The Dallas daily herald. [volume] (Dallas, Tex.) 1873-1887, 1884-02-12

gcrVpa the entire confidence Of ihH SOM
munilv as Browns Il chial Ir0ch's.
Those suffering from Aslhmdtic u.a ufun-
chal Disouses, Coughs and Colds, a,u.d
ny them. Price, % cents.
-oOs-
slightly Mixed.
One OF the hardest worked men Ia *
istence is the drummer; but notwit hstanu-
ing the rough ana weGrlsom0 lila hH Is
Obliged % lead, he Is generally happy. The
drummer ia looked upon as Jolly, care
less fellow, end though tina may be truo
10 q certain ext nj, 10 is proverbirl OF Him
hat he works hpsd !or The GOOD OF his
houee and much that miaht DO a. rbuied
10 o.re,essness is the result Of over-work
and u pressure for time. All drummers
can vouch for this. Many instances are re
corded in which this hurry and busils I
business has produced stuppndous results;
sometimes serious, sometimes The
Seyer9o' ons incident ,,; Of the he
latter Latter character s ,ob6 rs,a' sTumm
from Lynchburg, who travels Arkansas
and Texas. 1t appears that George, when
he came 10 Arkansaw, lett his heart at
home in the keeping of the dearest girl N
Ameiiky;" and The loss OF this valuable
adjunct to his manly frame preyed more or
ess heavily upon his mind. /, was
while in this condition that no struck tue
sGs. George ted the tale one day TO n
party OF friends about as follows: 81 was
in ne early spring and | found trade very
brisk, and nearly all OF my stay was occu-
pied In taking orders from our various GUS
tomerg. | wo.ked late and vas obliged
to sit up to make out my orders.
At last was through, but | didnot stop
soul as the poets have it, 10 letter TO
my best girl, and then sealing aud stamp.
ing the letters / retired. Well, the let ters
were mailed all right, and went on with
my trip until / reached Little Rock, and
there, ct the Capitol hotel, | found two
letters awaiting me; one from the house
and one In the well-known handwriting OF
my gifi. Ofcourse opened IL first. Afier
a glance at the fret line, hurriedly shoved
II in my pocket and sought the retirsment
Of my room, where ] proceeded TO read 1t
deyoured by all kinds OF feelings. You
can never tell my predicament unless you
see that letter. and here IL u.s." IS ne took
well.thumbed sheet from his pocket book
and spread u on the table. The
shook with laughter, and no wonder IL
began:
LYHCnBuRG, March Q, 1888 Mr.. George S.:
SIR-Your valued favor OF February 18th
received and contents noted. Am glad you
find cigars brisk, but cannot see what that
mas TO 90 WIN l0t Ulut luIEbt LDNb gbu
wrote of before. You also say that plug S
dull aud need send but five cases. | re-
greet 20 say that | am innocent on the sub
iect OF plug, dull or otherwise and as Tor
the swPetened navy 10 which you so pa
theticnlly allude, you most certainly cannot
havei,. | suppose you mean my nayy'blue
Jersey that you spilled the dish OF
syrup on that night in the dining'room,
when you tried to K, but there, sir, its
enough that you can't have H.. And my
| iuss. too-wh0taver should | do with my
| front hair if | should send you my "tin
| tags," "a you call them-excuse me, If you
please. Your wants appear to be Unsuitable,
| ior you haven't been content with desiring
my things" but you even hint that | send
| YOU our old Durham, 10 say nothing Of the
cock of the roost" and the Log Cabin,
and then you close by requesting gross OF
! Virginia Bellies Oh, you old Mormon,
YOU How have been deceived in you
| To an uninterested observer it would seem
| that you must have been induging in
ardent spirits when you wrote, but, in me,
"the only girl you love" it has q denial
| Judge, and have concluded that possibly
| Won sent me the wrong letter. Shalt tele-
graph TO Messrs. Il. IL Is. Tor my letter. |
await your answer with impatience.
Your own
How the boys yelled. But that's not
the worst /" said George, taking out an
other lei er. Look at this" and tho boys
| look d
LYYcmnuRG. VA, March "a, 1889. Dear, dear
| George;
Your darling letter we received by this
mornings post and hasten to answer. We
are 60 glad that the horrid corn on your
poor toe hes gone away. Pray give US the
receipt-the senior member is troubled
with one somewhat smaller than q base
ball. You poor. dear creature! and SO 1t
had 10 sew the buttons on Its coat No,
thanks, we CAM see IL with you when you
picture 80 brightly our happy future to-
gether. Reckon voa'll be obliged to sew
your own buttons for some time Il
YOU depend on US And the sweet little
bunch OF blue forget -me.nots. gentle hint
how carefully Fe shall preserve them:
And so you will be ever true TO us and hold
us ever cherished in the center OF your
heart? That's oil right. That's what we
pay you for, bui IL don't jhn with your ex
pense account the sweet Little blot with
The ring around %, which you sent as kis'
duly noticed No. we didn mt kiss it, but
had Tom, the Office boy, to do it for us. W.
are highly pleased with your expression o
esteem and shall expect 10 neal
good reports of you II yor
perform thc pledges you giv'
us We have received no bracelet IRON
yON uuu tSoA uhpu tilat hAhatnciS ~
vision. But this is not tobacco-whcre i
your O-business? We used to send {
little tobacco there. Please look the tow
up again. We remain you're, etc.
B. & b.
=. S.-We are sorry we cannot accep
your kind invitation 10 hear Abbott whel
she comes here, as we have a previous Ell
gagement, but Mr.. X, our book.keper
win be pleased to 60 with you.
b & b.
NOW, I tell you, boys, those letter
fioored me fiat" said George, as he folde,
the letters and replaced them IN his pocket
"But can laugh with the rest Of you now
, for its all right again and no bones broken
Laugh II you want TO, boys"
And we smiled.
, When you feel yourself gradually breaf
! ing down don't wait until YOU have take
. TO your bed. While you are still able to
: uosnd about fight the grim m onster diseas
| By the use Of proper restoratives. In
! best remedy for mslsria, indigestion
: weak kidneys, constant fatigue, fits OF dis
. xiness, heart disease, short breath an
! other plications Of disordered system
: Browns Iron Bitters, Its magic infiuent
: in cooouering diseases of an exhauetiv