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The Gainesville Eagle. i t iius hl:i> 1; v elt prioat id§H9£ ■F- S7 10 :d w 1 nsr iij, Eilitei ami Proprietor* <• 011 A BI.A TS, Publisher. i EBMS : -S i A-Vc;,r, in Advance. orj ice Up stairs iu Candler Hall building, north-west corner Public Square. Agents for The Eagle. J. M. Rich, Dlairaville, Ga.; J. D. Howard, IJiwas see, Oa.; W. M. Sanderson, Hayßvine, N. C.; Da. N. C, Osborn, Buford, Ga. The above named gentlemen are authorized to make collections, receive and receipt for subscription j to The Ragle office. j Haten o|‘Atlvwrlisiug. One dollar [ier square for lirit iuecrtlon, and fifty cents for each subsequent insertion. Marriage notices and obituaries exceeding six lines will be charged for as advertisements. Personal or abusive communications will not be inserted at any price. Communications of general or local interest, under a genuine signature respectfully solicited from any sourco. Kate* of Regal AilvcrtUing. Sheriff'k Bales lor each levy often linos or lobs $2 50 Kaeh sutmoquout ten linos or lows - - 260 Mortgage) sales (tlu days) per square - - 500 J'-ach suhsoqiient ton lines or loss - f> no AiiinVs, Kx’r’sor (ioard'n’a sales, (40days) pr nq 5 (X) Notice to debtors and creditors - -f, oo (litat’g for lot’r.s of adrn’n or gtiard’iiH’p (1 wks) 4 (X) l,ave to soil real ' state - - - 5 00 Lot’rs of disui’ii ol' adin’n or guard'u (‘4 mo.) 000 Kstray notices - - - . . . • :? 00 1 htatiouH (unrepresentotl ostatos) • . 4 <k> Kulo nisi frrAtrofcH ,• Awes" ~ 2- . ~ . 'O'Otf HIT Fraction* <f a square (or inch) are charged in all e u.ir.l as full tf mires or inches. Notic.es of Ordinaries railing attention of adminis trators, executor* and guardians to making thdr an nual returns', and of ftliorifts in regard to provisions *n .tlons StWif, of the pithlisuk*) huk for tlio Mhoriifri and Ordinaries who patronize the Eagi,k. Atlvertisorw who desire a specified space for 3, 5 or I*2 months will receive a liberal deduction from our regular rates. ifar All lulls due after first insertion, unless special contract to the contrary be made. GKN KKAI. 1)1 KK( TOKV \ tiju tioorge D. Itice, Judge 8. (J. Western Circuit. 1 Emory Speer, Solicitor, Athens, Ga. COUNTY OFFICERS. J. h.i.vl. Winburn, Ordinary. J. li. Waters, Sheri if. J. J. May no, Clerk Superior Court. N. It. Clark, Tax Collector. J. S. Simmons, Tax Receiver. V. Whelchel, Surveyor. Edward Cowry, Coroner. Hatuuel Lesser, Treasurer. . CHURCn DIRECTORY. Uuf.buytf.uian Church—Rev. T. I*. Cleveland. Pus- I tor. Preachiug every Sabbath- morning and night, ! except the second Sabbath. Nil day School at 9a. m. i Prayer meeting Wednesday evening at 4 o’clock. j MKriioiuKT Ciiuu. ti - Rev. 1). 1). Cox, Pastor, j Preaching every Sunday morning and night. Sunday j School at a. iu. Prayer meeting Wednesday night. J Pact Ist Cuuiicu Rev. W. C. Wilkes, Pastor. Preaching Sunday morning. Sunday School at U a. m. Prayer mooting Thursday evening at 4 o'clock. \ FRATERNAL RECORD. Allkmnany Royal Arch Chapter meets on the Ke?- on.l and Fourth Ttieailay evenings in each month. •I. T. Wilson, See’y. A. VV. Caldwell, H. P. Gainesville Lodge, No. 219, A.\ F.*. M.\, meets on the First and Third Tuesday evening in tho mouth K. Palmodb, Hec'y. J. E. Rkdwine, W. M. Air-Link Lodge, No. 04,1. O. O. F., meets every Friday evening. O. A. Lilly, Sec. W. H. Harrison, N. G. Gainesville Grange No. 340, meets on the Third Saturday and First Tuesday in each month, at one clock, p. in. J. E. Rkdwine, Muster. 10. I >. Cheshire, See. Morning Star Lodge, No. 313, I. O. G.T.,meets ev ery Thursday evening. Glaum Estes, W. S. J. 1\ Caldwell, W. C. T. North-Eastern Star Ledge, No. 385 I. O. G. TANARUS., meets every Ist and 3d Saturday evenings, at Antioch Church. j. a. Smith, W. C, T. U. F. Gittknh, W. S. GAINESVILLE POST OFFICE. Owing to recent change of schedule on the Atlanta and Richmond Ate Line Railrood, the following will he the schedule from date: Mall from Atlanta [fast] 5.11 p. m. Mail for Atlanta [fast] 11.20 a. in. Office hours: From 7 a. in. to 12 in., and from 1 f.j p. in. to 7 p. m. No office hours on Sunday lor general delivery window. All cross mails leave as heretofore. MAILS close: I fahlonega (Stage, Daily) - - B:3oa.iu. J oiTct'Hon, (Stage, Wednesday and Saturday) 0:00 p. m. Cleveland, (Stage, Monday and Friday) 8:00 a. in. Homer, (Horse, Friday) 12:30 p. m. Wahoo “ 5100 a.m. Dawaouvillo, (Horse, Saturday) - 130 " ' MAILS ARRIVE: Daklonoga, - 3:06 p.m. Jefferson (Wednesday and Sat rday) 6:00 p. m. Cleveland, (Monday and Thursday) - 6:00 “ Homer, (Friday) - - 12:00 m. I Wahoo “ 6:00 a.m. Dawsonville, (Friday) - - 6:oop.iu. M. It. ARCHER, P.M. Professional and Business Cards. A. .1 . HH4F I’ El* , riIYSICIAN AN D S l! It <> EON, (iiiiii.'svilln. tin. Office and Rooms at Gaines’ Hotel, Gainesville, Ga. jan2l-1y CAMPBELL IIOUSE, (Corner of Decatur and Ivie Strode, near Car Shed,) Atlanta, G-a. My FRIENDS from Gainesville and Toecoa City are roNpoetfiilly invited to call on mo at thin place. 1 guarantee satisfaction. jau'iS-Iy THOMAS LITTLE. INFIRMARY, FOB THK TREATMENT Of DISEASES OF WOMEN, AND OPERATIVE SURGERY, At the (iaines’ Hotel, Gainesville, Ga, by jaiiM If A. J. SHAFFER, M. I). V. I). LOCKHART, M. I).. I'nlkt ill.', (.a., PRACTICE MEDICINE in ail its branches. Special atlention given lo Chronic Diseases of women and children. feIHS 8m I) l( . It . It. A l> A I It, DKNTINT, Ciiiinoxvillo, <n. janl4 1y MARSHAL, 1,. SMITH, \TTORNRY AND COUNSELLOR AT LAW, . Daiosonrille, Dawson county , Ga. j All 14 tf JOHN 11. ESTES, VTTOKNKY-AT-LAW, Uainosvillo, Ilall county, Georgia. C. J. \\ ELLBOKN, VTTORNEY-AT-LAW, Rlairsville, Union county, Georgia. s IMHELC. DUNLAP, \TToRNKY AT LAW, Gainesville , Ga. Ottico in the Candler building, iu the room occupied by the Eagle in 1875. aprstf. W. k. WILLIAMS, VTTORNKY AND COUNSELLOR AT LAW, Cleveland, While Cos., Ga. t will practice in the t'mii’lH of the Western Circuit, and give prompt atten tion to all busmens entrusted to his care. ■June 12,1874-tf WIER BOYD, VTTORNKY AT LAW, Dahlonega , Ga. I will Practice in the counties of Lumpkin, I lawsoii, Gilmer. Fannin, Union and Townsoounties n the Blue Ridge Circuit; and Hall, White and Hahmi in the Western Circuit. May l, 1874-tf. 11. E. WOFFORD, VTTORNKY AT LAW. Homer, Ga. Will execute promptly, all business entrusted to hi* care. * March 21,1874-ly. BEY. A. M ARTIN, VTTORNKY AT LAW, Dahlonega, Ga. July 21, ls7l -1 f S. Iv. CIIIUSTOPIIEK, VTTORNEV AT LAW. 1 limits", da. Will execute promptly all business entrusted to bis rare. uovltitf THOMAS *\ GREER, VTTORNEY AT LAW, AND SOLICITOR IN Equity anti Uaukruptey, Kllyai/, Ga. Will prae t iee iu the Suite Courts, and in the District and Cir e nit Courts of the U. S., in Atlanta, On. June HO, 1873-tf M VV. RIDEN, VTTORNICY AT LAW, Gainesville, Georgia. Jan. 1, IB7G-ly JAMES M. TOWERV, VTTOUNFY AT LAW, Gaiuesvillt', G-. .1. .1. TURNBULL, A TTORNEY AT LAW, Homer , Ga—Will practice ./iLin all the counties composing the Western Cir cuit. Prompt attention given to all claims entrusted to his care. Jan. 1, 1875-iy. JAMES A. BUTT, * TTORNEY \T LAW A LAND AO ENT, Blairteille a"V Ga. Prompt attention given to all business entrusted to his care. june 1871-tl The Gainesville Eagle. l, ' voted ro I’oHrio*, TV<. W * of tl.e Day, The Farmfilerests, Home Matters, andChoice Miscellany. VOL X, BE HAPPY AS YOU (’AX. This Jib is not all sunshine: Nor is it yot oil showers, lint storms .out calms alternate. .Vs thorn, among the flowers. And while we seek the roses, Thu thorns Tull oft we scan, .Still lot us, though they wound us, I>U happy as wg can. This life has heavy crosses As well as joys to share. And griefs and disappointments Which you and I must hear. Vet, if misfortune's lava Etonibg hope’s dearest plan, Let us, with what is left us, He happy as wo can. The sum of our enjoyment Is made of little things, As oh the broadest rivers Are iormed from smallest ,< A By treasuring small waters The rivers reach their span So increase onr pleasures Enjoying wliat wo can. There ruay be burning deserts Through which our feot must go, But there are green oases Where pleasant palm trees grow. And if wo may not follow The path our hearts would pl#n, Let us rnako all around us As happy as we can. Ferliaps we may not climb with Ambition to its goal, So let us answer ‘Present’ When duty calls the roll ! And, whatever appointment, tie nothing less than man, And, cheerful in submission. Bo happy as we can. THE LOSS OF A WIFF. Iu comparison with tho loss of a wife, all other bereavements aro trilling. The wife! she who fills so large a space in the domestic heaven; she who busied herself so unweariedly for the precious ones around her—bitter, bitter is the tear that falls on her cold clay. You stand beside her coffin and think of the past. It seems an amber-colored pathway, where the sun shone upon beautiful dowers, or the stars hung glittering overhead. Fain would the soul linger there. No thorns are re membered save those your bands may unwillingly have planted. Her noble, tender heart lies open, to your inmost sight. You think of her now as all gentleness, all beauty, all purity. But she is dead! The heart that laid upon your bosom rests in the still darkness upon a pillow of clay. The hands that havo ministered so untiringly are now folded, white and cold, beneath the gloomy portal. The heart whose every beat measured an eternity of love lies under your feet. The flowers she bent over with smiles bend now over her with tears, shaking tho dew from their petals, that tho verdure around her may bo kept green and beautiful. There is no white arm over your shoulder, no speaking face to look up into the eye of love; no trembling lips to murmur, ‘Ob, it is too sad!’ There is so strange a hush in every room; no light foot steps passing around. No smile to greet you at nightfall. And the old clock ticks and strikes—it was such music when she could hear it! Now it seems to knoll on the hours through which yon watched the shadows of death gathering upon her sweet face. And Nivery day tho clock repeats that old story. Many another talc it lelletb, too beautiful words and deeds that are registered above. You feel—oli, how often! —that the grave cannot keep her.—Home Circle. MISTAKEN KINDNESS. Tho father who, for a great portion of his life has struggled with poverty, is unwilling that bis children should have similar experience. So he denies him self indulgence in even necessary things that be may save and make for his family. The mother remembering bow irksome household tasks were to her in her girlhood, permits her daugters to lead lives of domestic ease and indolence, thinking that in so do ing she makes the best manifestation iu her power of maternal love. Asa natural consequence of this view on the part of parents, we see growing up all around us young men and woman perfectly useless for all the practical purposes of life—unable to cope with misfortune. Intellectual cr moral fibre is not inherent; it must be built up from within, and is the result of independent thought and action. The j sooner a boy can bo made to wait up j on himself, to think for himself, to act | for himself, the sooner will the germs of true manhood begin to develop ; within him. It is no kindness to sur i round him with such attention and care that he will not be compelled to | learn the lesson of self-reliance, of pa tient industry, of persistent hope. The real crowns of this world are crowns i of labor. “Miss Smith, does a cormorant eat strawberries?” “Law me! no, child. What put that into jour head?” — | ‘Cause ma told Sarah not to bring out the strawberries and cream until that old cormorant, Miss Smith had left.’ About teu minutes afterward that i child and its mother went up into the | attic and played eas hot aud peas | cold' for nearly an hour. GAINESVILLE, GA., FRIDAY MORNING, SEPTEMBER 15, 1876. ADOKESS OF THE STATE EXECUTIVE COMMITTEE. Bully fur Reform, Retrenchment and Regeneration. Office of The Democratic Ex. Com 1 “ Atlanta, Ga., Sept. 1, 1876. f To (he Democratic Party of Georgia. Fellow Citizens: The Democratic Executive Committee of this State, at its meeting held in this city on the 26th ult., made it my duty, as Chair man, to issue an address to you, em bodying the views of the Committee on the subject of party organization, unity and activity, expressed in the fol- lowing resolutions adopted by them: Resolved, That recognizing the ne cessity of organization as an important <*<H*tion of c xhorfc the Democracy of each county in the State to look carefully and promptly to thorough organization, establishing system where it may be wanting, and perfecting it whore it now exists, and that the Chairman or Secretary of such organization be requested to make a report to the Secretary of this Com mittee, without unnecessary delay. Resolved, That we consider party unity to be of prime importance, and we do earnestly deprecate all indepen dent candidacy'. Resolved, That we do bespeak that activity of the party which the politi cal issues justify and demand, confi dently recommending in connection therewith the continuance of a just and honorable conduct toward our political opponents. The propriety and wisdom of these resolutions will be readily apprehended by every right thinking mind, and com mend them to the approval of every true Democrat in the State. The im portance of the political issues which are involved in the campaign upon which we have entered, cannot be over estimated. No friend of good govern ment can view with unconcern the total disregard of the Constitution which has characterized the administration of the Republican party for the last eleven years. No lover of bis country can indulge supineness or indifl'erence, lyhilst the Radical party, with a step as steady as time, is undermining the foundations upon which our political system was built, destroying every right that belongs to the States, and •driving the country, headlong, into a corrupt consolidation and a centralized despotism. No man who loves virtue or honesty or truth, can fail to experi ence a just moral indignation at the abuses, frauds, wrongs and crimes that have been heaped upon tho people of the United States by Republican office holders, of every class, and in evory department of the government. I speak to you, my fellow citizens, in all frankness, when I declare that if the Republican party shall continue to control and administer the government under which we live, in my judgment, constitutional liberty is at an ond, and tho glory of our country’s excellency will be lost in tho night of usurpation, tyranny and despotism. Such are the views and sentiments of the best patriots and wisest states men of the present day, and such were the views and sentiments that prompted our Democratic brethren, who assembled in national convention at St. Louis, Missouri, to promulgate a platform that begins, continues and ends with a patriotic demand for puri fication and reform in everything and in every place connected with the gov ernment and its administration. Ap preciating the stern and absolute ne cessities of the times, these heroic Democrats placed upon that platform a candidate for President whose entire public history has been a gallant and successful struggle against official cor ruption and fraud, and in favor of re form and honesty iu the government of the State, whose political and finan cial affairs were confided to his man agement. Samuel J. Tilden, of New York, is political reform and official honesty ‘manifest in the ilesh.’ The principle of purity in office holders, and honesty in the administration of government, finds in him a living and powerful in carnation. Here is a standard-bearer whoso leadership inspires hope, and whose election will save the country from ruin and perpetuate the liberties of the people. With Tilden at its head, the triumph of the Democratic party iu November next will mean the Con stitution preserved; the government rescued from centralism; sectional hate obliterated; peace re-established between the North and South; equal aud exact justice meted out to all men of all classes; Church and State total ly separated; popular education freed from all preferences for sects, classes or creeds; the supremacy of the Givil over the military power maintained; the substitution of honesty for dis honesty in office holders; the abolition of every useless office; a sounder and better currency provided for the peo ple; a juster and wiser tariff than we now have; governmental expenditures diminished aud public economy en forced; capital fieed from distrust and labjr disburdened aud employed; the public credit restored and the national honor reburnished and maintained; commerce and trade revived and made profitable; industry and manufactures te-energized, and the entire land brighted with peace and prosperity again. All these political and social bless ings are in store for the people of these United States, if in this momentous crisis they shall prove true to them selves and true to the obligations of an enlightened patriotism. In a time like this, let no Democrat hesitate or waver in the discharge of his duty. Let neither personal interests nor selfiish ambition produce confusion iu our camp or cause disorder in our lines. Let the party be well organ- in every county in the State, and 10l every Democrat stand by the organ ization and its candidates through woe as well as weal. Being brethren of a common political faith, let us not an tagonize or make war on each other, but let us contend with manly earnest ness for our principles, and strive only against our enemies. True to her sub- lime faith, and faithful to her high mission, let the Democratic party move grandly up to the contest with an unbroken line, presenting to her enemies and to the world the invinci ble buckler of a compact and thorough organization. Let us labor with sleepless diligence and tireless industry to bring every Democratic voter to the polls, and by every means consistent with a just and honorable conduct toward our political enemies, let us induce, if possible, every lover of constitutional liberty and good government to unite with us in giving to our candidates for Governor, Legis lators, Congressmen, President and Vice President such a unanimous and overwhelming vote as that the very name of Radicalism will be lost, and the places that now know it will know it no more forever. With high respect, I am your fellow citizen, Geo. N. Lester, Chairman State Executive Com. GENERAL BRAGG. ‘Your name is Bragg—Gen. Bragg?’ said the Times reporter, at the Palmer house, one day last week. ‘Yes, sir; yes, sir,’ said tiro grey haired, grey-whiskered gentleman in simple black, relieved bv not the Blightest trace of jewelry, not even u' pearl button. ‘The Times would like to know what you think of the issues involved in the pending campaign, sir?’ ‘Really, I have nothing to say about it. Never a politician before the war, I have certainly not become one since the close of it. Upon the political con dition of tho country I have absolute ly nothing to say. Whatever record I have made was made some time ago, sir; from it I have nothing to detract or add to it. My opinions were to bo judged by my actions then,and it seems to mo that words would be but a pale reflex of them now, I will say nothing, no not a word, which could be con strued into any wish to revive sec tional feeling or sectional bitterness. I hate to think about it and hate to talk about it, and I will never allow a word to pass my lips that shall ever bo tortured or misrepresented to the prejudice of my people. All sectional feeling should be buried. It is now no time to perpetuate it, and I, least of all, would do or say anything that would tend to its revival. My visit here is but a few days; and it is in pursuance of a purely business object. I have been in Chicago but once be fore, and then only to pass through it. I admire your*city very much. As to political matters, I say to you again that Ido not wish to enter into them and I will not do so. Believe me, the people of the South are earnest and sincere in their desire for moderation, and moderation with us is silence.’— Chicago Times. The Mobile Register says: ‘The government is distorting the enforce ment acts for political purposes, and is bringing the Federal judiciary into contempt. We receive the Taft circu lar with patience. It will not affect the result in Alabama. These things stir the people of the South to greater action. They are far better than speeches. Something 'like the Taft circular was needed just now to arouse the South from the apathy produced by such an overwhelming victory as that of Alabama in August. Now, if the United States Commissioners would only arrest and imprison a few prominent citizens, we could probably carry South Carolina.” Mosby has written a letter advocat ing the election of Hayes and Wheeler which Zack Chandler is distributing by the hundred thousand. Mosby is now in high feather with the Republi cans, and has much influence with the administration. He is one of the ‘re bels’ to whom the ‘truly loil* do not object. ‘W ade Hampton’s nomination proves that the rebellion is not ended,’ says the New York Times. Is that so? \\ by, we thought it ended when Mos by, the man who hung six Michigan soldiers, became a bosom friend of Grant’s.—Detroit Free Press. 4 ‘GOIN’ TO CALIFORNY.” & walked into tbe Central Depot bo was tbe Great Unknown. His-ijersonal appearance was decided ly *iuique. Frankly speaking, he as if he had been fastened to thl# rtarmost end of the Bridewell tug.aid hauled up and down Mud La& until he matched the shade of thereby which Felton’s proteges use in tktir daily labor, and then had beeu-stood up against some friendly biHNb>ard and had the contents of a ClaEkstreet pawn-shop shot over him frQtn me of Lippincott’s pop-guns.— An inventory of his clothing taken on the fcpfot is as follows: Shoes, I—size, 14; loots, I—size, 12i; stockings, J; of a pair; suspenders, 0; shut, 1, redliannel; shirt, 2-3, white or toarly so; vests, 2; coat, 1; over coat,’l; paper-collar, 1 (clean), Cen tennial necktie, 1. His hat carried a signal of distress, consisting of a bund of flaming red hair sticking through the crown. The hack-drivers all wap ted him to take a carriage; the omnjtus-collector said he had a ’bu§ just leaving for the Palmer, and the Massasbit House man vociferated, “Meals fifty cents,” in his most gentle manlt. manner. Turning a deaf ear to-thefr blandishments, the stranger* with douching confidence, walked up to Dan and asked him to direct hiqi to tlffi ticket-office. Dan winked both eyes at the boys, and showed him the way with the most engaging polite ness. Peacefully dodging the vari ous pitfalls for strangers, in the shape of applfe-women, &c., he at last arrived at “Wkfdow 3.’ ? ‘SaV, stranger, do yer reckin I kin git ter go to Californy right soon ?” ‘Yes,’ responded the Great Mongul, in fifi-jm fQmutes.’ ‘Whit mought the fare be, Cap’n?’ was tIA next question. ‘lt uiight be SI,OOO, but it ain’t.—- The wly you want to go sBB.’ ‘Tha&’s right cheap, now, ain’t it?’ turning to the crowd which had gat i ered around him. ‘I say, stranger, hain’t you got some tickets that’ll give a feller a right good ride into the keer boxes—somethin’ rale nice, yer know ?| Yer see I jus’ come up from Indeanny last nite, and I want to tra vel real, good, yer see. I don’t reckon I’ll • j rour.d ,mucb mere, want sumtbin’— ’ ‘Say, mister, jus’ pull down yer ves’!’ suddenly shout Logan in his ear. ‘Don’t reckon I need ter. Jest give me a ticket on one of them shiny keer boxes what lias beds info ’em. Tell yer, what, stranger, I calkilate to mo sey ’long in style this yer time ’li nev er do again. Yer see, I just cum from Indeanny, yer know, and I reckon I'm a goin’ to pike a right smart ways ’fore I kin git to Californy. How long ’fore I kin git ter go ?’ ‘Here’s jour ticket to San Francisco with sleeping-car, clear through $150,’ said tho agent. The “Indeanny” man reached to the bottom of the pocket in his shirt, haul ed up a big cloth tied up with a sec tion of a steamboat hawser, untied it, and from a big roll of greenbacks se lected a SSOO bill which he handed to the agent, remarking at the same time, ‘I don’t wear very good does, boys, but I cakilate to ailers have enuf mon ey to pay my way.’ Immediately every one was as polite as a peeler who is afraid he is about to be discharged. Logan wanted to carry his valise to the car, and Ed, the newsboy, tried to sell him a prize package; but be resis ted all their blandishments, and in quired for the baggage-room, remark ing that he had “two carpet-sacks and a basket of pervisshun tkar” that he wanted checked. He was shown the way, and he vanished from the sight of the ticket-agent on the straight road to the baggage-room; and now that gentlemanly ticket-agent has on hand a counterfeit SSOO bill, which he will dispose of at the lowest market rates. He has also notified conduc tors to look out for San Francisco first-class ticket 10,375. The Indeanny man has gone to St. Louis to recuperate. The other day a man took home a book containing several anecdotes showing the power of imagination, aud, after reading them to his wife, he tenderly said: ‘Now Angelina, you may sometimes imagine that you hear me kissing the servant' girl in the oth er room, and see how base a thing it would be to accuse mo of such a thing.’ ‘John Henry,’ she replied iu a smooth voice, ‘if ever I imagine such a thing you will need a doctor within fifteen minutes, no matter what that little book says.’ A New Jersey man shot at a cat aud brought down his wife the first time. The most singular part of the affair is, the wounded woman actually believes that he aimed at the cat. One of the most beautiful characteristics of a wife is the unswerving confidence she places in the word of her husband.—Norris town Herald. A CHALLENGE FROM TEXAS. Dallas, the Queen City of North ern Texas, sends forth, in behalf of the State of Texas, the following chal lenge : We challenge each and every State in the Union to meet ns in friendly contest in November next, to see which can roll up the largest majori ty iu favor of Tildou and Hendricks, the prize to be a splendid silk banner. The terms of the challenge are these: If any State gives a larger majority for Tilden and Hendricks than is giv en by the State of Texas, then Dallas will send to that State a silk banner. — But if Texas gives a larger majority for Uncle Samuel than any other State, then tlio Stato giving the next largest majority must send a ban ner to Texas, Dallas to be its custo dian. Whichever State wins the banner is to be considered the Democratic Banner Stato of the United States, and is to hold on to the flag until the next Presidential election, and then give it up to any other State which may win it by giving the largest Democratic vote. Now, while this challenge is given to each and every Stato in the Union, yet we would single out the great States of Kentucky, Georgia and New York, and invite them to the contest. What says Louisville, will she take up the glove in behalf of Kontueky ? And what do you say, Atlanta, in behalf of your grand old goober grabbing State of Georgia? Come, now, New York city, we dare you to enter the list. Every city or State which accepts this challenge, will please mako it known by publishing their acceptance in tbe Democratic papers of St. Louis, New York, Atlanta and Louisville. James B. Simpson,. President First Ward Tilden and Hen dricks Club. Barnett Girds, President Second Ward Tilden and Hendricks Club. V. W. Cleveland, President Third Ward Tilden and Hendricks Club. J. D. Iverfoot, President Fourth Ward Tilden and Hendricks Club. SIZE OF COUNTRIES. ,• ~ \ Greece is about tho size of Ver mont. Palestine is about one-fourth the size of New York. Hindostan is more than a hundred times as largo as Palestine. The Groat Desert of Africa has nearly the present dimensions of the United States. The Red Sea would reach from Washington to Colorado, and it is throe times as wide as Lake Ontario. The English Channel is nearly as large as Lake Superior. The Mediterranean, if placed across North America, would make sea navigation from San Diego to Balti more. The Caspian Sea would stretch from New York to St. Augustine, and it is as wide as from New York to Roches ter. Groat Britain is about two-thirds the size of Hindostan, one-twelfth of China, and one-twenty-fifth of the Uni ted Stales. The Gulf of Mexico is about ten times the size of Lake Superior, and about as large as the sea of Kamschat ka, Bay of Bengal, China Sea, Okhotsk or Japan Sea. Like Ontario would go in each of them more than fifty times. The following bodies of water aro about tho same size: German Ocean, Black Sea, Yellow Sea; Hudson’s Bay is rather larger. The Baltic, Adriatic and flEgean Seas, and the Persian Gulf are half as large, and somewhat larger than Lake Superior. The Baltimore Gazette says: Tf any body will take the recent letter of General McClellan and compare it with the campaign speech ol Wheeler, •the Republican candidate for Vice- President, he will find it instructive. The letter of the soldier shows that ho knows the war is over, that the country needs peace to bind up its hurts and build up once more its industries. The speech of the politician assumes that the war is still going on, and is for ‘firing the Northern heart’ as iu 1861. This is’always the way. The man who was afc his post iu tho day of battle knows that the war is over, but the man that sat in Congress and vo ted for the subsidies thinks it is still going oil’ It is worthy of notice, says a Con necticut paper, that all the “outrages” upon the negroes at the South, are in the Republican States where the gov ernors, judges, prosecuting attorneys, and the rest of the office holders are Republicans. In the Democratic States there is <jood order and good government, aud negroes aud white people are alike protected. A campaign song begins, “Come, all ye honest Republicans !” It is a comic song, and make everybody laughs. I A OKI.IGH IFUL LEGEND. There is a beautiful tradition connect ed with the site on which the temple of Solomon was erected. It is said to have been occupied in common by two brothers, one of whom had a family, the other had none. On the spot was a field of wheat. On the evening suc ceeding tho harvest, the wheat having been gathered in shocks, the elder brother said to his wife, “My younger brother is unable to bear the burden and heat of the day; I will arise, take off my shocks, and place them on his without his knowledge.” The brother being actuated by the same benevo lent motives, and said within himself, “My elder brother has a family, and I have none; I will arise, take off my shocks, and place them on bis without his knowledge.” Judge of their mutual astonishment when on the following morning they found their respective shocks undi minished. This course of events trans pired for several nights, when each re solved in his own mind to stand guard and solve the mystery. They did so, when on the following night they met each other half way between their re spective shocks with their arms full. Upon ground hallowed by such asso eiations as this was the temple of King Solomon erected so spacious, so magnificent, the wonder and admira tion of the world. —Alas! in these days bow many would sooner steal their brother’s whole shock than add to it a single sheaf. BOW TO OUT RICH. The way to get credit is to be puuc tual; the way to preserve it is not to uso it 100 much; settle often—have short accounts. Trust no man’s appearances; they are deceptive—perhaps assumed for the purpose of obtaining credit. Be ware of gaudy exteriors; rogues usually dress well. The rich men are plain men. Trust him, if any one, who car ries bnt little on his back. Never trust him who flies into a passion on being dunned; make him pay quickly, if there be any virtue in the law. Be well satisfied before you give a credit that those to whom you give it are safe to be trusted. Sell your goods at a small advance, and never and lievnu. misrepresent them, jhr those whom you onco ilateive will be ware of you the second time. Deal uprightly with all men, and they will repose confidence iu yon and soon be come permanent customers. Trust no stranger. Your goods are better doubtful charges. What is character worth if yon make it cheap by crediting all alike? Agree beforehand with every man, and if large put it iu writing. If any one declines this, quit or be cheated. Though you want a job ever so much, make all secure by a guarantee. Be not afraid to ask it —it is the best test of responsibility, for if offenso be taken yon have escaped a loss. A sensible writer says a good thing and a true one, too, for boys who use tobacco: “It lias utterly spoiled and utterly ruined thousands of boys. It tends to the softening and weakening of the bones, and it greatly' injures the brains; the spinal marrow, and the whole ner vous fluid. A boj' who smokes eagerly and frequently', or in any way uses largo quantities of tobacco is never known to make a man of much energy', and generally lacks muscular and physical as well as mental power. We would particular warn boys, who want to be anything in the world, to shun tobacco as a most baneful poison. Having plenty of apples and pears, but having no dog, a resident of Green street stuffed an old suit of clothes and stood the effigy up in his back yard to scare the wicked boys away; the plan seemed to be perfection for a while, but yesterday morning the “man” was discoverd suspended to the limb of a.tree by a rope tied to bis heels. The coat tails were cut off, the mouth filled with weeds and the eyes and oars with mud, and the following note pinned the body: “This ’ere feller has got the kolic offul bad.” The big bell pears and the rosy red apples had been thinned out until it looked like an off-year for crops, and the boys were far away. Some of the hotels have bills of fare with a fly-leaf covered with cards of various business houses. Au Oregon man recently took a seat behind one of them, when a waiter appeared with, “What will you have, sir? To the utter surprise of the waiter he leisure ly remarked: “You may fetch me a new sit of teeth, in gutter perclia; an improved sewing machine, with pa tent lock-stitch; a box of Brandt etli pills and a pair of number seven French calf-skin boots.” In a moment the waiter replied: “We do not furni-h those articles.” “Then what have you got them on the bill of fare for ? retor ted the customer. - Sioux squaws do not wear striped stockings. Three streaks of green | paint are cooler and cheaper. F F, A T II E 11 S. Nature covers forgotten graves with flowers. Men who never do wrong seldom do anythipg. It is more fatal to neglect the heart than the head. Over warm friendships are like hot potatoes, quickly dropped. Not to speak ill requires only our silence, which costs nothing. A clear conscience is tbe best law, and temperance the best physic, Boston is a learned city. She has a pauper who can solicit alms iu ten dif ferent languages. Idleness long practiced becomes a disease, that often ends life iu the pri son or the mad house. There are a good many people who are beginning to believe that the man who said ‘there is no such word as fail,’ lied. ‘Doctor, why have I lost my teeth ?’ inquired a talkative female of a phy sician. ‘You have worn them out with your tongue,’ was the answer. An Indiana statesman is iudignaut at the government ‘for taking the tax oft - of pianos, which we don’t use, and keeping it on whisky, which we do.’ ‘Has that jury agreed?’ asked the judge of a sheriff whom he met ou the stairs with a bucket in his hand. ‘Yes’ replied Patrick; ‘they have agreed to send out for a half gallon.’ Nothing pleases a !ly so much as to be mistaken for a huckleberry, and if lie can be baked in a cake and pass himself off upon the unwary as a cur rant, lie dies without regret. Give us good health, the true love of one woman, an approval of conscience, the family Bible and the presence of tho Holy Spirit, all along through life, and we will have no fear of death. NO. 37 Genera! Hard Times is making thousands of voters for Tildeu. Peo ple want a change. The robbers must be cleaned out at Washington; then we will have lower taxes and prosperous trade. ‘I don’t like dem goats, nohow,’ said one darkey to another. ‘I ken steal a sheep or a hog, an’ you’ll neber hear ’em equal, but dem cussed goats’ll bah any way you fix ’em. Niggers better leave ’em alone.’ Could anything Vie neater than the old darkey’s reply to a beautiful young lady whom be offered to lift over the gutter, and who insisted that she was too heavy. ‘Lor, Missus,’ said he, Tee used to lilting barrels of sugar.’ A gentleman who rather suspected someone with peeping through the keyhole of bis office door, investigated with a syringe full of pepper-sauce, and went Bom e to find his wife had been butting wood and a clii|* had hit her in the eye. That, eight hundred department clerks can be dismissed shows how recklessly extravagant the administra tion has been. It has been a well de vised system of personal favoritism, providing for personal and political friends. Two Irishmen were in prison—one for stealing & cow, and one for steal ing a watch. ‘Hullo, Mike, and sure what o’clock is it?’ said the cow thief. ‘An’ sure,’ said the watch stealer, ‘l’ve no time-piece handy, but suppose it’s just about milking time.’ ‘Peter, don’t you enjoy the astro nomical phenomena these evenings?’ said a well-to-do citizen to his colored servant, the other evening. ‘’Glare to goodness, I neber tried ’em; mush melon’s my favorite fruit!’ ‘Percy, this parting seems like it’s mighty hard.’ ‘Ob, it’s heap worse than hard, Plautagenet—it’s bitter— bitter.’ ‘Have you any last request to make?’ ‘Yes,’ said Percy, the tears coming into bis eyes, ‘give me a chew of tobacco.’ ‘Hi! where did you get them trou sers ?’ asked an Irishman of a man who happened to be passing, with a remark ably short pair of trousers on. ‘I got them where they grow,’ was the indig nant reply. ‘Then, by my conscience, said Paddy, ‘you’ve pulled them a year too soon!’ A literal-minded youngster was pick ed up by a visitor of the family, who, dandling him on his knee, said, ‘I wish I had this little boy; I think there’s money' in him.’ To which promptly responded the child: ‘I know there is, for I swallowed a cent when I was at grandma’s the other day'.’ ‘Mary, I do not approve of your en tertaining your sweetheart in the kit chen,’ said a lady to her servant. ‘Well, ma’am, it’s very kind of you to men tion it; Lut he’s from the country, y'ou see, ma’am, and I’m afraid he’s too shy and orkard in his manners, ma’am, for you to like him to come up into the parlor,’ replied Mary r . An Arkansas coroner, having occa sion to investigate the cause of a man’s death lately, charged the jury that they were to ascertain whether ‘the man came to his deatli by accident, by in cidence or by 7 the incendiary.’ The jury returned that ‘he came to his death by incidence, the bowie-knife uaving incidentally 7 touched a vital part.’ The Now York Commercial Adver tiser says: “Our readers will remem ber the terrible heated term in 1872, when seven hundred little children died in one week. But for twenty four successive days of last month a child under five years of age died in this city every fifteen minutes, au aver age of nearly one thousand weekly.”