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•IAS. IIKECKEMtllHlE A CO., Publishers.
ONWARD AND UPWARD'
NUIWCTMH ION t 81.50 I’cr Annum.
VOLUME J.
DALLAS. PAULDING COUNTY, GA., THURSDAY, OCTOBER 4, 1883.
NUMBER 44.
PROFESSIONAL CARDS
jQU 8. ROBERTSON,
PHYSICIAN & SURGEON,
Tenders his profession*! services 'n tl e
practice of medicine in nil its 1 ranches to
the citizjns of DaIIsb end Mirrou dine
country. AdTOflice No. 5 Ac worth street,
near cjurt house.
W K. FIELD SR* URO. 1
JjILELDER & ROBERTS.
ATTORNEYS AT LAW,
fk Dallss, Paulding County, Georgia.
Prnc'ice in .11 tho courts. Prompt slim
lion given to looking after wild land clsin »,
Collection, a specialty. 1 ly
M. SPINKS,
’attorney at law,
Dribs, Paulding County, G ;rg'a
Prompt attention given to collrefon. Ii
anrrnri of IIih Sln'c. Wild land* looked
after and intruder, rj. ct-il.
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*»3r.r*£5 fou s**i.
Music for the Mill'on.—V cm a Rolian
Labial Orpin,
Sweetest «n'1 most, delightful nmsin Know
Popu’ar in Euroon. Anv Line enn b • t Invert
on it, from Old Hundred to Yankee Doodle
Even those “\vi i no ear” while nwny de
lightful hours with tli’s instrument. Any
one cin play D. Children liny it in cne
evenine. Costs b t or.e-U nth hr much na
the O^R^nette, Or*nnina, etc., anti is fsi
sweeter nnd needs onlv toamion music. To
introduce our new mns’e wo will rend n anm
pie Organ, wiih hound hook containing full
words end music of 00 new and popidn
soojs. which in t-hei t f«oin roll for $30.35,
prepaM to nny nd lrc.s f r ONLY $1.
C. O. F>.—As a ennrniRee thnt. everv one
will receive nil tl cy psy for, wo will nnil
cnejample book nnd orpf.n by express C.
THE ELECTRIC
Mi Bn Cement.
is guaranteed to mend a greater variety
it art c’os and hold stronger than any
ither cement ever inveuted. It will
ui.-nd leather, china, glas», wood mar
ble, .tone, nud I. stronger where mended
than elsewhere. It L a household necce-
dty, nud if you try it once you will
never bo without it In the bouse.
Agents wanted. State ar.d county
'ighta for sale. Address for circular.,
'.he E.ectrlc, or Tens Gypsum Grmeut
O v 85 Decatur Street. Atlanta, Gt.
WaT I'hl. cement took tlie premium at
the Cotton Exposition.
It Stands at the Head!
GENERAL NEWS.
Wltnt Ii*r Become of Them.
O. D„ $100; 1 wo (or $! 60; Ihree, #2.30, or
more At the rate of 19 per drr.pn, We ran-
not prepay goods «ant <O. D. Circulars
free. Address MONADNOf’K MUSIC CO.,
Lock Box 780, IUnsdnle, N. IF.
Insure Your Property AguliiNt I.onn
by Fire.
I pm ngent for the Continental Insurance Con.-
puny, whltih if con fund to the Inanritiff of turn
i.ropjrt*. dwelling, churches end retinol Imutei,
ihr one, three mid five jeers. Every riudrnt men
ftelsrefe when hp knows that if hi* rhe u»d bo * r ut
tortuneto en to set hie pioputy destroyid by tire
ho will hev** tho neet.**r prrllon of Lis lories rc
placed. This is a n liable c-nmt auv, and Insures
for a low rat*. Call on inr. and • will pWo vni fu
* ap'anaPons. T. A. FOOTE.
T7D T? 17 Send to MOORE'S
D IlCiij llnalnrss University,
Aflnutn, Georgia,
For lliii.trntrd Circular A live a c'nnl bus
ille.H rc.ioid. K'Jtsbtished twenty years.
YOU CAN HAVE ANY KTNDJ FO
Sewing Machine Repaired,
BUY
All Kinds of Needles,
A ttachnunts, roils, Etc,, Etc.
— OF—
1*. McCORMACK,
51 S. Broad St., Atlanta, Ga.
HfiySiind Machines by Express.
THE U6HT RUNNING
DOMESTIC!
Thnt it is the LEADER IN THE
TRADE is tv fact That cannot bo dis
puted.
Man) Imitate il!
The Largest Armed ! The Lightest
Running! The most Beautiful Wood
work ! And is warranted to be made
of the best material, tu do any and all
kinds if work, to bo complete in every
respect.
For sale by
J. B. ft T. A. FOOTE & CO.,
Dali.ah, Gkowiia.
Agents wanted in unoccupied
territory. Address
DOMESTIC S. M. CO.,
Richmond, Va
R. E. CA430N,
DENTIST,
:f«*y
mi
m
lightening
Has permanently located in OAK-
""88VILLE, • •
TERSVJ LLE, where he is prepared to
do all kinds of Dental work at prices to
SUIT- THE TIME8.
He will he pleased to see all his old
friend* nnd mnny new customers If
you need any dmtnl work done cal! on
him.
WM. E. CUNNINGHAM,
PRACTICAL
SIMPLE
Wiidunbr aai Jeweler.
•AND PROPRIETOR—
GATE CITY
MG MACHINE EXCHANGE
j REPAIR SHOP,
j 58 Dkcatuk St., - ATLANTA, GA.
Some folks would say that the above
is alitt'e tv much mixed up to he very
good in either of its departments, and
that Mr. Cunningham canno- be a very
good watchmaker if he works on guns,
sewing machines, and anything else
that comes along.
Now let me ssy 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 is • under my own
personal supervision, and that I propose
to do the best possible work on every
oi) entrusted to me.
The sewing machine department of
my business is in the bands of thorough
ly competent workmen, and I guarantee
every machine that is repaired at ihe G.
C. S'. M. Ex. and R. S. shall be 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 hand ma
chines that Will do good sewing, which
,y a !!.! ch3ip.
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•SEWING MACHINE CO
Tuoacoo will ho cultivated in the cot
ton bolt of Florida.
Tim orange crops of Florida tiro now
worth over ouo and one half millions of
dollars,
Ralleioh, Nortli Carolina, lias thir
teen factories and mills.
The Richmond Va., Grain elevator,
which In ids 300,000 bushels is now full.
A shout Biignr crop is predieted in
Louisiana, owing to an insufficiency of
rain.
FlOTUDA lias 030 fnetmies, working ‘2,
18 bands, with a capital invested of $1,-
697,080.
TnK shores along Mobile bay, on both
Bides are becoming lined with orange
groves.
St. Augustine, Fla., pays 12J cents a
barrel for oyster shells to improve her
roods.
Tnu. number of homesteads entered in
Mississippi since the passage of tiro law
in 1862, is 13,885.
Tim banana trees about Mmlison Fla.
are nearly all bearing large, fine bunch
osof fruit this year.
The cigar business is greatly extend
ing in Key West, Flo. It is carried on
mostly by Cubans.
iT. C. Wood, who keeps a hotel at Kris
tol is said to ho tho fattcHt man in Vir-
ia. He weighs 501) pounds.
A wohm similar to tho army worm iH
making terrible havoc with tho pea crop
in portions of West Tennessee,
Many portions of West Tenncsso are
suffering with a dry-spell. Nearly all tho
grass destroyed and water for stock get
ting scarce.
A variety of cotton known ns tlio Son-
egnmhiu is attracting considerable atten
tion in somo quarters of Alabama, It is
said to turn out a pound to fifty bolls.
Southern farmers have been experi
menting with tonintocH ns focal for cows
with very satisfactory results, nnd they
consider it an absolute preventative of
cholera.
The peanut crop in Virginia, according
to tho latest reports, is n grent failure.
It is believed flint owing to drouth not
much more than one fourth of a crop
will bo made.
In Texas colored anil white 'people are
to ride in separate coaches, but they are
to be equal iu quality. '1'bnt is bow tho
Lone Star state manages the social prob
lom.
Two twonty-flvo-yonr-old orange trees
near Tampa, Fla., one measures ton
inches id love tiro root, fifty-three inches
in circumference, and the other fifty-one
inches.
The New Orleans Timcs-Domocrnt ex
presses the opinion that the cotton crop
of 1883-8-1 is owned by tho producers,
and will leave more surplus money in tly/
country than any cotton crop of rooiut
years.
An uncommon stalk of cotton was ej-
hibited in Natchez recently. It was sev
en feet high, with long cIobc branches,
all of which were tilled with bolls.
These numbered over 250. It was raised
by Alien Carpenter.
Another item has been adilod to Ala
bama's rich anil boundless resources.
Prof. Smith, state geologist, while pros
pecting in southwest Alabama last week
found a fino flow of petroleum on the Tom-
bigbeo.
The Marksvillo Bulletin, Louisiana,
tells of a stalk of cotton frqrrf JJu'cklmul
What Frightened a Hirer.
What lias tiecomo of thoso grnoefnl and
accomplished liars who used to writo tho
romantic tramp stories for tho news
papers ? Let us boo : Thoro was al
ways a rich heiress from tho city iu tho
business. She sits on tho porch in tho
cool, old farm house reading a Imok of
poems. The rest of tho household are
all away. Suddenly the gate opens and
a man with a handsome face but shew-
ing tile marks of dissipation, approaches
and asks for bread. Tho young nnd
beautiful heiress goes into tho kitchen
nnd brings out a big bowl ot bread anil
milk arid an apple pie, nud tint tramp
sits down on tho cool porch nnd oata
with a new light in his eye. When ho
lias finished, lie tiegs to look at tire book
of poems, nnd selecting one at random
lie roads it aloud so nffeotingly that tho
young girl is moved to toars and has to
go into the house for a dry handkerchief.
Then tho tramp fells how ho wss onoo a
bright and happy hoy, but 1ms boon led
away from tiro straight anil narrow path
by evil associations, until ire bus finally
oomo to drinking too much after break,
f.ist. And now lie is n tramp, but the
kindness oi tho heiress 1ms made him
resolve to loud a different lifo. The
heiress gives him ft bright gold piece
and shakes hands with him, and indulges
iu another weep, and thun the tramp
goes down ttio Inno with a now resolve
in his heart A year later a handsome,
well-dressed young man calls at the city
homo of tho heiress nnd semis up his
card. “ G. Washington .Tones,” she
rends, nnd running down, finds in the
parlor the tramp she met out in the
country ut lier Uncle Peter's. Ho is re
formed all over, and lias been wonder ■
fully improved in ntipunranoo bynyoar’s
course of regular Imtliiu
THAT WINTER'S WOOU.
"No. I was never frightened \m ""“'"7!'" W,M
once in my life, and you will laugh'
tell yon how it
Homo rich
ild relation hud died and left him some
money, too, anil (hero is a mutual pledge
of undying affection, an embrace, a
1 ‘bless you my children" from tiro old
folks, nnd thou a wedding and a bridal
tour to Europe, This roads nil right
when it is properly fixed up nml em
bellished by a graceful liar. There usod
to lie five or six of these pretty little ro
mantic tramp and heiress stories travel
ing around through the ncwspniH'rH
every summer, but there is a dearth of
this Rort of literature this season. Per
haps the graceful prevaricator who wrote
Hu so stories has been struck by liglit-
ning.
when I tclf yon how it happened. I
have been in somo mighty ticklish
ilneos, ns you know, but I never know
>eforo what kind of a fooling it wns to
luivo tho cold chills run up my back
bone, makiug my tcotli chatter • thou
sand times a minute nud my knees knock
together like a pair of drums) ioks."
Tho speaker was T. 8. Wilson, tho sub
marine diver. Tho ocoasion wns when
lie descended to find out wliat hail
caused tlio wreck of a largo lake steamer.
‘•When I reached fifty feet," lru said,
"I began to fool tho pressure considera
bly, But this wns nothing, for I linil
been below that depth a number of
times. Sixty, foot, sovonty, eighty I
Groat Otosar I whore was ft It was
dnrkorthnn pitch, and I couldn’t #oo nn
inch before tlio glass in my liolmet. 1
thrust out my arms nnd touched some
thing oolil nnd hard, which seemed to
bo nil around mo. At first I imagined
thnt I hud gotten into a big linlo in some
way, but just wliat- kind of a hole 1
couldn't say. I olimbod up a little, but
my ciliudrionl tomb still surrounded me.
I eiimlKid ton or fifteen feet further
down, and it wns tho same. Btories of
extinot species of immense nnd horrible
sea Repents that were Htill f mud in tlio
oocnn began to float through my mind,
nud I felt my hair Login to rise n little
ns I thought that possibly I hail gotten
into ono of their dens,
lly the similes of my fathers, I
must get out of boro,' said I, and I
yanked thnt signal ropo to eomo up for
iill I wns worth. Up I went, nnd wlion
I was pulled up ou tlio soow and my
helmet taken off I wns met witli a loud
burst of laughter from every aide.
What's the matter?' asked I, trying to
i.,' 'i'.,
A Persistent Voter.
I knew a man once who told mo ho
liiul been young and wns old. I believed
bins If lie bad told mo that be linil
been old and was young I should have
called for the papers on tlio spot.
Ho siiiil be hud voted at every election
in our town during tho past quarter of a
century. In all that timo ho had Mover
known a man to bo olectod for whom bo
voted. It got to bo so that bis vote wns
equivalent to a defeat. Sometimes a
candidate would pay him 810 to vote for
tho other man.
But his heart nlivnys failed him when
he got to the polls; ho hud nn abiding
faith that liis luck wns going to turn
that year, ho oouliln’t find it in his
heart to vote against his benefactor, nnd
so be would vote for him, nml beat him
anywhere from ten to flvo thousand
votes.
look unconcerned. ‘Oh, nothin’, Tom,
except wo guess you got down tho
smoke-stack by mistake, didn’t you ?’
said the other nivors. I looked down at
myself, nml sure enough, I wns onkcil
over with emit from head to foot. ‘ Well,
yes,’ I replied, ‘that bidder fell in tlio
wroug place nnd I didn't find it out till
I linil gotten down a step or two. Ilut
hand her tip,' said I, bravely, ‘anil wo
will try it again,' They suspected that
] wan a little seared, I guess, but I tried
mighty lmrd to make them think differ
ently. Ho, assuming an off-hand man
ner, I began the descent ngnin. This
timo I steered clear ol the smoke-stack
and accomplished the task that hud beet
assigned to me.”
Now is tho timo to got up tlie winter’s
.rood. Tho crop is laid by nnd thoro is
no pressure of Inrm work nnd so I took
three of tho colored tenants and went to
the woods to clear a little piece of now
ground, nml 1 nnd tho little chaps Hindu
another band. I wanted them to pile
up tho big chips, but tho ‘little rnsonls
found n high land terrapin nml it took
’em pretty much nil the morning to in
vestigate him nnd see lirnr ho shut up
his doors nml they would liavo to wnit on
him a half an hour to see him open and
head out of tho front door and
tils A out behind. In the evening
they found an old stump nlmnt ten feet
high with a holo near tlio top and they
lino to investigate thnt, nml Carl olimlieil
wliilo Jesse pushed, nml just ns ho got
up to tlio holo n couple of flying squir
rels enino out nnd soared ’em so bail
they both tumbled down inn bunch,
nml Hie squirrels sailed away to tho fisit
of another tree and run up it, nnd then
sailed away again to nn old beech that
wns full of holes, and tlio little ohniis
hollered and wlioi tied nml throw'll sticks
.mil chunks amazin', nml now they are
hogging mo to nut down tlio old IhiocIi
and liavo just a lot of fun, and I reckon
I will have to ilo it. Uncle Remus says
Hint a tnrrnpln is a mighty slow traveler,
and T always thought ho wna, but Jack
llomlersoii snvs that thnt dopouds on
how hungry iio is. Hu Hays when ho
wiib n boy lie saw a tnrrnpin tako a run
ning start and jump ten feet up a tree
and catch a snp-suoker. .Tack Bnya wo<
may believe it nr not, jiwt as wo plooao,
amt l was grateful to him for that privi
lege. I overboard ono of tlio old dark
ies singing a little song to the children,
nnd licsnid'
Pn frog Iio Jump apd tin lump »nit lio Jump,
Hill ile tnrrs]iiii tithe heliinh ho stamp
He intil.it lie mu sronn nnh nrnnn
Mill he tnrrnpln lithe tils lienh In ho groun
Do miilrrol ninliu nest in he forked llm,
Util he tsrrsplu carry tils liinmo wih him.
I must get Undo Humus after that
nigger nnd have him investigated. May
be knows something about this sap
Ho floppod in politics every few years.
Iiu*. ho never struck it. He heat liis
,,-nn u, ,. Dwun I,. i.w,,, j»... .miuu ..OOpl.
, , .. , . „ , ,*a The man told mo'-that ns soon ns lio
plantations, lied river, the property* of . ho wnH _ oill „ u , rlm for C ou-
CHICAGO, ILL.-
, -ORANGE, MASS.
AND ATLANTA, GA.-; r
tho clerk of coqrt.^vhich eont in id 330
liolls and forms, tho lftnjority of tlio bolls
having five “locks'” ,
On tlio farm of Mr. It. C. t Mrtddep,
ear Williamsvillqpyn Pike County, r
Georgia, improbably ffie largest grapes. .iLa person swnllows any poison whnt-
B. F. MA.THEWS & CO.,
DALLAS, GA.
lerwp
lily UT,
inc in tho couJtry. It is eighteen
years old, thirty four inches in circuits
foroncc at the bn sc and is a qifarter of ^
COX, HAMMOND & MflSSEY
Attorneys at Law,
Will practice in the Superior Courts of
Douglass and Prulding counties. Suits
against railroads and criminal defences
a specialty.
Cox & Hammond, - Atlanta, Ga.
Robt. A. Massey, Douglassville, Ga.
mile long.
General Witheuh, the Kentucky
horse raiser, says that tlio best stock
follows the limestone rather than tlie
•lay and sandstone formations. It forms
a perpetual fertilizer for the land and
giies out a pasturage upon which is
knit tlie bone and firm muscular tissue.
own side every timo. His party, which
ever it happenod to lie, tried to buy him
oJF or ship him out of tlio country.
But lie was a true citizen, and lio did liis
duty. Ho voted every time, with "disas
trous effect*
' Lnst your at tho election for Council-
men tliero wero-flvo candidates in tlio
tlio ward, two regulars and - three bush
whackers. The mniWMtymmuucd with
himself. Ho felt that Jio couldn’t live
forever, anil ho was bohn 1 to vote for
ono successful mau before lie died, if it
killed him. Ho went Hewn, and at dif
ferent times during, tlio day ho voted
seven times, twice apiece for each of tho
two«cgulars, arid-onee for each of tho
bushwhackers.
Tho fraud was discovered, tho election
in that ward was thrown out and a new
one ordered. Tho mi^n went to jail, and
at tho uovt election a new man camo in
and bent the five men for whom lie bod
previously ropeatod clean out of their
wiis out tie was going to run for Cou
gross and vote for tlio other man, anil so
lie would either make a spoon or spoil a
horn.—Buiidettk.
An Instant Remedy for Poisoning.
Thompson & Spinks.
Ivy F. Thompson and W. E, S )
have formed a partnership for the prac
ice of Law, to be confined to cases in
Paulding Superior Court, under the
firm name Thomp3on& Spin J"is.
“I feel bo worried about Charles 1”
sighed Mrs. Wildhusband. "It’s get
ting late, sure enough,” said sister Kate,
looking at the clock; “but I guess noth
ing unusual lias happened.” “That is
what frets me,” replied Mrs. Wildhus-
band: "I am afraid something usual has
happened to Charles,”—Boston, Tron-
script.
ever, or lias fallen into convulsioijB from
L having overloaded liis stomachy an in-
ts 'stantaneons remedy is a heaping tea.
spoonful of common salt and as much
ground mustard stirred rapidly in a tea
cup of water, warm or cold, and swal
lowed instantly. It is scarcely down
before it begins to come up, bringing
with it tlio remaining contents of tho
stomach; and lest tliero lie any remnant
of poison, iiowever, let tlie white of an
I gg or a teacup of strong coffee bo swal
lowed as soon us the stomach is quiet
because these very common article
nullify a large numoer of virulent poi-
sons,
Hne was from Toronto, says tho Buf
falo Express, and was speaking ardently
lwvt. Vinr..<> “Yoii’vft no idea.” she
Hail Case of Ethical Culture. V
It was in Heptembor, 1879. Thif train
that boro Bode Hawkins to collogc
caught him away from tlio arms of liis
mother nml tho kisses of Ills sisters.
Very glum was Boilo Hawkins, and very
rcluct-uut ho to go towoliool,
"Aw, shnw I” he growled, "I donknro
to go nuthor, so what's tho use? Dog-
gono tho eollidgo, it don't do no good,
nn’ I won’t know no moro w’en I eomo
back tlinn w’en I go away. I’d druthor
drive team ’r learn n trndo 'r somethin’.
Dod fetch tho thing, anyhow.”
Juno, 1883. Ambrose Hawkins re
turns to bis nnoestral halls oil tlio farm,
bis family weep for joy. All rnsli to
emhrnce him ns lie steps from the train.
Ambrose Hawkins guzes fixedly ftt them
through tho oriel window that in
cludes ono eye and delicately extending
two fingers for them to grnsp, ho mur
murs:
“Aw, fntlinw I gently, my deali fellah,
gently; easy on the rings, ye knaw; IiIchh
you, mo motliaw—how, no, thanks; kiss
you when we get homo, yo knaw; how
do, brotliuw—brothaw—woll bless mo
soul, but nw I’vo forgotten the boy’s
name. Histnh ileali, will you kindly
band these brawses faw mo boxes to tho
luggage mawstah ? Aw—is this—is this
the vehicle?”
And all tho way homo tlio olil man
didn’t say a word, but he just drove and
thought, and thought and drove, and
nearly all tho night ho sat up twisting
hickories and laying them to soak in tho
watering trough down by tlio eow tiara.
And lie told a noighbor tho next morn
ing that Charles Francis Adams was
right, and that "lie had about four years
of college lnrnin to nnlarn for Bode afore
the boy could holler at a yoko of steers
like ho used to, but tho boy seemed to
bo comin round all right, and bo reck
oned he'd do, by'n by."
snelter business, and while thoso law
makers are investigating tho department
nf agriculture I would like for them to
investigate Henderson on that.
Well, we cut wood and out wood, and
liavo gut thirty cords piled up—ash, nnd
hickory, and white onk, and beech, nil
mixed up; utul wo are goinq to hnve the
biggest nml hottest fires tins winter yon
ever saw. I don’t liko to bn stingy of
wood; when company comes in of n win
ter 1 light, ai d the oold wind is singing
urn..lid, I want tho wood handy and
drv, and T can say, “Hnlph, bring in an-
ollier stick or two, mid make tho folks
set round." I don’t liko for folks to have
to crowd u lire. X want the lire to orowil
them. The winter wood ought to bo
nit now, for it seasons right and will
not burn soggy and blank. The winter’s
light wood ought to bo lmuled in timo,
and split up and put away under cover.
Tliero is a power of comfort in plenty of
liglit wood. Tlio iihIi wood makes a
pretty fire nnd burns free, but tlio hick
ory lusts the longest nnd throws out tho
most heat. Tho beech burns to a white
imb lilto flour, and when you mix up oak
with all these It is a luxury to to seo the
glowing embers dancing to a white boat
underneath, and the childron can pop
their com or ronst their potatoes, or the
good wife enn make a pot of coffoe on
the trivet and toast somo light brood
and broil nstcuk over tlio conls, and wo
can sit round nnd get tlio odor nnd en
joy tlio prospect of good things that nro
soon to come. There are lots of com
forts around nn old fashioned fire in a
farmer's home, nnd, so fur ns I am con
cerned, I am oontent witli 'em.— Atlanta
((Ja.) Constitution,
The Third Time.
Captain Webb’s death at Niagara re-
nils tlie similar fsto of a man in Sicily,
Nicholas,
just ono hundred years ago.
gurnamed “tho Diver,” on account of
liis many wonderful exploits, undertook
in tho presence of thousands of specta
tors, to divo to tho bottom of the Sicil
ian Gulf, wbero there is a dangerous
whirlpool, and bring up something
which bad been thrown in. Ho mode
the attempt and succeeded. Again
something moro precious wns thrown iu
nud again he suceeded. Finding that m
tho second attempt ho encountered somo
submarine di/liciiltics which iio bad not
expected, he declined to make another
attempt, but a Sicilian noble throwing
in a gold cup studded with brilliants as
the prize, he dived into the gulf and was
never again seen,
of her'home. "You’ve no idea,” she
said, "how tlio Dominion towns are
growing.” "Oh, I think I have,
plied tho Buffalo frien I. ‘‘Able class
of people, too. Read every day of lots
of bank cashiers an<l th® like gone over
there to stay.”
Tho Telegraphic Project.
It is said that tlio Infest scheme is for
the Government to purchase tlio West
ern Union and go into tho telogrnphio
business as it is now in tlio postal busi
ness. A Washington dispatch says that
Mr. Joy Gould intends to offer jo givo
up to the Government tlio whole of tlie
Western Union property upon the bnsis
of yoarly payments of tlio surplus earn
ings for twenty years to come. The pay
ment is to bo mado in bonds or cusli, a
the Government prefers. This now plan
would givo the Government tho imme
diate possession oftlie lines for nothing,
since tlio yearly payments would consist
only of tlio money earned over nnd
above tho expenses of running tho con
cern upon the basis of existing rates for
messages. It is by a similar arrange
ment that tho British Government pur
chased tlio telegraphs, and Gould sees
tliero a very acceptable preeedont. The
effort, if successful, would givo him and
his associates in twenty years something
hko 8150,000,000, for tho net earnings
are estimated at $7,500,000 a year. A
strong lobby is said to bo getting ready
to carry out this scheme.
Foots's wife remarked to him, as they
started out the other night to tako sup
per with tlio Browns, that she expected
Mrs. B. would have a stunning coiffure.
“Well, I’m Bure I hope so," grumbled
Poots, "I haven’t had anything good to
eat since the last time we were at
mother’s,”—Lowell Courier,
A person who descrities himself as a
"descendant of Leofrio nud Godiva” has
written to a London newspaper protest
ing against the Godiva festivity at Coven
try. He is indignant thut the memory
of his fair ancestress and excellent an
cestor should bo kept alive only by s
fable—a fable too, which, as he says, is
“a disgrace to English history.” This
“descendant” tries to show that Godivs
never did ride naked through the market
place, and that Leofrio, Eurl of ths
Mercians, i^Jio is spoken of by Mr. Ten
nyson as the “Grim Earl,” wna a wis«
statesman, a loyal subject, and a devoted
husband,
