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te/OL. XXVI. NO 41
"reat SlaughterOf
ry Goods, Hats, f
Shoes & Notions
A t N< > i'o i'« >ss.
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
At r A irst Cost
I have a large, well selected stock of
-it class goods in this line that will be
sed out at a great bargain.
C A omo i\t Once.
I will keep a good supply of family gro
ynes, hardware and stock feed which wiil
o sold at reduced prices.
Liverv I snssness:
I also conduct a general livery business
ere ample accommodations will be giv
the traveling public.
All persons indebted to me by note or
eunt are notified to make payment by
.irst of October.
K. IMocllock.
J~' .n?'lorcross, Ga., Sept., 16, !896.
TH AND POINT.
•« sick man refuses to
lector, that is a sign
clings to life. —
i vn sold my pict
*>r Parvenee.
of it! He do- |
*>nde Blaetter.
ill four swerter,’
jiy to his sister.
• mi my perspirer, ,
the gentle girl. 1
etw-Were you
llrss when you ,
that stone?
No; but my wheel
• jiokeless. —Norris-
>uihu writes out a
cJis for Boys to
eneraly names a
*■ ties the average!
tie induced to j
idtown Herald.
.n,p—Did you see Li
nd?
rfutp—Yes. It was
r |ght to see a man
i carried when he
hke walkin’. —Puck.
,u 4! how green you
j*.d the bacon.
Ik ./help it, said the old
saleratus biscuit, sad
ail not city bread, you
udiauapolls Journal.
nit a superb touch that
t 1 is,’ she gushed,
oild say he had,’ replied
-at er-of-fnet escort. ‘1
aid old Skinflint has
1 1500 to have him here
Muing.’—Now York
ai >—Do you believe
1 1 et corner arguments
i nee anybody?
- Sure. Each fellow
a* convinced that the
iliw don’t know a thing
•Cincinnati Erquiror.
icure how much you
i<J Mrs. Tiff, in the
a joint debate with
•id! ‘for 1 am deter-
Ivejtlie last ward.’
fleetly willing fer
tie last word,’ re
ilf. ‘All I usk is
v it soon.’ —Har-
ilkcr—Say, what
luthe so kind o’
P* * -Ain’t you onto
j,. r—Naw, 1 ain’t.
/ /Jt ItV ’cause I’m
"tst what it is.
ff u, *il k both me
, —Cljvelarid Plain
••Wider it tv
.. one 1 Invve
kL- tay'blight
: w oiH. i while. It |
k Jtho tiin 1, fitting oil
4|i -i they wouln’t bo
■ i very good rule; but,
I ji, ’t you (hmk you ob
■ Jio closely?—Boston
'i
lUi, will you get up
ATP lire? '
i—Marie, dont keop milk
,-Harv speeches.—Puck
i .
Tjie# cure iluziuesa.
The Gwinnel frcNfiß a r n
ALL SORTS.
The next thing will probably
be steel railway ears.
Don’t try to boss people.
Don’t let people boss you.
The name of the Prince of
Samos, who is governor of
Crete, is Berovitch Georgi
Pasha.
The weather of the summer
of 189(5 is calculated to make
the average citizen as thin as a
razorback in his native w ilds.
The latest fad in small pleas
ure yachts is to construct them
with glass bottoms, so that the
passeng-rs can see into the
depths of the water below.
The London Chronicle is
“glad to announce” that Mr.
Chamberlain will sit upon toe
parliamentary committee that
is going to investigate Cecil
Rhodes in Africt. But who
will sit upon Joe Chamberlain?
Weary travelers welcome the
m*jv fashioned sleeping car. It
has regular staterooms like u
ship, uml these can be locked.
The passenger can stand up to
undress and dress. The berths |
are all one side of a corridor, j
instead of being on bot h sides. I
All this has been noeon pLshed
by an ingenious sliding arrange
ment of partitions, which seems
simple now that somebody let
thought of it.
The bed on which Abraham
Lincoln slept when a hoy was
after this fashion: The lead
and one side of the bedside were
formed by an angle of the log
cabin. The bedpost, standing
out in the room, was a single
crutch cut from the forest. Laid
on this crotch were the ends of
two hickory sticks, whose other
ends were mortised into logs.
These wore bridged by sluts
lrom a forest log. On (his wos
placed a sack of dried leaves.
Even if Duchess
of Manchester bus come here to
buy u millionaire American
wife for son, she is a good soul
who had a lot of trouble with
the dissolute and low down
British nobleman who was liar
husband. We should remember
of her that she never has snub
bed and scorned her own fallow
countrymen, as most fool
American girls do when they
marry English noblemen. The
duchess, formerly Miss Census
lo Yziiago, is welcome in her
native .'and.
Tiie entire population of
Cuba is only 1.700,000. Spain
will try ti send 20,UK) more
soldiers to the island this fall,
which will make altogether 200-
UM) sent since the war began.
The wretched botch the poor,
imbecile old government of
Spain is making in Cuba is
plainly to be discerned from
! this fact alone. Half that
j many soldiers ought to have
quelled the insurrection loug
ago if tt\ev bad been real sol
diers with real generals. Out
it happens that the reul soldier*
end leal generals arc all on the
side of free Cuba.
He —1 am told that your ad
1 uiirers* name is legion.
| She (Slushing) —Oh, no, in
I deed —his name is Jones.—
j Brooklyn Life.
1 Hipaati Tubules eure Ualultuc®.
GEORGIA. TUESDAY, DECEMBER 22nd t§96.
Lpodlly ( ,
/ Intcrea^iig.
What Others Say
And Do.
| SOME THINGS COMPILED
i FOR THE PUBLIC.
lot'R CURIOSITY SHOP. OTHER
THINOS OF INTEREST TO
LOCAL READERS.
Christmas days
And Christmas ways—
Never time !ike this is !
Christ mas noise
And Christmas joys—
CJiristmas hugs and kisses.
(Ladies, Ladies,
To the right,
Kiss your lover,
Christmas night!)
Christmas days
And Christmas ways—
What though skies lie snowing?
Still tlie heart
Can play its part—
Still the music's going I
(Ladies, ladies,
To the right,
Kiss your lover,
Christmas night!)
—Constitution.
*
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It looks like Mayor C. t T .'
Born. And why not ?
*
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Col. N. L. Hutchins, Jr., has
been appointed counsel lor the
Southern Railroad Co., for
Gwinnett county. Our ycemg
friend is a clean lawyer and we*
are glad to learn that ho I fins
been given this position.
Christmas promises to be full
of amusements for tHe young
people. On with the dance —
no, we don’t exactly mean that,
probably we bad better say in
view r of our “hard-shell doc
irine” on with the amusement.
• *
• *
It’s now in order to make
your Christmas resolutions.
And it will be a good idea to
get them in shape instauter.
for oulv a few more days mter
| vone between now and the great
holiday. Make ’em, boys, and
then keep them; they’ll do you
good.
***
We learn that Prof. John S.
Porter will conduct a school
next year a.iout three miles
from town on the Atlanta road,
’n passing we desire to say that
he is one of the best qualified
teachers in Gwinnett county
and will make those people out
in that neighborhood an instruc
tor that they should appreciate.
***
Whilo the election for Su
preme court Judges was going
on at tiiis urecinct last W«dnes
ilav, one voter walked up to the
polis and eaid he didn't believe
in voting printed tickets. The
manager gave him a piece of
paper, ami ho said; “Now put
Nathan L. Hutchins on there
and I‘m ready to vote,“ He
was accommodated and went
away happy.
•
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An interesting little incident
happened during the December
term of tin* City coart. that has
just closed, that is worth re
lating. A young man, wJio
possibly had never seeu * court
before, walked to the door of
the court room aud with a voice
that sounded like a clarion note
culled out: “I want to see Mr.
Cain, please!” At the time the
youug mun spoke everything
was as quiet as death in the
room, and his voice rang out
like a crow-bar falling on a tin
roof, and the officers of court
ai.d attorneys almost, rose to
their feet with surprise. “Mr.
Sheriff, take charge of that
man,” spoke the Judge, and
the Sheriff kuahhed him; but
be was released when the Judge
was told tliat the young ntan
knew nothing of courts and
their customs. But what his
business was is still a Hidden
secret, for when the Sheriff
said “You may go,” he shook
the dust from hia feet, aud no
one knoweth from whence he
came or whither ho went.
It is said that the census ta
kers in Atlanta and the old
maids of that city—that is to (
say those who have passed the
twenty-fifth mile post in single I
I harness —have had quite a t imb j
;of it, and it is further stated
that two old maids have been
found in a city of eighty tbous-1
! and inhabitants —wonderfully ;
strange, but alas true, that so
many should have been found! ;
Hut we strrted out to give you
a little Slory that’s going the
rounds there. Printed blanks
are left at every house in the 1
city, with space for one’s name, |
age, etc. These are turnod over 1
to a niembir of the househeli
ami they are filled out and re
turned to the census man when
he calls around. At one plac
the census man was askin '
questions of an elderly looking
lady who had given her age at
ffb Supposing she was the head
of the household and reservin '
her name to the last, he mod
estly inquired if she had any
more children. “Sir!” cam ■
the answer in thundering tones,
“1 am the young lady whose
name you have just recorded!'*
And signs of a snow storm could
be observed in the atmosphere
round about there.
The Rambler.
THE TRIALS Ob’ MR. DITTO
His name was John Ditto,
and it got him into all sorts of
eutaglemeiits. When his name
was w ritten or printed in a list
of other names, it was often in
terpreted as meaning “the
same as” tlie name immediately
before it. The first time he
went to St. Louis lie signed his
name on the hotel register
“John Ditto,” under the name
of a man named Hinklesehnei
der, and the clerk, presuming
that lie had written “Ditto ’
merely to save time and ink,
called him Mr. Ilinklesclineider,
and as “John Hinkleschneider
a prominent citizen of Somer
ville, Tex.,” he was announced
in the daily papers as among
the arrivals at the Laclede ho
tel. News of this preceded him
when he went back t > Texas
and afterward he was as often
called by the name Hinkle
sehnoider as lie was by his right
name.
His name got him his wife,
they said. ‘At a country fair he
was invited to join a friend and
some young ladies in a refresh
ment tent. When the parti
was asked each to name his ami j
her preference in the way ol |
(leverage, John said In- vmil
take lemonade, and tin* si rang'
young lady next to him said sin
would take “ditto.” This utihl
joke was cultivated, as such
jokes are in rural neigliborltopd
until tlie young lady was talked
into really taking Ditto as Inn j
husband.
Ife escaped for a time being
drafted during the wit; bei au-<
his name, as copied off the orig
inal list, was given on tin* cop*
not as Ditto, but the same sur
name as that of the man whose
name preceded his.—Scranton
Truth.
NAT GOODWIN’S OPINION
Nat Goodwin, a long whih
ago, was invited to a small eti
tertainmeiit, on w hich occasion
he was to see himself imitated
by a lesser light.
As a rule, imitations of Mr
Goodwins are said to be spuri
ous from the label to the sold-*
on the underside of tin* can
and that the only brignal pack
age is put up by the Coodwii
firm. However, the comedian
is always looking for somethin
novel. So Jie went.
At at, early hour tip* iniitn
t ion occurred, after which Nai
took his hut and a friend's tint
brella aud staggered out into
the night.
Nearly a year had gone by.
and tne incident of tlie imita
tion was almost a memory
when-one afternoon Gooilwi*
was introduced to a tall, dis
tinguished and debonair gentle
man, in whose eyes shone tin
calm light of personal satisfac
tion.
“All!” exclaimed Goodwin,
grasping the proffered hand
“Let me see. Hampton—
Hampton. Yes, I seem to r* -
call tlie name. 1 have it. You
are the gentleman who gave an
imitation of tne lust summer.’
“I uni the same,” answered
Hum |*on.
Nat shook his hand again,
and, leaning forward, said in an
undertone, "Well, one of u
must be rotton.”—New York
Journal.
BRAIN W ORK.
The Washington Star sur
prised two high school girls
talking about their graduation
essays.
“Have you written yours
yet ?’’ asked Maud.
“Yes,’’ answered Kthel.
“Wasn’t it a lot of work ?’’
“Just dreadful ! First, 1 had
to hunt up words that were big
enough, and then I bad to keep
looking in the dictionary to see
1 what they meant, and honestly
1 began to think I never should
get it finished ”
Toblosk, Russia, is the oldust
I inhabited place in the world.
HOW SCARECROW EARNED
A NEW NAME.
ltV FRANK 11. SWF! I .
Johu Scarecrow was hired boy
on Silas Tefft’s milk farm. Of
course, Scarecrow was not his
name, but when In* applied to
old Silas for work, and said
that his name was John, and
nothing else, lie was told that
he must have a double name,
there were half a dozen John's
on the place already. So when
one of the men suggested Scare
crow, in derision of his haggard
and grotesque appearance, it.
was adopted with acclamation.
And the boy’s indignant pro
tests were received with loud
guffaws of laughter. That was
two years ago. No one knew
where he came from, lb* was
very reticent about bis antece
dents, but by putting one thing
and another together they had
a strong suspicion that lie had
run away from some town poor
farm. The words ‘overseer,’
•pauper’ and ‘select men’always
tilled him with terror, and
caused him to look round ap
prehensively, as though he was
fearful of being pursued.
Silas Tefft’s farm was a hard
place, so the men declared, —
long hours, hard work and pom
pay, But John Scarecrow seem
ed to think it a very Eden of
comfort and luxury, lb* was
up with the earliest of the hired
men, ami always intently anx
ious to make himself useful.
Hardship and discomforts and
slights were accepted ns u mat
ter of course, but when lu* was
spoken to kindly, or favored in
any way, his wondering pleas
ure and gratitude knew no
bounds.
And however exacting Silas
IVfft might be in the matter of
hours and wages, his table was
always generous. At first the
boy ate doubtfully, as though
lie was afraid of being watched
and ordered away from the
table. But when lu* found
that instead of allowancing
them Silas Tefft always urged
them to eat more, he began,
apparently for the first time in
his life, to fully satisfy tin*
cravings of his hunger. As the
days and weeks went by, his
starved, lank figure began to
fill out and show increased ac
tivity.
Color began to creep into his
cheeks and laughter into his
queer little cracked voice. And
in spite of their pranks and
good humored raillery every
body aboift the pineo soon grew
to like the grotesque little fel
-1 iw who was so eager to please
them. After awhile olie of
them gave him a hat and an
other a pair of shoes, and an
other an old jacket; and he*
soon discarded his old ‘togs,’
but tlie name still stuck.
One Sunday morning when
the family and the men had
gone to church, Scarecrow was
est to see to filings. He took
his primer and went out on the
porch to study. It was early
autumn, and oil the hillsides
across the valley the maples
and beeches were beginning to
assume glowing tints. Hun
dreds of bees were hover'ng
about the houeyHiickle which
covered the porch, and through
the opening in the vines lie
could see the cows grazing con
tentedly in the broad fields be
low file barn. Across the stub
ble, quail whistled cheerily to
each other, and from some
where down in the garden he
could hear a robin calling to
his mate.
It was hard to steel his senses
against all these outside at
tractions. But Scarecrow had
a vast amount of determination
stowed away in his uewlected
mind, and he bent resolutely
over his book and placed both
hands upon It in ears. Kveu the
house dog who wagged his tail
enticingly and gazed up wist
fully into his face could not
arouse him. But at last his
head was brought up suddenly
by a “Hey, there, hoy! Folks
to home ?”
Two ragged,disreputable look
ing tramps stood before him,
One held a short, knobby stick
iii his hand, and the other car
ried a small bundle tied in a
red handkerchief. Scarecrow
looked them over comprehen
sively. “What «T you want ?”
lie asked.
“Oil, nothin’ jtertic’ler,” an
swered the man with thu stick
as be stepped unconcernedly on
the porch and sat down on the
bench beside the boy. ‘-.res'
called to pass n how-de-do. So
you say they’ve all gone to
meet in’, hey ?”
“I didn’t say nothin’ about
it. ”
“Didn't ? Well, ne\er mind,
I must ’a’ heard it somewhere.
Mighty fine place you’ve got.
here.”
Tlx* boy was silent,
“Yes'day was tlie firs' day o’
the month,” went on the man,
reflectively. “I ’spose the boss
took in stacks o’ money when
lie went rour.d collectin’ ?”
“Come, quit this foolin’!”
growled the other man, angrily.
“Tel! the boy what you want,
and be done with it.”
“Easy, Jake. easy. Nothin’
ain't done right in a hurry.
Folks won't be back front meet
in' in less 'n two hours.” Tffen,
turning suddenly to Scarecrow,
lie added, with a wicked gleam
in his small eves: “Now, son
ny, s'jets,* you show me where
the money’s hid.”
Scarecrow's face had grown
white, and In* trembled violent
ly as lie rose slowly to his feet,
“I don't know nothin' about
any money,” he faltered.
“No ? \\ i'll, you know w here
old Tel't sleeps, an’ where lie’s
likely to keep his pn|>ers an'
vallybles. You jest show us to
his room an’ help all you kin,
an’ we'll give you a jiile o'
money. \\ i-in good-untcred
folks, we air. Only you inns’ I
sleji lively. ”
But into Scarecrow’s eyes a
•new expression had come. His
face was still whit,* and his
knees trembled as violently as
ever, bill his voice was perfectly
sternly. “I won’t! You'll beat
mo, an’ kill me if you want to,
but I won’t help you—one —bit
to rob Mr. Telit. II e’s been
good to me. If you try to rob
liiin I’ll fight, an’ holler, an’
do everything I kin to hinder
von,” his voice rising in passion
ate protest.
“Here, give me that rope,
Bill!” caietl the man called
Joke. “I'll (i; him!” and in
spite of the hoy’s resistance lie
was quickly bound ami gagged
and thrown violently into one
corner of the jtorch. The man
gave him a'brutal kick and fol
lowed his companion into the
house. Scarecrow heard them
tramping noisily from room to
room and opening drawers and
boxes.
Jn bis haste the man had not
bound him very secure'y; more
over, Scarecrow’s bands wsre
small. At tin* end of ten min
utes he found that he could slip
one hand from the rope. After
that it was a conqiaratively
easy matter to free himself.
The tramps were now in the
pantry, helping themselves to
Mrs. Tefft’s Sunday dinner.
He could hear the dishes rattle
and their loud exclamations of
satisfaction as they discovered
sonic new delicacy. They did
not seem to Is* in a hurry.
Moving quietly from the porch
Scarecrow hurried down the 1
hum to the burn, keeping be
hind the ‘pus»y cut,’ willows j
and hazel bushes. But win u
lie reached the barn In* found
that till the horses excepting j
Old Nick hud been let out to
pasture. Old Nick was what
the men called a ‘wicked horse'
and was never tri st.ed to any
of the new bunds. Scarecrow 1
admired him excessively, lie
was so strong and masterful,
and had such an independent
way of shaking his head. Late
ly the boy hud n trying to
propitiate him by offerings of j
apples und corn; but so fur, 1
bud never dared to approach
him from behind, or to try to
gain his back.
But he never thought of thee i
things now. There was no time'
to lose if he wished to save his ;
employer’s money. In u mo
ment he hud bridled Old Nick
and was leading Inin from tlm
stable. And apparently the
horse was too much astonished
by the suddenness of the move
ment to make resistat ec. Once
outside Scarceri>w led him cau
tiously uloiig tlm hedge of wil-j
lows and hazel bushes until
they were at quite a distance
from the liou-e, then finding a
convenient stone lie climbed
nimbly upon bis buck.
iVt first Old Nick bad been sol
pleased at leaving the haru that
he walked along quietly, but
j finding the boy did not remove
the In idle he soon Is-gun to!
| shake his head impatiently.'
When he felt the slight form
upon Ins back he sprang for
ward with a snort of auger.
But Sealeerow hud not rid
den the animals to water for
two years for nothin As the
horse Hew along tiio country
1.00 PER ANNUM, IN ADVANCE
of all in Leavening Power.- Latest U. S. Gov't R e „or‘
Powder
Absolutely pure
road he only clung the clos r.
and instead of trying to stop
him he struck him again aud
again with his open hand to
make him go faster.
Silas IVfft was sealed near
tin* ojion window of the little
country church when he heard
the wild clatter of Old Nick’s
feet coming down the hill. One
amazed look and In- was hurry
ing to the door, knowing intui
tively that something was
wrong. Several of the men IVI-
I >wed him, and strong hands
grasjied the bridle.
There were a few hurried
questions and answers, and
then a dozen men ran for their
horses and were soon speeding
away toward tlie farm, Scare
crow followed them as rapidly
as possible on foot. When he
arrived at the farm lie found
that the robbers had been cap
tured, and were being led away
to t lu* county jail.
Silas Tefft rarely Commended
one of Jiis hands. But that
evening he glanced across the
table at Scarecrow and said ap
provingly:
“Ynu done fust rate, Scare
crow!” Then something else
seemed to occur to him, for In*
rose slowly to his feet and look
ed down the table at the two
long rows of faces turned to
ward him.
“Look hen*,men,”he said,in
terrogatively, “Scarecrow don’t
seem jest the right o’ n-uiie for
that boy. What you t hink ?”
Scarecrow never rose from
that table. After supper it
was John Fearless, by uiin.iii
inoiis consent, who went round
shaking hands with the men
and receiving their co.igratula
t ions.—Exchange.
EASY CUrFfoR HEAD
ACHE.
“An excellent and never-fail
ing cure for nervous headache,” ,
said an apostle of physical cul
ture, “is the simple act of walk
ing backward. Just try it some
time if you have any doubt
about ft. I have yet to meet
tin* person who didn't acknowl
edge its efficacy after u trial.
Nobody lias as yet discovered or
formulated a reason w hy such a
process should bring such cer
tain relief. Physicians say that
it is probably because the reflex
action of the body brings about
a reflex action of the brain, and
thus drives away the jiain that
when induced by nervousness is
tlie result of too much going
forward. Don't you know how
at such times you have the feel
ing that everything in your head
is being juished forward ? As
soon as you b< gin to walk back
ward, however, there comes a
feeling of everything being re
versed, and this is followed by
, relief. The relief is always
certain, and generally sjieedy.
Ten minutes is the longest I
| have ever found necessary. An
I entry or a long, narrow room
1 makes the liest place for such a
| promenade. You should walk
j very slowly, letting the bnll of
I the foot touch the Moor lirst,
and then the heel—just the way
in fact, that one should in the
** ry walk forward, but which in
: practice is so rarely dole*.”—
j New York Mercury.
WHY THERE ARK SO MANY
SMITHS.
At the time of the adoption
of surnames every artisan whose
work required the striking of
blows on nudal wu j known as a
siniler or smith, “and the com*
munity therefore had its black
smith, whitesmith, goldsmith,
silversmith, ariowsinitli and
several others of the same char
acter. The number of Smiths
of the present duy may there
fore be readily accounted for
when we remember that each of
the different kinds of smiths
was us much entitled to tlnr use
of his trade name for a cogno
men as any other artisan. John
the blacksmith and John the
coppersmith were both known
us John the smith, an ap|>ella
lion which naturally resolved
itself into the family name of
John Smith.—Clifford Howard
in I.mlies ilouie Journal.
Change the roosters every sea
son from one Hock of hens to
ianother. No male bird should
lie allowed to run with thuyam**
hens more thau one season,
I less for some
I you :ire.i*E—
A lIKRO F\ THE HTMHLKR
WALKS OF LIFE.
1 liere are heroes of war and
jieace whose names are never
written in the tem pit of fame—
heroes in the humbler walks of
life whose opportunities, whose
environments hide them from
the public view.
One of these died a few days
ago. A three-line dispathe to
a Georgia paper announced
that Major .1. M. Spence, of
Ware county, had gone to the
gi eat Iteyond. A modest, re
tiring, unlettered man, he en
listed for the war in Coffee
county. rr 3 could not write
Ins own name, yet he was as
brave as Ca*sar, and as patriot
ic ns Washington. These ster
ling traits of character soon
brought the promotion which
made him known to rlie Imys
a- “llie fighting major” of the
FiftiefluGeorgia Regiment. A
lad in his command made out
his reports lor him, but the ma
jor did his own fighting, and lie
did it like tlie hero that lie was.
Near the famous apple tree
the major and his hov compan
ion parted. Thirty years later
tney met again—the older vet
eran and the younger. The
simple, yet lion-hearted nature
responded to the memories of
those trying times, and, grasp
ing the younger with both hands
lie exclaimed: “God Idess you,
Hilly; I never expected to see
you again here, but I* have
prayed to meet you on the other
side.” Tlie tears that rolled
do\Vn the sun-brown cheeks did
not, in that presence, seem
cliildlish. After the war the
major made a small fortune,
but in an evil hour if was swept
away, lie called his creditors
together, and offered up every
holding Misconduct was so
unusual, so courageous, they
took a part and left him unin
cumbered t hat sufficiency which
kept the wolf from the door un
til his death.
This, in brief, is the story of
a hero front the humbler walks
of life. He was bravo in war
and brave in peace. - Simple as
a child and resolute as a lion. —
Exchange.
DIDN’T KNOW THE HOPES.
Ceneral Morgan of Illinois,
who commanded a brigade in
Davis’ division, was one of
those X o slouchy in his ap
pearance that a stranger would
never have picked him for an
officer of high rank. One day a
raw recruit of his brigade who
hid lost some books asked a
veteran where he would be like
ly to find them. The veteran
said the only thief in the brig
ade was Jim Morgan who occu
pied a tent near the blue (lag.
The r-cruit hastened to Mor
gan's tout, shoved his head
through the (laps, and asked:
Does Jim Morgan live here?
My tiamu is James Morgan,
answered the general.
Than l want you to hand ov
er those books you stole from
met
1 have none of your hooks,
my dear man.
Thut‘s a lie, cried the soldier.
The hoys say you are the only
thief in camp. Turn out them
books or I*ll grind your carcass
into apple sass!
(Jem ral Morgan appreciated
the joke, and laughed heartily,
but when the recruit began pul
ling iif his coat to make good
his threats, the-officer inform
< d him of his relations tu the
brigade.
Waul, blast me if i‘d take
you f r a brigadier? said the
man. Excuse me, general, but
I don't thoroughly know the
ropes yet.
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