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TIIE JASPER NEWS j “ i PUBLISHED EVERY SATURDAY I —BY— Ij. ^V. IiHYNB. OFFICE—In the Court House. ' Official Organ <«>** Ploksn County Terms of Subscription—Cash in Advance: One year. 7.5c Hlx month*. . . 40c Thrift months, . *40c Advertising Rates extremely low, to suit the times. lyegal advertisements inserted'and charger! {or as prescribed by an act of the General Assembly. Advertisements will be run until forbidden unless otherwise marked, and charged ac¬ cordingly. All considered due after first insertion. All communications intended for publica¬ tion must bear the name of writer, not nec¬ essary for publication, but as, a guarantee of good faith. We shall not in any way be responsible for the opinion of contributors. No communication will be admitted into our columns having for its ends a datamation of private character, or in any other way of a scurrilous import of public good. Correspondence solicited on all points of general importance—but let them bo briefly to the point. All communications, letters of business, or money remittances, to receive prompt at¬ tention, must be addressed to ^ ML C. McCLAIN, Editor, Jasper, Ca. COUNTY OFFICERS. E. Hood, Mcentcheoa, Ordinary. 0. 8. C. S. K. H. N. U<*n<terM>», Sheriff. G. W. Little, Tax Collector. L, T. Padgett, T. R. T. Honea, Surveyor. I. II. Dorsey, Coroner. J. It, Allen, School Commissioner. TOWN COUNCIL. ComSSSn-tt % ’c.* Wofford. McLain, f. Hood, J. R Unwell, O. Pickett, FRATERNAL RECORD. Pickens Htar Lodge, No. F. A. M., Meets Flmt Tuesday in eaeft tnonfl.. W. V. Simmons, W. M. M Stoner, 8. W. S. U. Tute, J. W. 8. L. Mosley. Tr H A. 2T '■ ' ■ ilCH -Y, and Sat urdai Cliarch—Kveiythird m. e. Sunday and Sat¬ cthodist urday before. Hy Key. F. O. Favor. LjM V_y , D. MADDUX, Attorney at r^aw, # 1 Retanfby Wylie permission and Grambling,Spaulding to John Silwy & & Co. Co. J. R. all of Atlanta, Ga. Simpson & Galt Manu¬ facturing Co., Cincinnati, Ohio. _ P. P. DUPREE, , Attorney at Law, CANTON, GEORGIA. Will practice in the Blue Olfloe, Ridge Court circuit House and in Cherokee county. with Ordinary. Administrates on estates. Collections a specialty. W. T. DAY Attorney at Law, JASPBR, GEORGIA Practices Circuit in the and Blue District Ridge Circuit, Court for and the in the U. 8. Northern District of Georgia. X TSAAC GRAtfr, Law, Attorney at JASPER, GEORGIA. •olicitedand Practices in promptly all the courts. attended Legal business Office to. n Court House. j|yf LfX OULTRIE SESSIONS, Attorney at Law BELLI JAY, GEORGIA. Will practice in all the courts of the Blue iidge Circuit. Promptness is hi? motto. •J JOHN W. HENLEY, Attorney at Law. IASPER, GEORGIA. F. C. TATE, Attorney at Law. |A8FKRf GEORGIA. Will practice in the Superior Court of the •Hue Ridge Circuit. Prompt attention given to all business intrusted to my care. “Aunt Julia,” said a blooming girl of seventeen, “what is necessary in order to write a good love letter?” “Well,” replied tlie >unt “yon most begin with oat knowine what vou mean to say and finish withont knowing what you have written.” OciTvani -M> whit, ♦ho ? he author ath ° r aud critic died at hia home ^. - Hi^Z^aint vl aLwtu JZ York which suffered for Lne months fl» wa* boa to A'sw Xotk fitly te IS®. Hhiicular Tenacity of Life. 41 How little it takes sometimes to kill » mao, and then, Again, what wonderful tenacity to life some men have,” said the red headed man who was reading the j. 44 That’s so,” said the others. “Just listen,” said the redheaded man. “ Here's it brakeman on the Nickel Plate road. The paper says: ‘He fell in front of the car, wl.t, b>passed d.sgonslly ftC ^I*otfoMli°l knew a painter who fell off a church steeple and got well again,” said the cross eyed man. bidlet throfgh ‘ ‘ I knowed a man shot a his heart and lived ten years,” said the ^e^^?„ f =,wh.rel came from, that had four ton of rock fall on him and he's alive yet,” said the one armed man. “Y-a-as,” said the red-headed man, “Lemmesec Where was It Oh-’fvll Lina L 8 0 wmom"ta.”-lW.terp 0 ,"v “cro^M a^d %£ hat “ f Ckro„Me. --: A Surprise Party. ^ (<■ — : - ; I* | flj r is Y / ± i- \ Is ) k'l <RL- 71 tip' - '"Vjy % ; i 'j A: s' s> j ’» - A Vermont man whistled to a black bear the other night, thinkiug that it was his dog. • > <-! m Jdfa rv ii V m Mjh f 1 S'* / / P,fr This corroborates what we have al ready remarked about whistling being * bad habit.— Puck. A Minority Report. “Pa,” said a little boy who had beer . reading the newspaper, “what is a mi nority minority report?” report, son?” inquir “A my ingly repeated the father. “Yes, sir.” “Well, mv son,” he answered, r P 0r sa y i won’t and your mother says I had bet | site ! ask so many questions.”— Merchant- Trac ! tler - --- Blot it Oct. — One of the disgrace ful things about the Constitution North Carolina is its reference to tlie re i belUon - After 15 years of white man s i ^““^kiThta”’’ Xr‘^r'at" i Bss has been changed from tl.e old bine baunernuder whioh every ta.- .eel reg I iment *marohed to “Big Bethel” aud ' “ BlU1 s ^ 9 * looal P*^ r ’ sure,v , $KrSL -» LZ -V* n0 o“uf‘om 2 C°J. “‘1 St ttttotfa# I Took llla’n with Qulma. Old Pete, a worthless darkey, who ekea out an existence by fiddling* at dances whenever his services are re quired, entered Dr. Feesick’s drug store one evening, just as a patient was taking a dose which looked suspiciously like spirits frumenti. Pete doffed bis remnantof a hat and respecting waited tbe dootOT kad wait f? °“ h “ f u ®‘ tomer, who, smacking ins lips, text. Pete approached the doctor poufiden tially, and whispered: “Boss, I’d like awful well to have a "^Klotor Wh ^ B J ld doctor » ••,<„„, y° u ar ® mistaken. I can t sell you any liquor. “Ob,’’ said Pete, “I don’t want ter . pay fer it.” ••Well, that’s worse ,yet,” smilingly «P lied «j? **“• “ b !>‘ 8p* *<*$* »£**!& wh ’*y b * wflh E* qninfa f In it MWhy^ thaPs 3 fttsda a medicine ?. . good • , for , 8 coId - ■• * . . what I want it fer, . “Dat’s I’v^ got to play all night at a dance live miles fum hete, and it s awfu cor out *, JmM A. “Well, all right,| . s^d the^octor - * with a mischievous twinkle m his eve “I’ 11 fii you up a dose,” and following then b< proceeded to compound the * diabolical mixture: Quinine, 20 grains red pepper, 30 grains; aloes, 30 grains whisky, 9 grains, which Pete dranl down with a gulp, and started bac) with his eyes bulging out and uh-hugh ing with mouth wide open, finally ask ing the doctor: # “Is—er—is de gemmans very sick what takes dat ar doste ?” The doctor, almost bursting, replied “Certainly.” Pete shuffled out, and when he go to the door, turued round and sail 3 with mush emphasis: “Well, boss, 1 beliebes jer^'-Tex' MfUnoa. • On the First of the Mouth. The Springfield Republican is the Brst paper to commend the change In the date of issue of the Century. It aays: “The Century Magazine indulges (n a noble *!uxury—that of restoring truth to the date of a monthly periodi¬ cal. The Company announces that the enormous editions they are now print¬ ing compel them either to go to press at an earlier date or postpone the day of Issue. They have chosen the latter, and consequently the May number of the Century will be issued in May in¬ stead of April, apd on the 1st day of May, as it ought to be. The June num ber will likewise be published June 1, and every number henoeforward will be¬ long to the month whose name it bears. The magazines entered upon an absurd ohase, some years ago, to see which should get out earliest, and the result was that the day of publication got back as far as the 7th or 8th day of the month before that whose name the number was called by. Of late years they have been creeping back, until the Century has been for a long while stayed at the 20th, and last month got as near as the 25th to telling the truth. The edition of April lumbered 225,000 copies; thatol the May number will be $250,000 copies. KK 2 - to“ itor, and which the Century was in ex oeptionally favorable oircumstances to ou -- ■— >—•-- Letting the Cat Out of the Back j, wa8 formerly the trick of the English ooootryman to sabstitute a eat for s roeking pig and bring it to market in a b «*. 60 tha( be who wlthont careful eI amination made a hasty bargain, wa. said to bny a pig in a poke and might get . eat to gavels a bag. and a discovery ol this cheat to the expression +** «- - ‘ b <*« » P« ’“ ln <*7 el P° !ore - A Hew Dae for Bed-Spring A f e w days ago, after a fire which par tjy consumed a dwelling house on Third street, the owner permitted a g ang 0 f Polacks to carry off a lot of the imaged furniture. Aspring-bed fell ^ 0 ; ^ 0 u ma u. The cover had been destroyed and several of the coda were missing> bnt he accepted the pres. I ent with every expression of gratitude, and ^ he car ted it away his fellow* country men cast many an envious glance in his direction That same afternoon the doner had " iniPoletown, ami as ho rode along the Pole to whom he had given ^ bed ran 0 ufc an( j ma de motions for oome j n# “Bless his old soul! but he’s got those springs fixed up and wants me to see what a pice bed he has,” eaid the himself, and he followed the man arouna tho house. There was the spring-bed. The man p1g pen and the gHt just made a front for it. The wire coils were placed on the inside and the occu t 0 f t hepen was scratching against them an a squealing with delight. “Good 1” said the Polack, as he inted t0 the pe n. „ T „ “Got more?” * “No, my friend, I haven’t. I’ve cun clear out of bed springs, but if you’ll call around to-morrow I’ll hunt you up a rocking chair and looking-glass for your hogpen. Hang a man who’ll sleep on a pair of $12 bea springs when they tickle a pig in this fashion !”— Detrn< Free Press. Grant’s Memory and Dry Humor. This was in 1869. I went to Wash¬ ington, and Senator Nye asked me if 1 would like to meet the President. I said yes, and went to the White House. The Senator introduced us, and I looked at General Grant and he looked at me. I didn’t have anything to say, and it was jt|ie most awkward moment of my life. Finally I stammered: “Mr. President, I am awfully embarrassed—are you ?” I didn’t stop to hear his answer, and I don’t know how I got out of the White House, but I met the President, any¬ how. In 1879 I was in Chicago. Gen¬ eral Grant had just arrived, and was to review the Grand Army of Tennessee— the first that he commanded, you know. A reviewing stand had been erected in front of the hotel. The crowd was aw¬ ful. It was the largest I ever saw. I wanted to see that review, and with the old instinct of the reporter to shove himself where he had no business to be, I edged through the crowd and got on the platform, and there I was all alone facing that tremendous crowd. Presently a man came out behind me. It was Carter Harrison, of Chicago. I knew him and he knew me. He looked at me and I looked at him. Right be¬ hind him was General Grant Mr. Har¬ rison said: “Do you know General Grant?” “No,” I said. “All right, I’U introduce you,” he said. I was embar¬ rassed again when Mr. Harrison intro¬ duced us. “How do you do?” said General Grant “I am not embarrassed —are you?” To Get Her Whole Salary. 2 £K£SrSE 53 jj er salary, $62.50, to a lady outside of the department She was anxious * obtain employment, and offered to givv one-half of her salary to anyone who would secure her a position in the Treasnry. A lady possessed of influence seenr “ “ ed exoeUent h ? » p clerk, osmon. and Jf^y°.mg_^ the antbonhes | will see that she hereafter gets aU of her , pay, even If they have to issue to her another'appointment in order to relieve j her from the obligation under which ah* | how toto the Udj who reared her the PoftMon.