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THE DAWSONWEEKLY JOURNAL.
BY J. D. HOYL & CO.
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cial Notices” will be inserted for 15 cents
por line, for the first insertion, and 10 cents
per line’foreach subsequent insertion.
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first, and 20cent* per line for each subse
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te “The Dawson Journal ”
LEGAL ADVERTISING RATES
Sheriff sales, per levy of 1 square ....$ 4 00
Mortgage sales, per levy 8 00
fax sales, per lew 4 no
Citations for Letters of Administration 4 00
Application for Letters of gu trdia
ship ® Oft
Application for Dismission from Ad
ministration 0 no
Application for Dismissiota ftom
Guardianship 5 00
Application for leave 'o s'II Land—
au« sq $5, each additional square.... 4 00
-Application for Homestead S tto
Notice to debtor* and creditors ... 6 rto
Land sales, per sqaare (inch) 4 00
gale of Perishable propertv, per sq 3 00
Estrav Notices, sixty days 800
Notice t« perfuet service a 00
Rule Nisi, pet square 4 00
Rulea to establish lost papers per sq 400
kules compelling titles, per sqiune.. 400
Rules to perfect service in Divorce
cases lo oo
The above are the minimum r -ue- rl i. gal
Advertising now charged bv the Ptesr r<
Georeia, and which we shall si'ic'li adhere
to in the fu'ti e. We her. bv *-i»e 6 • ' • •
ties 'hat oo adveitist nvnt us his eh: S »
be puhlished in the Journal without the t<,
is paid in advance oolr in cases shut
have special at Hiitr-men's to the en> -r: .
OFFICE up stairs over J. W. .(■ 1 «„■ \
Brick a'ore, April 27 1
'B. F. SIMMONS, T. H. PICKETT
sin qoiik& pica i: t i
ATTORNEYS At LAW
- GMIRG -A.
Tames keel.
ATTORN .Y AT LAW.
Leary, Calhoun Cos., Ga.
c. B. WOOTI
Attorney at I.i'tVj
iUß.i,vr, - (j f:o«L /./
\ \ ’ ILL practice in the Slate Cour's and in
' ih* Oironi'kfld District dbutls of the
United State, in Savannah. sep'27.
•I. J. Bl <- K
Attorney at Law,
lersaii, Ciillioim r«nniy, Gm
W ill nrsctic.‘ m the Albay tiircuo at and else
ere in the State, hv Contract. Prompt «t*
vniion given to all business entrusted to his
«re. Collections a specialty. Will also in
vestigate titles and blir or sell real Estate in
alhaon, Baker atid Jfarly Counties,
march tl-tf
L. G CART L E DGE,
Attorney £»t Law
nOHGA IM* - - GEORGIA.
\\7ILL give close attention to all busi-
n “BS entrusted to his (Jar ft iii Albany
"ircuit. 4 .j v
L,. C- HOYL.
Attorney at 1-ntv.
Dawson, Georgia.
H. FIELDER. IDtTS L. FIELDER.
H-Ai. L. FIELDER,
HTORNEys AT LAW
tut|,berl 4 - - Georgia.
—!0l
\\ hi. gire prompt and vigilant atteotloO
I , 10 . n " business confided to them iu
Terr o|tln'o?* 0 |t ln 'o?* JUndolpti, Si tWart, Quitmno,
ttrem' n " • ’ ‘'“'houn and Earlv, the t>u-
C eC r* 0 ' . Geor g's, and the U. S. Die
n.* n “ Circuit Courts fcfr the Southern
T- w,of
"Bicenve.-cttr Post Office Oet. 2 tl.
o. Ha MILLER,
r, >».NEV Af LA Wj
Morgs UI , Ga.'j
JAMES H. GUERRY,
Attorneys at Law,
ttl/ »PSO.r, - OK4PHCm Ivl.
°®re in the Court House. Feb. 4
• • n« Janes*
attorney at law,
Ad Wsov, - GEORGIA.
® e over J. tv, Johnston's store. J»nT
GOING TO eatkJsw
BT REV. I. N. CARMAN.
| V\ in. A. Jones, foreman of the coir*
poeinu room rd the New Orleans TL es,
died last week. Just before his death
he became conscious for a moment,
and in that gloom, dweili ig upou tho
liahbiis ol tils ife, he suddenly ex
claimed : "The ads art all right,
Sheimtiu: lock up the bums and let’s
go to press.’’]
Fellow-man a moment linger,
On the dying printer’s speech t
For it heals a weighty lesson,
j Our unheeding hearts tc teach.
Day hy day thou art composing
j What a univeisify shall lead)
| Type to type are ceaseless setting.
As thou addest deed to deed.
Ah, how surely life’s full Columns,
Whet the hand that set them lies
Fixed iti an unhiok n stillness,
Their composers advertise.
„ * j
Soo m the t rms are locked forever, !
Changeless shalt th’ impression he:
Scan thy proofs in date, O printer;
Tuou art near eternity.
Are ‘he “ads” ah right coiuposej;
Art thou standing justified?
Ready nowfordeuti andJuogetnent?
Their unfolding to abide?
So shall thou, as night advances,
Greet thy’unsr yitigPteseiuao’s{call
Theti await the mom eternal
Publish thy life to all.
Standards
How Ills I*ll im hI .ton* rived
Him,
E. Polk I'ohnsoii gives the lollow
ii g u ui.i.iKC. no. In Kiel, uisvilie Even
ing Ntw*\ ;
iw.-nt) n iles trn.o L. uixville, on
•he Shell y lailmad is a modest litbe-j
s'aticn known asioi.g Run, neat which
1 w •!l tunn, ami wheie m> family ie
siues. Iu 1878 1 li-'l bein visiting
toy tn.vi.e, arid in the . arly morning
stalled ou too In the station to tak
the tiain for Loiiisviife. When near*
mg the station, 1 heard the signal
w histle ol the locomotive, Lot Dot the
Stopping nig »l, att'l 'eating *lnt I
would mis.- tile tiain, lushed a< mss a
small stream and stiu. k t e’railway
behw the sta'loti on the side opposite
from tiifit on whtc the train wan ap
pioaching. Running r pld'y • tip foe
roadway, 1 readied a cow-gap almut
one hundred yards from the station.
Attempting ‘o cr ss this my looting
was lost, and 1 fell, my tight leg slip
ping thiongfi the rails of the gap and
holding me as if in the gr-tsp ol a
blacksmith's vise. My va res went in
one direction, n.y hat in ano'he., and
there on y renniined in niv hands a
uodiy containing h nan ol panta
loons Looking up the road, it was
easy to seel tain that the siguai lan
tern w.is not displayed at the station,
while the headlight j>f the tapidly
approacliitig train whh becoming each
moment more painfully visi hie t hrough
the gray dawn. Renewed et.orts at.
extrication were made, hut in tain ;
they only increased the pain original
ly felt, and appearently reudered more
Certain the fact that aCoroner was soon
to be neeilsd iu that immediate lo
cality.
Ou rushed the train, heedless of the
life that lay iu the path of the remoi
seless engine. Nearer it came, until
the headlight shone like the great eye
of some terrible monster qf destruc
tion,- bent upon the annihilation of the
human iat>; the noise caused by the
escape of steam frim the engine was
like the roaring ol a troupe of devas
tating demons, and as.i came nearer
thir hot and horrid breach waa blown
full into my face as it to suffocate me
before I eoold be detoured. I rais
ed mysell as best might be d»ne and
fisiitiCally waved above my head the
pair of pantaloons Which still remain
ed in mj grasp. On came the m.«n £
ster and moro terrible bscarne his
roarings, hotter am* fb rcer his breath,
wilder and u»..re demon-likt the glaro
of that great eye Winch seemed des- j
tined io light my imm<*diat« way to
the Stygian ferry, and cross the dark
Water* of that river, the moutnlul
reverberation* ot whose dark waves
1 seemed to almost heat. More fran
tically than eves waved that a'range
signal flag, and yet on came the terri
ble instrument of death.
What is here related, occurred in
but a few seconds, and yet I lived
over a whole lim-time whie ly ,D fj>
helplessly bound to that iron track,
and making my bow to the agel of
Death. Through my mind rushed in
tivid panorama the scenes of a life*
time, the joys and the errors of youth,
| the hopes and aspirations, of man
i hood, thoughts of my family, and t
DAWSON, GEORGIA THURSDAY. MAY 10, 1877.
dread of death in the full bloom of
life just beginiug 10 be tit useto my
self, and perluips to my fellow-man.
Above rt all w«* (lie natural jftlfish
feeling that, if it c old in any way be
done, I ould lik :o liaV. that train
stopped at once. And agaiu the sig
ns. Waved above uin. Thank heaven !
it is seen. Loud above all ->ther sounds
w.ir heard the sharp, quick, danger
signal of the engine whistle; the
breakeNtnen sprang to their places, the
train slackened speed , bedient to the
toucli of the engineer, who reversed
the v lives, Htid just when it had come
so near me that the light of the great
eye blinded me, the breath of the fatal
monster suflocuted me, and l could
resell out a hand and touch ihe de
mon, it stopped. It stopped, and the
life which but a moment belere was
not worth a penny Was saved. By
the aid of the engineer, who said his
engine was never before flagged with
a pair of pantaloons, I was relieved
from »ny almost living giave and
placed aboard the train, promising
myself to avoid latlnmd cow-gaps
throughout all my fii'ure care >r.
It is need e»s to say that tt prom- ,
i-e has been very r.-*igi;nisly kept I
atinpose that it was fright which I (eh j
when that train drew near »o me. It)
thp abvence of tu-'ter to c»ll j
i•, 1 w ill admit bemg scared During |
the Wttt I had been close 'o the mouth
ni a hii-tilft bat'en at lyv.l.c;
charged a he*»y line if'litave fellow.-
actoss t* e“River ol Dea'b” at Ohicka
maugn: hid M'mkl as one . t the frail
skiftnish lines which tece v>- ttie
shock o’ Gram's 60,000 ve'erafis af
missioria'y Ridge, amt in a hundred
skirmishes had lelt deal flying as a
pestilence through the a'r, but Uevei
had l experienced si ilar eensatioust..
those which Ciithe to me when uupib £
oned in a cow-gap, I stopped a tiain
and inhtied the dea It agel of a victim
with a pair ol doeskin cie»iuiere pan
taloons.
Priuitr’s Urea it.
A piiniet sat in his ofiEee cl.air, his
te-o's Wole patched atid litscort’thtead
t.are, wtil.e his lace was weaty and
worn with eate. W iile sadly think
ing ot business and debt, ..Id MorpliUs
slowly round hnn ciept, and lieio'e he
knew it be soundly slept: and sljep
li.g, he dreamed that he wuS dead,
Imm troubles and toils his spirit h <1
fled, aid tnrtl tint even a Cow bell tided
for tl e peaceful rest of bis cow hub
Si ul. As he wandered among fie
slm les, the smoke and seni fi in liiw
ei hades, hft shoitly observed an iron
Hoot tua- cnakiugly swung on hing
es aj>r, but me entrance wa* closed
Ly a rtd in>t bar and tjautn i.imsfllf
stood pe. pn g out and watches for
(•aveilers there about, and thus to
die passing printer spoke, and wit.,
growllinp violence the echoes woke:
“Come in my dear it shall cost you
nothing at and ridver feat; this is the
place where I cook the ones who o v
er pay th—ir subscription dus, to:
though in life *hey may 6sC. pF, they
will fl .and when dead it is too late. I
will show you the place where I melt
them in with red hot chainsand scraps
of tin, and also where I c imti tlieii
heads with broken glass and melted
lead, anti if refreshnienttheonly thitik
there's boiling water lor them to drink ;
there’s the led hot giindstoue to grind
down liis nose, and r ed hot rings to
wear on his toes, and if they mention
they and n’t like file I’l sew up iheir
mouths witti reu hoi wire; and then
dear sir, you should see them i-qiu:
while I rob thotn over and cook to a
turn.” With theso last words the
printer aWoke, and thotight it all a
practical joke; hut still at times si
rea! did it seem, tha* he cauimt be
lieve it was all a dream; and < Iteti he
totnks with a chucl le and grin of the
fate ol those wno sate their tin aftd
j never pay the printer.
A NrW York paper tells of a man
in that city who was traveling in Kan
sas recently,and received the following
telegram: “Return immediately. You
are a father.” On the ete of his re
turn his lady friends di termined to
play a joke on him, prucured from
the neighborhood three other bat ie«,
placed all four in a row on a bed in
an adjoiuing apartment, nd ceveud
them up. S. at rived, embraced bis
wile in great delig't, and was then
led for*h lo beheld his first-born.—
When the cover was raised, an inde
sftriba'T ijlook ot S uprise preado to
hisoountenancess eexcluimed :* Grea:
Got?! Did any of them get away?”
Ought I‘iaiiters to Pajf the
Revenue lux *
f *i
Asa matter of jryform«ttion for our
planting lriendr, we publish the fol
lowing jorrftApondftnoe between
Hon. William E. Smith and Ihe Com
missioner ol Internal Revenue, at
Washington, D. C., which we copy
from the Albany Neicr,
Albany, Ga., April 8, 187?.
lion, ir. B liaum, Comm'r Internal Ran'
nut , Washington, 1). V .
Sir— l enclose you a paper entitled
a “Notice to Tax-paybrs requiring a
Return on Form 11,” signed by Mr.
F F. Putney, Deputy Collector, 2d
Disc, Ga., and directed Jjj Mr. S. P'
Sa ter, a prominent planter of this
county *
| The ptocer dings ot Collector Put
ney involves a construction of Section
3173 ot the Revised Code, as amended
hy the Act of June 30th, 1864. Mr,
Suiter ia simply a | lanter. He is not
a producer, manufacturer or dculer in
tobacco. He employs a number ot la
borers, and to these he supplies smal'
quantum- ot tobacco from uum to Pine
thmugliout itie year. <>um laborers
are e»nploy»d only for i shoit tune—
a in.>ntti or le.-H, ami these, if desiied
hy them, Im suppli-s wi I. tobacco, —
Some of our phiuteis contra. . witti
theii .atmrers as ‘ and these
ate supplied also with small quanti
ties ol tobacco Oilier plaumrs por
tion out t>.e:r suds, mules utensils,
provisions and ptuduce, auto, g their
lahore.s, and nsetve of 'he ctops an
agrae.i part as rent, ami '.liese, too, It
is,customary to suppiy from time o
lime wttn tobnc o
Mr Collector Putney, whim lie u'l
t. its .ha., under tUe and. cisi-ms of your
ptedefcessor, a t Inutci wli. furnishes
is aunual laboieiswun tobacco is Uot
compelled to make returns or take out
a pefu.ii as a tobacco dealer; -till he
is understood as cun ending that such
planters wno fu.nish thei munUi.y or
daily hands, or cropp.-rs, ot tenants,
ate and aiers, and a- suCt., should make
ieturt.B anti .pn.c re permits to sell >o
t.aoco
1 submit that he piitiie K e of std-
Uitblt.g an anuual laborer witli tooaccu
includes the ptiviiege us turuisliiug a
laborer for a -hoiter period ; and t lie
tact tl.ai .lie laburer draws Ins Cum-
pemdtton as a “crupper” ou a part ol
toe irup, or that he takes all the crop,
less a portion reserved tor the use ol
and, mules, utensils, advances, etc.,
nakes no sort ot difference. Toe re
sult is the Same:
The quantity of tobacco furnished
by our plan ers to laborers is very in
considerable. it is neter done as a
mode of Disking money. It is a mere
convenience to the laborer, and lor his
benefit. Such nice questions and dis
tinctions as are being raisod by the
Collector will etubanaes the dlstiibu
tion of tobacco among the black-, and
prtduce much discout u nt with both
iacee—employers and laboiers—with
out producing lucreased revenue.
Wm. E Smith. M C., Ga.,
Office of Internal Revenue, >
V\ ashisgtoN, Apiii 16, 1877. $
lion. Wm. E. Smith Aliany, Ga.
Sir—ln reply to your letter of
Apnl 3d iu relation to the liability of
planters to special lux f >r Selling to
bacco to their employees, I h*ve to
say that you will find herewith enclos
ed a copy at a letter te the Don. TANARUS,
M. Norwood, which Aill give you the’
intoro'atiou desired.
Very re-ppctlully,
Green B. Raum,
Commissioner.
Ofeicer or Internal Revenue, ?
Washington; M y 22, 187-1. $
Ron. T. 21. Norwood , Senator, Washing
ton. D. C.
Sir —Enclosed I return the letter
of ycur Correspondent, Reuben Jones,
Esqr , addressed to you under date of
May 11th, and by you referred to this
office for a ruling or decision upon
the matter therein presented.
In reply to Mr. Jones’ inquiry', 1
have to say that the law maxes every
person liable to pay a tax as “dealer
in tobacco” whose bn itiess it is lo sell
or offer lor gala manuiactLred tobacco
snuff or cigais.” Bee Sec. 29, Act ot
July 20, 1868
Under the provision of law* this
office holds that eveiy person who
makes it his business, or any part ot
liis bus'c a-, to g 11, oi offer for gale,!
or advertise, or in any way holds him- j
self out as willing and ready to sell
manufretured tobacco, &c., is liable
!to buy a special tax stamp. But a
farmeror planter, who simply supplies
his employees with what manufac
tured tobacco they heed for their
own personal ifse, and for their special
accommodation, and not with a view
to gain, or profit to himself, is not re
garded as engaged in the business of
selling manufactu’ed tobacco, and
! whould not be rtquirod to pay special
! tax for thus supplying his hired labo
rers with tooacco.
Yours respectfully,
(Signed) J. W. Douglas,
Commissioner.
How lo like Honey.
Mr. Brown kept boarders. Arourd
Mr. Brown’s tea-table sat Mr Brown,
Mrs. Audrews, the village milliner;
Mr Black, the baker; Mr. Jordad,a
earpeuter; and Mt* Hanly, a floni and
lumber merchant. Mr. Browu took
out of his. pocket-book a ten dollar
note and handed it to Mrs. Brown,
saying, “Here my dear, are ten dol
lars towards the twenty I promised
you.” Mrs. Brown handed it to Mrs.
Andrews, the milliner, saying, “That
pays for my new bounef.’’ Mrs. An
drews said to Mr. Jorda.. as she hand
ed him the note, “That will |ay lor
your work on tuy counter.” Mi J >r
duo handed’ it to Mr. Han’.y, fl ur,
leed and lumber merchant, requesting
iiii'ii to give him Credit fofthatamount
on hi* umber bill. Mi. Han y gave
the note back to Mr. Brown, saying:
“That pays ten dollars on my board.
Mr. Brown passed i' back to Mrs
Brown with the iptnark that that paid
the twenty dollats he had promised.
She, in turn, paid it to Mr. Black, to
settle her hiead and pastry account,
who handed it to Mr. Uan'y, wishing
credit for rlitit amount on his flour hUI (
he again loturning to Mt. Brown with
the remark that it settled his board.
YVhereupo Mi. Brown pu' it back in
Lis pocket-book, exclaiming that fie
nevet thought a ten dollar note would
go so fart” Thus a ten dol ar green
back was made to pay nine y dolla s
indebtedness inside of five minutes.
Who says greenbacks are woithless*
A Go *1 llriltCfUioii*
That ripe and finished scholar, the
late Edward Ever tt, condensed into «
single brief paiagraph iiis estimation
ot what constituted a good education.
Hers it is: “To rea 1 the English lan
guage Wall, to Write with dispatch b
neat, legible hand, nnd be master ol
the first four rules of arithmetic, So
as to lispose of at once, with accuracy,
every qtfogtiou of tigue*, which comes
U| in practice —I call this a good ed
ucation. And if you add the ability
to write pure grammatical English, I
regard this an CxcelLdt education.—
These are the tools. You can do much
with them, hut you are hopeless with
out them. They are the foundation!
and Unless you begin with these, all your
a'tainnisnfs, a little geology and all
their oUgies and osophies, are oslen
tatious rubbish.
Vulg r Liiugnaiic.
There is as much connection between
the words and the thoughts as there is
hat ween the »,hough tg and actors. The
letter are uot only expngsions of the
former, but they have a povor to re
act upon tlie soul, and le..vethe st- trip
of corruption there A young man
who a ows liitusslf to use vulgar or
profaiiC words, hus not only shown
that there is a f. ul «pot Ou hit) tutu ,
out by the utterance of that spot, he
iufl meg it; fill by indulgence, it wid
pollute and ruin tin soul. Be careful
ofyourwoidg and of your thoughts.
If you can control your tongue So that
no improper words are pronounced by
it. you will goon be able to control
the mind, and save it from corruption.
You extinguish the fire hy smothering
it, or by preventing bad thoughts from
bursting into words. Never utter a
word anywhere which you would be
ngfiamed tt) speak iu the piegencc cf
the tnost refined lady, or most religious
man. Try this practice a little while,
and you will goon have Command of
yourself.
“Marriage is promotion,” says
George Elliot. You’re right, Geoige.
It promotes population and breeds
domestic war. Ami it oltsn promutsg
man to play second fiddle.
A Chicago youth went hack on hi*
engagement because be overheard his
swetiheavt say une had beeu folded in
thb arms ul Morpheous.
Why is a vain yount. man like a
confirmed drunkard? Becausenetther
I ! of. them is satisfied with a moderate
uge jf the grass.
At a printaig’ festival, recently, the
following toast was offered; “Woman,
t-econd on v to the pregg in ihe dis
seminiatiou of new*.”
The lltitignig ol Oaiiiel L>*
Reck lor llie Killing ol
iVilliatf* Nliauliii.
Summerville, April 27,—David L.
Beck was hanged to-day fur the mur
der of William Shanlio. About one
year and a half ago Beck was arrested
in Chattooga county by Shanlin cm a
charge of robbing the gold boxes in
the tiiihes in Lumpkin county. The
trouble between the men dates from u
money transaction between them t.t
tho time of the arrest. On the day of
Mie killing, ' Shanlin entered Beck’s
cornfield to harvest thecrop. lie war
accompanied by a man that he had
hired to help him. Beck, taking
down his single-barrelled shot gun,
loaded it with a handful of lead nulls,
and went to the field, and, meet ng
Bhanbu’s hired man, ordered him out
of the field. The mail went. Beck
then approached Bhanlin, and, when
within a few steps of him, drew his
gun down and filed. IShanlin fell
dead.
The trial and conviction of Beck
followed promptly. Then the citizens
of Chattooga divided into two fac
tious, und a struggle was begun for
tho rescue of Beck. Every de'ay of
the law was invoked, and a tremen
dous pressure wa« brought on (he Gov
ern r to secure a pardotl.
On the morfliifg cf ‘.he hanging
Beck w s perfect’y oornposodT He
said that ltia onty dread of dftath was
ieav ng his wife destitute. N ver, ex
cept when he took his last farewell of
lus wife, did he give way to his feel
ings. W hen his wile was carried
-creaming from he cell lie seemed
overwhelmed with grief, but lie soon
regained his acCuston ed composure,
and when led from tli6 jail to the gal
>ow3 his step was firm. Mounting the
scaffold he said : “My young friends,
! iope you will take this as a wan -
ing that tho gallows is the certain end
of those who keep bad fcottipany and
indulge in strong drink; That has
been my ruin, and it will be yours.—
The mothers that are present w 11 find
this a useful lesson to teach their cnil
dien. I don’t dread death except on
my wile’s account. I have nothing
more to say.” Turning to the Sliei
iff he said:
“I am ready.”
After the nose was put about his
neck lie slid; “My friends, 1 hope
you will meet me in heaven. It i*
mighty hard to die this way. I wot.id
not mind it so much if I did uot know
1 was unjustly executed.”
The rap-door was then sprung, and
his body tell nine feet, breaking every
bone in bis neCk.
11l in ku*' Troubles
Ls*t night, just as Blinkusand his
wife were snug y stowed away in bed,
Mrs. B. thought that she heard the
fiont door slain.
“Huhhie, dear, do you hear that
frontdoor slammin,/”
“No, doarie, I locked it just before
I wound up the clock.”
“I didn,t see you goout in the hall.”
“But I did, love.”
“I think you mu t be mistaken,”
“Wall, I know when I locked the
do >t, dammit!”
“Now, you shan’t swer.r at me.—
That door is open and you know it.
‘Sposen the burglars get in and carry
off all the silver. We’d be in a nice
fix.”
“They’d v.p Worse off with the old
plated stuff Besides, who evor heard
ol a burglary above A street.”
•Tl you'.on't tret up and lock that
door I’il tush out nnd Scream for the
police I’ll ’muse the neighborhood,
ts it’s the last act of my life”
Biiuk.is, somewhat alarmed at (he
threat, robe up and began to fumble
about for a match.
“.he matches are at tha end of the
washstand, love.”
Bliukus passed at the place desig
nated and broke a soap-dish.
“I nevar saw such an aw kward man
since I was born,” quoth Mis. B • from
the bed, ju tas B. stumbled back
over a spittoon, and sat down in it so
forcahly that it was stm.ghed into for
ty pieces.
"0, liord !” e-jaeff’sted Mrs. B.
Blinkus next strut k his toe against
a towel-rack, and an rath dissolved
itself in tho darkne. s. Then he step
ped on the baby’s tattle und ran one
of the points into his foothalfuu inch.
Jumping uside he upset the centei
tablc, and tegan to flounder out to
ward the hail Ilia young hopeful's
chair was there, and lie fell over it six
1 fluent times befote he reached the
door.
“ >' us it open?” queried a voice from
the bed.
“No, r
“Uhl it must have been lOmet’uiug
else I heard.”
VOL. SD.--NO. .H.
« # ;iriirulnr» of tliu % flair in
KeiiipcrL'ouiily, yiissisaippi.
JacksoN, May I. —The following ad
ditional account is received of tho
iffair in Kemper county ; On Thursday
evening John W. Gully; a prominent
citizen of Kemper county, was as-a»-
sinatod by an unknown patty, ami
there was intetioe excitement.
means was res.rted to discover the
perpetrators. On Saturday two cohe
]d men made affidavit that Botj;
Rush, a white man, did the deed, an i
that Judge Chisolm, who ranforCVn
gt"ss ou the Republican ticket in th*
Third district at the last election, hi*
son and Gilmer,Resenbaum and lloj*'
per, prominent white Republican*/
knew of and instigated the crime.—
Chisolm and his s-n were arretted
and imprisoned at DeKalb. Mrs.
Chisolm und daughter insisted ou
sharing their confinement. Un 8 u.-
day Chisolm sent to Schooba for G.'-
mer, for whom a warrant had been
issued. Gi!mer_came, and on bis ai
rival was arrested, but just as he a/
rived at the jail he was set on by f
mob an 1 killed. The jailor was then
overpowered by the mob, who imme
diately attac'ed Chisolm, tnoi tally
wounding him and killing hie son.—>
Miss CUieolm, in defending her father*
shot and killed Dr. Rosseli, and Mr*.
Chisolm sefferely wounded young Gu -
ly a son of Gully, who was assassina
ted. Miss Chisolm was ulso seriously
wounded. Rosenbaum and Hopper
ware carried to the Woods by a nob
o extort from them the Whefeabouff
oi Rush; the alleged assassin bf Gul
ly When last heard from, some week*
ago, Ru*h was in ArkanSa*; It is
supposed Rosenbaum and Hopper
were hanged. It is reported that • •
horiible State of affairs sxi>t through
out that Section; and the people are
wild With excitement. Other baigings
will probably follow.
A I'uble From me Argonaut.
"A young ctek and a ben werw
speaking of the size of eggs, BaRL
the cock:
‘'L once laid dn egg’—•
1 “Oil, youdid !’ interrupted the hen
with a tiesisive cackle. “Fray hoW
did you manage it?”
“TheCoCk felt injured in his self* -
teem, and turning his back upon the
hen, addressed himself to a brood of
young chickens.
“I once laid an egg*—
“The chickens chirped incredulous"
ly and passed oj. The insulted biid
reddened in tho wattles With indigna
tion, and strutting up to the patriarch
of the entire barnyard repealad his
assertion. The patriarch uoddsdgrav*-
ly, as it the feat were an everyday al
fair, and the other continued :
“ I once laid an egg alongside •
watmmelon and compared the two.
The vegetable was considerably ike
larger.”
“Tnis fable isinteudod to show the
absurdity of bearing all a man has tti
say.”— lT. Y World,
A clergyman teceutly asked a girl
concerning her intended: “Is he irf
Ins conversation and carriage a co *
sistent Chriatirtfi?” She replied: “In
his conversation lie is very pious but
I never saw him in his carriage.”
“Bridget, I told you to let me have'
my hot water the first thing iu the
in ruing.” “Shure, sir,” said Bridge ,
“didn’t 1 bring it up and lav* it »t
the door last night, so as to have it tu
time!”
A somewhat simple woman waa
asked Whether her husband feard
God, and replied, “I gUeashe does, for
he nevoi goesout on Sundays without
taking his with him.”
To art it* at a mart
should have very siucere friends or
inveterate enemies; because he woulJ
lie made sensible of bis good, or i !
conduct, either by the censures of the
one or the admonition of the other.
The motnentous question: “Now,
Emily, do you love me, or do you Dot ? ’
“V\ ell, Augustus,- if I say I den't
shall I have to retufn your pres
ents?”
». “Sambtt, where’s your master ?’’
“Gone cut.” “Ha* he left off drinkir g
yet?” “Oh, yes; he leaTe off thrt-e'
times t is murniug.”
Tl e saying, toat there is more plea*
ure in giving than receiving, is sup
posed to refer chiefly to kick*, mftffi-'
cilte and advice.
“God Bless Our Hftwe” is the leg
end over the gate of a Western j*;l
jraid.
Almost every your.g lady is public
sptri ed enough to have her fathoiV
bouse Used as a court-house.
Why is the letter Y like a ycung
lady? Because it makes p.*,aj.
Woman was made from a rib lx. #
—she loves i ibbon(e)s to this day.
A tie vote —when both parties vo
\e f , and the preacher ties the kau.*