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The Democrat. A Live Weekly Paper on Live Issues Published Every Friday Morning, at Crawfordvilie, Ga. M. 2. Andrews, Proprietor. RATES OF SUBSCRIPTION: Single Single Copy, Copy, (one year,) . . . g 1 50 Copy, (six months,) . 75 ! Single (three months,) . . 5» tS~ Advertising rates liberal. BOOK and JOB PRINTING a specialty. Prices to suit the times. Legal Notices. Application for Letters of Dismission, GEORGIA—Taliaferroo County. "YXITHEREAS, Henry T. Ilammack, V T Administrator on the Estate of James NX. Haimunck late of said county, Deceased has applied to me for Letters of Dismission from said Estate : These are therefore to cite and ad¬ monish all persons concerned, to show cause on or by tire first Monday in Sep¬ tember nezt, if any they can why said letters should not be granted: Given under my hand at office in Crawfordvilie, this Mav 31st., 1881. CHARLES A. BEAZLEY, Ordinary. T. Application for Letters of Dismission. G EORGIA—Taliaferro County. "ITT V HERE AS, William M. Harrison, Ad- 1 Wimburn, ministrator on the Estate of Lawson C. late of said count}' Deceased, has applied to me for letters of Dismission from said Estate. These are therefore to cite and admonish all persons concerned, to be and appear at my office, on or by the first Monday in Sep¬ tember next to show cause if any they can why Given said letters should not be granted. under my hand at office in Craw¬ fordvilie. This June 0th, 1881. CHARLES A. lSEAZLEY, Ordinary, T. C NOTICE. Notice in once is innutuy herehv guen ffiven that, iij.iU nnv any and -mil Rll persons hunting Ol fishing 011 my* premises without my permission will be* regarded as trespassers and prosecuted to the extent of the Law. JOHN it. MOOIIE. Hold Cards. OLIXARD HOUSE, CLAYTON .. TREKT, REAR POST-OFFICE, ATHENS, GEORGIA. Rooms all carpeted. Good sample rooms lor Commercial Travelers. A. D. OL1NARD, Proprietor. "VrATlO.YAL HOTEL,. ATLANTA, GEORGIA, I . T. VVfK;. ; - - i , , jii'l£»Gr. k •$& . ' .acU' k ’t k nwv > 'IU iSk iiu *,•. T*t iV-. ;r. Tlf! : ' “'"-v *>f tliird giviiii* ;'i,: . v-iIh.m* (ioool touni^, c,ipacity now s v ‘iity-!;• ■ o man', with every thing fresh ami bright an.l all tins modern iniTtviivcmcoits. Being sisuat-eo a-nr itn- A’cpnt jihI coll ii-Wws. na TIONA4., liowiy rcmivalci! and iv;’\inii:-iu‘d, offers superior inducements to the Travel¬ ing Public. longer Rates. $2.00 per day. Sp, rial rates for ti me. Railroad Notices. Georgia II ailroarf -AND BAN KING Co. SrnqsHiNTENUEX'jr’s Office, ) /COMMENCING Augusta, Ga.. Nov. 5th, ihso. < following SUNDAY, Tth instant, the passenger schedule will be operated : >10. 1 WEST—DAILY. NO. 2 EAST—DAILY. Lv. Augusta am l.v. Atlanta, 7:15ia:rn “Macon Trie a'm “ Athens S:l.ra in “ Milledg’ll 8:58 a mi “ < ’’wf’d’ll 12:33;p m “ W’sh’i’n 10:4.1,u jrmj inlAr.tVasli’g’n Milledg’ll4:45p'm 2:10 p in Ar.GTdv’ll 12:11 “ “Athens 3:lopm “Macon 0 : 1.1 pin “ Atlanta 5:15 h ull “ Augusta 3:47 ji in NO. 3 WEST—DAIRY. NO. 4 EAST—DAILY. La*. Augusta 5:30 pim Lv. Atlanta 8:45 p m Lv. Gr’t’v’U 0:52 p niLVy. (J’f’dv’U 3:01 la m Ar.^tlanta 53)0 a in Ar. Augusta 7;U0 ; a:m t£t" No connection to or from Washing¬ ton on SUNDAY'S. JNO/W. Manager. GRKKN, E.R. DORSEY", General Gen. l’asa’ger Agent. Mav2,X8T0. SCO MILE TICKETS. GEORGIA RAILROAD COMPANY Office GeneiPl Passenger Agt’, Augusta, March 2,1880. C OMMENOIXG pany will sell FIVE this date, HUNDRED this Com¬ MILE TICKETS, good over main line and branches, at THIRTEEN 75-100 DOLLARS each. These tickets will be issued to individuals, firms, or families. but not to firms and families combined. E. It. DORSEY. General Passenger Agent. 'Marclil0,18bv, 'O f l ~°'° n -1 1,000 MILE TICKETS. Geouc.ia Railhoad CoKfaxy, ) 5 I «™*°*^aas. e ssi£a> AND MILE TUK'EiN 5 -kI mer line and branches, at DOLLARS each. These tickets will be issu -1 to indh i.!ua!s,_ firms combined. or families, not to firms and families E. R. DORSEY, Mavfl. 1*79- General Passenger Agent. PARKER’S GINGER TONIC Ginger, Bnehn, Mandrake, Stillinria and] Imany .Lined other skillfully of the in best Packer's medicines Gixgeb known Tonic are com so as 'to make it the greatest Eiood Purifier aad the ’Best Health aad Strength Restorer eTer used. •Bowel*; Lung*, Liver, Kidneys, Urin«ry Organs; and all Female wasting Complaint*. with Consumption , If disease, you are away to-day. No what* or, ►any use the Tonic matter ►your symptoms may be, it will surely drunkenness., help you. I Remember! This Tonic Cares is the Best Family Medicine ever made, entirely, different from Bitters, Ginger the bestcurativeprop-^ Preparations amc; .other Tonics, and combines ►ernes of alL Buy a 50c. bottle of your druggist. outside* 4 ►None genuine without our signature New on !wram>er Hiscojc & Co.. Cfiena-ts. > . ; PARKER’S HAiR BALSAM '£££!&»££ Yol. 5. MRS. LYDIA E. PINKHAM. OF LYNN, MASS. A ■-* =3*5 * & m IT DISCOVERER OP LYDIA E. PEKKHAM’S VEGETABLE COMPOUND. The Positive Cnra For all Female Complaints. This preparation, as its natno signifies, consists of Vegetable Froportiea that are harmless t o the most del¬ icate invalid. Upon one trial the merits of tills Com pound will be recognized, os relief is Immediate j and when it* use is continued, in ninety-nine cases in a him. dred, a pennancntcure Is effected,as thousands wiii tes¬ tify. On account of its proven merits, it is to-day re commended and prescribed by the best physicians In the country. # . It will cure entirely tbe worst form of fa*Ting of the uterus, Leucorrhcea, imeukr and painful Menstruation, all Ovarian Troubles, Infla mmation and Ulceration, Floodings, all Displacements and tho C.Q MfHWMt spinal weakness, Olid Is e«peoiolly odaptod to the change of ur,. itwMdisaoiro „poi tumors from the utcruslnan early stage of development. Tho tendency to cancerous humors there le checked very speedily by its use. In fact it has proved to be tbe great ®*t and best remedy that has over been discover¬ ed. U permeates every portion of tho system, and give* new lifeond vigor. It removes faintness,flatulency, de¬ stroys all craving for stimulants, and relieves TinVini* of the stomach It cures Bloating, Headaches, Nervous Prostration, General Debility, Sleeplessness, Depression and Indi gestion. That feeling of bearing down, causing pain, weight and backache, Is al ways permanently cured by its use. It will r.t all times, and under all en eumstan. ce6, act In harmony with the law that govoraa tho female system. For Kidney Complaints of either sex this compound is unsurpassed. Lycfia E, Pinkham’s Vegetable Compound Tf« prepared at 233 and 233 Western Avenue, Lynn, Mass. Frice $ 1 . 00 . Six botries for $3.00. Sent by mail iu the form of pills, aL.o In the fonn ofLoxeugas, on receipt of price, $1.00, per box, for either. Mrs. FIN KB AM freely answers all letters of inquiry. Send for pam phlet. Adtlmu a3 shore Vftfe tmper. >‘o lamin-shouldbewithoutAYl>Ji S' VVSKlliW f mm pm. «v» «•>« w’ CaMfe# ti ’fuUvtr. * V' -’ Spiel by Dr. il. .. ‘.. Smith,’ , Crawford* , ville, Ga. Rftbkh. & agents, Lamar, Atlairta.Ga. Lamar, holesale t>~ , ,. 1 r-qa. * IFOlPu O m SPERMATORRHEA, way, via: Inre-t Application to tho principal Seat ot the inee&ne, act fag by Absorption, a«d exert in* !t~ specuie influence oo tje; -emiiuti VccicJcs, 2-liao ixiotorv Ducts, ProstateODind, and Uicthra. Thu e...- of the ixfcined/ i.. attended v.itli no pain or Incon¬ venience. and dees not interfere wb * the ordinary purbuiu : of iifft; it is q.iicL'y t itsolwd r.n.1 roon ab Bcrbed, i*tiv« priidu-ing u r\ iairiodlatp *oo|hloR as 1 r<stor ofVet unon t: u sexual c-.nri r*. ous erganixa t'ousw ■<' k'.d (torn aulf-abuse i.t'A ei stopping tho dram f rom the system, rcstc-itu? tno irrimi 1 1 hurdth ana sound memory rr;r:<,vir. - tho Pinmcsa of oight, Nerveni, J^sbdity, (Jcuf ; ion of Idoan, Aversion to Society, etc., etc., “ < ho appoaranco of premature old age Dy v • ,..! i.uyin K this trouble, it fcae and restorieg perf oh .* Vicor, where boon dormant for vaarR. This node ot treat¬ ment has stood the tost iuverv u v » tares, and la now a pronounce.'. 1 sn eccr:-, I»rup:.i r toon; jeh pro fccribod in those ♦.-■juble.'L&c-.i.a;; no: bs'ir wit nos* to, with but litc 1 : thieFreparatio:.. if tuypermxriaz.t r i herr, is no Nonsense a ho at . - a?., tfeai o*> bervatioaonabJe£ us eo Positively < a r. ttea that it wiil givosatisfactictL During tV: -d.t years that it has beer.io sodot-aI use, wo have, boa.'andsof testi¬ monials an to its vtUne. ftr.d it is DOWc'-rceded by tho Medical Profetsion to bo t-ho most ryti ,nai mean. 0 yot miwrrfosDm»ny.an<iiwnwhom|ui, misery tlieir is put nuelesa to in po many, nostrum'; b< IsfEoi ; j.3^rt.|^sm up neat feSfi K A jiiS vAa'i^rabjunL tU ' { ■ -•«- s-\ It,', ’■ -ilfir R f \ tusvir aJK-cted. SaMC.'X.i'Hj / HARRIS REWsEDY OO. CHEMISTS. Market aid 8th Sts. Bt, Louis. Mo. April 8 ’ *81 J i-y - OR. BUTTS' Si >WP»8ORgJJs|L4&^ thSS?t{.“SS5g“lSS&i;^^ P ( i/on':,^treau”<f 0.3URg *w;uf cut ions of the blood, skin or s^c ce.ss, f YOUMC fe.-jj, Yvithout witnout MEH^oweBnCeungfromthc asinK asiat; -•Vfercury mercury or or PniMoous F' tbooous Medici dps. >c-i eta b unfits its vic MTIENTS treat’ -?$r ectiy Ti cared. uaii ar X'pTttt, *’ ii; c - < referred, r - - FHFB ' • !' r - >: ’.le, persona: r«.r suitati .n a ?rd icvrt ed. List of que-’.G rjto t.» answerel hr pjtj-i.ts desiring treit* racat mailed free Vi any address on anphrarti-vti. 4Y<erM3n* Vane tBfTvri'ig from li'.pi abould s -^d ih, !rn<?4rP»S.V t*,P h am •omeUiinrr to their tuivueisec. Jt ]■ no t n tra CatcrnOLica!.atricUyconSdenha!. ULi li, Sor'Ji a i should be . mi. . .tL.y-1% >23. April 8, ’81. j-y. -- / / ^jPPpsiK • m ORCES^. 1 Or DAVID LANDBEXH & SONS, Phiiadeinhij. Pt oct.2i, 8u.j-y. r/*' j VS v 3 r* v \ \ 1 r*> * i ItlV T G n ■■' iing W- imn* ¥ i= :«■« ! « ’i i ) So. 12 S. V.;. xr. .. L«.a!». AiN : u i . The Democrat If ■ CRA1VF0RDVILLE, GEORGIA, FRIDAY, JI LT 15,1881. Poetry. A THOUGHT. There never was % valley without a faded flower, There never was a heaven without some little cloud: TUe f 1 ? 8,1,11 with liRht iu an? mornin ’hom But evening soon shall come with her shadow-woveu shroud. There never was a river without its mists of gray; Thera never was a forest without its fall¬ And ioy ing leaf; walk beside down may us t he wind¬ When ings of our way, lo! there sounds a footstep, and we meet the face of grief. " riier *drifting s0ashoie without it3 wreck; There never was an ocean without its And ‘t'he^gokhm sky ® hat gleams fleck, of glory the summer 1 Sliine where dead stars arc sleeping in their azure-mantled grave. There never wa« a streamlet, however erys la! clear, Without a shadow resting on the ripples of its tide; Hope’s brightest robes are ’broidored with the sable fringe of fear— And she lures us, but abysses girt her path on either side. Tho shadow of the mountain falls athwart And lowly the shadow plain. of the cloudlet hangs above the mountain’s head— And the highest hearts and lowest wear the shadow of some pain, And the smile is scarcely flitted ero the anguished tear is she’d. For no eyes have there been ever without a weary tear, And those lips cannot be human which have never heaved a sigh, For without the dreary winter there has never been a year, And the tempests hide their terror in tho calmest summer sky. The cradle means the coffin, and the coffin means the grave; The mother’s song scarce hides tho De Profundis of tjjf priest— You may cull the rarest roses any May day evergavrf But they wither while you wear them ere the ending of your least. So this dreary Its life is passing—and we move amid maze, And im grope along together, half in darkness, half ill light; AinAiar kvat 1 oilfM. iv a wfco^.0- Ay «*tlw> mysteries of our all in ways, shadow and Which are never are never wluily bright. And our dim eyes ask a beacon, and our weary feet a guide, mysteries Ami our hearts of all life's seek the meaning and the key; And a cross gleams the Crucified, o'er our pathway, on it hangs yearnings the And He. auswerd all our by whisper, “Follow Me.” Life is a burden—bear it; Life is a duty—dare it; Life is a ihorn-crown—wear it, Though it break your heart in twain; Though lips, the burden crush you down, Close your and hide your pain, First the cross—and then-tho crown. * —Father Ryan. Bachelor’s Retreat. Chapter 8th., on the “Human Mind.” Elder Democrat: The only excuse 1 ’ve to render to you and your numerous readers for not dishiug up something for the last two issues, is because of press¬ ing business, as the case should be with all fanners at this particular soason of the year. I’ll attempt now to gather up some more fragments suggested from iny series of letters, as they have been ap¬ pearing for Hie last several weeks on the Human Mind. The power of the Human Mind has nevei ‘ l,een antl never wi'lbe fully tested. Experiments and discoveries have been, it is true, made and remade and yet it is subject replete with new thought and beauty, neither time, nor effort, will ever be able to prove its great depth of in tel* lect and energy. The wonderful results of Uli,ld are wer y where a,i(i al > the tiin « being displayed. No matter which way you go-or in what direction you look, there is to be seen some subject or ob ject that the mind has investigated. This does not lesson its strength or beauty, but on the contrary, creates within it nobler aspirations, inspires it wi'h a greater zeal, springs up new top ics and briar's about inevitably a closer scrutiny (of mind into itself) of the vari ous workings in surrounding nature. The mind is led on thus to grander pro¬ ductions of thinking over matter aud what environs its every day pathway through life as well as that which points (as it were in golden chains) continual¬ ly to the great beyond in eternity. In assuming the position that rnan is a triune being—composed of soul, mind and body, I maintain that the rnind is the most powerful agency employed in , the whole “mechinistn” in certain fields 1 of cultivation, and I hold further-more, | that it is mind that governs largely the moral status of man’s responsibility to j God in tins world, while at tiie same I time I’m happy to admit that the heart or soul is pulling its way tenderly along j and touching the activities of the mind | and sense of duty. For illustration of the fact, we have only to observe the varied operations of mind in a ! capacity, for instance as when a fine mon is preached, if there he any impression ensuing therefrom, it is first through the medium of mind and ’ there finds a lodgement ov attraction in : the heart of man. The mind is therefore master of the situation, the author, as it were, to instrwej’tke immortal part, the soul (strange to say) how to act, think and speak according to the divine revelation. If Ruud was alone the soul (socalled) why ’ti d msauc would have no refuge. No rofTfse from etern al , punishment. It is e* nigh for them to be deprived of the phSiuree and bap piness incident to this trie without cou signing them to eicriasticg t:on. Again to be humorous if the mind was the soul, why Alary body would desire if possible to go t<'heaven without (minds) l mean souls. This at once will disclose the mystery, * although 1 do not know much about theology or Phenology it is s&ply my opin ion. Taking this view 6 { the sub ject from a high moral-stand point it •, ’ would , , have at . a casual . glance , some¬ what the appearance of inconsistency. But not all, when examined. Those who are (ante mens) in favor ot the mind being the soul mfght as well ar¬ gue that the dumb creation have souls, since the dog can be tn)g$t and educat¬ ed. Yea, even tho hog may go so far in the literary field as to graduate in some special branch of study. The logical conclusion therefore, is whatever can be taught has mind, but not necessarily a soul, the underlying principle and never dying part of man. Wherever mind exist there’s a power which moves the heart or soul of man, and it is equally true in regard to the soul’s conscience, it works likewise upon the mind in the performances of all the different duties and avocations in life, “Out of the a bendane? «f the heart the month speaketh.” •*. This is evidence sufficient that the mind speaks the sentiments of the in ner man and tbrerefoi'<^isjforuver tft.of engag ed in the accomplishm eiUier good or evil. f Very lie n p.Ujk J YOlT’ r ' TboW liil. APraakfiirt fky<] 4*t'jslcian % writes: Some months ago citizens the daughter nrommnced of one of our hopeless prominent consumptive. 8h« was very much a was reduced in flesh, terrible cough, her life gradually wasting away, t recommended to use “ Dr. Swayne's Compound Syrup of Wild Cherry,” which she did. In a short time she was free from all cough and other symptoms, and is now rosy and health v . Price 25 cents and 8100 a bottle, or six bottles 85, The large size is the mo-I economical. Prepared only by Dr. Swayne A Soil. Phi lad'll. Sold by druggists. Timely Topics. Ghastly mysteries accompany the life of a great city. A little steamer tho other day carried from Blackwell's Island, Now York, to tho paiqier burial ground forty-three bodies of persons who had been found dead and taken to the morgue, but were unidentified and sent to nameless graves after due time had been given for friends to call and recog¬ nize them. The Mormon religion lias been stead¬ ily extending itself. “For several years,” says the San Francisco Chroni icl,-, “its members have been swarming in large numbers from the pa¬ rent hive and establishing nourishing colonies in the adjacent States and Ter¬ ritories. They are pouring in steady streams into Colorado, Montana, Wash¬ ington and Wyoming. They are al¬ ready sufficiently strong in Idaho lo hold the balance of political power; and wherever they go they act and vote Jin implicit obedience to their ecclesiastical authorities.” A cont " ract t,as ,j8en ratifled b 1,10 Y go^rnnr.ent of New Foundland with a company of New Y orl, capitalists inter¬ este<1 in » rai,roil ' 1 0,1 tliat wliicli cedes to them 2,000,1)00 acres of land indefeasibly, and tliese 2, j 000,000 acres cover nearly tbe whole of : the great serpentine belt, which contains ! copper in unlimited quantities. The | j Xcw York s - v ' :,lic;tte ’ Asides being guaranteed an annual subsidy of 8180, 000, have succeeded in laying their hands for all time on the whole of tiie ascer tainel mineral regions of tbe country, It is thought that this movement fore bodes ultimate annexation to the United States, but its promoters deny this. i 11 is so rare to find an insurance com ! pany confounded by its own devices that! any record of such an event should lie read with interest. In England a mari insured his life in a company, and hav ing been killed by an accident tiie com pany refused to pay the policy on the ground of the intemperate habits of tiie deceased. He certainly was an iutemp erate man, hut a clause in the policy bound him to forfeit his claims if he ‘‘became intemperate.” The judge, however, held tliat, as the deceased hud always been intemperate aud continued so, lie had not “become intemperate,’’ and consequently bad not forfeited his claim. The case and decision have amusing points, although the judge’s ruling seems to be an encouragement No. 28. to intemperate men to remain so, how ever much it may also be effectual in keeping sober men temperate, The Scotch fastiug girl turns out to be a first-class fraud. She had entered upon her nineteenth week of martyrdom am) was gradually growing weaker upon a diet of water, when she was threatened with confinement in a lunatic asylum if s i,e persisted in committing suicide, This threat had an astonishing effect, The mafdcn, who had feebly declared that she could not swallow a mouthful of food, forthwith begun to eat freely of porridge, followed by milk, broth and beef. Now that the girl is proved*to have deceived those about her in respect to her ability to swallow food, no one will believe she told the truth in dcclur ing that slie had not eaten anything for eighteen weeks. A correspondent of the London JSc/io pictures a subject of the bey of Tunis as the most wretched creature on the face of the earth. A genial raiu, which is his only joy ill life, is likewise hi^great¬ est misery, for, if the heavens are favor¬ able and the poor fellow obtains a good crop upon bis fruitful soil, report of it is carried to headquarters. The barefoot¬ ed soldiery of the boy swoops down upon his fields, and he and his children aro robbed mercilessly of their bread, which is taken from their very mouths on the pretense of recovering his unpaid taxes. “Tuniasian army,’” says the Elio's cor¬ respondent, “a wretched troop of rogues, has had no other business tor tho last few decades but the so-called collection 0 f the regent’s taxes. If a man has no crops he is undisturbed ; the lucky man, whose fields have proved faithful, is probably the unluckiest of all » Recent advices speak of the discovery of a new gold field in tho most inland part of New South Wales, which is causing some excitement among the guid¬ mining community. Tho scene ot the find is the Urey Ranges, a wild, elevated in the extreme uoi-lhwe.it of the HUli on the borders of South Aus India. Ai t Irwin the nature of the (fiipSsns, wfiTi-rf nTtnc(i^-rrr-> discovery is interesting as a matter of science, ns being a deviation from the rule which ins hitherto prevailed that all of the mirtcral wealth, and especially Hie gold deposits,In Australia have been found within a Blrirt distance from the coast. The nearest village to the Grey Ranges is Wilcatini.i, on the Darling rivet, some GOB miles from Sydney and 200 miles from the gold field. Water is scarce, anil only to he met with at dis¬ tances of fifty miles apart, so that in¬ tending prospectors will have to encoun¬ ter more than the usual amount of dif¬ ficulty. Itching 1*11 cn .syiiiptiinn ami I'urc. Tim syiiiptonsure iiwiisture, like pi’r«|iira tion, intense itvliing, incicitsed by scrali’li iiig, very distressing, imrtieiilnrly at niglit, as if pin worms the were crawling In and about the affected rectum if ; allowed private to Dart sale sometimes serious ; continue very results may follow, “AU-ileftliug Oint¬ ment” lleb, is a Salt, pleasant Rheum, sure cure. Also Ery¬ [nr Tetter, Scald Head, sipelas, Barbers’ itch, Blotches, ail Scaly, Crusty, Cutaneous Eruptions 1’rlce ho cents. J boxes for 81.2.1 Sent by mail to any address on receipt of price in currency or three cent postage stamps Prepared only by Dr. Swayne A Son, :rai North Sixtti street, Philadelphia, l*a., to whom lutleis should be addressed. Sold by all prominent reggists. anglHyl One of A. II. Stephens’ Stones. Wasliingtou Gorrespondeiico of the Lou¬ isville Courier-Journal. Representative) Aleck Stephens tells an anecdote illustrating how late in life a woman’s sensitiveness about her age may last. He says that at a time when it was known that tho widow of Presi¬ dent Madison was in such poverty as really to be suffering for the necessaries of life, a bill for her relief, giving her a pension was introduced into the house, which he earnestly championed. He made a telling point in i rgiug its imme¬ diate passage by saying ; “Gentlemen lo day the lady reaches tho venerable age of 82 years, and it would Ire a parlic u larly gr.icefulthing for this House to honor th« day by passing at once the bill f or n -lief.” He laid such stress upon the matter and advocated the pas sage of the bill so warmly that it was 0 n that day. He felt so elated with his triumph that ho decided to take the news to herself, and hastened at or.ee to her residence. Home one, however, bad preceeded him and fully reported his speech to the lady, who, to his surprise, greeted him by saying; “Oh, thank you, Mr. Stephens, for get ting my bill through, but you made a mistake wben you said I was 82 to-day. I am not 82; 1 am only 80 to-day. 1 list was a grave mistake.” When Mr. Ste plums repeated this to Mrs. John J. Crittenden, one of Mrs. Madison s friends, who had told him her age, she : said : “All tiie same, Mr. Htcplieii3, it j | is true, she is really Kg years old.” Mr. Stephens says he has never dared men j tion a lady’s age since, however much J | might fayor by hope doing. to make an argument in so TJie Democrat. AUVKRTIHINC KATES : One Square, first insertion S 501 One Sq uare, eaeli sii f.sequent insertion 2o i One Square, three limn tli*> 4 00 ; One Square, twelve months . . s 00 Quarter Column, twelve months . . 25 00 Half Column twelve months . .40,*, One Column twelve months . . 00 go l-rf~ One Inch or Leas considered as a square. We have no fractions of a square, all fractions of squares will be counted as squares, l.itieral deductions made on Con-, tract Advertising. American Manners. The syllablo “leo” in oleomargarine me; ins that it is strong as a lion. The fellow who was raueh struck by a young lady wanted to return a kiss for the blow. The saddest sailors aio those who-are. always whaling. The way of the transspre.^or is Euro¬ pean .— Yonkers Statesman; ! Old maids are described as “embers j from which sparks have fled.” Marriage, siys Blackstone, is a civil contract. Very civil before—but after w ‘ ut * ■ “Women'are either Drinking about nothing or elso thinking about some tbhig elae. n This passte# lor wisdom be cause it was said by Durans. Why is a green persimmon like a girl’s ; lips when she bids her lover good-lry at the gate ? Because they both pucker. A man who was excessively addicted to tobacco, asked hia wife at the opera a conundrum. “My dear,” said ho, “what part of the performance do r re¬ semble V "The iviq-cliewer, ti she sweetly replied. „ No matter how deep a young man ’a pocket majr be, a,colored silk handker¬ chief will inevitably float to the top atul flop over, while A soiled linen mg will sink to tho bottom like a rag in a mud puddle. To take my ticket in, I’ll pass him up that grand old boook That wipes out ev’ry sin. My Christian friends, before 1 close. A word to you I’ll say : By your old ilible steadfast stand And trust in God and pray. Ravens fed the prophet Elijah iu im cleat days, but golden eagles feed the prophets of the present day.—Whitehall Sweet flowers 1 that from your sunny nooks Give welcome to tho vernal sun 1 How joyous, ao e rali bright eye looks rr,,„ Aloft, doth *•> the life begun. . 1. .2*2... »*tt» Of tf»"S ■ - jfl? i,na,iiW . When .nveis y 0ltr win And she chance, And he your dainty forms will praise, up sodded cliffs will prance, And get—much verdure on his pants. — Yonkers Ouzctle. There never was but one man who complained of a Vermont railroad train for going loo fast. And hi was trying to; persuade a balky liorso lie owned to got off the track before the coming train got there. A Young lady admitted to her moth¬ er that her beau had kissed her on Uie cheek. “And what did you do?” asked the old lady in a tono of indignation. “Mother,” said the young lady, “I can¬ not tell a lie ; 1 turned the other cheek.” It would never do to elect women to office. If a female Sheriff should visit the residence of a handsome mao and explain lo his wife that sho had an at¬ tachment for him, there would be a YU caney iu the office in about two minutes. George I). l'ientice used to call cham¬ pagne “bottled sunshine.” A good deal of the whisky which is drunk by his sur¬ vivors is called “bottled moonshine.” YVliat is tiie difference between the preacher, the builder, and the architect of a church 'i One is the rector, tho oth¬ er is tho erector, and the other the direc¬ tor. Sweet agony : A very sweet agony is for a young lady to decorate a miniature broad sword and forward it to her best gentleman friend. This does not signify a direct cut. It is the old story—“No knife can cut our love in lwain.” How awfully quite quite. ‘Said lie, as the moonlight flooded tho bay window where they were stand¬ ing : ‘Angelique, many a man has reached the summit of his fame, and then looked down into tiie humble val¬ ley lie came from, and longed to be there again.’ She kissed him; and tenderly pushed him away, saying ; “(Jbawles, I think you bad better try some other hair dye, your moustache tastes of tur¬ pentine/” Chawles wished himself in the humble valley. The best press ever made Two loving arms.—Toronto Grip. No man reads a paper that lie could not improve.— Stillwater Lumberman. A bashful young man escorted an equally bashful young lady to her home. As they approached the dwelling of the damsel, sl.e said entrealingly : Z.ekil, don’t tell anybody you siw me home,’ Sary.’ said lie, eruphaticalty, ‘don’t you mind, I am os much ashamed of it as yoq are !’ COS i: N iJ KI MS I N KIIY.M K. j Why is the letter g like to the sun ‘f Because it’s lli* cent’.e of light. Arid why h tiie letter g likened to fun V , Because, it’s the centre of light. A jp^use tUr^cenlr 1 ^'f dif a "* “ti ^ ” . g,. . ot A. DA VIS A CO., Ureeiic.v.wro*, U*.