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TOWN A: COUNTY DIRECTORY
JOHN CLAY SMiTH, Mayor.
council.
A L Moore, K D Herrin 8 A Townley
W J Brown
arrival and departure of train
Arrives from Suwannee. 5 50 p. in
Leaves lor 'Suwannee, 7 a* m.
AHKIVAb AND DKPAUTURK OK MAILS.
JKPPKRBON —Arrives 12 in, departs
p. m., Monday and I hursduy.
Tbaoles Stour —Departs 6 a m ar
rives (; p in, Monday and Thursday.
Looanvillr.— Arrives 10 a m. de
parts 1 p m.—Oaily.
Ykllow River.— Arrives 12 m., de
parts 6 a m„Welnesday and Saturday
VV. H. HARVEY, P. J 4
churches
Methodist —Rev J U Ring, Pastor
Services on the Ist and 3th Sundays.
Sunday School.— a T Pattillo, Supt
Kverry Sunday at 3 p ni
Pkksbytkkian- -Rev J K McClelland,
Pastor, Services on 2nd uml4th Sundays
in each month,
Sunday School.—T R Powell. Supt.
Every Snnduy at 1).30 uuv
Lawkknckvili.r Masonic Lodge.— 3
D won, W M., 8 A Hagood, S W,.
SJ.Wino.JW. Meets on Tuesday
night on or befoi e foil moon in each
month.
Mt'Vrrnon Chapter, No 39, R A
M.~J D Spence. HP, a T Pattillo
Sec. Meets Fiiilay night before the
3rd Sunday in each month.
Gwinnett Superior Court. —N. L,
HutcbiDS, Judge. Convenes on the Ist
Monday in March and September.
county officers.
Commissioners-—I I) Spence, ( hair
and Clerk. N Bennett, Jefferson Britt, J
R Hop Kins, J E Cloud. .
Sheriff —J M Patterson. **
X>Rdinary--J ’l' Lmnkin.
1 OtiEHt.' a C—f> T Cain.
Tax Receiver—G;W l’hurr.
Tax Collector— -J C Lowery.
Treasurer.- • R N Robinsn
Tkomas LFmsr, M.D.
Having rrcently located in Gwin
nett County tenders hi* professions
services as a Physitaau i»> tlie citizen*
Promptattoiition to all calls will be
§iven. Office and residence at the resi
ence of A Cfti nou the Hurricane
Shoals road.
March 24th 1884 (imo
“NO MORE eyeglasses -
Mitchell’s
Eye Salve,
A certain, Sufu, effective remedy for
SorsWoak f.l&ilanedEyes
Produoing Long Sightedness, and Re
storing the sight of the old
Cures Tear Drops. Granulation,
Stye Tumors, Red Eyes, Mat
ted Eye Lashes, and
producing qaick
relief and per
mauent
cure
Also equally eUleneious when used
n other maladies, such as Ulcers Fe
er Sores, Tumors, Salt Rheum,
urns, Piles or whr.reover iutlama
on exists, Mitchell’s Salve .nay be
ed to advantage.
Sold by all Druggists at 26 edits
Ea:m Loans
Fivtgyear loans on improved
farms m Middle and Northern
Georgia, negotiated on cheaper
terms than any one in Atlanta.
Addres,
FRANCIS FON AT NE,
Filter Building,
Atlanta Ga.
April 19tli.—Into.
THE
Globe Hotel
LA WHENCE VJL LE, GA
On Monday ihe !2(ith inst., the
übdtisigttct will open the Glob
Hotel in Lawrer.ceville, for the ac
c odatic.n of the
and will be prepared to offer firs'
class accommodations aw 1 pvwmpt
atentionto all who paironizo — the
House'
A.J> L. BATES
- Piiit
ettW 1 P»y J ou to ,IBC
A _aL MARINEZ ii
S.,uP*PLREPRE
-56 paints.
\inu's hi ndsome resl
fc'Sl with them. Stmt 1
ftl \d list of houses
S’ CIIAN, Agsnts,
. »»A. iw relive ville, *ls-
Ojainnril ig| gitali
TYLER M. PEEPLES, Proprietor
/OL XIV.
EDITORIAL BREVITIES.
Mr. Tildeu will not attend the j
inauguration of Cleveland.
The expenses of Carroll county
average about SI,OOO r er mouth. I
Bogardus and Carver are again
abusing each other through the pa
p*rs.
Colonel lugersoil made $25,000
from fifty lectrres during two
months.
Prince Bisinark uas abandoned
his inientiou'of Visiting Souiheru
Europe.
About 1,200 justices of the
peace were elected in Georgia last
Saturday.
Moody, the revivahst, flatly de
nies that he compared Lee and
Jacksor to the powers of evil.
A New Jersey girl put on i.er
brothers clothes and vot6ut in his
siead at the late election.
Tue province of Granada, iD
Spain, has been the scene of an
other disastriousiarmquake.
Russia wants to provoke a row
with China, as a pretext for seed
ing upon a portion of her Pacafie
coast.
The prohibition counties in
North Alababarna have paid Rome
over $4,000 this year for stimu
lants.
... ,4.J1 important towns in Belguirn
ri connected by telephone and
five minutes’ use of the wires cost
but foul cents
A Runaway horse in Stockton
Cal., ran upon a baby carriage,
kicked ii int ipliniers, an 1 yet
the baby escaped
Kr. - ~ - ~~ -
The wife of Sidney J. Jordan of
of Auierieuß, has given Birth to
twins, which have been named
Cleveland Hendricks.
It is to Le hoped that the Artie
pole will yet be discovered. We
1 need least one place from which
| emigration must be soufhwad,
The City conncil of Augusta has
appropriated S3OO for the pur
chrse of woodfor the poor during
the cold weather
A bouse of Birmingham, Conn,,
was attacked by roughs, who stole
everything valuable, tortured die
wv>men and set tire to the place.
It highly probabe that old Grant
will now become a pensioner on
Vanderbuilt. His name will live
i« history as the greai American
beggar.
Julian Hawthorne says he would
not exchange the rough democra
cy of horse cars for all the silkeD
ease and splended pomp of tli En
glish empire.
Cleveland denied admission to
Dr. Mary Walker when she called
to see I im. Grover is evidently
determined to fool with no more
loaded W'imeu.
Utah must now be for given
j She is sending to the
to the New Orleans Exposi
! lion a hog four feel high, eigh 1
| feet long, and weighing 1,076
A few days ago a man named
Winter was beheaded by a train
j while crossing a hig’ trejtle
] bridge, near CraDberry, N. C It
has since bet n diic were 1 iliac b
1 couple of days before he had kill
ed a man who lived near (here.
A Delware man has wagered
SIOOO tba' he can eat 15 12
j pound turkeys in 30 days and is
confident he can win the money.
;He is probably a brother to the
man who ate a boiled monkey and
cart load of "greens. ’’
A saloon keeper named f/isat
gree of Berlin Ohio, while drunk
; abused his family most shameful -
j ly, and almost immediately after
ward accident fell downstairs and
rolled into tbe yard, where be lay
u'l night and froze to death.
At Toronto yesterday, a French
man named Poquet. a professed
infidel while denying the doctrine
of sternal puuishmenf in a discus
sion wi’h i is fellow-boarders, was
n o w»
How can a man on a dollar a day
Charter a seat on a popular day,
And purchase cigars and tooacoo.
pray if
He can’t.
How can he sport ail elegant tile,
Ask his dear friends out fora ‘smile,'
And stable a 2:40 animile!
He can't.
How- can he frolie with better fed
friends
When, in coid perspiration he’s at.his
wits’ ends
If his wash-woman after her half dol
lar sends?
He can’t.
How esit he hear to be oalleil a “poor
cad,”
How ecu he dress inabig Taney plaid.
His credit won't keep—lt is'fragrant
ly’ bud ?
He can’t.
How buy perfumery, luuidkerubiefs
too,
The edges all st amped with a red kan
garoo.
And change linen cuffs every hiuinlay
or too ?
He can't.
How can.be go out to ride with bis
“mash”
When hasn't the requisite cold-blood
ed-cash ?
Why that is Ihe reason for not being
rush,—
He can’t.
How can lie claim his dear girl’s slen
der baud
And circle her finger witli glittering
band,
When bis check book’s so weak it
scarcely can stand ?
He can’t.
Ho w can he marry and furnish a wife
With the many siimll comforts which
sweeten this life ?
We must state ttie whole truth,‘tho’ it
cuts like a knife,
Hecan’t.
PROHIBITION.
An Act entitled an Act to pro
hibit the manufacture or sam of
spirituous, malt, vineous or other
lstoxicatiug liquors, in the county
of Gwinnett, State es Georgia, af
ter submitting the same to the
qualified voters of said County, t©
reguiate the manner in which in
toxicating liquors iu .any quanity
ma /be furnished, to provide a
penaby for violating said Act, and
for other purposes.
Section I. Bo Renamed by the
General Assembly of Georgia, and
it is hereby enacied-by authority
of the same. That fiom and al
ter the passage of this Act, the
ques’ion of prohibiting the mami
fucture or side of spirituous, malt
vinous,or other intoxicating liquors
excep! as is hereinafter provided,
shall be submitted to the qualified
voters of said coumy at any time
whenever so many as ©ue hundred
of the qualifiedvotecs of said coun
ty. shall ~etifion tbe ordinary of
said county for the benefit of the
provisions of this Act.
Sectiion 11. Be it further en
acted by the authority aforesaid,
jfbat it shall be the duty of (he
Ordinary of said county, whehev -
er petitioned as prescribed in tLe
first section of this Act, to ordet;
an elecdon to be held in said coun
ty. within not less man ihirty, nor
more than forty days thereafter
in the same manua l, and under
the same laws and regulations as
apply to elections for members of
the General Assembly, except that
only uwo tally sheet and lists of
voters shall be kep l , one of which
together with the tickets shall be
seale* 1 up, aud transmitted to the
Clerk of the Superior Court of
said county.and kep’ as the return
of other elections; and the other
shall be returned to the Ordinary
of ssid county who shall codsolo
date the returnee and declare the
result of said election.
Section 111. Be it further en
acted by the authority aforesaid
That the Ordinary of said county
hall publish or cause to ba pub
lished his order directing said
election to be held in, the public
Gazette in which the legal adver
tisements of said county are pub
lished, once a week for four wteks
proceeding said election, giving
notice that those oppoiug the man
ufac ure or sale of spiritous or
malt, vinous, or other intoxica
ting liquors shall have written or
printed on tl.eir ballots t “No
Whskey,” and those tavoring the
uianufac ure or sale of spiriious,
malt, vinous, or other intoxicat
ing iquous shall have written or
printed on their ballot“ For Whis
ky-”
Sectio IV Be it fnriher en
acted by the authority aforesaid,
That if, upon consolidation of the
returns of said e’ectior it shall
appear thin a majority of the le
gal votes cast ure for prohibition
OUR OWN SECTION WE LABOR Ft >R ITS ADVANC.T \IENT-
LAWRENCEVILLE, GA. JANUARY 13 1885.
of the election in the same pup
lie Uftzoite in which notice of said
electiou was published, and from
and sfttr that date it shall be un
lawful for any person, or person's
or firm, their agents, smployes, or
clerks to manufacture or sell, bai
ter, exchange or furnish by any
device whatever for.a valuable con
sideraiion any spiritous, malt vi
nous, or other intoxicating liquors
in any quanity within the bounties
of said county, except us i., here
after provided
Section V. Be it further enact
ed by tbe authority aforesaid,
That in the in .the event a majori
tyof thelegalvotes cast ai the first
elec ion held at provisions of this
Act he against prohibition, it,
shall bo the duty of the ordinary
of said county to order an elec
tion to be governed in all respects
as is herein'before provided, of
ten as petitioned as prescribed in
the first section of this Act, un
til the same is ratified ; provid that
electioas shall not be held under
the provisions of this Act oftener
than once in every twelve months.
Section VI. Be it further en
acted by the authority aforesaid.
That in the event a majority of
tbe legal votes cast at any election
held under ihe provisions of this
Act are in favor of prohibition,up
on the recommendation of the
Grand Jury the Ordinary of said
county may license not more than
three druggest apothecaries, or
pbayeiciauß, no two of whom shall
sell in the same Militia district
who upon subscribing teanoAth
and giving bond with good secuii
ty in the sum of two thousand
dollars to comply with the provis
ions of this Act. aud paying any
sum of money that may be requir
ed for license by the State, county
and municipal au.boi-ities, may be
authorized to keep and sell wine
for sacramental purpose, and any
other vinous, matl, or spirituous
liquors for medicinal or mechanical
purposes iu quanities not less than
one quart, said affidavit ivdu bond
shall be recorded, and kept by the
Ordinary in his office foi ivhicli
his fee shall be one dollar.
Section VII. Beit further en
acted. That any druggist, apoth
eearv, or physician having license
to ketp and sell such liquors as
are by this Act provided, shall not
sell the same to any person unless
the pel son applying for the same
shall make and sign an afildtvit
that said liquors are needed by ’he
applicant for sacramental, nudici,
nal, or mechanical pui poses, and
will not be used as a beverage
which affidavit shall be made be -
fore said licensed druggist, apoth
ecary, or phytician, who is hereby
authorized to administer the same
Sail affidavit shall be recorded in
a book to be kept for that pui
pose, which hook said druggest
apothecary, or physician shall on
the first day o each term of the
Superior Court, lay before the
Grand Jury of said county io lie
examined by them, ai d if tbe
Grand Jury find that such licenit
ed druggest, apothecary,or physi
cian has not conformed to ti e spir
it and intention of this Ait, he
shall be indicted for a misdemean
or, and upon conviction punished
as prescribed in section fourteen
of this Ad. Said book of a tli da-,
vita shall oe open at any lime for
the inspec ion of any officer or citi
zen of suid county.
Section VIII Be it further en
acted by the authority aforesaid,
That no druggist, *potheea>y, or
physician having license to sell
liquors as aforesaid shall allow any
person to drink the same at his
place of business, nor shall he sell
ihe same or allow the same to be
sold to a minnor an insane person
nr to an intoxicated person, even
though t hey shall make or offer to
make the affidavit as before men
tioned, nor shall he sell or uilow
to be sold to any intemperant pri
son of whose intemperate habits
he has been notified by the relu
tions thereof even though he shall
make or offer to make said attida
vit ; aud should a y druggist, apo
tnecary, or physician, licensed
to sell liquors as aforesaid, violate
the provisions of this Act, said
person shall be guilty ot a mfs le-
bond him I subject such obi igor
to an rction en the same, and the
recovery thereon mull bb for the
win le amount of the bond, to b«
paid by the Ordinary, when coll o
ted to the County School commit
sioner, and paid out by the him
as i>art of the common school
fund.
The Ordinary of said county
shall not license any druggest,
apothecary or physician to sell
liquors as is herein provided for a
longer period than one year, and,
a’ any time npou the recoin"'©nda
lion of the (fraud Jury, he shall re
fuss to grant further license.
Section IX Be it further enact
ed by tbe authority aforesaid.
That from and after the rat is fac
tion of this Act, all rights and au
thonty now delegated the corpor
ate authorities of any town or
towns of said coumy to issue licen
se to sell intoxicating liquors of
any kind in any quanity whatsoev
er I ip, and the same are Hereby re
pealed
Section X. Beit further enac
ed by the authority aforsaid. That
no/uing in this Act shall be so con
strned as to effect the vested rights
of those who have at t lie time this
Act is ra'ified a license to sell said
liquor*, until ihe expiration of the
time for which said license is issu
ed.
f eotion XI. Be it farther en
ac ed by the authority of i fore
said, 7'haf nothing in this Act
shall be coi strued as to prevent
any person front furnishing wine
for sacramental purposes, rr the
manufacture or sale of Cider, or
domestic provided that
such wines are sold by the produ
cet only, and not ottered for sale
by drinks at any barroom or other
public place of business.
Section XII Be it further en
acted by the authority aforesaid
Thai nothing in this Act shall
be held as repealing any existing
laws of any municipality or lecai
ity prohibiting absolutely the sale
of all intoxicating liquors.
Section XIII Be it furt/ter en
acted by the authority aforesaid.
That at any election held under
the provisions of this Ret no per
son shall be allowed to vote a? said
election except at the voting pre
cin ;t in iu the militia district in
which he resides, of which the Or
dinary of said county shall give
notice in '-is order directing said
eieciion to be held.
Section XIV. Be it further en
acted by the authority aforesaid
That any person who shall he gni|
yof violating any of the provis
ions of this Act ahull he held and
deemed guilty of a misdemeanor,
and upon conviction thereof shall
be punished as prescribed in Sec
tion 4310 of the Code of Ge‘-rgia>
of 1882.
Section XV. Be ii further en
acted by t lie authority aforesaid,
Tha/ a 1 laws conflicting with this
Act bo and the same are hreby re
pealed.
Tliej woihed llir (andialuie.
'“Patrick Lsfoe,’’ said Justice
Duffy, at 'lie Tombs, “how did
you come to get drunk? ’
“I’m a candidate for office, sir.”
was his i iisvor.
“Forwhat position?’
“A Uh i man. I was nominated
by the People's party. I asked
f »r five minutes delay before I gave
my word of a< ceptanct. lianjhoiiig
io my Wife. ‘Kute,' s iys I. ‘if I gel
to be an /* liter man i / will lie the
making ot me We can ufferd to
live on Fifth avenue. Now, au
swer me truihfully was there any
one in your family ever arrested
for f oaling? If so, let me know
right away or it will he out in the
papers ami we will be disgraced.
Bui if you say not, I will go aln ad
and br elected.’ She said ‘no,’ aud
I ran back to ihe hull, § d accept
ed die nomiua iou and the ' -
•-Roll?”
“I tine-.v a twenty dollar bill oil
the counter in the bar-room and
S lid,‘Refuse no one a drink. I
s'aited to go out when I was ac~
c isted by a committee of young
men, who aski dme to purchase
ticke ts for a benefit. They clui.li
ed to represent 500 voles, and I
votes, asked me io buy tickets for
their annual ball, and / took $lO
worth from each. Next came a
big tell >w who sjized mo by the
shoulder and said, ‘I want to talk
wvh you. I’m the man who runs
this district, and you can’t be elect
ed unless you are solid with tie
You want to fix me, to get the
boys in your favor: say S2OO, that
wiM do now until I see you again.'
l inen sneaked iuto tie yard up
the staira to the roof, then climb
td over several buildings and
made my way on tbe street and
went home.’’
“You haven’t explained to me
yei how yon came to be arrest
ed ?"
“Well, hold on ; I’m coming to
it now. No sooner did I get
home when a brass band appeared
before my door and serenaded me
I went on the stoop and made a
speech, atter I went with them to
the saloon and pat up the drinks
again. This time I began to
drink and got pretry full. Annul
whom 1 am now in formed is a
swindler came up to me and said :
•1 hear jou want (o be elecied.
Here’s acl ance for you. A wo
man with three children will lie
disposed, and 'f you do the light
thing the district will go wild ov
er you.’ I gave him $25 and then
I was iu formed of the man’B char
acter. I became so disgusted that
I drank more, aud this morning I
awoke to find myself in a station -
house.”
He was discharged, and as he
went out lie was heard muttering .
“I’m sick already of the whole bu
siness.
To Mol tiers
If you say no mean co. Unless
you have a good reason for ohang
ing a given command, hoi 1 to it.
Take an in leu at in your c.hil -
dren’s amusements; mother’s share
in what pleases them is a great de
light
Remember llmt trilles to you
are mountains io them; respect
theii feelings.
Keep up a standard of princi
p es; your children are your judg
e
Be honest with them in small
things an well as in great. If you
cannot tell them what they wiish
o know, say so rather than deceive
' hem.
As loug as it is possible, kiss
ihe children good uignt after they
are in bed, they like it, and it keeps
them very close.
Bear in mind that you are ,urgo
ly responsible for your child’s in
herited character, and ho pa'>enl
with them.
If you have lost a child, remen.
her that for the one that is gone
there is no more to do; for those
left, everything.
Muke your boys and girls study
phaiology: when they are ill lry
to make them comprehend why
how the complaint arose and
the remedy so far as you know it.
A Msuilemii Inlr,
“Stop !”
It was not a very loud voice,
but the driver of a Seooud ami
Third street cur slowed up and
waited for the bell. It did not
ring, s ) he went on again.
“Stop!”
The driver looked around the
side of his car, but saw no eue.
The conductor heard tue cry but
only saw the driver. Again the
car proceeded ou its way, and for
the third time the mysterious
voice was heard:
“Stop!”
This time the conductor rang
the bell, for the voice sounded
close to him. They had just pass
ed a saloon outside of wli’ch stood
a group of stnkiug weavers who,
from their loud laughter, appear
td to be enjoying something
mightily.
“Look on top o’ yer ear,” cried
one in a strong Yorkshire dialect.
The conductor got off his plat
form aud followed the director of
the weavers index finger. There
percued on ’.he edge ol tbe sky
light, hinging on like gr ; m death,
his wingstivitering helplessly, sat
JOIINT. WILSON, .In., Publisher
stop. Polly; wall taka you oft'
when we get loth* depot.” And
oft' they started. When they
reached ('heß*’ut street, something
in the net work of tel‘graph and
electric light wires must have ir
resistibly retninnod Polly of her
natine forest She w alked sedate
ly to the conductor’s end of the
car and in a plaintiff voice said:
‘•Wait for me!'’ Happen her gray
pinions and making a scarlet par
abo’.a iu the air with her rid tail,
alighted on one of the electric
wires. .She would have been wi
ser had she remained on the car.
The lamps were about to be lit.
The current was turned on, and—
perhaps was the “back kick”—she
was heard to shriek at the top of
her voice:
“ Stop !”
And she fell, a helpless mass on
the pavement, a dead parrot,
Tlic Unit In of Ihililuii
The other day, ote Blooming
ton 'ady met another outlie street
and at ouce fell to admiring the
dress she wore. The admirer
was one of the extreme fashion,
while the admired was a plain sen
sible litt/e lady, wtio was no less
practical in dress than iu convei
sation.
“Oh, luy !” exclaimed the admir
er. ‘‘What beautiful goods that
dress is made of! It looks just
like the lovliost kiud of seer-suck
er goods, hut it ain’t, is ii ?”
“No,” the little woman replied,
clt is not seer-sucker.”
“Or, how delightfully those ir
regular little spots bleud into
stripes ! My, Ain’t it pretty,
though
“I think it anything but pretty,
my dear?”
“Youdo? Why it is too love
ly for anything. Why in the
world you think it is not pretty,
my love ?’’
“Oh, because it looks drabble
and slouchy to me."
"My, I wish I had a drees like
iU Where can I get the goods,
my love
“You can get goods like this a|
any of the stores, but the figures
will not be on it. You will have
to produce them yourself.”
“Produce tnem myself ! Why
how can I do that ?”
“Well, Just go around to some
dry goods establishmeut, and buy
enough cheap plain, blue prints
to make your dress then make it
up asl did.”
‘iHow did yon do ?”
•‘Why, my dear ; it is the Am
plest thing in thu world- Just
put outlie the dress and staud in
ruin until it fades out werever it
gets wet.
NEW PROVERBS.
A white lie often told makes a
black story.
It’s a poor musician who can't
blow his own trumpet.
Ho who would eat the tgg must
tirst break the shell.
Every back has its pack.
/’lie man who wishes to contin
ue believing in his friends should
never put them to the proof.
Look after your wife; never
mind yourself, she’ll look after
you.
The want of money is the root
of much evil.
Egotish is an alphabet with />no
letter.
If you'd know a man’s character
follow him home.
Men love women; women love a 1
man.
The surest read to honor is to ;
deserve it.
Only whisper ecaudil and it's
eclic is heard by all.
It's not t he clock with the loud j
est lick that goes the Lest.
Home is ihe rainbow of lif e.
A few nights ago while I stood j
on Ihe corner of Erauklin and
Nassau streets waiting for a car, aj
very small and ragged girl came
up and asked ms if 1 wou Id buy a j
paper, 1 sni 1 1 wouldn't. She
said:
"Well, it don’t make no differ j
once. 1 ain't got any papers an;’
GWINNETT IIFIRM.I).
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OUR
JOH DEPARTMENT
IS COMPLETE.
AL 0.t.-KI, . ,i.
NEATLY AND
PROMPTLY EXECU
TED,
Entered in the Post < tftlce at Law
reneeville, Ua., as second class mail
matter.
ingt"
•‘No- Me rnndder does. She’s
a dandy, she is. an’ don't make no
error.”
“Why don’t you help her’”
“Cause I ain’t goin’ on eight
years yet When I bees g >iu’ on
eight, I’ll help her. Tuat’s what
our family always does. Me three
sisters didn't do nuw.hiu till they
was sight.”
“Are they soiling papers uow?”
“Nop- They’re soarin’ books
(book agent). They're playin’ in
big luck now, too. They're ladies
I’m a kid.”
She was wi'hout shoes or hat,
but she was as happy as a lark,
//or grimmy little fists clutchedhnr
skirls on either side as she hopped
up and down to keep war u. Eiu
ally she made the custom try re
quest of a coin, and after I bail
searched and found none, she datte
ed out on the sidewalk, shouted
hack a few sentences of the vilest
vitupeiavion, jumped on the step
of a bob-tail car, and went sailing
up the sireef.
Bill Sni'verly belongs to a very
aris'ocratic, but snmewhat impjv -
ensiled, Oalvestcn family. Bill
Inis very distinguished manners,
slid it is generally believed that
lit is looking at on id for a wealthy
wife,
He returned to Galveston re
cently from a frip to Houston,
where he became engaged to a la
>iy-
The day after he returned, he
showed ihe picture of his intend
ed to Aunt Diuah, an old family
servant. The phologr.th repres
ented rather elderty female of
meat forbiding aspect.
“Well Aunt Diuah whit do you
iliink of my intended wife f”
The old servant looked at the
photograph shook head and repli
ed :--
“She urns’ hah a heap oh mou
sy." ■
“Thai in fernal old lieu hasn’t
laid rn egg in a month,” said Pret
/. 1 the o’her morning to his frou;
‘I tbink I’ll chop her head off.”
“Don’t been so cruel.’’ replied
r, retehon; “I have some patience
mit her.”
“Patience? Haven’t I been pa
tient with her, and haven’t ! beau
to her nest every day for a mouth.”
“Dot’s all right, Call, yoots look
somewhere else too I guess may
be she has mislaid them ”
“Tlilh chick n dosen’tseem very
tender.’’ ventured one of the board
in to the landlady,
“Oh, yes, it must be.” she repli
ed “I raised it myself iu my own
yard.”
“Tender?” interposed Dumley.
“If you had sees this chicken as I
have seen extending in motherly
protection to its little ones, aud
leoder’y shielding them from every
danger, you would think twice be
fore saying It isn’t tender.’ ’
After dinaei Dumley received a
polite Dot* to the eftect that he
must either pay something on uc
count or vaca'e his room at the
end of the week.
One of the cares of a managing
editor Id city dailies is to keep his
assistance out of the skies. They
are apt to indulge too freely in
what is styled "tine writing .’’Here
is i.n example taken ftorn the A)
bany Express.
•‘ln soft, adumbrant meshes of
sieved si’ver the suabeams melted
through the leaves and dripped in
sprangtee of gold uoon the brown
aud black mopuetrie of shadows
•bat led to the ragged edge of the
curb where a fragile htile frag
mem of humanity lay moaui g. ’ .
“That’s all light enough," said
the managing editor, “hut it’s a
little too long. Make it short ~
er. m ,
“But whai will I say sir?'' asked
the blonde reporter.
“Ob. I’d say ‘Henuessy Mules -
bey s little boy Pat. fell into an
open sewer and broke his nose.’
That'll do for an introduction, and
then you can go on anu say what
is necessary about the careless
way in which these things aie con
ducted, and ihat under another ad
ministration of our local govern
ment, and so on you know. Givi
tm a rap that's all.”
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