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POETICAL. ——sa- A MISTAKE. BY ETHEL LYNN. In the warm moonlight, Shiningclear and white, Many shadows were dimly thrown; But among them all Not’ the shadow tall For whose coming I waited lone. So I listened long To the cricket’s song, . To the bird in her quiet nest; So I watched the shade On the walk that played For the shadow I loved ihe best. Watched—till a cloud, I.ike a convict’9 shroud Was drawn o’er the pale moon’s face ; Till the shadows dun Blended all in one On the wide walk’s open space. Till the army dumb Of the stars hod come To encamp on the far off blue; Where they seemed to say, In their silent way, Here at last is something true. As I wrestled stout With unspoken doubt, Did a star from its orbit shoot, And in blackless die „ With my uttered crjr, That had shivered the darkest mute ? Not a star? Ah, no ; Flitting bright and low Through the shrub-alleys cool and damp, See, it lights the dark With its starry spark— ’Tis the shine of the fire-fly’s lamp. Then a whispered name With’a footfall came ; So my faith strongly steadfast grew. Now, whate’er befall, I shall trust through all— Shall remember the stars are true ; . That the fault is mine To mistake the shine Of an earth-light, though growing bright, For the steady glow That is true, I know, If I look as I should aright. JLAXJOHOGRAIVIS. “Spirit of the Press”—A glass of ci der. The hardships of the ocean—lron clads. Music by Handel—That of the organ grinder. Oldest Western settler—The evening sun. Of what trade are bees ? Comb mak era. Strange bed-clothes—Three sheets in the wind. Shadespeare has a blacksmith’s shop in Buffington. What part of a fish is like the end of book? The finis. To keep dry—Eat a herring or a mack erel. To dispel the gloom of misfortune— Make light of your troubles. The Bulls of Wall street have been thoroughly cowed. A fowl’s neck is like a oell when it is wrung for dinner. Wizardian Cdiigostromantheum, is the name of a show out West. Where to find a cow’s pedigree—ln a cattle-log. One is not apt to see a point of a joke of which he is the butt. A fanner asks if folding-doors in hog pens will be in fashion this season. What did Io die of ? lodide of potas sium. A man’s brewery is like the well of the Israelites, because he brews think there. Milwaukee ships more grain than Chi cago, and Chicago feels cross-grained at it. What is that which the rich man wants, the poor man has, the miser spends, and the spendthrift saves? Noth ing. A bashful girl—The one who blushed on being asked, if she had been courting sleep. “Uncle John, how is my cousin Samu el?” “O, he’s berryed,” replied uncle John, coolly. “What do you mean ?” “Killed hunself eating strawberry short cake.” That “little birds in theirnests agree” is no credit to the little birds, because it would never do for them to fall out, you know. “Is this carpet really Brussels?” ask ed an unsophisticated lady of a young clerk. “Yes, madam, it was made by old Brussels himself.” Which was the most industrious au thor, Dickens, Bulwer or Warren ? Dickens wrote “All the Year Round.” Bulwer, “Night and Morning.” Warren, “Now and Then still he wrote “Ten Thousand a Year.” “Does your arm pain you ?” asked a lady of a gentleman, who at a party, had thrown his arm across the back of her chair, so that it touched her shoul der. “No, it does not pain me, but why do you ask ?” “O, I noticed that it was out of place, that’s all.” The gentleman withdrew his arm, im mediately. AGRICULTURAL MANURE AND TILLAGE. Tillage is a good thing. Manure is a good thing. But tillage and manure to g ther are far better than either alone. So I said to myself yesterday as I walk ed across my com field. This spring I spread a little well-rotted manure on the poorer parts of the field and ploughed it in. I have cultivated the corn very tho roughly—almost excessively. The land was for from c.ean, and I was determined that not a weed should grow that I could reach with a cultivator. We harrowed the field four times with a Thomas har row after the com was planted and be fore it was large enough to cultivate. Since, the cultivator has been through it seven or eight times, and I shall go thro’ it once more in August. This is a pretty good tillage, and the com, on the whole, looks quite well for this season; but wherever the manure was applied the ef feet was quite decided. I do not think I ever saw so little manure do so much good. We did not put on over five tons to the acre. True, it was good manure', made from sheep, cows and pigs fed largely on bran, and was pretty well rot ted; but still I think the tillage has help ed the manure. I am sure the manure has helped the good tillage. What we want is good and good tillage. And when Iso strenuous ly and so frequently urge farmers to cul tivate the soil more thoroughly, I have precisely this result in my mind. I never teamed of depending ultimately on till age alone. I use it merely as a stepping stone to something better. If I have given any other impression" jt must be because I do not write and talk plainly and definitely. But it is also just possi ble that some people are careless readers and uncandid critics. I have urged again and again the great importance and many advantages of good tillage. I have not a word to take back. I am sure good tillage alone would add millions of dollars annually to the profits of our agi iculture Can any sane mar doubt it? But I never supposed that any farmer who had energy enough to cultivate his land thoroughly would be willing to stop there. Asa rule, the men who have the cleanest farms make the most manure. I know a farmer who feeds a good many sheep every winter, and makes a large quantity of manure. He has succeded in bringing his land to a high degree of productiveness. But it is very foul. The weeds rob him of half his profits. This farmer makes all the manure he can, but does not cultivate his land thoroughly. Now, the point I want to make is this: A man may make a goed deal of manure and not cultivate his land; but did you ever see a man who took special pains to kill all the weeds on his farm and get his land mellow and in the best mechanical condition, who did not aim to make and use all the manuie he could? And so, when I recommend good tillage, I take it for granted that the extra crops so produced will, to a great extent at least, be used for feeding stock and making manure. There is a sense, of course, in which tillage is an exhausting process. It de velops the plant-food lying dormant in the soil. If you develop this plant-food and convert into com or clover, and then sell the crops, you impoverish the farm more than if you did not cultivate the land so thoroughly. But, nn the other hand, if the com and clover are fed out on the farm, and the manure saved and applied, the good tillage will make the farm richer in available plant-food. This process will soon enable a far mer to dou ble his crops and quadruple his profits. [J. Harris* in American Agriculturist. BILL AEP ON THE PANIC. Mr. Nevin, sur—Now is the time for foaks to show what metal they are made of. Now is the time for foaks to hold up their beds and have confidence. If evry body who has got a surplus will lend it to them who hasent—one of whom I am which—things will get equalized and regulated in no time. There is a plenty of money and plenty of truck for evry body if it was divided out right. Ive al ways managed to get my sheer, though at times it’s required more strategy to keep the little Arps in vitels and cloaths thanßonypart displayed in his retreat from Moscow. I tell you what's a sol emn fakt, a whole passel of children of HENRY FRANKLIN, WHOLESALE GROCER AND COMMISSION MERCHANT,. No. 2 Warren Block, AUGUSTA GEORGIA. all sizes, from a saddle tack up, will sharpen a poor man’s wits quicker than anything in the world—espeshally if the old hen keeps up a the rear. “ Keep a movin, old man,” says she, “keep a movin, and never say die. Bull Run’s shoes are out at the toes, Chickahominy hasent got a whole coat to his back, and you know he’s beginnin to notice the girls a little, and wants to go decent; Shenandoah must have have a new meriner dress for the winter, and the baby is obleeged to have a pair of little blankets for his crib. Five or six of the others want shoes and stockens just as soon as you are able to get ’em. The shugar is out, and the coffee is low, and last week’s washin ain’t paid for, and you must send a man to fix that leak in the roof to-morrow.” .... A chestnut burr has got a sweet nut hid away in the middle of it. There’s a heap of good things with burrs over em, and he s a sensible man who knows how to get the goodies out without stick in his fingers. I’m not a going to go crazy about a panik or lost money, or busted banks or any otber transitory ser cumstance. A little meal and a few po tatoes will do my family till times git better, and I know a dozen clever farm ers who will trust me for that. Farewell, rirkus—farewell, clown! There 11 be a Dig' gap in pour aujience this time, shore. Me and the boys can make up * respekt ble ring and play hoss at home if we want to, and Mrs. Arp and the girls can set around and holler whoopee. At any rate, we are bound to do the very best we can. The recent test of Fire-Proof Safes by the English Government proved the superiority of Alum Filling. No other Safes filled with Alum and Plaster-of-Paris. MARVIN & GO., 265 Broadway, N. Y., 721 Chestnut St., Phila. THE GREAT REMEDY FOR CONSUMPTION which can be cured by a timely resort to this stand ard preparation, as has been proved by the hundreds of testimonials received by the proprietors. It is acknowl edged by many prominent physicians to be the most reliable preparation ever in troduced for the relief and cure of all Lung complaints, and is offered to the public, sanctioned by the experience of over forty years. When resorted to in season it sel dom fails to effect a speedy cure in the most severe cases of Coughs, Bronchitis, Croup, Whooping Cough, Influenza, Asthma, Colds, Sore Throat, Pains or Sore ness in the Chest and Side, Liver Complaint, Bleeding at the Lungs, &c. Wistar’s Balsam does not dry up a Cough, and leave the cause behind, as is the case with most preparations, but it loosens and cleanses the lungs, and allays irritation, thus removing the cause of the complaint. prepared by SETH W. FOWLE & SONS, Boston, Mass., And sold by Druggists and Dealers generally. To Arrive ! New Goods! ATTRACTIVE AND NOVEL! . ... J. H. JONES & CO. ANNOUNCE THAT THEY ARE IN RECEIPT OF THEIR NEW FALL STOCK, EMBRACING mb hen oi mum and Bourne DRY BOOBS’? FANCY GOODS, CLOTHING, Boots and Shoes, Hats and Caps, Hardware, Groceries* &c. and we guarantee to Nell goods as low as they can be purchased In Augusta, Atlanta or any otber market. We earnestly Solicit a call from you. when )ou visit our town, Tor we feel confldei. t. that to style, quality, and prices, our selection will be hard to surpass t— mm Hiiii’i mum 1 wmm - -tout., ■ mn n—■■iieh in —nr ■—mm n wit mmimi—wr. . SOMETHING WORTH REMEMBERING uw OUR BUYER (MR. KEAX) IS NOW IN NEW YORK, CULLING GEMS FROM ALL THE LARGE IMPORTING HOUSES. in the United States, and feels confident that for Style, Quality & Cheapness HIS SELECTIONS WILL BE HARO TO SURPASS. &mm stock T s coming in rapidly, and we cordially invite all to visit us daily, as there will be something NEW, ATTRACTIVE AND NOVEL Every day, and it affords us pleasnre to display them, whether you buy or not. We will sell to COUNTRY MERCII4NTS at New York quo a tions Tor CASfI. For aporoved City Acceptance we will sell on a credit to Ist October next, adding lj per cent interest per month. Apply with perfect, confidence in our willingness and ability to serve you as wall as an y house South, and yon will not be disajf pointed. Very Respectfully, KEAN & CASSELS. DOZIER & WALTON V 441 BROAD STIiEET, AUGUSTA, GA. ARE NOW RECEIVING A LARGE aND WELL SELECTED STOCK OF 121 E & WINTER HOODS CONSISTING OF EVERY VARIETY OF Staple & Fancy Dil Goods A LARGE LOT OF CLOTHING, HATS AND CAPS! LARGE ASSORTMENT OF BOOTS & SHOES! A FINE LOT OF LADIES’ HATS! HARDWARE, GROCERIES. &c., & c ., Which they pledge themselves to sell as Cheap as the Cheapest. BOOTS, SHOES AND HATS FOR FALL & WINTER TRADE. We are now receiving from FIRST HANDS our Fall and Winter stock (ff BOOTS. BHOES, HATS AND TRUNKS Which we will sell at Marvelously Low Prices. Our stock is the largest that has ever been offered in this market, nnd to the WHOLE SALE liAl'E we are determined that no house North shall undersell ug. zan OUR RETAIL. DEPARTMENT Is supplied with a full line of the BE3T PHILADELPHIA and BALTIMORE GOODS made to our own order and warranted to site satisfaction. Prices in tills department sre always as Low as the Lowest. GALLAHER & MULHERIN, ocl-3m 399 Bod st., AUGUSTA, GA. inn ii tons SALE. In Store and to Arrive. 1 00 Hhds. Bacon SHOULDERS hJ Hnds.Bacon SIDES. iOo Hhds. Reboiled MOLASSES 20 Hhds. Cuba MOLASSES 20 puncheons Demarara MOLASSES 200 Barrels Reboiled MOLASSES 00 Barr Is New Orleans MOLASSES 40 Hhds. New Orleans SUGARS. 35 Hhds. Demarara SUGARS 150 Barrels Refined SUGARa 50 Tierces RICE & 150 Tierces Choice Leaf LARD 150 Kegs Choice Leaf LARD 150 Boxes Pale SOAP 150 boxes Adamantine CAH -100 Bags Rio, Java and Laguyra COFFEE. 325 Boxes Well-cured Bulk C. R SIDES 50 Boxes Well-cured Bulk SHOULDERS Brooms, Woodware, Spices, Starch, Matches, Chewing and brooking Tobacco, Twines, Wrap plug paper, at lowest wholesale prices. n .., c WALTO *’ eLAIIK & CO., Mch2b Augusta, Georgia. It costs less than S3OO to make any S6OO Piano sold through agents, all of whom make 100 ptr cent, profit. We have no agents, but ship direct to families at factory price. _ We make only one style anti have but one price. Fwo Hundred ml Ninety Dollars , net cash, with no discount to dealers or commissions to teach ers. Our lumber is thoroughly seasoned; our cases are Double Veneered with Rosewood, have front rotted corners, serpentine bottom and carv ed lezs. We use the full iron plate with over strung bass, French Grand action with top dam pers, and our k?ys are of the best ivory, with ivory fronts. Our /‘iano has seven octaves, is 6 feet 9 inches long. 3 feet 4 inches wide, and weighs, boxed, 955 pounds. Every Piano is fully warranted for five years. Send for illustrated circular, in which we re fer to over 700 Bankers, Merchants, etc., some of whom you may know, using our Pianos in 44 States and Territories. U. S. I*l ANO COMPANY. 810 Broadway, N. Y. sß?* Please state where you saw this notice. RXECOTORS’ ALE OF LAND. BY VIRTUE OF AN ORDER OF THE COURT of Ordinary of Elbert County, will be sold on the first Tuesday in December next, at the CourMiouse door in said county, between the lego 1 sale hours, all the lands in said county belonging to Dillard Herndon at the time ofliii death that has been reduced into the possession of the executors of said Dillard Herndon, con tniniug twenty live hundred and seventy-two acres, more or less, adjoining lands ol Elbert V. Rucker, George E. Heard, Janies McLanahan, Richard 0. Adams, Thomas Black, and others, which said tract has been cut up into eight smaller ones, making that many very desirable plantations, all well timbered and watered, as follows, to wit: One tract, known as the mill tract, containing five hundred and three acres. The old house tract, containing seven hun dred and forty-one acres. The Burden ;ri.ct, containing three hundred and seven and three quarters of au ncre. The home tract, containing two hundred and lifteeu acrea. The Bro vn b' ttom, containing two hundred and ninety-four and one-half acres The Btackvvel. place, containing two hundred and seventy-three and one-quarter acres. The Adams place, containing one hundred and fort', -nine acres. The Warren place, containing eighty-eight and one-halt acres. All by surveys recently made. The old home place, titc home place, the Burden place, and mill tract have very good dwellings and out houses. For farther particulars and information call on cither of the undersigned, who will take great pleasure in exhibiting the several places. Terms of sale: One half cash in currency; the other-half by note due the Ist January, 1875, with interest at 10 per cent., and bonds for title given until final payment. DANIEL M. CARLTON, PETER CLEVELAND, JAMES W. JONES, Oct. 21, 1873- Ex’rs of Dillard Herndon, deceased. NEW STOCK_AT_LOW FIGURES J. EBERHART & SON Have now arriving a superior stock of GENERL MERCHANDISE Which they want to sell by Christmas C H £ A F FO R CAS H. llie Oldest Furniture House in the State PLATT” BROS. 212 & 214 Bx*oadL St. AUGUSTA, GA., Keep always on hand the latest styles of FURNITURE Os ever}- variety manvfactured, from the lowest to the highest grades CHAMBER, PARLuR. DINING-ROOM, AND LIBRARY COMPLETE SUITS, OR SINGLE PIECES. At prices which cannot fail to suit the purchaser UNDERTAKING, In all its branches, METALLIC CASES AND CASKETS, of various styles and make; im ported Wood Caskets and Cases, of ev ery known design and finish; Cof fins and Caskets of our own make, in mahogany, rose* wood and walnut An accomplished under'aker will be in at tendance at all hours, day and night AlOTlCEfor leave to Sell Land.— i\ Application will be made to the Court of Ordinary of Elbert County, Georgia, at the first regular term after the expiration of four weeks from this notice,for leave to sell the lands belonging to the estate of Moses F. Adame, late of said county deceased, for the benefit of heirs and creditors of said deceased. Sept. 29/73. LOUISA A. ADAMS, Admx. SSOO Reward I WILL pay the above reward for the ar rest of the party who set fire to the gin-house of J. B. & J. M. Almand last Monday night, with proof to convict. J. B ALMAND,