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SATURDAY. APRiL 11, 1574.
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On n SatnrAoy morning, anont tho mtd
dloof lairt Diwotnber, might have Iwon
scon ratting into second-clow carriago, nt
Oxford, a mm witiMWUk - ami
a bull Urif'rp ’J'iKI ; WA<i l niyu*lf.
At Hchool TANARUS, Olumlo Hminfkor, was a
thorough failure lliat in in tlio tyw of
my liiyul-maatore tuul tlinne nlioae busim-w
--it wan to NKiuno the function* of my dead
iwfwntn. One of my guard inna wan my
ancle. Guy Houniker, m,v father'll younger
anil vuly IgoUiiu, who had iniuritcd all the
family pVdpeny, to the exclusion of my fa
ther. My Uncle Guy always ma dto nay to
mo when I came to pay him my yearly visit
nt Ohristmnf: !"Gl*u4e, yon’fo l*y <l"g:
tbo only thinjpTyon take any Iron hie about
are shooting and rowing. Why don’t yon
work, and do something to make a man of
yourself ?"
ft was apjtotrM} 1 rowed t4n4i of my
bos# wt smwolsunl wasted niy Utnc.
My Undo Guy was childiens; anil daring
the four and a half yours 1 liad iioon at Ox
ford ho had oontinnally written to me, ak
ing nbdfl tor fiWfrjiS, airtl JukUfe; each
time that if T did won, T should llover re
gret it. A fortnight before I went for my
last examination, 1 had the following In
gouie vitisUe from tlio old man:
‘ My lidarlkiy: ’Write and toll me when
you oan come to mo. House nearly full.
I have kept soindpresent* for you. Mrs.
Bettorsou and her daughters are here.
Don’t forgot to do well in your examina
tion topiense vour old Uncile. ”
“iMfgSilWfrCftlbrfftWSy frW) cpuniua
tion room* and examiners, sorrow at leav
ing Oxford, wore mingled with anxious
thoughts of Flo. Betterton and surmises as
to tho terms on which we should moot.
During my first long vacation 1 had met \
Florence Ih'thirton down lit Dtivmishiro, j
at a lovely sea-ado place near tho Chase,
where. Uncle Guy lived. Tho Betterton
(jumiy Jgul since that time. /itrndc up ait
lioijiiMiiJbeuco rritlcmy 1 niicio, and now they I
wore living with liim. Florimoomid I hart
gone through all tho stages of a vigorous
ltirtution in that happy month at tho sea
side, when f came down avowedly to study
Thucydides, but really to read Tennyson
aloud to my golllen-lmirod beauty. When
wo parted there was a clear understanding
Ik-tween us that we were all iu all to each
other, backed by a distinct promise of mu
tual constancy. Six months afterwards !
redeivod * verbal message through a mu
tual friend that she had ceased to care for
me. Bo much for tlio cause of my troubled
looks when I stopped into tlie train at Ox
ford.
, M ftopfcr 1 gyt mitt >1 *lroiHis(J t Uy:
nattily-Imm r uuUtml
the room wlicii my iiUontion w attracted
by two strangers, ono of whom wan tolling
other lii.it ho know tho wav from
Brend hooch to the Clmsti quite well. llosir
jng tho won speaking of going to my uu
o.lo'h place, 1 ventured to ask him if lie
Slew my relative, lie said that he did,
.1 imei#iii,itely’introdiu!o<[b&ii|i If to me
ns Olarenoo Vinning. His oompamon wits
u brother officer, Chorion Dawkins.
During tho journey I had established
myself on a tolerably intimate footing with
my new acquaintances. Vinning told me
that there were to bo dunces and dinners,
shooting parties and othor gaieties at the
Chase, and that ho intended to enjoy liiiu
self 'vipa&llfy. us tiiOso di
vine girls, tho Bettertons, are going to bo
in tho house.” No sooner lmd the train
stopped at tho station at IJroadlieach than
we saw ley uncle ou tho platform with
Mm. Betterton and all the girls -Florence,
Mary and Milly. Mary was the oldest a
lino, handsome woman of twenty-live. Him
always limt been my groat friend ill the
old days when I had been infatuated about
.Flo. N est eaine Milly; she was a swept
tempered, pretty little thing, and a;i un
like hoi-handsome older sister as possible.
Last, but not least, was my Florence. 1
used to think her perfect in thoso days
aud young men’s impressions often last till
old age,—geldeu hair, dark oyo lashes, and
a diviyf %na\ . ,
Sunday woo an uneventful day. I lor
enoo kept in her room all day, ami Mary
staid with her. Monday was the day for
OJUp*icit>K tho work of the dny
dnmfs- M e tliif is the mun wore go
lapWilhoot. After dinner we were all to
go to a dance given by a Mrs. Hughes in
tho honor of our party. I allot liadly all
the morning. We compared, and each
ouiiMbsak l*hll?. a JWhK down IB the
mouth. Wo brightened up about luncli
time, when tho girls wore exported to
oome. Thou it flashed across me for the
first tlme-rFlowpoe threw mo over for
Vinniag. Ho certainly looked pleased
when the girls arrivod. ,
Wo walked home with the ladiOH. Again
1 failed to get an opportunity of speaking
to Mary or Florence by themselves. Viu-
Hing took off the latter, and 1 had to walk
with Mary and Milly.
In the evening, however, I was deter
mined that i would slsek mid And out
from Mary, or oven from Florence herself,
the mystery of her sudden elnuigo of mind
toward me. How lovely the three sisters
looked as they came into tho room ! Bui
Florence, despite an air of sadness which
had hardly left her face sine© 1 had been
at the Chaso, was tho handsomest picture
I over saw. I asked her for the first wait/,,
arid got it. My firs'- words to her, after we
had retired to tho lovely conservatory.
have you forgotten four
years ago ?”
. ai, o never answered me, and I thought
I would not pres# the subject then. The
next dajieovfusa fjdsdriHo, and 1 was tu<>
Slid to do anything; so 1 went up to Mary
and asked her if she would not sit it out
witlfcme- -I did, nut hesitate a moment,
wfheit wt: yfy'XQ .‘doin', lb ask her if she
knew aiiything of Florence's reasons for
throwing me over so coldly and so sud
denly. She said no; it so remained a
mystery to her as to me- -the only possible
elite she could give mo being that she
might have heard that I had been tlirting
with somebody else.
“No, Mary,” I said, “you know mo too <
well for that.”
I then asked Mary if Viuntng was not
engaged to Florence, and if she did not
care for him.
“Why.” said slie, “don’t you know that
he is engaged to Milly, and is only wait ing
for father’s consent to get married ui
once—only they had a little miff to day
because lie thought you were paying atten -
tion to Milly—that’s all.”
The next "dance I hail with Florence was j
thfi seventh. The very words sho said to
is ' were:
“Mr. Eonniker, I am sorry for your
disapi>oiiitnieut. ”
I answered nothing to this, but in a
moment 1 said to her:
“Florence, why did yon •end me that
cruel message V
Sho looked at mo with her frank blue
eyes and said :
“Claude, 1 hoard, you wore engaged to
Marry. ’
Then I said.
“Now it is too late, you seem to have
ceased to care for me.”
Thu, blue eyes filled with tears; the lips
said nothing.
A* iiad luck would have it, tho iuuir
struck up for nnother dance, mid f saw
(fibtflca Dawkins coming out of the dan
cing-rfioih to look for TTorenco', Ids part
ner.
“Dofi't leave me, Florence; f am so
very wretched."
“What for ? Why are you wreiohod ?”
‘ ‘Because you hate mo.
Tlieu the blue eyes looked blight again,
and alio said:
“Thcn ypu,'d letter bo happy."
SJusiwm white cumeliu In her
dr<'n, and I said:
“Uiveit to me.”
“1 will give it to Ihe one I love.”
Charles Dawkins came up, o’nimed her
hand, and left me in misery to walk up
and ami down on the lawn till it was time
for mo to claim tlio next ilitneo with her.
The tiujo at liuit. I went into the
mom. ' Cttaiics Dawkinn was again com
ing to her, with tho white enmoTin in his
hand. The whole thing was plain
now she loved him. I was in agony,
awl without a w*d< L tnnngL hqel
slid strode out the room. To put on my
coat and liat was Imt tho work Of a mo
ment, and then, scarcely knowing what I
was alsnit, 1 started to walk homo to the
Chase, tiirec miles off.
1 slept for an liaui; or two, then rose,
p:wdtcil all my tilings, and, at daybreak,
got ally to toko all my thing* to tlio sta
tion. A note on my dresrang-talile told
my uncle tho reason of my going, and add
ing that 1 had sustained a fearful disap
pointment alsnit my class. 1 meant that
my hard -won honors wore useless to me
tUiOitl, i’lvrenee’s love to spread a halo of
juiniiglit over them; but my words were
axnluguoUM.
The train was just starting Unit was go
ing to take mo to London cn route for any
where, when the little pony carriage drove
up, and Florence and my good undo in
side of it.
“Htop him ! stop him !” exclaimed the
good-natured old gentleman, all radiant
with funiles.
I turned wound in sunwise nt seeing
Florence holding in her hand tho white
camelia of the preceoiling evening, and
Uncle Guy, with a shy smile, said:
“1 know all about it, yon young raecnl;
you made a previous mistake.”
I said tliat l had, but 1 couldn’t help it.
“Now, my boy," said Unoie Guy, “yon
two can walk home liy tire lanes together,
ami I’ll drive tire pony carriage by the
road.
What a happy walk that was ! Florence
told me it was all a mistake about the
oumcHa.
“Mr. Dawkins wruitod to exchange hie
for mine; twit you know, 1 wanted mine
for a particular purpose.”
When we reached homo looking very
guilty hut very happy--everything war
satisfactorily explained; but luncheon had
j been waiting some time. Uncle City for
; gave ns, and told me I wasn't such a fool
after all, and added that, he thought far
morn of my sense in getting Florence to
promise to bo my wife. Ono t iling lie
stipulated with Mrs. Betterton was that, he
should luivo a wedding breakfast at life-:
own old Chaso, mid that, he should put
“that rascal of a nephew of mine” in a po
sition to marry the lovely Florence. I
have tho white onmolia still, and before
long I slii.ll be going down to Broodbcnclt
‘ogam to claim the fulfillment of tlui prom
ise which I received with it. Milly is go
ing out to India with her husband, Vin
ning; bat wo Floroneo and myself -arc
to live in tho old Chase and take care of
our Uncle Guy.
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Repentance Coming Too late.
The Now York Nation, whoso Rudienl
proelivitios are sufficiently pronounced to
need no comment from us, is moved to
make use of tho following Imigmgo:
“After tho close of the war there arose
tho same complacent mode of viewing tho
qnostion of reconstruction, (live tho ne
groes the ballot, we Bnid, and prevent any
political discrimination on account of race
or color or previous condition of servitude,
mid all will be well. The result has been
the return of a large part of the South to
a condition of barbarism. kVelmve there
made life and personal liberty safe, but
many of the tilings which make life and
liberty worth havingarb gone or going.”
Repentance, when it comes ton late, in
the gloomiest of sarcasms and Radical
roconstrnotioß never received a sharper
or more suggestive rebuke than iaiuhninis
terocl in this lament of tho Nation. We
infer from it, however, that some of tho
more lamest and intelligent thinkers of
tho party tiro beginning to mi live (he
wrong they have assisted in committing
end foresee its results. They know now,
if never before, that in a count ry like I his
of ours whatever tends to humiliate and
oppress one soctiou must sooner or later
react upon all the rout. If, as Lincoln
wns no food of assorting, “no nation can
exist half slave and half fret', ’ then surely
no nation can prosper with half of it in
tho sunshine of law and order and the
other half plunged in the shadow of social
and political aoiuovftllzntion and decay.
\Vo of tho North are apt to think that, no
: matter what happens to the Mouth, our
fortunea are secure, and that the trials and
persecutions ofonr Bister commonwealths
can never by any possibility affect us.
This is an error for which, if wo persevere
in it, we shall pay dear. Not only are the
business relations of U o family if States so
intimely and indissolubly blended that the
misfortunes of one member must necessa
rily'move or less involve tbe rest, but
legaliz' and misgovermueut fastened upon
even a single While gradually extends its
pernicious influence to all. The freedom
of Illinois nod .Missouri would bo more .se
cure to-day if ihnith Onroliua aud lioulsi
ana were free; and if these latter are to
remain as they umv are, and time may
count, will conic, when Ilia former must
hear h similar yoke. 'Po dill ourselves a
Republic when! from any cause, a. portion
of the national domain i-< struggling under
a system which is nothing more or loss
than tyranny, is an insult to common sense.
To suppose wo enn escape the consequences ;
of incoming and supporting that system, j
is tho height of madness. Having planted
thu seed and watered it, wo shall as surely
i reap the harvest as grass grows and water
’ runs.
The Nation, speaking for the Kopnbli
cun party, intimates that the conferring
of the ballot upon the negro was a meas
ure dictated by what appeared to be a
wise philanthropy. Wo do not doubt
that many of the rank and tile of the
party took this view of the ease, and were
; perfectly sincere in pressing their eonvic
| lions to a logical conclusion. Hut the
j leaders, with one or two honorable ex
i eoptiolis, labored under no such amiable
delusion. They advocated the elevation
of the negro to tlw rights of citizenship,
not because they loved him, not because
they thought ho was competent to prop
erly exercise those rights, but to aecom
j plish two tilings the prolongation of
! party j rawer and the punishment of the
South. Had ii not been morally certain
that the blacks in a mass would support
the Itopubliean ticket, and that by their
votes tl\c white people of the South
could bo kept in bondage for iui indefinite
period, tiio ballot would never liavo been
given to the African race. Partisan policy
and sectional hatred were the two influ
ences which lifted this race, just emerged
from centuries of servitude, into political
etpudity with their former masters, and
by their numerical superiority literally gave
tlyPUl domiiiiot},oyer.yiQHo masters. Art
stroke of VengeAitce adgjinistopcd by tlio
vidvWs to Uie vbtrtpnshed, this wna a Hploo
did suocess: as anew feature added to tho
experiment of popular government, it has
been, thus far at leant, a stupendous fail
ure the full oofiitoqueuco* of which it is
impossible vet to estimate. “Tlie States
lately in rebellion” have been grievously
chastised, but -according to the Nation- -
“a large part of the South has returned
to a condition of bArhariitn;” the en
franchised froodmen booted and spurred
have ridden fust mid furiously, but—ac
cording to tlio Nation —“many of the
tilings which make life and liberty worth
having, afo gdno or going. * ,i
There are somo paths which, though
fraught with danger, bring experience
which may bo available for future guid
ance; i not ;ono of them. The
government lias deliberately conferred
suffrage upon a class unprepared to rightly
use it, and whoso ignorant abuse of it is
now painfully apparent. Tlio gift ono.
bestowed cannot ho withdrawn, no matter
wliat evil emanates therofrom. Wo have
got our elephant, and must henceforth
watch him as clow Jy os. wo can and con
trol him as best wo may. —St. Louis lie
publican.
From Cuba A Bloody Battle.
New York, April 4.—A letter from Ha
vana says information obtainable about the
recent battle of ( liuuiiiimo say it was one of
Hid hardest contested fight* that has taken
place between tlio insurgents and Span
iards. Of tlio wounded brought to Ha
vana most all have received their injuries
by tlie machete. They report they were
over two hours fighting at close quart ore.
Brigadier Arminan, with about 3,(MX) men
-cavalry, infantry and artillery becom
ing aware of the massing of the insurgents
under Maximo Gomex, marched forward,
and on the 15th day of March encountered
thorn in large force. An attack was imme
diately begun by tho Cubans, so that Ar
tniuan had barely time to form a square—
p aoing bis artillery in the centre, the cav
alry being ordered to cut its way through
the enemies’ lines and procure' reinforce
ments at Puerto Principe.
The cavalry was fearfully cut up—very
few being left to bring the news of the
critical oomlision of the Spanish oiihißins.
Till Ho' sfieceeilod in reaching Puerto Prin
cipe their pursuers nt thier bools. Brig
adier Huacones, witli a column of 2000 men
started out, but lind hardly gone beyond
the suburbs of Puerto Principe before ho
was attacked by the Cubans. lie sui
coedud in prwwihg on, and had another t. *
voro encounter with tho insurgent* finally
miiting Ins eolifmn with teat of Arnnniui.
The losses of the Spaniards were very
severe, and it is reported that over forty
oflleers are killed and wpyiidod. llgtii
sides fought with great bravery.
On the evening of tho l!)th of March,
Captain General .Tovellar took precaution
ary measures for protecting the exchange
offices and rumors of manifestations to lie
lumle iigatfitt those institutions wereufloat.
Word wan sent to the Spanish admiral
to have the marines in readiness for land
ing at a moment’s notice. Howitzers were
mounted In the bows of the launches of the
Spanish men of war ready to be landed,
and several groups of men wore quietly
dispersed.
Sentence of tho Embezzlers.
PniiiWOiiT.rinx, April I. -Fennimore
and Hairiucl It. Toy, arrested by Pinker
ton’s detective agency for embezzling
while acting an conductors on tho New
Jersey division of tlie Pennsylvania rail
road, and who pleaded guilty, were
brought up for sentence to-day. Mr. Cas
siday, representing the Pennsylvania
Railroad Company, said: “I desire, before
moving for sentence in tlrqfs*
counsel of the Pennsylvania Railroad
Company, at whose instance these pros
ecutions were commenced, to say that our
purpose mainly in having tlm ease of
Hhreves called to trial was to demonstrate
j to employes of this and all other corpo
rations, us Well ns to the community, that
no combination of these servants were so
powerful or so adroit in their management
as to ho able to defy the law; that tho law
of the land was powerful enough to protect,
the lights of corporations as well as to re
ward faithful servants.
"This corporation has instructed me that
they have and had no fooling in the matter
except to vindicate the law or to ask you
in mercy to those men to bo temper your
sentence so ns to prevent imprisonment,,
and yet impose such punishment as will
show that this is not an idlo ceremony, but
is to ho a warning for tho future to all
oonoerhod.”
The Judge said: I very mnoh regret to
find men who have hitherto occupied ro
speotablo positions, now placed at the bar
of thin court for sentence. I have no hesi
tancy in saying. Hint hut. for the course
of the district attorney, coupled with the
appeal of the counsel for the Pennsylvania
Railroad Company for a merciful sentence
l should lmvo imposed imprisonment us n
part of my sentence. Regarding, how ever,
their request, in the belief that a moderate
sentence may have tho effect of deterring
others, I have concluded so omit the im
prisonment, but to impose tlio highest of
tines allowed by the act of the Assembly,
The sentence is that each of you pay a tine
of ??fioo and the costs of the prosecution,
and stand committed until tho same is
paid.
A Damaging Admission.
Commenting on one of the Now York
h'craht'K warlike articles on the suhjoofc of
inflation, thu Charleston (’purior says:
TlnS Herald makes this flainligirig ad
mission: “Jt iron not because slavery teas
immoral that ice fnutjlti over it, hut because
whilo it continued either slave labor or
free labor must become unprofitable.”
The truth is leaking out at last. All the
rhetoric about the horrors of slavery,
about the separation of husbands amt
wives, about the traffic in human flesh,
was, with the East, as far ns the Herald un
der,-funds it, a client and a subterfuge, in
tended to divert llio country from the true
object of the Abolitionists, which was
“the almighty dollar.” There was no
thought Of principle. Slavery was not op
posed because it was immoral, but because
slave labor was a dangerous competitor of
free labor. Money v.as at the bottom of
the auii-tdnvery agitation, as the South
always bciieved. The- ll -rnl l makes open
confession, and, money led to one great
struggle, fourteen years ago, so shall it
lead to a mightier revolution. As the
Herald phrases it, “inflation moans war
dril mar- -forced upon the Atlantic States
by the West and Southwest,” ami, it
might have added, the South and Soutli
cost.
How to com. w\Tnit. —lf it is desired to
cool water for drinking in warm weather,
and ice can not bo obtained, let it be kept
in an unglazod earthenware pitcher, wrapt
around with two or three folds of course
cotton doth, kept constantly wot. The
theory of cooling water in this manner is
the absorption of heat from it, by the
evaporation of the moisture in the cotton
cloth —expansion produces cold, ooinpres
i-ion heat
XSCELLANEOUS ITEMS.
The basest men have the lowest estimate
of women. -
Bakers are the only loafers Unit should
be tolerated.
Uappiness is whore it is found, and sel
dom where it is sought.
A Fitchburg barber Las boon fined a
dollar for shaving araun on Sunday. Next
gentleman I
A young lady in Tennessee, weighing
310, is weighting for a young man of
(spoil pretensions.
“Prayed out of tho town” are tho words
nailed on tlie doors of several saloons at
Xenia, Ohio.
A Louisville reporter has found a rash
women, who keeps a pet dog and kindles
her lire witli keroseno oiL
There are two reasons why some people
don't mind their own business. One is
they don’t have any business, and tlie
other is they havon’t any mind.
Tho question is frequently asked, “How
muoh is a horse power ?” We saw a man
who was kicked by a horse the other day,
but he is too sick to tell.
Tho editors of tho Cincinnati Enquirer
aro growing truthful. Speaking, doubt
less, for themselves, they say: “Next to
pork, whisky is our main dependence."'
“Who outs your clothes, Tommy ?”
asked a visitor of a curiously rugged boy.
“Well,” said lie, ingenuously; “ma cuts
my pants and pa cuts my jackets."
“Mr. Jones, what makes my canary
sleep on ono leg ?” “I don’t think that
anything makes him do it. ma’am. It ap
pears to me that ho does it of hia own ac
cord.”
Some European humanitarian* lmvo de
vised. an iron musk tor cattle doomed to
slaughter, with a socket over the center of
their forehead, into which tits a deutli
doaling nail.
Mr. Groeloy did not invent tho phrase
“Go West,” as is generally supposed.
The original of tho remark was when Uuth
said (many years B. O.): “Where thou
go West I will go.”
“Jack.” said ft man to a hid just entering
his teens, “your father is drowned.”
“Hang it,” replied tlie young hopeful,
‘and lie's got my jack-knife in his pock
et.”
Jones presented his wife on her last
birth-day with a tieautiful silver service.
She was thankful, but said that ono piece
in tlio set was wanting, for tlie proverb
Hays: “Ono good t-urudeserves another.”
The question “Does Water Intoxicate ?”
says tlio Chicago Timm, now worries
Brownstown, lud., the argument Ixfiiig
based on the fact of less drunkenness
among the residents when four saloons
were in full blast than now with none.
A fellow in Norwich was bitten by n dog.
As soon as lie recovered from his frigid,
bo declared be would kill the animal.
“But tho dog isn’t mad, ” said the owner.
“Mad I” shouted tlie victim, exasperat
iligly. “What bos he got to be mud about?”
Speaking of tho half-naked statue of
Washington, which cost (550,1MX), in tlie
East (lapitol Park, Grace Greenwood wit
tily sayg that his outstr,-tolled nnu points
reproachfully toward tlie glass eases in the
Patent Office, whore hang his much-de
sired habiliments.
A wealthy gentleman, who owns a coun
fry seat, Hourly lost his wife, who fell into
a river which runs through ids estate. He
announced tho narrow escape to liis
friends, expecting their congratulations.
One of thorn -an old bachelor —wrote as
follows: “I always told you that river
was too shallow. ”
In one of Addison's plays, an underta
ker reproves One of his mourners for
laughing at a funeral, and says to him:
“You rascal. 1 have been raising your
wages for these two years past upon Con
ditions that you should oppoar nioro sor
rowful, and the higher wages you receive
tlio happier you look."
A hoarder at a Nashville hotel called for
boiled eggs one morning. Tho waiter
returned from tho kitchen after a few
moments absence with the information
that the eggs were not good enough to
boil, but that, they were first rate scram
bled. The boarder suddenly lost his
interest in eggs.
A family passing through Detroit lost
their tom-ont. “Como, oome, children,”
said the father, huskily, sn ho turned to
tho wagon, “Johnnv died of scarlet fever,
little Mary went with tho whooping-cough
and now we've lost Sardiunis 1 I
shouldn’t wonder if mother or I’d be the
next to go,”
Forrest played onoo in Providence, Tt. 1.,
and found his audience cold and apathetic.
Finally, after vain attempts to rouse them
into enthusiasm, lie walked down to the
footlights, mid, casi ing on the astonished
Yankees the glare of an infuriated Jove,
remarked: “If you don’t pray more than
you applaud, you'll all go to h i sure.”
Some boiler makers at Dubuque put a
boy in a boiler to hold a hammer head to
the rivets as they wore driven in, and when
all were completed he was found too big
to come out of tho hole. Ho stripped to
buff and greased his skin, but it was no
use, and it took six men three hours to
out solid boiler iron before bo could be
get out,
“As T am a rather particular man,” said
a gentleman to a man he was about to en
gage os a coachman; “I shall expect yon
every evening to my house for a quarter of
an hour to attend family prayer. I sup
pose you do not object ?” “Why,” an
swered tho man, I don’t see much to say
against it, and I hope yen will consider it
in my wages.”
“Theodore. Tilton snya it is the hardest
thing in the world to bow and smile when
a man weighing two hundred pounds lias j
stepped on your corn.” It is ft hard thing j
to do certainly, and the m m who thus
hows and smiles, when he feels infinitely
more like humping himself and howling,
and howling profanely at that, is a fraud 1
against which the law should protect us.
A darky was once attempting to steal a
goose, but a dog raised an objection, and
Sambo retired. The next night, during a
thunder shower he attempted it again, and
just as ho was on tho point ofgctfing away
with his fowl, the lightning struck close by
and tho noise nearly frightened the poor
fellow to dentil. Dropping the goose, he
started nwny, muttering. “Peers tor me
der am a mighty lot of fuss mode ’bout a
common goose. ”
William M. F.varts tolls this good story: j
A few summers since, at the urgent re
quest of ono of his younger daughters, ho
sent up to his country place in Vermont a
donkey for her use. She had read about
donkeys, but was not familiar with their
peculiar vocalism. The animal’s strange 1
noises inspired her with the profonndest!
pitv for his evident dist ress. So she wrote j
to lier father: “Dear Pa., I do wish you i
would come up here soon, my donkey is so j
lonesome. ’’ i
fIIOEESSIONA I. < AII US.
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ATTORNEY AT LA W,
QUITMAN,
BROOKS COUNTY, GEORGIA.
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WBiiiraeMec fn the Comities at (he Hnnthnm
Ghreoit, Hcbolß and Clinch of the Brniwwiok, and
Mitchell of tlio Albany. CfOiflcu at the Court
House.-u*
J. S. N. S N o w,
I3ENTIHT,
Qaltman, ----- Georgia,
Office Up Staire, finoh’* Corner.
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BENNETT & KINGSBERRY,
Attorneys at Law
Q UITMAN,
Brooks Comity, - Georgia.
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EDWARD R. HARDER.
Attorney at Law,
<IUIT M A N ,
BROOKS COUNTY, - - GEORGIA.
Lata *in AnsocUte JiiHtiuc Bn promo Crmrt U.
8. for TIUh and Nobnutka fcrrilorie; ikw Jntlx#
C#unty Omrt, Brooks County, Ga.
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DR. E. A. JELKS,
PKACTISINa PHYSICIAN,
Quitman, Ga.
OFFICE —Brick building adjoining tho torc o!
Mohhih. Briggs, Jcllu 4 Cos., Hcrorvu street*
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VKCELLA NKO US A D VEli TISKMENTS.
BEDELL & CO.,
Ijlq uo r Dealers;
ARU *
TO IIA CC O AGENTS,
i4O BROAD STREET,
COLUMBUS, GA.
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CURRIER, SHERWOOD & CO.,
WHOLESALE DEALERS IN
BOOTS AND SHOES
Tills Is ono of the Oldest and Larg&t
Boot anil Shoe Jobbing House*
IN THE CITY.
All their Supplies are obtained from
TIIE VERY BEST MANUFACTORIES,
Anil Sold to Customer* on the
MOST ACCOMMODATING TEN MS.
470 & 478 Broome Street, New York.
A. IN. WATKINS, Traveling Agent.
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MARKET SQUARE HOUSE
VALENTINE BASLER,
(Successor to his brother Antony Easier)
THE WELL, KNOWN
TEN PIN AIJsEY,
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At the Old Stand, 174 Bryan St.,
Or POSITS THE MARKET,
Continues to keop on hand tho boat of
Brandies, Whiskies, Wines, Ales,
AND ALL OTHER LIQUORS,
My Foreign Liquors are aH of my own Impor
tation.
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M. FITZGERALD,
(ESTABLISHED 1850.1
Manufacturer and Wholesale and Retail
Dealer in
CAIDIE S,
CORDIALS, SYRDPS,
Fancy Confectionary, Ac.
ISO 15i\yrt St~,
Between Barnard and Jefferson Streets,
SavuimtiTi, Ga
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SA VANN AH ADVERTISEMENTS.
(Wmr lATthr nuvWEjfErr#.)
FOn JO YEARS THE
Standard of Excellence
THROUGHOUT THE WORLD.
Over 7.50,000 in Use.
If yon think of buying Sewing Machine it frill
pay yon to examine the record#* of thone jaow in
nao ajd imdit by experietme. Tl* Wteeetar
ti Wilson Htumiit iilonr (hr only J.lght
Running Mnehinr, uttlng the Rotary Hook,
iiuhiiiK n lita k Killrh, alike bn both fikleuof
the fabric sewed. AH Hlmttle nukchine* waate
[>ower in drawing the fhnttle back after the
' stitch in fortned, bringing doMde wear and atrain
upon both mai’liioe ana operator, uvuev, while
Other imchfßM rapldlv wear oat, the Wfceelrr
4 w 11*0n (*anU ol lilfetlmc, *nd proven an
economical investment. Do not beuevc all that
is promised by so-called “Cheap" maebiden, yon
ahoniil require proof tliat years of utw; have tested
their value. Money once thrown away cannot be
recovered ✓
Hend fr oar circnlartr. Machines sold on easy
terms, or monthly payments taft*n. Old machines
put in order or received in exchange.
WHKKLEB A WLUION MFG CO.’H OFPICB8:
Savannah, Augusta, Macon and Cilnnilms, Ga.
W. B. Clevrh, Agly Savasinah, Ga.
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JOHN M. COOPER A CO,
Havannah, Ga<
WHOLESALE AND lIETOIL DEALERS IN
BOOKS AND STATIONERY.
Keep constantly on hand a large assort
ment of
MISCELLAKEOUB, STANDARD
AND
SCHOOL BOOKS.
Smnlay School Libraries fumishetl an the
most liberal terms with the latest
ami best English Publications,
B I B LES,
Pocket, Family ami Pulpit,
In Great Variety.
PHOTOGRAPH ALBUMS, SCRAP BOOKS.
Any hfw*k Hunt by mail on receipt of price,
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1 BRESNAN’S
EUROPEAN HOUSE,
Nos. 156, 158, 100 and 162, Bryan St.,
SAVANNAH, GA.
rjIHE PROPRIETOR HAVISO COMPLETED
I the ueressaiy additions anil iuiproYouicntu,
can now offer to his guests
ALL THE COMFORTS TO RE OB
TAIN RID A T OTHER HOTELS
AT LlkiS THAN
HALF THE EXPENSE.
A Restaurant on tho EUROPEAN PLAN has
been added, where guosts can,
.zVt -A 11 Hours,
Order whatever can be obtained in tbe market
Rooms witli Raoul, $1 AO per day*
Determined to bo
OUT DONE BY NONE
all I can ask is a TRIAL, confident that complete
satisfaction will be given,
oot t-tf JOHN ISUF.SNAN, Proprieto
GEORGE APPLE,
DEALER IN
CLOTHING,
II A TH, CA I*
Gent’s Furnishing Goods,
BOY'S CLOTHI NG,
TRUHKS, VALISES,
Boots and Hlioes,
No. L 62 Bryan Street, Market Square,
fXDEn BRKSXASi’S HOTEI*
Suva amt 1* Ga.
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SPRING STOCK J
DeWITT, MORGAN l CO
ARE OPENING
THEItt SPRING STOCK
Wines they oitbr
FOR CASH,
—AT --
Prices to Suit the ITtneN/
DRES3 GOODS - .
Hn,KS,
CALICOES,
CASSIMEHES,
SHAWLS,
PRINTED MUSLIfW;
GRENADINES,
TRIMMINGS,
COLLARS,
RCFFUMG/
EVERYTHING FOR SALE
THAT IS KEPT IN A
FIRST-CLASS HOUSE
FOR SALE BY-
DeWITT, MORGAN & C 0.,.
130 Congress Ht.
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SAVANNAH, - - - GEORG A
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DR. I). COX,
LIVE STOCK, SLAUGHTERED MEATS,
Aim—
PRODUCE,
COMMISSION MERGHACT
-HUH*—
PURCHASING AGENT,
SA VANIN AH, GEORGIA,
Stock Lots,
WILLIAM AND WEST BROAD STEETS.
Produce Depot
IN BASEMENT OF CITE MARKET
COifiIGIYMENTS OF
1 BEEF CATTLE,
MILCH COWS,
SHEEP, HOGS,
game:,
DRESSED MEATS, Ac., Ac..
AiSO—
POULTRY, EGGS,
VEGETABLES,
FRUITS,
MELONS;,
SUGAR,
SYRUP,
HONEY,
HIDES,
TALLOW, Ac.
RESPECTFULLY SOLICITED,
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MARSHALL HOUSE,
SAVANNAH, - - - - - GEORGIA.
A. B, LU€E y Proprietor*
BO ARD, $3 GO Per Da*.
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