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THE PAULDING NEW EDA.
JAM. ItUKtKKNKIIMJE A CO., Publishers.
‘ ONWARD AND UPWARD’
SIIlIMfitlPlIOX: $1.50 Per Amm.
VOLUME I.
DALLAS. PAULDING COUNTY, GA., THURSDAY, SEPTEMBER 27, 1883.
NUMBER 43.
PKOPK'jSIONAb CAUD8
J)R. S. ROBERTSON,
. PHYSICIAN & SURGEON,
Tenders hi, profrsainnal atrvicei In the
J iractice of mediclns in nil Itn branches to
ho cilia ine of Dnllo, nnd rurroundin?
country. Office No. 5 Ac worth otreot,
nur court heune.
WK. FItl.n««' OHO. P. RODRRT >
JpiELDER & ROBERTS,
ATTORNEYS AT LAW,
DtlUa. Paulding County. O^orftn.
Prseii*. . J.ho conrla. Prrmpt sitt-n-
tlon given nflooklnr after wild land nlsin *.
Collection, a specialty. 1 ly
J M. SPINKS,
’attorney at law,
Dallas, Paulding County, G-rrgb
Prompt attention given t.o cnllrct’op, in
anr part of the Stale. Will land, looked
nftfr and intruder* f jeotPiL
asr.an for mi.
Mnalc for the MilPnn.—Vienna Eollnn
l altlal Organ.
Hweateet end moat 'teliehtfnl mneio t new
Popular In Keren*. Any tune cao he v,laved
on it, from Old Hundred to Yeokoe Pnodlo.
Even thnaa"wliii no ear" while away <l«.
lithlful hour, witli th ! e Imiriirrcnl. Any
one can plan i*. Children i ley il in me
eveninir. Cot(. b 't orc-t«nl|i aa much aa
the Orjrinelfe, urenoine, etc,, and ia far
aweater and need, oniv romw*on nuuic. To
introduce our new mtta’c we w ill ,end a „m-
ple Organ, with Itnund hork containing fn'l
word, nnd mndc of Art ntw aiid popular
aonga, which in ehe, t form well for $36.3(1,
prepaid th any ad.lrn.« f'r ONLY $1.
O. O. Ft.—Aa a punrnii'e* that ererr ore
will receive all they pay for, we will arrd
nnernmplw book and nrcan liy expi-e-a C.
O. D„ $100; two lor $1 00; three, »2.30, or
■ore at the rate of to per doaen. We ran.
not prepay good, .ent O D. Circular*
free. Addroa MONAHNOl'K MUSIC CO.,
Lock Bo* 780, Ilnvlnle, N, II.
THE ELECTRIC
ia guaranteed to mend a greater variety
»l article! and ho'tl atronger than any
other cement ever invented. It will
mend leather, china, glan, v/ood, mar
ble, atone, and ia atronger where mended
then eiaewhere. It It a household neoee-
dty, and if you try it once you will
never be without it In the houae.
Agenta wanted. S.*te and county
righta for aale. Addreaa for circular,,
the E.ectric, or Texaa Gypsum Cement
Ox.. 85 Decatur Street, Atlanta, G*.
tST Tbia cement took the premium at
the Cotton Expoaitlon.
It Stands at tho Head!
Insure Your Property Agnlnat I,oa«
by rirr.
I rmapnt for tho Coi.iinental fnanrnoce Con.*
p»ny, wbluh 1. conSn.d to tho Ininiina of fa.ui
{ i.opartr, dwelling*. churehoj, and icbcol hnutra,
or one. three and flro rearr. Kv«r» riudrnt man
raelaaafo worn l>a know, thel II he.htu'd ho a r no
lortunata aa to aat hla piop-tly deatroyrd h, flro-
‘he areat.r i*rtl<m of lla lone* ie-
placid. Thtali a reliable company, and ir.amea
for a low rat*. Call on ioi*, and • will rW« r, n full
oiplanattona. T t j% ( l-'OAITK.
T^T?T?T? 8 * n, > *° MOORE’S
X IVLIlf linalncaa University,
ar ... Atlanta, Georgia,
For lllnatrated Ciroulr.r. A live a o*oal bua
ineaa achool. Fatahliahed twenty year,.
YOU CAN HAVE ANY KIND FO
Sewing Machine Repaired.
BUY
All Kinds of Needles,
A ftac/tvunln, ravin, Hie., Etc.
— OF—
r« McCormack,
01 S. Broad St., Atlanta, Ga.
I^Sand Machine, by Expreea.
THE LIGHT RUNNING
DOMESTIC!
That it ie tho LEADER IN THE
TRADE is a fact that cannot be dis
puted.
Many Imitate il! None Equal it!
The Largest Armed ! The Lightest
Running! .The most Beautiful Wood
work ! And is warranted to be made
of the best material, to do any and all
kinds of work, to bo complete in every
respect.
For sale by
J. B.H. A. FOOTE & CO,
Dallas, Ghoroia.
BflL-Agents wanted in unoccupied
lerritory. Address
DOMESTIC S. M. CO.,
Richmond, Va
11. E. CASON,
dentist,
,OCBted in 0AR -
i ii*. .LE, "here be is prepared to
do all Kinda of Dental work at prices to
SUIT THE TIMES.
He will he pleased to sec nil his old
frienda and many new customers If
you need any dinial work done call on
him.
WM. E. CUNNINGHAM,
PRACTICAL
Watchiaker d Jeweler.
—AND PROPRIETOR—
GATE CITY
INE
REPAIR SHOP,
58 Decatur St.’ - ATLANTA, GA.
Some folks would say that the above
is a litt'e t« much mixed up to be very
good in either of its departments, and
that Mr. Cunningham cannot be a very
good watchmaker if he works on guna,
sewing machines, and anything else
that comes along.
Now let me sty to those who may fa
vor me with a perusal of this that my
experience in watchmaking runs back
over a quarter of a century, and that
part of my business i, under my own
personal superviaioD, and that I propot e
to do the ltest possible work on every
oh entrustci to me.
The aewing machine department of
my bus’ness is in the hands of thorough
ly competent workmen, and I guarantee
every machine that ia repaired at the G.
C. S. M. E:c. and R. S. shall bs well and
thoroughly done.
Now, if you have a machine that
needs repairing, send or bring it to us,
and if we don’t make it work all right
we won’t charge you a nickel. We also
have an assortment of second ham! ma
ci 'nes that will do good sewing, which
,r ,, cheap.
IJBHTRUNNINr
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•SEWING MACHINE CO-
CHICAGO,ILL.*-
. -ORANGE, MASS.
and ATLANTA .GA.-
B. F. MATHEWS & CO.,
DALLAS, GA.
cox, hammgnd & massey
Attorneys at Law.
Will practice in the Superior Courts of
Douglass and Prulding counties. Suita
against railroads and criminal defences
a specialty.
Cox & Hammond, •> Atlanta, Ga.
Robt. A Massey, Douglassville, Ga.
Thompson & Spinks.
Ivy F. Thompson and W. E, S »
have formed a partnership for the prac-
ice of Law, to lie oonfined to cases in
Paulding Superior Court, under the
firm name Thompson* Spin *"ks.
GENERAL NEWS.
Tiie now cotton factory at Birmingham
will cover over four norcs, cost $500,000
and ompioy 500 ojtorativoa.
Tho numlicr of patents wit hr Id for
nonpayment of tho final fees was '2,050;
the number of patents expired was 7,471.
Tho receipts from all sources w.ut $1,
005,884; expendituresineltiditig printing
$577,028, surplus, $518,255. Increase in
the receipts over 1882, $155,020
Tito Pratt Coal nnd Coko Company, of
Alabama, have bought ton mining inn-
liinos nnd have them cutting coal in the
shnft. They will out about 100 toUH i>or
day.
The number of caveats filed was 2,-
588; tho number of patents granted, in
cluding reissues nnd d(signs, 21,185; tho
number of trade marks registered was
808 the number of labels registered was
618; total 22,080,
Tho lumber of applications nwniting
action on tho part of the office, July 1,
1881, was 4,700, an increase of 28 per
cent, over 1882. Tho Commissioner
says the business of tho < fficc is steadily
and rnppidly increasing, ImCnenrly two
nml a half Million dollars now stands to
tiie credit of tho office in tho Treasury.
Di iuno tho past year over a third of a
million of dollars whs rcacivod in the
United States land office at Gainesville,
Fin., and nearly a half a million acres of
land were disposed of. There were also
1,055 liomestond entries, nnd tho num
ber of cash entries wns 2,181.
A PEAti orchard in Thomas eotinty,
Ga., was sold five years ago for $050. It
wns next sold for $1,800, tho $050 hav
ing boon recovered from cuttings in the
mcantimo. A month afterward $2,800
wns offered for it, nnd now it eottld not
ho ltought for $25,000.
A man by the namo of Gnllinn, living
near Low Gap, Surry county, N. C.>
while quarrelling with a lieigldsir a few
days ngo, throw nn ax nt him, cutting
his clothing slightly nnd killing his own
child instantly. The nx icmnined in tho
child's head for several minutes until
they got through fighting. Mrs. Gnllinn
the child's mother, became grcntly exci
ted, and it is feared slio will die,
While tho amount of cotton consumed
by Southorn mills Inst year wns only ono
soAcnth of the entiro consumption in the
United States, tho increased consump
tion in tlio United States wns nearly 25
per cent, of that for the whole country
thus showing that tho soutli’is'progress
ing much moro rappidly in cotton man
ufacturing than tho North.
Jacksonville, Fla., ia to have a pal"
motto factory. Tho machinery wilt all
bo new, for tho most part recent invent
ions, and will consist of eight fibre ma
chines, six mncliines for preparing the
leaf for maltrasses, etc., nn immense pal
metto crusher, steam dyers and other ma
chinery for manufacturing palmetto pulp
nnd for converting pine strnw into
fibre for tlio upholsters, for mattrassoa,
otc.
The Commissioner of patents lias mb-
mitlcd a reitort of file business
of tho patent office for the fis
cal year ended June 80. Tho report
hows that the number of applications
f r patents received was 32,845 the num
ber of applications for design patents re
ceived was 1,038; the number of applica
tions for re-issue of patents received was
247, the number of applications for tho
registration of trade-marks was 854; the
ntimbe rof applications for tiie registra
tion of labels was 740; totul 35,784, us
againBt 30,720.
CiiattanoooaTimes: Considerable up
prehension is expressed by tho press of
tho State ns well as tho prominent atock
raisers nt tho prcvnilanco of murrain
among the cattle in certain sections,
Tho disoaso has mado its appearance in
many localities, nnd in not confined to
nny one grand division of the State. To
a large extent tiie cattle raisers of the
State havo discarded tho old thorough
bred scrub stock nnd linvo expended
considerable wealth nwd time in improv
ing their herds. Consequently an epi
demic of this dread disease would lie of
incnlcnlable injury to thoHtntein a finan
cial point of view.
Macon Telegraph: Tho Savannah
Truck farmers aro investigating fruitcans
ning establishments for the benefit of
their association. The true solution of
the truck question lies in this direction.
Last season, experience, if it taught any
thing, taughtthat truck is of too perish
able a nature to l>e shipped long distan
ccs at owner’s risk. Tiie demand for
canned, fruits we are told, has never
been sully supplied, and should the sup
ply for the time exceed tho demand,
there iB no danger of Ja glutted mnrkct
J.ike cotton, canned fruit can lie hold
for an active market,
A’tWDA Y EVE AT SEA.
Bitting alone et the Bonnet hoar,
With my good ship moored in e foreign
bey,
Cantos a hallowed thought with memoriea
fraught,
Of tho lovod ones far away.
Faces familiar upon me smile,
While my heart with the svreot remembrance
swells,
And I seem to hear the mnaie dear
Of Jubilant marriage belli.
Of marriage bolls on a Bahheth day,
In a beautiful village by the sea,
When tlio world was bright, all filled with
delight,
For my own Annio and me.
A score of years have passed since then,
And I've auohorcd my ship ill many a hay,
Cut my loved ones, dear, ever aeem more
rear
The farthor I sail away,
Mnmenls there are when I may forget
To think of one spot o'er tiie sea afar,
Of tiie Joy and llghtof a homo made bright
By lovo, wlioro my treaaures aro;
But whenever tlio Sunday evening comes,
An I tlio waves aro floroe and tlio night Is
ilrvar,
Like angels of love, as if sent from above,
My loved ones seem hovering noar.
I behold them, then, my treasures dear,
As at this moment they como to mo;
For sail where I will their Image* still
My companions aro at sea.
Cai.kii Dunn.
r Pli© Irish Seer.
.Solomon," said tho houaokeeper. "But
Htiro yo wouldn't abuse your wisdom to
ruin throo poor bodios like us?”
“Poor I" oried Patrick, "Is it poor ye
call yourselves ? Yo nto and drink like
fighting cocks; y’aro clothed in silk nnd
plush nnd brondcloth, nnd your wnges
is nil pocket money nnd pin-money. Yet
ye must roll tho rnnn thnt feeds nnd
clothos yo."
"It ia truol it is truol" oried tho
butler.
"Ho snakes liko a priest," said tlio
woman. "Oh, nlnnna I don't tie hard on
its; it is all the devil's doiugs; ho timptod
us. Oh ! oh I oh I”
"Whisht, now, and snako sinso," said
Pntriok, roughly. "Is It multod ?"
"It is not.’’
"Can you lay your bauds on it?"
“Wo oan, ovory stiver of it. Wo in
tituled to put it hack."
"That's a lie," said Patrick, firmly,
Imt uot iu the least reproachfully, "Now
look nt me, the wliolo clan of ye, male
and fnymnlo. Which would yournthor
du—help mo find tho gimorneks, overy
article of ’em, or lio lagged nnd scragged
nnd stretched on a gibbet nnd such like
llignnt diva)sinus?’ 1
They Hiintohud eagerly nt tho plank of
safety held out to them, nnd from that
minute acted under Mr. O'Unfforty's
orders.
Fetch me another pint,” wns his first
holiest.
Ay, n dozen, if ye'll do us tho honor
to drink it,”
To tho dlvll wid your blarney I Now
tell I ho master I'm lit his snrviue."
"Oh, umrdcr I whnt will lieoomo of us?
Would you tell him, after nil 7"
"Yu oinndhniins, can't ye listen nt the
duro m.d hear wlint I tell him ?"
With this understanding Hqnire Grins
Squire Ormlisy's pantry was broken
into nnd rolibod of a largo nnionnt of
valnnblo plates. Mr. Ormsliy distrusted
the police nnd publicity in those eases,
nnd his wife prevailed on him to send for
Patrick O'Rafferty, tlio village seer.
That worthy enme, nnd honrd tho
story. Ho lookod nt the lady nnd gon-
ilcmnn, and his Holf-deoepfion begun hi
nozo out of him. To humbug his hum
ble neighbors wns not diilioiilt lior dan
gerous, but to docoivo nnd undeceive
nnd disappoint his landlord was quilo
another matter.
He put ou humility, nnd said this was
a mutter beyond him entirely. Then tho
Squire was angry, nnd said bitterly,
"No doubt ho would rather oblige his
neighbors, or n shopkeeper who ws» n
strnngor to him, than tho man whoso
land hnd fed him and his for fifty years."
Ho was proceeding iu the snmo strain
when poor Pnt, with thnt dismal whine
file merry soul wns subject to occasion
ally, implored him not fo murder hint
entirely with hard words; ho would do
his best.
No mnn oan do more,” said Mr.
Ormsby. “Now, how will you procuod ?
Can wc' render you any assistance ?"
Patrick snid, humbly, and in ndown-
enst way, ho would like to see 4ho place
where tho thieves got in.
Ho was taken to tho pnntry window,
and examined it inside and out, and nil
tlio servants peeped at him,
"What next V' asked the Sutliro,
Then Pntriok inwardly resolved to get
n good dinner out of this business, how
ever lmmilnting the end might be.
"Sorr," said ho, “ye’ll havo to give me a
room all tomyHelf, and a rump-steak nnd
onions; and after that your servants
must bring mo.three pipes nnd three
pints of home-brewed ale. Browers' ale
hasn't the snmo spiritual effect on a
seer’s mind."
When the first pipe and pint were to
go to him adisciissiou took place between
the magnates of tho kitchen who should
tako it uii. At last the butler and tlio
housekeeper insisted on tho footman tak
ing it. Accordingly ho did so.
Meantime Putrick sat in state digesting
tho good food. Ho began to feel a physi
cal complacency, and to defy the future;
ho only regretted that ho hod confined
liis demand to one dinner and three jiots.
To him in this frame of mind entered the
footman with pipe nnd pint of alo as
clear ns Mnderia.
Hays Patrick, looking at the pipe,
“That's tho first of ’em.''
Tlio footman put tho things down
(other hurriedly and vanished.
"niimpli,” said Pat to himself, "yon
don't seem to core for my company.”
Ho sipped and smoked, and his mind
worked.
The footman wont to tho butler with
a scared face, and said, “I won’t go neai
him again; he said I was one.”
"Nonseuso I” said tho butler : 111
take up the next."
Ho did so. Patrick gazed in his face,
took the pipe, nnd said, sotto voce.
"Titis is the secondthen, very^ re
gretfully, "Only one more to come.”
The butler went away much discom
posed, and told tho housekeeper.
"I can't believe it,” said she. "Any
way, I’ll know tho worst."
So in duo course she took up the third
pipe and pint, and wore propitiatory
smiles,
“This is tiie last of ’em,” said Patrick,
solemnly, nml looked at the glass.
Tho housekeeper went down all in a
flutter. " We are found out, wo are
ruined,” snid she. "Thoro is nothing to
be done now but— Yes there is ; wo
must buy him, or put tho comother on
him beforo lie sees tho master.”
Putrick was half dozing over his lost
ippo when lie heard a rustle and a com
motion, nnd lo ! three, culprits on their
knees to him. With that instinctive sa
gacity which was his one real gift—so ho
underrated it -he said, with a twinkling
eye;
“Och, thin, you've come to make a
ciano bruit of it, the three Chrischin var-
tues and haythen graces that ye ore. Ye
may save yourselves tho trouble. Sure
1 know all about it,”
"We see you do. Y’are wiser than
by was ushered in, all expectation.
“Yor honor,” said Patrick, " I think
tho power is laving me. I nm only able
to sou tho hnlf of it. Now, if you plnzo,
would you liko to catch tlio thieves mid
lose the Bilvcr, or to flud tlio silvor and
not find the thieves?"
"Why, the silver, to ho sure.”
"Then you and my Indy must go to
mass to-morrow morning, and when you
como hack wo will look for tho silver,
and maytsi, if we find it, your honor will
givn mo thnt littlo hit of a lenso I've boon
wanting so long.”
"One thing nt a timo, Pnt; you haven't
futttid (lie silver yet.”
At nine o'clock next morning Mr. nnd
Mrs. Ormsliy returned from mass, and
found O'Rafferty waiting for them at
their door. He had a long walking-stick
with a shining kNnli, nnd informed them
very solemnly, that tho priest hod sprin
kled it for him with holy witter,
Titus armed, ho commenced the search
lie pcnoraled into out-houseH, and ap
plied his stick to chimncyH nnd fngots
and cold ovous, and nil possible places.
No luck.
Then ho prooccdod to the a table-yard
sttd searched overy corner; then intc
tiie shrtibbory; then into tiie tool-house.
No luek. Then on to the lawn. By
this timo thoro where abont thirty at his
heels.
Disgusted nt this fruitless search, Pnt
riek apostrophized his stick;
"Bad cess to you, y’aro only good
lo burn. Yo knpo turning away from
overy place; but ye don't turn to any
anything whatever. Stop a bit I Oh
holy Moses I whnt is this ?”
As he spoke, the stick Boemod to rise
and point like a gun. Patrick marched
the direction indicated, nnd after a
while seemed to lio forced by tho stick
into a run. Ho began to shout excited
ly, nnd they all rnu after him. He ran
full tilt ngnuist a dismounted wntor liar
rcl, and the end of tlio stick struck it
witli swell impetus thnt it knocked tlio
barrel over, then flow out of Patrick’s
Imnd to tho right, who himsolf made a
spring tho other way, and stood glaring
with all tho rest at the glittering ohjocls
that strewed tiie lawn, neither more nor
less than the missing plate.
Hliouts and screams of delight. Every
body shaking hands with Patrick, who,
I icing a consummate actor, seemed daz
zled and mystified, ns one who had suc
ceeded far bovond his expectations.
To make n long story short, they nil
si tiled in their minds that the thieves
lind been alarmed, and hidden the plate
for a timo, intending to roturn and fetch
it nwny.
Mr, Ormsliy took tho seer into his
study, nnd gave him n piece of paper
stating thnt for a great service rendered
to him by Mr. Patrick O'Rafferty he
hnd, iu the namo of him and his, prom
ised him undisturlicd jiossession of tho
farm so long as ho or his should farm
it themselves, and pay tho present rent,
Pat's modesty vanished nt the Squire’i
gittc; he bragged up and down the vil
lage, and henceforth nobody disputed
liis seorsliip in those ports.
A neighbor’s estate, morigtised up to
the eves, was sold under tho hammer,
nnd Sir Henry Steele bought it, and laid
some of it down in grass. He was
breeder of stock. He marked ont
park wall, and did not includo a oertain
littlo orchard and a triangular plot.
Patrick O’ Rafferty observed, and np-
plied for them. Sir Henry, who did
liis own business, received tho appli
cation, noted it down, and asked him
for a good reference. Ho gave Squire
Ormsby.
“I will make inquiries,” said Sir
Henry. "Good morning.”
Ho knew Ormsby in London, and
when he became liis neighbor the Irish
gentleman wns all hospitality. One day
Sir Henry told him of O’Rafferty’s ap
plication, and asked abont him.
“Oh,” said Ormsby, "that is onr
seer. ”
"Your what?”
“Our wise man, onr diviner of se
crets; and some wonderful thiDgs he has
done.”
He then related the loss of his plate,
and its supernatural recovery.
Then Sir Henry said that he would
put tlioao pretensions to the test.
At his request Patrick was informed
thnt next Thursday, at ono o’clook, if ho
chose to snhinit to a fair test ol his
divining powers, the parcel of land ho
had naked for Bkouhl bo let him on easy
terms.
Patrick assented jnnntily. Bat in his
secret soul ho felt uneasy.
However, ho camo np to tho scrateh
like a matt. After all, ho had nothing
to lose this time, nnd he vowed to sub
mit to no test that was not preceded by
a good dinner. Ho wsa inhered into
Sir Henry Steele’s study, and there ho
found thnt gentleman and Mr. Ormsby.
Ono comfort, there was a cloth laid, and
certain silvor dishos on tho hobs and in
tho fender.
"Well, Mr. O'Rnffurty,” said bin hast,
•I behove you liko a good dinner?”
"Thrno for you, sorr," said Pat.
"Well, thou, wu can combino businesn
with pleasure; you shall have a good
dinner."
Long lifo to yonr honor 1”
'I eiHiked it for you myself."
'God bless your honor for yonr eon-
dcsoinsion.”
“You are to eat tho dinner first, and
then just tell me whnt the meat is, and
tho parcel of land is yours on oasy
terms. ”
Palriek's confidence rose. “Sure,
thin, it is a fair bargain," said he.
Tho dishos wore uncovered. Thorn
were vegetables pin iked most deliciously;
llm meat wns n ehof-d'ienvro; a sort of
rich ragout dune to n turn, and so fra
grant that tho very odor mado the month
water.
Patrick seated himself, and helped
himself, nnd took a mouthful; that
mouthful had a double effect. He real
ized in ono nnd the snmo moment that
this was a more heavenly compound than
lie had ever cx|>cotod to taste niton earth,
and that ha could not nnd never should
livitio whnt bird or lionst ho was eating.
Ho looked for tlio iMines; there were
nnno. Ho yielded himself to desperate
enjoyment. When ho had nearly cleaned
die pinto 1m said that oven the twst-
inoked moat was none the worue for •
pinrt of good nlu to wash it down.
Hir nonry Hteelo rang a boll and or-
lercd n quart of nle.
Pntriok enjoyed this too, nnd did not
irry; he felt jt was his last dinner iu
llint house, ns well ns liis first.
Tlio gontlemnn watched him and gave
dm time. But nt last Ormsliy said,
'Well, Patrick—
Now Patrick, whilst ho sipped, had
icon asking himself wlint line he had
bettor take; and ho had oome to a con
clusion creditable to that sagacity and
luiowledgo of human nature he really
possessed and underrated accordingly,
lie would compliment the gentlemen on
their superior wisdom, nnd own he oonld
not throw dust in such eyes as theirs;
then ho would I Nig them not to mnke his
humble ncighliorH ns wise as they were;
but let him still pass for a wiso man in
die parish, whilst they laughed in their
su|N)rior sleeves. To onrry ont this he
impregnated his brazen features with •
world of comic humility.
“And,” said lie, in cajoling accents,
“all, your honors, the old fox mado
tunny n turn, lint tlio dogs were too
many for him ntlust.”
What more of self-depreciation and ca
jolery lie would lmvcndded is not known,
for Hir Henry Hteelo broke in loudly,
“Good heavens I Well, he is an extra
ordinary man. It was an old dog-fox I
cooked for him."
“Didn’t I toll you?” cried Ormsby,
doligbted at tho success of his country-
man.
“Well, sir,” snid Hir Honry, whoso
emotions seldom lasted long, “a bargain's
a hnrgnin. I let you tho orchard and
field for—let mo see—you must bring mo
n stoat, n weaaol, nnd a polecat every
year. I mean to get np tho game.”
Mr. O’Bnfforty first stared stupidly,
thon winked cnnningly, then blandly
abaorbod laudation and land; then
retired invoking solemn blessings;
then, lieing outside,- cxocntod a fan-
linugo, nnd went borne on wings; from
Hint hour the village oonld not hold
him. His speech wns of aoenmnlating
farms on peppercorn rents, till s slice of
a! I ho country should lie liis. To hear
him, ho could see through a deal board,
nnd luck wns his monopoly. He began
to ho envied, and was on tho way to bo
hated, when, confiding in his star, he
married NoraU Blnke^ a beautiful girl,
hnt a most notorious vixen.
Then the unlucky ones forgave him a
great deal; for sure wouldn't Norah re
venge them? Alasl the traitress fell in
love with her husband after marriage,
nnd let him mold her into a sort of
uugvlic duck.
This was the climax. Ho Paddy Lnek
is now numbered among the lasting in-
hlitutious of old Ireland (if any).
May he live till the starts of his ooat
knock liis brains ont, and him dancing
.,n Irish fling to “the wind that shakes
tlio [ alleyHarper's Magazine.
Bmoky.—In Mexico nearly everyone
is a smoker. Tho Bchool children who
linve done well in their studies are re-'
warded by being allowed to smoke a
cigar ns they stand or sit at their lessons.
Tho schoolmaster is seldom withont a
cigar in his mouth. In the law courts
all ]lemons commonly enjoy their to
bacco freely, and even the accused in a
criminal trial is not denied this indul
gence, but is allowed, if his cigarette goes
out in the heat of tho argument, to light
it again bv borrowing that of the officer
who stands at hiB side to gnard him.
“1 have no wealth,” she said; “I esn
give you only my hand nnd heart.”
And then he thought that if her heart
wns as big ns her band she wns indeed
wealthy.