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“ Mr* Hockley,” ai<* col
ot th* Argus, to one of the awn*taut
editors whom he had rccentiy mstah
ed, in order to give him atrial, you
have many of the cnaroctenstics of a
great journalist, ami I have no dou t
ihat at some time in the remote fu
ture you will he eapable of conduct
in? the London Times : hut, at W*'
, tit some of your peculiarities a.e oi
k „ marked a character as to , destiny
much of vour usefulness in t.iis esta >■
1 hun
•What do you mean?’
‘Why, for instance, I notice that
v.,u always spell horse hoarse ; and
that in spell'll'-.' Congress you mv in
ably use a lag K. These fli ngs are
ii.tr so important perhaps while our
i ■ oof- leaner maintains a condition r.l
Milniety. Hut \ h n .VOU speak of
! In/eirovina as a specie ol _ Aslatie
l i.jtkcn, and allude to its conflict wi'h j
,1 key as if they \ e e two fowls fihet
:i - iii a barn yard, you go too far—you 1
tn sjiass upon the gno l nature ot oni >
le;;iio.s, You aie mistaken a.so hi al- '
Inning to J’v.M t as tlm capital "I 'Oi
i.i.my; in asserting that He sue* canal
n„„s . > Mullalo, and was built hy Do
Wut 1 li iton. 1 wi".t to puss that
~ .i-i.u, in oblige you, hut ready
] in afraid 1 can t,
Well, 1 iii sorry.’
‘Now, take that ar i *’o of yours
nljiiUt Cub-. You speak of (’non as
l.oiuK 11 the antic legions, ami vou
i Unde to the natives as livng <*li 1:y
tn wa ru> moat. Aral B ' ll 8,>l “ ln 10
i„k tint tho American Navy is com
~ s ,1 cl.iu: yof sows that arc |*ro
, \c l mules, ami that a vi*: admi
i*a’’s ill ty is to km i> his (*. os on In*
mules ami inanity-: tne t\vdine. llu v
| ivo no tow-linos in tiio navy. Mr
1 looklo.v, It is not your limit <hat
v u hive never been o sea; but when
a man und. nukes to supply marine
imo, lor a great daily nwvspu
por, he ought to 1 uow that a qua
tt deck t not a pack of cards wii cli
tost a quarter.,
'I didn’t say it.’
‘You in.hunted a-* mnc.i. avd l ted
you it just drives the pubhc wm>, It
won’t'do. When you mention l‘s,
,at' ias the contemporary of 'loses,
; ,.d praise William Cullen B-.nt lor
tin; manner in which he wrote the
ue.s ol the apostles, you expose us to
•d.ei ision; and h 1 had primed join
i r tele 0 the p issuge of the Kui tcon
by Oau.eo ju i . f cr l>s election lo the
presidency of the Imbed biate-, com
v yiug the idea that said Kulneon
w is a law :o prevent negroes .iem iun
nn: off, this oilic'd a been mobbed '.e
lore night.’
‘ i he mischief it would,
‘Yes! 1 know 1 1 have niy linger
on the puldie pulse. They II stand a
K nat deal. 'I hey are patient and all
that; but. when you come to them
for instance with an editorial asser
tion that Petrarch weft no of the aims ,1
ties, and that he used to fish with a
lay-out iine. in the river Herodotus,
they Vet and 1 rious. Heavens am.
ou-tl " man ! I lerrdotus was not a riv*
er ! lie was a hisiorian! How could
v 0 i allulo to Romeo as the residence
ot the pope, declare that the lorn
tiff s principal cardinals are the points
of the compass.’
‘Blauidf I knew.’
‘Well, anyway, you see for your
self that ywu need veers of study be
fore vbu will be qua itied to form pub
lie opinion. No journalist can hope
to guidx' the public mind who teaches
♦ tint the phrophet Daniel's last name
WS Boone, ami tl\t he hunted cows
nnd Indians out, in Kentucky,
‘I say no newspaper man who does
those things, and then sits down and
asks Congress to do something about
ti e tariff, taking the view that the
tariff is a tropical fruio— some myste
rious kind ot a banana —bn* medical
purposes, can ever attum the highest
tank in his profession. ’
‘•Don’tthink so hoy?’
'No, l don't. 1 guess we 11 have to
pa't. I’m sorry, but necessity knows
n > law. Take tuy adviee, go off some
w.iorc out in the country : study up,
as enain that membranei us croup is
no the • ropor of a harness, learn
that Amorio u V .ispueius w;u no: the
t clinical name f r cabbages: hunt up
the fact that the Israelites did not
th > ■ quail in the desert with doublo
bi i 1 1 shot-gnds; inform yourself
th t Plutarch was not the God of the
infernal regions; discover that the
Mi oics of the hop crop do not re
fer exclsively to dancing parties, and
acquaint yourself with the facts that.
Pharaoh a nd; 1 not invent the game of
*pcveu up G''d morn ng.’
Me. 1 lock ley is now engaged in
tending bar.
MARK TWAIN’S JUMPING
FROG AND HIS MAN SMI
LEV,
Smiley, who waa in the habit of
betting on everything that oaae along
kept a pet frog in a little lattice box
aid ho used to fetch him down town
sometimes and lay for a bat. Oue
day a fellow—a atranger in the camp,
| !0 was —coiO aar -ss biui with his
box, and says:
‘What might it bo that you’vt got
iu the box ?’
And Srniiey says, sorter iodiffer
ont like :
•It might be a purr-/, or it might
he a cauary, may hr but it ain't
i it’s only just n frog - ’
j And the feller took it, an 1 looked
■it itetreful, nd itirnel it r.iuod
this way and that, and savs :
Hui— *o *tis, Well, nhal’i h*
! good for ?’
‘Well,’ Pmi’cy soys, emv and
careless, ‘be’-* good tor wrur
tiling’ I st-ould judge ; lie cm * I
jump ary ir*>gin Calaveras c-m.ty ’
'l'll,, foiicr took i e in* v again, and
took another long, pa tidi n' t- 1 k.
and give il hack to Smiley, and say*
verv deliberate :
*W. 11. I doll I SCO lie "’iu*s i ll nt
that Ir g t aiV uuy b ttiu'ii uiy
jthi r i''**g.’
‘M \he y< u dm.V S-niley •■
‘Mmbc y• j u .d,r-tand fogs, ,-e and
in <y be y- u <1 ill i.mterstu .and ’em;
maybe y*uj ain't <in y a anmtufi, as
ii am re. Ao\wavs, “Ive g t mv opn -
ion. II •'i I’m r• k Inny and • i’urs tied
be can ->ut jump any tr *g i t t. u.i.er
use umy
Ami the t I*-T s’ndie 1 a mi at .
and i iit.n say *>, k tiid'T sad like;
‘Well, ! in inly u sti an cr hi r ,
uu l I ’.iii t got mi Irag J but .t l it 1
a i ro.’, id b* t\o .
a. 'I lieu t-ini’ey says ;
‘That’s all right—tlia 's u 1 rig! t •
if you'b ho Imy frag ami t , I 1
go m I get;you a fr g
A i.o xo .i e f. Ih r mob t i* la X
and put up li st ty and 1 icv a> i
ao. g vvil S', lhy’s, >ll dS> t doV.li tn
wait*
S.i In* si t the ca go and whi c i Kink
itig aid I hinko to liissi f, and tli n
he got (lm frg out aid p iz and h s
111 Mlt|| open and took 1 lei' O *‘i u.i ;
tilled h-in lull of q alii slioi—hi eit
him pretty mar no to I is chin—ami
set Inat on the tl or. ‘huiloj he we o
to t' e swamp and slipped a o.iml in
mud for a long lime ami ti salty it •
ki tolnd a frog, and h'C eii 1: m m,
Hid give him to ties tidier, ami
sad ;
•Now if you’re riaiiy, set him i
alongside of D.o’i. with lii.s foropaw
j'.si uveu wi h Uan’i, and I'd gi y ‘ |
the word, 1 Tbeit saw, ‘One — t-v,.-
ilii ec— ■■'jump !’ Aini whe i >be tilo r
touched up the *rog b lm-d. aiul the
new frog Imopod <dl but D u I g o
a heave, and bistod up nis ->h ui dm.'
_,;o like a Frenchman, but it wa'ii’.
no use—he coibdii’t budge ; be u;i>
planted us soiii as an anvi , and !>•
couldn’t no more sto than it he was
auetmied out- Snily was a good
,u pidsedaml he was disgustid t m
but bo didn’t have any idea what
the matter was, course-
T e teller took the money and
s'arled away; and when he was going
out at tho door, he sorter jerked his
thumb over bis shoulder,)—this way
;,t Dan’l, and says again, very tie
lib rate :
‘Wei, 1 dm’t see no p’iots about
that’s any b tter’u any ot ier frog ’
Soi ey ho s cod stra ching his
head and looking at Dau’l a 10. g
time, and a- 1 ist. he says:
l do wonder what in the nation
that frog th'ow and off for—l wonder
if there ain’t something the matter
with him -he ’pears to look . mighty
baggy, somehow,
aud he kctched Dan’l bv the nap
t ,f the nook, an 1 lifted Imu up an i
says; ‘Why 1 blame my cats if ho
don't weigh tive pound !’ a id turned
him upside down, and he bol died ou
a double handful of shot, and he
than see how it was, and he was the
maddest man —he set the frog down
and took u'ter that fellow, hut ho
never ketohed him.
Young Jenkins was bound to be
accurate, and ho th is describe l the
woman’s costume : ‘feha wore a suit
of something or other, cut bias, and
trimmed endwise.’
“Only a look of golden hair!
The lover, smiling sadly said—
“To*night it forms a halo fair
Above her head !
“Only a lack of golden hair!”
The maiden,Smiling sweetly, said.
Then laid it on the back ot a cha r
And went to bed.
mmsm
TO DEBTORS AND CREDI
TORS.
All persons i- debted to or holding
c’aims against too estate of Mary
A J Thompson, late ot Rockdale
eounty, deceased, are hereby notified
:o come forward aid settle iu terms
f the law.
II II Pock
Ot Guardian.
THS LADIES
Will tin J special altraet'ons it
CLEMMONS Sr PiTTI’3
in the shape of
II ANDK if 111 EK>, ( Ur PS,
1 o laiv, tit*', kid gloves, laljiora
skirts, nnri'.iis. etc.
1 ou t iail to ea.i til ih ‘
r r\ l|*' -> *} f
,4 tc u 4% H‘JJ 1 S
THE LATENT ST ALES
*
Of nu n’s and boy’s clo'hmg, iust
fc-a i.i eti ii eiu-.i j -it. i * a
< LhM.MO'sH * I’ETTY'S.
: ' ..-ty. ,Sis,
GRAND CRN 1 ] :
I hi' well-know a e'tabii'hmc'iif
keeps constantly on hand tin *o) best
wines & liquor
fhat ean be found in market. I'lai
uid Mixed Beverages iu Hard Pa
Pries.
Beer & Cider
A1 .avs an draught.. A fine spsoi
■uent of
OYSTERS, AR’>
CRACKLRS,
PICK hid-S, Cl A RS,
TOP A 0 0 0 S,
ETC.,
For sale at low pri ies. Another s‘
tractive fjatur J is the elegant
SiLUHBD TABLE,
iu the bade room. If you want tv
spend a rleasaut hour, give *he
Mrand Central a call You wi 1 had
uuder the Whitehead House.
Bob LANGFORD
Copy of Lost Note
SIOO. On or before the first day of
Deoembei next, I promise to pay M.
C. White, or bearer, one hundred dol
lars with ten ier_ cent from da e.
January 1877
[signed] H. P. Almand.
Geouqi a— Rockdale eounty:
We offer the al o~e magnificent
AiOO'ifATEB SUPER PHOSPHATE
TO Till
PXAHTORS
A > T> r/i YF NO HESITATION IN RFOOMYEM INO
I. TO THE FULLEST EXT£N T .
y\'(. Ml ill np leaver to *n -ot -.’l Im'Dimate comnctition. and f-*.cl :u-
M’rcd tl i' a’l v !,o ns* n>i> - artin’o” w 11 be hi si lv pleased v-u • the uvu ts.
\YF OFFER \L>O Cf T n
“ £ U T A W ACID PHOSPHA TTb
which we believe : s e- la *3 any in the market,
CQISOS ©E'SJOH
Given if and. i ed
3M V;> m f>- v u> fi -“•
GEO. W. WILLIAMS & CO.
proprietors, charleston, s. c.
T I. P. &D. M. Almaxd age- ts; ooayers Ga.
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J H> - PEOF .K WILL '~AD TO HAT TP-L
OLD R’SLIA 111 ST ORS,
On the corner Outre and Com rercial Stveats, condscted by
*
. . , ihe InriresT fined ar J best assortment of Gordp eve
'bWitVt* Conyers flUt. Thj facilities crj yrd by HiJ
, and nn d popular house have ot ablec tbe Messrs itlnard te k* rn t t -hr (>•
Fall Stock a bne ot __ . • ■* t\t CJ
FIRST CLASS BARGAINS
,t eo fwhichneed only to be seen to be appreciate;'.. "he proprietors
Store nr- determined that no me!'bant in this section shall surpass t feme
her tbo quantity quality. style cr cheapness of merchandise offered to th
Public F.*cry*h : -ig that can be though', of in the lines> of ,
GKOCRFIRS, DF.Y GOODS, Bl ATS ft.CAMK BOOTS &
CROCKERY aoi GLAfeb WARE, Ct>lL dti,
KOTIONS, ETC., will be found \t this bouse.
gda. Call and see for youreelvee.