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Volume 2. 1* O E T 1( Y. “ SOMUJIODrs LOVE. HT Mm Ml. •Somebody i'lvri* nie ! teiutifiil thought— T**t coinc no matter whit will, 'There'* an inly form and a noble heart That will tenderly lore me still: Through the tear-drops Ot grief or cloud* of despair; This lore, like h halo of light. . Shull *'\er surround me, dii-pelliug the gloom l.'lr". m-.miTif' tli*' shadow of night |* f, ,tline should Use with her flart.ni iug smiles, And tin lives of my friendships kill : 1 .-an smile through it, all, for well do 1 know Somf.hody novas ms still. \Vii ‘ii tin uhapg ts of Time shall have brushed ti'otn my olleeV Tlie b Miitiful blnshe* of youth, ■1 lie hisse* he'il pre-s on my wrinkled luow Will prove all Ills candor and truth. And when through the dark shaded valley of death 1 walk through mv iterkrus gloom. I'll not. be alcne, for somebody's love Will go with me into the tomb. MISCEL L A N Y. SUPREME COURT DECtsIdNS. IUF..RTANT COINS DECII). D BY TIIK COURT THK HOMESTEAD I.AW AGAIN—WHAT THE COURT DECIDES —SOMETHING OF*INTEREST TO EVERY CITIZEN —ITLL TEXT OF THE DECISION—OTH ER CASES DECIDED. Simmons vs. Anderson. Homestead frotn Monroe. Warner, C J. f This was a claim case, which was sub iintteil to the decision of the Court with 'out tlie inter7ention ot a jury, on the 'following agreed statement of facts: "‘That the defendant in Ji t'a., James M. 'Simmons, on the 27th day of March, 1873, executed to the plaintiff, W. W. •Anderson, a mortgage upon one hundred acres of land that said instrument was signed sealed and delivered with all the solemnity necessary under the law and is In nil respects a valid in r I gage ; that in said instrument the said Simmons waived for Ifirrelf and fanvly all right to a homestead to or- out of said bargained and described (.remises: ihat said inort gage has been f nvolose I, and Ji fa is sued against the defendant, and levied on said lan i : tlut the defendant, as the head of the fanily. has since said fore e‘osure and levy of said ji. fa. applied for, anil obtained a homestead on said land, accoiding to tlut requirement, of the law, and has, as agent for his wife, filial* his claim thereto.” Upon this Mrlleul'uit of facs the 0 dirt, droili Hiat the land was subject to the mori— igago fi. fa. levied thereon; whereupon flic claimant excepted. The only question made here on the Jo.ogoing statement of frets Was, whith er Simmons, the and. femt uit in the inert* gage /i. fa., could waive Ids right, as (lie iiea J of h family, to claim A homestead in the property described in the mort gage, so as to prevent him from after wards obtaining si homestead on the Specific property mortgaged; and to cljjjin the same iis a httttiestead b.tdinption as the agent of Ilia Wife, from being sub ject to that ntOtl*;lge and. fa. The 17.72.1 section of the tilde declares that “in this .State tl)tt hhslMii is the head of tie fam ily; and the wife is sillljbbt it) hiui; her legal civil existence IS mergul in the husband, except so far as the law rec ognises Itbr sepefately, either for her own protection; di ; tor her benefit, or for the preservation of public order.” The Con stitution ol 1868 declares that each head flf a family, or guardian or trustees of a family of minor children, shall be entitled to a homestead o c realty to the value of two thousand dollars in specie, ifco., which, when set apart, is exempt from lev}' atid sale) except for taxes, money borrowed and expended in the improve ment of the homestead; or for the pur chase money of tile same, and for labor done thereon,- or material furnished therefor, or removal of incumbrances thereon; When the GonstitittiOtl de clares that each head of a family shall be entitled to a homestead in realty to the value of two thousand dollars in spoie, it was intended that it should be compulsory on each head of a family to lake out a homestead in his land, tVheth <t he desired to do so ot hot. The ob vious and fair cofistrtiction of this clause of the Constitution is, that each head of a family shahid be entitled to a home stead, as therein provided, if he desired to have one, and not otherwise. When Mr Sinimous borrowed the money and executed his mortgage .d.-ed to secure its payment, he Stipulated under his hand ana'seal that he Waived for himself and family all right to a homestead in the iMorgagetl premises j in other words, he declared that, as the head of a family, he did not desire to have a homestead °n that land so mortgaged by him. As the head of his family and owner of the land, lie could have made an absolute “ale of it, and thus hav<? defeated all claims of his family to a homestead ort •he land. Why, as the head of his lam- j dy and owner of the land, could he not stipulate that he would not claim a 1 homestead on it, the more especially if he did not desire to have one 1 B* sides, it does not appear from the record in this case lmt that the defendant, Sim mons, bad plenty of other land than that mortgaged on which he could have taken a homestead exemption as the head of a family. The obtaining and claiming a homestead exemption in the mortgaged property by’Mr. Simmons, as I the agent ot Ins wife, after wipulating in i tlie mortgage, as the head of his family,! that lie waived for himself and family all rgbt to a homestead in the morl j "ed piomises, doe-, not. -yn regre* to Siodidalc Iraistej. say, exhibit a very high standard of either his legal or moral obligation to pay an honest debt. In view of the facts as disclosed in the record, we af firm the judgment of the Court below. Judgment affirmed, OBdRGtA "AND ILLINOIS. Mr. T. Moore furnishes the Atlanta ton’with some statistics, which makes a good showing for our State, and furnish an attractive lesson to those ot our people, black and white, who wish to leave Georgia and seek a fools’ paradise in tlie West. His figures are derived trtmi the agricultural reports of Illinois .did Georgia tiff die rnoffths of January .-inti February ot the present yetlf, and may be accepted as official. They are as follows: GFOJR4I.VS AVBR: AGE YIELD; CORN. 10 )nish. per acre price 86cts, ...$8 fiO WHEAT. 7 1 bush, per acre price $1 50... 11 25 RTE. bush, per acre price s.l 50.!. 9 75 HAT. 1J tons per acre price sl7 60... 26 40 OATS. 11 bush, per acre price 90 cts, 990 BARLEY. 12 bush, per acre price $1 75,....21 00 BUCKWHEAT. 14 bush, per acre price sl. 14 tit) POTATOES —IRISH. 68 bush, per acre price $1 20. .. 81 60 POTATOES —SWEeI. 64 bush..per acre price fit) ct5....38 40 TOBACCO. 550 lbs. per acre price 23 cts.., 126 50 MOLASSES —SORGHUM. 68 galls, per acre price 60 ct5....48 80 Total $.333 20 It will thus be seen that the culture ol all the principal agricultural staples pays a great deal better in Georgia than in 11 linois—though l linoi* is justly consider ed the garden State of the West. Men who aie wi ■ iit g to work, ami who know ho a* Lo work intelligently can make inotv money in Georgia than they can any where else.— A ayustn Chronicle. HOWTO GET ALONG. lloii t stop to tell stories in business hours. If you have a place of business be found there w’hen wanted. No mail can get rich by sitting around the stores and saloons. Never fool on business matters. Have order, system, regularity and also promptness. Do not meddle with yon know nothing of. Do not kick every stone in your path. More miles can be made in o >e day by going steadily than by slopping. Pay as you go. A man of honor respects his words as he does his bond. Help others when you can, hut never give what you cannot afford, because it is fasnionable. Learn to say no. No necessity of snapping it out dog fashion, but firmly say it and respectfully. Use your own brains rather than those of others. I.igiru to think and act for yourself. Keep ahead rather than behind the times. Live Oak, Florida has a philosopher, according to the statemont of the 'limes. Trie editor says: The oilier morning, afte" the big freeze, we met our old friend, Geo. C. White, humming in his quiet ay “Ft'aise Goi> from whom all blessings flown” Knowing the “Major” had planted vegetables for the centenni a>< we inquired hoar his crops were. With a grin smile he replied, “Dear sir, dead ! early dortl beans, Irish potatoes, with some fifteen ricifes of melons, all dead as Hector.” “But,” be continued with a twinkle in the fnTth corner ot his left eye, “I lirive been looking for this, aud now have another lot of seed in soak to re-plant, and, with the blessing of God I’ll be ready for the centennial.” ♦ Prof. Davies, eminent mathematician, conversing with a young friend of his upon the importance of system if; study ing as vt’eil US iii everything else, tooK a piece of paper find wrote off for him the following nilcs: 1. Learn otie thing at a ‘lffie'. 2. Learn that thing well. 3. Learn its connections, as far as possible, with all other things. 4. Believe that to knOvv evertbing of something, is better than to know' some thing ofeVerthing. The Washington Republican insSlts tlfo people of the United States by say in that “In spite of tiiisfßelk'nap’s steal), however, the people will eliftg to tlie party which represents the principles they love," The Republican may love corrupt and disgraceful principles, but it is simply an outrage to charge the peo ple of the United Stales with any such enormity. —Courier Journal. “It is better to yield a lidtfe,” says some cheap philosopher, “than to quar rel a great deal.” He should have said, and would have said had he been a true philosopher, that it is. better to yield a great deal than to quarrel a little. The husband and wife who bear this con stantly in .mind may* be happv, even without a baby. CONYERS, GEORGIA: THURSDAY, APRIL (, 1876. ILLINOIS’ AVER AGE YIELD. Corn; 31 bush, per Acre price 34 cts .sll 56 WHEAT. 19 } bnh per acre price 91 ets 9 55 161 bush per aero price 61 ct5....10 10 HAT. 1 40-100 tons per acre at $9 75. .13 65 OATS, 331 biisii pel Sere price 28 cts 9 38 BARLET. 26 J bush per acre price 70 cts.... 18 55 BUCKWHEAT. 15 bush, per acre price 80 cts.... 12 00 POTATOES —IRISH. 130 bush per acre price 32 ct5...41 00 POTATOES —SWEET. 97 bush, per acre price 92 ijtm...B9 24 TOBFCCO. 550 lbs. per acre price}? cts 38 25 MOLASSES —SORGHUM. 95 galls, per acre price 55 ct5...52 50 Total $306 do GRATA'S OF THE BOOTHS. TIIK ItURIAI, PLACE OK TIIK liUKAT TRAOK DIKB, JUNIUS BRUTUS BOOTH, AND TIIK ASSASSIN JOHN WII.KKS BOOTH. Baltimore., Feb. H.—A short dii tnnee from the entrance to the lovely Greenmount cemetery, at this place, out comes upon a plain marble shaft, stand ing ifpon it High pedestal, fornfijd of rough-dressed granite blocks. The eye is arrested by the name “Booth," in large letters, near the base of tlie marble column, and at this familiar mi ne one turns to it for closer inspection. '] he side next to the path bears upon it a bas-relief portrait of Junius Brutus Booth, surrounded by a laurel wreath. Beneath are the following lines . “Behold the spot wlieie Junius lies ; O, drop a tear where Genius dies. Tragedy the mighty chief j ■ . / by jidvler til please surpassed belief, Hie Jaeet—the matchless Booth." The poetry is a little sha.ly, but the sentiment will do; Another side of the shaft has cut uptifl it, ‘‘Died NbVember 80, 1852. " ’i'iie remaining side has upon it, ‘‘Sacred to the memory of the chil dren of Junuis Brutus and Mary Ann Booth ; John Wilkes, Frederick, Eliza beth, Mary Ann, Henry Byron.” Here, then, lies the brilliant genius wht) fttr thirty years delighted our Mill ers arid grand fathers with his marvelous renderings of Richard 111., lago, Sir Giles Overreach, Lear, Shylock and Othelio, and whose eccentric!ics were as famous as bis genius. A man ot splfchdid talents; which lie but partially improved, his life wa* a Stibc'feSSioh b'f brilliant successes aftd humiliating frill ures. He came to Arneiicii in 1820, when in the zenith of his fame in England, and thenceforward nfade liis home hero. The traditions that have come down to us of this great artist tliat resent him as one whose instant and tremendous con centration of passion in his delineations overwhelmed his audience, and wrought it into such enthusiasm that it partook ot the fever of inspiration surging through his own v't'ms. Be was not lacking in tlie power lo compfehefid and pot tray with marvelous delicacy tlie exquisitely subtle shades of character that Shake speare loved to paint, and his impi is dil ations were a delight to the nil/fed scholar as well as the uncultivated hack woodmen who crowded to his perform ances. In person he is described as being ot short stature, but bearing the ’seal Of royal dignity and power in every look and action. IJis face Wns Cast originally in the antique I’otitSii frtOld ; its uuiline was classic in the highest degree, and many saw in it a strong resemblance lo the portraits of Michael Angelo. An admiring biographer says ot him : •‘No language can do more than recall to those who have seen him in his most vital moods the terrible and beautiful meaning of his look and gesture, or the charm of his massive and resonant voice j for voi/p, gesture and every fiber of his wonderful organization were subordina ted to a genius which laid hold of and expressed, with absolu e sincerity, the radical elements of character, and gave play to its minor manifestations with spontaneous freedom and variety of na ture. The bane of this great genius was intoxication. He was absolutely a s'ave to the demon 8f alcohol, and tvlieuever the master eliose to exert his power Bootli yielded, in spite of firm resolves, high pride, strongest pledges to friends, and important business engagements. Despite all this he retained his popular* ity to the last unabated. In 1824 bo purchased a (arm at Bel Air, thiity miles 'from Baltimore, and lived for a while upon it in a retired and frugal manner, supporting himself and family by selling eggs and milk in Bal timore. Among the ether eccentricities was an extreme veneration for animal life ; he believed in metempsychosis as devoutly as any Brahmin, aud would not eat animal food, not neriuit it to be used in bis family. An eminent clergyman tells an affectitig siory of being summon ed by Bootli to his room one night, tthd on arriving fund hiui in an agony of woe over several hundred pigeons which had been slaughtered at a match that day. Booth asked the clergyman to read the burial service oYer the slaugh* tered innocents) which the reVereUed gentleman declined to do; and then Booth himself did SO; in all the pomp of his glorious rhetoric, and delivered a most affecting discourse Upon the inhu manity of m/tii to tlie animals oVer whom he had been given dominion. He died of the cholera in 1852, while on the way from New Orleans to Cin cinnati. On two opposite sides Of the foot of the monument ate fiewly rffade gratesj covered with a dense matting of gtow ing ivy, w-liieli straggles over on the surrounding sod.- There are Neither head nor foot stones to the graces, pieces of lath ftt each end doing duty as such. One of these graves, has a painful inter eot for the American people, since in it is laid all that is mortal of tlie miserable assassin whose murderous hand sacrificed a kind, beneficient ruler, and plunged a nation in sorrow. There lie moltktitlff tlie bones of John Wilkes Booth, the recreant, renegade son of the great actor, brought hither to quietly slumber with those of a lather and family whose name he did his best to coter with ignominy for all time. llow great the brotherly charity that thus.sought owt in his dia honored grave the body ot him whose whole life was the shame of his noble name, and gave it decent burial among kindred 1 The story of WflkcS Booth’s a®-a sin ation of Line In is a painful, vivid rec ollection to the American |ieoplp, and hoHe of thf m #lll ever forget the keen pang that rent their hearts at the intel ligence that the beloted president, se renely cnlitf Iff the fcb'tivletlon Unit, his great iask had at last Ikvii accomplished; was brutally murdered while sitting in the midst ot family atfd fliends. ,by one whose sole end wrid Id achieve tot liim self an enduring notoriety, like that of the youth who burned the temple of Kpltt-SitS; Then came the swift 'pursuit ot the assassin. Tifeuty miles south of Fredericksburg, lie was overtaken and brought to the hay in a barn, which is fixed to drive him out, and Boston Corbett, a sergeant in the pursueing squad, ends the story by putting "a car bine bullet through tlie wretch’s brain. The dead body was brought back to Washington, and, after identification, buried in the arsenal grounds. Some two or three years ago I tie Government gave Edwin Booth permission to remove the remains, which he has done, and interred them, as above stated, at one side ot the monument over his father’s grave. WISE SAVINGS None but a fool is always right. Some men, like pictures, are filter for a corner than a lull liglrt. Jo most of men, experience is like the stern light ot a ship, which ilhumnated only the track it has passed over. It a man do not erect, in this age, his own tomb ere lie dies, lie shall live no longer in monument than the bell rings alia the widow weeps. ’J here are many men who, appear to be struggling against adversity and yet are happy ; but yet man who although abounding in wealth, are miserable. Friendship is the only thing in tlie world, concerning the usefullness ol which all mankind are agreed. Show me the man who has warm friends and bitter enemies, and I will at, least show you a mail of character and manhood. He who will not reason is si bight— he that cannot reason is a fool—and he who dares not reason ts a slave. Men will wrangle for fellgi.ui, write for it, fight fur it, die for it—do any thing but live for it. Never join w i'll your friend when he abuses bis horse or his wife, unless tlie ft: st is abotfl iU U(i Sold and the last buried. * Cunning is art invention of wise men, to keep fools at a distance, ami good bfrhdiWg is rin Crpedieiq to make fools ; and wise frifcli cqrials. 11 you hear a person slander another mark that person ; the same will slander you in a 'ike manner when occasion of fers. The slanderer always speaks evil ol those whom she hates, t*e they Sti iri‘ or devil. Beware of tlie man who makes a dis play. I e makes a disply of his piety lit 1 is a liypod/ite. If lie makes a dis play of his charily, lie is a miser. If lie makes a display of punctuality in pay ing his debts, lie would swindle his creditors if lie had a chance. If he makes a display of Iris honesty, lie is a knave. In brief the man of display is it tliam—all he appears to be is unreal. CAPTURING OSTRICHES. Tlie greatest feat of an Arab hunter is to captnre an ostrich. It is tltc larg est of living birds, aud piobably tlie swiftest of all living auiufals. Being very shy and cautious, and living on the sandy plains, where there is little chance to take it by surprise, it can only be captured by a well planned and long continued pursuit witli tlie swiftest hor scs. The ostrich lias two curious habits in running when alarmed. it always starts witli outspread wings, against the wind, so that it can scent the approach ot an enemy. Its sense ot smell is so keen that it can detect a person at a great distauce, long before ore can be seen. The other curious habits is that of running in a circle. Usually five or six ostriches are found in a company. When discovered, part of the hunters, mounted on fleet horses, will pursue the birds, while the other hunters will gal lop away at right angles to the course the ostriches have taken. When these iiuuteis think they hare gone far enough to cross tlie path tlie birds will be like ly to take, they watch upon some rise of ground lor llieir approach. If the hunters hit the right place and see tlie ostriches, they at once start in pursuit with fresli horses, and sometimes over take otie or two ot Hie birds, but often two Or three of fleet horses fall, completely tired out with so sharp a chase: W*Mt Comes oK Goort Talking. —Any I one who has command of Iris own lan guage has a marked and ever sei viceablo talent; lias a eouspictfods atail over one lacking such command.- lie Has fuller confidence in himself; broader stiope; larger power of persuasion, augmented strength of every kind. Take a tcorce of business rrteii; ritfd the one who talks best, even though lie lias less ability than the others, will be most likely to succeed. By talking best is not meant talking most, for all well regulated persons have a fear of a tonguey fellow and early close their doors and their heats against him. They think Of him in the Words ot Swift: “No wi and beast is more to be dreaded than the communicative man who has nothing to communicate." I eliteness is hut.kind feeling towards others, affd acted out in oitr intercourse witb them We arc always polite to those we respect and ot rim PAPER BARRELS. Among the numerous novel uit*B to which paper is now-a.days put, is the manufacture of barrels for tlie carriage o| such materials as flour, sugar, etc. These barrels are made ot successive layers of paper board cemented together, and subjected to enormous procure, the result ot which is a compact substance wi*li great resisting powers. , The pa per is made of straw, thus fh'lhd rind converting, into a merchantable artiflej wliat, in most sections of the country; is regarded as refuse. Tlie barrels are uer leblly Cj liiillric-fil It) forth, dvhioh gives them an advaritiige of twenty-five per cent, in storage over wooden barrels. Their weight is About halt that of a wooden luirre), so that in a car load a saving of nearlF one thousand pounds in freight is made. It is calculated that they will Si-inti four times the pftssui'c tliat a wooden barrel will. The inven tion was patented *a few months ago, and two factories are now engaged in tlie mniiiifacture--one at, Winona, Wis., and biiu nl llldiol'.fh, lowa. At the hi. ter factory, 1,600 barrels per day are turned out, with n consumption ot five tons ot paper. It is claimed for them that they can be made twenty per cent, cheaper than wooden hart els. They may be rendered absolutely air-tight, and it is claimed that they will resist moisture foiled' than they are likely ever to he exposed to it. They afb mride in quarter, half, and fill! sizes. The inven tor is sanguine tliat, they are destined entirely to sup ercede ti e wooden bar rel. 4—4 t LETTER PROM DAVI CROCKETT. TIIK OBKiINAL IN THE l’KohcSslON 01 A GALVESTONIAN CROCKIT§ OI’INION OF ANDREW JACKSON CANDIDLY EXELKsSEI). [Galveston (Texas) News, Tuesday, Mmv.h 7.] Galveston, March 6, 1876. Editors jVews : Reading the two ar ticles in your issue ot yesterday, one (a special dispatch) in reference lo the relics of Genera,-il Washington, and the oilier by the Rev. Mr. Thrall, about the fall of the ill-fated ‘Almo’ and its heroes—Trav is, Crockett, Bowie, etc.—reminds me that I have a, relic of David t rocks it (who was a illative of niifth), hi the shape ot a letter, which I herewith in- close you. Should Igo to the Centen nial I will add it to tlie list of curiosities exhibited. Yon can publish tlie letter if you ebonite to do so, as it may tfdl be nninterefifiiiff to your readers. You will observe that 'he It-ller was addressed to my father in May, IB‘t4,mi(i written by Crocketl himself, in not a very fancy hand, but in very riricildc langnage; which was characteristic ot the great stateman and he to. Respectfully, etc., J. E. Wai.eis. Wasiunoton City, 20th May, 1534. J\ j nr far : Your favor of 11th ii.st. came safe to hand by the Irtril rrtail, and I will hasten to answer its coiilents. You reqriest me to say to you at what lime I will visit White Sulphur Springs. It would give me pleasure to say Id you what time I could he Lift \f , c have set no day for adjournment rif (Jdifgft'Ss. and until tliat is done it Wotfld be mi possible for tne lo say to you that I would be there on any particular day, and, again, I will be compelled to go immediately home when Congress ad journs. I will then.make my arrange ments, and come up and see you. I have some business that will require (fly attention when we adjourn. My post office is called ‘Crocket’s post-office, Gibson county,' where, if you write to me at home, i will get it immediately. I have no idea when Congress will break up; but, if it does in time, I wiH be at the Springs in August or the Ist of Sep tember. If I come, I have no object in view, more '.han lo enjoy myself. lam electioneering for nobody in the world. It I can hack the political Jupas, Martin Van Buren, I will do so, for i think him a perfect scoundrel, and, in fact, he is like the balance that Jackson is sur rounded with. The truth is, he is sur rounded by a set of imps of famine, that would destroy the country to promote their own interest. They do not care if JadSon was at the devil, so they gel the spoils of victory. The truth is. they have prompted the poor old man by singing g'oi iftoritlufff to him until he believes his popularity is able to break down the Constitution rind laws of the country. In fact lie lias come to the conclusion that lie can make the people believe that no mittt ever (fin understand the Constitution until lie mounted the throne. He' h;t:1 do me to the conclusion that not even the ni.'ii that framed the Constitution understood it. In fact w may say with propriety that we have the gotefftitient of one man. -<. Andrew Jackson holds both the sword and purse, and claims it by the Consti tution as the arms and aminunitrioti and other 'public property, and lie has and slaves tb Iris party enough to sustain liifrt in the House of Representative**. But we bate 6/ie hope. The Senate will Bate the Constitution and laws in spite of Bing Andrew tlie First. We have fiad a warm session, and I expect it will get no better until Con gress elosos. We are getting Iris poor lickspittles almost ashamed of them selves. 1 must close, and remain your obedi ent servant, David Crockett. Josiii! Wallis. Anew kind of door hinge has been invented. It’s peculiarity is that the floor not only shuts quickly lord noise less ness, but it hits the person wh > 'caves the door open :t fierce blow ou bis back. KCVDVEH-R DOG CASE—A NICE LEGAL QUESTION. A man came into the office of Jndgfe X., the well known luwycr, the oChci da}; and when the Judge h ,and time to listen to him he said : “Judge, my name is Sctlddef. I oidl ed to see you about a dbg ease that kinder bewilders me, and I lliotfght may be you might tliiow soitfe light on her—7 might just give nit* tlie law points bo's r know whether it Was worth while suing dr not. Yo.i see rife and a man named Foils went into JltlrtuHshlp on a dog. lidttglit fiitti: He was a setter, and me riffd Felts vfrtift shares on him sj’s (o' take Him out a hunting. It was never definitely settled Which half of him I OvVHed and Which halt belonged tri Potts; but solffeliow I kinder formed a I ill eft in my own tfiihd tliat tlie hind end was Sendder'S fflid tile front end Fotts’s. OonsecpiHirie ws tliat, when the dog barked I always said; ‘There goes Foils' half exercising itself;’ and when flic dog’s Vail wagged I always considered that my end was beilfg rigituted. And; of course, when one of mv hind )ges scratched one of I’otls’s ears or one of his shoulders, I wits perfectly satisfied ! first, because th.it soft of thing was good lor the dog J and; sicond, hi cause the tiling would get about, even when l’otts's bead Would reach around and bite a Ilea off my hind legs or snap at a fly. Well, things went along filnooth enough for a While; until otfe day tliitt dog began to get into the habit ol' running around al ter his tail, lie was the foolisliest dog about that I ever seen. He used id chflSe his tail round and lottud until her! get so giddy lie couldn’t bark. And you know I was skeeled lest it might hurl the dog’s health, and as Fotts didn't seem to lie willing to keep his end Iron! oitcuhUing In puisuit ot nfy end I made up ifiy mind to Chop the dog's tail off; so's to make him reform and behave. So last Saturday I caused the dog to back up agin a log, and then ! suddenly drop ped an ax on his tail; pretty close up; and the. next minute lie was booming arduitd that yard, howling like a boat load ol fvild eats'. Just then Fotts came up, and lie let on to be mad because I'd cut oil that, tail. One word brougnt on anotlnn, and petty soon Fotts sicked that dog on me—irty own half too, mind' you —and the dog bit, if**! in the leg, bit u piece out. Sec lieu • look at that leg! Ahout lirtlt a potted gone ? et up hy that ddg. Now,- what 1 want to ecu yoif ahout, Judge, is this : Can’t I recover damages fbr assault mid battery lrouf Polls? What J clfobp td Off belonged to me, recollect. 1 owned an undivided halt cl' that setter pup, from the lip ot his tail clear up to his third rib, nud I had a light to cut away as much of it if*' I’d a mind to j while Potts, being sole owner of the dog’s head, is responsible when lie bites anybody." “I don’t know,” replied the Judge, musingly. “There haven’t beer, any an d cisions cu cases exactly like this. Ituf' what does Mr. Polls say upon the sub ject ?” “Why, Potts's view is fKftt I divided' the dog the wrong way. When he wrtifts iti map out his halt he draws a‘ lint* front the Middle ot the nose, riglft along the spine; rtnd clear to the efftf of the tail. That giveS me one lilnd teg and one fore leg and imfke's Irirn joint proprietor in the tail. And he Styffthatf’ it 1 wanted to cut oft my half of fh’e' tail I might hare done it, and lib’ wouldn’t have cared; hut what made him mad was that I wasted his properly without consulting him.” MEN’S WIVES IN WASHINGTON. Wlicn an ambitious tt’Wni'en Undertakes the role of a politician at Washington she is almost certain to attain some' measure ot success. It she is married she can do things which her husband, could not ami would not dare to do. If she is single she can be even more auda cious and reckless. Women who love power and the emoluments which polit ical influence secures, find Washington an excellent place for their activity. Even those who were supposed to know nothing ot business and politics; aftef living in Washington a While,- begin to take an interest in C'Otff facts, claims, and bills for improvements. Moreover, a woman (if Codsmdate tact has ceftahi decided advantages tftet the male politi eian. She is not held accountable! for v+liat she does, Ptity j when was a wo man ever arraigned for attempting to bribe or corrupt a Congressman ? She disl'tir e's money, appeals openly and privately to Legrsltttu'fs to support her bill, it:d hardly ever gets a point blank refusal. 'I he chivalry of men shieds her Irom open rebuke and olten from a blunt denial. She extorts, promises, ap| Oils to sympathy; .rirgttes her ease well end wi'h Hu adv,Outage of knowing after a while all tire ins and outs of politics. She is often reckless because in many instances she hAs noilring to Use. fhio is not to he a Candidate for any office; and often her social position will rather be helped iFrau prejudiced by her success in pastin g through her elite'prises. Tlie feirtrile politician is brilliant, per-' suasive, and often triumphant. But, otf the whole, she h not si success. She is dashing and reckless,- lucking secretive-' ness; reticence, and the sagacity of oblit erate evidence which nfay, at some fur tire (lay, he fitrnrd against her.- It would be far belief if wfie would set up as a •‘sold trader/' A domicile stored with fnhoin aiiffg pfftvder can hardly be more dang* rons mail tile wile of a Congress man or cabinet officer who subjects | domicile and husband to the dreadful explosives of schemes which she has se cietlv managed. \\ illiams and Belknap arc not tbo only victims.—A’cni J'ran cUco Itui’ctiiu