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General Directory.
CIVIL GOVERNMENT*
s [ Hutchins. Judge Sup. Court,
i)V Cain. Clerk Sup. Court,
j T nankin. Ordinary.
tV p, Cosby, Sheriff.
’A - K. Brown, Treasurer.
VV. Andrews, lax Receiver.
I V v'truer, ’lax Collectorr
y Maffett, Surveyor,
l ||. Wilson, Coroner.
' COUNTY COMMISSIONERS.
i p Spence, Chairman and Clerk, N
jtonett.’j K Cloud, J. R llopirine, An-
I jir* darner.
BOARD OF F.DUOATION.
y K Winn, School Commissioner J.
IP Snence,'. T- I’atillo, .J. Webb
jli' Noel. »’ K- ' viDn>
JUSTICES.
U.reDCtv'Jle, 407th dist-W. C,
Idle, J- F., M. L, Adair, N. 1, Ist Fri
| Berkshire, 405 dist—J, W. Andrews.
IJ. I’.. Charles McKinney, N. I*. 3rd
Tn Smith’*,3lG dist-W. I>. Simms
Ij |> ,|.o. Hawthorn, N. P. 3rd Sat-
I"b»j Creek, 1295diot — W. J. Bageett
[jd’.'J. !’• McKlvaney, N. P. Ist Sat
408th dist— J. M, Arnold. J,
1., |g vv, NVb, N. P,2nd Saturday
I Oaine’s SC2mJ dist- A. Adams, J. 1’
I OK Pool. N P , 3rd Saturday
I Duluth 12G3 dist.— W. F, Brewer,.!.
Ip, Marion Roberts, N P., Thursday be-
I w4th Saturday.
| Harbin’s 478 (list —G. L. kmght
1.1, P, J- W. Hamilton, N. P.
I Thursday before Ist Saturday.
I Hog Mountain, 444 .list—A. L
Ifimmons. J. P., VV. L. Andrews,
|}(.P. 4th Saturday.
I Martin’s, 544 dist—Asa Wright,
|j p., J. U. Nowell, N. P. 4tn
Ihitiirday.
I Noreross, 40G —W. R. Simpson,
Ij.p.A. A. Martin, N. P. Friday
Ik'.’ore 3rd Saturday.
I fiock Bridge, 571 dist—A. J.
■Lowery. J. I’., E. ,T. Mason, N. P.
Sid Saturday.
I gewanoe, 40411 i * dist—T. N.
■Wb, J. I’., A G. Harris, N. P.
■ti l Saturday.
I Buford, 550th diH —T. C. Bur
|od. J P., J. M. Posey, N, P. Fri
■iy before 3rd Saturday.
MUNICIPAL.
I John C. Smith, Mayor.
I COUNCIL.
I A L Moore, K I) Herrin S A Townley
w J Brown
I ARRIVAL AND DEPARTURE OF TRAIN
I Arrives from Suwannee. 5 50 p. m
I Leaves lor Suwannee, 7 a' m.
I ARRIVAL AND DEPARTURE OF XAllf
I Jtfferson Arrives 12 m, de par*a
l>i, Monday and Thursday.
lTswi.es Store.— Departs Gam ar
itei|ipm, Monday and Thursday.
ILooanvii.i.r.— Arrives 10 a m, de
■rtil p m.—Daily.
■ Yellow River. — Arrives 12 m., de
fcts ti a ni,,VVelnesday and Saturday
I w. ii. fiarvey, p. m
I CHURCHES
I Baptist- -Rev .I I, R Barrett, pastor
■trues every Sunday.
■ Methodist—Rev M l) Turner Castor
■nices on the Ist and 2nd Sundays.
■Sudav School.— A T Pattillo, Supt
■*rj Sunday at 3 p m
|P**sbvtkrian-- ltev J F McClelland,
■•or, Services on 2nd und4th Sundays
■ach month.
■® md av School. —T R Powell. Supt
Sunday at 9.30 a in*
I FRATERNAL.
■ hwsKNCKvu.i.E Masonic Lodge. — J
■Sieuce W M„ g A Hagood, S W„
Meets on Tuesday
■plon or beloie full moon in each
E*» Vkrnon Chapter, No 39, R A
Ep 1 1* Spence, HP, a T Pattillo
■7 , Friday night belore the
■ Sunday in each month.
Bassett Superior Court.—N. L.
■■duds,Judge. Convenes on the Ist
111 March and September.
A a, HUNT,
ATTORNEY AT LAW,
I LA.
Kciiun" ' f'' 1 l "' Coi.l'ts
K„ ,1 s " 1 t>i<liimry of the comi
|J‘ami Milton, and in
K n'T " r counties.
11111,111111,1 ihvt'ii
m. Johnson
I ATTORNEY AT LAW.
■ fiAIXF.SVrr.T.F,, (IA.
■>l! pranic« in this ami adjoining
KTp Supreme Court of the
m Jr' nf9s " ,tr,lst( ‘'l to his cue
attention.
I E - &V. BRIAN!’,
I BTCD ®T at LAW,
I Logansville, Ga.
[■Wness entrusted to Lie
|L; rece ‘ve prompt attention.
I Samuel C POE,
r Sferpr and Brick*
I mason.
I Laweenceville, Ga.
IT S|t i l ‘« i ''allv"!?' 1 to ioforin the
■Jj*>*i! l>lao» y ’ IHt is at ill at
■yti.rai j f 1111,1 >- s now pi cnarcd
f 1 1" f 0... ‘"‘y kind of work in
■ M Mur,. ,f“!' vv ''OKat-'cd in the
PM on 1 11111 k, and will do
K'“ ll| im!.,, V ""'ioe. Satislae
■ ’ ' °nt rat img a apeo
■ ' — —
NmPTION.
I 1 ; 1 * w V r "t kind and of fun*
■ *• 1 ‘"iiujTi*-o*v®s
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TVLRR M. PEEBLES, Proprietor
VOL XV.
EDITORIAL BREVITIES.
Brooks county melon t ; neß are
ten inches long.
l’leilger, the politician, is going
to locatejin Brunswick.
Covington, Ga\ is going to build
a 4t. thousaud dollar hotel and so
is Washington.
Some of the Georgia postmas'
ters will hold on until they are
unceremoniously kicked.
Rev N. Keif Smith has been
called back to the Third Presbytes
rim ehnrch in Atlanta.
A woman is said to be the best
farmer in Oglcthrope county*
Where is the Hon. James M-
Smith '!
A small cyclone passed five
miles from Douglasvill Thursday
night. It did considerable damage
*o timber.
H. H. Cerltou is having a $4,-
000 addition maue to his house.
This looks like he does not exptet
to move to the executive man
sion.
There is a nigger boy living
near Ivanhoe, Bulloch county, a
son of Ellis Hagan, 12 yesvs of
age. who wears a No. 13 shoe, and
it is said they are rather too small
for his feet.
A citizen of south Georgia sent
a sample of dried LaConte pears
to a dealer in Now York and asked
his opinion of the fruit. “Send
me all you Cat find at fifty cents a
pound and 1 will take two tons at
thut price,’’ was the reply.
The Waycryss Reporter reports
That a Mrs. Spikes, of Clinch coun
ty, recce tly, became the mother of
three babies, and the returns had
not all been received when the in'
formant left. Her patriotism how
ever is excelled by that of a Mrs.
Oynthina Griffin, of Waycross,who
is the mother of 26 living children
and is still hale and hearty.
A colored woman died in Amerix
cus some days sihee, and her su*
persiitious neighbors lell ol a won
derful phenomena attending her
last hours. Th y say that fre
quent and mysteiious knocking
was heard on the wai's, tapping at
the doors which refused to stay
listened, and that the screws in
her co ffin would uot hold.
A day or twoagoßoze Kitchens
brought a load of fish to Montezu
ma, and among the lot he had two
sturgeons. The largest weighed
177 pounds and measured 7 feet
and 8 inches long aDd 3 feet 2 in
ches around the body. His fins
were 11 inches long and 6 inches
wide. The small one weighed 71
pounds. They were caught in
nets out of Flint rives.
A few dajs ago two Montezuma
negroes loaded a pipe with powder
putting ohl' a small quanily of to
bacco on top, and gave it to an
old ontsarmed negro to smoke.
When the explosion took place tbe
old negro was knocked down,
burning his face atul righ eye very
badly, and it was thought that he
had lost the sight of that organ.
The preporators of the joke were
arrested
A remarkable snake story cornep
from Early county. Mr. Burtel
Roberis noticed, one day last
week, in his rambels, a very large
king snake that acted in a very
strange manner. He went nearer,
and, upon examining the snake,
found that its head had been cut
oil some clays, as the wound tad
lieale 1 entirely up. His snake
ship was in good condition and
crawled on of! as if nothing were
the matter.
Gainesville Eagle: “Fanny
Summerour, a Degro woman of
this city, whose husband ran away
during the war and joined the
Federal army at Halt tn, and who
was killed in battle, lately ascer
tained that si e was entitled to a
pension. The proofs being for
warded to Washington, her claims
have be n allowed. She now
oolds a pension certificate entitle
ing her to pay, amounting to
the snug sum of twenig-seveu bun
dred and sixty-six dallars and sevs
enty-tbree cents; also, fourteen
dollars per month as long us she
lives or remains single. ’
Bertlrine’s Ruse,
There was scarcely a sound in
the forest as the snow fell upon
the tree'-, a fiue snow that made
their branches appear as if covered
with an icy moss. Before the
door of a house a your g woman
was obopp-ug wood. She was tall
and, though slender, she was
stronS. She was a child of the
forest.
A voice was heard coming from
house :—“Bertliiue. yon should
come in soon soon, for there are
Prussians and wolves roaming
about.’’
Berfnine replied, as she split a
block of wood witli a powerful,
stroke, “I have finished, mother.
lam coming. It is still light.”
Then she carried in the wood,
and went cut again to fasten the
oaken doors of the shed, anil
again entered tne house fastening
the large bolts of the door.
Her mother, an old woman
whom age had rendered timoious
sat near the fire spinning.
“I like it not,” she said, “when
the father is away. Here we are
two defenceless women.”
“Ah !” replied her daughter, »s
glanced toward a large revo'ver
suspended over the fireplace, “I
can easily kill a wolfe or a Prus
sian—it is all the same.”
Berthiue's husband had joined
the army at the beginning of the
Prussian invasion, and she lived
with her mo. her and father, the
old forestor, Nicholas Pichnom
who had obstinately refused to
quit his woodland dwelling for the
town.
The nearest town was Retliel,
an ancient stronghold perched up'
on a rock. The inhabitants were
pairiots and hod decided to resist
the invaders. They had procured
cannons and muskets and equiped
a oiillitift. The soldiers were
drilled daily by M. Lavigue, haber
dasher, and exxoffieer of the dra-
goons.
Thus they i waited the ai rival
of the Prussians, but the Prus
sians did not appear. They were
not far off, however, for twice al
ready their scoui s had pushed
through the wod as far as the
house of Nicholas Pichnon, was
the outpost in the forest of Aveliu.
Twico each week Pichuon went
to town for provisions and inform
ed tke|citizens of whatever liadoc-.
currad in his neigborhood. He
had gone to town this very morn
ing to announce that two days be
fore a small detachment of German
infantry had halted at his place for
about two hours and then depart
ed. The officer who commanded
them spoke French.
That evening, when Bei thine
was about to put the pot on the
fire to make the soup, two violent
knocks were heard at the door-
As the women made no reply a
loud guttural voice said, “opeu the
door!” Then, afiei a brief silence
thb same voice continued, “open
the door or wo will break it in.”
Berthine took down the revolver
from above the fireplace and slip
ped it into her pocket. Then she
said, “who are you ?”
The same voice replied, “tbe de
tachment of soldiers who were
here the other day.”
“What do you want ?’’ said the
young woman.
“We have been lost in /he wood
since morning. Open the door or
we will break it in !”
Berthine had no choice. She
She quickly drew the large Dolls,
and opening the door saw before
her six men— sixPruscian soldiers,
the same who had stopped there
two daye beforo.
“Why do yon come here at this
hour !” she said in a resolute tone.
“We are lost,” replied the officer.
“We recognized your house. We
have had nothing to eat since
morning.”
“Come in,” said Berthine, as she
stood aside to let them pass.
They entered the house. They
were covered with snow and ap*
peared to be completely exhausted
The young woman pointed to
the wooden benches at either side
of the large table, saying, “ait
down. I will make soup for yon.”
When the soup was prepared
the Prussians ate vor icion-ly. As
they were thirsty Berthine dec
OUR OWN SECTION-WE LABOR FOR ITS ADVANCEMENT
LAWRENCEVILLE, GA. MAY 26 1885.
scended into the cellar to draw
cider for them. She rouinined
there a long time. The collar was
a little vaulted cave, which it said
had served both ns a prison and a
hiding place. It was reached by a
winding s tail way; to which accuse
was gained through a trap in the
center of the kiteken.
When Herthine rt•appeared she
wore a cunning smile. She gave
the jig of cider to the Prussians.
W hen the soldiers had finished
eating tney lay down to sleep
about the table. They stretched
themselves on the door with their
feet towards the fire, their heads
supported by their cloaks’oiled up
for pillows, and soon they were
snoring in six cimVceui tones.
Tney had slept sometime, when
suddenly firinfi was heard without
and so plainly that it seemed to be
directed against the wal.s of the
house. The soldiers rose at once.
Two more reports were heard,
followed piesently by three others.
Bertbine appeared- She was
apnarently frightened. Her feet
were bare, she whe wore a short
skirt and oairicd a candle in Uer
hand.
“The French are coming she
exclajined. “There are at least
two hundred cf them. If they
find yon here they will burn the
1 oust. Go into the cellrr quickly
and aiake no noise. If you make
a sound we are lost.
The officer thoroughly frighten
el, said in a low tone ‘we will.
How shall we descend ?”
The young woman quickly open
eb the tsap door and the six men
disappeared, one after ano'her
down the little winding stair.
When tne point of the last hel'
met hau disappeared Bertihine
lowered the heavy oaken plank,
ihich as a wall and hard as steel,
which was Held in place by hinges
and a lock, and, turning the key
in the lock, began to laugh. It
was a low hysterical laugh. Then
she suddenly evinced an irresisti'
ble desire to dance over the heads
of her prisoners.
Soon, however, she heard mnr
murings under her feet. The
prisoners had divided the ruse,
and presently the officer mounted
the little stair and began to pound
tlie trap door with his fist. Again
he cried, “Open the door!”
“What do yon want ?” she
asked.
“Open the door.”
“I will not. ’
The man became angry, and ex~
claimed, “Open the door, or I will
break it in ”
Then she begau to laugh,say
ing. “A’reak it, my good man;
break it,” and he began to knock
with the butt end of his musket
against the door of oak closed
above his head, but it resisted the
forca of of his blows.
The young woman went to the
outer door of the bouse, and, open
ing it. looked out into the night
and listened. A distant sound
fell upon her ear. Then she cried
with all her might :
“Ho, father!”
“Ho, Berthine!” a voice repli
ed.
Presently the large shadow of a
man appeared where the moon
light fell between two trees.
“I haue the Prussians in tbe
cellar ? What Prussians ? How
did they come there ?”
Z/erthine sard, laughing;—“They
are those who were here the other
cay. They were lost in the forest
and I am keeping them cool in the
cellar.” Then she related the ad
venture, how she had frightened
them with the report of the revols
ver, and bad fastened them in the
cellar.
“Well, what would you have me
do at this hour?” asked the old
man.
“Go and fetch M. Lavigne aud
h’s troops. He will make them
prisoners, and will be glad to do
it.”
“Yes, be will be glad said fath
er Pichoo with a smile at he de
parted.
For a long time Berthine rer
mained alone, with her eyos fixed
on the clock. From time to time
the Prussians were heard ratter
ing away at the trap door with
/heir muskets. A/ length, trunk
ing it time for the troops to ar
rive. Soon she saw shadows
moving in the forest. They were
the shadows of M. Lavigne’s men.
There were 200 of them and each
carried 200 cartridges.
M. Lavigne arranged his troops
so as to surround the house. Then
he entered the dwelling and in
formed himself of the f rce and
position of the enemy.
M. Lavigue stamped ou the
trap door, calling to the Prussian
officer. The latter made no re
ply Again M. Larigne called,
but in vain. After a lapse of 20
inimOes he summoned the officer
to surrender, promising that the
lives of himself and his men should
be spared and that they should
receive good treatment. There
was no sign of ca[ itulation Then
the commandant arranged his
plan of attack.
“Let Plane 1 nt and his nen
come here,” he said. Planchut,
W'o was a zinc worker, amt two
of uis assistants approached.
“Tear down the gutters and the
waterspout from the roof.”
In a quarter of an hour fully
fifty feet of these wooden gutters
weie brought. Then he hau a
little hoie mude at the edge of the
trap door nud formed a conduit
from the pump to this opening.
“Now we will give these Prus
sians something to drink,” he
said.
Then he ordered a number of
men to the pump, who relieved
each other every five minutes. A
stream of water glided through
the conduit and fell into the cellar
The w’ork of pumping was continu
od for three hours, the command'
ant in the meantime ma.ching up
and down kitchen, the wondering
why the men did uot capitulate.
About eight o'clock in the morn
ing a voice was heard at the little
grated aperture which served to
ventilale the cellar, saying :
*“I want to speak witn the
French officer.”
Lavigne replied from the wiih
dow, advancing his head only a
little:*—
“Will you surrender ?”
The Prussian office answered
that he would.
“Then pass your muskets out,”
added Lavigne.
Presently one musket was pass
ed through the aperture and fell
upon the snow, then another and
ano'her, until all nad been passed
out. Then the same voice said:—
“Wo have no more. Make haste
and let us ouq for we are nearly
drowned,"
The commandant opened the
trap door. Four dripping heads
appeared—four heads with pale
faces and long dripping hair,
Then, one by one, the six Prus
sians emerged, wel, shivering and
lightened. They ware seized
and bound. The commandant at
once led away his prisoners, with
whom he entered Reihel In tri
umph. M Lavigne was decorated
for having raptured a Prussian ad
vance guard.
SHE WAS A GOOD WITNESS.
Sometimes a lawyer meets big
match on the witness s/and. Not
lou r since there was a breach of
promise case in an Ohio town.
The usual bully-ragging lawyer
was there but an unusuai witness
ia /he person of a country school
inarm met him.
“Ah, Miss,” said the lawyer
when she had taken the oath, ‘will
you state your name?”
“El'zabe h Martin,” she re
sponded quietly.
“Yonr occupation?”
“Teaching school.”
“//ow old are you?" he next in»
quired, with a side-long smile at
the large crowd.
“Old enough to know that it is
none of your business,” she an
swered as gentle as a ••ing dove
cooes.
“Objection sustained, ’ remarked
the court.
The lawyer's face tamed red,
but he braced up and went on
without /'te smile.
“Do you kn ow the nature of an
oath?” he asked spites illy.
“Oh, yes, 1 heard yon damn the
court yesterday on the street for
ruling against you, and I knew
yon were not your
prayers”
The couit looked at the lawyer
Herald
the lawyer looked at the ceiling
and the witness looked a' ease,
“Confineyour answeri to iho
case, if you please,’’ sp.id the law
yer. “Now will you cell the court,
if you know the plaintiff?"
‘ Yes, sir, I know her."
“What do yon know of her ?’’
“More good than I know of any
lawyer sir."
“That’s not what I want to
kuow
“I presume not si r, r continued
the witness softly.
“I want to know shouted the
exasperated questioner, bringing
down his fists on the table if you
know anything about the ense bes
fore the co’irst ’’
“More than you do possibly."
“Well tell it the court, and
have done with it.”
‘ Thanks. I know your Honor,
that Joseph Hill the defentant,
asked (Vary Jacksou the plaintiff,
if she would be ns wife. It was
cione iu my presence.”
“Indeed! Isn’t it rat her an im
usual way of popping the ques
tion !”
‘.‘l don’t know, sir I have had
no experience. I happened to be
present, because / came into the
room unexpeet/y and found the
plaintiff sittiufi on the defendant’s
lap, and he to show me that she
had a right *o save the furniture
in th it way, asked her again to be
his wife, as he had already done a
week earlier.”
“By lhe way. Miss Martin, how
much docs the plaintiff weigh ?"
“Doe hundred and forty pounds
“How do you know so exactly ?”
“By the weight, of course ” she
smilingly repliod, and the lawyer
went oil another track
“Do you think the defendant
was telling the truth ?”
“Oh, yrs ; you know he is not a
lawyer.”
“The will confine her
self to the facts,” iuterupted (he
court.
“Very well your Honor, I shall
pay no more attention to the state
ments of the attorney.”
“That will do,” said the provok
ing lawyer, “the witness may stand
down.”
“May it please the court,” she
remarked, “she would like to sit
town.”
The sheriff will please provide
the witness with a chair,” said ihe
court. “She seems to have sat
down on everything else in ibis
court room; and there is reason
why a chair should be exempt.”
The witness smiled placidly,
and took the chair to await another
call to to the stand.
SAM JONES IN NASHVILLE.
Nearly every devi'raent that is
done in Nashville is chaperoned
by Christians and members of the
church.
I went into Jones county to
dedicate a church. A young lady
had a hood Bible religion A
brother said to me, did you noiice
that Miss Anna was a little crack
ed on religion ? No I said. Well
she is. Then, said I, if she >s
ciacked I want her lo bust wide
oper. We have been playing re„
ligion. We have had about
enough to mahe cue man happy
and then they br« ak it up and di
vide it up,
Look at the Christians of the
nineteenth century. A Christian
will have a billiard table in his
house. A Christian will go to
the thea'er. Progressive euenre
and a box at the theater are all
the devil asks to keek any man
dancing after him. A christain
will want wine on his table, and
champagne so that he may make
his home attractive to his triends.
Oue of his friends is the devil
When wine comes in at my door
you may know that Jones coips is
laid out and he is dead.
A generous man gives like the
gush of the stream. He has noth
ing too goolforGod or humane
ity, I never could understar d
how it was that a man could givj
one hundred dollars a year to his
club and and only ter dollars a
year to the church. I have no
respect for she nun that gives
more to a Godless institution
than for the salvation of the
world. A club man in Atlanta
Atlanta tola me that hie club was
JOHN T. WILSON, Jii„ Publisher
reformatory, and / asked him
how many men had professed
there. Home men say 1 don't
know wlist I am talhing about.
Take around to your clubs and if
if I don' I will take it all back tos
morrow night. /’h«se clubs give
entertainments every once and a
while, and tlie wives go around
and evrything looks beautiful.
Oh, the bullibility of woman !
SHOES MADE FROM A NE
(i ROES HIDE.
There is no accounting for tastes,
but a distinguished Philadelphia
physician lioos a little ahead of any
tliing yet seen it this country. For
sometime pas he has been wearing
shoes so. peculiarly Ins nous iu
theii their blackness that his friend
wondered if he used some magical
blacking or utilized die muscles of
some extraordinary boot black.
An acquaintance recently asked
the physician how it was that his
shoes retained such a lustre in a/1
sorts of weather. Ttie reply was
stai/ling, The shoes was made of
human leather, the shin of a negroe
man. The physician staled ttia‘
he lmd worn the shoes seven
months. The leather was soft
and pliable aDd moae enduring
tfcan calf skin. Further question
ing elicited the information that
human skins are tanned in lurge
quantities in Pennsylvania and
made into shoes, inrteh safes, cigar
cases, and cases for surgical in
struments. The skins are obtain
ed from the bodies of the subjects
dissected it, the medical colleges.
It was old Ben Butler, while
Governor of Massachusetts, \ylio
unearthhed the Tewksberry hor
ror of taming negro hides. It
appears that the “business” is uot
conqned to the “hot bab’’ of abol
litioi.um but find its iu
the city of ‘ brotherlv loye.” It
seems the yankres are not only
determinod to utilize the negroe
us a voter while* living, but when
dead /hey tan and convert his hide
into shoe lea*her and other useful
articles. Wo are glad that (Geor
gia trouts ovon a dead niger bot
tlian that.
CHANGING THE SUBJECT.
‘'Always,” said papa, as he drank
his coffee and enjoyed his morning
beefsteak, “always, children,
change the subject when anything
unpleasant has been said. It is
both wise and polite.’’
That evening on his return from
business he found his carnation
bed despoiled, and the tiny im-.
priot of slippered feet silently
bearing witness to Hie small
theif.
“Mable,” he said to her, ‘‘did
you pick my flowers?"'
“Papa,” said Mable, “did you
see a monkey in town?’’
“Never mind that. Did yon
pick my flowers?”
“Papa, what did grandma send
me?”
“Mabel, what do yon mean i
Did you pick ray flowers ? An*-
swer me yes or no.”
“Yes, papa, I did; but T though*
I’d change the subject.”
WELL POSTED.
Mrs. Slimdiet—“You seem lo
know everything about horses.
Won’t you explain to me how you
tell a norse’s age V ’
TLiiu bearder—“Certainly. By
the teeth.’’
“Oh, yes I had heard of that
but I had forgotten it. Can the
ages of all animals he known the
same way ?”
“Yes, I can teil a chickens age
the teeth.”
“A chicken has no teeth. ”
‘No but I have.
BEST TIME TO GATHER
* PEACHES.
At the Agricultural College at
Bryant one of the prifesoors asked
Prank Elliot, one of the most
promising students:—
“Which is the best time to
gather peaches ?”
“When the farmer has got his
back turned, and the dog, is ded
up,” was the reply of Frank who
has had considerable experience
in raising fruit.
Call on Almand & Co’s for
stoves and furniture.
G H 'LYjVE TT n ERAL D.
OUR
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IS COMPLETE.
ALL ORDERS FOR
yt'/ yO • s
/C m / ■lY'9'T V f *-7 ,
NEATLY AND
PROMPTLY EXECU-
TED,
Enlived in the Post (Mitre at Law
n'll i ville, tin., us seeoud class mall
matter.
NO 11
OENERAL NEWS.
It is said that, there art more
than 20,000 persons in New York
city who depend upgn gambling
for a living.
In Japan physicians draw their
pay from the government and d >
not have to depend on their pa
tients for their livings.
According to Senator Yarre's
own statement, his wife is suffering
from a “regular old fasldoned ton
commandment cold.”
Waiter L. Stanton, of New York
a young capitalist, lias purchased
ihe entire bonded debt < f the state
of Indiaua, which amounts to
#1,(185,000' lie is the stni’s sole
creditor.
In. less than two months the
New York World has raised #40,-
000, by popular suoscription, for
tlie Bartholdi Pedestral Fund
This sum was contributed by over
42,000 people.
Tho Governor General of Cana
da receives a salary of #50,000 a
y«.ar
The New York World yesterday
contained a ticket to Coney Island
in each copy sold.
A girl Li years old is said to bo
roaming in the swamps in tlie vi
cinity of West Tccoli, Fla, and
has evaded all at tempts at capt
ure,
John W. Yonng. tlie head foth«
Mormon efiureb, i« staying in
Birmingham, Conn., superintend
ing the manufacture of some heavy
machinery,
The Macon Telograpt, after two
years of ridicule, comes ont on
thasiasiicalJy in favor of base ball.
The little seveo-year old daugh
ter of Mra. Lee, who keeps a res**
laurnut in Meridian Miis., was
poisoned ou Monday evening by
eating three or four yellow ja.sa
mine blossoms and died in about
two hours.
A Spaniard named Phillips a
butch ir Poplar Creek Agency, M.
T„ recently lost one of his children
by death and to commemorate the
event cut oil his left forelingei,
and sacratiied aline mure ami a
three year-old steer on tlie grave
of tqe child.
A Philadelphia doctor, being
questioned as to the shineness of
his shoes, stated as a scientific
fact that the human skin fanned
takes a high polsb. It developed
that by way of experiment he had
sausod the skin ol a subject to be
dresed and made into shoes.
About (130 o’clock Thursday
morning slierc was a Bevere thun
dor starm northwest of this city.
The rain which followed /his
storm was exceedingly heavy—in
fact the “bottom 101 l out” Afier
ti{e rain hundreds of tiny terrapins
were picked up in all parts of the
city. The boys declare that the
terrapins fell from the sky during
the rainj It it not an unfrequent
oeburreuce for fish to fall in tnese
shower and peahaps the terrapins
were taken up by a waterspout
from ponds and dropped here,
twy years ago there was a rain of
blood not far from Raleigh.—Rais
eigh News and Observer.
Mr. and Mrs. Andrew Marlow,
near Washington (J a, were absent
from home on May 11th When
thoy returned they found their
house burned to the ground,
Their infant one mou/h old, was
consumed iu the conflagration.
Thomas .Schofield, aged yi years
recently walked nine miles to pay
his subscription to a paper.
Grasshoppers rre destroying
rieids of corn and other grains iu
Henry and Panola counties, Tex-
Sberiff Ragsdale was shot and
killed near Bonham, Texas, on the
12th while endeavoring to uneat
a band of desperadoes.
As a part of the marriage cere
monies in Sei via, the bride has to
hold a piece of sugar between her
lips os u sign that she wili speak
jii/tle and sweetly during her mar
ried life. It might be well to in
troduce such a custom in this
country-
Dr. Mary Walker has been oue
ol ihe leading attractions at a dime
museum in Chics# >.