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I*OPE, attorney at law, ZEBULON, GA. j,if Prompt a tention given to business. B I. BERNER. C. A. TURNER. BERNER & TURNER, ATTORNEY, S’ AT LA W, Forwyth, Gu. |lf ILL practice in all the Courts, and give spe } V cial attention to the collection of claims. Re fer to Win. H. Head, Banker, Forsyth, Ga., Dumas a Allen, Cotton Factors, Forsyth, Ga. mchß-tf P. N. MARTIN. T. R. MILLS, JR. ifl.tllTlX fc MILLS, ,1 T T O It V E VS A T LA W, Griffin, Georgia. Will practice in all the State Courts of Georgia, and the United States Courts. front room, up-stairs, in Cunningham building. mehl-6m Ciibaniss & Peeples, attorneys at law, Forsyth, Cia \|f ILL practice in all the counties of the Flint W Circuit. Dr. Wm. A. WRIGHT, EARNERVI LEE, GEORGIA, Dealer in Drugs, Medicines Chemicals, Paints, Oils, VARNISHES, GLASS, PUTTY, FINE SOAPS, SPONGES, BRUSHES, PERFUMERY, DYE STUFFS, TOBACCO, SEGARS,SNUFF, Etc. q/\ffOEfl SEEDS, </f tin Heat Quality. And other goods t hat are usual iu his line. He lias the pleasure of returning thanks for past fa vors, and solicits a continuance of the same, and hopes in the future to he able to satisfy those who patronize him. In Prices, Quality of Goods, etc., and feels confident that it will be to the Interest ut alt to call on him before purchasing elsewhere. I ‘rescuiptions Rilled on the most Reasonables Terms. Fif 33 Those in arrears must settle by the first of March. feb22-3m Thrash’s Consumption Cure Haul what lh\ LOVIC PIERCE luis to say about it. ~„L,K ARi .I iROJ H FR Davies—Excuse me for writing ’A , len lam deeply interested. I have been mceless aiiout two months. Could not read and J l '' if i* Limily. Had tried many things. Got no . lroni any. Since Conference, someone sent ?ru^?/,?‘ erlcuß > bottle of THRASH’S CON- E CURE AND LUNG RESTORER,which . A bt ‘ eu taking now this is the ninth day. I can s now with some ease. I came here among other n S s , f supplp myself with this medicine. No aggist here lias it on sale. I must have it. I want to f° lll person to Messrs. Thrash k Cos. and T’. t “em tliis letter, and make them send me, to i 1 "! a > Q. two, three or four bottle*, with bill. 1 *m gettmg on finely. hn,°J 9410 wholes le and retail by D. W. CURRY, Cartersville, Ga Call and get a trial bot for 3i eeLts. ii 1 lle Working ClasH.-We are em„i Prepared to Oiruish all cla.ses with constant Wyment at home, the whole of their time, or for ml ’, S! T P rill,r nents. Business new, light and prof ,.cu, • Persons of either sex easily earn from 50 e . *■’l>e r ev ening, and a proportional sum by and tlieir "hole time to the business. Boys " .?'■ f ’ aru nearly as much as men. That all who 1 | notice may send their address, and test the paralleled offer : To such as are not well satis wrjtwe send one dollar to pay for the trouble of ~ , n ‘S- F ull particulars, samples worth several i ars to commence work on, and a copy of Home Pnhi- ir f?ide, one of the aargestand besi Illustrated tint 0cs ’ ad Bent f ree by mail. Reader if you t permanent, profitable work, address, oroboe & Cos,, Portland. Maine. s®?KsNever^^ pace f h b < n r la Heekly Star, a fins eight tic* BnsT*^ lg s*.. Co * Ullln P a P er . independent in poli ker of good reading matter, for SI.OO otatef e ar l “ ** *be largeit paper in the United com ” ,one P- Each subscriber will receive a VHp 'rlfS beautiful engraving—** THE POOR, S Po 8 MAN'S FBIEXD.” Site, 24x34 the a €i c<ur , e fod niould grace any drawing room in the ). e a 80 to each eubteriber a copy of mSstST ,u n‘MtedAlmanae. S3Cts.extra B i, . r Peeking and mailing premiums. deiiriVof. ,n “ucemenu to agents. To any person tha D ,£ up * c lnh, we will send a sample copy i', eta p k ctu, ! e n“d a canvassers outfit, on receiot of .PPOcimen copy of the paper/ree. fiend for Ue •rafw’SS.uboerlblns for any otber. .. . THE STAB, 330 Walnut St., Cincinnati. O. 7 7 a Week to Agents. Outfit Free • • • P. O. VICKERY, Augusta, Maine. VOL. VIII. Medical Dispensary. Dr. Geo. W. Marvin again ten ders his professional service to his old friends and the public. Dispen* sary and consultation rooms, No. I White hall street, in Centennial buiK ding, Atlanta, Ga., where patients can get reliable treatment for all diseases of the Throat, Lungs and Catarrh. The above diseases treated by inhalation. The Doctor treats all diseases of long standing, such as Eruptions, Gravel, Paralysis, Rheumatism, Go itry, Dropsy, Biliousness Diseases of the Kidneys, Erysipelas, Nervous Depression, Dyspepsia, Liver Com plaint, all Diseases peculiar to Wo men, all Private Diseases, Heart Dis ease Swollen Joints, Coughs, Gout, White swelling, St, Vitus Dance, etc. Electricity’applied in eases where it is required. The Doctor is per manently located, and persons who ba> e been under the treatment of oth er physicians and have not been cur ed, are invited to call, as he treats all curable diseases, and cures guarnteed or no pay. Call and see the Doctor without delay. His charges are mo derate, and consultation free. Office hours from 9 a.m. to 4 f.m. feb22-ly An Important Deolnion. JUDOE BRADLEY DECIDES THAT THE HOMESTEAD EXEMPTION, OR WAIVE OF SAME, IS NOT SUBJECT TO THE JURISDICTION OF THE BANKRUPT COURT. Circuit court United States, south ern district of Georgia. Before Brad ley, justice. In sr. Miles Bass, bankrupt. On petition for review of decision of district judge upon the petition of John F. Picket, assignee of said bankrupt, for an order to sell cer tain property of said bankrupt, specified in said petition. The only property possessed by the bankrupt in tliis case, beyond the articles exempted by the bank rupt act (amount.ng to five hundred dollars in value) was claimed by him as homestead property, under the constitution and laws of Geor gia, and therefore exempt from the claims of ordinary creditors by the state law, and it is conceded that if this homestead claim is admisable, the property is coverd by it. But only one creditor has proved under the bankruptcy, being a partner-’ ship firm, one of wnom was appoin- I ted assignee. This debt is repre- i sented by several promissory notes of the bankrupt, each of which con tains an agreement to waive and re nounce the maker’s right to hornet*, stead and exemption in his property as aguinst that contract. The assignee applied for an order to sell the property in question, not- ] withstanding the claim of the home stead right, and free and discharged therefrom. The district judge re fused so to order on the ground ta ken by the district court of this and other districts, that the homestead to a person by the state law is excepted by the 14th section of the bankrupt act, (Rev. Stat. sec. .5045,) from the operation of conveyance made to the assignee, and is not subject to the jurisdiction of the bankrupt court, hut must, he pursued by those ! who have claims against it, in the proper state tribunals. I think the position taken by ilie district judge is correct. Not only is all property exempted by state laws, as those laws stood in 1871, ’ expressively excepted from'the ope ration of the conveyance to the as. signee, but it is added in the section referred to, as it ex industria, that “these exceptions shall operate as a limitation upon the conveyance of the property of the bankrupt to his assignee, and in no case shall the property excepted pass to the assig nee or the title of the bankrupt thereto he impaired or affected by any of the provisions of this title.*’ In other werds, it is made as clear as anything can be, that such exemp ted property constitutes no part of the assets in bankruptcy. The agreement of the bankrupt in any particular case to waive the right of exemption makes no difference. He may owe other debts in regard to which no such agreement has been made. But whether so or not, it is not for the bankrupt court to in quire. The exemption is created by the state law, and the assignee ac quires no title to the exempt prop erty. If the creditor has a claim against it, he must prosecute that claim in a couit which lias jurisdic tion over the property, which the bankrupt court has not. Nor does it make any difference that the homestead was not ascer tained or set out iu severalty until after the proceedings in bankruptcy were commenced, or until after the conveyance to the assignee was exe cuted. Whenever properly claimed and designated the exemption pro tects it, and the exception created by the bankrupt act relates hack to the conveyance and limits its opera tion. Though not designated when the conveyance was executed, it was capable of being designated, and on the principle that id certum est quod certum reddi potest , it is as much entitled to the benefit of the excep tion as if it had been designated and set apart before the bankruptcy oc curred. And here it is proper to remark that the assignee in this case mis conceived his duty and powers when he assumed to judge that the bank rupt was not entitled to a homestead. That is for the court to say, and not THOMASTON, GA.. SATURDAY MORNING, 51 AY 2tl, 1877. for him. It was his business to re port to the court whether the prop erty claimed as homestead was or was not within tlie limit of value which the laws of Georgia allow for that purpose. Unless the court lias this information, it cannot deter mine wheth the property claimed is fairly within the allowamce for homestead or not, and whether it has jurisdiction over the property or not. What equities might arise if there w’ere several creditors, and some of them had a lien or claim against the homestead property, and the others not, it is not neccessary to decide. Those who had no such claim might, perhaps, properly object to those having such a claim being allowed to come in for a dividend against the general assets, until they had first exhausted their remedy against the exempted property, on tin* principle of marshalling assets. This would depend on the question whether the equity of the general creditors is su peiior to that of the bankrupt and his family in reference to the right of homestead and exemption. In some case at least the equities might perhaps he equal, in winch case the court would not require the assets to he marshaled. But even where the right to marshaling existed the bankruptcy court could not assume jurisdiction of the exempted proper ty and order it to he sold, hut coukl require the favored creditor to pur sue this remedy against such prop erty in a form that could lawfully reach it. The decree of the district judge is affirmed with costs. lb S. Blue Bot>k. This is a neatly printed work of IG9 pages, and is a register of offices and clerk-ships, and other civil po sitions under the United States Gov eminent, and the salaries of 1876-77. It is a work that will meet a want generally felt through the country, it presents in a concise manner the patronage of the United States gov ernment. The question of Federal patronage just now, of no lit tle interest to the great mass of peo ple. The beauty of the work, it furnishes useful information to all, and is adapted to every state. Who would not pay the small sum of 50 cents, which is the pree of the work, in order to ascertain the pat ronage of the General Government ? There is no study ol more impor tance to a man than that of his own government ? In this work you do not get the theory of our governs ment, hut you find out where your taxes go. You find that vour Presi dent takes from the treasury every year $50,000. Ministers, Plenipoten tiary to other governments get sl7, 500 a year. The heads of the diff erent departments are paid SB,OOO a year. It is this kind of information that this valuable hook gives you. It can l>e obtained at the News De pot. in Barnesville, or by applying to the. Washington Pubg Cos. Washington D. C. The people of Richmond county arc to be congratulated upon the ac tion of the nominating convention last Saturday. The gentlemen nom inated as delegates to the constitu tional Convention will reflect great credit upon their constituents. At the head of the delegation is Charles J. Jenkins, the jurist, the states man and the patriot—a man whose whole life has been devoted to the service of his country. Mr. Adam Johnston was chosen as the represen tative of this county outside of the city of August, but he will he also a faithful representative of the city’s interests. He is a man of exper ience and talent and comes of that sturdy stock to which dishonor is unknown. Messrs. R. H. May and Geo. R. Sibley' tire prominent citi zens of August, and will vigilantly guard the business interest of the State in framing an organic law for the people. They have flue talents and strict integrity—and they are live men. The people of Richmond have a ticket presented them which they should feel proud to support and the people of Georgia have an assurance that an organic law fram ed by such men will he worth living under. Citron & Con The World of Saturday says the markets for cotton and breadstuff’s yesterday indicated a revival of ap prehension that England will become involved in the contest between Rus sia and Turkey. The Cotton Ex change was startled towards the close of business by the intelligence that five thousands hales had been purchased for Russia. This was, of course, a prudential operation in an ticipation of the possible closing of the Baltic ports I \ the superior na val power of Gret.i Britain. “War was declared in my house a week before the Cza. thought of the thing,” said Mr. Johnson, “and all because I happened to get lip first in the morning and help the hired girl about the tire. Poor girl ! >She crossed the Prutli a yard ahead of my wife into the next-door neigh bors and now she’s working in an hotel.” For a wondor and for the first time in many years we hear a favor able report of the growing peach crop in Deleware. The estimates place the probable yield at 7,000,000 baskets, which will be 25 per cent, greater than was ever known in the history of peach culture in Delaware. A SPECIAL CONSTABLE. BY CHARLES REA DE. Two women—sisters —kept the toll-gate in Yorkshire It stood apart from the village, and tliev of ten felt uneasy at night, being lone women. One day they received a considerable sum of money, bequeathed to them by a relative,*and that set the simple souls all in a flutter. They had a friend in the village— the hlahksmitli’s wife ; so they went and told her their fears. She admit ted that theirs was a lonesome place, and she would not live there, for one—without a man. Her discourse sent them home downright misera ble. The blacksmith’s wife told her husband all about it when In came iu from dinner. “The fools,” said ho, “how is anybody to know they have got the brass in the house ?” “Well/’ said his wife, 'They make no secret of it to me; hut you need not go to toll it to till the town poor souls !” “Not I,” said the man : “hut they will publish it, never fea \ Leave women folks alone for making their own trouble with their tongues.” ■ There the subject dropped, as man and wife have other things to talk about besides their neighbors. The old women at the toll-gate, what with their own fears and their Job’s comforter, began to shiver with apprehension as night came on. However, at sunset the carrier pass ed through the gate, and at sight of his friendly face they brightened up. They told him their care, beg ged him to sleep in the house that night.. “Why how can 1?” said he. “L'm due at . But I will leave you my dog.” The dog was a powerful mastiff. The women looked at each other expressively. “lie won’t hurt us, will he?” sighed one of them faint ly. “Not he,” said the carrier cheerfully. Then he called the clog into the house, told them to lock the door, and went away whistling. The women were letf contempla ting the dog with that tender solici tude which apprehension is sure to excite. At iirst he seemed stagger ed at this off-hand proceeding of his master ; it confused him ; then he snuffed tit the door; then as the wheels retreated, he began to see plainly lie was an abandoned dog. lie delivered a fearful howl, and flew at the door, scratching and harking furiously. The old women fled the apart ment, and were next seen at an up per window screaming to the carri er, “Come htick come hack, John ! lie is tearing the house down !” “Drat the varmint!” said John, and came hack. On the road he thought what was best to do. The good-natured fellow took his great coat cut of the cart and laid it. down on the floor. The mastiff instantly laid himself on it. “Now,” said John sternly “let us have no more nonsense ; you take charge of that till 1 come hack, and don’t let no body steal that there, nor yet it wives brass. There, now,” said lie kindly to the woman, “1 shall he hack this way breakfast time, and he won’t budge till then.” “And he won’t hurt ns, John ?” “Lord, no. Bless your heart, he is as sensible as any Christian ? only, Lord sake, wom-t ii, don’t ye go to take the coat from him, or you’ll he wanting anew gown yourself, and ; may he a petticoat and all.” He retired, and the old women kept at a respectful distance from their protector. lie never molested them ; and, indeed, when they spoke cajolingly to him, he even wagged his tail in a doubtless way. lint still, as they moved about, lie squin ted at them out of his boodshot eye in a way that checked all desire on their parts to try on the carrier’s coat. Thus protected they went to bed earlier than usual, hilt they did not undress ; they were so much afraid of everything, especially their pro tector. The night wore on, and presently their sharpened senses let them know that the dog was getting restless; he snuffed, and then he growled, and then begot up and pat tered about, muttering to himself. Straightway with furniture they barricaded the door through which their protector must pass to devour them. But by and by, listening acutely, they heard a scraping and grating outside the window of the room where the dog was, and he continu ally growling low. This was enough. They slipped out at the back door, and left their money to save their lives. They got into the village. It was pitch dark, and all the houses black but two. One was the public house, casting a triangular gleam across the road a long way off, and the other was the blacksmith’s house. Here was apiece of fortune for the terrified women. They hurst into tlieir friend’s house. “Oh Jane the thieves are come r” and they told her in a few words what had happen ed. “La !” said she, “how timorsome yoh are; ten to one he was only growling at someone that passed by. “Nay, Jane, we heard the scra ping outside the window ; oh, wo man, call your man, and let him go with us.” “My man—lie is not here.” “Where is he then ?” “I suppose he is where other work ing women’s husband’s are—at the publiC'dionse,” said she rather hit*, terly, for she had her experience. The old women wanted to go to the public-house for him. hot the blacksmith’s wife was a courageous woman, and, besides, she thought it was most likely a false alarm. “Nay, nay.” said she, “last time I went for him there 1 got a fine affront. I’ll come with you,” she said. I’ll take the poker, and we have got our tongues to raise the town with I suppose.’’ So they marched to the toll-gate. When they got near it, they saw something that staggered this heroine. There was actually a mail half in and half out a window. Tliis brought the blacksmith's wife to a standstill, and the timul pair implored her to go back to the vil lage. “Nay,” said she, “what for ? I see hut one —and—hark ! it is my belief the dog is holding him.” How ever, she thought it safest to he on the same side with the dog, lest the man might turn on her. So she made her way into the kitchen, fol lowed by the other two ; and there a sight met their eyes that changed all their feeling, both towards the rob ber and toward each other. The great mastiff had pinned a man by the throat, and was pulling at him, to draw him through the window, with fierce but muffled snarls. The man's weight alone prevented it. The window was like a picture frame, and in that frame there glared, with lolling tongue and startling eyes, the white face of the blacksmith, their courageous friend’s villunous husband. Site uttered an appall ing scream, and flew upon the dog and choked him with her two hands, lie held, and growled, and tore, til . he was till hut throttled himself ; then he let go, and the man fell. But what struck the ground outside, like a lump of lead, was, in truth, a lump of clay; the man was quite dead, and fearfully torn about the throat. So did the comedy end in an appalling and most piteous trag edy; not that the scoundrel himself deserved any pity, hut his poor, brave, honest wite, to whom he dam ed not confide the villainy he medi tated. The outlines of this true story were in several journals. I have put the disjointed particulars together as well as 1 could. I have tried to learn the name of the village, and what became of this poor widow, hut have failed hitherto. Should these lines meet the eye of any one who can tell me, I hope he will, and without delay. Tlic l*e*l. of* flic Bioii*eliol<l. And a iew means by which THEY ( AN BE EXTERMINATED. The lack of cleanliness and care are supposed to he the cause of the troui>le-somi insects that infest ma ny domiciles, and housekeepers in general are loath to acknowledge the presence of them in their own par ticular province. * However this may he, whether from the personal short comings of the housekeeper herself, or those of former occupants, the fact is oftentimes so palpable in the appearance of the intruders them selves as to demand immediate ac tion. Buckle on your armor, my ftiend ! Let your watchword he “War to the knife !” For after the enemy has once obtained a foothold, eternal vigilance alone is the price of immunity. Because of their cuhning instinct, the stratagem which they display in their proceedings, we consider the moth to he one of the most formi dable foes with which the house keeper, has to deal. “Forewarned is forearmed,’’ and, as the season is approaching in which the little white moth millers make tlieir appearance it is well to he on the watch for them. Dark closets and unused rooms are tlieir favorite resorts, where they will not he liable to he disturbed by broom and duster, and can pursue their evil doings in darkness and solitude. The tiny moth miller is in itself harmless enough ; it simply seeks a place of safety in which to deposit its larvae having fulfilled its mission dies, and the little worm which is hatched straightway begins an attack upon whatever fabric it is fastened to, feeding upon it, and spinning for it self a covering in which it moves freely, and in due time emerges from itschryalis again a moth miller leaving behind sad traces as its rav ages for the dismayed eyes of the ex. ploring housekeeper. During May and early in June the insects lay their eggs. Before this time all furs and winter clothing should he thoroughly beaten and sunned, then smoothly folded and put into news* paper bags securely pasted up, or laid in boxes, the seams and cracks of which tire pasted with strong pa per. If oiR is so fortunate as to possess a cedar chest and the articles are put into it, they need feel no fur ther apprehension ; if not, lay them in a tight trunk or chest and if they tire well cleaned when put away they will need no further care. An emp ty liquor case makes an excellent packing case. Articles which already attacked are best kept out, and sould he beaten and aired as often as once in two weeks, and gum camphor wrapped in paper laid with them in the final packing. The dark corners of dimly lighted parlors arc choice places for the moth to work in, from which, if uncheck ed, they soon spread round the room and uniler the carpet. In this case take the carpet up, have it beaten, and befuv putting down have the floor washed with water in which is some turpentine, and sprinkle i>ow dered borax plentifully around the edges, I)o tween the cai pot and jaj)or. After the tacks arc drived, dip a strip of cotton cloth ($ of a yard or more in width) into high-wines, in which has been dissolved some bo rax and gum camphor, lay this on the carpet, (while wet) and with a hot iron press until dry. Proeecd in this manner all around the edges of the room, and wherever the moths have heeu at work. The colors of the carpet will not be m the least in jured, and the fumes of the spirits will effectually kill all remaining larvae. Frequent sweeping, and plenty of air and light will prevent further trouble. Heavy window draperies should be frequently brush ed. and all upholstered furniture re ceive esj>ecial attention. At the risk of offending ears }>olite wv would say in regard to the festive bedbug, there is nothing that is more disagreeable to his constitution than oil of cedar, in lieu of this, the fat fried froui*salt pork will answer.— Wash tl e bedsteads thoroughly in cold water using plenty of soap ; dry and apply the dippings with a feath er to every crack and crevice Keep the fat on a pan of coals as it must be used while hot. Wherever it is used they will not appear again Ex amine often. “An ounce of pre vention is worth a pound of cure.” Mix equal parts of rye flour and plaster of Paris with some grated cheese ; use no water: place it on boards where rats and mieed will fird it. They will eat, then drink, which will cause the plaster to “set” and put an end to all further mean dcrings on their part. We will not vouch for the foregoing as we have never seen a “set” rat, hut have known of plenty of houses being be set by them. Perhaps the best rem edy for the evill is the keeping of a good cat or a rat terrier. This will he effectual and highly satisfactory, unless the zealous animals should feel it incumbent upon themselyes to rid the place as well of all birds and young chickens. Tomato soup. Place 2 quarts of tomatoes in a porcelain kettle, with two onions, one carrot, one turnip, two hay leaves, sour cloves in the onions, six pepper-corns, as many cf allspice, a stick of cinnamon, a blade or two of mace, two heads of celery, or some bruised celery seed, a knuckle of veal salt, pepper, I teanspoonful of white sugar, and 1 gallon ot' water ; let all boil slowly for three or four hours ; strain through a sieve, pressing so as to obtain the pulp, hut not the seeds wash out the kettle, and return the soup to it ; let it simmer until it is of the consistency of thick cream, then add a little tomato catsup or cayenne pepper and vinegar, and serve with croutons (bred fried) as directed for potato soup. Use only a wooden or silver spoon for stirring tomato soup. SMOTHERED CHICKEN'. (Jilt a nice plump chicken down the back as for broiling, bend and break the breast bone, so that it will lay Hat. Place the chicken in a dripping pan on it some slices of salt pork, and put a couple of tab lespoonfuls of water in pan ; place in the oven and invert over it an other pan of the same size or larger let it steam for half an hour, then remove the upper pan and brown the chicken (basting frequently with the drippings) and lastly with a lit tle melted butter. When done, re move the chicken, place the pan on top of the stove, and pour into it a cupful of boiling water ; to this add one teaspoonful of corn starch dis solved in a little water ; pepper and salt to taste ; stir constantly, and when it boils pour through the gra vy strainer onto the chicken. GRAHAM BISCUIT into 3 cups of Graham Hour mix thoroughly 3 heaping teanspoonfuls of baking powder and l teaspoon of ealt. Cut into this a good teaspoon ful of butter, and with sweet milk make into a dough as soft as you can handle. Knead only enough to smooth it and roll out inch thick or less ; cut into biscuit and bake immediately in a raging hot oven. BOSTON' BROW N BREAD. One pint of Graham flour, 1 pint of corn meal, 1 teacup of molasses, 1 pint of sour milk and 1 teaspoon of salt. Beat all well together and last of all add 2 teaspoon of soda dis solved in a very little toiling w T ater. Steam for two and a half hours and put in the oven for oue-half hour to dry off, or bake for an hour or long* er in a moderate oven. The tincans in which fruit has been put up make very nice brown bread pans. This measure will make two loaves in three pound c.ins. Clara Francis. The New York beauties walk out with their pet dogs attached to strings, and foreigners wonder at the number of blind ladies going about A Kansas City woman pretended to faint away in a crowd in order to hear the comments of the men. One of them yelled out: “Oh ! what an enormous foot !” and the ladv came to and tried to kick him. The Empire of Japan has been ad mitted to the postal union from and after June Ist, and Brazil and the Portugees colonies from July Ist, 1877. In front of the post office yester day, a darkey told another that he heard dar was a tussle wid Turkey somewhar, an’ all he axed was a chance to “tackle a goose.’’ He was hungry.— Ex. The great hard times tai'E!/ The Best, the Cheepest end the innet joint- IV lar. You ceo’t afford to be without it CRICKET HEARTH. It is a mammoth 16-page illustrated paper (si** ot Herpes's Weekly.) filled with the choio-et mdiu;’ for old mod young. Serial end short stone*, sketch ee, poems, useful knowledge, wit an humor, ,wer * to coraeepondente,” pussies, games, “j- 'piitar songs.' etc. Lively, cut.naming, amusing snd in - struetive. The largest, handsomest, best nud .-near est paper of its class published. Onlv >1 per \.ar. with choice of three premiums ; the beautiful u chromo, “Yes or No?" size 15x19 ih< he*: sny one of the celebrated novels by Charles Dickens, or an ele gant box of sationery. Paper without pnmitim only 75 cts. per year. Or we will send it four month* on trial for oniy 35 cents. h#~dpecino n copy wur on receipt of stamp. Agents wanted Addre** FYM LUPTON * CO., Publishers, S7 Park Row. N. Y NO 24. A 11l SHAMh JOkC HK BRINGS HOVE A COFFIN To 11!" FAMILY [From the San Francisco Chronicle.] At No. fi69 Howard street lives a man named Greenwood, with hi" wife and family. He ate Ins sup; or as usual last evening nud then went out alone. About 8 o’clock he re turned, accompanied by quite a small army of curious people, who had boon attracted by a full-sized, rough, wooden coffin, which lie car* lied upon one shoulder. Arrived at his domicile, he set the coffin on one end in the entry, carefully excluded the crowd, took up the coffin again and marched selemuly up stairs into the presence of his family. Ilis ad vent very naturally created consid erable surprise ; his wife arose, re treated into a corner, and the chil dren sought refuge behind her am ple drapery. Thus intrenched, the wife ventured to ask what it all meant Greenwood, in the mean time, with great deliberation had oc cupied himself with unscrewing the coffin question gloomily said “You’ll know what it’s all about before morning. ” Visions ol a slaughter with herself and children as the vic tims, immediately were presented to her imagination. She was equal to the occasion, however, and detach ing one of the youthful Greenwoods sent him down for an officer while she watched her husband. He was still busy in preparing the coffin a for an occupant when officers \\\l -and Clarissey entered in an unceremonious manner and de manded the meaning of his actions and funereal preparations. Green wood, with an apologetic smile, re plied that it was all a joke, and he would like to know if he hadn’t per fect right to perpetrate it on his family if he chose. The officers re plied that cither he was a fool or :i rascal, and informed his wife that she had better watch his actions.— Before she had definitely decided what course to pursue there was no more cofliu, for the officers had re moved their overcoats, drawn their clubs, and, according to the manacl of arms of the police department, were vigorously assaulting the box, which in a few moments resembled a pile of material fora match facto ry. 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The encouragement for saving my life by having thia done was so small a chance I could not afford to run the risk. About this time my son read your adver isement in our paper, a testimony of a person who had been v< i \ sick with about the same complaint, and was cured. My son went right away to the apothecary store and bought u bottle of Vegetine. Before I bad u.*ed the first botUe I found great relief ; I could move my self in bed. After taking three bottles I was able to sit up and move about my room. I contiued t t king the Vegetine, and I was in a few weeks restor ed to my former health. The Vegetine sated mv life after the physicians said there was no help fm me. I have had no doctor since. If I feel unwell I take a dose of Vegetine, and I recommend it to mv friends. _ Your Vegetine ought to be in every family. Mt doctor was surprised to see me In good health, lie says Vegetine is a good medicine. I tell him it cur ed me. He says, “it la true.” I cannot feel t.... thankful. 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