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ATHENS BANNER TUESDAY MORNING JANUARY 12, 1892
INTERSTATE COMMERCE COMMI*
SION.
The interstate commerce commis*
sionere saj' that there has been a
marked im; rovement shown during
the last year in the disposition of the
railroads to comply with the law.
We are pleased to have this informs*
tion from such an official source, be
cause the general impression has
been—and this, too, among those
people who are brought into almost
daily association with the freight
carriers—that the interstate com*
merce law was becoming, by numer
ous iootanse of evasion, very much
of a dead letter. We have thought
and said that the best way to make
the law respected was -to vigorously
enforce'it, and that the Infliction o1
heavy penalties upon a number ot
offending railroad corporations would
have a most salutary effect But
thus far the service that the inter
state commerce commission has per
formed in the form of prosecution
has been relatively insigoificent, and
we tear that this hesitancy has not
tended to inspire the great railway
companies with a wholesome respect
for the law. *
THINGS WORTH KNOWIN
A ReceivcrUWould Blush at these Prices! And Goods worth Pricing, so the Public may Know. Everybody knows of
THE GREAT HIT MAX JOSEPH MADE IN BUYING OUT
from the H. R. Claflin Co. the bankrupt stock sold by Mr. Coleman’s receiver. These goods are now placed on my Coun
termand Shelvings, and divided into lots at about 50 cents off from the dollar of its origiual first cost.
THE MOST
shall slaughter these Goods during
_ ___ 33 A. A.TTSTS ARE PLACED BEFORE YOU this WEEK, each DAY. To give you an idea how I
~the entire week,on account oi limited quantities, I shall make an EXTRA SPECIAL SALE, from 7 to 12 o’clock of items mentioned below :
UNION DEPOT.
If there is a place in Georgia that
needs a Union depot it is certainly
Athens. The depots of the several
roads entering this’eity are all loca
ted inconveniently, and are very hard
to reach.
Not only is the state of affairs an
extreme inconvenience to our people
but strangers who come' and go fre
quently remark npon the matter in
uncomplimentary terms.
A Union depot could be erected
for a comparatively small sam ol
money and it would pay the railroads
to erect one. It is their dnty to pro
vide suitable accommodations for
their passengers, and they should not
fail to fulfill it.
We urge upon the railroad authori
ties the necessities of the case.
An investigation of the matter
would convince them at once that a
new depot should be erected at a
central point in the city.
Athens needs a Union passenger
64 pairs Ladies Calf Button Shoes,
regular price 1 75; to be sold at 75c,
140 pairs Ladies Calf Lace Shoes,
regular price 2 00, to he sold at 1 00;
160 pairs school shoes; in button or
lace, regular price 1-25, to be sold at
75 cents,
130 pairs Men's Congress, regular
price 2 00, to be sold at 1 00.
114 pairs Men's Balmorals, regular
price 2 00, to be sold at 1 00
56 pairs handssewed Men's French
calf congress, regular price 5 50, to
be sold at 3 00.
49 pairs best hand sewed Kangaroo
Bats or Congress, regular price 6 00,
to be sold at 3 00 a pair.
ALL THE BLANKETS
from the Bankrupt sale to go at 40
cents on the dollar. These are
19 pairs 2 00 blankets at 70c. a pair.
prs 1 50 brown blankets at 65c a pr;
26 prs 2 00 gray blankets at 95c a pr;
42 prs 3 50 blankets at 1 50 a pair; <
16 pairs 5 00 b'ankets at 2 45 a pair.
J_15 slightly'damaged blankets at 25c.
ALL THE FLANNELS
.from the bankrupt sale,
2 pieces all wool red Flannel, 8 cents
quality at 10’cents a yard;
2 pieces all wool red Flannel 25 cents
grade at 15 cents a yard.
3 pieces all wool red Flannel, 30 cents
grade>t 17, cents per yard. .
One lot about 250 yards red Flannel
yard wide, slightly damaged, hardly
visible, at 7-J- cents a yard.
6 pieces White Flannel, 15 cents
grade at 6 cents a yard;
4 pieces White Shaker Flam el 20
cents grade at cents a yard.
One lot, slightly soiled on tbe edge,
all wool white Flannel, various grades,
at 15 cents a yard;
DRESS GOODS SALE
From the bankrupt sto.k.
8 pieces, all colors, double width
Cashmere at 10 cents a yard.
14 pieces single width Cashmere at
7£ cents a yard.
2 pieces black Silk, 1 25 grade, at
65 cents a yard.
4 pieced very fine Cashmere, 40 cents
grade at 22J cents a yard.
6 pieces brocade? Dress Goods at 10
cents a yard;
A large lot of fine Dress Goods, 50
and 60c quality at 25 cents a yard. _
COMFORTS,
From the bankrupt sale.
14 good calico covered Comforts,
1 00 quality at 50 cents.
16 good caiico Covered Comforts,
1 25 grade at 65 cents
12 good turkey red lined Comforts,
2 00 grade at 90 cents.
14 fine cretonne covered Comforts,
2 50 grade at 1 25.
18 finest satteen covered Comforts,
5 00' quality at 2 65.
One lot slightly soiledjjfrom dust.
Comforts, worth from 1 00 to 2 50;
choice for 75 cents.
CORSETS,
From the bankrupt stock.
44 good- Corsets at 20 cents each;
36 better grade,sold at 60c, only 25c.
18 much hetter grade 75 cents Cor
sets at 40 cents;
46 one dollar Corsets at 60 cents.
BED-TICKINGS,
From the bankrupt stock,
3 pieces Bed tickings at 5c a yard.*
4 pieces good grade 15 cents ticking
at 7-J- cents;
6 pieces feather ticking, 15 cents
grade, at 10 cents;
4 pieces heaviest feather ticking 25
cent grade at 14 cents,
6 pieces double width fancy feather
ticking, 30 cents grade at 17 cents,
Hosiery and Handkerchiefs.
From the bankrupt stock.
4 dozen good striped ladies hose at
4 cents a pair.
52 dozen children’s ribbed hose at
5 cents a pair;
62 dozen solid color ladies hose, 15
cents grade at 6£ cents a pair;
43 dozen black heavy ladies hose at
8 cents a pair;
53 dozen men’s hose at 4c. a pair,
62 dozen men's. hose seamless 25
cents grade at 8 cents a pair.
162 dozen assorted hem -stitched la
dies handkerchiefs 10 and 15 cents
quality at 4 cents apiece.
All the Crockery, Tinware,
Glassware, Chimneys, Globes.
Woodenware and o^her house
hold articles you can have at
25 cents on the dollar.
I cannot enumerate the thousands
of useful articles you always need and
may hereafter pay fancy prices.
They all will cro at 25c on the dollar.
THE CLOTHING.
From the Bankrupt stock.
One lot choice, to select from ths
7 00, 800, 900 Suits at 4 50 per
suit.
One lot of Pants from tbe 125, 225
and 300 Pants at 100 a pair.
One lot White Shirts to select,
choice of the 100, 150 and 200
Shirts at 75c.
18doz. Men’s Unlaundried Shirts at
25c a piece.
From my Grocery Department.
From 7 to 12 o’clock.
22 pounds granula' sd Sugar for 1 00.
6 lbs. good Bio Coffee for 1 00.
11 cans Fruits, Vegetables and Bar-
ries for 1 00;
. One pound French candy put is
fancy boxes for If cants.
4 lbs Thurber’s Roasted Coffee for 100.
On account of delay on the Rail
Thav are placed ""onveniently for you roads, my sugar last Monday could
up stairs. Dont fail to call for them ! " ot b ® dehvered as promptly as be-
when you are at the store* 1 fore. But I have a good supply now,
and prompt delivery is guaranteed.
.4 double force of Sales-people and three Delivery Wagons will be at your service. jSJ O CO NCEPTTON OF
THIS GIGANTIC SALE can be formed until you attend it. Au opportunity that you cannot afford to ne
glect. Merchants are invited to call and select in quantities as they desire. Terms of sale, Spot Cash. :
MAX JOSEPH.
219 arid 221 BROAD STREET, ATHENS, GA.
ageous officials iu East Tennessee who
will undertake to arrest Merrill? Just
now he is.in open rebellion against the
laws of Tennessee. He is making pre
parations'to send the miners against the
State troops; for there is no likelihood
that Merrill will ever expose himself
to the fire of the enemy. He is now
fomenting strife by his inflammatory
depot and the railroads ought to give I speeches, and there can be little doubt
it
THE QUESTION OF LIGHTS.
The question of securing sufficient
lighting facilities for the city otAth
ens is one that is being discassed
widely just now. The arc lights
cannot be increased until a new
dynamo is pnt in and the incandes-
in
that a fight is imminent, if the miners
[ justify their reputation. It will not be
forgotten that Merrill is the leader of
the rebellion.
Tan Greensboro Herald-Jonmal
changes hands, and it is now Editor
Dobbs. Editor Young, who retires
from the paper, has done much towards
making the Herald-Jonrnal one of the
brightest and newsiest weeklies in tbe
State and one whose editorial utterances
had weight. Editor Dobbs is a news
paper man of ability and will keep the
cent lights need improvement
many ways.
The oommittee on lights in the I paper up to its high standard
oity council is considering this mat
ter thoroughly and will adopt some
'methods to secure a perfect lighting
system.
£
EDITOR STOVALL’S BOOK.
The life of Robert Toombs will
soon be on sale, and the public will
eagerly grasp the opportunity to pore
chase a book that records the deeds
of the great,.unreconstructed states
man from Wilkes.
The book ia from the pen of Editor
Pleasant A Stovall, of the Savannah
Press and judging from the advance
sheets that have come to our ble,
we do not hesitate to pronounce it a
work of exceeding merit. Everybody
jn_Ghorgia knows the easy, flowing
style of Editor Stovall, they have
seen it sparkle through the columns
the Georgia Press; and they fully
Appreciate its worth.
To this naturally graceful and
vigorous style, has been added the
resalts of hard work and great 76-
search, and behind it all are tbe
undoubted evidences of an able and
discriminating mind.
Editor Stovall is to be congratu
lated ou the production, and when
tho book is issued, it should be placed
in every Georgia home, to become a
part and parcel of the history of the
Old South, a true delineation of
events that can never perish from
tLe memory of the Southern people l
The first tariff bill that will be intro
duced in Congress will be, it is said,
only 500 words long. It will probably
place some raw material on the free
list, and also reduce the tariff on the
manufactured article. TbiB _ will be
treating tbe producer and the manu»
facturer alike, and will at least cause
the Republicans to show their hand.
The trouble with Mb. Blaine is sai<*
that be hasi“too good a cook.” A great
many of the statesmen at Washington
are similary afflicted. High living and
want of exercise are probably responsi
ble for the deaths of more publio men
than any other cause.
Job was probably the most preco
cious child on record- He cursed the
day he was born.—Life’s Calendar.
Totting: Here’s a story called “The
Politician's Conscience.” Dialling:
Short story, isn’t it?—Epoch.
You can’t argue with a bigut without
agreeing with him in thinking that
you ’re a fool.—Elmira Gazette.
When a drunkard gets lost his friends
don’t worry. They know he-will soon
‘ turn up.”—Columbus Post.
Lady Physician: Dear me, I wonder
if it is ever going to clear off? A pa
tient sent for me two days ago.—Texas
Siftings.
Kickshaw: Did you make any New
Year’s calls? Dimmick: One. Kick
shaw : What did the other man hold ?—
Judge.
Life is made of compensations. By
tbe time a man is old enough to realize
what a lot he does not know hr is too
old to worry over it.—Indianapolis
Journal.
Dick Hick’s (to dentist): My jaw
ached whed I came here, but now it
has stopped. Molar (grasping forceps) f
We can soon remedy that.—New York
Herald.
Bartender: I speak -seven different
languages Wbat’U you have as
starter? Rounder: Well, you might
give us a little hot Scotch.—Birming
ham Leader.
Uncle: What is your favorite dish,
Karlcben ? Karlchen: Suet dump
lings; for they always make me so ill
that 1 can’t go to school the day after.—
Anekdoten Bibiothek.
Children’s Department.
PHI KAPPA ANN1VERSARIAN.
If the filthiest person in Athens were
bathed in clear water, the water would
resemble to a remarkable degree that
which is furnished by the Water Works
to the citizens of Athens for drinking
purposes.
On account of the sleet yesterday
enough water ran into the reservoir to
furnish a good-sized drink of impure
water to the people. It is all gone now,
however.
Thb Courier Journal very aptly
says:
Uncle Jerry Rusk was promptly on
hand with a cold wave in honor of
Sherman’s victory.
The declarations of the Allianc
presidents in convention assembled, go
to show that that great order has to
sympathy with third partyism.
Thb revival of the item that the mar
ried men live longer than single men,
on the very threshold of Leap Year,
fraught with deep feminine significance.
Editorial Comment'
The trouble with the East Tennessee
mines is not ever by aoy means, com
menting upon it. the Memphis Appeal-
Avalanche says: It there is b ood-
shed iu East Tennessee it will be l&rge-
sy duo to that industrious marplot Eu-
geue Merril, who is not a miner him
self and whose interest in the matter is
-argely pecuniary. Are there no cour-
“Farewkll, to the Republican party
cf New York I” says Ross Platt.
“Speed the parting guestl” cry the
people.
-SMILES.
A BEAR STORRY.
Mr. W. B. Christie, of Dawson, Ga,
The Winner In the Contest.
In accordance with the competitive
system recently adopted, the contest
for Anoiversarianof the Phi Kappa
society came off yesterday afternoon at
3 o'clock. Messrs. Blanton Noble, F
M. Hughes and Frank Upson were se
lected as judges.
Places were drawn and the following
young men spoke in order: E. W
Frey, Marietta; W. E- Christie, Daw
son ; W. G. Park, LaGrange, and E. R.
Black, Atlanta.
On account of sickness Messrs
Hughes and Upson were unable to serve,
and Mr. Noble noted as judge of the
contest. The speeches on the whole
were well written, and delivered in
forcible manner. The young aspirants
seemed fully conscious of tbe honor to
be conferred and the contest from be
ginning to end was dose and spirited
At the conclusion Mr. Noble
in a neat speech of well chosen word?
awarded the place to Mr. W. E. Chris
tie,(of Dawson, Ga. Mr. Christie is a
member of the Senior class aad a young
man of marked ability. He will be re
membered as tbe medalist of bis society
last year and as her victorious repre
sentative in the inter-collegiate cfebate
Combinations in politics have hereto
fore made this,the highest office in tbe
society, the prize of the
politician, so much so,
that the society was compelled to abol
ish the elective system. Mr. Christii-
is the first representative under the
A gentleman m-tlring inquiry in Russia
about the method of catcbiug bears iu the
country, was told that to entiap (hem a
pit was dug several Ieet deep, unu after
coveting it over with turf, leaves, etc.,
some food was placed on tbe top. Tue
b. ar, tempted by the bait, easily fell into
the snare.
“But,” be added; “if four or five happen
to get together they will get out agaiu.”
How is that?” asked the gentle
man,
“They form a sort of a ladder by step
ping on each other's shoulders, and thus
make their»scape.”
“But how does the bottom one get
out?”
Aid these bears, thought not possessed
of a mind and soul, such as God basgiveD
ns, yet feel gratitude; and toey won’t for
get the one who has beeD tbe chief meane
of procuring their liberty. Scampering
off, they tetcb tbe branch of a tree, wh;ch
they let down to their brother, enabling
him to join them in tbe freedom in which
they-rejoice.”
Sensib e bears, we say, are be:ter than
some people that we hear about, who never
help any one but thtmselves.—Our Dumb
Animals. •
“MUST” AND “MUSTN’T.”
“A fellow can’t have any fun,” growled
Tom. “It’s jual 'must’ and‘mustn’t’ from
morning till night. You must do this; you
must learn tbat; or, you mustn’t go there;
yov mustn’t say that; and yon mustn’t do
the other thing. At school you’re just tied
right up to rules, and at home—well a
shake of mother’s head means more than
a d<>Z'd‘mustn’ts’ Seems a pitty a boy
can't have his own way half the time, and
do something as he likes.”
“Going to the city this morning, Tom?”
asked Uncle Tiied, from the adjourning
room.
“Why, of course,” answered Tom,
promptly.
“G -ing across the common’”
“Yes, sit; always do.”
“I wish you’d uotice those young trees
they’ve been setting out tbe last year
two. There’s something rather queer, it
seems to me. Ol course, the old trees will
die sooner or later, and others will be
needed, but—well you just observe them
rather carefully, to as to describe their
appearance, etc;”
"What about those trees, Tom?” asked
Uncle Tfted, after tea, as they sat on the
piazza,
“Why, they’re all right; look a little
cramped, to be sure, snipped short off ou
top, and tied up to poles, snug as you
please, every identical twig of them; but
that’s the shape they should be, to make
them ship-shape, don’t you see? They
can’t grow crooked if they would.) They’ll
make as handsome trees ns you ever saw
one of these days. Haven’t you noticed
the trees in Mr. Benson’s yard—tall and
scraggly,an crooked, just because they
were lett to grow as ihey pleased? The
city fathers, now, don’t propose to run
any risks’’—
“But I wonder how the trees feel about
the must and mustn’t,” remarked Uncle
Thed, dryly.
Exit Tom, wishing he had not said qnite
so much on the subject of trees -and boys,
—Sunday Afternoon.
THE MARKETS.
Banner Office. Athens, Jan. 9.—
Liverpool today shows a stronger feel
ing with an advance at the close of four
to five sixty-fourths.
New York opened sharply above
yesterday but broke towards the close
to practically yesterday's close.
The local market was steady at un
changed prices.
Tbe week just closed has been one of
quotations heretofore unknown, and a
most discouraging one to those whose
living depends upon raising cotton in
tbe South Atlantic states. New meth
ods must be introduced or another crop
instituted. Georgia farmers under the
Dresent system cannot raise cotton for
3 3-4 cents.
Sept.
Oct.
Nov.
Dec.
closing tone, very steady
Opening. Closing.
82
7.91-96
8 1-3
Jan.
718-25
7.14-16
Feb.
7 28
7 21-22
Mar.
7 38
7 31-32
Apr.
7.60
7 43 44
May.
7 62
7 66-57
Jane
• 7.73
7 67-68
July
7.82-83
7 77-78
Aug.
7.90 91
Liverpool.
7.84-85
competitive sys tern and it is a high
titration.
dis
Birds of a feather flock together; wo
men with high hats sit all over the
house.—Texas Siftings.
The only woman a man has a right
to dictate to is his beautiful and at
tractive typewriter.—Dallas News.
Miss Daisy Harris, of Wintervilie.
who is in Athens attending the Home
School, has been quite sick tor the last
few days from sore throat. Her friends
hope to see her out again soon.
The many friends of lli=s Erskine
Richmond, of Atlanta, will be pained
to loarn of her 6icki;ess at her home,
and all wil l wish her a speedy recovery
It is probabls that the Chattanooga
Southern Railway company will be re
organized, and the road extended to
Birmingham. Newman Srb, the finan
cial agent of the company who under
took to build the road, ia negotiating
the issue of bonds for th* completion
of tho road. When extended according
to the present plans it will be one of the
moat valuable railroad proper ties of ita
dimensions in the south.
A Valparaiso, Ind., special says: Fred
Linderman, a Westcneater township
farmer, reports the discovery of . a pol
ishing material on his farm that ou ap
plication to cutlery in ita natural state
excels anything now on the market for
the purpose. The enbetanee lays ir
veins from two to six feet from the sur
face, #ud was found while digging
ditches for tiling. Mr. Linderman
thinks ho Jim found a valuable aaate-
ATHENS MARKET.
Good middling
Strict middling
Middling
Strict low middling
Low middling
7
6%
6K
65-8
6K 6%
E
Until their handsome new.store is completed,
& CO.
WILL OCCUPY
Tinges
Stains
Receipts, 76 bales; sales, 80
Receipts to date; 41,911 stock,
Tone, steady.
NEW YORK MARKET.
Middling, 7 7-16.' Tone, steady.
Futures, opening tone, easy,
6%
5-6
11,525
THE BRICK BUILDING
Back of their old Stand,
Formerly used "by J. H. Hull, Plumber,
Their Stock of
B O OT.S AND SHOES
Is as Complete as Ever.
Jan 10—d24‘&w4t. 47
Middling uplands, 4.
Tone, Steady, demand fair.
Sales 10,000. American receipts 37,700
Futures, opening tone firm,
closing tone, steady.
OPENING
. CLOSE.
Sep. Oct
Oct. Nov.
Nov. Dec.
Dec. Jan.
Jan. Feb.
3 CO
4.
Feb. Mar.
3.63-4
4.2
Mar. Apr.
4 2-3
4.5-6
Apr. May
4.6-8
4.9
May Juno
4 9 10
4.12
June July
413 14
4.15-16
July Aug.
4 16-18
4.18-19
Au*. Sep.
4.19-21
4.21
Receipts
at all U.
S. ports
Jan. 9,
1891
■',890
27,332
35,578
1889
,578
Total receipts fori day:
1891 - 1890
27,322 35,578
Total port receipts to Jan. 6.
1891 1890
4,798,300 4,480,477
Stocks at all U.S. ports 1891 1,309,792
1890. 417,705
Groceries and Provisions.
Messrs. J. S. King & Co. report
Sugar—Standard Granulated Bbl 4%
ExC
X 4%
Bbl
ibl 4J£
% ” 4
Bbl $5
$5.25 to $5 05
$6.00 to $6.50
18 to 20)£c
12}<j to 13c
6% to 6>£c
From Sunday’s Banner.
GAS AND ELECTRICITY.
The One Leaking And the Other not
Burning.
Athens was in a bad way last nigh
so far as the lighting question was con
cerned. • %-*
The accident to the dynamo of the
electric plant could not be repaired
yesterday and hence the incandescent
lights didn’t burn last night. They
will be burning tonight, however, as
Manager Robinson says everything
will be in shape by tbat time.
But the gas also was in a prec&ri us
shape. A big leak was sprung in
some place in the city and it could not
be discovered.
Manager Robinson went all over the
city yesterday with a squad of hands
trying to locate the leak. He found a
few small leaks, but could net find the
one that is giving the trouble.
He will continue to search for the
leak, however, until it is found.
From Sunday’s Banner
A HEAYENLY CHERUB.
THE GOSPEL CAR
Reaches California In Safety—AU on
Board Welt.
1 •; Angeles. CaL, Jan. 7.—The gos
pel ear arrived here by fh* Southern
Paeffie, feting fear 4cye from Atlanta.
B. B. Green preached. Wvhop Bley, by
Mtipni to Yham, tr* ne'er red W. B.
Amrttm from tko North Georgia to the
PeOil* ooifsroaco. Ho geos to the
SSlTwoo ofrevfK Branham goes to the
Yafioy Center, Let Angeles conference.
tick eg Hay good pnt fh* party in
ofcargt of the writer beyond Los An-
They will b* accompanied by an
of the Southern Pacific, which
wad h w ehown us every kindness
at every place. AJ1 are well and happy.
Of the eight babies afi as* well and not
on* aqaaUug in th* erow 4.
the
Flour, Family
Straight
Best Patent
Cofiee
Hams best
Meat
Lard Be-tLeaf—basis 9c
Corn white
Mixed
Hay No. 1 ,Timothy per ton $20
Bran per lOOlbs $1.15 to $1.20
Oats Feed 45 to 50
Oats Rust Proof eo
Best Texas Rust Proof 65
Meal 70 to 75c
Bagging 21b Full Weight 7c
“ 2>*lb “ “
Ties
$1.40 to $1.45.
Mr. Will Epps, of Galloway, Lam
bert & Co., has recovered from a severe
attack of the grip.
Joining In the Songs Around
Great White Throne.
Yesterday morning about one o’clock,
little Julia White passed across the sil
ent river. A young and beautiful lit
tle flower transplanted early to bloom
eternal in the gardens of the celestial
ity.
Little Julia was the daughter of
Capt. aud Mrs. James White. She had
attained the age of live years and the
sunshine of her little life had brought
much light and happiness into the home
of her parents.
A few days since the little girl was
attacked by membranous croup and
yesterday morning the angel reaper
came with relentless sickle to gather in
the lovely flower.
The funeial exercises will occur today
atone o’clock at the residence of Capt.
White on Prince Avenue, after which
the body of the little girl will be laid to
rest in Oconee cemetery.
Mr. Boykin Smith, of Social Circle,
will not return to college this Spring.
Messrs. Audley Morton and John
Welch are at home tor & few days.
Aii;s May Reaves will not return
to tchool in Virginia this winter to the
delight of her many friends here.
Sorry Now That He Didn’t Go Himself.
A gilded youth who was too lazy or
too occupied to pay duo attention to his
“duty visits,” and who yet felt it was
incumbent upon him to make personal
visits at houses where ho had incurred
social obligations, concluded to take hia
chance of finding his friends out, and se
lecting a tempting afternoon sent a
messenger boy around with hi* cards.
This modern Mercury, however, with tho
peculiar obtusenese of his race, insisted
in every instance npon having a receipt
given Mm for every batch of cards deliv
ered, and brought back with provoking
honeety to bis enraged employer a dozen
or so of signed papers testifying that the
cards had been received.
What was still worse, a couple of his
fair friends, rather quickly appreciating
the situation, took the opportunity c
sending Mm back the following: “Mr
A has received from Mr. B
visiting eord in payment of din*
given;” «d nether bad scribbled aero
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