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nutters nnt what bus! teas v*<D are engaged in. for. if
WeHlji'ntly an l industriously pursued, a fortune will
bsthrresit i —Hunts Merchants' Magazine.
After I begin to a *verti-e mv Ironware freely,
business Increased with ntrtufting rapidity. Kor ten
yen’s east I h ive spent. £8«.000 vearh to keep my
superior wares bes- re the public liad l been timid in
sdvertfstng. t never should have pO'SOsSed my fortune
sf fttu.imn''. McLeod Belton. Birmingham
“Advertising like Midas’ touch, tu’-ns everything to
gold R> it, your daring men draw millions to their
colTers”—Stuart Olay
■ Vh’it audacity is to love, and boldness to War, the
skil’fnl use of printer's i It, Vs to success In business.' -
Be. Diei’.
Without, the aid of advertisemen'R I « ou'd have done
nothing in mv peculations, i have the most complex
f»l h In “printers'ink.” Adve. tieing is the "royal road
to business ihirnum
Professional Pards*
DR MIR, \M PERDUE. having pnrma
nen ly located it. The Rock, tenders his professional
Services tn the surroundirg oommuity. ,ahd promises to
tpiteno labor or utlehtlon to those who tnuv putronifte
lmn - July22-6mo
OWDWIOII & HEX LL. AtfrnPV® and
i 1 Counsellors r,t Law, Thnninston. Ga. Will practice
in the several ('onrts of the State of Georgia, and attend
promptly t«» nil business entrusted to their care.
** 11 ft'NDWicii. [|une24 6mo.] w. x. beall.
B*\ \ ()\ t t.rMMUKE itturnpr. ut
Lsw, Griffin. On, Office in Almnh Mall, next door
he ;>tar OrriCß Will practice in the Counties
cem[Mistng the Flint«"ircuit, and in the United States
1 wtrict« uurt. Attention given to cases in Bankruptcy,
may 18- t v
|| 'lj <fc NIIXV \ LLY A't rnevs at
iv;/ Griffin, Ga. Will practice in all the conn*
' •'“"'prising the Flint Judicial ('ircuit, and in the
Wiiih ° ''ciiwether, Clavtnn, Fayette and Coweta.
... Practice in the Supreme Court of Georgia, and the
Snnik 6l ' "! m K ‘ United states tor the Northern and
south ern Districts of Georgia
‘•" NVNNAI.LV. [apilS ly] L. TDOtAL.
I ALLEN. Attorney at L w Thom
w*ll practice in the counties oom-
Judicial (Circuit, and elsewhere by
AU business promptly attended to.
* n Cheney'a brick building. m.-hll-ly
TV' R KENii\LL offers hi* nr.fes
r ® el ‘ r| '! p s tc the Citiiten-- or t hoinaston and
H n f, ' lin 2 country. May be found during the day at
Hardaway's store, at night at the former resi-
Ce "f' haries Wilson. jan 14 ly.
i REDDi N<*. \t orooy at Low,
iv,, * Parnesvil e, Pike co , Ga. Will practice in the
comprising the Flint .Tudiaial Circuit, and
hy special ontract Al business promptly
I “' 'I to Ofhce in Elder's building, over < hamber’s
M “ r e. augft- y
| 'OM \ S BE ALL Attorney at L i\v,
A Roonaston, Ga. Will practice in the Flint Cir
J | l. H ALIj, Artnrtiev n-»>(i 0"urisoll >r
the F i '"'l practice in the counties composing
»"d r,' ' rcu 't- In the Supreme Court of Georgia,
S ftnh V he W*triet (’ourt of the United States for the
Tn Sl "vhern Districts of Georgia.
I * McCall-V. Attomoya
Urly, an ,j’ " vi "2V»n, Oorgia. Wil 1 attend regu
•’"unti. jof v. ,ce ' n the Superior Courts of the
tfaarot Butts, Henry, Spalding Pike,
Per. ’ ’ 'l o rgan, DeKalb Gwinnette and Jas
— dec 0-ly
t| M A riIE'VS. Am rney at
posiogth 1 . 1 ??^ 10 "’ Ua . will practice all the counties
,[)tci »l contra-, "' Ul *hoochee Circuit and elsewhere by
dec 1 (i-ly
II a * RIPFE. A*t,»rnev ftf LiW
! in the‘(Tnh practice in the State Conns
eiv »nnnh i}. 1 ei states’ District Court at .Atlanta and
-- ‘ ’ dec 0-ly
fk ’ Attorney at Lyw Barnes^
i’rc’u 'T*! 1 practice in all the counties of
sn, ‘ Supreme Court of the State.
t!w°r’ Artornev at
, t s . ‘ ““ to n, Ga will practice in all the
coii ~a ttah °°eheo Circuit, and Upson and
, ""ties declS-ly
}T of ' v ’ 11 contimip the practice
1 >De. Office at B. D. Hardaway’s Drug
l > -- declS-ly
I V v^f T .'if J. G aNN XII ia pleaded to
I vf fi y?'! s °T Upson that he will continue
Ia- " ei >icine in Its various branches at
I j declS-ly
[ R Attorney at La w
tk Wl 1 P rae,, ce in Circuit Courts of
ec! «-Iy a ,n the United States District Courts.
LADIES’ FANCY STORE!
OVER
MESSRS. FLEMISTER & BROOKS,
CORHKR OT HILL AND SOLOMON BTRKKTS,
GRIFFIN. GEORGIA,
respectfully inform the good
citizens of Thomaston and vicinity that We have hoW
in store, and keep constantly on hand a superior stock
latest styles of
LADIES' PINE DRESS GOODS,
LADIES’ & CHILDRENS’ SHOES,
LADIES’ JEWELRY,
LADIES’ HOSIERY,
LADIES’ NOTIONS,
MILLINERY, &c.
A thousand little tricks and trinkets that Men-Mer
chants know nothing about, to be found at out Store.
MILLINERY !
The Choicest, Freshest, and SWEETEST, stock in
the maket. Goods manufactured to suit the taste of
customers. Orders respectfully solicited. Call on or
address
MRS. M. A. HIGHTOWER & CO.,
mayl3-tf Griffin, Georgia.
ANDREWS & HILL,
MANUFACTURERS AND DEALERS IN
FURNITURE,
COFFINS, Ac., Ac.,
AT
J. & T. G. ANDREWS’ Mill, Five Miles
Southwest of Thomaston, Ga.
WE would rpstwpt fullv inform our
friends and the public generally, that we have
established a
FURNITURE MANUFACTORY
at. the above named place, where we manufacture and
keep Constantly on hahd superior Furniture <-f all kinds,
vart,-ties, and grades. NVe are prepared to fill all or
ders IbrOOFFIN’t, and do all kinds of Cabinet work
with neatness and dispatch We fl itter ourselves that
we can please all that kn*«w good work when they see
it. Our facilities and advantages in preparing otir own
Lumber and Manufacturing our oWn Work enables us
to offer any quantity, better varieties, and decidedly
better bargains than other Furniture dealers In »his
section of country. We earnestly request all that are
in need of anything in our tine to cill and examine < ur
stock, as we feel satisfied that qre can give satisfaction
in style, quality and price. All work warranteed to be
as represented. Orders solicited.
ma.v2o.ly JAS ANDREWS & L S. HILL.
FOUR GOOD BOOKS.
Should be Had in every Family.
DF.VOTTON AL and Practical P<dv<rlott
FAMILY BIBLE, containing a copious index,
t’nncofdance Dictionary of Blhlfc.al Terms, Geograph
ical ntld Historical Index, &<■ Fourteen hundred pages
furnished in three styles of hi• dins
L \ WS of BttStNBBS for alt the States in the TTnion
By rtn-ophilus Parsons, I. L D This volume contains
forms for men of every trade or profession, mortgages,
deeds, hills of sale, least s. b ind, articles of copartner
ship. will, awards. Ac Published by the National Pub
lishing 1 o . Nemphis, Tenn.
Tllr, LIFE OF OKN. R. E t.EE.by .tns D. WcOibe,
author of a life of Stonewall .tackson. This book should
finil its wav into every family as it is one of the best
written accounts of the heroic deeds of the Great Vir
ginian yet. published
LI >HT IN TIIE EAST, by the well-known writer,
Fleetwood.
Mr. JOHN A. COCHRAN has taken the Agency for
Upson and Pike counties, and wi 1 call upon the people
with these invaluable books immediately april 1 -3t.
STEREOSCOPES,
VIEWS,
ALBUMS,
CHROMOS,
FRAMES.
E. & H. T. ANTHONY & CO.,
591 BROADWAY, SEW YORK,
Invite the attention of the Trade to their extensive
assortment of the above goods, of their own publica
tion, manufacture and importation.
Also,
PHOTO LANTERN SLIDES
Rttd
GEAPHOSCOPE.
NEW VIEWS OF TOSEVITES,
E. & 11. T. ANTHONY & CO M
591 BeoadWaY, New* York,
"Opposite Metropolitan Motel.
Importers and Manufacturers of Photographic
Materials. mchlS-lOm
The Southern Farm and Home!
A FIRST CLASS AGRICULTURAL MONTHLY.
G EN. W. M. BROWNE,
EDITOR
At $3 00 per Year in Advance.
r IMIE Second Volume commences with
1 November number. Now is the time to sub
scribe. Address, 3. W. BURKE, <te CO.,
octa ts Macon. Ga.
DR. THOS. A. WARREN,
GRIFFIN, GEORGIA.
OFFERS his services to the citizens nf
Griffin and vicinity Special attention given to
the treatment of
CHRONIC DLSEASES.
Those at adistince cancan consult him by letter.
Office over George Beecher «fe Cos , i ill Street.
april 29-ts
WATCH REPAIRING.
THE citizens of (Jpson and adjacent
counties are respectfully informed that I have
m4»ve<l my ©tock to tin* ©tor# o Mr. Wm \\ all ace, *nn
am now prepared to execute work in my line of busi
ness, on the most firvorabl terms. Rep iring of all
kinds done at the shortest no>ice and i the neatest man
ner. I have facilities tor turning out good work, and by
strict attention to business hope to receive a liberal
share of patronage. Very respectfully,
aprilS-tf WM.L BRYAN.
DEJTTISTRY T
npflE undorsiirned hcinir permanently
1 located in Thomston.stfll tenders thief professional
services in the practice of Dentistry to the citizens of
Upson and ad)oin)ng counths Teeth inserted on gld
silver, adamant! ecm rttbfrer. Ass work warranted and
a go and fit guaranteed. Office up stairs over WILSON
SA WYKK’S store.
dec9 ft BRYAN A BAWYER.
THOMASTON, GA., SATURDAY MORNING, AUGUST 26, 1871.
A PROCLAMATION.
GEORGIA,
RtJF'tS ft. HILLOCK,
Governor of siUti State.
"WHEREAS, At the July Term, A. D. 1871 of the
Suderior Cotirt., held in and for the bounty of Washing
ton. one James Oxford was t.ied for. and convicted, of
the crime of murder, and sentenced, bv the Judge pie
siding at the Court, to be executed by hanging by the
neck uutil dead, on Friday, the Ist dav of September,
proximo, and was by order of said Court, committed to
the Jail of the county of Raldwin, for safe keeping-, to
aWait the fulfillment of his said sehtence; and,
M iif.hkas, It has been officially reported to this de
partment. that oh the nignt of the 22d of Julv, ISTI. in
the efty of Milledgevillc, county of Baldwin it ha id of
lawless and disguised person?, of about seventy flvfc ift
number, did, by force and intimidation, obtain from the
Sheriff of the said county of Raldwin. the key* of the
j dl of said county, and did unlawiully open the same
and release therefrom the said James Oxford, and set
him at liberty Sand,
WiiftttEiS, Upon a previous occasiofl. to wit: on the
night of the 14th of October, 1569, while the said Jaiiles
Oxford was confined in the jail of the county of Han
cock, under an indictment charging him with the mur
der of a respectable cititen of said county, a band of
disguised and lawless persons, of about Sixty in num
ber, did, by force and intimU&tioh, obtain from thfc
Sheriff of said county of Hancock the keys of said jail,
and, having overpowered the guard stationed thereat
for the safekeeping of the risoners confined therein,
did unlawfully open sai 1 jail and release therefrom the
said James Oxford and set him at liberty ; and,
Whereas, These repeated and flagrant violations of
the law, by bands of disguised persons, clearly estab
lish the fact that there is a determination upon their
part to prevent the said Oxford from being brought to
punishment tor the crime of which he stands convicted *
thereby setting the laws of this Btate at open defiance,
and thwarting the ends of justice; and,
Whereas. It is the duty of the Executive, and the
interest of every good citizen of this State, to see to it
that, the laws thereof are rigidly executed.
Now, therefore, in order that the majesty of the law
may he thlly vindicated, and to this end that the sen
tence imposed by ihe Court upon the said Oxford as
ftfores dd may he fully executed, I do hereby i«sue this
my proclamation, offering a Reward of FIVE THOUS
AND DOLLARS for the apprehension and delivery of
the said James Oxford to the Sheriff of Fulton county.
And I Jo moreover charge all officers, both civil and
military, In this State, to be vigilant in endeavoring to
apprehend the said James Oxford, in order that he may
he brought to punishment for the crime of which he
stands convicted.
Given under my Hand and the Great Seal of the State
at the Capitol, in Atlanta, ihis fourteenth dav of Au
gust in the year of our Lord Eighteen Hundred anil
Seventy one, and of the Independence of the United
States the Ninety-sixth.
RUFUS B. BULLOCK.
By the Governor:
David G. Cutting, Secretary of State. augl9 4t
A PRO CLAM A TIO N.~
GEORGIA.
BY RUFUS R. BULLOCK,
Governor of said SI Ate.
mmr
■WHEREAS, Official information has beett received
at this Department that a murder was committed upon
the body of John A Griffis, in the county of Haard, on
or about the 18th of November, IS7O. by Thomas Teal,
Pascal Griffis, and Susan Knowles, as Is alledged. and
that the said Thomas Teal, Paschal Griffis, and Susan
Knowles have lied from justice:
NoW, therefore, to the end that they may he brought
to trial for the crime with which they stand charged, I
have thought proper to issue this my proclamation,
hereby offering a reward of ONE THOUSAND DOL
LARS each for the apprehension and delivery of the
said Teal, Paschal Griffis, and Susan Knowles, with
evidence sufficient to conviet, to the Sheriff of said
county of Heard
Given under my hand and the Great Seal of the Lt.nte,
at. the Capitol in Atlanta, this seventh day ot Atignst,
in the year of our Lord Eighteen Hundred and
ScVent,y-one. and of the tndepend nee of the United
States of America the Ninety-sixth.
RUFUS B. BULLOCK.
By the Governor:
David G. Cutting, Secretary of State. augl2-4t
A PROCLAMATION.
GEORGIA*
BY RUFUS B. BULLOCK,
Governor of snUl State*
WHEREAS, Ithv been represented to me that Wal
ter Wllsbn, Joseph Hodo, Richard Lnz nby. and Rad
ford Perkins, stand charged with the crime of assault, ;
with intent to murder, upon Ephraim Gibbs, in the
county of McDuffie, on the 13th day of May, IS7I. and
that they have fled from justice, I have thought proper i
therefore, to issue this mv Proclamation, hereby offer- :
inga reward of ONE THOUSAND DOLLARS for all,
or SBOO each, for the Ppprehension and delivery ot the
said Wilson, Hodo, LaZenbv. and Parkins, with evidence
sufficient to convict, to the Sheriff of said county, and
State, and also a further reward of Five Hundred Dollars,
upon the same conditions above recited, for any acces
sory, before the faet. to said crime.
Given under my Hand and the Great Seal of the e tate,
at the Capitol, in Atlanta, this fifth day of August,
in the year of our Lord Eighteen Hundred and Sev*
ty-one, and of the Independence of the United StatC3
the Ninety-sixth.
RUFUS B. BULLOCK.
By the Governor i
David G. Cutting, Secretary of State. augl2-4t
EXECUTIVE DEPARTMENT STATE OF GEORGIA,
Atlanta, Ga., August 1, 1871
Pursuant to section Ist of the Tax Act, approved 19th
of March, 1569. which authorizes the Governor with the
assistance of the Comptroller General, to assess and evy
such a per centage on the tax ihle property as « iff pro
duce, in the estimation of the Governor, the sum ot five
hundred thettsand dollars, exclusive of specific taxes,
and after approximating as marly as practicable the
amount in value <*f nil taxable property in the State as
exhibit .1 in tie Digests ; it is
ORDERED: That four tenths of om* per cent, be Us
sessed and collected upon the amount of the value of
property re»orbed by each tax paver, subject to taxa
tion ad wio em. RUFUS. B. BULLOCK,
Governor.
MaM»on Beall, Comp’r General. angMt.
SSTOSIO PER DAY.
who engag- in our new business make from $ * »o *lO
per Jay in th-ir own loealbies Fnfl pnnteuhtrs and
instructions sent free bv mariL Those frt be--d of ner
m ne»* T profitable work, should address at once. Geobg*
Stinson & Cos., Portland, Maine.
-^LISCfiLLANEOUSi
Influence of PretUy Women. — Life be
comes more harmonious, it beats with a
keener pulse of enjoyment, in the presence
of pretty women. After all, a charming
a piquant little fare, is the best
rertiboy for half the worries of existence, its
Veiationß its dullness, its disappointments.
A'd even in thb larges and ttiore placid
tvpeji of beauty or n Lady Dtimbelie, if
ther< is a tincre of stupidity, there is at any
rate, an atmosphere of repose, a gfenial in
fluence, moulditig out* social converse and
hahifs into gentler shapes
lr is amusing to see how the prettmess of
a witman tells on her dress, how the order
and propriety of her dress tells on the home.
The pursuit ofheauty. the habit of pretti
n»se, give an ideal dignity to the arrange
ment of her bonr et strings. In everv
in ivement, in the very sweep of her ample
folds in the pose of her languor, in the gay
start o her excitement, one feels the soften
ing, harinivnikir g influence of her last look
in the glass. Sheni-.iy he gay nr sorrowful,
quist or energetic, but she must he pretty.
Beauty exercises an imperceptible Compul
sion over her, which moulds hel* oWn life
into graceful and hairnnnioUs form. Her
dress rises out of the mere clothing of man
into the regions of soience, of poetry, of art.
A thousand considerations of taste, harmo
nies of color, contrasts, correspondencies,
delicate adjustments of light and shade,
dic'ate the choice of a shawl or the tint of
a glove.
And as prettiness tells on dress, it tells
on the home. Floweis, pictures, the gay
hotfes of a Si.hata, the choicest, gorgeous hues
of Indian tapestry, glass-w-rk of Murano,
a hundred egquiste somethings and noth
ings, are the natural setting of prettv women
The art nf the boudoir tells on all but the
chaosof the husband’s study. Around that
last refuge ot barbarism floats an atmos
phere of taste and refinement in which the
pretty wife lives and moves and Ims her
being, And from this tone of the horhe
grows the tope of society, the social laws of
good humor, of propriety, of self restraint)
«»t consideration for others, of gentleness),
of vivacity. The very hush of the rough
'ones that thundered over Peloponnesus as
Pericles bends over Aspasia : the little turn
ings and delicacies of phrase, the joyous
seridonis and idleness of the manliest and
and most energetic of men, tells of the
triumph of pretty women
New Tax Bill*
The following is i ff* red as amendments
to the new tax hill in Mississippi ;
For kissing n pretty girl, one dollar.
F>r kissing a homely one two dollars—
the extrn amount two being added probably
lor the man’s folly.
For ladies kissing one another two dollars.
The tax is placed at this rate in order to he
regarded hv our M. C’s., as a piece of inex
cusable absurdity.
For every flirtation ten cents.
Every young man who has more than one
girl is taxed five dollars.
For courting in the kitchen twenty-five
cents.
Courting in the parlor one dollar.
Courting in a romantic place, five dollars,
and fifty cents thereafter.
Seeing a lady home from church, twenty
five cents.
Going from church without accompany
ing a lady, five dollars.
Seeing a lady home from the Mite Socie
ty. five cents, the proceeds to he devoted to
the relief of disabled army chaplains.
For ladifs who paint fifty cents.
For wearing a low-necked dress one
dollar.
For rach curl on a lady’s head above ten
uve cents.
For any unfair device for entrapping
young men into matrimony, five dollars.
For wearing hoops larger than eight feet
in circumference, eight cents for each hoop.
Old bachelors over thirty are taxed ten
dollars and banished to Utah.
Each pretty young Indy is to he taxed
from twenty-five c**nts to twenty dollars,
she is to fix the estimate of her own beauty.
It is thought that a very large amount is to
be realized from this proposition.
Each hoy baby, fifty cents.
Each girl baby, ten cents.
Families having metre than eight babies
are not to he taxed : and for twins a premia
urn of fortv dollars will he paid out of the
funds accruing from tax on old bachelors
Each Sunday loafer on the street corners
or ahrut church do >rs ti he taßod his Yalue,
which is fthnitt tWo cents
What Kadiuai.i-m has Done. — It dis
franchised thousands of white ciriEms.
It inVaded the Federal constitution.
It usurped the sover* Igtuy of the States.
It annihilated ten States.
It abolished civil law in certain parts of
the Unit'd States.
It created military commission to try civil
cases.
It suspended habeas corpus in time of
profound peace.
It denied to the white citizens trial by
jury five years after the late war ended.
It endorsed the outrages of Holden’s and
tfthers.
It encourages the negroes tn idleness.
It gave about two hundred millions of
acres to the public dominion within the
last two years to corporations of r ch cap
italists
It broke every pledge it ever made to the
people.
It unseated Democratic Congressmen who
were duly elected.
It squandered the public treasure.
It refuse to prosecute the fbeives of pub
lic money.
It favored the persecution of manufactures
for trifling irtegu.arities.
It attempted to corrupt the ballot-b-x.
It has taxed every species of property of
the poor man.
It exempted the rich man’s buds from
taxation.
It payed the rich man in jf-dd.
It payed the soldier, his widow and orphatr
in greenbacks.
lr apninred spies in every community.
And now seeking its perpetuation by the
enactment of infamous laws to prevent Dem
ocrats from voting — JyOitixtitle Democrat.
Austria’s army numbers 217,000 men,
and 37,000 horses.
Miscellaneous Items;
Said a pompous husband, whose w ife had
stolen up behind and given him a kiss,
•‘Madame. I consider such an act indecor
ous.” “Excuse me.” said the wife k "I did
not know it was you.** •
“I say, -Tones, that’s a shocking had hat
of yours. \V hv do tou wear such a hideous
thing?’* “Because, n>y dear fellah. Mrs.
Jones declares she will n >t go out of the
house with me till I get a better one.**
'*My deaf hoy.*’ said a fond mother,
“never defer to- morhow what you can do
to-day.” “Then, mother,” replied the
urchin, “let's eat the plum pudding to
night.*'
‘Mother,* said a bright little girl, ‘is hell
a hot placet Being a little puzzled what
r* ply to make, the mother answered. ‘Yes.*
‘l’hen.* said *he little girl, ‘why don't they
turn the damper ?'
‘"‘An Illinois child.” says an exehangp,
“was horn with a full set of upper teeth ”
of that child is worthy of nil
praise. If all children Woul<i*excrcise the
same forethought it v o ild spare ts e r moth
ers a great deal of anxiety and trouble.
One Sunday recently a preacher lh towa
advised the sisters to mortify Satan by giv
ing their to the church on the next
Sabbath evening. Th* l result was a galvan
ized Watch and three htass finger rings.
“Thev are a mean set of sinners,” said the
parson.
Why are women like churches? Firstly,
because there is no living without one :
secondly, because there is many a-spire to
them : thirdly, because they are objects of
adoration ; and lastly, hut bv no means
leastlv. because they have a loud clapper in
their upper story.
A gentleman of Connecticut, who is
something of a sportsman, w r ent to sleep in
church on one of the Into warm Sundays,
and dreamed he was hunting rabbits.
During an eloquent passage in the sermon
he espied in his dream a rabbit, and star
tled the congregation by ebouting “there he
goesU'
A lecturer on the “moral sentiments” in
Philadelphia remarked that the “dearest
ship in the world was friendship,” where
upon a young man rose from among the
congregation and stated that he knew anoth
er- a dearer ship still—and that was court
ship. The vnung man had once been a
defendant in a claim for a breach of promise
of marriage.
A Western farmer, being obliged to sell
a yoke of oxen to pay his hired man, told
him he could not. keep hun any longer.
“Why "said the man, “I’ll stay and take
some of your cows in place of money.*’
“But what, shall I do,” said the farmer,
“when mv cows and oxen are all gone
“Why y< u can then work for me and get
them back.**
A young lady who has been married six
months, says it is all’nonsense to talk about
love in a cottage. There is more love in a
full flour barrel than in all the roses aod
poses and woodbine that ever grew.
Girls always love hoys best, who are the
kiodest. best natured. most considerate and
“man-Uke” in their behavior: and who
are not coarse, profane and loaferish in their
talk. The boys who arc by their school or
playmates loved the most, make the best
men.
Here is a good one oh the “tater bugs.”
Three men comparing notes :
One says, “There afe two bugs to every
stalk.”
A second savs, “They have Cut down fny
earlv crop, and are sitting on the fence
waiting fuf the late crop to come up ”
“Pshaw.” said the third, “you don’t know
anything about it. I passed a seel store
the other day, and the hugs were in there
looking over the hooks to see who had pur
chased seed potatoes.”
The way to quarrel with a wife is to wait
until she is at her toilet preparatory to
going our. She will be sure to ask you If
her bonnet is straight. Rpmark that »he
lives of nine- tenths of women are pa-sod in
thinking whether their bonnets are straight,
and wind up with the remark that you
never knew hut one Women who had Com
mon sense about her. Wife will ask you
who that, was.* You will, with a sigh,
reply. “Ah! nevermind.” Wife will ask
you why did you marry her. Y«>u say, ah
firactlv. “Ah 1 why, indeed ?” The climax
is reached by this time, and a regular row
is shure to follow.
A physician in the Grand Army Journal
tells this ghastly jot*e: “I remember one
day in making my hospital rounds, a patient
just arrived presented me an amputated
forearm, and in doing so could scarcely re«
frain from a broad laugh, the titter was
constantly on his fai-e. “What is the mat
ter ? This does not strike me as a subject
of laughter.*' “It is not, doctor, hut excuse
me. I lost my arm in so funny a way that
I still laUgh when I look at it. Our first
seargent wanted shaving badly, and g'*t me
to do it. as lam corpora) We went together
in front of his tent; I had lathered, took
him hy the nose and was applying the razor
when a cannon hall came, and that was the
last I saw of either his head or my arnr».
Excuse me, doctor, for laughing as I do,
but I’ll he especially blasted if 1 ever saw
such a bully thing.**
A Mournful Coincidence. —The Lex
ington G;ize>te says :
“Two boys, both members of large fami
lies living in this city, and just opposite to
each other, on the same street, Were in the
habit of playing with other from the
earliest childhood 'l’hpy both grew t-> be
men, strong and stalwart, and went differ
ent ways to seek their fortunes. On Ust
Tuesday they w-re brought back to the
parental roof, but c<dd and dead, and
both houses were draped in mourning, and
Sorrow shrouded <»acb household. These
young men were Billy Gilmore and Ed.
Payne, whose deaths were recorded in our
last p/jper. This mournful coincidence
added a touching pathos to the funeral of
the-e young men not often witnessed.’*
Gilmore was killed by an accidental shot
from the negro rooh at Frank fuff. A Very
lafge crowd attended his funpr.nl, all socie
te* etc . fuming < ur. Pavne was a lawyer
at Williamst-own,and son of Daniel McCar
ty Payne.
For Girl* Onlt.—Suppose. young warm
heartp.i girl, that so you lean'on the broad
shouldef in the half-lit parlor, thinking
how nice it is to have eotnebodv food and
protecting, and how dear you seem to be to
h>m. suppose you should be made aware of
till the cheeks that had rested on that shoul
der, and all forms that arm had encircled.
Its fortunate you don’t know three things.
It might lead you, however, to keep your
self more sacred some ( ne who will love
you as entirely as you love this man, who
takes life as it comes.’ and by force of hab
it, if not by inclination, could not remember
one woman six months if his happiness
depended on it.
You are to allow no personal freedoms
from gentlemen of your acquaintance. If
a finger is put out to examine a locket or
chain on your dress draw back and take it
off lot* inspiration if you choose. The rea
eon for this rule is clear to those who aro
better acquainted with the world. The
reason is very clear to every one who comes
to twenty-five years of age. A girl who
protects herself from freedom so much in
vogue in society, increases her own value,
if she only knew it, with those she may
have to repulse. I don't believe in prudish
ness or suspicion, but I do believe that
When men and women are not content with
the friendship that is expressed bv frank,
kind eyes, and cordial, brief handshakes,
and deaf words one is not ashamed that
the world should hear, they should koow
what intoxication they are sharing.
How Wk Eat—n«metiiing An ttt Ap
petites—The Different Kinds of Eaters.
-There are five kinds of eaters: Ist.
There is your dull man, who seems to eat
merely from habit, mainly because his pa
rents did so before him and he expects his
children to follow his example. 2nd. Your
impatient, fidgety being, who is all activity,
and falls to eating at once on the dish that
happens to be before him. 3 1 Your careless
eater without education who considers so
much time as lost that is passed nt the table,
puts all dishes on the same level, and hard
lv knows the breast from the drumstick.—
4th Next comes your ravenous animal, who
thinks only of quantity, takes*everything
that comes in his way, as if anxious to show
the capacity of his stomach. sth. Lastly
come the professors, men of tasto, who cast
a practiced eye over the tablo before eating,
use judgment in the choice of such dishes
as suit their habits, and eat sparingly of
each, that the palate may be gently excit
ed by variety. These are she guests who
arc the best dinner table talkers. And
here we take the liberty of quoting a pre*
cept given by an ancient philosopher whose
name vVe do not remember, neither is it of
consequence* that the mouth is the vestibule
of the soul, the gate of discourse, the portico
unclean of thought; (of course nothing uh
palatable) shou'd go in or come out.
What is Thine Age.— ••Father,” toiid a
Persian monarch to the old man, who ac
cording to Oriental Usage, bowed before the
sovereign’s throne, “pray be seated ; I can
not receive homage from one bent with
years, whose head is white with the frosts
of age.’*
“And now, father,” said the monarch,
when the old man had taken the proffered
seat, “tell me thine age ; how many of the
sUn’s revolutions hast thou counted ?”
•'Sire,” answered the old man, “I am
but four years.”
“What!” interrupted the king, “searest
thou not to answered me falsely, or dost
thou jest on the very brink of the tomb?”
“I speak not falsely, sire,” replied th*
aged man, “neither would I offer a foolish
jest on a subject so solemn. Eighty long
years have 1 wasted in folly and sinful
pleasures and in amassing wealth, none of
which I can take with me when I leave this
world. Four years only have I spent in
doing good to my fellow-men ; and shall I
count these years that have been utterly
wasted ? Are they not worse than a blank,
and is not that portion only worth to be
reckoned rs a part of my life, which has
answered life’s host end ?”
A Problem. —A Chinamen died, leaving
bis property by will to his three sons, as fol
lows : To the eldest son, one-half thereof;
to the second son. one-half thereof * and
to the younger son, one-ninth thereof.
When the property was examined it was
found to consist of nothing more or less
than seventeen elephats, and it puzzled the
heirs how to divide the property according
to the terms of the will. Finally they ap
plied to a Wise neighbor for advice. The
neighbor took an elephant of his own and
drove it into the herd, saying, “suppose
your father left eighteen elephants instead
of seventeen,” then speaking to the eldest,
“take your half.” The eldest son took
nine elephants and moved on. Then to the
second—“take your third ; the second son
took six elephants and went off. The wise
man then sp.ke to the youngest —“take
your ninth ;” the younger son took two ele
phants and went off, and the wise man
went home with his ovrn elephant.—Query ,
Was the property divided according Id th«
terms of the wiD 7
II w a W o men Keeps a Secret — lt is an
old quib upon womfen that a woman Cannot
keep secrets; but the fact is they are the
only part of humanity that can. A wife
keeps a husband’s secret incomparably bet
ter than he does her’s. We calculate that
there is one diunken wife to about four
hundred and ninety-nine drtfnken hus
bands. In gambling, licentiou-ness, lying,
cheating hypocrisy, covctctisness, there is
pretty near rhe same proportion. Yet of
the four hundred Conceil, cover up, silently
endure the terrible secret ; while the one
husband mntJrns over his wife’s frailty in
the study of his pastor, and to the ear of
his friend, and probably complains of it to
a court of law It is the same between
brother and sister. The secrets a woman
talks about are of the kind that are unim
portant and most agreeable to hear. But
of serious secrets she is as reticent as the
grave. That is our observation, and in our
various relations of physician, lawyer
trnorduined minister, we have had oppor
tunities for a great deal of observation.—
Baltimore Cfrnrrk Ad to rate
It is said that Americans are the only
na’ion who sleep with their windows open
in their bedrooms nt night, all other nations
dreading the night air as so much deadly
poison.
NO. 38.