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POETRY.
WHICH SHALL IT BE!
A rich man, who had no children, proponed to
hU poor neighbor, who had seven, to take one of
them, and promised, if the parents would consent,
that he would give them property enough to make
themselrea and their other eiz children comforta
ble for life.
Which shall It be? Which shall it he?
1 looked at John—John looked at me.
And when I found that I must speak,
Mr voice seemed strangely low and weak.
* Tell me again what Robert said
And then I, listening, bent my bead,
Thiaishia letter:
■ I willglve
A house and land while you shall lire.
If in return, from out your seven,
One child to mo for aye is given.'
I looked at John's old garments worn ;
I thought of all that he had Imrne
Of poverty, and work, and care.
Which I, though willing, could not share;
I thought of aevon young mouths to feed,
Of seven little children’s need.
And then of this.
‘Come, John,' said I,
* We'll choose among them as they lie
Asleep.' So, walking hand to hand.
Dear John and I surveyed our band.
First to the cradle lightly stepped.
Where Lillian, baby, slept.
Softly the fatiierstooiicd to lay
Ills rough hand down In a loving way.
When dream or whisper made her stir,
And huskily he said, * Not her !*
We stooped beside the trundle bed.
And one long ray of lamplight sited
Athwart the boyish faces there.
In sleep so beatstiflsl and fair,
I saw on James' rough red cheek
A tear undried. Ere John cwohl speak,
* lie's Lot a baby, too,' said I,
And kissed him as wo hurried bv;
Pale, patient Robbie's angel face
Still, in his sleep, bore suffering's trace—
' No, for a thousand crowns, not him.*
□o whispered, while our eyes were dim.
Poor Dick! bad Dick ! our wayward son—
Turbulent, restless, idle one—
Ossh We he spared? Nay ; He whogavo
Bade us befriend him to the grave;
Only a mother's heart could he
rat lent enough for such as he.
* And so,' said John, ' I would not dare
To take him from her bedaide prayer.*
Then stole we softly ap above.
And knelt by Mary, child of love.
* Perhaps for her • twonld better be,'
I said to Joha. Quite silently
Its lifted up a earl that lay
Across hercheok la wilful way,
Asd shook Us head. ‘ Kay, love, not thee.'
The uhile my heartbeat audibly.
Only one more, our eldest lad.
Trusty and truthful, good and glad—
So like his fhther. ' No, John, no ;
I cannot, will not, lei him pa.’
And so we wrote ia count anas way.
We could not give «« child away.
And afterward tail lighter seemed.
Thinking ef that of which we dreamed,
Happy in truth that not one fane
Was missed from ils accustomed place;
Thau.. jI to work for ail the seven.
Trusting the rest to One in Heaven.
A MAP OF BUSY LIFE.
No. 43.| Athens, Georgia, Wednesday, August S, 1874. HS&SKSSS 1 *
HUMOROUS.
I/AUTO-DA-FE.
SUNDAY READING.
In (h« hu.dh of the winter roiudaigkt.
In the kink of the tiepin; kwsse.
When no weird wind* *tirs in the gloomy tirxt
The spirit* of turn to rousr;
When ntrrr a glint of moonlight
Glcaius from the great Black sky.
By the red fire’* glow, a* it anion'dera low.
We crouch, my lelfcm and L
My letters, they lie vkexe f C*ue4 them,
On tho crimson hearthrug there,
Still, rield, and bright, in the ruddy light,
A*«obra*in their lair.
I push the hair from iny forehead.
That burns and throb* so fast,
Thinkiug the while, with a strange, dull am lie.
Of the task I must do at last.
»
Who knows bnt 1 the comfort
Those foolish letters hare been ?
The depth and scop^ the strength and hope.
Of those “ leaves” that are always M green !*•
Who know* but I how sadly
To-inorrow, I and aty dream.
By the ashes gray, wilJ weep and say,
“ Woe’s ate for that vanished gleam—
“ The gleam of idle gladness,
The glimmer of memories bright,
That hid in each line of those letters of mine.
Those letters I burn to-uigkt ?”
Ah, well! the dream was a folly ;
Its joys was an idle thing ;
Its hope was a lie, and its loyalty
Died of a whisper’s sting.
80 a kits—the last—to ray letters;
A resolute hand, and—there !
Do tho sad, dark eyes of Paradise
Meet mine through the fierce flame's flare!
— Temple Bar.
Early Piety.
The following story is acknowl
edged a 'good one,’ but we have
never before seen it in print:
A few years since, some rogue-
ish boys in town, not a thousand
miles distant from the capital of
New Hampshire, persuaded Jo
seph N , or, as he was gener
ally called, 'Joe,’to attend Sun
day school. Joe was an over
grown, half-witted, profane lad,
and the hoys had anticipated con
siderable fun out of him ; but the
answers to the various questions
propounded were given so read
ily and correctly, that no one
could for a moment suppose that
he was not fully versed in theo
logical lore.
Joe was duly ushered in and
placed on a settee in front of the
one on which his friends were
seated, and the recitatiou com
menced.
The teacher first questioned
the class on their regular lesson,
and then turned to Joe.
' My friend,’ said the teacher,
' who made the world we inhabit?’
'Eh?’ said Joe, turning up his
eyes like 1111 expiring calf.
' Who made the world wc
inhabit?’
Just as he was probably about
to give the answer, one of the
boys rented behind, inserted a pin
into his (Joe’s) pants, about nine
inches below the ornamental but
ton of his coat.
' God Almighty !’ answered Joe,
in an elevated tone, at the same
time rising quickly from his seat.
' That is correct,’ replied the
teacher; ’ but it is net necessary
that you should rise in answering.
A sitting posture was just as well.’
Joe was again seated, and the
catechism proceeded.
' Who died to save the world?*
The pin was again inserted, and
Joe replied—Jesus Christ!’ in a
still louder voice, rising, as before,
from his scat.
' That is also correct, hut do
uot manifest so much feeling: do
bo more composed and reserved
in your manner,’ said the teacher,
in an expostulating tone.
After Joe had calmed down, the
examination went oil.
' What will be the final doom of
all wicked men?* was the subject
now up for consideration; and as
the pin was again stuck in, Joe
again thundered out, with a higher
elevation of his body—-'Hell and
damnation!’
'My young friend,’said the in
structor, ' you give the true an
swer to all these questions; but
while you are here, we wish you
to he more mild in your words.
Do endeavor, if you can, to re
strain your enthusiasm, and give
a less extended scope of your
feelings.’—Exchange.
MISCELLANEOUS.
Names of God.
For every man, in every cir
cumstance and condition of life,
there is a " name” of God—God
in Christ—that suits his case,
meets all his wants. God’s names
are very many and very full. Is
it condemnation that you fear from
sin into which you have fallen?
At such a time as this, we should
remember that " if any man”—any
man—sin, we have an Advocate
with the Father, Jesus Christ the
righteous. They that know Him
in this name, will put their trust
in Him. To the hungry soul,
Jesus is the Bread of Life. To
them that sit in darkness and the
shadow of death, He is the Light
of Life. To the dead, He is the
Resurrection and the Life. To
the sick at heart, He is the Phy-
ician of souls and tho Balm of
Gilead. To the prisoner liound
and chained, He comes proclaim
ing liberty, and is Himself the full
Ransom. To the thirsty, He is
Living Water. To the erring and
lost, lie is the Good Shepherd and
Bishop of Souls. To the widow,
He is a Husband; to the orphan,
a Father; and to the stranger, a
Shield and Stay. To all. He is
the Elder Brother. To the
mourner, He is the Consolation of
Israel. To the faint, He is a Bun
dle of Myrrh and of Camphor.
To all who suffer in troublous
times, He is a Covert, a Rock, a
Refuge, and Hiding Place. To
the naked, He is a Wedding Gar
ment. To the foolish and igno
rant, He is the Wisdom of God.
To the poor and needy, He is
Gold Tried in the Fire. To the
unclean, He is a Fountain opened
for Sin and Uncleanness. To the
weary and worn with long night
watching, He is the Bright and
Morning Star, the Sun of Right
eousness. He rises with healing
in His wings; and of His fulness
have all received, and grace for
grace. In every aspect in which
sin can present itself, there is, in
the Great High Priest, some name
for purging it away. Moses said,
"I beseech Thee, show me Thy
glory ; and the Lord said, " I will
make all my goodness pass before
thee, and I will proclaim the name
of the Lord before thee. And the
Lord passed by before him and
proclaimed, The Lord, the Lord
God, merciful and gracious - , long-
suffering and abundant in good
ness and truth; keeping mercy
for thousands; forgiving iniquity,
transgression and sin, and that
will by no means clear the guilty;
visiting the iniquity of the fathers
upon the children, and upon the
childrens’children, unto the third
and fourth generation.” In God’s
name, mercy comes first. It
stands at the top—the attribute
which, above all, God loves to
honor.—Rev. T. Alexander.
Spiritualism in London.
The sensation for some time
since in London, has been the
' Katie King,’ alluded to as the
spirit test that convinced Mr.
Wallace, the uaturalist. How
spirits came to revisit the glimpses
of a twiliglit-room, is thus told :
' Among the persons in England
WHIMSICALITIES.
Stopped by Signals.
“ What station is this, Wilson ?”
cried an old gcutleraan, looking out of
the window.
His servant, a demtirc-looking man,
in black, touched his hat and replied :
"4 don’t know, sir; I’ll ask the guard.
\es. sir; Stoughton station, sir.”
„ “ 1 here ought to be a board with
the name on it,” cried the old gentle-
possessing mediumistic powers, is | man, testily. “Guard, why isn’t there
a young girl fifteen years of age, a hoard to this station ?”
Miss Flare nee Cook, Mr. Crooke “ S° there is, sir, at the other end
vouches emphatically for her re- wtform ?”
spectability and ingennfousness. ■ ^ doesn l , t™* 11 8 *°P
L "''. ere P°°P ,e 010 read it? How am I
Manner
ot the
Indians on the War-Path.
Chicago, July 21.—A telegram
has been received at Sheridan’s head
quarters from Lieutenant Alrislead, in
Wyoming Territory, dated the 16th, an
nouncing the defeat of the Arrapachea
by Capt. Bates. Twenty-five Indians
were killed. The troops’ less was small.
Numbers of Comanches are on the war
path and Ixitve had several bloody en
gagements with United States soldiers.
Old Indian traders predict a general
uprising. The :burbaritics of the In
dians seem unrestrained, and great
alarm is felt in the whole Indian Ter
ritory.
Washington, July 21.—The Sec
retary of War has ordered that the ar
my pursue and punish guilty Indians
wherever found, even going up in
their reservations, though care is to
be taken to prevent striking innocent
Indians.
A Rich Joke.
In one of the numerous counties
of Georgia, not many years ago, a
medical practitioner—not a grad
uate—sued one of his patrons for
what he owed him, in a Justice’6
Court . A limb of the law, suited
to the locality ami client, under
took the defence, and contested
the claim ou the ground of the
disciple of JEsculapius not fteing a
regular graduate. Our friend,
the Doctor, felt non-plusscd. All
his rides—his valuable time and
doses of physic seemed to have
been bestowed for naught. But
patience and perseverance over
came all things, and necessity is
the mother of invention. The
day of trial arrived. With an air
of triumph, the defendant’s lawyer
paraded his authorities and made
a crushing argument, utterly de
molishing the poor M. D., as he
thought.
When he had concluded, the
Doctor approached the Justices,
and depositing what he claimed to
be his diploma, with a respectful
how politely retired to his seat.
The lawyer looked at the formi
dable document, scrutinized it sev-
eral minutes, while big drops ofl
sweat rolled down his face. Un-' . Spear Correctly.—We ad
able to dispute his authority or I v ' se a *‘ y° uu g people to acquire
find a law, he handed it in despair 1 1,1 early life the habit of good lan-
to the Justices. These gentlemen guage, both in speaking and wri-
A North Carolina belle recently took
quite* horseback ride near Morgan
town in that State. She was riding
rapidly with a gentleman down a long
elope, when the gentleman’s horsestum-
bled ami fell. The lady’s horse cleared
both him and rider at one Jeap, and
then became quite unmanageable. Two
hundred yards further on a narrow lane
was blockaded by a negro, mule and
cart square across it. Her horse was
careeriug at full speed. To pass around
was impossible, to stop equally so; but
the agile animal at one fearful bound
cleared negro, mule and cart. The
charming equestrienne never for a mo
ment lost her balance, and was laugh
mg gaily when her hone was checked
two miles further on.
Many a man thinks it’s virtue that
Meps him from turning a rascal, when
£* wl l» fu H stomach. One should
prtodjfi tDd not mi8t * ke p 01 * 008 for
or Death
Apostles.
St. Matthew is supposed to have
suffered martyrdom, or was put to
death by the sword, at the city of
Ethiopia.
St. Mark was dragged through
the streets of Alexandria, Egypt,
till he expired.
St. Luke was hanged upon an
olive tree in Greece.
St. John was put in a caldron
of boiling oil at Rome and escaped
death. He afterwards died a nat
ural death, at Ephesus in Asia
St. James the Great was be
headed at Jerusalem.
St. James the Less was thrown
from a pinnacle or wing of the
Temple, and then beaten to death
with a fuller’s club.
St. Bartholomew was flayed
alive by the command of a barba
rous king.
St. Andrew was hound to a
cross, whence lie preached to the
people till he died.
St. Thomas was run through
the body with a lance, near
Malipar, iu the East Indies.
looked at the mysterious charac
ters, and turned the sheet in evety
possible position. After having
examined it to their satisfaction,
and privately consulted over the
case, they decided in favor of the
plaintiff.
The friendly paper was a circu
lar introduction to Jew David?*
Plaster, printed in German, and
claimed as a license from the
Georgia Medical Examining Board
at MuledgcviUe.—Exchange.
* I use
Fred’s love letters,’ demurely re
plied Martha.
Miss-construction—Whale-bone
and paint and wadding.
'Martha, what extract do you
use to perfume your pocket hand
kerchief with 7 asked ono young
lady of another, as they were . -
walking on the beech at Newport, phrases in his memory, and to
ting; and to abandon, as early as
possible, any use of slang worda
and phrases. The longer they
live, the more difficult the acquisi
tion of such language will be; and
if tho golden ago of youth, the
proper season for the acquisition
of language, be passed iu its abuse,
the unfortunate victim of neglect
ed education is very probably
doomed to talk slang for life.
Money is not necessary to procure
this education. Every man has
it in his power. He has merely
to use the lauguage which he
reads, instead of the slang which
he hears, to form his taste from
the best speakers and poets of the
country, to treasure up choice
Her powers have been submitted
to the severest tests at Mr.
Crooke’s own house anti under
conditions which he has himself
dictated, and he does not seem to
have a doubt that they are genu
ine. While in the trance state
about three years ago, a luminous
form began to appear near her
person. This has in the course ot
time developed into a full-grown
woman, and not merely the form
of a woman, hut a flesli and a blood
one, which appears suddenly,
walks, talks, permits itself to he
touched and embraced, and melts
away into nothingness before the
eyes of the company. This ' spirit’
says that her name is Annie Owen,
that she died a hundred years ago
in Wales, and that hernickuame
is ' Katie King.’ She is described
as very beautiful in face and fig
ure, wearing long hair of light au
burn, which hangs in ringlets
down her back and each side of
her head, reaching nearly to her
waist. On the occasion of her
later appearances she was dressed
in pure white, with low neck and
short sleeves. She wore a long
white veil, hut this was drawn
over her face but seldom.’
After the testimony of Mr.
Wallace and Mr. Crooke, the
next witness must he Mrs. Ross-
Church, the novelist.
' On the evening of the 9th of
Ma\’, Katie King led me, at my
own request, into the room with
her beyond the curtain, which was
not so dark but that I could distin
guish surrounding objects, and
then made me kneel down by Miss
Cook's prostrate form and feel
her hands, face and head of curls,
whilst she (the spirit) held my
other hand in hers and leaned
against my shoulder, with one arm
around my neck. I have not the
slightest doubt that upon that oc
casion there were present with
me two living, breathing intelli
gences, perfectly distinct from
each other, so far, at least, as their
bodies were concerned. If my
senses deceived me, if I was mis
led by imagination or mesmeric
influence into believing that I
touched and felt two bodies instead
of one, if 'Katie King,’ who
grasped and embraced and spoke
to me, is a projection of thought
only—a will-power, an instance
of unknown force—then it will he
no longer possible to know ' who’s
who. in 1874,’ and wc should hes
itate to turn up tho gas incau
tiously, lest half of our friends
should he hut projections of
thought, and melt away beneath
its glare.
' Whatever Katie King was on
the evening of the 9th of May, she
was not Miss Cook. To that fact,
I am read) - to take my most sol
emn oath. Katie was very busy
that evening. To each of her
friends assembled to say good-bye,
she gave a boquet of flowers tied
up with ribbon, a piece of her
dress and veil, a lock of her hair
and a note, which she wrote with
pencil before us. Mine was as
follows: 'Front Annie Owen,
de Morgan, (alias Katie King) to
her friend, Florence Marryatt
Ross-Church, with love. Penes
a moi. May 21, 1874.’ I must
not forget to relate what appeared
to me, one of the most convincing
proofs of Katie’s more than natu
ral powers, namely, that when she
had cut, lieforc our eyes, twelve
or fifteen different pieces of cloth
from the front of her white tunic
as souvenirs for her friends, there
was not a hole to be seen in it, ex
amine it which way you would.
It was the same with the veil, and
I have seen her do the same thing
several times.’
Whatever the reader may think
of spiritualism, it must he admit
ted that this Miss Cook has brought
about a very singular and curious
state of things.
to know when we get to Pugborough,
Wilson?” c
extracts’ from dear habituate himself to their use-
avoiding, at the same time, that
pedantic precision which shows
rather the weakness of a vain am
bition than the polish of an educa
ted mind.
The Peoria woman who wanted
to throw herself into her husband’s
grave a few months ago has jnst
married a lightning-rod man.
Down in Kentucky the traveler
hears fond husbands say: ' Come,
darling, come in and get dinner,
or I’ll mash yer old red-head $ith
a clubl’
A Brooklyn girl has just reject
ed a suiter because his arms wasn’t
long enough to go around her.
What trade is it whose works
are trampled underfoot? A shoe
maker’s.
The nrticlo chiefly sold at most
fancy fairs—The-visitor.
“ We shan’t be at Pug borough for
this hour, sir,” cried the guard.
“ Come, jump in, sir,” to Wilson, who
resumed his seat. The whistle sound
ed, and the train went on.
At the very next station they came
to, the old gentleman put his head out
of the window again. “ Hi, Wilson.”
Wilson jumpted cut of his carriage
and came to his master, and touched
his hat once more.
“Isthis Pugborough, Wilson?”
“ No sir; this is Mutch Munkton.”
“ Now, take your seat,” cried the
guard, for only one passenger had
alighted, and none had entered the
train.
At the next station the same scene
was repeated.
Come, sir,” said the guard, who
was tired of hearing the old man’s
voice, “ don’t trouble yourself any
more. I’ll be sure and let you know
when you come to Pugborough.”
“ Will you!” cried the old gentle
men, apparently much gratified. “Up
on my word you’re very kind. I didn’t
like to ask you ; I know how much
you have to do.”
“It’s only my duty, sir,” says the
guard, slamming the door.
“ Hi, guard!” cries the old gentle
man.
“ Yes, sir!” replied the guard, im
patiently, returning to the carriage
door.
“ You’re quite sure, now? You’re
quite sure, eh?” You won’t forget me
at Pugborough ?”
“Oh no, sir,” said the guard;
“ that’ll be all right.”
“And Wilson—where’s Wilson?
Oh, here, Wilson ; you won’t forget
my box, Wilson, when we get to Pug
borough?”
“ No, sir,” says Wilson, scrambling
into his seat once more.
“Troublesome old chap that,” said
the guard, as he swung himself into
his van. “ I musn’t forget him at
Pugborough. There’s no other pas
senger for there.”
Now, Pugborough was one of those
mysterious places that are marked
with a cross or dagger in Bradshaw,
and if you succeed in unearthing a
corresponding dagger in some obscure
corner of the page, you will find
“ Stops at Pugborough to take up and
set down first-class London passengers
only.”
Whether it was that the guard, in
his excess ot anxiety to remember, had
blunted his faculties, or that some
spiteful Puck bad given his wits a
bewildering shake, I know not; but
somehow it happened that the guard
forgot to warn the engine-driver, and
when the man looked up from his par
cels he found, to his dismay, that the
train was dashing along some half mile
past the Pugborough station.
To signal the driver ami put on the
brake was the work of an instant.
The train was brought to a standstill,
and then slowly backed to the station
amidst the denunciations of the
through passengers.
The guard was much out of tem
per, angry with himself for his forget
fulness, angry with the old gentleman
for having given him so much trouble.
“ Now, then 1”. he shouted to the
man-servant. “Sharp! Look after
your master’s traps. Here yoU* are,
sir,” he cried, opening the first-class
carriage, “ Here’s Pugborough. Now,
sir, if you please.”
The old gentleman was asleep and
couldn’t be roused to a sense of the
situation for some time. He growled
and grumbled. At last, fully roused,
he stared at the ground with lack
lustre eys.
“Pugborough? Is it Pugborough?
Thank you, guard. I remember.
Where’s Wilson? Wilson, where’s my
lox:”
“ Never mind your box, sir—I’ll
see to tha luggage. Jump out quick,
, 1 mse. ’ . _ -
“ Jump out?” cried the old gentle
man ; “jump out!” Why should I
jump out? Who said anything about
getting out?”
“ Wliat!” cried the guard, aggriev
ed to the very verge of desperation ;
*• Haven’t you been bothering about
Pugborough ever since we left Eus-
ton ?”
“ At your own request, guard,”
said the old gentleman, calmly, “ I
entrusted you with the duty of warn
ing me of my arrival at Pugborough.
I should hare preferred to leave the
task to my own servant. Ah ! here’s
the box. Thaok you, Wilson,” said
the old gentleman, taking from his
servant’s hands a small pink box.
“ The fact is,” said the old gentle
man, calmly opening the box and look
ing benignlv at the excited guard,
“ that my daughter gave me the most
particular injunctions. * Mind, papa,
she said, “ lie sure you take a pill at
Commencement CHgglerisnu.
*• A plague upon sighing and grief;
It blows a mao a up like a bladder."
‘.Now is the time for roasting ears,’
writes a rural editor. He should carry a
“in umbrella.
latches are often formed hv
pay for a month of honev
of vinegar.
s a bright little child who
Ma, when cows die, do they
go to the milky-wav ?’
1 he fool seeketh to pick a fly from
a mule’s hind leg. fhe wise man
letteth out the job to the lowest bidder.
A philanthropist suggests that it
would lower the price of small coffins
to muzzle the boys during the green
apple season.
■urnumbrell
inqtiirMPI
The old gentleman could never ur
derstand why the carriage door was
dashed to with such violence, the
whistle sounded with such a fiendish
yell, and Wilson whirled into bis car
riage without being permitted to take
charge once more ot his master’s pul-
box.—Chambers' Journal.
Japan _ se civilization has progressed
so far that they now allow a criminal
his choice between being sawed up,
beheaded, or hung.
‘I am not much for stump spakin,’
declared a candidate, ‘ but for honesty
and capacity and integrity, I bate the
divil—so I do.’
A lecturer aptly demonstrates the
theory that heat generates motion by
pointing to a boy who accidentally sat
down ou a piece of punk.
Never visit friends without some
announcement of your coming. Crock
ett’s motto is a good one: ‘Be-sure
you write, then go ahead.’
The most infallible way of prevent
ing the kitchen-door from creaking, is
to engage a servant girl whose sweet
heart comes to the house to see her.
A bashful young man, who made
a call one evening last week, and, af
ter partaking of a little Ice cream and
cake, asked, “Is there anything else?*
The Courier-Journal suggests that
if the Ohio crusaders would take about
three fingers of Bourbon before each
meal they would fiud that they could
pray a saloon-keeper into fits in hall
the time.
A German physicist proposes to
make poplar trees do the work of
lightning rods. If by this means he
can succeed in doing away with light'
ning-rod peddlers, we can’t see why
this shouldn’t be a pop’lar method.
A Nevada paper says: ‘ There was
no regular trial in the case of John
Elandere yesterday. He had an inter
view in the woods with a few friends,
however, and it is perfectly certain
that John won't burgle any.more.’
There would seem to be a splendid
opening at Elkhoro, Nev., fora preach
er who isn’t too particular about trifles,
the last one they had there having been
requested by his congregation, the
other day, to leave, * because he was
so mighty nice that he wouldn’t even
hold the stakes at a horse race.*
An individual lately committed sui
cide in a Parisian hotel. His headless
body was found in his room, together
with a letter containing the following
bewildering statement: ‘ I was bored,
and I have killed myself. Let no
one be accused of my death. Do not
look for my head; 1 have hidden it
myself in order not to be recognized.’
The other day an need couple drove
into Indiana City, Ind., just as an un
dertaking firm was moving into an old
church, which had been purchased for
a shop. The old gentleman stood up
in his wagon, his month and eyes dis
tended, as the men silently carried
coffin after coffiu into the church. At
last he turned to his awe-stricken half
and gasped: 4 Sary, by golly it’s
cholera! Let’s git!’
Mrs. Partington now says: ‘ You
shouldn’t be so gluttonous Isaac,’ as
with an anxious expression she remark
ed the strong, conclusive effort that
young gent was making to bolt the
last quarter ot nuncc-pie—* you
shouldn’t be so gluttonous, dear. You
must be very careful, or you will get
something in your elementary canal or
sarcophagus one oi these days that
will kill you, Isaac.’ ,
It is announced that a man who last
season had 8200 worth of trunks de
stroyed by the 4 baggage smashers,’
has had five new ones made to order
and supplied with compartments con
taining five pounds each of nitro
glycerine. He proposes to travel from
Maine to Texas, covering all the water
ing places, and will have a coroner
along to bold inquest on the victims.
On the walk a list did lie.
And a gall us chap sailed by.
And be cut a lively swell— *«
iie was a clerk to a hotel;
Ana he gave that hat a kick,
And he caineacrut* a brick—
Now upon a crutch he goes
Minus half a pound ot toes.
A Michigan journalist declared
that a rival editor had seven toes. The
rival editor thereupon came out in a
double-leaded article, in which he de
nounced the statement as untruthful,
and declared that the “ author was a
liar and a scoundrel.” The journalist
replied that he did not tor a moment
wish to have it understood that he
meant all seven of those toes were on
one foot. And now the rival asks his
.readers, “Are these subjects which
ought to tie discussed in organs whoee
doty it is to mould public opinion?”
The verdict of the coroner’s juiy
is: * Killed by a compositor.’ The
circumstances were as follows: He
loved madly, passionately. His fair
one smiled, and all was going well, but
in an evil moment he conceived the
dangerous idea of cl inching it with a
poem. He wrote the poem iu a mo
ment of inspiration, and sent it to the
village weekly. It began thus:
*U dlraa*e* originate from luUlsmlntr
ami Torpidity of tho Litre, and rrlif-r Is always
anxiously sough* afWr. If ihe IJ*re is UrgaiaUd
1" ittaction, health-taalmost invariably secured.
Want ot Action in tlu* Liver causes llrailarhi*. Cttu*
llpalloit. Jsnudlrr. I'aln In the Shnaldera,
eush, (silk Dixxlnrwi, Sour Stomach, bad taste
in the month, billion* attarks, palpitation of I hr
heart, depression or spirit*, or the blurs, an.U
hundred other symptoms, for which SIMRONK
Lit KB KKGI L.l'IOl* is the tost remedy that has
ever been riisrorerrd. Itactsmll.il). effectually,
ami totng a simple tptdahlr compound, ran do no
injury in any quuutien that it may be taken. It is
karmic**, in every way; it low been used for 40
years, and hundreds of thei;ond and crest from nil
part* of the country will vouch for it* being the
purest snd lust.
Simmons’ Liver BoguLlsr, or Medicine,
I* harmless,
I* nodras’ie violent medicine,.
Is Hire to cure if taken regularly,
Is no intoxicating beverage.
Is a faultless family medicine,
Ih the cheapest medicine in the world.
Is given with safety and the happiest results to
’ he most delicate infant,
Docs.tmt interfere with buxine**,
Does.not disarrange the system.
Taken tho, place ol Quiuiiu* and Hitters of every
kind. •
Contains the simplest and best remedies.
For Sale By Am. Diut.mists.
OF ADVERTISING f
—5»t-
SPRING MILLINERY GOODS
M'S
T. A, ADAMS would.
iU. respectfully lr?»lt,lk« Utlw of AUmm
■Mi of count te* adjarent, Uiatshe hasnowrec.lv-
HI ml opened a no.I choice |M wlwl imclamt
of Spring Mid Summer Millinery Rued*, com-
prising IU part .the laid mlylex'and friihiolta of
11 !l
wrji'jiOsYS, ZsicMs,
Flowers, Gloves, &c.>
which she will sell at reasonable prices. Dive bee
a call before purchasing elsewhere. Orders front
a distance carefully tilled. Store located on Broad
street, one door above National Hank, .oct IfrU-
J. w. COLLINS
Has now In Store a Full Stock of
»sw coons,
SUIT.IBI.E FOR THE
SPRING AND SUMMER
BUS JEJ,'
Confiding, in pad, of
1DI1Y GOODS
Neuralgia, Piles, Headache,
Diarrhoea, Boils, 8oreness,
Lameness, Burns, Sprains,
Toothache, Scalds, Wounds,
Sore Throat, Ulcers, Bruises,
Bheumattan, Hemorrhages.
POHttsM
I ATS, SHOES & NOTIONS
Of All Kindis which he ofTrra
CKEA.^» FOR CASH
Or in Exchange for Country Produce.
•W Tlie liigliret market price p»id in *ndh fnx
ill.m May IS
/^OBB, ERWIN & COBB
^ Attorneys at Lair,
ATHENS, GA.
Ef* OflSrs in the Deupree Building.
OAM’L P. THURMOND,
^ Attorney at lair,
ATHENS, GA.
<HT Office oxer Barry'* Store, Broad xtreet.
Will Practice In the Counties of Clerk., Walton
Jackion. took*, Franklin, Mudlxon trod Unit
JOHN T. OSBORN,
W Attomey-at-Law,
ELBERTON, GA. ;
Will practice in the following countie.: Ofl
thorpe, Madison, Hart, Franklin and Books. Will
fir. special attention toall claims.ntnistcd to hi*
care. : J. jantO-ty
M. V. GURLEY,
XU’KG KO.Y 'fif.WTIST,
r PAKE8 pleasure in announcing to
JL the citlxeasuf Franklin and and adjoining
counties, thnt lie 1* now located on tha' Athens
.tract, on. oillo south of I'ararevillxi, where he U
trepared to practice Dentistry in ull It. different
tranche.. I'ricM low iu suit the time., but posi
tively no Inferior work. octl9-tf
Hand Harr dang PUklogton Ptlre,
Wbite-wlrted marvel of doty •
Tke wid* world an nnver beguile her,
My grid-headed, bine-belted baty.
No Suite but Massachusetts could
hold a summer session of the legisla-
tare, but there the members are too . M
K sweat, and too stingy if they hjdfam tearfnlly away among the
It was very pretty as it stood, but
the composilorial Goth laid bands up
on it, and when it appeared ‘ skirted,’
was spelled with an ‘b,’ and 4 belted,’
had two ‘W and an 4 i.’ So they
weren’t too lean.
WILEY CHILDERS,
T OCATED in this city, Is prepared
j—i to do ail kind, of Carpenter.' Work ill the
best style, and at reasonable rater, with dl.patch
Shop in the rearej the City Clerk'. Office.
June S, 1874.
C. W. MOTES’
Photograph Gallery
Over Long* & BiUvpt Drug Store,
BROAD STREET ATIIENS, GA
. CD'Kvery style of first-claw* work executed,
augii-tf JOHN X. WREN, Operator.
E. A. WILLIAMSON,
PRACTICAL
WATCHMAKER and JEWELLER
Af Hr. King’s Drug &ore,
BROAD STREETre,...re.*-... .ATHENS, GA
OHY All work done in a superior manner, pm!
warnuitfl to give satisfaction. jan3-tf
Livery Stable
l HAYE A LIVERY STABLE
On 2’honuu Street'/
whore Horses will be FED and caret! for.
WAGON YARD.
1*%. I am prepare*! to Feed Droves of Horses and
Mtilei. Parties will do well locitlL
j: z. cooper.
Limy. Feed and Sale Stable,
' ATHENS, G-A..
GANN & REAVES... .PROPRIETORS
YY7TLL BE FOUND AT THEIR
VY old stand, rear Franklin House building,
Thomas street. Keep always on hand good Turn
out* and careful drivers.
Stock well cured for when en»rn*t*d to otir care.
Stock ou hand f<*r side at all times. decl3-tf
Land for Sale.
PROTECT YOUR LIFE
AND PROPERTY.
.VO IF IS THE TIME TO PUT UP
LIGHTNING RODS!
Copper and Iron Rods put up at
25 Cents per Foot.
T>EST recommendations and ccrtifi-
JD cates given.
tJF'Order* from the country solicited.
Address C/ V. VERONEE,
June 10 Atlienw, Ga.
DISSOLUTION
OF COPARTNERSHIP.
r PHE Copartnership heretofore ex-
X Mill under the iwaw tri Myleef DAVUA
FINCH, in lb. Livery Stable Mnee, vu «1L>-
xolted.by mulualconient.Kiilhe 18th ln*t- AaltW
very necessary thullh. h.»!ftra- of the firm tthonhf
he clored at on re,all perron* i ndchted t» n|4 Aron In
any way, are rrepeetfullr urged to ntxke payment
to John F. Finch, who Itu I nil authority to rrcrlve
and receipt for all Sues. And ail )teM>iu having
recounts real nit the firm are requested to preecu*
them to mild J. F. Finch, to tertn* of law. All ac
count* remaining unwilled on tho firet of fi.pt./
will be plreed hi the hand* of an officer tor roller-'
on. U. COBB HA VIS,
June »4,l*74.Int. JOHN F. FINCH.
r PHE public will also please tak«
X notice that the firm of L. F. A J. F. FINCH,
teat dltaolvcd ou the X2d ln»L, by mutual content.
All prrrott* indebted t. .aid firm, ere reipectfuUy
requested to rattle at once, noth, old tiatlaw
most be clo-ed. All perron* having account*
against the firm will pleaae present them without
delay, hither or the undersigned will attend la
the ratUemcnt of HteaflUme* the firm. All no*
count* remaining unsettled mi the tint of 8mi^
will he placed In the band* of no officer tor denar-
thin. UmKNZO F. FINCH.
JuneM.187t.lu. JOHN F. FINCH.
FORSALK^
ASE half interest, or if desired.
V—' the whole interest In n Livery Stable, will bn
•old, together with good vehicle, and hoxnea. V
only nhril interest I* raid, it must brio* thorough
buiinero tfiao. The Stride I* located in the heart
of the eitv in close proximity lojhr Court House,
and in well arranged for the business. Apply to
June 24 tT. JOHN F. FINCH, Athene.Gro
GROCERIES
R. R. S\ULTER
CtALLS tfep, attention of hi* friend*
V_> and “thereatof mankind” to the bet that
he will keep on hand a fresh errortment of
Family $uppliev*
With a fine qnalft^y of
COOKING WINE,
either inlmtlle* or on draught, .Also, the beat
Brandy, Whiskey, Rmn f
Gin, Ale, Lager Beer, m
TOBACCO AND CIGARS.
nsr Country Dealer* supplied at low figures, at
HOLBROOK’S CORNER,
AGENTS WANTED!
Male and Female.
$lOO to $230 per Month to Introduces
The latent improrert, vtoti »intjde nndperfect
Shuttle Sewing Machine
EVER INVKNTEji. , -
"\UE Challenge the world to com-
YV pde with It. ;pricr *mly ami fully
warranted fbr five Tears, making the elastic leek
stitch alike-ou totb side*. The same a* i'i tfati
high priced Shuttle Machines. For circular* jnff
terms cull nr addree* M.. WVNfliOl'ti CO.,
June 3 South Fifth .Sta Philadelphia* s %
T HE undersigned offers for sale
Threw Hsadrrd teres .f land, more or Iras,
lying on the south side of McNutt’s Creek, six and
n half miles due weat at Athena, and adjoining old
lands of the Jennings estate, also land* of Sikes,
Louts Kid son, I. * Sfipa, The*. Jonas,: Ure. Bar
nett nnd Charles JHlen.
This hedy of land ia very desirably situated ;
ia well watered by wvnral first rate Springs; near
lo Mare's Hltlebureh, and Inapri neighborhood.
Title* perfect. [JunelC) ABEL JONAS.
Beef and Mutton.
PATRICK A FINCH.
A RE prepared to furnish Fat Beef,
XX Mutton, and everything in the butchers'
line to customers,
house.
id everything in the hi
from their stalltat the market
7hey will purchase and pay the highest
^ pricet for Beeves, Sheep, «fcj.
Blacksmith Shop.
TT1LL FEW would respectfully
I » announce to the clttaeaa at Athena and ad
joining country that be Is rally prepared I* do all
manner oi worn la the HI ark Smith Uhe ia a supe
rior manner and at reasonable charge.. Hellas
the best workmen and uses nothin - but the beet,
material. Plantation Work, Hone Shoring, and
vary difficult Job* npoeiritjr. -
ppueite Mr. J. Z. Cooper** Li'
GEO. W. COOPER,
Carriage arid 23uggy
Thetaao Street, opposite Cooper** Livery fit able.
"PARTICULAR attention given to
X BKF AIK JOBS. Orders left with A. A. Bell,
at 8ummey A Newton's, will receive prompt ale
tlon. June 17 tf
"VT OTICE.—After the publication
_L v of this entire once a week far font week*,
and at the regular Ivns of the Court at Ordinary
of Hart County, to be held oa the firet Monday la
August draxt, application wifi he made t. said t
Court for leave to rail nil Ihe Real Estate Mtm
log to tbe Estate of Susan McCnrley, 4 er raped, la
tens* of the law. C. A. WEBB.
Adm'r, with the WIU annexed, •
July i, 1874.
-• .A. A,. WINN,
WITH-— j. H { » f
GROOVER, STUBBS A CO.
Cotton Kactors, *
—AND—
Savannah^ Ga.
i r»fi'
fill bun
consignments forrale or shipment ItUwrnl Mil to
Northern poi
i porta.
-.ii b*
TO RENT,
PROM 1st October, 1874, to De*
J? Slat, ins,
Thk Best Business Stand,
And heat arranged Store in Athens.
July I tf , Andy to B. P. BISHOP.