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THE DEMOCRAT A Live Weekly Paper cm LiTe Issues Published Ever}- Friday Morning, at OrawfordviHe, Ga. W • D- SULLIV AN, Proprietor BATES OF SUBSCRIPTION: Single Single Copy, (one vear,) . . . $ 00 Single Copy, Copy, (six months.) . . . 00 (three months,) ... so ST Advertising rates liberal. BOOK and JOB PRINTING a specialty. Prices to suit the times. Business Curds. J. W. HIXON, Attorney at Law, CRAWFOKm iUE, GA., Will practice in Taliaferro, Wilkes, Warren, and Greene counties. E5?” B ill give all business entrusted to his care dilligent attention. Collections made a specialty. june'22-t-o-o S. G. BRINKLEY, Attorney at Law, WARRENTON, GA. Refers to W. If. Hull, Frank H. Miller Joseph Ga. Gaaahl Will and II. C. Foster, of Au¬ gusta, dilligent give all business intrusted to him attention. j-5-77-j-y T. II. GIBSON, Attorney at Law, AUGUSTA, GA. Refers by Permission, to Judge E. H. Pottle, Hon. W. M. Reese and Wm. Gibson, dec 22 t-o C. S. DliBOSE, Att’y at Law WARRENTON, GA. :-*T Will practice in the Augusta, North¬ ern ami Middle Circuits. oct-7-j-y It. C. KOSEY, Att’y at Law, THOMSON, GA. S3T Will practice in the Augusta, ern and Middle Circuits. oct-7-j-y -iVl-ll llliei . A T •of rn CliAW 1VJlv r OUI)\ vl> t 1LLE r *1? and in { on the P * he surround¬ citizens assortment ing country, that 1 am receiving a fine of SPRING AND SUMMER HATS, —A I„SO— a choice lot of JV1 _ . I _ I I I N which I am offering very J cheap 1 respect fully d ______ _______ - ask all those that are in want of« SPRING and SUMMER HAT to give me a vail before purchasing. Very Respectfully, mh30-t-o-o Mrs. L. S. GOLITCKE. Few Tin Shop. J V. B. HIGGS, P roprietor, CRAWFORDVILLE, GA. Takes this method to inform the citizens of Crawfonlville and the people of tlie surrounding ESTABLISHED country that he has a NEW Tin Shop at this place, and is prepared manufacture NEW TIN, or REPAIR ALL KINDS OF OLD Work, in best style on the very lowest terms. 1 am prepared to Execute Roofing and Guttering in very best style and at prices ts suit the time. Determining to merit asks and hopes to receive a liberal patronage from the pub¬ lic. Bring your work to my shop. mhSU-t-d-o A. 13. IIIGGS. II. 8. SMITH, M.D. AGENT, CRAWFOKDVILLE, Keeps constantly hand GA. on a full assort¬ ment of DRUGS, Paints, Oils, ’ Glass, Touacco, Segars, Liquors, Etc., Has also hand the Etc., Etc. on celebrated rheumatic medicine the “Wine of Seven Barks.” Toilet & Fancy Articles, Garden Seeds, &c. mar23 b-m Mansion House, 258 Broad Street, Augusta, :_: : Georgia. Transient Board, . . SI.50 per day. Single Meals 50 cents. Single Lodgings 50 cents. Mrs. W. M. MOORE, tnar23 j-e-rn Proprietress. u ri o pi j T Iff) tf 4 y A 1 * * * ’ ISOiinl ___ HoilSP m m llU** ® ^ 8<£ Hroad Street, Atlanta, Ga. t5?“Good aceonmiodations for Boarder ^treasonable rates. nov-18-jo-ms, wm n T ADDELL’S Life of Linton _Stephens. This Is said to be the most interesting Biography of mmshouid^W-sT 4 ’ aVw^MZ sale at tbe Post Office,'at the low price of *2.50 per copy. js-t-oo .Chunks '■ from t.v. to ?-too. *prRi CHARLES BERGSTROM. A large stock of Shoes, from 75c., to 82.25, at Charles Bergstrom's, The Democrat. Vol. I. POETRY. A Post-Nuptial Ode. We used to walk together in the twilight, He whispering tender words so sweet and low As down the green lanes when the dew was * alhnR ’.. . . Ive^cJiiL ,, . . W ' rC “ WrrtS gt unn , . . u , . But now no more we wLkTn^pwp'le gloam ing The time is past for such romantic roaming— He holds the baby while I'm getting tea. We used to sit—with lamp turned low—to¬ gether ; And talk of love and its diving effects, When nights were long and wintry was the weather; Far noble he than knight with knightly feather, And I to him the loveliest of my sex. Now, oft when wintry winds howl round the gable, Immersed in smoke, he pours o'er gold and stocks, The fact ignored that just across the table The loveliest of her sex sits darning socks. Oft when arrayed to suit my hero’s fancy, I tripped to meet him at his welcome call, He looked unutterable things—his dark eye ‘glowing. In fond approval at my outward showing His taste in laces, dresses, jewels—all! Now if perchance we leave the house to¬ gether, When friends invite or prima donna sings He scans my robes (bought new for the occa¬ sion) And foots the bills—and looks unutterable O, bygone days! when seventeen and single, He called me angel as he pressed my hand, O, present time .' wherein that self-same fei low To that same angel—grown a trifle yellow— Calls out, “Matilda , do you understand ?” Ah, yes 11 understand—one thing for cer tain, Love after marriage is a beauteous myth, Which they who once have passed behind Turn up their noses at—disenchanted with. TRUE TO HER WORD. Leonora Lonsdale’s most partial friend could not call her pretty. Her most impartial enemies—being possessed of much cleverness, strength of character, and hatred of shams it followed, she had a few—declared her ugly. For the benefit of those who have never seen the young lady, and const; quently Delong to neither one side nor the other, I will describe her—beginning with the most prominent feature of the human face. XT Nose of , no particular order, neither , aquiline, straight, pug, turned up turned-down, but original and indepen dent, and apparently in the right place ; eyes brown with a glint of topaz-a slight cast in the left one pronounced by the friendly “bewitchingly cunning,” and l»y the mimical “decidedly impish mouth neither large nor small, with full, red lips, closing firmly over two rows of strong, white teeth ; complexion neither blonde nor brunette, but clear and rosy and her own, and chin that only escaped being masculine by having a dimple in it. Her head, heavy with a quantity of straight, black hair, was well shaped enough, and well set upon a slender neck, that was again well set upon her sufficiently broad shoulders ; her hands were small, but the fingers did not taper; she was five feet six inches in height, and looked as though she might be taller if she chose; had a clear, ringing laugh, a musical chest-voice, a graceful walk ; had opinions of her own, and whistled like a bird. And yet, notwithstanding her want of beauty—her many defects, I might say —there were men who had expressed a rediness to die for Leonora at need, and more who had declared themselves perfectly willing to live for her. There was a wonderful atmosphere of freedom, of purity, of bravery about her. And Leonora was a worker. Much as she despised shams and hypocrisies she despised idleness. “Day dreaming I I don’t believe in it,” she would say. “Do your dreaming at night and work during the dayand while she talked, in a bright, cheerful way, each word clear and distinct, she busilv plied her needle making little dresses and jackets and aprons. “For whom?” “Oh. for some poor children around the corner. I bad nothing else to do ” It was while thus occupied one after noon early in September seated on the old-fashioned porch, shaded by a heavy grapevine, that Clifford Cameron saun tered in and threw himself in an easy chair beside her. “Cliff,” had been a chum of Harry Lonsdale’s since early boyhood, and for just that period had alternately tried to teaze and make love to Harry Lonsdale’s sister. Crawfordvilie, Georgia, 13, 1817. He was a good looking, sw eet tem pered, generous, lazy young fellow, with no end of money. Grandfather had died and left him money—father had b *™ money ur, cle had bad died and left him money, and lately an olt S reat aunt, whom he had never | seen, had departed this life, away off in fTt C ° rner ° f the gl ° te ’ and * nm moic money. He . had very ftl" fui *1^“ hands aud'f©^ and feet, Iral* was SS’ rather stout iaUS < 7 r,shorttbautall - wa3oneof those infatuated , men who thought the sll 8 ht cast & Sonora’s left eye perfectly charming, and who had said they would die of joy if she’d only graciously per nut them to devote the remainder of th f!™ her ' small ry apron ell, Bee,” and leisurely said . he, surveying taking up it. a “W ell, Butterfly,” was the reply, “what brings you back from Newport sosoon ?” “You.” “Oh ! you’ve come here to talk non¬ sense again,” says the young lady, hold¬ ing another small aproi before her, head on one side like a bird’s, as she ponders on the effect of a bow of green ribbon she has sewn on the pocket. “Right, as you always are, my darl * n 8-” “I’m not your darling, and I’ll take that apron if you're quite done with it. “Deuce take the apron, say I. Slop sewing 1 beg of you, Leo—it makes ine quite tired to look at you.” “Clifford 1” “Leonora!” “Aren’t you ashamed of yourself ?” “Don’t think I ant. Ought I to be?” With decision—“You should. Were I a young man in good health, not maimed or cripple—blesssed with the average quantity and quality of brains”— “Thanks !” “I’d do something besides lounging at watering places in the summer ana club bouses in the winter—something in the shape of work—yes, if five hundre ■ -.mt ^tMUUUlUicin, null <tu. ',8 — “Couldn’t any way in the world, thank Heaven ! my dear girl, have so many relations.” “Left me five hundred fortunes. And if I fell in love with a girl, I’d prove to her before I proposed marriage, that I, myself— “Myself! Behold me!” quoted Cliff. “Could, if an emergency arose, and life is full of them, support her, and that I was not entirely dependent upon the income flowing in from the coffers tilled by my ancestors.” “Bravoj lhat Leo last ! “You’re remark a about splendid the «<fims of my ancestors was extremely fine. I d like to have any one, in the glow of my present admiration for you dare to hint that you were the tiniest speak long-nosed. He or she’d repent in haste But most admirable of your sex male ^hat fellow would so unfortunate you do if as you to were know a nothing useful and wanted to propose to the girl you loved and all the rest of it ?” “I’d learn a trade if I hadn’t talent enough for a profession.” “The average quantity and quality of brain is scarcely sufficient for a profession, and I’m too old to be taken as an apprentice. If I were not and could be converted into a shoe-maker, or brick-layer—or—plumber, I think I’d prefer being a plumber, they only come and look at things and go away again. I couldn’t give you a house like this where you could sit on the porch with a peach tree in front of you and a nice grapevine over you, making clothes for horrid children around corners.” “Nonsense ! I don’t mean that.” “What do you mean, then ?” reach ing up and plucking a grape from a low hanging branch. “Cliff Cameron, you know what I mean as well as I do,” and yet she explains with great slowness and ein phasis. “I mean that a man should Ire able to support the woman lie marries either by his bead or hands whether he is ever obliged to or not. Go away, you are putting me out of temper. ” “Putting you out of temper ? You’re mistaken. I never saw your dimple go angelic in my life. But I say, Leo, he continued more seriously, “if I prove to you that on an emergency-that is jf y° u with your luxurious tastes and general extravagance should waste my substance in riotous living after we were married—if I prove to you that in that case I should be willing and able to give you bread with an occasional bit of butter-would you name the day V” “That emergency never could arise.” “Well, imagine any emergency you choose, only answer me. Would you name the day ? “What day ?” “Leonora!” “Yes, I would.” “You would—fair . and square now?” 'd would. Isn't that enough ?” “Qrite enough. But it must be an early ue.” ‘ “wf, Mot ?” my blessed.” j ‘Ae. j Ciifit ameron arose deliberately, took away i lie sewing, deftly converted it into a fell and tossed it up among the. made both small hands, little gold tf.mible and all, prisoners, and ki ' Sl<1 V "wn the left eye, and lastly upon tf watm, red lips. “Mi«‘ ameron, this is premature,” said b. her cheeks glowing like two pink r. ; a. “Ne.U all, Miss Lonsdale, you are mine. To-morrow I will take my place among he workers. It will be a hum ble om but sufficient to prove to you that I ;u competent to earn the bread and bn ar of which I have spoken.” “Bui Cliff”—diopping her eyes for the first tire. “WV, Leo”—clasping the bright face betwee his hands, and making her raise tfym again. “Amyou sure—-you know how you admire pretty women, and I’m not pretty. “But you’re good—and to me the lovelies! and sweetest girl in the whole world A One 'Thursday afternoon, two days after LI dialogue on the back poreli, Miss Leonora Lonsdale, aa she was wont on Thtrsday afternoons, being the execut e ability of some charitable society. that met on that day, stepped into a v.Bnowhat crowded street car, lookingpeither to the right or left, but straight before her, in her usual manner. Once mated, she abstracted her pocket book ft m her satchel and look from it the mow ;;| h( e five cents, when she be¬ came n'. vart of a hand stretched out toward J r —a man’s hand, a handsome hand, a familiar hand, ller eyes rested on it an ■distant and then traveled up he ann ’ • which it belonged until they met the ace—half hidden by a slouched, broad- mint'd hat— of the conductor, !ff ( 1 liana Jiervnennes pt-cwl-bor farcin have his a. would said, the cast!in hsr eye beams more impish than evw. 1 he day ?” ^ said the conductor in a low, film, business-like tone, not a gleam of intelligence lighting up his big, blue eyes. “Six months from 1 ” replied Leonora, in the same 5- , as she dropped her poeketbook Sr in her satchel, The Great Earthquake at Huanil j OB _ Cal , laill Charles Macloon, of the ship GelieV a, which was sunk at HuaniHos l)y the greut earthquake on the fill, of Mayj recentIy iirrived in New York and givt -the following description of lh( , catilHtrol , 1]fi . A)(( „ lt 8;30 oYlock ni>a gl . pat rumblillg 80UI)d arose ln tIl ,; ak alld lt „, 8ea togan to fron , tlie 8h( , m Ships anchored in eight fathoms of watcr were 8uddenly Mt hlgh and dry 0 „ 8hore th( . commotioil was terrific, a sulphurous light envebqied the mountains, and huge rocks came tumbling down their sides looking like balls of lire. The ships anchored i„ deeper water were torn from liner fastenings and dashed out to sea, de scribing large circles as they went. Then they were borne back by the tidal wave, and many were dashed in either against other ships or against th(! rocks. The Geneva circled around and around at the rate of eight or ten knots an hour, and at last struck upon the rocks and sank. Captain Macloon cs caiHid in a small boat. On shore the Governor’s house, the shute launches and watvrtanks were swept away, Captain Macloon had just completed loading his vessel with guano, and expected to sail the next morning— w or id . p . UC . 7 „ ervant (iir . . . A tramp entered the house of D. B. ^ Dennison,itiGreat balls, N. Y., Wednes evening, in the absence of the fam ity, a «d ordered the only servant girl to delivei the money and valuables in the house or tie murdered. She begged her life, and the tramp stood in the * la B and allowed her to go upstairs u icier th<! 1 ‘ietense of getting money, when she procured Mr. Dennison’s revolver, and, from tlie top of the stairs, she or Acred the tramp to leave or she would f,hoot Be made threats on her life, but before he reached her she shot and he fe!1 ; Two other tramps came to lus assistance, and while taking him away, he remarked : “John, I am hit.” The Police searched m vain for the tramps all night. The girl fed the one who at tacked her, just before night. She is only about 20 years of age .—Aew York Tmes, The remains of Mrs. Madison a sister of Patrick Henry, lie in an almost un marked grave at Bowling Green, Ky. No. 21. A Colored German. A colored German is a rarity, al though this is no reason why a colored man should not learn German. Thom as J. Dorkins, a young colored man, the porter at the Fiftl* National Bank on sixth Street, is a German, or at least it was so sufrtntly reported ; but cm in quiry we learn th#t he is au American , a , K | learned the German l intrcrure eoi^le of years ago, while engaged in the kitehen in one of the leading restaurants in Pittsburgh. The proprietor of the eating-house and all the employee* except Thomas were Germans, and he soon picked up the lingo, and speaks it so fluently and correctly that all were astonished, lie reads a great deal, be i, lg a member of the Mercantile Libra¬ ry, and is studying up his German with a view, it is said, going to the French Exposition next year as a curiosity, a colored German, lie has lieen urged to do this by his former employer at the restaurant, under whose protection he will go, if he does conclude lo go to Europe.— Pittsburgh Leader. Overtaken by Justice. In Newton county, Mo., Jesse U. Lynch has been sentenced to an im¬ prisonment of sixty years and his wife to one of thirty-three years. Lynch was tlie founder ami preacher of a new religion, and pretended to cure Vho sick by the laying on of hands. The eouple traveled with a child which was taken sick. Lynch affirmed that it was possessed by a devil, and to drive out this evil spirit he and his wife pitched the child across a room to each other. The poor tiling frequently fell, striking the floor, during this performance. At last it struck a joist, which crushed its skull and so killed it. The fanatics were arrested, and though a plea of insanity was set up they were convicted. The woman is represented to he of pre¬ possessing appearance, and entirely under the control of her husband’s will. How Two Girls Paid Off a Debt. Two county, daiethUre N. Y., of afnnswinSt, deified I** rence I.. pay .the debt 011 their homestead, but they pre ferred not to do it by hard work. They hit upon an idea Unit suited their pur pose, and have made enough money to remove the debt. They had a large quantity of porous stone sawed into small pieces and thoroughly soaked in an odorous preparation, which imparted to them a durable scent. These they t tile state at 25 cepls each, representing that they Were cut from the lock of a wonderfully per fnmedfccave in South America. 'The girls are so demure and pretty, and tell their lie with such an appearance of simplicity, that the sales are very large. They have just put a fresh lot of stone in soak, preparatory to a Western tour , The Detroit Post 1ms t he following ac count of a narrow escape from death or serious injury of a little nephew of ward E. Powers, of that city : “The child, who is 5 years old, was missing V ^"^But, ° after w, " n calling *°oked him, for Hie at dinner family dinner, and the child not appearing, became nliutned and instituted a search tl,rf > u fJ‘ 4l ' e neighborhood. His hat was foi,,,d m tl,e yar ' 1 ' m,l, r «° m « liu '«« ,na ' lIe trces - could be heard of 'jj* !i °’ c,oc ‘ k ’ a * ir ' .rid him hjj in one of t.«. limbs of ' h« maple trees, forty feet from Ul<< ^ The girl called him but he f,i d not awake, and the situation lm discovered, his aunt prevented ant n,,iso bein « ,na,lft untn two cli m»«'d tbe tree Mml awok(; ,lim > be Wiis «ot down safely. It can not be ascer tained bow long the child had been a continuous search was made from 1 o’clock to 3 p. m. ”__ ., Mow ’ Patrick’’said 1 1 k ’ aJua a Indue *®’ “what 1 , have you to say , he charge ; are you guilty or not guilty ?” “haitl.!” swered Patrick, “but that is difficult for yer honor to tell, let alone meself. Wait till I hear the evidence.” Gen, Kerenyearit.ch would be the man to bring the Russians up to the scratch. A man in Collinsville, Ct., sold a cow to a widow, and before delivering the animal he took off the brass born-tips, thereby saving six cents. -------- A Moth-proof barrel in which clothes can safely stored is a late invention. Rut this leaves the moth at large. What wanted is a barrel in which the moths can be kept, and thus have the <dotl.es at large. --------------- “How much did he leave?” inquired a gentleman of an acquaintance, on learning the death of a wealthy citizen. “Everything,” responded the truthful man, “he didn’t take a dollar with him. The Macon ice factory is manufacturing te.n thousand pounds of ice per day, delivering ice at any point in the city for one cent a pound THE DEMOCRAT advertising rates: One Square, first insertion * S - 1 One Square, tacli . On* Square, three subsequent insertion ' T9 | One Square, months : . id oil 1 Quarter twelve mouth* 1A 00 Half Column Column, twelve months . 20 00 One twelve months , 50 00 ! Column twelve months . . 100 00 I*?" One Inch or Less considered as a \ square. We huve no fractions of a square, ail fractions of squares will be counted a* squares. Liberal deductions made on Con I tract Advertising. fact and fancy. A Woman's “No.” O no! 1 cosidwot wed you. No; But 1 hope you won't forget I love you as a sister should— —O,please. Will, don't go yet— Yes, love you as a sister should. But marry you? Ah, no ! I'm grieved you should have thought of it— —Oh, Will I Don’t leave me so— Come back, sit down and talk tome, Don’t) Don’t frown, when you go, One cannot love just when she would, Though she’s a girl you know. And I don’t think you love me much. I don't upon my life ; But if I really thought you did— ~' V8 ’ " G’ll be your wife. Kew wheat *1.50 per bushel in Macon county, 1111 , lcou,lty ias just made the best crop in its history. Lanseer’s portrait of Sir Waiter Scott has been sold for #10,000. A band of would-lie train robbers werO captured in Indiana yesterday. An immense deposit of black lead has been discovered near Warren, Va. Lord Derby never delivers even art after-dinner speech that he has not writ¬ ten. New York eats a million bushels of “goobers” per annum, at ten cents a quart. The cattle in Madison county are dy¬ ing of murrain or some other fatal disease. Caterpillars near Tuscumbia, Ala., have completely denuded acres of forests of their leaves. Tt is to be doubted Whether be will ever find the way to heaven, who desires to go thither alone. A recent census of Nashville gives that city a jiopulation of 17,503 whites, and 0,582 colored, An Irishman Jy says he can see no earthly , kmkiii -:\ nmiitrj, aliMiin Hoftl ab lowed to liecome medical men. “Doctor, do you think tight lacing is had for consumption ?” “Not at all, madam ; it is wlmt it lives on. Col mel AI boi l shorter has made n donation of 820,IKK) to the Baptist female college at Home, Georgia. From nJPfittville, Virginia, and other parts i •>f the State, comes intelligenco of arrdfl MBBPrenleen-year locusts. A million buffalo have been killed iil western Texas alone for their hides.— Buffalo beef would sell well in England. The Prince of Wales will make a museum of his Indian collection of arti¬ cles for the Paris exposition. A negro girl was drowned in a sewer pool in Macon recently, while several of her race stood coolly looking on. A number of prominent citizens of Frederick, Maryland, were killed unit wounded by a collision on the Baltimore & Ohio railroad. Robert T. Clayton, of Georgia is appointed Consul to Callao, anil Jno, 'J’. Quarles, colored, of Georgia is ap pointed Consul to Malaga, Spain' Import from the Western States alimit the grasshoppers continue to bo favorable. It is not now tielieved that they will do much damage anywhere, . 11 i.rko-Hnssran oM J lady ' in 'l<'* I ,Imr b.'im county w,» war, «* ^ ' ™ ' Wheekr s cavalry has chlckf ns a "' 1 'W at <mc0 ' A B0,n ' ,wb, ‘ t Kim l’ le WOI nan was askett whether In* husband feared God, ami replied, “I guess he. does, for he never goes ofit Sundays without taking his gurt with him.” ' rish coachman ’ ' hiViD * pMb some fields, and addressing a smart girl engaged iu 8hParill «, exclaimed: o Arra)l( my darling j wiah ) wa8 ln jall for stealing ye.” Scene— anywhere — any lime—Old lady—“Don’t drive fast, conductor, I’m very nervous.” Conductor—“No fear, mu’m.” Old gent who wants to catch a train decides to walk. I he five months of the present yea t have been notably prolific of serious fires. Insurance companies claim that the los* to them thus far has been double the ioSfi or he same time during 18i6. Washington Cemetery, Hagerstown, where the Confederate dead, killed in the battles of Antietam and South Mountain , are interred, was formally dedicated with appropriate memorial ceremonials, and the graves strewn with flowers. An oration was delivered by Gen. Fitzhugh Lee, of Virginia. There was a time when Gen. Ben F. Butler, in the evolution of crises, ap proximated to statesmanship; but cir cumstances have brought him to the degeneracy of a snapping turtle, with a large amount ... of to vast viciousness a su¬ ptincial area of shell.—Clii-ojo Tnhunr.