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THE DEMOCRAT. A lav* Weekly Fa per on Live Issues Published Every Friday Morning, at Crawfonlvitle, Ga. W-D- SULLIV AN. Proprietor RATES OF EUB8VRIPTI03T: Single Copy, (one year,) . . . S 2 00 Single Single (Jopy, (six months.) . . . i as Copy, (three months.) . . . so 1-#* Advertising rates liberal. BOOK and JOB PRINTING a specialty. Prices to suit the times. POETRY. Hilda. BY KEllES-HAPPCCH. [The following Christmas picture is from the pen of a gifted little Miss, hardly in her teens, and a pupil iu the Atlanta High School. Already her prose sketches and verses have attracted favorable notice, and give promise of a bright future for her literary aspirations .—Savannah Xerrs ] Still fid white the winter had spread • Hi* carpet of ermine snow, And all the valleys and emerald hills Did this pure covering show. Not a footprint lay in the sacred way To the little hill-side church, And standing like "stately sentinels,” Kept guard the ice-clad birch. The wind had kissed young Hilda’s cheek And curled her sun-lit hair, As first of all she found the way To the churchyard cold and bare. The gate flew back on its rusty hinge Under Hilda's little hand, For even “moth and rust” gave way To the sweetest buil'in the land. Never before had Germany seen So lovely a child as this. That even the hurrying, winter winds Paused on the way to kiss Tp through the rows of glistening elms The child-like footmarks passed ; Over the hill, by a frozen brook, •She came to the church at last. The snow was deep where Hilda stopped And knelt on the earpet white, While the pale dawn broke from the shift¬ ing clouds And shone with a wintry light. • Prayerfully her eyes were raised, And her hands were holding fast, The beautiful words the Saviour spoke In the dim and shadowy past. She listened and waited, and listened ftill For a Christmas bell to chime. And the quaint, old words to fill all space 'With their musical, mystic rhyme : ‘‘Whatever you ask on the Christmas day To you it shall he given, E'en if the gift you earnestly pray He tlie greatest boon of heaven." A». length they see n '.1 to bind the breath Of the Indy Christie n air, And Hilda believed, in the dawning light, She saw the Chrb t-child there. A glory shone o’er the portal grey Wh re the childish figure bowed, Angelic music in choral strains Came floating from the cloud. Quickly tlie words sprang to her lips, As she knelt there in the snow : "Holy Christ-child, born to-day, Look down just once below, "And make me holy and white and pure A* any child of heaven : For I will prize the boon the most Of any gift that’s given.” The Saviour, smiling, looked again Into her eager eyes : •"Who asks that gift, my earthly child. Must to the angels ris.-." In the soft and shimmering gloaming Hilda did clasp her hands, And revently she murmured, "Then loose me from worldly bands.” The huod had fallen from the gold Of her silken, shining hair, As a sky blue violet opens its heart And sho \vs tlie treasure there. The wind tossed hack the bright blue cloak, AS it swiftly by her passed And carried out on the Christmas air The whispered words, "At last." “At last,” were the words the minister said When he looked down at her there, As pure and cold as the winter snow, So innocent and lair. MISCELLANEOUS. - _ r ._ ■ -—— -----— .BUD CROWNER AT THE BALL, Up in the hall of the Pacific Coast Pio neers a few evenings ago, several of tbe "old boys” and a number of later com *rs, their friends and admirers were ' talkim? over e-iilv (' ■ 2 in r> trT»' i f • ‘T shall not tore* rL.l a ■ (California ’ ” said Bud ^owner. UTf It was at , Hangtown, 1T in 1852, In icrossin the plains we had all kinds of bad luck. We had some of our Stoied by the Injuns, some died • and at last was left behind wagons and ever*.- y thing but what we coidd earrv “ 011 ULr backs” ‘‘It was eve. V feiW 2d i ■ ^ „ T . f short anon. time time, I i traveled traveled or, on foot and h tuck the (les^ierate chances of, find in 1 grub among sich wagons and camps as I passed. Nearly naked and half starved I finally got to Ilumboit I found large grafts a party of earn camt-ed thar for a day or two to rest wml, ,.i • ' *" b *' bake bread and the like” “I was a rough lookin’ customer T had on an old roundabout or warn us. that I had wore all the way from Pike, trowsers that was ready to drop off me and a pair of moccasins I got from Shoshone a Injun for an old-fashun jack knife,” The Democrat. Vol. 2 . “A man at the camp took pity on me, and, showing me two pair* of green baize drawers, told me if I’d wash ’em I might have one pair for my trouble. As they were sound and much better than my old pantaloons, I jumped at the chance, I washed .the articles and hung ’em on a bunch of willers to dry. ‘‘Presently the feller came and took one pair, leavin’the other fqr me He was a little, spindlin’ bit of a cuss, while I, even at that time, ’ starve! as I was, 1 weighed n.gl. on to one , hundred , and seventy pounds.” “I took the drawers and went some distance down the river, behind a bunch of willers to make my toilet The wasliin 1 and (li vin' had shrunk the draw ers to sich an extent that it took me half an hour to git into’em. They was skin tight and lacked six inches of reaching down to my ' ankle J tints ” • . “I walked up and down the bauk of the creek a long time before 1 could make up my mind to go back to camp, 1 went and looked for my old breeches, tot I toil tltrowu 'em into the met the start arid tliev had floated off or sunk somewhere ” “ As G T I wiltwl walked nn up and i down , 1 ,....,, n, that al . by the water my long, slim, green legs made me look like a fly-np-the-creek, a crane or some sich water-fowl.” "When 1 went to camp everybody roared and and laughed, some rollin’ themselves Oil the li!’ trrmnul uni mirin' ‘ till tliev wi 11 , f ■■ ro seep ute bun Horn tminin my sot some doth and made ■traps so I could strap the drawers down to my moccas,,,s ;. I,| n “In Pussin’ along bv the wagons I overtook, I hud to stand all the fun that l<eoj)le saw fit to poke at me. comes the great crane of the desert!’ some \m' would sav while others l call,.,! me U li (,fr l lr T. ™, ,,r "Whenlgot r to Ifangtown ,r . T I found out that there was to be a gra id ball that night in the edge of town. Before scatterin’ out into different farts of the coimlry the people were goiu* to have a big dance “e together Xlin> "in I thought I’d slip down to where the dance * was to come c « me off n „ and look on , a w lnl-. ,, found , hey set up a lot of crotches in which they luid laid poles, coverin’ Uie whole wRli pine and spruce bong’is, makin’ a sort of canopy. The ground had been leveled off arid beatetj down till it was like it brick yard. "I found two or three fiddlers mount¬ ed on piue box.s and with them tv feller with a clarinet. They were m.ikin’ pretty fair music, and a great crowd was dancing away for dear life. "1 looked on for ;t time, but pretty soon I got excited like, forgot all about mv drawers, and sailed into the thick of the business with a big Pike comity gal, with sun bonnet off and hair bang¬ in' Half way down to her heels. “I can tell you we made the dust lly. I soon saw that though my drawers might be a little tight, Iliad about the soundest rig in the whole place. I looked as though in some kind of mas¬ queradin' outfit, and began to consider myself the beau of the ball—a regular dandy. “I made them long, green legs of mine fly in swingin’ou the corners, and was the wonder of every man, ’ woman and ,“ , ' , ilt . t,,e ,, b:i11 , ,, 1 , Sot excited about ’ so the sensation I was makin’ that I cut kinds of pigeon wings and fancy flourishes, briiigiu’ down the house every time. “ ‘Go in, green legs !’ tlie fellers out¬ side would holler, and go in I did.— Finally a couple of children come waltz in’, along, I thought it would lie a good trick to sling one of my long, green logs circus fashion over tlie heads of the little colli de.” ’ ,, r o ' „ *'/ , , ( ' *■ l! ,, ‘C hall; , ,, runnin . , ' n, 1 " es . ... '' 1 u . S1 ®tce, 4 and don’t know ' 4 IV ® eVC ‘ r KOt Cyt ‘ S 0,1 niau W0lnan ’ or child that was thar from that day to tbta -” “Guessyou have,” said an old chap among the listeners 4 ‘I was ’ thar «•.«'„ *md the whole performance t f I,* v ' n i,wf ~.i .. a (l .. ‘ ine ' • n , Wltb - „ti il,e llU “‘ , > ou tGwl to swing your , le * over another old cock, "was ’ my child, and she is now the Wife of Sen ittor \I r —s, of California. ” “I am the very man that gave you those green baize drawers,”sakl another 0 f the na. lv i.r rem.l.™. 1 *1 .. . ^ ' ^, SO< ”\ n a? aSyou vnn mentioned * ■ what happened out Ulfc Hnrobolt. -Wonderful! wonderful!” cried Bud; ^ [ Urmn ^ to a “pioneer” sitting near, he said: "And you?” "Damfino,’ said the-man addressed, " l gaeU 1 mua a b5n tl I«j«n that '“ trad ^ voujl^cassins^ Stati ties C s!,ow tilat 4 the ,, number of ' tY * ln C reas,nfir; and vet news - . . tC mak ® wai ’ °>* fiback djetors. H hat is a quack doctor for th awfordville, Georgiii, ■Ttmuaiy 11, 1878. [ From the Kcw York World. ] THE COMMONER OF GORGIA. - Some Reminiscences of the A. H. Stephen’s Ante-Bellum Days. It is not long since the ex-Confederate Vice-President, Alex. H. Stephens, was in New York; willing to be interviewed, and met with the nstial Gotham courtesies of be * n * as ,n,u ‘h interviewed as n man can 1>of,r ' a,ld ,ive - 1 would like to give you a fe W ""““wwiiees * hi ™- J t «’ no ‘ *° . "fwolhlfmamthis oecsnse nis memory is sa wonderful and his observation s. keen that to mistake the color of one of his dogs, seen ten years ago P^haps^r to misname a character in one of his ? torie *’ is t9 in,ure bein R quietly sca 'l’ e<1 the n «xt time your legs and his are undpr tbe mab W I once had an invitation from him to run aw »y fr< ”'> lb * dust « the Georgian Augusta, 'ertaindaUy ^,to }he shadows of the great oaks and the more hospitable roof-tree of Liberty Hall. He does not so call his home with any Flag-of the-Free flourish, hut as a notice to all con,ers °«t they are at liberty to do what thcy likc inside thc bounds of ordinary “J*- at tl,c cb,! * •»*>!‘“ of Uls great speech '»»•>■ to «* some >«»« ten thousand souls, July 2, on retirement from Co,, g res8 iu la5! '. and I had mainly seen lnm at the time of great triumphs in political or legal debate. But I had the usual ex penence of stranger guests, who approach «» great Georgian with th- awe that is d„ ■ t«*i»oft!ie few surviving giants of the lla >’ 3 «f Bent on. Clay, Calhoun, Webster, l)oaalas an, > Li " cul ", 111,1 who soon find themselves In easy jesting or sober inter T for a ",,»'«■» happy-lookmg scliool-boy save for a wrinkled face, faded hair, iron jaw and wonderful eyes. ‘ '* °“V ,ay t0 T hi * ^1?' n- "7,, fj, e niatt-rik, " mp vu sung wurwhieheU^fto one ,,f the memories of ti r t i l amuwhisvIsUorsG * h the Peter n Bonne ..... t speech. I have seen ^her report of it, with t an Mines mostly wrong, and wiii try to.come nearer Mr. own relation. A doctor named Royston liad sued Peter Ib ‘ ,,n, ’H f "L! his bill, long overdue, for atte nding t#T wife or the latter. Alex. II. Stepheus was on the Bennett side, and ^^ tatl,s - "’ as for Hr. then Royston. Senator of The the Doctor Proved his number of visits, their value according to local custom and Ids own authority to do midlcal practice. Mr. Stephens told his client that the physician made out, Ids case, and as there was nothing wherewith to rebut or offset the claim, the on, >' tbin « u ‘ ft ,l ” 1 " " i,s <" P»y it “No,” I hired yin to speak to my Mve, and now speak." Mr. Stephen told him there was nothing rrssrr-—......... ». 1 cter . obstinate, . and at last Mr. was Stephens told him to make a speech himself if lie thought one could he made. "I will,” said Peter Bennett, “if Bobby Toombs wont he too hard on me." Senator Toombs promised, and Peter began : Genti.emkn of the .1 l'uy : You and I is plain farmers, and if we don’t stick to gethcr these ’ere lawyers and doctors will git the ad vantage of us. I aint no lawyer nor doctor, and 1 amt no objections t<> them in their proper place ; hut they’ ainl farmers, gentleman of the jury. "Now this man Royston was a new doctor, and I went for him to come an’ to doctor my wife’s sore leg. And become an' put some salve truck onto it and some rags, but never done it one (lit of good, gentlemen of the jury. 1 don't believe he is no doctor, no way. Tlmre is doctors as is doctors sure enough, but this man don’t earn his money, and if you send for him as Mrs. .Sarah Atkinson did, for a negro boy as was worth $1,000, he just kills him and wants I->id ~»«—• >ou cure liim asked Peter, with tlie slow accents of a judge with the black capon. 1 he Doctor was silent, and Peter pro Ce ?. d e ! l i " 4 s ’ " aK assayin' . , gentlemen of the jury, "e farmers when we sell our cotton has S°t to give valley for the money we ask, and doctors aint none too good to he put to the same rule. And I don’t believe this Sa "'Hoy ston Is no doctor, nohow.” The physician again put in his ear, with, “ l ,uy di C ,0U,a if you «>ink 1 am no ' diploma. exclaimed tlie new fle<1 4 i "‘ d with great contempt. “His diploma ! Gentlemen, that is a big word for printed sheep-skin, and it didn’t make no <Joctor (io ®* lt of of the the sheep as first wore it. nor man as now carries it. A R,,rK out J to newspaper you that he has aint more no doctor in it. and aU.” I pint *|t a ,„, !L“‘ an ”’° 'Y'?*."'; Ask W# my * llow P^nts iu a if fl,r I > . ’ am „ot a doctor f ' , asked . my wife/ retorted Peter, she “an’ .aid as how she thought you wasn't." “ Ask *«!’ other patients,” said I)r. Roy shack ^ ** fori ‘ * eter “raw replied that with broke look „ , t a hard ^reS^I -avin''!! 1 to^le £“ : 4 one - 1-re beam tell ceased to ba since the Apostles. Does lie expect me to hnng the Augel tiabriel down to toot his be<or ® t i,nt a,wl CT Y a h»«d, , 1 Z 1 *' 8 C ° Urt aruI ,.. i ?, f “ "f , Goystons n practice?” . .m i-ini*. amt say to am as Is at at rest from physic and biUs > “tiit up here, you, and state if you died a uafcral death, or was hurried up some by jiqefors?” lie says ask his pa tients, and. gentlemen of the jury, they arc are all dcr.\ r Where is Mrs. Beazley’s man Sam;* Go &. ask the worms iu the graveyard where he Mr. Peake's woman Sarah was attended and’jie by him. and hei funeral was applnted Is'tr.i/ISfcely Tsui the eorpse ready, Where Bill as belonged to Mr. Mitchell 1 Now in glory a’ expressin’ his opinion of Uoyston's doctorin’. Where are where Infant] 'f'' If’. Poet ors ° f cease n,rry , from Stc P troublin' ,,cn , s ’ s ? and she the "Gentlemen are si rest of the jury, he has ct chicken enough funUhrd afifay house to pay for his salve, and I the rags, and 1 don't sup pose he ffErges for making’of her worse, and even «• don’t pretend to charge for curin’of lnr, and 1 am humbly thankful ^ ^ 'UrU^nad, ’MT er ^ JJ ' J* r 0 1 .. ai <u. ru , '" t ’ hty v ’ ,l,u — Hero Uu,applause made the speaker sit down in gr,at confusion, and in spite of a logical r. , ? fitcme..t of the ease by Senator Toombs th doctor lost and Petor Bennett ' Mr. Ste^iens . has many stories to tell of negroes, ahd one is of a famous cotton ami chicken dcrit dator, wlm since the war met the ex-V«**residcnt h. the road. “Well, Thomas sortr^o-hear ,* the kindly salutation, "I was that you had been ltl trouble "Yes,^ af ,.,t Mto^Tripp’s chickens” sn^o^egro, Alee, hut 1 done quit all dat now,” very penitently. “H 0 w aiauy did you take before you stopped ?’>sked Mr. Stephens. rifnh ... inn irent J^nt Before X the war *PlXS Mr SM.hens had Jl a bodv i to the siletit endurance depredations' „f the guests 111 ^-"> b ‘*fs his were made that 1t seem a chronic habit. How *v«r, a little application «f htokory wm 7 disease, ^ ; ‘° n ‘* U0 ‘ h ° The lad exlnusted the usual mixed de nials and minis* hi vain, but at last stayed th f,* ted hand of his master with , mo finaI "Just sGp one mlnltc, Mars Alee. Now, Mars Alee if you had a dog and you toted the dog, a t '.e did steal something, would you V whip m dog?’’ 1 and it m doubtful if the plea has had its full parail, ■; since the famed one of the Syropho nh isn woman, “Truth, Lord, ret the dogs . at. nftim crumbs that fall from the children's tabic.” Mr. Stepuens has had few equals in either political «r legal debate, ami some of Ids sayings and repartees have, passed into Southern proverbs. In a speech upon the acts of James K. Folk he compared De moerncy to a terrapin which has all kinds of ... was like ... the nitt bite of a mud i turtle 4 ii on :t i negro’s toe ; it never let’s go ’till it ilmr (lev’s. Wljcn defeated, it had its own Until* ders of disunion. Of course he was a Whig, then, or lie would never have said that Polk went into the Mexican war as the fellow with the now suspenders went into the fight—"Justto show them, ” he said. A storv of the transition from Whig Democrat is told, hut I do not know how truly. On one occasion Dawson, of gia, was his opponent, and as his name is AndrewH.il. the nickname Hard Head, framed on the last two letters, seemed earned on this occasion. Mr. Stephens had spoken with his usual power, and his oppo nent began with the words; ‘ ■ F ki.i,< iw-(Jmzicxs: In the days gone by we had a great party called the Whig party in this laud, and it liau giants on it» roll, such as Henry Clav, Daniel Webster, Crittenden, Fillmore ; and head and front of the illustrious was Hon. Alex. II. Stc phens, of Georgia. And to-day, feilow-clti zens, we haveagreat Democratic party, and .»”S; XZS& host is A. II. Stephens, of Georgia. The old Whig party is dead and gone to Hailes, and Stephens buried its carcass, and if lie will only lead his present party where he le<t the other one I will be entirely satisfied. ” If Mr. Dawson did make such a hit and escape, his luck was rare and wonderful. Alexander's brother Linton was as quick of reply, and on one occasion a certain judge had over-ruled certain of his points. On ad Journif«J«r hotel dinner the bar seated in the piazza, could see that the jury had knelt in prayer before deliberating. The Judge expressed his satisfaction. “Yes,” said Linton, it is much to be hoped that they wiii get the light from heaven that they failed to obtain from the Court,” Again, a judge made two conflicting rul ings in tlie same case. "He is obliged to he right,” said Linton, “for now he is on both sides.” This brother, now dead, was him self Judge of the State Supreme Court, but held no Confederate civil office. Alexander H. .Stephens once had a very sagacious dog, named Rio, that wai bis fre queut companion upon his journeys about the hustings. It is said that on one oeca sion lie wasmet byGeu. AugustuaK. Wriglit -pet-nam.-d “Our Itause” by his friends and the General, getting the worst of the argument on .Stephen’s usual invincible array of facts, attempted to postpone the IJ < fea,d: — 1 did not have them. But I will get them, sir. I wi; reply to you, sir. j d.-mnd a list of you appointments, for l i..teml to >'*eet and put you down. Yes, sir, I intend to (% you all around this circuit.” riant Iv printed to the ii-k i,„„n Rj„„ No. 2 at his feet, and cried in his shrillest treble "Then I'll send Rio home, on- dog «t a time is enough." And this is a warning to story-tellers, for Mr. Stephens says ii Hint it never happened. v w. Military Surgery in Turkey. The following details will seem incred *kle to those who are not acquainted with the peculiar ways of the Turkish administration. Aa artillerest had hw knee shattered at Sistova bv the exido **>«•» of n shell, and after his wound had , bee f ‘“W****^ . dresse<1 , , »'« , wna trans - *** “f f ™“ U ‘ e fie ; W of l,:lttle to Go.. s ^‘ lIlfcinu l^ e - In spite of his intense suf ferings, he listened with the greatest in terest to all the nows front the seat of war. On his arrival in Constantinople amputation was found to be necessary. But before the operation could be pur fonned l* 110188 ' 011 luul to he obtained from the ministry of war. This pmuis sion must ’ always lie oliLnined u liefore 1 ' <U1 •»> Wtutmn . .. , be performed , , Turk can m a ai " 1 ll uot “"frcquemtly lmppenstlmt the patient dies before the d ’" «-*«-«» “»>» <• *«► rate on the demand of the surgeons.— Fortunately for our artillerist, his ease was pushed through svilh exceptionable »J,nit vapidity and the desired was given after a delay ' of only y eight K or ten , 1!, . , ° br ^ toM ,,, OT W '° hi “> waltud the J! ,tr » most >Iea ® Hre exemplary of the n<l.,.i.,istrat,on patience, bore with the oiwrution with the most heroic courage; there is still hope that his life will be „ W, ' ^ sJ The fiT w’ Income T ‘ }t * Tax A " *' »ttee , of r n the Mays at,d Means wtpml, ■* bl J import to the whole committee a Propomtioiii to reimpose an Income tax, Ul « ^ ohta.n byth.s tneans a decrease of Uie tobacco tax and of one or two other internal takes. The tav^\ urgu ment SlheFsten made in favor of !! -m income "'1.1™"' ” .’’’; ‘ U am T ,A"”!! " M ' d, He ‘* tlic ^ 11 lI, wmcnj and tlieSouthern ,, Mid dbi ^Htles , ; that property and production »«’ overtaxed m these latter compared «h, 1*01.1 *«■«. and that nn income tax would equalize the load Western ami Scuthem ' .....,« '." “ bor8 of t | l0 ,Io i IolIS " R ” „ vt '‘‘'V , rv Kmerally npr , f.‘>or f an income tax, and the measure Is f,aI y stro,, K HW,on * tl,e Northwestern uu ‘ n,ber8 > wl '° >si, y thi,t government bonds are almost all owned in the sea hoard States; that these are empted from taxation and that an income tax j s the „nlv way to reach tlio bondhold ,,:u ; ;■ toying * l ffiuuuiitcd income t«ix ami bear . heavily . . largo incomes, . which .. , '"8 V,,| J' on means to push after the recess. Itut his . bill will piobably be referred to the M ays and Means Committee, which is not of one mind upon the subject at present, but it will thoroughly consider the question, and it is not unlikely that * 1 * , r ,, C Comprehensive -Amnmi plan i for ,■ - the needed, which it will ra,s,,,t f rev t‘ ,,, iO bring into the House soon after Janua r y lb, will oe an income tax laid specif ically for one year, and to fall unless it is renewed by an act of the next Con gross. _ I B # ^ ‘•Why my dear, what is tlie matter ? ^ hilt esau you tnettn ^ Y ou look so do pressed. It cannot las—and yet—oil, re lieve this killing suspense ! Alexander, have you have you failed?’ said hin wife, with clasped hands ^ niv 4 dear • mv credit i* ■, 011 rr<- ^ ***** s,l >i <l< «u, that l’ 001 1 'tiln in the head has come back?’ ‘No.’ ‘Y'ou haven’t had to pay that note for your brother .Josfeph ?’ ‘Vo’ ,IV ‘ “ 011 ' ,10 ' V '' '" P ’ Al( ’ xil "<h'r 1 ac * { , have you had another attack of vertigo ?’ ‘No.’ ‘Has your cashier broken his Murphy pledge V’ ‘No.’ ‘Now I know- I expected it—1 knew it till tlie time— I felt sure, it would la; so : Mr. Debonair has asked for Sera P h,,ia •" ‘No, nothing of the kind,’ ‘Then tell me, without waiting anotb er minute, what has happened ; I can bear it; let me know the worst.’ ‘Well, that breeches button I told you about litis got tired of hanging by one Uir,! ' l,1 > an(11,ere 11 1S - ---- It wa.-, court week at acountry tavern, and a late comer was given one of a dozen cots, which had been put up tem porarily in the parlor. There was a aT* After ari hour or more of th« this other up roar ’°" e of llie I110st rousing snorers brou « ,lt w ’itli a snort, and was sud denly silent. A Frenchman who occu pied a cot in the extreme corner of the Tank God ’ you i-h dead." TIIE DEMOCRAT ADVERTISING KATU4 I One Square, first insertion , S 1 One Square,each subsequent iusertion. SSSiSS One Square, three months . At One Square, twelve mouths . . is Quarter Column, twelve month* , , 90 Half Gohimn twelvemonths io One Column twelve mouths . tdg~ One Inch or Less considered as a square. We have uo fraction* of a square, all tractions of squares will be oountod aa squares. Literal deductions made on Con- He Grabbed Her. A good story is current in lower Peoria, which has the additional merit of lieing strictly true, at least we are w» informed. It seems that a M lesian gentleman of somewhat advanced age has a son. who recently went to his father and proceeded to inform him that ,e proposed to commit matrimony. Ou reCt ‘ ivi,1 K the aunomieeraeut the old ^‘‘tlemeu said > “ w11 . "V *>"• to * ho,u V ” “ Mi *» 80 * nA «»**«* the * son u-J namimr l- I,,.,- L ••u, % v ,»u invo ““ Jjjj** im ‘ tion ^ '2 8 , ,e » B»od girl . “ 1 girl t es ; as uicu a ils * s il1 1 ”' vrr Peoria. "Well, | ny so n ’ bo "' “» V ou « oi "« to an W°rt , 1,w s an} ’ U J 0,H ) * "Yes, ’ l J ils 1 ‘’’’J® 0 t,ult 1 k,,ow of " rh «n, *ud , oldjnan nsmg from h " “«*. catching hold of h.a son and Veiling out the words, "Grab her, my bov £* • ’ * grab her Don’t ...J"*? wait to nsk anv- ,L ,, „ W( ,,i diu * » J ' , „ f dava „„„ *’ t , . ““ 1 “ U a 06,1 her ' Cheaper Bagging for Bailing Cot¬ ton. T,le * ,rPSent taxea tlie cotton planter “very three-uuarters Su of a uis cent on ./ yard J of ; ,S ^y he dutHfrii amt th ( tlC(; „ n plig P a • ^ on jute butts, the raw from which jute bagging is butts, the »*»?***'«*, planter not only gains «j«. by ebeapening the cost of secSL baggings to the ^tent mentioned, hut a better article by rendering it less protltable to niilllll faeture the common grass or straw ( „. tx lmy) bagging-alwut the use of winch there is so much complaint from tUjaIera d 1 •„ u , Um unrerore, *tor* to , . wW J; 110 ‘ ..... ,n « Bowing v, d«at advantage welion that of any the legisla. whole U °" tl,e "'"'l'** "< «houl«l provide for the admission of jute "free of duly,” and we trust tiiat our representhtivea at^tire national enni la i w j]j Hp( , ,i.., i.... °Y .. . ‘, . | ,„ r , i ’ "f ( tl,is tl i "insure have . no time to Jose; all Hd‘Tested shouW agitate the subject at (>ncP) Hf) ft Congressional committee is , low at work in Washington ou the re vision of the tariff .—Chron & Con Robbory at Daviaboro. At about n quarter after eight o’clock on Sunday evening the store of Messrs tlio "ir"’;* (-ontra! Jtnurl, was ......... hrokon uw,n into th« urn ’ safe _ forced _ , open, and some fifteen hurt dred dollars in money package* in car© <>f the .Southern Express Company taken therefrom. The building was then fired in two places with the evident pur|Mia« of destroying it. and tints preventing discovery of the robbery Before mi* J m ions damage was done, however, the Ore wait discovered and the flames speedi ly extinguished. Superintendent Demp sey, of the Southern Express Company, was notified on Monday, and at once set on foot measures for the apprehension of the guilty party, who it is believed will lie captured Indian Representation. A special dispatch from Washington to tbe York Jlnrhl says : “The House Hominittee on lndiato Affairs lias Hubstan Hally agreed to report a bill on the rcassem hling of Congress allowing five lndiantribea r before C’ongress relating to th« Interests of the Indian territory, in the opinion of tlie aiih-coinmittee to whom the subject was referred, Is much as to make it advisable H>at the Indian tribes should have ofliclal representation. As it is they can only ho heard by attorneys, ami the custom has grown of railing every effort of their friends a steal or a job. The committee therefore concluded that justice to tlie territory as well as tlm credit of Congress demands tha admission an of Indian delegate.” Place for low wages—The Department of Docks. Hotel keepers are people we have to “put up with’” This is an “off” year with savings bank presidents. It was a backward debtor who said: , ‘The dues you say,” The Czar thinks that Turkey hasn’t bad enough dressing. 1 he tunc the old cow died on, musk have been written in beef-ilat.” It was Brigham Young’s son who wrote the line, “What is home without a mother?” Of what use is it to strike for higher wages ? Every employee gets hire wages. Brigham Young has gone to a great summer resort — from whose burn no traveler returns. Woin .„ ^ , 1>ohtu;u,ls : “" 1 t}lf - > v 11 1' a,k a riunk better than they -ubs.-ribe, orIv ?2