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A LITTLE NONSENSE.
! Juvenile Pilferer Who Made Good
Terms With His Detecter,
A gentleman whose frnit orchards
had been very often robbed caught
a boy up one of his trees one aay
last autumn. r
. “Come down, you young rascal!”
shouted the owner.
“Noafear and you there,” replied
the urchin.
“Well, Fll wait till you do^'
“Yerra weel,” said the lad.
They had waited about an hour
when an idea occurred to the boy.
Snatching an apple, he took a steady
aim and hit the old fellow on the
head with it. § :
“Hello! What's up now?”
“It's just this : Fm gaun to keep
peltin' till every apple's off the tree
unless you promise not to lick me,for
if Fm gaun to get a hidin' I'm gaun
to hae me sport for it. What d'you
say?”
The old fellow had to agree.—
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EDITORIAL paragraphs.
The ground hog saw his shadow.
There’ll be two winters this year.
Prepare now, Mr. f armer, t(
raise a plenty of home suppliei
this year.
It is said that “Pink” is a very
unpopular color in Athens. “Lily
white.” is all the rage.
Pope Brown says his fields beck
on to him to stay on the farm.
More’s the pity some others have
net heeded this advice, and stuck
to their calling.
Admiral Schley says he is a sai
lor, not a statesman. He has
sense enough , to distinguish be
tween the two. *
Never Hit Him at AH. *
The Judge—What did ypu hit
this man with anyway?
Prisoner—I didn't hit 'im wit*
annything, yer honor!
The Judge — But look at him.
He's in a horrible condition. Surely
you didn't do that with your fists.
Prisoner—Ho, yer honor. Iketeh-
ed 'im be the heels and bumped 'im
ag'in a brick wall a few times. But
I didn't hit 'im wiif annything
wanst.—Chicago Becord-HeralcL
Something’s wrong. Hobson’s
engagemen t hasn’t been announced
this week. Neither has Miss Stone
been .released. But, we forgot
that there was Prince Henry to
Are you going to run for a coun
ty office? You’d better, or you’ll
be lonely. Announcements onlj
come at $5 per.
Some nice homes were built in
Gainesville last year. They orna
ment the Queen City. Let’s have
a few more new one’s this year.
Tom Loyless says Horace Gree
ley’s advice should be paraphrased
to read: “Go Hast, young man, and
blow up with the country.”
They’ve been having a few explo^
sions np there.
armmd the seek. It is a POSITIVE CURE.
25&,50e.aad$1.00al>ottle.
IT !UI A Y PC Yflli Mi® kmg been trcubledT -sith a rmming
II Ifsnf DE IvU sore or nicer. Treat it at once with Hext
Can. Mustang I^mapfc and yog can depend upcn a speedy cere. .
Do you belong to that army of
tireless workers for Gainesville?
If not, why not? Never let your
town lag behind for want of your
support.
How It Seemed to the Pup.
In all probability your man will
win in this year’s primary in Hall.
At least you have a better chance
of winning as indications are you
will have a greater variety than
ustial to select from.
Judging from his frequent prod-
dings of “your uncle” Allen,
Douglass Giessner will never for
get the One-eyed Plewboy of Pigeon
Boost.
Captain William CampbeLLsaid
to be the last of the long line of
famous old Mississippi Biver
I steamboat masters between New
Orleans and Vicksburg, died in
New Orleans on Sunday, Decem
ber 22, m his 72d year. He began
steamboatiog at thirteen years of
age, and continued it until two
weeks before his death. The Pica
yune says that it is almost literally
true that he was never off the
river.
For a perfect fit go to i
C. H,' SJUNBEK&
Moved to Daniel Building, over M&
J..E. Jackson’s store.
“The Artistic Tailor,’I
Clothes cleaned and pressed d
short notice. Also
LADIES - SKIRTS
clean eD and pressed. All work pKjl
prompt a ention.
Borne of the slate makers are
planning to have Secretary of
State Phil Cook made Governor
four years hence. As yet there
is no harm done as one "is more
congenial in the “spoken of” class
than in the “also ran” crowd.
That paragrapher on the Atlan
ta Constitution is a live wire. He
knows what to say and how to say
it. We suspect the genius of Sam
Small. ' •
There was really only one small
can that Tommy tied on to the
pup's tail, but after—
Lame ducks had better stay on
tbe outer edge of the track.
There’s going to be some tall run-
ning, politically, in. Hall county
this year.
——o
To claim 100 counties and to
get 100 counties is quite another
story. Cousin Joseph should be
ware of those chickens that are
sometimes never hatched.
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If life on the plains develops
the bruskeness in our nature, Ted
dy evidently learned his lesson
well. If you dont believe it, ask
General Miles.
Keep your nerves steady this
year, for you’ve got a big job on
hand selecting your candidates.
And, beware ot the aforesaid can
didate’s “nervine”. You might
“git upsot’
SIOO Reward, SiOO.
The readers of this paper will be
pleased to learn that there isfat least
one dreaded disease that science h£s
been able to cure in all its stages, and
that is Catarrh. Hall’s Catarrh Cure
is the only postive cure known to the
INSURANCE AGENTS.
LIFE, ACCIDENT, ANttj
SURETY BONDS.
The grand jury recommends
that the people be given an op
portunity at the approaching pri
mary to say whether or not they
want the alternative road system.
Everybody concedes that we
should have better roads, but who
is to shoulder the responsibility
for having them is a more per
plexing question.
money to loan.
Te procure real estate loans for
rs tirnf*, payable in installments at
>r cent interest. Call and see ns.
Huslap & Pickbell
Gainesville, Ga.
People cry out, “give ns a rest
from politics;” but they are never
satisfied without a political con
test on hand. It’s such an inter-
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estm’ game.
’Cordm to Mr. Terrell, nobody
has any chance in the guberna
torial race but himself. He says
politicians have promised him 100
of the 137 counties. We believe
that Mr. Terrell errs in not even
a chance, for
I Speaking of saloons, Belgium
I seems to be an easy winner, for it
has a place where alcoholc drinks
are sold for every thirty-six per
sons ^Prussia one for ISO; Austria
for 220; Bussia for 991; Norway
for 52,000. ^
and Retnrn
The people of Hall county are
about as happy and prosperous as
any to be found. They work to
be prosperous and they work to be
happy, so there you are.
giving the people
they would likely tell another sto
ry, politicians or no politicians.
And by the time he'd run half the
afternoon trying to get away from
that clattering-can this represents
what be thought of it.
Those Dear, Sweet Things.
Miss Sweetly—I got some wed
ding invitations this morning which
seem something quite new* Aren't
they nice ? /
Miss Elderly—Oh, aren't they just
swell ? Do you know, Fm going to
Clerk’s Wise Suggestion.
I “I have, lately been much troubled
with dyspepsia, belching and sour
stomach, ’’writes M. S. Mead, leading
pharmacist of Attleboro, Mass. “I
I could eat hardly anything without
suffering several hours. My clerk sug-
[ gested I try. Kodol Dyspepsia Qu^e
| which I did with most happy results. I
have had do more truble and when one
can go to eating mincepie, chees. candy
and nuts after such a time, their diges
tion must be pretty good. I endorse
Kodol Dyspepsia Cure heartily.” You
don't have to diet. Eat all the good
food you want but don’t overload the
stomach. Kodol Dyspepsia Cure digests
your food. Robertson & Law.
The candidates for the Govern
orship ^are mixing with the peo
ple. The people wont be hurt by
the association, for. they are all
honorable, upright men.
The good roads question is re
ceiving a good deal of thought
in Hall county right now. Next
week, however, the weather may
be clear and the roads dry.
It is proposed to abolish the
“shoulder arms” and present arms
movements from the French army
owing to the time wasted in teach
ing men to do this properly. The
present salutes would be exchan
ged for a simpler movement.
How It Leaked Out.
Towne—Yes, their marriage was
secret, and it never would have been
discovered but for one thing.
Browne—What was that?
Towne—They couldn't keep the
divorce proceedings from becoming
public.—Philadelphia Press* jjjgf
Many popular heroes mistake
the applause of the populace as
an evidence of their own great
ness, and fall into grievous error.
Schley has sense and will not suc-
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