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■ever was so insulted in my
■claimed Mrs. Gordon, an
■ th, cosy sitt ng room where
■nsban.l sad enjoying his
■ p iper and a cigar as only
■fslave of civilization and
enjoy these emblems
Hem progress.
Hiat s the matter, Em ? he ask
Hncing up fr.nn ‘political sift
Ho look in some surprise at
Hulie.l face and sparkling
■ •One of the youngsters re-
H ?”
H no! They are both in bed
H, the darlings ! Hut —of
you remember Mrs. Per
Biait to ns last week ?’
Hfectly well,' responded Mr.
with some show of inter
Hr Mrs Perkins was a very
woman, and anugreableone
(11. do you know she had the
bbvM- - * ‘ “T' « A1..1 T
jealous she dared not ad-
Llf a dozen words to you
\ the whole evening ? And
[on sang together for two
Lours, ending with a gameoi
I Now don’t laugh, Ed I
[illy insulted 1 1 have the
In idea of hospitality, and
L violated it shamefully.' she
■mw! don’t be foolish!' said
litL that masculine expression |
lerior wisdon which is so ex
■ting to the average woman.
Ibt if she even dreamed such
■use, You should not be
■all you hear.’
lit Polly never told a fib in her
len it s a pity she has com
led such a habit in her old
Blward!’
By dear, that's the worst of
B amiable sex; you are always 1
Budv to unite eu masse against
particularly if she be
(lordon colored very deep
Bdoutillin'; you can lay that
Bo my charge. E 1; 1 never was
or jtalous in my life, can
an instance of it ?’ she
B
B "’as the hesitating response |
B» a little shamefacedly; it is
■ward to he drawn from gener
ic individual cases. Then I
thought struck him, and I
to give a graceful j
to hisemharrassinent by ail!
That is why your anger at
B ■nndl trifle sir prises me so
B 0 you call it a trifle to be held
I 1" r ’dicule of friends and |
lli gerß, ar.d contemned for
leaknesa you have never possess
[liat depends. Your friends I
b •'° u 00 well to believe such 1
[ ' V * lv nee d you care for their
rill b'it then ? As for strain I
P tl,b y not count until they
f bbise d tq be such, Beside,
r ■ 1,1 1 erkius has tow much
H to bft rnuu ing about talking
hut yon.’
Weekly Gwinnett Herald.
TYbK.lt M. PKKPbES, 1
Kditok and I’roprutor. j
‘/ forgot to say that the remark
in question was made at the weekly
sewing circle ’
‘Phew! If your reputation as an
amiable wife lies in the hands of
those estimable ladies and Miss
Platt—’
•Ed, I won’t have Polly insulted
even by you! She is truth and
honor itself. But she is plain,and
not very young, and, of course,
fair game for Mrs. Perkins admir
ers.’
Mr«. Gordon spoke with some
heat, and her husband looked at
her quizzically.
‘Meauing me, little worn in?—
Now don’t be xo hard ou a fellow.
What do you want me to do ?
Challenge Perkins, or kiss his wife
I’d as soon do one as the other
you know.’
A sweeter tempered woman than
Emily never lived, and at this
speech she forgot her anger and
laughed outright
‘You saucy boy ! Do the last
named, of couse; no doubt it will
be the more severe punishment of
the t wo. But seriously, Ed, don t
you think it is very treacherous
and mean of Mrs. Perkins to serve
me so? And can yon blame me
for being angry ?’
‘Oh, well, I don’t know—lile is
too short for quarrels; and she is
only a pretty butterfly, not worth
being angry with. I wouldn t
mind it, Em, if I were you; it’s
only worth a second though!,.'
‘I wonder if men are as indiffer
ent to small ofl'enseß as they rp
pear ?' she thought. It is so easy
to bear another’s giiev incesl Of
course it’s only my vanity that is
hurt,; I admit that ; but would
Ed beor a similar insult better
than I ?
She thought not; still,as he was e
asoue“6\ n
the subject drop for the time be e
ing, . , 1
A day or two later, chancing to
pass her husband’s palce of busi. <
ness ou her way to market, she i
ran in for a moment to ask some
question about his secret wishes
on the subject of dinner. M*
Gordon, all smiles and gallantry,
was chatting gayly with a little
woman who sustained her part ot
the conversation with much co
quettish archness This little wo
man was Mrs Perkins, and Emily
I paused a moment, not knowing
! whether, to advance or to recede.
Neither observed her. liowever.
‘You must come and see us
I soon,’ Kdward was saying, in the
most cordial way. ‘Tell Perkins
to come in the eveuiug, and we i
have a game of cards ; my wife will
Le delighted—’
At this very moment fate elect
ed that he should look over his
| f air caller’s ringleted head into
I that of. his wife’s indignant face,
j A moment later, and before Mrs
I Perkins had noticed the sudden
stop and its cause, Em ly walked
j swiftly out of the store.
She was very angry Can yon
blame her f /t was bad enough
when Edward gently insinuated
that she was quarrelsome and bus
ty ; but to openly ally bimselt with
her small foe was shameful—yes,
shameful! She cried bitterly when
j she reached home, and for two
! hours, considered herself the most
ill used woman in the world; when
she had pat that mood behind her,
and assumed an air of quiet die
pleasure and dignity, it was din
ner time, and Mr Gordon, some
what timidly made his appear
ance.
She was quite civil to h.m, and
devoted all the time she could
| spare from Master Walter, her
eldest hm, to some chilly cocver
j sation with the master of the
j house. But he, knowing just how
I muph that, was worth, felt decided
! ly uncomfortable.
I ‘Why didn’t you stop a minute
! longer at the store, Era f
Lawrenceville, 31-a. Wednesday August, 15 1883
with a desperate attempt to ap
pear at ease ‘Mrs Perkins would
have been pleased to see you I
am sure.
‘.Mrs Perkins is very kind,’ re
plied Emily. ‘1 am sorry the pleas
nre is not mutual.’
Niwhm ! You don't mean to
say that you are silly enough to
resent that nonsensical remark she
is accused of making r
‘The remark she made, if vou
please, Edward. There is bo doubt
on the subject whatever. And 1
do resent it most bitterly.’
“M ell, well! women are all
alike !’ cried Mr Gordon, in the
way that may always lie expected
of a man a husband ‘Really,
Emily, lam ashamed of you! If
Flora used her tongue too freely,
I'm sure she meant no harm—a
joke probably. She inquired for
you most kindly this morning, and
will be grieved and hurt if you
treM her coolly. I hope, if she
comes here, nothing unpleasant
will occiu\’
Emily’s eyes flashed.
‘Did you ever know me to in
sult a guest, in my house ? Bnt
she won't come, rest assured of
tli it. Although she inquired for
me so sweetly and innocently this
morning, she knows perfectly well
how I feel toward her; for Polly,
with her usual frankness, told her
that she had repeated her words
to me, and that I expected an apol
ogy for them.'
•Phew !' whistled Mr Gordon.
‘This is worse than I expected. It
seeins to me tiiat Miss PAtt is a
th‘Bt class mischief maker.
‘Polly has only done her duty
as a friend ; she loves me too well
to hear me lightly spoken of with
out resentment, an 1 is loyal
enough to openly enroll herself as
rav chamninn ’
each other’s petty quarrels, a pret
ty mess society would be in.
•You think, then, that every in
dividual should stand alone ? Unit
no matter how intimate the rela
tion between two people, the in
suits offered to one should be ig
uored by the other?'
*Mo3t decidedly.’
•I don't agree with you, Edward;
more, I think you are mirtaken in
your belief Mow ever, life ia
long; we shall see. And now, if j
you please wo will drop the sub
ject at once, and forever.’
Emily’s lips were closed firmly
together, and the meal was con
eluded in silence which was most
unusual in that happy little house
hold.
It was on a chilly day in autumn 1
that Mr Gordon, arriving home
somewhat Inter than usual, burst
into his wife’s presence in such a
hurry that he did not wait co
remove overcoat oi hat. hi his I
hand he held au open letter, and
l is face • as flushed an angryd.
•Read ; hat!’ he cri< d, throw ing
the letter into her lap.
Won leringly, Emily did s<>
The no e ran aB follows :
‘Dear Brown : -Don’t let Gor
don known I ordere Imy last lot
of goods from you. He s a pe
culiar fellow, and might take of-
I sense. ours, &c >
Irving Perkins.
Well?’ said Emily, looking at
her irate partner with inquiring
eyes.
‘Did you ever hear of sncli im
pudence V blustered Gordon. A
•peculiar’ fellow indeed! Don’t
yull see —l e insinuates that I’m en
vious of Brown’s trade.
Emily bad opened her lips to
assent to this proposition when a
sudden .honght caused her to dose
them firmly again. Surely her en
emy was well delivered into her
hand !
•Oh, I don’t think he means that
she said, carelessly. -Probably he
was joking, or _
‘Does this look like a joke » was
the angry interpretation.
‘The lettei may be a forgery ;
perhaps he never wrote it at all,
demurely continued Emily
‘Never wrote it, what do yoh
mean?' cried Edward, his angry
passion rising rapidly, ‘I d stake
my existence on Brown, he never
did a dishonerable set in his 'life •
‘Then it's a pity he liafe com
menced such a bad habit in bis
old age,' said Emily gravfcly. tho
lier eves twinkled.
She was a fair mimic, add her
husband recognized bis own words
at. once.
‘By Jove I Emily, it’s too bail
of you to go back to thatT he ex
claimed, coloring with mihgled an
ger and mortification.
‘That’s the worst of men- you
are so ready to doubt each other!’
continued Emily, heedless of the
interruption. ‘And if that other
is a handsome man, like Mr! Per
kins, for instance, he need expect
no quarter.’
‘Do yon mean to say that I am a
jealons fool ?’ he asked, seeing the
trap, but falling into it, neverthe
less. And when she burst hito uu
controllable laughter he strode an
grily from the room, and sire did
not see him for an hour.
But that time, if his good hu
mor was not restored, he was po
lite enough to cm ceul his vexa
tion. And he said no more about
his injured feelings
But Emily was not satisfied even
yet; she determined that her liege
lord’s lesson should be an effectual
one, and her character vindicatel
and placed at least as far above
petty weakness as his own.
‘Mrs. Perkins called on me this
afternoon,’ she said to him one
evening soon after, when the chil
dren had been sent to bed, and
the pair were ready for a cosy even
ui llurlM a ÜB
ever —a fact which Emily chose
not to observe.
‘Yes. She complained of the
dullness of the social weather at
present, and said she was just dy
ing for some music with you your
voices limn mize so beautiful ; so
I have invited her here for to-ruor
row evening.
‘I tho lght you would be pleas
ed,’ she sai'i as though he had
spoken. We shall have ft nice
Jong evening. Flora is coming to
I tea, and Mr. Perkins will drop in
later. I forgot to mention that he
I accompanied his wife.
‘ Perkins c.ming! Confoundhis
impudence!’ cried Edward, dash
ing his book to the floor in «ud
den beat. ‘Do you mean to say 1
am expected to meet that fellow,
Emily, after the way in which he
has insulted me ?
Emily looked at her irate spouse
iu blank surprise.
‘Now Fd! You don’t mean to
say that you are sdly enough to re
sent that nonsencial letter he was
accused of writing ?
‘Accused of writing! He did
write it! Brown—' And then E l
atoppe 1 abruptly, for be recogniz
ed his own words, and began to
see that Emily must soon be the
winner, in a game of tit for tat.
.[t strikes me that Mr. Brown is
a first class mischief maker, said
i Emily, with exasperating coolness
‘He has made a mountain of a mole
hill Really, Eml’ra a ashamed
of von! If Mr. Perkins luw used
his pen too freely I’m B,l ' e bu
meant no harm —a joke, probably,
which your friend misunderstood
—just as Polly misunderstood Mrs
Perkins’ little joke you know.’
Ifith which Parthian dart Emi
ly looked full in het husbands
face, and awaited further develop
ments
He was disposed to be very an
gry, but bad good sense enough
not to speak at all for a few mo
ments. He deliberately picked up
and replac-d his book, rose and
pmed the room, then came and
put his hand on the back of his
wife’s ahair.
So vo i huve bean teaiLcug me
a lesson in all this, tny dear*’ he
said calmly.
‘Yes,’ sa'd Emily, in the meek
est of tones, well knowiug she
could afford to be humble since
she had come off victorious ‘At
least, I have been trying to. Teddy
dear. You know yon said-— ’
‘Nevermind repeating what else
I have said,’ interrupted fi.lward,
with a half smile; T’m a little
tired of l aving my past remarks
presented to me like stale conver
sational lozsuges—which are doubt
fill sweetmeats at best, when one
has to eat them. Net a bad idea,
that, Ein?’ the smile deepening.—!
•Well, consider ihe lezeugws— r
words -eaten Now what’e the
penalty V
Emily looked up at him very
sweetly.
‘Only i kiss of.peace, my dear,
and the admission that men, as
well as wemeu can be hurt by
small insults.'
‘But what about to-morrow even
ing ?’ asked Ed, an hour later. ‘tf
ter all. Em, I certainly can’t meet
Perkins under the circumstances
—unless he apologize.’
‘O Teddy, Teddy! You stupid
boy P laughed Emily. ‘Have you
forgotten the existence of Gordon
Perkins, your uncle’s namesake
and clerk, who bought out the ofd
stand after yon left it to coin -
rnence busines on your own ac
count * You knbw what a crab
bed fellow he is. and how tery
keen in looking after his own in
terest. It was his own brother
Irving Perkins alluded to in that
letter—not to you at all.’
‘Well, well !’ cried Fdward. */
have been a fool, sure enough.—
Yen at least, had a genuine griev
ance, Em, while mine was— ’
Ed; only in future, dear, we wi i
refrain from laughing at vhe appa
rent weaknesses of others until our
own strengtl is similarly tested.’
Kcwarc of Boys
I once heard a boy going down
the street hinging at the top of
his lungs “Dare to do right, dare
to be true!“ winging it so loud that
he woke up all the babies on the
nloek and set every last dog in the
ward to barking, and as he sung
he smashed a window in the par
sonage, broke a chicken’s leg with
a scone, “sassed“ a market wo
man, shot a farmer in the eye with
a “nigger shooter,“ hit a dog a
crack with a shinny club that made
poor Carlo howl till his back acb
ed, pulled a picket off a fence, slap
ped a little boy and took his cooky
away from him. He disappeared
inside the school room, and above
all other voices I oould hear his
soulful shriek in the morning song,
‘ Oh, how I love my teacher
dear!” And before prayers were
overlie inked a boy, put
bent pins where they would do
the most harm, salted a claim ol
shoemaker’s wax on the teacher •
chair, scratched his name on the
desk with a pen, ate an apple, ami
tired the core into the ear of the
good boy with a thin neck, who
was never absent or tardy.
KducHled ldk«* «* White *»«
So yer’s eddycated like a white
man. is yer!’ said old Jasper to
bis son, who had just returned
from school
•Yes sir; I have acquired a good
education,’ the young man repli
ed.
‘Kddycated like a white man,yer
say , ’
‘Yes. sir.
‘Like ike the man what buy cot
tor, I ’eposes ♦
‘Yes.’ . . , .
‘Well, I’ll hib to see about dat.
Now, ’sposen I has a bale of cot
ton what wavs 500 pounds, an’ I
sell it to yer self, how tnnch would
you gin me fur de bale at seben
cents er pound V
‘Thirty five dollars, the young
man replied,
‘Yer’s a liar !’ the old man shout
eiV “Yer’d figgcr round’ and
cheat me outen $lO Dar nin tno
usen sendin’ jer to school, nor lift
i in’ yer naturel lebil of a mgger
Oome on lieah. now drop your ed
> dycation and help me set out cab
bage plants. Talk to me about ed
dycated nigmr!
jVol. XIII.—No. 21.
Tke fr ljiuK NmMu*.
K litor Morning News: After
aixt-en years of bant study and ex
peri. neat, 1 have p erfected' the do
of a flying machine This an
'(’hint, by c xnbimitiou oi median
ical appliances now in use, and fa
miliar to all machinists, using
steam as a motor without the aid
of buoyaut gas afterward a run of
one or two hundred yards on a
level track, will leave the ground
and chine the stid air like a swal
low. It will scale the noun turn
top and across the valley like an
eagle and laud again upon any oho
sen ground with the gent eness of
a snow flake. Then it can be
made to fold and box its wings
and take a common carriage road
ahead of any coach and six that
ever carried the United States
mad. A machine to carry two men
co ild be turned out flnishad from
a shop well fitted for the business
for about S7RO or SI,OOO.
It would require the beHt skill
ed labor in America to do this
work. A shop fitted out express
ly for the business in all its parts
is not now in existence in the Unit
ed States Such skill as put up
the finest sewiug machines, steam
engines and clock work would be
needed. I would like to engage
with some individual or company
who could furnish the means and
build a shop and manufacture these
machines for sale.
I would submit my plans with
out reserve to a competent board
of practical machinists, upon the
basis of a substantial overture with
proper security. But I decline to
discuss them premature with any
one. With profound respect.your
obedient servant,
Loris A. Boswkm,, M. D.
Talladega, A Is., July 16th, ’Kd.
A (School of Perjury.
The saloon of this country is
primarily a school of perjury.
From the very day it is opened it
makes liars of men. You may say
this is a strong charge. Ind ct a
saloon man in this town for the vi
olation *f law. Your detectives
sav he has persistently violated
men, young and old. who uayc
pat.onized him. They coma into
court, you reach out the Bible,
they will swear on God’s Holy
Word to tell tlie truth, the whole
truth, and nothing but the truth.
Let them take the stand and trv
to prove by them facts which you
know to be facts. Nineteen out
of twenty live will swear to tbe
lie to defend tbe man who sold
them liquor.
Such a man wi/fully perjures
his soul, degrades Ins manhood,
citizenship, to de
Hj]) \vwhen he lias
made him
will kick him into the
street and call a drunken dead
beat. Have yon tried to enforce
the law against saloons ? H Ml, »
yon know this to be true. They
everywhere try to corrupt judges,
to suborn witnesses, to defeat
the ends of justice and prevent an
honest, full and fair enforceme it
of the law.— John H- A’iecA, m A’<
hniHk t /Abrl 'il n'.
Hi* Only I hance
A passenger ou a small steamer
running along the American shore
of Lake Huron hunted out the cap
tain and said i . .
‘Captain, the mate is drunk.
‘Yea I presume so, was the re
ply. ‘That’s his greatest fault—
he will get drunk.
Pretty soon the passenger re
turned with further news. He
had found that the chief engineer
bad been accidentally leit behind.
‘Oh, well,’ replied the captain,
•some of the firemen will put her |
through all right.’
In the course of half an hour
‘.he passenger discovered that tbe
boat was over loaded, abort band
ed and leaking, and he returned to
the captain and reported, and ad
del. , *1 A
•I expec*. nothing less than to
be blown up before we reach Lex
ington.’ .
‘My friend,’ said the captain in
« fatherly way, ‘that * your only
chance. We won’t have a storm,
the mate is sobering up, the boys
have gone down to stop the lea cs,
and if we can’t bbw yeu up and
settle with your widow for about
s‘2so. I’m afraid you’ll live for sev
eral years yet. 11l go down and
see if there is any chance for an
explosion !’
A Dresden artist has mule a
watch entirely of paper, which
keeps good tune-
—AH—
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Tilings Tlilug* Things.
The coldsit thing in tlii world
The kitchen oil cloth to your bars
febt in a winter’s night.
The hottest thing—A iais»n
lying in umhusb in a mouthful
of hot plum pudding
The dullest thing A funuy
n ew spa per.
The longest thing— Your
friend's favorite story.
Toe shortest thing The
memory of the perpetual borrower
The bigest thing - The fortuus
you expect t i make by stock spec
illation.
The smallest thing—- The
fortune which you do make.
The toughest thing— The
young wife’s piu crust.
The softest thing— The conver
sat ion carried on bet ween a duck
and deary.
The highest thing— The mar
cury in the thermo.ueLor, about
this time.
The hardest, thing— The bit of
bone you “come rignt down on,”
“w lion eating chops.’’
The easiest thing— Lying.
The lighteit thing— The marr
tlmtiHt is *y,it used to be, but
now it is the loosest.
The prettiest thing- Look in
the min or and you will see it.
The brightest thing—The sun's
light hot into your eye as it
comes reflected from the piece of
looking glass held in the hand of
the mischievous small boy.
The rfillisst thing Thinking that
wealth produces happiness
(, Wouldn’t you like to be kuocked
silly, provided Ibe money comet)
The freshest thing— Yon know
him; he is every where. However,
he will get salted in time.
The stalest thing— Joinmon
sense.
The quickest thing— The flea,
seflfaon bu a nOtViu
Tim lightest thing-A lover’s
VOW.
The thickest tiling—T mr
tongue when coining home from
the lodge ’
The thinnest thing—The st iry
you tell your wife next morning.
The wettest thing The foot of
the Hinall boy with a new pair of
rubber boots.
The driest thing You h ive just
been reading it.
Orce upon a time an editor in
search of food was compelled to
pawn his diamond shirt studs for
a 1 , a s of bread. While conveying
the humble inert to his castle, a
hungry dog ran off with it, and a
few moments later robers relieved
tlm editor of his gold watch and
eighty dollars in money. Instead of
>”ing rattled by these untoward
| i i 'idents, the editor smilingly
I remarked: "I tliank the gods tbit
[ have stil 1 my appei te left.
ure taught by this fable that true
contentment is the gr itest of a
journalistic boons.
“Papa, can’t I go to the store
and g t me a new dress?”
“ Why, child, you have got
plenty of good dresses.’
“Yes. papa, but they are out of
ityle ’ . »
••Nonsense, girl! Hie trees al
ways come out in the same style
every spring, don t they?
I “Yes; papa, and they always
look green, too.” .
Papa, aside -(“One might
know lie couldn’t get ahead of ad
editor’s daughter. ) "Al. right, go
to *he store and get a dress
During a fierce storm- at Beloit
Wis , a number of live fish, one
weighing a pound, were dropped
on the besiness streets.
A Mexican lady of rank has hair
two and a halt yards long. dhe
wears it in two braids, .and has a
page to carry tilt ends as he would
a I rain.
Of all the birds forbidden by
tbe Levitical law as unclean, tbe
cormorant is the only one which is
eaten.
The history of the brooch or
clasp can be trace 1 back for al
most 3000 years, and in that time
it has a warned an infinity of shapes