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Democrat.
BY BEN. E. RUSSELL.
BAJNBRIDGrE, GA, THURSDAY, JUNE 15, 1882.
YOL. 11.—NO. 35.
; v,s' ,(• 1 Vi’ O FK SSI ON A L.
iiv. m.Harrell,
|r n c y At Law
ILuniikuhje, Geowiia.
i found at McGill's office. All
(•ntrusted to his care will receive
(ten'ion- Collections a specialty.
1882-—Cm.
MEDICAL CARD.
J. Nicholson
, d to Twilight, Miller coun-
Office
MEDICAL CARD.
E J. Morgan
1 his office to the drug store,
ipied by Dr. Harrell. Ttesi
H - i j-nvet. sontli of SUotwell.
Ills at night will reach him.
ICHARLES C. BUSH,
orney at Law
COLQUITT, GA.
I t attention given to all business en-
|lo me.
DENTISTRY.
Curry, D. D. S.,
s found daily at his office on South
roe', up stairs, in E. Johnson’s
, where he is ready to ntlend to the
If the putilic at reasonable rates.
dec-5-78
McSILL & O’NEAL,
orneys at Law.
BAlNKltlDGE, GA.
r office will he found over the post of-
IIOSU.SON, BYRON B. BOWER.
COWER & DONALSON,
[neysand Counsellors at Law.
i in the court house. .Will practice
iatur and adjoining couuties, and
pere by special eoutract. a-2o 7
|C T 0 R il 'C qITiTY,
Dentist-
over Hinds Store, West side
Ihouse. Has tine dental engine, and
nave everything to make bis office
class. Terms cash. Office hours 9
| to 4 p.m. • jan.lotf
J eff~d7t albertT -
orney at Law,
liuiuhridge. Georgia.
'ill practice in all the courts, and btisi-
intrusted to his care will be promptly
nded to. Office over store of M. E.
tett A- Son. feb.23,'82.
DR. L. H. PEACOCK,
’dfully tenders his professional serv-
to the people of l!aiabridge and vicini-
•ffice over store of J. D. Harrell & Bro
sidence on West end of Broughton
set, where he can be found at night.
Vprit (i, 1881—
0U01A. Miller Gounty :
To all whom it may concern : T. F. Jones
ting made application to have the Clerk
Superior Court of said county appointed
ministrator of the estate of A. J. Miller,
s is therefore to cite all persons concern-
t > show cause if any they can within ihe
te allowed by law, why said application
)uld not be granted. This April 1 'J, 1882,
WM. GRIMES,
Ordinary.
lSvautirol .Moon.
Under the beautiful moon to-night,
8ileutly stands the crowded town;
Tenderly, dreamily floats the light, t
Over the wanderers up and down,
In the busy crowded street,
Moving figures constantly meeet;
Plodding so wearily,
Lonely and drearily,
Iu vain the last, last hope to meet.
Under the beantifnl moon there sleeps
Many a sad, yet fair young face;
Many, ah 1 many a mother weeps
Bitterly over her child’s disgrace;
Smiles be they false, tiU the sun is set,
Under the moon may the cheeks be wet,
Sighing tearfully,
Sadly, fearfully,
Many a heart would fain forget.
Under the beautiful moon they go,
Flaunting their shame in its holy light,
Constantly moving to and /ro,
Straying from purity far by night;
Mercy and truth for the light of to-day, «
Under the moon may the badHave sway—
Ah, and the beautiful
Ever be dutiful—
Love might gladden their hearts alway.
Under the beautiful mooD there rest,
Vicious and pure as the hours go on.
Hearts that in love and life are blest,
Faces of wretchedness, pale and wan;
Happiness under the moon may sleep,
Missery under the moon may weep,
Grieving and 6obbingly,
Painfully, throbbinglv,
Love may moan over sorrows deep.
Under the beautiful moon to-night
Some will dream of the lost and loved;
Some live over with sad delight
The hours they wept and sorrowed most,
Sighs from the lost when the day is fled;
Under the moon may their names be said,
_ Joyfully, endearingly,
Sever SiT-chcerjngly,
Memory breathes of tho ^fTimllire-dead.
—Doha.
MACON
mum am
'or special instruction in bookkeepin
iniinship. business arithmetic, corres-
idence, bill heading, telegraphy and
'end business routine.
McKAY, * - PRNICIPAL
'or terms, information as to boarding
•. apply to the principal- P. O. box
\ Macon, Georgia.
IViiniaen's flights.
I send you the following speech de
livered at a recent woiuaa’j rights con
vention, by one of the honorable women
thereof. As it has the true ring of
womanly manliness, I request it be cir
culated for the benefit of our down
trodden sex. Yours truly,
Araminty Jerusii.
Miss President, feller wirnmin and
male trash generally ; I am here to
day for the purpose of discussing wo
man’s rights, recussing her wrongs and
cussing the men.
1 believe that sex were created per
fectly equal, with the women a little
more equal than men.
I also believe that the world to-day
would have been happier if man had
never existed.
As a success, man is a failure, and 1
bless my stars that my mother was a
woman. [Applause.]
I not only maintain the principles,
but maintain a shittlcss husband be
sides.
They say that man was created first.
Well, ’spose he was, ’Aint first experi
ments always failures ?”
If I was a betting man I would bet
82.50 they ar^.
The only decent thing about him was
a rib, and that went to make something
better.
And they throw into our faces about
taking an apple. I’ll bet five dollars
Adam boosted her up the tree, and
only gave her the core.
And what did he do when he was
found out ? True to his masculine in
stinct, he sneaked behind Eve’s Grecian
bend, and said, “Twasn’t me—’twas
her,” and woman has had to father
everything mean and mother it too.
What we want is the ballot, and the
ballot we are bound to have, if we have
to let down our back hair and swim in
a sea of sanguinary gore. [Sensation.]
—Little Rock Gazette.
AT THE OLD
iVar*field Store.
ANEW SUTPLY OF
oceries and Grain,
Hardware & Wagon
iterial, Paints,
Oil and Putty,
Gf*Agent for Sashes and Blinds.
• <
Thirteen Years Wlthont Sleep.
* Thomas McElratb, of Malboro. whose
case attracted wide attention three years
ago, because he said he bad not slept a
wink in ten years, is still living without
sleep. He says he has not closed his
eyes in sleep for three years, and in
deed, that he has not slept at all for thir
teen years. His neighbors say that
they have been at his house at all hours
of the day and night, and have iuvati-
ably found him alert and wide awake.
He is a member of the Presoyterian
church of the place, and his word is
taken by all who know him. He is in
good health and weighs over 200 punds.
He is over 7G, and does not work, ex
cept on small jobs about his house. He
says he takes ‘mo comfort” at all in life,
but he has given up taking medicine,
and waits for the ‘coming of the Lord.’
— Utica Herald.
Reply to Y. II. Itaaglin by S. T.
Morion.
Colquitt, Ga., June 6th, 1882.
Editor Democrat, Dear Sib :—In
year paper of 25th May V. B. Baughn,
Esq., has seen proper to reply to my an
nouncement in The Democrat of May 11th
as au independent candidate for the legis
lature at the October election, which forces
me, agaiu, Captain Russell, to aks of your
geuerons nature, space for this letter in
reply ts Mr. Baughn.
Mr. Banghb says that on the whisky
question, the measures advocated by me
do not pt all accord with the sentiments
and wishes of the people of Miller county.
I say they do! and have proof thereof. To
say the least Mr. Baughn is a man of short
memory. As it is well known to the citi
zens of this county, it has been but a short
while since the Hon. Wm. Grimes repre
sented Miller county in the legislature, and
during his membership introduced a bill
taxiug the sale of whisky in Miller county
five hundred dollars. This bill passed
both houses of the legislature and became
a law, and was known here as the “Grimes
whisky bill.” The increase of the tax
from $25 to 8500 gave considerable dis
satisfaction, as Mr. Baughn will remember,
so much so that at the next election for
representative in our county, Col. H. C.
Sheffield announced himself as a candidate
for the house, under a pledge that he would
reduce the Grimes whisky tax from 8500
825. Col. Sheffield was elected and the
county tax on whisky was by him reduced
and no member to the legislature since has
seen fit to increase it. and as we now have
four candidates for the legislature all who
are in favor of the sale of whisky, and no
one aspiring for the position on the pro
hibition ticket, is this, Mr. Baughn, not
-sufficient proof that the majority are in
favqr the legitimate sale of liquor in the
county. Mr. Baughn seems to not under
stand my position on the whisky queefioe
1 do not believe that prohibiting the sale
of whisky in any one connty and allow it
sold in incorporated inwi and adjoining
counties will amount to any prohibition at
all. If the majority of the people are op
posed to the sale of whisky or iu favor of
it, I do emphatically say. the wishes of the
majority should controll in that as much
so as in elections for our various officers;
and in nothing, aud in no particular have
the minority a right to controll the wishes
of the majority. Now, Squire, before
jumping upon this temperance hobby horse
you should commence practicing what you
preach and remember that it is just as in
temperate to take whisky with sugar and
an egg in it and call it ‘flips,’ as it is to
take it straight.
Mr. Baughn ask3 what is Judge Morton’s
motive in announcing himself a3 an inde
pendent candidate and says that there has
been no convention in Miller to nominate
a can idate aud that there is no cue advo
cating such a cause and that he can not
remember any one ever being nominated
in this county for any office. The laws of
Georgia give me a right to vote and to
hold office too, if I can get it, and as there
is but one party in this couuty I see no
use of a nomination ; and when I say lam
an independent candidate, I mean I am a
candidate regardless of any trick, nomina
tions, party, persons, or otherwise. Mr.
Baughn is certainly not posted in political
affairs of the connty. lion. J. Y. Heard
was once nominated for the legislature in
this connty and was elected. If Squire
I’anghn will take the trouble to ask Mr.
J. Y. Heard, chairman of our County Ex
ecutive Committee he will inform this
knowing and well informed gentleman that
a nomination is desired by several parties
in the comity, and that he has already been
requested to call a meeting of the people
to take into consideration whether they will
have a nomination. The Squire seems to
think I am feeling for aid and comfort
from the coalition movement or dingiDg
to the tail of the radical skunk for assis
tance. No, Squire, I am feeling for no
aid from any movement, neither am I
clinging to the tail of radical skunk, yon,
or any other skuuk. I have simply put
myself, at the solicitation of my friends,
betore the people of # Miller county for
election as their member to thejegislature,
aud should I be elected, I will do all in
my power to promote their interest. And
believing that he who represents the wish
es of the greatest number does the great
est good, therefore, should I be elected
and the voters of my county, should, by
primary election, Ehow by ballot that a
certaiu law was desired by them I would
do all in my power to carry out their wishes.
But never will I be controlled by a few
one-horse village lawyers, at home or in
the legislature. Squire Banghn gets off a
verv good temperance letter though a por
tion of it was copied from the Christian
Index and the Christian Advocate,
Now in conclusion I would suggest that
Mr. Banghn step over to Cowart's saloon,
as usual, brace up himself with an egg-flip,
scan over his Advocate and give os a few
more extracts from some old, well-worn
and thread-bare temperance letters.—But
don't, Squire, try to puhn them off as orig
inal.
Uow Young Ren Fail.
“There is Alfred &ulton home with his
family to live on the old folks,” said one
nieghbor to another. “It seems hard after
all bis father had done to fit him in busi
ness, and the capital he invested to start
him so fairly. It is surprising he has turn
ed out so poorly. He is steady young man.
no bad habits, so far as I know, he had a
good educatiou, and was always codsidered
smart; but he doesn't succeed in anything.
I am told he has tried a Dumber of differ
ent sorts of business, and sunk money
every time. What can be the trouble with
Alfred, I should like to know, for I don’t
want my boy to take his turn.”
“Alfred is smart euough,’ said the other,
“aud has education enough, but he lacks
the ODe element of success. He never
wants to give a dollar’s worth of work lor
a dollar of money, and there is no other
way for a young mau to make a fortune.
He must dig if he would get gold. All the
men that have succe“ded, honestly or dis
honestly, in making moDC-y had to work
for it, the sharpers sometimes the hardest
of all. Alfred wished to set his brain in
motion, and let it take care of itself. No
wonder it soon ran off the track and a
smash up was the result. Teach your boy
friend Archer, to work with a ill when he
does work. Give him play enough to
make him happy and healthy, but let him
learn early that work is the business of life.
Patient, self-denying work is the price of
success. Ease and indoledce eat away
not the price of capital only, but worse
still, all a man's nerve power. Present
gratification tends to put off duty until
to morrow or next week, and so the golden
momeuts slip by. It is getting to be a
rare thing for the sons of rich men to die
rich. Too often they squauder in a half a
score of years what their fathers were a
lifetime in accumulating I wish I cuuld
ringit in the ear of every aspring young
man that work, hard, work of head and
hannds; is the price of success.—Country
Gentleman. ' —,
Parental CJoTernmeat.
Gentleman busy writing. Children en
ter. “Father, give me a penny.”
“Haven’t got any ; don’t bother me - ’,
“But, father, I want it for aomethlDe
particular.”
“I tell youl I haven’t one about me.”
“1 mast have one; you promised me
one.”
“I did no such thing. I won’t give you
any more pennies. Yon speed too many.
It s all wrong. I won’tgive it to you—so
go away.”
Child begins to whimper.
“I think you might give me just one;
it’s real mean.”
Child cries, teases coaxes. Father gets
ont of patience, pnts bis hand into his
pocket, takes out a penny and throws it to
the child.
“There, take it land don’t come back
again to-day.”
Child smiles, looks shy; goes out con
queror, determined to renew the struggle
in the afternoon, with the certainty of a
like result.
Scene in the street. Two boys playing.
Mother opens the door, and rails to one
of them—her own son:
“Joe, come into the house instantly!”
Joe pays no attention.”
“Joe do you hear me ? If you don’t
come, I’ll give you a good whipping!”
Joe smiles, and continues his play; his
companion is alarmed for him,and advises
him to obey.
“You'll [catch it if you don’t go, Joe!”
“Oh.no, 1 wont; she always says so,
but never does. I ain’t afraid.”
Mother goes back into the house, very
much put out, and thinking herself a mar
tyr to bad children.
Tbats the way, parents Bhow your chil
dren by your example tiat you are weak
undetcided and untruthful and they learn
aptly enough to despise ~yoor {authority;
and regard your word as-uotbing.
WIT AYR HUMOR'
Respectfully,
S. T. Morton.
Scientific 3«r
The entire number of species of the
humming bird is estimated to be 400.
A body raised to a temperature above
2,000 degrees emits all the rays of the
sun.
In order to improve the color of ginger
it is frequently rubbed over with lime. ^
In plants a deficient diet results in an
excess of males. M. Born has recently
found that in tadooles a rich, nitrogenous
diet favors the development of an excess
ive uurnber of females.
The province of Mendoza, in South
America, contains au immense supply of
petroleum of fine quality, so that the coun
try need not long be dependent on the
United States for her supply.
It is argued by a recent writer that the
art of music in pre-historic times passed
through three distinct stages of develop
ment, each characterized by the invention
of a new form of instrument.
A great number of analyses and experi
ments conducted by Mr. A. Levy show
that grapes ripened in sunlight contain
3,59 per cent, more sugar aud 1,237 less
acids than those matured io darkness.
A new geyser has been discovered near
St. Etienne, France. A veiw of hot water
was tapped at a depth of 5,000 feet and the
result is an intermittent fountain throwing
a stream to a height of nearly 100 feet
above the surface of the earth.
M. Blavier attributes the disappearance
of the sardine from the coast of Brittany,
where it was once the source of a large
revenue, to a change in the direction of
the Gulf stream. The question was deem
ed so important by the Paris Academy of
Sciences that a special committee has been
appointed to investigate the matter.
A Reckless Government.
When Lee invaded Pennysyvania hay
was $17 per ton around Chambersburg.
One day a confederate forage master drove
out into the country with his wagons, and
halting at a farm house, he asked if they
had any to sell.
“1 might spare two or three tons,”
replied the farmer. *
“Wliat is it worth?”
“Well, being you are enemies to the
government, I shall have to charge you
$20 a ton.”
“All right. I’ll take all you can spare,”
said the officer, and he loaded up and theu
made out his receipt and an order on the
rebel Quartermaster Geueral for the
money.
It was after the farmer had discovered
that he cold get nothing that he explained
“I don’t keer so much for the loss of the
hay, but it “aggravates me to remember
how raiebty reckless them rebs was when
I tasked on $3.00 a ton, They didn't
ever ask me to split the difference !”
Scientific: “What did you say the con
ductor’s name was? “Glass—Mr. Glass.
“Oh. no!” “But it is.” “Impossible—it
can’t be.” “And why not pray?” “Be
cause. sir, Glass is a non-conductor.
[Deafetdng applause' from the scientific
passengers-]
An Honest Man.
One day in the years gone a stranger
arrived at Dearborn, in this county, and
inquired for a citizen commonly known as
Uncle Ike. The old man was soon found
in a grocery, and after the usual ’ how-de-
do" the st ranger said :
“Do I address uncie Ike Barow?”
“You dew,” was the reply.
“Well my name is Thornton, of Ann
Arbor.”
“Jess so.”
“They tell me you are a great horse-
trader.”
“Well I do make a trade now and then.
What ye got?”
“I’ve got a horse I brought along on
purpose to trade with you. Let us first
understand each other. You are a mem-
bes of the chnrch ?”
“Yes, I expect I be.”
“Then of course I shall expect you to be
honest with me. I’ve been looking at your
old nagjover there by the post. How old is
he?”
That ere boss,” slowly replied ■ uncle
Ike as he puckered his lips and squinted
his left eye—“let’s see—let’s see! Wall,
now, I quite forgit whether he’s nine or
ten years old, but well say ten’,
“Uncle Ike, isn’t that horse all of twen
ty years ? Come, now, as a member of the
cbnrch, give me an honest answer.”
Look o-here, mister, I never trade
but ono way.”
“How’s that ?”
“When I’m buying of a hoss I’m a pret
ty good member of the church. When
I’m selling of a hoss I reckon on skipping
about two prryer meetings. When I’m
trading bosses then I calkerlate backslid
ing altogether fo^ hull month, or uDtil I
know the victim won’t begin ■ to lawsuit.
Now’ stranger, that’s me, and if you have
come here to trade hosses don’t reckon
that Mathew. Mark, Luke or John ever
writ a line advising a church member to
come right down and give away the ring
bones on his own animile.
>
A good looking lass loves a good look
ing-glass.
A match safe: When all the old folks
are willing.
The man who was above board has got
married and gone to keeping house.
The straighter the whisky the more
crooked the the walk. This is a real fact.
A counter irritant: A woman who
-shops but never buys.
If “ignorauce is bliss” there are a great
many happy people in this world.
Candy pulls are in fashion again, but
they are not called “glucose tensions.”
A little boy, proud of his new jacket in
formed his sister that he was six-button kid.
After marriage the question as to who
shall be speaker of the house is speedily
settled.
‘A lawyer is about” the only man that
ever made anything by opposing a woman’s
will.
Tho porters who handle kegs of silver
in the treasury department are rolling in
wealth.
Why is a dead hen better than a live
one ? Because she will lay wherever yon
put her.
Pastor—“When father and mother both
abandon you, who will take, you in?”
Scholar—“The police.”
“My wife,” remarked Fitznoodle, “is
fairly crazy over the fashions She’s got
the delirium trimmins.”
The Greubackers and Grangers should
not be discouraged. Water can be held
in a sieve by waiting till it freezes.
Poser for a butchea who gives short
weight—“If sixteen ounces goes to a pound
where do you expect to go to ?
Girl from the cou , * toU * rtoptevon tell
... . —man the people love .
,jpe ifj WJ8L.’" ■ ...
tiam&J 0 ^j d g^® e ^ ake Born « his new quarters
J your goods at Loeb’s People’s Store.
BM ■ t ^ ** man the people lore to
If
Willing; to Divide.
One of the New England regiments
which went into the action at Second Man
assas had been on shot ratioos for two days,
and on that morning some of the compa
nies hadn’t a single hardtack left. As the
fight opened and the bullets began to sing
one of the men rnshed op to his Captain
and shonted out:
“Say, Captain, can I be excused ?”
“What for ?”
“I want to go back and hurry up our pro
vision wagons.”
“Can’t spare yon—fall into line the wa
gons are ten miles away.”
“Yes, 1 know they are,” protested the
soldier,” but I’ve got hold of a blamed
fool who’ll bet two to one that 1 cant
make that ten miles in fifteen minnetes!
Lemrae go Captain, and I’ll whack np half
the bet.
A Brooklyn clergyman informs ns, upon
what appears good authority, that nine-
tenths of the redeemed in heaven will be
women. After this announcement the
man who wouldn’t set bis face heaven
ward isn’t the man we take him for.
swei
' \tb.
°* n beat anybody in the seven-
_making saddles, harness, etc.
Tetter remarked ~ ««Ub e filled. Always send
set of dies. - Gko. D. Qnirriy.
Why Americans die” was
a sermon by a New York preacher. Why
and how some of them live is a more diffi
cult problem.
Beggar—“You will not refuse a few pen
nies to a discharged tunnel laborer? I have
nothing left in my pocket besides a few
dynamite cartridges.”
“Pat,” said a coarse, conceited fellow,
“tell the biggest lie yon can, and here are
two shillings for you.” “Faith,” said Pat,
“yer honor’s a gintleman.”
Spread of teetotalism : First individual
(tosecond ditto): “Have a drink, old man ?”
Second ditto (hesitatingly) “No, thanks ;
but if you don’t mind, I’ll have half a pork
pie.”
“Now, Sammy, have you read the story
of Joseph?” “Oh, yes, uncle.” “Well,
then, what wrong did they commit when
they sold their brother ?” “They sold him
too cheap.”
This is the way to arrange that Hindoo
paragraph : When a Hindoo swears he
takes hold of the tail of a cow. In this
country, when a man takes hold of the
tail of a cow he swears.
A genius encouraged: Busy editor (to
applicant who persists in calling)—“To
day is Thursday, and I’m very busy. Sup
pose you call next Thursday, and then I’ll
tell yon when to call again.” (Exit, kind
of puzzled.)
“No, ma,” she said, “Charles can never
be anything to me more. He came out io
bis last season’s overcoat; and oh, ma, if
it only matched my new dress, I wouldn’t
care so much, bnt it doesn’t, and we have
parted ?”
The bustle is about to assume propor
tions again, but, man alive, you mosn’t call
it a bustle. The new fangled idea is “tor-
nnre.” P. S;—It is made of newspaper,
same as the old style. Send in your sub
scriptions now.
The other day the Rochester Express
headed a batch of items “Our Corset De
partment.” The foreman said he would
try to squeeze the ‘Corset Department, in
though he thought the proper place for it
was in the waist-basque it.
‘ Sambo, whar yon git dat watch you
wared to meetin’ last Sunday?" “How do
you know dat I had a watch ?’‘ “Kase I
seed de chain b&Dg ontde pocket in front.
“Go ’way, Digger ! ’Spose you see a halter
round my neck, you think dar is a horse
inside ob me 1”
Mr. G. A. Wight Replies to Mr.
Wood.
Mb. Editor :—In Commissioner
Wood’s reply to Grand Juror I see the
honesty of his heart, for which I greatly
respect him ; but that he is too violent
in defending his position, there are
very few who will not admit. I know,
as well as other citizens of the County
know, that Grand Juror spoke the sen
timent of a majority of the people of
the county, and why ? because they do
not understand the situation and can
not see in themselves what they think
they see in others, not that they are
prejudice against the Commissioners as
a body or as individuals, nevertheless
they expect, and justly so, that every
one should attend strictly to any and
all business, especially public, that is
entrusted to them, it is very natual and
hutnan nature to pull the mote out of
oar brother’s eye, when behold a beam
is in our own eye.
We are all too ready to attack and
judge other men hastily and harshly.
We lack charity. As to our defaulting
Tax Collector all good citizens will
agree that he should be punished unless
he pays the last dollar that he is dne
the county, both for the money he has
negligently and criminally squandered,
and for the expense of his arrest and
return, attorneys fees, the expense of •
extra sessions of the Board of Connty
Commisioners, and interest that might
be accried on the whole amount. When
that is done, then let him go free and
not before.
Now ray opinion is, and I think the
majority will agree with me, that the
Board of County Commissioners cah be
disposed with after the Harrell defalca
tion is settled. When that board was
created itjwas a positive necessity, and
they have rendered us much valuable
service, notwithstanding their neglect
in the Harrell bond affair. We were
then, and had recently been, under re
publican rule in our connty with all its
corruption and extravagance, but that
rule is now past, giviug way in onr
own county as it has already done in
other counties, and honest Democratic
•WBO fiST Dcen-tnlf^its place.
twelve years, as a partner in my ousin«is»-
and the business hereafter will be carried
on under the firm name of J. Striningeg
* Co, Thanking: the public for tfteir kind
patronage in fne past, and soliciting, a
continuance of the same for the new firm';
I Yours Respectfully,
J. Steininokb.
Bainbfiage. »TuitsiCu __
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—The Radical majority in the House
of Representatives at Washington
have unseated three Democratic mem
bers to make way for Radical contest
ants, within the past two weeks. Dibble,
of South Carolina, Finley, of Florida,
aod Wheeler, of Alabama, are ‘he ones
who walked the plank. Chalmers, of
M ississippi, was ousted sometime ago, as
a Democrat, and Lynch, negro, was
seated in his place ; bnt since that time
Chalmers has proclaimed himself an
“Independent,’' which is only a delicate
term for Republican.
Qecdtur trasted aDd worthj
Ordnrnrj-auu olerk, and I for one am
willing to risk the selection by ballot
of a few good honest Democrats, wei
have such men, and we will put them
in positions of trust and honor.
Geo. A. Wight.
Caito, Ga., June 6th, 1882,
Oscar Wilde Paralyzed by a
Youngster.
A man who was on the same train
with Wilde, coming fiorn Reno to Ogden
relates an amusing experience. Wilde
was lounging hack in his seat dreaming
of the asphodel, etc., when the train-
boy woke him np by punching him id
the side and shouting:
“Hoscar Wilde’s poems for ten
cents ?”
The poet Started np to a sitting po
sition, with: “Great Gurod 1 Is it
possible that my poems have reaohed
such beastly figures ns that?”
Three for two bits,” continued the
boy.
He offered the poet some copies of
the Seaside Library edition in paper
covers.
Wilde grabbed the book and fixed
his big eye on the boy—
“Do you know, my dear sir, that you
are lending yonr countenance to a helish
infringement on the right of an English
author ?”
“Is that so ?” replied the boy slow-^
ly. “Do you ’spose the fellow who writ
the book cares ad — n? Why, he won’t
know it.”
“Of course he will. How can yonr
guilty acts escape his cognizance ?”
“His cognnzzence ain’t anything td
me. It ain’t loaded, is it ?”
“I am the author of those poems.”
“Ah, go away,” snickered the boy.-
“You are wringing in for a commisb.
’Xwon’t work, Cully. Folks put up
jobs on me every day. Here, take si
wasted peannt and fill np. If I thought
such a looking chap as you is writ them
lines, d’ye snppyse I’d peddle em ? No,
sir 1 I’ve too much blarsted professional
piide, yon know. They’re cheap, d’ye
see ? Blarst my pictures if I don’t
feel like I was a footpad every time
I takes a short bit for the rubbish.”
The crowd roared, and.Wilde joined
heartily into the langh. After the boy
was assured that the man was none other
than the poet, he weut to Wilde and
offered him half a dozen oranges to cal)
it.8qnare.
Patrick (dressing for a party)—“Bedad
now and I shan't be able to get on these!
hoots till I’ve worn ’em atoii&e or two-/
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