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KATES FOR LEGAL ADVERTISING : Sheriff Sales, per square 8 \3 00 Mortgage Jlfa sales , per square 5 00 2 'ax Collector's salts, vtr square 300 Citation for letters Administration and Guardianship 4 00 Applir.alion for letters dismissnrp from Administration and Executorship. .. 6 50 Application for letters dismissorp from Guardianship 5 00 Application for leave to sell land, per sqr 400 Notice to debtors and creditors 5 00 Land sales, per square 3 00 Sates of perishable propertp, per square 200 Estrap notices, sixty daps 0 00 Notice to perfect service 7 00 It ules ni si to foreclose, mo rtgages,per sqr 300 Rules to establish lost papers, per square 500 Rules compelling titles 5 00 Rules to perfect service in divorce cases 10 00 Application fur homestead; 2 00 Obiiuarp Notices, per square 81.00 Marriage Notices ••• 100 of gUwrtisimj: Transient advertisement*, first insertion.. 8 1.00 Subsequent insertions 75 Announcing Candidates, in advance 10.00 No advertisement taken for less than one dollar. Monthly or somi-monihly advertisements insert ed at tho same rates ns for new advertisements, each insertion. Liberal deductions will be made with those ad vertising by the quarter or year. All transient advertisements must bo paid for when handed in. Payment for contract advertisements ahrays due after tho first insertion, unless otherwise stip ulated. form# of Jlirtuswiptiott: One copy, in advance, one year 82 00 One oopy, in advance, six months 1 00 One copy, in advance, throe months 50 A elub of six will bo allowed an extra copy. grofcissiional gtftvrrtijKment#. A. G. WHITEHEAD, M. D., WAYNESBORO, GA., (Office at old stand of Ourukll A Whitkheah. Residence, corner Whitaker and Myric sts.) Special attention given to Accouchement anti Surgery. Thanking the public for past patronage, solicits a continuance of the same, janlo—ly DENTISTRY. GEORGE FATERSON, D. D. S., OFFICE NEXT TO PLANTERtf HOTEL, WAYNESBORO', GA. FAMILIES desiring his services at their Innnos, in liurke, or adjoining counties, can address him at this place. dec23-ly jsroncjK. DR. THOMAS MJKDELL OFFERS his Professional services to the pub lic. Office at the Drug-store of Messrs. Wilkins & Little, duVing the day ; and at night can bo found at his plantation, two miles from the village. janl3-tf NOTICE. Dr. ii. w. banks offers his pro fessional services to the citizens of Waynesboro’, and Burke county gene rally, in the practice of Medicine and Den tist! y. Calls left at Tub Expositor office will meet with prompt attention. noviio-ly JOHN I> ASIITON, A TTOIt XE Y A T L A W, WA Y N USB 0 RO, GE 0 lIGIA. OFFICE IS TIIE EXPOSITOR BUILDING PERRY BERRIEN, ATTORNEYS AT LAW, WAYNESBORO, GEOIIGIA. Ojffce in Court House basement—northeast room A. M. RODGERS, AITOIt yE Y AT L A W , WAYNESBORO, GA. OFFICE AT THE COURT HOURS. ii. o. otjsson, aTTOII XE Y A T LAW, LAWTOKVI'LLK, GA. Will practice in the Augusta, Eastern, and Middle Circuit*. JAMIL* 8. lIOOIC. j JAKES GARDNER. HOOK &c GhAJEi3DX<r333E4, ATTOkNEYS AT LAW, ' ' AUGUSTA .. , 4 ... OJBORGIA, Will practico in the Augusta Circuit and in the United States District and Circuit Courts for the State of Georgia. Casus attended to in other counties and in South Carolina by special con tract. janl3-6ni MAT. B- PERKINS, PROP. OF SCIENCE AND LITRRAfURB OF MDSIC WILL TKACH CLASS-SINGING, CONDUCT MUSICAL SOCIETIES, AND Orguiu anil Drill Choirs, with special reference to th wants of the Church. Address, MAT B. PERKINS, jy22* Lawtcmville, Burke co., Ga. EVERY STYLE OF JOB PRINTING NEATLY, CHEAPLY, asd EXP EDI TIO USL Y EXECUTED AT OFFICE. - w. A. WILKINS, DEALER IN DRY GOODS, GROCERIES, PRUGS AND MEDICINES, TOILET ARTICLES, ETC., ETC. WAYNESBORO', GA. JETHRO TI IOMAS, DEALER IN FAMILY GROCERIES, JJryG-oods and Clothing (Opposite Planters' Hotel'), WAYNEBDQRO, GA. fiipsitiL By James E. Frost, tl VOL,III.! THE STUDENTS; OR, A LEAF FROM LIFE’S HISTORY. BV DUSEM-A. CHAPTER 111. Have patience with my wild vagaries, reader, and wc will pass over the space three-years, aud take up the thread of our story on a beautiful evening in the month of June. Nearly on the outskirts of the City stands a large handsome building, evi dently the home of wealtli and refine ment. The dense shrubbery growing every where sway to and fro, wafting upon the air a thousaud odors from the flowers hidden in its midst. In the large drawing-room, opening upon the veranda, the heavy curtains are drawn aside, and by the window, her face, supported by her hand is a beautiful woman. Yes, beautiful, though the soft moonshine, bathing her in a perfect halo of light, reveals waves of silver hair pushed carelessly back from the noble forehead. But the face is not that of an elderly person; and what ever may have been the vicissitudes of her past life, it may be clearly seen they have not weakened iu the least her ruling passion, excessive pride. But to night the eyes have the piercing look so habitual to them, aud the haughty curve of the full lips is softened by a shade of anxiety, slowly creeping over the whole face. ‘'Aunt Edith !” The voice, rich and clear, rang through the room, causing the figure by the window to start with a quick gesture of surprise. “What is it, Mabel; arc you looking for me ?” “ Yes, aunt. Why did you sli.p off here ? Do you wish to be alone, or may I come and sit with you ?” “Come, if you wish. I have one of my blue spells to-night, aud did not wish" to stay where I could cast the cloud over you.” “No danger of that.” And the joy ous laugh that ended the words seemed to confirm the assertion. Throwing her self on a low ottoman, she folded her arms across the other’s lap, and gazing up into her fuci, inquired, “Of what arc you thinking—will you tell nm ?” “I am afraid the subject will not in terest you, but if you wish to know, I was thiuking of my son—of Harvey ?” A silence fell upon the two that last ed several minutes, then, raising her eyes, Mabel said: “Do you know, auut, I think my cou sin is a very strange man ? He some times looks at me with an expression almost frightful.” “’Tis only your imagination which distorts things. My sou is a tuan, aud your light nature is not capable of un derstanding or appreciating him.” “Perhaps so,” answered Mabel care lessly. “But I wish he were sociable aud friendly like others. He is so dark and morose that I never go near him when I can well avoid it; aud as for feeling I should as soon think of looking tor it in an iceberg.” “It was not always so.” The mother’s voice was sad aud troubled. “I’ve seen tho time when no party was complete without his presence, and no plan wor thy of pursuing that had not his coueur renee.'' “O, auut, can it be possible ? What has changed him so ?” ‘ I do not know, I can only sec that he is changed; and of all the friends that flattered and caressed him a few years ago, not one of them remains true to him but his mother.” “Yes, aunt, you have forgotten ; there is odc, I am sure. Arthur Lccn is al ways with hint,” “True—the one lemaiuing link tkat binds him to his fellow men ; I had not thought of Arthur when I spoke, but it seems your memory is not; sq treacher ous.” “SALUS POPULI SUPRBMA LEX ESTO.” WAYNESBORO’, GA., SATURDAY, NOVEMBER 9, 1872. For an instant a rosy glow suffused the face and neck of the young girl; then raising her eyes timidly she in quired— “And lias he not proved worthy of an interest in your thoughts ?” “Doubtless, my dear, so far as his attention to yourself is concerned.” “And will you not include his at tention to Harvey, also ? No brother could be more untiring in his interest than Arthur is.” “Yes, but in all this, I trace a selfish motive. lam afraid that he would not devote himself exclusively to Ilarvcy if he did not thereby hope to win a place iu the good graces of his fair cousin.” “Yes, but aunt, you must remember he was Harvey’s friend long before be became acquainted with me.” “Oh, w’ell, I am perfectly willing to view things in the light you wish me to, and after all I do not know that you could place your affections upon a wor thier object. But listen.” The hard gallop of a horses’ hoofs upon the gravel walk outside fell upon her ear; and as Mabel ran from the room to conceal her blushes a tall, dark figure ascended the steps leading to the veranda. “It is Harvey,” and rising the speaker hastened to meet him. “Welcome home, my son, I had al most given up the hope of seeing you to-night.” “You have not been waiting for me, mother. I should think that by this time you had become accustomed to do without my presence.” “True, my son. And yet, at limes, I cannot throw off a feeling of uneasi ness oil your account. I wish I could induce you to spend more of your time at home, instead of being constantly away, I know not. where.” A deep frown gathered upon his brow and making an effort to pass her he an swered— “ Home is not always the most desir able place in the world as you should know ; and if all my comings are to be greeted like this, I think they will be come less frequen* still.” “O, Harvey, 1 did not mean to cast a reproach upou your conduct, but surely a mother is privileged to feci some in terest in her child.” “Granted, but it is not pleasant, the moment I set my foot upon the thresh hold to i c met with questions and com plaints and since I’m in no mood to listen to them I will beg your indulgence, and retire to my own apartment.” Brushing past her, he strode through the hall, and passing up a flight of stairs entered his own room, closing the door behind him. There was r.o need of this precaution for the lady remained for some time standing: where he had left her, then re entering the room she resumed her old seat, and burying her face in her hands sobbed convulsively. The soft moon shine crept pityingly over the bowed form of the lonely mother, while the bright rays, peuotrating beyond, fell upon a portrait suspended from the wall, bringing out in strong relief the dark features of her son. CHAPTER IY r . The gay tide of pleasure seekers thronged the pavements, aud occasion ally a happy laugh floating upward spoke of at least one in its midst whose heart was devoid of care. Seated on a balcony that overlooked the scene were two gentlemen, tneir chairs tipped back against the building while their feet rested upon the iron railing in front. The smoke eurliug up from their lips farmed itself into a spi ral column, that rose far above their heads, and then dissolving into fantastic shadows, floated away in the distance. Awhile they sat thus; then tossing the fragment of his cigar into the street be low, one of tho gentlemen turned to the other and inquired : “Arthur, do vou ever think of the events that took place so lotig ago ?” “Do you refer to those in which wo were so nearly, concerned during the first part of our acquaintance?” “No, Harvey; I was too deeply interest ed to forgot; and if I have avoided speaking of it, it was because I was afraid of giving you pain by reopening an old wound.” Harvey sighed, and then continued : “There are times when I would shrink from speaking of it; but to-night iny thoughts are so full of the subject that I have half a notion to satisfy your curiosity, and tell you all about it.” “If the recital will not distresf you, and you will trust me with your secret, I shall be glad to have my many specu lations set at rest by knowing the truth.” “Come, then, let us go inside, for the scene without is not in keeping with the story I must tell. And rising lie entered the room, and throwing himself upon a handsome sofa, resting his arm upon the cushion, and motioning Arthur to draw his chair nearer, commenced : “I do not know what feeling it is that prompts me to unveil my past; perhaps it is an idea that I have which makes mo believe it will lose much of its dark ness if it is revealed to you. Aud it may bo called forth by a desire for sympathy. I have often thought that I could never reveal it to any living man; but you have won such a hold upon my heart that it seems more as if I were addressiug a much loved brother than the comparative stranger that you are. “I am as you are aware an only child, and at an early age l understood that my own will was the one master I need acknowledge. My father was a weak, vaecillating man, whose opinion was formed entirely by others; and doting upon me as he did, he resolutely closed his eyes to the defects in my character. You have seen my mother, and so can form some idea of the restraints she was likely to throw around me. She saw the errors iuto which I was likely to fall, and though she tried to guard me from them, yet I would often take the reins in my own bands, and set her au thority at defiance. “My father was wealthy, and as I grew up lie never denied me means. When you have mouey there is never a need of those who help you to spend it, and before most boys arc liberated from the restraints of the school-room, I was admitted into a fashionable cir cle of fast young men, and often when my mother supposed me absent at some innocent amusement, I was participant in a game of cards at one of our splen did saloons. “Time but drew me further within the vortex. And often, on the plea of visiting a friend, or some other trivial excuse, I would absent myself from home for weeks at a time, taking with me my boon compat ions, and seeking some out of the way place, where there was no likelihood of the news reaching my parents, I would give myself up to all the abominable licentiousness possi ble to conceive of. It was while upon one of these excursions that the turning point of my life assailed me. “Wc were a merry party, I think some half a dozen in all. Aud beiug at a loss for soflaothiug us, wo decided to leave tho city, and pay a visit to a gay little place, a short dis tance below here. I had once before had occasion to stop there, and from what I saw of the place had no doubt but that it would suit us exactly. The evening of our arrival was propitious. There was a large ball at the principal hotel, and cutcriug immediately iuto the spirit of the thing, wc were soon making ourselves as agreeable as possi ble to the ladies prescut. Towards mid night I for some cause found an excuse to leave the room, and ou returning was so awkward as to entangle my foot in the thin fabric of a lady’s dress. I turned to apologiso, and encountered II a year, in advance, the Bwectcst face my eyes ever rested on. For the remainder of the night my attention was so totally dovoted to this one object that I almost became sub ject of ridicule. “We remained in the village for more than a week, and during that time I found plenty of opportunities to renew my interesting acquaintance, though I had cunning enough to conceal tho fact from my associates. I learned that the young girl who had- Fo fascinated me was an living with a family that wits distantly related to her; that as far as worldly interests arc concern ed, she had nothiug, being entirely dc pendaut on those who gave her shelter. After hearing this I became more con cerned than ever, and soon from the deepest interest I awoke to find myself hopelessly in love. Yes, hopelessly; for I knew that though I might accom plish almost everything else, I need never expect t# wiu my mother’s con sent to such a union. “ I ceased to find pleasure in the pur suits of my companions, and when it was possible, withdrew myself from them. Before my return to the city I had made arrangements to carry on a correspondence with tho young girl in question, my letters to be sent under cover to a friend. Her dainty little letters were rich with the noble senti ments they contained, and the pnrity of lur language was but the outpouring of her own guileless heart. She was very lonely in her isolation, and I think that before she knew it, she had lavish ed on me the whole wealth of her affec tion. What was Itodo ? 1 could not live without her, nor would I face my mother, aud bring down upon myself her torrent of bitter sarcasms. Plead as 1 might, I know it would be al! to no purpose. Aud at last Satan tempted, and I yielded ; yes I would gather my treas ure to myself, and concealing the know ledge of its existence from all the world wear it safely from all the world, wear it safely in rny bosom. [concluded in our next.] An Important Discovery.—Here after no one need lose n crop of cotton by caterpillars; and here is the prevent ive : Hang up a tin kettle (as soou as the caterpillars appear in the cotton field) in the middle of every quarter of nn acre. In each one of these put a gill of syrup aud two gills water. About twilight or dark thousands of the caterpillar flics collect around the ket tles to imbibe this nccter, and in doing which get drowned. In a largo cotton field where the caterpillars are numer ous, millions of them may be destroyed in one night. Let the flies be destroy ed and the caterpillars disappear. Tin kettles seven inches in diameter and five inches deep, I consider a very suit able size. The bottoms of these kettles need not be covered with this liquid more thau two inches deep, and one prepara tion is enough for several nights, taking out the flies every morning. In the daytime let the kettles be covered to keep out the bees, yellow-jackets and wasps. They should be covered nl.'O iu rainy weather. In June I planted some choice cotton seed on half au acre of land. The first week in September the caterpillars appeared, and very soon every cotton leaf would have been de voured if I had not stopped their rava ges. In this little squaro I hung up two tin kettles, covering the bottoms as already diseribed. On the 30th of September every caterpillar had disap peared, although a portion of the cotton is still in a luxuriant state, and sotno of the stalks have never been disturbed. Notwithstanding the disappearance of the worms, the flics are still numerous, but I am lessening their number every night. On the 20th of September I counted fivo hundred and twelve in one of these kettles. The flies in the other I did not count. No more, perhaps, could get drowned at one time ir. aket tle of the same size. W.u. Hughes. Jones’ Creek, Liberty county, Octo- I her 14, 1872. RULES FOR LEGAL ADVERTISING:' Sain of land, etc., bp Administrators, Executors, or Guardians are required by lav to be held on the first Tuesday in the month, between the hours qf ten in the fotcnnnn and three in the afternoon, at IJU court house in the. county in which the property u situated. Notices nf three soles must be given in a public gazette in the county where the land ties, if there be uny, Nutiei sfor the sale qf personal property must be given in tike manner ten days previous hr sate dap. Notices to Debtors and Creditors qf an estate must be published forty days. Notice that as> plication will le made to the Court of Ordinary Jot leave to sell land, ete , must be published once a wtrh for four weeks. Citations for Letters of Adminis tration, Guardianship, etc., must be published thirty days. For disn.ission from Administration and Ex ecutorship, three months ditmission from Guard ianship, forty days. Rules for Foreclosure qf Msri. gage must be published monthly for four months. For establishing lost papers, for the full space ef three months. For compelling tit'es from Adminis trators or Executors, where bond has been given by deceased, three months. Application for Homestead must be publish/ ithricc. [ t'uhticatioi.s wilt always be continued according to these requirements unless otherwise ordered. J BST One inch, or about eighty words, is a square; fractions counted as full squares. SNO. 10. An Awkward Compliment.—The Empress Marie Louise had never bcenf popular in Paris, as Josephine was ter the last, nor had she the fine instincts which so especially distinguished tfce first consort of Napoleon, who Was, in i deed, his better angel. For example one day Napoleon, having been provok | ed by her father, the Emperor of Austria declared to Marie Louise that he was “an old tjattache ” (blockhead). Her majesty asked one of her ladies-in-wait ing—as she said the emperor had called her father by that name—the meaning of the word yannclic, and the lady, not knowing what to say in referrcnce to the empress’ own father, answered that it means “a venerable old man.” Marie Louise believed this; end afterward, when Cambaccrcs came to pay his res pects to her, she, wishing to be very complimentary to him, said, “Sir, I have always regarded you as the chief panache of Franee.— Harper's Magazine. ♦ m a Charity. —Tho best charity is not that which giveth alms, whether secret ly or with ostentation. The best chari ty —that which “worketh no evil,”—is the charity that prompts us to tliiull and speak well of our neighbors. Even if they be openly condemned, aud that with warrant, it is a noble charity io us not to gall their wounds by ir „ - plying knowledge of their offenses. Wc aro all ashamed to oonfess that our quickest instincts arc to think ill of others, or to magnify the ill of which, wc hear. There is a universal shrugs ging of the shoulders, as much as to say —well, I expected as much —it is just like him—l had my suspicions of her— “l could a tale unfold,” and tbtjs on through an endless chapter, with which every reader will bo somewhat familiar —from his or her own experience. Now one who says, “I could a talc un fold,” yet hold it back, leaving tire hearer to infer any and every evil, stabs character with the meanest, deadliest blow. Y r et who is there that carries not this ever-rcady weapon—this pois oned dagger ! The charity that gives, to help and not humiliate, is good’ but tho charity that makes us “think do evil,” is better. Let us seek to possess this charity and paetice it for it alone is the “Charity thateovereth a multitude of sins.” 31 iSCJiief-M a king. —3l ischict- mak iug docs not end with what ruore properly deserves the name of slander. A great deal, perhaps the larger part, is accym lishcd in the world by those win/ have no deliberate intention of slandering their neighbors; and in this respect, I fear, it must be admitted that women are the greatest offenders, and simply, i I believe, for this reason—that, gencr -1 ally speaking, neither their minds nor ! their time are sufficiently occupied. He whose special business it is to find work for idle hands will assuredly take good care to provide thoughts for idle inindss. Was ever a highly educated and fully occupied woman found among the ranks of mischief-makers, of class at least ? A strong proof of the truth of the assertion that has much to do with mischief-making may be found in a fact which any oho well acquainted with clubs and moss rooms will be able fully to bear out —namely, that mea with much unoccupied time on their hands are not much behind women in the quantity, and very much, before them in the (quality of the scandal they spread; duly- —perhaps for the reason —they are more cautious how and where they repeat it. The worst part of this kind of mis chief-making is that the stories are rarely eutirdfy unfounded. If they were they would do infinitely less harm. But there is generally ascertain propor tion of truth in them, and it is the “mixture of things” which does the mischief. The fractional part of truth just forms the foundation on which the superstructure of falsehood contrivos to stand steady, The evil eye goes prying about aud soon succeeds in detecting some flaw in a neighbor’s character or couduet; and then its ready handmaid, the evil tongue, sets to work, colors, magnifier, iiivcuts, finds motives for actions whosecauses are not clear, and tho story passes from one to another, gaining something from each fresh transmission, until at last it wears itself but; but not, until nji has been created with respect to th© subject of it which will long outiats the story from which it took its rise.