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. Athena, G».
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husbands, whenever, if ever, like I How
Rachel, they deemed it necessary.
Rat the elders made many con** |
verts that still Kve in Geoma. These! July 25,1879, will ever be a moat
are persons who are Mormons in mcmoriablo day in racing annals, for
everything, save that they do not at* on that day, at Chicago, the
tempt to practice under Georgia laws pacer, Sleepy Tom, cut a notch in
the polygamic part of their creed, the racing callendar higher np than
They believe in the book of Mormon had even been seen before:
—in the divine inspiration of Job As Tom walked oat of bis
Smith—and in all theory and teach* and Mm » slowly np the trade, the
ing of the Mormon Church. They spectator saw before him a medium-
have been baptized by the elders and sued, compactly-built »nim«i with
Tom” Beat the
p orlcL
plified in tl^e life and death of William
Jasper.
John McMahon. P. W. Mtgnprw
J. H. Estux. John R. Dillon.
JohnT. Ronan. N. O. Tilton. »
J. Cbonin. D. J. Folev.
Chas. Collins. J. J. McGowan.
John Flannery Geo. A. Mercer
Luke Carson.
A Gentleman Who Could’nt
Drink Where There Was
a Dog.
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“Good morning, Mr. Sheriff how do jfoa do,
to-day £-*
No, much oblaeged, I cautait down, for I ain't
got long to stay.
I com* to try an’ git the loon of a p’kro’eaHa—
them took
Ton buckle onto pria’ner’a wrists, to make ’am
tlw rules.
Tow oeo^Tm borin' trouble at my rancho np oo
A kinder revolution in the house—on’ rich as
that
Ain’t pleasant to a mortal o’ my domestic taste.
So I’ve come to the eoodnaioa that I’ll stop rich
work post* haste.
1 apose you’ve seed that wife o’ mine—ehe
stands nigh six feet high.
Wits a double-geared elective jaw, an* tha devil
in her eye;
She’a mneded like a pugiSat—right on the kick
an’ bite,
An’kin G A me, every rattle, in a rough an’
tumble fight.
Wri, she’ bin a oanyin’ on ofbta to aieh a high
That I've passed a resolution aieh pereradin’a
won’t do me.
So I thought Td git the
ahe goes to ileep,
I’ll *Hp ’em anugi* on her wrists—an* then re
venge IH revp.
I’ve tried^to reconstruct her oo tha moral sua-
But now to try tho vartue of-a stoat
An’ VtMmk thet one good liekiW’ ’ll kinder tone
her down
Bo’s ahe won’t he alien fcelin’ she’s too good to
wear a gown
An’ keep a tryin' day by day, as sbe’s ' bin a
doin’of late,
To wear her husband's breeches, ’stead o’ bein’
a lovin’mate. . .
I know thet I kin Gek her ef I git her hands se
cure, * - - J - ‘ *
An* a gineral reeunstrnetiea air needed thar fur
sare. - ,
Thai ain’t a woman on the range kin do the
work the kin, . ,
An’ I don’t snppcee she’s charged above with
any grievous sins,
But when n woman ’gins to hock, an’ try to ran
the shop.
It’s time to give the rope a yank, an’ ‘fetch her
to a stop. •
So,good day. Mr. Sheriff, 1’H taka these tricks
•long.
To rid in teaehin’ Mary Jane to sing a different
song;
An’ wan 1 bring ’em hade agin, it won't ba
If 1 tall yon that I've got the tamest woman ea
on range." . - -
“Well,
TUX IX DATS XITXX.)
here I am agin, just so’a to he
» * >ri j2jjj k * *,* r f*ck agin—you’ll And
Tb.£ro good *noe*h fnT business aieh as yoor’n
Bat si ridvtoreconjtnKtion they ain’t no great
I got onto Mary Jane, in satisfactory style,
Then carted in aoua willow strieks—of which
I’d cut a pile.
An’ with a whack across her back. I gin an
Iqjnn yell.
An, cned ‘wake up, old catamount! I'll ran
this ranchcasp.il!’
I don’t exactly savey bow it happened, bat I
found Myself sway outside the house, s clawin’
at the ground!
^’tS, Jane a foOerin’ up, a awearin’ like a
An’ every time 1 broke my guard a gittin’ i i
her work.
She bunged my eyas np in tie shape yon see
’em in to-day,
■dw’tgivw me several in the jaw that tuck some
teeth away.
An’ rouged, an’scratched, aa’ tore my hair, an’
bit, an’At an’kicked,
In abort, yonre truly, Abram Jones, got beauti
fully licked!”
Wyoming Territory, August, 1879.
The Mormons in Georgia.
History of the Rise of the Fend
•-Proselytes Scattered Through
the Upper Portion of the State.
&The killing of Joseph Standing, the
young Mormon elder, in north Geor
gia, has created discussion all over
the country. The interest that has
been drawn to the section in which he
was killed has brought oat some in
teresting facts concerning the prog*
ress made by the Mormons there:
Let os premise what we £ave to ny
by remarking that no ode can tell why
the Mormons ham devoted so much
to the' comities of Cherokee
■ia, in which they have been
working so long 4 They arc not to be
fbnnd ebewhere, 'bat they deem to be
determined npon cdptivatui^ the sec
tion spoken of! The Mormons sent
their tint emissary into Georgia about
seven years ago.. This man waa
named Morgan, and is described as
an extraordinary person. He was
brave, aggressive, sniffy and eloanent.
Hs begged no quarter and made no
are usually quiet, illiterate people of
small means, bat there are some few
families of property and intelligence,
which have embraced this faith.
When they once become converted
they are never reclaimed. The el*
ders go through the circuit and
preach to them, pray with them, and
attend to their, spiritual wants, just
ws other. preachers do with their
charges. They have even organized
a conference of the several congrega
tions of native converts, Joseph
Standing was the presiding elder of
this conference, and was on his way
to Rome to attend a conference meet
ing when he was killed. In a talk
with Senator. Hawkins, of Chattanoo
ga, and Clements, of Walker, they
both expressed the belief that the
cause was progressing and growing
strwighr. “They are gradually get
ting new converts,’’ said Mr. Haw,
kins, “andT hear they never lose a
single one.’’ A most excellent preach
er from Whitefield told ns that he
occasionally heard of some member of
hi-i own or other churches who was
tui niog to Mormonism.
We learn that there has never been
fffcy trouble from mob law throughout
the cirenitgene rally. The elders have
preached in the court-houses of prob
ably .every comity, have had good
audiences and have never Jjecn dis
turbed. Tliey preached, we believe,
once of twice in the city hall or court
house at Rome. They have never
been anuoyed or threatened that we
can hear bt, except at Vamells sta
tion. They have had fair anil courte
ous treatment. At first they attract
ed crowds through curiosity, and at
last bnilt up regular congregations.
The people have become used to them
and take ro notice of them.
These elders have been singularly
circumspect and careful. They have
*=ot preached licentious doctrines at all
but have kept the polygamic feature
of the religion in the background,
fc’ven when naked if polygamy is al
lowed in Utah, they reply: “We have
our marriage customs and you have
yours. We shall not interfere with
yours.” Of course there has been a
great deal of general scandal abont
the morality of these elders, but we
could find no man who believed it
Said one gentleman: “I don’t know
of a single case where they have been
guilty of immoral practices, even
among the families of their ‘saints.*
They seem to be bent npon their
work of proselyting and npon nothing
else. To this they devote all their
energies oud their lives
It appears that there has been con
siderable trouble at the .little station
of Varnells. Some of the people
there, it seems, were determined not
to see Christiana led astray and fami
lies broken np by these elders. So
they have never given them any
encouragement.
* Standing was a young man of twen
ty-three years of age, bat had great
courage and ability. If be had lived
he would have risen to great promi
nence in his ehorefa. He was buried
in Salt Lake City on Bahday with
Impressive ceremonies.
We learn that the field in Georgia
will not be abandoned, but will be
‘canvassed with ‘greater vigor than
bis faith as ono inspired. Nothing
could daunt him and very tew men
could argue with him ) He was thor
oughly prepared npon all points of hi*
faith, and ae argued it everywhere.
As might be expected, he made con-
vats. At first there were bnly one
or two, bat he gradually brought
more over, on til he had them scatter
ed over. Walker and the adjoining
counties pretty freely. Then be
summoned new elders, who came ont
to aid him. Since then folly one dox
en have been seat into this section.
They were all under the direction of
Elder Morgan, who was after a while
made “superintendent of missions in
tho south. 11
Tho ground most closely occupied
by these proselyting elders wss Chat
tooga eonniy (the half this ride of the
moontaiosG Walker county, Catoosa,
Whitefild. They have established
a post or two in Floyd county and in
Murray and Dade, and have gone
into Pickens and Fannin. They
drifted on toward Tennessee and
North Carolina, appearing to shun
the railroad aod stick to the moun
tainous districts. They have made
many converts in these counties, and
have established what they call flocks
in many) neighborhoods. Their poli
cy is not, as has been supposed, to
toh» all their converts to Utah. The
troth is. they take only a small por
tion of them. At ooe time they took
over forty converts on one train, the
crowd being gathered from several
counties. At various other times
they have sent batches of ten or
twelve. It is probable that 150 or
200 will cover au that they have sent
out from Georgia. Those people
were mostly poor and shiftless folks,
and generally past middle age. One
or two prntty girls are known to have
gone, bat the most of the women
were old and ugly and not reliable to
be pressed into ipolygamic relations.
Many hnshanda andjwives went, the
wives insisting that as tbs Mormons
based their polygamic theory npon
the feet that Baehel selected new
wives for Jacob, they would be al>
lowed to select r ew wives for their
concessions, bat went ahead preselling ^ Eu er Moigan himself is com
ing ont, arid the blood of Standing
wUl but excite these monstrous fanat
ics to still greater exertions.
Efforts are bong made to capture
the mardeneri, ana if caught they will
be prosecuted vigorously. We learn
that there were personal reasons that
led many of the attacking mob to try
and drive Standing ont of Varnelli
He had endangered the peace and
integrity of many homes.—Atlanta
Constitution.
Breaking it Gently.
‘Yes, I remember that anecdote,”
the Sunday School superintendent
said with the old pathos is his voice,
and the old sad look in his eyes, ‘It
was about a simple creature named
that used to haul rock for
old Haltby. When the lamented
Judge Begley tripped and fell down
the court noose stairs and broke his
neck, it wss a great question how to
break the sews to poor Mrs Bagley.
But finally the body waa pot into
Higgins’ wagon and lie was instructed
to take it to Mrs. ft, hot to be very
guarded and discreet la Ida language,
andjnot break the nears to her at
oone, bat do it gradually and gently.
When Higgins got there with Ha sad
freight, be shouted til Mrs. Bagley
came to the door. *
Then he said. Does the widdow
Bagleyfive here?”
‘Thewiddow Bagley ? No SirF
‘I’ll bet she does! Bat haveit your
own way. Wei’ does Judge Begley
live here?”
•Yes, Judge Bagley lives here.”
I'll bet he don’t Bat never mind,
it ain’t for me to contradict, Is the
Judge in?”
‘No, not at present.”
‘I just expected as much..
Because, yon know—take hold o’
aathin, mum, for I’m a going to make
a little communieatiou and I rekon
maybyiPlT jar yoa some. There’s
beat an accident mum. I’ve got old
Judge curled np liere in the wagon,
and when yon see him you’ll acknowl
edgeyourself that an inquest is abont
the only thing that could be a comfort
: td*Hn£.‘ •' S* 1 '• -
misfortune.
When the horses came to wore,
Tom got an out side position, and
waa, with considerable difficulty, star
ted for the first heat He broke
badly and seemed reluctant to get to
work. His driver tried to urge him,
but be failed to respond: When at last
the word was given, Tom fell in the
rear, stayed there all the way around,
broke fearfully on the baqkstretch,
an«l came very near being distraced
outright, Those who did not know
him looked crestfallen enough. “Is
this all?” broke involuntarily from a
thousand lips: The second heat was
simply a repetition of the first. Tom
was disappointing every body, and it
looked as though Mattie Hnnter, his
principal competitor, would walk
away easily with both money and
honors.
In the third heat Tom suddenly
awoke to a consciousness of his situa
tion. The rare was two-fifths gone,
and he was nowhere. A thrill of
energy shot through that some what
emaciated frame, and the horse seemed
strong with sinews of steel and filled
with ambitions life. He swung into
the lead as easily as a child would roll
a hall ovor the floor, and kept it
steadily all the way round, lowering
the time and winning the heat. The
fourth heat was like the third in all
its distinctive features, Tom waking
up more and more and getting down
to solid work in a beautiful manner.
At the conclusion of this heat, dark
ness shut in and sent the race
over into the next day.
The climax, however, hpd net been
reached. The afternoon of the next
day was wanner and stiller than the
previous one had been, and so was
more favorable for fast time. The
track was in a superb condition, and
every thing conspired to give the
horses a grand chance for the dosing
heat. Tom and his competitors came
out looking and feeling in good trim
for the contest. There was some
difficulty in gettig an even send-off,
but at length the word was given
them, and away they flew like the
wind. It was to be a life-and-death
struggle between Tom and Mattie
Hnnter for the race and the money.
There was no extra efforts pat forth
to make unprecedented time It was
simply a question of supremacy for
that heat Tom had the pole and at
once went to the front His driver
leaned forward to get into the closest
possible sympathy with bis flying
coarser Down the backstretch he
would gently ply a little whip to
Tam’s nbs, ana the gallant horse
would let ont link after link of won*
derfnll effort The speed was some
thing marvelous. The horses shot
st any given point like a bolt of
jhtning. As they came into , the
home stretch, Mattie Hnnter dosed
the gap between herself and Tom,
and it looked for all the world as
though the little blind gdding would
lose hU place after all. But no; Tom’s
driver told him be must quicken' his
pore a little, and the little, prodigy,
realizing that everything was at
stake, sprung into if that carried
him under the wire in the hitherto
unheard of time of 2:
When the result was announced,
the enthusiasm can better be imagined
than described. All felt they had
seen an event which might possibly
never he duplicated in the racing
arena. Groups of men gathered
together discussing the feat with
smiling faces and qnickTy-throbing
hearts. If a vision of glory had sud
denly burst upon the multitude from
the sky, they could not have been
more astonished and delighted.
After it was all over Tom was closely
blanketed and his legs bound tightly
in red flannel, soaked in stimulants.
He showed that he had paced for all
that was in him. He was breathing
heavily, and there was a sort of sad
expression to those sightless' eye-balls
which seemed to say, “Why did you
push me eo hard ?” Mattie Hnnter
on the contrary, who is only seven
yean old, appeared to be less fatigued
than her successful rival, and appar
ently none the worse for taking the
second place in racing records, with
a score of 2:13 to her credit. From
Tom’S groom we learn that the blind
bone has been paring more or less
forthe last eight or-nine years, bat
has only shown his marvelous speed
within the last two years. He thought
it very possible that Tom would pace
a mile in 2; 10 before the season was
Bat until this is done, Chicago
beats the world in fee matter of speed.
A Kansas school ma’m has in-
trodnead a new feature in her school.
When one of the girls misses a word,
the boy who spells it gets permis
sion to kiss her. As a result the
girls are becoming very poor spel
lers, while the boys are improving..
“I had no time to stuff * the .chick
en,” apologized a landlady to her
boarders. “Never mind, madam, ii’a
tough enough as it is,” replied one of
them. '. :
“Do yon mean to insult me, sir, by
calling your dog by my name t”—
“Oh, no, sir, not at all; I oily meant
to insult the dog.”
An Ampliation, under the name of
the “Jasper Monumental Associa
tion,” has been formed for fee par-
pose of erecting s monament to fee
memory of Begeant Jasper.
It will be remembered feat on the
9th day of October, 1779, Sergeant
Jasper fell in fee attack on Savannah,
aud it is the intention of this Asso
ciation to lay fee comer stone of fee
proposed monument on fee 9fe day
of October, 1879. No occasion could
be more appropriate than fee cen
tennial of hie death; no ptaae more
fitting than that whereon he feH.
While other Irishmen rose higher in
tile Colonial ranks, yet nano there
was who more truly represented Ire
land in Araeraartmm the brave and
modest William' Jasper.
Bora in Ireland, he emigrated to
America and settled in South Ccro-
lina. The war of the Revolution
fbnnd him a devoted patriot, and on
the28th of Jane, 1776, he was en
gaged in the defense of Fort Moul
trie. His conspicuous gallantry in
leaping over fee ramparts of fee fort
daring fee hottest of the fight and fix
ing anew fee flag which had been
shot from its staffj won for him the
admiration of his comrades, and in-
spited fee brave defenders of old
Monltrie with a loftier heroism.
For this act he was offered a com
mission by Governor Rntledge, who
said to him: “You have won a
sword, sir, and yon most wear it.”
“Nay, sir," replied ' Jasper, “I |am
not worthy of the trost; adversity
has been my only schoolmaster, liber
ty my only schoolmistres. I can not
mingle wife those who are superior
to me in education and manners with
out exposing myself to deserved eons
tempt. Let me alone; let me servo
my country in the way that suits me
bret, as an* hnmb’.e and devoted la
borer in the cause of freedom ” Gov
ernor Rutledge yielded to this refus
al, but presented him with sword
which the Governor wore abont his
person.
Probably the moat desperate feat of
arms of the Revolution was the re
lease by Jasper and Newton of abont
twelve American prisoners and the
capture of fee guard of ten British
soldiers. The circumstances sur
rounding this exploit were romantic
in fee extreme and worthy of the days
of chivalry. While reconnoitering
fee British camp at Ebenezer, Jasper
learned from a Mrs. Jones that her
husband, then in irons, charged wife
desertion of fee royal cause, was
shoot to be sent with other prisoners
to Savannah, there to be tried, and,
doubtless, executed The distress of
the poor woman "and her child
toadied fee heart of the impulsive
Irishman, and he formed the desper
ate resolution of attempting a rescue.
The prisoners, under guard, started
for Savannah. Jasper and Newton
followed them unarmed until fee par-
S r arrived at what is now known as
asper Springs, abont two miles from
Savannah, on fee Augusts road.
Here the guard stopped for water,
resting their arms against fee trees.
Jasper and Newton each seized a
musket, shot two of the guard down,
dashed tint fee brains of two more
wife fee dabbed gan^Vlesped be
tween the remaining rix soldiers and
fee other mnsketa, and possessing
themselves of fee loaded weapons,
compelled the surrender of feeds,
released the prisoners, escorted them
to the American army at Pnrysbnrg,
and safrir retarned Jones to his wife
and child.
The 1 death of Jasper was in keep
ing wife his fife.' The attack on- Sa
vannah was disastrous. The French
and Americans were repulsed; fee
bugle had sounded fee retreat when
fee flag which Mrs. Elliot] had pre
sented to him, and which, be had
promised to guard “until eternity,”'
was seen by him trailing in the dost.
Lieutenants' Bnshe and Home had
been killed while bearing feat banner,
and it waa from Hand’s dying grasp
that Jasper seized it at the close of
the action and the day. Jasper made
good his promise. He guarded it
“until eternity.” While bearing it
he fell, and in falling said o Major
Horry, a companion ui arms, “I have
got my furlough. That sword was
presented to me by Governor Rat-
edge for my servioes in fee defense
of Fort Monltrie. Give it to my
father, and tell him I have worn' it
with honor. If he should weep; tell
him bis son died in fee hope of a bet
ter life. Tell Mrs. Elliott that I lost
my life supporting the colors she pre
sented to our regiment. If yon
shonid ever see Jones, his wife and
son, toll them that .Jasper is gone,
but that the remembrance of fee bats
tie which he fought for them brought
a secret joy to h«s heart when it waa
abont to stop its motion' forever.
Tell my friends who shall remember
to ask for me that their poor friend
has fought his last fight, has struck
his last blow; and may fee blessings
of Providence-zest upon my country
and her cause.”
. “Sofell Sergeant Jasper; his list
blow struck in the cause of America;
his last shoot a gathering cry for the
defense of her honor; his last wish a
prayer tor her prosperity! So fell
Sergeant Jasper. The sand of our
streets ha3 drunk np his blood, and
fee seal of our .city has encompassed
Ins bones. Who has written hia epi-
tiqih ? Who has built np his monu
ment-, ; ; s> - "V -.-..if j
To write his epitaph, to boild his
monument is the object of ou; - Asso
ciation, and it should be oar. proudest
pleasure ax it is our most sacred duty
Let then fee lovers of liberty every-.
where unite with ns in rearing a
He was e dapper Kttle fellow, as
tidy as a new pin, and as he entered
one of the “sample rooms” on Wood
ward avenne, yesterday, the barkeep
er mentally remarked: 1
"That fellow will call for cham
pagne.” Bathe was mistaken; the
little fellow leaned over the bar and
said: ■ . i-
“I want a tumbler two-thirds foil
of water, and some pieces of pare ice
iathe tumbler.”
It was handed him and he. asked:
“Do you ever have a lemon about
the place?” ~ "
' “Yes.”
“Well gently squeeze one into the
tumbler-” ’ "• ■ -
The squeezing process took place,
and the Hide man cahtinned.
“Do you hive’ 'Hspberries ont
here ?** - i -
“Wedo.” •* ; '■*
“Well, put two Into the 1 tumbler.”
They were added; and he pnt hia
hand to His brow, tried hard to' col
lect his memory, knd suddenly ex
amined: *
“Ah! yes—sugar 1 I knew I could
think of it. Add a spoonful ot sugar.
While it was being added the little
man dropped on the three kernels Of
coffee, a powdered cracker and a bit
of cheese, and then said:
“If yon keep Madcria you can add
a spoonful.”
The Maderia was added, the glass
shaken, and the little man opened a
long Morocco case, which he took
from a side pocket, took ont a solita
ry straw, carefully cut off an inch or
two from one end, and said:
‘During to the prevalence cf mala
rial diseases in yonr Western country
I find it the best way to carry my
own straw with me. A fellah, kinder
bates, you know, to use everybody’s
straw, you know, especially out West
kere.”
He pinned his handkerchief under
his chin, brushed back his moustache
and began drawing. The bar-keep-
snr - e^s pet dog came in when the glass
was half drained, and fee little man
took the straw from his month and
said: • • • : ■ ;
“Plweaso remove your dawd to the
rear room; I can nevah drink lemon
ade with a dawg in fee room.”
The dawg was escorted out, and
when fee bar-keeper returned the
little man had disappeared, and fee
glass had been emptied of even the
lemon peel.—Detroit Free Dress.
By tlie Sail Sea Waven.
..... .
ittat you.-lg ■ man, with long,
_ J dark hair and a luokl
t^Hferunk. ... _ —
Coney island V-acb on Snmlay, and
By his «tli! a woman who h« ad
dressed as “My love ” lie was watch
ing the whitecapA-far from shore, and
she .seemed t» be looking at the
bathers. r . ■-
Without ion ving bis gaze Losa
tho wrinkled surface of the distant
water he exdaiiue.1. “Oh. that great
day when the bounding sea shall
give up its secrets!’’
“Yes,” the woman, wild, wife
languid interest. “I wonder if that
dampy woman’s hair is her own ?”
A look of extreme sadness Came
over his fees, like the shadow of an
umbrella, and he' involuntarily drew
bad; a tingle step. In so doing he
stepped into a hole dag by a golden
haired fairy of four or' five summer?,
and turned a back somersault.
’“ify love” Ieoked at him reproach
fully*- and said: “Leonidas, I, am
ashamed of yon.”
He munnered something about the
mischievous boys that “ put holes be-
hmd people for them to tumble over.”
and then set-down in fee sand to
takeoff his shoes and empty the
ballastont of them. Ho had one pboe
off and was dusting his instep ^ jost
then fee largest wave of the afternoon
came up'and obliterated all fee prints
in the sand around him—bat one.
His wife had retreated, and fee ap
pealing look that he had cast at 'her
while fee wave was receding threw a
gloom over all fee gay throng on the
‘Leonidas,” she said in a voice
choked wife emotion, “yon hod better
find a seat cn fee sunny side of the
train and- keep it.”
Toward snndown the pair were
seen strolling on the asphalt near
Cable’s. The warm sun and drying
winds bad done much to repair the
man’s, misfortune, and “my love”
was evidently regarding him more
hopefully,/or she was telling him
that one of fee pony carriages was
“the Midgets’ coach,” and feat the
urchidiitivor 'wasTom Thumb.
• i.;o I- tu-i .nit <j . i
The Fan Turned Oat Earnest.
Years ago, into a wholesale grocery
store in Boston walked a tall, muscu
lar looking' man, evidently a fresh
comer from some backwoods town in
Maine or New Hamshire. Accostin
to be fee murrhaptjiiiujwilf, be asked :
“Yon dont want to.hire a ,min in
vour store, do von ».*..
Well,” said the merchant, w r don’t
knowfc what can-yon db?*. 1 ,.
“Do?”, ssud the, man; “I. rather
guess I can tom my hand, to almost
anything—what do yon want done?”'
“Well, if T was to hire a man, it
would be one that coatd lift well—a
strong, wiry, fellow f one for instance,
that could’shoulder,a sack of coffee
like feat yonder, and c«it it across
fee floor and never : lay it down ”
“There, now,, Capt’in»” said the
countryman, '‘that’s jnst me. I can
lift anything 1 hitch to; .yon can’t
suit me better. What will' yon give
a man that will suit you?”
“I’ll tell you,” said fee merchant;
“ifyon will shbnlder that sack of
coffee and carry it herbaa the store
twice and never lay it down, I will
hire you a year at $100 per month.”
“Done,” raid the stranger, and by
this time every clerk in the store bad
gathered around and waited'to join in
the laugh against the man, who,
walked np to the sock, threw it across
his shoolder with perfect ease,
although extremely heavy, and walked
with it twice across the .store, went
quietly to a large hook whidt - was
Listened to fee wall, and hanging it
np turned to the merchant and aid:
VThere, now, it may hang there
till doomsday, I shall never lay it
down. What shall I go abont, mister?
Jnst give me plenty to do, and $100
per month, and it’s all right.”
The cleks broke into a laugh, and.
the merchant, discomfited yet satira
fled, kept his agreement, and to-day
fee grben countryman is fee senior
partner in this’firm, 1 and is worth a
million dollars.
v Why Will Yon
Allow a cold to advance in yonr
system and fens encourage more seri
ous maladies, such as Pnenmonia,
Hemorrhages and Lung troubles
when au immediate relief can be so
readily attained. Doschets German
Syrup has gained fee largest sale in
fee world lor fee cure of Coughs,
Colds and the severest Long Diseases.
It is Dr. BoscheCs famous German
prescription, and is prepared with
fee greatest care, and no fear need
be entertained in administering it to
fee youngest child, as per directions.
The sale pf this mcdicine.is unprece
dented. Singe first introduced there
hai been a constant increasing demand
and without a single report ot a fail
ure lo do its work in any cuxe- Ask
your Druggist aa to the tenth of
these remarks. Large size 75 cento.
Try^it and be convinced. Sold by
He Has Not Lived' in Vain.
The Petersburg, Va, coriespon.I?nt
of the Richmond Daily Di-patch hav
ing reported that a son of Rev. F. J.
Boggs, pastor of the Methodist
Church, was raved from drowning
while bathing, by his companions, the
R?v. Dr. C. E. Deems, of the Church
of the Strangers, in New York, an
nounces that when a youth he was
saved from drowning while bathing
by the father of this recently rescued
youth. Dr. Deems says: “We are
still undecided whether to thank or
blame Boggs for ibis. Drowning is
so delightful a mode of death alter a
certain line which we had passed, and
‘coming to is so' dreadful! Whether
the man who had ns bronght to con
ferred a blessing on the word or not
remains to bo seen.”
It is the universal opinion of the
hosts of friends of Dr. Deems, not only
in Angusta, but wherever liis splendid
Sunday Magazine is read, that he has
not lived in vain, and may his years
be prolonged ia the course he has al
ways pursued.
Sough on Chattanooga.
A Memphis refugee come throng!) on
the Memphis aud Charleston railroad
ri)6 other evening, and was stopped at
Wanhatchie, the quarantine station
for Chattanooga, where he waa - met
by the quarantine officers of that
enterprising village. After he had
been thoroughly inspected, the refu
gee remarked:
“See here, mister, do you live in
Chattanooga?”
“Yes,” raid fee officer.
“Well, 'do you propose to stop mo
in that d—d town ?”
“Noy tir; we propose to see 'that
yon don’t stop.”
..“Well,” remarked fee refugee,
“I’m glad of that. I would as soon
haveja spell of yellow fever as to stop in
tbatbdrg. -1 want to go through
fenge atvlhe rate of twenty miles an
hoar, with fee oar windows down,
and I will hold my noire then. A
man may survive an attack of yellow
fever, bat an hour in Chattanooga ia
pertain death”
An Astonishing Fact.—A large
proportion of the American people are
to-day dying from fee effects of Dys
pepsia qr disordered liver. The re
sult of these diseases npon tho masses
<rf intelligent and valuable people is
•most alarming, makirg life actually a
harden insfpgd of,a pleasant existence
of enjoyment, and usefulness ps it
ought to be. There' is no good * ron
ton for this, if yon will only throw
aside prejudice and skepticism,- g .kfe
the advice of Druggists and; your
friends, and try one bottle ofGr» em’s
August Flower. Yonr speedy relief
is-certaln. 'Millions of bottles of 1’iia
medicine have been givenawayAfi try
its virtues, wife satistactory result; in
every case. You can buy a sanvde
bottle for 10 cents to try. Three >:’>s-
es will relieve the worst case. Poti-
tivelysold by all Druggists on J the
Western Continent. For sale bv ft.
T. Brumby «t Co., Athens (fa.,
*A. Word to tU© Afflicted;
The most miserable human being in
the world, is that person snffet-ag
rath a shaking chill, or a burning
fever. Thejovsof Ufeare bnt a mis
ery to bis mind, and he longs for*a
balm to restore him to health! T'*o
core is at hand for every sufferer.
The greatest of all medicines. Cuban
Cam. Tonic fee Great West Indies
Fever and Ague Remedy, cures Chills
and Fever, Billionsness and Liver
Complaint every time. It blots 6ut
disease, carries off malarial; pofe&n,
and restores fee sufferer to hea^b,
Strength and Happiness. Try Ciraax
Chill Tonic, fee Great West Indies
Fever and Ague Remedy, if **^on
suffer wife Chills and Fever, and*bo
cored. Take no other medical.).
Cuban Chill Tonic will cure veu
and give you health. Get a Iwttie
from yonr druggist E. C. Long &
Co., and try it. mayfklvc
At fee age offeree we love dor
mothers; at.the age of six, our fath
ers; at ten, holidays; at sixteen,
dress; at twenty,.onr sweethearts;
at twenty five, our wives; at forty,
our children, at sixty, ourselves.’-' 1 ^
Two Irishmen traveling on the Ba5
ti.uore and Ohio Railroad track, came
. mile post, when one of thfm
arail: “Tread aisy, Pat. Here liras a
man 108 years old. His name'atias
Milos from Baltimore ’
W WUI9V. wawra mo 4a* ICOIIU^ aa AIJ JIV WIU UU CUUT1UI
tribute to modest heroism, as exem-i R. T. Brumby & Co.. •
I “But I. Will not -huger on :feis
point,” as .the proaelier said when he
sat down upou the carpet taek,
■ > ' • .wsirf
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