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Attorney*.
M. NAPIER.
ATTORNEY AT EAW,
LaPayetta, • • Georgia.
WHI practice lu .-.111 lie court! amt at
tend with promptness and oar* to le
gal business of eyer> kind.
Wm. E. MANN.
Lawyer,
Ringgold, Georgia.
Will pi act ice in all the Court*.
State and ♦ mloral. Legal business of
etrrj kii.cl atteutled to. Ollice lu trout
ot Court tlouae.
HONEY LOANED
On Farms; 5 Years Time,
AT SEASONABLE RATES,
IN:. WALKER AND CHATTOOfiA
COUNTIES.
IflTldOans for less tiiaa $300.00 can
not be negotiated,
.riiyid ritstMip lor terms or apply in
person to
GEO. M. NAPIER,
LaFayette, Ga.
. r*-r_ tn
JOH.\ W. MUDOI.
Attorney at Law,
SUMMEAVILLE, - - JLOBtiIA,
Will practice in the Superior,Coun
it, anil Diai.net Court..
F. W. Oopelaed,
Attorney at Law,
I Faykttk, - - Georgia.
•t. 1,1, urncUec In lb* SuperiorOodil,, ol Kow.»’
Vo axcalt. isuewhoro by .penial agreement, col
loouog n •pocinity.
H. P. Lumpkin
Attorney at Law,
I.aFayettb. - - Gbobgu.
1 ■ it.L (100 prounrt uleOtioo to oil blrin.re
* T atutrnslMd to bun.
f 4- ouk«« iu tbe JICSSBIfQKM BmIUUo#.
Robert*.lTT. Clean,
Attorney at Lpw,
T.aKayktib, - - - - Georoic.'
Will practice in tbe Superior Courts
«f the Rome and nlliTWi culls iuid
in the Supreme Coilrt of Georgia Gl
flee on cant bide of square ill • bHilulng
with Dr. J . BUI Uamioond.
a ad 3m.
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(Riaecltoneou* Advei;ti*e»e»tt.
DR. j. HILL HAMMOND,
Physician and S«r{««s,
Offioo in LaFayettc on the caafcdde
as the square. iuuucdiately tooth Os the
brink store, where he can be foand at all
hours day aud night when not profes
sionally engaged.
»B.J.!t. RHEA,
RESIDENT dentist.
Kinrguold, - - Georgia.
Offers service* id all braneh
'as^xß&ea»f hia profession to the
titena of Walker and Ctoooa Coun
ties. VV rk promptly done at model aMs
price*. . .•
Ali w..k warranted. CffieaonNaeb
ville street, firot huildiog wait of TV L
Whitman's itora. jj
GEORGIA HOUSE
AND BEST AURA NT.
CHATTANOOGA, TENN.,
Coil Mababt a*u Niot» Bt«.,
Kept by CB AS. FETTER.
Board $1.25 per day.
Call and tM Fetter and get a square
meal and a good drink. The coolest
beer and the best liquor in our city.
,mmmo ml It* WEE yoot wh<M«:■*"•« k.
It t*»Mao SaMtrsrtMM, prirc,, on*
fglMtUnc all VogetoWo 0.4 r _»*
s*ldTEßßYscs.fi£
-me scar is cctApm."
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Walker County Messenger,
VOL. VII.
•HE MESSENGER.
LAFAYETTE,: GEORGIA.
~■.. -—i.- 11-'-r 1
l—stuAb Mubßibi Feb.;28,1854
THIS PAPERS.nVf
r. Kowau. A Oo’a Newsrwper Adjcr
tiaiaa Boresa (10 Spruce Street, (where
rl-~J CHEW YORK.
aVBSVBirTION :
OaaYaar ... - t 1 00
bix jlonthd - - *®‘ell‘e
fW ee Month* - - -25 Cento.
“Sbow-Bom*.”
In Fairflrld, a little aillaff iu
tho heart of Franklin Co , Vt.,
there resided until quits recently
Mi si Marina MeKnany.the belle of
the settlem nt She had been
wooed and won by Frank Barrett
of St. A* bane. During the ceri
mc ny iteelf, at the wedding dinner
and the reception following, all
went merry as a wedding bell ie
atledged to ring.
The bridal tour was to hate in
cluded a trip to St. Albans and
thence to Boatnn. To the former
place the trip w»s to bare been
made in a sleigh. The falling
enow had made the outlook for
the trip anything but pleasant. It
had been falling with a rigor and
periatency which baffled the recol
lections of the oldest inhabitant
Thi» didn’t frightend tbe newly
made husband and wife, howerer.
A wedding without bridal tour
would be only half a wedding,
they jointly and sererlly deelarod.
They buudled themself** up,
packed the trunk in which they
ntw had a joint ownershp, aud
prepared for the first stage of their
journey, Irem Fairfield to St. Al
bans. The sleigh was ordered to
she door. Mr. aud Mrs. Barrett
bade gnod-bye all around, and
every man, young and «lU, had
exercised his right tokias th 9 blush
ing bride.
Mr. and Mr*: Barrett stood at
tbe opeu door through which a
cloud of stiow-fliaak war being
driven into the open iooin. They
peered out an best they could,
but failed to discover the stce«d.
The reas-.u they did not
discover jt waa bee-use it wasn’t
there. Mr. Barrett inatuted in
quires, and was astounded by tbe
discovery tbatitwas impossible to
get tbe St. AH-uns Mecurj and the
Portland cutter through the auaw
drifts which oad piled up while the
Wedding ceremony aud its scccom
panjing jollities were in progress
tho truth, disogreeable but unde,
niable. stared the newly-married
couple in the face.
They were snowed in. The
weddirg party of about forty also
hf, to stare point-blank at the
same fact. They were prisoner*
in the McEnsney homestead.
‘There are sleeping accomoda
tions for only eight in th* house,’
waa the information first whispered
about among the guest* This made
the situation extremely unpl-ss
ent.
At first something akin to gloom
pervaded tbe party.- The ncrelty
of the situation struck thum all as
peculiarly funny at last. Then
everybody ells, and ampathy was ex
tended to tbe luckless newly mar
ried couple. A St, Albans citizen
turned tbe gloomy party into jolly
oue by suggesting an all-night
(lane. The suggestion was adop
ted- Merily at first, wearily at
last, tie party danced until the
gra« morning light appeared. It
had sn owed and drifted while the
wedding party danced. The mor
ning light showed (he roads im
passable, and hones and born well
nigh buried from sight. To dance
the day through, as they had the
night, waa impossible. Besides, tbe
merry makers wanted sleep. Fi
nally, at tae suggestion sf thegrom
all the male member* of the par y
| with overooata aud buffalo robes,
; abandoned thahauie to tbe ladies
and dug their way to the barn.
For tbe next six hours Murpbeu*
! claimed the wsrabipof the uien in
j the bain and the women in tbe
r house.
| Bnp restored tbe good humor
all.and at ab.ut neon tbe men
trampled back fiQffi lbs barn and
LAFAYETTE, GEORGIA, tHIJR&DAY, M ARCH 6, 1884.
helped the ladles make ead havoc
wrilh the remains «f the wedding
dinner. The men then prospec
ted, But found no wny of esca
ping from their stiUinj natty
prison, The gayetie* of the previ
ous nignt were resumed and con
tinued uoil eyening.
The snow-storm had meantime
turned to one ol rain, und it pour
ed down in sheets when the men,
darkness haviug settled down up
on tk# village, returned to th* bain
for their night's rest.
At noon .of the next day, tho
rain having ceased, tbe m*u sailed
forth and found that th# rain anu
warm weatl or had made escape
from their prison possible. Every
thing that could do duty as a mua'
shovel was brought into requisi
tion. Willing hands worked faith
fully and energetically, and before
tbe afleruocn had grown very old
their task was done* A tvinel was
dug from the doer of the McEu
auey bomsstead through a monster
drift to an aojoiuiiig fled, which
tbe teams could reach from the
rear of the barn. From there to
the highway a passeuger was pos
sible.
The bride and the groom were
the first to pass through tb* tun
nel and start for St. Albans, which
they reached early in the evening
in time to take a train for Boat n-
Soon after their departure the for
ty guests depaited for their re
spective homos.
Thu* oud*i the wadding party of
two days and two nights' duration,
the loi>ge»t party of ita kinJ aud
the most novel one in tbe h story
of Vermont. —N Y Times.
The Art oflergular) .
‘Never kill a man save iu self de
fence; get caught rather than drop
n man,’ waa tbe prudent methed
of the celebruted cracksman. ‘lt’s
only the tyro or the bungler wbe
flourishes revolvers and quickly
apteals to the bludgeon.’
‘What is the prime quality in
your business?’
‘Nervi—nothing els.-.’
‘Vt hat is the best method?’
‘Boldness. Many a job haye I
done right belore tbe eyrs of the
people; done it just as tbotgli it
was the regular thing, and I wa«
just whtre I ought to be. I have
had my pal taking things out of a
house when a couple of cops wer*
walking by, and I atood witii a
pencil in my hand keeping tally
of tbe things. They thought it
was all right, as, looked right at
them. 1 tell you o person wants
to ke *p perfectly cofl. aud know
what be is doing, and what b* is
going to do, every time.
‘The right kind of men are some
how lacking. They are too timid
or too tough. It wants a fine man
a real Damascus blade, to do a
neat job. There are plenty of op
portunities, if there were only the
men to fill them, But I was speak
ingof chances. Tbe people are
asleep; you are awake. They are
,timia you are perfectly cool. You
' know jost what to do. You know
just wbat they will do if tLey
wake op They don’t know bow
many are in tbe bouse, nor where
you are. Most people arc cowards
in the right. Without any odds
you could get tbe best of them,
and in the night, with the bugbear
and tbe rea'ity of a burglar iu tbe
bouse —and they have spent all
the years of their lives in workidg
up a dreadful feliew in itbeir ima
ginations—in such a glight, a mail’s
hoose is like a foreign land to
him, and he is a perfect sti anger
the situation in bis own home.’
‘Then you tiu*t most to bewil
derment and fear.’
‘Ko, wo don’t. A good job
tneaus getting in and out again
without stiiing things up. If it
come* to the worst then the dread
and fear and coufaeion widen we
cause all help os, and aomeliaua
the tnora toss there is tb* easier we
can get off.'
•How do you fee) when you are
alone in ah* ase at midnight run
ning such ttrribie risks.’
•There now you have got about
as mceb nousence into that quea
tion as they usually dc. lu tba
’ first place, midnight i* not the
I usual hour when a houee Is wurk
> od. Things ars not so quiet then
as they are two hours later. And
then, if i* wire midnight what of
it? Midnight, except to cowards,
is not different from any other'
hour, only as it i* great deal aafe.*
for those like u*. A‘on* in a Uoua,?
It i* a little ahaky nt units, but
generally safe er.oupb; that isot
the way a bout* ia generally wott
ed. There should lie two and
three at* bettor. Terrible risks?
We don’t think of it iu that light,
There is something atwsy-t farcins
tin,’ ia the risk, and it isn’t cousiij
er.ui Oljkohouabl*. Wb*t do we
think? How d# weft*lf Now look
here, thw* isn’t mhok time nor
occasion fa thinking and feeling
outside the job to be done, four
sentimental chaps dont’ want to b*
prowling about nights od any of
these delicate ‘rackets.’ Th* man
who is going to stop iu a bed room
of a strange bouse at 2 o'clock in
the morning to consult hi* feelings
had better ceep out ot that lied
room. Th* man who proposes to
enter this profession want* to run
alow the tb* thinking and feeling
line, especially wbe* on duty."
A True Border Romance.
Some years before the late war,
Otis Burton a former resident of
Baugor, left here to reek bis for
tune in the W*-t. He drifted to
Missouri, where he met an accom
plished young lady with whom he
fell io love. She was pleased with
him, but before he made hia pas
sion known she moved to a dim act
part of the South. About this
time the war broke out a*d tho
two lost all trace* of each other.
Burton joined the Union army
and was soon afterwards wounded
aud as it was supposed he would
die a letter wue sent to bis mother
informing bet th -.t her son could
not live. He however, was blessed
with a good constitution and re
covered. He went back to liie reg
iment and was detailed with a
company to ttke eeppiiee acres*
the plains. Tbe parly was attack
ed by Indians aud every tnen
in tbe force except Burtou
killed. He was reported to have
been e'sin with the test. The In
dians deuidrd to let him live aud
took him a prisoner to their reticiu
in the mountains us the Southwest.
He gradual; rsove.-ed from wounds
be had received in tbe encounter,
made himself agreeable to his c*tp
trrs and adapted himself to their
ways ot livtr g.
Alter he had been in captivity
six Months or more lie waa allowed
more liberty, and now began to
watch for a cliancr to n cape. The
Indiana had stolen a number of
ponies, and among th>sewas one
which Burton’s practiced eye
showed him fa* highly bred, swift
and witb apeed and endurance.;
This pony was cared for and patted
by Burton, and he was allowed to
ride him. On* day tbuugh not
acquainted with the oouutry he
trade a das', fer liberty. He waa
closely pur-ued, but tbe gallant
little pony had the ‘bottom* for a
winning race. He rode for three
days, aud then begxn to see tbat
be waa getting out of the boaiile
country. In the diatauce be saw
, h-'uae which he Knew must \>e
inhabited by whites. He shouted
with joy, feeling that be had gain
ed freedom at lost. He k maxed
at the doer of tbs house end a«ur
prisa awaited him It wai opened
hy tbe woman who ho had loved
in lang syne. He wnn at once
recognized and received a hear
ty wricooie. Burton to'd his ad
ventures and narrow escapes to a
willing listener. She, had Named
a Confederate officer who was
afterwards killed in tbe battle, and
■he now owned tbe farm she occu
pied.
Isit necessary fer me to tell the
reet? They were betroth'd, there
was a merry wedding and tbe hap
py couple are alill livtug in a
Southwestern State.
“A MBKKAL EBICATIM”
for the boys and girls wbu aie fort
unate enough to have it. In no
other hook or pei iodical ts instruc
tion so happily blended witb re
crsat.on end amusement.
Tne price ia >o (XJ a year, or 25
cant* e number. Bi-ok-eelier*'
news dealers, and posimartera re
reive auiu-cripliou*. or remmtt rue
may be made direct to tbe publish
err, by money or express order,
bank check, diail, or in regigAertd
letter.
ThkCKHTIJAY CO.
i New York. N. Y.
A Cerner an lee.
Tit* firs’, man to strike the corner
where the porter h id thrown a pail
ot water over the li ig-slonee and
produced a glare of ice wnt an in
surance agent. He slid to tb*
right, clawed to the left, clutobed
at a sunbeam and wcut down with
the exclamation: "Hanged if I
don't!” H« rose up to jaw asd
threaten and cullect a crowd and
almost lick somebody, and he went
away stirred up for all day.
Th* next man was a tailor —tall,
spare aud solvmn, His toes all of
a sudden turned nut, hia left leg
Was lifted, end syuti one and a-klf
round before he went down with
the remark: "I knew it would
happen! ’ he got up to hurry along
out of eight, ind it was easy to ax*
that ha had calculated on about ao
many falls for th* winter,
Th* nest we* a fleshy man with a
smiting fas* and air of good naturo
He didu't lot* any lime going down
and when ho struck be realized
tha* be had hit something. And
yet what be said wus . "Is it pos
sible!" He got up slowly, forced a
griu a* the buys chaffed him, and
looked buk lbr«* times to make
sure thut he hadn’t mode a hole
which would proofs ■ man trap for
other pedestrians.
Tuo next waa a bank clerk with
a pencil over his ear and a preoc
cupied mind. He waa swinging
his right baud and rushing right
ahead whin he suddenly saw bill
ions ol stars shining in the morning
sxy His fust thought wus that
somebody was celebrating the
Fourth of July; Lis next was to
•cramble up rud search for an asy
lum where he could huut up his
eollar button aud sp ice hia sus
penders, Not a word escaped him
until he was a blucx away. Thou
hs remarked: ‘‘At 6 per cent, it
would be $851.17 ”
The next mas wss a strapping
big fellow with an ulster on and s
rod silx hand Kerchief banking out
of.a pucKut. He began a s >rt ol
shuffle as he strucs the spot, in
creased it in a minute to a egular
"breaKdown,” ai d finally Went
down witb a whocp that war heard
iisif • bioiK away. He was
up in a moment. Diagonally across
the street be suw a man in ao ex
press wagon. The boys <sa"ed to
him tbat lie bad lest hia rtd hand-
Kerchief aud that hia noae would
sadly miss it, but he woutp not wuit
He strolls across the street aud up
to the witxon, and as be haulei nfl
and hit lb« driver a stinger on the
ear h» growled out:
“Ther», hang you I That maKva
us even !’’
“What even?" shouted the vic
tim, as be roee up and adjusted bis
cap, bat ibe oilier waa gone.— De-
I irdt Free l'r ess.
An Educ.Uril.Outlemaa
“Dis is de half m irvers’y o’ my
marriage,” said an old nepro.
"How tnauy times is yer been
rsa. r‘cd?”
‘‘Kf d«is dc four anayers’y, o’
c<)s* I'se been married so times,
times. I’ve heard de white fokes
say dat it (loan do no good ter edi
c.te the nigger, an’ now I b’leves
it. Ileah yer is du-i gone to school
so’ got a good edicnlion an’ doun
un’etsten’ ’rillimetic yet. I'se
suborned o’ yer, Bi.li.*
‘jJucle Her.,’ replied the acquain
tance, 'I nebtr went ter sebaol
rnucu as' I kuint talk zackly prop
er, but bbim *f I ain’t got mo’
sense ’bout sicb matters dan yer
se’t has. De annayersary e‘ a
marriage doan moan how olu-n a
man’s been married.’
‘Wbat do it mean den?’
,‘Why it means how long. An
sver»‘y torso* year, an* is lues
from de Latin. Ann means mar
ried au‘ vrrs'y means year, an du
bof whan pul togedder means mar
ried year.
“Wall, chile, yer must scute me
‘Fort de Luwii 1 didu't kuow yer
had so much enlightenment.
When ysrrets up a school, 'dinged
es I doan sen' my chilun to ynr,
for Ise lamed me' fruiu yer in fif
teen minute* den 1 «Ur Knowed
I befo.’ I Ken stau mo* anything,
i but when a man draws out de En-
Tisb an* de la tin on oi*,l‘ne hleegei
tsr gin up den an' dar. I thank*
jer fer infimatioo/ —Arkaruat
Traitdtr.
NO. 32.
The klsg wfThe Dade*.
Hurry Wall, tbsking of tbs Nsw
Yoik dudes, who clung*-* his
o olliti lire I : .hish a dsy, has euuss
and dogs to match each suit and
wvart stockings with ties toes to
them, gars a b.g huuling dinner to
twenty-fivs of ths boya Tueedsy
at Delusonicu's. He i* agreat fox
ch.ver, is only 22 yiars old and
has an snoruious forluiie, which
he earned by its sweat of his
father's brow in Colorado. Tbs
dinnar was given si bis place in
I’.rk avenue and tbs guest* wars
all required to some in their scar
let fox-hunting jackets. I bear
that one es the party performed a
a hornpipe with remarkable agili
ty on the tapis at 2 o’clock in the
morning.—-Correapondeuce New
York Tribune.
low be Lost lIMilrP
k remantic in.fringe look pines
recently at AiniociqOh'O. A young
man curtic a young lady 7 years,
l'bey were engaged to be married and
be had aalied her parents fur her.
lie tejk a notion ant t»gel msiried,
but to go awa) to college, Hu told
bis brother, ssveu juri older ban
hiinielf, thatbs would give up his
girl to him il he would furnih him
money enough to scholi him two
yea’s. 11a conasuted to tnis, pro
viding he would mako it all right
with the girl. Iho girl agreed, it
she couldr. t get him, ralLer than
miss getting one of the family, alio
would take ths old bachelor. The
young man go’ his mn..sy end
started for college, lie was gone
but s few weeks till bra brother
ai d the girl eas married.
.The Mormon Problem.
Beginning its issue of March 10th
the Weekly Constitution will print
a powerful story written expressly
for its columns by Joaqwin Miller
called 'Keeled Unto Her- ,f The
problem Storydeals with the More
ihat is ju-tt now exciting so much
molt inter.’St. The plot centers about
a you. g girl, who in ignorance ha*
married a Morrcon aider, and is
carried to Balt Lake City. Her
people attempt to rescue her f. om
her tertihla doom, sr.d a long con
tinued conflict ensues between them
and that mysterious organisation
“Ths Dani'es.” Ths dramatic fig
ure of the st..iv is an elder ol gi
gantic size and enoimuUH strung.h,
who is is almost a madman in hie
fanatical fury.
‘ Staled Unto” wi'l make a gsn
tr'rif onnsation and will run through
the Weekly C ii.-t tntion for eev.
erttl w ekH. The Weekly Constl
lu'ion liiiH been en arged to twelve
pages aud is now the largest si <1
cheapest weekly printed. It hits
letters every week Irons “Uncle Re
mus,” “Bill Arp,” and “Betsy
Hamilton,” either of whiob are
worth the subscription price. Mil
ters' great story will begin M rub
Ith Sin Is subscription 8 1.25 a
year; in clubs of five $1 each; or
s'evett copies for 810. Subscription
should he sent at ones.
—
.TUic leaping magazine for jjoy«
AND Oil;lit.
ST. "NICHOLAS.
Kt'itul I*) Mi I>l.i|»«h Uo4 %m.
The N. n Yoik Tiibnne once
si.id: “In t e nviilanihe of i tumor
til literature that threatens the
children, some strong, vitally
wholesome, and res ly attractive
tmigazioi.' is required for them,and
Ssi Nicholas Ins reached a higher
pliitlnru. and coutoiurid* for this
service wider resolute* in art and
letters, than of its pterlecef.sors or
d-ntempouriss.” The reference to
the wide rtsources in art and let
ters ciiumandtd by Bt,Nebulas
wu* never more fully illustrated '
limn by the extraordinary list of |
atiractions which that magazine
announces for 1884. The folmw- 1
tog wilt be some of tbs leading
contributors:
Looistt M. Alcott, J. T. Trow
bridge, Captain Mayue lUtd, Iljal
mar Iljnrth Rovesen, Maurice
Thonip.-ou, Flunk R. Stockton,
Churies Dudley W.mer, Joaquin
Miller. Elizabeth Stuart Phelps,
Mrs. A. D. T. Wbitnoy, Mary
Mapes Dodge, J.ieut. Fredrick
achwatka, Rose liawtboine I.a«
throp, E. S. Brooks, Oecrge W.
Cable, C as. G. I eland,Susan F«.n
imore Cooper, John Q. Whtuiar,
“11. }i.,” W. O. Mt< ddard, C P.
Cianub, and score* of otl.sr distin
gniahed writer;. The best auists
and engravers illustrate the maga
azine. It has been truly said that
ths reading of St Nichole* is
Ml SOLATiON 419 ItmilUNk.
The M Waters of the Western Mr
era.
A Octroi! Engagement.
He wss on his way to a village
|in the interior to get married. The
day and the hour hud been set, end
her# he was fifty miles sway, sr.d
i.o show to get there unless be hir
ed s locomotive. Acting upon the
advice of tbs depot poliertrun the
young maned had interview with
one of thu chisf officials of the road,
who off. red ths use of a locomotive
for 840.
“That’s s heap of money,’ replied
the yonng man as his entt miasm
began to ooze awey.
“Yes,’’ replied the indifferent offi
cial.
“I’ll telegraph to her father and
and »se whet lie says."
“Very wall; let me know with*
in an hour.”
In about en hour ths young anm
returned £with t message in his
hand, and ha laid it before the ofli*
cial without e word. It read :
“Susan changed her mind yester
day was married to Frank.”
“Then you won’t want the loco
motive, of course?"
“Os course not. It wna lucky I
thought nl telegraphing, for I'm
just 840 ahead.”
“Aud vou don’t feel bad over be
ing left?"
“Well I’d been engaged to Hu*
van for thirty ysuts, and when I
opened that riitq at oh my krt»ea
wot bled a kit, but I guess its all
for the beet. I’m also engaged to
a Tub do milliner who does a bus
iness us 8J0,Ok) pt r ) ear, and to a
gitl in Colutnhns who > ■■ "eels her
aunt to leave her 820,uuu, and I'm
in hopes of pulling through with
out going into a decline. S-.iry to
h<\u troubhd you, sir, and IT bid
you good-day.’’—[Free Press.
Made It Out Weft.
‘Lien out West, lniye you ?’ I
said to a m art, looking young mun
who sat in the seat Inside ute.
‘Yes, sit; been out there for ten
year*.’
‘Where were you 1 cated?’
‘No place in particular, Chan
ged around a good deal.’
‘Make any money?'
‘Yes, made a fortune. Am now
going East to enjoy it. Shalt live
in a big stone mansion at one of
the prettiest towns in New York
Htn'e. Don’t suppose you will
believe it, sir, but it's a fart, I shall
have 100 or 200 *ervanls to wait
on me. I shall keep my own
physician right «n the premises.
I shell entertain hundred*of guests
from all over the Stute of New
York and a law from the Territo
ries.’
‘Now, that wi'l do.’ I enterrup*
ted. T'nt rot a greeny, no use to
tell snob c riee to me,’
• It’-t a fret, though,’ hn r« lied,
‘and here's t! e proof of it.' And
he held tip his hands and exnib
ited u pail of handcuff.) adorning
hi* wrists.
‘Yes, sir, he’s rriy prisoner, and
I'm Inking him hum Montana to
Auhu. it,’ said a keeneyed, bearded
man behind him. ‘A misunde*-
Btuntling bt-twueu you and tit*
special ngrnt in regard to (hn
whereabouts of some registered
burs, wut.n’t it, Jim?'—Train
Tatk/Chigsgo Herjld.
Ths Wisdom ofThl* World.
Don't be a thief. Steal a large
amount »ul be an “uulortusats
man.”
Don’t tnlk about religion. Peo.
pie ought to know somrlbing of
the suljccl of tbsir conversation.
Don’t bs hog. That is to say
yuu can't hely it, of course, hut
dou’t show ycur character in pub
lio.
Don’t find fault, You were not
horn wuen ths Lord created the
wmld rud devised its runuing
gcat.or (Is might hays consulted
you and loads il to suit yru.
Don’t lie. At least no*, so you
will bs koosksd by it on the .first
tound A good scientific liar has
been known to be quite a success
ful person in basius.sscd society.
Don’t get mad about every li’tls
foul thing. If yonrtomper throws
you on your bacx and walxe over
you there is no reason why you
should >ant it to treat evey
body slea the same way.
D n’t do s goo 1 many other
things, sad, first of all, if you ds,
don’t get caught. Ths world likes
to *e*> a it.au “get there E i,” but
i< bats* to s**e his tracks.—Mer
chant Tiaveler.
Mr*.Eliza Bra,,nth, Ivsnhos,Ga.
ssv-: ‘I used Brown’* iron B.tter*
with best result for txtirms nsry-
Kosnose, sla.pi.neaa aud bad
bleed.
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