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VOL. IV,-NO. 17 THE JOURNAL BY L\ HATTE & GRANBER* V. ('ASH SDIFCRII’nON RATES. >•••> An One ropy one rv xr ** - One oopv six monUi* One copy three months 4,> Any one furnishing live srlfv.i') tr, with tlie money, whl iwive k copy tree SnbPcnbeiH wMi ins their d‘;<tk cli*inrel from one pn t*ofiiee to dip ilier. mii-t st of<‘ the name of tlie port office t om " hieli tliev wihli it ehamred, Ad well hs 111 it to whiv.li they wish it Rent. All suhinriptions mn.-t he pM in anvnncc. 'IIn? paper will he stoppo'l at the eml of the time pai l for, mile<B Bubfioiiptiwiis ure pre vious y renewed Hfty numbers complete the year. CASH AI)Y EUTI SING HATE*, Stack Imo 3 mop |t‘ mos | 12 ith ■- 1 inen ... FTmI TTTTo•• * io fo 2in lies .. 4Hu 7 Ho| 18 00 8 inches .. 500 !im 15 00 -- 00 4 inched. 550 1100 1 00 27 V 0 i column. 050 14 00 25 00 85 On A column.. 12 50 25 00 40 00 00 00 1 column.. 22 00 41 00 02 00 100 00 Mani ures and deaths net exceeding Rix ineK will he published <ree. Payments to he made qaarterly in advance, according to schcduld rates, unless otherwise i-(Speed upon. Persons sending advertise ne nts will state the length of lime thov wish 4. m published nud the space they want them to occupy. Parties adverti'ini by contract will he re trfcted to their legitimate ouHies Leg a l Ar>vkrt ih km i:n ts . Sheriff** rales, per i• <h, four w ehs. . .S3 50 44 mortgage fi fa sales, per inch, eight weeks • • ••••••• 5> Citation for letters of administration, guardianship, etc., thirty days 3 00 Notice to dchtoiß and credit-ora of an estate, forty davs 5 00 Application for leave to sell land, four weeks j Sales of land, etc per in h, forty days o 00 44 14 perishable propc-rty, per inch. ten days. 2 00 Application for letters of dfaroK-ion from j gu irdinnship. for tv days t) j Application for letters ofliKini? si<;n from administration, three nvnth* • 50 Establishing lost paper*, the full space of three in *n tlis, per inch < 5)0 , Compelling titles from executors or ad ministrators where bond lias been given by the deceased, the toll space of three months, per inch j 00 E* ray indices, thirty days 5 0(' tu e for foreclosure of moitcragc. four months, monthly, per in' h 0 00 Pale of insolvent papers, thirty (liijh... 300 Homestead, two week 1 * “ 00 H3i:ix?io & Of** c&ea T3jt- T- i_j- Jeni Tins, J. .. : 1; D;:n . tiht, “X\ \.\NJX • • HAMILTON, GA. J. M. M O BLE Y, attorney at law, HAMILTON, GA. Will continue to frnctiro law in all tlie State aud United S'atcg Courts. 11l OS. S. MITCHELL, M. J)., Frsldcnt Pliyxifittn mi:l Surgeon, HAMILTON GEORGIA Special attention given to opera i e surgery, yrr Terms Casli "0^ J. T. Bi/ vnt. H. C. Cameiios. BLO UNT tO CA ME 11 ON, ATTORNEYS at law, ILA.I'ILTU, CECKGIA. Will practice iu the State nr,d Feilera Courts. Office in the Cumt House. ALONZO A. DOZIEiL Attorney and Counselor at Law, VOZI’MBUS, GA. Practices in State and Federal Courts in okoio : a atni AluLnn.a. Makes Conm.cnml Law ai ecialty. Office over No. 120 Colum bus, Ga. dec4-ly Ilincß Doziiei’, ATTORNE\-AT LAW, HAMILTON, GEORGIA Will practice in the Chattahoochee Circuit, or anywhere else. Office in the Noithwot corner of the Court-house, up-st are, jai.B Columbus Dental Rooms, W. T. POOL, P BOPKII TOR, Georgia Here PciL'intr. rdcntlins, G;i CENTRAL HOTEL, Coiumtous, Ga- Mrs.?;, jr. ■\Yoldridoe, Pn p’ss. L. 1. Harvey Ck . l k> It. A BUSSELL. ( . K pvssEELI. RUSSELL 4 Rusg E l e Attorneys COT.OtBCs. - - \ . (■ x AVrii. practice in the State ,i, r and tljurls A i ~:c office over Aoee A HW Broad Street, ' olumhu-. ti.t.% ' s,o! **> J J 1^" HARRY'S WIFE. | A Good Story of Domestic Life. A bright, sweet, sensible face, with eye* of clear deep gray, and lips of vivid scarlet f anted by abundant braids of dark glossy hair, a plump, smoothly-rounded trim shape, and pretty little hands—these were what Harry Markham looked at, ashelean ed hack in the great chair and gazed at iiis betrothed wife, Nettie Gale. Not one of your grand beauties, too dazzling to be found only in stories, and very seldom good for anything hut show when thev are found, but cute pretty and sweet enough to make it a pleasure to look at her, and not too “angelic,” atid all that non sense, to be other than she was—a warm, living, loving, natural girl. Harry Markham, book-keeper in Hartley’s big establishment, with a salary of §I,BOO, was engaged to Net tie Gale, and loved her with all ins great soul. Y<t, notwithstanding this, and the fact, that their wedding day was only four short weeks ahead, the: e was a cloud on Harry’s tace, and 1 e idled heavily as he leaned back t and looked at her. “\YI at worries yott, Harry?” ask ed Netti , smoothing hi - , coat-sleeve with her soft fingers. “May I know ?” Harry sighed again. “You must know 1 suppose. But I hate to tell you. I got a letter from mother t- sal ay.” “Well?” There was a little note of inquiry in IxeUie’s voice, and her lingers stole caressingly over Harry’s sleeve. “It wasn’t well,” and there’s the rub. Mother is a good, kind soul as ever lived, Nettie”— ‘1 am sure of that, from her pic t tre,” intcrrnp'ed Nettie— “l.’ii; slie Is apt to be bitter in her ' 1 - <'J I dico” — “I >-lii it’d judge that., too,” again [nit in Bliss Nettie. “And unfortunately for us, she has coneeivrd a bitter prejudice against ‘citv girls’ of ail sorts.’’ “And, the long and shot t of it is,” said Miss Nettie, with a smile up in face, “she doesn’t consent to our urn; rb'.ge.”- “Indoul, she doesn’t ! Of course it doesn’t make any difference, l>ut T am sorry for your sake, Nettie, dear.’’ “And lam sorry for your sake,” said Nettie. “You have always iieen s > tnncli to your mother, I dislike to be the cause of disagreement between you. Rut when we came to know eaeli other, Harry, I will try to make her love me.’’ “She is determined not to know von just now,” said Harry, moodily. “Let me see the letter, please?’’ asked Nettie. Harry drew it from Ills pocket, and somewhat reluctantly gave it to her. Nettie drew it from the envelope, opened it, and read from the stiff, old fashioned hand: “My Dear Son —No, I will not come to your wedding, neither do I invite yon to bring your wife here. If you had come home and chosen from the good, industrious girls here, X would have done all I could for her and you But I know what those city girls are worth. Even if your wile did stay in a store, I’ve seen the fine, befringed and befurlowed ladies behind the counter put on airs, and I’ll have none of’em! I think you’ll | find to your cost, that selling ribbons and laces don’t learn a girl to make bread and pies or keep a decent : house. However, I suppose you are ! old enough to make yuurown choice, only don’t look to me for help. And when you find your pretty bargain has turned worthless on your hands, don’t b.ing her home for me to wait on, for I’ll have none of her fine llounci a trailing over my floors. You, alone, will always be welcome, but I j have no wish for any acquaintance | w ith your fine lady wife. This is all, at present, from your mother. Elizabeth Markham.” “Pretty decided,” said Nettie, a* half-laughing, half-crying, she return ed the letter to Harry. “I’m very sorry, Harry, but if you think I can withe up to you for your mother —” laying her face lightly upon his shoulder. ‘■l think you can make tip for all the world, and I know it!” cried Harry, folding In r closely in his arm. “i'll try to.” whispered Nettie. And then she added more confident ly, “And some time, Hairy, tie shall HAMILTON, HARRIS CO., GA„ WEDNESDAY, MAY 10, 1876. make friends with yourjmother, I fa el sure of it." “I hope so, Nettie. But this is a great disappointment just now. I Ind planned such a pleasant visit home, to the dear old Bucks county farm, for our wedding trip.” “I would like very much to go there. But as we can’t, suppose we stay here in Philadelphia, and not go anywhere, Harry?” “ Wha'! w ill yon give up your wed ding trip?” “Yes, willingly. Indeed, Harry, I think I should prefer it. We have both of us been to the Niagara, and most of the .watering places; and be sides it is too late for them. I have no friend we care to visit, arid I think we might ns well just settle down and begin life at once. You know I have saved enough from my own salary to furnisd onr house. Let us rent a little bowse and go right to housekeeping, like sensible people.” “Just what I would rather do dar ling! ” cried Harry, giving her a de lightful kiss. “But I thought a w ed ding trip was as iudipensibl.t to fem inine human nature as a wedding ring.” ‘"Then learn your mistake,’’ said Nettie, smiling. “You know, Harry, I’ve been in a boarding-house with out a borne, ever since papa died, and I had to earn my own living, and I am as impatient as a child to have a house of my own to manage.’’ “Then you shall have one, as soon as it can be found ? ” cried the young man, feeling much happier than he had felt since reading his mother’s letter. In due time Harpy and Nettie were quietly married, and speedily install ed in a small, but neat and cozy bouse on Vine street, and began to get things arranged according to their liking. Nettie Gale was the only child of wealthy parents, and for two or three years previous to her father’s failure and death had been the mistress of his household. This bad given her some experience, and she naturally possessed a good share of domestic talent, so that her little establishment was well conduct ed. One stout German girl was hired to do the rougher w ork, and the rest Nettie took upon herself! The money she had saved furnished the house simply and prettily, and and Ilarry added a few articles as presents to her. From the wreck of her father’s for tune she had kept back two or three choice pictures and her piano. Not having room for these in her board ing bouse they had been stored away iu packing boxes in a furniture house. They were now brought forth; Net tie’s piano was newly tuned and pro nounced good as ever, when it filled their rn at little parlor w ith silvery sounds, under the magic of her fingers. So, very happily, eped the first two years of their wedded life Only two clouds dimmed their sky. One, the lightest of these, was Mrs. Mark ham’s senior’s, continued displeasure and estrangement. Very soon after their marriage, Harry enclosed their wedding card in a warm, hearty let ter, earnestly entreating his mother to visit them. To thts letter no answer was ever returned, and beyond now and then sending her a city paper, Harry at tempted no further communication with his mother. A heavier sorrow than this was the loss of the little babe which opened its eyes for two short months, during he second year of their marriage, and then flew away to Heaven. But they had each other left, and 'O bore up bravely and cheerfully. Meanwhile, on her tine old farm down in Bucks county, old Mo.her Markham lived alone, except for her serving maids and tnen, and mourned for her boy. Now and then, through city friends she heard of them, but they wrote to her directly no more. When the news of the birth and death of their babe, her first grandson, reached her, he proud old lady's heart yearned to go to them, but she would not. “I dare say it was that flimsy city girl’s ignorance and mismanagement caused its death,” she said, thus hard ening her heart. So another winter' still alone in the tine old Markham home stead. The winter set in bitter, with a financial pressure, which involved very many in ruin. Mother Markham, with abundant means at |c<iit in and, wondered how it was 1 with her boy aud his wife. One, day, dining at a neighbor’s she heard startling news. The house where Harry had been so long had failed, even to complete ruin, and he was thrown out of work or means of suppoit, And very soon after, while searching for employment, he met with a severo fall in the icy street, and was taken home with a broken leg. The gentleman who told her did not know how they wore getting along since then, but as everybody in Philadelphia felt the hard times tnoro or less, no doubt- <hey had some hard piuchoa to go iltr, ugh. "Mother Markh .m carried home a very heavy heart, and lay long awake that night. Her boy, Uer only boy, was sick, Buffeting, maybe in want, with nobody to care fbr him but a “flimsy city girl.’* That thought was tho weightiest otu —had she fancied him in good hands, she would have still held out. “Maybe site will let him die, as she did the poor baby,’’ groaned the proud old woinau, as she tossed rest lessly on her bed. And by morning she had given up tho contest, and re solved to go on to her hoy. IFuata vague idea that she should find Harry destitute of the common necessities of life, her first though was to take a box of groceries an 1 bedclothing, but sober second thought advised her to go first and see, and if such tilings were needed money would procure them in Philadelphia. Accordingly she only supplied her self amply with that, and carefully putting iu her purse and address, street and number which Harry’s last letter had given her, she was ready. “ Perhaps they don’t live there now,’’ said she, “but maybe I can find out where they do live, anyhow.’’ Leaving tninuto instruction to her trU'ty servants, she took tho first train in the morning, and was iu Phil adelphia by eleven o’clock. She had traveled quito enough to have her wits about her, and not to be disturbed by tho noise and bustle of the city depot anil the streets. Taking a carriage, she directed the driver to the street and number in Harry’s address, winch was a modest looking little brick house, with tip inevitable white window blinds in which Philadelphia delights. Bidding the driver wait until site was sure it was the tight place, she ascended the steps; and rung the bell. A trim little figure, in a neat calico dress anti gingham bib apron, opened the door. “Is this where Ilarry Markham lives?” she asked. “Yes,’’ replied the lady on the in side, pleisanly. “Are you his wife?” questioned the mother. “ I am,!’ and as the lady caught sight of the carriage and the little trunk strapped upon it, her manner became agitated, and she added ea gerly, “ I am his wife, and feel sure you are his mother.” “Yes, I am. Let me pay the driver and I’ll come in,” said the old lady, curtly. Accordingly the driver was paid, the little trunk deposited in the hall, and two Mrs. Markhams were inside and the door shut. Nettie would gladly have given hei mother in.law a hearty welcome, but the old lady’s exterior, albeit this was not the person she expected to find in her son's w ife, -V9B 100 forbid ding ; so she only said: “I am so glad you have come ! It will do him so much good.” “ I heard of his accident. llow is he ?’’ asked the elder lady. “ Better, much better. Getting well nicely, but I don’t want to ex cite him too suddenly. W ill you wait in the parlor one moment, while I prepare him to see you?” And Nettie threw open the parlor door. Old Mrs. Markham east a curious glance alter she was left alone. “ Humph !” was her command. “Looks pretty tidy. Servants’ work, I reckon. A piano! Open, too, and scattered with music. Wonder who lakes care of the sick husband while she plays on it ?” Rut before she could comment fur tlier Nettie came back, and led the way to a neat room up stairs, where mother and son greeted each other as heartily as it no long estrange ment had existed. To Mrs. Markham’s suppri-e, he .. as dressed and sitting in his large ea-y ehai. with a cane beside him. He could walk about a little now, hut he had bad a pretty rough tug of it for three or four months. “Nettie is a famous nurse, or I should not be up now,’’ with a smile at his wife, who had been putting away the old Indy’s things in another room. Just as she came in the door bell rang. “ I shall Imvo to leave you now it. i- little L zzic IFiight, to take her music lesson. But first yon. must have a cup of lea, mother,” pro nouneiti ; the last words hesitatingly, as if hardly knowing how it would bo received. But tho elder lady only said : “No, no. Don’t take the trouble to get mo anything lill dinner time,” “Yes, I will,” said Nettie; “since Harry’s illness wo have only been having two meals these short days, and it’s a good while till dinner. I’ll bo back iu a moment.” She went out and soon returned with a tray, neatly covered with a napkin, bearing a ctt,> of fragrant tea, some fresh rolls, and dainty slices of pink, boiled bam. The old lady really began to feel hungry after her journey, so the odor was most appetising, and sho began her repast readily. “ These are excellent rolls for ba ker’s rolls,” she she said as she broke one. “ They nro home-made,” said Net tie. “Yon must have a good cook, then. Nettie answered nothing, but Har ry said : “ We have a first rate cook,” “ Now I must go down to Lizzie. She is waiting for her lesson. I will leave you and Harry to chat to gether till 1 come back.” “ What does sl.o mean about les sons ?” asked Mrs. Markham, alter she was gone. “ Hef music lc-sotis. Didn’t you notice the piano down stairs? It was Nettie’s before we were married and as soon as I got out ol work, she hunted up eight or ten pupils, and went lo giving lessons lo help along.” •'Olt 1” observed the mother, “yon keep help, I suppose.’’ “Not now. Nettie dismissed her girl as soon as I could sit up. Site lias nursed me, dc’o all her own work, and given her lessons besides, for two months back. Old Airs. arkhnm began to feel verrv stiango, but she would not say nothing as yet, so they talked as easily as they could until Nettie came uj>. “ Now,” she said, smiling brightly ashe fixed the lire. “I don’t have any more scholars to-day. I’m going down to get my dinner, and after that we can make ourselves cozy.” Mother Markham first thought to offer her help, but she concluded to wait a little longer. “ I want to see how she does,’’ was her mental com ment. So she stayed with Harry, while Nettie went down to her work. It wan not long till she came up again and invited them down to dinner. “Now, sir, joui cane and my shoulder, and down we go I” she said as she offered Ilarry both the sup ports shu named. It was slow work getting him down stairs, but he was safely down at last and Nettie led the way to the kitch en. “ I thought I would not make any changes,” she said to Mother Mark ham, “and since the cold weather we have been eating here, to save ex ra aiepsand fire in the diningroom.” Mother Markham gave a glance around the neat, spotless kitchen and over the table, with its snowy wlii'e cloth and napkin*, shining glasH and silver, and fragrant, nicely cooked food, and then she turned around and taking Nettie in her motherly arms, gave her a hearty kiss. “ Nettie Markham, I’m an old fool, and I’m well paid for my folly. 11 >r ry has got a better w ife than he ha* a mother. Do you think you can forgive me, and learn to like me for llariy’s sake ?” “ I am sure I shall love you for your own sake, and I want vou t<> like me because I have no other mother,’’ said Nettie, as she returned both the kiss and the embrace. Then Hairy had to j an the trio, and the dinner was neiry cold before any body remembered what they c.'iue down for. The very next <ay a' Mother Markham's imperative command, Bar ua a, the German go'!, was shu.iii ed hack to the kitchen. Rut Nettie would not give up her scholars until in the spring, wl.cn Mother Marl.hain returned home, and took both IXauv and Nettie with, her for the whole summer. And it wa nl 1 be difficult to tc'l which was <!(,.rest to her, Harry, Harry's w ife, or the little bltie’ey ed grand daughter, who came in the summer to be the pet r.nd darling of all the three. The Ays uml the Violinist. WitMu the fluids, one rummer day, A -tr ns# beg in to bray ; The uplands e In., t bark bis voice; To bear it made his heart reioice. “Ah, what n pity 1 ’ cried the it; s “That l should longer teed on gen ; Jty lungs are strong, my Voice is loud ; At corns No 1 might draw- a i-Otvj, .List tomyinusiol how it tills •Hie vnln ys sloe, lot; 1 inr.ng tho i.i.lt; *T s sweet, I I. now, for 1 eilc! s>u wli.il Cheat ...us lor music 1 have not ’’ A great liiUfl isn heard the din, Wh le pis iug with hi.-, vio.in ; lie stepped awhile upon tli • way, And Liudo the old n s ec.u e to bray. ■‘ily long-an and friend,” the fiddler s ui, This neighborhood must wish y at dead; For woi sc than any sound m; bra a Is your eou'sa braying, Mr. A>s ; If you wl.-h music, ceue your din, And listcu to my viohu." He rubbed the rosin on his ho w ; Ha tiled the notes both liijjh and low; Making a stone do for a chair, He played a grand, soul slim g air. Ere lie hod cetuod his tuna to play, '1 be ass beg n tig ,in to In ay; Nor i iolin, nor son , r o! bird. Could lor a mome.it then be board. At last the old am dropped hi heal, And to tho old musician sail: “Music is sound, my lii.si l, you see Therefore all round must mu-ic he ; Of mine tho world .will he tho pro.idist, Because, my friend, it is the loudest.” Wlut move could (ho musician ray? What further do hut let him hi ay t Ho wandered off through twilight dim ; Ass whdoni w.n too much for him. MORAL. How many men wu daily pass Who reason like this braying ass! They grow to men, from braggart boy?, And think tlmt brains must m ike a noise; They gain high seats in synagogues ; No mystery their vision fogs ; Whene'er they lack lor mgmnent. They rive their store ol gas a vent; And wis ■ men whisper as they puss, Tlieie goes u soL-coni sited ass. The Centennial. LETTER FROM PHILADEL PHIA. What the Camnilttco ttro Doing. l uii.AiiEi ’mua, Pa., | April 271 h, it'7o. j En. Journal: At 8 i>. si., I have just arrived from the Cent Minin' grounds. Seven hours there have enabled me to see ncm !y everything that is to he seen, particularly as I have the advantage of riding from one building to the other. No car riages are admitted inside the gate but tho e of the Commissioners.— Fortunately, I ha I an acquaintance wiih some of tl|o gentlemen bolding that position, and accompanied them. Two or throe days, in fact one day changes the appearance of every thing inside the fence that bounds the grounds, almost as rupi lly as if the slaves of Aladdin’s lamp were working for the Commi-sioncrs. — In fact, Alladin’s lamp was but a synonwn for the power of mo ey, and tho Commissioners have money, or what the same thing ce lit, and thou -- nnds of busy hands, using the bc*t. <>l modem iuvo itious for saving labor, produce almost, in igicsil changes,every twen-ty-four hours. Win re ye-t- relay stood an unfinished hou o, to-day I found rooms carpet! ed and fitted up in the best style of modern art. Where two weeks Alice was an unsightly kno 1, to-day fl >w> s arc hlo mine. W lore a week ago the - tin shone on a mass of rubbish, to-day the trees are budding over gre mi sod. An 1 so in every tiling. “ Many hands make light work,” says the adage; and when them many hands never cease during the twenty.lour hours of day mid nigh:, thei progre > is st ill more marked. There is nodmbl that most of the b iddings will b<- ready by the 10.li of '.Jay, w hen the opening ceremonies ue to take place, and in every instance where exhile.i tors have done their duty by prompt ly fol'W r li t ear '• r ' ' ' ' q, 1, i It is aiu alter o rerun k Unit or $2.00 A .SEAR eign natinna have been more prompt in. this iv-p'vi t inn our own people* ami lint Executive Coin mi t tee express regret tfiat lb' :: - fi* - qnrrtt nppcif* upon ibis siil,]'of liuvn it ;t mot with Ihn prompt c jinp'.i vtice that WA.- so closiruble. Tim Commissioner* met. MStevdav, nml 1 orly-one states ami tcrritoiies wore represented- Tho Kxo. u'ive Conmii’tee con-i-ts of thir teen members npp untod by the Com mij-i'Uiers with cerium powers con ferred on tin in. There is a feeling Here that tli s Gommiitee has in some th tigs exceeded it authority. For instance, it has appointed all the of. l! ■-r itiebv'. n ' the oneltutHirodj i >nri. who :<■'■ !•> m i!. ' the awards; and-1 In r i 'd that the Conyui - sinters mwei gave the power to and > ibis, and if they bad, they did not expect tint the app iiiilm'mtß would he confined to one section xjf tho count! y," ignoring nil other portions. In fact, there is complaint that n AW position is manif sled by a lew men “to v tithe CYntfitnial.’* In answer to n.y ie.-tirtt lo day, Mr. M >rrell, • " lYinisvlv nin, <no of the Executive Oommi t , said “ that w henever tlmt Committee had made appointments and had notified the party appointed of the fan , it did not expect, the Com missioners to revise its worlci Such talk does not suit a majority of tho C immin-i'net s. They say —and very justly—that they are held responsi ble for the succom; or failure of the celebration, and tli t they must havo the rich' tocl'O re their subordinates - The appointment of jurors gives great dis ii '.faction, and this morning the Oommistiionere decided by a vote of 25 to 15 to sit duii ig tho entire time of the Celebration, and requested the Committee to report at the eve ning sesrion, the appointments made. At tlm*time I atn writing this, an animated Uiticu sion is going on in the secret ses-ion on this subject. As tho session is h Id m parlor C of the Continental hotel, and I occupy a room above the parlor on the next floor, I hear most of w hat is said; and strong erpre-sions of disapprobation to the action ol tiie Comniitteo aru being made. Anotli r subject upon’which tho Ooniuussiouers (’eel .aggrieved i , that no aee m,modal ions bavn been pro vid for them—no room in which tiny can meet, and generally that they have been ignored by committees of their own creation. It is very evident, however, that n *w they are here, tl e Gommissioncra intend to own llio concern. They are not of the class of men who are made tools of; and they will revise the action of their committees and see to it tint the Centennial celebration is made a National one in every sense of the word, and not merely a local show, in the in)crest* of certain localities. In doing this they will only discharge their dutie -and rebuke the improper assumptions of certain self-sufiiciout gent lemen who have assumed lo rep resent the whole country. Mark. Profanity. We are emphatically in the age of profm jty, and it seems to . s that we are on the topmost current. One cannot go on the streeto anywhere without having his ears offended with the vilest of words, and his reverence shocked by the most profane use of i acred names. Nor does it come from the old or middle-aged alone, for it is a fact, as alarming as true, that the younger portion of the community are most proficient in the degrading language. Hoys have an idea it is smart to swear; that it makes them manly ; hut there never was a greater mis take in the world. Men, even tiers; who swear themselves, arc disgusted with profan ity in a young man, bemuse they know how, of all had habits, this clings the most closely, and increases with years. It is the most insidious of habits, growing on so invisibly that almost Indore one is aware he becomes in accomplished cursor. I’at had been engaged to kill a tur tle for it neighbor, and proceeded im mediately to cut fT bis head, lk.f'i attention unsea led to the fact that, the turtle sti 1 crawled about, though it bud b ‘cm decapi ated, and he ex plained: “ Sure tho bantu is entirely dead, on y he is not yet conscious of it.” A CoMi’i.’OMis: — A f- low in Ken tucky ran away with a hum. r's daughter aud loose, and was hotiy 10f sue 1. The fiiOUer got wit higi i sc range, and floe -s-d a revolv er. “jUoui ■ ho- t, for i e.ivcii’s - ke, ’ ,| lu .ncil i!>- !• ver. “I won’t,” was lb: topic, “csftsu 1 *ot (‘fair'd l’,l his I, , i,Vs. .1,1 ' lyuv : awl i;.k< . v irji i,” T'-e c oops otni-0 was i. ;■ .id hi ill vII sulk-, who t . ... ..chef's house, tile hither riding home on lis ho. te.