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F. R I ILUKS, Editor. VOL. VIII. PHOrKxwIO.N .V 1.. UK K A . JKLKS, Practicing Piiysic ian, QXJIXJVSAN GA. Orrtc* : Brick building adjoining s'ore -*f Hsssrs. Briggs Jeiks & Cos., Mcivven street. January 31. 1873. 5-tt " JAMES IE HU>l Eli, Jttornfn airti ConnsrKnr at 2Taiu, QUITMAN, CA. Omc*. ix thk Coikt HotsK.-flHt Msrek 17, 1871 ft. B. Bn.NET S. T. Kinusbf.hky BENN’ET A KI'GSB’ liY. ATTORNEYS AT LAW. Qunu.v Brooks County, Gkorcita. February 7. 1873 C> J. C. GALI Alliai, ATTORNEY AT LAW, QUITMAN. GA WILL practice in the Superior Court* in nil the Counties ot the Pout hern Circuit; in the Supreme Court of Georpit. and in iht? Lis triet Court of the United States at Savannah And in special cases, in the Counties of Madison and Jefferson, Florida. JOP* Office : Mclntosh House 37-3 m EDWARD It HARDEN,*' ATTORNEY AT LAW, QUITMAN, GEORGIA, Office, in the Court House, second floor May 2C, 1872. It DR. J. S. SNOW, DENTIST, WILL be iu QUITMAN about the 12th inst.. | for the purpose of locating permanently ia the place. H« respectfully solicits the patronage of the' citizens of Brook. County and the public gener ally, and will eadnayor. by faithfully executing all work entrusted to liitn. to merit their confl ; deace. jj bak-tlOb*. >'P ataira, orerJ. Tillman', .tore, j Nov, 8, 1872. <5 ts Miscellaneous. Silver-Ware and Jewelry, WATCHES, .Vo. V. E. BAR.VES & CO., JJAVK JUST UL- Silver Ware Watch Chains. Jewelry ]* Oku lullery Table Cutlery Silver Forkk Spoons Thiols, J&fttllr. Cartridges of all sizes, Game Bags. Shot Touch's, Fine Kentucky Hi fie Pouxler. Gun Caps. & neat assortment of WALKING CANES, and! an immense stock "f the Celebrated Diamond Spec, acles A!*** * very complete assortment of WOTIOKTS, Each m Brushes. Combs. Fart* mommies. 1 him •biet. Needle*. Pins, Buttons, Arc. jrlll h**ll these good* on a<- res'-oimblb- Verms a* possible, and ask an iospec ion of ih** ••me by the public. We are likewise prepared to REPAIR Watches Jewelry. Pistol* and Guns with neatne-s and dispatch. W. E. BARNES A CO. Quitman, December 20. 1872. 51-3 m OtHTMAN DRUG STORE. IsOALL&GROOVER, JTtKAI.KK, IS Drags, Medicines Paints, Oils. VARNISHES. Dye Stuffs, l&d BRUSHES Perfume A*’* V , ry, T (filet Article*, dec, Notify the public that they will keep on hand •complete and fresh stocks, and sell the same at a reasonable profit. Thi* ia Exclusively a Drug Store, and the en tire attention of the junior member of the Arm will be given to the buduess. We respectfully solicit the patronage of the public. Quitman, Feb. 2, 1873. ly be. m. c. wruuxaox. r>n. a* and. smith. LARGE DRUG SIGN. WILKINSON & SMITH, KEEP on band a Complete Stock Fresh and Pure gpggMf Also. White Lead. Varnishes, Paints and Oils, Soaps, Tobacco, Segars, Toilet Articles, Ac. All of which will be aold on reasonable terms. Prescriptions carefully compounded. Quitman, Ga., Jan. 31, 1873. 5 ly ALL kinds of Toilet Soap and Perfumcrr at PAINE A HALL S I’ortiaL Nisur in Hi avcn. Weeping m> th**r. bending lowly. O'er thine infant’s early bier; Cease to weep, thv child s in glory, Cease lo shed that bitter tear. Wherefore weep the one departed, When eclat c bliss it shares? Now from earth!*• sorrows parted ; The victor's crown in heaven it wear*. Tender mother Christ in mercy Took thine to hi-* loving arm* ; Far from every danger earthly, Hath i. lodged where no hing harms. Though you saw that lovely flower Drop and wither, fade and die. Yon are conscious that forever, It will bloom beyond the sky. Yes ! your Agnes dwells in heaven, Livelier far than wh«*n below; Singing now the heavenly anthem. Joined by saints and angels to ! List ye ! hear that voice of gladness, Bursting forth in grateful song ; Notes that are enmixed w ith sadntss, Float amid that happy throng. Loving mother, thou art passing Quickly th. ough this world ol woe; Soon with joy shall then* be greeting Friends above, who wait for thee. Then let the locust gentlv wave. In silent grandeur o'er the dead ; And the white rose honor the grave. Os her who sleeps in Christ her Head. srtUsrcUanfous. I’litru k lieiit v’* Eliiqm ncr. Virginia in ! ■»•»*> dnya ad an estab lished church, and ill*- spirit i.f perHi cti lion ahtiutd nrti Hunt tit** nu>*.| i_no rant 9of her poptiUti* n. TANARUS» e I L»ptihth were parlictiUily obii txi'in* I'bi#* ■ Bapiiat pr* ueliera imd been ar r« Ht and «s “dtat urlrern f tie pence ’* Wild imprisoned by a local tnagi-traf**. A' • ie xt M-rt-i nofti e cotif.iy curt at Sp t-yDanii I bey were mm signed for M si, mi and Patrick Henry r de fifty miles to defend them 'But for ttie account (missed by Wirt) wliM*ti *as l»een preset Ted of Patitck Henry’s p« rh.rm *uc* s on tfii** oecHsi n, we should not l ave utid<r*toid the se ct t* ol bis pow» r ever an assembly Ihe r ststl ss :i auric of h<s oratory was greatly do** to atiific. in a nag- mint ex Dome and sudden c itng s in tone, admit repetition of telling pitta* s lb* enter ed D t <j> mt lens while the pros* curing uti niey w s reading tw* indwtm ut ile was a Htiang. i t< most o: H.e -p- c tutor-, and being dt*ssed *»* the con itiv manner, big enlra <:e exc. t» and ie-ietii .ik NV hi the prosecution bid finished id In es np n lig f ttie new co'oer lo k f 1 e tiul ctnn m, and glaucii g at ii wlti an • Xpo MBt not puzzled tod .dll'it V, bega to speak ii. liie t- n *1 a m m win* uaa j•*m «ad Horn* tiling l o a-toundlflg fu belief ' May >t pV *e ymi w i sldps llh tik i ar iad t»y tie p- s* ent..i as I-u nit I • o.i, . » ep .p i 1 H"Wr . old l» tey •» <f. If lit v- iiir i|y u •'••lst'*otf, in K tig s a to i*»y ian hand an Hi •iu in i.t ti H r ptl'| n f a• i a j ll l g ltd .ii klin-g by i pr -ontne t, it.esi hr. l fl .H v. pel so r- b fre t •* I*m ol In ► C ml for Dill e 1 greal lUHg n m!i. a- • » tt.i l*etH • f ttn p hc»*. May ' [I tut I'** eOllll W .at <l(f I l.eal? 1) and I ei II .I.stine k , aw >u »l a ml**- Ke fin ov. ? I) -1 I *ie*> n Zpte* « "ii •»* •* c* ilia* Iliat it. **e in* n wnom your w is ip s about t iiy t i lilisde .. ai.iH, .»n* c uigeil wifb—wit witti Having i| 1 v r« *1 lllfcse wind- ill » ait mg' bioken in liner, as if ti •* inmd wa> »*»agg ring under the we g t of a tin* htn u id a, i e I weied i.i« v ic* ad as-mn ng t e so • innGy of 111 mt. r. a sweied tea . w ip»* B'l o. ; Pleaching the gospel of the son ot G<xl!' In« n ne p »ii «.1, Lv iy eye w .a now li inly livit.d upon him. and ev< iy mind i»t« i.t; f r all tbia w*s •x* coted a * a Kean oi a riidd ria would b r • pert*»rm e»l It oil |ne ye, Voice, attitude, g'«*tur* . all iii Hccnd lo prod‘ic*- the ol 111 si P« 88 In hi y. I effect. Amid »* •!- ,li liee tt'Ut entlid be fi-lt f l»e WaVed tli I indict eni t*»re»* line's ar tied him »e.»d !as tu h still HinaZ' and. unatde to c »tn | pul.end tn cbaige Tnei* lie rais'd ids ; yes. a**d hands to heaven, and in a t«»i.e I pai ei ic'Mi* rgy, w tub ii.descrit«ahle, •xc anin-d '<*r«af God!' At toi* point such was tun g wci .t..lu-,.ry # the atl dietice relieved t » ii feeling a with a bur»l ol teats. The orator Cos. untied. ’May it p eai-e your Worships, in « day like ttiis, when truth is ah ill to buist fi t fetteis, when mankind are about to he moused to claim tli»*ir natural and inahenable l igtils, wtien the yoke of op pteesiou that has reached the wi.derne*»s l*i America, and the unnatural ahtanc f» cclesiaspcal power is about to ne di-cov red, at such m peiiod, when ii!** r ty, liberty of conscience »a ab'*u«. t * wake h« r s'tnnber and inquire i to the reas »ti of suc*» charges as 1 find exhibited neie to-day in D-is indictment.* Here occutied amdtter ol bis *ppullii»£ pa sei. durii g wl.ich be cast piccUig looks .«t the judges and the three c er gymen Hr aign-d. Then lit I niiled every bear* r by bis favorite tb vice of repetition : 'lf I am Dot de ceived —according, to toe Contents of Die paper I now hold in my hand—these men ate accused ol preaenmg the gos pel of the sou of God!’ He waved the document th*t*e tioms above his head as it still in wonder; and then with the same elastic attitude of appeal to heav eu, be gasped, 'Great God I’ HERE SHALL THE PHLSS THE PEOPj.X'S RIGHTS MAINTAIN, CTNAWED BT TEAK AND UNBRIBED BT GAIN QUITM AN. GKO., MARCH 7, 1873 Tins w .a lollw. and » v an iher i tusl ol feeb g- tr» 111 t'e sp ctn’ors; m and Mgait th*s master of •flee? plunged into the rid** * *f his dtSC'-nfsej *M v it pleas.* y*»ur worships, there ar* pet irsls in the hist* ry f n an, when o* rt option nod depravty ftss so long d«*bi*3 and the hum i • character t»*at man sink* tinder tlie weight .-f flip oppressor's hand—* • C ine lis scvil , his abj el slav • H licks th hand that sinit* s him. H bows in obedience !** •he mandates -f .b‘*(»«>t*; and in this state f serv’btT, »»• tpceiv* s tis fpif. r» ot perp. tu and l.ond ig«. But, may it please y nr wot ships, such m day Inis parsed. From that peiiod when onr fs tiiers I* ft tt.e land « f tti ir nativity f«»r these Ann ricui wi’ds—fr tn tt»r moment ttiey Olaced tt.eir t**et np*m tf*e Am* li u«n Cos me rit—from that m nu*tit de-- potism wan crush and, the fetteri ..f dark it« r-s broken, at.d Heav* n decie. and tt.al man stood be lire—tr»*e to worebii G-d according to t*e B bh». In vain were ail their sufferings and bloodshed t*» -tli'j gate this N**w World, if we their • flsprii.g, u iist be still opfnessetl and pei»«*ruted. But., ni*»y it pleas* y.ur worships, pemi'l me once mo»e 1., inquire for wm*l are litem* men alsnit f.* »*«* tried, Ttiis patter says far pr»**ch ng Ihe Gospel «>f the B»vior of Adams fallen race** Again he paused F r the third l m ■ be slowly waved the i diet ment umiiiid his bead; and Dien ttnnoig In Hie Judges 9 lo king them full in the f «ce, xclaimed with the m h impiess iv. effect, 'What laws have they viola ted? The whale tlHSeflll ly Were IloW I* un'iil y moved and • icited The p»e siding Judge ended the s* en«* by say ti'g, Sim riff, disetuuge th se Ii was a tiniinp • of tin* dramatic ait. A CO OPERATIVE COMMUNITY. [From the St. Louis Republican.] T is in nt* lowa c dony t* at seems to Com nearer the reabsition <»! man's long dream « f peace and bliss *»n eartn t an any • flier simil <r coinnmnity that ever existed They act' sl y believe they have solved the problem of combi nation and co-operation. T tn»y call i erns ’ves "Amanes, s and are Germans, and ifittß l ack t' eir organ sat ion SH)O year** •»r tn r»». A colony of t* eni came t<* Ini country about f-rty yoara ag , and settl' and upon :in I dish r*-»ei vati«*n ot • l*i•»»I 6 000 acres, ne r Buffalo, N' W Yik They tonnd it to<* small tor ttieir nuodiers and po nos - a and im-v and NV—>t Ttiey Ii -v* now SO 000 b autiful acres on the ba* ks f t•». b»wa river, about a *v eii y tnd s f -in the M asissipiii w ..d --bo and » and piaiiie, pßas.»nri\ div isiti and I’ney went to ttiis plat*** s'xtee • ye «i» ago, and have rua Ie wonderful p r ogre • in .*gi tculitire and v irioua other iinl.is* tries The c *h»ny tiow nnm' era about 1 300 T ry nave ev. lyitdug in the vr *y ol property m co-■••in *n but r*-c »g*. z* tin* accei.ted b>nii"«»f ta ni!y lif •* and e •ch f nidy "H“ a h» pirate • mine o* »p .r» neoit* T. os. w •• j .in tn»* e mtnnnity coii■ iibu* e a'l »t.*'ir property t • me cm* hi ii st »ek ;*» and f they bee me diasatia* fi-d r» e iv*- t* *ck just w.iit they put in VS ll' out 11-te.r-sl or Wages, altd leave. S.» i.r- fs ity ca not wed h c**tn a |vm * t*• fit••»»♦ •••!» ad no •»- c ca regard h »nseH a p t-on r wh- n tie •• fie** to g » W eie ti p! asrS. I’ *• ot j*ets f llie Ams e* oei v «r»* re'igi* ns a**s «*iatif>ii, mdiiMtit in. a* and and inestic c o».erati »n, and tb -p eial ad vatic m**ot of *be use t•! uns The nit*uil*er-' dr as pi July, nve pi «in *V. bifid p'sinly blit *-Ut»**tH«**. tia’lv, and /*re ill in* respect oroam**nfA 1 . I’ll y * are extensive vineyards, make • 11*1 drink Wine and liger ln**'r ad tb u••keiM ess is unknown among them. They app ar t-> have no vie s whatever, C'onm t no ci im*.a t and iiave ie» use for CHI' tS* There i«, however, a commit tee of »r tiitrstiou t settle rnino disuntes w en t'ev arise, as they s-.inetim*‘« do. The gover mein m adiiiirnster**d and tfie wind** busiuesH i.f ttn» community is an peivi-ed by a board of thirteen trustees, who are elected b\ the V«»tes of all the adult population, and h Id the common property. Ea«*t» depai tin **l of iml.istry • •as its manager, win. H r Sponsible t• • th** bo.nd ol trustees by whom be ia appointed. T'-is is wind I ey tiavedon** hi H'Xteeti years ; Ttiey b'tlnd wild lands, ami began their w rk just wm re nature left o!J ners. T«.- r bridged tut* river, made good roads, planted he»i g- k■ and white will* w, bold a Canal nine j miles in leu rth, near!} p*ral ! «*l with the | river to supply their need* and wafer p »w 1 er; B'*ver «t flouring mills, woolen f »Clo» j l ies, machine simps, starch, sugar and vinegar manufactories, all flit and out ! witti fine mactittiery, made by their own : macliiiUH'H. I'ltey liave built live vii j lages «>n Its? tract, and tw** i*t them are ! stain ns for t>>« R‘ CK island at.d Pac;tjc | r.tdroad. wi» « h coii * h t*» their Door*. Tney have good sch'-ol houses and plain j churches, and iwt) grain et* val..is at the ; railroad station, each of a Capacity for ! storing about eighty t ioua.nid buhhel* | of grain. Tire Children are kept at school until j l tey are f ortecn; iheu lh* y are tanglil Ia it ado *.r agriculture, and their educ*- | lion is continued in night schools. En glish i*. taught, but German i* the me ! diuiu of communication tti business and st cial hie. Their religious services are very simple, consisting principally of reading the scriptures, prayer and a ng | mg, and they have some &ood voices for the latter. Tbe women assist id Jfgat ••«id mm wnrß. .'Vpvuinily in iln* Tne .xidx. K.irly innrrinK-** nri> ilinonr amt men are not c inxiil.-r. and ol *nili.li!') Mgr 1.. r widlock until Kiev «i --min ll»' mutoriljr of tliirty-fivn yea ■ Tinrii* <l> »I ol inie li enee in iliir rumiuttiiiiy, l>ut iiolhil U cy of any kind. HUM BURNT BKAINS. "I ran tell tin- brain • f adinnkard tin morn*" l .lie kuife lonelier, it, Raid a med real |>Mfew*ior to lire Rind nIR »f I>.*■ din r. ptintr-ro. m. ‘lt foe la hard r to the tinieh than a liettltliy brain.’ The brain ia f. and wr'li the blood from the heart. The heart (jot* it* Riipply from tin- atom 'CO. llenc- bad lood <• f ten pr dricea pain in the bead. Corrupt lood pr dneoß unhoaltliy braii.R. A dm kanl’a bhe.,l Lee Iln a loitl, iliick. ad irro*«. The brijji.t red life coloi l r aT> a I.in el e> li», and t> e pnrplißh death 'me eovora Ilia no»e. The blood veßHels in I lie braio «re »eiy munll, ao riiiiill t‘at many <>l tln io are inTiaable. When the nock, foul, fi- iy i lood • I the drunkard ie di ireti by tbe hem I int tbeae d> lic i!e blood »• eaela it • xpahde, exeitea, anil K i gr, Ibem and n met inie.' preßKea tbe brain a>fai at ihe ekoll till llie man lie ttoinea hiupid and a naeleaH; and finnlly the In am In Coinea liardened and piekleit in alcotiol. ad tbe blond-veaaela in it probal.ly bnik Rom*- like tlie red liie aon a toper a unae. inetiiiu-H these blood* vease a buiHi, le.ivinif clo a>l blood in tne liiain winch may cause mires, paral yaia and death SooielitneH the ale- hoi ie Z-ra tbrouuh tbe veiua, and arteri-*, ami b nisi vessel*, until it turns the brain mi ({lease, or calls a w ,r.t is termed ‘fat ty ds({«iieracy of tie brain.’ Ad *n imeni(>erate men loose tneir intellect, ami beeoma muddled, Htnuid, (jroaa and iTutal. The oi(jana o| tne animal [iro p name* he n.-art at te Use of die brain, while affect the mortal and rcli(T ■ ions nature ol the man lie biuher ond n arm tne too of the lead. When the brain is ri({lit tbe blood renebea all fiarta es it and pr. duces healthful mental con ditions; lin' when tie* hlnndcliatiti'ls are cloirired ini ruined by alcohol, tlie blood, dumped Iron the heart, dam. up sisnit the base ot th" brain, *itninlaiiii({ tin* animal nature, wi.ib* the moral and rnlißi ns qualities remain dormant; and t na intelligent men are transformed in to h sotted, li-roeioos and unreasonable lirniiß. When snree"ii* wish tn dissect the Inain, they plac it in ale li I, which Hardens it no that they can handle it conveniently. The man wno drinks at enhnl s |ii.-k'if.ir bis brain in advance and thus bee. iruea so stupid in Ins ine-t al l.ictl tie* that onlv tb.) meal pou>. rln> stirii'danta. it. aid incr annij{ ibises, will aii.ua>’ him t. any mcnli’.l el forls. Let the vonit({ tak- heed lew tii.-y burn ttieir hi .ii a with tin) lnloz!eatin){ dr.tmrnt. Tin* loain maybe thus abused tor a time, but at last it will take a most terrible r> vena*). Stupor, "iirror, mad n»*a. a>>d despaii, t>>rture the vict m ol •ipp' tile, and drive hint to tne mad Ii use Hint the tomb. B mid band and loot, and diairg >1 as the chain'd captive of tbe pow. r ll" onC" trifled Willi, tin ill link ard 'earns wtien t o late, to believe toe winds I tiiat ancient satre win. Said, ‘Wine 'R a iiM'Ck- i, eir dritiir is rau iii(f, aiel wn s.a-ver is and ccived thereby • not w SS -' A Double Nut-prise. Th" Albany c .respondent of the Am sterdam Recorder t lls the followinir lal : A p »>i ent lawyer iu tliia city en({.({.'d pasx.ue fir Ell'op.* on the W dni’Ril.y slramer fr rn New Yolk. On Tuesday Ii - bade adi- n In bis friends and l iinily and took h * departure f»r New y..rk After the fir»t p» >({ of aor. n w at parl<ii({, his banker th ni){tit to lonK ovi-r tlie connaebir’a finances and ibem a little. To tut* salonislt meut tnt worthy counselor Imd over drawn many tno'iaand dollar*—much tiloie than In- waa worth—and bad lor Kotteu to return a larire ani nnt ol secn iliies, private prep riy ol t e bunk r. Kualnnj; nvei to the connaellor'a wife for Mine informal ion, the banker waa still more couloiioded by her discoveries that h-r dear ‘‘liulilty” had laßeii an immense mi nbi-r 01-valnahles lor which he cud lav no p"-*'lde use >n trarelinfj. The liank* r was a wi-e man, and accord ioR 'y ■ - took the next trail) for Gotham, lie was not !ou({ in liieltuu the noito w ere the counsellor waaiakiud rep se, pieparalory to the rotl({h voyage liefore nun. ill- nai'i" stood out in bold relief on the register, and all rit was t e ▼• ry significant word, "lady.” Here was a iiDHteiy, and t"e hotel clerk wag ta ken into confidence. Alter some pre leniinari’s it was det> rmiue.d to storm tne obamtiei and solve this fjalheriti). cloud. A few kicks al the door, a noise inside, a mining »! Keys and bolt* and the banker wa* iu. Here “Alps upon Alps ’ ol dismay and astonishment burst hi On nis vision. The slnresaid lady was bis dsuijnter. whom he supposed toi lie miles sway in a boarding school, and | , tne learned counsellor s looks told pluin j ly that an elopement had been nipped in jthe bud. Conclusion : Tbe banker ; came back with hia daughter; ‘.lie law yer waa taken ill with the ibuuuiatism, and did not go to Europe, but altera i lew weeks returned borne and resumed i piaclioe. SUO3), from 91 X to 93.00, to bv bad at PAlfi & HALL'S DIBD OK GRIEF. A touching story comes from Mem phis An old man, Peter Bean by name a we.il diggci in the locality fi.t «!«■•- thing like thirty years, had a dog . I w> ich t>e w.is very fotnl. P ter was a baci elor, and lie lived a vry lonely life. Tne enly thina be tenderly fotidl-d Was • lie dog. wi'O shared nis bed and divlM ed with hia maS’cr the frng.l mesi. Well tne dog W'disli was nearly always by Ilia side, whs large and |>nwetfnl >1 Fiame and elierrfut end playful m d>s position It RC’-mcd to love ita maatet with that perfect enduring lov.-, Mi»i crowds evny tiling else out i.f th# heart One day it was separated a few hr era Iron, tne old man Peter was patiently iabori>g at the bottom of a well. wb.-> be faintly heard the bark es his fav rife He 'linked up: tiler-- was s swift glance of'recognition, and t e 1 glit went oet of tne well diggers > yes for ever. Ti > eager rn-li of l e and >g t • g'eet ita mas ter, displ.io and a heuvv bucket, and Rent it crashing down upon Peter’s bead A few imnut’S alter th" battle worn rosi »os diagg.-d l>> tli» sinface a bleeding c rpse With piteous howls tlie fad' - fill an mil licked the ugly wounds, but t'.e loud cares* could n I reanimate the HI fining lurm. The man was laid out Hi Ins shroud, hut, before the graw dosed over the human loim. the and p was also de and. It stretched itself bes n tne cold el iy ol its mas'er » and moaiieo out its till- in grief It is a sad stoiy Rilvutedov.il with tone ing beauty. Ii w • cell-brain 'll vinse the duath ot Pan tnea, who -lew h rsell upon ti e C dps n| her li-1 veil .Mirada,ns, why should we ip I drop » word .f sympathy for tin dog who refused lo live because bis mas ter bad died! A HORSEBACK HIDE. The stories of tile wit of I ,«• late 0 1 Isaac 0. Barnes are numeroUH, but to be luliy appreciated need the Col .ne 1 ' peculiar voice and dry tu mnei. tand’ t to tliogi) wbo used to know bm. rin following anecdote we do not rememln i to have seen in print : T.ie Colonel, it *■ emu, had been rec ommended to take borsebaek eiere.is. for the lienefit of bis health, by bis pay sician, and accordingly applied at a well known stable for the annual. I want a regular trolling horse, t, ride for my licslth tips afternoon.’ “Certainly, Colonel,' »a;d the pulit. proprietor; and judging from t' e cum lonier's physique ami 'a horse to ride In health,' gav. nim ne of the liarde«t trotting horses in tie establishment, up on wli ch Barth's in muted and bumped off towards the country. Iu about three hours lie returned, covered wit' dust and perspiration, and, with the assitanc" of one ol me Imatl rs slowly and painluliy descended from his sti'i and. L nipiiig into the stable office, and h bl'iig oil to the lawei part nt his back with one hand, lie In k' and into the stable koeper's inquiring fnce and ejaculate simply: ‘Mow tn cl f’ 'Three dollars, C dotiel,’ wss the reply. He slowlj drew is trallet, aid laid down the r> quire I sum. 'Snail you waul the horse again to* in "i row, C dolielf’ 'No; I sliaiit want him 10-mortow.’ 'P r » St e day after tn-iiniri ow 7 'No; I shan't want him any more at all.* 'I deed.’said the stable keeper, with a i w,iik ein bis ey , as e not and Barnes Ii edmg 0-. to bin lacerated body. ‘Per* l.ap- the horse itid'nt s it you.' ‘Oh. jes ’ said t'arnrs, quickly, ‘there’s nothing t tie matter with iln- Imre.-; he's all ngnt. It’s tne price I object to.' 'Tne price I' said the slaldekeeper, why. I only charged yu $3 Colonel, wnic we c n«id"r cheap for the horse’s S'-rvices sll th" afternoon.’ •Well, Id n't,' squealed Barnes, mb iiii g bis selling body, ‘for wlienev r I want anything of tne kind again, 1 know a big Irishman who will kick uio behind all day for halt tne money.’ Tim Niitin'i lloneymoon. tic m- l * me things have changed somewhat I S'-ems to me so—lnir lme lii don’t I've ln-eii marned near s x months now, and the fact is, Susan snows tun the least hit more temper Ilian J thought; in fact to speak tne and wu rigtit tru'li she's knocked things aboui generally tor the last two moot •*. Sh" slung the cal lliiotigli the window by the tail, and would have thrown me out by lie heels if I hadn’t walked oft in a lasi run. She's as cross as fmr sticks and says site'll iis, a naif dozen on my haek if I don’t quit smoking iu the house. And she threaten'd to throw a boot jack down my ttuoat last night because i spit on the lire. If she had done tiiat 1 suppose I should have bad the colic «r the boot jae.k cramp. ‘Timothy K. Nigging,’ said I to my self, ‘yon have gon and done it, and yoo have got to put up with the couse ! qneticca and come what will you cant , git out of it, you can’t, i A girl’ll change m>ghty quick after ! site gels nianied. Mrs. Susan Sni flow er was as pretty us Venus, but just as soon as I married tier, her skin turned yellow, tier eyes lost tneir beauty, her hair got thin and she got to be just the . Shape ol an a>e cask; she did by jingo 1 1 And G! wnat a nappy temper alia has 1 got! Never saw her mad belore I mar iled tier; cwr war effortd lo throw a | $2. ,u * »>er Annum NO. 10 j chair nr stove down anybody's throat; no ""*er until sho was Mm T. P. Niggiti. Aunt says she’ll come out all right, nt ter » w He but I dont see why ah* cau't be >ll rigi t now. I don't. If ahe don’t irn pr to the Lo"d help me I 'Ji«t you apit on that fire attain,’ says ahe to me yesterday; ‘jiatyou do it o «T»i», and I’ll throw this atick of wood down ynr throat. What did I marry Ton for? To rnn after yon and make np i e fire aftei yon apit it oat? You tor menting beast I Did I marry yoq to "'•ye end work while you smoke and «pit nn the fire? There's them chicken# I had to feed, too; and there is Boa Dykes' ho* got in the garden and you didn't see it; them darned old roosters has sen tched op all the onions, and you didn’t see it; and you never see anythin* Von ought to. Thore’s Ann Buster, '••me over here yesterday, am) I saw you wink at her, Siopl Y*o needn't say I duln’ . for I did I t you " *M Isli Bout." Asa gentleman bum New York waa irking a class of wine at |l « 'St. Luis/ oorner <«( Freeman ad Hopkins streets, 0 tieiiniati. about three weeks ago. and liserved at another table, with several iheis, a German who aeerned n easy nil anxious as if there might be a French-Prussian disturbance b tween me beer and himself. Presently in ran a little gnl, her face radieut with smiles, exclaiming: Oli, lather I we’ve got a little baby at ‘Dat is ginit,’ said the D tchmaa as the anxiety disappeared from his oonn lenanco. ‘Fill up der glasses,’ Not many minutes elapsed before in untied the little girl again with the an o uncement: 'Oh. Taiherl we've got two little boya at liotneP Ti e I) itchman looked a great deal astonished, and not at all satisfied at this littio family redundancy; hut r'ting it length to the maguitade of the occas on, he said: ‘Veil, den, dot ish also goot. Fill tip h r glasses. ’ In a few minutes again appeared tha "dient messenger, with the astounding proclamation: 01, fathei 1 we've got three littla boy# *t lionn l’ This wns too much even for Tentonio impossibilities. There was no farther •all f r glasses. 'Veil, den,’said he,‘l goes np dere ind stops dor whole business 1’ Which is Which. ‘Ah Pat, Pat, said a school-mistress to i ihick-hesded urchin into whose mnd l> brain she was attempting to beat the "pi’abet. ‘l’m afraid you'll never learn anything. Now what’s that let cr, ehf’ ‘Sure, don’t you know, aia'ara,’ replied Pit. 'I thought yon conld havo recollected.' ‘Why, ma'am?’ ‘Because if has a dot over the top of it.’ ‘Och, Ma’am? I mind it well; bnt ms I thought it was a fly speck’ •Well, now. remember, Pat, it’s I.' ‘Yon, ma'nni?’ ‘No, no, not U, but I.’ ‘N 't I. hut, yon. ma’am? How's tha ?* ‘Not U, but I, blockhead.’ ‘Oh, yes faith, now I Imre it, nm’sm, tom m an to say that yon, not !, sat a blockhead ’ ‘Fool I fool Ii xelaim-d the pedsgouv ess, almost bursting with rage. Mist a- yon pis*",’ replied Pat, ‘fool er blockhead, its no matter what yo are to me, ao long aa ye are free to own it.' A lArcly Town in Texas. A reaidi-nt *>t Denison, Texas, writ"# as follows: “This is tho liveliest town in these parts. Only six months old, it has been tin lit up by the Missoni i. Kan sas and Texas rai'way, which has if# It-rminus hcie. The Houston and Texas Central will be along soon, and thns mere will he rail communication from St. L mis to Galveston We have 5000 iiihenitants, and we have hotel*, stores, idiurch. a. grog "hops, two parsonages, one gambling house and a town hall. V’c hare been wanting a giaveyard. Yesterday a man died, and this after non everybody w 11 turn not to inaign rale the new cemetery. We thought we should have to import a corpse to ■ tail it, I ot this fellow happened to die and save na the expense. Another one s sick with a disease he brought fr m Missouri, and he says we hail better and make one job of it; Don’t think wn will, though, aa wo want the graveyard started any how. Cent Per Cent. A prominent lawyer was hailed while passing a jewelry store, by the proprie tor, with "General, coran in here a mo ment, we have something (or you t > snlvo. If a man brings his watch to as in be fixed, and it costs me ten cent# to do it, and I keep it a week aud oiia ga him six dollars, what per cent, do I maki? We have been figuring, and make it nine hundred per cent., ami nave only got np to one dollar. How much do yon say it woold l e at six dol lars?’ ‘Well,’ ri plied the General, ‘ldo not wonder at your perplexity, for it ia well known, and the cclehrati and calcula ting machine has demeustrated, that at certain points in progressive numbers the law goveruing them changes. Iu tnis case tho law would change, and : long before it would resell the six dbl i !ars, it would run out ol per cent., ami 1 into vtai i* kacifu ao iardeny.’