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ATTORNEYS AT LAW,
COLUMBUS, GEORGIA
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DEN- TOT,
HAMILTON, GA.
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HAMILTON, GEORGIA
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HAMILTON, GEORGIA
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ream—either way.
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RUBY RESTAURANT,
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\. 14 and St., l.’6LUXfcllS, Kb
Mr. JOHN W HOIX), of Harris county, i
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ing them. J. & J. KAUFMAN
J. H. BRAMHALL,
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%9 Broad St., Columbus, Ga.
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salt rheum, fevers r-s, ulcers, rough skin,
tan and freckles, pimples " r blotches on th
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and shampooing. It is undoubtedly the fines*
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I also manufacture a superior article of
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HAMILTON, HARRIS 00., GA„ FRIDAY, DECEMBER 18, 1874.
A TORTURE FOR SI!
On.- Gift is guaranteed to one of every eleven
consecutive numbers,
sso,ooofer ONE DOLLAR
KQW X 9 TOUS TOTS.
Fortune helps those who help themselves.
500,000 Tickets, at $1 each, num
bered from 1 to 500,000, inclusive.
The exceedingly low price of tickets
brings it within the reach of all.
©2 ©lit
In aid of I’uhlie Improvements in the cby of
Denison, Texas.
TIIU
Gift Concert Association
WILL GIVE A GRAND CONCERT
THURSDAY, DECEM HER 81, 1874 !
And will distribute to the Ticket-holders
$250,000 IN GIFTS.
DEPOSITORY, FIRST NIT. BANK, DENISON.
Distribution to commence immedi tely after
the Concert. MaiuurerK of distr lmtlon cliokcu
by Ticket-holders and prominent citizens.
LIST OF gifts:
1 Grand Ctuth Gift $ 50,000
1 “ “ “ 25.000
1 15,000
1 10.0001
1 5.000
1 2.500
1 1.500
10 .. .. SSOO each.. 5 000
20 250 .... 6,000
80 .. .... 150 .. . -1.500
50 .... 100 .... f> 000
UK) .... 50 ... . 5.000
100 .. .. 25 .. .. 2.500
200 .... 20 .. .. 4,000
500 .. .... 10 .. .. 5.000
1 000 . . .. . . 5 . . . . 5.000
1,500 .. .. .. 21 . . . . 5,750
46,250 1 ... . 4o 250
40,707 Grand i\uh Giftto V-200,000
22 11 zt-H in it l estateaui’t’g to 50,000
49,789 Gifts, amounting to $250,000
REFERENCES.
Knowing 1 tiiat tlm nianM.armf'nt of tbb As
’ “i .ton • i:: be 'owjur' <1 a- re; i: • fed, we
ic-i • iiJ ■* tewuniii-. 2 U>. • id.c to the public:
: J -rneo Leri: a <l, John H.-bW<L JV.bn BMu-
D 'uuull, \\ I. Wino. II 'i oe, J M LYok
A- e>Aii ii city : fi):•-m g'L .vt. .
J . "and Win 1 > Kirk.
.) N.’ t iiiH, Cty 1 vwirtiio r
Wi> JL s, Lno rliir Ai iils.
Wok!. ! linen 1) ni on.
L E in ]• i , A? -i,o 11- r 1.
‘i GY ' Yu; >Y, }.* p h,mL
\Voi K . .r i '<'• t*iok‘T.
j ir- i. Noti- : .1 honk, Deei cn.
C i u; liiiviei on m:t>or.
D.\i y hi and We!\ly N*w . J)en ; son.
; Bauimc! A Coreal estate luoker.
j o*l Tlt Witi rn, real * st-.r broker,
j Oil as K Manriee, l' S OonjinLsioner.
! CV>l Satnui l Brooks, Galv-ton, jVxas.
i Jos Peiry, Att-onwy M, Iv &T railroad,
j J W Jennings, i-x-pos?master l y Set.ate.
: <’Jol L W K]:o;il:er<t, Alamo H t• -1 Deni.-on.
<Cii (i A Bail US Am\ Kt Griflitl), T. v ( >.
li rc out,-' ..m;’.]*] liter*-’ B<nk. J Jettison, i ox.
K G E:tdy. L vi ion Supt. M, K k T lai’ oad.
i Col V. J Sr ran-', Q V USA. Denison. Tcxa.
I Go<aio Stinnett & ('o. •..'•non br k< r UoniKou
KDCJuidii k, man Cotton (‘omprebsCo, L/eu’n
A of t’ e distribu 1 ion will bepnb
**od forwarded to tit M< is, mid all
i*j promptly p id filter tbe distribution.
6'40 Bb4 REMISSIBLE PERSONS WASTES
io work for the ♦"tere-ts of iliis Association.
Liberal Commfhhionh Allowed
ROW TO REMIT TO US.
Jfonev ahouH bn writ by Expro*-KOr Draft,
Po**!-! fftci Money Order or U<*giHtere<J Ltitusv.
A‘idre&> 1! connminit’ittiiiijs to
ALPHEUS K. COLLINS, Secy,
oct23-ld Denison, Texas.
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largest, cnr-Arwi axd bjsst in the south.
The only Business School in the South con
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The ( ’..him-of Study is conducted on Actual
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it the leading
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Our course of acm at. justness training is
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No classes. Business Advocate, containing
full particulars, maileil to any address.
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TII K II HIM GUT EX PRESS.
A Thrilling Sketch.
Dick Archer was the station agent,
and as there was little to do, the
place just suited him, as he was fend
of fishing and hunting. Resides Dick,
there were a peter and a hov. The
porter was a quiet, lethargic man, ihe
Soil of one ol‘his lordship’s woodmen;
and 1 don’t know how the station
would have get on at all, little as
there was to do, if it hadn’t been for
the boy. That boy was a perfect
treasure. I never saw any boy like
him for energy and firmness.
One day Dick came and told me
that (hero was to hr a pa v ty up at
the Hall, a sort of . , t servin'-’
party.
At fifteen minutes after midnight
the up express passed thiongh at
full speed, ahd it was Dick’s duty to
he at the station to see the line all
clear. Half an hour before the ex
press, came a goods train usually, but
it rarely stopped. Our siding was
not long enough for ii to shunt into,
and if there wasn’t a truck for it to
leave, it ran on to Greatford, a prin
cipal station on the line, where it
shunted for the express to pass. Af
ter those two trains had gone by there
was nothing more for the station
master to do.
I li<l not care to go, but went to
please Dick.
Near the Hall was the Burford
Arms inn. The landlord had a very
pretty daughter, too, Ellen Lanford,
and in his quiet way Dick was very
fond of her. Between ourselves I
liked her too, and thought about her
more than 1 should have cared to ac
knowledge.
I was rather sorry for Dick, bo
cause I could see the girl didn’t care
tor him. She was really a nice girl,
I assure you, well brought up and
: educated, and there was a charm
i about her that seemed to entangle
one whether one would or not.
However, 1 wasn’t go ng to interfere
with Dick; it would have been a
pretty return for his hospitality to
I have eut him out on his own ground,
| even if I’d Id a eliamfe of doing it.
1 fancied tli-.t Dick had made lip
his mind to bring things to a crisis
this particular nig!it. He’d got him
self up very spruce in a dress suit
and embroidered shirt, and altogether
looked very well. The Lanfords
were g< ing up to the Hall in one of
their own flies, and were to take
Dick with them; so we walked up to
Bnrford Arms tog* I her. There slot <1
the fly w dting at. the door, and Mr.
Lantord dressed in a I>iu , coat and
brass buttons, cap-remus while silk
waitcoat, silk stockings, and shorts.
“ Where's Ellen V” said Dick.
“Ob,” said Hr. Lanford, “she’s
prot a bad cold and won’t come!
Jump in, Mr. Archer.”
Dick’s face ft!'. :- .and lie ' -ft?*. -1 a a
if he’d a mind to say he woul-in’t go
either; hut lie couldn’t exactly do it,
and he crawled into the fly- and went
oiT with old Lanford, as woe-begone.
as if he were going to execution.
I stood in the porch of the Burford
Anns, Dot thinking of going in, when
all of a sudden the thought came into
my head that Ellen had done this on
purpose. Dick had made such a fuss
about this party and her going to it
that she had come to the same con
clusion as myself, and Lad made up
her mind that he was going to put a
certain question to her that very
night. Now her not going meant
that she didn’t want the question
asked. I can’t describe what a thrill
went through me as I thought of
that. The coast was clear. Dick’s
cl.iuce was gone. Was there a
chance for me ?
Was I doing a sneaking thing? I
wondered, as I opened the door qui
etly and walked in. As I went down
the matted pas-age my heart went
loudly pit-a-pat. I had come to a re
solve on the instant, and every faculty
I had was working hard to justify it.
Here was a girl whom ! hadn’t known
for more than a fortnight in a posi
tion in which of choice I should not
have looked for a wife, and yet I
knew that I must needs go on. I
had set, my face that way, and there
was no turning it.
The re-nilt of it was that before I
left the inn I bad told Ellen that 1
loved her, and had received her as
suranee that she loved me in return,
and I was most happy.
I left the inn and -calked to the sta
tion. Dick was there, not having
attended the party.
“Dick,” I said, plunging at once
into the middle ol the subject—
“Dick, would you be surprised to
hear that I was engaged to he mar
ried ? ”
It was the parraffine lamp over
his head, no doubt, that threw such
a yellow, sinister glare into Dick’s
face as he slowly raised his eyes from
(ho paper before him.
“To be married,” said he —“ to
be married, eh? Who is the fortu
nate fair, 1 wonder?”
I was rather relieved to find that
Dick was taking it thus lightly, and
I went on: “I have proposed to
Ellen La nth rd to-night, and she has
accepted me If I’ve interfered in
any way wi h you, Dick, I’m sorry;
l didn’t intend in, but”—
“ liiit-i lei-ed with m< ?” interrupted
Di k, ci ha • • o* sneer. “ V’.' hat
n . arth should make you think that ?
I m .y have flirted a little with her,
but that’s my way with girls. I
assure you I had no intentions except
a little diversion.”
“That’s lucky,” said I, coldly, for
I didn’t like his tone.
All of a sudden w e heard a low,
murmuring sound, caused by the hum
ming of the wires of the telegraph
overhead, and the gentle vibration
of the wood-work about us.
“It’s the express,” cried Dick, bis
face turning quite livid, “and I
haven’t locked up the point* 1 Gome
and help me, Ned. The ‘goods’ drop
ped a truck at. the siding, and I never
locked the points.”
He hurried out upon the platform
tend away to the switch that, turned
the points oft and on. I followed
him closely, not expecting that my i
services would bo required, as the
affair was only one ol an instant.
Dick ran to the switch, and I stood
by the line watching him and look
ing out for the express. The line, us
I have said, ran through a wood ; and
just beyond the station the ground
rose a little, so that there was a cut
ting twenty or thirty feet deep. At
the top of the bank was the distance
signal, which now allowed a white
, light to the up lino. Beyond that
the track ran straight away over a
broad, level country. It was a fine
I piece of engineering that; a road as
straight as a dart, spanned here and
there by bridges, converging gradu
ally till it vanished to nothing on
the horizon. Five miles or more
away you could discern the lamps of
an advancing train on a clear night.
I could see the lights now, merged
into >-ne yellow point that twinkled
like it star in a mist; and the hum of
the at preaching train *as distinctly
to be heard, and yet she was two
miles away. Two miles away ! ’1 bat
meant two minutes—that was her
headlong speed; for every throb of
one’s heart that mighty moving mass
had leaped a flying stride some sixty
fee!. An-1 behind this rushing coil
1 of i on, fi e and hot, scalding vapor,
luxiji: * t- ;mJ (.It limbed vvomeii
s i ,i do--”! -ay the moments —
rea-i'mg, p• 1 n-, or bury at some
trifling task, of ulking drowsily, the
lamp- shining softly down upon their
heads; and here in this quiet Country
nook, the moon looking placidly
down and the slant twinkling through
the rifts in ihe white, fleecy clouds,
lurked death in wait.
“I can’t close the points, Nod!”
cried my friend, in a hoarse, excited
whisper; “come and help me.”
Had 1 thought for a moment 1
should have rushed to the handle <>f
the distance signal and tnrne-1 it to
“danger;” but 1 was confuse-! by the
imminence of the peril.
“•There’s something between the
points,” he said, “ that prevents their
closing.”
I ran along the track where t.lie
two sets of rails converged—the
main line arid the siding. The siding
w as now open, so that the advancing
train would be turned from the line,
hurled against the earthen bank and
massive timber structure at the end.
Stay; I bad found the source of the
mischief —between the end of one of
the moving points and the iron flange
that acted as a stop when it w as fully
closed, was a round, white stone. I
kicked the stone away with my foot;
ihe points were spring ones, a-*d
closed sharply with a clang, pinning
my foot between the flange and the
ii on i ail.
“Dick,” I cried, “open the points;
I’m caught I
I saw bis face in the moonlight; it
was iike the face of a corpse, but Lis
.-yes gleamed with ferocity and mal
ign triumph. Deliberately he fas
teued the chain and padlock to the
switch and locked it up; then he
made a few quick strides across the
line and threw his arms around my
struggling frame.
“ You’ll bo married, will you,” he
hissed into my ears, “to your pet,
your darling, your Eilsn ? ”
In that moment I remembered her
face, ami that I was then speaking <
some such endearing words. Then
f*”d now! All my new-boni happi
ss seemed to return to me in a flood
f sudden, unspeakable bitterness.
Yonder came the train, the earth
quaking at its passage, rushing upon
us wiih horrible, staring eyes; whist
ling. shrieking, roaring, frothing out
great gusts of white, hot steam, the
glare of its furnaces sweeping like
lightning flashes across the dark,
steep cutting, i'inued to the ground
by uty fool, the slroo ; ~pasp cf a
madman about my arm.', I made one
desperate, im ileetu;;! druggie, gave
one despairing cry—l remember no
more. Ollier hands must tel! you the
rest.
ELLEN CONTINUES THE STOUT.
After my dear Ned had left me on
the night ho first told me that he
loved me, I reeled fir some time on
tile sofa, feeling tired and'quite sad
somehow, and yet. veiy happy. Then
I put out the candles and wan guiug
lo bed. I was parsing through the
bar when I caught eight of a slip of
papei' twisted up aud addressed to
me, in large blotched loiters. It was
from Richard Archer.
I declare I never gave Mr. Archer
any encouragement —at least not
more than any girl might have done
to a young man who was trying to
make himself agreeable; certainly
never since I saw Edward, and felt
how vastly superior he was in every
way io this Mr. Archer.
The note was short and rough.
“ Ellen,” it began—not'list he had
any viglii to address me in tiiat way
—certainly I was not and neverj had
been “Ellen” to him, hut so it was —
“ Ellen, you have deceived me, you
and Ned Walters; but I give you
warning, it is for the last time. You
! and he shall never marry; 1 will see
you botli dead first.”
I was dreadfully frightened when
I read tlris; but I came to the con*
clusion that it was more rodomontade
when I began to think it over calmly.
I laughed at the idea of that whipper
snapper, little Archer, doing any
damage to iny Edward, and yet I was
uneasy. Then father came home in
rather a bad temper. The party had
been a failure, for everybody had been
upset by that young Archer, who be
haved like a madman at the hall,
told everybody of his troubles, and
abused father to all the company, and
at last went off to walk home to the
station, seeming quite wild and dis
turbed.
“It’s all your fault too,” said father,
“ flirt ing and encouraging that young
chap to come here.” Father went to
bed and bade trie put the lights out
and go to bed too. But still I could
not get rid of my uneasy feeling; I
couldn’t make up my mind to go to
bed while I v/as uncertain us to what
might he happening at the station
when Richard and Edward met, as
they would he sure to do. I ran down
the guidon and opened ihega'e gently
and went along the path. In a mo
ment I stood upon the bank over
bunging the lie, and then 1 heard
the express whistling and moaning
a long way off. I made up my mind
to stay til! the train went by ; and I
watched it coming ori, its lights grad
ually growing more distinct, and tho
w reaths of steam it threw off looking
like white fleecy clouds in tho moon
shine. All of a sudden I heard a sort
of smothered cry in the direction of
the station, and, turning round, I saw
two men were struggling upon the
railway line, right in the way of the
express. They were Edward and
Archer; and then in a moment it
struck me that Arclier, mad with
disappointment and jealousy, meant
to murder hi-- friend anil kill himself
at the same time by means of" the ex
press train. The train was just upon
me; in another half minute it would
bo over them. I could do nothing;
I could only scream and look up to
heaven. And then I saw a light
above my head, the distance signal of
the station shining “All right,” t > the
advancing train. Instantly there
came into my head one of those in
spired thoughts that seem to be com
municated by Providence in moments
of sudden danger. The wire of the
signal by which it was moved from
the station ran along little posta along
the side of the line. If I could only
reach the wire and turn the signal to
danger, I night yet save my lover.
$2.00 A YEAR.
I dashed down the bank and over
the ditch at the bottom, and there
my foot struck against the wire of
the signal, and seizing it with both
hands, I dragged it with my utmost
strength; but it would not move—
no, I could not move it an inch either
way. I know tho reason after
ward. It was one of those patent
signals that always point to danger
unless hole! at safety by the wire from
the station ; and this wire now being
hold tight by the lever at the station,
which was fastened in its place,
nothing could move it. The ground
was now beginning to tremble uudor
mo with tho swift rush of the train,
and still the terrible wire mocked all
my efforts. In a transport of frenzy
almost, I cast myself upon it. It
broke—yes, it broke with my weight
suddeuly thrown upon it—and with
a clang and clatter the signal-lamps
went round. An indignant roar of
whistling from tho engine told me the
signal had been seen, but with hardly
abated speed the train now went past
me. I shrieked loudly and waved my
hands, and I saw the tire fly from tho
metals, and heard the discordant
scream of tho wheels against tho
rails. Then I rose and ran toward
tho station.
The traiu had been stopped just in
‘time; the buffers almost touched
poor Nod, who was pinned there, un
able to escape. lie was dreadfully
bruised, too, by the iron boot in
which his foot had been fixed, and we
feared at one time that tho shock of
those dreadful few minutes would
have been too much for Lira. But wo
took him to our house, where he had
oareiul tending, I assure you, and be
fore long he was his old self once
more, and doubly dear to his Ellen
for the perils he had undergone; and
I never can be sufficiently thankful
that ho was spared to rue, for ho is
ono of the dourest and best—
CONCLUSION lIX TUB 0111(1 INAL AUTHOR.
Rather than listen to my wife’s
rhapsodies, I daro say you would like
to hour about my poor friend Arohor,
whose sudden frenzy had so nearly
boon fatal to me. I must do him tho
justice to say that I don’t believe
tiiis outrage of hiu was piemed'infed.
It seemed that on this night the goods
train had dropped a truck at tho
siding, and tho porter, to save him
self the trouble of running backward
and forward to tho switch, had jam
med a stone in to keep tho points
open. Tho porter had gone off home,
forgetting that he had left the stono
there; and knowing that the points
were self closing, and that it was tho
station-master’s business to lock them
up, Lad thought no more about tho
matter. The station-master, his bead
full of other things, had forgotten to
go and lock up the points till ho
heard the distant roar of tho express;
and then, sudden opportunity pre
senting itself to his warped and jaun
diced mind, he hud clutohed at tho
opportunity ofiuvolving his miserable
self and his successful rival in one
common doom. After that Dick
went raving mad, and was confined
iu an asylum. He was discharged
cured, and went away to Antorica,
where ho was soou after killed by an
engine on a level cr--ssing. I always
made out that it was an accident my
being fastened in the points, and that
Dick was trying to save me; but
ow that lie is dead, there is no harm
in telling the whole truth.
WIT and HUHOK.
Which limes are tbe best? Meal
times.
Easy shaving. Taking the beard
off an oyster.
A set of bad teeth, like a farm, has
many ackers.
A musician is an airy fellow, but
he can’t holy it.
The best way to rise in a woman’s
estimation is not by stares.
What is better than a promising
young man? A paying one.
A man cannot expect a half a laof
when he loafs all of the time.
When is money damp? When it
is dew in the morning and mist at
nigur.
It is said that bleeding a partially
blind horse at the nose will restore
him to sight: so much for the horse.
To opeu a man’s eyes you must
bleed him in the pocket.
His name was Wrath, and when
he asked his girl to marry him, she
gave him a soft answer, and the soft
answer turned away Wrath.
A boy jockey in California, wbo,
during the past two years, has ridden
horses in several races, was lately
discovered to boa girl.