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TEfeE TIMES. Offlco, Up Stairs. In McIntyre** New 'Buildinp—Jackson Street. Published every Saturday Morning. Christian & Triplett, Proprietors. - TERMS: OWE "Z-EAR . $2,00. a months . 1,00. 3 „ - ,60. t Vk.- imisl InYTwialdy 11 tho expiration of the time i*ai.l for e previously n weri. ADVERTISING RATES. The following are the minimum rate* o <lew(U Pres* An eUtiou, an-1 will lw «tr ftrilieruri to by tho Times, and In no insUnc 1 Wj'vJ.2 W7T.NI. i M. 3 M.6 -M. 12 M. ? I 00 $1 00 $2 00 $200 $4 SO fC.OO $U00 $ 1200 2 Oil 3 0(1 4<j0 000, 0(011 00 1700 22 00 3 00, 4 50 5 75 « 75 12 00 10 00 21 00 30 00 H 25 10 25 12 00 19 SO 21 2 \.;,l 1525 20 50 25 5 1 rol 18 00 24 75 31 5 A s-juurc I* r rea«l ngrolunin, tlilnl i-a^e, their wish them Initerteil—whctheer In ihe ‘•rejju- Ur, s * “i-ite-rlal” nr ••In.-al” column; aNi the lenath «>t tlio time they rrluli them pohluhcel and thn sjiaeo they want them to occupy. Aunniincius'iiamrie of cnmliriate* lor office $5,00 lot aria l»ly In a-lvmnce. .Marriages and ODitnai y Notice* not exceeding |.i lines will be iiuldMicd lYee; bnt for all over 10 lines, regular advertising rates will lie charged. WHEN MILLS AUE VUE. All advertisements in this paper arc due at any timo alter tlio ttot insertion of the same, and will lie collected at- the pleasure of the propri etors, mile** otherwise arranged by cjntract. refiling Using in the TiMr.4 « t be dejevrted fru JUT AS ASH HULKS FOK LKHAL AU- I’EUTISIX'J. SJwrUr* sales, nor levy $5 00 •• Mortgafe FI Fa sales per M|iiare, CiUillons mr miters of Admini-traliun, •• “ •* tiuardiaiisbip 11 for hUnlahm froia .Minin- | Mortgace’ l i Fa sales Guardianship •stratton... ylpplicatinn f*ir Idisnilsskm from Gi Miisldp ytpldicalion for leave to sell Land. Males of I .and, per square...— M lies of Perishable pr*»|icrtv. |-er square ... Notices to Detrfor* ami Ureditois —••• | ft CO VOL. 1. THOMASVILLE, GA., SATURDAY, AUGUST 23, 1873. NO. 23. Professional €nrbs. CHAS. P. HANSELL, Attorney at I .aw, Thomasville, : - G 1 Office up slnlrs In McIntyre’s building. Jack- HOPKINS '& HOPKINS, Attorneys at T.aw, Jackson Street, Thomasville, : : Georgia. K|-cf,l atlrnllnn civ... to roll<^l'n.-.r. l»-n>» - Mor'S-vv, j*. s, no da)T. r llomestevl .. AdminUtraJart, Executor All sales of land by Admin or Guardians, are required b the llrst Tuesiliy yfpplication t JOSEPH P- SMITH. Attorney at Law, Corner Broad and Jackson Streets, THOMASVILLE, G'-A- t..ar21-1y| TV. D. M ITCH ELL. It. O. MI TCI 1 ELL. MITCHELL & MITCHELL, Attorneys at Law. TinniVNVif.i.i:, - Oa. Iniir 21-ljr .1. R. Alexander. i Attorney at Law, THOMASVILLE, C3-A- mar —1-ly ii I lie ’clock In .nqierty Is situatcl. Ntdkes <>l nisi l>o given in a public gazette foi lous to the day of sale. 8alo of Personal Property : day »f hi vast ten <la>« \< Estate Debtors and Creditora to Dcl.D.i* and i tel.tors ol an estate i •uol'slnsl forty days. Court of Ordinary Leave W. M. HAMMOND. E. T. DAVIS. HAMMOND & DAVIS, ATTORNEYS AT LAW. — AND — COLLECTORS OF CLAIMS, THOMASVILLE, S. W. GEORGIA. all Lain SellNo- the Court ol USt Ik) pule .r iimrvTr tear* Ilsbed onco a week f«i A-dmintatratora and Guardianship tat Ions for letters ol Administration mi iiiildished ibiriy days ; lor l)lMnU*i<iD fr >n liiiuisiration, monthly f r three luonlhs-f. luissioii IVom Uuarliaiisldp, 40 day*. Foreclosure of Mortgage:—B'd« intblyf tifgaga i bs Establishing Lost^ Papers :-N<>tk .ImrieK I,. Seward, Attorney at Law, THOMASVILLE, - - GA. mar 21-ly K. T. MacLEAN, A i t o i* n o y —AND— Counsoloi* at I jDAV, THOMASVILLE, GA. PICK—l"p Stairs Over lhreyer St Isam OUll Job Printing Department. Having supplied jurselves with new resses m.». S. BRA&BGS THOMASVILLE GA. Offic e—Rack room Evans’ Building, mar ’21-ly A. P. TAYLOK, M. D., Thomasville, : : Ga. OFFICE—Front room over Stark*! Confectionary. DR. JNO. H. COYLE, RESIDES! BE&TIST, THOMASVILLE, OA. -nil,-.. C.iru,r J»l*m ar..l Ur.,a.l Sla. Latest and Most Improved Pattorns We are now prepared to execute in as LOO!) ).<Mf CRICKH \ can be had iu the Stale, JOB WORK OF ALL KINDS, SAVANNAH. A. P. A6AMS, Attorney at Law, Savannah, Ga. Ray Street, over ’J/ormiig News” Office. Refer* t,» II.,n. .4. T M.u lnlvre, Judge A. II. H. J. ROYAL, SURGEOK DENTIST, COTTON FLTUHES. A Fair Impartial Statement of the Workings of the Cot ton Future Contracts. In the Chronicle of June 14, discus- in" a judicial decision rendered in Alabama with regard to dealings iu merchandise where the actual deliverer '>f the merchandise contracted lor is i o t contemplated until a future day, we incidentally stated the fact that contracts of lliat character has become an important feature m mod ern commerce, aud were of benefit to producer 1 . Our space at that time did not allow us to give that full dis cussion to the subject which it de mands, and we therefore welcome the article of the Daily Sun, of Columbus Ga , June 24, to which our attention has been called as leading to a more careful explanation of cur position. All trading—that is buying anti sel ling of commercial commodities for a profit—necessarily partakes of more or less risk incident upon fluctuations in ptice of the article dealt in, aud chau- ;cs in the relation of supply and de mand, production and consumption. The old-time merchant filled his ship with a cargo and sent her to foreign parts where it was sold and a return cargo bought aud brought back for sale in the home market. The rouud voyage often occupied one or more years. The man of sagaeity, forecast and thorough knowledge of the trade in winch he was engaged was generally successful, while ill-planned and ill- managed ventures were as generally disastrous; this usual result was often changed by some misfortune of luck* turn iu affairs that could not have been foreseen. The mote limited Irnnsictions of the later times, those which include only the export or the import of a sfngle’articlc, or common mercantile transactions cf the home trade embracing a stock for only thiee or six mouths at retail or wholesale, all involve the same elements of risk during the period between the pur chase aud the sale. Since the introduction of the tele graph an I quick means of transporta tion these risks ol fluctuation have been reduced to the minimum. Sure of replenishing at any time on short notice, the distributing dealer takes " liter stocks, leaving the heavier risks upon Ihe producer, or the inter vening wholesale dealer. A merchant iu Calcutta has advice of yesterday’s market in New York, lie takes up a ship, buys her cargo of llaxsecd, gun- nvoags, jute, indigo, Ac., of which he telegraphs to his correspondent in New York or Boston, and such part of it as carries a satisfactory profit hr sold for arrival before it is laden on board the ship, the hovers carrying the risk of fluctuations (luring the voy age. unless they sooner rc-scll to other parties. If the cargo has been bought hi the home market for consumption the flaxseed for an oil mill, and the other fTr'icles lor those who want them iu tiieir usual trade, these parties in turn will proceed to contract the sale ot their several productions, upon the certainty as to cost of their raw mate rial. The merchant at New Orleans having bought, and iu process of shi]>- meut, 1,000 bales of cotton in expecta tion of a profit upon or soon afier its arrival at Liverpool, receives advices of a satisfactory price or becomes ap prehensive of a disastrous decline in either case telegraphs to his factor at Liverpool to sell the cotton to arrive to secure the profits or to avoid the loss. Again, the cotton spinner at Lanca shire or iu Rhode Island has an oppor tunity to contract for many months’ production of his whole mill at an as sured thougii small prQllt, if he can se cure the raw cotton to cover if. His cash capital is too small for so large a supply and it would both strain his •rodit aud enhance his pride to buy upon credit; besides there is a shrink age in weight of cotton hales stored lor some months, and there is a cost of insurance, interest and stor applies to a cotton dealer or importer who agrees to furnisli him 200 bales per month of the rcoui&ite quality at a price somewhat higher indeed than the spot price at the moment, yet low enough to leave the profits he was anxious to secure, and he contracts for it ton. Yet again a commission house iu ew York or Ratoon has large cun- gnmeiits of cotton from Southern and planters, who have shipped under the usual expectation of an advance in the market price, but the price has declined, instead, and is unsatisfactory. Tim market is over supplied for the lime, but the factor. Ills ooiistltuouis. aud the public believe that prices will advance later, or when the stock shall t>c reduced. Reeausu of this belief for the latter months are higher Legal Bialiks, and every other de*rrii>tion of Jub Work. Our Stock and Material is New and Complete and every effort will bo made to give sat isfaction to nil who tiivor us with their patronage. Patronize your Home Enter prises, and dont send off f >r Job >Thus[ 120 1-2 Congi ulaski House! Sired. Opposite R. E. LESTER, ATTORNEY AT LAW, SAKANNAII, GA. Henry B. Tompkin?, Attorney at Law, BAY STREET, SAVANNAHj GA •lice in United Slates (\>urt* and all Stale to one party in every case, and in the line oTd regular and piudcnt business to that one. the other party, ns, for instance, the party who contract to sell property wjiich he does not at the time possess, is assuming a purely speculative risk, heyuinl that of legiti mate trade. It is speculative, indeed as is all buying aud selling for profit; but it is no more so nudisef ilie same naiure ns the contract ot a build er to supply the materials aud erect an edifice when he is not yet the owner of any of the materials, nor expects to be until they shall be required or can be obtained at best advan tage. Nor properly restraiisd within the bounds of prudent e aud fl:e means of the operator to make good, is it any more speculative or l>oqily adventurous than have been the aver age business enteqirise of merchants since the ships of lyre traded with the land of Opbir. The rule of right, privelegc and lim itations of produce and meaus for safe conduct apply equally to buytr and seller on these contracts. As in old mercantile ventures, so iu these, suc cess will geuerallj- attend upon sagac ity and forecast ot the elements deter mining the future course ot prices, but now theie must be also a quickness of perception and action suited to the days of the telegraph and tlic steam transport. And yet, notwithstanding these ad vantages arisiug from contract sales, no ouc should ignore the abuses of this new commercial jHiweronc of winch is speculative sales by plauteis. With some there is an ever present tempta tion to assume risks, to the manage ment of winch the brains, the capital and the experience of the templed are insufficient. A briiliaut success in one line of operations by a few persons who saw and profited bv the opportunity leads many others' to follow in the same line after the chance lor profits has gone by. Gaiu u ithout toil is, and always has been, tempting. Rut the difference between these sptdilations upon contracts aud those upon tulips South Sea shares, cotton or ten, iu old times, is in the increased facility for those of to day and the consequent greater degree ir which the> arc fol lowed. Iu due time their danger will be taught by the experience of fre quent disaster and by vlie discovery Hint they are not chance- hazards equal to all, but require either special aptitude or Iraiuiug for them, or both. A still greater abuse of this system is that borrowed trom the stock ex change, that of combination for a ners. This is the real ban of the tract system- Given a period of low supply to the article which is the sub ject of a'contcst, a combination of suf ficient strength may quietly buy most of the slock and become lon<j the market to an extent rendering impossible for a time that the sellers can deliver the property called for by the contracts. Tile shorts must then pay the prices dictated on which to set tle their defaults. This mav bo done just ns well in defiance of all the laws d demand in the markets ofllie world and iu contempt of prices elsewhere ruling for the same article as when in entire conformity with those laivs. As between the two* j allies to the specu lation, it may be a fair game; for we suppose either would ble» d the other— although, be it remembered, the regu lar dealers and factors holding a •por tion of the stock iu market of the cor nered article ate always on the side of high pi ices, thus- putting the other or bear side at a chronic disadvan tage- Rut these corners in articles 6f general necessity and use are hurt ful to all interests, whether nearly or remotely connected with the trade in or consumption of these articii s. Reg ular trade is for some time destroyed. Manulacturing imluslry is checked o:* made unprofitable. Commerce is iu- terruptcu, and to some degree the whole mnehiuevy ot business is thrown out of gear. The general loss to tho business interests of the country is many times more the sum of the cor ner, however successfully carried out. aud the unrighteous ami hurtful ad vance is almost always followed by a corresponding «t greater ami uudue deproskion ot price, Fashionable Saratoga — Dia monds vs. Gloves—Tlie young Lady who introduced the Grecian Bend, Still iu the Market. The correspondent of the Louisville Courier Jourupl writes up the styles at Saratoga as. follows: Our lady readers will he interested iu.the extract which we give! The correspondent says: This is a good place now to men tion styles. Tlie hair is no longer worn on the head—of course not. These fashions came in with the cool weather last autumn, and after expo sing the head to the cold all winter, now that it is summer auil would be very comfortable to wear the hair high it i« brought down to the nape of the lieC i a ** wonl libitum—frizzed, curled, braided or puffed, hut never large and standing out from the head. Reeanse it is uncomfortable, though dreadfully becoming, high ruils are worn not only of loco ami nmolin, but ot the same material as the dress out side of the friil. 1 he niffs is very high at the baek, and tapers under the chin. A few years ago, after the summer was j*a»t and the damp chill of autumn succeeded warm weather, fashion de creed that very high neck-drcsscs were not tureen that tlie dress must be cut down in front aud broad white sailor collars should be worn. IIow perfect ly idiotic now for the fashion to con- forrn ihe seasons! decollate have (liv appeared entirely, many women and children wearing high neck and long sleeves. Very few high Spanish combs are worn. Relt buckles are worn at the back instead of the front of the waist. I have not seen an organdy muslin here. Very few white dresses are worn. The polonaise is the one universal garment worn. It is seen iu black lace, which is a costly affair three hundred dollars being asked for the lowest pi iced. They are also seen in mce, price one huudred and fifty dol lars. It no longer requires a small fortune to keep ouc iu gloves at Sara toga for they are seldom worn, even in dancing. Ladies aud gentlemen equally ignore them. With ladies it i8ii question of diamond rings or gloves. Roth cnlinot be Morn at the same time, so diamonds carry the point. A young lady was pom led out to me as THE Ol.GINAL GItECIAN RENDER. Those who sec her now remember when she came here five summers ago and introduced the absurd fashion. She and her sister arc very stylish- lookiug, hut oh how people comment upon the stylish gills who come here year after year without any matrimo nial results. A Stuikf..—Precisely at 12 o’clock on yesterday, every hand iu the J. 1*. & M. Railroad shops at this place, in cluding men and boys, white and col- ' *•* pped work simultaneously aud ed ' their pay, which is now three months in arrears—their wages being due lor May, June and July.— Superintendent I'apy was waited on, and he finally succeeded in lulling the clamors of the men l»y a promise to pay them off in full in* a day or two.— The hands, howevei, all refuse to strike another lick until they arc paid off and they cannot lie Mamed They have had a hard struggle to .live, and could not have got along at all hut for the kimtlicss aud indulgence of our merchants. “The laborer is worthy of his hire.*’ and it is high time the of ficers of the Company should make extraordinary exertions and any rifieo to satisfy the just demands of their faithlul mechanics. We believe that Superintendent I’apv will ‘ ; raisc the wind” if it is within the scope of human power. *lhc new managemeut succeeds to a mass ot debts and em barrassment of every description, the result of the Littlefield mismanage ment, aud it will be fortunate indeed and deserving of great credit if it is able io afford even temporary relief to the Road.—Tulb^issce Fb-ritUun. The J. 1*. & &Aload soems to have a hard time of it. G. A. HOWELL, B. A. DENMARK. IIo-woll & Denmark, SVttomciis at £au), SA/S77A.3sT3Sr.A.ia:, GrA~ i >■ Pro*|.i nt «uti,.i) ri /tfii to sit Ihu.imM* en- ii.-t.-l l.» I h.-lr car.*. Mrw». (1 mover. .Jpiwil, Savannah. Seward aod Cat*. a.’lkunuuvUle. roar 21-ly Itefi-r l.y per StuM*. »V Co., lion. A. II. Han John Triplett. *1 ini R. It. KeiqmrJ. ! II. .1. I. Hew* ‘ >iu.-utville, Ga. • A. B. SMITH. W. C. SEEKS SMITH & BERKS, Attorneys at Corner Ray and Rail Streets, Work, bring It tO the TIMES Savannah, - Co. T A 0 „ n0 I BsfcrtoA.H. //aaaell, MlLh«U and MttcbaJl. Job Office. r ' T ^. 4 wa-iy than those current, and man) persons arc willing to buy cotloq fuy delivery in March or April who will nut buy at the lower current price in December, flic difference will more than pay the cost of holdiug the cotton during the interval. The object of the factor and his customer L not lo speculate for higher prices but to secure a saftstac- toi v sale and that is d«. ue by a con tract for Spring delivery. Once more, a planter careful and observing of ihe character of the sea son, aud the appearance of his own and his neighbor’s field's becomen sat islied that the whole crop will be iar ger than is generally supposed, and with a late and favorable picking sea son will bp very large, causing a ma terial foil from the prices inliu^; when Ue comes to this opinion, say tHo last of August, be knows that the decline if to come will occur before any con siderable portiou of bis owu 4U0 bales can be ri^xdy lot market. He can now contract a sale cl a basis pricp, giyipg him a rich profit and satisfactory re sult for the year’s work, by delivery of 100 baljjs each in Ociolwr, November and December, reserving the other 100 bale* for the thances of the mark et when it is ready, or a po»sib)p ad vance in tlie Spring and lie makes tbc contract sale In all the supposed cases actual deliver)- of the property is contemplated by bath parties to the transaction. JTobably uo one would question the validity of ouob contracts differing in no respects from ordinary, conti acts of sale except in the one fea ture of future performance. It is dif ficult to conceive the form of any con tract of sale for future delivery which dots not in Umft Iea*t, have tjlf same requirements. We believe it ij so stated in every written and printed contract under the rules of the New York Cotton Exchange, aud all simi- liar commercial bodies threnghout ihe United Slates, and its fulfilment may be den?*!?:!*} nqd enforced by either party to |ucli contract, uulc** it$ tepns shall have been voided by some act of one or both of the parties hcietoincoa sistcot with those terms. It will be said that although the iruuacUojp filed and legitimate u We believe it to be the fact, however, that the parties to these corners in merchandise have suldom, if ever, failed to lose moie money before they enttutlly closed up than they seemed to have made in ilie moment of highest sucoess. They often carry theii own retribution, and arc of tho^e contests in this world wkereiti defeat is actually less hurtful than victory to the victors. Severe experience may at length lead to a general recognizing of this truth, and further that tho only true object to be sought is that fair market gain which comes of superior forecast—Commercial and Financial Chronicle. BOOK NOTICE^ Little Grandfather, by .Soriiie May, Lee A Shepard, Publishers; sold by John M. Cooper & Co.. Savaunah, (Illustrated.) This is a book for the little folks.— Who docs not hail with delight any hook, calculated to interest the little ones of the household, when the ten drils of their,littl* hearts are reaching out for something, to grasp and twine around. The introduction into the house, of such pleasing and instructive bgoks as this, is an era. The ineideut. or rather, the event is hailed with joy, treasured up in memory's storchou: and reverted to, when the boy has n to be a man; and aft?r his feet have wandered tar away from the hal lowed preciucU of tne ’*Oid Home stead,’’ and the cares, perchance the vices, of maturer life have beclouded his heart, aud enveloped his soul i an eclipse of faith, the darkness of which, naught but the penetrating rays of the U $un of Righteousness” can dispel. The reecollection such Ijooks steals over him briugs his thought* back to |ion;p gpd to mother, a hallowed influence spreads ilsc-lf through his feelings and emotions, and his nature softens, and the ground is prepared for the saving influences of fbe (jospoj «pedj thp precious word of truth,^wbich must 'accomplish that whereunto it wa* sent.” Buy “Tlie Little Grandfather’’ aod It is about the usual time for anotli cr sale of the road as it is sold ever) few months. How long will Florida submit to have her only great highway, remain in the hands of a set of men, who- have no interest in the State nhatev anil who arc already fugitives from justice, and only protected by the new theory oi the Governor of FIoi t forth in his correspondence, with the Governor of N*orlh Carolina. Let the honest j»cople of Florida, driv LHtlefield & Co,, from her borders, and put the management ot her internal improvements, to the hands ot th< who will admiui-ler them faithfully, and with due regard to the interest! of th? people; and her roads will soot merge, from the lytwerk and com plication that uow hopelessly euv opes them. —- A Danbury Runs away.—A hoi attached lo the cart of a tin peddler, nn Ralniforth Avenue, Friday, became •tartlcd by something, aud ran away at a speed that was marvelous iu a tin peddler’s horse. The wagon was old aud rickety, and the horse did not appear lo he in a better condition of repairs, hut both of them go^ through that avenuo with awiu! velocity, the former looping its spine, and shaking its lu-ad, and throwing its htds up- ’ msly, while the latter reeled ftotn one side the road to the other, s:;d bounded from rut to int. aud threw an invoice of old junk aud new tinware at every heave. One old Ivly wa- caught'around the neck by a !»air of satinet pauts aud nearly chocked lo death and a hoopskirt. badly damaged deccnded over the head of a man who wa; telling Lu neighbor what his mother rubbed on sprains, and so frightened him that he fell over a bar rel and pot both of his ankle* out ot joint, and was bit on the shoulder by ’ of the man l»e was Irving to ben efit. Tha horve Having filled the aii with boilers, and old vests, ar.d flat- irons nud worthless oi’cralls, and brass kettles, and broken down gaiters, sud denly fetched op by jumping off the bridge into the river, dragging the wag >n and a moth-eaten under shirt in ofcer iu Wbat Happened to a Danbury Deacon’s Dinner. • When you are carrying several arti cles and one of them slip*, it is best not try to recover iu An Essex Street man named Roberts was helping bis wife prepare the dinner table on N Sun day, as one af the deacons was to take dinner with them. Roberts took a plate of steaa in one hand aud the cof fee-pot iu tlie other, and had a dish of pease on the arm with the steak. Ti e wind blew the dinning-room door part ly open as he approached it, aud putting out bis foot to push it back, the arm with the pease moved out of plumb, and the dish commenced to slide. A cold streak flew up Robert’s spine, and his hair began to raise, and he felt a sudden sickness at the stomach, but he dodged ahead to save the pease, and partly caught them, made a wroug move. lost them again, jabbed at them with the coffec-i»ot. upset the steak dish, and, in sprining back to avoid the gravy, stepped on the cat that be longed to the family down stairs, and came to the door :n a heap, with the steak and pease and a terribly mad cat tinder him, and an overfloivcd pot of scalding coffee on top of him. Thcu lie hounded up, aud stamped on the steak dish, and picked up *hu other dish and threw it out of the window, aud finish ed that performance in time to hurl the coffeo-pol and the remaining con tents after the cat, which was makmg the very best time down the front stairway. The deacon ditlu't stay to dinuer. Roberts retired to the bed room with a bottle of sweet oil and a roll of cotton batting, and Mrs. Roberts went over to her mother’s to cry.— Danbury X>ics. Putting ir Mildly.—A Minneso ta correspondent tells the following: I have picked up a little story which 1 think too good a reproof for disturbers of the peace in churches to l>c lost. A presiding elder of the United Brethren Church was preaching iu the same neighborhood, ami was much anuoved by persons talking nud laughing. ’He paused, looked at the disturbers, ami said: “I am always afraid to reprove those who misbehave in church. In the early part of my ministry I made n great mistake. As l was preaching, a young man who sat just before nie was laughing, talking, ami making un couth grimaces. •- U I puu ed and administered a severe rebuke. After the close of the service, of the official members came ami said to me, ‘Brother , you made a great mistake. That young man whom you reproved is au idiot.’— Since then 1 have always been afraid to reprove those who misbehave in church, lest I should repeat that#aud reprove another idiot.” During the rest of that service, at least, there was good order. The Postoflice Department informs the ‘public that postal cards cannot he sent at the ordinary rate when written over the side intended for the address. A person may compress Webster’s un abridged on the oilier side, if it lies within his power to do so. and it goes for a cent; but a single word outlie address side subjects tho card to three cents postage. There may be noth ing in the law to justify this decis ion, but the Postmaster General de termines upon rules and regulations for the government of the postal de partment without refcxcncc to law. — m ♦ m A student, a bald headed man, and a barber were traveling together.— Night coming on, they agreed to take turns in watching while the others slept. The barber had to watcli dur ing the tir^t l our, and was to wake up tho student as the one next. While the barber was guarding the slumbers of the other two men. he nmuped him self by shaving off the hair from the student’s head. When tho operation was over, the student awoke, and, fuel ing of his bare pate, cried out: “What made you wake up the bald-headed an? It’s the student's turn next.” Newspapers.-—Dr. Johnson, when i the fullness of years aud know ledge, ud: “I never take up a newspaper ithout finding something I would have deemed it a loss not to have cn: never without deriving from it struction and amusement.” The newspapers in Johnsou'ft lime meager enough compared with those of u>-day. Now a yearly newspaper volume is a perfect encyclopedia of knowledge ou all sorts of subjects. X. HIKT, BOOT & SHOE MAKER rotJm. I.rc. or aral], rroapt!. HUM. ALL WORK W AUlt A VIED, urn-ir. Louis - iimwii, TAILOR. FLETCBEK ST. HANSELL & HANSELL, Fire Insurance Agts. Iteiin-wmin- 01.1 Kartlonl, nf HARTFORD CON 3NT. North British Mercantile, A Nil s o C T !VE K X M u T f A J.. DRAYING and HAULING! PREPARED to Drvr ffir tli« Pul SINGLE DRAY LOAD, Or any other quantity that may ho «|<**ie I ke«t> a lot of good \Vag.,i» »n.\ T«un», CAREFUL DRIVERS, the Count: ircl to «lo tuiiili t Uvluj Rale*. J. n. mckinnon. JOSEPH JERGER&BRO.. Watch-Makers and Jewelers, LARGE STOCK OF Jewelry, Watches, Clocks, AND MUSICAL INSTRUMENTS. with such a “troublesome com fort,” send it to somebody eIso’s boy, and thus gladden uxwe youcg Lead and at the same time sow the seed-* of manly honesty, and integrity, which shall flourish, wheo too are sleeping beneath the sod. Satmtmnl) t£nvi)$. . THOMAS H.THEU8& CO b.MMMnk f-; Fine Watches, & Jewelry StlYEB WAME, MILITARY AN D FANCY OOOD<! MUHCAI. BOXES, *r- , S. W. Cor. Balt mm1 BroughtMi tU*. f ayannad, ga. JcWf nr repalreJ. John Oliver, HOUSE & SIGN) Painter, G lt-.PER & GLAZIER. NpSVTUlakei SWr«l.N.NV.Co»»a» Bay I**#. 8AVAXXAU* GA. DEALER IN Sashes, Blind*, Doors, MowVliugs Faints, Oils, Window Glass, Putty, Brushes, and all Painters' and Glaxiera’ M A T E RI -A. I-S. MIXED P At STS OF ALL COL- OHS ASV SHAVES. JOHN M. COOl’ER & CO., Books and Stationery of all Kinds- Copying Mu! S. »l Prrw**. Surveyor*’C-m»- Ne«a Mu! IW-.k PiliitiMg P*|«-r au.l Ink. UoM Pen*. Pen Pete ll Cvri lV>k met iV.kri KnUo. lAxtgcr, Wilting ■n<t Cetorrl Pnper*. I’Uylng, VUltlng nn.l Printer** CaMt. PorUu< irale*. Ac School Furni ture ant B. F. Fudge, Tinner AND DEALER IN Cooking & Parlor Stovca of All Kinds! Tin and llm-ihvare! lemoflug aitJ 4 ring .lor Sue Blair, of Fond du Lac. Wiscon sin, played her lover a game of chess the other day to decide whether the wedding day should be fixed for this rear or next. She desired ipore time, but Ui the gain*, aud uiiut lace ihe parson before Ilie coming January.— In the summer of 1K74 they will be diDping nickies to fix the time ot di vorce. “I Wish I was au InSuu.” A little six-year-old boy was asked by his teacher to write a compositi on the subject of water, and this is 1 pioductiou: “Water is good lo drink, to swim in, to skate on when frozen When 1 was a little baby, l!»o nurse used to bathe uie every morning in ^ ter. 1 have been Ufid that the Inji don’t wash th,*m*elve& but once in years. I wish I was au Injun!” A Baptist paper in Ohio wa* scut for uipe years to u subscriber who never paid a cent for it. The other day the newspaper was returned to the patient and long-suffering publisher with the affecting pencil note on its margin: ’’Gone to a belter world.”— The editor is a very pious man. but it reported that hla fh!lh is terribly shaken iu regard to the accuracy of the infoi mation. ‘•Why don’t you wash tlie bottom of your feet, John.” asked a grandmother of a bov when lie was performing Fie operation before retiring for the night; to which he gravely replied: ‘•Why. granny, you don’t think l’nv going to stand up In bed, do youV” White-law Reid, editor of the New York Tribune, gcU a salary of $10.- 0(10 a year; Jennings lias £10,000 on the Times; Croly had £->.000 on the World; Hudson had £20,000 on the Herald, and was retired ou a pension of flOjQOO. Place common sbeepkins. with wool on them, in . jour com cribs at the rate of one skin to 300 bushels of corn, and soar grain will never be dcatror- cd by weevil*. Strange as it tnar ap pear, it ia nevertheless a facL—Hous ton Ifonu Journal. We reproduce the above so our corn growers may have an opportunity of testing the remedy, if they liave any faith in fchee]*kin. home men lose tbeir presence of mind. Iu Milwaukee iast week, a man threw his mother-in-law out of a win dow in the -fifth story of a burning building, and carried a feather tea dosn fctairs in bis anps, Hixteen ream ago a North Carolina boy was thrashed an*! sent out to boe corn, an I that was Ihe last seen of him until tbe other day. when lie cad back from Caltlurou worth loU/JUQ, SIIOF opposite the Market //mine on Jackson street, at his new building. GI VK ME A CALL, mar 21-bin R. F. Fudge. Isa iitli fickle AT III-J OLD STAND, ALSO I.utn’jcr for S.lt—all Sort and Style. GRIST MILL HlaGri*tVlU i* k(r|,t in «r *er «>mI nrafte* J/cal M»1 It’.in-tav la* ri ;r U. no «!•*> •teta. brill Iu lb* count')-. grinding days. nniawv, ntm.tr ask satciikav c Imres i MtOdic Jin rial Cunt* and AfeUdic Cos- lulu. MEIN HARD 1!R0S. & CO. Wholesale Dealers in Boots, Slioes, Hots, READY-MADE C IA > r n 11 !N<w. Gents' Goods, 12*.I Broughton St., hnvnnnuh, tin. N. 15. KN APP, \VI. 4.-»»I« Mint D««l**t» In Saddles, Bridles, Har ness, Rulilicr ami Lejllu-r Ilultiiiy, nml I’in-king, French nud American (.‘all .Skins. .Sole, //arucs>. Brittle. Band and Patent Leather, Valises. Trunk*, Carpet Bag*. Whips and Saddlery Ware. At the mgn of the Golden Sad Dl.K, WEST END GIIIHONV Bt’lLDlKd. Vfnrkct Square. PITTMAN BROS, DEALERS IN BUY GUQD.S, BOOTS* HATS* hardware; etc., etc. JOHN fc. ROGERS. ISRAEL DAMI1 ll. ROGERS & BASuER Importers* JOBBERS and RETAILERS Dry Goods, Fancy fimxlx, lloixery, Small Ware-*, UiMxitm ami S t. I* It XV <j O O (1 M . Order, from Ihe country Alrlclly n- tended and filled at tlie lowest rale*. L.lntm Um-is (r^td* Uksl tbeii S-ock Cur Ik »,.ilug Tr»k u (.MuiitSN Is |an •-« Domestic Goods, IJrowu Home- sjiums, of all kinds, Bleac h- ings, Tickings, Pant Staffs, Crockery S»ri •r^ryainz ueoried Vy ftmtn; mc* *» PLOWS, IlOES, TRACES, Etc. We bay cur Goods al tbe lowest pri ces aud we intend selling for short profit*. Call and examine our slock before purchasing. We are Agents tor the Quitman Factory'and we are ptepaied to fur nish tiieir Yarns and other Goods, on as good terras as ths same Goods can be bought io tbe State* inchJl ly HA V AS SAJI, r u iririuft**, GA. />. i. itrstArs SOUTHERN FE RROTYPB STOCK DEPOT, BAVAMWAB. - OKOftUjfi. Pir%t*cbus Stock at Northern Pit res, saving time, freight, insurso.f. dray age* etc. roaril (he. FOR SALE! £ THE DWELLING HOUSE DU WftSM* rilWl. Wll S* (ft* M*«rtW H Cft*. 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