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VOL. XXVI. NO 35
Great Slaughter Of
Dry Goods, Hats,
Shoes & Notions
At Norcross.
Desiring to close out this branch of my
business by December next, I offer my en
tire stock of dry goods, hats, shoes, no
tions, etc., for cash
A t ITirnt C<>st.
I have a large, well selected stock of
first class goods in this line that will be
closed out at a great bargain.
Conic n( Once.
I will keep a good supply of family gro
ceries, hardware and stock feed which will
be sold at reduced prices.
Tvivery HiiHincßs:
I also conduct a general livery business
where ample accommodations will be giv
en the traveling public.
All persons indebted to me by note or
account are notified to make payment by
the first of October.
K. I'. Medlock.
Norcross, Ga., Sept., 16, 1896.
WITH THE WITS.
I shall have to give up going
on the stage.
Why so?
My hair is coming out by the
handfuls.
J don’t see what—
Pretty soon my trainer will
be tinable to drag me about the
fl ior.—Cleveland Plain Dealer.
He —And did you call at
Mont« Carlo while you were at
Nice?
She—No; papa called on him,
1 believe, but from his disap
pointed appearance when he re
lumed to the hotel, 1 think Mr.
Carlo must have been out. —
Public Opinion.
Tommy—Paw what is a bi
cycle meet ?
Mr. Figg—Most any old gen
tleman is likely to lie bicycle
meat if lie can’t look two ways
at once. —Indianapolis Journal.
Slowman —There is one thing
I teel glad of. All the love let
ters I ever wrote to the widow
are destroyed.
Fligh—Are you quite euro of
that?
Slowinun —Quito. \ou see,
I never had the courage to send
them to her.—New \o>k Her
ald.
Now, Eleanor, you weigh IHO
pounds and the weight garage on
the hammock r gisters HOO
p muds. \\ here did that other
170 pounds come from?
Front —N-new \ork, 1 think.
llow the wind howls tonight!
■aid the melancholy boarder.
1 shouldn't wonder if it lad
the toothache, suggested Mr.
A»bu r y Peppers.
Toothache?
Yea. Have you never heard
of the teeth of the gale?—Cin
cinnati Enquirer.
May I be at liberty to quote
you a« endorsing the sentiment
that the voice ts th. people it
the voice of God? asked the in
terviewer.
I would not like to commit
myself to that sentiment until
after the convention, answered
the candidate. —Indianapolis
Journal.
Mattel —J understand that
there were only square danci s
at Mrs Flippit’s small and
early.
Maud —Yes; therewasn tinea
enough to go round.—Judge.
Awful accident at Jones yes
terday.
So? I didn't hear of it.
Jones hit his thumb with the
hammer and immediately ex
ploded with rage, while his wife
burst, into teuw.—lndianapolis
Journal
Miss Prettic—Mr. Ryder is so
entertaining! He teenis to
have come ii. contact with so
many people.
Mr. Winder (viciously)—
Yes, indeed. You should watch
him on his hike. —New York
Press.
Mrs. Coupon: (leading the
way to her pet monkey's side):
Doctor, 1 want you to prescribe
for my poor Joko
Indignant Doctor: (leeling
monkey s pulse): Madam, y* ur
grandchild is suffering Iroin in
. digestion. Light food and ex
,fcVcise. Ten dollars, please. —
THE GWINNETT HERALD.
CRACKERISMS.
It is now getting to lie the;
fashion to be unfashionable.
Get a reputation for truthful- j
ness and you may lie all yon |
please.
The “wheels of justice” ap-:
pear sometimes as if there!
might be a ptmctlire somewhere.
Politen'ss is to man what
beauty is to woman ; the shit)- *
boleth to favor; a letter of rec-!
ommendation in Volapuk.
Ever see a $“() iioise wear a
SIOO harness? A fifteen cent!
bum can get bis shirt laundered
as slick as Vanderbilt’s for a j
dime.
Debt ties its knots tighter
every night while you sloep. It
sours your breakfast, bitters j
your dinner, and poisons your
supper.
Education and framing the !
memory are two different j
things. One is like •>, great mus
cular developed arm; the other
like a blown .up bladder.
Smoke from a long Havana
filler cigar may keep the weevils
out of your grain, but it won’t
keep the gimlet-eyed bailiff
from leveling on your muly
bull.
Aspendicitis is getting awful
fashionable It’s got down lo
where a common everyday man
can afford a pretty good-six. d
cose. It’s just a f ad; the old
grjp undef a fin de seicle non dp
plume.
Don’t worry about your rich
neighbor boy who parts Lis hair
in the middle and wears a min
lture cut-glass butter-dish in
verted on his shirt-front. Some
day he’ll want to clean your
boy’s bike for a nick. —Georgia
Cracker.
\ mulberry's vigorous
(jROWTH.
In the year 1884 Captain A.
S Alien, thmi a boy on his fath
er's farm near Zebulon, tla ,
stuck a mulberry sprout in the
ground. At that time the
sprout was not larger than n
lead pencil a:-:d had been ÜBed
by the boy as gn u$ gad. To
day it is a true utmost IP feet in
circumference) at a distance of
two feet from the ground and is
said to be the largest mulberry
tree In Georgia.—St. Louis Re
public.
MARVELOUS RESULTS.
From a letter written by Rev.
J. Gundertnan, of Dimondale,
M«jt>,, we are permitted to make
this extract: “I have no hfsi
tat inn in recommending Dr.
Kiue’s’New Discovery, as the
j results were almost morv< lous
|io the case of my wife. While
; I was p.istor of the Baptist
'Church at Rives Junction she
; was brought down with l’lieu
monia succeeding La Grippe.
T< yriblo paroxysms of iiriughiug
would lust for hours with little
interruption )nd it seemed as if
she o mid not survive them. A
frit nd recommended Dr. King’s
i New Discovery; it was quick in
its woik uml highly satisfactory
in results.” Trial bottles free
at A. M. Winn’s Drug Store
Regular size sdc. an i #I.OO.
Kill.ilia Tabules: geulls eatkarUs.
LA WHENCE VILLE, GEORGIA, TUESDAY, NOVEMBER 10th 1896.
Locally 4
Interesting.
What Others Say
And Do.
SOME THINGS COMPILED
FOR THE PUBLIC.
joi n Cl RIOBITY s HOI*. OTHEIt
THINGS OK INTEREST TO THE
I.OOAI. RKADKK.
Mat riinonially speaking every
tiling is in statue quo for the
present, hut look out.
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Last week was a “red letter
week” for those who pause and
drink at the “flowing bowl.”
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The next tiling on docket is
the “hog and hominy cam
paign.” On with the dance!
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Now that the elections are
over, tlie people can enjoy a
long, sweet rest from the tur
moil of political strife and the
harrangues of political dema
gogues.
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Lawrenceville is the happy
possessor of n young man w ho.
don’t know the difference be
tween a sling-shot and a pair of
curling irons. But don’t ask
me w ho he is.
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One of the town’s . leading j
merchants has offered his clerk I
free house rent as as induce
ment. The clerk says it’s a
mighty tempting offer and — I
well we'll tell you the rest
later.
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It comes to our ears that one
of the town’s most prominent
and promising young men got
so infatuated with his company
not many weeks ago that he
stayed until all the oil in three
lamps was exhausted.
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Misses Addie A rand and An
nie-Lee Craig of Ltiwreuceville
were the guests of Miss Gertrude
Perry part of last week. They
were given a \ ry pleasant- so
ciable by Miss Perry while here.
—Buford Plow Boy,
ft**
Judge Whitworth has about
completed his resilience just on
the edge of town. It is a pret
ty place, occupying the pinacle
of a little knoll, seated among
a beautiful young grove of oak
and hickory. It is located about
fifty yards from the road, and
makes an attractive picture.
But what the Judge wants with
a place like that brings on more
talk,
ft**
Tom Blodgett, of Geo. Brown
fame, was se *n over here right
recently. He has been here
twice this fall, bat for
some reasons didn’t speak to
the edification or mistification
of our citizens. Tom may de
ceive bis looks, but from ap
pearances he wouldn’t impress
you us an orator who could soar
unfettered amid the dazxliug
heights of fancy and gather
laurels there that only a genius
can touch.
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The Ramblkr has reliable in
format ion that one of tlq* town’s
old batcheiors can tie seen near
!y every Sunday morning, rigg
ed out fit to kill, turniug bis
face toward the rising sun, he
is not seen again until the sable
mantle of night has fallen and
pinned with a star —but, then,
we hope to be present so we
can give you the bill of fare be
fore many more Sundays come
aud go.
There is a prominent farmer
who lives within a radjus of it
miles fyoiq the Hkwai.u office
who was seen a few weeks ago
going up the road oq font at a
two-forty gate, in faot ho was
‘•cutting the gravel,” and right
behind him was a Georgia hull
yearling running at full speed
and bleating at every jump
The farmer was running for
dear life —ho was like Porter's
ooon—and finally succeeded in
olimbing a tree, The ye->r|ing
at tl|e foot of the tree
ami in a moment fell over dead.
Whether the yearling run itself
to death a f ter its master or
whether it died from hydropho
bia i* still an unsolved prob
lem.
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The following story conies to
our ears u. ii carriage which
took place out in the rural dis
tricts. The couple were stand
ing at the altar and when the
preacher came to that part of
I the ceremony where lie said:
I "It anybody can show cause
I why these parties should nut
be joined together, let him now
speak or forever hold his peace,”
a half-witted brother of the
groom stood up, und . all eyes
were upon him, and he sa.'d
j "'I reckon it won’t do any goo i
I for me to object, I have told
j John about it two or
times but he’s such a fool he
won’t pay any attention to me
At this stage of the game „ u .
informant left.
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Had you thought about what
a good post master our town
has had for the past four years?
I’ll tell you it will be hard to
find a man who would (ill Ih
place as acceptably ns Mr. N.
S. Robinson. He looks right
after the business and if any
mail comes for you yon get it
while it’s fresh, besides that he
is as accommodating as he can
be. This is a hard office to fill,
unless a man is close kin to old
Job. With a thousand unneces
sary questions to answer every
day propounded by people who
ought to know what they ask
about, it requires patience it
abundance for a man to main
tain his equilibrium. If Mc-
Kinley don’t put in a Republi
can, Mr. Robinson will hold tin
cilice without opposition I’m
if a Republican is put in then
Mr. W. C. Cole, whose hear,
has been tending this way so
lo these many years, may conn
in.
It is now but a few weeks un
til the Conference of the Meth
odist church will meet at Dal
ton. That being so, we thinl
we voice the sentiment of tin
people of our town in express
ing a desire that Rev. J. K.
England be returned to this
work. He has been one of tin
most popular ministers that ha
served the Methodist church at
this place for many years. ll*
has labored in season and mi
of season for the building up ot
the church, the good of Ihe peo
ple and the cause of the Master.
He has tho full confidence o
all the people and the ndmirn
tion of his churcn, and is now
in position toexercis • a wo dm
ful influence for good ov> r iin
Whether lie desires to be n
turned to this field of labor, o
whether he prefers to seiv<
some other people, we do me
know, but tiiis we do know that
should he be return* d to servi
us again the people will ti
pleased. In the event tin* C in
ference desires to promote him
Lawrenceville would say maki
him Presiding Elder of tin
Gainesville District.
The Ramri.kr
ESCAPES OF FATALISTS
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A well-known soldier write
describes in an interesting book
some instances of the escapes of
fatalists. “What will he wi I
be. If I shall be shot. 1 shul
be shot,” is the theory they be
lieve in, and on more than mu
occasion, by their cousiimat<
daring and coolness, they him
escaped with their live* wliei
their comrades have fa'len 01
all sides.
One of the most interest in;
escapes of this description oc
curi-td in the Indian mutiny.
when the Sepoy rebels were as
saulting the Book of Delhi
Three men were seated on tin
steps of the bank, when the im
lives opened u heavy (ire fron
the house opposite. A w.-irnim
voice called to the men on tie
steps to come at once undet
shelter.
The fatalist waved his hand i
in reply. At the same niomen
the two men sitting on eitliei
side of him were riddled wit I
bullets, while he himself wn
untouched.
On aunt tier occasion a liv<
shell dropped into a Beige bat
tery aud buried itself in tin
grouud. Instantly every ma>
fell on his face, except the fa
talist. “Lie down, you fool,’
they called out to him.
tjiiietly taking a cigar fron
his mouth he answeredi “J
am not going to put myself out
for At that moment th.
shell exploded, carrying away a
piece from his trousers. He
calmly pointed to his legs to
finish his sentence.
Another inqignee of fatalism
mentioned was that of the man
who quietly stood in the middle
of the streut to light bis pipe'
when it was being swept from
slid to cud by a hail of bullets
“Haven’t I told you,’’ lie ex
pluined, “that if I am to l><
shot, 1 shall be shot, whether I
am under cover or not ?’—Kx
change.
~ SPECTACLES.
Rodger Racon was the first
to suggest the use of speduc!i s
When they eume into us.- in It
aly about the yeur l:?S5, on th
recommendation of Alessandr.
di Spina, a monk of Pi*u, wo
men were forbidden to w. a
them, because it was thought
such facial ornamentutioiu
would make them vain.
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“Smith of
Gwinnett”
Writes A Letter From
The West.
“NO PLACE LIKE HOME.”
AMI NO HOMES LIKE THOSE ON
THE 01.1) IIEH HILLS UK
GEORGIA.
Newton, Miss., Oct., HI, 180 G.
Editor Her ami: Certain bus
iness transactions which I had
contracted to perform has caus
ed me to travel over three or
four South-Western States. 1
have concluded that my obser
vations might interest some of
your readers, and w ill give them
for what they are worth.
First, I must candidly admit
that the people of old Georgia
•ire in better condition, 1 mean
all classes of the people, than
in the States of Mississippi,
Arkansas or Louisiana. It is
true that much of the soil of
these States is richer than Geor
gia soil, but the seasons are not
so regular, and the climate is
far behind Georgia in all that
goes to make a country desirable
to live in. And the people,
from climatic or other causes,
have not the energy of the peo
ple of Georgia.
The three Statesnbove named,
■is well as Texas, have been
stricken with tho longest drouth
in the memory of tin- oldest in
habitants In some sections of
Louisiana, Texas and Arkansas
t hey* have not made more than
•lie bale of cotton to it) acres.
Stock of all kinds have suffered
md many died for want of wa
; er. The people in many in
tances haul water from five to
ten miles for man and beast.
The people in all this section of
drouth-stricken country are la
boring under so many misfort
unes, with the scarcity* of money
md tho single gold standard
heaped upon all, have well-nigh
despaired. Their very nets and
looks show want of energy—and
J despair is written in their every
1 movement.
Early corn will make one
half crop, but lute corn will
make nothing. Many parishes
in Northern Louisiana are call
ing on the State for assistance
to enable them to live through
the winter and make another
crop and save their loved ones
from hunger.
Let our good people in Geor
gia nestle closer and renew their
love for the dear old red hills,
t-he land of hogand hominy—
the laud of good water and
health —the dear old red hills
of Georgia! While the soil is
not as fertile as thnt of tin
three States named, Providence
has provided many blessings for
man in the dear old State; in
its health-giving climate, pure,
sparkling water and rogulur
seasons for all crops.
It maybe interesting to those
outside of the legal fraternity
who perhaps are not aware that
the laws of Louisiana are dif
ferent from any other State in
tin* Union. The common law
does not apply here. They have
Napoleon’s code copied almost
verbatim. They don’t have
precincts or townships as other
S a’es —they have Wards in
stead. They don’t have any
I commissioners of roads and rev
lenues, but have what is known
as a Police Jury who looks after
county matters, such as public
buildings, roads, bridges, etc.
In civil suits you cannot carry
a case to the Appellate or Su
preme court when the timount
in controversy is slutt or less.
The Parishes take the place
'of counties, gad, us before stat
ed, Wards take the place of pre
cincts.
The Northern portion of the
State is mostly settled by Cllli
giftUts from the older Southern
Stales, but the Middle and
i Southern portion is u couglnm
orated mixture of every ual ioiml
ity known on earth. In re
ligion they arc all Catholics.
Tlmy are amalgamated and in
termixed French and Spanish,
French and Air e.m, Turk and
Mongolian, etc. All names are
French or Spanish. One would
have to carry Webster’s Un
abridged Dictionary in bis pock
et to correctly spell some of tlie
iiiiiii s of parishes, for instance,
Catahoula,Avoyelles, Feliciana,
faugipaltog, St. John the Pap
tist, St. Mary, Ploqueuoinos,
Ouachita (Washita), and so on.
Day after to-morrow will de
cide the great destiny of the
financial problem in America,
I trust that Georgia will send
<>l> a majority for Bryan and
Sewall of 100,000. - Everybody
in the West looks upon Georgia
as the leader in politics and as
the Empire State of the South
indeed.
I trust that the Legislature
will send that true and noble
patriot, Clement A. Evans, to
till the seat in the U.S. Senate
n < occupied by that noble old
hero, Gen'], Gordon.
Yours truly,
W. T. Smith.
MARGERY MORGAN.
“Oh, girls, what do you
think !” exclaimed Alice Picric, i
as she suddenly bounded into
the school-room, where a few of I
t lie early comers were assembled
one morning; “Margery Morgan
was confirmed in. St. Stephens
church last night 1”
“Margery !” gasped Cola Liv
ingstone. “Why, she is the
last one in the world that 1
would have thought of as being
religious!”
“Well, I’m heartily sorry to
hear it,” said Maud Bennett,
shutting t he lid of herdesk with
a bang. “Margery Morgan was
the merriest girl in our class, I
and now I suppose she will be
going round with a long face. I
and frowning down every bit of I
fun we have.”
“Do yon think she w ill give
up playing games ?” asked Dor
othy Thompson, in dismay.
“Why Margery was our ring
leader.”
“No, of course not, you lit
tle goose,” replied Maud eon
temptouslv. “But I must say,
I am surprised at Margery.
Still. I’ve seen people before
who were confirmed, and it did
not seem to make any difference
with them.”
There was one girl who sat
apart from the others, taller
and older, and with a dark, sad
face. She had not joined in
any of the comments, but now
a sneering smile curled her lip
as sho said to herself. “We’ll
see how it affects Margery Mor
gan. We are all good enough
when there is no temptation
near us, but I guess when it
comes, she will be no better
than the rest of us, if she is
confirmed.”
The girls looked curiously nt
Margery when, a few minutes
afterward, the first bell rang,
and she entered the room.
There didn’t seem to be any
change in her—at leiut, in her
outward appearance. There
wore the same rosy cheeks and
bright, la ighing eyes ns before
aud as time passed on, the
same happy merry voice rang
out as usual.
The weeks went by, and the
close of the month drew near.
This was always an anxious
time with most of the girls. A
reco'rd was kept of the recita
tions each month, aud the seats
were changed at the end.
For several months pust Mar
gery had been at the head of
the class, and, being studious
as well as bright and ambitious,
she strove hard to keep the
place. This month the marks
bail run very close between her
and Maud Bennett. A failure
either way on the last day
would decide tln< question, so
both girls were uerved for the
combat on the closing morn
ing.
Botli had held out well as the
questions went round the class.
There hud been a general re
view of g.-ogruphy this morning,
and many had lieen the failures
among the other girls, as the
queries about Europe, Asia.Afri
•■a and America poun-d forth.
The time was almost up,
when a question which liuii
gone hurriedly round the lower
part of class was brought hack
to Margery.
“Whore is Mount Sorata?”
Instead of the tisuul prompt
reply, Margery hesitated as she
arose to answer, uml in that
moment she was lost, llerj
cheeks grew redder and redder
under Miss Stanton’s surprise
gaze, und her brain seemed to
reel, as sRo tried in vain to rec
olhut in whut part of the map
sin- had sten it.
All eyes were fixed upon her,
when suddenly there came a
loud crush as a sigte fell heuvi-
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ly to the floor, and in that mo
ment she heard a voice back of
her say softly, as its owner
stopped to pick up the slate,
“Bolivia. ”
It was all that was needed.
\\ ith a flash the location came
into her mind, and she answered
quickly, “Mount Sorata is one
of the peaks ol the Andes, and
is in the -western part of Bo
livia.”
Then she sat down, and a
long breath was drawn by some
of the girls. No one had heard
the whisper Jmt Margery; the
lessen was over, and she was at
the head of the class for another
month.
During the fifteen minutes
which followed, while Miss
Stanton was copying the reports
into a book, the girls wrote out
their lessons for the following
day. Margery’s pen flew over
the paper, yet her hand trem
bled, and her eyes seemed so
strained she could hardly see
what she what she was writing,
and there was a dull pain in
her heart.
Over and over there rang in
her ears the words of the good
Bishop, ns lie placed his linnd
on her head when she knelt at
11 he chancel in St. Stephen’s
) church. .. mouth before: “De
fend, O, Lord, this thy child
I with thy heavenly grace; that
she may continue thine forever;
j and daily increase in thy Holy
| Spirit more and more, until she
come into thy everlasting king-
I doin.”
A struggle was going on in
Margery’s heart. Many a great
deed had been done with less
; pain.
“I was not really prompted,”
! she said to herself. “I knew
j perfectly well where Mount Sor
ata was —I was only confused
for the moment.”
Then another voice within
her said:
“Yes, but in that moment
you would have been lost if you
had not heard tlje word Bolivia,’
and Margery knew it was'true.
The moments went by; noth
ling was heard but the ticking
lof the clock and the sound of
; the pens. Thocolor failed from
Margery’s* and a girl
! with a very white face arose
from her seat us the teacher
closed (lie roll-book.
“Miss Stanton,” she gasped,
hurriedly, “please change the
report. I failed in that last
question, for I— 1 had forgotten
where Mount Soratn was until
some one prompted me,"
The pens censed writing, and
in hush swept over the class us
■ i he pupils looked from Margery
t.o Miss Stanton.
For a moment Miss Stanton
i hesitated, and it seemed us if
she did not know what to say.
Then she quietly sat down at
her desk again, and altered the
records without a comment.
“I suppose it is useless to ask
who prompted MargeryMoigan,’
said Miss Stanton, as she dosed
the roll-book for the second
time.
’Pile girl who sat behind Mar
gery arose, and said in a low
voice:
“I ditl, Miss Stanton.”
A'-'ain Miss Stanton reemed
too astonished to speak.
“Why, Agnes I’ierrepoint!”
she said in a surprised voice;
then she added, “1 presume
you ' now the usual punish
ment
“Yes, Miss Stanton,” replied
the girl, and that was all.
lint was it all? A little later
Agnes stopped Margery as she
»as hurrying home.
“Margery,” she began in tin
embarrassed voice, “I want to
beg your pardon-hot for prompt
| ing, though it. is the first time
1 ever did that, but because 1
1 did not do it to help you, but
only to tempt yon.”
Margery opened her blue eyes
■ wide in questi ruing amazement ;
land Agnes continued in a low,
; shamed voice:
“1 did not believe in your
confirmation; I thought that if
you were tempted just when
you needed it most, religion
would not help you much, hut
1 d trust you now at any time.’
j A mist came over Margery's
ey.-H, as she said pi'iiitentlv:
j Oh, Agnes, please don’t sav
anything more! You know I
did wrong at first, and it tool;
me all that time to make up
my mind t<> do right.”
i “But you did it, though, and
I know it was dreadful hard. I
could not have done it. I never
I had a real friend in my life,
but I hope you will he one to
me, though I am so much old
i er. ”
That was a turning point in
, those lives. The tall girl
with the sad face shook hands,
on the corner of the.street .with
the little, rosy, happy girl, and
both were friends from that
moment.
It is years ago now.hut neith
er will ever forgot where Mount
Sorata is, although they will
never know what an influence
it had upon both their lives, in
leading them to do right—the
girl who tempted, and the girl
who was tempted.—Mary \V. •
Gillespie, in Tho Parish Visitor.
881 BOLLS ON ONE STALK.
Dn Thursday afternoon hint
Dr. J. J. Deal ing invited a num
ber of gentlemen out to his
home in East Covington to see
his fine cotton, and tfl count
the number of bolls on one
stalk.
The Doctor has I” stalks, and
his son, Mr. A. E. Hearing, has
two stalks of the most remark
ably prolific cotton ever seen
in this country.
The cotton is of the variety
known as the Hearing Small
Seed Cotton, and is the result
of improved culture hv Dr.
Hearing.
The I” stalks belonging to
Hr. Hearing were plapted in
three rows, six feet apart, i nd
the limbs almost touch each
other between the rows. The
number of bolls on these stalks
run as high as -*lO, and the av
erage on the whole lot is tint)
bolls to the stalk.
One of tho stalks raised bv
Mr. A. E. Hearing, and' which
is the record-breaker in the
number of its large, full grown
bolls, has lM limbs of various
sizes and lengths upon it, and
the number of full grown bolls
on each limb ranges from 1 to
118, making an average of about
y*Jl to the limb, and a total of
(581 bolls on the stalk.
The seed of this cotton is
small, the bolls large, and tin
lint long and fine in textuac.
The cotton is a variety im
proved specially by Dr. Dear
;ng during the past, few years,
and these stalks are t-he result
of his experiments in improved
methods of preparation and
culture.—Covington Enterprise.
JUSTICE IN THE ROUGH.
“We used to call him the
cactus edition of Blackstone, ”
said the major, who had lived
in Texas long enough to make a
fortune, “and the blind eyed
goddess never had a more pecu
liar representative. The law
never bothered him a hit, but
he reverenced equity. He had
a dignity all his own, but nev
er allowed it to interfere with
nis love of a joke.
“ ‘How old are you?’ asked
one of the lawyers of u venera
ble spinster on the stand.
“‘1 was born in ’-lb,’ she
snapped.
“ ‘B. C. or A. I).?’ quickly
asked the judge. And the ma
ture maiden disowned her
brother beeuuse ho would not
•: 'alleuge the court.
“ ‘ls this your first offense?’
In- asked of a convicted horse
thief.
“On being assured that it
was, the judge said,‘Then I will
only give you tftl years instead
of UK), as I would have done
had you been an old offender.'
“A miller hud bought tei.
barrels of apples from a farmer
and brought action to recover
on a claim that the barrels were
undersized, causing hici a loss
of three bushels on the deal.
“ ‘How did you get the bar
rels?’ asked the court of the
farmer.
** ‘Bought them full of llour
from the miller.’
“Whereupon the court gave
the farmer a verdict and taxed
the costs against tRe miller.”
—Detroit Free Press.
They say the bicycle is injur
ing art.
Yes; the man who owns a
go ii wheel can’t waste his liie
spreading paint on canvas.-
Chicago Record.
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