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(Ouv (Olio. The baby’s littlo game— Lawk '1 here is a great falling off of little 1 boys who try tt riile on tho behind end of a street ear. Does anything in tin; world more closely' resemble a streak of ligtlming, than tbe flash of a wo man’s eye when you tread on the trail of her new party dress. Mariel wliat’s that strange no is at the gate? Cats, sir. Cats! Well, when I was young cats didn’t wear stove-pipe luus and smoke cigars, 'limes are changed, sir. At the closing of a concert, while a young gentleman was struggling with his hat, cane, overcoat, opera glass, and his young lady’s lau, all ol which he was trying to retain on his lap, a suspicious looking black bot tle fell on the floor with a tlmd There, he exclaimed to bis compan ion, I shall lose my cough medicine. That was presence of mind lor you. A country, subscriber informs us that while operating a reaping ma chine the other day one of his cows got m front of it and lie seen had ‘ l beef ala mowed." Charles Lamb, when speaking cf one of his rides on horseback, re marked that all at once his horse stopped, but ho kept right on. An impecunious individual was heard to mutter, as he finished read ing a railroad hand-bill headed. Through without change. That's the road I shall take; no fault to find with them terms. I shall lollow her soon, said a sad eyed man at tho grave ol his wife. Within a month he was following an other woman. A writer in the Scientific Ameri canasks: Why are we right-hand ed? And wo suspect it never occurr ed to him that it because we are not left-handed. Five or six months of married life, remarks a veteran observer, will oft en reduce a natural irrasciblo man to such a condition of angelic humility that it wouldn’t bo safe to trust him with a pair of wings. Madam said a gentleman to his wife, let me tell you facts are very stubborn things. What a fact you must be, quoth the lady. A good joke is going the rounds of the Western joart ot this State at the expense of the erudite editor of one of the Michigan dailies, who on dis covering a lire, rushed out into the street shouting: “Conflagration! Conflagration ?! Conflagration !!! Approximate hither with the im plements of deluge and extinguish this combustion.” — Detroit Even ing Neves. At present, if a man and woman in Scotland, perhaps half tipsy, says before a witness, ‘‘This is my wife,” “This is my husband,” it is a lawful marriage. The pay of members of the Texas Legislature, lias been reduced to two dollars per day. There is nearly 1000 cheese inanu- j factories in the Stato of .Yew York. Mr. Brown, you said the defendant was honest and intelligent. What makes you think so? Are you ac quainted with him. ]S T o, sir, have never seen him. Why, then, do you como to such a conclusion ? Because he takes ten newspapers and pays for them in advance. A Florida man has raised 300 bush els of cucumbers, and shipped them to New York. He realized $4,500. The Macon Telegraph has seen a chicken with two distinct thighs to 1 each leg. i Miscdlliinnis A(lvi!fiis(.iU:iil ■- SQUAREGRAND Fianos Retailed at Wholesale Prices j !i)(iOO lor !?■£.<>. for *275. ijiTOb for 8300. SBOO for $350 “Mendelssohn" Piano <VnjHiHy fI.YVK STRUCK. II ' 111) PAN OKU MS. Only One Price for Cash, anil a I.OW ONE NO DEVIATION! We give no discounts. We pay no agouis’ commissions, which double lire prices of nil Pianos. Wo look to the l’KOl’l.l’., who Wnl. a first-class Piano at a lair prdit over cost of manufacture. We appoint th poo. pie our agents, and give them our Pianos as low as any agentcan buy equally good Pianos of any other manufacturer, giv ing the People, in a reduced price, what is usually expended in commissions, > mil, freight, traveling and denial ex penses. The “MENDELSSOHN’’ PIANO CO. can sell you n D- octavo, rosewood case Piano, 6 feet 10 inches long, with front round corners, carved kgs si rpeu tine and plinth mouldings, with all im provements, including Full Iron Frame, Over Strenf! Bns?, Agraffe Trclilr, :*n-l French Oroticl Action. which only accompany the best Pianos of the most celebrated makers, at the very low pi ice of §250, : :075 or *3OO, ac cording lo style ol case, or wiiii four round corners ami full agraffe for kiioO, and guarantee them in every respect . q-jal to any Piano made of similar style, or no sale. Tbe “.MENDELSOHN” Piano is manufactured from the very best ma terials, and by the most skilled and fin ished workmen. The manufacture is conducted by one of the most experi enced Piano manufacturers in the coun try. This is no ltcw enterprise, turning out a poor and cheap piano, made irom green wood, and by oiusbneu mechan ics. Our Piano is unsurpassed by any in the market for its rich and powerful tones, and its adaptation to the human voice in sympathetic, mellow and singing qualities. It speaks for itself. We are willing to place it beside any other make of Piano on its merits, either in beauty rtf < axe, or excellence of tone, and “at halt the money” ot equally good instruments. “The best is the cheapest” — When it costs the least money. All Pianos fully warranted for five years. Send for our Illustrated and Dee<mp iivc Circular. The ‘‘MendclssolMi’’ Piano Cos., Office of Manufactory. 5b BIIOADV. y• * jne2-ly Now xorlc.. 'W , & r <1? H® 2L® 9 © 'Unabridged Betionmy 10.000 Words and Meanings not in ojlmr Dictionaries. 3000 Engravings; D-iU Pages Quarto. Price #l2. Vi7cbster now is glorious—it Davca nolh- V V ing to i>e desired.— J V•' h'd-sno-nl, Vaxsar College. very scbolnr knows tho value of 1 lie jj work— lP. 11. Prescott., the I'isiorinn. ¥ Relieve it to be the most jxu'ioirt dD iion i J3 ry if the language- - Dr. J. G. Ihdhutd Superior in most respects to any other known to me— George P Marsh. r |Mie standard authority for printing in Ish 1. office- Alt G*;vernmf ,dPi ‘'U i \ IT'xceis all others in giving an<l defining sci ■j entitle terms Pacxhlcnt IPticito. Remarkable compendium of human knowl edge — W S Clark , Pros'l Agricultural College. “The best practical English Dictiona ry extant,’’ —[London Quarterly Review October, 18753.] A NEW FEATURE. —To the .100 illustrations heretofore in Webster's Uu abridged we have recently added four pages of Colored Illustrations, engraved expressly for the work at large expense. ALSO WEBSTER’S NATIONAL Pictorial MCTIOMI 1040 Pages Octavo. GOO Engravings. Price $5. Jg®“Tlie National Standard. Pboof: 20 to 1 The sale of Webster's Dictionaries throughout the country in 187:3 were 20 times as large as the tales of any other Dictionaries In proof we will send to any person, on application, the state ments of more than 100 booksellers from every section of the country Published by Q & O MEREIAM, Springfield, Mass .Sold by all Booksellers Everybody should road the There are lively timos mmanTo eoahlo ev ery voter in this sotcion to take rr pacer and keep fully posted on State and National Polities. \vc will semi the jMjrhok postage paid from now until the 15th of November foronly $1,25. Send along your names and money. apt W. T. CHKISTOPIIIJH, 7_3t Fort Valley, (fa. SOTS PAPER IS OH FHUES WITS rib SVSitrg Advertising Ova traits SB poutuue. ■ iN ('wspapc.r Advnlisciiit'iils. tnri Uiinini' Pr “P.’IATVPJjN TAR 1676. ©s*sn(?: ! On and after 1t .lammry, 187 t, cm /l/ammoth Week y, The Great hainih paper of Georgia, coiilaiuing 04 col mans, and ihn h i;.o' t in the South, will be sen! lo suJ.serilu'is at $2 a Year, and postage, This is bin a small ml viuii-i on cost of blank paper. Week 1 I'ir six months, *1 and postage is 2- cents a y t ill. The Semi Weekly Will ho seduced lo I 11 REE l.n d.I.A I a veal- and postage —20 cents. b> i six months §1.50 mid pus.ago. Pally Edition. Ten Dollars ii ynir ami postage. Five Dullars for six monllis* Two Dollars and Fifty Cents tor three months. The stiring cvcnls”of the Great Cen tennial Year of Amciican History, ’which include ills Pieskleotial stuig glc, v ii| render 1870 one of the nmv imunoiable in our annals. Lvcrvbodt in this region will need ilie '1 elegrai-h, mid we have pm. down the price to ac comiiii) ate their necessities and pecu niary status. PL!SPY, .IONEM & REESE. Jai:2B-tf. IT PATS ST PAW&t " lyM? &&wt JTpr.yd every manufacturer, i::eelinnie, in ventor, farmer or professional man, to keep infonivvl on a.ll tlio improvements and disco verb s of tlie age. it nays tbe bead of aw tv family to introduce into liie hous’d "M a newspaper that i in .v-Tilt-live, one that fosters a ta-.ie for investi gation, and promotes thought and encourages discussion among the members THE SOIEHTiFIO pEHIOAN which has heeii pnbiißiwu weekly lor tbe last ihirl.v years. does this to an extent beyond that of any other put*!.cation, :n tact it is Hie only weekly paper published - in the Uni ted States, devoted to manufactures, mechan ics, inventions and new discoveries in the Arts and Sciences. Every iuuiilk r is profusely illiisi rated and its contents embrace the lid : st and most m iry. :’tiog j ,ji: .nnation pertaining lo the Indus trial, Mechanical and progress of the world; descriptions, with W.vmtifni en gravings, of new inventions, new implements, new proce-scs, and improve and i •ihlus tries of all kinds; u lul notes, recipes, suggestions and advice, by practical wr;k i*:- lor workmen and employers, in all thevari -us aits, form ing a complete repertory ot new inventions and discoveries’ containing ft weekly record not only of the. progress o. the industrial arts in our -own country, but abo ei'ali new dis coveries and inventions in cv- *y branch of engineering, mcdianics and science abroad. The Scientific american ltiwAx-en the for.:Hio.-t of U mclusinal j.nl.lu-inidhK fur the past thirl v years. It is tin- oldest, largest c-.lit-a] >. i.t Mid’tholH'st wcetily fihixtr.iuillKijicr devoted to t ngini cring, mi chauiex, cl; r i !r; new invvul ions, si.-ionea and iirLirstmil pro- grass, published to the world. The practical receipts are worth ten flairs the i übserij tiott pri< e ' ■ • f‘ *; ; ■ ! ilivtsic lilsiis S. c] -mis.s, JOY, vs > ' science, av.d people of nil prob dons, will find the .‘-•■■kiitinc American useful t.. (bun It should haver, place- in every family library !-:* r , ,*f v. oj'ilfo- jtii'.i co anti ns' room, in every ivndim* room, college anil scliool. Anew vulivme commciices J'siir.iury lr.l, > • it-:;'., it.•11ll’• ‘fS C< • ' several hundred engravings. oi volumes art; pivsvrvt:d for I -inding ayd r’fer enee. Terms, rg> 20 a year by mail., inch sling : mt to club -. special r< lars giving club raves sent free. Single cop. ies mailed on the receipt ot 10 cents. rvLiy be bad of all nows deaJt rs. ft 4 w?f*“g ygt In (viniii ,-:ion with tho Nrii'V.iif.,- rA 1 tti S aAmericait. A Co.i-m Ho)icit(rK of Aiiicvioaii ana Foi’<i<:n Patents, ft’s a have the largest establislnnent in the wrM. T>JL ‘r o than lifty thousand ajiplici.UoiiH have liDi u made for patents through t her agency. Patents are 01-’tauu and on the best term?. Models of New Inventions and Skciv.hos examini'd :*.nd advice free. A special ludu-e is nude in the so/!.,'VTJFIG A.t/EIUCAe of ah Inventions P.tt,-i:!< and through this Afgoury, with name and rtsidrnee of t. e Pat< ntec. Patents are often sold in pari or whole, to persons attracTort to the invention hy such notice. Si ml for FampJdei. eoiitaining full directions for obtaining Patents. A bound volniuo containing th • Patent Laws. (Census of Ihe U. H., and liJ lhigravings of nuvhaiikui mov -in inti. I 'rice cents. Afpiro-.s for ti e Paper, or concerning Patents MUI\N A- CO. ‘M Park llow. New York. L.ancli Of fice*, cor. F & 7th hts., )Pa shin “ton, 1). C. FAIR NOTICE. All communication* recommending persons for nomination to ..office, whether it be for Congress, the Leg islature or county offices, must, bo paid for at the regular adv< ati.sing rates. It is customary with all news papers to charge for this kind of matter. The course of the pa pet will not bo changed at all by the adoption of this rule. This rule en ables tlm Democratic candidates or their friends to make their claims known to tic- people through the Ar gus whether the editor is in his favor or not. A. M. 0. Russell. April 22—Sms. ' mitimm, DBAI.ER IN’ DIAMONDS, LLOL KS 3 i! 11 li 1 5 Sterling Stiver ami piuteil ware, Spec taule.s, Cutlery, Violin Strings, Sew ing Machine Needles, fur all kinds of .Machines, Oil, Ac. Agent l'or Mar vin’s Safes. All goods guaranteed as ropr esenfctl, arm at j.s low jn ices as the same goo<2s cun bo bought fo rin any market. &MEKICUS, - GEORGIA tWb, (ludis k Jwdrv PepaircJ i Wauaufini 1 "•7, vvi-paper Advertisement ii min m, Savannah, Ga. - r A THE POLITICAL CAMPAIGN OF 1876 which include* National, State and count)’ obc ritiiK*, and which will undoubtedly bo the most active- and hotly contested of any since the me morable canvas’s of 1800 is now fairly opened The National Democratic Party will this year make a bold, vigorous, and doubtless successful >truggle for the maintenance and supremacy ol those principles which are vital to the prosperity of the Republic and essential to the well-being of the people. In addition to the Presidential election, the people in Georgia and Florida will elect new Sla'c governments. In Florida the campaign promises to be unusually vigorous, and there is a probability that for the first time since the war the people of that ltadical-ridden State will elect a Democratic State government. In these campaigns the people of the South are deeply interested; and every intelligent citizen, who lots the welfare of his country and his section at !n-ait, should acquaint himself with every detail of the great work of redemption and reform tha' is now going on. To tiiis end he should subscribe to and assist in circa) ding the Savannah Morning News, an independent Democratic news paper,of pronounc ed opinions and fearless in their expression; a paper that is recognized everywhere as the best daily in the South, its editorial department is \ igorous, thoughtful, and i-onsistent, while its news and local departments are marvels ot in dustry and completeness. Its department of Georgia arid Florida affairs is n<t confine and to a mere batron summary of events transpiring in those States, but is enlivened by comment at once apt, tiine'y, and iaoy. The ample resources of the establishment will he devoted to furnishing the readers of the with the latest intelligence from all parts of the WTld, through the press dispatches, special tcl -•g-.iros, and by means of special correspondence; •iLd through tiics agencies the paper will be the earliest chronicler of every noteworthy inci dent of the political campaign of IS?0. si D-a uii’TioN : Daily, 1 your SIO,OO 6 mouths 5,00 “ 3 months 2,50 TriAVeeldy, 1 year o.tio “ 0 months .. 3.00 “ 3 months .. 1,50 Weekly, 1 year 2,(0 “ (J months 1,00 “ 3 months ,s<) Pri• im. n copies sent free no ncoipr of 5 cts. - -Money can be sent by P st Office Order, Regisleitd Leiltr, or Express, at our risk. J. H EBTK.L, Savannah, (la. Tlie (icoigiii Daily Goinmonwcahli 1,-. I’UBIi.SHED EVERY EVENING (Except Sunday) Bs tiie Commor\v-;:ai.tii FyßtffiißKa C o)i:cam’< ATLANTA, GEOIiIHA. 1 h efli!il by Col. Carv IV’. Styi.es, lot. ' llio Albany Ncv,. , with efficient u^sislaiii Tho Com moil weal tii gives tti e current 11CWH of tbe oily, State Mid elsewhere, market reports, and vigorous editorials; ou Muuicipal,Political and General sub jects. The coming canvass, Stato and Na tional, will be closely watched and pns ]>; :1 y jn;eat. white the Mechtinical anil Agricultmal interests of the .State will not he neglected. It has a large and rapidly increasing aircnlation. Trio;:; -One month; 75 cents; Two months ■1 -Js; Four months, §2,00; One year, SG.U). FOIMJiONWEALTH I’UiiLISHING CO., Atlanta, Georgia tiib Guthbert Messenger. o Offijrs great inducements to advertisers desiring tlm trade ol Randolph and ad joining counties. Onr Subscription fist has greatly increased within the last twelve months. Acknowledging our appreciation of former favors, wo most respectfully so licit continued patronage, believing that future transactions will piove beneficial to both parties. Add, -ss J. L. Tucker, PiuVk, Cndibcrt, Ga CoILS-mtolXS, C3rCt. T SI- WYNNE & J. K MAfSTIN PBOPKIIiTOKS AND EDITOBS. To secure a still wider circulation in this centennial year a your of most important events and exciting popular issues—we offer THE WEEKLY TIMES at the following club rates: For leu or more copies, $1.50 each. To any one sending ns five subscribers at regular rates for single copies, a copy of the Weekly will he thrown in. The "Times ha he best and fullest tele graphic dispatches especially in its reports ofG-i. rgia and Alabama news—of any paper in the State. This is no empty beast -we re fer to our columns daily for proof. Our commercial dispatches are now ample and re liable. Price of the Daily Times, $8 per annum, SI for six and S2 for three months. WYNNE & MARTIN. |^y°<Subsribc i . f< * Jhe Argus- -It |-fe v 'i9 the cheapest and best. V.. Take the > #&c “blues.” > i For the purpose of enabling every citizen to read 'lie Argtis and keep i poded during the campaign, vve offer to scud it from this date to tho first ot Ja ;tary lor one dollar, to any address, lice of postage. The political cam— pa a will be one of great and unusual excitement. President, Vice President, Se niter and Representatives in Congress, Governor and Legislators are to lie . ,acted this year. The Argus will take an active part in all the questions of lire day. (Jonnneuce your subscription now and keep pos'ed. Addiess, A. 3M. C. RUSSELL, Prcprietor, Ruena Vista Ga. S3 Eiup-er Again Triumphant. lie Worlds Award again Received by Sewing Machine Sales for 1874- The table cf S'-”.vi. g Machine pales for last year show that our pales amount'-?! to 241,67 AT ..... ni i .g a large increase over the year. The table shows that OUR SALK# gXi.'bKI'LO I HUSK OK ANY OTHKU COMPANY for the jic.-iod named by the number o! I 18,802 Machines, or nearly TIIRKE TIAJKB those of any other coinjmny. it may bo further suited that the sales of 187.*>, as compared with those of 1872, show a relatively larger Increase, beyond the sales of other makers. For instance, in 1872 we sobl 45,000 machines than any other company, whereas, in 18711, the sales were J 18,254 machines in excess of our highest competitor! and in 1874, onr sales were 148,862 machines more than any other company. Test tin ‘-liigrr ticfwrt Pmcliasins atiyotlur. Terms rasy! Pa yin ills Ijifjlif. XUJB MAK IJFACTUKINU COMPANY; l u. 178 Bruughtoii . .:c t. tSavannali, Ua. BRANCH OFFICES —In Atlanta, Athens, Augusta, Macon, Columbus, Thomaavilie ha., Charleston and Columbia, S. C.j Jacksonville and Tallahassee, r la. J. B. SHIPP. Agent, Columbus, Ga., October Bth, 1875. At 99 Broad Bt., ColumbusG Agents for xhe Argus. The following are our duly author ised Agents, to I‘ecieve and receipt for subscriptions, advertisements and Job Work, at tlieir respective places. L W. Wall Tasevvell, Ga, .). O, Roy aI Is Redbone Ga. M isccilaneous Advertisements. J 776 The Great Centennial f 876 Parties desiring information as to the best routes to the CENTENNIAL, or to any of the Summer Resorts or to any other point in the country, should address 11. W. WRENN, General Passenger Agent Konuesaw Route, ne-2tt- Atiata Ga “ORDINARY’S notice. OItDINARF’S OFFICE, Feb 3, 1876. Her. after all persons having advertising done in the Argus, through my office, are required to pay the Printer’s fee in advance The fee is due when first insertion is made and I am not able to advance the money. JAS. M. LOWE, Feb 4, 1876 Ordinary A safe and sure Cure for Worms. Harmless in its effect on the system, and sure to improve the condition oj the Patient. Sold by dealers in Drugs ar.d Med icines and by T. F. 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Want to rent or buy a house, Want to soil mfilinery goods, Want to soli a house and lot, Want to go to the Lt-Tjj'jture, Want to borrow or lajfc money, Want to keep out of bankruptcy, Want to buy cotton or produce, Want to do a banking business, Want to advertise to advantage, Want to soil a piece of furnitute, Want to do a warehouse business, Want to eell, Lire or buy a horse, Want to soil, buy or tune a piano, Want to still dry-goods cr groceries, Want to sell furniture of hardware, Want to do a commission business, Want to bay a second-hand carriage, Want to lind anything you have lost, Want to sell agricultural implements, Want to find owner for lost properly, Want to buy or sell sheep,hogs or cows Want to sell real estate of personalty, Want to sell your drugs aud medicnes, ADVEHTISK tN THE BUENA VISTA ARCUS. In 6f3/T|V*e r day at home. Samples worth $1 lreo. Stinson & Cos., Portland, Maine rtKNJ 5.c. toQ i'. 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