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Feb, 14,1879.
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Miscellaneous.
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MR. GRASSEY’S SECRET
*
-
“So you’ve made up your mind to
come and live with Grassev^-and us Airs Iledffim?
ton,” said Mr. as he snoke
the words a curious expression which
might be interpreted either as 5
-
Mrs. Hedgington a portly dame in
black silk, with cxtrcmclv juvenile curls
either "
on side of her well-powdered
cheeks, nodded assent, as she settled the
1>°WS of white ribbon which adorned her
cap.
“Yes Oswald’’ said she “I i,, VP
Not but that my own little house is
pleasant enough—and dear knows I’vo
no wish, at my time of life for wlnt the
gay world calls society But Sonina
needs me.”
“Needs vou?” renealed her son in
law. with some emphasis
“The housekeeuiim HedSin vou know ’ ” smr K '
gested Mrs keen'
“We are able to nlentv of ser.
vants’’ said Mr Graasev to'expect “And r
really think we ought not vou
to “ItisnYthat give up your timeaiulatonOon-’’ ^aTtogethcr
” sa d Mrs
S*Sp Hedgington ribbim with thS an aggressive Tin?* toss of
ovdt 1 ted a
of hostility ^
Mr Grassey’s countenance countenance
b C cai 00 Cm u\v\ n «
“It’s Sophia’s spirits ’ ” said Mrs *
Hedgington aa'id
“Oh V” Mr. Grassev
“The ugtoS poor ’ dear “ShlnLds girl nines ” said Ml 1 -
Iledg -Syp (S society ’’
Ik , lis
eyebrows. ' “I was not aware of that ‘ tiie ”
“And if I must sav it ” added
mother-in-law “although s" I’m the verv
last person to wish to w the seeds of
disstmsion you give her verv little of
your companionship, if Oswald!”
“Business whatmenaiwa« ” said r Grassev ly hrieflv &
“That’s 11WminV »
Mrs. Hedgington wiHi V. l n 7.i sni/r n ff -
!' .So ,hia ,iroo ,s A d as mv^nw’nm” vou cm,
In'aUtUc Iru’e no sort of obiectiontn
house—° insignificant corner thD
big
“Not flnZ the least ill the world” «m ‘
ifr ‘ thought
......B................ “I so,” said Mrs. Hedging- j|,
ton. But she. had anticipated a „ pitched 1DU
sra*? her son-in-law awa had capitulated with c
out
a blow.
at ‘ /iMjall
m-’nk 1 ;■ » n't
muslin and blue ribhotw, who was a
sort of female cameleon, taking
color of the nearest companion pro
lenipm?.
“He said lie had no objection,” said
Mrs. Hedgington. “But I know lie
doesn’t like-me!”
“Don't say that, ma,” said Sophia.
“But 1 do say it,” retorted the
widow. “And he is one of the kind
—sardonic, is it ? or satirical, orsarcas
tie ’:
“I’m sure 1 don’t know, ma,” said
Mrs. Grassev.
“Weli: it doesn’t matter much,” re
maikcd Mrs. Hedgington, beligercntly
scratching the bridge of her Roman
nose. “One of the kind, I mean, that
is always poking fun at yon.”
“O. ma!” fluttered Sophia. “I’m
sure Oswald means nothing of the kind.”
“Yes he does, too,” said Mrs.
ington, find sharply. “But I’ll teach him.
He’ll out that his secrets and
teries don’t go down with me!”
Mis. Grassey burst into tears. In
uttering these words her mother had
touched upon the spring of her heart’s
inward discontent. Oswald had secrets !
There was no disputing that fact. Os
wald came and went mysteriously, like
a brigand, or a conspirator, kept
special key to tiie cellar, anil when
asked wiiat all tiiis meant, only chucked
his partner under the chin and re
“Business, my dear, business.”
“Aiftl L’m sure, ma,” whimpered Mrs.
Grassey, with her pocket-handkerchief
to her eyes, “Fd give all I’m worth to
know what it means.”
“Down cellar, eh?” said Mrs. Hedg
ington, c. feeling f reflectively y of her chin.
v .. sa (1 M G .. (Iown
cellar . i„ the little north east room,
wiiere there is a gas-burner, and a shut
teved window, and a stone floor, and a
lot of shelves.”
“Can’t you contrive to get hold of his
key V”
“Oh, dear no,” said Sophia. “He
always carries it about with him.”
“It can’t be counterfeiting,” said
Mrs. Hedgington.
“What nonsense, ma!” bristled up
the bride.
“Or another wife hidden there, like
Bluebeard.”
“Ridiculous,” said Mrs. Grassey.
“Well,” said Mrs. Hedgington, “it
may be ridiculous and it may not. But
whether or no, I mean to find out what
it all means!”
“But how ?” said Sophia.
“You’ll see,” nodded Mrs. Iledging
ton.
“A married man has no right with
secrets, and, besides. I’ll show him that
it doesn’t pay to make fun of me! ,
may be his mother-in-law. but I’m not
the dust under his feet.”
“Oh, dear, oh, dear!” said Sophia,
with a burst of weak tears, “I don’t
think lie considers you so at all ”
Aud Mrs. Hedgington threw up her
head like a war-horse eager 8 for the
combat:
“I’ll track ont his guilty mysteries,”
® a ’ d8, ie * “ or vn know th0 reason
,
And in a week Mrs. Hedgington had
borrowed a bunch of keys big enough
for a locksmith’s sign, and fitted one of
them, triumphantly, to the mysterious
cellar door. And the heart of conquer¬
ing Julius Csesar himself never beat
more exultant than did that of Mr.
Grassey’s mother-in-law as she shuffled,
slipper-footed, into the stone-floored
sancturq,
Crawfordviile, Georgia, August 8, 1879.
'' as 11 °‘ ; dto v t! ! nr certain what
tbe had expected to find, whether a hu
»an tools, skeleton, a set of counterfeiter's
cr a can or so of nitro-glycerine ;
k* 1 was *° ^ ave * K ' en something very
terr:We • - And lier revulsion of spirits,
on discovering only a row of bottles,
’great.
snorted Mrs. Hedging
♦
S down ll ? r candle ami indulged
, he £? lf 1,1 a second review.
J wonder , what’s in them,” she said
to . £® , rsclf .
The corks were not sealed down.
“It can’t do any harm just to look,”
Mrs - Hedgington, “or to smell,
which , amounts t° the samething.”
A,id "hipping out her pocket
zora ’ Mrs. Hedgington proceeded to re
move the corks from the bottles and
inhale the odor of their contents one by
one.
“Wine as I liye 1” said Mrs. Hedging- Ohf
to11 . “ ;l ,ul good wine, too! the
h arclened sot! Only think of a man
Bke . Oswald Grassey making nightly visits
?P«t, just to to drink this with himself his depraved into delirium associates
! Oh, tle
,n wickedness, . et , is , my of poor Sophia! Oh, the
mankind l But that
isn ' t ,wd wine, I must ”
And out of laudable say.
Mra Hedgington a spirit of inquiry,
* took a good com
f or table swallow out of each bottle.
“A slight difference in the flavor,”
she, smacking her lips. “In the
hoquet, as But poor dear Hedgington used
to s:l 5’- none in the body. One—
two-three-four shelves full. Well, ’ I
never! What will Sophia say ?”
And carefully replacing the corks and
re - lockin g the door behind her, Mr.
arassey ’ s mother-in-law hurried up
stairs to Impart her tidings to Mr. Gras
wife.
Sophia listened, wrung her hands and
wept *
“°h, «na! oh, ma !” she bewailed her
self, “what shall I do ? Do you really
think he is drunkard ‘ *
a ?”
“ Just wait ’ ”'>• dear, and hear me
confront him with his sins, said Mrs
Hedgington, severely. ’
“But what good will* that do ma’”
sobbed “Child, Sophia.”
I do believe you are a fool ”
said A Is ?.; Hedgington, almost angrily.
Ana there w was ! ls .l the h ^ mysterious m y^ e nous sole solein- ln -
1 , .
=ir ~ ' m ,"’ a Sli " cubi,
%j' the ’ s
q. ! 1 ' il<
“ e c ■ • • -
r Wen, sop^
have a fortnight Saratoga this sum
rner, if you please.”
“What ?” said the pink-eyed, wife,
scarcely disposed to believe her own
ears.
“l have done a smart stroke of busi
|> e - H !a tf, !y. added ,, , Mr. „ Grassey, „ “in
th f,? l !°’sT 8 "
. shrieked Mrs Hedgington , ■
' 1 OPI 11 “B' 1 er km le andfork.
“Exactly.” said Mr. Grassey, all
^iies. rica—ordered “To be by sent the out king to Central of Gharri- Af
^^kb tj’ extertiiiuate ut the U P-and hostile flavored tribe
Bke the choicest wines. No one can tell
c ? n ™ subUaiat ® fr, )n ?. M; idcira, nor
stijehnine from 3t. Juhen , claret. Of
course the whole thing; is s«6 rosa ; the
Sp'ornment but there-s passes lortune m through be for
wines; a to made
ou 4,°f ® lt ieie Giassey s tale , of elo
quence was cut short by a feariul shriek
fl »“ h ' 9 “l’ tbel '-' n ; 1,i X v ’
b ‘A a,l 'j ^ Drassey. . M hat a
,, 'n,n’ P 'Ai'i T f. ! u^ t
But the h, old lady ) had ^ started .? n i’ up, with
^Hi , hands ( >i lier stormieh, pressed convulsively over
S??'. i' -Emetics. Q.fl'f S“ A s Pcd. stomach White pump of an
s _
^ 011 j, do11 P oa ^ . fc * ose a moment! began Mr. Gras
! ’‘ l
-
sev
es cl9°ke J do,” and said Mrs. Hedgington I got
a a gasp. into
H ,e ce . ar > Oswald—and Tasted every I thought one!— it
K dear • dear . what _ shall I do ?
Kun to the dru p lst ’ Oswald ! Bring
some wann "'ater, hoplua. Do you
mean, among you, to let me die ?”
b0 v « *>«-*" mjng into my af
f'! - . , said Mr. Giassey, deliber-
11 3 ’ e .’ ■.
af -(‘ly . leaning , back m his chair,
“Yes I have!” acknowledged Mrs.
Hedgington. “But I didn’t mean any
harm—I didn’t indeed and I’ll never,
never do such a thing again !’’
“I wouldn’t, if 1 were you,” said Mr.
Grassey.
“Can’t anything be done ? Can’t I
be saved ?” wailed the old lady, begin¬
ning to twist and writhe herself about,
while Sophia clasped her hands in mute
dismay.
“Don’t excite yourself,” said Mr.
Grassey. “If you have been breaking
into my wine cellar, you’re all light. I
don’t keep the poisons about the
house, i,
“Oh, thank Providence for that 1”
sobbed Sophia, while Airs. Hedgington
drew herself upright with a jerk.
“Is this a joke?” she said indignantly.
“Well—if you choose to consider it
so !” demurely acknowledged her son in¬
law.
“It is a shame!” slTrieked the old
lady.
_____ . ^ ^ 0 yours:
„( ot 1 ‘ ln d peeping around a gentle
Zn^Z **id ur Mi. Grassev Grassey. ^ ,0U *
Jlls - Hedgington rose to her feet ... in a
ra L < V
, „ ,, ... Und6r
, ^
this roof,” said she
“Don’t—if you don’t feel like it,”
said Mr. Grassey, blandly.
And Mrs. Hedgington packed her
trunks and departed, leaving serene
peace behind her.
“Oswald,” “Well, said Mrs. Grassy, feebly.
my dear.”
“Wasit true?”
“Was what true, my dear ?”
“About the poisons,”
“It was what they call poetic license,
tirelv my dear,” chuckled the husband. “Eu
business imaginary. It isn't the poison
I'm in—it“s the California wine
trade.*’
“But the two weeks at Saratoga ?”
“Oh ” said Mr. Grassy. “That’s
true enough! But don’t you enjoy the
the mineral springs more without your
-* 55 . „ y
Grassey.
And Mrs. Hedgington never came
hack to stay at the residence of her sou
in-law again.
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Mnrnv y Ordtir ^ lutr umces
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[Columlnti Tin *».J
There is often much perplexity in the
minds of writers which pnstoffice is or
is not.4.money order office. Frequently
»s roach more convenient to send
money in these orders than to employ
the medium of bank exchange. This is
particularly to the case when small amounts
are !e sent, and also the case when
the money is sent to points that enjoy
nobanking facilities. In order to assist
out readers in this matter we publish
below a full and revised list of aU money
order offices existing in Georgia.
geouoi A v ‘
Amencus, Albany, Dougherty , county.
Sumter county.
Athens, Atlanta, Clark county.
Fulton county.
Augusta, Aiffipaha, Richmond county.
Berrien county
Cambridge, Brunswick, Decatur county.
G ynn county.
Barnesvflle, Blacksliear, P,ke county.
Pierce county.
Blak ly, Early county
Caffi mn, Gordon county.
^.rsville, Cave springs, Bartow f loyd county. county.
CuU S, p■indr»?nh e C ? U t^*
Guthocrf, ^am oi‘rf Randolph county. p
Carr-lton, !a, Mitchell county.
Carroll county.
Cedar town, Polk county.
Conjers Crawfordviile, Rockdale county.
Taliaferro county.
Mt m, Whitfield county.
Daw on, Terrell county.
S Dahlonega, 1 Lumpkin county.
81 ' ®?’ McIntosh county.
EatontoJ Ta™ ^un^ Unty '
Putnam county.
Elberton, Fair':.ini, Elbert county.
Form Campbell county.
lb, Monroe county.
Fori nes, ('Iay county
i i f
-• wether county.
Ha fjf-wHW, Pulaski county."
Jeffi Hog i'jwv'il.-. jbfi, Jackson Troup county.
i county,
Jonr jjoro’, Clayton county.
Lexii it on, Oglethorpe county.
LouijjHle, McKjra, Jefferson county.
Telfair county.
Macti Bil»b ’
Mai f i, county.
Marietta, . Morgan county.
Cobb county.
Milledgeyllle, Baldwin county.
Montezuma, Macon county.
Milner, 1’ike county.
NewnairTLinveta county.
Oxford, Palmetto, Nitivton county.
Perry. Campbell county.
Houston county.
Quitman, Ringgold, Brooks county.
Catoosa county.
Saudersville, Rome, Floyd county.
Savannah, Chatham Washington county.
Social Circle, Walton county.
Senoia, Coweta county.
Sparta. Hancock county.
Summerville, Chattooga county.
Thomas vibe. Thomas county.
Thomson, county.
McDuffie county.
Toccoa, Yaldosta, Habersham county.
Lowndes county.
Warrenton, Washington, Warren county.
Wilkes county.
West Point, Troup county.
The Jump in Coal.
The coal business shows how
thoroughly trade lias yielded 21,000,000
tons. In 1878 the demand fell off one
fifth, and only 17,000,000 tons were
mined. Now, however, the upward
jump is greater than could have been
So far this year twelve and
and three quarter million tots
been produced, as against seven and
third millions for he corresponding
period fist year. If tl. present demand
continues and the indications are that
it will, the coal production for 1879
will be over twenty-five millions, an in¬
crease of fifty per cent, over last year
This is production extraordinary. The
Height of production lias been estimated
at 500,000 tons a week, yet in one week,
tiie production ran up to tiie astonish¬
ing fnrtire of 655,000 tons. For tiie
week ending July 12 the production was
531,613 the tons, against'-239,013 week tons for
Philadelphia corresponding of last year._
Record.
How Women Would Vote.
Were tiie question admitted to tiie ballot.,
anil woman were allowed to vote every
woman in tiie land, who has used Dr.
Pierce’s Favorite Prescription would vote it
to be an unfailing remedy for the diseases
peculiar to her sex. Dr. Pierce has received
hundreds of grateful testimonials o£ its
curative
Iowa City,* Iowa, March 4th, iS 79 .
Dr. H. T. Pierce, Bujfalo, AT. Y.:
Dear Silt—For many months I was a
great sufferer. Physicians could afford me
no relief. In my despair I commenced the
use of your Favorite Prescription, lt speed¬
ily effected my entire and permanent cure.
Yours thankfully,
Mns. Paul R. Baxter.
A preacher, after standing the freezing
temperature of tiie church as long as he
could, broke out with, “Brother Griggs, do
see that this house is better warmed this
afternoon ; it’s no kind of use for me to
warn sinners of tho dangers of hell, when
the very idea of hell is a comfort to them.”
No. 31.
Very Remarkable if True
, ,,, age ? , lady, , who resides
w.io.se "^bers, name Pii., a is few omitted miles from by request this city of
fiends, was afflicted by scrofula, the
su ^ er ot ^d J 1 ’ 180 terrible ” 1 /* *«ing agony in from her head. the She
“
? ur ? of th f ? isea sed cramum upon the
of the top of her skull. He never at
t ® lr,1,te ' 1 1 1 ’ 0 operation, however, fearing
she I,1!gllt dle f ! or ? its effects. The
woman continued to suffer, and her
son, who was afflicted with the same
disease, determined to take the nsk and
perform the operation. He was con
siderable of a mechanical genius, and
he 80011 constructed a line saw for
Purpose, the material used being wire
f, Onishevl rou ' :U1 ol the d hoop-skirt. instrument, After although lie had he
“ a(1 no surgical knowledge, he begun
1 ie operation of sawing through the
skull „ at a point two inches below the
of the cranium.
After working some time at the
a tion the young man was taken ill and
dl8d - After bis death the lady’s daugh
ter, a young lady of nineteen or twenty,
deeded to continue the work, and did
s 9% succeeding m removing the top
of her mother’s head, relieving the ter
nble pain and probably saving her life,
She was occupied several days in the
dangerous operation, which was a delicate and
by one, ordinarily only to he
performed the most skillful surgeon,
If the improvised instrument had been
driven too deep and penetiated the
delicate covering of the brain, instant
death would have resulted, and
some accident <rf the kind did not occur
is one of the most astonishing facts
about the matter. She undertook the
operation as a desperate resort, and the
exercise of nerve which sustained her
v,as wonderful. Once while working
she fainted, and frequently she would
throw down the saw, declaring she
would go no further. Her mother,
whose enormous will power was not less
wonderful, always urged her to proceed.
saying. “If I can stand it, you should
do the same, as it is the only way of
saving my life.” No anesthetic was
used, and the afflicted woman carefully
watched and directed the operation.
Instantaneous relief followed the .
moval ...... of the diseased ,. bone, although ,, the
disease was not eradicated. The
removed bone was replaced by a si”* .
cap, carefully fitted. ijl operation
SSfJSilIiiy'wM l«rful Lth r ' 3 a Vt
f r
affair, and seems grateful that relief
w;-H afforded, although she will remain
an invalid for Iife.-C«m6ertand Sues,
What Meteors are Composed Of.
A piece of the great meteor which fell
in Emmet county, Iowa, May 10th,
hundred weighing in the aggregate about five
pounds, has been subjected to a
thorough examination at the govern¬
ment a-say office, Washington, with the
tion, following results: Tiie metallic por¬
separated as far as possible from
the rocky part, gave 88 5-100 per cent,
metallic iron, 11 per cent, nickel, with
a trace of cobalt. Tiie rocky part con¬
tained crystals of zircum of small size,
and was principally made up of that
mineral in granular form, mixed with
sulphide of iron and nickel, besides car
rying silica, alumina, lime and mag¬
nesia. Tiie whole makes a composition
not found anywhere on earth, though its
several parts of course are well known
to geologists. Zircum, however, is a
rare mineral, and when found in large,
clear crystals is of considerable value.
Tiie meteor was assayed for gold and
silver. On the first the chemist Was
astonished to find enough silver to make
one hundred ounces to the ton—a very
rich ore—besides traces of gold. On
he making the usual counter test, however,
discovered that on the first trial ho
had pounded the rock in a mortar in
which there were minute particles of
gold and silver which produced tiie
above result. It is unnecessary to add
that there were no precious metals found
in it whatsoever.
An Amended Proposition.
It occurred in Bodie, that city of whisky,
wealth and wickedness. A case was on
trial in the Justice's court, and during a
recess one of the interested parties ap¬
proached a juror and said :
“Say, boss, if that ar suit goes agin' mo
I’m night on §2,090 loser in minin’ prop
erty. Now, I'll give you an even 8500 to
that
The mcorruptablo scion of Amercan
liberty reflected a moment and replied :
“It'd be a cussed onsartin job for one
man to take a rope an’ strangle that, hull
gang, an’ I’m afraid afore I get through I
mout dance a jig under it myself; but if
all tbe same to you, paid, T. mout wade in
thar with a six-shooter an’ wipe out the
crowd. That’dbe more to my hand than
hanging, and the job eouldbedone quicker.
If that’s satisfactory, produce the c-fin, and
I’ll git to work .”—Eureka [Rev.) Sentmal.
New Postal Regulations.
The new regulations just issued by the
Post Office Department, requiring those
publications allowed to be transmitted
through maiis at second-class rates to be
formally entered at tho post office, have
just gone into effect. This law prevents
the transmission of all transient adver
tising schemes not regular publications ;
also pamphlets, printed documents, cir
culars and free circulation papers, or
any printed matter but newspapers, as
second-class matter All printed matter
outside of the registered papers are re
Sskwki::
posed by the Department’for violations
of this law. —August a News.
Job printing neatly and cheaply exe¬
cuted at this office.
The Democrat.
AlHKRTIfttNU KATE*:
One Square, first insertion . . ( 1 00
One Squa re, each su b>equent 1 ns.' jtion S7
One One gijotre, three months 10 00
Quarter Square, twelve months 15 m
Half Column Column, twelve months , . 20 W
One twelvemonths 50 00
Column twelve months . loo oo
15?" One Inch or Loss considered as a
square. We have no tractions of a square,
all fractions of squares will ba counted as
squares. Liberal deductions wade on Con¬
tract Advertising.
Standard Weights.
An Act to fix by law the standard
weight of a bushel of the articles and
commodities hearinafter mentioned.
Sec. 1. Be it enacted by the Gen
eral Assembly of the State of Georgia,
that the legal weight of the following
articles and commodities per bushel shall
Shelled 00
Corn corn 55
in the ear 70
Peas 00
Rye •36
Oats 32
Barley Irish 47
potatoes 00
.Sweet ix.tatoes 05
White beaus 08
Castor beans 49
Clover seed 60
Timothy Flaxseed seed 46
Hemp 06
seed 44
Blue Grass seed 14
Buckwheat 52
Dried peaches (unpeeled) 33
Dried peaches (peeled) 33
Dried apples 24
Onions 75
Salt 50
Stone coal 88
-Malt 40
Bran 20
Turnips 55
Unslacked Plastering hair S
lime 80
Corn meal 48
Fine salt 54
Ground peas 25
Cotton seed 30
Sec. 2. Repeals all conflicting laws.
Approved February 20th, 1875.
The Dark Horse of 1880.
[Detroit Frt* Prm. J
Now you may know who tho “dark
horse” is in the coming political cam
paign. He entered a Grand River
aven ho ue -t, • >u and yesterday, when the day
was removing his coat, hat
and ci oe confidentially asked for a
private v >rd with the proprietor.
“Nopody isU here—you can shpoke
away,' was tlie reply, as the beer-seller
lazily rinsed a glass.
“Are r iware,” whispered the
stranger as he put his nose almost into
the other’s of face, “that this country is on
the eve another stupendous political
rt> uggle V”
“Do you mean about tiie hot vedder ?”
“A’e. sir! l mean that wo are soon
t0 ch-i t another President, and that the
SSSB" ■ v, n Rom’ In™ Idf , and
r° 1 i? rf f t^y 1,0 1_
tics ” said tho ntl, P d kl ” ff no
move to tiU Uieghiss
“That’s it—that’s the key note!”
chuckled the old rnau as he slapped him
on his back. “The kind of men to go
into the next cabinet are men who have
never been mixed up in politics. I’m
mighty glad I came in here, and you
may draw me a glass of beer.”
“Are you some politicians ?” quietly
asked the saloonist after a pause, anil
paying beer. no attention to the request for
“Ah! Lower, your voice a little 1
Yes, I m in politics. I’m tbe 'wickedest
wire-puller in this world. I’m the
gieatest convention-packer on land or
sea. I get in moro work at the polls
than any twenty men you ever saw, and
you may draw me a glass of beer.”
“Who shall be der next bresidont?”
carelessly inquired the other, as he sat
down on the head of a beer keg.
The stranger tip-toed to the door,
closed and locked it, and returning to
his former position, whispered :
“Take a good square look at me I
You now behold the next President of
tiie United btates of America, and vou
may draw me a glass of beer.”
“You doan’ look like some bresi
dents,” observed the saloonist, as he
gave tiie old man a looking over.
“Sh! Don’t give me away! You
see, I’m from the masses. I’m the
dark horse, cantering along in the
underbrush. The people demand a
representative of toil; that’s me. They
want honesty and integrity ; that’s me
again. hay-stack They want a man who knows a
from a stone quarry—who
can economize—who can’t be corrupted
—who has pride enough for tho posi¬
tion, and yet not be ashamed to ride to
a funeral in a one-horse wagon—all of
which is me several times over, and you
may draw me a glass of beer.”
Vbat barty shall vote for you ?”
asked the beer man, after a minute of
deep
“Ah ! eureka! excelsior! selahl
„. J. hat’s ,, the key-note
again I When the
hour is ripe I step between the two
great parties, mash both and form a
third party on the ruins, and you may
draw me a glass of beer.”
“Well, I shan’t carry some torch¬
lights brocessions on der street.”
“Of course you won’t. Yon keep
behind the currant bushes, say nothing,
and when the time arrives you will be
offered the position of secretary of war,
and yon may draw me a glass of beer,”
“My peer is all gone.”
“Very well. Then my appointments
are all gone; your name will not be
selected for the next Secretary of War.”
Tiie old man began putting on his
things in a very decided way, and when
r, ’ady to go out turned and said :
“I am naturally kind-hearted and
forgiving, chance. and I'll give you’one more
No beer, no cabinet position
under the reign of tiie dark horse of
1886.”
The saloonist shook his head
“That settles it! A year hence ,' vou u
miirhf offer mo <■ 1 " Posf
ami I would not even apiwffit vou
master-Genera!! Good-day, sir ”
After the old man had been gone a
srxi!'v s
b Tbedarkhorse‘MioJkhto l'e^l
passed.
in a determined manner, and called
back :
“You’ve hunted rtp some beer with
a fly in it, but it is too late—too late V’