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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. i OLD m RELIABLE. ! pDit. Sanford’s Liter IntiooratorJ iis a Standard Family Remedy for (diseases of the Liver, Stomach •and Bowels.—lt is Purely ICj JDebilitates —It is v* 0 £}• n jo athartic and^^ | ftft rjVJ MtO^V^ ’! fy>v 0 v s s[\$ [ \ ol a \ 0 ! i pvc° i !' vvA, a c >o o %°»v\®lpa£ !4C O , C WrßVxi i L \V », »is*39 Hy % V|>r. i,„ • \ 3 M$ ti !*>'*’ Invigorator! Lafi •^“■ b ® ea 118643 f v . ?RS fe 3n m y pr»otice| J W. vj and by the public,; * St more than 35 years,; i ] with unprecedented results.; SEND FOR CIRCULAR. SS. T. W, SANFORD, M.D., SS£sߣ3£g | 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. - 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 ! feb2Btf