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geral Directory.
, t nu OOTERHVEKT
t Hotehins. Judge Sup. CoutWu*
‘Cain. Clerk Sup. Court, *
(jpkiD. Ordinary,
p.iiosby, Shgritt.
j. Brown,. Treasurer.
i Andrew* I'u Receiver.
Oner, 'far Collectorr
\ Bulbil, Surveyor. ;
[. Wilson, Coroner, . ..
I“a*;jrri commission sits.
jpeDce, Chairman and Clerk, N
fit' R Cloud, J. R Hopkins, An
finer. ■ •
j(|. ( RDOF KDUOATtON.
I.Winn, School Commissioner J,
lipeiice,. T- I’atilio, . J Webb
iutl, T K. VVinn.
JUSTICES.
reocrville, 407th dist—W. C,
. P„ M. L, Adair, N. P, Ist Fri
shire, 40ft dist—J. W-. Andrews,
Uarlrs McKinney, N. P. 3rd
i?'
tsmith’s, 316 (list—W. D. Simm
J.O. Hawthorn, N. P, 3rd Sat
Creek, 121)3dist— W. J. Baggett
J.McKlvaney, N. P. Ist Sat
isfies, 401 th dist—*l. N.
1,1 P., A G. Harris, N. P.
inturday,
ford, SnOth dis- -T. C. Bur
-1.p.,1 11. Posey, N, P, Fri
ufopiSrd Saturday.
’ MUmCIPAL,,
jutC.Smith, Mayor.
oouncii,
Lkuore, E 1) llerrin 8 A Townley
BfO»l) • jr,y
kAiakdDßictnwrtt: of train
b* ftoo Suwnnnce, sifio p. ra
KHJrAhwafmce, 7 a* rfi. ■ ' *** 1
IHI. ANB DterAATIIRK of mails.-
fes» in-Arrives 13 in, fde parts
SfOTldsy ;and Thursday.
slim Stoke.--Departs Gam ar
| m, Homily and Th un-day.
jntiE.—Arrives 10 a m, de
| it.—Daily.
Law River.--Arrives 12 de
fcegd|y Mid Sutnrduy
VV.ll. FLa# WY, P. M
CHURCHES
W-lliv blf Bassett, pastor
l xkf .Sunday. 1
bust--liev>M- J) -Timer Pastor
sonlfie Ist -nd Sundays.'
htSuuoiiL.—A T Pattillo, Supt,
"Shnday at 3p in “ 3 “ '
»in:niAN--llev F McClelland,
.Services on 2ad nd 4th Snnduys
Booth,
hi SutOoL—T R Powett. Supt,.
kmduj it 9.30 a in-
PBATKRNAI..
eenckvili.k Masonic Lodge.—J
reW M., « A Hagond. 4$ 4V,
»o W. Motts on Tuesday
Por htfoi e lull moon in each
DRnon Chatter, No 39, R A
LSpeuce, II F, A T Fattillb
eels Friday night before the
iy in each month.
M Superior Court.—N. L.
i, "Bilge. Convenes on the lit
[is March and September
ikhr M. Johnson
ITORNEY AT LAW.
GAINESVILLE, GA.
(practice' in this and adjoining
Mod the Supreme Uonrt of the
Business intrusted to his care
<w*B prompt attention.
11l-
E. H V. BRIANT,
attorney at law,
Logansville, a.
I business eu trusted to Ids
will receive prompt attention.
®tions a specialty,
*lkly_
LOA.VS OF MON£T
go'iated on improved farm
winnett and Dalton Counties
! e jeara time at eight per
.interest.
pU9th 1884
Wm. E. Simmons.
tuns,
Whitehall Street,
ATLANTA, A.
iEar, Throat and Nose Disease
jnly7-tf
J, A, HUNT,
ATTORNEY AT LAW,-
KOECROS-S, GA.
Practice in tlie Superior Courts
“urts ijf Ordinary of the couu
■Gwinnett and Milton, and in
"uicrs- court of both counties
wand prompt attention given
Stsiaei C. POE,
m*trr and Brck »
mason.
LawmenojtvAij.E, Ga.
e* this method to inform the
' generally, that lie is still at
vs place, an ' is now prepared
!r ,ra( ;t t>r any kill.' of work in
J: 1 am now- , ura ed In the
.Arturo of iirlclt m.d will do
"Vs on short uoi.ee. Satisfae
, aut*.e ß . Contracting a spue
mavi3-3i r .
°od Farm
-FOR SALE—
of 2uo acres of land for sale,
- UOI I six room dwelling, tenant
'*@o"d barn and out houses.
??*in cultivation ,the balance
forest well timliered, all
and under fence. Situ a
. l| ie LawreneevUla road one
llr . UUI isiicllville. Price rea
*• Apply to
W. P. MASON.
w*i(K viUe * uwiuiieU Co G
TYLER M. PEEPLES, Proprietor.
VOL XV.
EDITORIAL BREVITIES
J)*Strho<ive prairie fires are rag
:,g near Esteline, Dakota.
Three giris are kept busy gatli
er ; ngegge on a California hen
ranch.
C’ensumjftion is more prevalent
among the T fish tnan any other
-vac-.
The James river can be mossed
at Richmond by stepping from
rock to took.
-
Samuel Oren, of Boston, takes
the place, temporarily, of Dr. Cur
ry as agent of the Peabody fund.
Twenty-two of the accomplices
in the lynching of Culbreatb, m
Edgefield. South Carolinr, are in
jail,
The Roman Catholic cathdral
in the city of Mexico is said to be
ihe finest church budding ou ihe
continent.
In the last twenty-five years the
Mejhodis* have increased the value
of their church property by about
SIIO,OOO.
Winchester, Virginia, was cap
luted and recaptured more than
any other city during the war. It
changed hands twenty-five limes
in the four years.
A Jamaica, L. 1., womaD lay
thieedapsin a trance, and wm
only awakentd by a neighboring
woman trying to borrow some sus
gar from the hired girl.
In Texas a white siau is in jail
for marrying a negro woman. In
Pennsylvania a wh'te woman mar
ries a negro man, and receives
the congratulation of her neigh
bors.
At Dusbore, Pa., on the Bth in
stant. Arabella Vunter, a young la
dy. 23 years old,, obtained a ver
diet for SIO,OOO Jamages against
Sheriff Lewis Zanzier, for breach
of promise-
It is leported that the chair : i
which Bismarck sat while negotia
ting with Napoleon 111, after the
battle of Sedan, has just been pre
6ented to him by an admirer who
uas taken thetiouble of securing
tha< interesting relic.
It is said that several wealthy
Swiss manufacturers are coming
to America to erect and operate
silk mills. It will piobabiy not be
long before they will join in the
cry for protection froth coinpeii
tion with goods made by cheap
foreign iabor. %
Dr. Phiilip Schpff thinks that
ihe people of Alsace Lorraine are
ropidly Gemaniztug, and that (he
next generation will be wholly
German, at least in language. He
rttributes the change to ihe eda
national influence of tjie common
schools. ~ ?
We are in receipt of a private
teller from an Augusta gentleman
wnrein we ore informed that tie
Augusta & Chattanooga railroad
project is vividly alive, and that
the road will lie btrlt, though it
is not published, because, as yet,
it ta unnecessary.!
Nothing so chills tte mind as
mystery. Thai’s why it makes a
woman cold bebmd the ears te dis
cover a lust year’s market report
under tLe linning of her husband's
overcoat, writtetyio a hfaid so out
ragaousiy -|jf c that she can t
make oo( a word of it,
It now costs sl4 a foot to con
tinue the boring of the, artesian
well in Atlanta.- But the general
sentiment of,the city council, as
expressed,put their last meeting,
was lb continue-tfc« boring-until -t
reaches wkfer oij.fire. Theyexpect
to open commun catioh with bheol
in a few days.
The public is informed that
not Ling but tlie special ten cent;
stamp can be used upon a rap'd
delivtry letter, to which must be
Hided a two cent stamp, mating
twelve cents in all. The idea that
twelve cents in the ordinary
stamps will secure rapid deliv ry
is erroneous.
“What you want,” said the bar-,
her, as he ran his fingers ilirough
the’few remaining hairs on the
head of a customer- “what you
want is a bottie of my hair restor
er/, What I want,” replied the
customer, “a » divorce” And
the barber said no more.
«gay, Darringer, have yon beard
of Bromley’s last invemienf
-No- 1 d'dn < know he bad any
• ,i,q# wav has be
genius in iha< way.
invented ?” “H is just wonderful,
it is dasfined <o make a complete
revolution ” <*** .
i„t it’" “A circular
man, what is 11 ■
saw.” . - . -
SOW A MB THEM.
When Eve brought .woe to all man
kind,
Old Adam called her wo-man ;
Bui when she woo’d with love so kind
He then pronounced her woo man.
But now with lolly and with pride,
Their husbands pockets trimming,
he la dies are so full of whims,
The.people call them whim-men
A BETROTHAL RING.
“Marie. I rrn sorry to reprimand
you again for your cariosity. I
wish would try to correct that
fault.”
The voice was peculiarly soft
and gentle, aud I was sure that /
heard it before- Turning, I saw
two young women leaning against
the bulwalks. Their faces were
turned from me, and although
their figures were about the
iu size, and their hair of almost
•he same tinge, there was liitle
difficulty in distinguishing the
maid and mistress. Presently
they were joined by a plump, com
fortable-docking English matron,
and a tall youDg American, who
was eaidently the tseorl of she
party. Then I remembered that
I had seen them at a hotel in Par
is, ard had btcome very much ins
lerested in the young couple.' I
never saw an English girl with
the delicately cut figures, the slen
der graceful figure, aud the air of
refinement which characterized
this one, and I certainly never saw
any man with the graceful bearing
of this tall yougg American.
I was glad that I had an apper
tunity of seeing more of them, and
I found myself watching them
with a great deal of interest us
they sat on deck, the mother ly
ing in a big arm-chair, the daugh
ter seated close bv, and the young
American hovering around them
with a genuine watchfulness of
every comfort. Occasionally the
mother would nod a httle. her
head sink, and she wor'd draw
some wrapping of delicate texture
over her face to proto it it from tne
warn sun-rays. Instantly tue
aspect of the young couple‘would
change.- An air of frank uncon
sciousnoss wbuld yield to one of
the great reserve, and his face
grow more earnest ani flushed as
he leaned townd her and talked
in low /ones.
I soqn. concluded that those
young peoplo'were more than in*
tere°ted in eaeh ether| and one
night I heard, or rather saw the
whole story. I oould not help i(
very welt. Besides, l was an old
man, alone tu the world, and I had
such sympathy with them that I
am sure they n’ould have cared
hut li-tle had they kuown of my
presence.
It was the last night of oar voy
age. The stars were dimmed by
the moon, which hung alone in a
big dome of blue. The ocean had
sunk into a smooth, quiet plain,
broken only by dancing moon
beams, and the steamer with its
restless throbbing seemed an im
pertinent atom in the vas t silenee
around.
They came slowly toward me as
I sat emoaking, from the bow J<
toe vessel. Sh« was resting on
his arm an occasionally she would
turn her fair hoe up to his with an
air of miugltd i'midify <md confi
dencc- A little distance away
they stopped, aDd leaning against
the bulwarks, began talking. Pres
ontly she turned her head for an
instant, and looked thoughtfully
out into thr moonlight, which
seemed to gather around her head
and leave its rich yellow tint in
her hair. He was pleading very
earnestly now, and her fcce sank
slowly down .as she (remuionsly
plucked at her dainty nubir whose
soft folds over her bosom rose
and fell with the gentle tumult
within. Then he took one of her
hand and paused A moment la
ter she raised her head slowly and
turned her face frankly to his. I
could see tears glistening on her
eyblasses, between me and ihe
moonlight, but smiles were cbas.
ing emb other around the sweet
lipe below. This was all he ask
ed.
When I looked again, he was
holding a ring np in the moon
light, and both were looking at
the pale blnish lighf which ssemed
Ito shoot - from the stone in its
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LAWRENCEVILLE, QA. October 27 1885
rich, yellow settinb. He was evi
dently explaining its history for
presently she held np one pretty
fair hand, imd he slippel the ring
on, and kisewd tlie dainty fingsrs.
She blushed and looked pleased,
and Both walked together to the
cabin steps.
It was aftjer midnight, I Suppos'o
when 1 was aroused by a shock,
which made huge ship tremble
for an instant, I .knew an acci
dent had occured, nun dressing
hastily, I hurried ou deck,
Heavens! what « change had
been made in those few hours
Tbe waves were dashing
the ship and frothing over the
deck, the lightning was flashing
on all sides, and .he thunder seem
ed to sh r, 'e heaven and sea. We
Lad struck upon a reef, aid e-1-
dently I had not felt the first
shock, for nearly all ths boats had
left the ship, and the captain anil
Ihe crew were preparing io launch
the rest. Suddenly a succession
of vivid flashes seemed to encircle
tbe ship. The seamen fell prose
trate, and a showet of splintei
struck /he deck forward A little
pufi ot smoke arose, littie torgues
of lire crept up a mast, rnd before
any one could shont the terrible
cry of “Fire!” one of the sails
leaped into the flames. The frigh
tened people crowded shrieking
to the stern of the ship, and
among them I saw the tall form
of the young A ueiican, with a
woman fainting in h’sarms. A
moment later I ssw him again as
disappeard down a natchway,
which was belching out smoke
The brave sailors worked with a
will, and the last boat was launch*
ed before the (Fmes reached 'Uo
middlei of the ship. One was left,
and into this all of us wh6 remain
ed clambered. The captain stood
ready to push the lqoat off, when
the young American’s baggaid
face reappeared in the hatchway.
“My God!” he cried. franricsUy
•‘where is she f
“Get aboard !” shouted the cap
tain siernly, as he pomted toward
the other boats,
The young American shnok his
head.
“Look!” he cried suddenly.
A woman with yellow hair
streaming over her white garments
was darting toward tifi bow of the
ship.
“Ellen!”
The cry was too late. She look
ed once at the flames, which were
leaping up the musts behind her,
an! stretching out her arms to
wards the receding boats, sprang
into the sea.
1 think he would have followed
her had not the captain seized him
and thrnst him into the boat.
“Save her 1" save her in Heaven’s
name.”
“We can’t save her! said the
captain. “We couldn’t save her in
that sea. We must save our
selves."
The poor fellow sank into (he
boat almost lifelesi.
•*lt may not have been she,, I
said to him, “perhaps she was in
one of the other boats.”
He only shook his head mourn
fully.
I believed it was the young En.
glish fadv, however, for as she
threw up her arms, I saw a ring
flash in the light of the flames
wiih the same peculiar tint that I
had marked in the moonlight a few
hours before.
As we left the ship one of the
sailors in his eagerness lost ea
oar. This impeded our headway,
and we saw the other boats pa9s
out of the circte of light into the
darkness, and toward a lighthouse
which was twinkling far to the
left. Soon the wind shifted and
the sailors aid not attempt to row,
but merely t keep the boat out
of ilia trough of ihe sea. as the
wind would carr£ us obliquely to
the shore. Against both wind and
tide we could not hope to reach
the lighthouse, so we drifted.
The flames had now spread to
every portioL of the ship behind
ua, and the lightning was sweep
ing off to the horizon in great
bands of pnrple light. Wiihin an
hour we could hear the surf break
ing on land, and soon we could st e
the foam and flashing along the
shore like streaks of white light.
In one place the breakers seemed
to ride unbroken, and this point
we approached cantiovsly. It whs
as the captain surmised, a cove,
and soon we were borne into a lij
tie bay, whose waters were com
par*lively ca'm, Once in, though
we were unable to get out. The
cove was circular in shape, and 'he
rocks were high and steep. There
was nothing to do but wait for
dayl gh:, which was fast approach
tog*-
All this time the young Ameri
can had lti'Q in the ooat apparent
ly lifeless. One tender hearted
sailor draw off his own pea jacket
aud threw it over his shoulders>
saying, as to himself : -‘I wish we
cou’d have saved her life. 7'he
tide w ; M bring her in, though,
and the most we can do is to get
her.”
At these words, the young man
opened his eyes ami shivered
slight}'.
Half an hour later theie was
light enough to find an opening
from the cove, and soon we were
all op the beach with or”- hearts
Ib'l of thanks— all except the
youug Americr" who, without, a
word, s/»ited toward the sea, The
captam tapped his head siynifi"
carnly, as I made a move to follow
b : m, saying:
“He needs a Liend to watch
1 im. The lightlnmise isn’t far
away We will tome ba< k for
you.”
Tue g.ay ligufs of the moir ! u&
were just stea’ing it] o.i the ocean
wl'ioh was hissii g and throbbing’
like seme great momtei fu an ago
ny oi pc n. The sands gre.v whit
er, and the morning twilight, and
on lie went, ahead of ire, ss swift
ly that I could scarcely keep from
falling far in the rear- How I pit
led him, with his pale, haggard
face,- hiß staring eyes, and his hair
fiiwg in Use wind Occasionally
a wob woo'd DUrBl riom Lio Hpo,
and he would turn like a madman
and shake his clenched fist at the
sea which curled mockingly at his
feet. Suddenly he darted forward
and ran like a deer: Auead of
him I could see some while obVct
lying on ihe sand. Then I saw
him stoop, as if throwing some
thing aside, and when I reached
the spot he was on his knees in
ihe sand, kissixg the beautiful
hair and sweet face which some
cruel spar had beat beyond recog
niiion, and the ling and its purls
ous s'one —the same riNg which he
bad given her but a few hours be
fore, When he saw that he threw
himself face downward in the
sand.
While he lay there I took away
the seaweed which hod caught in
her bair, and spread torn drapery
about the bruited limbs. Then /
sat down end he lay there quite
still, witn bis whole frame occa
sionally shading with sobs. I
knew ii was useless to try to com
fort him, so I waited.
Within an hour the coast man
came and tenderly bore her away.
Him I led away like a child. He
said nothinc at all, and just as we
reached the lighthouse he drop
ped seDseleßs to the ear b.
All day and all n’ght he was,
lost in unconsciousness. The
next even-ug at the close of day,
he came to himself. The sea lay?
very calm tinder the red sun rays,
and upon it his opening eye* fell J
He turned with a shudder. This
lime they fell upon a sweet face
which was bend : ng tenderly over
him—the same sweet face whiou
had glowed with love in the moon
light on that dreadful night of the
storm. *
He stared r.ervonely. ,4 ke one
weking from a dream ; the blood
surged to his face, and he stared
at her fixedly.
“Who are you ?” he broke out,
wildly. “A-eyouan angel**”
“Don’t you know me ?” she ask
ed gently.
He clasped his hand on his fore
bead, as if trying to recollect.
But Ihe ring—the ring—you
were drowned
She held the ling near his eyes,
and bending her head low, she
sai l softly :
‘,lt was poor Marie.”
Then she whispered that she
had taken the ring off ib her cabin
that night, and that the poor maid
mast have picked it up, in a mo
ment of idle curiosity.
, A mile broke over his face, and
Ihe tenderly placed both hands
arn nd her,
She laid her face close beside bis
and together they watched the
quiei sea mirror tne changing lints
Of tile L <US6I.
STP T 'vINU IT PTCF
“Have you called on the Browns
vet!” sie asked ns the new minis
ter was about to lake his leave aft
er makiug a call.
“I m just going,” he replied. “1
believe it is the third house fr.m
tne corner !”
“Yes—third house. They are
very, very nitfA people, and I know
you’ll l’ke ’em.”
When the minister ihe
bell tnere was some delay in an
swering it. Meanwhile the screen
doors permitted him to bear from
the interior. Brown, who seemed
to be upstairs, called over the ban
isters ;
“Say /Aden, where in thunder
is that old vest I spoke of f”
“Who are you talking to 7” des
manded a voice from below.
“To you, of course! Ts you
were cuy sort of a wife you'd put
things where they could ho found
ufferwards.”
“Solomon Brown, don't you cast
any slurs on in* If 1 don’t know
more about house keeping than
all tne Brown en earth I'll commit
auicido.’'
“You do, eh T What did/he pan
per SinPhp have to krap hons
on ?”
‘Solonioi you aro u vile
wretch !’’
* Much ob' ged, but it’s living
with you that’s done it.” ’
At this juncture the rr>’»”Bter
was ushered ii, and Mrs soon en
tered the parlor, extended both
hands aud gayly excla'med :
“Ah, I’m so glad f Solomon and
l‘both wanfed to see yon so much
Solomon —Solly, deo , hurry up
and cofne down—out new preach
in l»«ro V*
And Solomon came down, paint
ed a grin ou his face, and greeted
the good man with :
“ IFell ! well ! but this is good
of you! Wifey and I were ju-t
wishing you p call. We wuut to
see if au effort can't be made to in
crease the interest in the Thurs
day evening prayer meetings 1”
THE HORRORS'’ OF MOR
PHINE:
“Give me only a few drops for
God’s svkis give me just a little.”
Tim words, says the New York
Journal, came from a
faced man whs stood in front of a
drug store on W illiam stieet yes
terday, as he raised bis bands ap
pealfngly.
“I cannot give you ny,” reolied
the druggist as he closed the door
in the man’s face.
The ratter began a vigorous
ponndiog on the door, and pre-
Cnfly a policeman appeared.
“That man is a morphine fiend,’’
replied the druggist, “and I can’t
sell him any.”
' “Oh, for heaven’s sake give me
just a little I See I have got the
mone !’’
The policeman led the man
away, but ten minutes later he
was back again. The policeman
again appeared and d-aggsd -tKe
man off in the of the sra
tion house. ; ;
'“lf you’ll go home Pi I let you
go,” said tie kmd hearted police
The man promised o go direct
]y home, and started away. An
hour afterwaid he wa-. again in
front of the drag store beseeching
ihe proprietor to sell him a small
quantity of morpine.
This time another policeman
hove in sigh*. and in response to
the druggist’s demands, ordered
<Le rr.onibine fiend away. Threats
were useless and the policeman
cuffed the man’s ear;. It w. s in
vain, he still pleaded for the drug,
Then the po'icehian shoved the
man away. The latter seemed
very feeblb and fe’l headlong to
tne pavement,
When he got up the blood was
flawing from his mouth, hue he re
fused to go away, and the police
man was compelled to take him to
the station,
“They can talk about liquor ru
ining men." said the druggist, “but
when opium once gets its grasp on
a man he’s gone.”
JOHN T. WILSON, Jr., Pnblisher
; TO MAKE A HAPPY HOME.
! Learn to govern yourself and
to be genile and patient.
Guard your tempers, especially
in season* oft II health, "-ritattou
and trouble, and soften them
prayers aud a sei.se o! your own
short comings aud errors.
Never speak or act iu sngor un
til you have prayed over your
words or acts, and concluded that
Christ would have done so in yoiu
place.
Remember that, valuable as is
the gift of speech, silence is often
much more valuable.
Do hot expect too much if oth
ers, but remember that all have
l an evil nature, whose develops
ments we must sxpect, snd which
we should forbear and forgive, as
wo often desire forbearance ar.d
forgiveness ourselves.
Never retort a sharp or angry
word. It is the second word which
makes the quarrel.
ffewara of the first di*'>-'ree.
incut.
Learn to speak in u gentle touo
of voice.
I Lo- ’u to say kiud and pleasant
t/tings whenever an opportunity
oilers
fc>tud)f tiio cbui actor of oaco, aud
sympathize with all' > th' ir trou
ble, however smoM
Do not neglect little tlrigs, if
they can effect tlse comfort of
others in the very smallest de
gree.
Avoid moods and pets rn 1 fits
of sulk-iess.
Learn to dery yoursV*, and to
prefer others.
Beware of meddlers aid tale
bearers.
Never charge a bad motive to
others if o good one is conceiva
ble.
Be gentle but firm with chil
dren,
TV, ru>i » —r— -> lU.„ n
be away from homo at night with
out knowing where tbev are at.
Do not allow them to go where
they please on the Sabbath.
/to not furnish them with much
spending money.
Remember the grave, the judge
meet seat, tlie scenes of eternity,
and so order your home on earth
that you shall have a home in lieav
en.—Presoy tenan Chronic-la
HE SAW*HIB FATHER.
“Father he began, after taking
the old man out back of tue barn,
<‘Your years aro many/’
“Yes, my son.”
“You have toiled oarly end late,
and by (he sweat of your brow
you have amassed this big farm.
"That’s so, William.”
“It has pained me more than I
can tell to see you at your age,
ipoubjing yourself with the cares
of life. Father, jour declining
days should be spent in the old
armchair in the chimney corner.’’
_ “Yes, William, they vhoule-’’
“Now, father, being you e r e old
and feeble and helpless; give me a
deed of the farm and you and
mother live out your few remain*-
ing days wiih me and Sally ”
“William,” said the old man,
as he pushed tiack his sleeves, “I
think I See the driit o‘ibem re
marks. When I’m’ ready to start
lor fl e poor nouse I'll play fool
ana band over the deed! Wil
liam 1”
“Pth, B.'”,
“In order to d : Bp“' any delusion
on your part that I’m old and fee •
bit and helpless, I’m going to
knock down half an acre of corn
stalks widt your heals 1”
And when convention gnally ad
journed, William crawled to the
nearest hay stack and cautyjusU
whispered to himself :
( “.drul Sally was to broach tlte
same thing to ma at the biuuk
time! I wonder if she’s mortally
iujured, or only crippled for life!’’
“Well," said a lowyer, as he en
tered his condemned client’s cell,
“good news at last.’’
“A reprieve T” asked the prison
er, eagerly.
'No, not a reprieve, but your
ancle has d’ed end left you $2,100
and now you can meet your fate
with the satisfying feeling thai
the noble efforts of your lawyer in
your behalf will not go unreward
<*!•” *
GWINNETT IIERALb.
K WIDE-AWAKE COUNTY NBWSI'AEEtt.
JOB PRINTING
A SPECIAL FEATURE
Book work, legal blanks, letter
ads, note heads, bill heads, post
s, cards, envelops—everything
job printing line done in neu
IS d tasty style aud on short no»
e. Priot.6 low aud work guar-
Auteed: Call on us.
** 1 ■ i J "mi '-jse
F.iin-red at the Post OtMoe at Law
renccvllle, as second class mail mat
ter.
NO 34
SUNBEAMS.
Very rash—A boy with meas
le-
A trim Ankle is as pretty a horse
carriage as we want to see.
Some ministers only “stand
high” iu the community when
they are np in the pulpit.
Any wood batcher can nail np a
counter, but i' takes a defective to
nail a connterfitter.
Be a young wouua ever bo mod
est, it is perfectly proper for her
to woo the drowsy god.
Haury W rd Beecher is in favor
of high license and h« wants it
preporuonate'y broad-
The seasick man who casts his
bread npon the waters wifi not
find it after many day .
Clergymen are like railway
break mol in one yarticular- They
do a great deal of coupling.
There is a Keokuk girl with
such a good-sized mouth that she
lias lo be measured for her tooth--
brushes.
A drummer seldom blushes, but
jcaii catch lwni with » bob-tail flush
once iu a while if you care to call
and soe l> ; "i,
A pawnbroker would ynttlitt A
poor baseball catcher, as any good
umpire would call three balls on
hitp to start with
It’s many years since the peot
wrote that “beauty draws us with
a single hair.” It generally’tokes
a forty-five dollar switch to d» it
now. , ,
a Colorado papei says : “Can
on City girls don’t take k'udlj to
croquet- They say it isn’t high
toned enounb for ’hem. Leapfrog
is their best hold.”
“What are the last teeth that
Asked u teacher of her
class In physiology _ ....
mum,” replied a boy who baa just
woke up on the hack seta.
- “What was Elias when be was
in the wildernesßt” “I dunno
what he was wbile he was in the
desert, unless he was a deserter,”
replied the hopeful pupil.
An Austrian professor claims to
hpve discovered that ihe soul ta
nothing more nor less than the
notural perfume of (be hair.
That’s a littlr rough on bxldqeaded
people. d i
Approprialo comment: Nurse
(meeting young avd anxious hue
band at the door) —“All is well
and you are a happy father.” He
—“What is it ?” Bbe —“Twins-'•
Ho—“ Gemini I” rj >,,, ;
Bill Nye knows an Indian
squaW wfhose nc~ie translated Into
cur tongue means. •* /Tie-swift
dangliter of-tbe-prairie- blizzard
tkat-gutkers- thc-huckleberry-on
thesrun-and-don’t-you-forget«it,
A farmer complained that his
hired boy ate too much, whereup
ou tho letter sobbingly burst out.*
“What are you allers a pickin’ into
a poor boy for, ’cause he’s only a
tryin’ to work his weigh up!"
“1 would not,”, says the Rev.
Sam Jones, “wipe my feet on the
projessionai baseball player.”
Why should Mr. /ones wipe his
feet on a bad player when the um
pire is there for that purpose ?
“He diet 1 willingly in the hope
of salvation.” You may think this
refers to a clergyman who had
served God for half a century, but
it does uot. It refers to a murdsi
er who had chopped up bis wife.
Tommy (whose father has the
mumps;—“Look, Hill, at pas
jaw’s) I'iu’t tuey Bveiled big?”
Billy—“ What's the matter with
him, Tern 1” Tommy—“Jiat bo
inataer at all; he has only the mug-,
wumps in his jaw." ,
“I’d pity you if I ware your
mother.” said a lady ou the street
to a young bey whom she observ
ed comm’tting some mischief (
“So you ought to, and so would
everybody pity me, if I had such a
terrible-looking mother as you ’*
A Texas gentleman discovered
his servant helping himself to the
former’s cigars
“Sam, I am surprised.”
“So is I boss. I ’lowed yOu had
dun Bone inter de country.”