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the vinok atok.
KVKRY rR'UAT,
Bt.WM. T. REVILE
AT *?.0O UER,4*f 1 **. IK 40 VA M l
OScsiSoath H of the boart H su* •
CCBKIV OFFICERS
OKDINAKY, 4. L Hinton
SHERIFF OS i f^ OCe
CLiSHK 8. C W 11 Kt, ‘ * r
TAX MWUVItt 4 S- UtewU
TAX COLLECTOR J O. CluLnau
TIUSVfcVHEK. ■* AnlUoll}
SURVEYOR <>. M*utu w.
C ORONEIt. WW K. _
COUNTY COinU.'siONUlU.
J'. A. Cbtu-n, Asrou N&lejT,
C.J.Uoevca, J. fcllucU.uiu,.
AUeu il.
John \S . I ait, ,srvfa...
MaiLoa He eve*, li. A- fecr
A. 11. Ficeman, Bcc.
gjf > ATOlv SO b District, F. M. Duucati
KEPKKHJSTATIV Kt
F. J. WitluuH, C. A'. William#
BUSINESS CARDS
JOHN W. I'Alik.
Ail OKX.Y AT la A'
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\\ lii j indite ill A liiv.ttl.u and ibead
j doing uitiitici.
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ATTORNEY AT LAW
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A ! Ld.’ot-*- entrusted l* uu cais* t
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U,e | übik rqttsre, n good hi 4
H L MCI KCIV.O to K ' V
J l.\\ LLHV am: FANCT GOOD
I utni llLg. U pall o*.
GOLD and fcILV Eil M asr.i.ci, ij|.
Nui,*wi r‘ , * a,, *'' a^ i Ua Ui4kt
y, leiidxi Gold and hii’.w V\ aleb Chains.
CLOCKS
•f eli saw, &*** and i ,K **
Gold Fee* Mid nil kinds of boWeis , Gold
biUtr A steel rpectscies & E)t* .lasses,
6 'LilK ILVEIi lAELb VS A
Sliver Plate W are
II all kiwis and style*.
I‘os.ktt. 1 *L. Owner#, and 14*// r
by the very renowned aakm, Joseph
iiodgeie u George W oaUsouolu .
HEBAIRIISIG
1 am still refilling all goods in n.y line
Too many cßiz.. us of Meriwether and ad
joining couoUe* Lave tested try woik to
re.,tire a* rd Iron* n.e aa iw tbe charac
ter of it. 1 will, kwefer warrant all tny
n oik, il pro; eily use.l, a 1 have always
dote,and ropecifoliy atk a continuance of
ibe patronacf 1 bare received fr> m uy
a lends in Me: i a ether.
ALBERT LEHMAN.
BEST PRUTB 5 eta yi at
ROBINiiON £ BRO'S.
Beautiful IFuLe Sagar, Tea Found# lot
One Dollar- ,
Robinson A Bro.
Save Mojoety By
leading our advertisements and buying
your goods at lot Cheap Cask bfore of
RcUe on A Hu.
(IllEl iSVILLI’-, MLKiWRTHIAI COUNTY 4a.T.>(JM
ti- u iiEß's r.rirAi*ii.
llete lief, at rt-st, i!ae b dy ol a tiacbcr.
AUo etvica uo v, nol a>y eaiiL y i.:eut
m;*
Who toiled dn earth Tor many a wury
day, ' T *
Wiiii’ittle *sve lii* piiiML’ tew fur pay;
Who fuivnl • uae bn-jtty prcblems usid
1-srlh‘s strile,
Nw having eulvcd the wiglty uc ui
Lite ;
Who kept accoueta on eatth o firict ned I
jaal, v \ .
Tnat when hia T>o ty waa e"Uvl?’i dd t'
ll'.bl,
A id th* Uecat B >ok ot Lila wav opened
lliore, ' I*
rue debtor vide was bLnk and *liwy
lair ;
Who wetland ob tar rtrui. up
ngkf uead,
Wim Ibborod day by day lor dedy biea !.
While iboae iobS amUiy teaaled gaily
tiiiU
Who a lie, iu joy, Itclote MaaieT* feet,
And Una lliv lLca*ed Bread ol Idle to tat.
TAUINU A IS AT 11. _
The other morning there might have
bten neu oc Sycamore Unset, u<i young
b'hoja Irom the i"uuliy, iuleatly gaaiug at
a sign in lioid ol a wall kuoaiu batuing es
tabliiiiiueiil which reads thug; Wauu
cold, mi l salt Uatl.a Alter auudry aiguil
icaul looks ns each s'4w, and at the sh
loon, they both posted in.
L ii k Lt-re, landlord, said i uo, can't you
give a warm one atwoc.i uv !- ..Her that,
opir .'.sbr.*vnj>Vs- . w
Coilain’y, iuplieU ll.u who rt
I lied in.Hu dialely t picpaio Ihe b tli.
Ail i< udy, i xelaimev! tlie piopibtor #e
he came mil of the loom.
Put i L..;t,td tag ether, aid
ki.CMvii!'wa - In -ell' r ttleUi Al ei
waill g ta hei an tun.mial length ol tlnir,
ami hi aring n elUiug like '.m'h ng opera
Hoi i* g* 1114 on, the ket; er a| 1' It'd h'n ryi
til the key kola p) ate lIIW t lu y w eu* o*
< l ying Iheuistlv. • lo* bit umutm in
ill y w< 1 atau ling betide tin lull, inui,,
li nally dipping ibeil finguig lut ■ (ha
lei and then applying lliem. to tlieii
’.•nguts, uecouip anted wuh *<aichlg
glaUci# a, each oHuu.tuid Hlc tub in IMMU
ului. AfUll occupyingHo mtel v. iuHi is
m. tun r tor some lime whh visible sigua ol
glowing imptlknia*,oho ol them tappen
loudly at the door. Ihe kcp*-r obeyed
hu sumuiot a and nleich the loom.
Look here, eageily iu'julrcd one, ain’t
it preti > i ui iea <y f ,
Why, y, there 4 % Hbt H*V ®ao s
I 'Mnlmg 1< Ui# tub, ; vj
fly 1“" 'l’m't calculate we two
'ai# i #ti ir tr> eat aH that t-rrtrh, da you 7
Why gcnUeaipiijThai'g to wa-h In.
To w bat Ain’t this ala rein f
This jac bath In".# , re| dued 100 pee
pHetvr. ami g< nn< m*u come hwa to bulb#
oi w a t ,
Wadi, thuodvi, in yout back puddle,
gh> n the M inn mu l Uiy I ludjguon.iy
of luinicd he ep'kWMnsn, aud til they
I, fill, in high duog#.*n, iu search ul mure
daii.tes
CA USE 01' nUDIMX DEM 11.
V’f y few uf fbf; Midden dealbs which IMS
said to si *- flout diseases of the beaif do
irady ailse fioai lUat di* l a*c. To ascjii
tal.. Hie uai oiigm f doalln., *X
jaxunirt'Vlit/ilioc'd tned iu Europe and
ispi/itkl To w schswlrtic Cougraas field at
HunahtifeMfe'- ifealg-w- in— af Mijdw
‘Will ww u MeifeMfeie subject of a Usaanagk
yxM uturUm cxarniiatiou. la Chore only
two ! re found a bo bad died from disease
of the liesM. Kioeoui of s*ty-*ix bad
dierl of Rr
IX < ate* fJr€P%WTWUi fjf lb#- .Uujt~rilh'
u,lhe I logs were so fulfol Lined Uai they
ueuid uetwert,. (bate not bewg Uosdj
cot ugb t*v,frf|mifjr ei air to enter to
support Ufa.
The cause that produce csogastiou of
l! • i< nge are cold l*tri, tlgl t
Ed After biit>|Mp imidJiiyL i
•a HrjrfXT
nested rooms Into the cold air, especially
altar speaking.and sudden tlenrossing t ei
operating on tbe blood. The cause of sud
den death being known, all svotdane of
ibem may serve to many valow
s* Uvea which -"■kt other eiae lfUtj
nnder tbe serdict ‘heart disease.’ This
disease is supposed to be inevitable and in
cursMe ; hence, many do not take tbe
(wins they would to avoid sudden death it
they knew it lay in thefr jxrwer.
A Pu/a'fd Jattlcr.
A mao named J mil in brought before
h country squire for stealing a bog, and
three being examined swoie they
saw bits Meat it.
A having vc. on tec rod hi* coa rue I
for Josh, k.xiniug the ecoj e of the rqujrc’s
Or ah. arose and * addressed him as lol
lowi :
May it plcaae your Loner. I can estab
lish <bie min's honesty without the shad
ow of a doubt, for I have tweive writuwv
ea who are ready to swsir tbt did
not see him steal it'
The squire rested bis bead for a few mo
ioei U as if in deep 'bought and with crest
dignity arose and brushing back hi* hair,
astd: ’
II there arc twelve who did not see bin
steal it, and only three who did, I dis-j
charge the prisoner,'
BUT- AKPe
Byecial Corieepoodence ol The CoaaUlu
iiot.J
Everything coctlmes lovely in tle
part*.
The e’v Lrtn jn-l rnni ol tain and shine
to make thinge g'ovv aim (in. The w heal
ts in the .lough and no nut yet.
The cut utrrrna have cal up Ihclr abate
Ol the com wild <tuit.
The clever has bcert cut and cured and
, hauled borne —all except a little that was
overtook by a tain nd.dmaged,
I could have saved it but our pieacher
wouble’ut let me b aul it up on Sunday.
When 1 told him about that btoer that
tell in the ditch he said l mus’ut dig a
ditch on Saturday Just to jgit to \ nil a steer
.rut ol it on Sunday.
Well l owe him some clover, and Tve *
mind to haul that to him.
Old Uro lLigvdy always sen apart u
works ‘ p'w elTanlf gives' tlie* prooeods to the
preacher.
Latt year lie had it In wheat, Odd the
sust cum aloi g and ruined it.
IJut he made a good crop on his upland,
anil wlicii die ili aci us i.X'd l.tni tor anine
ol Unit ho said, 'no since—that upland
tl< id was all mine.'
Wc are uot 1 unnin cotton vory much
only a sin til patch lor the girls to pick out
about enul to make a couple of hales, whh
U.o which thay ci.ll buy a passl of ribbon
arid lacc and a low linnamou draps aud
other extra# too uumerors to mention.
C I. Hproulls lold me a cotton planter
ncvei bad any lest.
lie never laid by hi* crop, and il took
.!....M VU-..1. ttys p.i.a.yeij.Uo. IL
I d< u’l Uiii.k ii was intruded for white
lolks 10 wink much lu July slid Aogu-t,
It seen s 10 he well enough lor t.iggctv,
r hough lie y will slop awhile under Hie
walnut tleis who they git e.n.
.My I lend .Cos . Johnson used lu slip up
lu them when they list! slopped 100 long,
.iid huilei out ul 1 in* lop' I Ids voic,‘talu
> uui hands out ul ill/ pocket#. 1
A hue 1 ill, ,er w ill eli.al every tuinile
hi! e.'H
I don't have em. I don’t like unwilling
lsb.il alKiul any tiling.
II was the voluntos Hint whipped Hit 1
Yankes it wasu’ul the cnuscipts.
My boys knows Ihe ntugusaftpi of haul
w'otk, wild ihey do It, ‘nilw li <:u tligy want
a I'eesa t waijt un to it.
We Imvu 1 in, id• (i yl,trying hi put licb,
r Uui . mi: itstn up to'liveeojiMoHttbiy un’
bd > a ill ided. * . f , .
We’. M drclmrl and some
jayds To run ou.afd tfiore i,if
s tnd in if mid uVvndity <dj a patch ol
a 'f'TktV k , y*^%‘de w UUorii giiji itubisM,
sal vFfu*<mifliJiisAd efiHeLpelt. ,nwf put
Iwo " lhri afßE , ‘ ‘(hp ; ■‘ l “‘
af'vti got Uy spljngs. smi vaster #.l
abirut, muHi iitfldrS
tbi In gsslog arojuii aud Uie wTiipj?n(,i.
w|ls end the ligbtulu bugs Urn up every
iiilbl ; and w have inti oi music, Irom
llii plain, foity to tbe liddlc, and we've
H'f a spare room for our Irkeudi, and when
t -fy come *v sie glad to see etn, und do
oi* best P, make cm glad lo toe us.
|Ve arc not goiu' to build any more
iopin* foi two reasons, tine Ir, 1 alut able
to do it, sud ibe other fs 1 woulde'ut If I
'*6ld, un iiili Pori u>le me confidentially
Ui|t if you put up marlin gourda ifte mar
til i as shoie to cum, Ii tried it au J bis
Ht ralinab li lends eat bint out (be drat sum
as fouw e 1 want the children to love
be no and be happy. One ol toy ucigbors,
so be to me, ‘whet’s your Ideas lor raising
be aes • why don't you raise mule*—:!,ey
do i’t cost ball as much and are worth a
be s> mere money .'
i tao, s< sl, but tbe boys U grow in’ up
au I bimeand by Urey’ll br-gln to feel their
oaf* and want Ur fly tound a little and pui
soe the gills, and I want etn to go a court,
i 1 decently. If I was a high strung gal 1
dM *t tbir.k 1 could tolerate a teller wbs
cu I jigglin' areund me on a mu>. When
J si is a yum g mi* I was as proud of my
■boi e as 1 wi • of my gallnsse*, and I want
ev ry cm of my boys to have bis owe
oarfe
1 n let 1 geod look in’ yomi* p* ti a
hiui skirt sad gallop round on a blooded
horse, sod nine limes oat often she'd eur
riiei everv pop.
But yon neede’nt tell tbie lo
lor there's s hap ol clever beys aiu’t get
tbe horse and can't get one, and inout feel
bsd, Yours,
Bill A nr.
If B. I had a ba 1 accident in your town
the other day.
Y/>u’ve got so many purty womea there
th at I thought I krjowed one of em.
Sfee was a ridio* in a *tr< et car and when
the car (topped, and 1 thought she was a
school girl and a distant condn ol mine,
snd I run up to ber frsnlicallv and giv’
her my hand aod told her wbo I was, and
she looked at me sweet sod sad and intro
duced me to her husband. If the car had--
eut left about tboae times I think 1 should
havs collapsed, f.n never seen her
nor him before iu my life.
I feel thankful that he did'ent about me.
I
Purify and enrich the blood, and you
■satll not be troubled with skin diseases.
Dr. iuli's Blood Mijturs is known to b* s
neve# tailing remedy.
: iWmt* ;
IwMl. . ri iwPft3.-i MW***-
' iau—4 •*'
IJfeFruiklm (Maa-,)
wiu i> lead
with tu‘i*t adr. Savages
may pcibty "b" iat
A few wa given
si the huuavi.' hoaw ot our most promineut
chuma. w 4 v a mom
charming lady *l > had
worn the weedaovfldo'.vU.iod tarn yovra ;
another a .'but roceiAl'.y come to
our B'Viiuiah.Qsj
Two livening we e varied
ahd thdioughif enjciiiible; but jjia chit,
prayed, hr>* doilghtlul rnt, to
be the
1 heir skill at the botf l, wi ll varying fol-
Im.cs. w j.aauh tiia lady
rolcricd to *and the
_ aiqta—i4 hi* parluor that
Utsiy thotthAUy tt.xitf -r ci inc -.wi ptn*. Tue'
challenge vas accepted, aud ihe lady pity
fully proposed ihat U>#y play for A wager.
The geulUmaa gallantly assented aud ask
ed her to nama tha at ok a Seeing her con
ftmmrrtiw lioal jokinglf **<d t
ilia baud asaiosl you a 1
The lady demurred, and wa# turuing to
iea'C the table, when the geulleuian, alter
a moment's thought aaid:
My hand fot your*,-JI l win ; or at your
dip<ii.al lot any young lady of rtfkpectahl’.-
ity (her coureul belug fl.at oLuiued), if 1
lo||k
A propoaitlou ao gaßant the lady could
not leslst, fur tho geulteniaa wo# a prise
m buevtr might win bl, ExclU men', now
ran high, nil other ainuaimeni* being aua
pdhtift'f; ak ■r''* , ~T*|j,"Br *'. ‘ f *•*;
the Lars in. 1 board, i lie lady was tepuicd
ak ill (ul with the iuuc •, but Hw gmihinau
knew uothiiig about th game, yot ponaes -
a I au a-1 mi able cool-Oni, which wa* al
m. at an otlatl lor iuaxpai iance. The lady
led oil gettiog a “king atrlka,” and lb
gen lie.nan Iniiowed, tnisth'g Util# i asalno,
uiid making a "inuff" with ihe third ball.
A laughing aeasatlou was indulged In
-when the scotu lor Uiat play was anaouac*
od— u.ly, L> and a buaaw.i vpara ; guiiUe>
11 an, lAiioir Ift* Nothing da'inUd, 8
enaU.iuvd the play, b,)U-wed with e<|ual
spirit by tha fa.r aulagont.t, uutli near the
c'mae ol tha game—after the seventh play,
when the score stood ‘geiillumsti 215, lady
tOl.' The excitement among the guest*
wiumiuw Inleuse ; and the lady tlusbcd
uud beuibl.u.4, played vary badly her last
three plays, losing, i. I the close of tho
Unlb au<l ia t piny, the sou e stuod—>'Udy
12b, hum Uetnan aoid to bo the bent
Acre rvci made in town. Aduuoruusttp
plisuaerp UowgU Uie anuoiiucemeul | and
ilia U4y, coveted wtiii ceulusimi, scare
feud pi*euce of mind euougli lo acknowl*
*d||e Um lovg p<iw ef —, who murmured
a lw setiU-'ures sxpres ive el joy, 'ibe
hostess now wlvr cad, Umk the lesbly re
slstiug baud nt lbs Un widow, and placed
it lb that af Uie wiuniug gentleman. And
we buy tfuti tbs '.alter ccrumouy Is lo be
i cpcatui vs till rolemiiity, some lew mouths
m ace, due antics of which will be pub
lished hi ilia Rgiier. t The mar A used,
n —begged cl lilt host, saying that lie
would Ucoalite it careiuily, lor a perpetual
imtiudcr of tb* happiest evening of his
III*
j
1 and ■OMfrlfe* HmdllllNSllttMß.
hasdstely been formed tudfep -object that
will no doubt MMAMfenfgiy lo Jgferloi I c
• cixrns i„ , VCI
K ,l|owii,4 out flHbyHp Wioft leua
clodsly tfi'< w§h-tpku#d ludics
who I,'dAHKtaM VferitOE and fe.lTrktcd'
!■>,, cflv “ 'jgyiflft Ow.
c. ;P, >4l M
1 >'**■• Wu at VaDay
Forge, whefi Wuhlngtou bid bit bead,
ijuartsrs fell through that memorable win
ter, act iWury ago, whan the ramuaut of
the revolutionary ai m> Jay freexieg la tbo
trenches that sfeirlc'l Um bills
It Is pr, posed la At dp tbe rooc-s in tbe
ihl ftinnrimi In nf ons bundled
yt arc ago, uudfkc/lsr as possible, with fur
nil HI c li.at I'SS-40>S aofVlOf in Ibo Wsih-
I, gb<n fumlly ; and although it ceu icutt
ly lit expccud Ural they wilt succeed b
r< stiriug the 'lrcadquM tk‘ In the same
deg rr cuoil pot ftClfou that dialing nisboe ike
Mount Veinim bomceteed, there le every
prosp.c^dial tbe historic dwelling will be
Invi stud with ibe air of the autiqu, if aot
the venert felax A Ice ad/ . MaaaebusetU
lady has volueleeied to Inalxh i,;ie of the
rooms lu (he fashion of tbe eighteenth con
luiy, mi J there are doabtleat marry i'enn
sylvsi lans who will take aa tqqgfcpride ie
the proposed nitCratino- UonWttry ter tbe
general idea, Vattey tt giie aocees
I hie, bviug only an hoar's ride Irom Phila
delphia along the rather picturesque valley
o| the feclmytklll. The mansion irtHua
- fed in e hollow, eloeely abut ta 4>m big!*
-Lille ol every atdg, asd iu maafifeS stone
wails, high window siiV and eipaetoue
(1 outs suggest that tt might have wade a
cosy Junulquartgyi, de-rpipo tbe weaUier’
Hiatiriesliy, it^a^t^^rtrikiDg^^^reat
peace. II ‘he re<feXyiorflii*fcinsfei > who
are Ufij fe*' M
wen *sV%f'lrp*
they .fell dHMfetfMwf
publk segofex ; ' • r . bii* -
an in Firm a tsd Rt.upiuxT.
Uambay Oaa tte, April 2J
Ohaatpfirr, April’ B.—There was a dread
fol scene here on Tuit.lay auCinpon, w hep
a laVg* mad eUphaui ran tlirbugn ihe stj
tkm and killed half a iln.ten persona The
•lephaptwleng'Nl to Up' R‘l di bj V slant
gram, a id wai.brought here Irom lieu ires
by a wealthy M Uomcfaii on the occasion
ol the m triage ol a vela'ive ul Ids. The
aaimal ', ns the nuihout rep >Hs, kept in
the snn, erwoiked and no: properly ra
ttoned during iis journey. TliO Mahout
* aius that lie Aked fur' arm in 'tnhnev for
mclicinu Irom ha muster, win order,d
payment ot 4 runas or so—Which hj_ de
clined to reeelve. Tliete wcro acopplo o'
*tnrn on'tlic houinh, and the nWntif Was
op the flrhukftta or Vheh if
ran aw .y. The i idol's got 'free of lip- a.l
mat by catching '.fold ol the bra-tcltvs o(
lieca by wUU.b ll passed, Tae iWuiuf re
malued for mat ilmq njj Ufjwok *->d ut-J
his best to keep ll in check, but when he
saw it was impuaaible for him to control
Utn ai.iinal he jumped fom its back. Tha
brute killed six persona au J injured two.
One of the deco ised climbed up a bamboo
lii.ii .ii 1 .i, iuii u,;r Isv ii c - lit |hi lull liiii u ~, .
v rt* tttv t MitvvttvtM wf rot nj*r, utn tijn f%*rr^
mal uprooted the tr.e, thc uiftU lull \o the
ground, and Ihe elephant killed him on
ilia spot. Al 8 o'clock iu lire nveuhig the
eleplunt iu uud towards the (Jovariimcnt
Treasury aud the Huso vo Polio# Hoar,
Some ol the sepoys, leaving lhair char {toy a
elicited up the mange-trees and some
bolted towards the English tpmrt ra. Con
tinuing its mad career, the elephant enter
ed ihe c< mpound ol Mrr. Cook,'a bunga
low, now occupied by Mr. Nicholson, Kub-
D.puiy Oph’in Agents, who flied and Lit
Hid a: imal on the lieu.'. This made it
'aorc fuifotia, ami it 'VHficifWfefF'Vd' vitUs
tilt room occupied by Mr. Nioliola-iii and
his brut liar, beeing Ihe elephant iu ihe ve
raodu be fired a(,(un, hitting il on the
tru.ik, and ,blood poured profusely train
the wound. The animal was lit large uuj
ill m xt morning, whou it was ‘VItU great
dillleully ectuod with chains by tho ma
lm ut au.l sevuia! others. -The elephant
was kept here till B*luidny, the 7ili In !.,
and then taken Ii Bennie# under guurdj
i The Mahometan has been called upon by
the Magistrate to explain why he did hot
lake proper steps when ho w as lnloriued ol
the symptom# ol madness lu the elephuii',
ilia ease U pending in the criminal Courts.
A Widtllng
The young people o! Cincinnati ate es
citsd over a promised wedding that didn’t
take place. Tim yom.g man and young
woman had known each other hoOi child
hood, and were prominent In society rlr
cles. Tlie wedding gueats were asse rt
bled, and Ilia loving eonpfe were on the
floor. '1 lie minister propounded lire usual
quest leo to the bride at to whether stir,
would lake the man lor her kushanJ, etc.,
whin, much to the irprlso of all preaont,
she answered “No." Thinking ho tnUun
derttoo I her, the rahimter ask'eil the quea
tlun again, and agnln she answered “No.”
TUls stopped the cercmmiy, and the story
cattle out. The young man, addicted to
the use of Intox’catlug liquors; hid prain
sed reforni it the lady would consent to
ihgrry him, sud had signed the pledge. He
bad been on trial lor months, but, as tbe
bride turned to him as they stood side by
tids before the minister, she caught the
o,l'r of whisky ou Ills breath, and deice-
Sd signs of lixilpient intoxication Hb<-
used liie extraordinary scene by Matin tr
ut she ooul I not trust her In tar; to a
mao who had broken a promise so solemn
iy marl *, Mpostula'lons and aniruaties
were all in vain’. Tbe wedding did not
taka place* *
■eliillve Mules uud Fcnusica.
pin reply to the injury & Ur what is lire
relative male proportion ol ihu population
of Ihe (Juitcd btaU-t, aud also ol the world
tho New York Journal of commerce gives
the loitowing iulercaiiitg s.al'.cs : Of tbe
38,568,871 |rersons in the Unite*! StaUaac
cording to tbe lot natlonsl census, (ibis
was n 1870. there are over 43,000,000 now)
l9,4t'SJtto were males and were
famales, or 9M woureir U> 1.000 meu. No
cetieus of lbs world have ;beeo takau, but
we hava Ike proportion oi women to men
in,all count! les. where an enuuieratiou baa
been mad,. The highest iu Euiope if * n
Bcullautia which has 1,000 women Pr 1,000
men, Ireland has 1,050, England and
Wales 1,004, Prance has 1,007, Old Prus
sia 1,060. The lowest ( iq Europe is In
Greece, which has but #4O woureu to 1,000
meu. Tbe total ol all Europe Is fJQU wo
men lo 1,000 men ; the Urtal of America
#BO women to 1,000 men ; the Pitaiol Af
rica rur far as known, 0,5 women to 1 000
ineu ;of A*si (including only Hong Kuog
in China) 940 women to 1,000 men; Aus
tralasia 783 women Pi 1,000 men.
A young lady lo Nashville remarked to
* cam pan ion m conversation, tbe other
day,that she would never paint ber cheeks
again before attending a funeral. Why
not f asked her friend. Because, replied
Ibe young lady, 1 *vu paiuled up when J
attended a fcntral last summer, sad never
wanted to cfj so baJ fa my I Me, and was
my baudkorcbic? tdhdy. when
gUneiug round at Mrs. Maggs, I raw that
yellow skin of hits through, tsar'
tracks, end it jneked horrible. I never had
•such bard work to buhl n,y teats in since
Whs born. I'm done painting for funer
als.
- ' ~9 • Mr* ) lss#".*#
mew uodds
y If 4
New Gooii.
We are glad to into-rn the penpl*l M.. -
iwether llnrt we are now ■*
Spring 8l- ck <>t • •*==
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dirs toTLOTocI. ilmt wo have purchased
ibe txclur.Jye iibhl to veil ‘‘MpUMMlwtf>
l'sH-ui.Eliyiiug, i'iuitiug ani.
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keep *.< wk of fro,is constantly on
It Is a nickel plated mac Iron, with PRft#-
ing and Flall'ng door and nvidvfug ldfep* l
dir. kapi but by two Iron pings altvrflfeh#/-
used. It la always clean" smooth
b'lghl. Thousands of thcM Irons arc Ife
use aud their high appreciation Is shot**
by the loci that 1100,0)0 wo.th of territo
ry has lieuu root and the demgnd is In
creasing, ase-acli new sale a<lverfiscs tta
merits, as all praise who use ft. Our agent
a ill canvass the o uuty at an early day.
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flense when you go to Atlanta. I guaten-,
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and charge only .
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ItniKc to Drhiurt and Creditor*
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I obuaon Fieeuiau, deceaseds are hereby
notified It present them, propmijMttntad
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, 0 said deceased, arc hereby required to
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