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VOL. XIV.
Loots 6. Hohlfeld
PRACTICAL
Watchmaker and Jeweler,
TBOMSO.V, <Sf.
The tindemigntd takes pleasure in informing the citizens of this town and county
that he has opened a first-class Watch and Jewelry business in this place and is prepared
tdo all work in tbia line in the best snd most satisfactory iuar.uer. Twenty years
practical experience in the largest establishment in the world enables we to give satisfac
tion in every way at moat reasonable prices. I always keep on hand a nice selection of
Watch#s. Clock*, Jewelry and Spectacle*, and can compete with every house in the
country in prices Engraving done. Every kind ami pattern in Jewelry to order at
shortest notice. All kinds of repairing done with neatness and dispatch. Give me a
call and you certainly will find it to your advantage.
Louis G. Hotilfeld,
Lots of New Goods
THOMAS HL LEM IS’
NO. 5, BRICK 1(0W, THOMSON, GEORGIA.
Keeps the best stock of OKOCEKIES in Thom
son. It has been tested and as declared
by first-class judges. His stock consists ot
Flour, Meal, Corn, Meat, Su-gar, Coflce,
and all their goods in the Grocery Line.
Also Boots, Shoes, Hats Clothing, and Dry
Goods of all kinds.
Cokn, Meat a Flour
A Specialty!
J10M& M. e&M FIS.
Manufacturer and Dealer in all kinds ot
Furniture and House Furnishing
Goods, Buggies, Carriages,
Wagons, Ac., Ac.
All Repairing promptly done and at rea
sonable rates. Blacksmith]ng in all its
branches.
UNDERTAKING.
I have a large and elegant
HEARSE,
Which will lie sent to any part of 111* town or country at reasonable rates.
COFFINS AND METALLIC CASES.
lIISIAL
Suitable for Male* or Famalen, old or young.
•I. M. CIIKTIS. Thomson, (ri,
THE ADKINS HOUSE
ELLIS STREET, OPPOSITE ODD FELLOWS’ IIALL
AUGUSTA, (iA.
JK.. J ADKIINTS. JFt., - - - PfiOP R,
Newly Furnishefl Centrally Located.
CONVENIENT TO DEPOTS. POST OFFICE, AND
BPS IN ESS PORTION OF Cl TV.
Hot and Cold Batlis attached to Booms.
FIBS 1' CLASH TABLES, CLEAN BOOMS AND BEDDING.
feb7'B36m Terms Moderate.
WATCHES!
I am selling Waltham Stem Winding
Watches from SB.(X) up. Full line of Dia
monds, Watches and Jewelry, &c. Watches
and Jewelry repaired and Warranted.
WM. SCHWEIGERT.
Un'ior Central II >tol, Aiguku.G a.
ENGINES, BOILERS, gßkJjl
SAW and GRIST MILLS, and MA- ’*<jg
CHINERY and MILL SUPPIES
Repairs Done at Reasonable Dr ices.
i EO. E. LOMBARD CO
Foundry, Machine and Boiler Works,
&UGVST&* - - Gt&Q'&Glr-if,
We bay, Hell, rent exchange, and repair Engines on favorable terms.
Hava 3 car load* New Engine*. 2 cur loads 2d hand Engines in stock
or prompt delivery. Steam and Water Pipe at Reduced Prices. Agents
otfjAtlae Engines. Aultman Taylor Engines, Korting Injectors, Vandnzen
Jo Pumps, Gardiner's Governors, Clouds Creek Mill Rocks, Eclipse
Jlouble Turbine Wheels. All kinds of new work and repair, promptly
done. We are working about 100 hand, and cast every day.
eW ave the largest anil best fitted out shop in the South—new an
mnproved bool* or all kinds of work in our line. Call and see us when
uAuguata. f
GEG. R. LOMBARD k CO
THOMSON, GEORGIA, WEIXN'ItISiDAY, OCTOBER 21, 1885.
W. 11. Howard. C. IT. Howard. S P. We'aigor.
W. H. HOWARD & SONS,
COTTON COMMISSION MERCHANTS.
NO. 20 SEVENTH (McINTOSII) STREET,
AITGUS I’A, GA.
Consignments of Colton and oilier Produce solicited.
Orders for Bagging and Ties Filled at lowest market prices.
Josiah Miller. Dr. W. W. Hussey.
MILLER & BUSSEY, .
WHOLESALE GROCERS. L
and V
CoiumiNion Mercluiiits,
111)2 Broad Street, Corner Campbell,
AUGUSTA, GA.
Buy Tim Best!
! IT 1* A FACT Always conceded in conversation, and often in practice, that the BEST
j GOODS arc cheapo** in tho end. Every busmens nun knows this to be so, and my expo
! ” elu ‘ h,IH f .v convinced me of its truth :s* in buying my Spring and Summer stock, 1
lmv#i bought the beat of its kind in every line the BEST hut not the FANCIEST. I ent
ry full lines of both Dry Goods and Groceries ; Imt in the former department I make a
specialty of
Ladies and Gents Fine Shoes,
And in the latter my specialty is
Furs Sugars, Coffees, &c.
! have no leader, that i I do not sell granulated sugar, checks and such well known
goods at cost, and make it up on things with which you are unacquainted ; but my profits
are uniform lluxughout. iam ugout for
Fine Custom-Made Clothing;
AND—
FINE JEWELRY.
\ on may infer from the above that my price* hr© high, hut not ho, l do not iutend
to bo unde Isold by anybody, as a trial will convince you. All are invited to call.
Respectfully,
JOHBT M. BARNES.
April Ist. 188r>. fyl)
Sew Store! New Goods!
.lustOpuned At
BOIVE VILLE, GA,
II) Ml FRIENDS AND TDK PUBLIC ; I liavo and will contiuue to koep a Selected
Line of Dry (load*, Groceries ami Geueiai Mori liuiidise.
In Dry Gooilx Department may ho found : Sheeting, Checks, Drills, Calicoes, eto
Groceries : Flour, laud, Sugar, Coffee, Bice, Soap, etc.
Wwene Oil V... CHesp. \ ven.-ty of Notioes mul Small Bimda that eve.y house
kesj er mieda. Al,„. a ,;i keep an assortment of laidhw Hats, Trimed to order wlieudesit
eil. Country produce tukou in exchange for goods, at highest market prices.
All are invited to come and see! Respectfully,
Julia l<\ Mmith
I loneill Ua.
April '.<2, 1885.
The George F. Pierce Institute,
r FI lomsdon, Georgia.
T I ,JIiM of [his School ivil open Mnuuay, August ill, 188:.. and continue
• "u" fi*'e l 1" pains will be spared to make the School tlie equal of
Hmfieei ‘l’" M " ‘ ? K 'T yl “' ">' •ud we earnestly solicit the cooperation of
Gor ii'rT r' r T rr "' n<l r Our aim is to make the school a HOME
linot a.'. isem"'!. 1 “tl to prepare others for the
.Junior and Senior olftHseh of our bout male and female Colleges.
PThctoITIVSICAI* " nH i"be well cured for
roveVy the MENiA, -‘ ,l '> ''ORAL GROWTH will he constantly watched
i
IJt BIDS must lie THOROUGH in the branches studied, nnd, to accomplish this, they
j * IU be ""'rjert to frequent rigid examinations, both oral and written.
ms^i2srx3sro-.
JJELIEY ING that Die BODV should lie developed and trained in connection with the
A mind, the Principal has decided to add the Military feature to the School. All of
the young men and large boys will lie thoroughly drilled in Military Tactics.
rpHK Discipline of the school will Is- grin rather than harsh. Pupils will he regarded
usf ami ladies. and failing to deport Uienwelves as such will ho subjected
to Kucli punishment ns may ho deemed piopor.
X'li'U riites" 111 bu clluryoll flo ' u Ul “" " f cuU-riug till tiic end of tho term at the follow -
First grade s'.’oo
S- coiul grade •> 50
Third grade 3 00
Fourth grade 4.00
Tuition will he duo at tho end of cadi month.
OX-XIbT 23- G-X2CSS, TPrixicipaJ.
NEW ESTABLISHMENT!
A I „ KX. 11. < • uHT |
Thomson, Gn,
Ho* rented the Shops of J. T. Smith, in ItranclivillA, uud is prepared to carry on the
dillureut branches of tiic business,
Carriages, Wagons and Buggies Made and
Repaired.
Blacksmithing in all its Branches,
Undertaking in all its Branches.
The Best Work, all guaranteed, and the lowest prices. By Strict Attention to Busu.es
he asks u liberal Share of patronage,
March l!, 1885. flyj
Pendleton’s Book Store,
SOI Broad Street,
Next to K. U. Schneider's.
Augusta. ------ Gboimiia.
Keeps constantly on lmnd a full lino of
Books and Stationery, consisting in part of Standard and Miscellaneous
Books, Novels, Tales, nn< Religious, Bibles, Testaments,
llj mil Books, of difft.h nt denomination, Sunday
School Books and Requisites, School
Books, Blank Books of all
kinds, Note, Letter,
Fools-Cap, Bill and I cgnl Cap Paper, Office and Fancy Stationery, Pic
ture Frames, Rolls and loys, Photograph and Aulogiaph
Albums, Pictures, Aso. Ro<>ks and small pack
ages of Stationery sent by mail
free of postage, on re
ceipt of money for thu same.
t. 17, 1884.
A. F Pendleton
TO WHOLESALE BUYERS OF
CROCKERY, GLASSWARE, LAMPS,
IPiLAOSa AEH9 PSB3BI© TTiIHWABB.
City and Country Doa era Can Purchase Their Goods At
M. BMiMTTMMt, Sn.'s.
712 Broad Strecr, Augusta,
At Lower Prices Than Sold by any Ho mm Souli.
And where Freight, Packages, Drayngo and other charges are eon.
L rod, our Prices will be found Lower than any A’tiitbern or Eu.'.teiu
I ders. .
’ ' BURKE & CO.
WHOLESALE DEALERS IN
Foreign and Domestic Wines, Liquors, Ci
gars, Tobuccoaiul Groceries.
Orders fioni tbo country promptly tilled, and satisfaction guaranteed
The patronage ol McDuffie and neighboring counties respectfully solicited
STORE HOUSE is Dili Broad street,, Augusta, until October Ist,
they will move to 830 Broad street.
F. W. FOSTER
COTTON FACTOR IXO COMMISSION IEBCUIT.
Office and Warehouse on Campbell St,
BETWEEN BROAD & REYNOLDS,
Augusta, - Georgia.
Consignments Nolieitcd Personal Attention Given to Business.
Tbo Instructions of Consignors Promptly Obeyed.
EAR ROGERS,
—DP.AUER IN
(dins, Pistols, &c., 501 Broad St., Augusta, Ga.
Ah Iho shooting season lias commenced I respectfully solicit the trade of the good
people of McDuffie and ud joining counties for goods they may want in the line of Guns,
ltiflem. Ammunition. Pistols Ac. Send your Guns or Firo-arms to mo to bet repaired. I
warrant my work to be done as well us any where, and better than elsewhere in the
city of Augusta. Brices Low. 10. 11. ItOGKIiS,
Adi Broad Si root, Just below Railroad crossing.
.1. 11. SCEiItS,
COTTON FAETOR AND COMMISSION MERCIART,
Warehouse and Salctirooin, 1.01 iMolntoah Street, Cor. Reynolds,
AUGASTA, GA.
t AYill continue tin* business in its various branches. Advances of
Bagging and 'Pies and Family Supplies, at lowest market price’s. Liberal
Citsl Advances made on Cotton or other Produce in Store. Consign
metrvh of all Hold and Farm Products solicited.
Personal utteutico given to Selling, Weighing, Sampling and Stor
ing aP Consignments. Charges for handling cotton not advanced on.
Commission 50c, iS'l.orago 25c per month.
MEN, YOUTHS AND BOYS SUITS,
-Overcoats. Hats. Underwear.
AT—
<J O O KE’K
CLOTHING & HAT STORE
NO. 711, BROAD STREET, AUGUSTA, GA.
| j t-v \ ELEGANT Styles, Superior Makes,
pj/ | ' ” / Largest stock and Loweet prices.
J TWfoW—t- Clothing I hat lit, that wear, that
y. \. • , are stylish, that are well made are
i r " • j j ~j \"YV J \ V I |j the only kind wo find room for.
J- -- j -A- 'v g Customers cun roly upon getting
_ yVj —' tho best obtainable.
\ \ \ As to prices Wo make it interest*
J \ \\\ ingfor those who try to beat ours
\
To use a comniun expression,
it c***t be
Wo ask for your trade expecting to give you tho best value you can
get in every way. If wo cannot Huit you we will not ask you to buy
A. VV. Blancliard,
For .1. 0. LUDLOW & CO.
THE PEOPLE OF MCDUFFIE AND ADJOINING
COUNTIES,
Will find it to their interest to purchase their Furniture from
Piatt 15 rot hers,
AUGUSTA, GA.
We keep the largest and most elegant stock in the city and our prices
cannot, be duplicated. Suits ranging in prices from S2O to .SI,OOO. Wo
can suit everybody. When you visit bo sure to call on us at
7<W micl 710 Rniad Street,
Bakery and Confectionery.
Mrs. Ann Greiff.
riI(ISON, GEORGIA.
RESPECTFULLY announces to tho public that her Bakery is iu excellent condition,
and she is prepaired to furnUh Cakes, Bread, French Rolls, and everything iu the
line of a first-class Bakery, all of the best and finest material.
She also keeps a full line of Confectionores, Cheese, Crackers, Canned Goods, Plain
and Fancy Candies, Ac. Also a full lino of Men’s Shirts and Drawers and Women’s Un
derwear always in stock; MRS. ANN GREIO.
Main Street, Thomson, Ga.
Mrs. E, M. Morris,
STREET,
T K receiving her New Stock of Fall and Winter Millinery and Fancy Good*, to
, which shsinvites your attention. Among her specialties you will timt Black Gropes
f-.rbrew Ifimming Crepe ml other Ve,lings, Buttons, Wes, Fringes, Jtibbous, Cor"
sets, Hoop Skirts, Etc. Notions in variety.
From October Ist irn the business of Dress Making will be resumed. Your patron
age respectfully solicited. HUH. E , M SIOHUIB.
liOTe n<l Death.
LJfo may hold (woolm-M* yut; I would not. die:
For ho liilurht coin© with anillc* upon hl lip:
Then from my heart tho weary year* would
Blip,
And I should him with a joyoua cry-,
Forirlvitiir and fortrottlnK all the past,
J list lor the Miko of Love come back at IftHt.
Oh, life may yet be sweet; I wouid not die.
Child. Fate has not Ik*< n kind to you and me;
Y"ir bnly kisses could not on so mv pain;
While In that other faoo 1 lonl ed in vain
For siriiß of what I knew could never be.
Often I drew away vour cllntflnr urasp.
To seek ujfulD that ©old and raid ss c.asp.
No; llte has not been kind to you and me.
And Death Is oomlnur. Ah, will Death be kin I?
Will lie. some day, brinjr mo my truant love/
Or shall 1 lloat in ether pure above,
Passionless, sexless, unu not hope to find
Him who made life a blessing and a curse?
Will Death bring better, happier times, or
worse? ,
Ah, Death is coming fast; w ill he ho kind?
Love, have you never known one bitter hour?
Never looked back with tender, sweet- regret
To that past happy summer when wonet,
: When first 1 knew tny beauty—fatal dower!—
j Had clmim-d your roaming funcy? What a
chain?
Woven In madness from despair nnd pain,
And idly worn to kill an Idle hour.
Child, listen to me: Love is worse than Death;
For Death takes all, but Love takes fruit and
bloom.
And loaves the worthless husk to rot in gloom.
It takes 1 ho crown trout lilc;tho weary breath
Must labor on until Death brings re.b f.
And b.ots out all the weariness ami grief.
Ah! Love is cruel; incrcilul .Bdeath.
—Chamber’s Journul.
D dn’t UiitlfMNtiintl the Game.
An tiniusinw Htoty is told of an
American millionaire who recently
honored Loudon with a visit. As ho
was walking down one of the busiest
s true is one morning, his eye was at
tracted by an organ-grinder who was
solemnly and lugubriously playing at
the corner of a street. Tho top of tho
organ was covered with a smooth
green cloth, and it was this green
cloth that at once appealed to tho in
to Heel of tho transatlantic Croesus.
For him the green cloth suggested
only one thought, and that thought
was gambling, lie fauci al himself in
tho presence of some peripatetic roulet
player, and ho could not resist tho
temptation of taking a turn. So lie
stopped opposite tho musical Italian
and tossed a gold coin cheerily on liio
groon surface of the hurdy-gurdy. The
astonished foreigner stopped playing,
grasped tho coin, pocketed it, removed
his hat, grunted out some voluable
Tuscan thanks, and resumed his music.
“Lost that time,” tho millionaire mur
mured to himself, and produced an
other coin. He tossed it again upon
the board, from which it was again no
less promptly and no less gratefully
removed by the delighted musician.
The millionaire shook his head. “All,
luck’s against me,” he remarked, as
he sent a third gold coin to gleam for
a moment upon the green surface be
fore it rapidly disappeared hi tho Ital
ian’s pocket. Another and another
coin went tho same way, without
wearing out the patience ol the Amer
ican. But at last, when some six sov
ereigns had transferred themselves
from his keeping to that of tho organ
grinder, the American bent forward,
and in a lone of the intonsest curiosity,
whispered in llte ear of the amazed
Italian, “Say, stranger, what do you
call this game, anyhow?”-— WhUdm.il
liiiVtliiV,
—— ■ •- ■ .
A New Use fop Kleetrlclty.
“What is this?” asked a broker, as
he sauntered into a Wail street bank
ing house on Saturday and fixed his
inquiring gazo on a curious little ma
chine from which there came a sub
dued wnirr and a strong current of air.
Then he put out his baud to investi
gate. There was a sudden snap, and
lie drew it back with three fingers cut
half-way off. While the clerks were
binding up his wounds previous to
starting him off for the family doctor,
they explained that the thing which lio
saw was an electric motor, while tho
part that lie felt, but hadn’t seen was
ail eighteen-inch fan, making 2,200
revolutions a minute. Tho broker
went home with his curiosity satisfied,
ami the dorks decorated the machine
with a huge placard, “Hands off!”
There arc now over fifty of these fans
in use in the down-town district alone,
the stock exchange and most of the
leading banking houses having them.
The rent for a machine is £lO a sum
mer, and they are run by the current
which supplies tho lamps at night, a
fan and a lamp requiring about tho
same amount of power, tho cost of
cither being 116 cents per. hour. Tho
fans can also be bought outright. A
large one will create a current of air
that can be felt at a distance of tiftv
feet. They are made of two kinds of
material, metal and fiber. The latter
is not as durable, but it isn't so hard
on the lingers of the inquisitive spec
tators.—JorA; Tribune.
ltagM lantern! ofCloHotn.
In closets which arc not provided
with drawer* and wardrobes whoro
dresses may ho hung or laid away from
nil danger from dust or crowding, bags
which will completely envelope the
dress and protect delicate fabrics are a
necessity. Such bags must be long
enough to hold a dress-skirt without
folding, and wide enough to give room
to all kinds of frills and bounces. Any
kind of material will answer, but mus
lin or print is most often used. Cut
one side of the bag three inches longer
than the other; seam together, bind
around the top, work four button-holes
across the longest side, widen buttons
down on the other like a Hap. The
bottom of tho bag now becomes the
top, seam it across again, and in tho
casing so made run a Hat, narrow
stick; at each upper corner sow tape
loops by which to hang the bag on two
books in tho closet. • To wide tapos,
sewed near the easing, pin the dross
skirt by tho band and also the waist,
by which even part of it will least muss
the trimming. After the dress is care
fully pinned in place, pull down tho
bag over it and button the Hap across
the bottom.
Bags for the various small articles in
kitchen and wash-room, which need
keeping together, should be made of
some dark, strong material, and of *a
plain, square shape, and furnished with
curtain rings sewed around the top lo
run tho draw string in. Such bags are
useful receptacles for clothes-pins,
small clothes-lines, string.-, and tho
hundred and one things which must bo
kept in some place where they can be
found in a hurry.
Bags for the store-room and for hold
ing bundles and scraps must be of
strong stulF. Tho former of linn, close
ly-woven lineu, sewed in a turned
seam, and provided with tapes for ty
ing up, several inches below the top,
so they niav be turned over and tied
closely, Hicctuidly preventing the en
trance of any undesirable object, ani
mate or otherwise.— Jin, L. A. i' /auce,
in Good UouvJcLCping.
■ *0 ♦
It costs 91*000 to raise a man from
infancy to the ago of twenty-one years.
At least, that was what it cost to raise
a slave on corn meal and bacon, regard
loss of such services as he could veu- j
dor before his niaf ritv.
NO.
TRAIN TALK.
"If you write stories for the paper,'*
said a Hock Island Railway freight
conductor, “lot mo toll you a trim one
that came under my observation Just
winter out near Dos Moines who# I
was running on the lowa division.
This is no railroad yarn, but a fact I
saw it with my own eyes. One day
wc wore running along and I was in
tlio engine. As wo began to cross a
bridge wo iookod ahead and there #as
a littlo girl about six years oid clam
bering over the timbers. She hud
some school books in her hand, and
was evidently on her way home from
school. The engineer whistled, when
she turned her face toward us. I’ll
never forgot that face as long as 1 live.
It was just as white is the snow on the
ieo in the creek thirty or forty feet be
low her. Rut she didn’t scream, nor
I try to jump, nor do nothing. She just
| looked at us with a steady glare ns if
she’d stop the train with her oye9 that
1 wo were unable to do with our brakes.
At first wo were all so broke lip wo
| hadn't any idea what to do. and I be
j lieve we’d of stood there like posts if
i she hadn’t suddenly stretched out her
| little arms toward us in a mute appeal
I for help. Well, sir, that broke the
| charm, and we all started up wildly.
I I swung way out as fur as i could,
holding by one hat id, and with the
other motioning her to get down
down between the timbers. Would
you believe it? That littlo thing fol
lowed my directions as if she’d been a
man. Ami she took her time to It,
too, and climbed down as deliberately
as if she’d been at home. She w,aa
none too quick, though, for her little
I brown hood, with a red ribbon llutier
i ing from it, had no sooner disappeared
! between the timbers than we thunder
; ed over her.
! “ ‘Let her out. Bill,’ I shouted to the
i engineer, ‘let her out lively, or that
i little tiling will never be able to stick
down there till we get over the bridge.
Turn her loose!’
“So bill ho let her out, but she'd no
sooner reached the bank than I jump
ed uiV and went heels over head iu a
stiow bank. I got .buck to the bridge
as soon as I could, uud wailed for our
long train to get by. Dou’t mind toll*
in’ ye that as I stood there I did some
thing 1 never did afore—-yes. sir, I
stood there and prayed that that littlo
one might lie able to stick it out till I
could got to hor. Rut I guess my
prayers are no good, for when the
train was by I rushed out oil tho
j bridge, over limbers by the dozen, ox
! peering every minute to see that little
red ribbon. Rut it never showed up.
! Tears began to Jill my eyes so that I
| could hardly see tho crosspieces—I
j have a little girl of my own, you kuow
j —but on and on I went, and no brown
I hood or red ribbon could I timl. Then
| 1 turned and looked totno ieo below,
j and thorc she was. Yea, she had fall
en thirty or forty feet through the
bridge.
“How I "ot down to her I don't
| know, but 1 got there. 1 lifted her up
jin my arms. Hor eyes were closed,
but she opened them, looked at tue a
i second, aud said:
i “ How did you get down here?’
“This question would have made me
| laugh if 1 had felt sure she wasn't hurt,'
1 but as it was I hurried up the bank
and to the caboose. JSne said tho
| wasn’t hurt touch, but I knew she
! couldn’t tell, and we started for tho
next station.
“ fui going homo, ain’t I?’ sho In
quired, utter we had lixed her up iu
our bunk.
“1 told her ‘yes,’ knowin’ that min
ute that wo wore going right by her
house. 1 was iu such a hurry to get
to a surgeon that I thought it right to’
deceive her. Pretty soon she went off
to sleep, and sho looked so deathly'
lying there that all of us weut to wip
in’ our eyes like women.
“ ‘Buys,’ says J, ‘if sho never wakes'
up I’ll quit the road. 1 uover WAftk
to sec limt bridge agin.’ ”
“And you have-quit the road?”
“No, I’iu at the old business. She
got well, aud all tho spnug used to,
watch for my train as sho would for
hor papa coming home from work.
We never passed hor house unless she
was out waving that little brown hood
at us and making that red ribbon
dance. Our engineer used to whistle
for her regularly, and she got so sho
could tell that whistle as far as she
could hear it. Once in a while, when
not in a hurry, we’d stop our train
ami have a L;tlk with her. She said
she loved us all, oven tiie old engine,
but she has never set hor foot on the
track since that day she fell through
the bridge. This is a true stdry, and
the littlo girl’s name is Lily.”—C'/-
cutju Jlciukl.
The Itei Was Off.
A few days ago, after a couple of
i esteemed citizens, who are close neigh
bors, had arranged to pass a lew days
with their families at a lake in Oak
land county, one of them ottered to
wuger a box of cigars that ho would
catch the largest lisdi. The wager was
promptly taken, and next day one of
the getiliemeu put in an appearance at
a lisli stand on the market and said to
the dealer:
••Have you got a fresh pickerel
weighing about ttftcou pounds?”
“1 have, sir.”
“Well, 1 want you to put him on Ice
and ship him lo me at Bake. I pro
pose to caich him on a hook oiit
there.”
••Very well, sir. I think I'll ship the
two together.”
“'Hie two?”
“Yes, sir. Mr. (mentioning the
other esteemed citizen) was here au
hour ago, and bought one weighing
twenty pouuds. It will take less ice
to pack the two in the same box!”
Tho fish were paid for, but tho
bet was declared oil. Oclroil /'re#
J'rtss.
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An eminent physician on oath tho
other <*>y Haiti tlii.t ho hail known men
who took llioir sixty tumblers of puuob
per day ami seemed no whit tho worse
for the indulgence.
At a recent Socialistic meeting in
Berlin the fact was mentioned that
two prominent merchant tailors paid
girls from lo 15 cents for milking a
complete suit of boys’ clothing.
The lartrcst dock in tho world i* at
St. .John, N. F. It is 6(0 foot long at
Ihu lop, 558 foot lull!; upon tho line of
keel blocking and 182 feet wide, and
tho drift over gate still 25 foot at high
tide.
Three hundred anil lifty-ciglit crimi
nals who havo escaped from (iooriria
in tho course of tho last thirteen years
are "wanted” in that Stale. Jlie re
wards o tl'erod for them aggregate
iiuuoua
"I never did take murk stock in that
story about lish being such hue bruin
food,” inadvortontly remarked Smith,
"and 1 take loss stock iu it than eve,
now that I’ve lived off little else fur
some time past- i think l'U <*uit
them-"