a delegate of said constitutional convention. Section 5 Be it further enacted by the authority aforesaid, that the consti tution adopted by the aforesaid conven tion shall be submitted to the people of Georgia for ratification or rejection, and that every person entitled to vote for members of the general assembly under the present constitution and laws of this State shall be entitled to ratify or i reject said submitted constitution. Section 6. Be it further enacted by | the authority aforesaid, that the sum of | twenty-five thousand dollars or so much j thereof as may be necessary, I#, and the I same is, hereby appropriated to pay the expense of said convention if held, and his excellency, the Governor,' is hereby j authorized to draw his warrant on the treasury for tho samo. Section 7. Be it further enacted by Vol. V.—No. 43. the authority aforesaid that all laws and I parts of laws in collict with this act be, and the same are hereby, repealed. A SOFT ANSWER. The husband was of quick temper, and often inconsiderate. They had not been married a year, when one day, in a fit ot hasty wrath, ho said to his wife. “I want no correction from you. If i you are not satisfied with my conduct j you may return to the home whence I j took yon and find happiness with your j kind.” | “If I leave you.” returned the unhap py wife, “wFI you give me back that which I brought to yon ?” -“Every dollar. I covet r.ot your wealth, you shall have it all back.” “Ah!” she answered, “I meau not the wealth of gold. I thought not of dross; I I mean my maiden heart— my first and I only love—my buoyant hopes ; and the promised blessing of my womanhood. Can yon give these to me?” A moment of thought—of convulsion i —and then taking her into his arms : “No, no, my wife I cannot do that, | but I will do more; I will keep them henceforth unsullied and unpained. I cherish your blessings as my own ; and never again will I forget the pledge I gave at the altar when you gave your peace and happiness in my keeping ” How true it is that a soft answer turnetb away wrath! and how many of the bitter strifes of domestic life might be avoided by remembering and acting in accordance therewith ! ♦ #B> ♦- ORIGIN OF EMINENT MEN. John Smith was the son of bis father. He formerly resided in New York and other places He has removed to San T i an cisco now. Wrn. Smith was the son of his mother. This party's grandmother is deceased. She was a brick. John Biown was the son of old Brown. The body of the latter lies mouldering iu the grave. Henry Jones w r as the son of a cook. William Jones was the son of a gun. Jonh Jones was a son of temperance. In early life Gabriel Jones was usual ly a shoemaker. He is a shoemaker yet. Previous to the ago of eighty-five, Ca ieb Jones bad never given any evidence of extraordinary ability. 110 has never given any since. Patrick Murphy is said to have been of Irish extraction. James Patterson was the son of a common weaver, who was so miracu lously poor, that bis friends were engag ed to believe that in case the Scriptures were strictly carried out, he would “in herit the earth.” He never got his prop erty. William Patterson, better known as “Billy,” parentage uncertain. William was trained for a prizefighter until he was knocked out of time into eternity. His assailant has never been identified, but suspicion has always rested on his mot her in law. LOOKING AFTEE THEIE FAMILIES. Avery searching investigation was carried on a few years ago in tho north of England by two families who were searching up their respective ancestry. The strife'was great between them, each one determining to look back into anti quities fu? ther than the other. One of the families, whose name was Spencer, employed an artist to paint an historic scene, representing the building of the ark and the loading up of the ship by Noah and his sons with its multifarious and various cargo. On the gangplank leading to the deck of the arlt two men were seen rolling up a large box. on one side of which was painted in large let tors : “Relics, insignia and papers be longing to the Spencer family.” Tins was considered a coup d'etat hard to beat, but the other family, determined not to be outdone in the antediluvian pretenses of their name, prepared at a great cost and research a record of their antiquity. In describing the exploits of one of their ancestors, at a very early day, who was represented as a man of some authority, this remarkable passage occurs: “During this year Adana and Eve were driven out of Paradise.” 4 ♦ Blanket was onced engaged in a case, when toward the end of the afternoon, when it became a question whether the Court should proceed or adjourn till tire next day. Plunket expressed his will ingness to go on if the jury would “set.” “Sit, sir, sit,” said the presiding Judge; “not ‘set;’ hens set.” “I thank you, my lord,” said Plunket. The case proceed ed, and presently the Judge had occa sion to observe that if that were the case he feared the action would not “lay.” “Lie, my lord, lie,” exclaimed the barris ter ; “not ‘lay ;’ hens lay.” ♦ -t Thanks and a thousand of them to that unknown genius who intrusted a trunk, with a hive of bees in it, to the tender mercies of a Syracuse baggage master, the other day. The company will pay for the bees, and the doctor thinks his patient will be around again in a fort night or so. An old farmer, riding in a lumber wagon with his son, when passing over a rough place, fell off, and coming into close contact with the wheel, he cried, out, “My neck is broke !” His son ex pressing some doubt as to the case being quite so bad, the old man responded with some spirit, “Don’t you s'pose 1 know !” DIED or A LAWSUIT. A tattered memorandum book was re cently found on the steps of ti very hum ble dwelling “out Wost.” Some of the entries are as follows : “My father had a slight misunder standing with a neighbor about a divis ion of a fence, which he had inherited from my grandfather. After Several dis putes be consulted a lawyer, who had a good many children, but little practice. This was fatal. A suit was commenced. “Several years ago my lawyer said I must get ready for the trial. I did so, and went to Court at every term. But was postponed on eyery pretense which human ingenuity could invent. “1870. March term.—Counsel for de fendant moved for continuance, because he was engaged in the Court of Com mon Pleas. Court granted the motion, but intimated with great dignity that such an excuse would never avail with him again, “September term.—Counsel trying a case in an adjoining county. Judge hesitated, but yielded “December term.—Defendant very ill. Proved by tho certificate of a respecta ble physician. “1872. March term.—Counsel has made an engagement to meet a client from New York, who could not conven iently leave his business again. Contin ued, the Judge suggested that New York clients might find counsel nearer home. “1873. September term. —Carried the title deeds to my lawyer. Surveyor ex amined the premises, and said the de fendant had encroached upon me. But another surveyor, (partner and pupil of the first one,) said that my deed spoke of a hackmatack stump in the line of the fence, a foot in diameter ; whereas, the only tree anywhere in the fence was a pepperidgo tree not moro than seven inches across ; case postponed to employ other surveyors. “December term.— Counsel agreed that Court might visit promises in dis pute. Judge consented to go, provided nobody went with them to explaiu and confess. Next morning a heavy snow fell, and boundaries were covered. Case continued. “1874. September term.—Motion to postpone, on tho ground that tho de fendant’s attorney wished to be absent hunting a few days. Motion prevailed. I remonstrated, my counsel said the law yers wore very accommodating gentle men, and the courtesies of the bar re quired it. “1875. March term.—One of the ju rors taken sick. Motion to go on with ihe trial with eleven jurors. Defend ant’s counsel objected with great strength of voice, and demanded a full jury trial, pure and simple. I think lie called it the “palladium of our liberties.” Case postponed. “September term.—Received a bill for retainers, term fees* Clerk’s fees, and expenses. One item was for tho amount of a retainer which my lawyer had de clined from the defendant. Offered him the farm, provided 1 gain tho case. He said this would not be deemed honora ble practice, but ho would take it [and give me credit as far as it went. “Took the cars for the West, coming mostly on freight trains and after night fall. “Mem.—Don’t forget the inscription for my tombstone—‘Here lies one who did of a lawsuit bequeathed by his father.' ” —[Hartford Courant. WHAT A VAG COULDN’T STAND. Yesterday morning a man about 28 years old, who had been loafing around the Central depot for several days, was taken to task by a hotel-runner for not finding work “Haven’t I walked from Hamtrame to Springwells, and from the Holden road to the river, asking everybody for work?” whined the vagrant “I’m willing to do anything to make a shilling. I'll shovel snow, clean out cars, drive team— hang it! I’ll jump in the river for pay.” The runner beckoned him aside, and told him of a plan by which ho could make a raise of cash. The vag agreed and he was taken into an ally off Front street. The runner drew a pail of cold water, seated the vagrant on a box, and said: “It’ll take about four pails of water to wet you up, but there’s money in it. As soon as I souse you good and strong, you run around on Third street, say you fell into tho river and lost a good watch and S2OO and the crowd will got up a collection for you. Shut your teeth now.” He lifted the pail of ice water, and dashed it on his fellow conspirator. There was a yell loud enough to be heard at the depot, and the vag almost jumped out of his boots. “W-what-p’leece—hold on—murder!” he gasped as the icy currents run down his spinal column. “Keep still, there, and thiuk of tho collection !” ordered the runner. “I can't—ooh—Lordy—ouch—whoop! Where’s a stove—where’s a fire !” “You won t make a cent,” protested the runner. “I can’t help it —I don’t caro for mon ey ! Get me in somewhere where I can warm up, and I’ll cross to Canada on the ice in two hours! I can stand kicks, frostbites, and hunger, but— but—!” He galloped up the alley just ahead of the eecoed pailful, and as lie flew up Third street, and turned up in Wood bridge, a drayman struck at him with a stake, and called out: “Stop thief—pickpocket jumped off the railroad boat!” [Detroit Free Press. Scene in a police court —Judge: “Pris oner, I find you guilty of intoxication in the public streets. The punishment is $lO or ten days. Which will you take?” Prisoner: “I take the $lO, your honor.” -• * ♦ “My son,” said X, kindly, to his youthful heir, “accustom yourself to be polite to the porter, the servant girl, the coachman, to all tho servants; thus yon will come in time to 1 e courteous to all people, even*to vour parents.”