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The courts l.ave decided that refusing to take newspapers and periodicals from the postoffice, or removing and leaving them un called for, is prtma facie evidence of inten tianal fraud. TOWN DIRECTORY. Mayor— Thomas G. Barnett. Commission!?km—W.W. rnrnipseed, J 8. Wvatt. E. G. Harris, E. It. James." —K. G Harris. Trrascrrr —W. 8. Shell. MaiiMALa—S. A. Beldine, Marshal. J. \\ . Johnson,Deputy. JUDICIARY. A. M. Sprir. - Judge. F. D. Dismckr, - - Solicitor General. Butts—Second Mondays in March and September. Henry—Hup; Mondays in April and Oc tober. Monroe—Fourth Mondays in February, and August. Newton—Third Mondays in March and September. Fike—Second Mondays in April and Octo ber. Rockdale —Monday after fourth Mondays in March and September Spalding—First Mondays in February and August. Cpsoa—First Mondays in May and No vember. % CHURCH DIRECTORY. llrthodist Episcopal Church, (South.) Rev. Wesley F. Smith. Castor. Fourth Sabbath in each month Sunday-school 3 p. m. Prayer meeting Wednesday evening Mktkodiht Protbstant Church. First Sabbath month. Sun lay-school 9 a. M. Christian Church, W. S. Fears, Pastor. Second Sabbath in each month. Baptist Church, Rev. J. P. Lyon, Pas tar. Third Sabbath in each month. CIVIC SOCIETIES Pirr Grovr Lodob, No. 177. F. A. M Stated communications, fourth Saturday in •ach month. DOCTORS. DR. J. C.TURMPSEKD will attend to all calls day or night. Office . resi dence, Hampton, Ga •J\R. W. H PEEBLES treats all dis * ' eases, and will attend to all rails day and night. Office at the Drug Store, Broad Street, Hampton, Ga. DR. N. T. BARNETT tenders his profes sional services to the citizens of Henry and adjoining counties, and will answer call* day or night. Treats a'l diseases, of what ever nature. Office at Nipper’s Drne Store. Hampton, Ga. Night colls can be made at my residence, opposite Berea church. apr26 JF PONDER, Dentist, has located in • Hampton. Ga., and invites the public to call at his room, upstairs in the Bivins House, where he will be found at all hours Warrants all work for twelve months. LAWYERS. JNO. G. COLDWKLL, Attorney nt Tsiw, Brooks Station, Ga. Will practice in the counties composing the Coweta and P'lint River Circuits. Prompt attention given to commercial and other collections. C. NOLAN Attorney at Law. Mc -*-• Donough, Georgia. Will practice in the counties composing the Flint Circuit; the Supreme Court of Georgia, and the United States District Court. WM. T. DICKK.N, Attorney at Law. Lo cust Grove, Georgia, (Henry countv ) Will practice >n the counties composing the Flint Judicial Circuit the Supreme Court of Georgia, and the United States District Court. apr27-ly GFO. M NOI/AN, Attorney at Law. McDonough,Ga /Officein I’nurt hnitet ) Will practice in Henry a-d adjoining conn ties, and in tne Supreme and District Courts of Georgia. Prompt attention giv“n to col lections. mch23-6m JF. WALL. Attorney at Law. flump* . ton.Ga Will practice in the coun’ies comjrosing the Flint Jud cial Circuit, and the Supreme aud District Court? of Georgia Prompt attention giver to collections. ocs EDW ARD J. UK AG \N. Attorney at law. Office on Broad Street, opposite the Railroad depot, Hampton. Georgia. Special attention given to commercial and other collections and cases in Bankruptcy. BF. McOOLLUM. Attorney arid Ci un • selior at LW, Hampton. Ga Will practice in Henry, Clayton, Fawtte, Coweta. P'ke, Meriwether, Spalding and Buns Supe rior (Courts, and tn the Supreme aod United States Courts Collecting claims a specialty. 6ffee uw stain Id dctaefer’r warrfjOQK. AT THE CONVENT GATE. Wiataria blossoms trail and fall Above the length of barrier wall; And soltly. now and then, The shy, staid-breasted doves will flit From roof to gateway-lop, and sit And wateh the ways of men. The gate’s ajar. It one m : ght peep ! Ah, what a haunt of rest and steep The shadowy garden seems ! And note how dimly to and fro The grave, gray-hooded Sisters go, Like figures Seem in dreams. Look, there is one that tells her beads ; And yonder one apart that leads A tiny missal's page ; And see, beside the well, the two That, kneeling, strive to lure anew The magpie to its cage ! Not beautiful—not all 1 But each With that mild craee. outlying speech, Which comes of even blood ; The veil UDseen that women wear With heart-whole thought, and quiet care, And hope of higher good. “A plaoid life—a peaceful life ! What need to these the name of Wife 1 What gentler task,” I said— “ What worthier— e’eD your arts among— Than tend the sick, and leach the young, Arid give the hungry bread P “No worthier task!’’ re-echoes she, Who clow-lier clinging, turns with me To face the road again : And yet, in that warm heart others, She means the doves, for she prefers To “watch the ways of men.” —Comhill Magazine. Mark Twain’s Boyhood. Some very amusing anecdotes are related about Mrrk Twain, or Hamttel Clemens, when he was a sm.dl boy ; among others the following : Mark bad a constant playmate and chum, a boy about his age, named Napoleon Pavry, or for short. Pole Pavey. One warm spring day. the two boys having got a holi day, Mark shoulder'd an old flint-iock musket and Pole an old squirrel rifle without any lock at all, w hich he carried along, as he said, just for the looks of the thing, and went duck hunting over in fcihy Bottom. The boys hunted faithfully for reveal hours and succeeded in killing a chicken hawk and a ctow, after which they commenced their homeward march, not very p-oud of Iheir success, as in this region, at that dav, guaie abounded. Finally, Mark slopped suddenly, as an idea struck him, aud ex claimed : “See here, Pole, lei’s get a rare what d’ye call it ? A rare geological specimen for tiie boss; juu see, he’s got a great hank ering alter these things.” “What’s a rare geological specimen, Mark ?” said Pole, as he opened w ide his eyes. “Why it’s a rare bird what ain’t never been ill •Tli'Se parts before—sometimes very uncommonly,” aoswered Mark. “Where are yno going lo get it at, Mark? Ve ain’t got nothing but this old chicken r» bber and egg-sucker, and they ain’t a bit uneemimw," queried ihe skeptical Pale. AVII git her up to order, Pale,” an sweied Mark, us he flung himself on the preen grass beneath a giant old elm tree. The boy* went to work on lb< ir ‘ geologi cal” fpecinicn As Maik would pluck a leather from the tail of the crow, Pole would hand him a corresponding feather that bad been taken from the tad ot the hawk, which Mark would carefully insert in the socket from which he had just polled the crow’s feather. And thus, afier two hours of steady work, every one of the long leathers of the hawk s tad hud been transferred to the crow, and it would have leqnirrd a close examina tion to h>.ve detected the traud. “How is that for a spec men, Pole?” said Mark as be admiringly exhibited the retailed crow to the gHze of his companies, resplen den* in the ticb plumage of the chicken eater. ••She’s a stunner, Mark ; a regular stun ner. I gue*s they ain’t never seen a bird l.ke that in Hannibal be'ore.” The hawk was thrown away and the boys trudged homeward. By the time they had arrived in toun the blood of the crow had congealed and the false feathers in the tail bad become firmly fixed. As Mark bad said. Judge Clemens, bis father, was some* bat of a naturalist, and bad a passion tor whatever was rare aod strange in the animal kingdom ‘Why, Mark,” be said, “where in tb* world did you get that strange-looking bird r ••It’s my opinion,” said Mark, witk an air of greater importance than be waa tceui- HAMPTON, GEORGIA, APRIL 4, 1879. lomed to assome in the presenee of his father, ‘ that is the bird of Paradise ; least wise that it belong* to that species.” That night the bird was carefully laid awav in a place where it wnald be eafe from the devouring presence of the old tom-cats, which Mark afterward* wrote a boot as creating such fearful detraction at bis sis ter's randy pollings. The report soon eir cnlated through the town that a strange bitd, the like of which had never hefore been seen, was killad, and Mark and Pole became the heroes of the hour. The next day being Sunday Judge Clemens invited all the wise men of the village of Hannibal to his house to examine and pass an opinion on the new “geolngiral specimen.” They came. The bird was exhibited on a table, around which the savan* gathered. One faction, heeded by Dr. , maintained that the bird was nothing but a black crow, the tail of which had been turned gray by some accidental canse not understood, having possibly had salt thrown on it in the young and lender days of the biid. The other faction, headed by Judge Clemens, scouted such an Idea. It was absurd, ridiculous. They wert will ing to admit that the bird very much re sembled a ctow ; but, il so, it belonged to a separate and diaiiuct species from any that had ever before been discovered. The discussion was continued, and became exciting. Neither faction would admit themselves wiorg and the other right. Murk and Pole occupied a position near the door, and were attentive and interested though silent, auditors. “What ?” exclaimed Judge Clemens, warming op, “do you tell me that it would be possible by any external process to turn the leathers in the tsil of that bird Irom black to the colors they aref These uniform rings and spots would defy the skill of the greatest painter that ever lived No, gen tlemen,” continued the Judge, as he rather violently took Bold of the bird by the tail to examine the spots more closely, “no gentle men ” Bat the discussion was cat short by the bird dropping oh the tabls, while the Judge held the tail in his band. “Let’s scon, Pole.”said Mark,“the show's ended " And the boys vamosed. 'I he Judge contemplated the “rare geolog ical specimen” with consternation, and then his eyes wandertd to the open door and caught a glimpse ot bis young hopeful and his companion in mi.-chief catting across the back yard lor high timber. ‘ I/’t us adjourn for dinner, gentlemen ; we will renew the discussion after dinner,” su.d the Judge; but be never willingly re newed it with any person except Mark. That night when Matk had got into bed, after creeping through the back window, a vision ot his fa'ber, standing by his bed-side, appeared tft him. “So it is yi nr opinion is it, yoi young rascal, that the ra'e gee logical specimen is a B’nd of Puradi-tc.” said the vision, as it tickled M tk on his naked legs with a keen cherry switch Mark sa;d he felt sick and did not have any opinion, which was probably true, as he had dined and supped that day on green radi.-hes found in the garden of Pole’s rno her.— Wood's Household Magazine. Hici.r YiiuasKLv —Fight your own bat tles. Hoe your own row. Ask no favor* of any one and you will succeed five thou sand times better than he who is always be seeching some one’s patronage. No one will help you as yon will help yourself, tie cause no one will be so heartily interested in your affairs. Tbe first step will mil be such a long one, perhaps ; but rarving your own way up the mountains, you make each ooe lead to another, nnd -land firm in that while you chop still another oot. Men who have made fortunes are not those who had $5 000 given them to start with, hot starter! fair with a well earned dollar or two. Men who have by rheir exertioor acquired fame, have not been thrust into popularity by puffs, begged or paid for. or given in a friendly spirit. They have outstretched tbeir hands and touched the politic heart. en who win love do their own wooing, and I never knew a man to fail so signally aa tbe one who bad induced bio affectionate grand mother to speak a good word for him. Whether you work for lame, for love, for cioDey, or for anything else, work with your hands and brain. Say “1 will I” and some day you will conquer. Never 1 t any man have it to say. “1 have dragged you up.” Too many Iriends hurt a mao more than none at all. A school oirl of teoder years thus writes to a bosom friend. “Dear Susa—l shan't attend school again until I get some new cuffs, cellars and jewel* y—dear mamnu agrees with me that it is my Dooty to take the shine off that upstart Mary Jones, aod 111 de it if I never learn nothing.” Orange Groves stud Alligators. There are some wonderful orange groves in the town, or “the city," as the inhabitants persist in calling the place. Those most re markable belong to Dr. Anderson, and to the estate of the late Mr Ball,of New York This latter place, on which about 880 000 were expended in improvements some few years ago, la now lor sale If the plains • round St. Augustine were covered with and. groves as these the town would be the mosi beautiful in the world. The groves of f>r. Anderson and the Ball estate are close together To wander through them oa a fine morning, when a gentle breeze is coming in from the sen. or to sit on a bench in the midst of the fragrant leaves with the robins, the blackbirds and the cardinals saucily in viting you to declare your purpose, and with the golden fruit hanging within reach of your arm (and with permission to pick it') — these are pleasures which no one fails to ap preciate. The hrtian treea here produce fimt of aa'onishing size and excellent quality ; and the oranges ate exquisite. On the Ball estate there is an avenue of great length, bordered by orange trees, the boughs of which bend nnder hundreds of oranges. To rigid and left puths lend away to conservatories, gardens and lawns swept by fresh brecies and dotted with pretty group* ot flowers. This is a little earthly paradise during <he winter mon'h*. Dr Anderson’s grove is one of the most famous in the South, and is exceedingly profitable. His residence (rents on a street charmingly embowered in orange, lemon and magnolia trees, and lined with handsome cottages. Outside the town, a road leads across she marshes on a eanseway, and on the marshes snipe abound just now. A northern visitor who was passing these fens with me, laughed at the sign. “No Trespassing Here,” which arose on a pole oat of some suspiciously re sistible soil, but if be had known that it was a snipe country, be would not have laughed. It was in these bottoms-that an alligator hunter was once oicely caught, us he told roe some years since. Coming home from a chase after the skins of the wily saurian, he was wading the marshes wearily, with his gun on his shoulder, when be felt his right leg seized, and looking down saw that a moderate alligator had grasped him. Nothing but bis heav. boot leg saved him from being very badly wounded. lie brought his gun dowa with terrific force on to tbc creature’s head, uttered a fearful yell ai d managed to jump clear of bis adversaiy. II is hair stood straight on end ere he stopped running at the edge of the swamp. The alligator is not seen so often in this vicinity as in other days, nor does be con descend to show himself much oa the waters of iho St. John's, a* the young men worry him with their pistol shots. On the borders of the smell streams tributary to the great river the monsters swarm; they are not pretty, nnd iheir “smile” is so gigantic that one does not feel inclined to dispute the probability of Mr. Boffin’s biding behind it, as that veridical historian, Charles Dickens, informs us that be did in Mr. Venus’s work shop. An nlligator u so much in color like a floating log that people ia email boats need to be exceedingly wary, The n.occasin *nake is another enemy whirh peisnns the tranquility of the wanderer in Fioiida forests “Deadly T" said a sports man to me ; “1 think they are. You’re a dead man iu five minutes if they strike you, without Rome remedy, and there are millions of them. Rat tlf snakes, too.’’ But these interesting crea'ures are’ only seen in the town, and the habit of the farmers and herds men of burning over the ground twic? s year destroys great numbers of them. The ground is burned over because a fresh growth of herbage springs up at once a f ter the fire and furnishes food to the half starved cows which strangle ia the forest. An animated protest against this system has been made by Not them settlers who friqueotly found that their fine s bare gone up n the general ctw.fi giation Edward King in Boston Journal. Fciencb eays new that kissing on the lip* most be abolished in the interest of health. Most potent, grave and reverend seigniori scholars ard philosophers, there are mo uen's you know nothing of, when a man don't c*re two cents lor science, ami when be is going to plant kt»es where th-y belong, if the laws of health are torn from D-m to Bcrsheba. W ill science ph-ase stand up aud tell us why a girl wto frnies to death every time she sweeps «fl the front steps, can ride fifteen miles in a sleigh with aothing around her bat some ether girl’s brother’s arm, without • ven getting a blue nese ? A dollar in your band is worth two ia i another mao’s pocket, A Young Bachelor’s Dilemma. The following nflecting romance is told by the Detroit Free Press'. It was the Recond time the hero of this story had accompanied the young lady home from one of lliose little so-cnll«d social par ties which are got up to bring fond hearts a step nearer lo each other. When he reached the gate, she asked him if he would c -me in He said he would. Sarah took his hat. told him to sit down, and left the room to remove her things. Bbe eras bwnUv gene be lore her mother came in, smiled sweetly. Hnd dropping down beside the yonng man said : “I always did say that if a poor bnt respectable young man tell in love with Sarah, he should have my consent. Some mothers would sacrifice their daughter's hap piness for riches bat 1 urn not of that sort " The young man started with alarm ; he didn’t know whether lie liked Sarah or uot; be hadn't drt anted of marriage, “She h s Beknowledg-ul to me that she lovis you,” continued the mother; “and what is for h n r happiness is for mine.” The voting man stommered out: “I—l haven’t” “Oh, never mind ! Make no apology. I know you haven’t much money, but ol course you’ll live with me. We’ll lake in boarders, and I’ll be bound ibut we'll get along all right.” It was a had situation. He had not even looked love at Bar»b. “I hud no idea of’— he iieguu ; when she held up her bands, say ing : “1 know you hadn’t, hut it’s all right. With your wages, and what the boarders bring we’ll gel along as snug as possible. All I ask is that you he good to her; Harah his a tender heart, and if you should be cross and ugly, it would break her down in a week.” The young man’s eyes stood out like cocoa nuts in a shop window, uud he rose up and tried to say something. “Never mind about thanks,” she cried ; “I don’t believe in long courtship*. The eleventh of January is my birthday, and il would ba nica for you to be married on that day." “Bat bat but " he gasped. “There, there I I don’t expect a speech in reply,” she laughed. “You and Harah settle it to-night, and I’ll advertise for twelve boarders atruight w«v ; I’ll try to be a model mother-in-law. I M'eve I’m gnod-tera pered and kind hearted, though I did once follow a young man two hundred miles aud shoot off Ibe top ol bis head lor agreeing to marry my daughter and then quitting the country." Bbe pallsd him on the head and saileJ out. And now the young man wants od vice. He wants lo know whether he bad better get. in the way of a locomotive or slide off the wharf. if ev, r a young bachelor was “sold,” Sarah’s yonng man was in that predicament. Giving and Rkckivixo Tn« Coi.d Snour.- dkr—lf the art of giving the cold shoulder ia worthy of acquirement, much more so is that of the receiving it judiciously. It is quite possible to endure its application with such becoming dignity that the aggressor comes off decidedly second best in tbe en counter. Perhaps amused indifference forms tbe most effective armor against its thrusts, for few things so disconcert an enemy as to find his attacks affording diversion to his antagonist. The probability in such a ease is that be will either lose his temper and thus put himself immediately in the wrong, •r else surrender unconditionally on perceiv ing tbe absurdity of the situation It is said that people who have an inordinate fear of infectinos diseases are mote susceptible of them than others; and in the same manner, those who are always dreading the cold shoulder are most vulnerable to that kind of attack. ln<teed men who live in perpetual fear of slights fiom ntbars become so con strained in their manner that it is ex'remely diffi nit lor their fronds to trrat them with geniality. The coldest mum rred people are fieqnently those who look for most warmth from otbe's ; and wlnn their e\pcctations are not gratified, they forget thut the cool ness they meet with is hut a dim reflection of their own. Hut, m scrubl- as is tbe state ot persons who suffer from over-sensitiveness, it ia to i>e preferred to that of the hardened wietcues who are impervious to the sternest onslaughts of the cold shoulder. There are things who are so convinced of their own attracttviness that nothing will persuade them that tbey are objects of speciul aver sion. It tbey observe tbat tbe manner of 1 an acquaintance is unusually cold, they at i trbute it to dyspepsia or to a depreciation i in tbe value of bis investments. —English [ Magazine. i Arm. fool 1 Given Away »u Ilia own Dodg?, The old m«n Bendigo keeps# pretty chirp eye on his daughter Mary, and many a would be lover has tuk**n a walk alter a few minutes conversation with the hard hearted parient. The old chan is stuck this time, however, and card* ara out for a wedding. After the lucky young man had beea spark ing Mary for six months the old gentlrman stepp d in as usual. requet-fed a private con fab. and led off with : “You seem Tike a nice young man, and perhaps you are in love with Mary t” “Ye*. I am," was the honest reply. “Huven'l said anything to her yet, bare you ?" '‘Well no; bull think she reciprocates my affect ion.” “Doe*, eh T Well, let me tell you some thing Her mother died a lunatic, aud there's no doubt that Mary has inherited her insanity.” “I’tn willing to take the chances,” replied the lover. “Yes, but you see Mary has a terrible temper. Bhe has twice drawn a knife on me with intent to commit murder." “I’m used lo that—got a sister just like her," wss tht answer. “And ymi should know that I’ve sworn a solemn oath not to give Mary a cent of tuy property,” continued the lather. “Well, I d rather start in poor and build up. There's more romance in it." The old man had one more shot in his carbine, and he said : “Perhaps I ought to tell you that Mary's mother rau sway from my home with a butcher, und that all her relations died it? the poorhonse. These things might he thrown up in after years, and I now warn you,” • Mr Bendigo," rep’ied the lover, “I’ve beard all this before, nnd also that you were on trial for forgery, had to jump Chicago for bigamy, and served a year in St.ite prison for cattle-stealing. I’m going to marry into your family to give you a decent reputation ! There—no thanks—pood bye !” Mr. Bendigo looked after the young man with his mouth wide open, and wdien he could get his jaws together be said : ‘•Some infernal hyena lias went »nd given me away oo my dodge I"— Detroit Free Press. Haw Much be Lowed Kentucky. “Yes. gentlemen." exclaimed the Colonel, bringing his empty wine glass down with a crush, “as little as I liked the South, damned if I once didn't want to he a Kentuckian.” “Hear, Iteur!’’ said we all, and the Col onel. who was rather emphatic in bis re marks. proceeded : “Well, you see,’twas in June, ’4B, we'd licked hell out of the greasers and was corn in’ home, takin' things easy and stragglin’ along like. We was on the road from Ori zaba to Vera Cruz, a heavenly country, but fall of pizirt »» dried apples is of swell. There wasn’t any line of march reg'lar, aod tbe boys was sufferin’ from cholera and black vomito. I was officer of the day over a lew detachments and w.is silling on my host, lazy like, when an orderly rode up and **-z : “ ‘Capt in, Lieutenant is dyin’ ’ — damme I can’t get bit name, but be was ■nme way related to Old <;overn’r Moore head, and I’il call him Lieutenant; I'd just got acquainted with him a couple days be fore, and we sorter clung together— I 'The Lieutenant’s dyin’ and he wanfß to see you.’ • B»ik I gallops, and sure enough there he was lyin'on a stretcher, a goner front the vnmitn. * “ ‘My deur boy,’ I says, ‘what can I do for you ?’ “ Jest raise me up-op high,’ he says. “I put my arms around him and raised him up. He looked all around and finally sot his eyes sway to the northeast. I couldn’t help s-kin’ what in thunder he wanted to bo raised up for. He jest says : “‘I 1 want to fall my full length, please God. toveard old Kentucky!' “1 didn’t let the boy fall, but, damme, when I laid him down, gentle and easy, fc had a sorter yearnin’ fur the cussed State myself ** Tgi editor presented a bill for eight years’ back subscription. The old farmer was first itn> aed, then indignant. He pat on hi» sjiectscles, scrutinized the bill, and after assuring himself that it was gpnnina, he exclaimed : “I‘ve been supportin’ this yere paper nigh onto eight years, and I never bad no mob thing as that flung at me be fore. I’ll stop supportin'it.” He not only withdrew bis valuable support, but failed to pay the bill, “Bbooabs can’t be choosers," says an old adage We take notice that a beggar got into the ball the other day, and chose from the bat-rack forthwith three bats, ooe um brella, and oar beet sealskin overcoat. Thi* kceeke the sawdust Mt of that aitytt. NO. 39