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TWO DOLiLAfij^ A Year in Advano
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PERRY, GEORGIA, THtTRSDAY, JUNE % Isl
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'•fff I were only as pretty as you,” '
-Sad« snow-white pink to a yfolet bine;
"’If my dress were as fine as yoars,I think
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"**-I would gladly lay my robe at your feet.
If I Cordd only be one halfjw sweet
As when you scatter yonriagfltTO'Mft'**""'"
From your beautiful garments as white-as. i
HoWjlof ely and graid midiof^ymr are §’
Raid a rippling brook'to a'slflning'stit,
•‘If 'twere but mr fortune to dwell up there,
I would smile on the desolate everywhere!
tioiia of the heart.
However, she said to him one day,
when he pressed her to decide his fate
—she said to him with a sigh:
•‘Oh, Frank! I am sorry we have ever
met!”
“Sorry ?'
“Yes.—for we must part now—”
“Part?" repeated Frank, turning
pale; »
It was evident he had not expected
this.’
But I‘m only a br«*--St.only to he
And store day «n# night at the' face
of the sky.”
a Di’t Roods, Clotliiiig-,
m BOOTS, SHOES, HATS, TRUNKS,
f FANCY & NAMELY GROCERIES,
' HARDWARE, CUTLERY, Etc,
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snd will with pleasure order for their customers
Any parts of any other Machines they may wish,
All goods warranted as represented, or m<-n°7
fefu’idcd. Respectfully,
t
1UTTLE & WALTON.
Masonic Building. Perry, Ga.
§i t. Martin & Co.
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If we could but learn from flower, brook and star,
“To be b« glad and contented wherever we are;
That all—e’en the leask-**-have some mission to fill,
And gladly accept it, what e'er God may will
Life would yield rich fruition, whatever owr fate;
“For they also serve who but stand and wait.”
fancy and
r»
rocerieJ,
family »»»«,
invite the patronage of the citizens
of Perry add vicinity.
f bey propose £o keep constantly on t&'M
h well selected s£oCk of such goods as
are to tm found in a.
First 6lass Retail
Fancy & Family Grocery.
By reasonable profits and sparing
• tbgdjS gff: ” ■ . - * ‘ °
no [Mins to accommodate tieir custom
ers. they hope to recevie a share of the
public patronage.
Perry, Georgia—mchl7l2.
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BUTTER and CHEESE specialties.
Jnu’82
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$10 Seven Shot Mounted Revolver, for
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A Union Square Jewelry Basket.contains 20 pieces
of Beautiful Jewelry, for $1.00. Four Sets {all
different) of Beautiful Ionian Jewelry, lor 65cts.
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m Gira loOilr
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“0, short-sighted slreamlett” the star replied,
i'How Often away ftp here I’ve sighed
os, do you know
iver you go?
viou» elf—
>W myself.
‘If I were only a woman like youf"
Said my lietle-Minnie. . '‘I'Why.-what would you do?"
I asked. “i*d be as happy as I could be, '
And I’d bare a dear lift re girl—like met
I’d be/ob, so good to her every day.
And I think I’d let her do nothing but play.”
And lo! at the moment my darling'spake,
1 was striving to stifle -the. weary aehe,
T6 lose in her gladness the sense of i
That wiil sometimes torture a
And sighed: “How sweet could 1
A child, like the iunocent child at my knee.
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* ‘If ever I ; marry,” Katie Yale used to
say, half in jest, half in earnest—“if
eter I marry, the happy man, or the
unhappy one, if you please— ha! ha f—
shall be a person possessing three qual
ifications:
“First, a fortune.
“Second, good looks.
“And thirdly, common sense.
“I mention the fortune first because
I think it the most needful and desira
ble qualification of the three. Althongh
I could never think of marrying a fool
or a man. whoso ugliness I would be
asiiamed of; still I think to talk sense
for the one and shine for the other,
with plenty of money, would be prefer
able to living obscurely with a haud-
sorne intelligent man—to whom econo
my might be necessary. , ( ,v
I do not'lrno ; w how much of this sen
timent came from Katie’s heart. She
undoubtedly indulgid lofty ideas of
station and style—for her education in
the aims and duties of life had been
deficient, or rather ern6riecms;- but that
she was capable of deeper, better feel
ings none doubted, who had ever ob
tained even a partial glimpse of ber
trdb woman’s nature.
And fhe time arrived at length, $hen
Katie was to take that all important
step of which she had often spoken so
lightly; when she wns to demonstrate
to ner friends how much, of her heart
was in the words we have qtioted.
At the enchanting age of eighteen
she had many suitors; but as she never
gave a serious thought to more than
two, we will follow her example, dis
carding all except those favored ones,
and consider their relative claims.
If this were other than a true story,
I should certainly use an artist’s privi
lege, and aim-To prodnqa ini effect by
making a strong contrast between these
two favored individuals. If I could
have my way, one should be a poor ge
nius and somewhat of a hero; the other
a wealthy fool and somewhat of a
knave.
But the truth is:
Our poor genius was not mnch of a
genius, nor very poor, either. Ho .was
-by profession a teacher of mnsic, antfc
he could live very comfortably in exer
cise thereof—without the most distant
iiope, however! of’ ever attaining to
wealth. Moreover, Frank Minot pos
sessed ngfet qniSit?eg,r«Sh.iQk enti-
tfeddrim^to bte callecPby disfereet elderly
people a “fine character;” by his com
panions a “noble good fellow;” and by
thevladies generally, a “darling.” j
Katie eotild ' not>> Help loving Mr.
Frank, and he Jinew it : Bp was cer-
tahrshe preferred-iris society- -even to:
'tha't’of“Mr: Wellington^ whom alone he
"tnrn them if you fail to seh them. Any oiie net
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a rival.
iot or humpback, as I coaid Lave wish
ed him to be, in, order; to make a good
story: On the contrary, he was a man
efBenio,v-e®ic^on, , good: looks, and
fine-rhitHners; and. there fwas: nothing
of the knave’about him, that I conld
BesfdektliiS, his income was sufficient
to;live snp.arbBr<i"vAlso he was consid-'
ttairovirmxeir degrees handsomer
being
^’i^l^ed with a fortune, P5»^oka and.
eonungi sense-had never teen 4* to
draw these out; and.the aimably con
ceited Mr.^Ffaiik^wfis not Willihg to be
lieve that she would suffer mere world
ly considerations to control the aspire-
“Yes—yes,” said Katie, casting down
her eyes with another piteons sigh.
Frank sat by her side. He placed
his arm around her waist, without
heeding her feeble resistance; he low
ered bis voice and talked to her until
she—she, the proud Kaiie—wept—wept
bitterly.
bestow elsewhere the affections you
have met with coldness?”
“But it was wrong, sinful,” Katie re
monstrated. =
“Yes, I know it!” said her bnsband,
fi ercely. “It is the evil fruit, of an evil
seed. An.d who sowed that seed? Who
gave me a hand without a heart. Who
became a sharer of my fortune, but
gave me no share in sympathy—who
devoted me to the fate of a loving, un
loved husband? jNay, do not weep,
and nnclasp yonr hands, and sigh and
soi> in suek desperation of impatience^—
for I say nothing yon do not deserve to
hear.”
“Yery well,” said Katie, calming her
self; “I will not complain. I will not
say yonr reproaches are undeserved.—
Bat granting that T am the cold deceit-
“Katie,” said he, then, with a burst I ful thing yon call me—you know that
of passion, “I know you love me. Bnt
you are proud—ambitious—selfish 1—
Now, If you would have me leave you,
say the word, and I go!”
. “Go!” murmured Katie, .very feebly,
—“goi”
“You Lave decided?” whispered
Frank.
: “I have. ”
“Then, love, farewell!”
He took her hand, gazed a moment
tenderly and sorrowfully upon her
beau tiiill, tearful face; then clasped her
to his bosom,
She permitted the embrace,- She
even gave way to the impulse of the in-
staut, and twined her arms about his
.neck, but in a moment her resolution
came to ber aid, and she pushed l'im
from her with a sigh.
“Shall I go?” he articulated.
A feeble “yes,” fell from ber quiver
ing lipa.
And an instant later she was lyiDg
upon the sofa, sobbing and weeping
passionately—alone.
To tear the tenacious root of love out
of her heart had cost her more than
she could have anticipated' and the
certainty of a golden life of lnxnrj
proved but a poor consolation, it seem
ed, foi the sacrifice slie had made.
She iuv long upon the sofa, sobbing
and weeping passionately. Gradually
her grief appeared to exhaust itself:
Her breath came more regular and
calm. Her tears ceased to flow, and at
lenpth her eyes'and checks were dry.
Her bead was pillowed on her nrtr, and
her face was half hidden in a flood of
beautiful curls:
The struggle was over. The agony
was passed. She saw Mr. Wellington
enter, and arose cheerfully lo receive
him. Eis manners pleased her; his
s’atiou and fortunefnscii.ated hirmore.
He offered her bis hand. She accepted
it. A kiss sealed the engagement—
bnt it was not suoti a kiss as Frank had
given her, and she could not repress a
sigh'.
There was a magnificent wedding.
Splendidlv attired,■ dazzling the eye
with everything around in the atnaos
phere of fairy land, Katie gave her
hand to the man her ambition—not her
love—had chosen.
Bnt certainly ambition • could not
have made a better choice. Already
she saw herself surrounded by a mag
nificent court, of which she was the ac
knowledged and admired queen. The
favors of fortune were showered upon
her; she floated luxuriously upon the
smooth and glassy wave of a charmed
life.
Nothing was wanted in the whole cir
cle of her outward existence, to adorn it
and make it bright with happiness.
But she was not long in discovering
-that there was something wanting with-
yft her pwn breast.
-Her friends were numerous, her hus-
band tender, kind and.loving; bnt all
the affections she enjoyed conld not fill
her heart:
She- had once felt its chords of sym
pathy moved by a skillful tonck; she
had known the heavenly chaim of their
deep, delicious harmony; and. now they
were silent, motionless, muffled so to
speak, in silks and satins, The chords
still andnonndless, her heart was dead;
not the less so because it had been kill
ed by a golden shaft;. Having known
and felt the life of sympathy in love,she
conld not bnt mourn for it, nnconsoled
by the life of luxury. In short, Kate
in time
ble, sp
ntly misera-
this state of things cannot continue.”
“Yes, I know it.”
“Well?”
Mr. WelKngton’s brows gathered
darkly; his eyes flashed with determi
nation; his lips curled with scorn.
“I have made up my mind,/'said he,
‘•that we should not live together any
longer. I am tired of being called the
husband of the splendid Mrs. Welling
ton. I will move in my circle; you shall
shine in yours. I shall place no re
straint on your actions, nor shall you
on mine. We will be free.”
“But the world!” shrieked Katie,
trembling.
“The world will admire yon the same
—and what more do yon desire?” asked
her husband, bitterly; ‘ ‘The marriage
of hands, and not of hearts, is a mock
ery. Few know the conventional mean
ing of the term husband and wife; bnt
do you know what it should mean? Do
yon feel that the only true union is that
of love and sympathy? Then enough
of this mummery! Farewell! I go to
consult friands about the terms of sep
aration. Nay, do not tremble and cry,
and cling to me now—for I shall be lib
eral to yon. As mnch of my fortune
shall be yours as you desire.”
He pushed* her from llitn. She fell
upon the sofa. From a heart torn with
anguish she shrieked aloud:
“Frank! Frank! why did I send yon
from mi ? Why did I sacrifice love and
happiuiss to stThli a fate as Ibis? Why
was I blind till- sigh: brought mo mis
ery?”
She lay upon the sofa sobbing and
weeping passionately. Gradually her
grief appeared to exhaust itself; her
head lay peacefully on her arm, over
which swept her dishevelled tresses—
until, with a start, she cried:
“Frank! oh, Frank, come back!”
“Here I am,” said a soft voice by
hgr side.
She raised her head. She opened
her astonished eyes, Frank standing
before her.
“Yon have been asleep,” he said,
smiling kindly.
“Asleep?”
“Anil dreaming, too, I should say—
not pleasantly, either.”
“Dreaming?” murmured Katie; “and
is it all a dream?”
“I hope so;” replied Frank, taking
her hand.
“Yon could not mean to send me
from you so cruelly I know! I waited
in your father’s study, where I have
beeD talking to him all of an hour,
came back to plead my case once more
—and found you here where I left you
1 —asleep.”
“Oh, what a horrid dream!” mur
mured Katie, rubbing ber eyes, “It
was so like a terrible reality, that I
shudder now to think of it. I thought
I was married 1”
“And would that be so horrible?
asked Frank. “I hope then you did
not dream you were married to me!”
“No—I thought I gave my hand,
without my heart,
“Then, if you. gaye me yonr han d,. it
would,not be without your heart!”
“No, Frank,” said Katie, her bright
eyes beaming happily through tears
“and here it is.” ■
She placed her fair hand in his—he
kissed it in transport.
And soon after there was a real mar
riage; not splendid, but a happy one;
not followed by. a life of luxury,bnt by
a life of love and,contentinent,;and that
was the marriage of Frank Minot and
Katie Yale.
.a change became; apparent in
her bnsband. He conld ndt longer re
main blind to the faet that bis love was
not returned, He sought the company
of those,whose gayety might lead him
to forgetIthe’ sorrow and despair of bis
soul. This shadow of joy was unsatis
factory, however, and impelled by pow
erful longings for love, be went astray
to warm his heart by a stfiange fire.
Katie saw herself now in the midst of
a gorgeous desolation, burning with a
thirst unconqneiable by golden streams,
that flowed around her; panting with a
hunger not all the food of flattery conld
appease.
She reproached ber husband for de
serting her thus; and be answared with
angry ! a»d desperate taunts ot decep
tion, and a total lack of. love, which
smote her heart heavily.
‘You do not care for me,”* he cried;
THERE IS ORIGINALITY.
Columbus Sunday Enquirer.
It was asserted by a celebrated writer
that there was absolutely no- originality
in the modern world of letters. To a
newly awakened, ardent reader this
seems to be a heresy. Perhaps among
all the opulences of youth there is no
greater treasure than its ready, unques
tioning power of enjoyment. There is
no peering into the legal ownership of
ideas, no investigation of aB author’s
title to his happy phraseology, but a
general acceptance of the wealth that
intellect has heaped up and left in open
coffers for him to take, #bo will. The
certainty that the phases of human
character are as various as the expres
sions of human countenances ought to
bo a source of great consolation to read
ers. The old proverb comes to mind
that “the mill will never grind with
the water that has passed,” and so long
as the mill does grind we may be sure
that the water is virgin. Some speak
o‘ the poverty of “invention” in imagi
native literature aa though letters were
a trade instead of an iapkation. They
refuse To see that genius has only to
look end it will perceive, and that life
offers inexhaustible supplies of charac
ter and incident to those who have the
vision to take it in. It is true that all
the beauty and power that gfra'cb and
sustain this world are not seized and
perpetuated by the pen. So long as
the humblest life has joys too full for
speech, and sorrows too deep for tears
—poet, moralist and philosopher have
the noblest material for the employ
ment of their powers. The literature of
England and America has shown a vi
tality and variety in the last century
that should put to confusion all criti
cism. In America, perhaps, our stars
have not been of the first magnitude,
but they have given out a very pure
and grateful light, and have a glory
quite their own. Originality belongs,
by right, to the authors themselves
rather than to the books they write and
means something intelligible as applied
to them. The power of creating is sig-
dified by the word genius, which is
sometimes used and which manifests it
self in new anil powerful effects through
old mediums. It may show itself in
rearranging the thoughts that are the
birthright of great minds, giving new
force and expression to that iVhicb' had'
already been given out. The creator
anil faculties seem very near akin, and
in their finer forms show a puzzling re
semblance. Indeed.it is churned that
the attempt to grar.p and assimilate
great thoughts leads np to the genera
tion of great thoughts. Perhaps no
surer test of originality exists than its
inextinguishable vitality and force.—
Thackery, Dickens, Macanly and many
others, and the scientists and philoso
phers that have made the world alive
and seutiment in all its parts, neod no
defence as to originality.
Proof of Auimal Life in Other
Planets.
■They conld not have existed in comets,
homes, when Morrison halted hat least if the assumption be correct
i front of bis residence and in- that these arc in a state of active com-
bn3tion.
Ex-Governor Hendricks says that
one night his friend 1 , CoL Donald Mor
rison, of St.' Louis, and a party of
Bbon^compamona ^weW '"Tetanring’ to
their,
them in
sisted that they should enter and take
a parting'glass. Mr. Hendricks con
tinues; “At last one of the gentlemen
suggested that mebbe Mrs. Morrison
might object. The Colonel seemed
deeply offended. He drew himself up
proudly and said: ‘Now, you shall
come in, for I intend to show yon that
I am Caesar in this house.’ Scarcely
had he uttered this profound declara
tion than a second-story window raised,
and a feminine voice, cold and cutting,
rang out on tho pale air: -Yon are
right, gentlemen. Go home to your
wives. I will fake care of Cfflsar!’ Of
course the party went home, and Gol-
”thex. why should you complain that L onel Don pensively retired.
The London Telegraph says: Two in
teresting problems which have long
perplexed the scientific world appears
to have been at last definitely solved
by the eminent geologist, Dr. Hahn.
These questions are, fir t, whether or
not celestial Codies, other than the
earth, belonging to our solar system
are inhabited by animate beings, and
secondly, whether the meteoric stones
from time to time cast npon the surface
of this globe emanate from incande
scent comets or from volcanic planets.
■That they at no time formed a part of
the earth itself has been conclusively
demonstrated. Dr. Hahn has recently
completed a series of investigations up
on some of the huge meteoric stones
that fell from the skies in Hungary du
ring the. summer of 1866. Thin laminae
of these mysterious bodies, sub
jected to examination under a powerful
microscope, have been found to con
tain coraline and spongeons formation,
and tp reveal unmistakable traces of
the lower forms of vegetation. All the
organisms, animal and vegetable, dis
covered by Dr. Hahn in the delicate
stone shavings he has thus dealt with,
indicate the condition of their parent
world to be one of y?bat is technically
termed “primary formation.” But the
presence of water in that wotld is
proved by the fact that the tiny petri
fied creatures revealed by the magic of
the lens, one and all belong to the so-
ealled subaqueous elasses of aBimals.
WILIi NEEDTHElil MORE. 1 A TOUCHING
A TOUCHING INCIDENT
ist’s OABEEK,
[From the Detroit Chuff. J
Some days since a disseminator of
the Chaff notked a ragged little boot-
black culling some bright blossoms
from a braised and faded bonnet which'
a chambermaid had thrown from' a win
dow info an alley.
“What are yon doing trith that Oo-
qnet, my lad?” asked the “dissemina
tor.
“Nawthin,” was the reply, as he
kept on at his work.
‘•But do yon love flowers so well
that yon ar? willing to pick them out
of the mud?”
“I s’pose that’s my bizness. and! none
of yonr’n.”
“Oh! certainly not, bnt you snrely
cannot expect to sell tho Sei faded flow
ers.”
“Sell ’em! Who wants to sell ’em?
I’m going to te.ke ’em to Lil.”
‘Oh, ohl Lil is your sweetheart, I
see.”
“CJo, Lil is not my sweetheart—
she’s my sick sister,” said the boy, as
his eyes flashed and his dirty chin
quivered. “Lil’s been sick a long
time—and lately she talked of nothing
but flowers and birds, but mother told
me this mormn’ that Lil would die'
b-b-before the birds and flowers came
back.”
The boy burst int o tears.
•‘Come with me to the florist’s and
your sister shall have a nice bo-
qnet.”
The fellow was soon bounding home
with his treasnre. Next day he ap
peared and said:
“I came to thank yon, sir, for Lil.
That boquet done ber so much good,
and she hugged and hugged it till she
set herself a coughin’ again. She says
she’ll come bime bye and work for you,
soon’s she gits well.”
An order was sent to the florist to
give the boy every other day a boquet
for Lil.
It was on’y the day before yesterday
thr.t tho little bootblack appeared again,
He stepped inside the office door and
said:
“Thank you, sir, bnt Lil—Lilt
(tears were streaming from hi3 eyes)
won’t—need—the flowers any more.”
Ha Went q’nickly away, bnt his
brief words had told tine story. Lii
wont need the flowers, any more, but
they will grow above her and the
birds will sing around her just the
same,”
INCIDENT,
journal- - Guy.. St. iohti\ the the temperanoe,
j Governor of Kanaka, .in a speech in an.
Eastern city recently'. related the fol
lowing oonchrngstory:. ; . h ; v
A heart teoken woman Came into fail
office with a bate in her arms to beg?
pardon of her husband", W(io xvaa under,
sentence for ten years’ imprisonment in.
the penitentiary for liomicide. She.
showed papers recommending the par
don from the Judge who tried the man,.'
the prosecuting attorney and other,
prominent men-. . After closely examin- ;
ihg the papers, the Governor sgiik ; “If.
I were to consult my personal feelings
I should gladly let yUsrt hnsband go. ^
bnt I am bound by my official duty andr
tteft forbids it.” The woman fell at
bis feet in * paroxyism of weeping. \
“Then hear me,” she cried, “till ^ tell
you how he came to te where te is..
We were married seven Jehr^ ago; W8.
went to a town (mentioning the place). .
and therein our little tillage.we were.
happy. My husband was sober, indns-
trions ana thrifty. Hr great exertion .
and self-denial we finally got oar home .
paid for. Batin an evil day the State-
licensed a saloon, and let it itself plant j
right between my husband's shop nncf
our house. He was prospering so well
that he conld leave his bnsinesfi in oth
er hands and loose an hoar or two with
out feeling it. He was solicited to en
ter this saloon, and weakly yielded,
Honr after hour he spent there play- .
ing cards. One day he became cm-.
broiled in a drunken quarrel, and by .
drink struck a man and killed him. He
was tried and sent to the penitentiary
for teu years. 1 had nothing to live
on. By and by the sheriff turned tiff ,
out of onr comfortable home into a .
rough shanty, neither lathed nor plas
tered. The cold wind came in through
the walls and ceiling. My oldest boy .
took sick died. Then little Tom- .
my, my next, fell sick anil died. Now
this babe in my arms is sick, and I .
have nowhere to taie it. The State
licensed that saloon; the State mar- ,
dered my Children, and. now, in God’s t
name, I want yon to set my htebautf
free. I said I would, and—I did,-
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A Dog Rebuked by a Parrot;
A gentleman living near this village,
says the Port Jervis Union, has a par
rot who knows a good deal more than
the law allows. A friend of his, whose
name we withhold for obvious reasons,
called af his honse one day. A valua
ble young dog, a pointer,was with him.
The two gentlemen sat on the poreh
smoking, and the' parrot, which is very
tame, was seated in an interstice in-tho
trellis about the porch. The dbg was
lying on the floor at his master’s feet,
and finally his attention, was called to
the bird,-which was looking steadily at
him. The dog sprang np, drew on the
parrot and fastened. There he stood
still’ as a statue, for fall three minntes,
when the parrot, with a oontemptnous
flirt of his feathers, screamed at him u
'Go home, yon cussed fool!” The dog
dropped tail and ears, wheeled round
and struck a beeline over the fields for
home. Since that time he has refused
to point a bird.
The Springfield, Massachusetts,
hnum-says: The man who bought the
Guttenherg Bible, for -53,000, went
home humming:
“Holy Bible, book divine,
Preeicos■ treasnre, thou art mine.”
Food for the Brain and Nerves that-
will invigorate the body without intox
icating is what we need in these days
or rush and worry. Parker's Ginger
Toincrestdres the vital energies,soof hes
the nerves and brings good health
quicker than anything you can use.—
Tribune, See other column.
mayl-O-lnr.
A Texas editor, having charged that
the father of a rival newspaper man
had been in State prison, was told that
he mast retract or die. He took it
back as follows: “We were mistaken
in stating last week that the father of
the editor of the Bugle had been in
State prison. The efforts ofbis friends
tohavehi8 sentence commoted toim.
prisoument for life failed, and lie was
hanged.” We presume the apology was
amply satisfactory.— Galveston News.
“You must admit, Jim Webster, that
you stole those pallets,” said the Gal
veston Judge to the cnlprit. “Judge,”
responded Jim, “I don’t believe I stole
dem chickens. In de fust place, Judge,
nobody saw me take ’em. In du next
place dey conld not be’ found on my
premises, because I had do ne hid dem
chickens under de floor. I canlfc help
believing,- Judge, dat I is innocent as a
lamb.”—Galveston News.
The Baltimore Gazette remarks that’
“there are several remarkable coinci
dences in connection with the lives and
deaths of the Czar and Abraham Lin
coln. Both were the great emancipa
tors of this generation, both died by
assassination; the chief assassin in each
case was injured and his death followed
speedily; a woman was hanged in both
eases and took place nnder martial law
•and on scaffolds'surrourided by L oops,
and in garrisoned capitals.”
—
No Such Old Timesv
[Detroit Free Press.)
He was squirting tobacco juice all
over the sidewalk and tapping on a dr?
goods box with a buck-horn handle
knife, and finally he heav^dla desp*
sigh and said.-
“No, gentlemen, no. Them good
old times has gone forever! Wo shall 1
never see no sicb tidies again.”
“How?” asked, one offer a long'
pause.
“Waal, in lots o’ ways. Iff the iffsE"
place folks'don’t use each Other as they .
once did. I leave it to ^Off,' stranger, if 1
they do?”
“No, sir!” was fife prompt reply of 1
him who had stopped ] to inquire his’
way to the depot. ‘•Thirty years ago, ’
the more tohheeb fttToe your spit on a' .
mail’s boots the more he lovefl'yotf, britf
if yon squirt auy more of the staff fa ‘
my directionT’U make yonr b
the sidewalk, old as yon are 1”
Misfortune;
• .110)1
A sad misfortune lately befell a w»:IT-
known lawyer. It is related Of him that, *
as lie was riding;- in a railroad car fforff ‘
a single glance at the- coautehdflbe of a
lady at his side he imagined that he
knew her, and ventured to remark that'
the day was pleasant; She only- an-'
swerhd’: 1 ■'' - U
“Yes.”'
“Why do you veil?? -
“Lest ! attract attention.”
“It is the province of gentlemen to ’
a < mire. ” replied *Efie galKhE miln of'
law,, .
“Not when tCitiy ard i *
tiio lady.
“Bilt I am not,’
“Indeed?*
“Oh; no: I ani a bachelor.”
The lady qiiietly removed her veiL'
disclosing to the astiinished council the ’
face of hfs mother-in-law!'
‘ m
upi$v>sa
The people of
town are so fearfully
the wife of a minister,
settled in that town, asked ai prominent
citizen if the inhabitants generally rfr
spected the Sabbath and refrained from
business, redied: “Gonfonnd it,ma’am,
they don’t do enough work hit a wbeMT
weekfo break’the Sabbath, if if W&s all'
dbnb on that day.”
From the Hub;
J'luii
me
Taste and smell-are: cbenniraL'toffclrf Another i
intrinsrd value as the Hop Bitters. Just’
at this season of the yehr, when, the '
stomach : nteds an appetizSr, or tpe
blood needs purifying, the oheapest'and
besfciremedy is Hop BttterA An ounce
of preyention is worth 'a pound of dure;’
don’t wait unfil you are prostrated by a
disease'that may take nsdaths for you’
to recover in. —Ebsidk' Glob £'
ititled'“Same-'
is mechanical, healing and seeing are -1 ; thing to tickle tliegir
ethereal, the ear is emotion anl tlie’to a matinee ticket anff a
j eye intellectual.— Tyndal.
; of ekiasiPls.