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; T , tf| . CENT&AI. GEORGIAN '•'pOBL-relti'D WEEKLY H! y jj, GiLftOREj Protirretotr. •', F j 0B itn mastic BiirLD^Ws u ‘ gAiiS'sft^iLTSfej^i..: -— }j>il)><t!rrp(rt'» fckYe'M, /• oh°Vciir./- y y ; ' k ■4iX >latff , ’> ,-. - - L r i\, h'lS'i tM Advance. - - $3 00 - - 2 00 , When : utifi-.i'iljer finAs ^ cross mark on his |i ^now that hi.-, subscription has expired .i , expire, .aid must be renewed if he wish- abe° l 1 . • i id- ncr cin’.nnued. j0 mlt send receipts to new subsjj.rUicrs.— ‘ the paper they ^nnw that we . ur re^ clVC * - fltW Jvct i the money,. Ijirt^ wrihers wim& -jtiheir papers changed 3 r " „V.qfccojlj9 smother must state the name <*** ?'nfec-''i'ro» which they wish it changed. .*• i-' 1 ' - " gUSlNESS CARDS. j. c. GAl.LAlIEii, attorney at Law, Lj{iii(lGr s"v ille, Uiril Georgia. 1870. 14-tf s s GILMORE, II. D. 1). TWIGGS. ',;1I.)I0I’iE & TWIGGS. IHE > i.icrsigned having ass] 4r«< h 1 * l^Crti selves 1 attend the 0 f the Middle Circuit, ar*d the counties of ‘ ,m. Laurens and Glas§ecbk. <ltiiiS"i ■*.», 1870. iy ih. WARTHPN A Homey at Lajp, g ANDERS YILJjfi), QA- 31, 1870 h-’y LANGMA1E & EVANS wfrOENEyS AT LAW, SAN pi - rsvh.le, qa. .,1 attend the Courts of Washington, Wil . E-n-muel, Jefferson. Johnson, llaneoekaud |! ,s 'j’.,.!;i.'mi«s. G'tiice on the Public Square op- Jl,untie?. Qjhce 011 l,e Court lloqse. LASsUAKE,] 1ST'*- [bf.veblt d. kyans, 1-ly IN POLITICS, CONSERVATIVE ; IN RELIGION, CATHOLIC ; IN MATERIAL INTERESTS, PROGRESSIVE. No. 33 SAJSTDEKSVILIAE, GrA^. 9 A_TJGrTJST 34* 1870. VOL. XXIV. business cards. BUSINESS CARDS. PULASKI HOUSE, SAVANNAH, GEORGIA. Wiltberger & Carroll, PROPRIETORS- Jt>n. 19. 1370. 8—1 y W. W. CAItfI.lt. 11. (). CAKTKB. J. T. CAUTEJ!, Jr. W, W. CARTER & SUNS, Cotton oi‘d ^NIJ CkncntJ Commission Merchants, |04 Bay Street, SAVANNAH, - - GEORGIA, Prompt personal attention given to Orders. Planters supplied with Bagging and Ties at Lowest Rates. Aug. 10, 1S70. tf E. BOTHWELL, W. B. WOODBRIDGE MILO G. HATCH, (Attorney at Law, SaiuhTSYille, Ga. I (Ifficf 1 Court House next door to Tost Oiflce. 1870. 8-1 y 1 HENRY D. CARERS, Attorney at Law, SAVANNAH, Office: 64 Mav 4. 1870. GA- 18.GAV.IU WJUTAluR, SANDERSVILLE, GA. Terms POdflVpi Cash. •21—lv b. t. ^f 4 nras. ijllSLEY & MORRIS General Dealers in KftCHANWSE. SWAINSBO R O, G A., f’OODS given in e^chftnge for all kinds of (’..nntrv PrnJuep Country Produce. jijjjer.il advances lntide on Cotton ai.d ool '1 to fhV«i Tlir shipment- tf ^signed to flicVil far shippient. June K. 1870. BOTHFELL & WOODBRIDGE, COTTON FACTORS, AND General < ommis$i$n MERCHANTS, 74 BAY STREjy, S. S MILLER, [Xext door to Meed A; Cornwell ] IiEALEIU* T dUahftgapy, Jl*alnut Fine FURNITURE. French & C o ttage Chamber Sets AND Mattresses Made to Ord.r. No. 155 and 157 Broughton Street. SAVANNAH, GA. July 6, 1S70. ly SAVANNAH, .‘ill. 19. ISi’9. GEORGIA. iy CARPETS, OIL CLOTHS, MATTJN GS, LACE CDRTA.N AND SHADES- Work Done Promptly at loic Dates. LATHttOP & CO. Feb. 23, 1S70. ly New Music. E. If. Cohen, Jr., itlanufuciuipr of Saddles, Harness and Trunks, And Wholesale and Retail Dealer in all kinds of SADDLERY WARE, Corne; of Whitaker and Bryan Streets, SAVANNAH, GA. Older, for Rubber. Belting, Hose and Packing; nlso, Stretched Leather BcTtiug, Filled Promptly. March 23, 1870. ’ ly Alexander & Russell, Wholesale GHOCERS. Cor. Abercoru aittl Bryan Sts., Savannah, Ga. Wm. E. Alexander. IVm. A. RiiSfipH- Miscellaneous. May 11, 1S70. S, G. JlAYiNES & Bill)- GB AIM aVTSTD (!: ommistion Sltrtkmls, BAY STIC GET, SAVANNAH, GEORGIA. ,/an. 19, 1S70. W"in- L>. L. Millar, Importer cind Dealer in 7 Kojlroad and Steamboat Supplies, PAINTS GILS and GLASS, Famishes, .T'aval Stores 3 Oils On this Bc-.t-fh of Loi.g P.runch, Comic S(»iig SO ctft Hie Gay young Clerk in the iJry-Good ^torc, Comic song, 4 ( ‘ cts. The L»rd wdl Provide, sacred song, ^ &Ucts. Mar> ! O ! Cone back to me, ilii;?tfated Title song, 40 cts. A heart that beats only for thee, illustrated Title song 40 cts. Katy M(.Terran, illustrated Title song, 40 cts. You’ve been a iru-mt to me, il. us tinted Title song, 40 cts. Fas.^els on the boots, comic song, cts. BERNARD I. SMITH,! ^ ilanufacturer and Dealer in TIFT WARE, 5ANDERSVILLE, (i^ORQ1 A. I 1 L kinds of work in Tin, Copper, Sheet Iron, iTii'. *kc., done on short notice. K«M*tp;g,Guttcr- :-.jr, Vali-yiug in town or country, promptly atten- tn. Mcrcl nnt-i will be supplied with Warp of the t.-t (jiiaiity on tlie mo^t leasonabld teruis. Orders solicited. April ‘-S, 1870. \i iios. J. ininhar. Ilcury A. Sluln ■J. DUNBAR & CO., lmjiortors and Dealers in lljnVDlES, WHISKIES, GINS, WINES SEGAIIS, TQDACCO, &C. 147 Bay Street, SAVANNAH, GEORGIA, Ail H, 1870. 3-tf I L. FALK & Co., —ON E PRICE— "Wholesale and Retail (lothiii| Warehouse, No. 147 Congress & 147 St. Julien Streets, SAVANNAH, GA. A large Assoriment of r nruish'lig Goods, Hats, Trunks, Vnjises, &e., nlways on tand. Manufactory, 44 flluriy Street, New York. Roods made to order ?.t the shortest notice. January 19, 187C. 8—ly FARMER & DEPPISIl” Wholesale and Retail DEALERS IN Hardware, Rubber Belting, Agri cultural f^plrmcnls, I*owd3r, Sha^ Gaps and Lead, US Congress and 67 St. Julian Sts., SAVANNAH,. GEORGIA. ,J »rch SO, 1870. H Music sent by mail, postage paid, on receipt ot the price annexed. HERMANN L SCHREINER, Book and Blusic Deafer, SAVANNAH, - - GEORGIA. March 30, 187c. 32—ly ME1N11A11D BROS. & CO., W M<*lc3.llle Dealers in Ppots,Shoes, II ats. Ready Made Clothing, GENTLEMEN’S FURNISHING GOODS, 111 Brougtitttfl Street, SAVANNAH, GEORGIA. R. Mti.NHAitpj'l orFjeE, 1. JltiNHAK", 1. 80 &82 Whitest. Alt IN MAJID, j Ii. A. Well. J new yoiik. Jhii. 19, 1870. a-tf Laid, Whale, and Sperm Oils, Burning in cans and Bauds, ITLste, Packing, Bill' .'.L’XJ\rC5-, ^G. J, A. MEKCIBR, DEALER IN Corn, Oats, Hay, Bran, And all Kinds of J’EED, GRIST, and JIEAL, CONRIGNMENTS SOLICITED And Orders Promptly Idled in every channel of Trade. 153 Bay Street, One door east of Holcombe, Hull & Co., SAVANNAH, - - GEORGIA. All Orders will receive Prompt Attention. May 11, 1S70. IS-ly E. IK Smytke & Co., Importers and Wholesale Dealers in Crockery, China and Glassware, and Agents lor the following Celebrated SELF-SEALING FEUIT JARS, 102 BRYAN STREET, SAVANNAH, GA. March 23, 187 iy M. FERST & CO., WHOLESALE DEALERS IN Whips, Liquors, Segars and r ass_' , «si2i2^®. «cbacG:«c©« FANCY GlipCERIES, CANDIES, &c., &c.. Kemoypd to corner BAY and WH1TAKES STR^EfU SAVANNAH, GEORGIA. House in New Vo r k? 41D |{ro^d\yay. April 6/li>70. ly A,TSiTlE!1 & c«„ in Pints, Quarts, lror -t- ■ ^ | ? . J Gallons and Gallons, in for Pamphlet on l’rcserving Fruits and our prices. Liberal Discount to the Trade. E. I>. 8MY1UE & CO., j42 Congress it 141 St. Julien St., Savannah, Ga. June 1, 1870. tf BLAIR # BICKFORD, I)coders in Hoop, Sashes, Blinds, Balusters Jo^lh Oliver, Glider and Glazier, h°- 11 Whitaker Streep Savannah, Gal Dealer iu gashes, Doors, Blinds, ^lojiWings, Paints, 9ITS, GLASS, PUTTY, U D 1 aimers’ and Glaziers’ Material. Mixed 1 ( Taints of all Colors and Shades. T* I 1870, *' ly Mouldings t VfMT| Fosts and, Hand RAILINGS, 169 and 171 Bay Street, SAVANNAH, GEO. May 11, 1870. 18-ly A.Freideuherg^-Bro. Wholesale and Detail Dealers in HEAVY and FANCY GROCERIES! Corner of Barnard and Broughton Sis., S. A; VANN AH, GA, K EEP constantly on hand a hill Jsnpply of Ba con, Salt, Fish, Foreign and Domestic Li quors, Wines, Havana and West India fruits, Se gars of the best Brands and ol direct importation, Buyers from the up country, will find it to^ttar advantage to examine our Stock and pnees, before purchasing elsewhere. » g4 _ x J Aug. 25 t Furniture Warehouse, 188 BROUGHTONSTR^Tr Savannah, Georgia. New Wotk made to order, Repair ing, Bell Hanging, Mattress Making and Upholstering, .IT SHORT Ji'OTICR. A. J. MILLER. Aug. 25, 1869, C. V MILLER. 34-ly MARBLE WORKS. Keep your Money in the “TERRITORY^ BY SENDING YOUR ORDERS TO J. B. ARTOI'E & SON, COR. 3D AND STS. MACON, - GEORGIA. JttOJ\'VJUEJy'TS, Jfl.iDM* EE or Granite Box Toombs, Head Stones,Slabs,Yases Mantles, S T A TUESi &.C., Manufactured of tlie best material.’ Parties wish ing Designs, with estimate, will be furuisbed’at abort notice. Constantly on hand a Splendid Lot of ITALIAN AND AMERICAN IRON RAILING for CEMETERIES or other enclosures furnished at Man ufacturers’ prices. Till* is one of the oldest establishments iu the country, and long experience enables them to in sure satisfaction in every particular. v Ul Orders will Receive Prompt xmention. Sept. 8, 1869. 86-1 y J. M. HAYWOOD, Dealer in GENTS’ FURNISHING GOODS, COMBS, BRUSHES, mwm America:! and Imported Perfuinery, Cor. Ball and Bryan Streets, SAVANNAH, - - GEORG I/Y. May 11, 1870. tf LITTLE & PHILLIPS, Gr K/OCE^/S AND Gf/ctc/ianfo; 97 Bay Street, GA. Agents for Russel! Coe’s Ammoniatsd Superphosphate of Lime. May 11, 1870. tf A. B. Goodman, H. Mveiis, F. Myeks, Lynchburg, Ya. Savannah, Ga. Lynchburg, Ya >0 GOODMAN & TCBACCQ 'iCMWlt/flOTl Q'/Zerc. Otanfjj And Healers in Cigars and [Pipes, 137 Bay Street, SAVANNAH* GA. As Agents for the various Manufactures of Virginia, We are prepared to fill orders for every grade and style, at Manufacturers' prices. WE PAY THE HIGHEST PRICES FOK HIDES, UEtSWAX, <Vc. May 11, 1870. 18-ly Ge Y. HUTCHINS, Wholesale Dealers in f3ay,Graiu|Produce, 133 and 135 Bay Street, SAVANNAH, GEORGIA. REFERENCES, Ketcliam AHartridgc, Sav.;Hunter & Gammell, Savannah ; Business Houses generally, Bav ; J. 11. Fr.-.ith & Co., Baltimore; Marshall, Fhilips A Co., Fh'ladelpbiu ; Williams A Morrison, N.Y.jLew is Brown A Co.; Boston ; A. L. Griffin A Co., Buf falo ; E. W". S. tiefl, Ciueinnatti. May 11, 1870. 18-ly SAVED. I bHievethe boy came tosteal. Why else did he creep into the kitchen win dow without knocking ? Pet was sitting there in one of her thoughtful moods. I could see through the side window, though the luxuriant grape-vine hid me completely from view. At first sight the boy startled me. He wag uncouth—lie was ugly. Not only jhat, bqt big brow was low; find to me his eye w<is vicious. S »me children would have screamed at the s'giit 11 Mich an apparition—Pet did not. Instead, a siiiiie bn-uc cvep her face like a butst ol sunshine. Nothing human repulsed her I haw shuddered to sec her clasp a filthy little creature round the neck. Everybody was ‘nice’ with her; And in her vocab ulary ‘nice’ meant good. But to go back tc> t.ie rough intrud er. It stgrtled him to see her smile, but in an instant the boj’ looked ashamed. A flush spread to the purplish ; \vel!- tngs under his eyes. ‘Is ’oo hungry ?’ cripd Pet, in a clear, small, bird-like voice. A moment after, she emerged from her corner with a lovely rose apple, that filled both her wee hands, andTun ning toward him, her ej’eg shining—I thought I never had seen so beautiful an expression in a human face. ‘Take ’us and ’ool be nice—’oct is nice; aint ’oo ?' The boy looked down at the small b’e.'Sing ; his lips w orked a little. Sure am I nosetmon would have reached his poor heart as did that little act. He seemed to hesitate. ‘Take it,’ said I, cheerfully; ‘Pet would rather you wogld eat it, I know. What did you wish when you came? Can I do anything for you ?’ comiDg in as I spol;e. The tears stood in his eyes now. ‘I don’t know as I want anything, ma’am, I—well—I—I—don’t Know as I need anything!’ ‘Have you a home ?’ I asked. ‘A—a—home—that’s vvliat I never had.’ ‘Dive hint somefin more, mamma,’ said Pet, pitifully, grieving for the tears. H • looked at her with an a'tnosi wer slnpful glance. ‘I have two or three cords of wood that want splitting and piling, down the cellar,’ saiq I. ‘I’ll do it,’ he cried, brightening. 1 looked at him keenly. ‘C m f trust you ?’ I asked ; but I tried to say it with a stnile. ‘Yes, yog may, ma ’am; indeed jou may,' he said; and then, with a swik motion, jerked his sleeve across his eyes. lie to.d me that be was called Bertie, and 1 imparted his name to Pot. Go every little while she would pat-a- pat to the head of the cellar s.tgirs, and cry out, ‘Bertie, is ’op, nice?’ then throwing back her little head, and buisiittg in such silvery peals of laugh ter; and I laughed sofdy to myself every time I heard her. Beriie came next day to finish h : s, job, and his gray eyes grew positively beautiful at the sight ol j J et. ‘O, I love her. ma’am,’ he exclaimed, O, I’d give anything if I might kiss her, ma’am.’ ‘Pei, Bertie wants to kiss,’ I said. ‘Is ’oo nice?’ laughed Pet, suspend ing her busy little operations. ‘J{o—no—I aint nice,’ he said, re morsefully. Ghe seemed to deliberate a moment, then she said slowly. ‘Well, ’oo must be nice;’ came up to him and put up her lips. lie kissed tier—made that swift, av/kward motion with his sleeve Again, and hurried to his work. Mj r kusbaud became interested in the boy. ‘Depend upon it, Hetty,’ said he, ‘he’s a neglected genius, or he never would have shown such sensibility. I'll see about him.’ He did see about him to some pur pose. He gave him occupation ; found him reliable and steady work. The war broke out—Bertie eulisted-was, wound ed, and came near dying iu the hos pital. From that sick bed he returned home, refined, spiritualized. Ah, me ! be came home to weep over Pet’s still, waxen featutes. ‘U, my little salvation!’ he pried, with tears of agony ; hinder God—my little salvation!’ Pet, in her home above, must re joice tf she sees Bertie—now an earnest student in Christ; for this sketch is not all fancy. Bertie will be a shining light, a brand s^.ved from the burning, to minister to the heirs of glory. As for Pet, do you think 1 ever wished her back? Never. My vyaiting angel—my seraph guide to the courts of heaven! My own lit tle child thajj never gave the heart that loved her t^sjDgle pang!' ‘Of such is the kingdom,’and # with such my blessed darling is safe forevermore.— West Virginia Christian Advocate. A bigh—life young lady of Pittsburg went to a drug store and asked for lauda num for a sick child that could not sleep. She got it. and left, and the druggist, suspecting that something was wrong, sent a stomach pump after. The pump arrived at her residence just af ter she had swallowed the laudanum and was immediately set to work. She was successfully bailed out of the jaws of death, and sent on her way rejoicing. It was a little love affair. The exam ple of that druggist is worthy of im itation. It would be well if they all would send a pump qr an antidote after their poisons. : ' * ‘ The Old Minister’s Blessmg. There was a lime in Eoglaud when people were sent to jail for holding re ligious meetings and worshipping God according to their own consciences; and that, you know, was the reason our forelathers came oyer to these wes tern shores. They wanted to be where they could worship God in their own way. A wicked rich man had a spite against a dear old minister of the gos pel, Mr. Rogers. The wicked rich mau was a justice of the peace, and he thought he’would gratify ’his spite by send.ng the old minister to jail. Sir Richard Richard—that was the rich mau’s name—heard that Mr. Rogers was to preach in a barn one night, and ue sci.i two spits to find out who his hearers were,' and then appear as wi — nesses against them. The spies did as they were told, and broought him tL names ot the peopje who were at the little meeting. Gir Richard immediatley ordered them all before him. They knew he was’a vio lent man, and they came expecting the worst. While waiting in the great hall, Sir Richard’s grandchild, a little irirl ran in. She looked at the kind bid minister, and the kind old minis ter looked at her. Then she went up to him, and he took her on his knees and talked with her, for he loved the ‘little ones’ dearly. Pretty soon a servant came in, say ing, as one of the witnesses was s:ok. they mi°ht go home and leturn anoth er day. ° They did so, and Sir Richard made out a writ to send them all to jail. When they came back, the miuismr hoped he should see the little girl agfiin, and he brought her something in his pocket; nor was he disappoint ed, for in she ran, and threw herself into his arms. ‘What for yo.u here, sir?’ She ask ed, looking wistfully into his face. T believe your grandfather is going to send tpe and my li icnds here to jail,, he said. ‘To jail!’ cried the little girl. ‘Why, what have you done?’ ‘Nothing,’ said the minister, ‘but preached; and my friends here did nothing but listen to me.’ „ ‘1 hen my grandpa sha’n’t send you to jail,’cried she. Giiding out of bis arms, she ran to her grandfather’s room, and knocked with both her feet and head on the door. Of course he iet her in. ‘What you going to do with my good old gent'.Ginan here in the hall, grandpa ?’ she asked. ‘That is nothing to 3’ou, child,’an swered grandpa; ‘you go about your play.’ ‘No, I sha’n’t, grandpa,’ said she. ‘He says you are going to send him and his friendsto jail. If you do, grandpa, 1 11 drown myself in the pond as sop,n as they are gone* 1 will indeed.’ The child was a great favorite witjj Si? Richard, who had nearly spoiled her, Ghe was wilful and very resolute, and as he allowed nobody in the house to contradict or oppose her, he was now afraid to do so himself; therefore his wicked designs were Quite shaken, nor would she leave him until he promis ed to let the poor prisoners go free. Pretty soon he stepped into the hall with the writ in his hand, and said to Mr. Rogers and his little flock, T have here made out your mittimus to send you all to jail, as you deserve: but at my grandchild’s request, I withdraw from the proseeutionj and set yo.u all at liberty.’’ They all bowed and thanked his honor - The good minister stepped up to the child, and 'aid his hand upon her head. Lifting up his eyes to heav en, he said, ‘God bless you, my dear child. May the blessing of that God whose cause you now did plead, though as yet you know him not, be upon you in life, at death, and through all eter nity.’ Then he and his friends went away- Tlie minister never saw the Ijttle girl afterwards. But did God’s bless i,ng follow her? She grew up to be a rich and gay young lady. Her graud- father died aud left her his great pro perty. She did what she pleased, and weut when she pleased; and lived in fashionable pleasure. And was she happy? No, no, she was not happy, for the blessing of God asked by the good minister was follow ing her. But would not that make her happy ? Ob, no, not in the way she lived, because fr!;e was living without God. One day she sent for a doctor. He came. ‘Doctor,’ she said, ‘I don’t ail much in my body, but I have an uneasy mind I can’t get rid of.’ ‘I had,’said the doctor*‘until I met with a little book that cured me.’ ‘Book !’ cried the gay lady, ‘I read all the books I can lay my bands on —all the new plays and novels ; but for all that I feel no better.’ The doctor then said he would bring her his book if she would promise to read it. She promised ; and th’e next time be came he put a little volume in her hands. It was the New Testa ment. She did not like it at first. ,But,’ she said, ‘as I never read it before, and have promised, I will give it a reading.’ Ah, the blessing asked by the good minister was on her as she read; and she saw what her soul needed—a Sav iour, a precious Saviour—a Saviour’s forgiveness and love. She found it all; and she- became famous in her day for the love she bore to Christ and His dear people. Her bouse in London was open to all who loved her Lord, THE CENTRAL GEORGIAN R^lTES OF ADVERTISING. on <o CJ ► 9) » V 1 9 V to I «r r CO i 9 m ! r la B e tf f "or I P tr ~ <* J f 9 S 1 $1.75 $2.50 $3.25 $5.00 $7.20 t$i2.00 $20.1,0 2 1.75 3.75 4.00 5.00 9.00 12.00 18.00 so.ro 3 3.00 4,00 5100 7.00 12.00 10.00 28.00 40.1-0 4 3.Sb 5.50 7.o0 9.00 18.00 25.00 35.00 50.00 & 4.00 7.00 9.00 12.00 20.00 28.00 40.00 60.00 6 6.00 8.50 12.00 15.00 25.00 34.0J 50.00 75.00 12 10.00 15.00 20.00 25.00 45.00 60.00 80,00 J2O.0O 24 20.00 30.00 40.00 j 50.00 j.70.00 8O.0O jtio.oo 150.00 Book and Job work, of all kiijtd^i PROMPTLY AND NEATLY EXCCUTBO ‘ AT THIS OFFICE. and she Spent her great wealth in His service. 4n Aftoniahed Old Lady. An old lady whose home is in the cquDtry, and hadn't bppj) ip pincinnridi for seyeral years, parpe in yesterday to do some trading, her principal bpsin,q$j being one of the few eventful incidents qf he? life, the purchase of a new bon net. She hadn’t had a new bonnet sir.pe she was ip Cincinnati the last tune, and that was seyep years ago; nor naa she seen apy of thp npvy-fangled con trivances— -tfifies light ps air,—which the wqmen wear now-a-days iu place of bonnets. As a new bonnet was the engrossing theme in her mind on en tering the city, of pourse she was qu the alert atqnpetqsee what the fashion was. Jmagine her ponstprpatiop, then in standing on Fourth street wafehipg the people passing by. For a time ste was perfectly speechless, and then slip was observed to throw up her hands and exclaim: ‘For the land’s sake ! are the women all crazy, gaddin’ through the streets with nothin’ on theit blessed heads? What’s become of all their bonnets ?’ She went into a millinery store and accqsted a ‘gentlemanly and obligipgd young lady in attendance: ‘You see I came in the hull waf from Clarmont county to buy a bonnet. I’ve worn this one goin’ on eight yeajy It’s a little out of fashioo, I reckon, and I want one that is right in style. I didn’t know what the women was wearin', so I stood out here a blessed hour to see’em pass, and I hope neve? to see my old qian agin if saw ope ^o-r man with a.bonnet on durin’ the hull' time. Some had a dqll’s handkercief laid on the top of the head, others had what looked to,? all the world, like oyster pptties trimpped with blow’d glass, and I declared to goodness if a woman with a, big rutaburga turnip 1 on the b.apk of jjer head, in fly net } wore any coverin’ ‘ ceptin’ a yellow circus ticket tied on with a ribbon !’ When informed that the styles she had seen were the latest thing in the bonnet line, the old lady’s astonish ment increased, and she was thorough ly bewildered by tbe time she had ex amined each variety embraced in milliner’s collection, particqlafly wheq she learned the accompanying pricea. She declared that it was enough to set any one crazy to s. e such vanities as women are running to now-a-days— 1 ‘Twanl so when I was a gal,’ said she. ‘women wore bonnets in them days kivered their heads, and tied’erp qncie? the qhip insttd of fasfn ’qrp to the hack hair.’ She left ip great disgust* and said abe would go back to Clar mont and wear her old bpnnet till mil liners got to makipg bonnets again.— Cincinnati Gazette. Handshaking; How did the people first £et into tbo habit of shaking hands? The answer, says All the Year Round, is not far to seek. In early and barbarous times* when every savage or semisavage vvqs his own lavy-giyer, dudge, soldier, and policemen, and had to watch over hi9 r own safety in default of all other pro tection two friends or acquaintances; or two strangers, desiring io be friends or acquaintances, when they chancpA to meet, offered each to the o,tber the,' right haod-nr-the band that wielded the sword* the dagger, the club, the toma hawk or other weapons of war. Each did this to show that the hand was emp ty, and that neither war nor treachery was intended. A mau cannot well stab another while he is in the act o( shaking hands with him, unless he bq a double dyed traitor and villain, and strives to aim a, cowardly blow with thq left^ while giving the right and preten ding to, be on good terms with the vic- tem. The custom of hand-shaking prevails, more or ies, among all civil ized nations, and is the tacit avowal of friendship and good-will, just as tjhq. kiss is of a warmer passion. Ladies, as every one must have rer. marked, sqldoija or never shake hands with tbe cordiality of gentlemen; un less it be with each other. The reason is obvious. It is for them to receive, homage, not to give it. They capnot be expected to snow to persons of tbq other sex a warmth qf greeting, which might be misinterpreted; unlesg 6uch persons are very closely related to them by family or affeqtion; in which cases, hand-sliakiDg is not needed, and tbe lips do more agreeable duty. Every man shakes hands accordingto his nature, whether it be timid or ag gressive, proud or bumble, courteous- c r churlish, vulgar or refined, sincere or hypocritical, enthusiastic or iudiff- ernt. The nicest refinements and idio syncrasies of character may often be discoverable in this fashion. ‘Having frequently seen good things in the Drawer from little folks, I give you tbe following as a specimen brick from our Western home: ‘Willie, who is just entering upon -- • his fourth winter, had very attentively watched one of bis aunts dressing, fpt an evening party; and as it was sum mer time, and fashionable, the dregs! did not come as far up on thq neck ii* : ' Willie’s ideas of proprieety suggested. He went to her ward robe, and in q, moment came back pulling a clpse fit-, ling basque after him, w hen the follow ing conversation ensued: •’ ‘Aunt. ‘.What is that for?’- L ~ Wfilliel ‘Eor you to pat on.! ;‘Aunt. *|£ut I' am dressed npw'. Iy look pretty, don’t IV ' J • ‘Willie. ‘Yes,’ giving a modest glance at her shoulders; ‘but somebody might see you.’ •