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i liOUOUGH WORK.
Thrifty German IV; Wt Pay
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nought his twenty acres of
■.vent to won:. Day after
air.?Bunch drove to town be
JUJ span of bays, lie saw Fritz
wt ' the garden, catting thistles
or •g corn. The German’s land
XX' ore to the acre, bis cows
•ore mill:, his hens laid more
.B itu his rich neighbors. Pretty
M noting the German's
pr ; i.y. said t > him one day.
* . . .. ought to take a wife, Fritz.”
“!- one would lraf mo,” he srnil
ir? v ; •;,.• red.
‘ .« little Dutch girl might.”
on. Fritz, prudent
pstrious, was making money.
Mi i still rode to town behind
a of bays, but-he often bor
rvnoy from the frugal Ger
m, i before long the farm and
. ■re mortgaged to the mas
.d proved that a’twenty acre
far: i unld support something be
SK . ken and chickens.
Bench filed, and Fritz came
in wisest don of the fine farm.
‘
a; i two boys, aged ten and
twelve.
d . r leetle boys can drive oop der
eo\ • and dig ’taters,” said Fritz.
“I, ‘ dmi live with me.”
r i widow consented, and the
b . thud of Fritz, threw up their
hi , ,;d turned somersaults on the
gvt'.s s.
t ' day in July Fritz took refuge
at t Bunch farmhouse during a
tl UJ shower. The widow, nerv¬
ous at such times, was glad to see
hi; ; rave him an easy chair and
invii dm to enjoy a smoke. As
tl ’u ,i;e from his pipe curled up
ov ' ;s head. Fritz remarked:
“Der farm vlnis mine?”
“V Fiitz.”
pan of bays vhas mine?”
“Yes. Fritz.”
: > >tle boy vhas mine?”
“Yes. Fritz.”
. “1 no likes to leave npddings.
V"! a der vidder mine?”
S i - i.».)lcod through the window at
the rainbow arching the retreating
ston<; cloud, and she answered in a
low voice:
"Yes. Fritz.”
Tl • next day they drove to the
parsonage behind a span of hays.—
Youth's Companion.
How Homans Took Their Food.
The Romans reclined at their ban¬
quets on couches, all supporting
tie : i iso Ives on one elbow, and eating
wii M their fingers from dishes placed
ic \ center of tho table. Each was
si .vith a napkin, and knives
y u. a. though it does not appear
1 iue ,< . v one was supplied with one.
Nothing, it would seem, could be
more !. : igming than to partake of a
rep—--t •!, such an awkward posture
or less conducive to neatness, it be
in ubanst impossible to keep
h, u>is clean, even with water
j .- the slaves, or to prevent the
food arid wine from falling on the
clothing and the draperies of the
couch.
This manner of eating disappeared
during the Dark Ages so far as the
conc'i was concerned, but the
ar; . °* taking t he food with fingers
fror • common dish continued
W;;r 1 for more tha 1,000 years.—San
Fra ’.cisco Chronicle.
A Plucky Abbe.
In the tribune the Abbe Maury ex¬
hibited the most undaunted compos¬
ure in spite of tfie vehement inter
nr . as of his adversaries, the yells
mi l cries of those whom popularity
h«' - “a designate “our masters.”
“Oh ain me a hearing.” he shouted
to ii 'oeau across the tempestuous
sea of heads, “if you believe you can
really triumph over my principles,
form „ the , midst ., x of this tumult x .. you
triumph only over my lungs.”
Mirabeau, shaking bus fist at him,
vociferated. “There is tho greatest
rogue 1 know!” “Oh, Monsieur de
Mirai»eau.” rejoined Maury, “you
forget M; yourself.”—The Gentleman’s
gazine.
Hairsprings have been manufac¬
tured of only one tenth of a grain
weight, and out of one pound of
irou. originally valued at five cents.
as many as 50,000 of these delicate
springs have been made, the value of
which was 160,000 times as much as
the raw material employed in their
manufacture.—Mechanical News.
A ROfviANCiST IN THE CUSTOM HOUSE.
ljA „ Nat). vfhorrze Cam© to Hie
r at Salem.
cam pc
r for
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riei-ring to a visit made id.
mer of a navy y.vd
no; • Portsmouth. JST. H., it so kap
pen d that I was then stationed at
, Living in spue quar
tors as a bachelor and not unwilling
to share my summer comforts with
my friends, it occurred to me that
Hawthorne’s interests could best be
promoted by bringing him and Mrs.
Hawthorne into social relations with
some of my influential friends and
their wives.
To carry out this project, and for
my personal pleasure as well, I in¬
vited Senator and Mrs. Pierce and
Senator c el Mrs. Atherton, < . New
ien.-'ip'Airo. and Senator Fairfield, of
■» nine, together with Mr. and Mrs.
avtboim* and little Una. to spend
two or three weeks with me. To
make the reunion less formal, two of
my own sisters and some Washing¬
ton friends wore included. The in¬
dulgent party enjoyed the novelty of
a visit to a bachelor at a navy yard,
and when any shortcomings in liis
housekeeping occurred the guests
only grew the merrier therefor.
V That with boating, fishing and
driving, and in the entire absence of
formality, the visit went off smooth¬
ly, and its main object—that of in¬
teresting men of influence in Haw¬
thorne’s behalf—-was attained.
Though Pierce was an old friend,
Atherton and Fairfield first made the
acquaintance of Hawthorne at that
time, and they became his strong ad¬
vocates and friends.
In June of the next year he was ap¬
pointed surveyor!
Hawthorne's life flowed tranquilly
for the next three years, at the end
of which period he was removed by
the Whig administration, under the
doctrine of rotation in office.
With other friends, 1 strove zeal¬
ously to save him, because he wished
to retain the office. But when the
dismissal came I wrote my congratu¬
lations, telling him that ho would
now be obliged to devote himself to
his apppropriate work in life. Eight
months after his official decapitation
ho finished the “Scarlet Letter,” and
increased fame, as well as freedom
from pressing anxiety about pecuni¬
ary matters, followed quickly upon
the publication of the great romance.
—Horatio Bridge in Harper’s.
Lamenting Society.
Many people who are not “in sas
siety” are given to declaiming vigor¬
ously about the snobbishness of
members of the Four Hundred near¬
est them and from whose charmed
circle thoy are excluded. But I had
an illustration the other day that
snobbishness is no more confined to
one goc i a i caste than it was when
Thackeray wrote. A woman dispar
a ged to me, while we were waiting
f or an elevated train during the dull
hours, a suburban village where the
“sassiety” is popularly supposed to be
very select,
This woman held it to be just the
reverse, and the principal ground of
jj OT complaint was that thei*e were
i* so many common people there, so
inail y manufacturers have moved
out that tliey have injured
tone." You think, perhaps, that wo
nian was the descendant of a long
p 1H , G f lawyers or doctors or clergy
mcn? jf she is I never heard of it.
an( j j jj n ow her husband not so many
years as?0 was a stonemason. But I
don > t think she knew that I knew it.
—Brooklyn Eagle.
A Destructive Parasite.
The department of agriculture is
trying to discover means for coin
paling a parasite which causes a loss
G f nearly $3,500,000 a year in cattle
slaughtered in Chicago. It is the
dretuled heel ily, which lays its eggs
on the backs of the animals, the
worms hatched from them boring
through the skin and remaining
buried for several mart ln ' :A “'
flesh. On emerging they fall to the
ground and form the chrysalis condi
tion come out ; s mafect flies, ready
to lav their eggs on the backs of
other cattle, that being their only
method of reproduction. If a hide at
the market has more than five holes
made by the worms it is rated as of
second quality, and the meat sells for
one cent less a pound in gross.—
Washington Letter.
The frog, owing to its peculiar
structure, cannot breathe with the
mouth open, and if it were forcibly
kept open the creature would die of
smfiocation.
PATENT MEDICINE.
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oth the method and results when
’rap of Figs Is taken; it is pleasant
lly refreshing promptly to the taste, the Kidneys, end acts
v -.,n iver yet on
• and Bowels, cleanses the sys
’dies ur< effectually, and fevers dispels colds, habitual head*
and cures
oristipation. uiy Syrup of Figs is the
luced, remedy pleasing of its kind ever pro
to the taste and ac
sptable to the stomach, prompt in
3 action and truly beneficial in its
Facts, prepared only fro -a the most
sriitb/ t-nd agoaaale substances, its
lany excellent qualities commend it
;o all and have made it the most
popular Syrup remedy known.
of Figs is fer sale in 50c
and $1 bottles by all leading drug
gists. Any have reliable hand druggist will who
y not it on pro¬
cure it promptly for any one vita
wishes to try it. Do not accept any
substitute.
CALIFORNIA FIB SYRUP CO.
SAN FRANCISCO, CAL,
LOUISVILLE. KY. VEW YORK. fl.Yr
EXAMINATION NOTICE •?
There wi : l be an examination of
applicants for and an election of County
school Commissioner of Rockdale
county, begining at 10 o'clock a. m.
March lOoli next, at the court house
in Conyers.
P. II White,
Pres. Board of Education,
Rockdale county.
GUANOS AND ACID
FOR SALE BY
M. F. DABNEY.
The celebrated Rockdale Standard,
and Dabney’s Choice. Two of the
very best brands on. the market. The
er/ best Acid to be had.
I sell on time or for cash; for cot
ton or money, Come to see me be -
fore you buy.
Respect fully,
]VT F. DaLoey
Com To Mom!.
We have opened a first
class Blacksmith and repair
shop in rear of the Hotel and
near the Livery Stables, and
J s
are prepared to do your work
m first class order, at reason¬
able prices. Horse shoeing a
specialty. All work warranted
try us.
Tv-specttullv.
i i. T. ;• a;BULL A C> .
WBSM&iik m • .y
ATLANT \, < 1 A. - - 21th YEAR.
.'u established Lusuiess school. Book
k«- ping and Shorthand taught be of ex
perienreil teachers. Thou>aacis stu
dents in good paying positions. Terms
Soderate. Students received daily
9 n<1 ,or eircu ar? -
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prooutm. Atdrem t. msu»i, 86SBro»«iw«j, a«w isrk.
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They 'also embrace the o i i
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Than ever before to'furry ;h th.m
or on time. To their
ALRSYDI j i)| 13ill n Dll;by qt ini
WILL BE ADDED
AjS immense TA L -li u t Ju
OF
Elegant, Fresh 17 AJi UM : ' v
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^3*xrex3r IDosciiptloxJ
suitable to . the wants of the people of this section, j
WILL
Embrace a fine assortment of all goods fro:n the d
article up.
-—THEIR SI OCX OF —
Notions, Clothing, il
AND - |
Gents Furnishing God
Fine Shoes for Ladies, Gents and Children, v 7
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can be desired in quality, style and price. In wares
kind, Plantation Tools and Supplies, Harness, Sad-Uts,
and Heavy Groceries, their house will be h-Auq :IiU
you can.always get what you want,
A beautiful line of watches and other
FINE JEWELRY
Will be kept in Stock, always new, good and A *
at prices that will save you from 'To to P ’ ' cer “
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They rents and are going to gc ivc : to the p*>
pay no :it
ouDortunitv to buv goods that. a. i if'W of the best qua
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at reasonable prices.
As before stated they are prepared to aceoiniu°^ at<
c^ll them before you arrange i 01 sU P‘
and you should on
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Repectfully. iLV
G IV. & A. 1>. C
GEO
CENTER STREET, - -