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,. AN OLD SCHEME REVIVED.
JL lruitlcxs Kffort to ItUltA (he toi'blj.'
* din Q TS<>. I’i tiring I.ur.k. 1
‘ I we,” said Jir. J. H. Newton, “I sec that
oM ‘13’ ndvertCiing scheme has come around
4 'again.” ••'•"■ ' - l «
“What is it?”
‘‘Why, a merchant announces in hia adver
tiscmcnU that, Hi ace tin) number 13 ha*
’always been regarded as a a unlucky number,
■)k> jucfcy will undertake the task of making it a
number. In Older to do this ho adver
tises that to <rrery thirteenth customer who
nays cash he will give the full value of his
purchase, Of courso nobody is permitted to
know how many have purchased ahead of
'hint. He must pay his money, and then the
merchant shows him tho list of sales made
sir,oo the last prize was drawn. I tried it
■piiCC." “How did it • ‘
- “I pan outr
* was going to tell yen. It when I
first, was
started in business, and I thought if*
Would lie u capital advertisingHcher.m for mo.
Jt mu along nil right for about a woek, and
tevsrai persons got their purchases free. Of
'course every one of them advertised
Jna by telling it all over town, and I
Wd Regarded over been it as lStchod. Jk. smartest One sc,home the*
of the £ji;vn c.'ny I noticed
'tho ono store, and for bo|K standing around
fisthiog time I thought
of it. But ho stayed so long, and
liad so little apparent business there, that 1
began tp think ho was keeping count of my
Rales and intended to jump in et the right
"t-iiufe and get the prize. . Bo 1 watched tho
laic J»st anf! was considerably surprised when
bumher 13 '..id made his purchase that this
fellow “ ‘Tie didn’t has miscounted,’ nako any movement.
I said to myself, and
J stooped under the counter to smile, as X
thought bow sick he would foci when ho saw
the next purehaaor walk oif with too prizo,
KS « ~Ei;;
iull this time, but ho never i ton. Ho had
just walked up, bought a diino’o worth of
»»intergroan lounges and walked away. No
u>ou«r bed in turned away than 'a friend of
in hurried in and bought a nicker# worth
of something, tmd then another and another,
till« do;wn ot them had spent an aggregate
bf lees timu fi with mo. Then came tha
Uiirteeutli, barrel l.iitl vlowu . iO^Dald bo’d bike u
of Hu;;ar, a i .anvl of melassos, und ihe
iro.st in cf'f; ivi. I saw tfm(, I ivnii vietirnizc'L,
but 1 rc.'ldii’t afford to go buck on my
Proposition, so I delivered the goods and paid
puck but the money. But I immediately hung '
u sign niyuiff that the proposition hud
J»cca Wi;bdrawu, I was convinced by that
licaa Out the nurabsr was an uuluckv ijuia-
nis Knew Him* **
They stood in front of n grower's on
jVTichf,ran avenue end one of them looked
Very ‘Ws sly und cunning oh ho nrvitli
come » joke on him. I’ll take
that turkey dotvii and hide it, and we’ll
Ll'AY r lin rave.
H« took tho bird off tho hook and
spirted to hide it in a*, barrel around the
fcorner, wlien an officer, who was coining
iiij) and hud seen tlie theft, took him by
Die collar.
“Say, it is all In fan,” protested the
Ilian. • -
headquarters.” “«h, la itl Well, you can explain at
1 “Ifni; the' grocer knows t
f “Does he? Como in and we’ll sec.”
cA’.' ^Tiie and situation ho looliod was explained to tlio i/i’o- umj
hard at tlio cum
l iTplied:
“I can’t cay that I know yon.”
‘‘Hut I itavo boon trading hero right
along. My name is on your books."
“Let’s ee«i You owe mo a balance
i>t ?,7«"
r “I—I guess bo.” ; •
“And have owo<I it for four months. I
can’t say as 1 know you."
‘ “But I’in going to pay. TTore—tako it
out of this $ 10 . I always pay my debts.”
“Exactly—if3 back. OibixT, 1 think I
Jcnow him. Yes, I’m sure .I do. He took
t lie turkey fur fun, and you may let him
ko "—Detroit Free Dross.
*
mind " c a mm
A Man’s iDgcimlly.
r “Will you please ect my watch right
mid tell me what the time Is now? It has
kun down.”
speaker was blind, nnd be handed
n handsome gold stenvwlnde* t o bis friend,
'i’he friend put tlio watch right, told tho
time ami then handed it back to bis Mind
friend, to saying: “Of what use is n natch
you? How can you toll the time?”
“You have just sot the watch at,a (jiiar
ter io ft,” sivld the blind man, “and now
It is fully wound up. It I wish to know
Yr bnt the time is this evening I shall wind
ihe watch nnd count each of tho clicks as
I turn the key. Thci;a are forty-five
clicks, for cxmyplo. Now 1 have found
Vint id no clicks correspond to 100 mtn
iites, ijii flint if there uro forty-five dicks
It will mean that eight hours and twenty
tniuutes have clapped since the time tho
dutch vras sot, making tho time live min
tttea past 10 o’clock. 1 always remember
dvhftt. the time was when I wound it up
last, and so by n little care and calcula
tion can aliyiys come very near tvliat th«
time is."—New York Mail and
A Bojdi l!riiu»nt K<|iC(lUmf.
well. A little boy dropped his drumstick into
a In vr.in lie entreated pa^ia, mamma,
the "ardener, tjiu fo*»tn:iB, tie? coachman,
t’. cook, the housemaids, to bo down into
Uie well to recover Uk> drnn^tick. In this
fl'stress a hrtlliaat expedient occurred to
blaster Tommy. Ho secrtlly carried off
nil tho plate from the sideboard and tiirow
It down into the well. Gro«t was the c<m
*ter.u:tunB wlieu the plate was nitesod,
and an active search for the robbers took
place. In tlie midst of the alarm ami con
fusion Master Tommy runs in out of
breath with the news’ that he had found
the plate. “Where?” was the cry. “Down
the well," replied Tommy, “j seo it quito
jilaln, Indies shining bread at the bottom—spoons,
Tlie family hunted baskets, salvers and all.”
tom to tho well, at tho bot
ef w.hjoh, sure enough, the piste was
seen. A ladder was procured, a servant
descended, md the plate w^s brought up.
dust before the last atticlo was flrhVd up
Master Tommy whispered to Uio scrvaiuS
'■Jolin, 1 will thank you to bring up my
aruiuauck when you go down fori’le soup
Udla."—New York Evening World,
S»
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Ttte “InlptlccSral Howl.
A f tl « N«3jr Hu vlend Woman Suffrage
fair ono of tho tables had a decided r ov-
41ty. This wa.r the ’ ’intellectual snlad”
ix>wl, with lfttr.es leaves made of greeg
t:ssue pi.J’cr, h poeticid q.uotatIon written
tipon each. For five cents aay“ono might
la:ce .. i.af, and if ho could toll tho
amhe r Ot tlio quetation bo might keen it,
T' Vi u nad ,0 *>®' returned to* tho
* 0 * 1 ™ The original cost of this dish
(oladvrao . cehU.and iw.Sh cf
ton it brought
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phafe powders. Sol only in cans
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write every fcovru» ill appoint America.
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i> your n*>iKhborhood, Mini pay you a oo»h con unis.
don of Ono Dollar on every eubarriptinu <5oW you pond, mul
ve v»\U fUw> lirrtt Kivoyen apv> vnt of a I’vmiitnn
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h*u nuvor get iworo theiiohi thf o one «u:hscTibor.renmmher that we
ihull Rive you I'en AtS nenrt A VliT"^i r NT, and will
part it t-oyou ns soon uh you thotivst subscription.
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fl£N,withhold the *Ktn\>h«Uc& mounted price barrel, «t which fitted is with a 14 Tnero carat gold pens
>wn, ludispeusable t»> who lias writing do,
ire every one to ns
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give each subscription ft year. this
«e you $1 if on soinl FuUK subscriptions, you semi- in
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liall send you tho $‘2.50 Gold Fountain Pen and a *5
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md has the finest Waltham stylo movement. Thocano
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lace thick bovplml glass. It i» a perfect timekeeper.
We warrant licitU the LVii nnd the Batch.
TEXAS SIFTINGS could cot afford to give either a
yen or a watch that it would not. guarantee.
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THIS SPACE
FOR
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D. D. HOLSENBECK.
Will be soon.
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Which wo make In four sites with or without R £c sr B7“ *
KISH SHEL F, man CLOSET, LAW CLOSET tWATEMUc;
Can HEALTHFULLY heat your house arid thorough- 77““"
[y, ECO- y
NOMiCALLY with the m .■ i
I TORRID STEEL DEISM FURHAOE. Mifj? i* % .
Those who use the TORSID always praise
It, Send for FURNACE BOOK giving heat
ing capacity and prices. i ] '31. i
ORR PSIMTER & GO., ffiljiprj’ji; % W'j
C B ROSSER. J. O. IIAllVEY. R- L DAVIS
ReSSIE, HARVEY & BAV13.
>0
TO THE CITIZENS OK JASPER AND SURROUNDING
<> COUNTIES O
I o 1 M
Having permanently located at Monticello Oa, 9 we offer
you the best and cheapest line of Dry Goods Clothing
|
otions, Hats, Boots and Shoes, consisting of Hardware
from Jews harp to a Cross-cut saw, and full line of Crockery
from a 1 gallon jug to Ewer and Basin,
A BEAUTIFUL LINE 0?
All wool Henrietta cloths,
And ail colors of Oashlmeres
The Nobbiest Line of
and Ginghams
South of Mason and
Dixon
Also new and elegant line of White Goods, Embroideries and Edging
to match and all the Latest Styles of Veiling’s.
Hosiery from 5e n pair to $1,00 a pair.
Gloves in endless varieties and prices.
Towejs, Table Damask and Doylies to match.
A BEAUTIFUL LINE SCRIMS AND CROTONS, WOMANS’ BET"
FRIEND WARNERS' BALLS CORSETS AND FULL
LINE OF COTTONADES, CHECKS, STANDARD
OF THE WORLD SHEETING AND SHIRTING
TICKS FROM OCEAN TJ AC A.
|-HATS IN ALL STYLES.-(
Tinware, W oodenware and Willoware;
Trunks, Valises, and fine line of SHIRTS
We always kosp ca hand a fall supply of meat, corn Bran, Lard, Flour
yrup and in fact everything in tho Grocery Line that the Farmers need
It is a hard matter to get first class lard. We are happy to announce
to our friends that we can furnish you with an extra fancy quality—tlie
purest, best in the world! It is a paint in one business method that we
test, examine everything that we sell before purchase, which, in our
judgement, must be the best. A full line of
Coi^-2 ■Cl I h b
PAllAFINE CANDLES AND SPERM and the sweetest toilet soap and
the best Laundry Soap in tho world.
Now, do you want something in our line? If so como
and see us. Wo have the goods for 3 -on and at prices have to
suit these hard times. Since locating at this place we
increased our stock, and now have onr store filled from cel
lar to garret with the best of goods. It is our intention to
accomodate the people and to serve them to better advan
tage in the future tliaL we have ever done.
Rosser, Harvey & Davis,
I fckEITTIINSI THE EXCELSIOR
•4'i FEEDEES
■ AXD
my meOiBENSEBB
VS| jthe K-nftra*nteed to be Equal Sees! q
llcst. Picks the
a Clean, Sins Fa-t and Makes
V, a Fine Staple,
G Tlie Circular Roll Box v.
v • 7 Patented, and other ml-
va ■ ■ . nufacturer no it.
s-'l can use
Send for Circular. No
trouble to conmiunicate with
V.-'Wc parties wanting these ma
chines'. ■ short
pi Elnotice 'Old Gins cheap. Repaired at
1 had
qMassey i jtlACOIf, Coiion Gin Wo,"k^
G *gi ,s
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