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ALONE'.
She fltnniU beside (ho cottage door
To watch flip dying date
Her raven hair is Sprinkled oVr
VViih flakes of silver gray.
And mnnv a lino of sadness sears
That pale yet lovol.v foot'.
To mntJ; yliere »Inw nod sPoftt f?nrs
WvMeft tor if tastiwr trace.
And 'til! her whimpered thnnphtfl will tell
Of,seeing -that are no Rioro,
And roan (bp once loved fb*ms (hat dwelt
On mrm'ry's shadowy shore ;
Again Ihe little cot to deck,
That now so empty stands.
Acrntri to fpp| aronnd her neck
The touch of tiny hands.
“Flow loop,” the weary spirit cries,
“Within this world of pain.
Ere ’neatb the never-fading skies
I meet them once again
And as she views (be silver night,
Slow-sweeping to the west,
A murmured prnyer in faith takes flight,
To Him who giveth ret.
—Andermi Crilcheli.
Old Maids.
Although the caption is a term used hy
nobody of good breeding, or with any self—
respi ct. the words have, nevertheless, come to
stand ns a reproachful title for n large class
of women who shrink from oil reproach—n
class to whom the whole of humanity are
tinder obligations as faithful elder sisters and
devoted aunts and self-forgetful drudges—as
nurses, ns servants, as watchers with the sick,
as those who lay out ihe dead, as comforters
ol the nfflietid; for the number is very small
who have not been sirvrd hy them, in one
capacity or another, without money and
without price.
flow few families are there without the
maiden aunt among them, that epitome of
unselfishness, of uncomplaining effort—spend
irig all her life in waiting on a parcel of dear
tyrants, taking n mother’s place, and perhaps
at last receiving not even a small share of a
mother’s love I And of how much is the
family deprived that does not possess that
invnh-mble article! Mothers are sick, moth-
ers are full of cares, mothers are keeping up
the family dignify; hut the maiden aunt is
at hand to run to with the last rent, which
she will hurry to mend and hide for the cul
prit lest penalty be his ; she is there to beg
the sly turnover and gingrrsnap of; to find
the desired string ; to urge allowance of the
coveted holiday ; to put down her work and
help solve the distracting problem ; to praise
in good report to others, as mothers ure
ashamed to praise their own; to help, to on
courage, to shield ; to be up in the morning
and see the urchins of! to school, and up in '
the evening to darn the little trouse-
“thumb off” the well-worn m !4 ‘ ,
ehe is still there to sin'’ ‘ ' l ,
become a shadow * . ,en. Or, later,
ag - into the shadow, to
M- .. uertelf without murmuring,
lady, the niece, usurps the
4 ace long held ; to admire her ; to dress her
with the finery uo longer used ; to receive
and keep her secrets; to live youth over
again in her: to feel elution in her Mvers as
if they were personal possessions ; to share in
every triun ph, to side in every quarrel; to
make the path smooth as may be lor the
venturesome young feet—the path that,after
all, she,herself has not found so smooth.
And if these women, thus reproached by
opprobrious appellations, are invaluable as
aunts, are they not equally invaluable ns
sisters? What wife is there who, after the
first year or two of solitary incumbency, will
willingly dispense with her sister’s society if
she cun compass the keeping of Iter in the
house T Companion, confidante, counselor
in such capacity she is as precious as in that
of the mere material help she gives in nurs
ing children, and dusting parlors, and cutting
clothes, and making sweetmeats, and allow
ing the married sister a liberty otherwise un
attainable, And if married sisters value her
fitly, how much do parents owe to her who,
unmarried and at home, takes all the burden
ot life front their shoulders—shopping, mar
keting, house cares; who reads aloud, who
entertains company, brings in the news, keeps
the hearth cheerful with pets; on whom falls
all the troubles left to her shore by the mar
ried, who have very possibly gone to troubles
of their own ; wbo is up and down in the
night; who nurses feebleness and closes the
eyes of death.
Few of these sirgle women desire mar
riage ; most of them tiave had the oppor
tunity ; all of them have preferred their con
dition to union with one not after their own
minds, nod seme of them are shrouded in the
great grief of widowed brides. Perhaps
these good women gossip, as it is alleged ;
hut so do the married ; perhaps, as the years
pass, some of them grow crabber!, but so
agaiu do some of tho married ; perhaps their
lives revolve in u small orbit, but who shall
say in ultimate results what is small and
wbat is large! if they walk humbly and
deal justly, who is any belter thau they f
A Burning Mine.
A newspaper man who has heen journey
ing through the coal regions of Pennsylvania,
tells of a mine which has been burning for
twenty-one years. He says: Smoke is
seen rising from a small pit in the clay. The
boys run toward it and with an old pick dig
out some slate, and, taking it up quickly,
pass it to the visitor. The moment it
touches his hand he drops it with the sud
denness of painful surprise, for the stone i«
almost red hot and burns his fingers. Hold
ing his hand over the small aperture in the
ground for one minute it becomes unendur
able. The heat is very great. The mine
has been burning there and in that vicinity
for twenty-one years, and the miners will
tell yoa that very often they can dig out red
hot stones, not in one particular place, but
in many places. Going iDto the mine men
tioned the visitor finds one side of it, imme
diately at the entrance, so hot that he can
not his hand there. The story is that
the mine was set on fire by strikers to re
venge themselves against their bosses. Un
less one understands bow much work, in the
way of props and braces and other inflam
mable material, accmnulates in a large coal
mine in the course of time as the work p/o
--gnr?*sto it,'they wjtt hardly teajlze iwnv a
nre can be easily started iu the eolleries
Certain it is, however, that this mine has
berned so long that the ground for ac:es
about it has fufleu ini looking much like an
abandoned brickyard.
There is an old man die««•»*»***<*■ r hTlirj
two hnndred yards from Ihe place where the
fire i* the hottest. lie is grizzWland gtav
and bent and tanned, and never .raises'* his
head unless spoken to. The place he is
digging, about an acre in extent, is ns un
even and rough n piece of ground as could
he found, yet with his pick he has been dig
ging »o long that he has it reduced almost
ton (joe ditt, All the stones ho c*m find he
•bntr-piled tip in d-ff rent plaerS Over the
ground. Ties old man has been digging
there for seventeen tears. He is employed
by the L high company to keep H e fire
smothered on that side of the hill, ns it is
in a direct lino with many other aban
doned mines lull of timber, “mi’ i| fire ever
gits into'’em once,' 1 , snvs the old fellow,
“then good-bye to all *tTo coal Irom here ull <
the way np the Lehigh valley.’’
His business is to take out. ail 'he stones
he can find and keep the pkice air-tight.
Often the Are bursts out tm him, he says,
when he is obliged to take a shovel and
smother it with tine dirt. When he went
at the wv.k, seventeen years ago, be re-i
eeiv' u ten dollars a week. He now gets a
dollar a day.
The Use of Pain.
The power which rules the universe, this
great tender power, uses pain as a signal of
danger Just, generous, beautiful nature
mver strikes a foul blow ; never attacks ns
L-hinri onr backs; never digs pitfalls or
lays ambuscades ; never wears a smile on
her face when there is vengeance in her
heart. Patiently she teaches us her laws,
plainly she writes her warning, tenderly she
graduates their force. Long before the
fierce, red danger light of pain is flashed, she
pleads with us—as though for her sake, not
ours—to he merciful to ourselves and to
each other. She makes the overworked brain
to wander from the subject of its labors, i
She turns the over-indulged body against
the delights of yesterday. These are her
caution signals—“Go slow.” She stands in
the filthy courts nnd alleys that we pass
daily, and beckons us to enter nnd realiz“
with our senses what we ullow to exist in
the midst of the culture of which wo brag.
And whut do wo do for ourselves? We ply
whip and spur oo the jaded brain os though I
it were a jibing horse—force it back into the
road which leads to madness and go in full
gallop. We drug the rebellious body with
stimulants, we hide the original arid think
we have escaped Ihe danger, and are very
fe-tive before night. We turn aside, as the I
Pliarasee did of old, and pass on the otb* 5 '
side with our handkerchief to our no-'
last, having brokuu Nature’s At
regarded her warnin- aW s, anil dii
diums beating - _ forth she comes—
J) pun ll- „o!ors flying—right in front 1
.i us. Then we go down on our
.nos and whimper about it pieusing God
Almighty to send this affliction upon us, und
pruy him to work a miracle in order to
reserve the natural consequences of our dis
obedience, or save us from the trouble ol
doing our duty. In other words, we put
our finger in the fire and beg that it may
not hurt.— Temple Bar.
Predictions A boct 1880 to 1887. —1 n a
pamphlet recently published, the author,
Prof. Grimmer, asserts: “From 1880 to
1887 will be one universal carnival of death ”
Asia will be depopulated, Europe nearly so,
America will lose fifteen million people.
Besides plague, we are to have stotmsand
tidal waves, mountains are to “toss their
heads thro’ the choicest valley,” navigators
will he lost by thousands, owing to the
“capricious deflexures of the magnetic
needle,” and islands will appear and disap
pear in mid-ocean. All the beasts, birds
and fishes will be diseased, famine und civil
strife will destroy most of the human beings
left alive by plngtie ; and. finally, “two years
ol fire”—from 1885 to 1887 —will rage with
fury in every part of the globe In 1887
the “Star of Bethlehem” will “reappear in
the Oussiopia's Chair,” the immediate results
being universal war and portentous floods
und shipwrecks. Morth America is again
to be involved in a civil war, unless a
“Napoleon arises to quell it; but during
these terrible days the Pacific Stutc-s will be
a perfect Paradise of Peace compared with
the hellish strife that will be waging through
out the world." The few people that may
manage to survive till 1887 will have reason
to be thankful.
A Pkcoi.iar Dm—There is a curious
duel now pending in Boston, which began
several years ago. Mr, A., a bachelor,
challenged Mr. B, a married man. with one
child, who replied that the conditions were
not equal, that he must necessarily put
more at risk with life than the other, and he
declined. A year after wards he received a
challenge from Mr. -A., who stated that
he, too, now had a wife and child, and he
supposed, therefore, that the objection of
Mr. B. was uo longer valid. Mr. B. re
plied that he now has two children, conse
quently the inequality still existed The
next year Mr. A. renewed his challenge,
having now two children also, but his ad
versary had three. The matter, when last
heard from, was still going on, the number
being six to seven, and the challenge yearly
renewed.
TIT 1 1 A LIMI . ,ED N'UM
inl Antnfi* er ac, ' ve> energetic
W riilllinll canvn * ,cr910 on ' a s e in a
11 UfllUUUpleasint and profitable bus
iness.
Good men will find this a rare chance
TO MAKE MONEY.
Such will please answer this advertisement
by letter, inclosing stamp for reply, stating
what business they have been engaged in.
None but those who mean business need up-
Address Fi.ni.ky, Harvky it Go.,
je27 Atlanta, Ga.
Dep. SlierifTs Sale for November
Will be soid before the Court house door
in the town of McDonough, Henry county,
Ga,. on the first Tuesday in November next,
between the legal hours of sale, the following
property, to-wit :
Fifty acres of land, being part of lot No.
93, iu the 12th district of said county, lying
in the southwest corner, and bounded as fol
lows : on the North by J W Henderson, on
the east by Lewis Coleman, aud on the south
and west by Micajah James. Levied on as
the property of Samuel B Skelton to satisfy
one fi fa issued from Henry Sojiorior Court
in favor of J F Albert vs 8 >muel B Skelton
Parties in possessigp nul'Acd- Prouertv
Professional f'arils.
DO CTO ns.
])U J. c TURNIPSEKD will attend to
, al, „ ca,ls »>r night. Office i resi
lience, Hampton, Ga.
])U. w. H PEEBLES treats all dis
. eases, and will attend to all calls day
and night. Office at the Dru" Store.
Broad Street, Hampton, (Ja.
TV : j‘ ) ' F ‘ KNOTT havtrg p-r-manentlv
U located in Hampton, t,j s wo f e A
t*tonal, services to | L e e], of Hampton
and vicinity. A!! orders left at Mclntosh’s
store will twelve prompt attention. sp2fi
» I it. N. i - HARM ol I 1 tenders pjs profes
u sional services to the citizens of Ilenrv
and adjoining counties, and will answer calls
day or night. Treats a!! diseases, of what
ever nature. Office at Nipper’s Drug Store.
Hamilton, Ga. Night calls ran be made at
tny residence, opposite Berea church. apr26
T F 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 ull hours.
Warrants all work for twelve months.
LAWYERS.
TNO. G. OOLDWELL, Attorney at Law,
| Brook:,- Gu, Will practice in
the comities composing Coweta and Flint
River Circuits. Prompt at lco.‘. if >n given to
commercial and other collections.
r F C. NOLAN, Attorney at Law, Mc
# Donough, Georgia: Will practice in
the counties composing the riini. ’
the. Supreme Court of Georgia, and the
United States District Court.
W „ * " HICK EN, Attorney at Law, Me
" Honough, Ga. VV ill practice in the
counties composing the Flint Judicial Cir
cuit, the Supreme Hour! of Geoigia. and the
United States District Court. (Office up
stairs over W. C. Sloan’s.) apr27-ly
Q.KO. M. NOLAN, Attorney at Law
™ McDonough, Ga. (Office in Court house )
»V ill practice in Henry and adjoining coun
ties,and in the Supreme and District Courts
of Georgia. Prompt attention givmi to
le*tio"B
- WALT, A.tU.mey a t Law, /Lain-
U . ,o '-.-»u Will practice iu me <•-
Composing the Flint JuJieip' ' . "; un,lo |
the Supreme and District " Circuit, and
Prompt attention Courts of Georgia.
UDWAP 1, ” lVeiJ t 0 co,| ections. ocs
ill t- J. REAGAN, Attorney at
.aW. fWice on Broad Street, opposite
the Railroad depot, Hampton, Geohgia.
Special attention given to commercial and
other collections, and cases in Bankruptcy.
BP. McCOLLUM. Attorney and Coun
• seller at Law, Hampton, Ga. Will
practice in Henry, Clayton, Fayette, Coweta,
Pike, Meriwether, Spalding and Butts Sope
rior Courts, and in the Supreme and United
States Courts. Collecting claims a specialty.
Office no stairs in the Mclntosh Building.
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| IS\ DM (HKHT WILL TELL YOU ITS KKPVTaTIOS.
The Best is the Cheapest!
Parties wishing to buy a sewing machine
will nmke it to their interest to examine the
“WHITE” before buying, as the “ WHITE”
is decidedly the best machine on the market
—has all the latest improvements—has a
large self-threading shuttle, a device by
which bobbins can be filled without running
the entire machine, which saves a large
amount of wear.
Any one wishing to buy a machine would
do well when in Hampton to call at Mrs S.
A. James’ store, where they can examine the
machine for themselves, or address me at
Hampton and I will bring a sample machine
to their house. My terms are cash on de
livery. A. V. McVICKER,
Agent.
n. IB- JONES,
REPAIRER OF
Watches, Clocks and Jewelry,
HAMPTON, GA.
I am prepared to do all work in my line
in the best workmanlike manner, and upon
the most reasonable terms. All watch and
clock work warranted. Corn, wheat, bides,
ami ail staple articles of country produce
taken Jp .■v.-b-wre Attk-i,
MORNING NEWS SERIALS.
A New Sfory
By a Lady of Savannah.
THE SAVANNAH WEEKLY NEWS
Of October 4th will contain the first chap
ters of story of thrilling interest, entitled
ANABEL’S SECRET.
BY MRS. J. O. BRANCH.
We desire not to anticipate the pleasure
which the readers of the Weekly News will
derive from the pcrn-aJ of this charming
story, and therefore will not speak of it here
further than to say that in the ma ngement
of an original and intensely interesting pint,
not less 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 iI.C "enins of her gifted mother,
Mrs. Caroline Lee Ilcn’z, »i2 se works of
Gctiou have been so nniversallv admired, nnrl
still rank among 7 not (' nn| d«r American
books of their class. “Anabel’s Secret” is
developed in California, of which State the
author was at one time a resident, aod her
vivid descriptions of some of the most won
derful scenery of that picturesque region are
among the striking features of the story
The new serial wiii run through some
eight or ten numbers of the Weekly. Sub
scribers who desire to ii,'"* the story com
plete shooj.i send in (heir at
oner.
Subscription $2 a yflsy, for six months.
Money cau U< ‘"nt by Money Order, Regis
tered metier or Express, at our risk.
J. H. ESTILL,
Savannah, Oa.
Bottom Prices
REACHED AT LAST!
To the Farmers of Henry
Ami Adjoining ( nineties !
HAVING just opened a large stock of
Dry Goods and Groceries in Hampton,'
1 desire to say to the people ol Henry, Butts,
Clayton, Fayette and Spalding counties, who
visit this city, and desire to examine or pur
chase goods, that i am prepared to supply
all their wants at as low prices as can be
had anywhere. My stock is large, ample
nud well-selected, and ct .isists of everything
usually kept in a strictly first-class
Dry Goods and Grocery Store.
Recognizing the demands of the times, I
have marked my goods down to the lowest
living figure, and shall have but one price
for everybody. An experience of severul
years has enabled me to understand the
wants of the people, and T shall be prepared
at all times to meet them with such articles
as DR Y GOODS, GROCERIES, BOOTS,
SHOES, HA TS AND CAPS, FARMING
IMPLEMENT S, and Plantation Supplies
of all kinds. Give me a call.
O. 353. Wise.
Hampton, Ga., Feb. 28;ly
Headquarters
FOB SO OB BARGAINS!
The Very Best Goods
At the Lowest Prices!
P LEASE give me your attention while T
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
thing down to what is called &OLID RUCK
BOTTOM. I will add in this connection
that I have in store and shall bo 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 I am
too proud to take it. Oo the contrary,
gold, silver or greenbacks are alike to me.
I take any legal money that is offered, and
agree to give in exchange the best equiva
lent that eau be had in this market. Give
me a call.
n. P. Mclntosh.
H wpton, JGa., March 2I;ly
NEW FIRM!
Copartnership Notice.
I HAVE this day sold a half interest in my
business to O. F. Turner, and the name
and style of the firm will he known in future
as Harper V Turner. R. T. HARPER.
January 9th, 1879.
We respectfully solicit a share of the pub
lie patronage, believing we can show as fine
•oil well assorted stock of goods as will be
found anywhere. Our 3tock of
DRY GOODS
Ts complete in every particular, and incudes
a fine assortment of Ladies’ Dress Good?.
Linens, Bleachings, Domestics, and Fancy
Notions of all kinds.
ClotHing !
A new and elegant lot of Clothing, of every
style and quality. Gents’ Underwear a spe
cialty.
BATS AND CAPS
To suit the tustes of the masses, and at prices
that will meet the requirements of the trade.
BOOTS AND SHOES!
Our stock of Boots and Shoes, having been
bought at a bargain in the Northern mar
kets, we cun 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, and com
prises every article kept in that liue.
Our stock is being constantly replenished
with Goods that are carefully selected by ex
perienced buyers, and are bought lor cash
from first hands, thereby enabling us to seal to
advantage—both to ourselves and customers.
W it h all these facilities we are prepared to ex
hibit at all times a complete general stock,
aud parties wishing to buy cau always find
souic specialties at very low prices at our
store. Give ns a call.
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THE
Georgia Stale Fair,
At Macon,
Oct. 27tli to Nov. Ist, 1879
THE MOST MAGNIFICENT AND
BEST APPOINTED GROUNDS
IN AMERICA!
LIBERAL CASH PREMIUMS
111 all Classes,and the largest offered by
any Fair in the United States.
Trotting and Running Races
Every day, by some of the most no
ted Horses on the Turf!
Music will be furnished by a
Celebrated Military Band.
MANY OF THE PROMINENT
Statesmen, now before the Public,
will attend the State Fair as
visitors, and several will
make addresses.
Greatly Reduced Rates for
Freights and Passengers, on all the
Railroads iD the State.
A cordial inv lotion is extented to you to
be an Exhibitor, and yCii are requested to
write to the Secretary at Macon for a Pre
mium List and other information.
TIIOS HARDEMAN, Jr, Frcs’t.
L. F. LIVINGSTON. Oen’l Sup’t,
MALCOLM JOHNSTON, Sec’y.
mm\
IN* HAMPTON!
«
HENDERSOR & MITCHELL
DKALSHS IN
FRUITS,
NUTS,
RAISINS,
PICKLES,
SARDINES,
CRACKERS,
OYSTERS,
CAKES, Etc., Etc.
CANNED GOODS!
FANCY GROCERIES!
A full line of ways on
hand. Next door to Z. T. Manson. sepl2
City Livery
AND
SMI STABLES.
Having recently leased the large and ele*
gant brick stable on James street, I am
pared to serve my patrons and friends to the
best of ray ability, and shall always keep
on hand the best 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 can have their stock
cared for at very small cost. On the prem
ises is a comfortable boase for the accommo
dation of those who may wish to spend tha
night, where they can stay without extra
charge.
Give me a call when yoa come to town.
G. W. WOLFE.
Hampton, Ga., Nov. B;tf
> 4_
SALOON.
BEST CIGARS!
FINEST WINES!
PURESTLIQUORS!
CINCINNATI BEER UN DRAUGHT.
BILLIAUOS AND POOL !
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