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I 1500 ! 2500 : 4000 ! 7000 1 130 , \LADVEi.THING KATES. {dive, since the war, the following are the Afl .tices of Ordinaries, fic.—ro b F . paid in prices i r . u * . t v Days Notices $5 00 1" v Days Notices 0 25 Ml*of Lands &c. per sqr. of ten lines r, 00 Notices. 1000 ' j dais' noti'-cs ot Sales per sqr 2 00 1 SifnaiFi s’ Salks.—For these Sales,for every fl fa 1 >:'’rt;'a?e Sales per spuarc $5 00 Hunt & Taylor, ATTORNEYS AT LAW H ARNES VILLE, Ga. r'T'ILL practice in the countie \\ comprising the Flint Judicia (in nit, tuul in tlie Supreme Court of the suite. * Office over Drug Store of ,T. W. Hightower. dec2-ly s. wbieaxsb; attorney at law, ■ > vuNF.svii.ljK, (ta. Will practice in tlie 1 counties of the Flint Circuit and in the Su pieineCourt of the State. sep2B-3m ,U S. PORE, attorney at law, ZEBULON, GA. no' Prompt attention given to business. |. i.bkbnf.h. c. a. tuunf.r. BERNER & TURNER, attorneys at la if, I’orsyt li, C.a. \tTILX. practice in all the Courts, and give spe y\ t i .l attention to the collection of claims, fte pi to Wm. 11. Head, Banker, Forsyth, Ga., Dumas i Ulea, Cotton Factors, Forsyth, Ga. mcliH-tf ( al)aniss& Peeples, ATTORNEYS AT l, A W, Forsyth. 3*58 a CTll.T,practice in all the counties of the Flint Circuit. James M. Smith* ATTORNEY AT LAW, %FKFLO\, t-ii. ; Prompt alt eation given to business. VEGETINE. He Hays It is True. Sf.naca FAf.i.s, Nny. 9, J 876. Mr. II KStevens: Dear Sir—As yon are an • ntu-e stranger to me, I at von to know what VEGETINE has done tor Only tho?e who have been raised from death’s or can know the value of such a good medicine. I uu :■ years of age. Three years ago 1 was taken ill; with what the doctors called l.Uinbago. loi lucks L w,o (routined to my bed. I Lad three different physicians, without any help, i received no relief; I was a great sutterer; finally I l>ecame entirely helpless. The lust doctor told me there Was no help ; he'said he might possibly s*yo my life by ejecting morphine in my arms and legs. Tho encouragement for saving my life by having this done so small a chance I could not ntford to run the risk. About this time my son read your adver isement in our paper, a testimony of a person who had been very si. k with about the same complaint, i(ud Was cured. My sou went right away to the apothecary store aim bought a bottle of Vegetine. Bet ore I had used the first bottle I found great relief; I could move my r,-if in bed. After taking three bottles I was able to sit up and move about my room. Icontiued ta king itu- Vegetine, and l was in a few weeks restor ed to my former hea’fh. The Vegetine saved my life after the phyaiciaps said there W’as no help for me. I have had no doctor since, If I feel unwell 1 take a dose of vegetine. and I reooqujjppd it to my friends Vour Vegetine ought to be ip C't.y i*mitv. My doctor was surprised to see me lit good health. He -ays Vegetine is a good medicine, f tell him it cur #4 me. He savs, “it is true. ’ I cannot feel too fhankful. Very gratefully yours, Jins. CVTHF.RINK COONS, Fi,Jjs, Seneca county, N. Y. ¥egetir>e. Al l, mSEAHKS OF THE BLOOD. If Vegetine wall i. Ijeve paiu, cleanse, purify and cure such dis eases, restoring tin* patient ti) perfect health alter trying different physicians, many remedies, suffer ing for years, is it nut toiplusive proof, if you are a sufferer, you can be cured ? Why is this medicine performing such great cures? It works in tlie blood, in the circulating fluid. It can truly bo called the Great Blood Purifier The great source of dis ease oi minutes in the blood, and no medicine that docs not act directly upon it, to purify and reno ■te, has any just claim upon public attention. Vegetine, WILL CURE faiikei* ilsißßH'. JicM KPoKT, March 31, 1876. 11. R, Hteuns: „ .... „ - Sir—l.uA fall my husband got me ° bott ifA ■s our Vcgctiite to take for the CankeV Humor, which L have ijiid in my stomach for several ye*>r s ; ° * it, ami tlie result was very satisfactory. I J”' Uu ago .1 many remedies for the canker bjwor, ud none i cpied to help me but Vegetine, 1 here is no doubt a, jny mind that every one suffering with- nker humor can be cured by taking \ ege tiuo. it gave nye 4. bitter nppotite, and I folt Let ter in every respect* Yours, with ff4gpect, Mrs. EM/d ANN POOLE. IfEtjE fiftE. nothing equal to it. South Salf.m, Mass., Nov. 14, 1876. HR. H, R. Stevens; btkr Sir—l have been troubled with scrofula, ■uker m 4 liver complaint three years. Nothing tdid me guy good until I commenced using the o -i tine. I gu, now getting along first rate, and '■- i! using the Yegetijje, I consider there is noth !>g equal to it for such popiplaints. Can heartily o-eommend it to everybody, lours truly, Mrs. Lizzie 4j. J’aPKahd, No. 10 Lagrange street, South Saiem Mass, 'b .Kl INK thoroughly eradicates every kind of lhim r. unit ri stores the entire system to a healthy pond ition. yEqsfifiE, P/epaivd by' * L J?-, Stpypus, Bos ’ ton, Mass. TKCiFTIXK Is Sold by all Druggists t ? tui i?! i • '™2XS r tSS& c&S* g n lT ymeut at home, the wu.oJ- of theiT tnue, > their spare moments. Business Jl?* 1 * s ( na R r ‘table, peraons of either sex easily ear;) jrom . cents to p e r evening, and a ju-oportioxai sum y devoting their whole time to the business. Boys au ! girls earn nearly as innch as men. That all who St -e this notice may send their addrusjl, and test the unparalleled offer: To such as ye <# w4l li-d we will send one dollar to pay foythg trouble of 'Anting. Full particulars, samples worth several dollars to commence work on, and a popy of Home aid lures ide, one of the aargestand best ill net rated .Publications, all sent free by mail. Keads-v it you >tam permanent, profitable work, address, gkoroe hnson Cos., Portland. Maine. V \ W a Week to Agents. $lO Outfit Free YbW f I j. u viCKKKY, Augusta, Maine. VOL. VIII. Medical Dispensary, I)r. (Jeo. \\. Marvin again ton dors his professional service to his old friends and the public. Dispeii" snry and consultation rooms, No. 1 Lite hall street, in Centennial buiU ding, Atlanta, Ga., where patients can get reliable treatment for all diseases of the Throat, Lungs and Catarrh. The above diseases treated by inhalation. r l he 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, eic. Electricity applied in cases where it is required. The Doctor is per manently located, and persons who ha> 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. 11 is charges arc mo derate, and consultation free. Office hours from 9 a.m. to 4 p.m. feb22-ly (For the Gazette.) The Decadence of lioSnummai an sin. The religion uf Mohammed, who began his operations which so mate rially affected the condition of the world about GOO years after Christ, that has long since passed the meridi an of its power and glory, is evidently wending its way on that downward Slope that leads to final extinction. The present war between Russia and Turkey mav result in partial ex tirpation from Europe, over more than half of which grand division of the earth it has at different times held almost universal power. The Tur kish government has been for centu tnries the principal defender of the Mohammedan religion. Being on the borders of Mohammedanism and Christianity, ir of neecsssity has boon the outermost rampart in the defense. Turkey is now on the verge of dissolution, and when that nation falls, all the strong fortresses of the crescent are gone. D was es tablished by the sword, and no doubt it will likewise perish by the same weapon. Tt is only a question of time. With Tin-key goes Egypt and the Barbary States, leaving only Persia as its main defender. Persia lias had, at different times within the last three thousand years, and universally maintained four diff erent religions, each radically differ ent from each other. First, Pagan polytheism ; Second, the Monothe ism of Zoroaster ; Third, Magianism, or the worship of the sun ; Fourth, and lastly, Mohammedanism. 'J ims it will be seen, that when the latter religion is found to fall back on Per sia, its last defender, that it has not the consolation of knowing that con tinued immutability, constancy and fidelity are among the virtues of that instrument of defence. Arabia, the cradle of the Saracen religion, where military powers established it, and erected jts mosques in Mongolia, Persia, Mesopotamia, Syria, Egypt, North Africa, Barbary. Spain and from thence a thousand miles into the interior of Europe, has sunk in to insignificance as a ocople. The dismemberment of Turkey would be the fatal blow to Moham medanism ft would then cease to be tlie established church of that country, ami its power would no lon ger be felt. Russia lias her heart bent on Asiatic conquest, and anoth er century may present tlie Greek church as the state religion of AJo hammedan country. While we are considering the prob able early extinction of the Moham medan highway to heaven, might it not lie of interest if thp relics it will have leave behind to remember t.Q yet unborn posterity, the fact that such a religion ever existed ? The reader will say there are many. Heartless conquest rapine, cruelty, plunder lust, intolerance and brutality will be among tlpo lust. But there are others—those of a beneficent and philanthropic character. The path of Mohommcdanism lias not always been strewn with evil, nor has igno rance superstition been its only guide. iit/T Up wonderful suc cesses of Mahoimnot /fad uk fin.me diate followers had been achieved. ; science and letters received careful and elaborate attention at the hands of the Arabians. The great libraries of Greece and Eg\qc wpre overhauled ; disciples of Plato and Af istotje sprang up, as tronomy was broughp to a s-.ion pc ; the rotundity of the earth was an nounced ; its circumference deter mined ; its annual and diurnal revo lutions demonstrated, and almost the correct time taken to mark each revolution stated. They developed thp npplieinutical exercises, invented algebra, ami im proved geometry and trigonometry. 'They performed a complete revolu tion in the science of numbers and all arithmetic palm;hit ions by the im vent ion of Hie Arabia mtn.pGiis, nm] the system of numeration which gives them a tenfold value in their order Of location from right to left, wUcb #£§ as great an improvement over the Grec?an Roman method of representing liiimbei* by ietpq-s. as the m of printing is an improver nii’iit in ihp ponjmMiooMtion pleas over the old-imumscfipt mpth°d of publication. The Mohammedan Arabs were the THOM ASTON. GA.. SATURDAY MORNING. JUNK 2, 1877. first to introduce the use of the pen dulum to regulate the instrument for keeping time ; they originated the science of chemistry, which accounts for the appearance of so many Ara bic names in our modern chemis tries. Ale hoi, alkali, sulphuric and nitric acid, and other important chemical agents are of Arabic dis covery and invention. To natural philosophy, the Ma hommet Arabs added many impor tant ornaments ; in hydrostates they constructed tlie first* tables of specific gravity of bodies, and wrote treaties on the flotation and sinking of bodies ; in optics they corrected the Greek misconception that a ray proceeds from ihe eye, and introdu ced the hypothesis which is at this day universal}’accepted, that the ray proceeds from the object to the eve, forming an image on the retina thereof, winch is front thence com municated to the brain. They un derstood the reflection of light, and first taught that the sun and moon could he seen for a while before they had risen, and tlie same length of time after they had set. They taught to Europe the highly interes ting and intellectual game of chess ; and prod no and more poets and more authors in fiction in the same length of time than any nation that had before existed. In the methods of agriculture, they demonstrated the same scien tific turn of mind. Their estimable methods of irrigation ; their skilful employment of fertilizers ; their raising improved breeds of cattle, and fleet horses, all indicate a high degree of intellect. Their match less developement of scientific activ ity was also demonstrated in the manufacture of silk, cotton, and wool, their fabrication of Cordova and Morocco leather, and paper, in mining, casting, and various metal largic operations. It will be seen, that should the Mohammedan religion he compelled, within a comparitivcly short period of time, to retire to oblivion, and give way to some other religion, the same as did paganism to tlie mono theism of Zoroaster, that to the wor ship of the sun and moon, and that to Mohammedism, it will leave be hind some relics oi’ which it may well be proud, and for which the im partial historian has and ever will give it credit. But it must be remembered that the Mohammedan Turks of to-day are radically different individuals f :om the Mohamcdan Arab of the seventh, eighth and ninth centuries. Ldio latter were as we have shown; the character of the former is wfiat Turkish history makes it. The Turk entered Asia Minor and F.u rope a victorious military horde, ta king advantage of the divisions un der the government of the last of the Ceasars. They found the country full of flourishing cities, good sys tems of agriculture, art and archi tecture in a fine degree of perfect ion, and although business of all kinds was some what deranged by the pre ceding w r ai’s, yet active, .scientific, conquerors could soon have made the land bloom with prosperity. The contrary has been the result. Ottoman rule has encouraged noth ing that was noble, good and states man like. Composed of Tartaric hordes from the east, they had no statesmanlike or scientific ideas of their own, and never incorporated any of the progressive western ideas with their systems of action. They des poiled their provinces by their gree dy exactions of tribute, which they nyeor utilized to advance in a benefi cial way, art science or literature, but used the same to revel in licentious luxury and extravagant splendor, so that Turkey to-day, which might be the giandiisf; qf tho Eastern, l.emis plieres supporting a flourishing peo ple, is a dilapidated land of impover ished husbandry, crippled commerce, and devastated towns and cities caus ed by a cruel senseless and oppres sive goyemmpnt. J, 0. 0. B. Barnesville, Ga. BRILLIANTS. We should accustom the mind to keep the best company by introdu cing it only to the best books. T<anguage is the amber in which a thousand precious thoughts have been safely embedded and preserved. Let prudence always attend your pleasures ; it is the way to enjoy the sweets of them and not be afraid of the consequences. iffqwars aro the alphabet of an gels, whereby they Wi'ifß on Hills and fields mysterious and sweet truths. _ It is amusing to hear republicans, who have always contended that the white people and property holders of the south upgiq I.) bo voted down and not permitted to control their own states, say t; oy ire willing to give Hayes’ policy a trial. It is a happy disposition if mind that ena bles an individual to affirm his wil lingness to permit the doing a thing ho ram not prevent. It now turns out that the meeting of Horace White, Aleck McClure, Murat Halstead, Sam Bowles, and a few other noted liberal leaders at ffayes’ table in the white house, was by special invitation qf Hayes him self, and that Ifayes assured ihejn that ho sympathised with the liberal movement in 187”). YVe advise lib' ends to keep shy of him. There is nothing truer than that “fraud viti utes yire Jcvcr it touches." Hayes is where he ispy fraud. Ilf© cgse is y/t'l’se than that of*Tylor or Jphngoiq for both hejd their positions by un questioned right and law. Virginia City, Nevada. \ irginia City now has a popula tion of about twenty-five thousand, including one-half the whole num ber of voters in the State of Nevada. Few pictures of it give a correct idea of its position. In photographs it appears to be at the foot of the mountain, while it; is in fact built across the mountain's face, and ihe peak that rises two thousand feet above it also extends two thonsa ml below it. It is so environed and confined bv mountains that the rail way which connects it with the Cen tral Pacific at Reno has curves enough to discribe a circle of three hundred and sixty degrees seventeen times ; the distance to Reno in a bee-line is sixteen miles, and the | distance by the raidwav’, which cost ! two million dollars, is liftvdwo miles. The pitch of the ground is such that what is the first story of a house in front becomes the second or third story in the rear, and looking east ward, northward, or southward, and eye meets an unvaried prospect of chain of interlock peaks. The People are ultra-Californian in their nature and habits, excessive ly fond of display, lavishly hospita ble, impetuous in busines, and ir repressible in speculativeness. On October 26, 1875, a lire swept the city from end to end, and ten million dollars’ worth of property, including all the mining works on the surface, wen tup in the flames. Within six ty days the most important mines had renewed their buildings and machinery, and within six months the whole city had been rebuilt. To guard against a recurrence of the disaster, a system of reservoirs and hydrants was established, and it would be easier now to flood the city than to burn it. The Virgin ians are proud of tlie quality and abundance of their water supply.— The works cost over two million dol lars, and tlie water is brought a dis tance of thirty-one miles from Mar ietta’s Lake, in tne Sierras. What is most surprising is the constant rushing crowd on C Street the principle thoroughfare, and the cosmopoliton of its elements. Pluto and Washoe Indians in picturesque rags, Chinamen in blue and black blouses, brawney cornishmen, vehe.i meat Mexicans, and many other peo ple from far-apart countries mingle and surge along in the stream. There is nothing provincial or shabby.— The stores are well stocked, and tlie show-windows glitter with the at tractiveness of thek- wares The men around you are men of the world who have traveled, and in many in stances made money.. The resturants are not the least among the marvels of Virginia City: While every thing else is frightfully dear, and the storekeepers seem to consider all purchasers tlie happy possessors of a Fortunatus purse, food is uncommonly cheap, and an excellent dinner of four courses can be had for fifty cents, or a more ela borate dinner, with game poultry, and half a Dottle of fair wine, for a dollar. Every delicacy in seasqn finds its way from San Francisco and New York, anil two oceans contrib ute their produce to the marbled and mirrored lunch counters. Another development of the lux urious character of the citizens is a club after the metropolitan pattern, with richly furnished billiard-rooms and reoping-rooms, where the bach elor may smoke tlie pipe of celibacy in peace. They are nearly all bachelors in Virginia; the atmosphere qf the place is by no means favorable to wives and children : the feminine element is very dccolletee in manners as well as in dress, and yet t here are good and affectionate women in tno town, especially among the miners’ wives, and we see them to advantage m times of trouble, when some wounded creature is brought to the surface from below There are few bqarding-housus , tliq upper parts of the stores and other buildings are let out as lodgings, the meals are supplied by the many excellent res taurants. While night has fallen on the vis ible town, the itijisifilq iqw.q under ground is glimmering with a thou sand lights, just,as it has been glim mering through ail the summer days that have shone and all the winter nights that have lowered ever since the Comstock lode was first penetra ted by a shaft. There is no repose in that mysterious region ; none of, the endless changes and renewal* of season that sweeten existence on the earth ; no relapse of day into night, or night into day ; no summer, no winter, and Sunday. The farthest journey possible on the surface could not take The traveller io a country half so miraculous as that which lies less than a mile below the parallels of familiar stores on C Street : it is as with a physiognomist, who, trav oiling in the'interior of Africa, and standing the strangest human faces among the native?, would not see any thing half so strange as the heart of his nearest neighbor, had he the power to probe the little depth of flesh that seals it and its inner most secrets. Nearly one-fourth of the whole population i$ hidden in the mines, and when we see how overcrowded the superficial area is. and realize how many more streets and people are out of sight, how the crest of the mountain is the roof of a seventeen-story building which is constantly sinking deeper into the earth, we are prepared to agree with the proud citizens who assures us that Virginia is a “pretty consider able place.**—William 11. Ridkim; in harper*:* Magazine for June. CHARACTER. “S ODD Fits'—A MISS OF THK NINK- T RE NT 11 CKNTIRY —A WIFE —A HUSBAND —A WINDOW.— Xoddil’S may be divided into four distinct classes : Indiscriminate. Bert, Free d's \vhicli*alsoEmbraces w tut may be styled the condescending nod* ders), and tae Stopp.-rs, or luitton holders. There are so many degrees of acquaintance, that to bestow on each one the same attention would be absurd. General Washington took off his hat to a negro, bat ev ery man eo: not afford to be so po> l.te. V certain art is necessary in repelling impertinent iamiliarity, and in encouraging worth ; in re plying to the arrogance of wealth, and in letting the man of noble char actor and talents perceive that you respect him, although* he be poor ; as of which can be done by nodding. Consider first the indiscriminate.— There are ordinary persons, with no i knowledge of the art, who nod acci dentally, as il were, and without meaning. They h ive tlie same look and shake of the head for every, old face they meet. Among the Pert noddersure dap per little fellows, all smiles and fam llliarty, who pass \ou with a brisk step and a glance of tlie utmost in timacy, as if you understood each other well enough and had enjoyed many a merry time together over the bottle. They give you the gree ting ot a bosom companion, altough you scarcely know; their names and cannot recollect for your very life when you saw them before, ’f they can come near enough they' slap yon on the shoulder goodhumoredly, and call yon Bob or Dick in a very loud voice, no matter in what company* you may be. One can endure al most any evil with more patience than this unwarranted familiarity. Such men are the pests of public life. The third class, denominated Freezers, are generally persons of condition, bank directors, land-hol ders, men in office and people who keep carriages. Although this set of nodders are by no means as disa greeable as the first, they are, nev ertheless, oftentimes exceedingly provoking. In the civility of your soul, being acquainted with them and not feeling it any particular honor to have one of your fellow worms acknowledge, by his manner, that lie has met yp \ before, you give one a p ffite g ,od morning and are mortified in the presence of your friends by* finding that lie Ims not c>en seen you, and is probably ut terly unconscious that such an insig nificant creature as yourself is still j in existence. But on occasions, iiow wonderfully do these abstracted peo ple have their memories suddenly brightened. For, if you can acci dentally do them a favor, they will single you out from a crowd at a dis tance of a quarter of a mile. On common occassions, howeyer, when they dp greet, you, it is with the air of one who is performing* a disagree able duty. '1 hey slowly incline their hearts with tlie air of one who is per forming a disagreahle duty. They! slowly incline their heads with grave solemnity, aip] wish you to under stand that you have interrupted a very interesting train of thought Among the class of Freezers there I is a department styled the comlescen ding nodders. There are persons who, in no respect your superior in point of intellect, conduct‘or world ly wealth, affect to look down upon you as being almost below their no tice, thought you have re pea tel y been in their society, and perhaps i jiqvo often been a service to them, but all this does not put you on a le vel with their mighty selves. They 1 may be a little proud of their birth ; you, of course, had not a father), etc., etc. Whatever it be, they are proud ot something, and so they are very cautious how they receive you. After tiie Freezers come the Stop- : pers. These are fellows who arrest you wherever you meet, planting thfiiqseivcs full in your patn, or giaspingyou with energetic affec tion by \he shoulder. They will i keep you standing in any weather, and when they take hold of your hand they half dislocate your wrist, ' and shake and talk and vice versa till you wonder what miracle makes j them so glad to sec you, sines you neither know nor cafe anything for them. They seize hold of your but ton when you seem anxious to escape } and hence are denominated Button holders. These are mentioned un der the class of nodders, because of their fatot] facußy to roqognuse their victims andtheir manner of greeting yon with an ominous huge nod, enough to fling their head from the shoulder. It may be observed in this, as in every other action, the true gentle lyap’t i- .'wpai-aied from all others.— Ho avoids the two extreemes of wounding by arrogance and anything by familiarity. A MISS OF Till: NINETEENTH < EN> ! Tyity. A sliaiige-loqking tiling, retaining very little qf the liunia i form about it, It spends its time at borne, dressing, eatin., reading annals and all sorts of sentimental periodicals, copying love-songs, clipping and car ving colored papers, inventing match-boxes, yawing, drumming aqd humming ; abrqad, chattering, ginging and playing, waltzing and quad rilling. Can this thing have a soul ? It is not altogether a mere machine, there arc indications of vo lition about it ; and at times, when the actuating spirit docs manifest it self it betrays a spirit of malevolence and envy, sol fish ness and dissimula tion. A WIFE. There is the tawdry, careless wife dawdling about with horrent pock et-holes, unbuttoned gown, and dis heveled and disorderly hair, and her feet slipped into a pair of old shoos. Sho was always a sloven and matrimo ny makes her ten times more so. Her house is like a brokers shop of old clothes, the furniture is daubed with grease, and the whole estab lishment shows that it wants the su perintending care of a mistreess.— She is indolent, easy and goodna lured. Her husband is also an easy* minded sort of person, so things get leave to pass without reprehension. There is also the bold, domineering matron, who dictates upon all possi ble occasions whether her advice be solicited or not. “She could man age all the families in Christendom,’ to hear her speak. In choosing a husband she has taken a simpleton who lets her rule as she lists She would break the heart of a man of feeling, and a man of spirit would surely break her bones. The character of the good wife can hardly !>e delineated. She pos sesses so many minute, undcfinable excellences, lie alone whose lot she 1 blesses, can fully estimate her value. Yea, it is above rubies and lie feels it to le so. She is the sweetener of hij existence, and without attracting any notice to herself, she throws around his character a lustre, that without her, never would have ap peared. A HUSBAND. There is the idle domestic man, as exact as clock work, who spends his life in doing nick-nacks about the house, or for variety, dodging about a sale, or escorting his wife to i market. There is also the wealthy, money making man, engaged in the turmoil of business, who has little tccling of tenderness about him, but finds it to his interest to marry. He therefore chooses a wife, not so much for a companion, but as an economical person to place at the head of his establishment. Ho treats her as an upper servant, gives her a circum scribed allowance for household mat ters, for which she must yield an exact account. He is overbearing and unfeeling, but his household do not rebel, they look up to him with awe and reverence, although he rules them like a despot. A WIDOW. There is the gay young widow. Oh, what a choice theme for gossip, as sho goes about peeling from be* neath her fashionable weeds. She sets herself up to matronizc young girls, that she may draw a train of young gallants after her, and haply catch one herself; but not one, fool though lie bn to spend his time in escorting her to bazaars, shoppings and promenades, is ever fool enough to risk himself for “better or for worse. ’’ There is, likewise, your demure, destitute, ill-left, friendless widow, creeping about in rusty weeds, with traces of comeliness in her careworn, poverty-marked countenance. None ! know the struggles that she has to keep out of debt, the anxious days | and sleepless nights, yet her lot is ' more enviable than her younger and i gayer sistoK —Free Press. .% Sensible Hoilicr. It is really ]>itiful to soe a good conscientious little mother resolutely shut iing herself away from so much that is best and sweetest in her chil drens lives for the sake of tucking their dresses and ruffling their petti coats. llow surprised and grieved she M ill he to find that her boys and girls, at sixteen, regard “mother” clr'efly as a most excellent person to keep skirts in order and to make | new dresses, and not as one to whom ' they care to go for social compan lonshi p ! \et, before they are snub bed out of it by repeated rebuffs, such as “Runaway, I’m too busy to listen to your nonsense,” children naturally go to their mothers with all their sorrows and pleasures ; and if “mother can only enter into all their little plans, how pleased they are 1 Such a shout of delight as I heard last summer from Mrs. friendly’s croquet ground where her two little girls were playing ! “Oh, goody, mamma is coming to play with us! ? ’ She was a busy mother, too, and I know would have much preferred to use what few moments of recreation she could snatch for something more interesting than playing croquet widi little children, not much taller than their mallets. She has often said to me, “I cannot let my children grow away from me, I must keep right along with them all the time and whether it is croquet with the little ones, or Latin grammar and j base-ball with the boys, or French J dictation and sash-ribbons with the girls, 1 must be “in it” as far as I can.”—Front “Letters to a Young Mother j” Scribner for March, The peach crop in Oeleware will ) he enormous this year, and the ship per-s are puzzled how to get it ail to market. I A hurlesqe funeral over the re | mains of a miner, in which clergy ' man and mourners were personated, is the most recent act of profanity recorded as occurring in the Dark i Hills. rpHK GRF Vi \RT) TIMES PAPF. I > 1 1 lie U>--t. tU. • and tin- in -t l Ur. You < _ .1 to he without it. CRICKET as. HEARTH. It is mammoth If.-pat'c illustrated ]4U<er ("t*e pf Weekly.) tilled with the rhoii <a4 reartln.' for old and young. 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Sonic of the surgical instrument* , taken by the Sioux from a surgeon** pocket in the Custer massacre, and returned by the Sions at the .Spotted Tail surrender recently, had been badly mutilated by squaws, who had tried to covert, them into personal ornaments. Fhe shops in St. Petersburg have projecting sign-boards, on which are represented the prineipal articles sold. This is a proof of the general ignorance, for if the masses could read, such notices would not be nec essary. The same custom was prai - tieed iu other European countries in former tunes for the same reasons. While bartenders are closing up their drinking saloons in the East, they are encouraging the tipplers t<* further activity in the West. A Santa Barbara, Cal., saloon keeper offers to every one who takes a drink a numbered tick3t. Every time a drink is taken anew number is giv en. At the end of the month the numbers are put into a lottery wheel, and the lucky number draws *•*,*. Of course the toper who has the largest number of tickets is suppos ed to have the best chance for the *>.■>. One of the great annual festivals of the Hindoos was lately celebrated upon the banks of the Sarju, a small tributary of the Ganges. The b.’ah mins and astrologers announced that a happy conjunction of the planets at the time would render the occa sion especially favorable for those who desired purification of their sins by plunging into the river. Myriads of Hindoos rushed to the spot, deter mined to bathe without delay, but so great was the crowd that a num ber of persons were crushed to death. Their bodies were immediately thrown into the water w-itli the idea that they would float direct to heav en. Packard has written a letter to the New York Tribune in which he d< - dares that five of the eight Tilden electors of Louisiana were logallv elected, and that he lias documenta ry proof to demonstrate his asser tion. The letter has reached New- Orleans, and is creating consterna tion among the federal otlice hol ders in that state. This Hayes bus iness isn’t settled yet, nor is it like ly to be, There has been a rupture in the French Cabinet. President MacMa hon addressed a letter to M, Jules Simon, head of the cabinet, deman ding an explanation why ho nor Mr, Mortcl kept the engagement recently made at a council of ministers to as cend the tribune and explain the grave reasons which should prevent the abrogation of the existing press law. He had objected to Simons de bates on the municipal law. Si mon had an interview with Presi dent MacMahon which ended with a tender of his resignation, which was at once accepted, all the cabinet then resigned. France has been consider ably excited. The Senators of the left issued a manifesto to the effect that the senate would not associate itself with any; measures against re publican institutions ami declare that they' will energetically resist any' pol icy' which threatens public peace. The Solicitorship of the Treasury has been offered to Dan Chamber* lain by Mr. Hayes. Dan refused the office and will pursue his profession in New York. Recollections ok Samuel Breck, with Passages from his Note Books( 1771-1 8- G 2), Edited by 11. E. Scudder. Phil adelphia ; Porter & Coates. Tt is always pleasant to hear old people tell of the times and scenes they passed through years ago. It is equally or more pleasant to read the reccollections of Mr. Breck, as’they are recorded in this work. Mr. Scudder in unpleasant. introductory, informs us that the book is not given to the world, because of the great reputa tion of the author, but because he kept a complete journal, during one of tho n*ost interesting periods of our history Mr. Brecks associations were with the best jxo pie of the country. lie began his diary in 1800 and when nearly GO years old he be gan to arrange his recollections in orderly form for his own amusement. His per sonal experiences, anecdotes on contem poraneous celebrities, and comments on current events and the books he read as re corded in his diary', make it very interes ting. The work does not purport to add. Important facts to history', yet we rind some that we had not gathered elsewhere. In an easy manner he narrates the manner in which the first French sqsdron tc Bos ton was entertained, and intersperses pleasant au.vcdotea through the work. He does not consume much time in giving his personal history, but presents at once his recollections of others. llis represen tation of the naval encounter at Boston, presents the subject in anew light. We would extract this narration, but for our limited space. The report of Jndge Peters’ account of the arrest of Colonel Flowers is very interesting, and contributes something of history. While this work is not distinguished by any great literary merit, it is written in a very agreeable style and will be foun l in teresting and entertaining. Copies can lx* obtained at the News Dpi pot in Barnesrille. PLAIN AND FANCY JOB WORK 1 Neatly ami Cheaply l A*. thi‘ office.