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tSLLOW F272R-BLA.CE: vomit. It is toowNiu t tho of this IrrrtW* \th*NMr, whiflt will ii< iKmht trMim in n tnon* tiulig tianl mi l virulent form in tin* fall month* of IbTD. MR tHRI.I/N IK9Vri\IC. n Kni*ly Hh. coven* I 111 Southern Nubia tn| tm**l Wttli hucli won derful result* in South Autvrii** when* the tuwt *>;• Kravate 1 cmm of fever iuv tout'd, caiwm fnwu one to twoomuvrt ,r Idle H Ih* fllMretl or nTlWified froiu the htood eitrii time it i<w>n*h through the Liver, iw liticAt ah of we exi**ta. nv it* wotrierful art ion on th Liver anti Sromaufe the IIKI'ATINE not onlv mvventa to aoertidAt> any kiml of Fever and UIAVk ViWr.it. lint die ininea iLuihuh** Coneti* |mtion ot the Bowehs I\mjw*imh and Malarial dir* eanen. No on e 'heed font Yellow Fever who will expel the Malarial iv.aw a> i vmm**h of Idle fiom the Wood bv W-liw MKICKKI.I/S IIKPATIVB. which i* mdd by *ll lflUauiaT* in 15r lit an:! #1 00 UntUn, or will be *eut by express by the Pix>prietoia. A, F. MERRELL & CO., Phlla., Pa. Lr. Pcmberto: 'e S illiig-’a or Qtcen’s Delight. FfP* Tim report a of woiideifnl vureaof Rheumatism. Scrofula. Salt Klteiim. Syphilis. Cancer. Uleera :itt>i 9HV4. that cam* from nil p.irt * of tin country M not only re uarkabb* but no tnJraeulouH n* to l* lonlu*d wam it not for the alum lance of proof. REMARKABLE CURE or SCROFULA, &c cask or cm. j. c. hranson. Kishston. fI \. S.-j't>-nll>-> IS. 1871. ’flie-TA : F'i' Ht\tr.-n vi*ar* Ilwvf lui'ii a v T ' l ' ;lt s,| t f.. r . r finni Scwf ,lu in its inn-t illatri Kain.' fmni. I i, #v Inn rnufliir 1 tii m.\ jimiiii ami li*l fnr liftwn \enra with M'lufiilim* nli'ilnti'itl*. Tin- a|* jiritvetl icini'-'leH f.ir ain-h nwn I'it'! Inin nwil. att-l tin* iiuirtt nininrnt |.|ivali‘iaw wnliHUlt.*'!. witlnmt all. ilrci i.l lii-m-tit. Tims |>ismtratril. iliMlnwt'il. 'lt' k] h""!i 11 1 whh utlvirttsl bv Mr. Avit "f Flovil ISMIUt\. Ga.. t. ciininii'iH'i* tin* us. of you* Cnni|Mnunl Kx tract StilliuYia. Ijm-iiattc is as Inaiiflidi'tit to lie acrilM' the relief f obtained fisnn tlie nae nf the Stil lin ia as it is to convey an mluqitatn iileu nf the in tensity of my anrt.-riic; la-btre nsiiij your medicine: aufticieut to av. Ia >au lnne.l all other rennsliea nml C 'litlnneil the use of vour Rxtrnct of Slillliiyia. on til I can aav fnilv. " I am enroll' of all )oin," of all ilisca.sc. with noihiU't tooliatruct fhe active |inrHiiit of my iinif.-aaiou. Mom tlian eiylit months have elapse 1 since tliis remarkable cure, without any ho turn nf the 'iiacuse. For the truth of the alsive statement, I refer to any jientlcmnll in Bartow Comity. lla.._aiiil to the niemhcra’of the bar of Cherokee Circuit, aim are with me. I shall ever remain, with the deepest gratitude. Ynnr oheilicnt servant, J. C. BRANSON, Att’y at Law. A MIRA. I.F. West FotNT. Ga.. Sept. 16. !87<*. Gents : My daughter was taken on the 25tli day of June. le6 ’. with wlia was snp|M>sed to In- A elite Rheuinatiaui. and was treated for the same with no sneeess. In Match, following, pieces of lame began to work out of the light arm. and continued to ap pear till the bone from tin- elbow to the shoulder joint came out. Many pieces of lame came out of the ri 'lit font anil leg. The, ease was then nmnnmm H 1 one of White Swelling After having been eon fined alamt six years to Iter bed. and the case Con sidered hopeless, I was induced to try Dr. I’embei • ton’s Compound Extract of Stillingia. and was so well satisfied w itb its ett'ects that I have continued tin- use of it until the present. Mv daughter was coniined to lier lied about six years before she sat up or even turned over without help. She now sits up all day. and sows' most of hei time—has walked across the room. Her genera! health is now gist 1. and 1 lsjicve she will, as her limlis gain strentti. walk well. I attribute her re covery, with the blessing of G"d. to the use of youl invaluable medicine. W. it. BLANTON. West Point. Ga . Sept. 16. 1 '7O GkVTSi Tlie above Certificate of ill-. W. 11. Plan ♦on we know and certify as being true. Tlie thin i.so; hundreds oi the most respected cilia, ns ci rti fv to it. As uuie.li reference can he given as may be required. Yours truly. CRAWFORD A WALKER, Druggists. HON. H. I>. WILLIAMS. ea- t>r. P.'inl*ertMi* S iilingla is pre paid bv A. F MEKREf.I. & CO . Philadelphia. Pa Sold by all Druggists in SIOO lad ties, or sent by express. Agents wanted to canvass everywhere. Send for Hook— Curious Story "—free to all Medicines sent to poor jieople, pay able iu install ments. Blew Motel. Mm JOHNSON'S new Hotel will lie opened . at Rowers , llle Hay Ist. and the traveling public are solicited to give his house a trial. Nict rooms, clean bods ami good fare. Prices moderate. 1.J9 130 DEAR SIR: KIKbKN. MIIOT UVS*. OL\ 1-aRS. AiblrefM Great Western Gun U oiks. 1 ittsburp. la. AGF.NTM WANTED For tho Bfl aii'l Fru'e l F'l'ing Fictoiial Book* an.! liil.lvK. Pricon rixiuci-.! S3 j.er ei-ut. National Pububiiino Cos., Fltila., la. AC Tft Acmtl Tuiliciously invested in Wall c 0 I U S)DJ St,, lam tho Simulation tor substantial t'ortunoa ovorv work, amt pay" an ini mango parcanfftita of protila by tho Now ( a|iitaiiia tiou Svatom of oporatino iii Stocks. Full oxplana tion on application to Adams, Brown & Cos., Baukoi*. 26 Broad St., New York. x V BESSOS’S CAPTIXE f /K J\ PUKOIN PIASTER. [ _ ' J Soa that each piaster lias the word C-A-P -- 'C-l-N-E cut through it. and insist on hav (. \ iny no other. Ask your own Physician as to iu im-rita over all others. I’antnn’s ?*iira:'**lv® fill make New Rich Bl'Kil. an 1 will completely chan, a the blood in the entire system in three months. Any person who Mill take 1 pill each nt.'ht from I to 12 weak* may lie re stored to sound health, if such a thin* he possible. Sent bv mail for 8 letter stamps. I. S. JOHNSON A <., Bangor. Mo. Look Out, Gin Owners! JONES & MASSEY, HAVING purchased the patent Gin Sharpener. will have it on exhibition in Hartwell in a short time, and anv one wishiim repairs should couf-r with U 8 before making other arrauerments. as our work will he lietter and much cheaper. We have the services of one of tin- best of mechanics, Mr. B. Wilsou, who will do all repairing needed. G M. I ONES F G. MASSEY, H3 Anderson C. H., S. C. At a Costof JOne Cent Send the request oil a postal card and we will forward post free, catalogues ofOrst class pianos and organs, with lowest prices for net cash, or if terms are desired, we will sell at cash prices and reasonable Interest for carrying one-half or two-thirds of the amount until Christmas. The undersigned are the largest dealers in Georgia, and pride themselves on selling only first-class instruments at prices to suit the buyer. 1h) not he deceived, but buy such pianos as Chickering, Knabe or Pease, celebrated and acknowledged to be the best, and that best of all Organs— " The Estey ” —at prices : S6O, $75. SOO to S4OO. PHILLIPS & CREW, Nos. 8 and 10 Marietta St.. Atlanta. Ga NOTICE. TO ALL WIIOiI IT HA T COXCBKV Notice is hereby given that at the next session of the General Assembly of the Stateof Georgia, which convenes in July next, the follow ing 1 ill w ill he in troduced and asked for dual passage to wit : A ltill to lie entitled An Act to iiicoq orate the Hartwell ICaiiroad Companv and tor other purposes ; said Itoad to run from [towersvillo to Hartwell in Hart County, Georgia. This, May it!, 1879. K B. BENSON, Secret*!y. ('t EORGIA—HART COUNTY. T Whereas. J. 11. liuncaji applies to me for perma nent letters of Administration on the estate of W. K McCutrv. deceased. This is therefore to cite all persons concerned to be at my otlice ou the first Monday in July next, to show why said lettem should not be granted as the law directs. This Jana 4th, 1873 F. C. STEPHENSON, Ordinary. r fHE By BENSON & McGIIL. VOL III—NO. 41. LETTER FROM NEW I‘UKENS, S. C. Editors Sun : While one’s time is so absorbed in the busy scenes around ns, with the constant call nf every day's business upon us, we will, however, like a presumptuous to:n-*if, leave our retreat to view the husv world through the loop holes of the Hermitage, and though with some difficulty, catch a spare moment, that I may give \on a hurried of tilings ami changes as they pass before us. Our little burg is progressing slowly on its way out of the unknown into the known, and soon our hills and valleys I hope will echo to the tune of tlie rail road whistle. The Helton, William ston & Easley railroad will be built now, I think, beyond a doubt, and will pass our little town. Already we see the change in the buildings going up, and improvements generally. A short time since, we made a trip to tlie French Broad Valley, along the Sassafras Gap road twenty miles from Pickens C. 11., constantly in view of fine crops; the wheat, oats and corn •rops are fine, and promise tlie farmer an abundant yield. This is tlie It. R. -oute from Pickens to the French Broad River. At 12 o’clock we reached an elevation of 1.000 feet at tlie Rock Spring, where we rested a couple of hours ami took our lunch with a relish, our appetites somewhat sharpened bv the exercise and the bracing air, and not, Messrs. Editors, by the hunt gout, or mountain dew, .19 that's as scarce as hen’s teeth in these diggings. The as cent ft) this point was gradual and over a very good road. We were at this point two miles to the right of tlie rail road route, the route located on a ridge which divides the waters of Olenoiee and Eastatoee, and is by nature intend ed for a railroad crossing to the French Broad Valley. After lunch we resum ed onr journey, and soon reached the notch between Ball and Sassafras mountains, known as Hilo Gap. A f this | oint we halted again to eniov the splendid views. Now, Messrs. Editors ■ome with me to this si ot, and tell me if vour eves ever feasted on a grander view. There to the southwest the val ley of the Eastatoee, with inanv thriftv "arms, stretching awav in tlie distance, and on our right the valley of the Ole noiee. running for miles along the bae of Ball mountain, affording some of the finest lands in the State. On our left as we cross the ledge, the headwaters n p Easta*oe leap and dance along ’midst deep and gloomy forest over almost countless cascades and water falls. All this splendid scenery in a few hours’ r ! de of Pickens, and even. Mr. Editor, your old l ome at Pendle ton village. Here we enjoy in full the bracing air and crystal water n r the Bhi ls Ridge mountains. Who could no* enjoy such scenes and sights: such wil l and beautiful views, and but pitv those mistaken souls who seek a sum mer excitement, at Saratoga, or som® other resort, when all they could wis’’ could he found here, turn water, gran'f s"enerv and game of all kinds. After > as sing the gap we descend for a shor' distance wher* the viw is grand in deed—Table Rock. Ball Mountain and some o‘hers we did not know, wit,'' G;ear's Head in the distance loomed it]) in grand style. There is certainly no grander views of towering moun tains. deep gorges and awful precipices : ban we find in easy distance of this place. Here the philosopher, the pleas ure seeker, the tourist and the hunter, if his wind is all rigid, can find an in limited field for amusement and srort: the hills abound in game and the streams in salmon trout. Speaking o' - tliis good world in wl ich we live. I heard of an old clergyman, with tlie simple directness of true elo juenee: and our “ Fatlv r made it all." How ever that concise statement, failed to satisfy him, and he bodied forth the following: ‘-Yes. mv friends, the great Omniscient and Eternal Jehovah, cre ated this mundane planetary sphere, and that, too, without nnv materials.” After leaving the gap we descend gradually until we pass the headwaters of Saluda, our course then westward for a mile or so brings us to Sassafras Gap. Here we again take the railroad route some four miles until we reach east fork of the French Broad, our des tination. Mr. Jackson Gillespie's, who is now fixing up and building for the purpose of accommodating all who may wish to pass a few days or months in this delightful valley. Mr. Gillespie has a very fine farm and a neat resi dence : and I have no hesitation in saving that all who may visit, tlie valley will find him an accommodating and agreeable gentleman, and everything will be done to make their soourn pleasant and agreeable. Here we found herd-grass, clover and moskeef, or, as some call it, Cherokee grass. From from the number of stacks of hav, fat cattle, sheep, hogs, (to., we should say, and do so from experience, that it. might prooerly be styled the land of milk and honey. Ishmael of the Blue Ridge mountains —the dare-devil Redmond —has gone to parts unknown, a fortunate conclu- HARTWELL, GA., WEDNESDAY JUNE 11. 1870. sion, for if lie Imd l)een hemmed in we would no doubt heard of raw head and bloody bones, or perhaps another slide otl or bust up of old Ball. Redmond was like the Irishman’s flea: “What d’ye call tills little thing—when you put your finger on him and think ye haz the imste. an’, he jahers. when ye tak’ it otr he ain’t there at all. at all ?" So with Redmond—lie’s otr like tlie winds to jump up in a fresh place to give them another big fright. Now, when onr railroad is completed come over, and we will enjoy the good old times of '4B, in the way of an old fashioned camp hunt, and pay a visit to the greatest manufacturing country soon to boon the continent. The great water power, the inexhaustible range are enough to pay you amply for a long visit. I enjoyed the trip finely—the fish, fat venison, roasted pheasant.—all together made our sojourn among the hills delightful; and I would say to all wlio wish to enjoy delightfully the bracing air, the purest wafer and a fine time for a few weeks to go to the valley, and I will guarantee that when they re turn home after such a pleasure trip they will want to go again : and if they do Mr. Gillespie will make them as comfortable and happy as lords. I bclievp it was Charlotte Bronte who. when she was urged to write more, said she thanked God for the ability to keep silent when she had nothing more to sav. Hermit. COLQUITT AND TALMAGE. What the Governor Til 111 Its of the Great Preacher. Atlanta Corutitution. While Governor Colquitt was in New York he went to hear Talmage preach, •tnd as is the case with every one else, fell in love with the Brooklyn preacher. In a conversation with some gentlemen in his office, the Governor said : “ I cannot see why lie is charged with being sensational. I saw nothing of it —no trace of it in the sermon I heard iim preach. The sentiment was the r>!d - fashioned sentiment that was hrough the gospel, and the words even old Anglo-Saxon all the way through. I’lie delivery was not at all objection ilde. He .showed much less action than many preachers that I know of at home, tnd I like it. He is misrepresented by the papers. For instance the World •aid the other day. “ Mr. Tahnagc went through a regular cavalry exercise.’’ Now, the truth is, he was describing *he execution of Saul—ami he said. *• There was one sweep of the sword ” —a sweep of the arm directing the ■urveof the sword, ami a pause with the eyes turned toward the sky—“ and Saul was sitting at a banquet in Heaven” —I thought the gesture and ‘he action accompanying it were very ’mpressive. I never heard a better ser mon —one that was a complete gospel sermon—or fuller of good old-fashioned religious tl ought.” “ Isn’t there a great deal of ostenta *ion and display in his services ?” *• None at all. They are plainer than in the majority of our home churrhes There is no choir and no operatic airs. Everybody sings and they seem to on ov it. On tlie platform is a grand or 'an and a cornet player. As Tal m; dce moves his hand the congrega tion rises, and this man leads the sing ing with his cornet. It is necessary— no human voice could lead that vast -•rowd, and the cornet is hardlv heard. The In inns were, certainly old-fashioned •rough ; the first was “ How Firm a Foundation, ye Saints of the Lord.” the second was “Jesus, Lover of My Soul,” and the third was “Rock of Ages Cleft for Me.” I never heart! such music. It was simply grand. I do not know when I have heard so im pressive a sermon. I sat there witii mv lips quivering all the time. A lady wl o was with me said she never went to Talrnage’s church without crying. After I had heard the sermon I could understand why it was that Talmage liad such a hold upon his people. They love him very heartily, and his taber nacle is full Sunday morning and night. He is a great preacher, and I think he is a good man and zealous Christian. lam glad that I heard him. It was a rare treat to me, and it completely changed my opinion of Talmage. I had always misjudged him before. The sudden appearance of locusts in countless numbers, in western Missouri and eastern Arkansas and Nebraska, is reported. There is much alarm in con sequence. They may not do much : damage, as former apprehensions on account of their sudden appearance have turned out to be groundless. But j the “ bulls” of the grain market will attempt to strengthen their position by the cry of “ locusts.” The “ spirit was moving ” and there was quite a revival in the chnrch. An effort was being made to bring forward members who had strayed from the path. Brother R. rose, and warming up with his suhieet, exclaimed : “ There is nothing that the Lord hates so ranch as a d—d backslider!” A triumph of i zeal over grace. Devoted to Hurt County. TIKE 01,11 < ovr or GRAY. 11Y BLO&UJ2IR. lijw there Alone ; it in runt.v And faded. With a patuh i*n the ellwmr, a hoi* iu the eide; But u think of the htuve boy who wore it and ever, Ijtnik on it w ith |tleuMire and touch it with pride. A Watery rliiij ato it: over and over, We *ee a proud vouth hurried off to the fin y, With a tbifu like the oak. and Ilia eve like the eajzle’n, How gallant he rude iu the rankn of '* the Uraj !'* It ia much, it ia worn, it ia tattered in alarm. But I love it the more for the atorv it l**ara ; A atom of uonroge iu etnljrple with aorrowa. And a h*art that Uu r hmvdv it* burden of carva. It wraggeif and maty, but b i it wnaHhining 111 the ailkieat aheen when he wore it away, Atid hia audio vs un a* blight aa thnglad auuiuicr morn ing. When he aprong to hia place iu the ranks of “ tlie Gray*" There’a a rip in the aleere. And the collAr lalßmiahed The huttoiia all gone w ith their glitter and gold , ’Tie a thimr of the past, and we reverently lay it Away with the trraaurea and relic* of old : Aa tlie gifu of a love, aolemn. awe**t and unapoken. Art* rheriahed a* h-avea f hiii a long xanialied day. We will keen the old jacket fbr wake f the loved one WLo rode iu the van iu the nuika of ‘ the Gray." Shft through w ith a bullet—right here in the ghoul der, And down there the pocket ia splintered and Moiled. Ah ! more—aee. the Hliing ia stained and discolored ! Yes— M-hml diopa tlie texture have stiff* nod and apoiled. It canu* when he rode at the head of the column, Ghftigiiig down iu tln* battle one deadliest day. When **<iiiadrona of foonien were broken asunder. And victory rode with the rnnkaof ’ the Gray." Ita mem rv ia aweetneaa and Borrow eonindngl* and. To me St ia ptsx'ioue—more pivcioua than gold; In lb** rent and the shot-holes a volume in writtim. In tbestaiua on the lining ia aj:' ny told. Tba! waa now Fifteen years when, iu life a aininy morning. H- rode with hiacomradea down into the fray. And the old coat lie wore, and the good sword be wielded. Were all that came back from the ranks of ' the Gray." An*l it lira there alone : I will reverence It ever. The patch in the elbow, the hole in the able. For apillautei- heart never breathed than the loved one Who wore if in honor and soldierly pride. LeAme brush off the dust from its tatters and tarnish, Let ine fold it up closely and lay it away It ia all that ia left of the loved and the lost one Who fought for the iu the rauksof “the , Gray." UNDRESSING LITTLE NED. Detroit Free Freu. “ Where is * Whisky Bill.’ who used todrive the old white horse in front of a twenty-five cent ex press wagon?” repeat ed the man iu tones of surprise. “ Yes.” ‘•Well, now, it’s a curious case,” he lowly continued. “We all thought he’ll gone to the dogs, for sure, for he was drinking a pint of whisky a day, hut a few months ago he braced right u|s stopped drinking, and now I hear be is in good business and saving money. It heats all, lor the last time I saw him he seemed half underground.” When you go home at night and find that all is well with your own flesh and blood do you go to sleep reasoning that the rest of the world must care for it self? Do you ever shut your eyes and call up the hundreds of faces you have met during the day, and wonder if the paleness of death will not cover any ol them before the morrow? When you have once been attracted to a face, even if it be a stranger's, do you let it drop from memory with your dreams, or do you call it up again and again as night i omes down and hope it mav We none of its brightness in tho whiiling mists of time? So “ Whisky Bill ” was hunted down. An inquiry heie and they finally traced him to a little brown cottage on a by street. He sat on the step in tlie twi light, a burly, broad-shouldered man of f>o, and in the house three or four chil dren gathered around the lamp to look over a picture-book. “ Yes, they used to call me “ Whisky Bill,’ down tow n,” he replied as he mov ed along and made room, “ but it is now weeks situ e I heard the name. No won der they think me dead, for I’ve not set eves on the old crowd for months, and I don’t want to for months to come.” “They tell me you have quit drink ing. One could see that by your face.” " I hope so, I haven’t touched a drop since February. Before that I was half drunk day in and day out, and more of a brute than a man. I don’t mind sav ing that my wife’s death set me to think ing, hut I didn’t stop mv liquor. God forgive me, hut I was drunk when she died, half-drunk at the grave, and I meant to go on a regular siiree that night. I was low-down, sir, hut I was no better than a brute those days." “And so you left your motherless children at home aud went out and got drunk?" ‘‘No. I said I meant to, but I didn’t. The poor things were crying all day, and after coming home from the burial I thought to get ’em tucked away in bed before I went out. Drunk or sober, I never struck one of ’em a blow, and they never ran from me when I stagger ed home. There’s four of’em in there, and the youngest isn’t quite 4 years yet. I got the elder ones in bed all right, ami then came little Ned. He had cried himself to sleep, and he called for moth er as soon as I woke him. Until that night I never had that hoy on my knee, to say nothing of putting him to l>ed, and you can guess these hi;, fingers made slow work with the hooks and buttons. Every minute he kept saying mother didn’t do that way, and mother done this way, and the big children were hid- ing their heads under the quilts to drown their sobs. When I had his clothes off and his night gown cm I was ashamed j and put him down, and when the oldest saw tears in my eyes and jumped out of I bed to put her arms around my neck I $1.50 Per Annum. WHOLE NO. 115. flmppisl the mime nf * Whisky Bill* right then and forever.” “ And little Neil?" *• Mobbe I’d have weakened but, for him,” replied the man as he wiped his eyes. “After I got the child’s little nightgown on, whut did he do hut kneel right down beside me and wait for me to sav the Lord's Prayer to him ! Why, sir, you might have knocked me down with a feather? There I was, mother and father to him, and I could not say four words of that Prayer to save my life ! He waited and waited for me to begin, as his mother always had, and the big children were waiting, and when I took him in mv nrnn and kissed h'ln, I called heaven to witness that my life should change from that hour. And so it did, sir, and I've been trying hard to leud a sober, honest life, God helping me, no one shall call me * Whisky Bill’ again.” The four children, litt'e Ned in his night-gown, came out for a good-night kiss, ami the boy cuddled his father’s arms for a moment and said : "Good-nigh, pa—goodnight, every body in the world—good night, ma, up in (leaven—and don’t put out the light 'till we get to sleep !’’ A Child’s Kiss, I remember one day a business man came into onr association and said : " Mr. Moody, there is a man justconte out of the penitentiary whom I am very much interested iu ; lie is discouraged because he can't get anything to do. Will you take an interest iu him?” “ Yes; bring him iu.” He brought him in—ns fine looking man ns there is in this assembly. I shook hands with him, nnd told him I was glad to see him. I said, “ Come, go home with me, and take dinner with me.” The tears started in his eyes. He did not think I would invite him to mv house, as he had been in a penitentiary. I introduced him to my little child, only three years old, and said: “Emma, this is papa’s friend ; I wish you would kiss him.” fshe put her arms around his neck and kissed him. Thcu the little girl wkut out. The man looked nt me with tears strenmingdown Ids face, and said ; “ Mv heart is broke; that is tho first kiss I have hail since mv mother died.” It broke his heart to think that a lit tle child had kissed him. “ Well, we helped him, nnd he went out into the world, and the last I heard of him he was being blessed in publish ing the glad tidings of salvation.—D. L. Moody. On One Condition. Some years ago, when the Legislature of one of the Middle States was framing a constitution, the discussion of its vari ous provisions was warm and obstinate. Many days had been spent in fiery de bate, uud the vote was at length about to lie taken. Just at that moment a a country member, who had been absent for some days previous, entered the In use and took his seat. Another member, who was in favor of the amended consti tution, went to him and endeavored to make a convert of him. “You must vote for the constitution by all means,” said he. “I'll think of it,” said the country member. “Hut you must make up your mind at once, man, for the vote is about to be taken ’’ The country member seratchc 1 bis head and seemed puzzled. “Come, why do you hesitate? W.ll von promise me to vote for the constitu tion? lam sure it frill givcgeneral sat isfaction.” “I’ll vote for it on one condition," said the country member. “ What is that?” “ And on no other, by gracious.” “ And what condition is it?” “Why, that they let it run by my farm !” Gainesville Southron : Well, Deacon Block, of Atlanta, lias finally beaten Dr. Leftuieh in the Presbyterian Gen eral Assembly, recently held at Louis ville, Kentucky. This ought to satisfy the good Doctor that if a man and his family wants a little hop and social frolic at his own house, lie has a God-given, independent American right to do it, without anv snivelling,hypocritical cant about it. Fun and recreation isjmtus necessary as meat and bread. A glass of whisky sells for a dime and is drunk ilia minute. It flies the brain, and deranges and weukens the physical j system. On the same table lies a news paper. It is covered with half a million type; it brings intelligence from the four quarters of the globe. The news paper costs lees than half the glass of grog ; but it is none the less true that there is a largo number of people who think whisky cheap and newspapers dear. By the way, when Eve presented her husband with a Cain, did the local pa per print an account of the affair and bead it: “Another Man Gained?” OLD BUT GOOD. Murk Twain m n Uinftias fnr lr**l dnt. I have pretty much made up my mind to run for Presklent. What the coun try wants is a candidate who cannot be injured by inveatigation of his past history, so that the enemies of the jairty will he unable to rake up aguiust him things that nobody ever heard of before. If you know the worst about a candidate to begin with, every attempt to spring things oil him will he checkmated. Now I am goiag to enter the field with an open record. lam going to own up iu advance to all the wickedness 1 hay* done, and if any Congressional commit tee is disposed to prowl arouud my biog raphy, iu ho|>e of finding any dark and deathly deed which I secreted, why— let it prowl. In tlie. first place. I admit that I treed a rheumatic grandfather of mine in the winter of 185 U. He was old and inex pert in climhing trees; but with a heart less brutality that ischuracttristieof me; I ran him out of the front d< or in his night shirt at the (Miint of a shot gun, and caused him tohowl up a maple tree, where he remained all night while 1 empties) shot in his legs. I did this t>e bause he snored. I will do it agaiu if I ever have another grandfather, I um as inhuman now as 1 was in 1850. No rheumatic person shall snore in my house. I candidly acknowledge that I ran away at tlie battle of Gettysburg. My friends tried to smooth over this fact by assorting that I merely got behind a tree —that I did so for the purpose of imi ; tating Washington, who went into the woods to say his prayers. I struck out in a straight line for the Tropic of Cun < er, simply because I was seared. I | wanted mv country saved,hut preferred !to have somebody else save her. I enter- I lain that preference yet. If the bubble reputation can he obtained only at the cannon’s mouth, lam willing to go there tor it, provided tlie cannon is empty. If it is loaded, my immortal and inflexible purpose is to get over the fence and go home. My invariable practice in war has been to bring out of any fight two thirds more men than I took in. This seems to me to be Napoleonic in its grandeur. My financial views are of a most de cided character, but they ure not likely, perhaps, to increase my popularity with the advocates of inflation. Ido not in sist upon the supremacy of rag money. The great fundamental principle of my life is to take any kind I can get. The rumor that I buried a dead aunt under one of my grape vines is founded upon fact. The vines needed fertilizing, my aunt had to be buried, and I dedi cated her to this purpose. Does that un fit me for the Presidency? The Consti tution of our country docs not say so. No other citizen was ever considered un worthy of office because he enriched his grape vines with his relations. Why should I he tho first victim of an absurd prejudice? * I admit also that I am not a friend of the poor man. I regard the poor man, in his present condition, as so much wast ed matter. Cut up and properly canned he might he made useful to futteu the natives of the cannibul islands, and to improve < ur export trade with that re gion. I’ll recommend legislation on the subject in my first message. My cam paign erv shall be: “ Dcssicatethe poor workingman; stud him into sausages !’* These are about the worst parts of my record. On them 1 come before the coun try. If my country doesn’t want me, I will go back again. But I recommend myself a- u safe man —a man who starts from the basis of total depravity, and proposes to he fiendish to the last. Odd Epitaph. *' Jimmy the-Duck,” of Virginia City, Nevada, is dead. He made his living bv a ijueer invention. He used to put a duck in a h.,x with its head sticking out of a hole and allow the crowd to throw dubs at it for twenty-five cents a throw, the bird lielongiug to whoever should hit it. The ducks would of course “duck ” their heads just before the sticks whiz zed along, and it was not oftener than once in six months that Jimmy would lose. The following is his epitaph : “Old Jimmy’s weary bones are now resting peacefully under the sagebush. Let us hope tliut when tlie trump of the resurrection shall echo over the rugged peak of Mount Davidson he will he able to pop his head up like tlie famous duck, and should the devil appear and make a grab for the old rnuu, may he dodge hack successfully.” Early County News : It is not an un common thing for a man to steal a wo man ami elope with her, hut some of the Alabama women reverse this mode of procedure. For instance, some days ago, a Henry county, Ala., woman stole a young lad of a fellow over there and brought him over the river with a view of making a husband of him. A license was necessary to consummate this ar rangement, so she hired out herself and young man to chop cotton until money enough could be raised to pay for the license. But they soon realized the adage, “ the course of true love n°ver runs smoothly,” for two brothers of the lad put in an appearance at that cotton patch one day and at once went to work to give him a good thrashing, and we are told they made the dust fly out ol the fellow’s “ britches.” They next went for the woman and treated her in ; the same wav, ouly a little more so, i They then took “ little buddy” home, but left his would-bo wife to take care of herself Belts are much worn with all styles of costume*.