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A Biff Ujrrter Story. ♦" How's tlint lor on inter ?" said the skipper of a Philadelphia oynterman, pointing to an enormous shell that lay on the deck. "It ain’t not only a big shell,” he ’ continued, "but- it's got a powerful big yarn that goes with it. ” The ahcll was certainly (our feet long, large enough to serve as a bath-tub for a small boy, and must have weighed over 200 pounds, as the reporter could not move it with one hand. It was one of tlio largest bivalves known, tho tridaenn gigs*, nlore properly allied to the dams, but pnssing as a very rospeot- nble oyster. "Yes, sir," continued the skipper, who was shucking oysters, smoking, talking, and humming a tune at tho sumo time, “that istor was fetched from the Rost Indies by an old mate of mine, and hap penin’ to run foul of mo, ho sars, says he, 'Bob, you'ro in tho istor liiz and onghtcr have tho boss istor; kinder sum- f ilo yer goods like.’ So what does ho do tut nend this ore ballast aboard. Thore was two of ’em; one got washed away in n gale of wind off Pint Lookout, down the Chesapeake, but tho two of 'em weighed over 600 pounds, and Gillis, lio what fetched ’em, said ho eat tho inter along o’ the hull port watch of the ship —about twenty, I reckon—and there was half of that istor left. The critter weighed el*m- on- to forty pounds, all solid raont. Ye wouldn't open many of ’eftHu an hour. "Tho yarn? Well, ns I was snyin’, Gillis has bite o’ those speculatin' eliejm, always Ioann', (nr. tho .main chnnoc, sv.appfci’ kuitres, slothes,Anythin’ so ns tomnko a cont, nud ’onto ns they make cm; so when the ship strnok tho IIoss latitudes Oil was always on the lookout for curiosities, shells and such, for to fetch home atid sell. Bo, when the ship struck the Straights o' Uunda nud kom to, off ho Roes with it couple o’ niggers what camo aboard t > git coral and things Wall, they waa wadin’ along, as Gill aaid, haulin' tho Owioo alter ’em and pickin’ np chunks of enrol ami oonebs and snob, nnd all to once Gil seo a’mt looked like a flower, all pink and yellow, and not knowiu’ what it was, up lie goes and give it a kick with Ilia foot. Tho next aiiraklie f, 1) ^fyvithui' dose over* his frftrlflfffli viite, tinfl ‘was gripped ns ef he’d took root, and lookin’ Wfn I* see lus foot nipped in one of tlieao ere shells. Pull nnd haul every way hi! '.vouUJio Mkla’t moth, nmV they could ‘ not T?otj|,Um(Jkilt>fL U woe,buried in. the oorar alin Tim tide on the flood; it I'isMonbout sir feet .in t that country; \V,dl|||||y fk4>I>edjU£a JttcrWtitHtle oars au'd Infilled away for awhile, all to no punnus, ami cprus enough Gil had lofrMfsnfte aboard, arid tjpo only thing to downs tsfjh Wr it. So off ono of the coons started for the bark, and sho' a lyin’ two milqs away. Tho other ehajr HtodJi'liyfflll In esse ho gov out; nml tliccq tlitgr waS, tho tidu a risili’every minuUi, but ip wboUt tliroe-ipinrteni of an flour the slii..'h culler eame along. Tho boys gev Gil n olioer Unit kind o' bracod him up, and tho skippor had sent his grog, with ono o’ wlmliuVand in about * minute tho cm- tar was all cut up nnd Oil yanked abimri4»but l'tl be dogged- if the water wasn’t most up to his chin. Thu next day wejf fat lnw/tido-hiid got Out the eri and ft _ ill conclusion. . . Advice to n Yotliig Mail. You ■•’ilj A’erosivh, pyr ba£, flint ovory time man imdertalius to maimfaoluro a lit llr-Jiiliie on bid own amount, ho makos a mortifying failure of it. Ho is caught at it, ami in ono tenth of tho tiuio it took him to c«njflvq bis fpqud, In as many hdSrs asjtlook him months to prepare if, ho ib exposed, and his hand made addition to Um Bible is swept away W Die othpr ri^diisk ot other coun terfeiters,Yv You see, my son, tho Bible doesn’t need nty.of thoso nineteenth centuryJ||(Vifs'«jt its truth f It noeits the word of no man to establish its genuine ness; it has stood by itself, “ an anvil that has worn out many diammors,” through meatiify after fconttr*? un changed Iftri Uiraiungenhle, ivory timo a man miiuhflTcturofCa ’now " verso or a new chapter wo know it is not genuino, wo detect the counterfeit. Tho Bible has no need ot tlio supporting prop of a fraudulent ark era-lent her Deuteronomy. There was a comploto Bible centuries before Slinpira happened, and there will bo tho snmo Bible ages after Slmpiraand bis pntent Deuteronomy hnvo together crumbled) fhto- iqdistinguislialilo ilnst. Tlio Bible doesn’t need our help, our testimony, our indorsement. And if tliero bad never boon discovered in ail tho world a bit of parchment, n piece of broken pottery or a scratched stone, the Bible would bo just ns strong as it - is to-day, and men would bolievo just ns firmly and b ust fully in iU truth. Don't you worry, my boy, beoauso Stinpirn’s ancient manuscript was written with London'IMtj'TfhlTdon't fret because the ark in thovglniihji *tliru» out to be put together uvtli Pit tiwiinfll'unils. That all the frauds on the Bible nnd its his tory nrc bo ■aioWx. anil insily detected should nmyKonvufoo yoix bow impossh bio it is Amt Jrfjit tig' work.at God. Wait uireilTWmo inim fools us with au Brtilicinlmomy ijjid until seine philoso pher stores away the sunlight in parlor lamps,. before voii bejicyo that man enii successfully lipijatq wimt man never made.—Burdette. One Way of flaying Cards. Tho Portland Oregoniah, says:—Wil liam Potty was nm-yhid for j creat ing " a flfsturtianbe. ‘ Two United States coins multilatod in the mont peculiar riimdu r' were found upon him. One was a twenty dol lar gold pimn and tho other a silver dollar. Upon one side of each coin was hollowed gpt a piece nearly in ai/.o of a five dollar piece. In this was fitted a couple of springs which connected with a siding piec-e of tlio rim, and which were intended to hold within this hol'ow n small mirror. While tho coins weri lying undetected <^i a table at pu angli of forty-fivo degrees behind a stack ol similar coin ip (front pf the denier, the latter cournTny A little easily acquired skill, know by means of tho mirror to i certainty every card Held by any ono or bU of Iris opppueuts. Overboard jumps tho mate, ' l«» «wo ojiades thoy use in larii^ruus-a u wo miggen- u rno waior m*t most up to his chin. Tim upxt ' * l lrl wort lilt loVfc^lidoAiJkl got Out iTijlf'H shill; add that’s tlio yiwn I Hurt's tkolshelf"auiitftho skipper A CALIFORNIA FARM. % Grim IlMeb In Hlit Par Went lid flaw ll la Mnnnirri- In her grapbio illustrated article in llie Ootobcr Cmturg, on "Outdoor In dustries in Sonthern California,’’ H. H. describes one of the great ranches as follows : “Tho South California statistics of fruits, grain, wool, honey, etc., read more like fancy than like fact, and are not readily lielieved by one unacquainted with the country. Tho only way to get a real comprehension and intelligent acceptance of them is to study them on the ground. By a single visit to a great ranch, one is more enlightened than be would bo by committing to memory scores of Equalization Board Reports. Ono of the very liost, if not tho best, foi this purpose is Baldwin's ranch, in the San Gabriel valley. It luclndes n larj?e R art of the old lauds of the San Gabriel Fission, nnd is n principality in itself. "There are over a hundred men on its pny-roll, which averages $4,000 n month. Another $4,000 does not more than meet its rnuning expenses. It has $0,000 worth of machinery for its grain har vests alone. It has n dairy of forty cows, Jersey and Durham; one lnuidrcd and twenty work-horses and mules, and fifty thoroughbreds. “It is divided into four distinct es tates ; the Santa Anita, of 10,000 acres; Puente, 18,000; Merced, 20,000; smiths Potrcro, 26,000. Tho Puonto and Mer ced nro sheep ranches, and have 20,000 sheep on them. The I’otrero is rented ont to small farmers. The Santa Anita is the home estate. On it aro tho homes of the family and of tlio laborers. It has fifteen hundred nerds of oak grove, four thousand norcs in grain, fivo hun dred in grass for hay, olio hundred nnd fifty in nrango orchards, fifty of nlmoiul trees, sixty cf walnuts, twenty-live of pears, fifty of peaches, twenty of lemons, nnd five hundred in vines; also small orchards of chestnuts, hazel-nuts, nnd apricots; snd thousands of acres of good fmfttnriiKo. "Prom whatever siilo ono approaches Santa Anita in May, he will drive through a wild garden—nstem, yellow and white; scarlet pentstemous, blue larkspuf, monk's-hood; lupines, white nml blue; gorgeous golden cschsclioltzin, aktyr. wild lilno, white sago—all in riot- etik! (lowering. "Entering the ranch by one of tho north gates, ho will look southward down Houtis slopes of orehards and vinoynrds far across tlio valley, the . tints growing softer and softok, and blending more snd moke with each mile, till all met into a blue or purple haze. Driving from oreluxrd to orohart), down half-milo avenues through orelinrdsBkirlingseem ingly endless stretches of vinoynrd, he IWgfns to roalizo what oomes of plunting -trees and viues by hundreds and teus of hundreds of naros, nnd tlio Equalization Board Statistics no longer appear tohim evsn largo. It does not seem wonderful that Los Angeles county should bo re ported ns having sixty-two hundred acres in vinesi-whcn hero on one man’s ranch aro flvo hundred acres. The Inst Equalization Board report said tho county had 230,135 orange and 41,250 lemon trees. It would hardly have sur prised him to be told that there were ns many ub that in tho Santa Anita groves Alone. Tho effent on tho eye or sOoli huge trnobr, planted with a single sort of tree, is 4o increase enormously tlio ap parent size of the tract; the mind stnm- hlus on the vory threshold of (lie at tempt to reckon its distances and num bers, nnd thoy become vaster nud vaster ns they grow vague.'" Will He Brought Them Back. A small boy with an intelligent face went into a fruit dealer's store, and de positing a box of grapes on tho counter, stood looking down. "I don’t want the grapes, my kittle fellow,” raid tho dealer. "l'vo got ns many now os I oan sell. Toko them away.” “Tiioy arc yours,” tho boy said, look ing up. "Mine?” ’.‘Yes, sir. Yeatordny evening I came alrng here and took this box of grapes from a stand at tlio door. I knoweil it was stealin', au’ my mother nlways told mo not to take anything that did not bo- loB0 to M*| V»wi X V«S»1A~ , || I«»d|» II', O lint before I loft homo my little sister that was sick said : ‘Oh, if I had some grapes like them I Haw down town, I could eat 'em.’ Wo didn't hnvo no monoy, an’ nobody knowod us, ’oauso wo bad just moved into tho house. Mother washed clothes, hut when sister got sick sho had to quit. When I took tho clothes homo the Indy told mo to como noxt day for tho money, but when I went there tho house was shut up and the peoplo was gone, so wo didn’t have any monoy to got grapes with. Mother said ‘never mind, we would git some money nftor a while.’ I saw her go into the other room, an’ when I watched her, sho lind her faeo buried in a pillow on’ was prayin'. I come away down town an' stood nronn’ a long timo waitin’ to git n chance, an’ after awhile, when yon wasn’t lookin', I took a box an’ran away with it.” "Imt. why did you bring it hack?” tlio dealer asked. "Because,’’replied tlie boy, choking down a sob, " When I got homo tho lit tle girl was dead.”—Arkansuw Trav eler. Ills First Cowboy. A rather timid young man from the East was traveling through the West by stage, and, after asking tho stage driver a great many questions about buffaloes, bears and Indians, lie finally inquired if they would be likely to meet with nny cowboys, expressing a wish at the same time to see them if they did. Tho driver replied that they would probably meet with some before reaching their desti nation. The young gentleman proceeded I lo relate some of the lurid stories lie I had read conceruing cowboys, and while lie was telling one of the most thrilling yarns, a party of cowboys returning from town dnshed around a bond in the road tiring their six-Bhooters nnd yelling like clemons. Young Timid rolled off his seat into the bottom of the stage, and after tho cowboys hail passed rose up, pale nnd trembling, anil ejaculated, "Great Bob! they’re part human, ain’t they?" I More Popular Than Ever! * THE RECENT IMPROVEMENTS MADE IN THE •J H Ml .!] «, |l f »J — AI»0H MUOII TO THE— Masj Mnt Qualities — OF THIS- Superior Machine It. is an especial favorite of the ladies tailors ami others who use them, for the many advantages it possesses over all other sewing machines. Every AVIdte mnehine is warranted five years, and .a written Guaranty given to each purchaser. The publi are solicited to examine thorn before buying a machine, J D & T F SMITH. Wholesale and Retail Dealers, 59 Bread Street The New American In the Ilf pit, nnd that In It In Unlit running end KlmpRr, nml that In Ithwuulcof lhi> flnent material, >ml ItintTfl It floas wot Ont of Order, anti that'is recommend it ^liotly. v«‘ii hftlo girl* »|iortitf» ItjigjHMiliv p u « A, B X. E ■rmfra wll bny lt to brtc them trouble. It !• the 8olf-Thread4ng Machine no much ndvortioad, tend so highly re commended. It is the great SBU'-THUEAOINO SHUTTLE MACHINE op much advertised. It ia the great SELF SETTING NEEDLE MA- CHINE so much adverti&cd. It Is the UUUA3LE, SIMPLE and LIOHT* RUNNING MACHINE m much advertised. It lithe new AMERICAN 32CWXXTG MACHINE thnt we nre n w advertising, thnt pooplo tnny know of tlio (irentant Smviiur niaulilun In the World, nnd will buy no othor until they liuvo tried tho Now If wo should have no Agent In your plooo, p’oano roquost tho MERCHANT you iloal with to order ono for you. Hold on easy tonna. Bo mV for Ciroular. Agents will do well to aaoure tlio agency for these celebrated tfewlnfc Machines, nna do eo by applying by latter to ue. We want Agents In all unoccupied territory. | Add rents (Agents - J l "Wanted. .A. cents ■^7* anted. Ainm is. ii. a & and mm macim \ GAMP, Manager, Atlanta, Ga., or RAWLS, MHOS. & GO., Local, . D 11 Ills. On, W A Agi nts Thirteen Years In Active Service, The timo enlisted for has not yet expired. Honorable competition never hurts in tlio wsr that is now being waged by merchants one against nnother. I desire to call tho attention of my old patrons as well ns the public in general that I 1 Can And Will Sell Goods «s cheap ns nny man who purports to be doing an honornblo busi noss -t list is DOING AN HONORABME BUSINESS, Otherwise I have nothing to say. My name is the stylo of the oldest busi.. ness house in Dallas and I have been a constant residrutof this county for thirty-nine years. The peoplo know me and my record ns a business man is generally known. Therefore como to me with “SPOT (’ASH” and you will he delighted with the result. I keep family groceries includiug Coffee. Meat, lea, Sugars, Honr, Rice, etc. I keep canned goods including canned fish mack- ere Oysters, Sardines, etc. Pickels, plain and mixed, Powder, shot and caps, matches and tobacco snuff, ami cigars. Patent and standard medicines. A fine and well selected stock of ( ’rookery from Caxon ifc Co. of Clinton St J otteries, Linton N J. a supply ot tin from the Atlanta Stove and Tin House BOOTS, SHOES, HATS AND CAPS, I MAKE A SPECIALITY In notions such ns hosiery, suspenders, corsets, spool cotton, collo retting scarfs, etc., otc, I am complete. My dry goods aro from tho old and well es tablished limiBe of Johnihifyey it Co. I also keek saddles, leather and shoe if you don t see what you want ask for it, and when you come just say you want 6omc goods for spot cash nnd you will be surprised ns well as delighted with tho bargains you will certainly recieve. I dety competition nnd in prices will show up with any one Try me. Your Humble Servant, F. M. GANN. The Welland Canal. Few Americans have any idea about the Welland'Oanal. I looked at this new achievement of tho Canadians lust week: tlio Great Western Railroad of Canada runs beneath tlio canal by a tunnel; the old Welland Canal, which is still used, lies some two or tlireo miles to the west of tlio present ono. Tho old canal was a towpaUi conoorn, and did not admit n steam-tug coincident with tho vessel. TJie now canal tins fourteen feet of wa ter when tliero is high water, but in sum mer drouth it is said to bo less than four teen feet. It is a mnguilieoiutv con structed work, and excites surprise that tlio Americans should liavo permitted tlio Canadians to nnticipato them. Yet it will bo observed that tho facilities for a canal through Canada aro much better than through tho United States. The axis of tho two lakes, Erie and Ontario, passes through Canada; tho Niagara River issues from tho extreme eastern end of Lako Erie, while Lake Ontario overlaps Lake Erie considerably in Can ada. It is rather startling to seo mov ing through tho apparently solid ground (for the country is very high where the new canal is built) tall massivo ocean steamers, full-rigged ships, etc,, some times as continuous ns a caravan across tho desert. They go along silently, not n sound or whistle escaping them, and the visitor sometimes thinks his mind is deceived and thnt the landscape is haunted. "How many races aro there?” was asked by a Kentucky sclioolma’nm. Up sprang a sliock-liended youngster, with a vard-wide smile on his face, anil ex claimed: "Three—tlie spring meeting, midsummer speeding and fall fairs.” “Our” Money, Before tho day of your marriage buy i nice bureau; have a fine lever look with two keys put on one of tlio little drnwers. Have it taken to your chamber, .md when you conduct your wifo to that room hand her oue of tho keys and say to her: “Into that drawer I shall pnt all our money. It is ours, not mine. If you wish to know what wo can nfford, you may find out by oponing that drawer. Go to it whenever yon need money.” You may lie a wise ninn, yon may be what they call “smart as lightning,” lmt you will never perform nnother act ns wise or smart ns this. I began my married life in that way and have con- stantly looked back to it ns the happiest step iu my life. Such is the advice giveu by Dr. Dio Lewis. A Dayton, Ohio, man writes to "the paper that his child "had fifty fits in twenty-four hours,” nnd ia now well hearty, aud rugged. Oil, well. Are should think it is very likely. A child that has made a record of fifty-two fits, in twenty- four horn's, ought to be tough enough to hoard ail tho year round. Tho Asiatio cholera would balk at that infnnt.— Jfatukcge. "Doc-ron,” said a man to his physi- eiau who had just presented a bill of $50 for treatment during a recent illness, “ I hnvo not much ready money. Will yon not take this out in trade ?” * 0h. ves," cheerfully answered tho doctor- "I think that we oan arra ige that. What is your business?” "1 .un a cor net player." was the replr. —Jlavper’e Bazar PHOB’RISBKJN'A.L. CARDS D R. 8. ROBERT80N, PHYSICIAN A SURGEON, Tender* his professional services in the practice of medicine in all its branches to I he citizens of Dallas and surrounding country. A#*Office No. 5 Acworth street, near court house. W K. FIELD HR* GKO. P. ROBERT i JMELDER A ROBERTS, ATTORNEYS AT LAW, Dill.., Paulding County, Georgia. Practice in *11 th. court*. Prompt aiteu- lion given to looking after wild land claim*. Collection, a ap.cintty. i ly J M. SPINKS, -'attorney at law, Dillaa, Paulding County, Georgia Prompt attention given to collection, in nny part ot the Stain. Wild land, looked utter and intruders ejected. Tt. E. CASON, DENTIST, Has permanently located in OAR- TEH8VILLE, where he 1. prepared to do all kinds of Dental work at pri ae» to SUIT THE TIMES. He will he pleased to tee all his old friends and many new customers. If ’ou n»cd any dtntal work done call on dm. WM. E. CUNNINGHAM, PRACTICAL —•AND I'RCmiETOB— GATE CITY SEWING MACHINE EXCHANGE REPAIR SHOP, 85 Decatur 8t., - ATLANTA, GA Some folks would say that the above is alitt'e t. much mixed up to be very good in either of its departments, and that Mr. Cunningham cannot be a very good wutchmakci if ho works on guns, sewing machines, anil anything else that comes along Now let me siy to those who may fa vor me with n perusal of this that my experience in watchmaking runs back over a quarter of a century, and that part of my business it under mv own personal supervision, and that I propose to do the best possible work on every oh entrusted to me. The sewing muchtne department of my business is in tlie hands of thorough ly competent workmen, and I guaiantee every machine that is repaired at the G. C. 8. M. Ex. and R. 8. (hall be well and orouglily done. Now, if you have a machine thut eds repairing, send or bring it to us, d if we don’t make it work all right won’t charge you a nickel. We also ve an assortment of second hand in i- hnes that will do good sewing, which will soli cheap. r. d. McGregor, ATTORNEY AT LAW DALLAS, GA. [Office in the Court House.] I give ray entire attention to the practice of law. Promptness is my motto. Collecting n specialty. July fi tf Thompson & Spinks. Ivy F Thompson and W. E. Sp i have formed a partnership for the prac- ice of Law, to be coDiinid to cases in Paulding Superior Court, under the firm name Tliompson& Spinks An American who bad a jolly German friend wished to become acquainted with the German's charming wifo. “Veil,” said tho German, “ofo yon dreat, dot vill lie nil liglnlt 1” After (ho treat tho German led him over to where tho lady was sitting witli a number of friends. "Katrina, ' aid tlio husband, “you know ilut many’ "No,” said Katrina, mod estly. “Veil, dot’s him I”—Louisville Courier-Journal. "No," said Mrs. Shoddy, "I don't rare so much beenuso I never had any children; I never liked children, jou know. But I should like to have oue, so that I could hnvo a nurse in a lace cap to take care of it when I go to tlio sea shore. It’s so stylish, you know. ”— Chicago Inter- Ocean. To continue love iu marriage Is a scieuco. It requires so iittle to kill I hose sweet emotions, thoso precious il lusions, which form the charm of life; and it is so difficult to maintain a man a! tlie height on which nu exalted pas sion has placed him, especially when t lint man is one's lmsbaml "Was man descended from a bear?” asks the Detroit Free. Press. Not iu all cases. Why, a Ncvadn citizen tlio other day went to the other extreme, when a bear came along aud tlie citizer took to a tree. "The smell of freah paint iu a room may be effectually gotten rid of by plac ing therein a pail of water in which a few onions have been sliced,” says an ex change. To take away the smell of the onions, burn the house down.—Oil City Perrick. THE ELECTRIC is guaranteed to mend a greater variety of artielee and hold atrooger than any other cement ever invented. It will mend leather, china, glam, wood, mar ble, .tone, ana I* stronger whe e mended than elrnwhere. It It a heu ehi I i neoe*» ally, and if you try it once you will never be without it in the bouee. Agente wanted. State and c runty right* for mle. Add revs for circular*, the E.eotrio, or Text. Gypeum Cement Or., 86 Decatur Street, Atlanta, G >. $9"*This cement took (be premium at the (Jotton Expoiltion. DR. J. M. HARRISON) Practicing Physician. DALLAS, GA. [Office with Dr Robertson] Tenders his professional services to the citizens of Dallas and surrounding country. july 12 ly Dr. Wm. G. Connally, FRAC I'lCINU PHYSICIAN. In all department' of medicine and sur gery. Amply supplied with all neces sary means and appliances for the rdief and cure of sufferiug humanity. Office at the Dallas drug store, lies’- dcnce op'posite Christian Hotel. Always ready for duty. jan2- r )tf N, W, ROBERTS & All styles Moulding, Brackets and Balusters made to ordor. We arc nro dealers in all styles of Wood Burial Cases and Caskets Robes, Linings and Untertukors' Hard ware, which we will furnish nt all hours, day or night, promptly. N W Roberts & Son, DALLAS, GA. —FOR SALE BY— CONNALLY t CHRISTIAN, -DRCQaiSTB- DALLAS, . - GEORGIA. Vi lUGHtRUpNGl °%hewHome^ d •SEWING MACHINE GO- CHICAGO,ILL.’ ’ORANGE, MASS. AND ATLANTA. GA.— „ B. F. MATHEWS & CO,, DALLAS, GA. COX, HAMMOND & MaSSEY Attorneys at Law, Will practice in the Superior Courts of Douglnss and Prulding counties. Snits against railroads and criminal defences a specialty. Cox & Hammond, s Atlanta, Ga. Robt. A. Massey, Douglassville, Ga