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VOL. II.—NO. 46. Cjje Hamilton Disitor D. W. 1> BOULLY, Proprietor. ~CASH SUBSCRIPTION RATES. One copy one year ™ One copy six months o-> copy three months Any one furnishing five subscribers, with the money, will receive a copy free. Subscribers wishing their papers changed from one po-t.office to another, must state the name of the post office from which they wish it changed, as well as that to which thev wish i t sent. subscriptions must be paid in advance. The paper will be stopped at the end of the time paid for, unless subsciiptions are pre viously renewed. , fifty numbers complete the year, CASH ADVERTISING RATES. SpA( ,j l mo 3 mos 6 mos 12 lnos •Much 75255 $ 4 sft sTi 00 *lO 00 I "aL 450 72511 00 18 00 * oches’.: 500 900 15 00 22 00 4 inches. • 650 11 00 18 00 27 00 1 column.. fi 50 HOO 25 00 3o 00 1 column.. 12 50 25 00 40 00 00 00 I column.. 22 00 41 00 02 00 100 00 Marriages and deaths not exceeding six lines will be published free. 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All of the latest stylus in dress furnished in patterns cut to any. measure—price from ten to thirty cents each. Send for Catalogue, which is free to all. •~Z ~ ' ~ ‘DOMESTIC’ &WING MACHINE. Tbe most perfect and reliable machine in the world, and capable of doing work that no other machine can. Send for pi ices and directions how to choose. ‘DOMESTIC’ MAGAZINE. A beautiful Family Journal, published monthly at SI 50 a year—intended to make home happy. Send for specimen number — price 25 cents. Address DOME-TIC S. M. CO., jul3 Gm 27 Marietta st, Atlanta, Gi. TIFF. T- MOORE, At Van Riper’s old Stand, COLUMBUS, GEORGIA Offers liis services as a Pliotograplior to all wanting Pictures fiom card to life size. Old Pictures can be copied, enlarged and colored in a satisfactory manner, iu oil or water. Long experience and misnfpas-cO facilities enable me to offer as good inducements ns any Gallery in the Stale. All work guaran teed to suit customers, or no charge, at rates as low as any. ju:3-Ciri l & j 7 KAUFMAN, ''LEBAI.E DEALERS IN TES, ~co, HAMILTON, HARRIS CO., GA., FRIDAY, NOV. 27, 1874. A FORTUNE FOE 81! One Gift is guaranteed to one of every eleven consecutive numbers, sso,ooofor ONE DOLLAR KQW IS YGUS TX2OU Fortune helps those who help themselves. 500,000 'fickets, at $1 each, num bered from 1 to .500,000, inclusive . The exceedingly loxo price of tickets brings it within the reach of all. In aid of Public Improvements in the city of Deuioui), Tcxus. TIIIH TEXAS Gift Concert Association WII.L GIVE A GRAND CONCERT THURSDAY, DECEMBER 31,1874 And will distribute to the Ticket-holders 45250,00 Q IN GIFTS. DEPOSITORY, FIRST SIT. BANK, DENISON. Distribution to commence imnnv i-tcly after the Concert. Managers of distribution chosen by Ticket-holders and promiueut citizens. I.TST OF gifts: 1 Grand Cash Gift $ 50,000 1 •* “ “ 25,000 1 15.000 I 40,000 1 5,000 1 2,600 1 1,500 10 .. .. .. SSOO each.. 5,000 20 ... 250 .... 5.000 80 150 .... 4,500 60 . .. 100 .. .. 5,000 100 50 .... 5,000 100 .. •.. .. 25 .... 2,500 200 .. . . 4,000 500 10 .. . . 5,000 1 000 5 .. .. 5,000 1,500 .. •. .. 2|.. .. 3,750 40,250 .. .. .. I*. . .. 4b 250 49,767 Grand Cash GiftsJatnTit’g to_s2oo,ooo 22 prizes in real estate aiu't’g to 60,000 40,789 Gifts, amounting to. $250,000 REFERENCES. Knowing that thc’manugement of this As sociation .'ill he conducted as represent ft], we cheerlully recommend the same to tliepuhlic: J unes Leonard, 'John Holford, Jo! n II Af - Duugall, AV i 1 AVinu, -4-d J .-ne, J M Cook,. Aldetnn n city of Denison, Texas. Judge. Win li Kirk. J Nevins, City Treasurer. AV J) Bot-s, Jr me Star Mills. A Vet kly ’limes, Deni-on. K K Fu l. r, Alamo llot. I. M Goklsull & Cos, merchants. AA r m Hughes, real estate broker. First National Bank, Deni on. Col Frank Schrader, ex-mayor. Daily and AVeckly News, Denison. Samuel A Cook, real estate broker. Col T II AVarr.n, real estate broker. Ctias E Maurice, U S Commissioner. Col .Samuel Brooks, Galvebton, Texas. Jos Peiry, Attorney M, K & T railro.nl. J AV r Jennings, i x-poslmaster U S Senate. Col L AV Shepherd, Alamo II- tel. Denison. (Hu Cf A Bent, U S Army, Ft Grillith, Texas. Merchants’ and Bhuiters’ Bank, Denison, lex. S G Eddy, Divi.-ion Snpt, M, K & T mi! oad. Col E J Ktram;, Q 5i U S A, Denison, Texas. Goode Stinnett & Cos, cotton brokers, Denison ’ DChudick, man Cotton Compress Cos, Dcn’n tnteraentof the distribution will bepnb od forwarded to ticket-holders, and all ■jiplly paid a f tcr the distribution. 'ONSIBLB PERSONS WANTED of this Association. H A i.i.owrm 'IT TO tiS. j6p re ; s or Draft, '-’stored Li tier. V Secy, Texas. 10, THE CALICO CLOAK. j. “ Have y m seen the new scholar ? ’’ asked Mary, Mark, a girl of twelve or fourteen years, as t-ho ran to meet a group of schoolmates who were com ing towards the schoolhouse: “she cuts the most comical looking figure, you ever saw. Her cloak is made out of calico, and her shoes are bro gans, such as tbe meu and boys wear. ” “O, yes, I’ve’.oen her,’’ replied Lucy Brooks ; “ she is anew wash er-woman's daughter. I shouldn't have thought “y. Brown would have taken her into th'VAcademy; but I suppose he like': the money that comes through riuds as well as auv. It is cleaner, ot course. ” And the air rang with the loud laugh of the girls. “ Come, let us go in and examine her, ” continued Ma ry, as they ase-nTed the steps of the school-house. “ I’m thinking she will make some fur for us.” The girls went into tho dressing room, where they found the new scholar. She'was a mild, Intelligent looking child, but very poorly though tidily clad. The girls went around her, whispering and laughing with each other while she stood trembling and blushing in one corner of the room, without venturing to raise her eyes from tip floor. When tl I ■ entered tbe school they found the li| !e girl was far in ad vance of those •of her age in her stud ies, and was placed in classes with those twe or three years her senior. This seemed, on the whole, to make those girls who disposed to treat her unkindly, ditlike her the more ; and she, being of a retiring disposition, through their influence had no friends and went and returned alone. “ And so you really think, ” said Mary Lard, as she went up to the little girl a few weeks after she en tered the school, “ that you are going to get the medal? It, will corres pond nicely with your cloak.” And tdof*caught, hold of the cape, and held it, out for her, while the girls around joined in the laugh. “Calico Cloak get the medal! I should like to see Mr. Brown giving it to her! ” said another girl, as she caught hold of her arm, and peeped under the child’s bonnet. The little girl struggled to release herself, anfl when she was free, ran home as fast as she could go. “O, motper, ” she said, as she en tered her jiiolher’s humble kitchen, “do answer uncle William’s letter and tell hiii we will come to New York to livt! I don’t like to live in Bridgeviile Tbo girls call me “Cali co Cloak,’ ai 1 “Brogans,’’ and you don’t know nother, how unkind ly they trek m<!’’ “Lizzie, iny dear,’’ said her moth er, “you mist expect to meet with some who f ill treat you unkindly on account of four poverty. Do right, my child, :|nd you will eventually come off conqueror. ” Although Mrs. Leo tried to en courage hoe child, yet she knew that she had to meet with severe trials lor one so Joung. “But, mailer, they are al! unkind tome,” replied Lizzie ; “ there isn’t one who lovbs me, ” And the child buried her face in her hands ar.d sobbed aloud. In Bridgeviile Academy there, were few selfish, unprincipled girls, 3tid e others joined them in teasing the ’e “ Calico Cloak, ” as they called ~’om thoughtlessness, and a !ov" But they knew' no* • sportive wo--' Twelve years after M;;s. T.eo and her daughter left town, fa Mr. May nard, a young elergymaj, came into Bridgeville, and was sjfetled as the pastor of the village elffrch. It was reported at tho sewing circle, the week following his ordination, that it was expected lie would bring his bride into town in a few weeks. There was a great curiosity to see her, and especially after it was re ported that she was a talented young authoress. A few weeks after, Mr. Maynard gratified their curiosity Wy walking into church with his young wife lean ing on his arm. She was a lady of great intellectual beauty, and every body (as they always are at iirst.) was deeply interested in tho young minister and Ids wife. The following week the ladies flocked to see her, and she promised to meet with them at the next gath ering of the sowing circle. The day arrived, and although it was quite stormy, Mrs. Deacon Brown’s parlor was filled with smiling faces. The- Deacon’s carriage was sent to tho parsonage after Mrs. May nard, and in due time arrived, bring ing the'lady with it. The'sliaking of hands that followed her arrival can only be imagined by those who have been present on such an occasion. “How are you pleased with our village ? ” asked a Mrs. Britton, after tho opening exeicises were over, as she took a seat bos'do Mrs. Maynard. “ I like its appearance very much; it certainly has iinprovad wonderful- Jy within the last twelve years. ” “ Were you ever in Bridgevillo be fore ? ” asked another lady, as those around looked somewhat surprised. “ I was hero some months when a child, ” replied Mrs. Maynard. Their curios’ty was excited. “Have you any friends here?” asked a third after a moments silence. “ I have not. I resided with my mother, the widow Lee. We lived in a cottago which stood upon the spot now occupied by a large store, on the corner of Pine street. ” “The widow Lee?’’ repeated Mrs. Britton; “ I well remember the cot tage, but I do not recollect thename.” “ I think I attended school with you at the academy, ’’ replied Mrs. Maynard; you were Miss Mary Mark, were you not ? ” “ That was my name, ” replied the lady, as a smile passed over her fea tures at being recognized; “ but I am really ashamed that my memory lias proved recreant. ” “ I was known in the academy as the little “Calico Cloak.” Perhaps you car. remember me by that name.” The smile faded from Mrs. Brit ton’s face, and a deep blush over spread her features, which in a few moments was seen depending upon the faces of others present. There was a silence for some min utes. When Mrs. Maynard looked i p she found she had caused consid erable disturbance among the ladies of her own age, by making herself known. “ O ! I remember very well when little “ Calico Cloak ” went to the academy, ” said an old lady as she looked up over her glasses, “ and I think if my memory serves it" ' A ’ some of the ladies present Mrs. Maynard an apolog “ T had no intent*' - dies, ’*■ re*” lady, as she put In#handkerchief nn dor her glasses. Ido not believe its moral effect will be lost upon any of us." The old lady was right. Tbe sto ry went from one to another, until it found its way into the old Academy. At tbe time, a little boy was attend ing there, whose mother was strug gling with her needle to give him an education. The boys often made sport of his patched knees and elbows and lie would run home to his moth er. But when the story of the “Cal ico Cloak ” reached tho scholars, the little boy ( fur bo was naturally a no ble-hearted child ) became very pop ular in tho school, and tho children from that lime were very kind to lit tle “ Patchey, ” as he had always been called. When Mrs. Maynard heard tho story of little “ Patchey, ’’ she felt that she was well repaid for all she bad suffered in childhood. Texas Gift Concert Association.— Again wo call tho attention of our readers to this association. Endors ed as it is by the most prominent citixeus of Doniaon, Texas, wo have no hesitancy in recommending the opportunity to our citizens for an in vestment that may be to their inter est. The local agent of tho Associa tion informs us that tho tickets are selling rapidly in all States of the Union. One dollar may secure you a easli prize, a homestead or a busi ness house in one of the most pros perous and enterprising towns in Northern TexaA Size of Countries. Greece is about the size of Ver mont. Palestine is ono-fourth the size of New York. llindoostau is more than a hundred times as large as^Palesline. The great desert of Africa has nearly the present dimensions of tho United Slates. The lied Boa would reach from Washington to Colorado, and is three times as wide as Lake Ontario. The English Channel is nearly as large as Lake Superior. The Mediterranean, if placed across North America, would make a sea navigation from San Diego to Balti more. The Caspian Sea would stretch from New York to Rochester. Great Britain is two-thirds the size of Japan, one-twelth tho size of Chi na, and one-twenty-lifth of the Unit ed States. Great Britain aid Ireland are about as large as New Mexico, but not as largo as lowa and Nebraska. They are less than New York, Penn sylvania and Ohio. Madagascar is as largo as New Hampshire, Massachusetts, Vermont, Connecticut, New York, Pennsylva nia, New Jersey, Virginia and North Carolina all put together. Gulf of Mexico is about ton times the size of Lake Superior, and about as 1 trge as the Sea :>f Kamschatka, Bay of Bengal, China Sea, O' ’ or Japan Sea, Lake 0>" go in cither of them ir times. The following b nearly of equal Black So" $2.00 A IfiAR. WIT and HUMOR. An Ottumwa, Oregon, pnpor *ys: “During the wind storm the •theft day Richard Warden, of the -Guarier, lost his hat, which went whirling in to space, or father into a mud-bole. Richard, however, was equal t* the occasion. He simply oratwed hia ears over his head and tad dafianoe tv the storm.” £" ■> In alluding to tho fact of theri be ing an ex English officer orfHho re portoml staff of the Now TorkUcr ld who once outranked Sir Gar eE Wolselcy, the Commercial Adver tiser says: “Well, Sir Garnet had the same chwftce open to him. Lt,’* hid own fault if he didn't avail him self of it.” At the last grand ball at Wyoming, Miss was attired in a btiffgroß grained buckskin dress, with army blanket overskirt, bottom looped up with buckskin strings cut bias. Ilair dressed ala Red Cloud, in which was twined a few sprigs of sage',brash, the whole secured behind in a bunch with a handsome phi made with a [tine splinter and a. buffalo’s ear. An enterprising superintendent of one of our city Sunday schools was engaged last Sunday in catechizing tho scholars, varying the usual method by beginning at the end of the oat eeliism. After asking what were tho pereqt,fishes for the Holy Communion and Confirmation, and receiving very satisfactory replies, lie asked: “ And now, boys, tell me what must pre cede Baptism ? ” Whereupon a lively urchin shouted out, “ A baby, sir.” Fact; followed by a sensation and laughter. An Alabama man advertises: “ Prepare at once to get one of my Pictorial Home Bibles. I have tho best umbrellas for buggies. Also, another good tiling, cucumber pumps. The best of all is tho American cis tern filter. Tho peoplo want my patent coffee pots these hard times. Select styles of gentlemen’s silk hats, dress patterns, sowing machines, ker osene oil, non explosivolampb, pianos, organs, harness, jewelry, etc. Give me a call.’’ lie w ill be hard topleaso who cannot be suited at that estab lishment. “ Write mo while I’m away,” said Jones to Mrs. Jones, after an affec tionate good-bye. “ Treacherous man!” meditated tho lady. “Not one letter does ho get! Ho wants to sell them to one of those Western papers.” A man objected to his wife’s sprink ling meal on his head, in order to have his hair shingled by the teeth of a calf. He says ho went home one night and sat down in the slop bucket, and tho next morning tho hogs came very near eating his pants* oft’, and since then he takes “ uo more meal in hifi’en.” Tho editor of the Danbury News n.iks: “Can watermelons be suc cessfully cultivated on sandy {soil, in