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CHURCHES.
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month. in.,
|in Hupt. 1‘rayer meeting 1 hursday even¬
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itxy Biqit. Young limn*’l’.-ayer
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iug hijf Ttiumluv Xfg&msti ovoning. hiy dreuigg. Regular l’rnycr mcet
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COUNTY COMMISSIONERS.
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A. L. Foster.* J.
County Trkarhricr, J. P. II. Brown
Tax Coi.mh’tok, W. Ii. Harrison.
Tax Ukckiver, T. H. Davis.
Couoxku, J I) Owens.
masonic Directory.
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Urahmn, H. P.
W. A. Clrutmm Connell, No. 22—R*gulni
mooting 4tli Stttimiay evening. \Y. A. Gui
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Mumlny* in Mufeii and September,
(’oust ok OanixAuv.—-iv. T.
FmUn, Ordinary, Regular inerting lri,
MobiUv in cueli month
(’ovnty Court —G. G. Lark,
IKVYIN a WARWICK.
ATTORNEYS at LAW.
1‘ataula Will Practice in Superior Courts of
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■Tt. MANDEVtLLE,
rHYsit IAN mul RUHCJEON
lOmcK it CumKA i, Dura $tour.
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WEST CASH PRICES
nly $1.00 a Week
ousands of tlio best $38.00
Watch ever made arc
ii our Co-operative Clubs.
tbo BIN, Cheapest, Meat Convenient,
, Lnos • eo operative System of tcUinx watohea.
are American Lever Stem Winder*
Bs #very csicnHal to accuracy and dura
MhtR Kpta in addition, muncroiu paicntlK
■hcu. Ibus u: uo other watcli. They art
tv ihiat md Itomvpeoef More
tbe World, and a.-o Jewelry
L«f they are (torehlli f*Uy equal for ap
t pv, fy and wh'«#
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MO Vlirntunt St.,
.^O.BoAXi uaTrV CV*-f. J'hlU. Pa
rwW kfrecr. I 1 B8ERTS
»<▼«*•! WANTED
t I' L Rite Constantly Forming
4 ola low and Sato Mone?
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icaetcs in twtnv unct Cm
AGENTS IVCRYV»*«I
T* KrwiaK-VncKIne
•! Mir. . (t a b 11 lb
tir»d. hi .11 pub, by
pl.rtaf «*r rnt Nilwr .
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MMLatik nm.,g^F%;hua all bile H
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b» all fbati hrron-r r-m* <**« •
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ORGANS
L.A 0 .S.M.H.
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FIFTH ANNUAL
CLEARANCE,SALE
Jose I to Aug. 1 , 1889 .
$ 25,000
Worth ot Plano* and Organs
from beat makers to be closed
out t cganllcstirirer nt or value.
Stock too ler^*. Mas (convert
Into cash or Install meat us sets,
Home, entirely NEW INSTRIJ
MKNTt* not med a day.
Home, Noarly New—naed a few
months only.
Some, used n year or -o.-Some,
used two to three years. ►,
Some, tine Second Elands—takeit
In exelianoe, and inode new In
onrreyn’r -He-strunff. Factory. Restored ttc-poIUhpd
In Tone
and Actlou, and made good for
years of service.
BARGAINS. EVERYONE.
EASY TERMS.
Your OWN TKRMH almovt.
Very Halit niootbly Paymi-nts,
or Hnmll ComIi Payment nud bal¬
ance whin you get ready.
CASH BUYS CHEAP.
Give you all the time wanted
but SPOT CASH will nave yon
money. TRY UH ON. We will
tueet you every time.
tstufttiixuiso. PIANOS
ORGANS $24. $35, $50,
$15.
WRITE FOR BARGAIN SHEET.
CLEARANCE SALE
SUMMER 1889.
IUDDEN& BATES, S.M.H.
SAVANM 8 H* GA.
CHRS. tt. HERRON, JOHN J. GRUDRY
Herron & Gaiuiry,
(Si ceiNs rs to I/. J. Cuifinartion A* Co.)
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COTJON FACTORS.
AND
Coin iii is,si on , Ifcrcft a n Is.
120 Hay Str«ot, — S.yvanxah, Georgia.
I ibertd advances made on cott-n consich
J ed to us for sale. CVr«ighnu nts ot
ton solicited, and strict attention will be t;'v
en to all business entrusted to us. U-’ltim
jBucklciii*sArnicnSatvo
Tiik Best Salve in the world for Cuts,
Hruises, Sores, Fleers. Salt Rheum, Koxei
Sores, Tetter, Cl apped Hands ChilMalue.
Corns ami all Erupt Tons, positively
cures Piles, or no pay received, is
auteed to give perteet satC'e- ti?ji, or
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TO *16 S WED'
Complete harness Why only $7. 33 cent
catalogue fro. pay retail prices ?
wan toil. National Harness Co., Wihii.e
sale Mani K.u-Ti kkls, 14 to \Y'.i!h st.,
Buffalo, N. Y.
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Tlio POLICE GAZETTE --111 b.
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Addiossuil
RIGUARDK. FOX.
Franklin Square. N.Y.
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Ch*t* Kc n for the great su'd
teas ot Hood’s Harsni>arllla Is found In ties
article Itself. It f» merit that vrtns, and tlio
fact. Rial Hood's Sarsaparilla actually ao
comjirtshei what Is claimed for It, Is what
has given to this mcdlclno n popularity and
sale greater thau that of any other sarsupa
IYI Cil L Win* YY II rlUa or blwH f P ur >
- 10 f, er before tho public.
Rood’s Sarsaparilla cures Scrofnla, Sick Salt
{thetim • and aft Humors, Dyspepsia,
Tteadaelic, Hillousncss, overcomes That
Tired Keeling, creates an Appetite, strength¬
ens the Nurvc3, builds up the Whole System,
llood'a Mnr»npurilln Is sold bv all drug
gi^ts. §t; six for $5. Prepared by U. X. H^od
Ii Co., A^Jotiiecftiies, Lowell, Muss.
An Old Hunter’s Story;
lie wns along in yefirs, ns I saw
by his iion gray beard, and I saw
upon bis goods ihnt his name \Ois
Cross. Ho was a tail man, and his
build showed that I10 was a fhan of
great muscular power, llo exam
ined the wolf skin for a moment;
tHen threw it from him muttering
a deep curse, tho meaning 6 f which
I did not understand. 1 privately’
askes 1113’ friend what it meant.
“Ah!” said ho, “lib has a sad
stoiy to tell.”
My- neighbor, who hati only come
as a guido, went homo in tho after¬
noon and as Mr. Cross was some¬
what fatigued by tho journey from
tho setGoment, wo did not leave
tho camp that day*. 1 was very*
anxious to hear Mr. C's stoiy, and
after supper wo sat around tho fire
for tomo time, telling about tho
meoso and tho various things
I adhappened'dufing our fow
stay* at tho head of Bog river, which
was the name of the locality
we were stopping After my* friend
and 1 find exhausted all our tales,
not forgetting that awful night’s
watching at thb camp door, we
asked Mr. Cross to tell us
thirgof his hunting exploits.
“I have but one stoiy,” he
pl‘ c d, “that will much interest you,
but I do not often tell it,” and I
saw a tear glistening in his eye.
I told him we would like to
his story, but did not wish for him
to call anything to remembrance
(hat would cause hifil grief, Ho
replied: “Tho wound hrl 3 been
healed these many* ycais, though
often now it seems to bleed afresh:
buf my story* now I will tell.
I wAs born ih tho northern
of Vermont, My* father was a far
ther, and as I was tho only* child,
rfi avo m ctho homested.
lie died quite young and tho care
of the farm developed upon me.
^ 3 ’ mother soon becamo lame and
unable to do the work, and 1
so * vc u to many Dear Louisa,
fai mer's daughter, who lived but
r fuvv miles .. away, . was .ii-*- tbo ono to
whom I gave my heart and hand,
and, indeed, sho tvas worthy* the
Iqvo of any nan.. My mother soon
after died, and we laid her beside
her husdand in the church yard.
“Two Children were born tin to
us, Tommy and Louisa. \Yo
•ed over them in their infancy*, and
loved them dearly*. Tommy
7 ,*and LoOio, a 3 we called her,
5 . School wa- to commence
next 9 on day, and as they
nc ^ cr ^ ccn lo sc 'hoct we raado ar
rangements to send OSem. . "
j school house waa aboat onc-balf
' rmle off, beyond piece cf
a
I f went with them the first and
ond day, and , met them , at n'ght, . k
were atraid to go through the
: woods.alono; hut tbo third
♦Tenmy said: ‘Papa need hot
with us chy wero, we.can go
• * their wish,.and soon
thorn disappear, going toward
school houso swinging their
dinner pails.
“ They had been gone but* a
ro,UUlM » 1 had ^ k
aboul commencing to cot
wood. I bea .4 liCfld
,cr ;t ra: >’ Je " r ps ‘“ : °
pa : buret nnnn mv ears: arUN
sam
tightly grasping my ax. In one
minnto I Saw two wolves tearing
my children to pieces. With an
unearthly yell, I rushed upon
them. One left my child and
sprang upon me; ho lay dead the
next instant. I sprang upon tho
other that was tearing tho
from the cheek of m3’ little girl:
but he ran swiftly away. Poor lit¬
tle Louie was dead; little Tommy
raised hie torn and bloody hand,
and fain»ly said, ‘O para, I wish
3’ou come fore!' It was his last
words; in a few moments he breath¬
ed his last. I took my dear ones
in my arms and carried them to
my house. My wife was at the
barn. 1 lay them on tho bed, jpay
wife soon came in. She looked
upon her children, uttered a fear¬
ful wail of sorrovv, and fell almost
lifeless upon tho floor i The shock
w’as too much for her, and indeed;
moro than man}’ mothers could
have stood, and within ono month
sho died a raving maniac. She
sleeps in Vermont beside her dear
babes sho- loved so well.” When
ho had finished his story* there was
not a dry c3 T o in tho camp, and for
some lime not a wrord was spoken.
But tho evening was fur spent, and
wo soon retired to our beds, to
dream over the events cf tbo day.
—Thomas A. Crabtroa, in Lowis
ton Journal.
Navigating the Air.
Carl Myers of Frankfort, N. Y.,
tbo husband of Carlotta, tho well
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known fomir.ino aeronaut, and
identified himself for the past
twelve yetiri: with tho problem of
aerial navigation, who has been a
guest at tho Wayno Hotel during
tho past few day’s, is what a theat¬
rical man might call an aeronautic
manager.
lie sometimes takes a little ex¬
cursion up into the cloud country
to see if tho cthcria! regions look
natural and if things arc all there,
but not often, Tho ascensions
which he himsolf has made nnmber
only forty’-four. He has, however,
a corps of star aeronauts employ¬
ed; and contracts with country*
fain and Fourth of July celebra¬
tions to furnish balloons and expe¬
rienced air sailors at reasonable
prices, with satisfactory spectacu
Iar features guaranteed.
Ho has also given considerable
attention to the improvement of
the balloon, and the S110 muslin
manufactured frorti a sea island cot
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ton becomes, when treated by a
process invented by him, n better
material fro*d which to manufact-.
uro air snips than silk, and much
less expensive.
Anticipating the day when mo¬
nopolistic individuals will control
the aerial trunk lines of naviga¬
tion r.s well 83 state legislatures
and slower means of transportation
lower down, he has continued to
investing in aerial property*, occa¬
sionally’ by lny’ing by a balloon for
a rainy day, until he is now the
owner of twenty seven gas air ships,
beside a large number of hot-air
balloons Iiis gas balloons arc
manned by a crew of thirteen per
sons, and ho has a much larger
number than that to mn his hot-air
contrivances.
Tho result of long etady dcTolcd
to the subiect and an oxtensivo
. - r , r
1 C " C Tra iVthe’ cv’cni/ul
ers.a believor
practicability of navigating th. air.
He is now th^ proprietor of what
is cp.id to bo the only lalloon lac
tory in tho world, but ho declares
hts conviction that such concerns
„ , .
wi some ay as «ommon as car
shops or sh.p-yjrds.
-‘KhatTeVn an‘S vclLlpcdVavd
*sbal! ... give - public 1 exhibitions ot Us -
capabilities . . the r future. .. .
in near
Jn»g i& provided with a reservoir con*
“ sOBclcot hydrogen g.s « 0
J't tbe weight of one iadivid,
b«a by means of a derico
oporr Ud by tho hands nud feel it
can Lc propelled in any direction
m tlic ^ ir dosired. The esperi
,- t j s eft& j cr to run il than it is to
propel a bicycle on land.
“Tho same propelling aperatus
f n a * ar fi cr 8Ca:e co ‘ :, ^» °* course.
jfa gu ^ eientiy - BoW ^f Qi engine*;
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not l00 heavy to overcome
lifting ;nd 50 power ,Dr ct tl^gas, could
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The Knby.
To tho question, says tho Lon¬
don Standard, “Which is the most
valuablo precious stone?” proba
bly nine people out of cvoiy ten,
at least, would without tho slight¬
est hesitation reply*, “Tho- dia¬
mond;” but tho valuo of a good
sized diamond cannot approach
that of a rul>3’ of correct color and
similar dimensions.
Tho worth of small rubies, stones,
that i?, of loss than a caret—is, if
un3’thing rather less than that of
diamonds of a like description: but
tho taro occurrence of largo speci¬
mens of that dark carmine tint
which is looked upon as tho sine
qua non of of a good ruby caused
the value of these gou-S to increase
in a far greater proportion than in
tho ca*e of diamonds
Rubies weighing more than four
carats aro so exceptional that when
a perfect cno of fivo carats is
brought to tho market it will com¬
mand ten times as high a sum as a
diamond of tho same weight: while
a ruby of six enrntsAvithout a crack
or a flaw, and of the proper color,
would, in all probability, bring as
high a price as J' 1,090 per carat, or
fifteen times as much as a diamond
of like size and faultlcssncss.
All over tho East rubies aro re¬
garded with tho greatest possible
favor, and so it has boon from the
earliest times ot which wo have
any recohl.
The largest ruby known was
brought from China and forms part
of tho imperial crown jewels of
Russia. It is tho size of a pigeon’s
egg, and was presented by Gusta
vus III, of Sweden to tho Empress
of Russia on his visit to St. Peters¬
burg.
Tho finest ruby that has evor
boon brought to this country was
one which reached our shores in
1875 - It was a blunt stone, drop
shape, and weighed slightly moro
than forty-soven carats. No ono in
England could bo induced to give
tho price that its owner placed up¬
on it, and it was, we beliove, finally
disposed of on the Continent for a
sum between .* 20,000 and £ 30 , 000 .
Tho ruby is the hardest of all min¬
erals except tho diamond, and b3'
its hardness a ruby ma3* be told from
a spinel, which is considerably
softer.
If, as is often tho case, it is not
advisable to scratch of otherwise
abrade tho surface of a stone which
it is wished to test, tho greater spe¬
cific gravity* of the ruby will show
whether it is entitled to rank as
one of those gems or not. Curi
ously* enough tho ruby* and the sap¬
phire aro absolutely identical in
every respect except that of color.
Thoy* aro varieties crystalizcd
alumina, which is Usually known
under the of corundum, As .
name
a general rule tho crystals of this
substance aro dull in tho lack
transparency,but when they chance
to be clear and bright colored they
give some of our most valuable
ircms.
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When nature falters and requires help
recruit her enfeebled energies with Dr.
j, h. 'Let'u s Con'ial and liiood Puri
her. $1.00 per bottle,
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A Very Foolish Act.
A clcaDj sbro^Wookiog gonllc
stepned .... into a street oar on
man
Pennsylvania Kwsnuo yesterday af.
ternoon and took a seat inside.
The cenducter, who was in a con
versalional mood, turned to
tiemsn who stood en the platform
and raid; -
“You saw that man who just got
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“Well- I him h - • lee focl» h
saw eo 3
cst thing , . ! last , . winter . . that any man ,
e, *f d ' d ”
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d>™c c-;i on lhe platform. I handed
him a nickel, and in trying to pet
it into his pocket he dropped it and
j| ro tfs(l off iato- lb© slush. He
n and in iump
»ng he fell down and duubed
self all over. I stopped the cur
but he satefto go on; that he was
g 0iU g t 0 £ i j his nickel.
?«wed around in tbes
found it,hopnedg|
Smoking Affects tho llruiii.
The Fretreh “Socicto contrcd
’Abus du Tabao” has awarded a
medal to the author of an cssaj’ on
tho uso and abuso of tho wood.
The writer, in collecting his mate¬
rial, lias applied to tho most emi¬
nent among French authors for
their opinion bn tho subject, and
has lhus collected a largo number
of very interesting letters from
men of letters of tho mbst diverse
schools. Tho following r.ro tho ver¬
dicts of a few of tho best known
among them:
Mr. Tain0, who is best, known in
this country’ for his “History of
English Literature, - ’ writes as fol¬
lows; “I regret to say that I havo
neither notes nor personal refec¬
tions to commuuicate to 3011 on
tho subject 3*011 aro treating, having
never occupied my’self with it.
To tell tho truth, I smoko (cigar*
etlos); it is an amusement in idle
moments and during intellectual
laziness, but it is a bad habit and
often a danger, as has boon shown
in man3’ cases. Sitico 3’ou have
noticed on 3’our own person the ef¬
fect of tobacco, 3’ou aro compotcnl
to give a methodical monograph,
which would be very valuable, es¬
pecially if 3’ou added tho experi¬
ence of Germans, Dutch, Belgians,
Englishmen and Americans, all
whom smoked Before us, to your
account of tho exprionco of the
Frenchmen.
M. Zola has no time for long lct
tros, but his remarks aro to the
point, lie says: “I havo no final
opinion on tho question 3*011 put
10 me. Personally I left of smok¬
ing some ten or tvvclvo 3’cars ago,
on tho r.dvico of a physician, at a
time when I thought 1 was suffer¬
ing from heart ^disease* But to
think that tobacco has an influence
on French litcraiuro is so absurd
that indeed scientific proofs ought
to be given in order to prove it.
I have seen great writers smoko a
great deal, and thoir intelligence
did not suffer in consoqucnco.
genius is a nervous affeettion, why
euro it? Perfection is so dull a
thing that I often regret having
cured myself of smoking.”
Hext comes I T . Francois Coppoe,
the Parisian poot, who is ot the
opinion that tobacco is precious to
tho artist’s taste. “You haro come
to a wrong quarter, sir,” ho
“1 have been a groat smoker
sincoT was 18 or 19 3’cars old,
am 47 at present. I burn
ettes all da3’ long. Never a
or a cigar.only a cigarette, and
throw it away after tho first
It is truo my health is rather
but I havo no reason at all for
tributing my weak health to
use of tobacco, which, to tho
trary, I shall consider till I
proofs to tbo contrary, as a
lant to work and to dreams, and
for the poet these two words arc
synonyms.” The latter phrase
poet has probabl3’ borrowed from
Victor Hugo; whom Coppeo
to havo been “tho greatest 13-ric
genius which Franco has
duced.,’’ Victor lingo says: “To
banco changes thought into dream.
Though is the labor cf tho intel¬
lect; dream is its pleasure. Won
, to him who falls from thoughts
to , dreams! , , m To replace __i„-« thought v... by
dreams is lo mingle a poison with
n °^' 9 D “", fil8< , eWor ib ch#M5
teristic: “I have already replied
to-drxy to one letter on tho subject.
I forget the name cf m.y corrcs
pondent; I receive so many letters,
I have advised him to go to Au
a „d rouillelt, who arc groat
!smokers before Uso T.or I, and
have almost died of it. I, who had,
fortunately, . . , . , begun very lalo . . to .
smoko, havo g.ven .. v*
sfaodmg Us hav,ng beeomo a gree
bad habits, 7 when h ^ I .1’ found T Zl that to
Ucco raado mo £ ,ddy, the
ness disappearing six months after
I quit smoking. Tobacco, in my
opinion, together with alcohol, is
the most formidable enemy of in*
lelligcncc, but nothing will- ^p
away w
MX ■* I-.
.
nigs by converts rotating their ex¬
perience; “1 havo boon a great,
smoker and it cost mo t* groat deal
of trouble to givo up tobacco. Bui
I havo been absolutely compelled
to do so, so mo years ago, by thb
aggravation of fits of nervousness
which for a long tim.o I rohisod to
attribute to nicotine, but which iii
reality had no dtner cahso, 1 was
ol'ligod to surrender to llyo trutli
when the nervous fits became moro
frequent a:Sd taorp irrtoloriifilo. On
the wholo, I think toba *co is very
injurious, especially to nervous
persons. It produces at first a
slight excitement and intoxication;
which ends in somnolence, ii
blunts the faculties of the mind:
Ono is compelled to fight against
its action in a reaction which fan
tiguos and wears tbo will.”—Pali
Mall Budget.
i ■■
There aro times whon a feeling
of lassitude will ovorcOmo tho tfnost
robust, when the systom craves for
pure blood, to furnish tho elements
of health and strength. Tbo host
remedy for purifying tho blood ia
Dr. J. II. McLean’s Sarsaparilla.
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The Fair Hex.
When C> wo women aro bosom
friends or deadly enemies, you may L
always ask: Whofo is' tho^TTlaii ?”
Women livo and dio by their
passions. Mon kill thoir passions
but net thcmsolvos.
Tho lovoof womon ig deadly; biff
most mon bccomo accustomed to it
as they do to slow poison.
Somo men tako women as thoy
take champagne; others indulge in
thorn as they do in absinthe.
Tho liven of women can bo di¬
vided into threo epochs: Thoy
dream of love; they cxporionco it,
,
and Ihdy regret TL
Woman’s virtue is like her beau-"
' ' }
• V
ty\ Ono cannot defino its begin¬
ning tier ita end.—To-Day’.
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'? • • 1 .
Pimples, blotches, scaly skin, ug¬
ly spots, sores and ulcors, abscossos
and tumors,.unhealthy discharges
such as catarrh, eczema, ringworm^
and other forms of skin diseases aro
symptoms of blood impurity*. Tako
Dr. J. II. McLean’s Sarsaparilla.
•••
A I'oa In a Bandbox.
The trouble is that Postmasters
General John Wf.nnamaker is in it*
big ofTico, a place of wido opportu-'
nity and inviting to considcrablo
and dignified achievement, Ho 1
fills it jiist as a small dried, pea
might fill ono of his own bandbox¬
es. lie administers his dulics with’
tho largo-hearted, generous and
comprehensive irlte’.lcctuality that
distinguished him when ho used to'
parade the flannel transept, circum¬
navigate underclothing aisle, and
chas3co across the all-wool nave to -
dock the wages of a 82 clerk. As
ho snipped a tapo so ho would run
the government; and when it bo*
comes a question of marking down
another man’s goods John Wanna- :
maker owns up to no peer in tho
whole country*. To every intelli¬
gent raind this may eiplcin his
sum and quotient, but it absolves
no citizen from the penalty of hav
iug to blush for him.--New York
Sun.
He Likes Ki ts.
Joe Mitchell, at Blanton’s mill, -
eats all tho rats he can catcb, and
that “they much nicer * £
says aro
than squirrel or rabbit.” I was
passing by* tho mill Friday after¬
noon, and a large rat, as largo as a
squirrel, ran cut from Stoncwall’a
engine house. Joo, on seeing tho
rat, gave chase and killed it. Hav
, noUied lhe mwaa l i»ter«»tr
manifested . . catching . tho rat, I r
m
y •
asked , , Joe what . ho was ___ going ■„ to do
.
^ , l£at it> by
SnrQ onough . ho .oon hact
* ki "» od - «'•»»«« »»<* “'‘ed. and
'
|ookin „ in .pp Caranc0S like a
°
g 1 irrc Slacking bis lips over
ful nrdsneets of a rat sup.'
. t<M»iri«tr for
to.*.**"
urned-up Too