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Ib-H Instate Long t and 8n d, and ti b-B nvta.i rut jandi-iy LSWIS D/ TTOR/VEY AT To< <’o.\ < it v, < a. U’iM. * nirltoe in t.ho our ties of Knter. ,h; m i>nd Rahun of the Nortvextern Ornrt : lift Fsi'.uktin and Ihuiks, of the Western Cir- * i it I romp uttenth n will be }riven to all l»u--'nes“ ei tri hte l to him. The colh-ction of deb's will have s-peciul >.tte tion. JOHN W. ()U LN, ATTORNEY AT LAW Toccoa, Ga. Win, practice. In tho counties of Haber 1 « i) and Franklin Collections attended to i o apt ly May l-ly I N jT ^ | T T 5 QTJ'P'P wili2l£vJy!2i T Tv'V 2 v■ «■ • fi WJft* T have leased the above hotel, i nd my X wi 1 be fern shed wi h the b s»t the >wket nlf rds. Po ite nd atte t ve serva i s always in attend n e. 1 will furnish pood <>• ard at ti n '’ollars j»er month. Parties wish mr BUidbiir c' ildren oselio *1 can cot do belter haato see me beforegett ng board elsewhere. LIPPINCOTT’S Monthly Magazine . * It 'a ;• library in itself, with its varied and cxec c t tub e > f contents/'—Mtreuiy, cun .ms , Cal. “Ei.on h ' cw ’i'e has been ?nf sed into the re iohcal o r,«bblc t 1 circ lati m i nd m d It ot o tic most v ide -read i tid tad e*’- puldicvtions m thewor cl. "—Baltimore Amer- icun. In ••Lippircott’s the various Mapiwine is a'most nrrmntic g intsaa cum of ivht why q It threw on some < f the eonle and t:.e oian- ion. oft -day."—Bust n Pot-t. “In r urelv rca 'a’ le quid tv surpasses n!- ......1 all tl»V - h th. 1. nr.at. only in b. II,rail! *° ,e '""'y e t “ b “' llld - _Eo '' t,m ‘‘Idppincelt's rlci’n Is now one of the great nv im i thde?/’—N. 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The plot s weired, m-reTmus. and a 1 sorb n '. The cliarac ers arc strongly drawn, and excite intense interest. NUMBER 230 CONTAINS “si Self-Made Man.” By M. 0. McClelh nd, thor of “Oblivion ” “Frincess ” etc. An admirable Fb»ry; uwinc’i the hero i* a mwrvellously real at id attractive figure. iii Thevmious situati ns rescribtd a masterly fiction manner. A vaiusble add.t'on to the of the day. NUMBER 231 CONTAINS “A'enjon’s Wife ” A ... novel. By I.nry C, I.illie. A work tagTmpUcft^ilS'i..‘Steh’thi 1 iin«‘ the' Jri»lel^Sa" tl “ t r “* aet **““ PATENTS* 7/7//. (r • Ylendei'son . PATFNT ATTflPKFY % ^(11 *R P.O.BoxBo!' OFFier* qob 'Washington, F RFFT formerly Corp« D C. of the Exaraina: ; u. S. Patent Practice* before the^Patent Office, u. S.Su prerao Court the Federal Court#.. frinirements Opinions ,«fiven as to scope, validity aud In- of Patente. % Information cheerfully and prompt 1 y fur¬ nished. Hand Book on Patents, with reference* an nexed ernes NEWS r ® ' YOL. XIV. NIGHT OPERATOR. BY JOHN E. BARRETT. .- The night operator at the Oreton t ,iHc© cf the Western Union L ole- gr.iph C‘ inpoiv «'dS dozing over his desk, when Earnest Saxe—a tall, handsome young merchant, who was accompained by messenger boy named Andy Smith, familiarly known as Tiie Sparrow—entered hurriedly, * n<1 bru-ithing quickly, as if after a . ard run. News was coming in slowly for the orning Paragon, a ltiiig hours had earit-d th man at ar J ke\. He an effort to shake off sleep, luivVeier, Ernest Saxe, addressing him eage “Every moment is precious. Tele- graph at once to the nearest pfilioe station in New York to arrest two men who are on the midnight train from Oreton, and who have in their possession a large amount of money andjewels. Judge Langford’s daugh- ter, Const.mee, has eloped with a man VV ^° P roVes to be a gambler, and wlr, with his accomplice, has robbed the judge’s residence to-night.” “Write your dispatch,” said too operator, who was now wide awake. As he sp< 1 ke the click of the key sent tn© swift signal over the wire . that , New vT , Y r oak , , was . wanted. , Meantime Ernest Saxo sat down with a palpitating heart, to crowd his tumultuous thoughts into the narrow compass of a telegram, ami it seemed to him as if an hour had pushed while he was flaming the following »ut*s- saife: n “To “Oreton, January 2lst. the nearest Police Station, ; New Y’ork: Arrest two men on the mi.lni.ht train, wht.ht.re with the... a vin.nu vvnnntn, ami detain tilt- entire : party. The men are wanted for roll- t»er\" of J udge Langford’s residence, - O-.e «>t c them . is a notorious gambler, . . _ mimed Jack Dawst u. 1 fve other is a ,„||, s „ m « ,| es| ,«ra lo, and yives 1 ,i» name os Victor Darcy. “Signed, Ernest Saxe, for Judgu Langford.” New VT x7 York . . Inis not answered . yet, sir .'’ Slid 1,18 °i» rator, as E.- t , . s Sa xellaid J this message Oeiore him. “My ,, God! ,, T It will ,< , oe too late , , ufi- ! ®'« tlu, v *•>**“ exol “ imttd - Ernest. “The midnight express is no laggaril on the , line. „ And . , he , , looked -,*> • , impatiently at his watch. rhe nighxajjprator signalled rapid- ly. Five inmates elapsed, then ten, then fifteen. “I fear it’s no use, sir; they don’t answer,*’ he said, wearily, <*t Iasi. He had no sooner uttered these words than then was a rtnponsive click. “Ah, there!’’ cried the operator, gleefully. Just then the man at the other end of the line signalled “Wait a min- ute. He was not ready with paper. ..... 1 n,N i another delay du.i.ur cau ^ u au<uner uu.i.ig w biclx Ernest was bursting with im- patience. At last all was ready. The mes- sage went th, rough !i»ce a fl ish, and Ernest Saxe breathed a sigh of relief a§ ‘ he said: “Thousand thanks, my friend! I trust it will not t>e too late;” and, af- ter office/acco.npanied pavinu the charges, he left the by the-'•Sparrow” Thev did nok notice the tall, ter-lo-dting n,an who was looped at th® .lesk outside the glass partition as thev went out. Ernest was eager to Judge Langford know what had done, and so they awa v - - . A (joeer thing b«ppene«l after they had '* ft tele S”F h J he night operator, who was thinking ° ver the sirring message he had just sent, ’ began n to receive a straggling Associated Press dispatch for th. Mornino Paragon, when the tall mao, with the sinister look aud the »car Devoted to News, Politics, Agriculture and General 1Pivgress. TOCCOA, GA., MAY 6, 1887. who had been stan.iiiig outside the partition when Ernest Saxe left the place, entered the office and walked noiselessly up until he stood before pie desk at which the telegrapher sat. The night operator’s mind was in- tent upon his work, but the loneliness G f the hour, and the presence of a strange and silent personality, sent a thrill through his frame that he knew jij no t come from the telegraph key. He looked up suddenly, and then saw, standing before him, the stalwart man already described. The sijdit of the red scar on the man’s right che.*k instantly recall a d to the t loll zr notorious in Saxe’s dispatch < hi just sont over the wire, - ni he felt that this must be some strar ge cenjuration of his over- wrought brain, The spell was quickly broken. The visitor seemed to read the night o^>er- a t<, r s thoughts, and said: u|’ m MO apparation. I understand telegraphy quUe as well as you do, , an; ] the dispatch you have sent is an } ;l f rn;l i f am Jack Dawson, the person mentioned in the message, and you see I ain not on the midnight train, ,ieither am 1 engaged iri the abduction of women. Now, recall that dispatch as quick as you can.” The operator was amazed. “It is impossible,” lie said, “forme to comply with your request. 1 don’t know, nor am I supposed to assume, that message refers to you.” “Hut 1 know tt .lues,” Haiti I)aw- son. “I heard you send it, and 1 shall insist on vour recalling it at once and saving that you made a mis- take in sending it to New York, us it was intended for Chicago. Tlw '’l' erat " r ' vas in » T ,amli,r y- Unre was n man, tinariy twice iii. size, demanding that he inu*t do something . 1 which he ' knew ' he ou<rlu to do. ■“> To cpt| j v vvi{h hia = he felt would . . . !.» a cO warJ1 ,, y nvaston . of c duty, , and to refuse mi .ht entail serious .“onsequences which Ira could not fore¬ ! 8ee> There was no person within I reach, . and the , 1 , hour already . , late, . was i so that it was impossible to ol.tain j assistance vet the operator resolved | 1 f - \ tl) ,j 0 i,U duty at all hazz-irds. "i’n. sorry that i cannot orant your r(?c ,, * l est ’ sir” ‘ ’ he said, firmly, “Do you refuse absolutely?” hissed Dawson, fiercely, the great red scar turning purple ami a savage light vv hioh boded misch ef leaping into his eyes. “Absolutely,” answered the opera¬ tor, in a firm voi *e. “Then I will send the message, my- seif,” retorted D.iwson, who made a (motion in the direction of the key. •'Don’t interfere with the instru- i ment at your peril!” exclaimed the 0 p era t 0 r; but Dawson disregarded him, laughed coarsely, and proceeded l() take possession of lie desk. Th.i operator held bis ground. “I’ll give j you twenty dollars for the privilege,” said Dawson. “Not for twenty th usand,”replied £]jq flight operator. “Then take that!” cried the ruffian, striking hitn a brutal blow in the face w hioh felled him to the floor, Tho ni .l,t operator was stunned and daMd , but he rose rapidly and r „ she( , at h is burly assailant, who met tljm „; th anot h er ^vau-e ^ Plow, which sent hitn reelin ^^.1 , to lb a , WT a second tin)e . and him unconscious. Da wson’ S blood was now aflame. He was as a w ild beast, and he followed U p assualt with, a pistol shot. When the struggles of the brave n ;„| lt operator cea»d, »n d as he lay across the fl.>or motionless, and appa- yently lifeless, Jack Dawson sent this messa tr 6 over the wire to New Y r ork: ce^sudot 0^11- i„g for the the arrest of two men and a woman on train, was a atupid mia- t ike. It was intended for Chicago that U is nut delivered, ot■ if lirered already, nave it recalled at o,,,s lest the 'company get into trou- Dawson did not sign this. He knew that such formality was not nec¬ essary, as the operator at the other end 'would probably attribute t | 19 mistake to the Oreton operator, and do all he cou'd to help him out of a scrape ’ Casting a hasty Victim, glance at the pros- trate fora, of his the desperate gambler muttered a curse, and then darted out into the street with a new borrow in his already callous breast. Dawson , had , gone but . a short ... dtst- from . the door, anee when he saw _ Er- nest Saxe _, approaching . . m great , haste, Ernest was going back to the tele- graoh . , office alone. He r , wanted , to send \ . , another dispitch , to the , New r York , authorities, , . . asking . , them to re- port , by at . if . thev . , . r wire once should . sucoeed • , m intercepting the runaways. Just then a fiendish thought took possession of Jack Dawson. As soon as he saw Ernest enter the office he rushed to his gambling room, roused his keen and clear-brained mother, and told her the entire story in a few words, at the same time bidding her hurry to the telegraph office and de dare to the first policeman who ar¬ rived that she saw Ernest Saxe kill¬ ing the night operator. The old wo- man, who was accustomed to desper- ate scenes, took in the situation at °" ce ' aml lost m> tiln * in reaohin K tlle scene of the tragedy. Meantime Jack Dawson rang up the police office by telephone, and said that a policeman was wanted in the telegraph office to arrest a man for murder.. The policeman who happened to be at headquarters when the exciting message arrived, rushed to the tele- graph office without delay. He was met at the door by an old woman, who was much agitated, and who exclaim¬ ed: “Oh, officer, dear, I saw him do the terrible deed. It was the most hor¬ rible and cold-blooded thing I ever saw! The sight of it made me sick, and I fear I’ll faint.” “For goodness’ sake, what do you refer to?” asked the ^puzzled police¬ man . “Tl.p the murder in the telegraph tfire!” the fettered. “The murderer is still inside;” and she pointed to Ernest Saxe, who was standing in horror over the prostrate form of the heroic night operatur whom he had seen in the enjoyment of life and health but a few minutes before. The policeman was startled by the K rioi picture; imt promptly realizing the responsibility of his position at that grave crisis, and fearful lest the perpetrator of the crime might escape, he rushed into the telegraph office and placing his hand on Ernest-Sa-xe’s shoulder, said: “You are my prison¬ er!” Meantime Mother Dawson, seeing her opportunity, escaped. “Hold on, officer! Not so fast!” said Ernest Saxe. “A foul murder has been done, but not by me. There is lifa th ‘ 3 bod J’ 1 tl,ink; a,,d il is first duty, if post.hie, to save the 0 P erat0r "' ll0 >>»«. doubtless heet, foull v dealt " uk R,n s f,,r he 'P< . •» ambulance, and let us re- n ’ ove to lhB 1 " ,U cheerfully asstst you, and reraa.n your prisoner until this mystery is cleared, The officer rang for help as sug- gested, and soon a number of police- men were upon the scene.. Ernest Saxe was locked up on.the tharge of having commuted the der; the night operator was taken the hospital, where be soon showed son,e si “ ,;s °( re ' Utnin « ‘ a ! mat ’ 0n and the next day Oreton was m a for- meut of excitement. NO. 30 . what of the runaway lovers nJ , he two dispatches ,h» t weresent r ^7/a..dT^ otber'contrfdilm.VX OTder? . Well, the first dispatch had fortu¬ nately been delivered before the se- eoud arrived, and it was placed in *^ 8 hands of a detective, who knew Vlctor Darc v m " ,er a11 his aliases for . years. This officer boarded the train, a 6,lort dis,a " ce fro,n New Yl ’ tk and ' d ' !tHi ned Darr >’ and Constance Lang- ^ ord . * u cus ^ od d* The news of the arrest was imrae* telegraphed to Judge Lang- fori; ’ but as there was no operator ‘ in the , Oreton ofiiee to take the message, . tlt.l , reach . him , . it not until ... the next ,noinln .->' Judge Langford was over- loyeu ' ,* on learning . of the capture ‘ or the runaways, am. , .hastened , to the , city, where , he ascertained . . that , Darcy __ was identified by the police as a bank . robber , for , whom they had been anxi- ously looking for some time. On learning this, Constance, who felt much humiliated by the cruel way she had been imposed upon, and h y a man whom she considered per¬ fect, gladiy renounced Darcy, and returned home with her father, whose forgiveness she readily ob;ained. The trusty, impulsive and generous girl had sustained a cruel shock, ye: she bad learned an important life- lesson, and rejoiced that she had been prevented from linking her life with a robber and a gambler. The night operator who haM been struck down at duty rallied sufficient¬ ly, under careful treatment at the hos¬ pital, to exonerate Ernest Saxe, by making a clear and vivid statement of the tragic struggle in the teiegragh office with Jack Dawson. But the operator’s recovery was only tempo¬ rary, and he died of his injuries in a few days. Detectives were put upon Dawson’s track by the telegraph company, and he was caught and punished for his crime. Constance Langford keenly felt the humiliation of her great mistake, the result of a false infatuation fora man who had obtained her affection under false pretense; yet she was grateful for her‘deliverence from a fearful fate. Her father treated her kindl) 7 , told I her how much they both owed to Er- t SaXe; an(i she repa j d btsindulg- e ,. CB b} , a dail( , hter ’ s devotion. Time the softener of all aspiraties, and the potent wonder-worker, made C „ n3ta[ , ce in gooa 86ason) recognize at their true worth the modest, manly merits of Earnest Saxe, who never ceased to adore her; and when the news of their wedding was wired to 1 f . ionds m New York, Andy Smith, the messenger-boy, who had been promoted, was the night operator at Oreton. MAKfHG TIME. When some one asked the great astronomer, Herschel, how he found time for certain work, replied: “1 don’t find it; I make it.” A good many people who cannot “find” time to do necessary and pieas- ant things could “make” some much * ore ea,il r ,han &erstbel ' ' vho Riade his out of the hours for sleep and „ e a!s. Most of us have many idle hours that, cut up into smalt would give us time for everything. One hour’s study a day for a year w, 11 enable any one to read French, and, as one tongue helps another, four or five years would give a very useful knowledg e of most of the liv- big languages, if one hour a day were uncompromisingly made every day out of wo.se than useless gossip, or afternoon naps that only spoil complexion. S-. with with .ny accomplishment or any little art or industry, that will ccupy the mibd, and which may be TOCCOA NEWS JOB OFFICE ___________. . f We are Prepared to Print LETTER HEADS, BILL BEADS, NOTE HEADS, STATEMENTS CIRCULARS. LAND DEEDS, MORTGAGE NOTE MARRIAGE LICENSE, &C. the niean8 a little income in year* to come, I have a friend who lately com- pleted a very elegant and useful piece of embroidery. “And when did you do it?” some one asked. “During Mrs. Gabble’s calls,” she answered. Mrs. Gabble is a neighbor who often calls, and whose talk is very stupid and silly. The work was always handy, and taken up while the lady stayed. So, in the course of two years it was finished. A sterner wo¬ man, or a less hospitable one, would have said “not at home,” to Mrs. Gab¬ ble. My friend was too kindly for that; so she utilized the moments. It said that a great English author wrote many of his novels while in. the irain, on the way to his place of business. Two bouft# a day on thd train—a wearisome two hours enough, even with the solace of a cigar, I :ancy; but lie could never believe that the journey was really over at its end, he had stuffed it so full of work. It is hard to find anything that can¬ not be accomplished, if you are will¬ ing to make time for it.—M. K. D., in N. Y. Ledger. A Curious Adventure. While dashing furiously along I suddenly felt myself sink into the earth up to m3’ armpits. At the same instant I heard down in the ground the shrieks of human bein s—women = and children. I felt hands clutch at my legs and naked human bodies pressing against them. I uttered no sound -I was too much frightened I I held ray breath and shrank within myself. Every instant I expected to feel a knife or a spear thrust into ray body. My feet were on the ground, and, without knowing what I wa« doing I gave a strong push with my breast. Kinding that something wak giyina way. I plunged foward and up a steep slope of 2 or 3 feet, when I found mvself bounding like a dear across the level meadow with a great contrivance of basket work suspend¬ ed from my hips and extending a yard or more on all sides. I looked for all the world as if I had darn’d a huge hooped-skirt. While making a momentars* bait, in order to disen¬ gage mvself from the singular ma¬ chine hanging upon me, Icastny eyes backward and saw an old womun and three or four naked children scrambling out of the hole from which I had just made iny escape. Yelling at the top of their voices, they dash' ed away as fast as their legs would carry them , making for the nearest hills. By the time I had pushed my basket skirt down to my heels and stepped out of it, I fraw a dozen ot more black heads emerging from the earth in my immediate neighborhood. Seeing the shaggy heads popping up all about me, I darted away at a pace that must truly' have astonished the natives. I think I must have left the village at least five miles behind be- f„ rc I halted. I then threw myself U j )on t i ie g roun d u>o much exhausted to cv . cn ] oa< ] my g un . ‘Was it one of their houses that you had jumped into, uncle?' here asked a small bov, who had been listening with 'all his ears.’ ‘Y'es, Ikiv, the roof of one of their, huts. You see these miserable root- digging, frog eating devils live in holes dug in the ground, just like so many woodchucks. They make * kind of basket work dome of willow, which they place over the hole and cover with grass and earth by way of roof, and in hot weather they some¬ times strew this roof with greea leaves as an additional protection. against the heat of the sun. The one j into which I planged was so eovered, anf j lhe framework, being old and rotten, I popped through it easily ! enough.—Salt Lake Tribune. Ue Cr eaa>. Milk! "sb.k^Tnd Water, and Ice at Dr, Moore’. Drug Siorc,