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A MODEST REQUEST. Mow dear to mine eye is an oral top coffin. Whether made from red cedar, white oak, or from pir.e; I care not for rosewood, nor cvea for wal nut— Such beauties as these are not in my line. But give me a tasty, though cheap wooden duster, With plenty of screws hammered into tbeie aide. And put a pie-plate, with the name on the centre. Inscribed with my age and the data that I died. And give me a shroud made from unbleached merino, Made up iateat fashion, with long swallow toils. And lark in my trimmings of purple alpaca, As strong as you can with some wrought iron nails. Pleaee put in a fish line, with hook, bob and sinker, For the worms are profuse, and I honestly bate To go unprepared, where I might enjoy pleasure, Aud be freely furnished with fresh, whole some bait. Then slap on four bandies to carry my car case— Trunk handles will do, as they’re both strong and cheap— Or icc tongs would do if no handles are Lundy, And very firm grip would be likely to keep. And plant me ut night, while the bell deeply tolling, Betokens another hath taken a tramp; The Angel of Death now calls for a mortal, And by a slight puff it bath blown out my lamp. Instead of a monument over my remnants, Set a stove-pipe from “Duffy's” just over my eyes, And place on its summit a sheet of fly paper, To keep out the air and the blue bottle flies. The last parting wish which I beg leave to utter. Is pack np my dunnage at soon as I’m dead, And paint the address of my last destination As plain as you can in laige letters of red Then plant me as near as you can to the gate, please, And then, to prevent me from wondering in doubt, Just fosten a tag on the lid of my duster. With full explanations regarding the route. —Key of Ihe Gulf. His Last Hand. Old John Watts was a gambler by nature. Tie would bet on anything, and last Thurs day, when he died in his little room on Tenth street, the last words he uttered were : “1 bet you I get well.” There were no takers, for his son, a respected and able physician practicing in New Jersey, stood by bis bed side and watched over the dying man only to alleviate the paiDs of death, not with any hope of saving a life. They carried Watts out to Mount Moriah yesterday, and the humble little funeral cortege that paid the last tokens of respect to the gambler’s mem ory passed out of the gat6 of the cemetery as lbs long line of mourners that came to bury Major Maguire filed io ostentatious hundreds up the road from the railroad sta tion. Watts was not known much in Philadelphia, but more than a score of years ago bis lace wr.s much seen on the Western river steamboats, and his name was as well known as any man’s in the Mississippi Val ley. He was the typical river gambler. Elegant of address, uncxcitable. calculating, skilled at cards and willing to bet on any thing in the world.be lucked nothing that could distinguish him io bis calling. He was one of the men who traveled on the lower M issifsippi in ante-bellum days, wheu the eotire long cabins of the steamers were given up to card parties, poker their game, aud the stakes thousands. It was in those days that the pi6tol and bowie knife ofteD came in as referee in discussions over the game, bnt that occurred only when some body did a mean thing with an ace or filled a pair by stealing a card, or doing some such little pleasantry in a way so shamefully bold and unskillful that detection could not help but ensue. Watts would Dot do that, it is said. He played fair aDd demanded fair play or fight. That these encounters were not of unfrequent occurrence with him two bullet holes iu bis check, others in his body aod knife wounds of greater or less dimension all over him. gave testimony. For many years he tiaveled on the New Orleans, St Louis and Louisville line of boats. His pe culiarity of traveling was that he always made the full trip ; for instance, bound to St. Louis on one steamer, if there wus no play, or if luck went against him, be would not drop c-fl at Memphis. Vicksburg or Cairo and try a new lay. He was always the best dressed man on the river. Hisjewelry was unostentations and bis clothes of the latest fashion. He had bis measure at Dell's in London, and that Re gent street artist supplied bim. A swell tailor in New Orleans once solicited Watts for an order and importuned bim so that he finally gave it. Walts wore tbe clothes for some time and talked much and in terras of bigb praise of them, but refused to pay tbe bill when presented. Ry this means he found himself a defendant in a suit sf law, but, netting up tbe plea that in condescending to wear the clothes be rendered the tailor full value by adding to tbe reputation of tbe maker, be thus *OO bis case. Although Walts professed to be a mao 0 1 honor—al though a gambler—be was by no means of tbe very best of morals, cod he did not ob ject to take advantage of bis fellow-man in this way. For instance: With his friend and accomplice he would board tbe boat at Louisville and, scanning tbe passenger list, pick out for bis victims some old card play ers of wealth with whom be was personally acquainted. To these people be would go very quietly and say of bis owo accomplice: “There is a'man who plays bigb. and we can beat bim ; you join with me and we’ll do it.” Tbe victim agrees, tbe party is made up, but Watts always succeeded iu regulating suc- cess the wrong way for his victim, and thus the would-be biter was often bitten. One time he was accused of swindling in that way. the charge being made in the Heat of play by u man from whom Watts’ accom plice had just won SIO,OOO. "Is that yrtnr opinion ?” he quietly asked. “Tea, sir, that’s what J think,” roared the loser. ‘‘You swindled me, and I stigmatize yon as a scoundrel.” The hour was late, and only ♦he watchman and the party engaged in playing heard the charge, hnt all of them drew back and held their breath, for they were sore Jack would toko a life to wipe out the in l all. It is said that he has dore that thing. “I will give you $5,000 right here if yon will not make that opinion any further public,” said Watts, drawing forth his pocket book. “No, sir, ldo not want the money ; yon cannot buy my silence wi'h money.” Then Watts smiled tn his wicked way and hpld a pistol in one hand and the money in the othpr, and said qnietly, as before : “My friend, for the snppresrion of your opinion I offered you 85,000 You refused. Now I offer yon (hat amount of money and yonr life. Do you accept ?’* The man looked into Jack’s cold, ateel gray eye und what he read there was convincing. He took the money aod his life and kept quiet. AH relations concur that the great steam boat race between the R. K. Lee and Natchez from New Orleans to St. Louis broke old John Watts' heart, depleted his parse und e*en unsettled bis mind. He slaked every dollar he had, some S2O 000 it is said, on the Natchez, and lost if. He took a state room on board o( bis favorite to make the trip and to see the race, but he never occupied it. Night and day for the five duys and odd hours the race lasted, he stood on the upper deck leaning over the rail, just where he wanted the champion trophy placed when the Lee had shown that she was only toe second best boat on the river, watching the contest of Levia thans. When the Natchez fell back and the life swept by and peseed on so lar abend that there was no longer any hope, old John, for he hod come to be known ub old, stamped, raved and swore, and fioolly rushed down to the bar room aud took the first drink of liquor that ever passed his lips. He paid up his losses aud come East and took up racing as a betting event. In early life he married a young Ohio girl, whose heart, i( is said, was broken when she discovered his vocation. Sha died shortly afterwards, leaving him one son, whose edu cation was carefully looked after. The schools of Europe contributed to his learning and the old man stopped at no expense in advancing his sou’s welfure and position. The boy was not ungrateful, lor when age and odversity had brought the old gambler to the threshold of want his son came for waid and cured for him lovingly und ten derly. For nearly a year the old muu has been in l’biludelphia receiving treatment from a great siiecialist in nervous affections 'I he old gambler preserved till the day of his death the pack of cards with which be first learned to play poker and all fours They were worn dirty, but he would have no others, and it was with many a game of sol taire with these old cards the paralytic old gambler solaced the last duys of bis lile. He was 74 years of age, and he used to say he was the first while child bom West of the Mississippi.— Philadelphia Times. Dr. Blazer. "Me was no kind of a doctor for an alms house, anyhow,” said the steward, referring to the late resident physician of the institu tion. "Me hadn’t the qualifications.” “How do you mean ?" “Why, he’d get interested in a novel or something, and he’d sit up thero in his room and never go neur the paupers. And when I’d ask him if he wasn't going to see some of the sick ones to day, he’d look up and say : ■l'm not very well this morning, Jones; s’po sin you just step over and put mustard plus ters on tbe entire institution.’ So I'd have to obey orders, you know, and I’d plaster up the whole crowd, sick and well, and pretty soon you could hear them paupers howlin worse than a menagerie, and hoppin about as if they were dancio plain cotilions. But they hud to bear it. Doctor's orders, you know ; and there he’d sit ami read, until he lound if the heroine got married or not ; and the plasters couldn't come off till he said so. It was awful!” "Was he always that wuy ?” "Not always, of course. Sometimes he’d practice on the paupers to find out the ef fects ol medicines. One time he ladled out a bucketful of paregoric among the inmates and put the whole crowd asleep for five days. Never waked up once. It was like a grave yard, only the snoring. A short time after ward he gave them ipecac, and for a week there were 85 paupers going around with asthma, wheeling like an omnibus horse with the heaves ; and last September he trepanned three bald-beaded paupers »ml set brass door plates in the top of their skull. Nothing at oil tbe matter with them, only be said be thought they would look uice with lids on top of them, and he wauted to keep his hand in practice for the operation.” "Did the victims like it ?” "Like it! Certainly they didn’t. But be was allowed by the directors to do what he pleased. One time, when he wanted a bone for somethmg or other, he took a rib out of the side of a tramp from Mauch Chunk Baid tbe operation was necessary to keep a man from going joto consumption He had the rib made iuto suspender buttons. And he used to experiment with the transfusion ot blood, too. He would take blood from an Irishman and put it into the veins of a Ger man, and vice versa, until tbe Irishman at last could speak nothing but Dutch and tbe German talked with a brogue Always try ing some ridiculous plan or other. 1 never saw such a wan.” "Wos be successful in his practice?” “That depends on what you call success ful. If a man was real sick, and a nuise was sent for Dr. Blazer, the mao would send a farewell message to his relations, tell them where be’d like to be buried, soy his last words aud make up his mind tor the worst. He’d flit off before morning, 6ore. In seri ous cases, the doctor was regarded as certain death around here. I know when I told tbe undertaker that be was to leaTe, the under taker sat down aud ciied like a child. Said it wasn’t right to take tbe bread out of a man's mouth in such hard times. He got so much for every borial, you know. And one of the directors voted straight along not to dismiss Dr. Blazer; because, the director 6aid. there were too many paupers anyhow, hy legal means, i* would he a good thing for the tax pavers. Do you know what I think? I think I’d rather have Asintic chole'a in my family than to have Dr. Blazer arouixi It’s not half’so deadly.” “Why was he discharged ?’ “Well. I’ll tell you. It seems that he was partner of one of the contractors for fnr nislilrigr the poorhousc with victuals. He kept it secret, hut we all noticed that he used to go around with a kind of two-horse power dooble-aetiof) stomach pump. About thrpe days in the week he’d start in ward No. 1 right after breakfast, and pump ont every pauper clear through to ward No. 8 Gonseqnence was the inmates would he po hangry by dinner time that they’d eat like anacondas. • After dinner not’d come that pump again, and bv supper time the inmates would be willing to eat paving alone or brickbats, they'd be so near starved And so he’d go on until the commissary depart mpnt’d be bankrupted every 24 hours. I believe that man could have pnmpod out the whole Russian army in a day with that machioe. It u-ed to turn some of the feebler paupers nearly wrong side out. 8o the directors began to inquire what made the expenses so heavy, and when they called the doctor up about it, he owned np, and Mr. Perkins said that ns three more weeks of that stomach pomp would pul the county treasury in the hands of a receiver unless it could incur a second national debt, lie thought the doctor had better go. So he was dismissed.” “Left, did he?” “Yes, left. And the morning he was going away he cut five toes off of some pau pers in ward No. 4, and pat them in alcohol lor study, he snid ; and be gave a pauper from Lower Merion some kind of medicine that threw him into fits, so that he’s been bouncing around up stairs like an India lubber hall ever since. There he goes now. Hear him? I’ll have to go up and sit on him. Have to do it two hours every day by ord u r of the directors. I’m not employed here 8s a kind of paper weight to hold down paupers with fils, hanged il I am.” Then the steward Hew up stairs, and I withdrew. It is to be feared that the death rate will suddenly increase at Perkbimeo, where Dr. Blazer has gone to practice.— Max Adeler. APOSTROPHE TO A FI.T. Dance on my nose with your tickling feet, Blue bottle fly I Sing in my ears with your buzz to greet Me, as l lie. You will seek me out in my dark retreat, With an eager zeal that no screen can beat, And 1 try to slap you cleur into the sweet, Sweet bye and bye. I haven’t seen you since seventy-eight, Little house fly; And I see you now with the bitterest hate You can defy. Oh, how 1 hate you, nobody knows, Author of half of my summer woes. Oh, how I prayed that you might be froze, Villainous fly. A masked burglar entered a room where a man and his wife ley asleep. They both awoke, when the robber pointed a pistol at their heads, ar.d quietly backed out of the room and off with his plunder. The startled slumberers were terribly frightened, "the man’s hair turning white before morning.” The woman wa9 as much scared us her hus band, but upon examining her hair, which hung over the back of a chair, it was found not to have changed a particle. Something strange about this. “Why, papa,” snid a young lady to her father, as he walked into the parlor away long in the night, when she and her Adol phus were conversing upon Ihe ethics of the dust and kindred topics, “Why, papa, wbnt are you looking for?” “Oh, nothing; 1 just thought I’d get up to see the sun rise.” Then the clock struck, and the sou rose and vanished, and the old man went back to bed. Pianos similar to those sold ten years ago for S7OO, can now be bought for $350. And yet there is just as much distress and suffer ing in the land—and will continue to be as long ns the young lady who is practicing oo the piano tries to play five tunes at once, and thus causes a tumble in rents and real estate iu the immediate neighborhood. Wasii a baby up clean and dress him up rcnl pretty, and he will resist all advances with a most superlative crossness, but let him eat molasses and fool around the coal hod for a half hour, and he will nestle his dear little dirty face close up to your clean shirt bosom, and be just the lovingest, cuu oingest little rascal in all the world. The following testimonial of a certain patent medicine speaks for itself: “Dear Sir: Two months ago my wife could scarcely speak. She has taken two bottles of yonr ‘Lilt Renewer,’ and now she can’t speak at all. Please send me two more bottles. I wouldn’t be without it.” The man whose pantaloons bag most at the knees isn’t necessarily tbe man who prays tbe most. Sleeping in a day-coacb wiih your knees propped up against the seat in front of you will wreck the knees of a straight pair ot paDts quicker and more suc cessfully than two years of prayer-meetings There are men who, with increasing yeors, have not yet learned to view with equanimity the inevitable oveiflow that follows tbe at tempt, no matter how carefully and scientifi cally regulated, to pour one’s coflee into a saucer. There was a tide in the oflairs of Noah taken at tbe flood, which did not lead on to glorious fortunes, though the patri-srk man aged to keep his head above water, and save "the oniy complete collection of wild aud trained animals in tbe world.” An aristocratic papa, on being requested by a rich and vulgar young fellow for per mission to marry “one of bis girls,” gave this rattier crushing reply: “Certainly; which would you prefer, tbe waitress or the cook ?” Somkbodt once called disappointment “medicine for the soul.” It’s a good deal like eastor oil—it may be wholesome; it certainly is disagieeable. “Do you drink ?” asked a lady of a ped dler. He dropped his pack and remarked : "Veil, 1 shust lieve drink mit you as any odder mans.’’ We are always told to pot our best foot forward. A mule always puts his best fcot ■ Wil*#it aft one. ■ NEW FIRM! Copartnership Notice. IH AVK this day sold n half interest in my business to G F. Turner, and the name and style of the firm will be known in future as Harper & Turner. R. T. HARPER. January 9th, 1879. % We respectfully solicit a share of the pub lie patronage, believing we can show as fine and well assorted stock of goods as will be fouud anywhere. Our stock of DRY GOODS Is complete in every particular, and includes a fine assortment of Ladies’ Dress Goods, Linens, Bleachings, Domestics, and Fancy Notions of all kinds. ciotnms 2 A new and elegant lot of ClotbiDg, of every style and quality. Gents’ Underwear a spe cialty. HATS AND CAPS To suit tbe tustes of tbe masses, aud at prices that will meet the requirements el tbe trade. BOOTS AND SHOES! Onr stock of Boots and Shoes, having been bought at a bargain in the Northern mar kets. we can afford to sell cheap, and arp'frre pared to offer extra inducements trade. /, f V a. y ' if>/ ■ y 1 V 1 Furniture! We have also a large lot of Furniture —Bed steads, Bureaux, Wasfcstands, Wardrobes, Tables, Chairs,,’ etc—which we will sell at extremely low figures. Bed room setts 0 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 etoek 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 set! to advantage—both to ourselves and custotaers. VV ith all these facilities we are prepared to ex hibit at all times a complete general stock, ana parties wisbrag to buy can always find some specialties at very low prices at our store. Give us a call. Harder & Turner. 1 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 even half hour, to nave the bile and other impuritie' strained or filtered from it. bile is the natur purgative of the bowels, and if the Liver become torpid it is not separated from the blood, but car riea through the veins to all parts of the system and in trying to escape through the of tl skin, causes it to turn yellow or a dirty brow color. The stomach becomes diseased, and Dy pepsia, Indigestion, Constipation, Headache, Fiiii ousness, Jaundice, Chills, Malarial Fevers, Piir- Sick and Sour Stomach, and general debility fo. low. Merreli/s Hepatink, the great vegetable discovery for torpidity, causes the Liver to throw off from one to two ounces of bile each time the blood passes through it, as long as there is an ex Icess oi bile ; and the effect of even a few dose> upon yellow complexion of a brown dirty looking skin, will astonish all who try it—they being th'. first symptoms to disappear. The cure of all bili ous diseases and Liver complaint is made certain by taking II bpatink 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? HEPATINI. LUNGS The fatality of Consumption or Throat and Lung Diseases, which sweep to the grave at least one-third of all death's victims, aru.es from the Opium or Morphine treatment, which simply stu pefies as the work of death goes on. SIO,OOO will be paid if Opium or Morphine, or any preparation of Opium, Morphine or Prussic Acid, can be found in the Globb Flow er Cough Syrup, which has cured people who are living to-day w-ith but one remaining lung. No greater wrong can be done than to**ay that Consumption is incurable. Tk« Globb Flower 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 to all at the drug stores —and be convinced thnt ii you wish to be cured you can be by taking the Globb Flower Cough Syrup. Take no Troches or Lozenges for Sore Throat, when you can get Globe Flower Syrup at same price. For sale by ail Druggists Price 25 Cents and SI.OO GLOBE FLOWER SYRUP. BLOOD Grave mistakes are made in the treatment of all diseases that arise from poison in the blood. NOl one case of Scrofula, Syphilis, White Swelling. Ulcerous Sores and Skin Disease, in a thousand, is 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. Pf.mbekton's Stillin gia or Queen'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. SIO,OOO w ill 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 SI.OO. Globe Flower Cough Syrup and MerrellV Hepatine for the Liver for sale by all Drug gists in 25 cent and SI.OO bottles. A. F. ME2RELL k CO., Proprietors, -* PHILADELPHIA, PA. STILLING I A. Gullett’s Improved Cotton Gin. Planters are respectfully invited to ex amine this Gin before buying I will keep sample Gin. with Feeder. Condenser and Gullett’s Double Revolving Cotton Press (dispensing with a lint room,) always on hand lor exhibition. We guarantee the most per feet satisfaction to purchasers, in every par tieular. The price will he reduced next sea son from $4 to $3 50 per sow on the Gins, and from $1 25 fo $1 on the Feedeis. I refer ail to the accompanying certificates of our cotton buyers 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 lor cotton einned on them. J. A. REEKS, Agent. Griffin, Ga., March 10, 1879. Griffin, Ga., March 1,1879. We, the undersigned, are using; theGullett Improved Light Draft Cotton Gin The Gin i 9 of superior workmanship For fast ginning, safety in running and light draft, (to 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 best cotton is improved by 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 Manley. Griffin. Ga , May 17.1878. To J A Beeh, Agent for the Gullett Gin Man'f'g Co, Griffin, Ga: —At your re quest, we, planters and dealers in cotton, give to the public our opinion of your Gio. We take pleasure in saying to all in need of new Gins that it is now a well established fact that cotton ginned on these Gins brings a higher price in onr market than any other, and the Gins are growing in public favor. Cotton ginned on them sold last season at from to 1 cent per pound above tbe mar* ket price. Mr.Gullett's attacnmeot for im proving the sample of cotton, we are satisfied, is whsl he claims for it. Tbe Gin appears to have reached perfection in gin machine y. (Signed) A C Sorrel, T J Brooks, B P McWilliams. S B McWilliams, D W Pat terson. B li Sims T J Bloodworth. I am also agent for the celebrated Eclipse Portable Engine, manufactured by Frick & Co, for the counties of Butts. Spaldiug. Fayette and Clayton. J. A. BEEKS. mai2Bj3m • • jis»j SSSsiiSSM OFFICE N? 177 W. 4™ ST Cincinnati, cx~ , L.C- N£B TN G ER.. Manager - - - - JgpForsale bj Q. E. Wise, Hampton, Ga. »epl3-ly. Job Work solicited and executed with neatness. Scbscrise for Thb Weekly, Reduced to $1.50! TUB HENRY COUNTY WEEKLY. PUBLISHED EVERT FRIDAY AT Hampton, Ilenry County, Ca. 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