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f, f.ff 1 /• ? » •* * t* #• ;»i|i ** »■** ". t . •* *. '*** 1 VOL. IV. Advertising Kates. One square, first insertion t 75 Rich subsequent insertion 50 One square three months 5 00 One square six months 10 00 One square twelve months 15 00 Quarter column twelve months... 30 00 Half column six months 40 00 Half column twelve months fiO 00 One column twelve months 100 00 Ten lines or less considered a square. All fractions of squares are counted as full squares, NKWSPAPFR DECISIONS. 1. Any person who takes a paper regu larly (rom the post office—whether directed to his name or another’s, or whether he hn“ subscribed or not—is responsible for the pavment. 2. I f a person or lets hi« paper discontin ued, he must pay all arrearages, or 'he pub lisher may continue to send it until payment is made, and collect the whole amount, vhether the paper Is taken from the office or d >t. 3. The courts l.ave decided that refusing to take newspapers and periodicals from the postoffice, or removing and leaving them nn »ailed for, is prima fade evidence of inton tional fraud. TOWN DIRECTORY. Mayor— Thomas (4. Barnett. Commissioners— W.W. fnrnipseed, D. B. Bivins. E <4- Harris, E. R. James. (’mirk —E. <4 Harris. Thkascrer —W. S. Shell. Marshals —S. A. Bolding. Marshal. L. H. Moore, Deputy. JUDICIARY. A. M. Speer. - Judae. F. D. Pismi re, - - Solicitor Genera!. Putts—Second Mondays in March 4ud Septemher. Henry—Third Mondays in January and July. Monroe—Fourth Mondays in February, and August. Newton—Third Mondays in March and September. J’ike —First Mondays in April ntid Octo ber. Rockdale—l bird Mondays in February and and Aug ust. Spalding—First Mondays in February and August. Upson—First Mondays in May and No vember. CHURCH DIRECTORY. Methodist Episcopal Church, (South.) Rev. Wesley F. Smith, Pastor Fourth Sabhath in eaeh month Sunday-school 3 p. m. Prayer meeting Wednesday evening Christian Church, W. S. Fears, Pastor. Second Sabbath in each month. Baptist Church. Rev. ,T. P. Lyon, Pas tor. Third Sabbath in each month. DOCTORS ■J\R. J. O. TURN IPSEKD will attend to -1-r all calls day or night. Office i resi dence, Hampton. Ga liR. W. H PEEBLES treats all dis .l * cases, and will attend to all calls day and night. Office at the Drug Store, Broad Street, Hampton, Ga. PEE BILL, Each visit, in dav, #l. Each visit, in night. 82. M ileage, in day. 50c. Mileage, in night, sl. Prescription, ft Obstetrics, from sio to SIOO. Consultation. StO. DR. D. F. KNOTT having permanently located in Hampton, oilers his profes sional services to the citizens of Hampton and vicinity. All ordeis left at Mclntosh’s store will receive prompt attention. sp26 "JAR. N. T BARNETT tenders his proles- J/ sional services to the citizens of Henry ond adjoining counties, and will answer calls day or night. Treats all diseases, of what ever nature. Office at Nipper’s Drug Store. Hampton, (4a. Night calls can be made at my residence, opposite Berea church. apt 26 F F PONDER, Dentist, has located in v* • Hampton, Ga.,and invites the public to cull at bis roon. upstairs in the Bivins House, where he will be found at all hours. \V arrants all work for twelve months. LAWYERS. CW. HORN KIT, Attorney and Coun • seller at Law, Jonesboro, Ga. Prompt attention given to all business. O. NOLAN Attorney at Law, Me lt Donoiigh, Georgia. Will practice in the count ics composing the Flint Circuit; ihe Supreme Court of Georgia, and the Uuited States District Court. W VI .T. DICKEN, Attorney at Law, Me Dnnough, <4a. Will practice in the counties composing the Flint Judicial Cir cuit. the Supreme 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. (Office in Court house ) Will practice in Henry and adjoining coun ties, and io the Supreme anil District Courts of Georgia. Prompt attention to col lections. mch23-6m 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 EDWARD J. REAGAN, Attorney at law. Office up stairs in the Mclntosh building, Hampton. Ga. Special attention given to commercial aud other collections, BF. MeCOLLUM. Attorney and C“un • Bellor at Liw, Hampton. Ga Wifi practice in Henry, Clayton, Fayette, Coweta. Pike, Meriwether, Spalding and Bull® Su|»e rior Courts, and in the Supreme arid United States Courts. Collecting claims a specialty Office uo stairs in the Mclntosh Building. THE LILIES OF THE FIELD. Wide scattered o’er the pleasant land, In gmments white ond radiant, stand God’s sentinels, fresh from his hand, The lilies of the field. They never weep, nor toil, nor spin, N‘>r evei grieve, nor ever sin, But, lair without and pare within, Sweet praise and incense yield. Beneath the daylight’s sultry bcatn, Or low beside the murmuring stream, They meekly bow their heads, nor set m To know of discontent. No high estate by them preferred, No voice of sad repining heard, Sweet, silent preachers o( the Word, To weary moitals sent. Not treasures rare, nor priceless gem, Not costly robe with jeweled hem, Nor royal monarch's diadem. Nor wealth of Indian seas. Can with these humble flowers compare In spotless gaiments, soft and.fair; Not kings, in all their glory, are Arrayed like one of these. Sweet, simple lilies of the field, In you how much of God revealed ! Faith finds a bulwark aud a shield In lessons you imuart. O, teach my will to be resigned, Instruct my proud and wayward mind Pbe highest, tiuest peace to find, To sanctify my heart. Cenhal Presbyterian A Colored Kihoilci’s Version of the Bible. Borne time ago a lew ol the '‘white trash" were invited to attend the luntral of tin oh) setvant ol the ante belh tn du\B. The exer cises took place iu the neighborhood of Horn ny Ridge, in this couuty. M hen tb preacher in charge had concluded, he called upon a tall, lean, lank-lookmg fellow from Franklin county, by the name of Dan Knapp, to conclude, when lie arose and de livered l.imsell of ti e following characteristic jargon, wlicli can be atle-led by several repu'able witnesses, your correspondent •inning the number : •*De occasion ov m.y apearin befo you, my lubbed sist’rio an brudderin, am de death ov sister Judy. An all flesh am grass, mid all grass am flesh, ah ; an de grass am cut down an diy np, an go to its long home, ah. An in dis hur cas’n we’s reminded ob de certain luct dal man am ov but a few days, an so is de woman. Yes. my Lord ! An dis re minds me ov a circum. lance long time ago ’lore de flood ; yes, fore de flood, ah. “Der blessed Book tol’ us dar war a man rich man—and his name war Diverse, and dat man lib in a big fine house, ah ; and he iiab nice grabble walk allround da! hous 1 , an roses, on twinin’ vines, an flowers, and little green bushes, an nice little iron fence all round dat yard. Yes, my Lord ! An lie hub a big yard dat run down on the pub lic road, and hab a big, high plank fence ter him; an a big gate. Yes, my Lord ! An all in dar he hab big trees wid der tops cut off, sheeps, an ealfs, an colts, an muda griss, an ebry thing de heart can wish, ah. Yes my Lord I An old Divetse he lib up dar in all der sumptiousness ob der season, ond he hab der maid servant and der man servant, an he hab a big fine carriage, an when he ride out lie had on der carriage a fore nigguh an a hind niggah—one to open der gate a*> one ter shut der gate. Oh, my Loid ! An when he eat he Imb all der good things ob dis world handed round by der yaller gals And none ob yer half split pork meat like dese country stores give us now. No. my Lord ! Ana poo’ man name ob Lazarus he cum along an he war hungry, an tiled, an sick, an naked, arid hab sores all over hi back, lor da h d been a whaling him. Yes, my Lord ! An be stopped at dat big gate an sent a little niggah to Diverse to get some cold supper, and to git to stay all night in de barn stable Oh, my Lord ! “An what he done ! Did be let him stav in the stable? l)id he send him dat supper? No, my Lord! Diverse, when be got dat word, just picked np the double- barrel gun and called at him dogs and went down to dat gate a cussin an a runnin. An when Lazarus seed dat lie bieuk d-wn dat road, ah. Diverse, he lain way wif bof barrels ot dat gun, an den all de dogs took after La Zaras —he run an da ron. He ran, an Diverse slap his hands and sot der dogs on, an de dogs da war 100 much for poor old Lazarus, an da coteh him an tore up poo’ old Luzaius Yes, my Lord. An poo’ old L'Zarus he war a niggah, like our sister Jody.— Fayetteville (Miss) Chronicle “Fash well! tny own H' sang tbe maD who took his swietheart into a fashionable res taurant. banded her tbe bill of fare, and then slipp'd out the back way and left her to settle the bilL HAMPTON, GEORGIA, 'FRIDAY, JANUARY 16, ISBO. Kissing the Baby. While Co'. Alien was discussing national finances on the hotel plan, Col. Tom Crit tenden quietly slid down oil the platform and eirculatid among the crowd. He wore a delicate white duck suit, blue necktie and patent-leather pumps, and was the cynosure of all female eyes on the premises Colonel Torn, with an tye to business, began ogling i he babies. -Oh, yon sweet little darling," said Col. Tom, addiessing a fuzzy, pop eyed brat Hint lolled 1 1> z : Iy in its mother’s arms under one of ihe trees ; “I ow old is it, ma'am ?” ••Four months, sir,” said the lond mother. “A little girl, eh ?” sni.i Colonel Tom. ‘ No, a boy,’’ replied the mother. “Ah, ves, now that I come to look at it more closely 1 d< tect the strong manly features of a hoy.” Colonel hastened to say. “Please, may I kiss the little cherub ?’ Col. Ton shut his eyes and exploded an osculaiory sound on the (tizzy lace and the child put np a big lip and threatened to cry • He is sucli a teauiiful child,’’ murmured Col. T< m, “such eyes, such » head, such an expanse of forehead, such a mouth, such a wealth of comultxion, such a sweet, tranquil expression ! ’ •*La me, yon don’t really think so, do you?" simpered the flattend mother. “1 never raw a sweeter little cherub,” said Col-Tom, “1 believe I’ll Imve to kiss him gain." Having gone through a second o eulatory mai'yidom. Col 'lorn assumed a seraphic look—a look calculated to strike taffy to the most hardened feminine heart, and got right down to bu-iness. ‘ I’m u candidate for Governor,” said he, • at d nothing would do me greater joy than to leel assund that 1 had the support of the lather ol this sweet babe. * Gome, let me hold the little darling in my arms. I do ihnk he is just the sweetest little angel I ever saw !” The flattered mother gave up the fuzzy baby with profuse apologies about its not being well dressed, etc., Imped it wouldn’t trouble the gentli man, etc., glad to know he admired it so much, etc The tuzz , b.,hy writh'd and squirmed and grew rod in the lace, and wrinkled itself all up a d b< Iched a tiillc, and then lay oa'm and composed on Col. Tom’s strong right arm. • The little pricious !’ cried Colonel Tom. •You’ll tell his lather how much I I bought ol his little chetub won’t you. ma’am? And you tell him I’m a candidu'e lor Governor, eh ma’am.” The poor woman’s face dropp' d, and big, salt tears eatne into her eyes “Ob. sir,” she said, “you don’t know wiial you ask—my poor husband died of the j Hinders two months ago.” There was a far off look in Colonel Tom Ci itlendcn’s goldod-glinted eyes as he gently hut firmly dumped tlfat fuzz, baby on the bereaved woman’s lap and walked straight hack to the platform uiid replaced liim-ell on a bench. Not alone was sorrow confined to Colonel Tom Crittenden’s upheaving bosom. There were silent truces ol suffering upon his right coat .-leeve.— St Louis Tim s-Journal. liuw Marriages are Arranged in Russia. Russian marriages ate generally arranged through priests. A well-bred bride groom mast present a gift to a monastery and another to his parish church ; the bride through her friends, is expected to clothe some statue ol a virgin with a gown of sil ver brocade, enriched with inoie or leg jewels, according to the piety ol the donor ; and in some parls of Southern Russia she adds a gift of two white doves to the Pope, wh eh looks like a relic of the worship of Venus. The consent of parents is necessary for ant rringe until tbe age of 36 in the case of and 25 in the case of women ; but young people are at liberty to appeal to the civii authorities if consent be arbi trarily withheld. In this event parents are called op to show reason (or their refusal. The teason must not be mercenary, unless oue ol tbe young pfople be heir to a landed estate; then the question is referred to the marshal oi the nobility in the district, whose decisions are based upon rxpediency rather than upon fixed principles. These appeals arc rare, because the Russians are a marry ing people, aud dispose of their children early. In the middle nod lower classes men marry at 20. when not drafted by the conscription. In the higher aristocracy a young man goes the “graud tour” before settling down, int he is often betrothed lie tore giarting, to a young lady not yet out ol the schoolroom There is no country that bus so few old maids as .Russia. YVbeu a girl has reached the age ot 25 wi hout finding a mate, she generally sets out on what is called a pilgrimage, ii poor —on n round of travels if rich, and iu either case she turns up some years later as a widow. Widows are plentiful as old spinsters aie scarce, and widows whose husbands were never seen are more numer ous than the rest. Etiqu’ite forbids any allusion to u lady’s dead husband in her presence, and this is sometimes convenient. When a couple me engaged, a betrothal feast is held and the bride elect has a lock of her hair cut off in the presence of wit nesses and given to the bridegroom, who in turn presents a silver ring set with a tur quoise, an almond cake and a gilt ot bread and salt. From ttifcrmoment the two are plighted, nor can the relatives break the in itch except with the consent of the parties them reives, winch is signified the return of tire ring and lock ol hair, bo much importance is attached to the ring that among poor people who cannot afford silver and turquoise, tin and a hit of bluestone are substituted. On tin* wedding day the bride comes to the church dresstd in white; but it is only among the higher classes that the bridal costume is ' ntirely white, and that a wieath of orange flower blossoms is worn. Banged Ilair. To our sight there is nothing sadder than a sane woman with her hair banged. A lunatic inght be excused ; hut why a woman in the full possession of Tier faculties, und with the knowledge that she has u char acter to keep up, can wear her hair bunged is to us a profound mystery. From whence came this style ? Who originated it? Whose: it tiff >at ? Nobody on earth can say truthfully that it is beauti ful We have never heard that it was hialthy We have never heard of its curing the liver complaint or the rheumatism. It does not render oue more liable to draw a pi z* in a lottery. It does not insure the wearer against being dro .vned, or struck by lightning, or bored by sewing machine agents. * It does Dot make a tali woman look shorter, or a short one taller, or a fat one leaner ; and if it is becoming to any human faey, then that lace has escaped our notice. It will metamorphose the prettiest girl of on acquaintance into a monstrosity ; and as for its effect on a plain woman !—may the saints deliver us from seeing it ! It imparts to the average leinale face the most dis couraged, woe begone, done-lor-geucrally expression we h.ve ever seen—as if the per son had played her last card, got euchered, and was willing to sell out cheap to the first purchaser. Just imagine lady Washington with her hair banged I Think of Barbara Fre’chie waving the flag iu Stonewall Jack son’s face with her hair banged 1 P cture to yourself Joan of Arc leading her troops to victory with her hair hanged ! A woman in this style often resembles a Shetland pony which has not beeo well groomed, and which is to doubt about bis dinner. Banged hair gives the wearer an expression of uncertainty, as if she felt anx ious lest the thatch on her forehead might not be securely fastened, or that it might suddenly go back on her, and show f ame thing which ought not to be seen. We nlways commiserate the woman whose hair is banged. We leel like asking hir if there is anything we can do (or h'r. Ehe appears to us like a woman in trouble. YVe s[>ouk roftly to her, as if ordinary tones might jar her uerv s. We look at her and wonder how it wou'd seem if that mask were taken off her forehead. We wonder if she has got moth patches on her temples, or a mole on her classic biow. Her forehead is to us as profound a mystery as fortune telling or iwychomancy, or materialism ; and we get so lull of doubt over the matter that we would give half a dollar to see the fringes lifted and wliat is under brought to the light of day. We wonder if she admires herself in the glass? If she thinks bangs are bewitching ? But fashion is omnipotent; so is folly, and we do not doubt that somewhere in the world to-day, somebody is saying, '‘bangs are so becoming.”— Ex. A girl was singing in the parlor the other evening the Sunday-school song be ginning “Nothing but leaves,” and a knock kneed young nnn who was present, who ought to have known better, said the words always reminded him ol Mother Eve’s tail style of underskirts. Y’ou never see a woman button anything she can pin, aud you never see a man piu anything that he can tie with a string. You would have trouble making some men believe that they couldn’t tie a buttonhole into a wristband with a piece of twine 3tring. If time is really money, any man ought to be worth his w^Ljngold. Wrongly Named Substances. Black lead dues not contain a single pur tide ol black lead, being composed of car bon of iron. Brazilian grass does not come from BruZ 1, or even grow there; nor is it grass at ull. It consists of strips of palm-leaf [chnmamps argeutca) und is imported chiefly from Gobi. Burgundy pitch is not pitch, nor is it manufactured or imported from But gundy. The best is a resinous substance prepared from common fratikinoeuse and brought from Hamburg; bat by far the greuter quantity is a mixture of resin anil palm oil. Giiiua. as n name fo‘r porcelain, gives rise to the contrud ctory expressions, British china, Dutch china, Chelsea china, etc., like wooden millstones, iron millstones, brass shoe-horns, iron pens, steel [tens. Cuttle bone is not bone ut all, hut a structure of pure chalk, once em'todi d loosely in all the substance of certain extinct species of cuttlefish. It is inclosed in a membraneous sac, within the body of the fi-dt, and drops out when the sac is opened but it has no Connection whatever with the sue o', the cuttlefish. Galvanized iron is not galvaniz'd. It is simply iron coated with zinc ; and this is done by dipping it in a zinc bath containing muriatic acid. German silver is not silver at all, nor was th> metallic alloy called by that nunv* in vented by a German, but lias been in use in China time out ol mind. llouey soap contains uo honey, nor is honey any way employed in its manufacture. It is a mixture of palm oil soap, each one part, with three parts of etude soap or yellow soap, scented. Japan lacquer contains no lac at all, but it is made (rum a kind of nut tree called cardlucse Kid gloves are not made from kidskin, but of lamb or sheepskins. At present miny of (hem ate made of ratskins. Meerschaum is not petrified “sea foa.n,” as its name implies, hut is a composition of silica, magnesia aiffl water. Mosaic gold has no connection with Moses or tbe metallic gold. It is an alloy of copper and zing, used iD the uncieni mus ivntn or TeS-elnted work. Mother of pearl is the layer of sev eral sorts of shells. It is not the mother of pearl, a? its name indicates, but iu some eases the matrix of pearl Pen means a feather (Latin penna a wing ) A steel pen is not a very choice expression. Salad oil is not ail inr salad, but oil for cleaning sail,ides, i. e , helmets. Whalebone is not bone at all, nor does It possess any of the properties ol bone. It is a substance attached to the up|ier j.iw of the whale and serves to strain the water which the creature takes up in large mouthfuls. An Essay on Man. Man was made in dry weather. He was made of dust. Q iite*a number havo never recovered from their creation ; they are still dry. It’s u man’s nature to b“ discontented. Adam hail a monopoly, but he could not be happy without some one to crow over. For awhile be knocked around over the Gulden of Eden, and then went to the house ; but he had to cook his own supper ; there was no stove-wood chopped, und things went on in a bad fix generally. The next morning it was the sam • way. He had to make up his own be ! and sweep out. His socks were dirty, and his arm would run through a hole in his sleeve. So he was dissatisfied. The uext night, when he weut to sleep the Great or punished him by making one of his ribs into a woman—a great misforiuuc to the lace. It Ima been six thousand years since that rib was lost, aud yet miu continues feeling for It. • This is a very feeling subject. Puisuit io this case is said to be sweeter than possession. Goliah was a min. A lop is a male who is ashamed of his sex, and attempts to conceal the fact that he is a man. Goncealment in such cases is attended with but little trouble It is only necessaty to part his hair iD the middle. A family man resembles an oyster on the bull shell. 'Hie shell is known at home—the soft side abroad Some men carry this resemblance iu tl»eir faces. A gie.it many men have couafe onuees like oysters. Job is said to have been a very patient mail.' lie had boils all over him. Many a man now boils all over himself i when the pieacher reaches “thirteenthly’’ on j a hot summer day, ami never thinks of the [ grandeur oj Juba example. Fmicb Home I.ife. Every morning the housekeeper, or .'he bonne, goes to the market or the slores Io buy what is strictly needed for the da£, and no more. You will see one, for instance, walking along with her small basket or her arm. carrying ten cents’ worth of cltarooal and two cents' worth of kindling-wood, and do it with as much unconcern and with evi den'ly us much relish as if it were a busk"t full of luscious fruit or fragrant flowers. Another will be on her way to buy provi sions for the second breakfast. If, for in stance, llure be four in the family, she will stop at the fruitier to buy a bunch of nice fresh red radishes, with a quarter of a pound ot good butler, to be set on the tabic as kart d'auLue, then she will trot along to the butcher’s—looking so nice, with her pretty white cap encasing her black, crispy hair, and her bright, smiling face shining under it; she is often heard humming a well knowii air as she goes along, und docs not think ic un adyiike a bit to poke up her turned up nose, even a little higher than is becoming, ut souie'hing she secs snd does not like; on, 1 say, she trots to the butcher’s to get four chups, one apiece, ut a price of about fliteen cents a chop; then a pound of potatoes, to cut fine arid fry ciisp and pnfly, as only the Fiench know how to do ; on she will weod her way to the cheese store, and among the hundred kin Is lor sule there she will select ten cents worth ol the kind «he wants ; on* ward she trots to the fruit store, and there she daintily picks two nice bunches of grapes, or two large, luscious pears, to be divided among the four for dessert; then passing by r she drops io at the grocer's, and asks for a quarter of a pound of ground eoflee, for the indispensable little enp of black coflee to be sipped at leiuure while the merry talk goes round, m >king both help to digest the humble, but still refined, dejeuner. So you see, with what you would call a meagre meal, they will have almost a feast, because the meat his beeo tastefully selected und tastefully cooked ; because the potatoes have been goldenly and invitingly fried ; be cause it lias all been prepared as if it was meant not only io be eaten, but to be good ; because it was very daintily put on the tatile; because each dish was ealeu sepa rately, with a warm, clean pi ite for each, and because the French enjoy their food, and eat with the most inviting appetite. You will mike that nice little family cry out in holy horror if you only imagine that they might sit down to this breakfast without one or two bottles of wine on the table. They will, of course, put water in their wine while partaking of the gros plats, but at dessert, just before the enflee, they will swallow a wine glass of it pure, to tone down the meul and hasten digestion. Yes, indeed, French people, high and low, know how to live, and 1 believe God intended that it should be so; use all with moderation, but use it ns if you liked what God give* you. Paris Cor. of Cmctnna'. i Gazelle. v Irwin Unwell. Readers of Sc> ibnet 's Monthly doubtless huve noticed in that mug z ne. in the Bric a- Brae department, occasional poems mark d by a p-rculiar and original humor, und signet] Irwin Rissell. This young man, a native of Port Gibson, La., died ou the 23J ult iu New Orleans, after a short but severe ill— ness. At the time of his death he was em ploy! d on the New Orleans Times, which paper suys of him pathetically : ‘■He was u young man of bright intellect anil finished education ; he practiced law in Port Gibson lor a while, but becoming enamored of a Bohemian life, set out in search of fume and fortune. Few men ever got “0 mmy buffets from the baud of fate, and still fewei go little benefit 11 is exist ence was a struggle with necessity from the time be left his borne, and although his pros pects were always fine, he never lived to establish himself unywh -re. ” In the Tunes, of December 14, appeared the following touching and strangely sug gestive poem from Russell’s pen—the lust he ever publistied : TUB CBMKTRRY. I stand within this solemn place, And think of days gone by 1 think of many an old-time face— Here’s where those luces tie. 1 think of when, what time tiod please, The hour shall come to me, i hut, covered by the clay, like these, My face shall masked be. No marble monument will rise Above that grave of mine— No loving friends shall wipe their eyes When tile 1 shall resign. Rut when I leave my life—have left My every present care I’ll find a home of care bereft; * My friends are living there! Wk welcome cold weather with as much wunuth as we can uiuaier up. ——- . . _ . ■ NO. 28