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HAM AND EGGS-
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The following amusing, but true
incident was told me a few days
, In a small Alabama town,
Xe lived an able, but rough and
Lain spoken Judge. Ho was a man
bo ve reproach as to his character,
!l . et he often took methods of jus
tice which were, to say the least,
ther unusual.
One dav while holding court, he
P»'« d hl th ," pro7d
ing,»na»»W in a olear, stern
'°ql'ol<ls mlnute! Ther ’' "A
•. this court room with a pis-
H l ’’l know because I have seen it,
" d there is no use for him to de
it Xow if he will come for
ward lay the pistol and a sil
ver dollar on my desk, that will
ell d the matter. I have spoken le
the party quietly come forward.
There was death like silence in
the room for several moments,
I,nt no one moved.
Then, sterner light « into
th. -y B “ ; th ‘ flnn !'■’
Uiid ominously, again hi.
rang out with a perceptible
tardn« in the intonation, re
mating the •ommand.
P AB a man, the. twelve jurymen
moved forward and when they re-
ZXd to their seats, thirteen
hug. pwo l9 aQd thirtee ? gI T;
ili( . ? vei dollars lay befere that
strange judge.
A merry twinkle in his eyes foi
moment softened the Jharshness
of his looks, but, almost instant
ly the magistrate was on his feet
and his eyes changed into cold
and dreadful wrath as he said:
“This is almost beyond human
belief. That men should sit in a
jury box, proposing to deal out
justice, loaded down with conceal
ed weapons. Shame on you as
men of a law abiding country. iou
are no better than the outlaw who
is the menace to the life of every
citizen. But the man upon whose
person I saw that pistol has no t
vet come forward, and this is my
last appeal.” .
Then there was a mighty rush
for the stand, and when the crowd
fell back, fifty-two pistols, and fif
ty two dollars were on the table.
As the last man laid down his
donation to that queer lay out, the
judge said, pointing at the fellow :
“Thats the man I saw with the
pistol, and he is the last man to
come up.”
According to my notion if that
justice wasn’t shrewd he was most.
Alf Harper to’d ma the follow
ing good one on himself the other
day. lie had nightly read the
proof of some patent medicine con
cern, and the same told of miracu
lous cures of almost ‘every known
disease.
He reads thousands and thou
sands of testimonials from peo
ple who had been benefited by that
same nostrum, and he at last be
came firmly convinced that he w as
desperately in need of some of it.
He couldn’t imagine for what
earthly purpose he wanted to take
it, as he was appearantly in fine
health. But the desire was irre
sistible, and he immediately pur
chased a supply of th© midicine.
He has been taking it steadily for
several days and firmly believes
he could not get along without it.
Farmers are gradually awaken
ing to the importance of raising
thfir own meat, eaid a well known
iarrnor from near the Polk County
line to rue yesterday. ‘‘l know all
down in my section that with few
exceptions, every body will kil]
enough meat to last them next
J’far, and besides that they will
hav» hogs to sell or keep for anoth
er year.
I know the constant erv of
'•hk tarui’.ng class is the low price
°fcottou,but who have they to
niame but themselves? Don’t they
keep m raising it every year, and
having grains and such out? We
have just simply got to stop plant
so much. Next year I shall
P ant a very sn ail of it,
aod raise Corn, Wheat, Oats, G-ass
€t c, instead.”
hat s a sensible farmer, and l’ 1 1
he is a successful one.
So the East and West Railroad
has be-n|gobbled ;Woll it is a splen
did thing tor this mt ire section,
as the syndicate that bought it
will extend it at both ends an
make a magnificent ro«d out of it
Bu‘ the plucky little city of Cedar
town is indeed jubilant over the
outlook, already the air down there
thrills with the piomise of better
fin es, and the quickening pulse of
renewad energy is felt ou all
sides.
And the city of Cedars deserves
prosperity. Her people are hospiti
ble and public spirit, d- She sits
the proud y>ung queen of the fin
est mineral region in the world,
and is destined to be in the future
a great manufacturing mart. The
go den dawn hujut opened for
her. and my clever and plump
friends, Messrs Coleman an d
Ilußß“i),are going to be mighty
Hgents io the upbuilding of tho
Gem city ©f the Vallies.
There is a certain pier on East
River in the busiest part of New
York, where over 800 people have
attempted suicide in the past few
years. In fact it became such are
sort for people bent on self destruc
tion that a life saving station has
been placed there. The man in
chargo of it has saved scores of
lives. The favorite hour ot the sui
cides is twelve o’clock at night.
“The slickest trick I ever had
played on me,” said a slim young
fellow the other evening, as he
toasted before a good fire in tin
Armstrong, “was perpetrate d by
an infcrnal book agent. Since that
time I have had a holy horror oi
them. It happened about thiswny.
I had not been out on the
very long then, and am free to
confess that I was a little fresh.
One evening I got into a little old
town up in lowa. There was but
one hotel there and it wasen’t the
best one in the world.
It was nearly dark when I ar
rived, and of course I didn't try
to see any of the trade. After sup
per 1 sat around the office, won
dering how in the blazes I would
pass the evening. A quiet, dignifi
ed man was sitting near the fire,
and we commenced a slow kind of
conversation, which soon devel
oped into a lively’ and confidential
chat.
He was an unusually well post
ed man, and a splendid talker.
Pretty soon he invited me up to
his room, and we were at once a
good friends as if we had known
each other for years.
He ordered drinks, and as we
sat and drank it, before a cheerful
fire, the talk drifted into litera
ture.
My new friend seemed as well
posted ou this hue as „u othiiß
PrAsetiHy h“ got tin an 1 going u
a valise took out a neat looking
volumn I don’t remember now jus
what the name of it was, but any
way we looked at it and i remem
ber it wns a good thing.
‘ Perhaps you wou'd like to have
it? ’ said the stranger.
Now 1 thought 'h' 1 blaukety id
iot wanted to give the thing to
me, so I said.
“Certainly, I would esteem its
valuable prize.’
“Well then” said he “you cat
have it for $3-00. My pr*c© to ev
ery body else is $4 00 but I like
you and knock off my profit ”
“I looked at the fellow in blank
amazement, and without a word
laid $3 00 on the table, hurled the
darned book in the tire and strode
out of ihe room. Tnats why I hat
book agents like pizen.”
And the voung fellow looked
angrily into the glowing coals.
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United States.
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THE HUSTLER OF ROM E, SUNIJAY NOVEMItB 'j 8. 1894
WILL TRY IT IN ST. L.
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The Government and the Missis
sippi Warrant Cases.
Washington, Nov. 17—Chief
Hazen, of the United Secret ser
vice, says the fact “that the Unit-!
*d States grand jury at Jackson,
Mis«, refused to indict Governor
Stone, and tha other state officers
hi collection with the issue of the
Mississippi warrants wiP not deter;
the I nited States government ofli -,
cere from proseevting the case mi
>t, Louis, Mo. aud Chici go 111 ,
avaiust the bank note company I
tba ; print* d the warrants.”
The matter is likely to be agai I
cal led to the attention of the new
United States grand jury at Jack
eon.
The government officers in the
treasury view the matter of the
state iGsueing warrants, which
were mtended to pass as money ,
which have a striking similitude
to the United States paper curren
cy, in a serious aspect as being a
direct contravention of the law.
The prosecution will be pushed in
a l l its phrases to the highest courts
by the United Stat«-e government.
The Saint and tha Czar.
St. Philp came of a wealthy
family. He was attached to the
court of the Czar Ivan the Terrible,
hut in rvbat capacity I did noi
learn.
At all events, in 1539 he left the
court and entered Solovetsk i as a
monk. He found it a place of little
wooden chapels and miserable
huts; he left it wit., a fortified
stone monastery, a really fine C'a
’hedrsl, and more than one well
built church. In short, the whole
working organism of S 1 >vetsk is
due to him They called him back
to Moscow after he had been 17
years in Solovetsk, and made him
Metropolitan of all Russia.
Now, Ivan the Terrible among
nis other eccentricities, was like
Norman Kings, in that he loved to
lay waste the lands about. But he
w as much worse than they were,
for he did n not far purpose of
sport nor did he do it in s ) kind a
vay. His idea was simply to thin
ut the districts so that there
might be no mutterings and no
crowd. Therefere, when a district
became a little too much over
stocked for hie liking, out he rode
with sword in hand and tbined it
Aud one day. when stsarimg on
i bunt of this kinde.in which he
xpccted extraor liuary sport, and
to be able to depopulate pretty
veil a cert an district, he chanced
upon his Metroplitan, whom he
-traightway ask“d to bless the ex
pedition. But Philip the Bishop
iot only refused, but expostulated
,vith him on bis cruelty. Here upon,
vithoutmore demur Ivan dropped
him into prison and had him strai -
e 1 th 'te T his was in 15b9 .Long
man's Magazine.
Only a Rats
A rat nearly cairned a panic in
the Park Theatre, Brooklyn, last
night. In the middle of on* of the
mo.-t thrilling scenes of “Madiline
>r the Magic Kiss, a big iat en
tered a box, and after making
things lively for the women there
bounded up the arch to the balco
ny and thence with leap
down into the parterre.
Men shouted, women and chil
dren screamed, and for awhile it
looked as if a general panic would
ensue At last somebody with pres
ence of mind yelled out the rat was
dead. This had the desired est -c •
People returned to their seats ana
th > play went on
TO THE PUBLIC.
Acting under the
best medical adv.ee, I
have determined to re
tire from active busi
ness at once. My en
tire stock of shoes are
offered at cost. I shall
keep no books, ope -?.
no accounts, but will
sell for SPOT CASH at
ACTUAL COST every
thing in my line. My
entire stock, consist
ing of fresh staple
goodswill be offered
Monday morning
to the people of this
City and surrounding
country at the same
price theycost me. My
heal h demands tnis
c+po To merchant or
consumer the goods
mui t <? >
Very truly yours.
J. L. Camp-
[fl.
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