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By J» r ". W. Radley. Official Organ of Polk and Haralson Counties. Subscription. $2 Per Annum. VOLUME IV. CEDARTOWN, GA., THURSDAY, SEPTEMBER 12, 1878. NUMBER 41. IVIT AND HUMOR. {‘Transported lor life”—the who marries happily. If you would rise in the woildj you must nob stop to kick at every our who barks at you. Dr is aggravating to think up good j**ko after getting to bed, and not be able to recall a word of it next morning. Connecticut clergyman, in speak ing of dancing, says people usually do more harm with their tongues than their toes. “I nlwavs ciitl her my dear wife,” Said Mr. Jenkins, “and I mean it.— You ought to see the bills that come ini” Darwin says a woman looses one- tenth of Her time looking for her thimble. Ho recommends that Bhtfffor it be attached to the frame of lhe mirror. “Is this jiir-tight?” inquired a man i'u a hardware-store, as lie examiued a stove.” “No sir,” replied the clerk, “air never gets tight.” lie lost a customer. One reason why more people did not get into the ark is, that Noah did not advertise in the papers. There is a great moral dosson con tained in this fact. An agricultural society offered a premium for the best mode ol irriga tion, which was printed “irritu- tion” by mistake. A farmer sent his wife to claim the prize. A woman may not be able to shar pen n'penoil or throw stones ata hen, but site can pack more articles into utrunk than a man cau in u one-horse wagon. There is no widow so utterly wid owed in her circumstances us she who has a drunken husband; no or phan so destitute us lie who bus a drunken father. An Iowa couple who had decided to separate, but ould not agree .about the possession of their baby, finally settled tint matter by selling the infant to a neighbor for titty dol lars. An old man’s advice to a young man was, “Don’t love two girls at once. Love is a good thing, but it is like butter iu warm weather—it won’t do to have too much on hand at once.” A young friend doesn’t know which to do, got married or go west and fight the Indians, lie is dread-' fully afraid if lie does one lie’ll be sorry afterwards that he didn’t do the other. Ho will probably get his hair lifted up if he does either. A clergyman was once forced to say to a congregation which persisted in dospnsiting buttons in the con tribution box: “Brethren who wish to contribute buttons, will please not hammer down the eyes; for, while that process does not increase their value ns coin, it does impair their usefulness as buttons.” A Kentucky audience was dread fully shocked the other night. Just as a local temperance leader was about to begin hia address, lie leaned too closely over the candle and his breath caught fire. He afterwards cjcpiiti noil) liowou-r, that he had been using camphor for the toothache. The amendment was accepted and the talk went on. As a conceited young man was singing iu company, an old lady burst into tears. The singer, great ly flattered by the old lady’s emotion, took an early opportunity to get an introduction to her, when she cor dially thanked him for his song, and said: “I had a donkey I thought a great deal of that died lately, and your voice was so exactly like his, that I could not help thinking of the poor beast as you sang.” She clasped her handkerchief to her face 'again, and the young man silently stole away. The late Artcmns Ward used to ♦ell the following story: “While in Boston, I returned in a horse car to my lodgings. A party gal in specta cles sot near me, and was telling her young man how he reminded her of a young man she used to know in Waltham. Pnty soon .the young man got out, and smiling in a seduc tive manner, I said to the in spec tacles, “Don’t I remind you of some one you used to know?” “Yes,” she said,* “you do remind me ol oue inau, but bo was sent to the penitentiary for stealing a barrel of mackerel; he died there, so I conclude you ain’t him.” For thu UxprcDx. Am I My Brother’* Keeper. The meeting is over. Our frieiid Robert has joined the church, and we have welcomed him gladly, sha ken hi8 hand in token of fellowship, rejoiced over him, for he is achnuged man. He wears a different look, speaks in a different tone, and looks with abhorrence upon hia past life in which he was a blasphemer, a drunk ard, u gainhier and a b 'oiler. Now, he is a man of peace. Now, “man hood looks forth with steady glance” into the dim aisles of the futures and it is his aim, hia desire to live a quiet Godly liA 1 , and wo are commanded to bear each others burthens. Suppose bro. A, who hus been a professed follower of Christ for years is in the habit of using by-worels, fearing probably, that bis assertions will not have sufficient weight unless he confirms them by some sort of atli. lie does not cull it, swearing; no, no! lie only uses a mild form of xpletive such as, “by George,” or “by hokey” or “what in the thunder ’ or “what in the nation” &c., yet Robert, this now convert, hearing it is shocked, but soon gets used to it, and uses b.y-words to», till by and by in argument or passion his treach erous tongue uses the name of his Creator, and bro. A. is horrified and marvels that Robert should forget the words, “swear not at all.” Still it. is none of his busiuess to remind him of it, and h-* stands back and cries, “Am 1 my brother’s keeper?” Robert has been a dancer. None so well versed as he in ball-room eti.. quotte, and to those who “chase the gluwing hours with flying feet,” it is nder that he has ceased to visit the hall of revelry. Aid lie remem bers that his Lord and Master was never found among such scenes, and has determined that he will go no more. But suppose bro. B. is going and insists on bis company, must he comply? lie reasons that bro. B. has been a church member for some years and surely knows what is right, besides they will take no part—just look on and enjoy the music. They Bro. B. feels no desire to join the giddy throng. He never danced in his life and could not if lie was to try. With Robert it is different, he feels again che enchantment of old; tlie music peals out upon the heated air, lights flash, and fair forms float through the mazy dance. Like the melodious song of the sirens, which charmed the ear of the mariners of old and could scarce be resisted, he feels again the spell and yields. Soon it is noised abroad that Robert, so loved, so rejoiced over, has gone back to the “beggarly elements of the world," and bro. B. says aye lustily when he is excluded fram the church, and 1 f ing upliolv(?)h imlssays “Am I my brother’s keeper? There is bro. 0. a hale, hearty old gentleman, a Christian if there be one in the world, say ull the neighbors. He never was a drunkard, nor even moderate drinker, yet according to time honored custom lie must make a big eggnog for Christmas, or a bowl of steaming stew. Suppose Robert is there and secs his old ene my cleverly disguised. He knows the demon of old, it has wallowed him in the mild, stolen his brains, and put murder in his heart; yet here it sits on a Christian’s board, and bright faces gather around it, soft voices praise it, and little chil dren call for it, Robert fears it, he bus broken the chain and does not wish to forge again the links. Bro. C. sees him hesitate, and says “drink brSther Robert,” still lie demurs and his host presses into his unwilling hand tho glass and tells him to drink for wo must be “temperate in all things.” Perhaps he drinks, and it sots on fire the raging thirst which cannot be satisfied but calls for more, moro. Our poor young friend falls again into intoxication, and when bro. C. sees him often afterwards reeling with drunkenness he mutters piously something about the “dog returning to his vomit again” and adds “we can but let him go to the dogs, for Am I my brother’s keeper?” Bro. D. is a merchant probably, and has a habit of staying in his store late at night. He is a geod fel low (on Sundays) there is nothing against’hiin people say, no harm in him at all. He likes to gathre around him u few chosen companions aud while away their leisure hours with cards. Sometimes it is verging on the “wee sum hours” before they separate and he has to fix up some plausible tale to satisfy his wife, who lias been wakeful and anxious. Poor trusting woman! shotohides her heart und thinks next time she will go to sleep. Well perhaps our friend Rob ert happens in and is invited to take a hand. Ho trembles when the old gay colored kings and queens at produced over whom he lias lost so many precious moments, they look entirely too familiar and lie lias thought to oust them aBido forever. But bro. Lb and other brothers play just for fun and to puss off time, t hey would not bet for anything, but they say there is no more harm in a game of cards than a game of ball or anything else. Robert is persuaded to join, feeling very guilty, as lie ma nipulates the bits of pasteboard, but ibat soon wears off and the old fever ish excitement possesses him, con science is hushed, night, after night finds him there; never satisfied with out cards. By and. by playing for fun becomes too tame, and he turns to tho low haunts of vice, and bro. D. hears that Robert is again u gam bler. Perhaps a guilty throb stirs his heart and he thinks for a mo ment that there are steps in the downwarl, as well as the upwaid path, and perhaps Robert took the first step by bis invitation. Blithe steels bis heart against the thought saving “Am I my brother’s keeper?” There are many more instances in which Christians should lie carefu' Ic3t they lead others astray, but this article is already too long. Have any of ns known of such things? yes often, often. Then how careful 0 how careful! wo should be to set only good example?. Paul says “Let no man pitta stumbling block or an occasion to fall in his brother’s way.” And again : “It is good neither to ?at flesh, nor to drink wine, nor any thing whereby thy brother stum ble 4 .!), or is offended, or is made weak.” Ajlenuoc. A SLANDER NAILED TO THE COUN TER. Facts and figures don’t lie. Now you, your organs and your ring-men, charge that Judge Lester robbed the treasury of Georgia of ten thous ind dollars. That amount you say was appropriated, and that he only re signed when he had drawn out the last dollar, and that his assertion that he resigned because he did not think the time had arrived to carry emigration schemes into effect was simply not true, but because the ap propriation had given out. You jumped at your conclusions, or else you purposely perverted the truth. Now for the facts: In the acts of 1839, page 2G, you will find the act appropriating $10, 000 to pay the expenses of the Im migration Agents. In House Journal, page 529, you will find how that fund was distri buted. But to make the matter plain, we append the following ta ble: Appropriation $10,000 00 Salary Juduo Loetcr $3.68!) 70 Expended for Printing 600 00 Salary Snmuol Woll 8,000 00 Expended for Printing 1,020 00 7,110 76 Unexpended balance $3,880 3-1 Now we find that Judge Lester and Ool. Weil both resigned leaving an unexpended balance of TWO THOUSAND EIGHT HUNDRED AND EIGHTY DOLLARS AND TWENTY-FOUR CENTS. If they had been tho mean cormorants that Dr. Felton charges, they would not have resigned until, as he says, tho last cent was drawn from the treasu ry. But Dr. Felton will find, before this‘can vuss is over, that falsely representing facts to the people, will not add much to his character for truth and veracity. Now, doctor, if you are an honest man, and a true Christian, as your friends claim you to be, you will take the journals and refer to the pages stated above, and read from them the truth, und which truth you are in honor bound to state in every community where you have misrepresented Judge Les ter. If he had been the. thief you assert he is, would he not have held on until, as yon say, he had drawn tHo last oer^t. Doctor, yon ought not to measnro’other men's corn by your own half bushel.—Home Bul letin. WASHINGTON LETTER. Washington Sept. 7, 1878. Alexander II. Stephens suggests Hondricks and Hampton ns candi dates fur tho JjBatyency in 1880. Representative Blackburn’s ticket is Thurman and Wallace There is nc lack of excellent material in the Democratic parly. Both of the dis tinguished gentlemen named us can didate for the Presidency have abili ty, experience in public life, and great popularity. The party and the coun try might do inuoti worse than sc iect either of them. But the time, has not come to make a selection. By June, 1880, we'shall know better what the country needs and what able Democrat is best lilted for the emergency. It is of much more im portance that wo do our best now to retain control of pongress so that the elected Democrat, whoever h • may be, shall not be swindled out ol his office. And the prospect of increasing our majority in the Mouse of Repre sentatives is good. If, as is antici pated, by many, one or more <T the radical candidates in Maine shall he defeated on Monday next, there will be* a h«*avy falling away iu vari ous sections from the Republican par ly. But without any such unlikely event as a ga n of Congressmen is made it is not difficult to figure out a probable Democratic majority of thirty or thirty-live in the • next House. The present investigation of Cus tom House affairs in New York* is not like that madeiby Mr. Sherman for the purpose of getting evidence on which to remove officials, but is n tended as a basis for legislation luring the c-miing, session of Con gress. Mr. Wood has seen the im possibility of gvt iuto the form of law any radical4|feunge in our cus tom system, but through his special Committee, now at work*he hopes ■> be able to learn in what way the xecution o( existing laws may be made less biirdeusoflie and annoying to importers. Mr. Wood is perhaps the most competenUman in Congress lor the work. V The agricultural? dept is experi menting on the production of sugar from common corns stalks, and the chemist of the institution says he sluill know in a fewjilays whether or not the work can he successfully aud profitably done. Up thinks ii can. A 8 ntement is made, I know not on what authority;?!that Chairman Potter will call Ins Committee to gether about the 15th of this mouth, instead of waiting pntil Oct. 1st. as first decided upon. V We are so far hAppily free from the fever which i^ desolating the southwestern cities, ,and less alarm is felt than heretofore. Still, many families .re going North, and every thing possible is bei ng done by the authorities to protei t the city. Washington is bunkrupt,and bus iness here, never grf at, has fallen off wonderfully, but ^tremely liberal contributions are bg.ng made for the suffni’-ra by f,*vwr. f Almost every one gives something, i large number of persons are volunteering io go as nurses. Austin. .J MR. SAMU Elf COLLINS. Letters of enquiry are continually being received as to the sta.iding of Mr. Samuel OollinjT. The following with creditable signatures attached, will satisfy everybjnly that there is such a man as Sanrael Collins and that he is worthy being believed : Aowortji, Ga* Sept. 3, 1878. We do certify that wo have known Samuel Collins for* twenty years or more. That we belfeve him to be an honest, upright and truthful citizen and we do not believe that lie would make a statement that was not strict ly true in every particular. He is poor, it is true, bu (belongs to a good and respectable family. His grand father was an officer in the revolu tionary war. So mis' of us at least have hoard the statement, that Dr. Felton turned hifh away from his house sick, cold and hungry, sever al years ago and kfcow that the state ment had its exi$t^pce before this campaign was started. J C Cooper. ft -M MItchell. M C Awtrey. ' 'Ubo S Avehy. “A Smith, M D. -SR Stroud. S Lemon. < LH Tanner. E L Litchfield. «A M North cot. ANOTHER WARNING TO DEMOCRATS. Felton’s Charge of Bribery. 1 lie Radicals of Georgia lire get-| Having beard a report that !)■• ting decidedly bold. Heretofore they Felton Imd charged Judge LesN* have been rather quiet on the sub- with attempting to buy the vote an I j -ct of the independent movement, influence of Major Z. B. Unwove evidently fearful that if they showed the postmaster in this city, and see- their hands they would frighten * n P » statement published in the • nick into Ih** ranks many dissatisfied Oitizon that Dr. Felton had men, who, while justly hating tho [pHn u" 8 ' „ . , ... , ,, .... tor in a speech at Villanow, Walk-r Radical party, believed Radicalism county, we said in realise to the us- •o be s> dead in Georgia that an in- sertion of tho Citizen that it “did lependout movement might bo star* J no ^ boliuve Dr. Felton could prove ted without any danger of its leading o Republican success. Whether said movement has, iu the opinion of the Radical lenders, progressed so far that they can now safely make known their hopes and schemes or not wo are unable to say. Certainly from some cause or other they are overcom ing timidity, and are speaking out their quite freely. In a late article in the Atlanta Republican, the Radical organ of the State, that paper, discoursing on our Democratic United Sates Marshal for Georgia, says: “Badly as we were disappointed at the time [the appointment was made], we are forced to admit that the appointment of a Democratic Marshall for Georgia has not he.*n without its good results. The duties of the office, We think wo may af firm, are efficiently administered. 1 The political effect has been good. Undoubtedly it has greatly strength- mud the independent movement in he St It*. Marshal FilzaimmoiiR is iu line with Al -x. Stephens, and it will he no fault ot his if every dis trict in Georgia this year Jim not able liberal independent represen- ive wf the better element of the mocnitic party ot the Sale in tne field, ami w.* receive assurance that the whole iiilluencv of the office will rted to secure the fairest elec., tions.” So lur, then, the Jlopublican is lVank to confess, that though it bit terly oppose l the appointment of a Democratic Marshal for Georgia, it, is well satisfied uqw, because it hopes that such an appointment will to increase the independent movement in the State. Thisttahuuld of itself make Georgians who, mindful of the picking and stealings which they formerly had to endure when the State was in Radical lmnds, have learned to view Radicalism with holy horror, halt and consider before they give further countenance to any move which is tlfiiB openly endorsed by their political enemies. But this is not the of the whole matter. Our Stale Radical organ grows still more b »11, and says: In the present weakened and dispirited; condition of our own forces,’ about all we can do in Geor gia is to encourage the independent movement that is surely desintegrat- ing the solid white (i. e. Democratic) vote of the State, and that promises speedily to give us the balance of power. Onrsupport will be sought, and we shall be able to exact honest terms from those seeking it and in part recover, and later, it may be, fully recover what we have lost in the last ten years. There is ho mistaking these iter ances, and Georgians opposed to the restoration of villiany, corruption and Radicalism would do well, out of regard for their own material inter est, to heed them. No one hereafter can plead ignorance of the fact that independent ism in Georgia is likely to work mischief, or laugh at the idea of.the Radical party’s ever re gaining ascendancy in a State which returns 80,000 Democratic majority. Here we are plainly told by the high est Radical authority that it is to the Independentmovement that the Rad ical party looks for comfort, because it (said movement) is surely disin tegrating the solid white vote of the State, and promises “speedily” to give them a balance of power by means of which they expect finally to certainly recover in part, and, af ter a while, in full, what they have lost in the last ten year, Further comment is u necessary. If after this disclosure of the plans Georgians can consent to assist in restoring the Radicals to power in their State, they alone must bear the responsibility. It is welcomed by all like a new star in society. We mean Dr. Bull’s Blood Mixture, No, Dr. Felton cannot prove it; lint on ilie contrary, .Major lluiyrnve soys it is hot so.' lie v.ilunlurilv came to the editor of the Courier and stated that such a report was in cir culation, and that if Dr. Felton hail made any such Statement it. was not the truth, or words uulounting to the same. This paragraph from the Courier, together With tho article fruit the Cilir.en, was published in the Home Tribune of last Wednesday, ami the Tt iluine says; The above is in the Courier of Sat urday. It is a pui'ViTsinu of words mid a suppression of facts. Wo have seen Maj. IT trgrove, and this is his version of the story. The Tribune then goes on to give un tire-1ttnt of a proposition made to Major Hargrove two years ago by “a j'lomiuent Democrat,” and also of veral interviews between Major Hargrove mid Judge I,ester, which were not spoken of by .Major U tr- grove in his cnnvdrsation rai'envd to in the article which was clipped from the Courier. Believing that a fair anti critical interpretation of the article in the I'ribu e made it appear that Major Hargrave accused ns of perverting words und suppressing facts, we call- mi upon him ami asked him for a slate of facts concerning the in- terview between us, and he lurnished us the following; lip ME, G,\„ Sept, ti, 1878. On. Monday, I lie-24th ot August last, I met the editor of tho Courier neat' the pojtollic ■, and said to him that I had just been informed, that Dr. Felt,nn iitul stated In a speech a Dirt Tt ■ . ■ ■ Judge Lester’s Position on Finance, If the man Axe. i*. whom Judge Lester addressed a letter stating Lis position on the financial issues of dav, is without fall *wmg an.I with out inffmjiKK 1 , still the letter lid good and an immense am mot ofi r . It gave Jnda- L'Stor an el */i it op portunity to show to the \»j»L* Ilia, lie was with them in their sol 1 : ILi.iii* cia f.SS. There is no mistaking 'In.* IV.i, ih * financial question will continue to I)-* the question until a uniform, sta ble and convenient t/roenb'ick will be the sole medium of circulating cure* lviiov. The pe »ple are tired of a Na tional bnik fie j * stni: *100,0 of.) binds and receiving *$90,000.00 in national bink bill* in return, virtu ally receiving from the G >vi*rnm-nt #4,000,00 interest on the *10,000,00 bonds left in the treasury. But read the letter: Rome, Ga., 31st August, 1878. Mr. Ihtai'l .he: Deyr Sin: Your polite letter of the 27tli instant asking ■dative to tin tipnl wiled hill'll plutlVii’m nf lit,* Nut Ureenbuck purtv tvn? b ind d b> me this duy, and feeling tisu nvd that nintives in seeking titv opini'ins tire upright and patriotic, 1 do tin hesitate to express them fully and frank v. H i i g -p it g trout t, ,e laboring classes tint! led mging t t t.!ml. large number of our people who obtain their living by their own ex ertion, I can sav with l.rntli I mt whilst 1 entertain neither prejudice nor envy towards the rich there is n it a throb of my heart, that is not in sympathy with the toiling poor of the land in which we live; they groan under burdens which I fain wmihi lift from their hearts and their homes; they sutler from evils of out rageous legist ttion which I fain would relieve, aud if I sliull lie elec ted to a position in the Congress ot tint United States fram the 7th Dis trict of Ceorgi i J shall work with Udhigg ng o 'gyan I p -rsoverencefor the relief of the people hv carrying out by ellioient legislation, the prin ciple, set forlU-iu-tiie-UUniving items to-wit; I. That all '■> mis nml obligati ms of the National (government ought to bo.paid in legal tender notes, ex cept where if is otherwise provided n, that Judge I,ester had I ^ tllB uri S il| ul hiw under which the approached mean I had uskttd mo to; b 'ndsnr obligations ware issued, ‘•stippin't hi,h lor Congress, and asked | 7’lmt nil boitd.s t h at ,.-ru Im onl ine to name my price for such suti-1 ,,,J I’ 1 '' 1 "'iw-shdulj l.e paid port.” I said tn the editor of the “* Fourier, But, while I did not think Dr. Felton had made such charm., yet if he had, he had t)ai)|Vmruled i'u. uividntds anil dates, anti hud made an honest mistake. I said that tlr, charge, if made, was not trite in fact I only spoke lew words to the edit tr ol the Courier, and did not tit the time say to him all that had oeuur- red on this point. I did explain the matter in full to some of Judge L 's- tor’s friends at the time. I heard the report, and both the editor or the Tribune and tnys-lf mav have thought that the editor of.the Couri er knew the facts. If. tts,ures urn (lint lie diil not, and I cheerfully make this slntem-o' in behalf of all interested. Z. B. Hauguovk. Now, it. will be seen that in tilts statem-mt made by Major Hargrove he says; “I said that the charge, if made, was not true in fact.” This is substantially what we said in our former article, and with this sts'e ment we arp willing for a fair-min ded publio to judge whether wo told tile truth or not. Major Hargrove's statement completely denies the truth of the charge made by Dr. Fel ton that Judge Lester had so far forgotten hi, honor ana man, and hud so f;ir lost his senses as to ap proach tlie strongest friend Dr. Fel ton lias iu the DiatHet, attempt te bribe him to vote for him. The fnctth.it a mar, n| Judge Les ter's 11road common sense would make such a proposition is so improbable that, we really gave Dr. Felton credit for too much shrewdness to publicly make tile charge, and did not men tion it until Saturday morning, al though Major Hargrove hud toTd ns of the rumor, and gave us his denial nfiton Monday morning. Now, that the voters of this Dis trict may see what manner of man Dr. Felton is, we publish the state ment of two gentlemen who live in the neighborhood and heuril Dr. Felton’s speech at Villanow. These gentlemen tire men whose testimony will be believed by all who know them, as they stand ns high ns any in the community where they live; “On the 2-Jd August, 1878, at Vil- lanow, Dr. Felton stated that Judge 1 Lester went to Major Hargrove and said to him: “If you will go for me I cun be elected. If you will go for me, name your prior, or sunt, (lie used either the word price nr suvi) and I or my friends will satisfy the demand.”. Dr. Folton first said he would make no charges against Judgo Lester that lie could not prove; and after making the above state ment he said: “Now, if you don’t be lieve it, go to Home and inquire there. J. p, MoWd-mams, H, Y. Hunt. at one', aud the remtlinMpbkhOiild la called in and paid tls.su,m as* it can be lawfully dune. il. That tlie preecnt national hank tg system shmiitl be abolished , ,uml te national bank lulls now in cir- dilation should htf retired ami Ic'.i! tender given back notes substituted^ a their place. 4. Flint greenback notes should lie made a full legal tender in ttie payment of ull dues bull, public and private. 5. I hat whit, is called the.resonip tion act should lie forthwith nnc in- ditiimidly repealed, and tlie currency enlarged to an extent that will fur nish tliu people with an abundance of good mon ;v to m-et all tlie de mands of trade and business of every sort. J (i. That the general Government should issue money for tho benefit of all the people, ami it should not is sue it to or through or for tlie enrich ment nf bunkers or mnuev kings nr gold tyrants at the expense of the laboring and producing classes. 7. That all kinds of property, in cluding bonds, should lie taxed alike -vhyther owned by individuals or corporations. 8. That tho strlntest honesty and the most rig.d economy in the ad ministration of publio affairs should murk the course and 1)3 required of every oflicc holder, from the highest to the lowest. !>. That every man who holds nf- lice and who tuk -s partin the ndm n istrution of publio affairs should re gard tlie interest of thu laboring, in dustrial and wealth-proiliieinu class es as of purumout importance to the people of these United Sta rs, and everything that can ho done should lie done to protect and foster and encourage those who labor, and by enterprise produce the wealth of th ■ country. Now, my dear sir, I have given you- my views and opinions freely and fully, and should I be eleoted to Con gress I shall labor without ceasing to carry them out so that the inoti- - hits of hard times which now praxes so crushingly upon the hearts and hopes and homes of the people shall be lifted from them, and the day light of peace prosperity and happi ness shut dispel the gloom and brighten the home of every man in the land, whether he be rich or poor, white or colored, Democrat or Ite- publican. With every goad wish. I am, your fellow citizen, Geo. N. Lestek. The best reform in domestic hte wtlhout doubt is theft-traduction of Dr. Buiie Baby Syrup. Where it is known no more laudanum is given to the Babies., U sells lor 24 cents..