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ATTORNEY AT LAW,
SYLVANIA, GEORGIA.
Jan liO-tf
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SYLVANIA, GEORGIA, SATURDAY, JUNE 17. 1882.
l’:is!iio»i Edllfoi'.
“is I ho gentleman who knows every
thing fill?” stammered a vision of
golden Lair and sea blue eyes, as she
stood timidly beside the ifuinaging ed
itor’s desk yesterday afternoon.
‘•Everything about what?” asked
the editor,clawing around under his
ile,sk for his shoes and trying to hide
his stocking-feet under him. •‘Upon
which particular branch do you seek
informal ion ?”
“I don’t exactly know what to do?”
>outctl . , too straw boriy bps. .... I a say s
1 can only have one dress this spring
and 1 don’t know how to make it up.
I thought, tiie gentleman wiio answers
questions could tell me. ’
••I 1 ’m !” muttered the managing edi
tor. ‘Tie has gone up in Maine to find
out why geese always walk in single
tile. An ‘anxious inquirer’ wants to
know. What kind of a dress had von
thought of getting ?”
"That’s what I wanted to know. j
want something that will look we ll
with terra cotta gloves.”
"Yes, yes, murmured the editor,
‘•Then you should get one of these given
things with beads that turn all kinds
"f colors, and some fringe and fixings
‘•f ‘‘.at kind.”
-Would you have it rut princess or
wear .......... .......br*.k#.
ed, looking at him searchingly.
“You—vou might have it princess
around the neck and a row ot polouai
SCs at the bottom,” suggested the edit
■>r. “ThafG goisc to he very fas non
ttfizsz ****** M,w * M
. 1 don know, "i’. inuinimul the beau
.
fy. ‘T haven t seen any of that style.
......... «ro
,von ' bouflant tbissoason. ot wlitthci
tiie skirt is tigln f •’
"Oh, certainly ! ’ replied thc*edicor.
“They tire made with ail tlic bouffants
you can gft on Vm. Sonin have even
*. , i '‘tH.i , i n •
SI x
a lady in here yesterday who had a
pannier that earn ■clean up toll -r no -.He.
A should have it pretty bouffant it it
was dress. ’
j - Well,” stammered the blushing bios
j soul, "Would you box-p||t the skirt or
; sliirr it ?"
b.uii it, L\ all imaiiH. exclaimed
j the editor. "Sliirr ii straight up and
; down, and fasten it with these loops ot
’! bla< ’ k ”
! “You mean frogs . ... ?” asked the beauty,
“No, no. These l»ig lcops that 8 li[)
! over two buttons. That shuts off,he
| shirrs and gives a si.rt of tout to tlic
j oiiseuible.” and the editor leaned back
j and smiled superior.
"Don't you think fevers of Jigiiter
sluidc would look pretty i” she inquir
ed.
“1 i.ey H do to fix up the back, mt i
wouldn't put ’em on the front, ’answer
ed the editor sagely.. “Severs are very
we., to trim a fiat vvun, out tiicj non
set off a dress front.
"How would you have the corsage?’
-I wouldn't have any at all. You
wmtbl U«'k much better without one.
“Sir!” she exclaimed, rising.
"Oli, if you insist, yon might nave a
T ehes lai lom/iS-sho«d‘Sm^e^mItv!e long, toi »boi t dieSoCS ate the Style
ll0 ' v -
“You—you don't seem to under
stand—” she commenced.
“Oh, don’t I?” lie retorted. “That’s
’Ah.it lm .II.H, t . ... ,. t , ;
. '
nothing so lamentable as to see a young
iady iliaggiiig hm cms.igi. thiou 0 .i
the niiui anu dust. bt;li, it you want
one, you should have it so you can take
it ofl* when you go on the street, and
only wear it at home. Thev are hard
to handle, and not one woman in a
hundred can kick her corsage grace
.ullv.” obliged you,’
-j— I am veiy much to
.•he murmured.’ “Yob are very good,
Em sure.”
“Don’t mention it,” replied the edi
itor. politelv. -I think when you get
it shirred and revered ami j.olonaised
and priuccssed, you 11 like it very much, i
You might get asa-h and some hi ~L j
buttons to put on behind, or if you lik *
another stylo better, you might trie
the whole front with bouffants and
■ „ i,.,i “
weartn , panm . ' . ,
thunk exclaimed the .
“Oh, you, sir. scuttled
blushing hud, us she down
st ‘-Swipes!” ,,j 1 . s
h roared the managing edi
tor, With a complacent •, ■ mile anu ...... a
glance of approval at hmiselt m tiie
,' r ] ass “Swijies, vou mav tell the forc
geil( | ni0 a proof of tlic Fashion
Notos us H t>o« as they come in. L have
observed tliat a g*reat many errors have
rept in lately.”—Ex .
•■Mother ” remarked a Duluth <rh>l I
1
a moon on Its fourteenth night. “Well! 1
in: asked me this evening if I wasn’t I
tired lit ing with such a menagerie as .
you and dad.”— Waijs. j
: dead, w LA field and line officers went
down Vv -cores, and the ground was
! dotted by the dead and wounded.
j Still the remnants of Slahl and Gordon
Juild tho work iu ])iire desperation. I*
was certain death to retreat across
that plain, and equally as bad to re
main. The men fought dogged I v a
! cross the works without officers, and
; with no lightsave-the lurid glare
the enemy's artillery, which seemed
! to sear the rvebaH.
'The battle of franklin had beem
fought, and the Federal army had os
caped. We hold the field, but at what
, a tremendous cost! Six Generals and
over one hundred field officers lay
there as the result. Our loss was tre
( mendous for the length of time we
j i tied wrrt , engaged. bevel* Our numbered—corporals dead ami woun
were
j commanded companies, ('aplains Com
| !na:u manded j e; ‘ ‘^bmmts dinsious the and next Giffimels morning, com
! j — Phtkulel/tiitn Tunes.
A Lncky Thing;
| luooi tliieejeais agolheio v> .i- a
smnsh-np on the Grand Trunk ltoail,
am i a ni..ng the killed was a woman
a i W)ld vears old. who lived on the
hue. i he husband _____________ was sent foi, ... th
body taken care of and after a few
days an agent went down to see how
the matter could be settled, “it is a sad
tiling, of course,” he observed," but in
a business point of view we must look
at her age. She is over 50, and in
poor health ; then she had weak eyes
, . bad ■ , - eouglu . She wito ot
««« a was a
course, but she was a companion in
one sense— she had a hacking cough
and snored in her sleep. ’Take
these things into consideration, and
then tell me what you will settle for.
The peppery dd man had been
mowing about uneasily,-and as soon as
the agent was through lie called out?”
"I don’t ki er how old she was nor
, how bad , , she , coughed, , , nor how , loud , ,
she snored! I want this’ere railroad
company to cotne down with three
hundreiLdolhu's, or I’ll suo’em till they
can’t rest! And I want you to
stand that it's lucky for your in
fernal old line tliat I happened to find a
.......... !■ i -»*■- !)-"•■'
“Tiiravt " s.vni s uiUhe tlic dealer itcalci, “is is a a ear- i.u
pet .that can t be beat,” and tiie man
bought it. He hates carpet beating.
WHERE SIX RENERALS FELL.
Ii»«dV < .'Imrfgv A crons * hr^Friink
lilt S'iiiiu iu Hu Ualit. of tl.c
t i.
We had pressed the enemy for miles
upon miles, and at last had them in a 1 1
trap with a river in the rear. At the
sound of a gun in our centre, which
was the signal, our movement began— j
officers, ho,It held and staff and .line
in their assigned places, bv Hood's j
order, leading. Forso.uedislat.ee we
moved down in the line of battle, the
bauds cttlivcuiug the martial scene,. ;
Grandly the whole line swept forward
and, clearing our front, of a thin line
of battle of the enemy, we for the first
time caught a glimpse, of what was in
our front. A single glance was suffi
cient to understand the whole scene
and position. From right to left in a
semi-circle the enemy were intrenched
behind massive fortifications, with
head logs and abattis, making a line
one a half ndles in length, each flank
testing on toe liver, flood ., army
moved forward in splendid
every brigade, regiment and company
j *<$ bv its commander. Across a
bl ’oad plain of half a mile, with noim -
; i'cdimcn, to secure a direct atm, on- '
waid we moved; and as Loweiug
1 ' K • '' ! ' 11 “ 1
‘
j linger,tig, was caught up by Cleburne j
and Frown, was ivnewed itself on the
j :<if t Bates’ replied in tiiunder- ;
as men
.ms chorus. Oar men passed straight
£2
I
"Die\ went, as winds go whni forests are j
.................... ...
-tiauaed.
The tire ot the ..enemy was terrific;!
officers and men went down in great,
rows. Loweiug surged at the blufl'and |
..•vJu.j amUell bark inmiediatelv mi
■ \\ v. , , , u’ixrn . .
.. i
.or, pas- that hedge. Cleburne and
Brown had swept like a wave ami car
: ied ail in front. Adams, Gordon and
•'*!raid held the works in the centre.
Tiie i ring was intense, but no artillery :
0Q our side helped the din of battle, i
Night was approaehiug. Cleburne,
>t,an],Gmst and Graubberrj vrere
1 ~
Queer Bal lous. i iiaaI Xnlh. |
1 i fertile mind
0( . ( . ;ll . r ,, ( to Sl)lue two
I or three years ago that refuse of sole I J
• leather might he utilized for buttons
"
: :UK i iui! i S j ai ,d Lie manufacture of i
.. ud, mdis and buttons from-uch mu
! tel ., al ullt m [ this city After :
„ j)01i
| a si , lo of | Wlt h, ;1 . has been cut into soles !
u number of pieces arc left—strips an
, inch or more iu width. Only a cer
| e tl in part of these, parts' or those coining i
m \um of tiie sides, are
l!Swl . The sole leather clippings are !
j obtained from cutlers of sole leather j
l j„ boot and shoe districts. Any one
w ho .has traveled throm'h Essex Conn-!
,y, AUssg through Lynn, Salem, Pea
bod;, and olherfowns, could not escape
; (jie odor of burnt leather, mingled !
w uj, that of tan bark or tanner's pick-
1; ,. The sole leather clipping, as oth
j i el - s , were used to furnish fires until the
buttons of solid leather were invented i
The leather nail or button is made in J
i this Ullh LU *. 11 ,, lothe ivmuhefof 1 1 u ihirtv nrfl’v 01 i4 '-> i |
'
iliousand per day. acconlmg to design |
J anil finish. Ev :ry button is .-ubjeeted
to eight d'Hermit processes. By mu
i eldiievv niado or'the purpose, ’ the nail |
bran . hi .. , attached ,, , to the , hut- ,
or i- in,y
tou. Anotiicr machine turns this brad !
i mo an eve when buttons are desired
j instead of nails. The nails and but- I
tons are made in various styles and
colors, iug. Tiie to fact harmonize that the with nail any be driveu cov^r- j
can
without breaking the brad and with-j 1
out injury to its head as m us iuvor,
iffillmaii cars, fine furniture in hotels
und vlsew hei e are decorated with the
leather button or nail to the exclusion
of the brass nail, which has declined
fifrv per cent, in price in consequence
of the leather button competition.—
Providence Journal.
“My dear” said an anxious matron
to her daughter,‘It. is verv wrong for
p (H)))le l0 0I . throwing kisses at each
other.’. "Why so mamma; J i m sure
they don’t hurt if they do hit.”
YYortli Rcniembsring.
(Now that good times are again up
onns.itis worth rememheriug tha(
S!s–f.iff552S .!MK
5 v ’°. r ‘> i ;. ki,tiMJ v ‘;; w !‘ c “ tl 1 a| -
.
kel fo Gingv. r Tome w uld do them . .
more good than all the medicines they
have ever tried. ti-17-lm.
t>osl<>cl*-I«Y's 1‘igcun.
A writer iii the journal Kavkaz re
kites a .touching incident in Dostoeftkys
exile life in Siberia. In the Household
o” a certain officer, to whose charge
t e novelist and ot ler prisoners were
at one’time committed, was a gover
n«» 1 “ whom belong a nun,herof lame
pigeons. . The governess was consid
^ “> "dlmmce over
cers, and the exdes stood duly in awe
or her, though among themselves she
was spoken of as "Nyetka,” (a
pectful diminutive of Anna),
tka's pigeons used often to flv into our
yard.” says the narrator ,* 1 and many of
us looked at them with covetous eyes
The warders, however, kept a sharp
lookout that we did not catch any of
them.''’
One vouug pigeon grew particular
!v attached to Dostocfsky, who fed it
regularly with bread, so that it came
to him every day for its dole. At first
the warders were for preventing
but seeing that Dostoefiky ment the
brd no harm, they winked at the slight
indulgence. One day the prisoners,
mi account of some uwusally laborious
work upon which thev had been cm
(| dl|i . hl „ Ul ,, (U(V ^
^ (1]U a eai . |iei . u n
tj g hottr> it happened that
as the governess was feeding her
: . A madcap thought came into
Dostocfsky s head. lie yield to it, and
whistled his favorite to him The
oirils all rose in the air; anl the pri-
......................--......—Ul s. ■s.ik
straight up to Dostocfsky:-It is you.
rim scoimdie! who entice atvav tnr
{fosfoeDkv's ivoiv'. Thev seetaoii.
iiowever, to convey some’ impressive
rebuke. Contrary to expectations,
Dostoefskv was not punished iu any
vva > it)V h: ' ‘ A !
'alec fte • • «- cpn •’TT'T. ied Il iar a
• ‘ ■ i< i i" f~< -i, V nor
pigeons w, i n r. tint the bird that
the novelist had attached to iiini.wlf
'••oulinued to eoi.ie lo Ids hand- \\ heth
0 ' u 'i', sra-mal or wii'diier'i'i'was 'inteV
rional L left for the poor prisoner by
tiie impulsive, remained but perhaps, good bar-,
-’.' D m, a mystery. Ottej
, |u> , nx ^ niore li;u . u after
i wi . deqau'UU'iu
i.stiU- .1 .•>Iiiiiii<•<>■■ «li<- (tiinga r«o
The kangrew ain’t tnucli ov a eeom
»»«««* f‘»’ Hi- factory which made him,
or maybe he ktiue in himself wen the
HgUial di-gram was in the safe, an ra
kin tip such organs as wuz let'over he
his owitself. He looks in the
face, like a dialler goose an w m you
sehim walkeuon hisuarrativyou don't
Marne nachur for givin him that ex
presstoii. His legs mus been made in
d.frent moles cause the las ones iz long
asa lurch! ignt peroeshin hut the front
ones lias gat too much short in in. Sun,
1 kangrews has thar cloze made so tint
| kin carry (hare fautilys round in thare
| over, hurts, hut if i wuz a hoy kangrew
Lie rather paddle ini one kaucw. kan
j grows wares mustaches like cats, but a
| jackass kin give cut a yard start on
\ the earqueslion an beet cm like
sty. EfLhalter be a kangrew ide
hev ,„i tale sawd off close and mend
j mi anus with it so i could reach the
bottom of flier preserves,
,4 ’liiuiesola Ian! t bnuiiitiiug a
; flonbie Si uctier.
| A St. Paul Pioneer Pres* special
says ; " the bodies id young’ MV ashing
(0 „ and Fred Fobrack were tbmnl in
!{cd Jiye . seventeen miles from Perham
Minnesota, attSaturdav. *s
. ^ k
load ot buckshot. 1 ‘ rcback s
| was cUt> Tncre was a buliet in his
• lefL cheek and a cut over his right eye
, made by a chib, which was found near
bv covered with blood. The bodies
i ............. ^
City. .Michigan, about i..my years olu.
Fourack tv as a German, about twenty
sus i ,e, ' ted mur « tel ' 1S Joli " L’rehhett.
fifteen years old, who was seen iu Per
iiam with plenty of money, a watch
aml a revolver which was known to
», a vn been in Washijiiil.iirs possession. 1
t ........ V -
' y:XS Ul y on * ami
said lie was going to join the cowboys
in fvloutaiia. iLsifttciics were sent to
yforehead to arrest him but he got
au a y. The The mu mu' dor dor is is supposed supposed to to
have been committed at least a week
ago, Fivbbett’s mother who lives
perlmm,seeuis indiflerent about the
hoy s crime. He was a reader ot the
"Beys of New York” and similar liter
nture, and hail often been heard so say
that he would join the cowboys.”
‘i fits m.l ci; • !>Y<‘ii2i!i.
-
Fratikfoi-t-ou-the-Maiii, containing a
population of about 1U(),000, is said to
he the riehc-t city of it- size in the
world. If its wealth were equallv e'very
vided among the inhabitants
man, woman and child have, it is said.
20.000 marks, or some ,$ 1,000 apiece.
There are, as may be supposed, many
poor people in the town, but the citizens
are. as a whole, iu unusually comfort
able circumstances—more so, probably
than the citizens of any other capital in
Germany or Europe. It is stated that
there are 100 Frankforters worth from
i-UmODO to $7,0:)!),Odd eaeh, and 250
who are worth $3,0)3,010 and upward.
The centers',;f city is one of tiie great banking
(he globe. It- aggregate
banking capital is estimated at $2,000,
000.0 i ), more tlnn one-fourth of which
the famous Rothchilds—whose origi
ual and parent ;. house is there—own
;illQ ( . (>nt ()L The annual transaction,
i|( j)jlls <)( change are in excess oi
.. ' i)d,UOO,')')3.
i'licre is a justice of the peace out in
Crosbv countv. Week before last he
, oun( |'. l lllall L V iiity of shooting a bull
( | iat .;j d m> , lu-iong to him. $75.
"Why, Judge," said the doomed man.
“I haven’t gob no $75; 1 can’t pay uo
such lifie.”
“The State of Texas put. me in this
()flic( , t0 jilul a wav to make men pay
their lines. N on will cut cedar poles
until you have eat enough to satisfy
the majesty of the law,” replied the
j iistioe.
“But J edge, what use has the State
of Texas for cedar poles?”
"The State of Texas hason’t got no
rue for eednr poles. It’s this court who
needs them cedar poles to build a
fence. I’ll take the poles anil settle
with the State of Texas for them.”
And the poor devil is cutting cedar
poles for the State of Texas now.—Tex
as Shifting*.
A cormicY, or ..hepiierp’s dog, bel-on
ouged to a farmer who held a farm
near Beaumaris, in Whales. The
mer disposed of tins holding and went
to a farm in the south of Carnarvon
shire. Of course he took his dog with
him. The animal, however, had come
inlo the world not to heard sheep in
–
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old tarin.
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There are at present sevenly-scveir
elephants in the United States,
During the time of the Norman oon
Hie game of dice was very corn
; lliwn '
Rabbits tint! guinea-pigs are said to
i'al'tjMu‘^th\-r’uuimal-."' W, “ dl
' " ' '
i(1 » ^Xnakl S
|, a <i two perfect! v formed heads,
j T!u , vaililla<as a Hvil „, wa «
| j inj><)rt ,. ( t into England toward the. end
of the eighteenth century,
In the tweltlicentury slaves in Eti
*yope w-rc rare; in the fourteenth sla
| very was almost unknown,
The waste heat of the limekiln is
i made to generate steam and warm im
mense public buildings in Europe.
A scientist says it does not kill an
oyster instantly to open Us shell. Miiv-
1 ’ not ’ but u surprises it considerably,
Jerusalem existed 701 years before
Home was founded, 1300 before the siege
of Troy, and 500 years before the han
ging gardens of Babylon were built.
The manufacture of wooden shoes is
! an important industry at Green Bay,
Wis. A Ux al paper say they are made
j ot green basswood, then smoked and
1 dried like hams.
On the patent loll of Henry IV. is a
1 record which allows Hafthow FliuG
, . ....
ing the teeth of the poor gratui
tously.
\ Christian names are so called by
having been given to converts in bap
Hstn as substitutes for their former
j sr
so.]., .,,, 1 Iter.lo,-. ,v, 0 ca,d
as protane.
i .
„,.r' heathen slid into a faro game, and
i after losing a few debars, pulled out
J little package ot gold dust and laid it
j J ,u t l ". e ^J! “ < ; e * ^ 1 !,.,? acu 11,/ri,!^ * uu ’ |
A] [ ^ i '• 'V‘ r ♦ t!ie
■ ■
■ftft.v ttftv dollars dollars worth. worth, He ile was was aboil about to
cast the paper assidc when the Celes
tial motioned to it. and asked that it
| | might washing he given back as it. it The had some
accounts on paper
I was returned, and the next night
I ugaiin. betting fifty dollars in gold du-t
as *,iMliV'l'.Hn'Vdiv *’^ ole ' , lie ***** d'o'hirs'and *'* s l ,;,c J' JI ihe* S e ('hT
1
i,
j uanuin shook his head.
. “What’s the matter John ?"
“You payee aliee l bet. One htiu
j | dred Thedealer fifty dollars. laughed eomtsmptuously,
; but the heathen, unrolling the pack
j age. sliowed ii hundred double ilo
lar hill laid in between the
piece of paper which contained the
dust.
The dealer looked mighty cheap, but
the Chineman never moved a musicle.
Jk ', a ' :ted US 1 if T'? t J 1 *
( Wp in* ^ *"
fei ( fe ( his gold dustpackage. “lie’s
“Pav it,” said the lookout man ;
got us dead.”
The saine bill was in the paper the
wal folk
But of course this wasn't the China
mans fault.
r,m,mity wi,,"’Ifo^clah^'uiat extract'a
fV()ln a sllla]I of the
bottle of wine of good taste and color
! ,n: L v bu obtained. A chemist, ot Mar
^S^Sy which'"f can solS
; aU(1 ,, V( . U ( .h,. V stalize brandy, from
| which goof, liquor in its original form
j eau be readily obtained. The object,
! in both instances is to victual ships and
supply armies whore the risks of break
age ami the matter of transportation
of bulk are objects to be considered in
, the use of these beverages.
A lady who resides at .... WJntby, ... Bn- ..
gland, boasts of a famous rose tree, of
the description known as the Narechal
NuT which was planted eighteen growth \ ears
j ago. iUld now M) s »•> extreme
| horizontally of lorty-eight feet to depth the
right parent stem. The average
! of the tree is live or six feet, and last
year 2,(500 roses were iMucked from it,
and this season 3,500 distinct buds in
formation have been counted already.
A new gas-burning locomotive ht s
been built at the Grant works in Pater
son. N. J„ which is about to be tested
on the Erie Railroad. Instead of a
coal tender, the new engine has a tank
with a capacity of 500gallons, iu which
naphtha will de carried.
When you see a man take off his hat
it is a sign that he respects you. But
when lie is seen divesting himself of
I his coat it is a sign that he intend* to
i make you respect him.
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j vow know” said hang cunning Jews gen- and
tiletoa Jew “that thev
Jackasses together in Portland !” “In
deed,” retorted Solomon, " ilcu it isll
veil you and 1 ish not dare.”
A Doligutfal Novelty.
i Ladies prefer Floreston Cologne be
cause Uiey find til ls lasting combi nation 1
>f exquisite perfumes a deligJitful nov-'
j city. (i-17-bu