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H. C, RONEY,
ATTORNEY AT LAW,
THOMSON, GA.
f \fT Will practice in the Augusta. North
ern and Middle Circuits. nolyl
R. W. H. NEAL,
ATTORNEY AT LAW,
THOMSON, GA.
PAUL 0. HUDSON,
1 1 TOIiXE V AT LA IV,
Thomson, <in.
W ill practice in the Superior Courts of
the Augusta, Northern and Middle Circuits,
and iu the Supreme Court, and will give
attention to «1! cases in Bankruptcy.
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DEALER IN
TOILET SETS, VASES,
LAMPS, E r rC.
Sufferers, by the late Tornado, who buy
of me, a liberal discount will be made.
No. IS»7 BROAD STREET opposite
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VOL. V.
For Sale
rpHE large building, on Main street, in
§ Thomson, occupied at present, by Sutton
A Hamlet. Dr. las. S. Jones and Mrs. J. CL
Richard.-*.
The house is well arranged, and finished
throughout: with one large ston* room and
office below, and five rooms above: and
with a kitchen and well of good water
on the premises.
ALSO, the house, on Main street, now
occupied by Jerre F. Jones, as a store house
For terms apply to
JNO. L. HOLZENDORF.
NovStf Thomson, Ga.
Bum nr 8$ College
AND
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The Colleges for the Times!
Course of Study short, practical, tho
rough.
Rates reasonable. Board cheap.
The Lebanon Business College and
Telegrs’ph Institute have been removed
to Nashville
\V e now have superior advantages.
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NASHVILLE, TENN.
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l TTKY Sire mfi. 1 :} of the 1 st material.
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Every -'love is warriuTd to bake well.
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can seftri money by Express.
PRICES : No. C. 830.(K»; No. 7, 00;
No. 8. “ [o.o I. jjo. !l, if 17,00.
Refer to itltlTi: A (OMRS.
D. L. FULLERTON, Stove Dealer,
A. 13-a$ Augusta. Ga.
Our Gratuitous i xponent-
Gentlemen, although perfectly neutral in
this maitei, ass r :s self-interest is eon
ccrnerl; not being a man of fashion myself,
yet I v nnot refrain on Ihi.-* occasion fr.mi
rising to explain tin observation of which
my studied experience in regard to matters
of wearing apparel, a-ml tin* comfort and
satisfaction of of yes gentlemen—alt ho’
unaccustomed to- that is l firmly believe,
from what I have seen my wife has heard
the same filing that economy, durability,
splendidity, substantiality, and good fits can
be had in the clothing line by trading a!
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Ladies are. invited to give the new Howe
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Terms of sale, the most liberal,
loots, per 11» allowed for Strict Middling
Cotton in payment for machines.
ry the Howe, and you will buy no other.
Machines warranted. Sat:;.faction guar
anteed. Oils and Needles on hand.
.iolin M’. Willingham,
District Agent.
THOMSON, GA.
CIO c*
PHOTOGRAPHS!
rp
_L HK uudersigned respectfully informs
the citizens of this section that he has
located in Thomson for a time, where lie
is prepared to make
All Kinds of Pictures,
on reasonable terms.
Call and examine specimens.
.T. A. KELLY.
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L<‘jjal .Vdvert iseiucuts.
HOMESTEAD NOTICE.
GEORGIA— McDuffie County.
VOEL HUMPHREY has applied for ex-
X \ emption of personal tv, and setting
apart and valuation of Homestead, and I
will pass upon the same at 10o'clock, a. in.,
on the 28th day of May, at my office.
A. B. THRASHER,
May 17, 187.7 2t. Ordinary.
GEORGlA— McDttffik County.
JOHN L. GOODRICH has applied for
exemption of personalty, and setting
apart, end valuation of Homestead, and I
will pass upon the same at 11 o'clock, a. m.,
on the first dav of June.. IST"*, at my office.
A. B. THRASHER.
May is 157.7 .7t. Ordinary.
Citation
' GEORGIA —McDuffie Cos ;nty.
To all whom it may concern:
\ H. STOVALL, having in
! J proper form, applied to me for per
manent letters of administration on the
estate of John T. Stovall, late of said coun
ty, this is to cite all and singular, the next of
kin and creditors of said deceased, to be and
appear at my office, within the time allowed
! by law, aud show cause, if any they can,
why permanent administration should not
be gvuited to Eugenia H. Stovall on John
T. Stovalls estate.
V<* itness my hand and official signature.
A. B. 11 [RASHER,
May 187'*-It Ordinary.
G F.ORGIA McDuffie County.
To all whom it may concern :
R . W. 11. NF.AI,. linvin g in proper form,
applied to me for permanent, letters of
adminislration on the estate of Nathan A.
Lewis, late of said comity, this is to cite all
; and singular, t) o next of kin and creditors
of said deceased to be and apnearat my office
within the time allowed l»v law, anil show
cause, if any they can, why permanent
administration should not be granted to K.
W. 11. Neal on Nathan A. Lewis’s estate.
\\ itness my hand and official signature.
A. b. THRASHER,
! May 2. 1875, 4t Ordinary.
Koticeto Debtors and Creditors:.
| GEORGIA—McDri- iK < cvkty.
XOTR’E is h rel» t v > iven t<> all persons
having claims against the estate of
David 1 lintt. docea i.l. to present the same
properly authenticated to law. to the under
'igm *1 within the ime required by law or
the Biu.no will be ; rev. r barred : in i those
indebted to said c;4:itc must make immedi
ate payment or K 1: < ' will be commenced.
T I. A .1. L. OIjIATT,
May.'L’T'*-1 1 and Adm’rs of I>. Cliatt.*
SHERIFFS SALES.
, GEORG I V - -McDuffik County.
-, \ TI.L be sold bo for** the Court Ho jso
t \ \ door at. Thomson, in said county, on
; ibo fir.t ’l'm . lay in .hinc next betunui tile
1 yd hours of sale, o. o' tract • !' Lind iu
said county, adjoining lundsof ,\. K. Strotli
• er, DiUiovvny and Gctcr. the old Grifih) Min<
tract, the Tanlrersley tract and K. G. Griffin,
containing seventwight (78) acres, more or
less, sold to Moses .Jones by R. G. Griffin,
and now occupied by said Moses Jones
Levied on as the property of I'. G. Griffin
to satisfy a fi. fa. from Columbia Superior
Court in the ease of J. H. Nolan ex. said li.
G. Griffin. F- 'l'. Griffin ami Wm. Woodall
1 said ti. fa. being now owned by B. Yv. Heard.
GKO. LANGFORD,
May 1875 It Sheriff.
CrEORGIA- McDuffif. County.
\\ ILL be sold before tlie Court House
\\ do( i-. in 'l'liouison. said comity, on
j the first Tuesday in June next, within the
legal hours of sale, the following property,
to-wit:
One lot of Law and Literary Books, three
(’hairs, one Writing-Desk and Secretary,
one Tab **. one. Wnslistand. one Bucket and
Howl, one Dipper, one Bed. Bedding and
Bedstead, and other room fixtures, one
Lamp, one Stove and Boiler, levied on as
‘ the property of J Uriah If. Casey, to satisfy
! a fi. fa. issued from McDuffie Superior
! Court in .'avor of Mary C. Gerald.
GEO LANGFORD.
May nth, 187.7, Sheriff.
GEORGIA —Mu.Dupfik County.
WILL be sold before the Court House
door, in the town of Thomson, said
con tv. on the first Tuesday in June next
within the legal hours of sale.
(>ne tract of land lying in said county and
W.-mn county, adjoining lands of Al.su
!«>m Jackson and others, containing forty
one acres, more or less, the same being a
portion of the Homestead set apart to said
Vbs.dom Jackson by the Ordinary of Mc-
Duffie county, and is levied on as the proper
ty of said Absalom Jackson by virtue of a
fi. fa. issued from McDuffie Superior Court,
March Term, 187.7, in favor of Samuel
Roney. Property pointed out liy defend
ant in execution.
GEORGE LANGFORD.
May Ith, 187.7. Sheriff.
LADIES STATIONERY
\LL the latest styles in Envelopes ad
Paper, for Ladies’ use, just received,
and on hand ; also
Visiting, Wedding,
Reception and other Cards.
Brin ting and Bookbinding, in all branches,
a specialty.
V. IL PUGHIC,
Book and Jo-; Piiintek. |
D7-c* Augusta, Ga. j
or
11 lasa. <1 news.
j ItOFESSOK HETT, of AugUKta, Ga..
has* succeeded in miring the eyes of Mr. I
George Holzendorf who was afflicted with
paralyzed eyes Anybody afflicted with
any disease of the eyes, come to him and i
suffer no more.
El2-a*
j££j yry Easily made by selling TEAS at
fit Si fl t J IMPORTERS’ PRICES, or get- j
Iwl UdiLlting up clubs in towns and
country for the oldest Tea Company in
America. Greatest inducements. Send for
circular. CANTON TEA CO.. 118 Cham
bers Street, New York.
THOMSON, GA, MAY 26,1875.
POETIC 4 L.
Little Jim, of Arkansas.
A lady after reading the pathetic
story “Little GifTen,’* of Tennessee, pub
lished in the Evening Ne ws, wrote the
following, giving her own war reminis
cences :
“Only little Jim,” ho said,
“Tottering by with weary trend:
Little Jim, of Company B,
Walker’s Arkansas Infantry. ”
Infantry ! it was well said—
Fifteen summers had Burned his head.
Bare of foot and clothes all worn :
“Had been marching since early mom.
Ordered to Belmont right away—
Boats are filling fast, they say,
And if I am left ashore
’Twill break my heart.” Nothing more.
“Little Jim. ;-^,nute.
Hand through paling thrust: within it
Slice of bread and ruby jam
Drop't into his lingering palm.
“Can’t you stop?” my darling pleaded
One wistful glance was all he heeded.
Weary days of dread suspense
Then news came from our lines defence.
“Hurd fought tight and many slain.
To Memphis will be sent again
The wounded.” llow w long tufgo
And meet them. Boats were few and slow !
And surgeons scarce, and remedies
Were scarcer still. We watched his
(Poor Jimmie’s) fate. We wandered ronud '
Through crowded ward and tented ground !
I'util we found him pale and spent,
On gory cot in darkened tent,
While just one little gloam of life
Had barely soaped the surgeon’s knife,
“Mother's coming.*’ Ilis g’azcd eyes
Were slowly oped irpriso.
“Mother’s hero.” He mmt havo heard
Her stilled cries. His poor hand stirred,
His soul just trcmbliiHg on his lips.
His eyes jn-t blank*in death’s eclipse;
He feebly turned the sheet away
To show her, what ? He coukl not say —
What need t;> tej[l his missing limb—
He smiled, ’{was all. Biuve little Jim !
SERVED OUT.
In ike year 183- there lived at Bord
eaux, the last.—or one of tlie last—of o
long line of scoundrels who lmd made
that part, of Li since iofamous (to our
ideas) by a sue. vs.sion of cold-blooded
murders, committed under the sanction of
"■’..lit 1 ..t.-ivftteWrt to rail tlto Code
<\t 'l’ljiK wtHifi Comte de
\ , a I', mi of RTPiit , pliyiueal streufttli,
inilifi'tiirlmbli' »nnj/jr‘‘i(l, null vuldiitlewH
ur.iulty. Not. a lmd : urt of coinjumion,
as soiiui wiiil, when the tit—the dueling
lit —wiiß not on him; blit this cnine on
once in nhout every six months, and
tin'll he must lmvu blood, it muttered
little whose. He lmd killed and maimed
boys of sixteen, fathers of families,
military officers, journalists, advocates,
peaceful country-gentlemen. The cause
of it quarrel was of no importance ; if
one did not present, itself r adily, he
made one ; always contriving that, ac
cording to the t ■ode aforesaid, he should
be the insulted party, thus having the !
choice of weapons ; mid he was deadly
with the small sword. It is difficult for j
us to realize a state of society in which j
•such a wild beast copiil be permitted to j
go at large ; but weiluiow it to be histor- ,
ioally true, that such' efwrttia-es were en
dured in France, jitst us we are assured !
that there were at one time wolves in \
Yorkshire, only tluf less noisome vermin
bad a harder time) of it as civilization
progressed than ‘fas dealt out to the
; huiium brute. j
i Tlie latest exploit of the Comte de
; V- -previous to the story I am about
| to tell, was to guild a poor student into u
j challenge ; and When it was represented
! to him that the hoy had never held a
| sword iu his life, so that it would be
! fairer to use pistols, he replied that
j “fools sometimes made mistakes with
pistols,” and the next morning ran him
i through the lungs. The evil fit was on
him ; but the blood thus shed quieted
him tor another half year, and
rattier more, lot put.be opinion was un
favorable, and the air of Bordeaux be
came too warm for him.
But the scandal blew over after a time,
and he came lick to his old haunts, one
of w hich was in case by the river side,
where many used to spend their Sunday.
Into the little’garden of tins establish
ment our wolf swaggered one fine sum
mer afternoon, with the heavy dark look
and nervous twitching of the hands w hich
those wlio.were acquainted with him
knew well meant mischief. The evil
fit was on him ; consequently he found
himself tlije center of a circle which
expanded its he went on. This did not
displease him. He liked to be feared.
He knew lie could make a quarrel when
he chose, so lie looked around for a
victim.
At a table almost in the middle of the
garden sat a man of about thirty years
of age, of middle height, aud an expres
ion of oounteuanoe which at first struck
one as mild and good humored. He was
engaged rending a journal which seemed
to interest him, and eating strawberries,
an occupation which does not call forth
any latjit strength of character. Above
all, he was profoundly unconscious of
the pretence of JI. le Comte de V ,
and continued eating his strawberries
and rowing his paper as (hough no wolf
were it that pleasant fold.
As the Count approached this table, it
bocome sufficiently well known whom he
was about to honor with his insolence ;
and the circle narrowed again to see the
play. It is not bad sport, with some of
us, to see a fellow-creature baited—espe- j
ially when we are out of danger of wolves.
The strawberry-eaters’ costume was j
not such as was ordinarily worn in i
France at that time, and he had a curious j
hat, whipl)—the weather being warm— i
he had placed on the table by his side. :
“He is a foreigner,” whispered some in
the dress circle. “Perhaps he does not
know Monsieur le Comte.”
Monsieur le Comte seated himself at
the table opposite the unconscious
stranger, and called loudly, “Oareon.”
“Garcon,” he said, when that function
ary appeared, “take away that nasty
thing !” pointing to the hat aforesaid.
Now tlie stranger’s elbow, as he read
his journal, was on the brim of the
“nasty thing,” which was a very good
hat, but bf British form and make. The
garcon was embarrassed.
“Do you hear me?” thundered the
Count. “Take me that thing away!
No one has a right to place his hat on
the table.”
“I beg your pardon,” said the straw
berry-eater, politely placing the ofie-ud- !
ing article on his head, and drawing a |
chair a little aside ; “I will make room |
for Monsieur. ”
The garcon was about to retire well
satisfied, when the bully called after !
him
“Have I not commanded you to take j
that thing w l rich annoys me away?”
“But, Monsieur le Comte, it is ini- ,
possible.”
“What is impossible
“That J slum iu take the gentleman’s
hut.”
“By no moans, ’ observed the stranger, j
uncovering again. “Be so good, as to j
carry my hat to the lady .it the counter,
aud ask her, on my behalf, to do me the
favor to accept charge of it for the !
present.”
“You speak Flench passably well for j
a foreigner,” said the bully, stretching {
his arms over the table, and looking bis
neighbor full in the face.—a titter of con
tempt going round the circle.
“1 am not n foreigner, Monsieur.”
I “1 am sorry for that.”
1 “So Hill 1.”
1 “May one, without indiscretion, iu
why 1”
I “Certainly. Because, if I were a
f foreigner, I should Ik? spared the pain of
seeing a compatriot behave himself very
! rudely.”
! “Meaning me?”
I “Meaning precisely you.”
: “Do yon*know who I am?” asked the
Count, half turnjng his back upon him,
and facing the looker-oil, as much as to
say, “Now observe how I will crush this
poor creature.”
“Monsieur.” replied the strawberry
eater, with perfect politeness in liis tone,
“I have the honor not to know you. ”
“Death of my life ! lam the Comte
de V- -.”
The strawberry-eater looked up and
tlie easy, good-natured face was gone.
In its place was one with tw»o gray eyes
which flashed like tire, aud a mouth that
set itself very firmly.
“The Corate de V——he repeated
iu a low voice.
“Yes, Monsieur. And what have yon
to say against him ?”
“I? O nothing.”
“That may be well for you.”
“But there are those who say he is a
coward.” -
“That is enough,” said the bully, j
starting to his feet. “Monsieur will find
me in two hours at this address,” Hing
ing him a card.
“I shall not trouble myself to seek
Monsieur le Comte,” replied the straw
berry-eater, calmly tearing the card in
two.
“Then I shall say of Monsieur what
lie, permitting himself to lie, said just j
now of me.”
“Aud that is ?”
“That he is a coward.”
“You may say what you please, !
Monsieur le Comte. Those who know j
me would not believe you, and those j
who do not—mj faith ! what ewe I what j
they think ?”
“And thou—thou art a Frenchman 1” j
No one but a Frenchman could have |
thrown so much disdain as he did into I
tlie "thou."
The strawberry-eater made no reply, j
but turned Ins head and called “tbir- !
con !” The poor trembling creature came
up again, wondering what new dilemma
was prepared for him, and stood quaking
some ten yards off,
“Garcon,” said tlie stranger, “is there
a room vacant iu the hotel ?”
“Without doubt, Monsieur.”
“A large one ?”
“But certainly. They, are all large—
own apartments.”
“Then engage the largest for me to
day, and another—no matter what—for
Monsieur le Comte.”
“Monsieur, I give my own orders
when necessary,” said the Count, loftily.
“I thought to spare you the trouble.
Go, if you please,” (this to the waiter,)
“and prepare my rooms.”
Then the strawberry-eater returned to
his strawberries. The bully gnawed his
lip. He could not make head or tail of
this phlegmatic opponent. The circle
NO. 21.
; grew a little wider, for a horrid idea got
abroad that the Conut had not found one
who was likely to suit him, and that he
would have to seek elsewhere what he
wanted.
The murmur that went round roused
the bully.
“Monsieur,” he hissed, “has presumed
to make use of a word which among men
of honor—”
“I beg your pardon ?”
“Which among men of honor—” ;
“But what can Monsieur le Comte
possibly kuow what is felt among men of j
honor ?” asked the other with a shrug of |
incredulity.
“Will you fight yourself with me, or !
will yo •. not,” loured the Count, goaded j
to fury.
“if Monsieur le Comte will give him- |
self the trouble to accompany me to the ]
apartni<'lit which, no doubt, is now pre- ;
pared for me,” replied the .stranger, ris- !
ing, “1 will satisfy him.”
“Good,” said the other, kicking down j
his chair ; “I am with you. I waive the
usual preliminaries, i only beg to on- i
servo that I am without arms ; but if
you—”
“O, don’t trouble yourself on that |
score,” Wild the stranger, with a grim
smile, “it you are not afraid, follow i
me.”
This lie said in a voice sufficiently loud
for the nearest to hear, and the circle
parted right and left, like startled sheep
as tile two walked towards the house.
Wjis there no 0110 to call “police,” no
one to tiy and prevent what to all seemed j
imminent ? Not a soul! The dreaded du- I
elist had his evil tit on, and every one j
breathed freely now that he knew the
victim was selected. Moreover, no one
supposed it would end there.
Tlie count ami ins friend (?) were ush
ered into the apartment prepared for the
latter, who, as soon as the garcon had
left, took off his coat and waistcoat, and
proceeded to move the furniture so as to
leave the room free tor what was to fol
low—the count standing with folded
arms, glaring at him the while. The
decks being cleared for action, the stran
ger locked the door, placed the key on
the mantel-piece behind him, and said :
; “I think you might have helped a iit
j tie, but never mind. Will you give me
j your attention for five minutes !”
j “Perfectly.”
J “Thank you. I am, as 1 have told
| yon, a Frenchman, but I was educated
| m England, at one of her famous public
j school.!. Mini 1 lo: 1 " ad V\ one of our
own Lyeees,. I should, perhaps, have
! gained more book knowledge, but, as it
| is, J have learned some tilings which we
!do not teach, ami one of them is,
not to take a menu advantage of any
man, but to keep my own head with my
own hands. Bo you understand me,
Monsieur le Comte ?”
“I cannot flatter myself that I do.”
“Ha ! Then I must be more explicit.
I learned, then, that one who takes ad
vantage of mere brute strength against
the weak, or who, practiced iu any art,
compels one uupraoUeed iu it to contend
with him, is a coward and a knave. Bo
you follow me now, Monsieur leComteV”
“X came here, Monsieur—”
“Never mind for what you came, be
content with what you will get. For ex
ample—to follow what i was observing—
if a man skilled with a small sword for .
flic mere vicious love of quarrelling, 1
goads to madness a boy who has never
leaned iu his life, and kills him, that ;
man is a murderer ; and more—a cow- ■
ardly murderer, and a knavish.”
“1 think I catch your meaning ; but if
you have pis Lois here-—” loamoil tlie bnl
ly.
“i do not come to eat strawberries
with pistols in my pocket,” replied the
other, in the same calm tone he had used
throughout. “Allow me to continue.
At that school of which I have spoken,
and m the society of men who have
grown out of it, and others where the
same habit of thought prevails, it
would be considered that a man who had
been guilty of sucli eowarilice and knav
ery as i have mentioned, would be just
.y punished if, some day, he should be
paid iu liis own coin by meeting some
one who would take him at the same dis
advantage us lie placed that poor boy at. ”
"Our seconds shall fix your owu wea
t ous, Monsieur,’ saul the Count; “let
this farce end.”
‘ 'l/resell tiy. Those gentlemen whose
opinions X now venture to express, not
Having tlia’. erase for blood which dis
t.nguishes sonic—-who have not had a
similar enlightened education—would
pruoabiy think that such a coward and
Knave as we have been considering
noiud best meet ills deserts by receiving
a humiliating castigation belitting his
knavery and his cowardice.”
“Ah ! I see ; I have a lawyer to deal
with,” sneered the Count.
“Yes. X have studied a little law, but
I regret to say I am about to break one
of its provisions.”
“Y’ou will fight me then ?”
“Yes. At the school we have been
speaking of, I learned, among other
things, the use of my hands ; and if I
mistake not, I am about to give you as
sound a thrashing us any bully ever got.”
“You would tuke advautivge of your
skill iu the box?” said tho Count, getting
a little pale.”
Exactly. Just as, von took advaut-
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months 1 '
/ <-.1 f.v-.vi- 'nout.,
!i < months
' be mum: to-- months
oh. column twelie mouths v^Bllilßi
r ! on lines or less c aisidered
nminted^Mim|iin
males.
•me "! your -kill m tin- small
poor young 15 i
"But n >s degrading—' ruta!!
“My dear Monsieur, j us t
foil .ire four itu-h*s taller anand
tv o! forty kill. grammes heavier tl.vH
am. I 1 ave seldom seen so fine
side. If r.m were to hit me a m
swing:! g blow, it would go
In the same way, if poor
B r your guard, it ■
I,live non,' hard with you. But,
'hail on in -.'!; both your eyes, mujfl
haps deprive you of it tooth nr -
happily in front ; whereas you
“I will not accept this barbarous
counter.” J®
“You must; T have’ done t'M>
W'l.iM V ,’! iik, i, brandy ■ '
"u ? No? I’ince yourself oil
'o it you please When I
’ ,‘u you, and you are fit to appear,
revenge—m
1 s word, if you please. 1 1 fCj
I'U.ly- -,"oward --knave, take*.
"lid that, and that !”
'■el wiry litt'o Anglo- ’
word. In less lin.e^H
it tlie great
•mpr—l1‘;1,1 e for t}’’
May. 1 h'lf iiumber one caused
I'flty suns beaming in tlie
with liis right eye ; that
dial' plieuonieuon
:l > r three obliged
;■> obse^H
atteutively than
lu'ito And when one
"•">< bad eompleteiy
ni l in threw open the window and
for help, tli" stawberry-oater took M
tim neck and breeches aud flung
es it mi tiie flower-bed below. CadS
stinwlierry eater remained a
at Bordeaux to fulfill his promise of
itig the Count his revenge. But
.'r am, tlm bully met with more
11 a'l'h. Tin- stiiiwberry-eater
geio for a master as wall as Owen SwflM
ami after a tew p.asses the Count,
was too eager to kill liis man, felt
!>ii asiiiit SOI at ion m Ins light ah^H
i . ■
' *3
S
. ’ , I ’"1 1,1 , 'k
hotel window, aud
■ ■■ aflH
mtif
to whom tlie
io‘ kidiw.i v.ho never tufas about tQH
j — T' fhpls liar.
HARD TIMES.
What a prolific time of complaint.
Ask jour neighbor what he thinks, and
he thinks of ‘hard times.’ How be feels.*--
and he feels the hard times.” The co>M|
plaint is unive rsal, general,
and the consequences are apparent to
A community can soon complain itsellH
onto! money, credit, enterprise, aud ini
fact every other requisite to its generj
good and welfare. Just now we are n.
aiizing some of the benefits of
course. Bailiffs are like warriors on t
war-path ; merchants, eagerly,
l.y striving to collect even the smallest*
accounts due them. Bankers are grave, A
and sit with closed vaults. J
“Xo accommodations” is written on
faces, and all results from our
desire to complain of “the times.” Let!
us hedge off for awhile.
Do as you please, “the times” are not l
so bad as we suppose. There is bread I
in the country—plenty of it—and moiM
e y> t*>o, as to that. We know
we speak. Let us quit complaining, and
rest assured “the times” will assuredly
grow better, and we will be a happier J
and better contented community. i
That’s What’s the Matter.—You
may think the word that of very little
consequence.
If you will read on, however, you will
soon see that that is of considerable
importance.
You will see that that that, which is
used in the second sentence, is used as a
noun.
And we will say still further that thatr'
that that has been spoken of last
third sentenoe, is also a noun. -
Wo gave the fourth'sentence out one
time to a gentleman to parse, and friend
afterward remarked, “that that that that
that gentleman parsed, was parsed in
correctly. ”
The first gentleman retorted, “that,-
‘that that that that gentleman parsed,’
was rather a clumsy sentence.”
Another oue said, “that, ‘that that
that that that that,’ was a still more
clumsy sentence.”
A lady present ventured the suggestion,
“that, ‘that that that, that that’that that
gentleman made use of was a correct
grammatical sentence,-’.’ ’
That’s enough..
According to the statistics issued by •
the telegraphic imperial' government, .
there are 27.198 telegraph stations iu the
world ; 18.275 in Europe, 7,X13 iu Amer
ica, 1,129 in Asia, floX in Australia, aud .
127 m Africa.
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A Spanish proverb says “A kiss with--
>ut a m lustaohe is like an egg without. .
salt. M