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PROFESSIONAL CARDS. *. N. WOULKV. THOW. C. CAIIETON. WORLEY & CARLTON, ’ Attorneys and Counselors at Law. ELBEBTON, GA. "Windup of ostateH and Criminal Law a specialty. Office tn the Courthouse. & N, CARPENTER, ATTORNEY AT LAW ELBEBTON-, GA. > unoriLt practice wherever employed, either in the W State or Federal courts. Advice to udnnniMru tor, rxecutorer and guardians a specialty, 'vufin ireatljriita titles to real estate unrl personal collect claims, and g<ve prompt atteptioL to all busi neas entroted to him. ‘ ; j *_ L, J. riARTRELL, •' ATTORNEY AT la AWT ATLANTA, GEORGIA. PRACn ’8 IN THF, UNIT®® STATES Cfß ' call ad District Court? at Atlanta, .and the Bu <prcra<* and Superior CVmrta of the State. y a. Attorney and Counsellor at Law. BAAtJBLSVI I.L|, GA. Wiit practice wherever All buarnoss Mi nuted wW receive strict attention. RHILIP w. DAVIS, attorney at LAW, ELBERTON. GA. * t IrTTJI.T. practice in hi? the conriS of the Northern fW circuit and also Franklin and’ Clarke of the W.-ftem aud the U. S. District conrt, Ail liuaim ss It intruded ®* hi* care will receive pAnipt attention. Tiosley-W, Rucker. Geo. C. Oregon. STOKER & GROGAN, ATTORNEYS AT LANA ELBERTON, GA, JV" Will practice wherever employed. JOHN P, SHANNON. ATT OR N E Y AT I. AW EiBSHTOK, GEORGIA. - WILL practice in all the com-ts of th Northern Circuit and Franklin county 3. S. BARNETT, ATTORNEY AT LAW HLBHRTO?t,-GA. R. 11. JONES, ATTORNEY AT LAW, ELBSHTON, GA. special attention to live collection of claims QHAS. W. SEIDEL, ATTORNEY AT LAW Hartwell, Hart Cos., Ga. BUS IN ii S S CA It DS, lIGHT CARRIAGES & OOOGIiS & Carriage Jj'flaniifact’r E I, B E RTOMJEO RGII. WITH GOOD WORKMEN! LOWEST PRICES! (CLOSE PERSONAL ATTENTION TO BUSINESS, and AN EXPE RIENCE OF 30 YEARS, He hopes Ay honest and luir dnrling to com pete with any other manufactory, PRICES GREATLY RtiRCED! liVSEND FOR PRICE"LIST. REPAIRING & BLACKSMITH ING. Work done in this line in very best style Th Best Harness?. . Tl£ftMS CASH sew Millinery aud Dress Making establish mk’ ; r. .LADIES* EMPORIUM ■ • OF #Astijroisr. Hn. CORNELIA GAIMtRCKT rc- iTnlly an nounces that ah. l* n*‘\v at her new aouae prepared ■expressly for t>er, oil Heard St..< PPite l>r. lleadwy lerV, ready >o do ailpvoik i* her line tlint ahe may lie ■favored wiA A iiewanu complete stock of Millinery and Dadiea' Fumixielnu flood* will he received iu ah.ont t\yo weeks, an iid'pectloii of which is respectfully solicited. C, Nornmn. Win. McDuffie. NORMAN & M^DTTFEIE, C ontractorS FOR PLASTERING, BRICK WORK BRICK MAKINU, KALSOMINING VND GENERAL HOUSE REPAIRING. All work soli cited. March IS. IS7B—U J. I. WESEMAN, Practical Millwright; Allas located at Elberton. Building and repairing FLOUR AND GRIST MILLS A specialty. Cotton Gins and Tresses, Turbine Wheels and Engines let up and pin in working order Will turnisli Mill Machinery, Millstones, Smut Ms 'hincs Turbine Wheels and Engines, of the latest ini p -oved patterns, at manufacturers’ prices. - Wliefer by permission to my former patrons. Dissolution. The firm heretofore known in Klbcrtou as Adams A Itlackwe.il is tins day dissolved by mutual consent. The "books, notes and accounts of the old firm will be found in the hands of 1). H, Blackwell, and he will always be ready to wa t upon any one wishing .to li quidate liis indebtedness. DIN ADAMS. Jan 10,18 SO 1). K. BLACKWELL ■n ■ afi CURED Promptly and Perma § 1 § S neatly. I send a IxMloot my cel i H brated remedy, with a valuable ■ treatise ou tills disease, free to all P® B fl ■sufferers who send me their F. O. fl H I _ laud Express address. I I I Id . H. C. ROOT, No. IS3 111 V#l’earl Street., New l ink. New Series, VOLUME,VHI. j ,mi Series, VOLUME XXL \ <ii ■ **" t " J) ; BRICK! ■ CHEAPER thauSVE R —-—-di 4 r v, The .iqilurslgued will ■>,!■ . . as goon as soon as the weather will permit. We ask competition no odds. Wc will sell As CliScip' cts tlis CLioa.pos't Respectfully, NORM AX, McDUFFIE & HEARD. A. M. ADAMS, CITMCTfIR AND GENERAL MECHANIC, ELBERTON, GA. CWPnrtiee contemplating bnildiug wii! find it to their interest to consult me. A General Line of Lumber j Will be kept conotmiUy in stock* j- „ J±. _ KEOUG x-f, 1 Practical Jeweler, Elberton, Ga. if you vvf iit il Heionp FLJ.iRI D A 03 AND ES and nice jury AIM’LKS. or niioru-J.pl.tiu i‘d Fre?i\d CANiIIKS go to' 0. W. Butt © Cos. VARIETY STORE where they are driving fresh every day or two j Or if yon want any tiling in the NOTION •or HOSTEItY lino, that will be tlie place to ! get 'it. We also carry a linn of GLASSWARE. ! Anything in the glassware line, that yon mnv | want, and that we have not got in stock, will order it for you. We would espeeia'ly invite your atvtsntion to the fact that we are agents for the famous BOSS COFFEE lOT. which w. would he pleased to have you call and xhftiiuc wheth er -veil wish to purchase ll o' We-pa,- cash- for LD IRON. BRASS, COPPER ar.d l: Af vn r. Wi BUTTS & CO., A’orth side Public Square. j j etn now prepared to do all work in the TAILORING line in the laics' style and in the best -man ncr. Anvtl.ing from aTTOTTIXTCa •up (o making ‘he finest dress coat I have a j line of samples that 1 invite the public to see, | and 1 guarantee perfect satisfaction ' CLEANING & REPAIRING \ promptly attended to. ! Coat 50 cts., pants 25. Up stairs over Jones’ Store. A. J. W LAND. The Best owing machine Ever produced, wh dliur for Family use or Manufacturing, is the DOritLE-TtSKiMI), LOCR-SITTIIS LICIST-RIA’XIXG S l IT WILL LAST A LIFE-TIME, j What the Davis Vertical li’eeu will do Without Basting-. Plain and scallop binding. Bind dress • oods with the same material, either scailops, points, squares or straight. Bind folds without showing the. stitches. Bind folds without showing the stitches, and sew on at the same time. • It wtll put on skirt br.ftM mid. sew on facing at one operation, without showing the stitches. Make French folds. Make French folds and sew on at the same time, Make ndi lii. -in" told* wit it diifmut color* and pieces of goods St one operation, and sew mi at the same time. It wiii gather without sewing oa- It will gather and on *t the same time. II will gather between two bauds, showing the stSelies on the right side, at one operation. It will make plaited trimming, if will make plaited trimming and sew on at the same time. lt will make plaited trimming cither scalloped or straight. It will turn a hem and stitch’on trimming atone operation. It will make'wi le and narrow hems, hem all maimer of bias woolen goods, as suit, merino, crape, or goods diffieult to hem on other machines. It wij fold hems with cords enclosed, and stitch them down at one-operation. It will cover the cord and sew it between edges at tbo same time. It will do felling, bias or straight, cither ou cotton or woolen goods. For sale by Q- r IJITCHI CSTS, Fiber ton. THE GAZETTE. 45 Years Before the Public. THE GENUINE ; * BR. C. McIAHE’S CELEBRATED. T. A. ‘ LIVER PILLS, FOR THE CURE OF Hepatitis, or Liver Complaint, DYSPEPSIA AND SICK HEADACHE. of a Diseased Liver. 15Al¥ in the dght side, tmder the edge of the ribs' increases on pres sure; sometimes the pain is in the left side;, the patient is rarely able to lie on the left side; sometimes the pain is felt under the shoulder blade, and it frequently extends to the top of the shoulder, and is sometimes mistaken for rheumatism in the arm. The stomach is affected with loss of appe tite and sickness; the boweb in epn eral are costive* sojpaetimes alternative with lax; thd. hofJ. is troubled with pain, accompaniea with a dull, heavy sensation in the back part. There is generally a considerable loss of mem ory, accompanied with a painful sen sation of having left undone some thing which ought to have been done. A sliglxl. dry cough is sometimes an attendant. The patient complains of weariness and debility; he is easily startled, his feet are cold or burning, i nd he complains of a prickly sensa tion of the skin; his spirits are low; and although he is satisfied that exer cise would be beneficial to him, yet he can scarcely summon up fortitude enough to try it. In fact, he distrusts every remedy. Several of the abs’fe symptoms attend the disease, but cases have occurred where few of them ex isted, yet examination of the body, after death, has shown the liver to have been extensively deranged. AGUE AND FEVER. Dr. C. McLane’s Liver Pillc, in cases of Ague and Fever, when taken with Quinine, are productive of the most happy results. No better cathankjjp can be used, preparatory to, or after taking Quinine. We would advise all who are afflicted with this disease to give them a fair trial. For all bilious derangements, ar.d as a simple purgative, they are unequaled. 9IEWABE OF IWITATIOX.S. TSJvwgenuine are never sugar coated. B>#y box has a red wax seal on the lid, with the impression Dr. McLane’s Liver Pills. The genuine McLane’b Liverßills bear the signatures of C. McLane and Fleming Bros, on the wrappers. ' rrmttt wjJfflßT"having' the genuine Dr. C. McLane’s Liver Pills, prepared by Flem ing Bros., of the market being full of imitations of the name McLain , tpelled differently but same pronunciation. Marble Yard TA T Eh BEII TON, JyOi’th. feide Public Square. Harvingr opened here, I will be glad to see to all who are in want of TOMBSTONES all styles, including plain HEADSTONES, HEADSTONES IN BASES carved in all the latest styles, Base & Cradle Tombs, Monuments of all or plain. GRANITE WORKED. Ail marble bought directjjfrom the quarries. I feel ible to suit all, as Thave been engaged iu marble for 22 years at Anderson, S. C. I will sell as cheap as any dealer. THOS. M. WHITJO. L. X. ARCHER, Agent. Dr. Theo. BRAWN ER DENTIST, Offers his professional services to the cit’zens of Klbert and adjoining comities. All work gnarahteed and charges reasonable, Will work at Elberton by appoint mentr. Calls promptly attended to at residences Address me at Elberton. [jo 14-‘Jin Ji-P i- <i r ir<inu~n ")Yr.ntl<C^Tay it, UUAlvfcili CITY oiALVANIC CO. I’hiludclphia , Ta. BUILDER WJAV It will fell across seams on any goods. It will sew over uneven surfaces us well as plain. It makes a moie elastic stitch than any other ma chine. It doqs not change leng'h of stitch on scroll work. It sews front lace to leather without changing stitch or tension. For tucking, cording, braiding, quilting, rtilHing. fringing, embroidering, shoe fitting, tailoring, dress making and family use, it lias no equal. Tho Davis Vertical Feed, Shuttle Lock Stitch Sew ing Machine is, beyond question, more desirable for all kinds of work than any other machine in use, and is st combination of simplicity and durability. The Davis presents these advantages: It' prevents fulling nr gathering of goods, will sew over thick scams, or from one thick' css to another, without change of Hfiicli nr Tension, and makes the most Elastic, Durable and Uniform Lock Stich of any ma chine before fire public. The Davis is the only practical Machine for hem ming bias Alpaca, Poplin, 01 other goods of this de scription, without basting, and is especially adapted to Press-making in all its branches. Pitas obtained the highest Premiums w herever exhibited iu competi tion with other machines. The Davis lias the inost complete attiichiuints ever applied to a sewing machine, and will do every range of work with incomparably greater ease and facility than any other. it is without a rival In simplicity, strength and du abiiity. ELBERTON, GEqaGIA, FEBRUARY 18, 1880 Cwrreepondence Cinci-iuati Star.] THE HEW GIANT MOTOB. New York, Feb. 4, 1880. I sentryou an account of,ibe new Motor that is creating a sensation amoD" engineers and capitalis 3 of this city. *Accountsof its remarkable qual ities_ have been published from time to time in our local press, and the thing ha§ been examined ?rit caliy by experts, who pronounce its tatots extraordinary. A has jm>t been formed iu this city, with a capital of $5,000,000, and sen e of the very soundest business* New Toff: arc 'Tepresenfod T among whom Hepry F. Hamifl} of rf-e Deis fflater Iron Works (President of the Uompany), John L. Douglas, Win M Force, of Newark, N -J., Vibis Van Tynce, James H. Rees, of iLteburg, and other solid men. Tbe company will inangombe their great invention by a public exhibition of its qualities under the am -bees of President Morton, of the Stevens In stitute, of Hoboken, N. J., aud * steam boat has been purchased for :tie pur pose, which is to be adjusted nd the public test made immediately. The extraordinary properties of bisulphide of carbon have been long kno-rn, but no one has hitherto discovered tbe means of utilizing its forces r. 7 til re cently whet its union with petroleum solved the difficulty. By its usd in the manner now applied it may b-3 used with the ordinary steam engine with out any change whatever nor even tire turning of a screw further ti-'.a- the addition of a condenser to con dense the vapor after it bn- been passed through the engine cylir der by connecting a pipe from the exhaust, and also connecting Another pq • from the escape or safety valve w: JPtbe condenser. In use the bisub.! de of carbon is stored in a tank u* ? the condenser; the water is lilled the boiler the same as for steam, ..f l nb ed a little more than lake 7;; say 140 to 200; then wherfpower - want ed the pump is set in motion t nject the bi-sulphide of carbo* i1 • |(> the heated water in the boiler. Tt instant ly vaporizes and fills tho. steSnl iham her, and k thenceforwai and acts pr-.cisely as steam, only more dense, an : with greater force. A full head of power, say from 60 to 150 pounds to tbiiinph, may at any time be obtained ialthrerf minutes, and turned off at will. It is claimed that three fourths of til' fuel required foy steam is saved by if use, and that the vapor acts like hydraulic pressure rather ’ than explosive like steam cm gunpowder. On inroad ‘locomotives at one sweep it r- tiers water tanks useless, a er dfice niled can rua to Oalil'mia aud back without change or replenish ing, and the same on ocean steamers. Avery important peculiarity of this vapor is that when a sudden need is felt for additional power, for instance, on an upgrade on railroads, this is not procured by an increase of the fire, but by injecting an increased quantity of bi sulphide into the boiler by means of tho pump. Thus, in oije minute’s time the power can bo raised by the engineer one hundred" pounds and taken off at pleasure. Bi sulphide of caibon vaporizes at 110, degrees of heat; water at 212. It is claimed that the New York elevated railroad cars can be run without fife at ail, lugs of heated iron to be-applie<l at either end, J’ielding abundant heat for the supply ing of the requisite vapor.- Noincrns tation of boilers takes place with this agent, as is often the cse nr ordinary steam boilers. As soon ns the public test shall bave been made by the Stevens.lnstitute on, a steamer, a locomotive is to be fitted up, and- its adaptability, to railroad, purposes -‘will be shown. Of course the gentlemen composing the com-- pany,' and who put their money into this have witnessed its : op'crations and know what it will do The American Engineer lately published an account of its mprits,' and the Tribune has also had a short account of it, but the public will be certainly surprised at the radical revolution it ii destined to make all kinds of motive power thrat now use steam, whhn full accounts shall be made of its operations in the public trial that is coming oft’. A meeting of the directors.was held last evefiing at Farleys Hotel, and steps taken foe making the public exhibition of the invention so thorough as to satisfy all cavilers. • Blood Upon tee South— The fol lowing is a sample of how some of the Northern papers vill'ify and malign the South: ‘ The Yankee burns slow, but he has been heating up all these years of wrong, cruelty and perfidy, and, un less we are greatly mistaken, people of the North are well nigh the boiling point of impatience concerning the South ; if she won't live under law, then let her die under law ; we'are all sick of her loathsome shape; her hands dripping with the blootld of the feeble and ignorant, her -everyday life a tale of murmur and fraud ; the olive branch has.been stretched out in vain year, after year ;. her poverty and sick ness have been the signal for lavish generosity on our part; she grasps the olive branch only long enough *to divert our attention and then tries to beat our braia out without a bind geon ; it accepts everything; it ren ders back no sign of reconciliation or obedience to law, and the North in sheer despair says, give us once more a Republican Congrees to make our law operative, and a man like Grant to do hit, plain duty, instead of quib bling how he can dodge it, and we will yet have either some respite from the reign of terror at the South or a des ert; the South had better be barren as Labrador than as hellish as equato rial Africa.”—[Rutland Hera.d . “Couldn’t you lend me $5 ?” “Yes, I could, but I won’t,” “Then do you think I wouldn’t pay you back!” “Yes, you would, but you couldn’t.” EVERY MACHINE WARMTH). ESTA: s >LISBIED 1859. A VERY QUIET GAME. There are some folks who think it awful wicked for husband and wife to sit down together of an evening and play cards, while others can’t see where the harm comes in. “Why,” said the Colonel a few days ago when the subject of card-playing was under discussion, “does any one pretend to say that my wife and I can’t play a few games of euchre with out disputing and arguing and getting mad over it? Loafers cAn’t, perhaps, but we could play for a thousand years aud never have a word—yes, we could.” The others shook their heads in a dubious wty, and the nettled Colonel walked straight to a stationer’s aud bought the nicest pack he could hud. That evening, when his wife was ready to sit down to her fancy work, he produced the new pack of cards and said: “May, I was told to-day that you and I couldn’t play,cards without dis puting aud*'getting into a row. Dar ling, draw up here.” “Dearest, we will not have a word of dispute—jnot one,” she replied, as she put away her work. The Colonel shuffled away, dealt and turned up a heart. “I order it up,” she observed, as she looked over her cards. “I was going to take it up any how,” growled the Colonel, as his chin fell, all his -other cards being black. “Play to that,” she said as she put down the joker. “Whoever heard of anybody leading out witli trumps?” he exclaimed. “Why don’t yon lead out with an ace ?” “O, I cap play thj£<lund.” “Yon can, eh ? Well, I’ll make it the sickest play vou-ever saw! Ha! took all the tricks,.eh? I thought I’d euctoufage you a little. Give me the cards--—it s my deal.” “You dealt before.” “No, I didn’t ?”: you did ! We have only played one hand.” “Well, go ahead and deal all the time if you want to! I’ll make two off of your deal, anyhow. What is trumps?” She turned up a club, lie Lad on fly the nine spot, but he scratched his head, puckered his mouth and seemed to want to order it up. Iho bluff did not work. She took it up and he led the ace of hearts. “No "hearts, eh !” he shouted as she trumped it. “Refusing suit is a regu lar loafer's trick. I’ll keep an' eye on yon. Yes, tak* U—pf>d that—and all of ’em ! It’s very queer where you got all those trumps! You stocked the cards on me, did you!” “Now, dear, I played fair and made two, and if I make one on your deal I’ll skunk you.” “I’d like to see yon make one on my deal!” he puffed. “I’ve been fooling along to encourage you, but now, I’m going to beat you out of sight. Dia monds are trumps.” She passed and he took it up on two small trumps. He took the first trick, she the next two, he the fourth, and whefl he put out his last trump she bad the joker. . “Skunked ! shuuked !” she exclaim ed, as she clapped her bauds iu merri ment. , “You didn’t follow suit!” .“Oh, yes I did.” “I know better ! You refused to, play to spades.” . “But I hadn’t any.” . “You hadn’t, eli? • Why didn't you have tiny ? . I never Saw a hand vet without at least one spade in it.” “Why, husband,,l know how to play carets.” “Aud don't 1 1 Wasn’t I playing euchre when you .tvero ■ learning to walk.l I say you stocked the cards on me j” . “No, I did not! You are a very poor player; you *did not know how to lead.” „ “I—l—why, maybe I’m a fool,, and maybe I don’t know anything, and so you cah play alone and have all trumps every time.” He pushed back, grabbed his paper, w.beeled’around to the gas, and it was nearly thirty-six hours before he smil ed again. Nevertheless, no Dae . else ever had a dispute over cards. WILL. Old Eph took- a notion the other day that he mast make his will, aud called to consult a lawyer for that purpose. The attorney gathered a pencil and a piece of paper and pre pared to make a schedule. “Well, Rpb, what property have you got ?’* “Well, sah, dar’s dat onery bob tailed neber sleeps, or if he does he’s alius talkin' in it. Leabe him to dat heffy of mine, i neber liked dat niggah.” “All right,” said the lawyer,. “there g.oes the dbg.” “Den dar’s dat hazel splitteii sow. Leabe her to whoebber ken ketch her.” “The sow is disposed of,” said the lawyer. “Be baccy box an’ pipe kin go to de ’boy soon’s he gits old enufftospit from his* teef.” “It is so recorded,” answered the attorney.” “De house and lot goes to my dat er.” “But there’s an incumbrance on the house; Eph.” “Wuat’s dat you say?” “There’s an incumbrance on your house.” “Ob, deream, aih dere? Denl’se wuff good deal more’n I was. Leabe de cumbrans to do old woman for to live on-” ♦ It very frequently happens that the girl who has the mestbang to her hair has the biggest holes to the heels of her stockings. UNCLE WILLIAM. A year ago there was a quiet funer al on Wilkins street, and when it was over an old man called “Uncle Wil liam” was left without home or friends and with no means to help himself. Strangers said that ho would have to gs to the poorhouse, but when the trembling and half blind old man wip ed tears from his eyes, a neighbor said: ‘I will take him into my home aud care for him for at least a mouth, any how.” “And then I will take him,” added another. “And then my roof shall shelter him,” said a third. So the old man found friends One took him and then anothei, and he was well used. They were far from being rich. Their tables were lean and their beds cold, and sometimes the little that Uncle William ate was miss vd by the hungry children, but no one ever spoke unkindly to him not hinted that he was a burden. One night last week, after the old man had sought his bed and the chil dren were asleep, a husband and wife sat down to say to each other that werk was scarce, the rent behind, the fuel nearly goue, and—. Here they lookod at each other in a shy way, ns if ashamed of their thoughts. The cold wind whistled around the cottage as if hungering to nip little toes, and the wife shivered and said. “He is so old and feeble—lot us wait a few deys longer!” “I haven’t a dollar left,” mused the gentleman as he glanced at the cup board. “But bo eats only a very little,” pro tested the wife. “Wo have only a small house.” “But he sits in a corner.” They looked at each other a long time without speaking. A vision of a poor old man battling with the lierce winter gale came to either and stood between them with hands crossed in supplication. “He shall stay !” they whispered to gether as they rose and made leady for the night, and the gala banged at the doors as if it had been cheated of its prey. Morning came with its meagre breakfast. There was not enough for four, but it must do for seven, and the father forced a •smile to his face as he opened the old man’s door and ' called Imn : ■ *• ’ ' “Come, Undo William, you shall, have the warmest place and the big gest dish!" . 7 Tho'ce was-no response,"nind ween they bent over the old man they fouud that no man would ever again find him a burden. “See!” said the wife, “ho may have heard our whispers, for there is a tear on his cheek!” “But he knew the resolve of our hearts, for he died with a smile on his face,” added the husband. “Oh ! he’s dead-poor old grandpa is dead !” cried the children. “How glad we are that God- wi.l let him have, a big, warm corner and lots of every thing to eat!” “If we could have done’ more for him !’’ sighed the wife as her tears fell, aud yet their charity ,was greater than his who had subscribed his thousands. TEE BOSS* LIAR. “Gentlemen!” I interrupted, “did you ever hear how I went to prayer meeting at New London, Conn., in a rain storm?” They said they had not. “Well, gentlemen,;’ I continued, “one day I started forjtho, New Lon don prayer-meeting on Lorse-back. When I got about half way there came up a fearful stbrm. The wiud blew a hurricane, the rain fell in tor rents, the lightning gleamed through the sky and 1 went and crouched down behind a large barn. But pretty soon the lightning struck that barn, and knocked it into a thousand splinters, and sent my horse whirling" over into a neighboring corn patch.” “Did it kill yo.u Mr. Perkins ?” ask ed Mr. Twain, the teals roiling down his cheeks. “No, it didn’t kill me.” I said, “but I \yas.a good deal discouraged.” 1 “Well, what did you ;do then, Mr. Perkins ?” “What did Ido ? Well, gentlemen,' I hardly know what to do,’ but to’tell you the honest Connecticut truth, I went light out iu the pasture, took off my coat, humped ijp my back, and took eleven clips of lightning right on my bare-backbone, and drew the electricity all out of the sky, and then got on to my horse and rode into New London in lime to lead at the evening prayer-meeting.” Arise and sing ! Eli Perkins. . .", * i ■ —— Prepared for Heaven. —Some time ago one of Arkansas’ most widely known statesmen, who is now dead, was passing along a street in Litllo Rock, when an old colored man, who had once belonged to him, approach ed. took off his hat and passed a hand over his white wool, as lie said : “Marster, please gin de ole man fif ty cent:.” “Dan,' you are a robber.” “How?” asked the astonished dar key, opening his eyes, m ound which rough-shod age had walked. “Didn’t you s~e mo put my baud in my pocket 1” “Yes, sah.” “Well, yon old rascal, yon have robbed mo of the pleasure of giving you money without being asked for it.” The old man received a dollar. Bowing almi st to tbo ground, while tears came out and coursed through the age prints around his eyes, he re plied : “Marster, wid sich a heart as you has aud wid Abraham aud Isaac an' do Lord on your side, I don’t see what can keep you out of hebcii.” Number 42- SILENT MEN. Washington never made a speech. In the zenith of his fa ne lie once at tempted it, made a failure, and gave it up confused and abashed. In fram ing the Constitution of the United States, the labor was almost wholly performed in committee of the whole, of which Washington was chairman. He spoke twice during the Cu riven tion ; but Ids words were so few that they could not fully be termed speech es. The convention acknowledged the mater spirit, and historians affirm that had it not been for his personal popularity and the sincerity with which ho spoke, "the Constitution would have been rejected by the peo ple. Thomas Jefferson never made a speech. He couldn’t do it. Napole on, whose executive ability was almost without a parallel, said his greatest trouble was in finding men of deeds, rather than words When asked how he maintained tiis influence over his superiors in age and experience, when Commander-in-chief of the army in Italy, ho said, “By reserve.” The greatness of a man is not to be meas ured by the length of his speeches, or their number. MARRIED MAN'S INDICATOR The inventor that will be remember ed when all others are forgotten is a party named Mickley of Boston, who has just rendered his fellowmen an in estimable service by producing an ap paratus called the “Married Man’s In dicator,” or the patent “Domestic Barometer.” This ingenious device is simply a wonderfully sensitive) ar rangement of the ordinary barometer, which infallibly detects the most min ute alterations in conditions. The married man return ing late from the alleged “lodge” or other locality contraband of war, in dulges in no fearful speculations as to his reception. Ho simply takes his “Indicator” from it ; case and inserts its projection arranged for the purpose through the keyhole. Instantly the domestic temperature within is record ed on the dial. If it marks S. E.— set fair; S. A.—sound asleep j or even C. S.—cross but sleepy, ho brings his propitiatory box of fried oysters well to the front, chews a clove and enters boldly. If, however, the faithful little instrument reports S. B.—storm brew ing; or Y. S. L.—very squally, with lightning, Ire doesn't lose any valuable •time in warfare, but flies him to the ..qearest hotel and sends - an “up all flight with a sick friend” note, with freme matinee tickets and newJrom et .-bflftufl in morning. Truly, Defence keeps on this way this world will ho quite a comfortable place to live in after awhile., NEYT TORE INrEREST LAW- At the present time, and for many years past, tbo legal into of interest in | New York has been G per cent. But j by a law passed at the last session of ! the State legislature, and which goes into effect on tbo first of January, the legal rate of interest is reduced‘to G per cent., with a stringent usury law imposing penalties for any excess of interest over that rate. It is said that the New York national banks will con tinno to charge seven per cent., as by so doing they conform to tho State law as it was when they became na tional banking institutions. There is some doubt, however, whether they will persist in charging the seven per cent, rate, although the national bank ing act provides lor tho corporations organised under it a very mild penal ty lor usury, and thus relieves the na tional banks from the forfeitures, and its officers frun tho penal consequen ces prescribed for such an offence in the State Jaw. There is one poiut they do not- appear to have consider ed : Assuming that they can ignore the State law, they are certain to bring themselves into odium by char ging a higher rate of interest than tho State allows individuals to take. It is questionable whether they can af ford at this time to give offence in the way they contemplata To accomplish the seemingly incred ible act of putting an egg into a bot tle requires the following preparation : Put au egg.in vinegar, and iu course of lime its shell will become quite soft, so Hint it may. "be extended lengthwise without breaking ; then in sert into the neck of a smuli bottle, and on pouring cold water upon it, it will assume its former figure and hardness. This is really a curiosity,, and baffles those who are not in the secret to find out how it is accom plished. .Scientists have looked at the bottled egg with wonder and amazement. The best of all letters is that which conveys the moat information in the fewest possible words. A lack of spoil taniety destroys the charm of a letter. Ladies have two favorite epistolary manias in their ordinary correspond ence, namely, writing across lines and indulging in postscripts, to say noth ing ot their almost universal practice of underlining words—this is a con fession of weakness. Among celebra ted letters is a brief one which occurs to us, while we write, from the pen of the Italian poet, Politan, to a friend : “I had a great grief, and I have a great joy—because you were sick, and because you have recovered.” How brief aud how significant! *<£>♦ An army officer is retired when lie goes out of service, and a wheel is re tired to go into service again. When a sheriff releases a prisoner lie loses possession of him, and when ho rt leas es a house 110 regains possession of it, and this is a howling old language of ours, ain't it ? A man named Smith died recently in Australia, leaving one hundred thou sand dollars. If any person by the name of Smith sees this he may hear something to his advantage, waies. ■ An lowa woman lias a. nphone. Anything while is said to be in lact is snow color. A Dublin newspaper says : ‘A of deaths arc unavoidably postponed.' Sportsmen never object to bnn^ ' Leadvillc is overrun with bankers^ l’aro. A Philadelphia paper warns wintir against sunstroke. A water com sc — a series of tompenuu o lectures. Schoolboys who get “wlnih and ’ do a d< al of blubbering. Flattery is like cologne, water — to bo sniffed al, hot swallowed. Gruci fully arched eyebrows are beau ty’s triumphal’arches. Two heads arc better Qian one, espe cially on the penny you “snap up.” There arc baggage scafes'at every weigh station on (lie railroad. This world without \voman--3bvely wo man—would be. like a black sheet oi pa per—not even ruled. Whom the gods would destroy they . first fill full oi confidence Quit it is not. j loaded. a | Chicago has a Inut ** *! i “Plows vs. Plows.”. Op.uioi** are di vided, share and share alike. The barber sends his eliildrcn to the carpenter’s for shavings, and tUc/eboema ker sends bis to school for whacks. How soon popular songs become old, j Even now “My Clock’ may be classed among the old timepieces. Some people never know when to stop.- The editor of tbo Buffalo Advert writes of a very deep lido without .; j tom. With one hand ho held heiy’aoautitiff I golden head above the chilling wave, niitf | with the other called loudly for assistance,-, reads a recent romance. , >-.• If your son has no brains, doi/i* send! him to college. You cannot make a pah ace out of a shanty by putting a.Trenc!a 1 roof on it. Domestic bliss— kissing the msid.of aIU work.. Domestic blister—when your with surprises you in the act. ‘Shall 1 hereafter darn your stockings is said to be the fashionable language for. l •; young lady to use when making aleapvyear proposal. Young man, if it is II o’clock am! ' Ac goes to the piano and plays a few !>*>■ of ■The Sweet Dye. and' Bye,.’ yotnuaycon j sider the seance over for the night. The best book reviewers nre thos&wlio have the curiosity to read a bock tjnj] see if it is anything like the notice they [have already written and published- about It. Doctors now say that boiled cow’s milk is not good lor babies, it is [Ex, The doctors nre rig' 'uh riWcow gives better milk than itfyo.. •’. one. The Jonase.- bad just left the ‘Ma,’ asked little Miss Smith, ‘does Mrs. | -lungs buy Ibifjrts of flapaP *X .dwt’ii j know, dear,’ replied her mother. *vVby Ido you ask?’ “Cause, lie was so polite,. you know., uia.’ *'•}£ : V “Why am I made a sapdwidr/* said! young Snobson, plaintively, as a lady sftfa, down on either side oi him in the j car. "Because we are better bred lhat!j| j you are,’ said one oi the damsels and Snobson mustard courage to squeeze.; ! out to the platform. A Nevada man who has tried both says, j lie would rather be pricked with a bowiu ; knife than stung';by a lee. The boy who kikes deliberate aim nl a ■ bird and lets fly and blows bis bead oil I will be heard from shortly. No mail who hasn’t had a blind boil between bis shoulders knows how it {feels to reach alter the unattainable. No matter how hou-est or upright tho small,boy may be, bis,,mother prclers to. keep ti e pantry Containing the pies ufljdcr lock and key. if : Y The fellow who swore off swearing off j calculates that lie is about the only uuuii who is sticking to his first ot Jnnntnry , | vow at present, A philosopher who went lo a church j where the pcoplo came in late, said it was,. ‘the fashion for nobody to go till dVcry | body got there.’ , •’ I JH Men are beginning to fed u4*rtnift as to the policy of wedging a maple tooth* pick between their teeth ami it oil - for the sake of dislodging a bit of salt... pork. ♦ • ♦ —; —y- ...., .. j -HI A WEATHER PROPHET. A pleasant anecdote is told of Pgr* ! tridgo the celebrated almanac maker, |ln traveling on . horseback into the* | country he stopped, for his dinner nt lan inn, and afterward called "ibr bis bur.se lit at ho might roach tbo next town vhei'o lie intended to sleep. “If you would take my rt.TynJWWmA said the worthy holstcfjf ns if&'fsjff about io mount his horse, ‘‘yG#7®| stay where you are for tho ; nightMp you will surely be overtaken by a jMQ “Nonsense, nonsense,” sai<§ thelß manac-maker, “there is a six pencofkH you, my honest, fellow, and good afcj§ ; noon to you.” <■ •Ho proceeded on his journey In sure enough he was well drenoh*J||| ! a heavy shower. Partridge was JA, JW with the man's and W always intent, ni.d was holster with a broad grin. “Well, sir, you see I was n'gfcwSSYJr all.” “Yes, my lad, you have here is a crown for yon ; but/1 I || to you on oonditiou that y<| how you knew of this “To bo sure, nir," >o t >W i why Urn truth is wo have n alm anai l in our house called ‘Partridges Al ma nac,’ and the follow is such A notorious liar, that whenever ho promises n n 1 lino day wo always know that it will ,bo Iho direct contrary. N[ ow Imn r. this, the 21st of June, V rmt down in our almanac in-doors ns ‘Lr. j tied lino weather, no rain.-* J lpiaAi at that before I brought yottr mif. and so was enabled to nut your guard.” PUt JOU 0# -V body’s Child I illa ,lh© eon