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larlv from the post office— whether directed
to his name or another's, or whether he ' as
subscribed or not—is responsible for the
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2 If a person orlp'? hi l paper discontin
ued, he must nav all arrearages, or the pub
lisher may continue to send it until payment
; s made, and collect the whole amount,
whether the paper Is taken from the office or
cot.
3. The courts 1 ave derided that refusing
to take newspapers and periodicals from the
pnstoffira, or removin'! and leaving them un
called for. is prima fade evidence of infra
tiona! fraud.
TOWN DIRECTORY.
Mayor—Thomas G. Barnett.
Oohmissiokrrs—TV H. Bivins, F; R.
J»mes, G P. Bivins, \V. B. Pierce.
flr,i?KK—G. P Bivins.
Treeiscrkr —W. 8. Shell.
Marshal—S. A- Belding, Marshal.
JUDICIARY.
A. M. Spkrr, «- Judge
V. TV Dtsmcsr, r- r- Solicitor Genera'.
Butts—Second Mondays iu March and
September
Henrv—Second Mondays in January and
Julv.
Vonroe —Fourth Mondays in February,
and August.
Newton —Third Mondays in March and
September.
Pike—B’irst Mondays in April and Octo
ber.
Rockdale —Third Mondays in Fthrsary and
sod As? as!.
Spalding—First Mondays in February
and Aoensf..
Upson—First Mondays in May and No
vember.
CHURCH DIRECTORY.
MsraomsT Episcopal Osijroh, (South.l
•tjj, - F. rvuipb **nyg.vv Fon-t'i
Sabbath in ««el« month 'on luv-ecbooi 3
r.v. Prayer meeting Wednesday evening.
tpinuniw Protestant Oucaoa. _First
.‘{j.uoith in each month. feuuday-scbool 9
A. H.
pHRtwTAv Ounaoff, W S. Fears. Pastor.
Second S-ibbatk it) each month.
Baptist Ohoroh, Rev. ,T. P. T.von, Pas
tor. Third Sabbath in each month.
CIVIC SOCIETIES
Ptnr Grovb Lodok, No. 177. F. A. M
Stated cprnmunications, fourth Saturdays in
pach month.
DOCTORS
TV?. J. G. TUUNirSF.KIt will attend to
J ' si! nails day or Night. Office .t resi
dence F;,«flpt->n. Ga.
i\rj. W H P' KBLFS treats anil dis-
J ' 7a-r«. and will attend to all cnlls dnv
oud night. Office at the Drug Store,
Bread Street, Hamn'on, Ga.
3\ v T BARNETT traders his rrofes
i * sional services *o the citizens of Renrv
cl' *dfo u : is; comities nnd will answer calls
dav or night! Treats n*l diseases, of wbn*.
fv *r catuv. Office at Nipper’s Drug Store.
Hmnfdctn, Ga. Nifiht rails can he made at
mv residence, opposite Berea church. »pr 26
TF PONDER, Dentist, has located in
a Hamnfnn, Ga..and invites the nn’nlin to
enli at his room upstairs in the Bivins
Ho«se, where he will be fonnd at all hours.
Warrants all work for twelve months.
LAWYERS.
C\V. TJOPNETT. Attornev and Oonn
• sel'm at Law, Jonesboro, Gu. Prompt
attention given to all business.
Gf.orge p bivins. Attomev «t t.hw.
Will prentice in the State and Federal
Courts. Collfdiors promptly attended *«.
Office op stairs iu the Melntcsh building.
J/auapton, Ga. marl2tf
rjn 0. NOLAN Attornev at Low. Mc-
A« Donongh, Georgia: Will practice in
the counties oomposiag the Flint Circuit;
the Stipreiae Coort of Georgia, and the
United States District Court.
WM. T. DICK KN, Attorney at Law, Lo
cast Grove. Ga Will practice in the
counties composing the Flint Judicial Cir
evit. tie Supreme Oonrt of Georgia, nnd (lie
United States district Court. apr27-Iy
GFO. M NOLAN. Attorxft at Law.
MeDraoßgh.Ga fOffieein Coort house)
Will praoties ia Henry and adininbe coun
ties. and ia the tSvorems and District Courts
«f Gaorgia. Prompt attention giv°u to col
lectioas. inch23-6m
JF. WALL. Attorney at Law. /7-imp
too. fl» Will ornctice in the ebonites j
cwwowsicf the F'iu' Jsd'*cial Circuit, and ,
t' e rjogcpw)J tad IkisTct '’’onrts of Georgia.
Promat att*nt‘«y gbret) to collections. oc6
lIIDWtRD J. BE AC IN. Attorney at
J law. Ofsfi| gp *fa is in the McTntrish
bnildmr FJiimptop Ga Sp*-'ial st‘ration
givau » Wtsr--r<t dc- o ot* or co"'-*ii is.
Pu r . '■ I * : -, 3 be., for sale
at Thk W r,.y offis-.
INDIAN SUMMER.
():'! thrse ds'.s,
Autumn days !
When the languid earth Its dreaming.
In a sort of golden haz?;
Whhn nroidst thr vedynt woodlauds
Stands the inapt 3 all sbluze ;
Gold unu crimson, brown and er.inge,
How they rise,
Glowing prj.,m:cl9 o: color,
To the skies.
When the aoi'.rciT tasks are doug,
At.d the song-bird scuihsiurd’s gone,
And no sound
Stirs the voiceless, breatbhra forest,
Save when, far away nnd seldom,
J he ripe ueorn strikes the ground;
Or when leaves,
W ith a melancholy rusile,
And unst'ried by any brerze,
Circlii g downward from the trees,
Spread around
A rich car; et, brighter tinted
'Hiao the cunning Persian weaves.
Oh ! these days,
Autumn days!
Who can paint the glow and glory
Ot these halcyon autumn days?
A Sentimental Gamble*.
Some three yrars ngo 1 ran a high-toned
gi me in a eer ain plate. Oh, you koow web
enough where it was, for, if I ain t in the
wrong,-you owe me now for a stack ot
chips, l! was a square game, yon bad bet
ter bed eve it. In all the table drawers it
the rooms there shooters handy,
and I mostly kept a knife ia my boot leg
Weil, it were a thriving game, for I dealt to
half the bloods in town, and oft'-n had a
many as Gve layouts at o time, with roulette
a-goii g between spells. One evening a
young ch p, with a curious stare in hi j
luce, strolled in, and 1 cot eluded right off tha'
he was green. 1 have an r.fl ction for green
men. 01 bow I sympathiz; with them!
lie was Mr-haired, bud blue eyes and milk
tietb, and just as innocent looking as a suck
i;; ; I b.--oe»he * : Biy ni- - Um
deier nor chicken—the minute J sot eyes or;
him. Just one of them iovefy creniures a
hud never pot foot in a gambling saloon b- -
fore. Pity him? Much. If you ever did wan!
to see a hear* just slopping over with sym
pathy, I wi ll you could get a sigh' of mi
There never was a sporti- g mao that hadn't
a «oft heart, mealier nor a biled potato It’s
a constant weakness that mostly spoils their
business. When l cel flush you ju-t call or;
me and write me up some yarn for the pa
pers, about these ere benevolent, soft-heart
ed sports, something that will make the wo
men cry. and you will he good for a ten
dollar bill. The papers can’t pab) «h too
many of them. »Vell, about this here young
fellow. Some pards of mine had roped him
in Bless you, we had spotted him months
before. We made up a little game, uod
?ooe frirads played agiu me—me u
holding the box—and the wav they sq'h cz
me w.is awful. Pretty soon tb"y got him
to take a band just for fun, he going shares.
h chipping in, nnd we let him muke a SIOO
or slso —l disrcinember how much. We
knowed he was well sot. HL old mummi
li d caved in six mouths before, and he
was good for forty thousand. Now wr
wasn’t a going to let any other party get
him, for there was a lot of fellows n running
an opposition to oa in the town. We bad
kind o 1 started small, and the bank wasn’t
worth more th in SBOO when we 6rst work
ed her, and that young fellow had cost us as
much as $l5O in tolling of him in. before we
got him safe. Some p -rticular friend of mine
hived on him. and we stood the rackt. I
no sooner lo ked him over than I made uu
my ro'rid that our money wasn't wasted. II
wasn’t a grow ler, but juat un easy going
kit d of chap, that took th'ngs as they c me
We didn’t press him. If it took'he whole
season to play it on him, we didn’t mind
Some nicht he would drop a ill msand cool,
tb; n the n xt night we wou'd let him pict
up a hundred or so. K : nd of kept him u
hear*,you know. When he begun he wasn’t
much on liquor, but we got lint to
his tod pretty brisk after a while. Good
1 quor ? You had better believe it. 0 ; 1
Grow, copper-distiTed, all the time. W'hai’.-
the u.-e of hoccua-in’ stuff ? Its never don
now. much, ixceptirg by burglars. The
nigger was regularly ordered to ghe him a
dri k when any of us winked, and we kept
a - winkin’. A man wants sustaining, you
know, and I was a blessed sight too tender
hearted to let him feel h's losses. Mmy and
many a tune me and tny pards have put him
to s'eep in the buck room, with money in
his pock.t wh'ch we m'ght have took, and
he never would have k own no hing ; but a
sporting man as respects him-elf is above
that kind of game.
HAMPTON, GA., FRIDAY,
Weil, he right sHai’ht on bke n
good me, and its more he lo t the wore'
iv;i* h’s judgment. It was ao easy « t' ;ng
;hat there-ready «t.ig no fun in it. When
spring t-m;' curna the bank wn« 553ft, '.'Oft
; he d, and the blasted fool hud 't over SIOO
tohisn m*. We bad been mlghi’y jadite
and a Sable like to him so far, but when n
fellow has only a SIOO and a watch and a
a* arf piu, and will keep a hanging around
a game, be ain’t no or 1 , lie kept on n
coming, tbonjh. and I just knew thrt if we
didn't ffpr* him out tie wou’d 'utn ou! to
be » rrcul.ir saloon toiler. One nijjht he
come in a' d hong >ff for a while, atid wc
tbought he it dn’t have a red, but by »nd by
tie shows 55500. I was kind of curiotrs t«
know where the in wj bed come freer We
laid low for him, and just sucked in his mon
ey as easy as could be. Next day we found
oat that he Lad k pt back some of h's mon
ey to build a marble monument' over his
mother, an 1 had the plans nude. Bat J
rather gnrsr the torn-•stone cutters didu’-t
divvy any of th-ar money much, a-id the old
woman «iu t got no headstone yet to spark
o’, «e I knows o'. What’s the u“e of such
thing*, utiyboT) ? Then hedido't'torn up for
n week, acd we thought we was shut o.
h'm.
One lmwirng had night, when ths room
was fad nnd there was no place at the table,
he comes in and edges up to where I was n
dealing. He had pawned his overcoat quit
likely, for he was a shivering from the vain
He draws u few quarter-; out of his pocket,
but I shut down on him, telling h rn it wss
a dollar game, and that the:e was do room
lor him. He pulled out bis watch an 1 off r
it for 575 worth of checks. I. m ght have
been worth pielty nearly that for the old
go din ttie case, but we wasn’t pawnbrokers,
so we let him have SSO on it. (Te tuck h
chips greedilv and two ronsing drinks, uod
played like a f'ol. Wbat a blasted baby bo
was 1 I k- pt a sloshing over with sympathy
for hi n, of course ; tmt it was his daddy's
ticker, yoo know, and if the hcc will
turning np agiu a family tiim-pieco. wh-ai’s
the use of blobb ring over it T It ain’
plucky. Next tluie be hauls out of hi’ ! : r
-* ff'wewwd j .j • Ih. 1 for iL. r.ile 0 i
ciiii S. We have to seep "ijr wits ah, ut u j
you know. It w.m a fairish stone, end ever
if we had lost the chjps. *e wouldn’t k>v
been the woist for it. Ho would keep on
coppering Ihu qu en ; wo know d his g tn;\
am) we worked the iady on him, and that
du re pin waa ours. I wasn't goiug to let
that pin go the round-, so 1 s uck it in my
scarf between the deals, and, us I sot in tbt r
(I was wearing n blue scarf that right,) 1
sort of smiled on him, a bulging out of mv
chest, so (hat he could see it, and that riled
him. “Now you are ftono for,” tbii ks I
“n o to-morrow 1 will give orders that you
-in’l to he let in no more.”
I s e. tlionrrb, a gold ring on his
tt w isn’t much in the way of j- we!ry,a >hh.
used up, battered kind of thing. D w s
eighteen earnt, maybe wor h 85. I kind of
'arieivd that ring. If his hei iva was to be
done, it had to b? done cl: an. I krowed lie
was shorn, nnd :» thorn w n hasn’t no *-v
for goal rings. JI •* was a fo diog with it, n
polling it ril ur.d u putting it on. Pres-tit I y
it cam’ off hi? finger and rolled oq the bniae
He was kind of shamed to off r it.
‘Give you four doliar chips for i*,” say?
I; “your girl will give you auo her.”
“It's my poor old mother’d wedding Hug.”
•rays he, “un i i dare not.”
“Bring you luck ’ says I ; “put up th*
old woman's finery—if it’s g 11 ”
He kind of hesitated, but J : m—that’s the
nigger—gave him a staving drink, and he
chuckled over tiering. Mrbbo it was the
liquor that gave him the hiccups,or it m'ght
h.ve been a gob. bat he to k the chips any
way. I ban the ring, and felt it. It w.is
so much worn out that I knew we had given
more cl ips for it thao it was worth, tut, a?
I have been telling yen. I alwaya hud n heart
bigger nor an ox. I held the box, and three
cards did his ‘ a-iness. He hadn’t sense
enough to divi-’e his little pile. N’o ipuonj
fellows ought to try to match theingelves
w• lli bloods. I pot that there ting, uod ns
nice a p’ece of dry goods a- ever slept weais
that there ring to-d. y, providing Jm bHs.'b
panned it.
He never said a word, but kind of tottered
i ff—it was the drink, I suppose—ard went
into the back room, and we k»-pt on with
the game. We w-;S hiving a s'aving run o'
luck that night, and things was a winking
sweet, when all of a su d< n we heard a p s
tol go i B in the back tomo. I didn't jump.
‘Te ain’t nervous, and a little popping ain’t
of ii,net consequc ce. It wasn't the flr.t
time neither I had heard a pistol go off it
that there back room
I felt kind of sure it was aH up with
Greedy, but his watch was in the drawer,
his pin in my seaif, and his ring on •, y :
h ,ger. There was a lot of big betting on
OCTOBER 22, 1880.
the six I: ■ c.rds in*t th t>—Touts r..n ! 6v. t
t d tent ’ - arid ft,e ptnne.s «x- aa; n o . and
the pi:*)? rs whs jusi wild. 1 denis ’em hoc .
we swooped in the whole k‘ rbradK Imi
cool, if I ~m anything. Then mm* of the
ropers ..fame a ro-bina in from t ie back
room, hi- 1 it. eot Vra R.r<. “tTbere io the
obi he get the pistol from?”
“But jbiv. ing in tha old tabic drawet,”
*avs wj| [.nut, a winking to me, “and it went
off wit!" ut bl? knowing it. Aiu’t hurt to
upeak id.”
“GeiVs '•’ a- 0 I. “don’t let n little it fio ot
thk) d.-Aeab lids m Ftr’-jb v'ti’ibit'
i ig. ,fiui f r Fq iar ell around.’ Now rbo*,
them df):.>tp, ’l’c’r ’em, and fetch me the keys
for rot t EOtil of yon gels nut before morn
ing. ard by that time it will be all right."
Ibe parly w s rnme, thnnph Ihey held
back fra a little «bib. kr ewit g wh ft
was !y up. “ lie’s d -ne for. I np, osc V
I ra d io my parTT-er, in o whiepef.
“ A s :T,“ >-ays be.
“Carpet spoilt—Wall paper sploshedt" 1
askrd.
“Jii.it the worst kind.”
“Mr’trr of $75 DV my f»uh—ejirnge it
to it»e lie night 'o havi; bn.ii 6 d out ct
hat I always was so biasied scuti
metitfi"
“'ll? ’iiTtr a ly foiling,” said my p -d.
“No*,’’ »aj6 I to the ermpaay, “a new
deal, pen's, on this Vrc festive occasion
Supper ut 12 o'clock. M.Ae year bet*.’
W i - •- fligbl we had of it I That Vie li*if
ir.ciieot in the Best room had put quite an
edge i.n the thing The i-qnor l!i -c Mlow •
drptik woi*!d have fi ja'ed’i tn Drunk mys
geli ? Not muck. Never tu«te* g drop when
I bjif.dla the ksrds. It »as one )f the be t
oigb’-s for ta.Kiwar I .vu knew--iietter tbai
ilO JKK) for os. We skin. »•<« that crowd
war. brought in a- hr ire'dent. Me .• fa
it wa» meboe it wasn't We didn’t pay bi
fauepl ex»s t.s fc I tfceie bad been » mat;
the.t sold it -.-ere in the p'. ce, tuebbe the
bank would have sect tbai some e tn
end things for 1 «■«- KwtmKu.t l-aaTt
■•o| ; but tbm 1 bad to f«*y, tor a lew ear
xi. I have b;.d streaks wf goo-1 «u«l bud
,>iu i ever ciace, but Ido weJi I ooaid strike
jj . Rt.cl 600 'her i ice young fellow like
f i , iiii(Hllil l i*'llW* l !l' W iWMi-u,:
it e him on te a inontb. I wosld (rial ’em
.ib ja -t us h inda in?.
But say.diio't forget to come around and
tan me, for I do w. ot you ’« write up eocne
•hing gushing about ganblcm aw! lottery
n Uey p-opi*, nnd imw » faro Hejitr got
pioiis fcl! at race and pave «p tbo paste
i..*a..!s ii:id took to teacbiig Hu.-day school.
Yank in icuiors** »ud rope in the aoutim ift
Gail tb--tbi g ‘His L'lat
you tlie p’iota. B’a * kind of reading tha'
takes Ii sounds so t r *9 —s - bke u LutcLsr v
'i over a lamb. So Log
RegatAiltl V T «lD^s.
“Did you ever lr.iv I v ttb a ?” asked
a man of a pa-ty o‘ ccqn intaoctg yesterday
■ipniag. Every tutto in t ; v po'ty bait ’nv
vf-d with n v idee, acd led tie p' k;
».;lb iittcr«t. ‘A t'jisi! t-ts,-,” ouutioucd
the speak <0!, ‘ coo give a u\a’) more trouble
than a s one toy <;• I’ is j t isi»e eitough
to keep one corner of b:* fci id ‘uiurd d-.wn,
just like tbe d'irear of a tsbool boy’s speii
tug bo k. H lie tbougiil of losing it is as
[icrp’tx’og as lowio'/ a u ik>-i. 'lac majority
of men are more pi-rp'ixed orvr lo» ug a
nickel than over a fiv- dollar bill, i-.u t th*‘
tiaef” and the a. e k?r turned to the Gatell
-nan. “You b..ve lost a nickel, b-veo’
rou ?”
‘ J ut about ”
“You have, no doubt, noted the d iff. recce
between a nickel a d n five dollar bill.’
I'hou. h tbe GattiU ra m had it rcr ru'-
fered such a Pour,cLl lose, he was willing to
admit tbe force of the gentleman’* argument
“Well, I was speaking a out valises. 8 v
eral days »no I look n trip from Little Ii >ck
I bud n small valise. Iu the bu-ry of get
ting ready for the j uroey I only put one
-hirt, a collar and a fevo'ver in the tb rii
As usual, Imw a di*eo men with vali-e?
‘ike mis.e. At niiriit tbe ciowJ of Tabs''
-•jtint have gotten mixed up. for » iuao took
:oy vaiirf nnd left o«e exactly iike it. I
chuckled as I thought of the erne’* eom'atr
urprise, it'd ra'bcr iot-geil for a chan 'C >o
Open tbe leather receptacle that bad been
left for ne. 1 didn’t da-e opeu it on the
train, fearing that *OU3 oue * >u;J riotio»- ray
?n-prise. When n« irain stopped 'or sup
per I went arou’.d to the Os' I of the b <u‘fe
and opeoed cp.”
“Wlmt did it contain V
“Nothing tula long bow ie knife as J a
tin cup. Any man wbo swaps valises will
sci cheated. Next day anotherebange «»<>
made. 'I be eODieoU of tha valise that fell
to me weie a baby apron, a bo t.« o> Baits
and u shoemaker’s bummer. If tbe world
will listen to ft suggestion, the man with «
valise will s’op traveling ” — Lillie K<‘dt Ga
idle.
I
The I’lens Deamn ami the
Worldly Cow.
A Jftytieaviile busirtss nun t|ut weali
kn'w, goT tip last Tueetley morning and
took fl wi k down by Uon'eroy to »i?* the
beauties of nature sni gel up on uppslitc
for breakfast Be a inttu who weigh*
cnsi on to eft- hundred end fifty pounds.
Gazing into the crystal wate-« of Rock
River,>B occurred to him that he would take
a bath,’O ho disrobed h mself, l»id Ids
clotbv* npnn tbe gi nnd uui plnnysil in.
lle had l-.eea rportieg with:the wavelets for
osae ir smt s when be hoard a bellowing un
A st. # .
•ihe siM' ioeiKen np '*-n r*v « en*
I pawing the ground und rcnnnig* her bor "
iriß hie clottes. K e had ?vti ote fi irn
through m e leg of hi? pant*, arid the other
h.o-o through the broad part, and wus en
gaged in chewing liis shirt, wiien the man
struck hrr on the beck with a stor.p, nnd
si c started iff with those two girrae.nta for
the blind asylum, (whmeai.o avidently be
longed,) rhelii g her head to get the punts
off her Loins, and chewing tho shirt **
tiioogh it Wa? a briß inaau.
The pi. n man rushed out of tho water
toward the ccw und s, id, ’w>-bo*s. so-boss,”
'•at she took one look s’, hi* shape and turn
od awar and did Ft “pn-ftovt’’ very much.
\ vrar map •>! tl-e thongiiis of this Jaynes
villc bancess moi as he saw the cow go
away, weald ad! will, it it was illustrated
-■V ft picture of a naiive Zftu picking
uco'a leaves Tbe only things the caw had
left were his bat ve.-t, end *m*« and at a k
i va lie put tr.e.'w on and farted after lb
cow. f’be vest we* uae of th'wu grwndfathei V
clrak vwt?, ti at stops sh 'rt, never to go
a g»ip—a ooi t «f emigrant's vest that comes,
high. He trdii to rswetnbcr some of the j
ten eutßßartdsacohi to rer>eat,bat the only I
one he could coil to wind was “Pull down j
Thy ve*l.” IDs r-yc Awipt the bor'Eun ti |
“(•c if anybody wus !• oking, and he cncld I
s-ee that the frou ids üboct tuc Blind A. y
iuta were alive wi'trbotb wxi-a. He thank*
ediie'Vi-n that by tt o-if.-crutab a nay* of
rariiiet ce pcup’c were irails blind Ist his
joy at tbe ca!*mity wus arngfetl with,sorrow
•when bo tb'.a/.it that Ihe tcn h is at the
isyloni were endowed with tb° aou-'t porVct
eye cfht. A» tiacv * neared {ip g>tw of
•he groowd be wade one tlorf ‘Oj la' ll h;*r
3, but ?lic run by him. nod then he at
li lopteJ to b'ke h's pi tol fruio tie hind
pocket «f bi* p ini* to kill him?. If, wbet) uc
realieed -gain flat be was iuJrad barefoot
ed from his vt»et to bi? stocking*, and hR sat
down under a live In dip ot »!ow suvrviition,
bet before be begun lo starve bn got up
g : : n sod nt-usied no upright attitude on
iccouot of ants, tt little he fol
‘ow'd tbe cor, keying 'to boss,” in tha
mo-t pitifol acevuts 'bat wer:' cv-r used by
i Juynesrtlle ui io. Theonw locked uroond.
and a* i-b" did “O tbs pants cas 'ht ob a
ssi!'pfir» nrd were palled off her borus uud
dropp'd *poo itir g-ouod. The pious man
look d upon this as a Ji eat interposition of
-irovideece, uni be wa* »)rr? h? s»or* He
“ot liSn b'e tr'U’Cr* *n qud k 'hat it made
!es I rail swim, and just tt. the crowd at the
9«}lran Lad eouie down to tbe gate to g'o
what s'range looking cilf was follow eg the
cow bo ce, the mart started <>o a runf -r
t'iw.i, leaviug his shirt with itio cow.— P.ck's
Siri.
He Jlada’t Eaten >lach.
It w»« Sund.-y .'ftsrooon, and 'Jr. Rtay
!lle ’at stopped ncijl ib- j wurs forc' dto
usk bins to take supper. 'The bust chim
and ths ex'ra silver graced the taok; uud
one of the b gt uupkins r.'.s placed '"-tore
yonrg ?4r. 9tay atv’s plftte. for 'be faraiis
dt aired to cie*;* jM Tie iiop-ession possible
upon ’be susceptible mind. H i young lady
wag conductii.g herscif will) great credit, and
tije yeung rn iu id <re th.n ever io love
with her, when the mother said, pasting the
cake 'or tbe sewood time ;
“Won’t you b .v.: aaother piece, Mr. Stay
late ? ’
• No, think you.” said ihe you g uiao in
liia p' I 'Ut toui, “not asy wor.'.’’
4 Oh. do hava just not mors.” tlu.-
ra tacr, t-ur iug s'*e“!lj ; "you htv V; efttco
hardly <*ji j* bi osl. ’
Tbe younger brotlier, who sat oppudte,
and bid Iwcu instructed r ot to a k twice for
unjl .n g, much to bi» diagnst mw bis op-a
portu.jilj, ftud guorleii out with gnat inalrv
oleoce :
* ll'impb I 1 bouldu’t think be had I
He’s eat tour tu k?< f tor>-ue, throe bi*cai’«
two plate, of. sauce, two *. r 'hcra tarts, and
both kind- 4 of c-ke—end ruu 1 S:s kep
.ickia’ to? uader '.b< tat lv. Make ia-r stop ”
They bronchi Mr .iuyute to oy desh n?
water in hi? face
“'Treat won- n bk a fpltndii] flower.”
says Bob ligtrso'l. ‘.to I do. 1 hav.
pl.inied oisays n widower who has bar
iid thiee wives.
A» Yohiik as Y«ur Daughter.
1 Tell yon what, Tap rly,” soil] the Snor
manner one day, "von must threw a little
mote t~ct iulsi vonr trade* if >on want io vet
on 1 lirtp i odce.l that y n try to flatt r the
hidie*, but v- ii don't lav i' on illicit enough.
Whfmter toil see « lo tv coins in with ber
grown daughter, yon mint bo «nrQ to mis
take the oH la ly for the daughter, .a id tell
her that she to-'k* quite ns young ns her
•laughter. That never fails to pet ’em.
Here come M-s Bo hi ink with her daughter
1 Maria, and 1 know they will want to look
t *t rilka.” _ . - ,
] liut the amr invi'tjJW wA- tit V-*h<* »
sighted, nd made a slight Mistake m re
garded one of the persons.
When M s BoMiek, cheery and chipper,
though hardly ns young n.i she once «vas,
sailed up to the silk counter, she wns not
aceompan ed by her daughter, but Miss
llnse Ilchnnthas, a spinster of uncertain ago
and loci et'j faded opp Mi mice. The de
lod d Taper I y opened Ids butteries at once:
• Mrs Bcbiiuk I b ■ hove, though I mast
cnpftss that Icn hsrtlly d ; stingni-h you
ftotn your daughter. You urn looking al
most i' nid quite 88 young ns the young
Indy at your side."
“Sir I" exclaimed th n inlignant Bohiiuk.
"Sir I’eoh i.il the exuspurutcj Hell in
lb it.
‘ Don't uav it im’t so, my d.'.ir M : m ft >h
(irik,” continueJ the nnfortunute Tip-rlv,
turning to the faded flower Mini foiling to
notice the storms that were gathering on the
two female fuevs. ‘Y >u know that vour
mo her doesn’t look a day older than you
di. and i mu-t really b>r yon tn tell mu
which of van is Mrs. Mnblink, and which is
j M i B hunk.”
‘Do vert supp >se ! came hero to be in
jui’ed?" exclaim*! the Hclinntlms; "do
you presume, you onion eating idiot, to
coiapuru ru*. a you g lady, to a wrinkled
hag o! a married woman who is old enough
' to be my grandmother ?"
• jJoyea we un, you red headed ignnru
oiu«,’*exclaim'd th« B >b!ink, ‘"o so' thal I
!o k nn younger than that faded uoj with
er i! old uiaid. who in fifty if she is a day ?
You ought to be arrested, yen vile creature,
and l . dl complain tn the proprietor ut
or or.” * 1 .
Taptrly »a looking for a sanation.
A tixikfbl Ycuti* Man’s Escape.
.Souse peop’e never seen In get the r : ght
idea of the subject somehow. They weru
talking at MeAllitter’e. the other evening,
of the soft, nqga of the poor people turned
out of doors 1 y ike recent hurrea e* in the
Southern Btatts, when a bsshhil young man
with *» great netktie, who wis silently
squirming on » straight backed chair in a
corner st« ked bow mnch exposure he
thought it v*,.i po-sible lot a homuu being
to empire.
"Jt'j- o’U'e. mum ? Ye-, mum Well,’ln
uvst terrible ins • nee of exposure l ever
knew was sowe'birg that happened to my
self u few years ago."
"indeed I ' -aid a y.ung lady. “Tell us ail
u ( > ut it.”
"Well, you mast know, I had n great
habit of wt.lk'og out through the pa k and
strobing ou tin- bench neur the Okff > I-juwo.
One Sunday morning. very early, l was
tempted by the extreme heat to slip into this
stir) end take a bath, which, «i there was no
one orouod at that hour. I Inally did. Judge
of my horror when I came out and found
that the tide had ria u hoJ ca-ried off my
clot his."
‘‘Ahem I’’ interrupted the bodes.- ‘ Won't
—woo't you try some chocolate, M.r Skid
more t"
“Thank*—in a mi .otf —ju--t ns anon as I
fiaish suy “dory. Y*h, every stitch I bad in
(bo world w r s pone—everything except a
cheat protector, end I vm toreed to walk
into Van Ness avenue, wtare I lived with
ootbt g but that between me and the sneer*
of Ve b. artless worid I’ll ell yen how I
manured. I jtrsi tied the pro—"
Hut just here tbe Indies fainted while
another, with :>te<it tact, sat down at the
piano aud alu'ieked ‘Nancy L-e ’at the top
of b.r lungs, under raver of which th 6 dead
and wounded **te fatiiwi off, while tbs sin
cere hut taisgaidrd joa:* win was co.xed
rmt into the hall eod banded bis hat. — Sun
Fantnco Post.
‘ Dost you dors to kiss mo once,”
tSii-’ cried with hi. 2 og eyes
At Jnbi, who le t himself collapsed
I n ball bis usoa! siao.
“I won't, ’he said, ‘ please pmdon mo,
And I will be so idee’ —
She smiled and said t * ilea Joint, I did 1 t
.Say rou shouldn’t kiss me wi,e '
Fruit de.lers hano
outet walls.
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