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$2 00 PER ANNUM
II T. HENRY,
-O J3 IST T I SI T ,
COVI' OTON, GEORGIA.
HAS REDUCED HIS PRICES, so
that all who have been so unfortu-
i.ate as t,o lose their natural Teeth
a ‘e their places supplied by Art. at y«ry
can have T * th puled at reasonable prices,
*«*" co s, „hfully executed, Office north side
and worts ta /
,f Square.—l “
• n pc DEARINC & PRINCLE
U Tvr associated themselves in the Prac-
H AVIN ? MEDICINE and SURGERY, offer
tice r atonal services to the citizens of
their professional j, (ive opened an offi eon
jj**toa coun y- Jq v) nre, (next door to S
the East, 8 ' , anc >. arc prepared to attend to
pgwxLi) » » lur ’{ They have also a caicfully
„,,cted “ Medicines,
V© r y , he -. r personal attention to Com
*lldnaingPP*e,cripl on ‘’ for physio, " w “ nd
® tiieri "iven to Chronic Diseases
■’•“""“n wl- "* ““ “■
At night "• 1)r1N0LB at his rooms lmme-
store of C. H. Sa»o*us & Bao.
B»«y 2 ' 5,f tt -
— _ I W ould respectfully inform the
citizens of Newton, and adjoining
counties, that I have opened a
and HARNESS SHOP
public square in COVINGTON
T nl prepared to make to order, Harness
P or P ßepair the same at short notice
wd in the best style. B BROWN
*7 ts
DRR I S ,
Attorneyat LaW ’
CONYERS. GA.
■ jTnT e^S^M . LEV Y,
Watchmaker & Jeweler,
W East side of the Square,
GEORGIA,
«OTIN<STON, Repair Watches, Clocks
W Sjei!elrv>n the best style Particularatten
end .. (> p a i r ing Watches injured bj in
All .ort;
-TSTeTiTy. TINSI.EY
wotch’maker & Jeweler
Inllv prepared to Repair Watches, Clock,
J/jeSrv, in the best. Style, at short nonce.
In Work Done at Old Prices, and Warranted.
A 2d door below the Court House.—stf
JOHN S CAUUOLL,
OENT I s T
COVINGTON, GEORGIA.
Teeth Filled, or New Teeth Inserted,!
t he best style, and or. Reasonable Terms
Office Rear of R. King’s Store.-l ltf
P H OT 0 C R A v II S !
T IUVF JUST RECEIVED a Fresh Supply
T of Chemicals, and am now prepared to exe
<**.'*» r™r»v:;K a':; 1 .--'
!ng.—-utt ‘ __
ANDERSON & HUNTER
Are constantly receiving
Fresh ami Seasonable ftoods!
All of which they propose to sell at the
LOWEST CASH PRICES.
Are ale° closing out several hues of Goods
—A t and Below Cost !
ACCENTS FOR
Agricultural Implements,
Clover and Grass Seeds,
And several of the best
STANDARD FERTILIZER*
lan. H, —A6tf
CEO. J. HOWARD,
jROCER AND COMMISSION MERCHANT
Marietta street,
Atlanta, Georgia.
rders for all descriptions of Groceries fil cd
t lowest, Market Prices,
Consignments of Country Produce solicited
fcrwiu ake returns promptly.—SmSO
MANUFAC TjU R E
uperio r Cotton Yarns,
No. 6to 12. & Do*, No. 400 to 700.
IAT TRESSES
All sizes and qualities to suit orders.
3 a t t in S ,
Os Waste or Good Cotton.
*OOL CARDING.
The quality of unsurpassed.
*HE GRIST MILL cannot be surpassed in
• quality, nor the quantity of MEAL or
-01 R turned. A supply of Meal or Flour
tistantiv on hand. Flour of all grades to suit
»nd price
fancy. Double Extra. Extra Family, Fam’ly,
Iperfine, and Fine. Graham Flour and Grits
order. SHORTS and BRAN, for Stock Feed,
10 kept. The tnt.ronage of the public is re
tetfully asked. Satisfaction guaranteed.
A splendid stock of
7 Goods and Groceries
nand and for sale Cheap for Cash orj barter
& * kinds of Country Produce.
E. STEADMAN, Trop’r.
s o>MAN, Newton Go., Ga., Feb. 19, 1869,-13
bOLLMAN, Dealor in Watches, Clocks,
line Jewelry, Gold Pens, Spectacles, &c„
itehali street, second door above M. Lynch’s
0 8 book store, Atlanta, Ga. Repairing dong
Kool style and w.uriamed.—o.. 1.
THE GEORGIA ENTERPRISE.
DR. O. S. PROPHITT,
Covington Georgia.
Will still continue his business, wt,c, c he intends
keeping on hand a good supply of
Drugs, Medicines, Paints, Oils, DyeStufTs,
Together with a Lot of
Botanic Medicines,
Cc centrated Preparations, Fluid Extracts, Ac.
He is also putting up his
Livor Medicines,
FEMALE TONIC, ANODYNE PAIN KILL IT
Venn!fuse, Anti-HHious l'llls,
and many other preparations, .
Will give prompt attention to all orders
PAUTICIIL.AH NOTICE.
Hereafter SO MEDICINE WILL BE DELI 7
ERED. or SERVICE RENDERED, except for
js 3:
You nee not call unless sou are prepared to
PAY C.kSil, for I will not Keep Books.
Oct. 11, 1867. ‘ _ O. S. PROPHITT.
s>B 'isTta ASE!
I have Just P.eeeivsl direct from Nbw York.
a Variety of the Latest, and most Fashionable
Styles of Ladies’ and Gentlemen’s
dress goods,
Hats, Boots, Shoes, &c.,
ALSO
MilliTioTy O oods.
BONNETS Tiimmcdto order by Mrs Living
ston, and Mrs. V\ omack.
T. J- SHEPHERD.
North side of Square, Covington.—’.9 f.
M. C. & J . F. KIS ER,
WlmV.-ale am! Retail iMalers in
Staple and Fancy I>ry Goods, Y ankee No
tions, Boots and Shoes, flats,
Caps, and Straw Goods,
READY MAI) E CLOT II I N.<»
(Old stand of Tal’ey, Brow-., -t C 0.,)
6 m 5 Whitehall street. Atlanta. Ga.
S'. ES B! 8 HB!
I-W VERY VARIETY of Seasonable Garden
Grass, and Field Seed al.mv- in store—by
papers, or bv th • quantity. Kentucky HU
(Jrass. Herd ..r Red To -, Urolnrd Grass Clover
Timothy, ‘ nxerns, tiye, Barley, Luck - ne.it.
Oats. Stuck Beet., -fee. &c.
20 0 Hi 3. Turnip ?S qo «
Rota Bsga, IT *t Dutch, " hit -and Yellow
Globe, Large Norf.dk, lied D> ■>, Aberi.es
and Pr.ts.-S-. or H i.mv, r var et.es
200 bus .. Is ~f th - c-debrate ! G \L,'. w HJ ’•
WHEAT f»r sale, for Seed. Ij is earlier than
any ot her variety,, and RuT Ur--of.
A 1 S3 O .
Agricultural Implements and Machine
rvtof ever" Kind. ,
1 y p W .1 rk’lKfLS, I ro’ r,
Georg,a *grt ultu'm' Warehouse and Seed tor.
Sm 37 Whitehall st--et, Atlanta Ga.
note’s.
United States Hotel.
. GEORGIA
ATLANTA
' WHITAKER & SASSF.EN, Proprietors.
Within One Hundred Yards of the Gencnd Passcn
g er Depot, corner Alabama and Prior streets.
A M E » I C AN HOTEL,
Alabama street,
...... GEORGIA,
ATLANTA,
Nearest house to the Passenger Depot.
WHITE & WHITLOCK, Pro tetors.
W. D. Wiley, Clerk.
Having re-leased nnd renovated ie above
Hotel, we avo prepared,to entertain ucs sin a
most satisfactory manner. Char? i fair and
moderate. Our efforts will he to .ease.
Baggage carried to and from Depot rcc of charge
]Ta R E R EDUCED!
AUGUSTA HOTEL.
THIS FIRST CLASS HOTEL Is situated on
Broad Street, Central to the business por
tion of the City, aad convenient to the Tele
graph and Express Offices. The House is large
and commodious, and has been renovatedi and
newly painted from garret to Cellar. andjthe
bedding nearlv all new since the war. The
rooms are large and any; clean beds, the
fare as good as the country affords, and atten
tive and polite servants.
Charges. —Two Dollars per day.
Single Meals 75 Cents.
I lope to merit a liberal share of patronage
from the traveling public.
Give me a trial and judge for yourselves
8. M. JONES, l’ropr.
PAVILION hotel.
Charleston, S. C,
BOARD PER DAY, $3.
A B titter riEi.n, Mrs. H. L. Buttemk,
Supei intendent Propriety.
WM. H. GOODRICH ,
SASH, BLINDS, AMD DOORS,
On hand, and made to Order.
Augusta 3SGm Georgia
IF YOU want some fine old Nectar Whisky,
the b. st ever sold in Covington, go to the
New Bar Room, in the Basement under Corley
A Dorsett’s. _____
IF YOU need any Pure Liquors for Medical
purposes, go to the New Bar Room and get «-
Now do>n’t ferret tlic;pl*oe, in the linsemeut, un
der Corley & IHM' B eft’s store, opposite the r’ost
Office.
COVINGTON GA., AFiilL 9, 18.69.
The Neglected Grave.
The storm of grief has 1.-ng since died
Hearts ceased to ache und fruitless tears to
flow;
Behold the grave, m.visited, undecked,
.Forgotten ! ’Twas so many years ago.
Ti.e rank grass waves in unmolested pride,
Untrodden now by loving pilgrim feet; .
The vagrant rosebush, only, on the mound
Lays funeral tributes of its blossom* sweet.
Over the headstone creeps thn hiding moss,
Blotting the graven words with fingers slow :
The wandering rinc there hangs, unchecked
its veil—
None seek to read the mournful record now.
Who slumbers there ? No answer from the
stone;
N.) mourners near give tender, sad reply ;
The echoes know the name once; but the
breeze
Bears no response upon its passing sigh.
This grave once darkened earth for many heart*;
Life lost its lustre and the sun its gold ;
And woeful weepers wailed, “Console us,
Death!
Earth holds no consolation.” Now, behold !
Forgotten 1 By the death bed stands Despair !
Then comes a space of agony and weeping ;
And then the world goes on, the mourners
smile,
And Joy awakes, although the loved lie sieep
ing.
Alt, loving God! that bring’st Time’s healing
bal m
To bruised hearts that elue would break with
sorrow—
That grants soft slumbers to the night of Grief.
And send* the splendors of anew to-mor
row.
thou didst not will it so that « should weep
Over dear graves forever and forever ;
Tis Thou that whisperest tenderly,‘Some day,’
When we in anguish cry, “Ah, never!
never!”
Nor do we all forget, when kindly Time
Has hidden us to eense dospair'and wee ping
Sorrow may perish, but, within our hearts
Love dwells forever— Love, not dead hut
sleeping.
Sometime.
It is a "Sweet, sweet song, flowing to and ho
among the'topmost branches of the heart and
fills the whole air with such joy and gl.idfn ss
as the songs of birds do when the summer
morning comes out of the darkness, and the
day is horn on the mountains V r e have all
our possessions in the future, which we call
“Sometime.” Beautiful flowers and sweet
singing birds are there, only our hands seldom
grasp the one, or our ears hear except in faint,
fur off strains the other. But oh, reader he of
gooil cheer, for to all the good there is agoldsn
“Sometime ! ’
When the hills and valleys o!‘ time are all
passed, when the wear and fever, the disap
pointment and the sorrow bf life are Over then
and there is the peace and rest appointed of
God. Oh, homestead over whose blessed roof
falls no shadow even of the (F.OuJs. Across
whose threshold the voice of sorrow, is never
heard ; but upon the eternal hills and standing
with thy spires and pinnacles of celestial beau
ty*a'J.ong the palm trees of the city on high,
those who love God shall rest under thy shad
ows where there is no in >ro sorrow, nor pain,
nor the sound of weeping.
Dodging the Hatter.
An ipdivjdua.l purchased a hat in a shop
kept by a tradesman by the name of Podgion.
The article was got in the absence'oF tne pro
prietor, and tlie purchaser loft the shqp, en
tirely .forgetting, by mistake, of course, to pay
for the aforesaid ‘ti c.’ The tradesman, upon
hearing the fact, started after him, in hot pur
suit. Upon overhauling him, the following
scene occurred:
‘See here, I wish to speak with you.
‘Move on.’
‘I am Dodgion. the liatter.’
‘That’s my fix.’
‘I tell you I am Dodgion, the hatter.
‘So am I; I’m dodgin the hatter too—and
very likely wo aro both same
fellow.’ . ,
The scene ended with a ‘striking tableau,
in which Mr. Didler found himself considera
bly ‘mixed up,’ with Dodgion the hatter.
A Model Pufl.
A Western paper has beou pufTing a bar
keeper. Hear him :
“.Mr. James Smithcrman, proprietor of the
abov* institution, last week asked us to give
him (or it) a puff, at the same time handing
us a greenback, whose dimensions we shall
not mention. We do not know or care any
thing about said saloon, but Jim says he keeps
splendid whisky, and we suppose he docs, for
he buys of Barret & Craig, and they were
never known to sell any mean whisky- oh no t
Jim thinks the weary traveler should stop at
his ranche and Svet his whistle,’ as it will
help him along amazingly. No doubt it will
help him to squander his money, waste his
time, destroy his health, beggar hU family,
gain the contumely of society, embitter his
whole life, make a widow of his wife and
orphans of his children, cause him to fill a
drunkard’ damn his soul and raako
more work for the devil. Does this puff suit
you, Jim? If not, we will refund your
Twenty of Brigham Young's wives arrived
at Council Bluffs, lowa, last week, to visit
friends at that city and Omaha, and will con
tinue their journey to Washington.
Johnson ns n Tailor.
A recent lettorjfrom Greenville says : F had
a long and interesting conversation yesterday
with an old gentleman, a tailor by trade, who
formerly worked in Joli-ison's yhop. lie says
that Andy was the best- tailor ho ever saw,
and that coats made by him never
His work was not only substantial, but neat
and tidy. All the young bloods about Green
ville, who parted their hair behind, and stalk
ed ahout with gold headed canes, used to pat
ronize Andv, as it was the current report that
a young follow who wore a full suit, ot John
son's cut and make could marry quicker, and
stood higher with the ladies than others.
When Johnson was elected Alderman there
was about as much honor in the position as
there would bo in owning a hon and chickens,
and it is said that the young fellows about
town elected him for n joke. Two years after
ward lie was chosen Maypr. If 1835 when he
was first elected to the Legislature, lio quit
the tailoring business for the time being; but
the next session when be was defeated, be
again resumed his old place on the workman's
bench. -
A curious story is going the rounds of the
press, about a haunted bouse in Penn Ynn,
N. Y. A visitor thus describes what he licard
and saw:
Our village clock was striking the hour of
twelve when we entered the haunted room.
The stillness was disturbed first by what seem
ed a guitar, played but a few feet from us,
and as sweet a voice as car ever heard singing
to it in a lovr tone. In an instant the sound
of voices and footsteps was heard all around
us, but although Jhe room was as light as a
lamp could make it, we saw nothing. The
singing continued until the same swort voice,
in the most piercing and sharpest utterance,
cried ‘Help 1’ As the unearthly yell broke
forth we felt our heart beat quieklyq our
breath come heavily, and every nerve tingle,
three times did this mysterious voice cry
‘Help!' After this followed what seemed to
be a dance of madmen, together with the
most demoniac screams ever heard.
Last Summer Mr."Enward Gibson, a farmer
living in Culpepper county, Yirginia,|was bit
ten on the toe by a moceasin snake whim go
ing barefoot over a field in which be had been
ditching. Although was with diffi
culty shaken oft', tho wound was apparently
insignificant, and no attention was given it.
On the ninth day after the incident AJr. Gib
• son became blind, and a racking pam attacked
|,i ß brain. lie -uftovud acutely through the
Fall and Winter, :uid died a few days ago,—
The poison had ascended to his Gram, and
after a long combat with the skill of the best
physicians, finished its deadly woik.
What Is beauty? HoeratOs called beauty a
short-lived tyranny ; Plato, a privilege of na
ture; Theophratus, a silent cheat; Thocritus,
a delightful prejudice : Carnendes, a solitary
kingdom; Domitian said that nothing was
more grateful Aristotle affirmed that beauty
was better than all the letters of recommen
dation ill the world 1 ; Homer, that 'twas a
• Fu-ions WT- of nr-dnfe';' and Ovid, alluding to
'it, calls it aTavof Bestowed by tbc'gods. ’
•Mack.' of the Cincinnati Enquirer, sustains
Mu .Christy in the view that no Democrats are
to be admitted to. Congress, lie says :
“k<is my firm belief that every contested
case in the Forty-first Congress will be decided
in favor of the Republicans, without tho slight
est regard to its merits. Let the reader stick
a piu there, ami wateli the results.
Most of the miseries and mopt of the jojfc
of life are imaginary, and whether a man is
happv or miserable, depends almost entirely
upon his moods. The distance between hull
and heaven can, in many cases, 1)1 spanned by
a dream. To get oqt. of torment most people
have only to brush away the fancies tjiat-fes
toon ami fill the brain.
It is reported that a female beauty, of Afri-.
can ’scent, has been added to the feminines
of the Treasury Department. With a few more
of the same sort, and a few Indian, ‘ Mexican
and Chinese belles, the ladies’ branch of the
department will be complete, and then will
come the millennium.—f N. Y. Hernia.
The World puts this fine point on the Fif
teenth Amendment: , y
When the lately emancipated negro slaves
of the South voted for Grant, and, by being the
balance of power, elected him, they either had
the rig jit to vote, or they had not. If they did
have it, why this proposed amendment to giyo
it to them ? And if they did not, then Grant
was elected by illegal votes.”
Chicago estimates ilk population in the year
1900, at 49,000,000. Toledo asserts that its
growth is double that, pf Chicago. Between
the two the rest of the eopptry will be a howi
ing wilderness before long.
A Washington correspondent mentions as an
honorable incident oorwioeteil with the late
President, that “ Mr .Johnson, and hie family
loft the White llo.iseHn a Tory good condition,
and did not carry off any tiling belonging to t h o
!' States” A if.iy or two after sr. John
son left, he was biamed for having carried off
hie private papers, but we believe it is now ad
mitted he had a right to da that.
Gen. Grant's administration i» making a
deep dent in the party! The Springfield lie
publican says# “It would bo useless to, deny
that thp Presidential appointments are made
and canvassed, at Washington" in a manner
that daps-not stregntlieu the,now administra
tion in the heart* of the. people."
T’"' ri-'hte >u-' is •o-mit'r niter his death than
during his life. ■ 1 «
Dean Swift and his Man Jack.
Every one, of course, lias heard, at gome
time of liis life, o( Dean fcwift s ready wit,
which was only equalled by that of his faithful
man Jack, who. like almost all the son* of tho
Emerald Isle, nevor was at a loss for a ready
ai#war. One day, ->n taking .a tour into the
country, the Dean ordered Jack to have dinner
ready at u roadside inn, by 2 o clock. Jack
hastened forward and ordered dinner, whiqli
consisted of a roast gooso, ut.tlie catching and
preparing of which Jack rendered the land
lord’s pretty daughter vuluable assistance.—
The dinner hour had gone by two hours or
more, when JaoVs appetite became rather
sharp, *o ho thought he'd try the edge of his
knife on a leg, which soon was made to disap
pear. Shortly afterwards the Dean arrived
and inquired what came of tho leg of the goose.
“Your Honor,” says Jack, “its mighty strange,
intirely, but tho geese in this part us the
country niver has more than won leg.” That’s
very strange,” replied the Dean, passing no
further remarks. Next day they had not pro
ceeded far before they saw a fiock of geese,
and as the morning was cold, the birds were
indulging in their nceustomed habit of stand
ing on oue foot while the other was drawn up
in the feathers. “Now,” said Jaok, “you sec,
I told you the truth yesterday,” upon which
the Dean gave a loud hush, and the geese all
ran off. “You knave,” said the Dean, “they
have got two legs.” “Och, yer Honor,” said
Jack, “and sure you do not give me fair ploy
at all, for you know, an I was going to tell ye
about it a.t the time, only some how or other it
escaped me mimery, but you forgot to huth the
goose on the dish.
Anether day Jack gave, as an excuse for not
not cleaning the Deun's boots, that they’d be
dirty as iver agin night. The Dean gave strict
orders to give Jack no breakfast that morning,
and on Jack complaining of tho way he was
treated, the Dean told him in rather a coo!
manner that it was of no consequence as he’d
be as hungry as ever by dinner time. Jack
had nothing to say, but rode after his master
with a rueful|countenance, and when asked by
a m m where he was going, he said “to heav. n,
fur my masther is prayin and I’m faatin.”
Gexer.vp Bi-ti-er’s ScriFME. —The debate in
the House yesterday gave the hint that Gen.
Butler's committee is about prepared to aban
don the business of peddling out amnesty, and
to bring ina comprehensive bill for the removal
o” political disabilities. IVe trust the irid'ea
tion« mav prove correct, and that Gen. Grant
may be enabled to begin bis administration
with a general amnesty which a statesman
W old have sought to offer, when his prede
cessor was making frantic speeches about hang
ing t aitore, four weary years ago. Wc might
thus t ave been now much nearer the rehabili
tation of the South, and the return of a good
feeling. We may now hasten that era, if we
will.—[N. Y. Tribune.
On a recent Saturday night, as John Morrie
sey walked down Broadway, he was appealed
to by a woman of haggard beauty, who said
that bar husband was ill and her children fam
ishing. < The ex-pugilist went along with the
woman to her wretched room in a Baxter street
tenement, where he found the sick husband
and three children huddled together in a cor
ner. King “spoon lashion’’ to keep, from freez
ing. Morrissey sent for his own physician,
and gave the woman fifty dollars for immedi
ate relief. ,
An lowa paper gives an account of an im
mense horn of some ancient animal (probably
antediluvian) that has b6cn unearthed in oyca
vating for abed of the Chicago, Rock Island
and Pacific Railroad. Thp horn was not se
cured and restored in all its parts, but enough
of it was discovered to show that It must have
been at least eight feet long. The paper thinks
that it must have been the horn of “Methusn
'Tail’s cow,’* but we don’t know why. Thafcve
ry respectable old gentleman would no doubt
' h/ive found out by his long experience (hat
short horns were the best milkers. Moreover,
as he arid all his cattle perished in tha flood, it
is not likely that pre-eminent old age would
have bestowed upon one of the cows the largest
horns ever worn. _____
DsrxTii or a RsMIARKani.E Man. —-Jacob Sur
get, ninety ssven years old, died in New York
last week, and left a property valued at $lO,-
000,000.. He was a creole Frenchman, but was
1 born in the United States. lie lived by rule,
and was very abstemious, drinking nothing but
water. He used to say that he had a secret of
longevity which he bought of a gipsy woman
when' he was a sailor, and he thought ho should
live to be a hundred. For many years he
spent his winters in Mississippi, but when tho
war broke out he came to New York, wheroho
remained until he died.
Planters, he IVakneil —The last monthly
report of tho Department of Agriculture con
tains some facts that should be a warning to
our planters not to neglect tho raising of corn
and pork, and depend on buying meat with the
proceeds of their cotton. The statistics col
lected show a marked reduction in the number
of hogs in the great pork producing regjons.
In a large portion of the Ohio Y alley, the re
duction is reported at 15 per cent, and prices
have increased 25 to 50 per cent, in conse
quence of this ascertained deficiency. There
is every prospect that meat will bo high next
winter, and should ootton then bring less than
20 cents (of which there is a strong probabil
ity,) the farmer who sells cotton to buy.Jjßeou,
will count his gain by the transaction “over
the left.”
Inviolable fidelity, good humor and compla
cency of temper outlivo all the charms of a
fine face, and make the decay of it invisible.
VOL 4. NO. 21
Important to Cigar Dealers,”
Tho internal revenue'law of July 20, 1868,
provide* that on and after the first day of April,
ISG9, all cigars shall be packed in boxes notßto
fore used, containing, respectively, 25, 50,160,
250 and 500, and shall be deemod and taken to
have been manufacthred nr imported aims*
July 20, 1868, and shnll be rostampod with
tax paid stamps. Every manufacturer of
cigars shall burn into the box, with a metal
brand, bis nante, ilri rnbiw Jif cigars, number of
his manufactory, district and State, and shall
paste thereon a prinfed notice forbidding th*
use of that box or package again, under •'
penalty of SIOO and imprisonment, and shall
affix tho stamp denoting that the tax has bee*
paid.
Any person who shall sell, or offer fur sale,
any cigars in any otherfbrifi than in newbox**,
or who shall pack in any box any cigars in ex
cess of the number provided by law to be put
in each box, shnll upon conviction, be fined
for each offense not less than SIOO nor mot#
than SI,OOO, and be imprisoned not less tha*
six months nor more than two years. The fact
that the cigars in the hands of dealers hav*
on the boxes the red stamps, or any of the old*
stamps, denoting that the tax has been paid,
will not answer. The box must have on it th*
new black tiix paid stamp. 1
Horse Trading.— -We take the following
from the Albaay Post: Justice Cole, in de
posing of a horse case yesterday, laid down tfc*
law as follows ; The Courts look upon all
horse traders as swindlers. When, therefor*
one horse jockey choatß another, thejudgmeut
always is— served fight. Th* man who gali
cheated, intended io ehoat hi* friend, if If
could. Failing to cheat, be can bar* no sea
dress in Court. The oharge is dismissed.—
Brief but eminently worthy of Solon or Ljetur
gus.
Use of Lemons. -—When,persons are feverish
and thirsty beyond what is natural, indicated
in some cases by a metallic taste in the mouth,
especially after drinking water, or by a whitish
appearance of the greater part of the surfac*
of the tongue, one the best “coolers” is to
take a lemnn, cut off the top, pprinkle over ijt
some loaf sugar, (halting it down into the le
mon with a spoon, and then sucking it slowly,
.squeezing the lemou and adding more sugar
as the acidity increases from being brought up
from a lower point. Invalids with feverishnen
may take two or three lemons a day, in thia
manner, with the most marked benefit mauU
Tested by a sense of coolness, comfort and in*
vigoration. A lemon or two thus taken at tea
time is an entire substitute for the ordinary
supper of “relish.” and cake, and berries, and
peaches and cream.—jHall'a Journal of Health,
Grant i* tired of Congress already. At aw
interview the otherdaywith the President, on*
of the Military a.mmittee of the House said b*
thought Congress would not be long in session.
Grant responded am glad to hear it. I
think an early adjournment is the very best
thing Congress can do.”
Popular Creed.
I begin to believe, nowadays, that money
makes*tlie man amd dress the gentleman. Tt
J begin to believe that those who sin th*
most during tho week are the most devout on
Sundays. . „ 0
I begin so believe'that Itonosty is the bast
policy—to speculate with until you have gains
ed everybody’s confidence, then line your
pockets.
I begin to believe in humbugging people
out of their money, his neither stealing nor
begging, and those who are humbuggod hav*
themselves to bla-tue,' , ,
I begin to buheve that a man was not mad*
to enjoy life, hirt tp keep himself miserable in
the pursuit and poks&iskm ofTiehes.
I begin to believe that the surest remedy
for hard times and ft tight monty market is aft
extravagant expenditure on the part of the
individual—to keep money moving.
I begin to believe that hone but knaves are
qualified to hold office under the Government,
with the exception of a few natural bom fools
and lunatics.
I begin to believe that a pianoforte is mor*
necessftry in a family than bread and meat.
Bonn4r advertises as an attraction to the
Ledger a forthcoming series of articles by
twelve members of the United States Senate.
Among them, we trnst, there will be one on
temperance by the lion. Richard Y’ates ; one
on Marriage by the Hon. Charles Sumner; one
on Honesty by the Hon. Simon Cameron ; one
on Virtue by the lion. S. C. Pomeroy, and let us
hope that the whole will conclude with a dis
sertation on the influence of garden seeds upon
American Statesmanship, by Vice President
Colfax. The Ledger man should have gone to
the old and new members of the llouso for
something really instructive, Thus, Butlsr,
on Spoons; Mullins, on Rhetoric; Schenek,
on Poker; Stokes, on Loyalty; or Ashley, oa
Tow* ‘Sights’would be very interesting.—Gim
Enq.
Many lose the opportunity of saying a kind
thing by waiting to weigh the matter too long.
Our best impulses aro too delicate to endure
much kindling. If you fail to give them ex
pression the moment they rise, they effervesce,
evaporate, aud are gone. If they do not turn
sour, they beeoine flat, losing all life and
sparkle by keeping. Speak promptly when
you feel kindly.
As birds sing oftener on lowly roofs than
palace domes, and rosqs lovo best to climb o’er
lowly window-sills and cottage-eaves, so to
the poor, G.od’s blessings comp freighted with
dearest wealth, and to the "humble heart His
love is speetest.