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AFTER THE DELUGE. Once we Were lovers. God f how strange ! Only last June you kissed my mouth j Only laat June I lay in roar arms, Lapped in the dreams that are born in the Sou'h, Once we were lovers. I laugh aloud; Bnt Inuirhs like this are not good to hear. n*ee too forgotten? Men soon forget, Kven In less than the half of a year. Tee, we were lovers. God ! what fools We are when we lore—we womeo, you know. I wander what heights I’d hare climbed for your ki«s? Into what depths I’d hare sunk af woe? When wp wrre lovers I laughed at Hell; If I could have known you were there, O sweet, I had smiled at its torments, seeking your eyes. And, feeling your arms, called it bliss com plete. Just such fools we nre when we love— We women : \\ hat is Heaven or Hell, Save as n man’s eyes smile or frown. To us, whom to love the gods impel ? And the gods are cruel—they have man’s hearts; And men are aye crnel to women who love ’Tia only when we are faithless and fulse, Wa may taste the dim raplure we lead of above. Men are not fai'hful to things that are true. Do I blame you ’ Ab, no I it whs thus you were born ; And a true woman's heart is a toy for your play ; And, later, a thing that you laugh at and scorn. Yet, knowing all this. I dared to love you 1 Droll, is it not ? I have laughed oft aod long. Yet yon loved me a day—o, a mad, sweet day! (More women than I have lost souls for a song.) Yes, yoa loved me an hour 1 O, that dead hour ! All other hours nre out of tone In my life, when I think of your wondrous eyes, And your lips that kissed me—only last . June. Once we were lovers. Ah ma !ahme I 1 have known Hell, but 1 found it alone.’ Yet no one dreams. I'm a womnn, you see, And we laugb at the world, though we strangle a moan. — Fanny Driscoll. John Howard Payne. • Speaking of Washington Irving, a peeu liar train of associations connects bis name with one of the World'* recent questions. It is asked. “Who is the author of ‘Home. Sweet Home,’ and where is he buried ?" This reminds me that an early friend of Washington Irving, and also the author of the above mentioned song, are both buried in Tonis, each having died there while holding the same rffiee, that of United States Con sul. The friend whom I refer to was James Dodge. James Dodge was a man of marked talent, and was the first consul ever sent to Tunis by our Government. Richard Dodge, brother of Janies, married Irving's eldest sister, and thus the families were uni ted. More than a half century after Dodge’s death John Howard Payne found a grave in the same place. As the latter never Imd n •sweet home” in this world, it is to be hoped that he found one beyond the grave. Having thus mentioned John Howard Payne as the author of that tender and pa thetic melody, a few additional facts may be given. He was a precocious youth, with a passien for the dra na.ttnd mnde his dehut seventy years ago (February 24. 1809.) at the Puik, in the character of No>val, being then sixteen. The performance made a sensation, and soon afterward be played Edgar to the Leir of the great George Frederick Cooke, on the same boards. No doubt the influence of the latter led him to Visit London, but the war had just brbken out and he was subjected to a brief impris onment on reaching Liverpool. On his re lease he made his debut in London, Bnd thence went to Paris, where he became acquainted with the famous tragedian, Talma, and ob tained employment in adapting French comedos to the British stage. A young struDger. hardly twenty one, must have found Paris life very lonely, nnd the mem ory of past scenes ol happiness inspired that simple utterance, “Home, Sweet Home." which soon became a cosmopolitan favorite. It occurs in the opera of “Clari,” which Payne afterward sold to a London manager tor thirty guineas. The latter (Charles Kemble) brought it out with great success, and Miss Tree, sister of Ellen, was the first that ever sang “Home, Sweet Home.” Payne af'.trwaid returned to London and produced a tragedy called “Brutus,” in which Kean performed ibe principal part. He also was tor a time manager of an inferior Lou don theatre, in which he failed. He fled to Paris to escape bis creditor*, and hecame in timate with Washington Irving. Having made a living by these spurts, he at last re. turned to New York, alter an absence of nearly twenty years. Payne sought literary employment on bis return, but wa6 unsuccessful, and. therefore, was glad to obtain (lie appointment of consul to Tunis. In this manner the homeless author of ‘‘Home, Sweet ffome,” became a resident of an African town. When his term of office expired, he returned to find his chances in America more discouraging than ever. He bad remained a bachelor, and most of his old friends were dead, so that New York was really a strange eity. Finding that America could afford do borne, the wanderer turned bis attention to foreign climes, and was glad to obtain eveo a reap pointment to Tudis. Before bis departure he witnessed one of the most painful «cenes ever connected with prison life in this city. Inis was the marriage between John C. Golt and Caroline Henebasr, which took place in the condemned Cell a few boar* pre vious to the hour appointed for execution. How strange to see a pair thus united under the very shadow of the gallows I Before sunset the newly-made bride was a widow and her hasbaod was a suicide. This was the only union under such circumstances that appears in the matrimonial record, fecos alter ward Payne returned to I gw. whert he died in 1862. in his sixty-Hrst year. Such a record adds a peculiar intereat to that simple effusion which alone has given its author fame. It is said that 100000 copies were sold befare his return to Lon don, and it enriched the managers and per formers, while the share of its profits which the author received was a mere pittance.— N. Y. Correspondent Cincinnati Gazette. Fai,«i Swbariho. —Recently the Judge of a New York court ordered the defendant in a breach-of-promise case into custody on a charge of perjury, for having sworn ir, In answer that he had never promised marriage to the plaintiff, while in his evidence he ad mitted that snch a promise had been given. The New York code requires pleadings in certain cases to he sworn to, and in this case the defendant swore te a statement which his p»r»onal testimony showed to ha untrue. The judge did right in causing his arrest for perjury. The case in hand is a type of a large class of false swearing as a matter of form. Thonsands of men who weald repel with indignation the charge of false swearing do nevertheless commit flat peijury in swear ing to plendings, affidavits for continuance, etc. Still another and larger class of per jurers are those who sign their tax returns with their eyes shut, and bold their consci ences behind them while swearing to the statement. Not a year passes that there is not enough false swearing done in making out tax returns to make the devil laugh dur ing the rest of the year, even if he found no other cause. Men swear to fulse tax returns who would not defraud a neighbor out of the value of a pin. They do it just became it is a Fort of formal swearing and done with a mental resetvation ; second, because only the government is cheated anyhow. The action of the New York judge is a step in the right direction. The public mind should be ntude to recognize the fact that perjury is perjury, and formal false swearing ta a law pleading or tax return is as bud ua any other. i Jerusalem ! What a Cat! —A few even ings ago A Ivy Moo<’y was paying a visit to his dnlcina. She had smuggled him into the parlor, and the darkness only served to conceal her blushes, while Alvy told the story of his love. The muttered words reached the parent's ear, and coining suddenly into the room he demanded to know ol Mary who it wus aha hud with her. “It’s the cat, sir,” was the mumbling re ply. “Drive it out of here!” thundered pater famihas “Scat I” screamed Mary ; and sotto voce: “Alvy, mew a little.” Alvy set up a woeful yell. “Confound it! bring a light and scare the thing out.” This was too much, and poor Alvy made a leap for the window, carrying glass and frame with him. "Jerusalem! what a cat!” exclaimed the parent, contemplating the ruin atter the light was brought. “I have never seeD any thing like it. And, confound it I its tail is made ol broadcloth,’’ as he viewed a flutter ing remnant hanging from the window.— Exchange. Photography and Crimk.—The Bank of France would appear to have hit upon an ingenious method-of treating d'mbtful cus tomers. Tire establishment has for some time past availed itself of photography, and among its officers is a photographic detec tive, to examine suspicious documents through the medium of a camera, which, under some circumstances, exercises a sharper vision than the human eye. Where an closure has been mude, for instance, the camera detects it at once, let the spot be ever so smoothly rubbed over, while a word or figure that to the eye has been perfectly scratched out, is clearly reproduc’d io a photograph of the document. If we nre to believe a recent account, the Fank of France has now added to its precautions an invisible studio pluced in u gallery behind the cashiers. Hidden behind some heavy curtains ia a camera, ready for work, and Ht a signal from any of the eashiers, the photographer pro ceeds to do his duly by depict ing the par ticular customer wito may he standing at the desk. The clerk engages the man’s at tention, and in a few moments the portrait is taken, and the bank in possession of a photograph which may herealter prove of ▼sine. The camera is then fitted with a fresh sensitive plate. T think ’(was in September, if I now rightly remember, that I heard a knack, knocking at my door ; yes, I know ’twas in September, for quite well 1 now remember, he had been there about fifty times before ; had beeo there knocking at my door. But I opened not, nor wondered, as upon my door he thundered, for he yelled : “Say, now, will ye settle this ’ere bill I bring ye?” a? he battered upon the door; and 1 answer ed. calmly nnswered, “Nevermore!”— Oil City Derrick. Scknr in a horse car : A ronghly-dressod man, a new-made husband and his wife ate the occupanta. Car goes off the track and rough man sava damn. Up jumps “hubby,” saying, "How dare you say damn belore mv wife?” “How did I know your wife wauteid to say damn first ?” was the reply. A M AiSACHUSKTTS woman was so jealous of her husband’s first wife that when he died she refused to allow him to be buried beside her. Blie remarked to the undertaker at the funeral, “I ain’t going to have that woman a leanin’on Jim’s arm at resurrection day, if I kin help it, you bet.” A gentleman addresses another gentle man, whom he doesn’t know, at a party : “This affair is awfully stupid ; let’s go out and take a drink." “1 would like to do it,” was the reply, “but I can’t leave very well.” “Why not ?” “Why, you see. lam the one who is giving the party.” A young man who had tried everything else and tailed, writes to the Vicksburg Herald to inquire the requisites for a good reporter, and gets for answer : “A bottle of whiskey, a lend pencil, a cast-iron constitu tion, and a rhinocerous hide.” Ir it is only “conscience that makes cow ards of us ail,” bow brave must the church fair lady be who will charge a man fifty cents for a decrepit, one-eyed oyster drowned is two tablespooufuls of blue juice. An honest dog is right up and down— Hiat is. Durp-endicolar. NEW HEM? Copartnership Notice. I HAVE this day sold a half interest in my business to G F. Turnar. and the same and style of the firm will be known in futare as Harper A Turner. R. T. HARPER. January 9th, 187#. We respectfully solicit a share of the psb lie patronage, believing we can show as fine and wall assorted stock of goods as will be found anywhere. Our stock of DRY GOODS Is complete in every particular, and include" a fine assortment of Ladies’ Dress Goods. Linens, Bicachings, Domestics, and Fancy Notions of all kinds. ciotnixia; ! A new and elegant lot of Clothing, of every style and quality. Gents’ Underweur a spe cialty. HATS AND CAPS To suit the tastes of the musses, and at prices that will meet the requirements *f the trade. BOOTS AND SHOES! Our stock of Bools aod Shoes, having been bought at a bargain in the Northern mar kets, we ran aflbrd to sell cheap, and are pre pared to offer extra iudaeements to the trade. Furniture! We have also a large lot of Furniture—Bed steads, Bureaux, Washstands, Wardrobes, Tables, Chairs,,’etc —which we will Fell at extremely low figures. Bedroom setts t specialty. GROCERIES. Special attention is called to our stock of Groceries, which is quite large, and com prises every article kept in that line. Our stock is being constantly replenished with Goods that are carefully selected by ex perienced buyers, and are bought for cash from first hands, thereby enabling us to seil to advantage—both to ourselves and customers. With all these facilities we are prepared to ex hibit at all limes a complete general stock, and parties wishing to buy cao always fiod a.ane specialties at very low prices at our store. Give ns a call. Harper & Turner. This important organ weighs but about three pounds, and all the blood in a living person (about three gallons; passes through it at least once every half hour, to nave the bile and other impurities strained or filtered from it. Bile is the natural purgative of the bowels, and If the Liver becomes torpid it is not separated from the blood, but car ried through the veins to all parts of the system, and in trying to escape through the pores of the skia, causes it to turn yellow or a dirty brown color. The stomach becomes diseased, and Dvs pepsia, Indigestion, Constipation, Headache, Bili ousness, Jaundice, Chills, Malarial Fevers, Pile? Sick and Sour Stomach, and general debility fcl low. Mbrrkll’s Hefatinh, the m-ent vegetable discovery for torpidity, causes the Liver So throw off from one to two ounces of bile each time the blood passes through it, as loag as there is an ex cess o/ bile; and the effect mf eves a few doses upon yellow com pie* ion or a brown dirty looking skin, will astonish all who try it—they being the first symptoms to disappear. The cure ©f all bili ous diseases and Liver complaint is made certain by taking Hhfatikh in accordance with directions. Headache is generally cured in twenty minutes, and no disease that arises from the Liver can exist if a fair trial is given SOLD AS A SUBSTITUTE FOR PILLS BY ALL DRUGGISTS. Price 25 Cents and $1.0? H E PAT X N JE. LUNGS The fatality of Consumption or Throat and Lung Diseases, which sweep to the grave at least one-third of all death's victims, arises from the Opium or Morphine treatment, which simply stu pefies as the work of death goes on. £IO,OOO be paid if Opium or Morphine, or any preparation of Opium, Morphine or Prussic Acid, can be found ia the Glob b Flowrr Cough Syrup, which has cured people who are living to-day with but one remaining lung. No greater wrong can be done than to say that Consumption is incurable. The Globs Flowes Cough Syrup will cure it when all other means have failed. Also, Colds, Cough, Asthma, Bronchitis, and all diseases of the throat and lungs. Read the testimonials of the Hon. Alexander H. Stephens, Gov. Smith and Ex-Gov. Brown of Ga., Hon. Geo. Peabody, as well as those of other remarkable cures in our book—free j to all at the drug stores —and be convinced that ii | you wish to be cured you can be by taking the Globs Flower Cough Syrup. I Take no Troches or Lozenges for Sore Throat, when you can get Globe Flower Syrup at same price. For sale by all Druggists Price 25 Cents and SI.OO GLOBE XXOWER SYRUP. BLOOD Grar« mistakes are made in the treatßnent of all diseases that arise from poison in the blood. Nol one case of Scrofula, Syphili*, White Swelling, Ulcerous Sores and Skin Disease, in a thousand, iu treated without the use of Mercury in some form. Mercury rots the bones, and the diseases it pro duces are worse than any other kind of blood or skin disease can be. •Dr Pemberton'sStillik gxa or Qukbn’s Delight is the only medicine upon which a hope of recovery from Scrofula, Sy philis and Mercurial diseases in all stages, can be reasonably founded, and that will cure Cancer. |io,ooo will be paid by the proprietors if Mercury, or any ingredient not purely vegetable and harm less can be found in it. Price by all Druggists fii.oo. Globb Flower Cough Syrup and Mfkrtt.t.' Hkpatine for the Liver for sale by all 1 ;; gists in >5 cent and fii.oo bottles. A 7. MEEBELL R CO., ProprH " PHILADELPHIA, PA STILL ING I A. DR. RICE, 37 Court Place, LOUISVILLE, KY., A rtffttlarlj «4aeated and legally qualified physician and the moat auocessful, a* his practice will prove. Cures al Jforma ©f private, chronlo and sexual diseases, gpermatOP* rhea and Impotency. resultot seif at use in youth, sexual exoesaeain mature# years, or other oauses, and producing some • fthe following effect*: Nervous ness, Seminal Kr.issiens, Dimness of Sight. Defective Mem err. Physical Decay, Pimples ou Face, Aversion to Society of Peraalos, Confusion of Ideas, Loss of Sexua 1 Power, Ac., rs deriag marriage Improper or unhappy, are thoroughly and permanently cured. eured and entirely eradicated^ro m the system; GON ORRHEA, Gleet, Rtricturs, Piles and other pi* ▼stsdiseates quicKiy cured. Patients treated by mall ore*, press. Consultation free and Invited, charges reasouablfo •tnd correspondence strictly confidential. A PRIVATE COUNSELOR Of 100 pages, scat to anv address, securely sealed, for thtrtp (30) c*nts. Should he read bv all. Address as abovfo Offiao hours from uA. 11. u>7 P. hi. Sundays, 2Wtf.lL DR. BUTTS No. 12 N. Eighth St. St. Louis, Mo. Who has had greater exporienoe in the treatment of tha sexual troubles of both male and female than any physician in the Wast. fives the sesuits of his long and (tucee«»ful practice in his two new works, just published, entitled The PHYSIOLOGY OF MARRIAGE The PRIVATE MEDICAL ADVISER Books that are really Caldes and Self-liutruetore in all mat ters pertaining to Manhoad and Womanhoad. and supply want long felt. They are beautifully IllnstmUd, and in plain language, easily understood. The two books embraced PR£es, and contain valuable Information for both married and with all the recent improvements in medical treatment Read what our home papers say: “The know ledge imparted in Hr. Bolts’ new works is in no way of questionable char acter, but is something that every oae should know The Teeth, the victim of early indiscretion ; the Man, otherwise perfectly healthy maybe, out with waning vigor in theprime of life, and the Woman, ia from the many ills hex sox is heirff I" | flj 188 POPULAR PRICJEtt flfi ct*. eneh-O Jlkl* M H both in one %olume. #1; in cloth gilt. 25 ets extra, gent tinder seal. ouS fjfll 9 *|B rectnpt of price in money or stamps. » 9 mM BURITHAH’S I WAFmmtß iEST AMD CHEAPEST. Prlcso rvtluccd. Pamphlet free. 1 MILLIE SUPPLIES. Works: Christiana, Lancaster county, Pa. Office : 23 S. Beaver st., York, Pa. n 29 ly pmokt? « I BLACKWELL’S 111 DURHAM BB TOBACCO PRESCRIPTION FREE! For the speedy Cure of Seminal Weakness. L>>s* Manhood and all disorder, brought on by indis cretion or excess. Aav Druggist has the ingre dients. Dr. w. Jun i s <* co., n«. iso Wad Sixth Street. Cincinnati, O. NS apfe ■ | ■ JS and Morphine habit cored. f | ‘ .P I ARf D’-Qrlglnal an.l onl, a ,o!un sß* 3®’ EI I ■■9 l LIRE >«ud at amp for book os ■ « fie iH g |WI Opium Rating, to W R. Squire, “ ■ wCw ITI Worthington, Greene Co., lad. rSWslfhfllSlor. RfvolrrnsnßL. VfyX Sg.RO. Qrorino latest Novelties k' nS Af'u vsitml. ao.Suppl/Oo.KuhrUlaTnup. V Ucan make money faster at work for us than at anythiog else. Capital not re quired ; we will start you. sl2 per day at borne made by the iudustrious. Men ,wo men, boys and girls wanted everywhere to work for us. Now is the time Costly out fit and terms free. Address Truk <k Co.. Augusta, Maine. business you can engage in. 85 -Lf-LInJA to 820 per day made by any worker ot either sex, right in tbeir own lo calities. Particulars and samples worth 85 free. Improve your spare time at this busi ness. Address Stinson & Co., Portland, Mahse. Gullett’s Improved Cotton (Jin. Planters arc respectfullv invi'ed to ex amine this Gin before btivine I will keep sample Gin, with Feeder. Condenser and Gollett’a Double Revolving Cotton Press (dispensing with a lint room.) always on band for exhibition. We guarantee the most per feet satisfaction to purchasers, in every par ticnlar. Tt>e price will bp reduced next sea son from $4 to S 3 50 per sow on the Gins, and from 81 25 to 81 on the Feeders. I refer all to the accompanying certificates of our cotton bnyers and planters of last year, and to the certificates of well known planters who are using Gullett’s Gins, as to the extra prices obtained tor cotton tinned oo them. J A. BEEKS, Agent. Griffin, Ga., March 10,1879. Griffth. Ga., March 1.1879. We. the iimbr-igned, are using theGullett Improved Lght Draft Cotton Gin The Gin is of superior workmanship For fast ginning, safety in running and light draft ('o do the same work,) we think it has no equal; but the most important feature is the attach ment for opening and improving the sample. The brst cotton is rmptoved hy it so as to bring from % to % cent, and stained and dirty cotton from to 1 cent per lb. more in the Griffin market than on other Gins (Signed) W J Bridges, T W Manley, J T Mauley. Griffin. Ga , M«y 17 1878. To J A Beekt, Agent for the Gidlett Gin Alun'f'g Co, Griffin, Ga:— At jour re quest, we, planters and dealers in eotton, gw. tw the public our opinion of your Gin. We take pleasure in saying to ail in need of new Gins that it is now a well established fact that cotton ginned on these Gins brings a higher price in our market than .any other, and the Gins are growing in public favor Cotton ginned on ihem sold last season at from % to 1 cent per (round above tin; mar ket puce. Mr. Gollett’s attaenment for im proving the sample of cotton we are satisfied, is what he claims for it. The Gin appears to have reached pertection in gm machine y. (Sigued) A C Sorrel, T J Brooks, It P McWilliams. S B McWilliams, It V\ Pat tersoD, It H Sims T J Bloodwurih. I am also agent for the celebrated Eclipse Portuble Engine, manufactured by Frick & Co, for the counties of Batts Spalding Fayette and Clayton. J. A. BKEK.S. tnai2B;3tn THE NEW DAVIS Sewing Machine Is now generally conceded to he the best in □sc. and thousands have been sold to delight ed purclmseis all over the eountry. It has a vertical Iced, runs at a high rale of speeit. which, combined with its peculiar feed, enables the operator to turn the woik at any angle while the machine is in full motion, without changing the tension or length ol stitch, consequently ,it can easily do in a given time one-tbird more work than any rotary or four motion feed. It excels in hemming, telling, tucking, braiding, cording, binding, quilting, ruffling, eie , and for all ol which ii has attachments especially adapted, it uses a shuttle which holds a large amount of thread, and which gives an even tension in the most simple manr.tr. For sale by G. \Y. Henderson. Hampton, Ga , April 19-ly , vt _ f o ' mS ' SiSilgSSI! OFFICE N? 177 W.4 T r‘ S T L C. NEBI NGER. Manager User Fur sale by G. b. Wise, ljuui t ,ioD, Ga. sep!3-ly. Furniture. S. S. Middleton, HAMPTON, GA., Has on hand a large and assorted stock of FURNITURE, Bureaus, Bedsteads, Chairs. Secretaries, Wardrobes, Cupboards, And is prepared to manufacture to order anything you need to furnish your house Upholstering and Cabinet work done in the latest style and with dispatch. Coffins ahwftvs on hand. week in voar own town. 85 out free. No risk. Reader, if you want a business at which persons of either sex can make great pay all the time they work, write for particulars to H. Hallett <k Co. Portland, Maine. Scbscribb for The Weekly—Bl 50 per atiTOm. Reduced to 11.50! TIIB 9 HENRY i-/ * COUNTY WEEKLY. PCBI.ISHttD RVRRT FRIDAY AT Hampton, Henry County, (ia. A DEMOCRATIC PAPER. 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