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GO AND SIN NO MORE.
Madeline Pollard denies the reper
that she will go on the stage. This
is well, for it would disgrace the
etage for her to go upon it. The best
thing that she and Breckinridge can
do is to retire to private life, and in
.be spirit of the great Teacher’s
word-', go and sin no more. They
and the country also would be bene
fi ed by a complete withdrawal o’
both parties from public notice.
buii from the res rictmns he throws Mr. R-avos is worth enough in good
;round the free c linage of silver, it times to p»y every cent of his iu-
• s quite evident tha* he puts a difn debtedneis and if those
ierent construction on the question
from that of his constituents In tead
< f being in favor of the rep'al o all
adverse silver legislation which
•*ould cause silver to rise in bullion
value and the fixing of ;hera io be*-
tween gold and silver after that is
d >ne. he is in favor of c uning silver
at its present bullion vahue under
adverse laws which would mak t v
diver dollar twice as large as l ©
now C mgrtssman Lawson may > e
right but we can't see it that ay
There is something curious i; his
itand when it elicits the uoninted
praise of such an unccmpromisirg
admimstra ion organ as the Atlanta
Journal.
NOW LET IT REST.
I he Pollard. Breckinridge ca : e i?
over, a verdic. of fifteen thousand
dollars for the plaintiff rendered
and he jury dismissid. This tria 1
has been a disgusting one, and with
the rendering of a verdict which in
Hie opinion of the entire country is c
j 'st one, the case should rest for-rver.
If Breckinridge ever brings it to
ligh . again he ought to he bit forth*
fail amount.
ZCBULON B. VANCE.
Sc ator Zdiulon B. Vance, ol
North Carolina, has passed into the
great unknown. Ue did not linger
long behind his illustrious fellow
statesman, Senator Co’quitt, of
Georgia, The death of Senator
Vance removes one of the m ist prom
inent of Southern Statesmen. H<
was an able, fearless champion of
Democracy, and a man who sill be
sa ly missed bv all who love tru
manhood and patriotic statesman
ship.
WILL CONTEST IT.
It seems to be well settled that the
oopulists will run a man f >r governor
Georgia Whether it will be
Watson or Hines or some one else is
aot known just now but it appears
n be f ettled that a populist can-
i date will be in the field If that
>e true then there is bnt. one thirg
eft for the democracy to do and that
s to get t- geiher and give him s
vorse drubbing than P-^k was ghen
' '• ’■ T >e democracy can and
. d„ We do not believe it
tas come to that point where the
S',ate will fersake thj democracy,
it d whether Mr. Atkinson, General
Evans or s meone else is nominated
he democracy will win. We have
ur choice as to the nomination, but
vill do cur hardest fighting for tbe
aominee, whoever he may be. That
vill be the time fqr democrats to do
heir work.
ho hold
the mortgages and all other creditors
can afford to wait until the timee
improve and money becomes easier,
ihe affairs of th ! s firm will be
wcqol up to the perftc; sa istaction
of ever)* laim against tin m,
At present it would ba ruinous to
both i lie creditors and the gentle
men c uprising the firm to push the
mor g - rea to a foreclosure. Tbe
property would not pay the liabilities
now if put up for sale. If the credit
urs vlll hold ctf and give the firm
»l.ttle tim n , the business will yield
puds sufficient to makeup the
deficit along with the appreciation
in the value of real estate. We are
satisfied that such a course would be
beat for the creditorp, the firm and
the city.
congressional clothes.
Judge Hamp McWhoitar, who was
on the Georgiarailread one day last
week, returning from holding court
in one of the counties in his ciicni
h id ilia measure taken on the fly for
his Congressional suit of clothes
On the train he found tailor Fry, o»
Augusts, and expressed regret that
he ccu'd not,go on to Augusta, as
he wanted a new suit of clothes. Mr
Fry led his honor to the smoking
cardin a few minutes bad bis
measure for a suit. Business is be
ir.g done these days on fast schsd
nles.—Columbus Enquirer- Sun.
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WELL DONE.
TLe action of the Grand Jury
this county in appropriating seven
hundred and fifty dollars for the
State Normal School will be heartily
cr-mmended by the people through
.out the cumy. By this action they
have p aced the State Normal Scbo<
in a p isition where it ci>n d > goo
an i effective work, the re ult c
which will be t'j secure a leaisl itiv*
appropriation and an appropriate
from the Peabody fund. The peo
ple of Clarke county will be reward
ed for their generous support of this
institution, which is destined to be
come . ne «?f ihe greatest educational
i.asti u'ions of tbe South.
HOW confidence is shaken
The investigation of the charges
ag mst Federal Judge Jenkins
developed the fact that his celebrat
ed injunction denying the right of
the employes of Union Pacifio rail
road to strike or to leave the service
of the road in a body, was written
by ex Senator Spooner, the at
torney of the company. This fact
alone showed that the Union Pacific
had a warm friendin Judge Jenkins,
and that he w<v~ willing to favor that
corporation in any way it desired. It
is due to the acts of such men as
Jenkins that public confidence in the
integrity of the fndiclary has been
shaken.—Macon News.
THE TUCKER RULE.
In or dir to prevent their party from
being charged with stupidity and m.
fficiency and he'd up to the ridicule
of the country, the Democrat* of the
House have determined in caucus to
•ui p‘ a rule declaring a quorum to
lie a (quorum of members present
whether they see fit to vote or not.
this is John Rikdolph Tucker's in
terpretation of a constitutional quo
rum of the House, and in view of his
eminent ability as a constitutional
lawyer the interpretation is perhaps
correct, but one thing is certain and
that is Speaker Crisp and other Dem-
icratio leaders in the House realize
that the time has come when tbey
must do eometbing to put a stop to
be filibustering of the Republicans
or it will be impossible to transact
Any business during tbe remainder
of the present session. If the adop
tion of the ru ! e offered by Mr. Tuck
er in 1880 provokes criticism the
fault must rest with those recreant
Democratic members who have failed
to be present in the Honse when
heir presence was rtquired and was
necessary. These men have done
much to ay the foundation for tbe
charge shat the Democratic party is
in*, ffict; ni and unfit to be entrusted
with the control of the government.
They have been persistent in neg
lecting the duties they were elected
io perform, and it is to be hoped
that their consti.uents will take note
of the fact and retire them from pub
lic life next November.—New
Orleans States.
JUDGE LAWSON ON SILVER.
Oar distinguished Congressman
Judge Thomas G. Lawson, may want
to go back as a representative from
this district, but he will have to get
a little further away from the gold
8‘.:indard and the administration if j We believe that each creditor will in
i to get there. In a recent j time receive dollar for dollar upon
HOLD THEM UP-
Th ; fai are of the Reaves Ware
house Com:a-y and the firm of
O’Fa.rel' A Ash was a heavy blow
not only to the m tubers of the firm
but to the city. I was, however, o e
of those things that could not be
hel, ed. Overloaded with real estate,
which in good times would have
yielded rich returns, the panic bore
heavily upon them, the property
depreciated in value, and nut being
able io ieal z» anything on it, tbey
were forced to the wall. We believe
we voice tbe sentiment of the entire
community in offering to these gen-
tie men the kindest sympathy. They
are men who have grown np with
the city, who invested their money
here, who labored for its npbnildtng,
and who shared in a large degree in
the great prosperity that has come
upon the city. In an unfortunate
hour they have succumbed to the
pressure of the prevalent hard times,
but all who know them feel assured
that they wilt rise superior to all dif
ficulties. They built up their mag
nificent badness by starting at the
bottom, and they will do it again.
A LONG TIME COMING TO IT.
Fr< m the beginning of the cam
paign for the governorship to the
end, Mr. AikinEon has charged Gen-
eral Evans with being the candidate
of the Atlanta ring politicians. The
charge was Bccffed at with charac
teristic Atlanta bravado along at the
first, bnt it has begun to ent deeply
tnd a new turn has been given to tbe
matter We believe it was Robeit
Toon ba who said that it was the gal*
led jade who winced,*'d the charge o
being a ring Candida c las consider,
nb'y chafed the A Uinta candidate.
The General d d.-'t know exactly
how to come at iLe question, at first,
but hts Atlanta boomerB have doubt
less posted him well in their political
tricks. General Evans comes back
at Mr. Atkinson with that familiar
old cr/ ‘-You're acothix,” and rays
that Mr. Atkinson is being run by a
c mbi nation of Judges, Solicitors,
Legislators, ete. Why has General
Rvans been so long coming to this
paint. That charge had been made
before he announced for the gov-
< rnorahip, but this is the first time
he has come out on this line. He has
been a long time answering in that
measure, and not until the charges
of Mi. Atkinson were chafing him to
death did be get up on the stump at
Jonesboro and charge upon Mr, At-
kitson that be wa- being run by
ring. Why d : du’t he make theeharge
in bis j iti discussions? Was he
reserving his thunder until he was
not forced to stand in fro it of the
man he made the charge against?
Will he agree to meet
Mr. Atkinson ,on the stump
from now until (he end of ihe cam-
paign and 1st the arguments on that
charge go before the same audiences
at the eame time? That is fair and
that is right. Mr. Atkinson has the
support o’- large numbers of legists
tors, judges, solicitors, and public
«ffleers. They have the right to
support whomsoeverthey please for
they are ci , : zens ar d have the right
to vo'e. That tbey have' formed
any combination to elect Mr. At<«
kinson. and that Mr. Atkinson is
’.he candidate of any ring we vigor
ously deny. Let General Evans go
on with his charges in this direction
His will not be the first political
grave scooped ont by tbe nee of At
lanta po'iticai shovels. He may think
that Mr. Atkinsohs political hopia
will be buried there, bnt on the
morning of Angust 2oi tbe people
of Georgia will setve the question in
quite a different manner so far as he
is concerned.
-J f . ' """
aroe is “A Journey to O her Worlds,"
and it describes a trip to tbe planet
Jupiter, where tbe conditions of ihe
carboniferous age are found to exist,
and also to Saturn, where tbe travelers
are imagined to meet with the apiritb
of the depart'd Verily tbe As tor
family.abounds in litefary cusses.
Tbe Salvation Army in St. Louis is
bolding a series of ( i.uriou3 meeting?.
Tbe intention is to establish .an in ins-
trial home there similar to those already
in operation in Great Britian and else
where. The aoldiera have a strange
way of beginning their borne. The de
sign is to have what will practically be
a tr&inirg and trade sohoot where street
urobina and homeless youngsters m vy
be taken in, housed and taught useful
trades. It will be the only way to stop
tbe supply of criminals, if tbey are ever
to be stopped, cutting eff the brook be
fore it reaches the full river.
That ministers of tbe gospel are poor
ly paid was amply demonstrated at tbe
New York Metbcdist conference last
week. Objeotion was made to tbe ad
mission of a candidate for full minute-
rial honors on tbe ground that he owed
money. Investigation developed tbe
fact that tbe man bad only $300 a year
salary; that out of this sum he bad to
upport himself and keep a horse, and
on Sundays bad to ride thirty miles t'
preaob. They decided to let him in. It
appeared, furthermore, that these were
soeres of clergymen in tbe denomina
tion who are no better off than this one,
while out of sixty-two preachers in a
riogle district twenty-eight have sala
ries of less than $700 a year.
CATARRH CANNOT BE CURED
with T ocal Applications, as they can
not reach the seat of the disease. Ca
tarrh is a blood or oonstitutionaldisease
and in order to cure it you must take
internal remedies. Hall's Catarrh Cure
ia taken internally, and acts directly
on the blood and muoous surfaces
Hall's Catarrh Cure is not a quack
medicine. It was prescribed by one of
the best physicians in this- country for
r ears, and is a regular prescription
t is composed of the best tonics known
combined with the best blood purifiers
acting directly on the mneons surfaces.
The perfect combination of tbe two m
redienti is what produces such won-
-rful results in curing Catarrh. Send
tor testimonials, free.
F. J. CHBHMf. Toledo, O.
Sold by druggists, pri » 75o.
Ha Waa Polite.
Ltttla Boy—That lady gava me »otm-
candy.
Mother—I hope you were polite about it
“Yea’iu.”
“What did you aayf”
“1 aaid I wiahed pop had met her before
ha get ’quaintad with you."—Good News.
A II Intake.
Wife—Yoa made a mistake, my dear,
when in your auger you told Bridget you
didn’t want bar to ahow her ugly mug iu
here again.
Haenewd—Bow did If 1 meant just what
I said.
Wife—No doubt. But itwaa a mistake
to tall her face a mug
Husband —Well, that’s what it is
WUe—1 think not, for when you spoke
noticed that her face fell, and it didu
break When Bridget drops a mug, my
deal, she always picks it up in a dustpan —
Detroit Free Press.
Net S€ Low.
In the fading twilight the widow positive
ly refused to wed the man v >r ii a bald head
for less than $20,000 spot cu^h.
“Matrimony,” she argued not unkindly,
‘is like's game of cards. ”
He shook his head.
“Second hand, low,” ha murmured re
gretfully.
With heavy heart And dull, despairing
eyes he went away.—Truth.
Too Much Noise.
Every effect has a cause if only we hare
the wit to see it. Patrick bad a fine chance
at tws partridges. He fired and missed.
“New, now,” said James, “you’ve shot
aaythor ef thim.”
“Well, how could I,” aaid Patrick, “whin
the report of the gun brightened ’em both
awsyf”—Youth’s Companion.
A literary Triumph.
Friend—Found n publisher for your book
yetf
Scribbler—No. To tell you tbe truth, old
boy, I begin to think that book is a work of
genius.
“Anybody praised it?"
“No, but 45 publishers have refused it.”—
Puck.
Accounting For It.
Briggs—A girl said “Yes” to me last
night.
Driggs—I suppose you aaked her if you
thought yon had better go.—New York
World.
Notes and. Comments.
The Augusta Chronicle expresses the
opinion *bat there is not tbe remotest
probability of a dark hone in the gub
ernatorial campaign.
The Columbus Enquirer-Sun says
that a rumor oomes from North Geor
gia that there is a possibility that ex-
Congressman H H. Carltcn, of Athens,
may enter the gubernatorial race. The
gallAnt Doctor would rally lots of
friends over the State to his snpport.
Some talk has been indulged in about
establishing new telephonic plants. It
is now asserted most positively that tbe
B»ll Company's monopoly has not ex
pired. An authority writing from New
York on this subject oautions tbe pub
lic against using magneto bells with
autimatic switches, changed by the
weight of a telephone receiver He
mentions that eeveral other important
points are covered by patents controlled
by the Bell Company. •
William ^Waldorr Aator astonished
the literary world by writing a novel
tome time ago, and now yonng John
: Hood’s is Good
M
Makes Pure Blood
Scrofula Thoroughly Eradicated
“C.I. ■eed*Oe.,Lew«H, Haca.t
> "It la with pleasure Skat I give yen the detaOf
•f ear HOie May'i iWbuii an* her retun
keahh hydie we ef Seed's SaraeparUfc. She
waa bin few* wtth
Favor and a Bad Cough.
Following this a sore eame on her right side be
tween the two lower ribs. In a short time an
other broke on the left side. She would take
•wnifioa. ^**r asad waa aSesh
eeeeAkem her ears. After eaiih attack she he-
Rood's r^* Cures
GROWN WISER.
I used to watch her girlish head
Bend over work; the sunlight stole
To touch her wayward hair and spread
A soft encircling aureole.
She looked so slight, so innocenU
I thought at twenty-one or so.
With all sufficient self content,
I knew so much she did not know.
For men grow old In knowing, taught
By evil thinfi as well «a good.
My life was in the world, I thought.
And hers in gentle solitude.
But now, at twenty-four, there lies
Such wisdom won of Joy and pain.
Deep shining In her quiet eyes.
As I may never more ntraiu.
I might not learn it, if l would.
This strange sweet t hiny: else understands
It camo loiter with motherhood
And tiny touch of ! uhy hands.
—Charles B. Going in I-to'iic.-,’ Home Journal.
iu foreign hunts,
would not jippvtu
highlands of •
in central Ai
A RISE IN TROUSERS.
w
h . u _ . ni . Jacob Astor has followed his example.
3 is a bu metallist, his claim. The valuable property of The titlo oX young Joha Jacob , a
I wtts about to leave my oilico to go
out to breakfast when tho office V .
brought me a, leaf torn from the block
which is always to bo found in the ruib -
room of newspapers offices nud upou
which was written, “Louis Demare.”
I knew the man well. We were fellow
townsmen and had come tip to Paris to
gether. Fortune had frowned upon hint.
I would like to say. that I was out, but
the fellow knew what he was doing,
coming at suoh an lionr. Ho would only
have to wait on the sidewalk until hun
ger should drive mo out. I resigned my
self to admitting him.
“Show him in, Martin," said I to the
bpy. ‘ ‘As the gentleman has probably
come to borrow, here is some money - . If
I ring and ask you to lend me some,
give this to me and say that it is all you
have."
“You’re dead right to be fly with
him,” answered the boy. “He looks as
if he was on his uppers, and his pants is
terrors.”
Demare came briskly into the office.
"Well, old boy,” he said before I
had time to open my lips, “I have-come
to borrow. But this is an exceptional
case I am not going to say that I have
not had a good meal for a week, nor
that I need 50 louis to pay a debt of
honor, nor 50 francs to pay for a car
riage ride for two. I want just 1 -louis,
for I need precisely that amount. Just
one and twenty francs. I have enough to
match that and pay for my breakfast in
the bargain,” and ho really showed mo
three 20 franc pieces. ‘ ‘This louis I will
return to you this evening before dinner
time. As my demand litay seem a little
extravagant, I will help you out by
promising that if I do not bring tho
money back before 7 tonight you may in
struct your boys to kick me off tho prem
ises if I ever show myself here again.
Shall I sign that agreement? Yon know
that I would not for the world cut off
the source of so many benefits by not
keeping my word. I regret that I can
not tell you exactly what disposition I
am to make of your louis. I can only
tell you that I am to use it in a commer
cial enterprise that is a daisy—you hear,
a jim dandy!”
The fellow made me laugh in spite of
myself. I was completely disarmed. I
gave him his louis, and I truly believe
I should have invited him to breakfast
with me if he had not been so meanly
dressed. But with such trousers it was
an impossibility.
Promptly at 7 o’clock the boy an
nounced, with a show of respect:
“Mr. Demure. ”
“Faithful to my agreement, ” said he
gayly. “Here is your yellow hoy. As I
know you are busy, I will go, bnt not
without thanking you most heartily. ”
“Was your ‘jim dandy’ a success?” I
inquired.
“Decidedly,” said he, showing me a
handful of money.
“Allow me to compliment you,” I
said. “You must have been playing the
races.”
"I am not foolish enough for that, ”
he replied.
I noticed ho wore new trousers, which
must have cost him $4 or 85. That ex
plained the increased respect of tho of
fice boy. Surely the fellow had not
wasted his day.
The next day he brought me an ar
ticle on some of our city institutions. It
was interesting, and I accepted it
When he went ont, I noticed that he
wore new trousers and different ones
from those ho had worn the day before.
Two days later he called for the pay for
his article. He came np to shake hands
with me on going away. Mechanically
I glanced at his trousers—he had on a
third pair, and they were perfectly new.
I met him often in the succeeding days
in the office and ontside, and on every
occasion he wore a fresh pair-of trousers.
Curiously enough, he always wore the
same coat, which was shabby in the
extrema
I gradually contracted the habit of
looking at men’8 trousers. After a vague
examination, lasting for several succes
sive days, of the nether garments of all
the employees about the office from the
proofreaders down to the janitors, I
discovered to my stupefaction that none
of these persons of slender incomes wore
the some pair of trousers two days in
succession. Some of tkam even changed
twice a day.
I became convinced that I was the
victim of a special hallucination, and I
resolved carefully to conceal my mal
ady, as it would have rendered me ex
tremely ridiculous. Still I fel(j_ that it
wonld affect mo greatly, as it would in
duce melancholy and become a mono
mania. V
Still the trousers filed before my eyes.
They were of all colors and of allshapes.
Some fitted their wearers, others were a
little too small or a little too large.
They were evidently ready made goods,
bnt what an enormous quantity of tron
Mrs my diseased imagination seemed U,
have seenl
I seriously thought of making nr
will; but, persuaded, of my infirmity,
knew it wonld be worthless and won-,
only lead to exposure. With the groa'
est secrecy I consulted a specialist—m.
a specialist in trousers, hut in meutr;
disorders. He showed no surprise at th
form at mental disorder, talked of u»»u
rasthenia, overwork and so on, and
charged me 3 lonis.
I began to feel that my days were
numbered. Every one remarked the
ohango iu my health. One of the con
tributors brought me a carious article,
it being a history of trousers, past and
present I threw the article into the
wastebasket and came near breaking
with the nnlucky author.
J ust as 1 was about to arrange my
Hood’s Pills act easily, yet promptly an* business for a lone vacation bovine rf«-
rom- sflltiMU,, on the Aver and bowels. Mo. oided to make a sea voyage and teavul
Where my nightmare
to haunt' mo- • th«
k'otinnd. fot instance, or
tin- office Itoy—bn
wore a fresh pair of trousers—ushered
Deniare into my presence with the most
profound dofoirence without e\«u an
nonneing him.
At the • first glance 1 saw that he worn
a “hitherto unpublished" pair of trou
sers. Of course I expected that, but
what 1 considered as a sadden aggrava
tion of niy malady was that he wore •
now coat. 1 f coats wore going to mix
! themselves with trousers in my poor sick
! brain, tht.ro was nothing loft, for me lmt
i to arrange the details of my funeral.
With a haggard face, 1 pointed to n
oh air.
“Old man,” said ho, “knowing that
you take an interest in me, I have come
to tell you good news. I am engaged
permanently as financial editor of The
Gazette. So we arc ouworkers. Oougrat-
nlate me."
I murmured some feeble words of fe
licitation.
“I owe yon some explanation of my
prosperity in the last few months,” he
added. “You remember the day I bor
rowed the lonis from yon and returned
it the same evening? I told you at the
time it was for a daisy financial stroke.
Now that my self int erest does not com
pel me to keep tho professional secret, 1
will tell you all. It is a pretty byplay
in metropolitan life. No, my boy, I
have not assassinated any old woman
who was incumbered with a rent roll. I
have not been adopted by an elderly heir
ess. I have sold no political secret nor
pillaged an embassy. I have simply been
a dealer in trousers."
At the last word I boundod to my
feet. There was my nightmare again.
“Calm yourself, said he, “and lis
ten:
“The day before' I made the demand
upon your purse I happened to be pres
ent at the first day’s sale at auction of
an immense stock of new goods from a
bankrupt custom made clothing concern.
The programme for the succeeding days
was the sale of 10,000 pairs of trousers.
There were few at the sale, the necessity
of taking tho goods by lots, on account
of the great quantity, shutting out
workmen and the class of persons who
wear such garments. I remarked that
the trousers in lots of 10 cost about 2
francs each.
“By dire experience I know that the
pawnbroker lends upward of 5 francs on
a pair of trousers in good condition.
The thing to do was plain enough to be
seen. With your louis I bid off a lot of
10. Soon after I hastened to the pawn
shop, where I offered three pairs. I en
countered an obstacle the first thing.
They do not lend on unworn garments.
I argued my case with such eloquence,
representing that I had worn the trou
sers, but that I was very careful of my
clothes, that I gained my point. Of
course I could prove that I was not a
tailor seeking to dispose of my stock. I
took two other lots of 10 at intervals
during the day, keeping the tenth pair
for myself. I received over a dollar
apiece for them. So you see it was a
pretty good day’s transaction.
“The next day I bid off two lots, and
profiting by my experience I passed the
day and part of the night in wearing
the trousers, putting on one pair after
another. I can insure you it was back
breaking. I then conceived the idea of
having others wear them for me, and
timidly at first, but soon boldly enough,
I lent the garni nis day by day to voui
boys, to your clerks ami to many others,
asking nothing in return but discretion.
I told them that I needed to have actual
proof of their quality, as they were
made in great numbers in my shop for
shipment to South America. As my
business increased I perfected my meth
ods. I employed agents to dispose of the
trousers. I bought as many as GO some
days.
“All went well so Iod g as th© source
of my prosperity remained undiscovered.
One day I scented danger. One of my
agents found out by the mark on the
buttons where the goods came from, and
he bought a lot of 10. I did not hesitate
a moment
“I hunted np the receivers of tho
stock. I told them that there were 3,000
pairs of trousers unsold; that tho 7,000
pairs already sold (I had bought 5,000)
had overstocked the buyer, and hence the
present price could not hold. It wonld
be wiser to sell them all at once. In
conclusion, I offered them 3,000 francs
for the lot of 3,000. Tho deal was closed,
and so all attempts at competition were
effectually prevented. At the same time
I laid myself liable to the law which
punishes monopolies.
“Now it is all ovor with. The pawn
shops, glutted with trousers, rebelled
and threatened my agents with arrest.
Eght thousand of my garments rest on
their shelves, so I did not complain. In
the end I was obliged to carry my busi
ness into tho provinces. Each pair of
trousers has brought me on an average
a net of $1; total, §8,000. I will lend
it to yon if you want to borrow.
“Nov that it is not necessary for me
to affect poverty, I have bought me a
coat and some other furnishings. I still
have left about 100 pairs of trousers.
I shall give some in charity, and I have
already fitted out your entire establish
ment. You must notice how I am re
spected around here.
“Now, old man, I shall be most happy
to send you a pair ma ;e to fit you per
fectly of the richest fubric. You have
only to say the word. ”
It is needless to add that my cure was
instantaneous and complete. —Trans
lated For San Francisco Argonaut From
the French of M- ChampimonL
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“Goodby," he said simply; "coodby.
This Is tinulV'' She nodded, “Yea, yet" j
“I’m sorry, so sorry, hut 1 -
Well, love doesn’t like me. 1 gueM."
“You’re going?” “Yes, going,” he said,
“And yet there is just one thing mom.
You remember”—his face was quite wd-
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“The last on«—ob, no, 1 forgot,
I’m the last—it’s the next to the last
Well, he stood on this very same spot-
I tell it now that ills past—
“And after your ‘No’ had been heard
And ere yon had told him goodby.
He asked for a kiss; you demurred,
But you gave it to him—now, may Ir
Her face v,-As ft study. There came
To her white neck a deepening hue—
“Yes, take it,” she said; “whoso the Manx)
Poor boy! ’TiR the least I can do.”
He turned, yet not toward her face.
“I thank you,” he said, “hut no, no.
With myself I should be in dissrsc*
If I should accept ere I go.
“What only your pity might giv«.
Your love is denied me, so then
There is nothing to do but to live
.Without It. So goodby again.
“Good night and goodby,” and he took
Her hand, while her blue eyes grew wet.
And she sighed as she gave him ono look.
And she murmured, “Ob, please deal It
—yet.”
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