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Shake Hands. A correspondent wants to know if it : is etiquette to shake hands with a lady on first introduction. It- is the custom in some countries. In the South it is hot considered polite. In the North it is the custom with old people, or mar ried parsons. In England it is the invariable custom", unless the lady ob jects. In Germany, the lady who meets a gentleman on the streets cannot by custom speak to> a gentleman -. till he speaks to iier. This role is, reversed in thiscountry, where a lady can speak and-'sEakedianiisbr fiotf as she choos- NOTIC1 The Houston.Hone Journal C. P. GUILFORD * CO. Save Time and Expenses Elsewhere] Persons indebted to John Q. Bolton* deceased, are notified to pay thenndersigueu. stoqifi tiie ad ministrator on the estate, and creditors will pre sent their demands in terms oi the law. March 15th, 1S71.J. B. RICE. Agents'of the Houston Home Journal. Application for Dismission. rjEOEGIA, HOUSTON COCXTr.—David H. Bi- v* ley. Administrator of Amo3 O’Pry. petitions for letters of dismission. These are therefore to ; notify all persons interested to be and appear at i my office on or before the first Monday in July j next, to show cause, if any, why the petition should not be granted.- Given nnder my hand | and official signature, this March 15.1871.- W. T. SWIFT, O. H. C. Are State Agents for those Celebrated meet at iSlr. J. G. Davis’s 19th, {instant,. '.A• FLORENCE I am now receiving my Spring Stock r\ EORGIA, HOUSTON COUNTY.—Whereas Wm. vJT-Brimson, Administrator of Floyd Sawyer, de ceased, has applied to me for dismission from the same, these are therefore to cite all persons in terested to be and appear before me on or before the first Monday in June next, to show cause, if la important question why so many hitter ,way t unthinkingly, the inestimable boon of health, When the means of regeneration are within their reach. The excellence of any, why they stsouM not bo granted the appli cant. Given under my hand and official signature this March 1st, 1871. W. T. SWIFT, O. H. C. of Goods, selected with great care, ant SEWING MACHINES AKttle five-year-old was being in structed in morals by his grandmother. The old lady "fold him that all. such terms as “by golly,” “by{jingo,” “by thunder/” etc., were only minced oaths irndimt little better khan any other pro-, firnity.- In fact she said he could' tell a profane oath by by prefix “by.” All such were baths-‘‘well; then grand mother,’’--said' the little hopeful ther’s a big oath in-the newspaper, “By tel egraph.” The old lady gave it up, and the boy is bewildered on morals. » ,- . , jjuuioviuu uu mu xu- a iw nr jail has now about , twelve or ment over a ■ consentaneous - effort of Eteen inmates, all negroes. They: the ne gj-o es to enforceeqnal rights in thestreet cars of - that city/1 and the day was devoted to fights and feuds' on that question. In one case a negro who insisted on fighting for-his seat,, was pitched ont of the ear’window. : ARthese doings show what Grant ought to be doing-with his troops. In stead of sending them to Smith Caroli- na.where they will be compelled to fight “sassy” negroes, he should quar ter, them round in the cars, hotels, steamboats, theatres, etc., to enforce an equal showing for the blacks at the point of the bayonet. In that way he will best carry-out the grand idea of radicalism—social and political amal gamation. Meantime, Sambo will find, when too late,..that the persistent at : erally endowed’than any other “medicine” ever introduced to the public, and hundreds now look upon the bare effected by the Bitters as next to a miracle/ and we would F. A. JOBSCN all bought for cash. it part' of town. The prices of many goods are much Lumber Company, now located at. ing~MacMne," Sayneyille, have purchased some land. , at Marshall- from Mr. Charles Whitehurst, and will: move their mills there about the first the “Home- _°f ^ u ly. pQ03&t£ ■ • T. Johnson, A stock of goods bought to the best „ , 7 <tnd-sold at the very lowest Lgoii oZ Prices,M3 something that - merchants' axil on N. T. often claim but buyers seldom Sea ; Ga. Messrs. Day & Gordon have a sfpek the Georgia which the y- are to have jtlie jI GMumbus," examine, and they are willing at Marshall- to abide by the verdict of the public lower. Please call and look at them, Of-every description repaired or remodeled. Repairing of Sewing Machines,, DARN GATHER, And Gather and Sew on without Bal ing. THOS. J. CATER P RODUCES fionyhice to seven full ears to the staUv^and two crops in-a season on the' same land." It is the very thing for. planting after wheat, oats, eta-,'for asecond raop. It is yellow and weevle proof. Rverr icrmer in the South should raise his next years seed from it' Price $5.00 per peck or il-OOper quart STEEL. copper' . LIGHT IRON, BREETANIA, or | SILVERWARE, Done with neatness and dispatch. TERMS STRICTLY CASH. on their prices. They have Dry Goods, Clothing, Bool Dr. Gilbert will have a small. lot of the above corn in a few days, at liis" Drug Store WORLB RENO WNED Shoes, Hats, Notions,. ' /fhcfp have usually xfararitee that in qual ity and price the most fastidious can be suited at their store. A trial is all they ask. ■Bill of Farr:.—A' gentleman who has just returned to New Orleans from Paris, .where he remained during the siege, has furnished the Picayune with the following bill of fare, giving the; several dishes which were served at a dinner to which he was invited during May4-3t hacco has a|gve§ onS i’or sale by ST. T; Johnson, Georgia. COTTON AVENUE, MACON, GA., iarshallville, EASTMAN’S B u s i n e s s- C o 1 l ege A-Southern Institution located at ATLANTA, CA. PATRONIZE A HOME INSTITUTION, AND Ths, recognized Head of all Commercial or Busi ness Schools for the Practical, : Useful, Education of Young Men, training them for an Active Suc cessful Life. Students are admitted every week day in the year. For further particulars of’ the FASHIONABLE HATS AND CAPS, White Wire Clothes Line. Braided and plain. "Warranted not to. ,rtist or injure clothes in any "way. For sak Pic Njo at Bvt.ox.—A large num ber or MMohites'wehfaown to Byron yesterday to have a picnic. We ac knowledge, with thanks, our invita tion from the citizens of Byron to be present, and we would have gone with pleasure, but haying only two legs to walk with, concluded it best not to lifeSS*tempt. We" cannot ac cept invitations to picnics and -the like, unless they are accompanied by a FOR MEN, BOYS' AND CHILDREN; that-trying period: mh30-tf GENTS’ FURNISHING GOODS. Gat Mince Meat, Sauce Magynnaise. ;.. . . Entrees: Dbg Shoulder, with Tomato Sauce. Cat Stew imd Champignons. ! f;i - ‘Dog Ribs, vyith Green. Peas. i Rat Hash", a la Ropert. Roasts: Hind/Legs of Dog, flanked with Mice in Pepper Sauce. . - Vegetables: a Pitalienne, with Bologne Sauce, i ■ - ' Dessert: Plum Pudding, with Horse Marrow. jlction of the extensive preparations we TRUNKS, VALISES, SATCHELS AND UMBRELLAS. & PIANOS, ; - : We wlll insert an advertisement O'-N E M O N T H r .. In Hyrty-fonr first-class , GEORGIA NEWSPAPERS mh30-3m Spring arid We have now on exhibition a most com plete stock of the better class of " CAMPBELL & JONES Including -Five Dailies. We refer to ihe publisher of this paper to whom our responsibility is well known. Xiis® skntt fblke:. Address GEO. P. ROWELL & CO., . . ADVEKXI3ING AGENTS. NOA 40 AIID 41PAEK BOW. NEW TORE. JOHNSON & SMITH, Our Oats Ahead. - of. Fort;galley sends -J. W. Mathews us a sample of Salade And on our second floor a handsome and r .. ogyj . an dfp :.«* ' . £urr£^sfoS4M ; Ladies’ and Children’s Heady Made him? "j There are a Our stock of Novelties has been largely Houston who < a(5 We carrshow ntf£bdrl<BS v derirToilitiiA ^ditrfiah.; Now. WHOLESALE GROCERS, COMMISSION MERCHANTS, Parallel of Sexes. —Man isstr< wuinau' is beautilui; man is daring, lhan diffident and unassuming; The old Standard Remedy for Coughs, Colds Con sumption. Sothing better. Cirrr.Eu linos. & Co.. Eoston. man is great in action, woman in suffering; man shines abroad, woman at home; man talks to 'convince, woman to per suade, and please; man" has a rugged heart, woman a soft and tender one; man prevents misery, Woman relieves it;’man has science, woman taste; man woman sensibility; FRAGRANT SAFOLiENE Cleans Rid Gloves and all kinds of Cloths and Olotbing; removes Paint, Grease, Tar, &c., in- Commission Merchants MACON, GEORGIA GUANO! GUANO! One of the most delightful exercises that can be indulged in by tlie family eirclais tlie-prnctiee of sacred- music on Sabbath evening. And to derive the greatest/ainqunt'Oi&j jilga^u^e lia« judgement, man-is a being of justice, woman oi mercy.' . Wholesale and Retail Dealers in A man calling himself Col. Mahara passed though Berry' yesterday, say- TOgSe was walldng round the world. He doubtless enjoys it, and if he cross- le^tlie Pacific Ocean safely, may possi bly get to China. We wish liim sue-; cess; when he gets round to Perry again hojje he will call on us. o—< Cook’s Hail, which lias i-eeently been by Mr. J. R, Cook and the Thespiim'Gf'Vpsy is quite, an addition to bur town., 'The. sconciy is beaiiii- ,fnk afidfihe raised uCiits ai'e vory cda-J nisbed. PHENIX GUANO, Agents! Read This! W E WILL PAY AGENTS A SALARY OF $30 PER WEEK; AND EXPENSES, or aflow a large commission, to sell our uew and wonderful iuvebtions. Address M. WAGNER A CO., Mar- - nliall, itlicn. SALT AND PLASTER COMPOUND WILCOX GIBBS. & CO. MANIPD LATED GUANO.' I amo^ering the above well knowr standard/ fertilizers ..for. caah^ or ox. time at GREATLY REDUCED PRICES, to correspond with the low price of Hall’s Journal of Health, writing of longevity, states that out of one thou sand persons who have reached seven ty years; it will be found that about 43 are clergymen, orators and public speakers, 40 are farmers, 33 'are work ing men, 32 soldiers, 29 lawyers, 27 professors, and 24 physicians. One- half of r.ll who live die before the' age of 17; .only, one person in a hundred rkacHeir 03 . ani one'in ten thousand reaches 100. Married persons live (ongerthan single, . it. it should be accomprnied by a cabinet-organ- This has a sweetly sol emn fiouffd. yr]»xcli no other-instrument i-im ever attain,- which makes if an m- valnable accompaniment - to sabbath evening or, family;worslup. The emg - net organ is ,-u 'improvement on-. w\ -melodCMi? ami lias been.bronghtato-. great perfection of late years. ^ Deeid; eclly the best made arc tuoss of M<ison & Hamlin, which are sold by Geo. P. Guilford & Co., Macon. One of them is now used by. the Baptist Church in Perry./ . ' ■ OLIVER, DOUGLASS & CO. Arid send Twenty-five Cents for a Ticket and draw a.WatcIi, Sewing Machine, Kano, ----- — — — a . or,.some i-ticle of valuer No blankfl. . fsix' for Oue Dollar; Adress, PACKARD & CO.> Ciucimiati, Ohio. NEW STORY BY A SOUTHERN AUTHOR.-A- Serial Story of surpassing interest, by the au-i thor of/‘Valerie Aylmer/’, which, the press have so highly extolled, 1 will' appear in Appleton’s Journal. No.T(J3: New mibserihera may com mence their subscriptions with the., beginning of the New Story.’ Subscription prii» $4 per annum or $2 for. -sir months. D. Appleton & Go., Pub- RsherB, N. Y.- ” -J CROCKERY, GLASSWARE, WOOD AND WILLOWWARE, Wholesale • Mandfactdrers of tinware. Pocket Ontiery. This picture renresents the Great Benefactor; we also have the Good Will, Cottage ook, ImDroVed Iran Witch, and some twelve other patterns, all guaranteed. A large —A J "cr—J ^ _TT -EC. TTT, I. , decl7-tf.. Sold On Instalments, There is now in the city of New York the oldest of living soldiers. He 'celebrated the one 'hundred and'fifth auniversaiy oi his birthday on the nintli of last month. Tnis remarkable man is Captain Lahrbush. He is still active, walks-a-great deal rnnsup the steps of house of his friends, i and is more vivacious this Spring than usual. SSOTBIj Opposite Passenger Depot; : MACON, GA., GOODS, , HARDWARE SCOVELL HOES. < LIBERAL DISCOUNT To Teachers, and the Trade generally. We F. BROWN & CO. j Proprietors, Ebed. A, Richards, Clerk. The Tennessee Prolific (torn was re ceived by Dr. Gilbert last Tuesday.— Owing ,tp .the lateness of its. arrival lie wiil/selTtfie baknce at hidf price,'- or 50-cents a qnifrt. /Brrixoffldbeplanted befoi'e the middle oh June;- Those de siring.to test itjshonld get seed-as ear ly, as possible, or it will all be gone. cn application- PUMPS, HAND AND STEAM FITTING 42 Third Street, MACON, GEORGIA. mh30-3m &.Dim Making Eaacy Goods, Notions,^? Trimmings, &o- All work done in the very brat style, and satisfiietion gnaranteed. Terms reasona ble. Give,'me; a call at my new..store, ra- centiy fitted np byMr, Cook..... - ap2T month in-Ms office in Perry* over the old Drug Store, and one fourth; orthe latter half of each month will be given to his practice n Hawkinsnixe at Mrs. Hudspeths. ,. ' ■ an age of progress; it might, with ^ cq^al « medicines. .The country is full of j out of the "bottled, thh country^ would ' f be literally ' flooded with them. Eve ry newspaper yon sd§ hds ? n^re -&' “ less of its'Columns filled with adver-- tisements of some great cure-afl.— . Among all these-nostrums, maxiy'are- -j worthless, -, some injurious, and ‘a few . good.;- Jn -tha lidtaa dass^may:; be: k ranked those remedies prepared by . n;..i -T>-.V t iter deylopment of the a dfemamglobe quite difie A Hearty Old Virginia Welcome DEALEBS IN SPRING AND SUMMER DRESS GOODS HEWITTS GLOBE HOTEL, AUGUSTA. GA., GENERAL MERCHANDISE, Three Reasons TPhy AY & GORDON '."Geheral Grant and General Schurz -AT. J \ .. have both lately been in St. Louis.- egobshcal, turkey-leg hide o One is President of the'United. States 1 to l° U ’ “ f and General; the other is a General and a Senator. Both Eave lived in St. Louis, and; of course have'acqu'aintanc- es there. But the President’s arrival was hardly known, and cared for still less. The arrival of the Senator was a perfect ovation. It was emphatically. "the triumph of brains over brass; of in tellect over stupidity. The fall in Grant’s barometer, occa sioned by Sherman’s speech, indicates very bad weather for the Radicals. GENTS’ LINM CL0TH3NC, - All), HEM PEER’S and leather Boots and Shoes 1 AT D. KEMPNER’S- How Poor i e-pl. L.re. Alexander IL gets 33,250,000 annu ally, or 325,000 per day. Francis Joseph receives 34,000,000 annually, or 312,322 per day, with a large allowance of beer. as well as his neighbor over in Austria,. b.ut' manages to keep up appearances on33,000,000ayear, or38,210 per day. - Victor Emanuel managed to get along in Italy on $2,400,000 a year or §7,849 ; THOSE BEAUTIFUL Piques, Alpacas, Percales, Grenadines, Lenos, Japs, silk Striped Poplins, etc M The WpsT Pouer Shield says: The "surpassing curative efficacy of Abbett’s Liver Medicine in a great va riety of chronic diseases, especially those which prove obstinate, and even incurable by the ordinary treatment, cannot be explained. Nature aided , by art has here provided a rare combi nation of medical properties, ? wisely : Adapted to the cure of diseases cojui-t- to alfmaniSnti.' * ' rfrffP A Mr. Thompson, ’ living • near the town of Wells, Minnesota, is doing a big thing in the'farming line this sea son. His farm has 1,400 acres of wheat, 1,250 of flax, 800 of oats, and 400 of com. About 4/400 acres all told aie nnder cultivation. He has put but 80,000 cuttings, cottonwood and white willow; and built eighteen /miles of fence* f .eon/^ "'■» 40,000 ; OLD FAVORITE CORNER THE REST STOCK OF SPRING AND *CT ^ ® ' „ with a snrin". • Victoria receives only 31,2000,000 a year; but sbe owns several large daily farms, and her butter commands the highest price in the London market. Call ami lie Convinced. I Call and examine them at D. ift’TiTatoilff&ylifiyT"' . .