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y / |toii|east (gtargian. PUBLISHED ON WEDNESDAY MORNING BY H. H. CARLTON & Co., Proprietor*. H. H. CARLTON. Editor. TERMS OF SUBSCRIPTION: Wm ONE COPY, One Year, 5 2 OO FIVE COPIES, On# Year, 8 7B TEN COPIES. One Year 13 qq Official City Taper Business & Profes’n’l Cards. G. THOMPSON, . .. . . —ntgouiery Ala B--ry s Slurp, Athens, (irorjiia. Office over Fel>.:t.if. As* M. Jackson, • L. W. Tuomas, JACKSON ft THOMAS, Attorneys at Law ■Athens, (leorrjia, P. S.— l,y *P rrli *i jU,i c 'tOIUi, ERWIN & COBB Attorneys at Zaw, A TII L'VTj ' ATHENS, GA. «** Offi.-e in the Deuj.ree BuUding. w It. LITTLE, dllor/tep al Jjaw, CARNESVILLE. GA. OHN T. OSBORN, A MAP OF .BUSY LIFE. No, 22, | Athens, Georgia, Wednesday, March 31, 187S 5 OLI) SERIES—Volume LIII. < NEW SERIES—Volume III. Poetical. ImiU t««ie Attorney-iit-Law ELBERTOX, GA. '■7iV> ’/! thu of the Northern Western Urrn’i, r"*3— ...".‘..nUVnu.n.e.t'oVfr^rr" 11 «” Jan. 10, 1374—f- 1 S. DOItTCII, Jillornejy at .Law, EIVKU Ittuil I tTn» , ‘ 1 ' >n r i for which HIMOSH «Vr iIL» J. , ' ATO “ i \ ,h <‘ ***** remedy that fc— It acts uiildlr. t'ffrri n- fninr^il’ 8 * * **B«tahle c.riupoun l, can d h o M? * ny Bounties that it mar be taken *V“ "T ry , w *7 : *' Ion been u*«l fo je.tr,. and hun.lre.laof the good and trreal fr'.u .«i I,!S^;;: n,ry w,1 ‘ ’• uLh fur * u »***•* Simmons Lirer Cogulator, or Mcdicinr. I* harmlewi, Is nodravic r — — Intent medicine, Is turn to cure if taken reirulurlY. i n “ i^^xlealinn beverage, }** WMlIle-w family medicine, I* the ch«>apfst medicine in (he wurM | *t h e’ too*' d eBrat'/i n fan t / * *»■»«• *« }Joe* not interfere with business, Poes not disarrange the system, kind! 1,0 p “* °' u,,, "'n* »»-' Hitter, of erery Contains the simplest au.l best remedies ton Sali: By Ai.t. Druggists. CARNESVILLE, GA. E. A. WILLIAMSON, practical WATCHM MER and JEWELLEA & V E A R R 0 W & IL 8 Of Choice Reading. T,K4r ,,jj Bri,,e; or - Mri ™> Si-quel to "A Beautiful SOMEBODY’S DARLING. Into a ward of the whitewashed halls, Where the dead and the dying lay, Wounded by bayonet, shells and balls, Somebody's Darling was borne that day. Somebody's Darling, so young and so brave, Wearing yet on his pale, sweet face— Soon to be hid by (be dust of the grave— The lingering light of his boyhood's grace. Matted and damp are the curls of go*d, Kissing the snow of his lair, young brow; Pale are the lips of delicate mould, Somebody's Darling is dying now. Back from his beautiful blue-reined brow' Brush all the wandering wares of gold, Cross his hands on his bosom now— Somebody’s Darling is still and cold. Kiss him once for somebody's sake. Murmur a soft prayer, tender and low; One bright curl from its fair mates Take— They were somebody’s pride, you know ; Somebody’s band has wandered there; Was it a mother's eoft and white ? And have the lips of a sister lair Been baptized in the waves of light ? God knows best. He has somebody's love ; Somebody’s heart has enshrined him there; SotneboJy wafted his name above, Morning and night, on the wings of prayer. Somebody wept when he marched away, Looking so handsome, brave and grand ; Somebody’s kiss on his f>reliead lay, SomelKMly clung to his parting hand. At Dr. King's Drugstore, ATHENS, GA. superior manner, and jan:i-if BROAD STRL All work done warraute l to give satisfaction. WILEY CHILDERS, T .OCA TED in this city, is prepared of UarpenUr*' Work In tho l.e*t-iy|.\ an 1 at re uonalde rut,-*, with dispatch !Sh..|. in ihe rear oj the City Clerk's Office/ JUUe 3, IS.4. M. V. GU11L.EY, r/iG eo.y PE.YTIST, r PAKES pleasure in announcing to -A- the cit irons of Franklin and an.I adjoining r.tiitiTi««, that he is now located on the Athens ot, one l»re pa re-1 tc ranches. Pric ivcly no inferior work. i . , - - Athens lo south of 4 arnesville, where he is ■eliee Dentistry ill all its different * to suit the times, hut p.«|- uctl'J-tf GEO. W. COOPER, Carriage «incl .1 ^uggy Thomas Street, opposite 4’oopcr'a Livery Stable. "PARTICULAR attention given to at .Sututuvy *k Newton's, will receive pro Victor’s Triumph. Fiend." A Reautif.ll Fiend; or, Between t,ro Fires. « v W * J' ov, /.‘ Mu Are. Southvorth. ost Heir LinhlhKow ; or, The Brothers: or 7: Borland he Outcast, By Mrs. Bouthuor, Her Life. se.)u«l to“Cru«l ns j, U<J M,s. 1 />. jr v. South wort. (.rave ; or Hallow Bee Mastery. '^dage ; or, Houglit %v ith Slrph Somebody's wailing and watching for him, ^ earning to hold him again to her heart ; And theie he lies with his blue eyes dim, And the smiling, child-like lips'apart. Tenderly bury the fair young dead, Fausing to drop on his grave a tear; Carve in the wooden slab at liis heal, "Somebody’s darling lies sleeping ).ere.” aud denouncing this measure as useless and only another trick to wring money from the 'bleeding tax-payers.’ Could theso little creatures but experience Nme pang of those desolate ones whose quiet and peaceful homes have been visited and ruthlessly' robbed of its dear ones by this scourge, we are constraiued to believe they would hush and. feel ashamed of themselves, that they were willing to expose their families to almost certaiu death, for the paltry sum it would cost them to Insure against it. We have heard of one man, who, from this disease, had lost a wife and five children in one week’s‘time, and who, like a man, declared his intention to burn his house and all he possessed that had been in contact with the dis ease, in order to protect society against his bitter experience ; and at the same time exclaimed, 'Yes, it ‘must all go; and I would to God I could burn memory.’ Now, let our people cease this small talk, and let the authorities destroy the germs of the disease —or ours, in one mouth’s time, may be a bitter feeling of regret and remorse. Selections. A Matrimonial Slave. A Californian, named Aborus published the following card in San Jose paper: I NOTICE. All persons are hereby warned not to trust Mary E. Aborns, (my w»fe,) as she has left my bed and board without just cause or prov ocation, and I will not pay any bilJ^contmcted by her from and after this date. John Aborns. i ' San Jose, Feb. 6,1875. t ommunications. A-. A. WINN, WITH G HOOVER, STUBBS & CO. Ootton H’nctors, General Commission Merchants Savannah, Ga. Hop , ut. K r, »..A other Supplies fur- lAhoml C.v»h Advance* made on .on'lftiimeiita for Hale or shipment to Liverpool Northern myJO-tf lively. Feed and Sale Siable ATHENS, Gr A.. GANN * HEAVES.... PROPRIETORS "TATILL BE FOUND AT THEIR VV wldstanl. rear Fr inkiin llotue building, ThomasMroet. i\'*tv always on *.*,1 Turn outs and c tre^il dr Stock well .-are I lor a lien entrusts 1 Stock on hand i *r >alc at all time-* K Trie* Grave, Cruel as tli Belle tood _ Price. Itij )Jrs. A The Ulil Cranial. Sequel “ Lord J/,. s ' ; or, More Secret than One. ’ The Reign,„g Reit,. Iiy Mr , Ann S. Stephen,. I.iuila. By Mrs. Caroline Bee llents. Robert Graham. By Mrs. Caroline I^e Jtents. Krne.t IJukkkI. By Mrs. Caroline Ur Bents. Itena ; or, rhe Snow-Ilir.l By Mrs. Bents Marcn, Warland. Be Mrs. Car,dine Lee Bents. Autoloogriipliy of Edwnrii Wort ley Montagu. H ith Preface Uj l)r. Mackenzie. ’ b Tho Initials. The Great Ia/vt Story. Count of Monte l>isto. By Alexander Dumas. * amillc ; or The hate of a Ottqurtfe. The Dead Secret. Hi/ Wilkie Coilins The Cromed Phth. Jtu It ilkie Collins. Me.noin.of \ idllis I.i/e and Adventures. ( 011,1 n llarry. By Mrs tlrry. Tiie Little lieililtv. By Mrs firry Cvrilla. By Author of- The Initiate." Modern Chivalry. By B B. Breckenridae. Maior Jones’ Courtship and Travels. Major Jones* Scenes ;n (ieorgia. Simon Suggs* Adventures and Travels. V. -Thorpe’s Scenes in Arkati^a vr. Big Bear’s Adventures and Travels. Don Quixotte. With I/is Life and .Adventures. frank l airhgh. By Frank F. Smedley. Lewis Arundel. Jly Frank F. Smedleu. Tom Rar<|iiet. By Frank F. Smedlnj. * TheTowerof I»n«*lon. By IF. 11. Ainsworth. fount of Monte-4 ’risto. By Alexander Dumas. The ( ountess f»f Monte-Cristo. The Three Guardsmen. By Alexander Dmuims BragefcTnifftr" np**TfTarTJcr Dumas. The Iron Mask. By Alexander Dumas. Edmond Dantes. Snjuel to Count of Mar-tr-Crixt Fortv-Five Guardsmen. By Alexander Dumas. The Iron Hand. By Alexander Dumas. Charles O’ Malley. By 4 hnrlcs J.errr. Harry Lorre«juer. By Charles Lerer. Jack Hinton, the Guardsman. By lsrrr Tom Burke of Ours. By Charles J*rer. Valentine Vox, the Ventriloquist. By Cork ton. Basil; or, The4T*ossed Path. By Collins. The Brigand; or the Demon oi the North Victor ffuyo, author of ** Let Miserables,* v The Queen’s Revenge By Wilkie Collins. Hide and Seek. By Wilkie Collins. After Dark. By Wilkie Collins. Cruising in Last War. .4 Capital Sea Story. Trapper’s Daughter. By Gustave Aimard. Guy Fawkes. By Ainsworth. Illustrated. The Star Chamber. By Wm. Harrison Ainsworth. Holiday Stories. By Charles Dickens. The Pic-Nic Paper*. By Charles Diekens. Dickens’ Short Stories. Bu Charles Diekens. Windsor Castle. By 111 Harrison Ainsworth. Charles O’Malley. Harry Lorreducr. Tho Three Guardsmen. Twenty Years After. The Iron Mask. Louise lot Valliere. The Iron Hand. Jack Hinton. Tom Burke of Ours. Kdinond Dantes. Bragclonne. Forty-five Guardsmen. * Love at First Sight. By Captain C.ulina. Sunshine and Shadow. By Mrs. C. •/. Aeirty. Miss or M rs. ? By Wilkie \ oil ins. The Dead Secret. By Wilkie Collins. Mad'Monkton, and ot her Tales. By Wilkie Collins. Sights Afoot. By Wilkie CoUins. The Corsican Biot hers. By Alexander Dumas. Father Torn and the Pope. Illustrated. The Marriage Verdict. By Alexander Dumas. The Flirt. By .Mrs Grey ud< By FALL = .WINTER MILLIHERY GOODS, RS. T. A. ADAMS would most \JL respectfully infirm the Ladies of A them id of counties adjacent, that she has now receiv- M By Dev. O. TUut- llluz- vil a . npene'i a niu»t choice anil aclect assortment of Fail and Winter Millinery Good*, com prising fn part the latest atylea and tashiona of HATS, BONNETS, TlTiniOAS, Z.-1CJSS, Flowers, Grloves, &c.> Saiathicl; or the Wandering Jew. Croly. Good Society. By Mrs Grey. The Rebrl Chief. 1-y Gustare Aimard. The Border Riflea. By Gustare Aimard. Sol. Smith’s Theatrical Apprenticeship trated. . Sol. Smith's Theatrical Jonrney-Work trated. « The Indian Chief. By Gustare Aimard. The (inld-Seekers. By Go.tare Aimard. The Tijrer-Slaycr. By Gutlare Aimnrd. Tho Lnat Back No**. By Mrs. Henry iroml. Lion-Hearted. A Novel. By .Vr, Grey. The Red Track. By Gustare Aimard. .i„ion and Principle. By Mrs Grey. Marv Seahaut. Bj Mrs Grey. For Sale at BURKE’S BOOK STORE. Which lhe will sell at rcaaonahla price,. Give her a call before purchasing elsewhere. Orders from a distance carefully filial. Store located on Broad street, one door aboae National Bank, octib-tf. J. VV- COLLINS Ha* now In Stow a Full Stock o! anew cooosj SUITABLE FOR THE SPRING AND SUMMER E«L PBL Comitting, in part, of DRY CtOOD8 IIATS, SHOES A NOTIONS Of All Kinds, which he ofiera CHEAP FOR CASH Or iu Exchange for Country Produce. f The highest market price paid in rash h i **««» May lit B K A. CK ET S. The Largest Stock of ®>*acketi, ^'lock Siiclvcs, Rook Shelves. m JVaH Pockets, Match Safe,. Hangi ;aag Baskets, &Ce, &C. „ Ever Brougkl to Athena, r or sale at BUSKE’a BOOK STORE. Nov.25.tf. Nov. 25 Dissolution of Partnership. partnership heretofore existing between the «uhscrit>ers under the tirm name of BURKE & HODGSON, I* thi* day dissolved by inntnal ron*ent. The husinea* will be continued by T. A. BURKE, who will collect all of the account* due the firm, and settle it* indelueducs**. Parties indebted are re quested to make immediate payment, the books of the late tiriu must le closed. T. A. Burke, W. H. Hodgson. In retiring from the firm ot Burke A Hodgwin, J take lliia opportunity of returning to my fricii la my sincere thanks for their liberal patronage, and solicit of them a continuance of the same tn iny successor. W. H. HOUGSO.S. Nov.4.tf. FITS CURED FREE!! from tiie address Da. A NY person suffering XX above disease is requested to Price, and a trial bottle of medicine will be for warded by Express. FREE! The only cost bcingjthe Express «h* r B«*; w ^Jj ..wing tn my Isnse business, aresmsll. Dr. Pric. has made the treatment of FITS OR EPILEPSY a study for years, and he will warrant V. ur t, by fb. u J of hi, remedy. Do not fail to Mod to him for a trial bottle; it coats nothing, and be WILL CURE YOU, sarjaT»s»’SS5. , s a Circulars and tentimonlala sent with free trial bottle. Lexington, (ja., March 2D Court-house Again. The excitement first produced among our people bv the recom mendation of the last Grand Jury and the consequent action of the County Board of Commissioners in reference to the Court-house repairs, has died out, or at least become to a great extent dormant; and very little is now heard to remind us of it, save the mechan ic’s hammer. The work is now being rapidly pushed to comple tion, and will be done in time for the April term ofthe Court. The lower tloor. formerly occupied as the Court-room and Clerk’s office, j is now divided into three rooms i !»><1 large passage. The Clerk’s | office will remain on the lower i ry’s office, and the other will be j used as a Grand Jury room. Our j worthy Sheriff is still minus an office in the new building. The ! work as far as we are able to judge, is being neatly done. The steps and platform in front, are now finished and appear much better than we at first expected ; and we have heard it suggested, that the platform will be the glory of stump speakers in the future. And just here, we cannot desist from saying something about our Clerk of the Superior Court, Mr. G. H. Lester—that man little in statue, but big in soul, mind, en ergy and generosity. While pos sessing in an eminent degree these qualities, he is not yet en tirely free from the common feel ings of humanity. His patience is not infinite. He can be bored as the Venetian Bard, and other men have been bored. He has therefore devised a plan by which he expects to drive away these borers. He bought a picture of two men carrying a litter on which lies a dead man—and the litter- bearers, in agony, arc exclaiming, ' This man was talked to death’— and has nailed it up over his desk, where all who enter his office can see it. But he says, the trick ' don’t payfor everybody that comes in, has to have it fully ex plained to him, and asks a thou sand and one questions about it. And when he tells them what it means, they ask him what lawyer it is meant for. He thinks of taking it down and 'giving up the ghost.’ THE SMALL-POX. This terrible scourge upon our County, through the energy and promptness ot the County author ities, has at last ceased to spread It is now under control and we need feel no apprehension about it, unless it again spread from the houses or clothing of those who have had it. In order to prevent anything ot this kind, our County Commissioners have appointed Committee of citizens to explore the infected region, and if they think necessary, to burn, at the public expense, the houses- and clothing of those persons who have had it. This, we think, a good move; as it is thought that DEATH. We were pained to learn on last Sabbath week, of the death of our esteemed fellow-citizen, Mr. Cud Smith, who had long been a re spected citizen of the County. The nature of his disease, we have been unable to learn. He leaves a family and many relatives to mourn his untimely death. The following conclusive and exhaustive defense by his wife appeared in the next issue : M hy am I thus published to the world? and what human bein on earth has tho right ? Let us look at the facts. I have been the wife of John Aborns for about ten years, and lived with him du ring the whole of that time—the prime of my life. That makes 3,650 days. During that time, I have cooked about ten thousand meals of victuals, set the table as many times, and cleared it off and washed the dishes. During the ten years, I have spent between ten and fifteen thousand hour: over a hot cook stove, both in summer and winter. I have cleared up and swept the house for him over ten thousand times. During those ten years, I have I home to him six children, five of I them now living, tho youngest sickness. [two and a half years old. Besides no,,, rnf Joseph Henry Lumpkin, who is knows), what steps cares nn,l now in Atlanta, attended by his * steps, cares and mother, for the purpose of bein treated by Dr. Willis F. West moreland. He has been in At lanta most of the last wiuter at tending lectures iu the Medical College at that place, and wc arc informed, stood very high in his class, and bids fair, should his health permit, to make an eminent physician. We trust he will soon be restored to health, home and friends, and he enabled to pursue his studies and accomplish his highest hopes in this his chos**** profession. - This gentleman was in Lexing ton a few days ago looking around for a house and lot to suit him and his family, preparatory to mov ing to that place, and resuming the practice of the law. He will he quite an acquisition to the Bar and the town in which lie locates. This move on his part, is com mended by all his friends. Pope is eminently qualified for the prac tice, and it has ever been a matter of no little surprise to his acquain tances, that he ever abandoned it. Wc trust he will make the move, and meet with that generous sup port and liberal patronage to which his qualities, both of heart and head, so eminently commend him. cotton. Very little cotton is now being brought to our market. It ap pears to be about exhausted in this County. GUANO. Wc learn that large quantities oi guano are being bought by our farmers this year. We are there fore inclined to think a large cot ton crop will he planted, and would suggest to our farmers, that in view of this fact, it is a most opportune time to plant a large corn crop. By thus doing, you will be likely to hit the short crop and make the most money. FARMING. Owing to the almost continued rainy weather since Christmas, our farmers are very much behind with their crops. troubles, (to say nothing of the sickness and anxious thoughts for my children,) it is impossible for me to say ; every mother knows it better than she can possibly tell it. In addition to that, I have made the’ir clothing (besides m}’ own), and during that time, I have also inode clothing and done sewing for others for money, it went into the ' community’ funds ; that is, as I understand it, all the property made by the husband and wife is community property, kununfr^Sr" 5 ? tb ? h " s - sharp edge ot injustice. More than that, during these ten years, I have milked on an average, three cows twice a day, which will make about seven thousand milkings, besides taking care of the milk and making butter from it. I have during the whole of that time, attended to the poultry, and often have assisted Mr. Aborns in loading hay, sewing sacks, and even cleaning his stable. I have drawn the picture mildly. I have made allowances for my sickness, when I have had help, something after the way that a fanner would hire a horse, if his own was sick and unable to work. I had noth ing when I went, and nothing at the end of those ten years of ser vitude. I had lived, it is true, and was very moderately furnished with clothing. This is all for my labor. What man is there in the world that would do the work have done for tho same compen sation? I make this statement, not out of any feeling of revenge to Mr. Aborns, for he has done only what hundreds of others would have done. In many re spects, he is a good man; indus trious, and, like hundreds—yea thousands of others, houest with everybody except his owu family. choose to live with him no longer; my reasons are my own. And I say again, what right has he to impair my credit by publish- A World of Fishes. In the Missouri river directly opposite Forest City, in Holt county, there is a large island, and in the centre of that island is a large pond, which, until a few days since, rested in peace, undis turbed by the rude alarms of a transgressing world. But the cold spell which came down upon the just and upon the unjust with a zeal never before remembered, put its seal upon the bosom of the fair lake—which a vulgar and contaminating people have mis- ^shTldren stood called a pond—to* the depth of two feet. There has never been thing sealed up that somebody didn t want to hurst open to see what, was in it, and so it was in this instance. The island lake, which had remained inviolate through time, was visited by Jones Lockhridge, who keeps the Forest City Hotel, and the seal was broken. The Strange Prayer. The worst man in the village was Jack ltancy. He had a com fortable home, it was not a happy one. As soon as tho big gate opened, his two children, Milly and Boh, ran into the house ex claiming, ' Father is coming,’ and into a corner they crouched, and there they stayed until they were ordered to bed. There was no clapping of hands, no ruby lips turned up to receive father’s even- ing kiss iu Jack’s house. No, his tn tefror tjf him; for often, after his day’s work was When the ice was removed, the space beneath was found to he literally packed with fishes of all sizes and description; from the common cat, weighing forty-five pounds, to an animated silver not much larger than a pin. There were fish with shovels where their noses should he, sword fish, red fish, black fish and white fish, and fish of all colors and degrees. Some of them had scales, and some had skins like cat-fish, and others yet rejoiced in a coverin< r resembling that of a muskrat— hut they were fish, for all of that. Then the story llew all over the ountry, and people from far and near, came down upon the island armed with guns, spears, har poons and lances, and in all kind and manner of vehicles, on horse back and on foot. There came brave men and fair women, big hoys and girls, and smaller ditto” there, also, could he seen chil dren in arms, and all strong in one intent—to got away with those fish, for these days are Lent. M hen Adam Kippel came through, tho whole air was im- eguated with fish, and a fisliv atmosphere still clung to his gar ments as he gave our reporter the points of this item—hut Adam is genial^ soul, and Jhisis a labor sonic connection Wlttr mis’ lake and the Missouri river, if not with regions more remote and deeper down into the bowels of the earth. Many of the fish taken from this place were of varieties unknown in this section of the country, and no one has yet been found who can class them, or who had seen these resemblances else where. All in all, this fish pond is, in all seriousness, a remarkable discovery, and one that should ho thoroughly looked into.—St. Joseph Gazette. over, did lie go home drunk, and then he was cross, and would strike the first one who came in his way. One day Jack was driving liis cart, when the harness broke", and the horses hacked until his new cart was pushed into a deep gutter and broken., Jack sprang from liis seat and began to heat the horses most unmercifully with his whip-handle, while oath after oath (SfArjiait PUBLICATION OFFICE: M>. 7, GHASflTE TtOJt, (dsKtiln,) ‘ ATHENS, GEORGIA. Rates of Advertising: * Transient advert iaemcnia, oTimic square or more, »1 00 per aquarr for the flret iiiaertion, and 7S cent* for eti-h subsequent insertion. aJaertlaeuienle couaM-red transient, except where apteUl contract* are made. T*el*e Unee space of ihte tjrpe (nr ono inch) make one iiquare. WFor contract prices, see schedule. rolled from his tongue, calling on God to 'damn his sJ\nI.’ ° ■V little boy had been rollin fr his hoop up and down the pave” nient, but when lie hoard the aw ful words, he caught his hoop in his hand, and stopped. Stepping up to .lack, while his beautiful eyes were full of tears, lie said in a trembling voice: O, sir, is that the wav von pray ?’ Jack turned in perfect astonish ment, hut said nothing. 'O !’ continued the little fellow, lowering liis voice to a whisper, didn’t you ask God to damn your soul? O, sir, hadn’t you better take it hack before (rod hears it ?’ An impatient exclamation was the only reply, and the little boy walked away. There was a strange tenderness about Jack’s heart that he had scarcely ever felt before, and as he looked down the street, he saw that the little fellow walked slowly along, forgetting to roll liis hoop, and then a strange misti ness crept over his eyes. Ah! the tew kind words of that little hoy set Jack to thinking, and made him feel his sinfulness as lie had never felt it before. They brought him to repentance, and on -every sine wen? nsKmg- tn tta-- tonishment— ' What on earth is the matter with Jack Raney ?’ A Hint to Tonng Men. In 1855, a young gentleman re^is- teried his name in the largest hotef in the city of Louisville. Ky. He had a pretty good wardrobe, such as young men usually have, includinu a gold watch and chain. He was in search of occupation. At the expirntiou of two weeks, he tool; an inventory of his personal effort*.—“Out of work and no money.” He bad a brief interview with lhe proprietor of the hotel. His trunk was left as security for his bill; he hypothecated his watch for the loan of ten dollars, and having ki.Ysed the tip end of hio coral finger* to a kind and sympathetic lnndlt»rd.~fW—WTrU" diving for the 'Twttom.” He finfnd •larttuin” oil Water Street, where a teiimer was lieing discharged of cotton hv Dutchmen, negroes and yankecs. Having purchased a heavy pair of boots, a blue shirt ami over-alls, he commenced rolling ami pulling cotton at the rale of five cents a bills. In three weeks, he was promoted to tho position of “marker,” with a salary of forty-five dollars |>er month, and at the expiration of nine months, he hnd a right to grow mellow over a salary of one hundred and twenty-five dol lars |jer month. To-dav, this gentle man is one ol the largest business o|>crators in Bay street. Young men, whatsoever your Imud.s find to do, don’t be too proud to perform it. Com mence at the bottom anti climb up. Ah! little reader, a bright star will shine in that little hoy’s crown in the kingdom of Heaven, for his words were blessed to the saving of the precious soul of the worst man in the village. Jack Ilancy was a Christian. Was Obliging.—The other even ing n kind-lucking old man was escort ed to a room on the third floor of a hotel to pass the night, and it wasn’t five minutes before the hell indicated that he wanted to see a waiter. A colored boy ran up, stuck his bead into the room, and asked wluit was wanted. The old man said he didn’t want any thing, but the waiter was hardly down stairs before the bell rang again. “ Did you want suffin’?” he in quired, as he reached the room again. “Nothing,” replied the old man, as he opened the door. In about two minutes liis bell rang again, and this time the waiter ex claimed : “If you don’t want nuffin’, what ar’ve pullin’ de bell fur?” “ I wan’t to oblige the waiter,” re plied the old man. “ De waitah ! Oblige do waitnh ?” “Yes; it says here: ‘Please ring the bell for the waiter,’ and if he wants it rung. I’m willing to oblige him, though I’m tired and sleepy, and shan’t pull it more’ll four times more unless I know that some of his family are sick tot ai^«tAnU* , l , mi* , pwR < « the disease, this time, originated Be wtrtlcular togiae yonr Expreu, “ weU “ j j a this Way, from Some hoUSC your 0,1 °®“ ^ c p^ n, tHAS . T . PR,c?, | where it had formerly been. It F#b 24 1 j umium SimaL Kev tor*. I _ _ _ . TRY YOUR LUCK! T Oeteiy perron rondln* « •enit regularly, for *Tx owthiy TuKb0 run, s lai*e eighupase, literary aw CVIK, u surge per, auil sa a premium w# wUl *{j e Stationery*^Package, —sheets ouery ra^ri “"‘V'liSF, !!.avSH. good writing paper, lOgooA Envelope*. H** 4 *JSL Shi Pan holder, 2 Pen*. 1 Photogntpb. and a Gill of Lady'* or Gent*' Jewelry. The PHio of Je«ja la often worth more than wo ch»fjf® and package. Remember, all the abora article* In an elegant package. is the solemn duty of those who are entrusted with the manage ment of County affairs, to protect the people of the County from a recurrence of this dreadful disease. Therefore, we think our County authorities have acted wisely, and are entitled to the thanks of every good citizen for this move. But The ptpei only 60 eonts. W Agent* wanted to aell our fine Engrarlog*- From ga to glO a day eatily made. meblO, Addr— W. K. BUBBOW, NUUjm, Bristol, Tiw* Civil Bights Baid on a Bank. The portly president of the State Natioual Bank sauntered leisurely forth from his private offico iu the direction of the frout door. Arriving at the counter, he was confronted by a stalwart son of * Africa’s sunny clime,* who, judging from the stream of water oozing from his garments, had been standing at the door in the rain for several hours. ' Suppose yer name is Williams, is it ?’ ' My name, sir, is Mr. Williams.’ ’Dat’s what I axed you—me’nt no harm dis is dc Bauk, de State Bank isn’t it?’ 'Yes, sir, this is the State Natioual Bank.’ 'And de cibble rights is dun and passed, is it ?’ ' The Civil Rights hill is said to be the law of the land, sir. 'Dat’s what I axed yon, no harm me’nt; and aiu’t culled pnssons got as much right to ’posit money here as de white folks?* 'They have the same privilege as the white people in that particular. > « Wnii Jan. inst take «lii m bh «uw> fion’t let thia pa** UJJf. try your luck; you are certain U get moiw go*-* we hear of some petty dema- Tne paper alx whole month* and the Package tor gogues, whose only idea of econ omy is what they thiuk others may think of it, going the rounds in" me? In the name of all that is just, I do solemnly protest against it. Mary E. Aborns. The Wives of Eminent Men.— The wives of men of sentiment are not always the most appreciative of women Jean Paul lepresents Siehenkas as reading one of his beautiful imaginings to his wife, who listened with eyelids cast down and bated breath. As he closed, the sharer of his joys beamed forth with, “ don’t put on your left stocking to-morrow, dear; I must mend that hole in it.” So, when Sir Walter and Lady Scott were rambling about theirestate, and came upon some playful lambs frisking in the meadow —“ Ah,” said Sir Walter, “ 'tis no wonder that poets from the earliest ages have made the lamb the emblem of peace and innocence.” “ They are, indeed, delightful animals,” answered her ladyship, “ especially with mint sauce.” sir.' 'Well, den, just tako dis pile ober dar, and put it agin my name on do book,’ (pulling from his side pocket about $300 in currency.) Like a sensible man, as he is, the president yielded to the majesty of the law, and took the " man and brother’s” money on deposit.—Raleigh New*. A clergyman was sent for sud denly to go to a cottage, where he found a man in bed. 'Well my friend, what induced you to send for me?’ The patient, who was rather deaf, appealed to his wife. ‘What did he say?* ‘He says,’ shouted the woman, ‘ what the deuce did you send for him for?” The Cross on the Wall. For the past week a story has been current on the street which at first we could not believe. Mrs. Julien Jerome, a Frenchwoman, whom all that knew her say had always led a very devout, good life, lived on Main street, and was taken sick about five weeks ago. Immediately after a cross appeared on the wall beside her bed, which, all efforts cannot obliterate. It first ap peared very small and faint, and scarcely observable, but by degrees it begau to grow large aud appear plainer. Such was the story, and yesterday morning our correspondent visited the house of the sick woman to ascertain the truth of the story. There is no denying it the cross was on the wall, plain and observable to all. This wall is not pajiered, but is whitewashed, and when the cross first appeared some member of the family took a knife and attempted to scratch it out of the wall, but to uo avail. The whitewash was daubed over with the same result. The woman died last evening, and your correspondent visited the house again. He found the mysterious cross was fading as had the* life of the woman who had just passed away. Iu the morning it looked on the white wall like a dark shadow, black and heavy, but in the evening it was the color of a November leaf. We questioned the son of the deceased woman concern ing the case and he substantiated the above. He said that he was continu ally scratching, attempting to obliterate that mysterious reminder of our Saviour’s death. True it is the print of a knife was on the plaster, haying worn it off about a quarter of an inch while attempting to destroy the figure When asked why he did not give it publicity, the son said he thought if be did his house would be crowded all the while, annoying bis sick mother (now dead.) He also said that he told only his immediate friends of it, but somehow it began to leak out from them. The above may be thought by some a romance, but it is a plain, un deniable fact.—Cohees Cor. Troy Press. *• Idiot 1” exclaimed a lady coming out of the theatre last evening, as a gen tleman . accidentally stepped on her trailing skirt. “Which one ot us “ '• blandly replied the man v A Rustic Courtship. I hitched my clicr close to hern an’ shet my eyes an’ sed: ' Sal, you’re the very gal I’ve bin hankerin’ arter fur a long time. I luv you all over, from the soul of your foot to the hed of your crown, an’ I don’t kecr ivho knows it; an’ ef you say so, we’ll be jined in the holy bands of padlock. E pluribus onions, gloria Monday morning, sick temper tarauaula, non compimcntus, world without end,’ sez I, an’ I felt as thou’ I had tlirowed like an alligator, I felt so relieved. With that she fotched a scream, an’ arter awhile she sed : 9 ppfor 1’ 'What is it, Stilly?’ ' Yes,’ sed she, hiding her face. You may depend upou it, I felt orful good. ' Glory! glory!’ sez I, ' I must holler, Sal, or I’ll bust wide open. Hooray! hooray ! I can jump over a ten-rail fence; I can do anything a fellow could or ort to do.’ W ith this, I sorter sloshed my self down beside her and clinched the bargain with a kiss. Talk about your sugar, talk about your molasses, talk about your nite- blooming serious, they warnt no where ; you couldn’t have got me ni’ ’em; they would have tasted sour arter that.’ ' O broomstraws with lasses on ’em 1 Ef Sal’s daddy hadn’t bawled out, ' It’s time all honest fokes waz in bed,’ I do believe I’d stayed all nite.’ and waved bis hand in a lordly way to the innkeeper, as though to say, “This is mine.” He was so agreeable that they all took quite a liking to him. Next morning, after breakfast, he wns starting off, when the host apologeti cally remarked, “That little bill.** “Oh, bless vour soul, my friend, haven’t got a cent,” said the fellow. “Then why didn’t you tell me so be fore?” said the host. “Well,” replied the tnaveller, “if you hndn’t been so inquisitive I wouldn’t have told you now.” The point was well taken, and the landlord insisted on wrapping up for him a bottle of bis best as a trav elling companion. A Buffalo paper prints the following letter from one of its old and prompt paying patrons: “Please discontinue my n *»er from the time I have paid up to. o not stop the paper Iwrause I do not want it; but to get rid of an intol erable old bore that intrudes himself in my house, regardless of time or cir cumstances, to sit for an hour or two, three or four times a week, to read iny papers, and who is a thousaud times more able to take a dozen papers for himself than I am to Lake one. If the nuisance is stopped, I shall send for the paper again.” The Boston Post makes the rather alarming assertion that “four babies at a birth are getting common." The press should be careful about publish ing this kind of news. An epidemic can never he checked by talking about it. anti we ought to beware how we frighten the already overburdened com munities of this country into quad rupling their population with little im migrants who briug uo money with them. —To light the gas-jet by the electric spark from the body, it is only necessary to select a clear, cold day or night, and, with slip pers on feet, scuffle across the car pet of the room two or three times and then quickly apply the knuckle to the escaping gas. Do not open the jet full, hut turn on a slowly- escaping current of gas. The following is one of the sweet little ditties of the Western spelling- school : O, lead my infont feet to walk Into the apelllng school; Let other children sneer and laugh At orthographic rale, But mo that better way atUl lead Till perfecUy I spell; So may I abun the path that leads To where Joeh Billing foil. figrThe Atlanta Neus is gratified to know “ that notwithstanding the sensation created by the recent report of the Finance Committee, the credit of the State had not been injured in the slightest degree. Before the Leg islature adjourned a resolution was ad opted authorizing the Governor to bor row four hundred and fifty thousand dollars. Wc are glad to be able to state that no trouble whatever will be experienced in borrowing the mouey, Gov. Smith expecting to obtain it from parties in the State. We understand (so excellent is our credit) that one million of dollars could be borrowed if the money was needed, so the Treasu ry will not be embarrassed this year for want of funds.” —A colored preacher remarked: 'When God made de fust man, He set him up agin de fence to dry.’ ' Who made de fence ?’ in terrupted a» eager listener. * But dat man out!’ exclaimed the col ored preacher; * sich questions as dat would destroy all de theology in de world.’ -dfc ‘ A witness in a Catskill law office described the poverty of a field of corn The other day a lady in Ne w Bed ford, seeing a red fiag'displayert from a dwelling house, unceremoniously en tered, and sitting down in the parlor, asked of a servant who was in the io«tn “when the auction would begin.” On being informed that the red flag did not mean auction, but small pox, she rushed from the house like a crazy woman, aud was soon lost to view. Donn Piatt says years of carelulob- las follows: “The crop was so stun- servation guarantees him in the axiom J ted and short th&t the toads could sit ‘that a man who wears long hair is i on their haunches and pick bugs off shall take notice :»i— „ «, - Kon» ” | the tasBels.” I dawn to writincr . t * ■ either a poet or a beat-’ .iliH ' • Writing Nonsense.—Rabelais bad written some sensible pieces, which the world did not regard at all. u I will write something, says he, “ that they itice of/’ And so he sat down to writing nonsense. t