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LYING LOVERS. ]t wn« a Infer loted a maid That had n fullier who Whs ibods?lit lo he by all the world Exceedingly well-to-do. “t)h, he my wife," the Inver cried, M v bride, mv queen, my own “Yon dn not love me.” she replied, ••I fear, lor myself alone.” “Mv pa he is a wealthy man, His only child uni f, And nil his riches shall be untie W henover he shall die. “But riches, the Apnßtle enys, Unto themselves take wings. O ! Jf pa were poor wonld yon love me ?’’ “I would,” he cried, '‘by jingo.” “1 am so glad—f knew you would — I in your love am blest; Pa failed last night," she sobbed, and sank Ujton her lover’s breast. “That makes not a bit of difference,*’ 'I he loliunt lover cried ; “So I huve you I core not who May take all else beside.” That night when I er lover took his leave, At twenty minutes to one. She whispered softly in his eur, “Darling, I was in fun. “True, pa lias failed, but he his pile Had duly salted by ; f only wished to try your faith— -1 tailing, how gird am I ; For now I know you would love me well Even in poverty.” And ns he went home the lover, Who was by no tnenn« g'een, He blithely hugged himself and sung, “I know what Inilures mean." The Fiist Hide Through n Canyon. Two adventurous miners recently took a ride tbiougb the Big Horn Canyon, in the Yellowstone region, never before traversed by man. Had they been able graphically to describe their adventine they would have told a tale seldom (quailed in tljj-illing inci dents. Wishing to tave two hundred miles' lrave] around mountains, tiny concluded to try tlte canyon. With some tools they had in the mining camp, they built a frail cralt at 1 lie bottom of tbe canyon, having previ onsly taken down their material of red cedar Tbe boat was made twelve feet long, three feet wide, and upon trial was found to carry its cargo of (night and passengers ad ini ru- Idy. iso on tbe morning of the 23d of July they untied it and pushed into the current The rush of the river, which before starting was almost deafening, was terrible as the boat started on its journey through this un known gorge. To go back was impossible ; to climb the solid limestone walls which rose five hundred feet above their heads, where a narrow streak of light lighted up their coarse, whs not to lie entertained ns u means of escape; through they must go, trusting to their ability to avoid rocks and to the strength of their craft to run the rapids which they met at every turn of the canyon. The loudest halloo was heard as n whisptr Grottos, caves, unknown recesses of nature viere passed by t hese hardy navigators. In places flocks of mountain sheep, startled by the appearance of tbe curiosity rushing by below them, would run along a lulge of lock®, jump from erug to crag, where footing for man would he impossible, and disappear Evening coming on, they attempted to tie up for the night. They worked the boat oloso to tlte shore, jumped out, and away went the craft, carrying the guns and pro visions. With starvation behind them, and hardly a foothold before them, their chances of keeping on weio doobtlul, when they luckily found two logs, which they lashed together with their belts, and again trusting to the river and still more dangerous rocks, they set out to search for their boat, which they found two miles Mow, where it had stopped in an uiuy. On the afternoon of tin third day, while wondering how much longtr tbe Big Horn Canyon could possibly be, they suddenly shot out into the beautiful Big Horn valley, with Fort C. F. Smith on their right. Wife and Mother. Women are perpetually exhorted to make home comfortable 'Hie wife must greet her husband with a kipv, for a rr..si- word tnieht send h : m to a billiard-room for entertain ment and relaxation Of course baby tins been troublesome—babies always are; but then women have nothin? else to do, so why should she complain if she does have to hold him in her arms all day ? The mother must speak pertly to the children, no matter how aggravating they may be, and even one’s own children are sometimes a trifle annoying- And so on. Hot what ot men’s part in this home-making ? Oh! their duty in the home is to “raise a bre. zo” iu it. They ure too busy, too preoccupied, too impatient and thoughtless, and—it must be said ol some of them—too selfish to do their share of that pre-eminently millennial work, the creating of a happy home. Small dutfes of life are not in their line. They will fight for their home, and make slaves of themselves in their business to maintain them, bat, like the pro verbial man who would die for a wonmu, but would never bring up a scuttle of coal, they can’t tell wl>„t then childien are studying at schooi, who their mates are, what they are learning of good or evil, nor scarcely any thing else that a fathor ought to know con cerning bis oflspring. It is so sad a fact us to spoil the satire when it is said thut many a father finds his Sundays and holidays too few to enable him to become acquainted witb'his boys. A father can contribute in many ways to a happy home-life, for it takes little to make childicu happy. Five minutes’ it>mp with them renders them happy lor uti Lour. We scarcely ueed say that a man should set tbe example for tbe family in pa tience, cheerfulness, courtesy, forbearance, ami all tbe amiable moods and graces th.it ore the soul ol home happiness. The sort of men who display all their suavity and polite ness m tbe street or at their business places, ami save the storms and sulks, and sourness, oLd all tbe evil brood ol fiendish disposition 1 1t, c they characterize by the convenient euphemism of moods—well, they don’t de seive home, wife or childreu. There is more active ( fri -'jVlii, City vs. («nntry Papers. The other dnv an old respectable citizen came in onr office and after paying his last yar’s subscription, took a seat and remark ed : “I guess yon needn’t send me the paper any longer ; I have just subscribed for n New York paper flint suits me pretty well, and it doesn’t cost ns much bv n dollar ” nere lie kahded n» the paper for inspec tion. We fonnd it to be a neat looking sheet, hnndsomolv printed, with a large en graved head, and containing about 43 col umns of m'sccllimeous reading ma'ter. ‘ Fair looking paper,” we remarked, ns we handpd it back to him, "bnt did vou ever see anything in it about onr county?” •‘Well, I don’t know as I ever have." “Anything in rcgaid to the State ?” ‘Nothing." “And yet you give up n paper that con tains the local market reports, the state of the crops, the deaths and marriages, and the thousand and one happenings from week to week which make up the history of tlie re gion, which you can get from no other source, and lake instead a city paper, simply because it comes a dollar cheaper." "Yes, and it contains more reading mat ter,” lie added. •‘Certainly,’’ we remarked, "bnt what is the character of the reading matter ? Nothing in regard to your own village—your schools, your churches, your local improvements and the thousand and one things that happen in the county. There is nothing in it that helps to build up your county and support home institutions. It is us foreign to you as the city in which it is published It may con tain more reading matter, but your neigh borhood is not represented in its columns.” "But why can’t yon furnish your paper for a dollar if they can afford a much larger one in the city for that price," he queried. "Lt bor is certa tily cheaper here.” "For the reason that a county paper has a small circulation us compared with a city paper, and the labor expended on one thou sand is the same as on fifty thousand, espe ciully when it is taken into consideration that the city weekly which is furnished for u dollar a year is 'made up’ of the - type set for the daily.” ‘ That’s enough," exclaimed the old gen tleman, as he pulled out his wallet and han ded us two dollars, "just send me the Obser ver for another year.” As he bade us "good morning" and passid through the door we heard him remark : “It’s my belief that a man who stops or refuses to subscribe lor his county paper simply because it doesn’t con - tain so much reading mutter as one ‘made up' from a daily published in the city, should be supplied with medical ulmuuucs ut the public expense.” Unhappy Mairiages. The troth is that these' too frequent “un happy marriages” are the offspring of ignor ance quite as much as actual sin or wrong. Fools, and e-peeially vicious fools, have no right to get possession of an honest woman's life und soul, which they cannot comprehend, and tho elevating influence of winch they throw away even more by stupidity than willfulness. A woman, by her sex and character, has a claim to many things besides shelter, food, and clothing. She is not less a woman for being wedded ; and the man who is fit to be trusted with a good wife, recollects all which this implies, and shows himself perpetually chivalrous, sweet spoken, considerate, and deferential. The fools and brutes among us may think such demands hard, but they are not nearly as bad as to live the cat and dog life, missing the dearest possibilities of human intercourse. What right has a man to expect happi ness in a household who brings no sunshine into it ? What right has he to look for the graces and refinements of curly love when he violates them by rough speech, ill-manners, and the disregaul of those little things upon which the self- respect of a wife is built und maintained ? The cynic who rails at mar riage, is generally one und the snuie with the thoughtless egotist who flies into the pres ence of his wife cureless, stubborn and sour teni|iered, though be uever went to his mistress except in bis best bebuvior. The fate is horrible which u pure and fuithlui gitl may endure by encountering in him whom she weds, tioi mere actual cruelty or injury, but stupid incompetence to under stand a woman’s needs, dull forgetfulness of the daily grace of life, and oblivion ol the fact that while men have the world women have. only their home. These grossnesses of masculine ingratitude do not, indeed, often lead to visible catastrophe, nor grow into absolute tyranny, but they tqually lead that way. They drag down u wife’s soul to tbe point whete she is in despair; ibey change the true meaning of marriage to vulgarity and weariness ; they spoil the chance ol that Lest and finest of all education which each man obtains who wins u reasonable good woman for bis companion, and they coat more to a million households than money or repentance cuu ever pay back. The Music of Nature. The world is full of music. Sounds melo dious are constantly falling upon our ears. Nature throughout her wide domain unites her myriad voice In sweetest songs of praise to the Creator. Who has not listened to its soul-stirring harmony ? V\ ho that has list ened lias hi cn unmoved ! I uke our stand by the ocean ; see in its far-reaching ex panse, count its towering billows as they roll in majesty before you, und fee! that jour ear is saluted'by the voice of many waters, sing ing the song which for six thousand years they have sung, while natious have come aud gone, empires risen and lalleu, aud ceutuiies roll, d into the past! Wander alone into the dense forest, feel that you are lur away from the voices of me::, and as the winds float uiuong tbe lofty branches, pauiC, linger and cntcb the music of Natures miustrels; follow the river in its wunderiugs, now slowly and silently glidiug onward, wiupt in iis own quiet, aud now’ rushing fearlessly, impetuously on over tbe rocks aud precipices, until lost in its resting place —the ocean ; aud then acknowledge that music sa cred, plaintive, subdued and soothiug, ai d the loud swilling anthems ate fatniliur to it to all its course, Spriug returns, and with it comes thousands of wiugtd worshippers, making the wood and air vocal with their inetry tong. The winds tusli by us, roaring around our dwelling-; the zephyr, gently .'tiding, lans us by iis soft breathing, thus iu •Cuw -i .u— cut WM compel.cu iv i • winds and the quiet pawing of the evening breeze we have the high nnd the low, the “loud and the soft Nature’s own assists in tjerforming her anthems of praise to Ihe Omnipotent. Here, then, we have a vast assembly of singers : Oceans, forests, rivers, revolving years and birds of every clique, mingling H eir voices in sweetest harmony, without one note of di-cord. They have long sung in happy concert. Creation morn tuned their voices, and '<> day they are sing ing the same song, the <cho of which, deep ening and spreading, will roll onward to tbe close ol time. "filial!,”said the farmer, as he exhibit) d a broken jar to the manufacturer. “I packed this jar full of butter, and the jar split from top to bottom. Pei haps you can explain the phenomenon ” “O, yes, certainly,” was the ready reply, "the butter was stronger than the j <r ” In one of the interior counties the other day, Robert Haile and Mary Williams were murri.d, Now she is “Mary of R. Guile ?” n— 1 si 'iramannßni Professional Cards. DOCTORS. T\R. J. C. TURN IPSEKD will attend to 1* all calls day or bight. Office i resi dence, Hampton, Ga. DR. W. II PEEBLES treats all dis eases, and will attend to all calls day and night. Office at tbe Drag Store, Broad Street, Hampton, Ga. DR. I). F. KNOTT havlrg permanently located in Hampton, ofieis his profes sional services to the cit ; zens of Hampton and vicinity.. All orders left at Mclntosh’s store will receive prompt attention. sp26 DR. N. ’l’. BARNETT tenders his profes sional services to the citizens of Henry nnd adjoining counties, and will answer calls day or night. Treats all diseases, of what ever nature. Office at Nipper’s Drug Store, Hampton, Ga. Night calls can be made at tny residence, opposite Berea church. upr26 T F PONDER, Dentist, lias located in w • Hampton, Gu.,und invites the punlic to call at his roon, upstairs in the Bivins House, where he will be found at all hours. Warrants all work for twelve months. LAWYERS. TNO. G. COLD WELL, Attorney nt Law, Brooks Station, Ga. Will practice in the counties composing the Coweta and Flint River Circuits. Prompt attention given to commercial and oilier collections. r |l C. NOLAN, Attorney at Law, Mc • Donough, Georgia. Will practice in the counties composing the Flint Circuit; the Supreme Court of Georgia, «d(1 the United States District Court. WM.T. DICK EX, Attorney at Law, Mc- Donough, Ga. Will practice in the counties composing the Flint Judicial Cir cuit, the Supieme Court of Georgia, and the United States District Court. (Office up stairs over W. C. Sloan’s.) apr27-ly GKO. M. NOLAN, Attorney at Law. McDonough,Ga. (Officein Court house) Will practice in Henry and adjoining coun ties, and in the Supreme and District Courts of Georgia. Prompt attention given to col lections. nich23-6m JF. WALL, Attorney at Law, //amp . ton.Ga Will practice in the counties composing the Flint Judicial Circuit, and the Supreme and District Courts of Georgia. Prompt attention given to collections. ocs IjIftWAUD J. REAGAN, Attorney at -J law. Office on Broad Street, opposite the Railroad depot, Hampton, Georgia. Special attention given to commercial and other collections, and cases in Bankruptcy. BF. MoCOLLUM, Attorney and Ceun • sejlor at Law, Hampton, Ga. Will practice in Henry, Clayton, Fayette, Coweta, Pike, Meriwether, Spalding and Butts Sape rior Courts, und in the Supreme and United States Courts. Collecting claims a specialty. Office no stairs in the Mclntosh Building. OLD AND RELIABLE. Dr. Sanford’s Liver Invioorator is a Standard Family Remedy for diseases of the Liver, Stomach aud Bow els.—lt is Purely IL. Vegetable.— It uever I Debilitates—lt is Cathartic and ni <*w Tonic, # H mv; v* 6 V°O ti a b° a l ' C " i v . '*-*'*£s iu m - y P B by tilG public, btr more than 35 years, \0 p with uuprecedented results. SEND FOR CIRCULAR. S 3. T. W. SASIFORD, M. 0., Ss^?g£So2*s r Ati\ DKI liUIST WILL TILL Ml ITS MITTATIOX. Notice to Debtors and Creditors All parties indebted to J. G. Hughes, de ceased, are hereby commanded to make im mediate settlement; und all parties having claims agaiusi said deceased are requested to present the same, propel ly attested, within the time prescribed by law. else they will uot tm ni’ti L. I L»L VC a.. I. T..H._SAKFORD, H.P., wiwToi^ oitt> □ MORNING NEWS SERIALS. A New Story By a Lady of Savannah. THE SAVANNAH WEEKLY NEWS Of Oe'obj?r 4th will contain the first chap ters of story of thrilling interest, entitled ANABEL’S SECRET. BY MRB. J 0. BRANCH. We desire not to anticipate the pleasure which the readers of the Weekly News will (Drive from the perti-al of this charming story, am! therefore will not speak of it here further than to say that in the management nf an original and intensely interesting pint, not le.-s than in her powers of description, her life-like delineations of character, and the pure moral tone of her reflections, the ac complished author gives assurance that she inherits tlie genius of her gifted mother. Mrs. Caroline Lee Ileniz, whose works of fiction have been so universally admired, and still rank among the most popular American books of iheir class. “Anabel’s Secret” is developed in California, of w hich State the author was at one time a residi nt, and her vivid descriptions of somp of the most won derful scenery of that picturesque region are among the striking features of the story The nt w serial will run through some eight or ten numbers of the Weekly. Sub scribers who desire to have the story com plete should send in their subscriptions at once. m Subscription S? 2 a ypar, SI for six months. Money can be sent by Money Order, Regis tered Letter or Express, at onr risk. J. H. ES I ILL, Savannah, Ga. Bottom Brices REACHED AT LAST! To the Farmers of Henry Ami Adjoining Counties ! HAVING just opened a large stock of Dry Goods and Groceries in Hampton, I desire to say to the people of Henry, Butts, Clayton, Fayette and Spalding comities, who visit this city, nnd desire to examine or pur chase goods, that I am prepared to supply all their waots at as low prices as can be had anywhere. My stock is large, ample and well-selected, and consists of everything usually kept in a strictly first-class Dry Goods and Grocery Store. Recognizing the demands of the times, 1 have marked my goods down to the lowest living figure, und Khali have but one price for everybody. An experience of several years has enabled me to understand the wants of tho people, and I shall be prepared at all times to meet them with such articles as DR Y GOODS , GROCERIES. ROOTS. SHOES, HATS AND CAPS, FARMING IMPLEMENT S, and Plantation Supplies of all kinds. Give me a call. Car. JBj. WISO. Hampton, Ga., Feb. 28;ly Headquarters FOB GOOF BARUMS! The Very Best Goods At the Lowest Prices! PLEASE give me yonr attention while I throw out some strong, broad remarks, full ol interest, if economy forms any part of the new leaf you have pledged yourself to turn over at the beginning of the year. 1 will begin by telling you (though it is hardly necessary,) that the country has resumed specie payments, and that it will materially change the monied values of all articles of merchandise. It is bound to bring every thin? down to what is called SOLID ROCK BOTTOM. I will add in this connection that I have in store and shall be constantly receiving, at intervals to suit the seasons, a superior line of goods, comprising all articles usually kept in a Dry Goods and Grocery Store, and if you are a lover of Nice Goods and Low Prices, you can’t fail to appreciate my efforts to please the public in every way. Because resumption placed gold at par. you must not get it into your head that 1 am too proud to take it. On tbe contrary, gold, silver or greenbacks are alike to me. 1 take any legal money that is offered, and agree *o give in exchange the best equiva lent that can be had in this market. Give me a call. H. P. Mclntosh. Ilunpton, Ga., March 2I;ly Slbsckiue for Tuk Weekly—Si 50 per NEW FIRM! Copartnership Notice. I HAVE this dav sold a 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. Janutry 9th, 1879. We respect fully solicit a share of the pub lie patronage, believing ve can show as fine ami well assorted stock of goods a 3 will be found anywhere. Our stock of DRY GOODS fs complete in every particular, and includes a fine assortment of Ladies’ Dress Goods, Lincus, Bleachings, Domestics, and Fancy Notions of all kinds. ciotnmg ! A new and elegant lot of Clothing, of every style and quality. Gents’ Underwear a spe cialty. HATS AND CAPS To suit the tastes of the musses, and at prices that will meet the requirements of the trade. BOOTS AND SHOES! Our stock of Boots and Shoes, hnving been bought at a bargain in the Northern mar kets, we can afford to sell cheap, and are pre pared to offer extra inducements to the trade. Furniture! We have also a large lot of Furniture—Bed steads, Bureaux, Washstands, Wardrobes, Tables, Chairs,,’ etc —which we will sell at extremely low figures. Bedroom setts a specialty. GROCERIES. Special attention is called to our stock ol Groceries, which is quite large, aod com prises every article kept iu that Hue. Our stock is being constantly replenished with Goods that are earelully selected by ex perienced buyers, and are bought lor cash irom 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 times a complete general stock, and parlies wishing to buy eau always find some specialties at very low prices at our store- Give us a call. Harper & Turner. nimiw itu Mw . u the Georgia Stale Fair, At Macon, Oct. 27th> to Nov. Ist, 1879 IHE MO'ST MAGNIFICENT AND BEST APPOINTED GROUNDS IN AMERICA.' LIBERAL CASH PREMIUMS In all Classes, and the largest offered by any Fair in the United States. Trotting and Running Races Every day, by 9ome of the most no ted Horses on the Turf! Music will be furniehed.bv a Celebrated Military Band. MANY OF THE PROMINENT Statesmen, now before the Public, will attend the State Fair ns visitors, and several will make addresses. Greatly Reduced Rates for Freights and Passengers,on all the Railroads in the State. A cordial invitation is extented to you to be an Exhibitor, and you are requested to write to the Secretary at Macon for a Pre mium List and other information. TF'OS HARDEMAN, Jr, Pres’t. L. F. LIVINGS'TON. Oen’l Sup’t. MALCOLM JOHNS ION, Sec’y. CONFECTIONERY! am* I » + BP I i+wm* 1 A NSW ENTERPRISE IN HAMPTON! HENDERSOH & MITCHELL DKAI.ERS in FRUITS, NUTS, RAISINS, PICKLES, SARDINES, CRACKERS, OYSTERS, CAKES, Etc., Etc. CANNED GOODS! FANCY GROCERIES 1 A full line of Confectioneries always on hand. Next door to Z. T. Manson. sepl2 City Livery AND SALE STABLES. Having recently leased the large and ele< gant brick stable on James street, I am pret pared to serve my patrons and friends to the best of my ability, and shall always keep on hand the beat horses and most stylish turnouts to be found this side of Atlanta. My livery rates will be reasonable at all times. 1 have also a commodious wagon yard, in which are a number of extra stalls, where my friends from the country cun have their stock cared for at very small cost. Oa the prem ises is a comfortable bouse for the accommo dation of those who may wish to spend the night, where they can stay without extra charge. Give me a call when you come to town. G. W. WOLFE. Hampton, Ga., Nov. B;tf * SALOON. BEST CIGARS! FINEST WINES! PUREST_LIQUORS! I CINCINNATI BEER ON DRAUGHT. BILLIARDS AND POOL! feb2Btf Job \\ ot k solicited and executed with neatness.