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About The Thomaston herald. (Thomaston, Ga.) 1870-1878 | View Entire Issue (May 13, 1871)
' y()L. ll* thethomaston herald, PUBLISHED BT McMICHAEL & CABANISS, every Saturday morning TERMS? AH p»7*rnt* INVARIABLY IV ADVANCE After October tat no n;itne will be put upon the sub -ICrlnti«n book* unless payment is made in advance Tup paper will be stopped at the expiration of the time paid for, unless subscription is previous renewed, jt the sddre-s of a subscriber is to be changed, we 01 ,5 t have the old address as wvll as the new one, to t>rc»«nt mistake No subscription received for a less period than three tn<nths. tarred by Carrier in town without extra charge. No site mien paid to anonymous cominuni nations, as wr are responsible for everything entering our columns. This rule is imperitive snr one sending us the name* of three new subscrib er*. with $6.00, we will send the Hksau. one year r K \n < mark sfter subscribers name Indicates that the time of subscription is out. ADVERTISING RATES. The so lowing are the rate* to which we adhere in all contracts for advertising, or where advertisement* are handed in without instructions. One square ten lines or less ( Vonparlel type). $1 for the first and 50 cents for each subsequent insertion. I T. f M 8 M 6 \f. 12 M. 1 xqutro ♦ 1 00 $ 2 50 $ 7 00 SIOO sls 00 s Uqusres 200 AOO 10 00 15 Oo *25 00 8 squares 800 700 15 00 20 00 80 00 4 squares 400 10 00 20 00 80 00 40 00 u Column ft 00 200 S'l 00 40 00 50 00 u Column 10 00 20 00 85 00 65 00 80 00. 1 Column 15 00 25 iiO 1 40 00 70 00 130 VK> Di-played Advertisements will be cnarged according to the spaa* thev occupy. All advertisements should be marked for a specified time, nth-Twise they will be continued and charged for sntil ordered out. Advertisements inserted at intervals to be charged ss new each insertion. Advertisements to rrn for a longer period th >n three months are due and will be collected at the beginning of each quarter. Transient advertisements must be paid for In advance. ,)oh wmk must be paid for on delivery. Advertisements discontinued from any cause before expiration of time specified, will be charged only for th.i time published. Liberal deductions will be made when cash is paid in advance. Professional cards one square $lO 00 a year. Marriage Notices $1.50. Obituaries $1 per square. Notices of a personal or private character, intended to promote anv private enterprise or interest, will be charged ss other advertisement* Advertisers are reque-ted to hand in their favors a* •arli in the wee l as possible Ifu a ore te me will be ntrirtly adhered to. LEGAL ADVERTISING. A* heretofore, since the war, the following are the pries* for notices of Ordinaries, Ac.—to be paio in ad ta'Ck : Thirty Oars’ Notice* ••$ 5 00 F'irty flays’ Notices 6 25 Bairs of Lands. Ac pr. sqr of tea Lines 6 00 Silty Maas’ Notices 7 00 Mi Months’ Notices IT 00 T' U Diy«’ Noth-«* of Sales pr sqr ... 200 Mikkikkt’ Salk*—for these Sales, for every fi fa $8 ml. Mortgage Sales, per square. sft 00 “Let. ssid- a liberal per centage for advertising Ksei yon self unceasingly before the public; and it mutters not what busl iess you are engaged in, for, if Intellisently and industriously pursued. a fortune will be the resit 1 ! —Hunts Merchants’ Magazine. " After l began to u ’vertise my Ironware freely, business Increased with amazing rapidity. For ten jrevs oast ( hive spent £30.000 yearlv to keep my superior wares bes-re the public Had 1 been timid in silvertlsing. I never should have po-sessed my fortune of £35!i.000”. McLeod Helton. Birmingham “ Advertising like Midas’ touch, an>'ns everything to gold fi. it, your daring men draw millions to their coffers ” —Stuart Olay *" hat audacity is to love, and boldness to war, the skillful use of printer’s i it, is to success in business.*' — Be cher. "The newspapers made Kisn."—.7 Fisk, .Tr. Without the aid of advertisemen'a I• on and have done noth ng In my p culations. I have the most comple e fsi h in "printers’ink.” Adve.Using is the “royal road tu huhiness ’’—Rirnnrn Professional Pards. DGY \ L it NUNN ALLY Att* rn**ve us Law, Griffin. Ga. Will practice in all the coun ties comprising the. Flint Judicial Circuit. and in the C'un'ies of Meiiwether, Clayton, Fayette and Coweta, "ill practice in the Supreme Court of (Georgia, and the District Court nt the United Mates tor the Northern and South ern Districts of Georgia A H NUNNAI.It. [a pi 15- ly] L T DOTAL. TY aLLKN. Attori ev nr L w Thum * aston, Gs. Will practice in the counties com prising the Flint Judicial Circuit, and elsewhere by •P**ci»| contract All business promptly attended to. Dfflre in Cheney’s brick building. mehll-ly DK T K KKNIGLIi offers hi*« pp.if#*B •lonal services tc the citizen* of I homastou and •Urrounding country. May be found durine tue day at “ D- Hardaway’* store, at night at the former resi ee «>f t'harles Wilson. Jan 14 ly. TK KEUDiNG. at . L<w. • Barnesvil e. Pike co, Ga. Will practice in the r ''untics comprising the Flint Judicial Cireiiit, mid t'evhere by special on tract Al business promptly Attended to. Office in Elder - building,overt’liamber's ■ in Store. augt>- y r Pi 10VIAS BKALL. Attornev at L<w. 1 Thomaston, Ga. Will practice in the Flint Clr ttiit and elsewhere by special contract. aug27-ly A\ T T. WEAVER Attorney at Law. w ' » • Thomaston, Ga. Will practice in all the of the Flint Circuit, and elsewhere by special tontmet. lune2s-ly fOIIN I. HALL. Attorney and Counsellor tl *t Law Will practice in the counties composing Flint Circnit. in the Supreme Court of ttiil m the District Court of the United States for the Northern and goiuhern Districts of Georgia. Thomaston, Ga.. June 18th. lW"-ly. JOSEPH 11. SMITH. Attorney and Counsellor at Law. Office Corner Whitehall and Peters streets xtbmta, Ga. Will practice n 'he Su perior Courts of Coweta and Flint Circuits, the Su preme Coart of the State, and the United States’ Dis trict Court. AH com unications addre-sed to him at Atlanta will receive prompt attention. apri!9-ly Anderson & moCalla. Attorneys at Law. Covington, Ceorgla. Will attend regu •"tly, and Practice In the Superior Courts of the •"unties of Newton, Butts. Henry, Spalding Pike, M»>nroe, Upson, Morgan. DeKalb, Gwinnette and Jto- Per. dec 0-1 j Tames M. MATHEWS, Attorney at 0 Laws, Talootton, Ga. will practice all the connties e ° ,n P‘islng the Chattahoochee Circuit and elsewhere by •Pocial contract declO-ly \\ r ILLIS & WILLIS. Attorneys at Law Talbotton, Ga Prompt attention given to Q *tn«as placed in our hands. declO-ly Robert P. TRIPPE. Attorney ar Law P’nrsyth, Ga Will practice in the State Conns V'' ln l he United States' District Court at .Atlanta and ®» T »iuiah. Ga, dec 0-1 y I A HUNT, Attorney at Law. Barnes ih.ii Tille ’ Will practice in all the counties of nt 1 ircuit and Supreme Court of tlw State. MARION BETIIUNE, Attorney at . Law, Talboton. Ga. Wfh practice in all the v° f t^le Chattahoochee Circait, and Upson and ’’rther counties declß-1y j\R ROGERS will continue the practice kL 0f Medu ' iD «- Office at B. D. Hardaway’s Drug . _____ deeply I)'L? W - T HaNNAU. i* pleased to ib« citizen/i of Upson that he vrtll eontlntrt ‘Msditioe in Its various bmarches at jwttoo.ttg. declß-!y JtSSi®. WALKER Attorney at Law practice ln Circuit Courts o 4 et?Al y WMI “ States Distriet Co&rta. hf«” il b. ■ugl Th ® systom* of liver siMiomiSHtSS 'he shoulder, and 1. nd,. 1 he stomach is aff.-ced . i-h ness, t owel. In g.-neral costive. -ometlmJs alt2rn f k ' with lax The head is troubled with o.in > n >< \ "If’ heavy sensation considerable loss of memorr ,cc o m panted w.th painful sensation of having left something which ought to have been don* Often ?om pbdningi.f we;ikn»-ss. di-Mlity. ,„d low spiriu SomT times, some of the above I I If FI 11 lattend the dls. li I V K II V T at other t^®. ■4 I I U II | T ® rsr fe,r of ’hem; hut g the Liver is generally the lj"o 'th. Llv.-r .t,h orß *' l m< ’*' I "’ t ' W DR. SIMMON’S* Liver Regulator, U has been used fiv hundreds, and k nown for the last 3 > years as -ne of th.- most, reliable, efficacious and harmless preparations eve!- off,-red to the suffering If I is sure to cure Dysp,. r , Bta, 8 t a , headache, rboblatorJKSvS I bladder, cainp dvsenferv "ffections of the kidney-, fever, nervousness, chills, diseases of the -kin. impurity of the blood, melancholy, or depression of spirits heart burn, colic, or pains in the bowels, pain in the head Tever and ague, dropsy, boils, pain 'n back and limbs "sthma erysipelas, female affections, and bilicus dis eases generally. Prepared only bv J. il. ZEILIN & CO., ‘ $1.85. Drug2'i*,ts, Macon, Ga. 1 he followine highly respectable persons can fully at test to the virtues of this valuable medicine, and to whom we most respect,lullv refer* Gen W. S. Holt, President S. W. R. R. Company; Riv J. Beider, Perry, Ga; Col F„ K Sparks, Albany, Ga.; George J Lunsford. Ksq.. Conductor «. W R R • C Masterson. Esq. Bh»riff Bibb countv; J A. Butts! r.ainbridge, Ga ; Dykes to Bparhawk. Editors Floridian, Tallahassee; Rev. J W. Burke. Macon. G« ; Virpß Powers Ksq., Sut erintendent 8. W. R R ; Daniel Bui lard, Bullard’s Station. Macon and Brunswick If. K, Twiggs county, Ga ; Grenville Wood. Wood’s Factory Macon. Ga; Rev. t F. Kasterlinn, P E Florida Cop reTerce; Major A. F. Wooley, Kingston, Ga.; Editor Mac n Telegraph. B’«»r sale bv John F Henry. New York, Jno D. Park, Cincinnati, Jno. Flemming, New Orleans, and all Drug gist* SIXTY-FIVE FIRST PRIZE MEDALS AWARDED. > the great Southern Piano MfINUFfICTORY. 'W'ayE. kistalbe &c co., • M ANUFACTWRKRB Og GRAND, SQUARE AND UPRIGHT PIANOFORTES, BALTIMORE, MD. r JHHESE Instrument)* have been before the 1 Public for nearly Thirty Yestrs, and upon their excellence alone attained »n unpurchased pre eminence, which prouounces them unequalled. T heir TONE combines great power, sweetness and fine singing quali ty, as well as great, purity of Intonation and Sweetness throughout the entire scale. Their TOUCH is pliant and elastic and entirely free from the stiffness found In so manv Pianos. 11ST WORKMANSHIP they are unequalled using none hut. the very best seas oned material, the large capital employed in our busi ness enabling us to keep continually an immense stock of lumber. >k<-.. on hand. All our Square Pianos have our New Improved Over strung S«ob- and the Agraffe Treble. We would call special attention to our late improve ments in GRA NI) PIANOS AND SQITA RE GRANDS, Patented August. 14, 1566 which bring the Piano nearer perfection th in has vet been attained. Every Piano fully warranted 5 Years We made arrangement* for the Bole Wholesale Agency for the most ccle’-rated PARLOR ORGANS AND MELODKONM which we offer, Wholesale and Retail, at LowestTuctorv P>ices WM. KNABE & CO. septl7-m Baltimore, Md. “OUR FATHER’S HOUSE;” op, THE UNWRITTEN WORD. By Daniel Makcii. n. D., Author of the popular “ Night Scenes.” r I'UITS mn«tpr in tb- ugnt nnd lungung' l 1 shows ns untold riches and beauties in the Great House, with its Blooming flowers. Si ging birds. Waving palms. Polling clouds. Beautiful bows Sacred mountains. Delightful rivers, Mighty oceans. Thunder ing v-dees. Blazing heavens and vast universe with countless* beings in millions of worlds, and reads to ns in each the Unwritten World, Rose-tinted paper, or nate engravings and superb bind! g ‘Rich and varied inthoueht’' * ' haste.” “a nsy and graceful in style ” ‘‘('orrect. pure and elevating in its tendency.” “Beau tiful and good.” "A household treasure ” t’ommenda tions like the above from College President* and Pro fessor. ministers of all denominations, and the re’igions and secular pres* all over the country. Its freshness, purity of language, with clear, open type, fine -teel en gravings. substantial binding, and low price, make it the book lor the masses. Agents are selling from 50 to 150 per week. We want. Clergymen, School Teachers, smart yonne men nnd ladies to introduce the work for us in every township, and we will pav liberally. No Intelligent manor woman need he without a paying business. Send for circular, full description, and terms. Address ZIEGLER to McGURDY. 16S. Sixth Bt.n et. Philadelphia Pa. 139 Race street, Cincinnati, Ohio, 69 Monroe street, Chicago, 111.. 503 N. Bixth street, St Louis, Mo. seplO-m or, 102 Main street, Springfield, Mass. ~FOUR GOOD BOOKS. Should be Had in every Family. DEVOTIONAL and Practical Pnlvelott FAMILY BIBLE, containing ft copious index, Concordance Dictionary of Biblical Terms. Geograph ical and Historical Index, <fee Fourteen hundred pages furnished in three styles of binding LA WS of BUSINESS for all the States in the Union By Theophilus Parsons. L L D This volume contains forms for men of every trade or profession, mortgages, deeds, bills of sale,’easrs, bmd, articles of copartner ship. will, awards, toe Published by the National Pub li-hing Cos . Nemphis, Tenn. THis LIFE OF GEN. R. E LEE. by Jas. D. WeCibe, author of a life of Stonewall Jaekson. This book should find its way into every family as it te one of the best written accounts of the heroic deeds of the Great Vir ginian yet published. LIGHT IN THE EAST, by the well-known writer, Fleetwood. Mr JOHN A. COCHRAN has taken the Agency for Upson and Pike count!**, and wi 1 call upon the people with these invaluable books Immediately apnll-ot. STEREOSCOPES, VIEWS, albums, CHBOMOS, FRAMES. E. A H. T. ANTHONY A CO., 591 BROADWAY, NEW YORK, Invite the attention of the Trade to i heir extensive assortment of the above good-, of their own publica tion, manufacture and importation. Also, PHOTO LANTERN SLIDES and GRAFHOSCOPES. NSW VIEWS OF tOSEMITE, fi. & H. T. ANTHONY A CO M 59t Beoadwat, N«w York, . Opposite Metropolitan Hotel. Importers and Manufacturers of PI, ot ®«T* Material*. THOMASTON, ga., SATURDAY MORNING, MAY 13, 1871, Miscellaneous. Personal Recollections of Diatinxul.hid - Men. BY Till “FAT CONTRIBCt >R.” My only r-~eollection of Dem wthenes ia bis attempting to apeak a piece at a district pcho .1 exhibition when he was a b«»y, and breaking down. lie was reciting the familial lines : nu scarce expect one of my age To speak in public, on thi str.gc ; If I should chance to fall below Demosthenes or”——— A t this point he hesitated, put the corner of his apron to his eye, burst into tears and sat down, totally overcome by the allusion to himself Htoi by the novelty of the situa tion. Cicero, who was a lad at the same school" made fun of Demosthenes, asking him. derisively, if he hadu’t better go and hire out for an orator. The last time I met Socrates he was on his wait to take tea—hemlock tea I think with the sheriff” of his county. He recog nized me, gave me a hemlock hough, and passed Cn , We boys felt very bad when we heard ’ they had soc and it to old Socrates, for we liked him. I was with Julius Csc-ar when he passed the Rubicon He held a good hand, and I told him he had better order it up. hut he passed. The result is well known; lie lost the game. Alexander the Great and myself were schoolmates. We were brought up little girls together. He use to amuse himself, J remember, by smashing up all the globes there were in school, and then sit down and cry because there were no more worlds to conquer. I happened to be with him when he cut the Gordian Knot. Many others had tried in vain to do it. It was ’ knot for Jo.” Smart Aleck came along and cut it the first time trying, with a patent corn-cutter. Nero had one of the most sensitive or- I ever knew, and keenly svm*- p.ithized with human woes. I have seen him sit in the amphitheater at R une, and weep bitterly when the captives were torn in pieces bjr wild beasts. It is a base slander to say he fiddled while Rome was hurtling. He belonged to a fire-engine company, and I saw him as he helped to hreak’er down, and in the excitement of the moment though he was fiddling, and so reported. Mechanical Association. The workingmen of the land with their brown arms aod toiling hands, in the South are taking an important and respectable position. It was the custom to lo"k upon working peop'e as a “low class," and the nose of the kid gioved gentry would just turn un of its own accord at sun-burnt arms. But now the man of work is the man of Mark In other cities workingmen have com bined for the good of each other and the whole ; and the good of such an organiza tion lias worked out grand consumatious. Farmers have their societies; doctors have organizations, and mechanics th“irs also. These organizations become a powerful aux iliary in harmonizing the interests of each other and diffusing intelligence as well as in building up individual manhood and mor;ility. There are more than one hundred mechanics in Opelika, many of them of fine intelligence and high character and of real substance, who, if associated in a proper organization, might greatly benefit each oth“r as well as the community. In M'»nt* gomery, Columbus, Selma, Atlanta, arid all the surrounding cities, there are mechani cal oganizatiops ; an 1 it is a proverbial fact that wherever there is such a combination, the dignity of labor has been established and ihe mechanic has taken a high position, and architecture has received an impulse to higher development. Our community would rejoice to see every mechanic in Opelika fostering an organiza tion of this sort. Helping and encourag ing each other and sustaining the honor and dignity of labor aod advancing the skill of handicraft. — Opelika Era. Fashion Notes. Half high shoes will more cn repel for summer wear than high laced or buttoned boots. Uncarved ivory fans and ivory glove stretchers are considered suitable gifts for a bride to receive. The Jockey Club how, fastened with a bow spring to the collar button, is the last style announced in gentlemen’s cravats. The latest style of collars for gentlemen is narrow and turned over, worn low in the neck. The stouter the persen the lower can the collar be worn. Fashionable*, both ladies and gentlemen, now affect the Tennyson reversible cuff Its distinguishing feature is a notched-off edge below the slepve button. Cuffs and collars of brown and eeru-linen are the thing for summer traveling wear. They are trimmed with narrow ruffles of the same, edged with a line of English lace. All the bonnets of tbe season are modifi cations of the gipsy or cottage shapes. Their brims are either turned up indented, filled with ruches or bandeaux, or left plain, to be filled by frizettes of bair, as the taste of the wearer may dictate. Gentlemen now keep their button-bole • bouquets fresh in small, flat glass tubes, partially filled with water. The tube is small enoush to slip through the button hole ; a little silver or gilt ring around the neck, tr which a pin is attached, keeps it in its place. Parasols of the latest style are of shades of pongee, lined with silk serg*. huff, drab, nr ecttr, or poplin, lined with silks a shade darker. An edge of darker color, and sometimes a fringe, also a shade darker, finishes them Practical ladies affect the English wa king-stick parasol or umbrella A gentleman, one evening, was seated near a lovely w man, when the cotrtpan? around were proposing conundrums to each Turning to his companion, he said : “Why is a ladv unlike a mirror V' She gate R op. “Because/’said the rude fel low, “a mirror rejects without speaking j It lady speaks with nt reflecting." “T«ry good,” said she. “Now answer me. Why jfg man unlike a mirror?" “I can not teH you." “Because tbe mirror ia polished, and the naan is net” A Few Smiles. A man consumes time when he eats dates. ‘ Belletj" cail a great many people to Church. A prudent man is like a pin. ilia head prevent him from goiog too far. The man who sat on a paper of tacks said they reminded him of an income tax. honsistonev—Asking a blessing before meal, and abusing tbe vitu&ls through the entire meal. A wise man advertises extensively, be cause he believps that many columns fur nish a good support. M hat a change. It is said ’hat if Midae touched any tiling it turned to gold ; touch ni?rt now with gold and they turn to any thing. A Frenchman cannot pronounce “ship.” 1 iie word is “sheep" in his mouth. Seeing an iron -clad, he «aid to a bov, ‘ isn dish a war sheep?" “No,” answered the boy, “its a ram." “My daughter, I want you to stop talk— ing ; you must wait until you are spoken to " “Me." answered the child, “if every one were to wait until they were spoken to, how could they talk ?" An English writer says in his advice to young married women, “that their mother Eve married u gardener." It might be added that the gardener, in consequence of the match, lost his situation. “I mfant to have told you of that hole.” said a gentleman to his friend who Was walking with him in his garden, and stum bled into a \iit full of water. “No matter ” eaid his friend, blowing the mud and water from his month, “I’ve found it " Fashion Notes fur the Ladies. e clip the following from our exchages : Several strand-* of seed pearls are consid ered very stylish for a necklace. Necklaces are still the rage. The newest style is called the “dog collar;" it is very broad and composed of heavy gold links. Bonnets trimmed in two colors, flowers or feathers, are especially the combination of the season’s novelties. The hair is wmm lower than ever in the back, braided in wide strands and and loop ed on the top of the head, while it is held by a bow and ends of ribbon. Hoops, if worn at all, very small, with an* extensive bustle attachment. Many dispense entirely with the wire cage, and wear the pannier bustle of hair, cloth or wire. B’ack and white lace combined, and or namented with bright flowers, make a love* ly bonnet to fie worn en suite with a cos tume of black gross grain, or of cashmere, trimmed with black and white lace. Overskirts, we arc told, will now have but a short reign, although they are pretty and universally liked. Instead of the over skirt. the skirt is to be ruffled to tbe waist, and worn with a stylish basque. Hair striped silks, in various shades and colors, make up very stylish. Most of them are trimmed with feathered ruchings of the material, or with ruchings of plain silk matching the dark -tripe of the costuni”. White chip bonnets and hats have been introduced in great numbers this season, and will be prefered toother straws. They are handsome, trimmed with any c dor. Black velvet and lace will he extensively used on these hats, which can be worn with any suit. An Affecting . v cene.— A sad scene oc curred at Calvary ceme’ery on Tuesday af ternoon, the occasion being the burial of the father and mother ot four children residing in Henrv street in this city- The weather was so inclement that the friends who accompanied the remains decided to let the children remain in the carriage, but their earnest pleadings, with tearful eyes, to see their mother’s grave, could net be resisted aod their wish was granted. Both cuffing were carried to ths grave, and the youngest little girl, who seemed to be unconscious of what was transpiring caressed the coffin rs her mother with a childish simplicity, uttering the most endearing of “poor mama, nice mama. Will come home," etc. The oldest sister took the little prattler by the hand and brought her to the other aide of the grave. As the grave digger lowered his mother’s coffin lo its last resting place and threw the first shovel full of clay, the children simultaneously gave one pierceing cry, which echoed over the church yard bring ing tears to the eyeg of all present. Many of the men unable to gaze on the sad scene, tnrnid and walked away. It was with difficulty the chi'dren were persuaded to Ipave the grave and as they were about to depart, the little ones following the exam ple of the oldest, knelt down on the new made grave, and offered up prayers to their Creator for the spiritual welfare of the father and mother whom (Dathhad deprived them of on one— W Y World. The fearful sufferings of the crew of the hart Dashing Wave, a China tea clipper, shipwrecked on a small island in tbe South Picific Ocean, are narrated in the Fiji Times, of January 7. The crew took to tbe long-boat, and captain Vsndervord secured a chart and nautical instruments, bat strange to say, no compass was saved ; a case of colonial wine, a bag and a balf of bread and two backets were put in the boat, bat no water, aod for thirty-one days the thirteen men were in the open boat without seeing land or a ship or receiving any assistance whatever. For the first five days they had not a drop of water, an I the cap tain divided a bottle of wine daily among the thirteen men. Afterwards they had rains, and caught e nugh to serve ouj half a pint of water to each roan per diem It was first designed to steer for the Kingsmill group, but the current against them, and then a course was steered for Ascersion Island, and had any of the party been able to low, they might have reached it, but, weak as they were, all they could do was to keep their boat before the wind with tbe blanket sari. At la a fc after thirty days’ suffering, they reached Strong’s Island, of the Caroline group, and were reoeived by the Ring with the utmost hospitality. Ha look the Captain and Mate to live with him, aod assigned quarters to the mea in ihe town. After thirty-eight days they were taken off by a ship which pat in for pro* rfffhm#. Tragedy at Lake City, Fla. A special dispatch to the Savannah News gives the particulars of a difficulty at Lvke City, Fla., on the night of the 25th of April, which terminated In the death of a Mr* Ma honey. During a dance at a party, that night, Mrs. Mahonev charged Mr. Samuel Bellsinger with fqueezing|her hand too hard, and for this alleged insult he was attacked in the hall-room by Mr. Mahoney. Par ties eeperate them there, but Mahoney fol lowed Bellsinger to a house in the city whither he went to'escort a lady home, and as he was leaving it, sttAcked and knocked him down with a stick. The next dny BMlsioger and Mahoney met in a saloon, when Bellsinger demanded an apology for Mahoney’s c induct, saying that it he had done anything to insult Mrs. Ma hoDey he would go and apologize. Maho ney refused to give an apology, or to per mit Bellsinger to make one, and after a few words again attacked B *lls tiger, when Bellsinger shot at him. B th then fired several shots, until Mahoney fell dead." M"Kal— For Gent. Don’t seem to squeeze a married lady’s hmcl unless you want to make her a widow. For Lady— Unless you are certain offense whs intended, do not complain to your hus band, nor then, if you don’t want to be a widow. For Husband-- Beyond the reach of advice, or moral, you see how it is yourself. Billings’ Advice to Jo* —By awl mea»s Joe, get married, if you got a fair show. Don’t stand shivering on the bank, but pitch in and stick yure hei under and the shiver is over. There ain’t enny more trick in getting married aft-*r you’re redy than there is in eating peanuts. Menny a man has stood shivering £*n the shore till the river awl run out. Don’t expect to marry an angel, them hev swl been picked up long ago. Remember, Joe, you ain’t a saint yourself. Do not marry for buty excltos ively ; buty is like ice, awful slipperly, and thaws dredful easy. Don’t marry for luv neither; luv is like a cooking stove, good for nothing when the fuel gives out. But marry a mixture. And let the mixture be some buty becomingly dressed, w-ith übout $250 in her pocket, a good speller, handy and neat in the house, plenty of good sense, a tuft constitution and by laws, email feet, a light stepper; add to this sound teeth and a warm heart. This mixture will keep in enny climate, and not evaporate. It the cork happens to he left off for two or three minutes the strength ain’t all gone. Joe. For heaven’s sake don’t marry for pedigree. Thar ain’t much in pedigree unless it is hacked by bank stocks. A family with nothing but pedigree generally lack sence. Tub American Newspaper Reporter gets up some very sensible conceits about adver tising, as witness the following : Judicious advertising always pays. If you have a good thing, udvertise it. If you haven’t, don’t. If you don’t mean to mind yourown busi ness, it will not pay to advertise. Never run down your opponent’s good in public. him do his own advertising. It’s as true of advertising as of any thing else in this world—if it D worth doing at all it is worth doing well. You can’t eat enough in one week to last a whole year and you can’t advertise on that plan either. A large 'advertisement once, and then discontinued, creates the impression that the man has failed. Injudicious advertising is like fishing whero there’s no fish. You need to let the line fall in tbe right place. If you can arouse euriosity by an adver tisement, it is a great point gained The fair sex don’t hold all the curioeity in the world. People who adver ise only once in three months forget that most folks can’: remem ber any thin*r lnncr*»r than about seven days. A Competent Witness.— “William! Look ! Tell us, William who mnde you ?” William, who was considered a fool, screwed ud his face, and looked thoughtful and somewhat bewildered. “Moses, I s’pose !’’ “That will do,” said Counsellor Grey, addressing the court ; “The witness says he supposes Moses made him ; that is an inte ligent answer, more than I thought him capable of giving, for it shows that he has some faint idea of Scripture. I submit that is not sufficient to entitle him to be sworn as a witness capable cf giving evidence. “Mr. Judge,” said the fool, “may I ax the iawyer a question Y* “Certainly,” said the Judge. “Well then, Mr. Lawyer, who d’ye s’pqse made you ?" “Aaron I s’pose,” said Counsellor Grey, imitating the witness. After the mirth had somewhat subsided, the witness drawled out, “Wall, ne-ow, we do read in the book that Aaron onoe made a calf, bat wbo’d a thought the darned critter had got in he**e !" The Judge ordered the man to be sworn. —— Bill of Fare. A gentleman who has just returned to New Orleans from Paris, where be remained during tbe siege, has furnished the Picayune with the following bill of fart, giving the several dishes whioh were served at a dinner to whioh be was invited during that trying period : Hor«e Socp. Reliefs T Cat Mince Meat Sauce MagjUnaise. Entrees: Dog Shoulder, with Tomato Sauce. Cat Sr p w and Champignons. D>*g Ribs. «ith Green Peas. Rat Hash, ala Rupert. Roasts: Hind Legs of Dog. flanked with Mice in Fenner Sauce. Vegetables: Salade a Pitalienne. with Bologne Sauce. Dessert .- Plum Pudd’ng. with fl'»rs a Marrow. The town of Wilmot, N II , has a family whose relationships are muddled in the most extraordinary fashion. A gentleman named Dickey is the fither of sixteen cbiU dren, thirty grandchildren, and three great grandchildren. Isis own daughter is his either by marriage; hrs trwn son is his brother in-law ; his raocher-fn-?aw is bis own sister; his father-in-law is his broth* «r-la*lrw. Lightning ! Narrow- Escape.—Just an the passenger train was running through East Albany, Wednesday evening, during the terrific thunder st<>rra, Mr. David Wooden and eon went around from the kitchen, and were standing in the front yard near the fence when Mr. Wooden wu thrown to the ground j recovering a little he rose and fell again, ae soon as he oould speak he told his daughter who had run to his assistance, to pour water on hie left leg, which seemed to give relief Another daughter Was struck to the Boor. The son that was standing near his father, at the same stroke, bad one of his shoes torn from his foot, tad his foot badly burned. Mrs. Wooden was nearly prostrated on the floor. No other remedy being at hand cold water was freely applied. Mr. Wood* en passed a sleepless night In consequence of the pain in his foot. In his note of Thursday morning, in which the above facts are stated, Mr. Woouen says he has been enable, as yet, to find out where or what the lightning Struck! —Alb my Netos The World and its Beauties. —The world is only wicked and weary to those who are stated with its delights, or who aro incapable of appreciating them. The ma teria! world itself sets such an example of of brightness and cheerfulness that it is quite wonderful how any one can imagine for a moment that weariness c <uld possibly be one of its attributes. The year dies in the gloom uni bitterness ot w inter, but tho fresh and young beauties of nature revive again in thd spring. Nature is perpetually renewing her charms and multiplying her gifts. If man could only renew his life in like manner, he might live forever without weari» ess, and find the world, —even this so-called wicked world—a paradice to all eterenity. The sun is nlways shining, the flowers are always blooming, the birds are singing, tho golden grain is Always waving somewhere in this wicked world. A Fisn Story. —We met a boy on the streets, and, without the ceremony of asking our name, he exclaimed : “You just orter been down to the river a while ago l" “Why?" we inquired. “Because a nigger Was in there swim ming, and a big catfish came tip behind him and swallowed both ol his feet, and went swimming along on the top of the water with hir,; and they came behind another big fish, and the nigger swallowed his tail, and the nigger and two fish went swimming about." “Well, then what ?" “Why. aftor a while the bigger swallow ed his fish, and the other fish swallowed the nigger, and that’s tho last I saw of either of them." “Sonny," said we, with H feeling of alarm for the boy, “you are in a fair way to become the editor of a Radical paper." Thx Dandt. —The effeminate man in ae weak poultice. He is cross between root beer and gingerpop. the cork left out; a fresh-water mermaid fodnd in a cow paa turo with harfds full of dandelions. lie is a teacup full of sylabub; a kitten in pan taletta ; a sick monkey with a blonde mous tache. lie is a vine without a tendril; a fly drowned in oil; a paper kite in a dead calm He lives like a butterfly—nobody can tell why. He is as harmless as a cent's worth of spruce gdm, and a shirt button without a hole. He is as lazy as a bread pill, and has no more hope than a last year’s grusshopper lie goes through life on tiptoe, and dies like colonge water spilt on the ground. A Metaphor. —There is something in a beautiful woman that leaves a deeper im pression on the mind of sensibility, than even pickled oysters, or oysters stewed “ac B cording the most approved method." We have noticed the above valuable aphorism in a great number of newspapers, and it is still on its travels. Where the deuce our brethren came across it, or who was in fact the author of so much sublimity, is beyond our reading, btft it very strikingly exempli fies the profundity of human thought. The fellow who wrote it must have had an im agination as vivid as a pan of baked beans.— Camden Journal. A patron of a certain newspaper said to tbe publisher; “Mr. Printer, how is it you have never called on me for pay for your paper?" “Oh," said the man of types, “we never ask a gentleman for money." “Indeed," replied tbe patron “how do you manage to get along when they don't pay yon ?" “Why," said the editor, “after a certain time we oonclude be is no gentleman and we ask him." “Oh—ah—yes—l see. Mr. Editor, pleats give me a receipt," and hands him over a V. “Make my name all right on your books." A Good Answer. —An unbeliever, while vehemently discussing in a crowded room, the subject of religion, confidently exclaim ed : “I should like to meat that Bishop of Lichfield; I'd pot a question that would puzzle him." “Very well," said a voice out of another corner, “now is vour time, for I am the Bishop." The man was quite startled, but present ly said : “My lord, can you tell me the wav to heaven?" “Nothing easier." auswered the bishop ; •“you have only to turn to the right and go straight forward " Parallel, or the Sexh.— Man is strong, wo nan is beautiful; man is daring, woman and unassuming; roan is great in aoti<>n, woman in snff-ring; roan shines abroad, woman at home; man talks to convinoe, woman to persuade 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 has judgment, woman sensibility; man is a being nf justice. woman of mercy. “Do you think that raw oysters are healthy ?" asked a lady of her physician *Yea/ he replied : I never kn«w tbe. to oral - plain tff ffcfflf co z o! health fa my fifh." NO. 23.
