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A Club of *i* allowed an extra ropy.
Fifty-two nnmbc racomplete the volui
mpling, with
•yes, ami Ii|
itrawberries, an<l the
javc Hon., from umler
ashcii, set his heart
lutter as it had never
'ore.
blue f >rget-me-not
sct|rlet as wild
glance she
her golden
into such a
been in be-
Tt was Christmas F.
tahlwin I’lace was
jirhts.
anil the
ablaze with
The long tallies which hiel
arranged in — the diningroom
read
turkey and
vu*imb9>
t3r«
you ’lowed to, then ?”
“No,” admitted Hen. “I didn’t
make a lortune I here. Undo Knock.'
"A u fit lit tty M allows' 'Tdbked
kanceat. Ben., as if he were a return
ed prodigal.
to the city, once you
prese
tion.
And now all that
jr was ffirjicro rrF
timorous to .
“A
miss, you
she only
id turned
at his
“P ^erstti
wig ^iiere,” ahfjobserved, sliffly
rollin’ stone gathers no moss,
should recollect.”
As for Cousin Molis
said: “Howd d t, Hen.?” and
away, after a critical glam*
rusty, well worn clothes.
“We’re expetdin’ big doin’- on
Christinas lCvei’ volunteered Uncle
Enoch, awkwardly, ns his wife and
daughter went [jack to their work
without further notice of Ben.
“There’s n-goiic to oe a housewarm-
i iffWp till win TUatTi-y. edd-
lew owner of the jdac
“Where is he? Why don’t h
•01110?” were the vuriyus questions
impounded to LawyeJ Spigot, who,
iciwever, persisted in (keeping hi-
nouth shut, and looked
ingl.v important, as it lie
ill ah ail it if he wished.
; “Meblie he’s come now
imstle. around to (Mini door.”
! Every eye was turned tow ird tin
ml, which win miy Jol
ind his family.
| “Look, ma!” whispered Melissa
‘Ilf tliere ain’t Cousin Run. with ’em
-Call fixed up, too, I detilare!”
r: !~M rsi. M nl IOWS -froWired, -hotrrjmrj ’
man Baldwin hc^Jiod 'long about
S'ULJUUilltiMLSUfo, A' 11 1 '"L-tl ''
onJWIuskjffolJ. 0 W
er hwfen coming down Christinas
“My friends, allow me to present
liwuor>lhnil' ijtrbprtetnr ofi the •
’MJld'tffy'M.-n'd.'-.'fr/Tfejfrniin ’T.-i'ng-
■««*! wWw’itp ! ’■’laiWtHiffi
\\|eleomo the owner when Ire gits
here. Our folks air a-fixin’ fur it.
Coin’, hey? W il, good-by!”
“Is he gone?? asked Aunt Hi tty,
looking in from the kitchen, where
.she was stirring a pound cake. “You
didn’t invite him to come here a
Christinas, did you?” she queried
sharply.
“In course not!” returned Uncle
Enoch. “Wo ain’t got no use for
him.”
J'llow shabby be looked!” said Me
lissa. “I’d be ashamed to bavd folk,
know he was my cousin.”
Tlie old Baldwin Place was a gray,
old farm house] with a wide, pro-
jediug roof, tl.llUg.0 stuck of chim
neys, arid porches on every side.
It was surrounded with rich fields
mid meadows—a UIuiilUL o^.’lfe,nLuu
iuT-rorMf overhung with sugar ma
ple isnd Ilililkird •poplar trees.
[ Ben. I
haid win
was a co
JFX
Mrs. .loh Mallows always address
ed her taller and—stouter half. as
“Honey,” much to the amusement
of friends and acquaintances.
“What she kin see sweet about
him,” remarked Miss Maria Pick
ens, “is more’ll l kin tell.”
But, then. Miss Maria was not the
wife of his bosom.
“Honey,” repeated Mrs. Becky, as
her husband proceeded to hang up
liis hat and dipped a gourd of water
from the cedar wood bucket on the
kitchen table, “who do you think
has come back—a-stoppin’ at the
tavern in the village?"
“Dun know.”
Job had deliberately finished his
gourd of water before giving ut
terance to the brier expression,
which his wife accepted as display
ing a suita*Mtf"interest in
" W hy^ isifteMhSsti&flfod
as mfan
swering, a direct, question, “it’s Ben.
—vour cousin, Bp». Langford! .An’
Uncle Enoch’s folks never asked
hhnfd 'StrfWh, Acn t^tir
hl$Thmtff fasti i n lftr(sl) t .1H: imp t
him to come here.”
Jg&R right,” acquiesced Mr. Mal
lows.
And filling a cob-pipe with leaf to
bacco from bis pocket, he fished a
coal from the fire blazing on the
heart h, lighted his pipe, and placidly
sat down to enjoy a good smoke.
“Yes,” proceeded Mrs. Becky, “I
thought ’twas a shame to let him
stay at the tavern—Christmas times
too— so I made him promise to come
here. We ain’t got nothing extry
fur a Christmas,dinner, but we can
kill the old gobbler; an’ there’s a
was wanting
iggrava-
ouhl tell
there’s a
Every ov
•ew arrivi
if allows a>
X T |
W.anAns I
Jews* Christmas Eve.
&3t2in eof the ideal Christmas . . .
I Sweets aitd romance wrUer ,,4 «<>oper ^ averted face and
the moon is always at the ; mot.onlessbgure ««* the shadow of
f M.*he snow always a-sparkle like ‘he bu.hiii#'
fiaiy-erized diamonds, and the air
3 Iways still and cold and clear,buj
i toy PwmtH^^th the snow
f rii>-im» sta<¥liiy;fft>m the east, and
thjroviwjl raw .arfW biting, qmd the
^"y—what you could see pfit—black
4s ink.
U»t if «t«s PVisiatimu Px»n ' all ilio
rown ct
B iwy
hea
i lot!
•ed to a stare of surprise
Spigot, after^du^kii
by the huud,Km>i;
voice:
jihead and give him a hearty wel
pome to his new hornet"
Ben. Langford the hero of the
in Place! Sure enough, he
onnection of the Baldwins
Im his father’s side, nut everyone
had forgotten that till now. And
|t was at Ben.’s own Request that
Lawyer Spigot hail kept his identity
ii secret.
“Who’d a-thought it,;Ben.?” cried
Uncle Enoch, extending his hand,
■ ii ujqui •> l 1 v ' “■“ho’tl q- f !-'t to
see you the owner here? You’re in
luck, my boy!”
“Yes, uncle,” said Ben., coolly.
“Your bad penny has turned out a
lucky on., '%or afl.”
“Ben., you naughty hoy, why didn’t
jyon'teH us?” said Aunt j Lit ty^-lWkB
iisSnftood by, pSaftemliiig'W pout.
“Yoqujust come and cat-,your
Christmas diuneewith us to-morrow
we Slwnf foap4/c you tifr playiAg
h a trick,” continued Aunt
Ilitty, determinedly.
But Ben. declined the tardy invi
tation.
“Much obliged, Aunt Ilitty,” he
returned, coldly, “but 1 have acced
ed a prior invitation.
And Uncle Enoch’s family took
their departure, chagrined and dis
appointed.
“It’s all Becky Mallowses doin’s,
a-gitting Ben. there an’ honeyin'
round him,” declared Aunt Hitty, a
week or two later. “An’ now lie’s
got Job to help ’tend the farm, an’
Becky to keep house fur him; an’ 1
s’pose he’ll be a-marrVin’- Laviny
afore the year’s out, an’ her without
a cent to bless herself with.”
AmKVnnt Hitty proved a true
prophet, for before another C’hrist-
nias-roHed arou
Magowfl^liad bee
Langford?
“How far are we from Montecourt
he inqttHled, as she gave
bit of pasteboan
,«t[
naW,<*^4MWri4ed-'ob,- \gfth hrsian--
j<*rn under his arm. “Half an hour
-jet.”
She had never been so far £rojn
lleft lier home had changed as they
regressed north ward- into the
toady fall of ipuiw, wlijch fluttered
rou nd i ^^ft|ukera{wjite'T^3i^I]
hroud. But Bertha Hooper cared
ttlej«£_fc^#si. I JIa4 npt, A«fnt 4 ;A4-
mini promised to send Ze.healae^. her.
‘But Vitas A11.
“I ivelief I yhas
rsferiiiiy as he
chair and re-
nor
fmfc
was asked to take
port- his ernuid.
“How ?” -
“Yhell, I vitas in my blace apoudt
two hours ago vhen two strangers
vhalk in, and one of ’em says to
me:
“Shake, I haf a bet on you. 1
know you vhas a great man to haf
confidence in human nature, und 1
bet •■??, eaten oop, dot you vhill lend
me feety cent.”
“Yhell, I dunno. I nefer see hint
pefore, but if somepody bet I? on me
Idoan’ like him to lose it, und.
am*: KEu^escf.
«o-rrr # *®f
AMV RANDOLPH-,
W'tvArloyr 9\u* -ttioa^t
never sh'oufdfind you. ‘Is tlie c
riuge here ?”
waiting. Aunt Effie,”
responded the voung'mau; but he
still hesitated a second as Bertha
.•rappecMytjjjj
teamin
- pend Ch
nira Higgins.
(^irjsimas in the- country! To
Bertha, Who had HVcd'allhcr fife in
jave-
ry.
emed to convey somewhat of
heer and
tie sat with her eyes closed and her
“Can I be of any service to you ?
he asked. “If you, are expecting
friends who Iiave. failed to me«t you
. “Anybody here by the name of
Bertha Hoo-oopcr?” shouted a sten
torian voice, and a tall, raw looking
iad with a lantern - also lighted
"with red glass—rushed ehaflfttng
ofoi|mFt»eeoi)her. I J t ,
zi.eiir* linfeelf! Zebedce,- red-
hkmtd^ira shambling hnA aWkward
n* brick walls nmlnn
i*4&33Hw[ O X'l
ciind's eyes grea’ hre- of logs roar-
^-rSr ■, o , a. -rrr ri
i ,g up LAi^rtey'I
l oughs and bUck gteeti Lultj of
i listletoe; ai\jl/pp£hJiVlha|^ 4°'4-
josed a poem on Christmas and its
nririan'HT Ak-iOftlAtIdflT~ WhCTT'the
qr*-inr.i- r come from mrrin parts!”
“How f — —
Station ?’
:|p the hi
itoungest son, tq, Uie stuliou^ upth -
the pony to meothpr ontiie arinval \
•rf' q,2 »: to '-.ft SSw Vjrb 5 t
And was not Zebedce tph.avea lan-
d gl
punkin down suller I’ve kep’ a-pur- j maype he also divide vhat'he wins.’
pose to make pies; an’ we’ll give | “And you let him have it?”
him the best we’ve got.”
“All right,” assented her husband
again.
she eould-ideirtiTy him at once?
She was very pretty as she sat in
her little black velvet toque, withitfe
darling plume of cardinal red and
the wiuered "ribbon j -bow at ; her
throat-rjineUy with the! bloom and
freshness of eighteen. She was dark
with large hazel eyes, almond-shap
ed and long flashed, a clear, rosy
blV.oinon either cheek, and wavy
dark hair hanging in silken fringe
over her broad, low forehead.
“Mont—Court—Station!? bawled
the brakeman, putting in a snow-
powdered furcap, and withdrawing
it asrain as quickly as if he had been
a magnified edition of the Jack-in-
the-box wli-ich children much rejoice
it in holiday time.- And Bertha
Hooper knew that she had reached
icr destination.
Stiff and cramped from the length
if time in which she had been sit
ting in one position, she rose up,
with a little steel clasped traveling
bag in one hand and a dainty silk
umbrella in the other, and made
her way to the door. _
All she could see. when she step
ped out upon the wet and slippery
plat-term was a blcrof driving snow
through which the lights of the soli
Mrs. Bon. tar,' little, country depot gleamed
fitfully; but the next instant some
thing flashed athwart her vision
like a friendly red eye—and beneath
the reflector over the station door
she saw a tall, fine looking young
man, in a fur trimmed overccat, a
sealskin cap set jauntily on one side
of a crop of chestnut curls, and a
red lighted lantern swinging from
his left hand, as he stood straining
his eyes into the stormy darkness,
as if to catch sight of some familiar
face in the little erowd.
“Cousin Zebedee!” cried Bertha,
alond, and she made one spring into
the arms of this blonde-whiskered
young giant. For had not she and
Zeliedee played dominoes and fox-
and-geese together in the days when
she wore blue ribbon sashes, and his
hair was a closely shorn mat of car
roty red? “Oh, Cousin Zeliedee!
I’m so glad to see you; and I hadn’t
Job Mallows was honest, indus
trious and generous—perhaps too
generous for his own good; for,some
way, he never seemed to prosper.
Yhell, 1 haf some confidence in ! any idea yon had grown half so
human nature. He vhalks off mit ; handsome.’
my feety ceut, und niv vhife says 11 And she gave him a great hug, at
vhas der piggest fool in Detroit.” the same time holding up her rose-
“And whatYlo you want of me?" j bud lips fora kiss.
“I fike to know if you pelief like : But, to her infinite amazement,
,ny vhife ?” , the hero of the sealskin cap seemed
fjM-wortawtT>arlynnrt~lStg, r lnH-hts Wes,sir,Tdb! Ybtffl never see*a little backwark in responding to
small farm was not productive (your money again.” her cousinly advances.
A scanty crop of corn, with a few j “MtMMB'Carl says I McUMMtoak ! “I—i your pardon,” said he,
1 lit Min * lal Mr S 1 inn I 'g^pl you slightly receding, “but I’m afraid
little vhav'^P^ * j there is some mistake. My name
♦i... pr^y%*iffTwi^Kle"o | “I do? ' is not Zebedee and the lady for
: j ( j “Uud rav bruddfi'-law says 1 make : whom I am looking is some years
‘ S oldet than y°“-’
home to himself and family, all'
Lavina Mallows was a prettygirl, 'dence in humau nature,
tall and slender, and straight as a all—good-day.”
Bertha Hooper started back col-
ring and confused, and as she did
so a fat, comfortable looking old
ady came trundling along the plat
form in an India shawl and a bog of
fLussta sable worth its weight in
greenbacks.
filing
beep tn. the old fox-and-
»ys- j8 <f*5 ...
’071!” said Kc, catching up his
lantern so that the scarlet bird’s
wings flashed out like a spit of flame
lyioorc scarlet, alas, than
tStUMWipfaeo. s ^Here you be!
... f i... „ Jnnelate, forthe roads is so
n 1'. ’aptireti tn(, luui f couldn’t start the
r^fay but?” tflrnr. ('brae on. How
- clfa^hg
almost hysterically to her cousin’s
ng gentleman
^witfv—wi|ji tlu
unter.n ?”
“That feller
‘Eh!” said’ Zebedee.
TO In 4 patchwork
ourt, the
bedee. “J dst
“Zebedee,!’ said Bertha, with a cu
rious little sound between a laugh
and afspb, f“put me into, the cutter,
(£ulc^fjan4 .dri&e me somewhere.
I don’t care where! Because ”
“Eh I” said Zebedee, staring hard
at his cousin, as he packed the buf-
robe around her. before - touch-
ingup the lagged .old pony.
“Because,” added Bertha, in a spe-
eiets of desqteriition, “I took Mr.
Harcourt for you; and I hugged
and kissed- him.”'
“is thitt art?”' said philosophical
Zebedee. “IJe won’t care.”
“No” Siiiil Bertha, Pbut I shall.”
“You ain’t crying, be you said
jZtSiedee, nibtmg the quiver in his
VH^tsin’sWidcer *
“How can I help it?” wailed poor
Bertha.
“’Twnrn’t no fault o’yourn,” said
Zebedee consolingly.
“Of course it warn’t,” said Bertha,
impatiently. “How was I to know
that every lantern at Montcourt had
a fed glass door to it?”
And poor little Bertha cried her
self to sleep that night.
The next morning—Christmas
Day, all snowed up into glorious
drifts everywhere—Mr. Harcourt
drove over to the Higgins farm
house. The young lady had drop
ped a fur glove on the platform, and
Mr. Harcourt felt it his duty to re
store it to her. And, moreover—
here Mr. Charley Harcourt hesita
ted a little—he hoped Miss Hooper
would excuse him for being so stu
pid as to allow her to fancy him her
cousin.
“I ought to have explained soon
er,” said he.
“No, you ought not,” said Bertha.
“The fault was all mine.”
“I don’t recognize a fault any
where,” said he. “And if I am par
doned ”
“Of course you are!” said Bertha,
rosier and prettier than ever.
“In that case I am commissioned
by my mother to ask your aunt’s
permission to take you over to help
us finish dressing the church in time
for morning service. My horse is
waiting.”
“May I go, Aunt Almira?” said
Bertha with sparkling eyea
“Of course you may,” said Aunt
Almira.
And so poor Zebedee was left out
in the cold.
What was the end of it all? There
is but one sequel to stories like this
when youth and bright eyes and
human hearts are concerned. The
next Christmas Eve Bertha Hooper
and Charley Harcourt were mar
ried. But the bridegroom persists
in declaring that Bertha did the firs t
of the love-making.
And Bertha only laughs.
Too Old to Work.
An Insane Dodge entered a crim
inal lawyer’s office.
“Good morning, old pard.”
The lawyer looked puzzled.
“You don’t seem to remember
me - ” „
“Your features are a little famil
iar,” said the lawyer, “but I can’t
just place them.”
“Pshaw! Tve helped you through
many a case. Fm—”
“Ah, yes, now I recognize yon.
Well, how have you been V
“Hard up since I left you. Say,
can’t you give me something to do
this summer !7*
“I don’t see how I can. You se**,
fact is, you’re getting a little too old
to do good work."
“Who’s got my old job?"
“Well, just now we’re dividing
the work between a very sprightly
Technicality and a sagacious legal
Construction. They do the work
’very satisfactorily.
Sixty million dollars will go to
pensioners during the eurrenl tiscui
year.
. The Washington Monument, just
nxmipletPd, kas begun in toto—thir
ty seven years ago.
The Czar, czarina and czarowiteli
:»re going on a tour through tin-
country of the Cossacks in the
spring.
The Augusta Chronicle will, he
one hundred years old and will.cel-
dhfatu its centennial on the first of
JanuaE}'.
We expect to hear before long
that- General Gordon has stalled
out to relieve General Lord Wolse-
ley.
The Bibliotheque National©' of
Paris is the oldest and largest libra
ry in the world. It contains 2/XKI-
i)00 volumes.
A valuable silvef mine have been
discovered near Spring Place, Geor
gia. It is the same vein that is be
ing worked at Ducktown, Tenn.
Two thousknd miners have been
thrown out iif employment by the
closing of cofferies in the vicinity
of Shenandoah, Pennsylvania.
Experiments. have been made
with the pulp of the Florida ba
nana, and the result is that from
it can be obtained splendid quality
of paper and rope.
An entente cordiale has Keen ar
ranged between France and- Ger
many for the neutralization of the
territory of the African internation
al association.
The Interior Department is in a
stew as to what course to take for
the suppression of promiscuous cat
tle killing on the part of the Chey
enne and Arapahoe Indians.
One of our Georgia wonders, Mat-
tie Lee Price, is now astonishing
the people of Baltimore with her
mysterious feats. Her power is
said to be increasing.
Every visitor to the world’s ex
position in New Orleans is required
to deposit a silver half dollar in a
glass box in charge of the doorkeep
ers, no admission tickets being sold.
It is reported that Queen Victo-
»ie>,as announced to ♦hc.privj: coun
cil the betrothal of Princess Beat
rice to Prince Henry, of Batten-
berg. It is said that the pair will
reside in England.
The London World says that
Lord Derby will soon resign the of
fice of secretary of state for the col
onies, and will then be appointed
lord president of the council, and
that Lord Rosebery will probably
be appointed colonial secretary.
The Birmingham and Tennessee
river road is under contract to build
immediately to Sheffield landing,
on the Tennessee river, and forty-
five mi es south of Memphis and
Charleston railroad, in one^year.
The hBir of a farmer near Rains-
boro, O., is reported to have turned
from gray to blood red. The dis
patch failed to state the man’s pol
itics, but he is doubtless a Demo
crat, and is thus celebrating the
victory of his party.
The forthcoming report of the
Illinois department of agriculture
shows that the area of the growing
crop of winter wheat in Illinois is
2,3Hi,000 acres, or * decrease of 40-5,-
000 acres from the previous seeding.
The condition of the growing crop
is fair.
Twelve wagon-loads of letters
and papers are delivered daily at
the Capitol for members of the
House of Representatives. The
Senators receive a lew cart-loads
less, but still the quantity of mail
matter dumped into that end of the
building is enormous.
Advices from Saigon state that the
revolution in Cambodia is complete.
The direction of public affairs has
been wrested from the r»y»l author
ities. M. Girard, the French Com
missioner at Saigon, has assumed
direction of the government at the
capital.
The insurgents recently captured
in a small sailing vessel off the
coast of Cuba by the gunboat Cari-
dad, h»ve been identified as Gen.
Bonacheo, Col. Putareo Estrada.
Capt Manuel Estrada, Capt. Pedro
Lesistor and a number of minor offi
cers. They will be shot.
A man supposed to be James
Greenwood, of Chippewa, while
crossing the Niagara River from
Chippewa, to Port Day, about a
mileabovethe falls, December”!.,
lost controll of the boat and was
drowned in the rapids, where he
upset and was carried over the
falls.
The Mobile real estate company
will erect twelve substantial houses.
Three three-story brick, iron front,
stores, with hotel accommodations
up stairs, are nearly finished; also
two iron front, brick stores with of
fices above. Work on a 430,000 ho
tel commences soon, three brick
yards furnishing excellent bricks.
Stones for the foundation are quar
ries! at Sheffield, and for trimmings
of buildings in the immediate vicin-
ity.
Thu Chicago Daily .N.-ws ->u»;
llj.is Lula llur.il- is pnsscssvJ
'■ >ii;eother ihau muscular or ; acre
•us. she failed in exhibit f". ia?
tight, to the. large mi iicuty iruhcf
fl in the • ViU-ral-.inu-jiii.aijih. Sie
idled in nearly ail her parfnriu-
'm-es, and il was apparent that au^
nan of pidinary strength ami nerv
In, farce could pertoi in; the tricks
Which site attempted.
Six days,six hours and fifty-two
ninutes is the quickest time ye!
luido between Note Shirk aud
Queenstowy, and the Cuuartfur ■« ir*
egoiij which made -ft on-her last
iiumtix-i**-. |tw>- v «a4M *of-»wi Ivn l
ly making the'bost:j>*wiH<ei- yet Kf)
ijUBordi- hiit also Mi biiing .tluKotAj
stoafne.r in U>i* :o irlii .Ulantiy ser
vice capable :of,heatingiHer own
time(which was the quickest h -hire
the present trip), anti still taking
the.lead.
! Arrangements for the dedication
qf the Washington inonumenr are
progressing rapidly. The commis
sion appointed by Congress' to ar
range suitable ceremonies liave ex-
tiofrded a general invitation to the
military; Matonic and-crvic -orgafi-
ikatioiw (tho latter not to t'arry any
emblems of a political charac’prjto
participate. General Khoridain, ! \vho
has been selected as Marshal‘of the
ilay, requests all organizations in
tending to take paVtin the proces
sion, to notify hi rtr afotWe ^arlieG
possible moment, in order that prop
er places in the column m »v he as
signed to them.
A severe earthquake shock was
experienced in Carinthia, Austria,
Dec. 29. Considerable d.i nage was
done to many buildings.
Anearthq.i - o.s.-iVUin Wales
Dec. 29. M my h mses were injured.
The earthquake was felt at Tar-
vis on Sunday night. Violent
shocks at intervals of an hytir were
also felt in the vicinity of the town,
hie inhabitants Were greatly alarm
ed.
Further details of the effects of
the earthquake in Spain show that
three hundred persons at Albania,
and half the population at Aikuu-
uelas were killed. The Cathedral
at Zeville was greatly damaged,
and Tod buildings Were destroyed
at l’criana. The Government has
subscribed .fa,lino for the relief of
sufferers.
There have been o2ti deaths re
ported on account- of t he earthquake
at Grenada, and 100 in Malaga. Ad
ditional details of thedamage done
by the earthquake continue to be
received. Reports from nearly all
the places sustaining injury state
the earthquake was accompanied
by violent wind and rain-storms
which in several locaiites inflicted
cpiite as much damage as the earth-
qake itself. In the village of Alfar-
netetjo, in the province of Malaga,
200 buildings were destroyed.
Benojorza, also in the province of
Malaga was almost entirely demol
ished, and at Nerja the damage was
enormous.
Executions have been issued un
der judgment recently rendered
against General Grant in favor of
William H. Vanderbilt for $1-50,000,
which the former borrowed before
the failure of Grant & Ward and
used in an endeavor to keep that
firm on its feet. The executions
are said to cover General Grant’s
houses in Washington and Phila
delphia, and his farms near St. Lou
is and Chicago, and all his relics of
the war—his swords, medals, gifts
of friends at home and foreign rul-
rs, his pictures and his brie a brae.
General Sherman has, it is said,
one to Washington and Philsdi 1-
phia to consult the friends of Gen
eral Grant as to the best means of
relieving the latter from iiis embar
rassments.
An inventory has been taken of
General Grant’s possessions under
tiie judgment entered against him
in favor of William H. Vanderbilt
for llob,OO” amt interest. loaned to
him when he was trying to save
the firm of Grant & Ward fron.
failure. The executions cover near
Jy all of General Grant’s property,
personal and real.
The executions were made with
an idea of protecting the ex-Prcsi
dent’s effects, and Mr. Vanderbih
has contributed $3(1,900 to a fund t<
be raised to pay off the debt.
Thought he was (foing to Die.
“Got any medicine?” asked a boy.
entering a drug store "the o(her day
“Yes, lots of it. What do yo:
want?” inquired the clerk.
“Oh, it don’t make any difference..
si# it’s something lively. Dad i-
fearful bad?”
“Whatails him ?” asked the clerl .
“Dunno,” said the lioy, “but he’s
run down awful, lie justs siis
around the stove all day and mopes.
He hasn’t walloped mother since
Christmas. I guess he’s going to
die.
Tlie True Secret of Economy.
Jinks—I can’t see how.it is. You
and I have about tbe same income
and the same sized families, yet you
folks always seem to have more to
show for your luouey Uim we have.
Minks—My,wile always reads tie,-
advertisements.
Is the place to (find: the prettiest and largest jievtoot' •
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NOTIONS, HOSIERY, ;
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amily Groceries,
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BAGGING AND TIES.
Inking w'ifciu-d !'->r on'I ehaitt^'ani !nv>ii very I'acpj'ui ju tho puc
eiiase of our slrudt. we have HlHjGHT-CIIiSAWfiH'TM AN *
.EVER 'BEFORE, ij/ifs .lijeing enabled t'6 offer " 1
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l>ar«ains i n all Kinds of Goods.
A. visit to our slore, a i examination of our goods and-an inquiry •
1 of our prices is a!! that is hecessayy to convince von lh.it our^ is
THE GREAT BARGAIN STORE !
ARNaLl I»RC)’S, IVewnany Oh.
W. B. ORR
D. P. WOODROOF.
G. iM. SHARP.
1884 vs 1873-4 and 5.
it 187.4 I I li.iJ f). I*. \Voo«h*oof and rj. M Sharp with ino asHaJostnen-U-now
tii«fv are aHertwiated with the new lirm of
W. B. ORR & CO.
Wliore oan be t'onntl a >> oll ussorteil stuek of staple aifil farie v
Dry Goods, Notions, Boots, Shoes and Hats,
c l o"t"hi n g*
wo claim novelties ami attrautio'is t hat defy competition—romo and'examine lor
yourself before pun-hasin^ elsewhere* I'leaso come and sev ^omotliin^
beautiful in deuoratod
Clnkr Sets, Hestihe Gees, Glassware and Crockery.
^ W e n |. e still iurents for the 7 v rr
CELEBRATED MITCHELL WAGONS.
Thanking tho public for patronage in the past, tho nmv lirm promise to put
forth their nest efforts to please all who may favor them with a call.
E. Ill-;XT Jr. is with this house ami will lie glad to have his friends call on
him, that ho may serve them.
THOMPSON BROS.
Bedroom, Parlor and Dining Room Furniture.
Big Stock and Low Prices.
PARLOR AND CHURCH ORGANS.
WOOD and METALLIC BURIAL CASES
Orders attended to at any hour day or night,
THOMPSON BROS., Newnan, Ga.
Stndebaker Slope Shoulder Spoke.
COMPRESS THE HUB, MAE
m THE MOST SOLID AT
SUBSTANTIAL WHEEL POS
BIBLE SAVES RE FILL L\l
AND IS STRONG WHERE TH
SQUARE TENON IS WEAK
THIS KING OF ALL TIEEL
CAN ONLY BE FOUND ON THi
WORLD FAMOUS
8t ado baker Wagon.
F ) i 1 VL’dBY
I. NT. O II I t.
THE UNRIVALED
New Farmer Girl
COOK STOVE.
It Las largo flues and oven, patent oven shelf
yvrjntrinjg hearth pin e, deep ash pit, ami ash*
pan The cross pieces all IulvocooI air
I;rae.es, and tho rovers are smooth and
heavy. Large hin»jlo oven doors, tin Fined, I
with handsome nickle panels. Kvery stove
fully warranted.
A. O. LYNDON, Sole Agent, Newnan, Ga.
ifflSLEMD MIIE IRKS!
McNAMARA & ROBERTS,
M. X AM AKA.
N. ROJJEKT.S.
-DEALHRK IX-
FiiioCIvNl FT KI^Y Work,
IN FOREIGN AND DOMESTIC MARBLES AND GRANITES,
AND IRON RAILINGS
»*>a-daar y on hand or ui «de lowrder. Tablets, Monuments,SpectaTdesigns and
a*** imales fuciii- on application for Marble«#r tiraiiite work of any deaeripiim:.
Loefc 1.0. ,OhTFF^N,
s;*r )>. F. BRIAVSTEB, AftEXT, Newnan,