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MnsTVAfiM KERAL, b " EVhN ‘ N ' ; ~ ■ bubsckiptiow rates; _ *l.su ■me Year -75 K\ Months- .50 ■ uree MontM must be paid In ■ AU » not renewed prmnpt- Il'luTheexpir'ation will be duountm ■ ADVEIUSEMENTS ft. «*r sst*is« pBBSSg»&3**~ ftss:’ ” 111 (Mini Directory! Civil, government- I V I Hutchins, Judge Sup. Court, in’ Cain. Clerk Sup. Court, j T Ijinkin. Ordinary. I VV P. Cosby, Sheriff. B 'X K. Brown, Treasurer. [n V. Andrews, Tax Receiver. B J N Verner, Tax Colleetorr I R N. Moffett, Surveyor, j ’ H Wilson, Coroner. I ’ COCOTT COMMISSIONERS. l 1) Silence, Chairman and Clerk, A llteuuett, J K Cloud, J. R Hop Kins, An Bdrew Garner. ■ BO4RDOF EDUCATION« K, Winn . School Comm wsi oner, J. Ip Speuce, AT- Patillo, .A J. e ■j R Noel T K. Winn. municipal; John C. Smith, Mayor. COUNCIL. W E. Brown, J. 0. Houston. S. I i, Townlay, A. J. Vaugbau. I ARRIVAL AND DEPARTURES' TRAIN Arrives from Suwannee, 5.:>1) m leaves lor Suwannee, 7a - m arrival and departure of / u - 8 ;~ Jefferson— Arrives 12 m, Jr P* '•* I p. ui., Monday and Thursda I I’kaolb Store. —Depart oil I ives tj pui, Monday aud I’.- nsduy. laiuanvillk.—Arrives 10 a m, de- I purts 1 P m.—Daily. I Yellow River.-Arrives 12 m., de- Lait.- t» ni„ Wednesday uud Saturday I f w ii. iiarvey, p..vi CHURCHES tunisT- -Bev J L B Barrett, pastor Mmieea every TbH /Sunday. Mitmodwt— Bev E. k. AtUeu Pastor Services on the Ist and 2nd oundays. Sun da v School. —S J Winn, &upt tiverry Sunday at 3 p m Presbyterian- -Bev Samuel Scott Pastor, Services on 2nd nd 4th Snuduys in each month, Sunday School. —1 B Powell, bupt Kvery Sunday at 9.30 a nr fraternal. Lawrf-ncevillf, Masonic Lodge--J D Spence W M., S A Hagood, S W, SJ Winn, J VV. Meets on first Tuesday eight in each month. Mt Vernon L’haftkii, No 39, B A M.—J D Spence, li P, A T PaUillo Sec Meets Ftiday night beforo llie 3rd Sunday in each month. Gwinnett Superior Court. — N. 1., Hutchius,Judge. Convenes ou the Ist Monday iu Mutch uud Sttlumber. L. FRANK McDonald, attorney at law. Liiwienceville, Ga. Will practice iu the ustioe Cojrta ourt of Oidiuary, and Superior omt of fclwinnetii and surrounding ouuties. Collections a specialty. Office i uthe Kwing building, down stairs on eiogau afreet. Fltehv M. Johnson ATTORNEY AT LAW, GAINESVILLE, GA. Will practice in this and adjoining circuits, and the Supreme Court of the State. Business intrusted to his care will receive prompt attention, aodji- E. S. V. BRIANT ATTORNEY AT LAW, Lo,- »nsville, Ga. All business e »-’i*fcd to bis care will receive prompt attention. Collections a specialty, Apr.l4-ly NO More" EVE GI ASfcSS - Mithell's , Eye Salve effective remedy so SoreWeakEnilaiedSys Producing Long Siglitedness, anil It *c ring the sight of the old Cure “Tear Drops. Gi.initiation, Stye Tumors, Red Ejes, Mat ted Eye Lashes, and producing qwick relief and pc, manenf fine New Firm Notice is hereby given that 1 have ‘ ls day associated with as purtne.s in he merianlile business in Lawreneeville wy sons, W 11 Robinson and N S. Robinson, and the business w II here , r he conducted under the tirm name or EN ROHINSOJV & SONS "e will keep in stock a full line of general merchandise, and have added to ~e iiiMmess Confections and Fancy oods, and will do a general barter bus e ®, , we offer our stock cheap for «oeh or bartea. Give us a trial. R N ROBINSON & SONS. Lnwrencevllle Ga 41i liny U A IMPROVED STAND’D TURBINE Is the best constr ted and lluislied, give bet ter percentage, n ore Power and is so I for less money per horse power, than ano other 1 oil,ine in the world phlet sent free by __ Nl, LRCB , York. PA "•rtitKY A.CO. ol i2£ ,r TYLER M. PEEPLES, Proprietor. YOL. XVI GENERAL news. There P v e ati/1 some Semmole lul ans liviDg in the everglade region of Florida- ± One Mississippi jail contains thirteen prisoners charged with murder. Mr. Moody, the rexiva’ist, is to begin work in CnaHc ton, S. O, on the 15th iust. A teamster, in Wilkes cor dy, N. C, lpst week, l 'Med 4;)0 pound bear with an nxe, A mechanic of Belton, S. G. claims that be has su< leded i. getting perpstP” l motion. Tbe hydrophbia score has caus ed the slaughter of 10,000 Jugs i London- Mark Twain has received $.4 - 000 on the proceeds of sou t months’ sale of ‘HucHeberry Finn.’ Ex-Cadet YVl"laker, iate of Wear, Point, has receuily t"’>eu cb*’ ge of the SP'n'ar, S. C A. A’ A. school. Mrs. Hem 1 10l v dow of tbe late Vice-Preside n .i r hem chos eu a director : i a Mon *air ' >g company. One hundred and f ty persons have been Li 'od in Cbmpgo during the past ye? • being run over by ra n road lra‘; A iVew F. eston young man play mg : n 1 ssing game the other p.ght, L’ : ssed one of the buxom m‘ ,; deus so herd that he broke fa hs6 'eeth. The value of the contents of a barrel of crude petroleum ranges from eiglny six ;ents to sl, while the value of the barrel itself is $2.50. The London Times suggests that a we'l served fra plug, with a hose attached, is the best weap? on with which to con'ront, a riot ous mob. Manclie iter, Yr , lias produced th«> largest diamond oxer found in this country, wmgh'ng c-nits uncut, 11 lxsld carats cut, and formerly valued at <>,ooo. Mrs. Mary G’rant Cramer, Bistar of Gen. Grant is I' dr ing m Maif -Bachusetts under tbe auspice" o the Woman’s Christian Temper ance Union. The grand jr y at Bowling Green, Ky., last week, brought in seventy true bills against sr'oon keepers for -el'ing liquor to pels sons in s he habit of gettmg drunk Mr. ti M Hunt tr, of Fish Pond. Barnwell county, South Carolina, last year made eighteen barrels ot syrup— eight hundred and ten got lons—on two acres of land. M. Samford, a drummer for Hart Brothers, of Chicago, waa found in the Texas, and Pacific yards a t Fort Woi ,b, Tex, hutui day morning, with b's head served from his body end l”'s aims and legs cut off: A rrxu near Winnemncca, Nev., ofl'eis a reward of $l5O for tho ar rest of the person who stole Lis house from hiiu. The Lu'ld’ng has mysteriously disappeared end thore is no trace of its whereabouts. The colored people of Chatta nooga, Tenn., are preparing to be gin the publica* on ot a paper known as tli9 Independent, It wH urge 4 he colored people to cease their slavish adherence ta the republican party, At Abev'Te, Tex,. Saturday, au Irisbman givi ig bis name as Frans cisAinesk'M 1 1 mse'fby d nthig t 'ree and a half pints of whiskey within twenty Donates. He ded in about the same length of time it look him to dr ,i 'k tie whisky. Last weak, after a desperate struggle, "/oe Umbel 1 edawdd boar, on Brooker’s Creek, near Point PinelV, Fla., whichsd weigh ed 45G pouud The b >nr sough desperately for four hoi‘”s, kll.e two dogs and tore up Joe’s cio »es so badly tnat there was not enough of his coat or pants left to make gun wadding, John S. Davidson : i mentioned ior Governor The lea culture exper ment ; n South Crrolina has proven a fail ure. BLiND ELSIE. ft had been rai' ng unceasingly \ tor three days; P>e roads were | w«t "nd muddy, most nncondorip ble for be people to 1 avers boys were Ln- y B t er ’ll plys . ing t.hcV brooms \gorously; above , the dripping of the ram, the I shouts of the pao le, and tol’-ug of \pl-‘ cles a -rogs the road, fame ( the round of a sweet ch’ld’s vo : ?■> singing a uio!’”r' r ' song w /'t c -'ne t pa'hos. j 'l.ie ch'M a ttle g'rl, was stunlutg j ■ t, ie >iper out o: the wny of the buy wa_ fr *er* and by her r'ae stood a rough* oss 100 ng wo me” ■ The little fa a, in spi/e of its ex* -’me pe’loi, was <.y beau'iful; iu es of golden-brown hair fe’l dpiolusion ovei her sooul • l«r .he a-* were b-ge aad d*”-’ - ' needed hut a g’’ *ce into the*v s-.it deb‘h ;V> tell that for her a ll wi .ne s— he wa b ‘ id. i?no or two people moved to I c >uipM *a b • theeb 'd s appear ance nn>l the sweet fuse, give the 1 ■ oaiPh some money, which she r ;er’y e'ti/ehe* then, thick'ug ohe wits unobserved she grasped the d"d uy the shotthh and sa : d ha*’ihly: ‘Come on! We must go come Aliere ohe, mere is not much to b t got lie e.’ Vj. '«'■ Ar o t you going home 1 ’ I fin so ' nd,’ lie cb d rmwerad, lift i>; aiv e w of r to the worn t ‘What' You don’t suppose I am going home yen, we have p- d y any money, the people a e so spai ing te-day. Yon must come,’ and half dragging Elsie, s-he moved , away. Bu' she d’d not see a la'l dork form fodow her, a mon w f’i 1 ud pityiug eyes and puze’ed fs ° Ard when she stopped i>'so, keep ing out of sigh', ‘Now, Elsie make bss'e.’ And Eh io begm her song afresn with a s v: ght trembling iu the swce> voi< e which was not nn perceived by her ’ stener; and as she came to the e.nd ot the verse she broke down r’toge'.ker, taa v s filk'ng tlie sight less eyes. ‘.t ■ Minot. lam too f '6(l ’ she sobbed. ‘But T s»y yon shall!’ the worn 1 i cried fiercely, g \ ng Ebia a she p blow. The ek ’d shrank back with a low cry of pi>u, bilfc the next hi* slant she felt a firm gentle h»nd placed on her shoulder, and a m>u‘s deep kiud voice sr d, ‘Do not strike the poor cb' d. She seems wetiV. Is the yor tittle girl?’ The woman hes :f n*ed then said • Yes And indeed it is vex. hard to be br-dened vJh her, b’-ndas she is. Nasty ungrati fr’g;rl she r. too. Won't e>en help her t >or mother <■ o a l :i '’e bread by s'ng'ng, r id I a n always #o Find to her.' A e’ight snv e crosm 1 thema >'s fr -e. ‘Ti’s is not tho first tme 1 have seen you; and I notice t that the cL ’d was bknef. Ha> she been so long?’ Susan W 'son s-c-tei 1 and her eyes fell before Ihe keen vrey ones sited upon her. •Not very lour’ —ibout f '’ '6O years,' shefa teied. ‘Fh, then perhaps you l ' : !tle girl flight yet reg" n her sight?’ G -g ' itsntiy at ♦ *»e lovely dr~k eyes, he d : d not see .he qr'ck oh ' i the woman’s face; a look of sk tied fa y overspread b n-’•jf'ed f. 'ti terror; yet bhe forced In ,’se'f to s.-y joyfully, ‘Oh, s' -, you have iudt d made me happy. To t Vr of my do ling Elsie icoove j her sight! What pit sure for a mother to know that her cl ’ ! d w’ ’ on< i more see her face! ‘Yes; lam cerf ’ i of it. Ism an ocu’-si pud first t ne I saw yot ■ ittle gr, I feit convinced her case wa 3 noi. hopeless. You v\ M bring her to me to-moi.ow, a id/ w ! see what cm be done or heY Yes, sir.’ •Here, he added, gi\ ug her a cird, is my add ess. ‘Good-bye E’sie;’ aid Dr. Les ter s’ipped a small coin into 0 Out Own Section —We Labor JFcr Its Advancement. LAWRENCEVILLE GA March 23 1886 tiny cold hand. As the doctor turned away, Su san grasped the child’s arm and hissed in her ee': T suppose yon think I am going to t ake you to that doctor's, don’t you* ■Why, yes; you said so,' Elsie stud, a faint m -vv'ng rising in her heart, ‘Yes, of course yon do. And I should k’kc to tuow what yon th’ak I am going to do it your sight is restored, io have you again a useless bmden. A r : ce thing for me, truly. I w"' /tike core to keep clear of that interfei’ng man.’ Aud sue kept her word; not once did she go in the direction where she had met Dr. Lester. One day, when Su&rn had been bprsher to htr than usual the poor child, sinnr'ing with pa nat the blows sbe had ri "eived cud tilled wit' l sudden rebe"ioo, managed, wife her captor was ta" : ug with fremK to steel silently from her side, and m a fewmrnu' was a'one 'n the streets. T wish I could find that gentle man,’she thought, as she groped along, guidmg herxeß by the walls. ‘I am su'-e he would help me. And it "eemed as 'f her wish wr ito be granted; as she paused for a moment at a crossing, a Hud h«ud was laid on her shoulder, and a well-know a voice exclaim ed. ‘What! Is it possible? I : tt*e Esie; 'Fes, sir; and I am so glad l have found yon ’ Elsie cried in delight. ‘So am I. But how is it you are here alone? Where is your mother.’ ‘I do not know. I ran away from her,’ Elsie scict ; u a timid whisper. ‘Ah Andhow was it she did not briug you to me?’ ‘She would not bring me,’ EL sie faltered. A stem look settled on the doc tor’s kind face, and without furtlr er questioning lie led her away to his own home. ‘See, Jessie,’ he said to his wife ; a sweet-faced lady, ‘tic’s is the l: t' tie girl I spoke to you about- I have found her, a«d alone in the streets.’ ‘Poor child!’ Mrs- Lester said pityingly. ‘We must do what we can for her,’ ‘Yes. Ah, Tiny,’ he added, as a little feirshaired, blue eyed child came bout ding towards them, ‘set I have brought you a sister *o loye.’ And Elsie felt a pair of soft runs prest id closely round her neck, lender bps kissed her brow, and a sweet eli' ! d : Kh voice wl 's pt-red: ‘1 am g’id you have come. I wi ' love you very much. Pupa told me about you Icm so sor ry can’t see.’ Flsle -toon lega’ac 1 her sight, and saw on o more he golden snu ght wi ch had been 1 dden from her so ioDg. But even then she did nok leave her kind friends; by Tiny’s espe-. ci"’ w sh she cont-nued with them, nor was Mrs. Lester averse to keeping Dio pretty gentle child with her. ‘She reminds mo so much of Bertie,’ she said one day <o her husband ‘The same large blaek eyes and sweet t-.pression-’ ‘J»ssie, I have noticed the l’ke nes myse’f. Poor Bert, I often wonder what beepme of the’’tile child stolen from him.’ . They were to see Sr .pi W’tlsou agan, for one day r mgr'sing El sie ; u the street she followed them and prom'sed for a good res wir'd io reveal 1 lie secret of the child’s parentage. ‘1 stole her for the clothbS she wore, and a gold cha'i round her tbre *t- It w«3 tk orgh the effects of a fever that fine lost her sight.’ ‘And do you know who »vpre her parrents?’ Dr. Last°r -’oquir ed, ergerly. ‘No but I kept the photographs that were in the locke’, in case I should wont them one day; There they are,’ ond and fiuson handed the doctor a smn’l piece of paper in which were enclosed two tiny photographs, one a man, the otb -r a lady. ‘ll iew it,’ he murmured, ‘She is Beit’s little girl. How strange that after a'l these years I should find her!' Anti so Elsie, blind no longer, was made happy by the knowl edge that Susan was not ter mother, that she wa& the daugnter of her L'nd friend’s only brother* now dead. So the last cloud slip« ped away from her life, aud hence forth a’l was suushiu T ROM A NE W DICTIONA RV. Angf —The ream ion of others’ fan ts u; m ourselves. A,my—A body of tnon kept one ; thousand days to be used on cue, ILHioioi—A wild goose that tame geese envey. Benevolence—A service that the receiver should remember and the hestower forget. Child—The future in the pres ent. Coquette —A mirror that re ceives a nri-iges, but preserves none. Consistency—A chu’”h without a mortgage on it Conversation—lue if"e man’s busmess and the bi'«’ness man's re Tea Por Ciy>rg— A woman’s we Guess sad a child's s‘ 'ength. Love—A d'sease of the heart. Doath—The dea!«“ that sweeps :, i tho bone chip' Debt The example set by a govei.”neut to *ts people. Fam'ly—Matr’mony doing pen>* auce. Fasb’on—A d' Tee that enhanc es beauty, but makes homel’ies l * the more conspicious. Heart—The abyss of reason He : ress—A capital wife! Hope—The bridge between our longings pid fruition beneath iwl-'ch flow ilie waters of d sappoiut ment. Inconsistency—A woman’s pre rogaiive; 'or which we never blame her unless we are its victims. Ink—The black sea upon which fhougot tides at anchor. Jec'ously—The homage paid by inferiority to merit. Justice—Truth in action. L iW —A trap baited with prom ise of profit or revenge. Lawyers—The he'*-s of intes tates- Love—A frozen deep; before you von ure see if it will bear. Lovers—The miss guided. Luxaty—The labor of the weal th y- Msnl nd—Pieces iu a game of chess, played by destiuy. Mar. age—The only lottery not put down- M nor—A shrine befor which the .'unctions of worshipper, pai- st p d d'vinit.y cm ad enacted by the same puny. MVe,-—Gae who makes biicks that I’ B be'ra may build houses, Money—To the wise a coeven-. iern to the fool a necessity, Old M»'d—A woman who has in'ssed the opportunity of nicking a man miserable. Paw abroker—The man who holds yor 1 coat wh le you fight- Poet—One who may bestow ; m morlp'ity upon others, yet finds it chfficu’t h'-nse' f even to ’ive- Poetry—Thought in blossom. Piison An oven ; nto which society pa*n newly made crime io harden. Revenge —The only debt which it is wrong to pay. B'ver—A nioviug road at once the highw-ay end the conveyance Space —The statue of d ; vinity. Spoon-—A hp’id wiihhut fing ers. Stars—Jeweled heeds in the ros aries of heaven. Sue ess—A venr ir'ng thei can fc'de p’l baseness. Texes—Peiiodital blesd ng as prescLbed by government. l’empla'ion The test of sorh Tennerness Passion -n re pose. Tueatre Fatr e n the ‘house of co.r«c' : on.’ Time —-To the aged an atom; to the young a world. Tongue The boneless that can break bones. Ugliness The priv-’ege in mm, the unpe rdonable in woman. One million new Georgia have been placed iu Paris, THEY HAD MET BEFORE. A short time ago a gray bailed old man was iu ono cf tbe hotels of Centraiia, Jll , when a stranger got oft' a train which had just ar med, and passed through tl.e waitit.g room. Ho eyed the old man closely, aud over the face of the latter there dashed a leok of recognition. ‘Pardon me,’ s 1 \1 the stranger ‘your face has a fanoilliar look, yet 1 cannot place yo* Perhaps lam mistaken.’ ‘Oh, no,’ said the elderly gentle man. ‘I know you are not misr taken. I know you like a book.’ ‘lndeed ?’ ‘Yes, sir. Yon us* 1 to board with me.’ ‘ls it possible? said the strang er. •Yes, sir, and you le t without paying your board.’ ‘That sir, cannot b* ' w. s the ; n dignant man’s answe-, as he has came more aud more cor fused. ‘And , cont-nued the old man, •you left iu the night and neglect ed to take your luggag*- ’ By this time the trauge was fu rious He grew red with anger, and intimated that ordy the gray ha'rs of the tormentor saved him from Colenl ' ■•eatnun' ‘Ob, you needn’t get mad,’ sa ; d tho old gent, remr ng provoking ly cool. ‘Yon did a’’ these thmgs and L cun prove it- - ‘See, bore, old mao, who the duce are you, and where are you from V ‘J, sir, am Cupt- J, k Warner, and you are Quartermaster Mur phy. and you escaped from T : bby while I was quartermaster cf’hal institution.’ ‘Great Scctt!’ was tho si ranger’s ejaculation, as he warmly clasped the hand of the old ex-Confederate. 'e you, indeed, the old comtnis sionaiy ! Well, I did b >n-d with you a while, and I gave you the clip, toa,' he lauguiugly conlinued. Quartermaster Murphy belonged to a New York regiment, and was captured and sent to Libby. It was ibe practice of the Confeder ates to allow prisoners who huu been practitioners of medicine io attend the sick of the prison hos pital. One day a green sentry would not p’low these men to pass, when he was sharply rsprimanded by Capt. Gibbs, and was told tlia lho.->e men who wore ribbons on the labels of their coals should pass unmolested. Murphy overheard this and took advantage ot it He lnd some red liirug in his vest, and, teariug off a strip, he pioued‘he physi cian insignia on b' coat, and, watching an opporti ty, lie got past the guard acd es iped over into the Union 'mes—Cinc rmati Co v mercial Gazette, GOOD STORY. The queen, as he who wishes may read, has efteu made visits both of pleasure and policy, to her estates iu Scotland, being at such times more than heartily welcomed by the canny Scots, who highly refri. ace her and indorse all that she does. On one o-casion Mr. Irwing, who wrs t’-ave'ing *’'rough the country met an old S olehwoman with whom he spoke of her Majes ty ‘The Queen’s a good woman,’ 1 sappyse she’s gude enough, but there are things I conna bear-’ ‘What do you mean ?’ asked Mr. 7 Ung. •Well, I think there are things that even the Quern has no recht to do. For OL6 think, she goes rowiu on thelak onSoonday—and it’s not a ck-eesMan thing to do.' ‘But you 1. low the bible tells us ' ■I l.‘iaw.’ she intai upt d augri ly, Tye read the Bible since I was so k’gh, au’ I 1 iaw es.y word in’t. 1 1 iaw aboot the Eoondiy fishing and a the other .1 ngs the good Lord d'd, but I want yon to Aouw, too, that I don’t tk nk auy the more e’en of F in, for adoin’ ot it.’ Mrs. T. A. Hendiicks received recently from the Ca'-fomia Demo cratic club a letter of condolence printed on parchment from an en graved steel plate and enc ised in a massive envelope of solid silver. The whole was enclosed in a mag mficient satin '’tied morocco box wilh silver ornaments. JOHN T. WILSON, Jn., Publisher PROHIBITION. li wi’l be a matter of interest to those interested the temperance movement to know what have been he gaiuH in recent years. As to states; New Hampshire has prnbibtion Maine has prohibition. Vermont has prohibition. Kansas has prohibition: lowa has prohibition. f/reat diftietdties iu enforcing these laws havo been met for years. Courts must pass upon many law points rnißed. In Kan sas the last aaloon has gone- In Maine the law is enforced in aij the cities upon the coast but Ban» gor. In lowa of tbe cities along the Misaibslppi resist the enforce, meat of the law; in nine-tenths ot the states the saloon has been sup pressed. The Governors of ihese states say the law has come to stay. is to counties; In Georgia, 111 counties have no saloons. In Maryland 10 counties have no saloons. In Kemucky, 02 counties have no saloons. In Moussouri, 21 counties have no saioons. In Florida (i counties have no saloons, In Pensylvania, 3 counties have no saloons. in Mississippi 26 counties have no s/loons. South Carolina has only 200 saloons outside of Charleston. Large parts of Arkansas, Texas and Tennessee have driven the barrooms away. _ Virginia, boih parties stand pledged to pass a county local op tion luw, under which so wide, spread a work has been done in the Bouih. It lookß now as if the next five year** will suppress the legalized, iu New Orleans, and a few large cities. In Canada, this movement to suppress tint strong drink traffic is equally widespread and success ful. Fully one-half of the Domin ion is now freed from the curse. I places where we would least look for prohibition, it baa come with the vote. When the people of Dakota voted recently upon the adoption of the constitution, the vote was iu fayor of complete pro hibition. L is uot yet a state, but there is in this vote a healthy moral tone. TOUCHING THE TEXAN He was fresh from the wilds of the Southern cuntiy, where every man has a record of dead I know him when he was a Major; now he is a miner, wi/h Ins bulle/s in his tang/ed hair and ox inet craters all over h : m, A place in his left ear would be useful to hold a pen if hiß hand had no t accustomed itself to a revolver. The pen maj be mightier than ihe swor 1, but it it isn’t a patch op the revolver. He was, I am afraid, not at bis best when I saw him. His syn tax was wi'd and his prosody all a-rye. ‘Yes,’ he said, ‘it is a nice life; a real nice, pie isant agreeable life. They are ali Texans there, and if there is any place where there are indisputable gentlemen it is in tbe mountains Texans carry their hands mosi of ihe time. They carry other people’s lives in tneir belts or their boots, or down their neck. I would like you come dowD there.’ ‘Thank you very much.’ ‘Yas; I’d like to introduce to you an old gentleman there, as genial an old man as you ever met.’ ‘ls he a Texan?’ ‘Yea, but he’s so kindly-natured a fellow. I am sure you’d like ami. I made his first acquaint aut e under very pecu'iar c’rcuma stances. He had just arrived. He came up to me hnd stid: ‘Your name's——,l hear.’ ’ ‘ies, sir, that s my name.’ ‘They tell me you’re awfr' good.’ iYou don’t teH me!’ sa ; d I. :Yes, they tell me you’re awful trood, I think I’JI just take a shot at you myself.’ And ihe old geutleinan in a g«- r ; al way. stepped back a litt e pnd tired. I wasn’t scared. I wa'ked up to him and I handed him mv Gatling. ‘Here,’ said I, ‘you iry this. That gun ot yours can't hit anything.’ It broke him all up, and he’s been odo of my best friends ever siuce. Oome down and meet him. —San Francisco Call. GWINNETT HERALD k WIDE AWAKE COUNTY NEWRPAPEK * E... ■ JOB PRINTING A SPECIAL FEATURE Book work, legal blanks, letter heads, note heads, bill heads, post tors, cards, envelops—everything in job printing line done in neut and tasty stylo and on short no» ♦ice. Prices low aud work guar anteed; Call on us. Entored at the Post Office at Law leuceville, as second class mad mut er. NO 2 A CONSIDERATE DAUGHTER. Sflin Holbry, a wealthy young man has been paying marked at*, tention to Mias Birdie McGinnis, Mrs. Mct/iuuis, the mother of Birdie, is an immensely stint wo ran. A few evenings ago Mr. //olbry was expected to call. Just beforo the hour appointed for his at rival Biidie said to her mother: ‘Mother, dear, will you do me one favor?’ ‘What is it, dear?’ ‘You know /hat daughters al ways grow up to resemble their mothers.’ ‘Well, my doar?’ ‘Well, now jasi look at yourself in the glass. You look as big as one of these water-tanks. You know you weigh 189 pouuds,' ‘Well, what is it, my daughter?’ •Please slay in your room. Don / let Mr. Hoibry see you. I don’/ wsat him to see much of you.’ ‘Why so, my daughter?’ ‘Because, ma, I've nearly got him corraled. He is a little skit tisn, buz 111 have him ropped in pretty soon; but if be should see you he wilt think that I’ll baas big as you some .of these days, and he'll jump /he fence, sure. I tell you, just wait until we are married, aud then you can come and live with us, but don’t scare him off just at this crisis.’—Texae Siftings. WASHINGTON AIDS. Wrsb'ngton was a good judge of men and horses. He never tiained for the saddle a colt which should have been sent to the plow and he never, unless over-ruled put a man into a place he could uot fill. Tbe generhls he selected rarely faded to do their work,while those men whorne Congress forced him seldome justified t he selection. He showed ids usual good jugeraent in selecting his two aids, Alexander Hamilton, of New York, and Richird K- Meade, of Viiginia The Virgibian was a fearless horse man, but the New Yorker was a vigorous writer and strong think er; ‘Hamilton, ’ said Colonel Meade- Mid tne head work of Washington’s ri taff, and I did the riding.’ At the close of the war Washing ton, while tak-og leave of his aids, said to Hamilton : ‘You must go to the bar which you can reach in six months. Turning to Colons Meade he said: ‘Friend, Dick' you must go lo your plantatiyu . von will make a good farmer and an honest foreman of the grand jury.’ ‘Both predictions were fulfilled. Hamilton became a leader of the New Fork bar, and Meade built with his own hands, a log.house of two rooms on his plantation in the valley of Virginia where he be oame a famous farmer. Several years later Meade visited Mount Vernon, and Washington rode to meet him. They met on the op posite sides of a pair of drawbars, and both dismounted. ‘Friend Dick,’ said Washington ‘as your host, it is my privilege to take down the bars.’ ‘Well, general,’ retorted Meade, <[ will be your aid still.' WTTANDHUMOF A Pennsylvania girl with an eye to business added to her weds ding invitations, ‘No pickle dishe for presents.’ A young Bterary man in Port end recently bad the lingers of his r ight hand cut off’ at the first joint He will now right his stories in lAort hand. It is arid that Nathamel Haw thoane never found it uecessary to ase an italicized word. Then he never hit his thumb with the ham mer when driving a tack. The President’s course is con • domned iu Washington. A Ph kidelpbian shot h's daugb ter in the shoulder for a burglar. The work of rescuing the en tombed Naniicoke miuers has been resumed. Nitro-glycerine was found under the freight degot at Mewberry, S. C. //nmpnries, the murderer of tne young ladies neer Mi'ledgeville,has been placed in the Macon jail for safe keeping. He says if he did the murdea it was while he wee intoxicated and didn’t kuow what he was doing. Spotted fever exists in Fulton county jail. Senator Miller, of Cal'fornia is dead.