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VOL. IV. Advertising Hates. One square, first i user I ion $ 7S Each subsequent insertion f>o One square three mouths f> 00 Que 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 00 00 One column twelve months 100 00 tH»“*Ten lines or less considered a square. All fractions of squares are counted as full squares, NKWSPArKR DECISIONS. 1. Any person who takes a paper reru larly from the post office—whether directed to bis name or another’s, or whether he has subseritied or not—is responsible for the pnvment. 2. If a person or leis hi« paper discontin ued, he must pav all arrearages, or the pub lisher may continue to send it until payment is made, and collect the whole amount, whether the paper Is taken from the office or n<*t. 3. The courts l ave decided that refnsimr to take newspapers and periodieals from the postoffice, or removing Bnd living them un called for, is pnma facie evidence of inten tional fraud. TOWN DIRECTORY. Mayor—Thomas O. Barnett. Oovmissionkus—f> R. Bivins. E; 11. James, <4. P. Bivins. W. B. Pierce. Clerk —G. P Bivins. Treasurer —W. 3. Shell . Marshals —M. A. Bolding, Marshal. B. H. McKneely, Deputy. JUDICIARY. A.M.Hpbkr, - Judge. F. D. Dtsxukr, - - Solicitor General. Butts —Second Mondays in March and September Henry—Third Mondays in Jannary and July. M onroe—Fourth Mondays in February, and August. Newtoo—'l'hird Mondays in March and September. Pike—First Mondays in April and Octo ber. Backdate —Third Mondays in February and and August. Spalding—First Mondays in February and August. Upson—First Mondays in May and No vember. CHURCH DIRECTORY. M ktuodist Episcopal Church, (South.) i Rev. Wesley F. Smith, Pastor Fourth Sabbath iw each month. Sunday-school 3 p. m. Prayer meeting Wednesday evening. Methodist Protkstant Church. First Sabbath in.each month. Sunday-school 9 A. X. Christian Church, W. S. Fears, Pastor. Second Sabbath in each month. Baptist Church, Rev. J. P. Lyon, Pas tor. Third Sabbath in each month. DOCTORS T\R. J. C. TURNIPSKKD will attend to •*' all calls day or night. Office i resi dence, Hampton, Oa. ■JkR. W. H PEEBLES treats all dis -I* eases, and will attend to all calls day aad night. Office at the Drug Store. Broad Street, Hampton, Ga. BR. D. F. KNOTT having permanently located in Hampton, offers his profes sional service o to the citizens of Hampton and vicinity. All orders left at Mclntosh’s store will receive prompt attention. sp2f> DR. N. T. BARN FIT tenders his profes sional services to the citizens of Henry and adjoining counties, and will ansiver calls day or night. Treats all diseases, of what ever nature. Office at Nipper’s Drug Store. Hampton, Ga. Night calls can lie made at my residence, opposite Berea church. apt 26 JF. PONDER, Dentist, has located id a Hampton, Ga.. and invites the public to call at his room, upstairs in the Bivins House, where he will be found at all hours. Warrants all work for twelve months. LAWYERS. CW. HODNETT, Attorney aud Couo • °ellor at Law, Jonesboro, Ga. Prompt attention given to all business. GEORGE P. BIVINB. Attorney at Law. Will practice in the Stale and Federal Courts. Collections promptly attended to. Office up stairs in the Mclntosh building, Hampton, Ga. marl2tf TC. NOLAN Attorney at Haw. Mc • Dortough, Georgia: Will practice in the counties composing the Flint Circuit ; the Supreme Court of Georgia, and the Uuited States District Court. WM. T. DICKEN, Attorney at Law, Mc- Donough, Ga. 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 GEO. M. NOLAN, Attorney at Law, McDonough,Ga. (Officein Court house) Will practice in Henry and adjoining conn ties, and in the Supreme and District Courts of Georgia. Prompt attention givon to col lections. mch23-6m IF. WALL, Attorney at Law, //amp*. ton.Ga Will practice in the counties the-tnnlS the Flint Judicial Circuit, and PrVmni.nJP'i District Courts of Georgia, v * e ** Kr viveu to collect ioDB. oco te^ AR OfT- J ‘ R ‘ MMN, Attorney at -^ lce D P Stans ; n Mclntosh Hampton, Ga. Specie attention and other collections. t' ot «UM. Attorney and Coun (r>v* ' Hampton, Gu. Will O -* l '" iton, Fayette, Coweta, ding and Butts Supe „ mre at, 'upreme and United N claims a specialty 1 HATB “ . ‘O- 1 b Building.' < j jano, which I will sell a- • A SHADOW IN THE VALLEY There’s n shadow in the valley Where the lilies Up asleep, Where the laughing waters murmur, And the sweet fligs droop and weep ; There’s a shadow in the valley, And a sigh fi >ats in the air, L'ke the breath of angels resting O’er the fair scene mirrored there. Such a shadow in the valley Brings o burden to my heart ; (}nnnot you, too, understand i! ? Have you never felt its smart? 1 have watched the lilies lying, I have 9een the sweet flags vceep, And have wished that I, whi n dying, Might be laid with them to shop. I have heard the breezes murmur Low, soft things within this vale, I hnv’ seen the blackbirds hover O’er the lilies fair and pale; 1 linvo seen a ray of sunlight Linger 'mong the leeds at play; But the silent creeping shadow Chased the memory sprite away. L'ke the human heart, o’ershtdowrd By a sorrow swi't and deep, Lie the sweet flags and the lilies In the shadowy vale asleep. There’s a melancholy sweetness In the perlnine-laden air, And the ta'l reeds seem to whisper, “You’ll find sorrow everywhere.” An Illinois Romance. It wns night. And such a night! The wind came in savage gusts from its lurking places on the broad prairies that stretched away to the westward, and howled in mournful cudtu.ce the requiem of tlie dying year. Yes, the o>d year was dying. It would soon be deader than n mackerel, and the demise of that fish means business. A young man with flashing eye and clear eut bps, around whicii hovered the remnants of a cold, cruel smile, nervously strode ucross the floor of a richly furnished room in one of Chicago's most elegant mansions. For more than an hoar he paced the apartment, npver once striking a trot. This showed that he was a natural pacer. In his right hand he held a tiny pieee of paper, which fluttered in the breeze created by the clip he was going. That piece of paper was from Penelope McGuire, a proud aud haughty beauty, the only daughter of a man whose demesne was one of the most exten sive on Aberdeen street. Perhaps she has been giving the young man the brtfze in which the Dole fluttered. But, apparently, she hadn’t. No, no. The missive told him of her un dying love, and how his image was never absent from her maiden fancy. That looked as if you could bet on the girl; but who can tell the workings of a woman’s heart? This is what bothered the young man and had set him to pacing. lie had wooed the maid with all the ardent nature of his soul — and innumerable boxes of candy. Was this saec' nrine margin to be swept away by a sudden decline of her love for him ? Not if he kn w it. “ 'Twas but yesterday eVn," he said, “That I saw her boarding a car as the clocks were striking eight, and yet the false crea ture thinks to explain away her action by saying she was going to see a sick friend She little knows that I saw her bangs, and know full well that no woman wears them unless she is going where she can be seen. But she shall trifle with me no longer ; I will scorn her proffered love”—and he seated himself at an inlaid ebony writing desk. The next day’s mail bore to Penelope the following missive: “Nobuddy can pla me for a sucker. Awa fiils woman and practis your wiles on anntber. George..” “Do we need compulsory education ?” ask our public men. Well, I should remark.— Chicago Tribune. At a performance of the cantata of “Esther" at Dallas, Texas, Ahamerut was advised by somebody in the audience not to “cut it too fat.” The personutor of the great Assyrian went to the footlights and said: “This is a religious show, and you’ll have to be decent. I’m Ahasuerus just now, but after the show I’m Sam Turner ; and if any duffer would like to cut it fat then, I’ll give him a mighty lively welcome.” A man out West has sued a newspaper for libel because it said he kiilt-d a man. The newspaper wants to compromise, and advises him to make the report true by kill ing somebody. He has accepted the advice and is hunting around for the editor HAMPTON, GEORGIA, FRIDAY, MARCH 19, 1880. Fooling the Indians. It was a hundred years ago, in the old pioneer days. Away up at the northern end of the great lake 9 a bold hunter and trapper made his camp He hunted for sport in the summer, and trapped for fur in the full and winter. He knew every river and creek, every hill and vajley in the great woods b'-ttor than you know the streets of the town ; and lie had studied the cunning wavs and bright tricks of the beaver, otter, mink and marten until be knew ju-t where and how to set his traps for them. He bought a good many skins of the friendly Indians who lived near; and early every year he wonld take a big load to °el!, bring ing back powder and lead, with tea, sugar and other good things for liis table. The hunter's life isn’t half so fine as the story books make it. but old Thomas Judson—for that was his name—enjoyed it better than any other. In the winter he had to wear snow shoes in going through the woods to visit his traps, and one year he brought back a pair of skates, that he thought would be lion I v vvlmn the ice was clear. And very handy he found them at such tinies, for he could skate a dozen miles as easy as he could walk two, nnl (he pack on hi o back never seemed so light as when he had steel shoes On, and could skim along the glassy surface of the lake or river. One very cold, clear day, when the ice was go id, he went to visit some mink traps almost twenty miles north of his cabin. He skated to near the spot, along the shore of the lake, and then took off' his skates and pot on his snow shoes to travel over the deep snow a mile or two into the woods. He knew tha* an Indian tribe from Cm adu had come down to make war on those who lived near him. but he never though l they would trouble him. All at once his good dog, Bruno, that Imd been running ahead on a deer track, stopped, sniffed the nir. bristled up angrily and began to growl, and before Thomas could . carry his rifle to his shoulder he was surrounded by a dozen howling Indians, who eprsng from their hiding places in the thicket brundishing their tomahawks and yelfing hire madmen The old man was brave, but he wasn’t a fool, and instead of showing fight against such odds he laid down his rifle and folded his arms. He could talk but little Indian, and they could speak even less English, but bv signs and motions he made out to lit them know that he wasn’t on the war-path, but after fur. The Indians threatened no harm when they found him peaceful, but were much interested in his arms and dress, for they hadn’t at that time seen many white men. The snow shoes they understood all about, for you know the Indians iuveuted them, but the skates puzzled them. A funny thought seemed to occur to the huuter as lie saw their curiosity, for his gray eye twinkled merrily. “Ice moccasin ” he said, pn'ting a skate on his foot, and then made with his bands the gliding motion that the feet take in skating. "Ugh,” grunted the Iml tan chief, pointing to the narrow blades of the skates and shak ing his head. As plainly ss. he could do it he made the hunter understand that he wasn't so green as to believe that anybody could stand up on those things. As they were near the ice 'Piiomas proposed to fasten them on a young bravo for trial. The In dians welcomed the plan wit!) glee, for though savages, they were great lovers of sport. Selecting the bravest and swiftest young fellow, the chief bade him stick oiit his font, which he did rather reluctantly The skates were -non strapped on, and the young buck helped to his feet. The ice was like glass, and as he started to move you know what happened. His feet flew out from under him. and down he came wkh a crash. Such shouts of laughter as the re°t set up 1 The young fellow was gritty and scrambled up to try it again, but with the same result. The chief now signaled to the hunter to show them bow the things worked. Thomas fastened on the skates with great care, picked up bis rifle and u«ed it a? a cane, pretending to support bim-elf. He moved awkwardly, fell down, got np and stumbled oronnd, the Indians all the time laughing and enjoying the sport. Gradually Thomas stumbled a little further away, whirling along and making believe it was very bard work to keep his balance, until be was near the point where the sinojth kike ice stretched miles and miles away. .Suddenly gathering himself up, he grasped his rifle firmly, gave a war-whoop as wild as the Indians’ own and dashed up the Irk® like an ariow. skating as he had nevei °k ited before. If be had disappeared in the air the Indians couldn't have been more astonished Of course *bey couldn't hope to catch him over the glassy ice, and they stood gaping after him, wondering more and more at the magic “ice moccasin." Nothing pleased old Thomas more in after years than to tell how he “foolid the redskins.” The Happiness of Qumo. O sovereigns ! O rulers 1 look what des tiny ins done for you. Q-ieen Victoria reached the throne— ador able, charming! Crowned at Westminster w£en jii-t sixteen, she married the husband of her choice, one of tlio=>e Co'ourgs, who were the handsomest men of their lime She hived so passionately that she poisoned her own life and that .of her husband who was a martyr to her idolatry. Her j-ulous imagination saw infidelity everywhere and always ; Indies once her d 'itr friends became odious to her. She drove away the lad cs of hono - , and at a court ball she slipped the face of a pretty girl to wh >ni Prince Al bert had addressed a few words. A diy name when death called this hus band, so fondly loved, and on that day died also England’s Q icon. The heart hod gone oat of the body of the woman, and nothing was left. Everything seemed to huvu been in u qnely torn away, and so great was her despair, and °o long did it last, that, years afterward o , they discussed a regency in Par liament. The motion was defeated, but after ilist the living corpse of her who had been Victoria came from lime to time to open Parliament. The English, who respect the dynasty, lowered themselves before the oter nal grief of the old woman, for they saw still the crown of the Q men above the wdiow's cap. But she never smiled snve when, per chance, the name of Prince Albert was men tioned. The Queen of Belgium has an only son. This child of ten years is as sweet and ex qirsite as a cherub. This royal infant is sick. It Truight, and he °uff rs, for he burns with fever. He tries to smother his cries of pa : n. The Q seen, notwithstanding his agony, worn out with long witching, and obeying the supplications of her ladies, retires for a little repose. But she cannot sleep. Htie leaves &*r bed and retains in h*»*@ to her son- Bhn approaches softly. The Prince appears to be soundly sleep ng. flis breathing is equal and ea°y. The pale face of M wie Henrietta lightens with happiness The bov is then saved, since he can sleep. She goes out. Then the royal baby calls to the doctor. The doctor bends over him “Do uot tell mother,” he says, “it makes her so happy to think that I sleep,” That child will never be a king. To-mor row, in the evening, he is dea<L It is ten years since the Belgian Prince is d<*nd, and no other child has come to the Qteen At Brussels they seldom see her. She is always wi'h horse P. If she goes out she In ara nothing, secs nothing. Her hair is white. Her dress i° always black. Her ladies of honor are old and ugly, and made stili more ugly by the ugly ennui of this court of lethargy. No one dare smile before the Queen, who a'ill weeps, who weeps al ways, and who cries, “For me there is noth ing more in the world !” All alone the Empress of Russia plunges into the intoxication of her tears. She knows that, for a long time, the true crown of tb“ Empress's not that which she wears. She ha° always with her th® portrait of the Em peror—the likeness of the man who loves her no more. Margaret of Italy dies slowly with a ter rible malady. She knows that her days arc numbered. The Empress Eugenie lies upon the gronnd with the seven “pears driven right through her heart. Throne, husband, 3on, beauty— all are gone. For having touched the crown of Spain two yotiog Queens fall as if struck by light nlof . The Duchess of Aosta flies to Italy, and wastes in 3tekr.ess and agony lo death. Mercedes, that Qt.-en of eighteen years, for whom life seemed so fall of joy, is cold as marble in her tomb. Christina »f Austria hears nothing but the noEe of the pistol, sees nothing but the gleam of the dagger. Maximilian went to Mexico, and paid for his ambition with his life. When the grave closed over him it held also the world for Curlotta. Since then her present w the past. Her brain is blinded, and she doe° not even know that she suffers.— From the Fre.nch. An editor in lo va has boeD fined S‘Jf>o for hugging a girl in meeting. “Cheap enough,” says another of the fraternity— “we c :cc hogged a girl in mt-eliig, and it has cost ns a thousand dollars a year ever since.” Thz ormDost man out—lie who grumbles at the cooteuts of a oewspajKa he uevtr nays for. A Significant incident. In one of the battles of the late war, young Dr. I) then a volunteer captain in the Union Army, led his men up to a hand -to-hand fight wlih a Confederate regi ment. ••I never," said the captain, “hod killoi u man before. It wu° a mass of men I foaght—nn idea, the whole 8 uth—not, the individual. “When I found myself, theref ire, slashing away at n stout blue eyed fellow, who might have been some woman’s lupband, and some child's father, I confess my e mrage gave way I actually shut my eyes as I hacked desperately st him with my sword. His arm fell helplessly, and he dropped from his horse. “An hour later, I saw him In the sur geon's tent. The arm had been amputated and In-'upon the floor. As the mm was carried away I Row on one of the fingers a ring curved out of cannel coal, ft looked to m n like child’s work, and I drew it oft and followed the wonnied soldier, determining to restore it. But in the confusion ol the bat tle fi-Id I lost sight of him ” The sequel of this story is as follows : In the summer of 1878. when the yellow fever was raging in the South, Dr. D was one of the Northern physicians who answer ed the call for aid lie went, to Memphis and labored for weeks among the sick and dying. Among the patients brought to the hospital was u Colonel C , a man with but one arm. Something familiar in the man’s lionost fnee troubled our doctor. He gave his con stant cure to him, both nursed and prescrib ed lor him, and finally suw him recover. The two men became warmly attached. One evening when the Colonel was able to leave his bed, they took supper together. Dr. I) suddenly driw from his pocket a black ring and laid it on the table. “Why, this is mine!” exclaimed the Colo nek “My boy Dick cut that for uie thir teen years ugo " “Then it was I who cut oil your arm,” said D—. The men arose and faced eueh ol Iter si lently a moment, and then their hands met in a hearty grasp. The strife was over, and the true men were true brothers uguiu. A Local Fit Dor’s Dreum. Once upon a lime a local editor dreamed that he was dead and in another world. He approached a city before him and knocked for admittance, but no ooe answered his summons. The gate remained close.! against him 'I hen he cried aloud for an entrance, but the only response was scores ot heads apjieuring above the wall on the oth er side of the gate. At sight of him the owners of the heads act up a dismal howl, and one of them cried : “Way didn’t you notice that big egg I gave you ?” At this horrid and most unexpected interrogation the poor local turned in the direction of the voice to /earn its owner, when another voice shrieked : “ Where’s that piece you were going to write about my soda foun tain?" aod doss upon this wus the awful demand : “Why did you write a piece about old Tomlinson’s hens, and oever "pe'k of my new gate 7" Whatever answer he was going to frame to this appeal wus cut short bv the astonishing quarry : ‘Why did you spell my name wrong in the programme ?” The miserable man turned to flee, when be was rooted to the ground by these terrible do m.nds: "Why did you pat my marriage among the deaths?” He was on the point o? saying the foreman did it. wh n n a shrill voice madly cried : “You spoilt the sale of my horse by publishing that runaway !” and another ; “If I catch you alone 111 lick you for what you said about mo when I wus be fore the Police Court.” Another : “Why didn’t you 9IIOW up the school question when I told you to?”. And this was followed by the voice of a female hy-terically exclaim ing : “This is the bru'e that botched my poetry and made me ridiculous I” Where upon hundreds of voices seri-amd : “Where is my article? Give me back my article I" And in the midst of tbo horrid din the poor wretch awoke, perspiring at every pore and creaming for help. The following code of signals is for girls : “A ring on the first finger denotes poverty ami a willingness to get married ; on the second finger, money and a disposition to listen, though noth ng is promiseJ ; on the third finger, ‘Already engaged, and so you needn’t trouble yourself;’ on the little fin ger, deliberating.” That was an unfortunate text read by the Bowling Green preacher just as his daughter aod her escort entered the church, “My daoghiei is previously tormented with a devil.” The congregation smiled audibly, but the ‘scort didn’t see it that way. A Rural Hama nee. Michael Kelly, or .Mike Kelly ns he was uumlly called, was an eccentric old farmer living lu one o f our suburban towns. Bora ol poor parents, by industry and persever ance he had become possessed of one of the finest farms in that section* of which he was Ju tlygiroml ; but no prowler was ho than of lil< own physical strength and agility, that had a-ais'ed him in accumulating his prop erty and made him a most excellent boxer and wrestler, and he hud a corresponding contempt for men of inferior powers. One spring, when help was unusually plenty, he determined to have the farm run that year by a strong team Ho, when am in present ed hitn-'Clf and asked for work, ufier inquir ing of the man ns to his habits, etc., he would finish by asking him to light. In thid way lie disposed of qu'te a number of appli cants, and was liegimiing to despair of get ling his “strong team," when one morning, as he was standing in the barn door, a young man came up the road, and, seeiug him* cull: ed out : “Good morning, sir.” “(Join] morning,” gruffly. “Do you want to hire a hand to work your farm, sir 1” “Perhaps so ; want to hire out 7” “Yes, sir ; I am looking for a job." “What eHii you do 7” “All kinds of farm work, sir ; I was boro on a far in.” “Gun yon fight ?" “ Whut, sir ?” “Gan you fight, I say ; can you lick me 7” “I don’t know, Hir, whether I can or not j but I can try.” And he did I'J- The first thing Kelly knew he was on his bock on the floor, with two teetli down his throat; the next, the man was astride his stomach, with a fist in each eye, and his nose was bleeding. Then lie h't him np, and was just picking up his bundle to start off, when he wus called back and set to work, and he proved to lie as trusty and industrious as he was brave. The farmer’s daughter needed just such a mun for a husband, and now he may be seen any day superintending the work on the farm, while father Kelly sits in the arm-chair ami tells to his grand children the story of bis lust figut— Coucord (N. II) Patriot, The Fiminink Mouth. —A person who has made the feminine mouth the subject of much study volunteers his conclusions to 1 males with swccthenrls. They are as fol lows . If her moutli is very small there is not much mind, but overmuch shallow senti ment. If she has a very large mouth she will possess a good brain, hot the trouble fs in kissing it. Imrgo months put a man to nn artistic test ; he will be driven to bis wits’ end whether to begin at one corner and conclude on the other, or to make a heroic dash at the middle and endeavor to reach both corners But if you are a kissing artist it can be covered nicely enough. If your sweetltearl has a coar°oly-formed mouth sho will be sensual and full of strong, coarse points of character, and will raise a row in the family. If she has a delicately-formed mouth, with rounded lip° and of u velvety color, she will have much sensibility and perfection of character., but not astonish by her brilliancy ot conception or execution. It is a good mouth because It is kissabie and submissive. Shun blue-lipped or tbin-lipped women ; they will boro you to death with literuture or woman's rights, theorize while you wunt your dinner, or spoil your temper by their red hot scolding tonguc9.— Woman’* Journal. The Language os tiix Hair. — Having already given our readers the “language of the inoßth," we herewith present for their enlightenment the “language of the hiir Straight, lank, stringy looking hair indicates weakness and cowardice. Guriy hair denotes a quick temper. Frizzy hair, set on one’s head «s if each individual hair were ready to fight its neighbor, denotes coarseness, fflack hair indicates persistent resolution in accomplishing an object, also a strung pre disposition to avenge wrongs and insnlts— real or fancied. Brown hair denotes fond ness for life, a friendly disposition, ambition, earnestness of purpose, capacity for business, reliability in friendship, in proportion as the hair is fine. Very fine hair indicates an even disposition-, a readiness to forgive, with a desire to add to the happiness of others. Persons with very fine light brown or auburn hair, inclined to curl or fria, are quick tens* pered, and are given to resentment and revenge. Light brown hair, inclined to reilnres, with a freckled skin, is a certain indication of deceit, treachery, and a dispo sition to do something mean to a friend who can no longer be used to advantage. We give this as we find it, and it is about us true as such things generally are.— W oerfn’s- Journal no/ 37