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THE DAWSON WEEKLY JOURNAL. [> Y WESTON & COMBS. fljlosoit Mtcdda ftntni'jl, PUBLISHED KVEUV TIIUBSDAT. jE RJftS— Strictly in ,4<l ranee. Three months $ 75 Six months 1 25 Obo year i '■■» RATES : n ’ SO. mUARES. 1 ONE MONTH. L | TWO MONTHS. I | THREE M’THS. •; 1 i SIX MONTHS. |j i ""i | ONK TEAR. ' I II sßooss 00 $ 7 00,512 50j520 00 TWO 500 7501000 18 OOj 25 00 »hree 700 10 00 12 Oo| 20 Ooj 30 00 M BR 9001200 16 OOj 25 00 40 00 j 10 00 18 00 25 001 40 00 00 00 j 15 00 25 00 35 Off GO 00 110 00 jc"L. 25 00 40 00 GO 00 110 001200 0 TV I Advertisers The money for tvl rertising considered due after first inser ll°Advertlsements inserted at intervals to be charged as n»# each insertion. An additional charge of 10 per cent will be made on advertisements ordered to be in jertid on a particular page. Advertisements under the head of “Spe cial Notices" will be inserted for 15 cents por line, for the first insertion, and 10 cents per line for each subsequent insertion. 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WA R REN, ATTORNEY AT LAW, SUKKSrULE, - - - G.-l. e. W. WARWICK, Att’y at Law and Solicitor in Equity SMITH VILLE, GA. Will practice in South Western and Pataula circuits. Collections promptly remitted. B. A. COLLIER. C. T. CIIEVES. TOWNS HOUSE, BROAD ST., ALBANY, GA B. A. COLLIER & CO. . McAFEE HOUSE, At Smilhvillf, t a. r PHE muUrsigned having fitted op the Me- L Afee House at Smithvill.’, takes pleasure in notifying the travelling public that the above house is now in the “full tide”of suc cessful administration by himself. He will spare no expense to make it a First-Class Hotil. 3/eals ready on the arrival of the rain. VV. M. McAFEK. PROVISIONS iif Tim We are now prepared to sell PROVISIONS OH TIME pBl M & TUCKET? . M j»26, ts- CRAWFORD hale seminary, daayson, GA. J 'IE Fall Term of this Institution will be on Monday, 4th day September CHARGES- ? irst Ciase, per month of 4 week’, f°> 00 TV°.? r-^' 488 ’ I >er mont f’ of four weeks, 400 !p Class, po, month of four week. 500 ayßient9 must he made at the end of each , n ,• Pupil* will not be continued in J lO unless these terms nre complied with, oard can be had in pleasant families at » 15 or sl6. j:m. Id WARDS, *uglf*lm. lA 'VT«M & H'IGLIVGIIAin, successors to LAWTON & LAWTON, FOURTH street, ~ Macon, Georgia, ;v A. R E II O U 8 K L°tton ami Commission Merchants. *irw! Ta ? Bt '" mute on Cotton lu Store when de • : nano Dealers. autpit-Uui Dawson Business Directory, Dry GoodN HI err It ants, pit I VI, & TUCKF-It, Dcaiers in Dry Goods Clothing, Boots and Shoes Groceries 4sc. agents for some of the most approved F rtilizers. Main Street. Kl rNLIt, I.DWARI), Dealer in staple and Fancy Dry Goods, Groceries Hardwire, Crockery etc. ( ) II I® • II • !'• Dealer I:i Fanev and sin.. ' /pic Drv Goods, Main st., next door to J. W, Reddick’s. Grocery Jlcrcliiints. TTOOO, IJ. IS., Deal ctrin Groceries* nnd At Family snnplica generally, at \V. F. Orr’s old stand, under ‘Journal" Office Main st. * F DA L l's-S, .0, L. Grocer and Coin lJ mission -Merchant, Dealer in Bacon, clour, Liquors, &e. F) LDDICH, .1. Grocer dealer in Ba- V eon, I 1 lour. Lard, Tobacco, &,c. IIASIDWAKL. T ris A ItROTIIIER, I J Hardware. Iron and Steel, Wagon Tim bars, and Plantation Tools. Also Manufac turers of Tin Ware,Mam st., at J. B. Perry’s old stand. 1 BALDAVIV, ANDREW. Dealer in Dry Goods, Groceries, Hardware Oat tcrlv, Furnitaire, Ist door from the Hotel. Driissisis, ( ILAT'HAVI, G. A., Druggist and Physician. Will visit by dav or night., patients in Town will prescribe for any and all the ilia that Hash is heir to. Keeps a complete supply of Drugs and Meds ieines. School Books and staiionarv—Gar. den Seeds &>., tea., At his old stand. The Red Drug Store ou Main St., TEUJ/3 Stricl ly Cash. JAIN 123, DR. .9, If., Dealer in Drugs, J/Vdiclnos, Oils, Paints, Dye Stuffs, Garden Seed, Ac., Ac. „ Livery Slitble. pniNCE, H. ft. A J, li., Sale, L Feed and Livery .Stable. Carriages, Hacks, Buggies, Diays, Wagons, Harness and Mules for sale or hire. Ho ses boarded at reasonable rates. Depot Street, BL ICKSfIITH HIOP. AYAP.P, RANDALL. Will make V v and repair Wagons, Buggies riows, Dickson Sweep, Shoeing horses, rear Post Office-. Always ready to no work good and cheap Jan. 19 ly IS MONTHLY MAGAZINE, T-.co Dollars per Annum.' 64 PAGES READINGfMATTER. 30 PAGES ADVERTISEMENTS WALKER, EVANS & COGSWELL v D. WYATT AIKEN, CDAIILI.STOX, 8. C SUBSCRIPT IONS Are respectfully solicited for the eretion of MONUMENT TD TITS onfederate Daad of Georgia, And those Soldiers from other Confederate Statos who were killed or died in this S-atG. THE MOXUXEXT TO COST *50,000. The Corner Stone it is proposed shall be laid on the 4th of July, or so soon thereafter as the receipts will permit. For every Five Dollars subscribed, there will be given a certificate of L:fe Membership to the the Monumental .Association. This ce-.tifu-at.c will entitle the owner thereof to an equal interest in the following property, to be disttibu'od as soon as requisite numbers o! shares are sold, t.t--vit .- First, Nine Hundred and one acres of Land iu Lincoln county, Geors pia, on which are the well known M\ r-uder Gold and Copper Mines valued at *l5O 000 And to Seventeen Hundred and Forty* four shares in One Hundred Thousand Doi lars of United States currency, to-wft : 1 Share of SIO,OOO SIO,OM it. . ... 5,000 - 5,f00 A .: S.SU3 5,C00 •5 2,000 •• 2O»tFO in “ 1,000 10,000 20 “ 5») KMOO two “ w: SIOO,OOO The value cf the separate interest to « hich the holder of each certificate w ill be entitled, will he determined bv the Commissioner?,who will announce to the public the manner, the time and place of distribution. The following gentlemen have consented to act ns commissioners, and will ei'l er%y a committee from their own bo.lv, or bv spe cial trustees, appointed by themselves, re ceive and take proper charge of the money for the Monument, as well as the E“al Astate and the U. S. Currency offered as induce ments f r subscription, and will determine upon the plan for the Monument the inscrip tion thereon, the site therefor, select an ora tor for the occasion, and regulate the cere monies to be observed when the corner- stone is laid, to-wit : . Generals L McLaws, A. R. r'ugM, \.A. Cpovall W. M. Gardiner, Goode Bryoo, uolo ifals O. Snead, Wm. P. Crawford, M .jors Jos B. Camming, G o. T Sackaan, Joseph Ganabl, I. P- Gin.der, Hon. R. H.. May, Adam Johnston, Jonathan M. Mtiler, W. 11. Goodrich, J. D. Butt, Henry Moore, Dr. W. E The'.Wr.ts in the respective counties will retain the money received for the rale of Tickets until the subscription boots are closed. la order that the several amount* „., T r,o ref rued to the ,S'.are-!i ;.: ers, in case ■Um number of r d.scip'ions will no ™ ’ rant any forth*. proo.cd»«.tbo ?!s*««* w.l. report to this office, weekly, the re.u.t or heir -a’ee. When a sufficient number of .bates are sold, the Agents will receive noUco They w ill then forward to this office tbCa “rrA re e. iV McbAWS,Gen.sl.’ts, No. a Old r.o.K 4 ns.,Mclt.thsh*L &^ Combs, of Dawson, Ga , will be glad to give information and receive sjbtstiptious. DAWSON. GA., THURSDAY AUGUST 31, 1871 A RIINA WAY MATCH. A parent many years sineo, tv lion brigltt eyed and fair haired lasses woro not eo plentiful in New York as they nro now, there dwelt in the town of II .(a pretty village, distant then about five and twenty milos from “market town”) a peculiarly comely and graceful maiden who had a pecu liarly cross grained and ugly, but wealthy father. Minnie was Danforth’s only child ; and report said truly slio would bo his legatee. The old man was a sturdy farmer, and was estimated to bo worth fully ten thousand dollars—at that pe riod a very handsome fortune, to be sure. The sparkling eyes and winning smiles of Minnie Danforth lmd stirred up the finer feelings of the whole male population of tho village, and suitors woro numerous, but her father was particular, and none succeeded in muk-' ing headway with him or her. In the meantime, Minnie had a true and loyal lover in secret. Who would have supposed for one minute that such a fellow would dare to look upon beauty and comparative refinement? His name was Walker, or, as he was generally called, “Joe” AValker; and bo was simply a farmer, employed by old Danforth, who had entrusted him with the management of his place for two or three years. % But an excellent farmer, and a bright, good manager, was this plain, unassuming, but good looking Joe Walker. Ho was young, too—only twenty-three—and had actually fallen in love with the beautiful, pleasant, joyous Minnie Danforth, his old em ployer’s daughter. But tho strangest part of tho occurrence was that Min nie returned his love earnestly, and truly and frankly, and promisod to wed him at the favorable moment. Things wept on merrily for a time, but old Danforth discovered certain glances and attentions between them, which excited his envy and suspicion. Very soon after, Joe learned the old manJs mind, indirectly, in regard to his future disposal of Minnie’s hand, and he quickly saw that the caso was a hopeless one unless hw resorted to strategem, and so he set his wits to work. By agreement, an apparent coolness and distance was observed by the lov ers toward each other for five or six months, and tho father saw, as he be lieved, with satisfaction that his sus picions and fears had all been prema ture. Also by agreement between them, Joe absented himself from the house on evenings; and night after night, for full three mouths longer, did Joe disappear as soon as his work was finished, to return homo only at late bed-time. Thi3 was unusual, and old Danforth determined to know the reason of it. Joo frankly confessed that ho was in lovo with a man’s daughter who re sided less than three miles distant, but after a faithful attachment of sevoral months tho old gentleman uttorty re fused to entertain his application for the hand of tho young girl. This was capital—-just what old Danforth most desired. It_ satisfied him that he had mado a mistake in regard to his own child, aud he would help Joe to get married, and thus stop all further suspicions of troublo at homo. So ho said : ‘Well, Joo, is she a buxom lass ?’ ‘Yes, yes,’ said Joe, ‘that’s for oth ers to say. I’m not much of a judge, myself-’ ‘And do you like her ?’ ‘Yes, sir, yes.’ ‘Then marry her.’ ‘But the father objects.’ Tooh ! Let him do so. What need you care ? ltun away with her.’ ‘Elope ?’ ‘Yes. Off with you at once? If the girl will join, all. Many her and bring her here. You shall have the cottage at the end of the lane ; I’ll furnish it for you : your wa ges shall be increased, and the old man may like it or not, as he wills.’ ‘But ’ ‘No ‘huts,’ Joe. Do as I bid you. Go about it at ance, and ’ ‘You will stand by me ?’ ‘Yes—to the last. I know you, Joe. You’re a good fellow, and will make anybody a good son cr husband.’ ‘Tho old fellow will be very mad.’ ‘Who cares, pray ? Go on, quickly and quietly.’ ‘To-morrow night, then ? ‘Yes.’ ‘l’ll hire Clover’s horse.’ ‘No you don’t.’ ‘No ?’ ‘I say no ! Tako my horse—tho best one—young Morgan ; he’ll take you off in fine style with the now phae ton.’ ‘Exactly.’ ‘And as soon as you are spliced, come right'baek hero, and a jolly timo we’ll have of it at the old house.’ ‘Her father will kill me.’ ‘Bah ! He’s an old fool, whoever ho is. He don’t know your good qual ities, Joe, as well as I do. Dou tbo afraid ; faint heart, you know, never won fair woman.’ ‘The old man will bo astonished. ‘Never mind —go on I We’ll turn tho laugh on him. I’ll tako care of you and your wife, at any rate.’ ‘l’ll do it.’ ‘You shall,’ said Danforth ; and they parted in the best of spirits.’ 1 An hour after dark on the following evening Joe made his appearance, decked in anew biack cloth suit, and really looked comely. The old man hustled out to the barn with him, helped to harness young Morgan to the new phroton, and, leading the huunky animal to tho road, away went Joe Walker in search of his bride. A few rods distant from the house he found her as per previous arrange ment, and repairing to the {Text vil lage, tho parson very quickly made them one in holy wedlock. Joe took his bride and dashed back to tho town of II , halted at old Danforth’s house, who was already looking for him with open arms. ‘ls it dono ? Bring her in, bring her in,’ continued tho old fellow, in high glee; ‘never mind compliments —no matter about the dark entry— hero, Joo, to tho right —in the best parlor—we’ll have a time now, sure !’ and tho farmer rushed away for lights, returning immediately. ‘Here’s the certificate, sir.’ ‘Yes, yes !’ ‘And this is my wife,’ added Joe, passing up tho beautiful uud bewitch ing bride, the lovely Minnie. ‘What!’ roared tho old silo, ‘What did you say, you villain, you scamp, you audacious cheat—you—you —’ ‘lt’s tho truth, sir, we’re lawfully fmtrried. You assisted mo; you planned tho whole affair. You lont mo your horse, you thought me last evouing worthy of any man’s daugh ter, you oncouragod mo. you promised mo the cottage at tho end Os the lane—’ ‘I didn’t—l deny it! You can’t prove it. Youro a ‘Calmly now, sir.’ The entreaties of tho happy couple wero united to quell tho old man’s iro and persuade him to acknowledge their union The father at length relontod. It was a job of his own manufact ure, and he saw how uscloss it would be to destroy it. lie gave his consent reluctantly and the fair Minnie Danforth was over joyed to be duly aeknowled as Airs. Walker. The marriage proved to be a joyful one, and the original assertion of Mr. Danforth proved truthful in t.Very re spect. The cunning lover was a good son and a faithful husband, and lived many years to enjoy the happiness that followed his runaway match—while the old man never cared to hear about the details of the elopement, for he saw how com pie tel}- he had oyorshot his mark. From tin- Cumberlimd (Md) News, .lug 14. Dentil ol Air*. Viillau'Jigliiiut We regret to announce tho doath of Mrs. Louisa A. Vallandigham—- widow of the late lion. Clement L. Vallandigham, of Ohio—who died in this city, at the residence of her broth er-in-law, Dr. H, 8. McKaig, yester day morning, at half past 11 o’clock. Mrs. Vallandigham was tho daugh ter of Mr Wna. McMahon, who was one of the earliest and most influen tial citizons of Cumberland. Bhe was born in the year 1818, and in 1846 she was married to Air. Vallandig ham, and removed to Now Lisbon, Ohio ; but shortly afterwards Air. Val landigham took up his residence in Dayton, where ho lived to the timo of his death. After the burial of her husband, Mrs. Vallandigham, accom panied by her son, came to visit her friends in Cumberland, with tho hope tliat her health, which was shattered by tbo distressing death of her hus band, might improve by being with her nearest kindred. During tho first two weeks succeeding the lamentable occurrence of Air. Vallandigham’s death her reason was much affected, but she had fully recovered after the lapse of a fortnight, and her mind up to the hour of her death was as cleat as ever. The immediate cause of her demise was dysentery, from attacks of which she has been sulforing all sum mer. Bat a few weeks ago Air. and Airs. Vallandigham woro in robust health, with the promise of many years before them. To-day both are wrapped in tho cold embrace of doath, and of the happy family they and their son composed, there is only Char ley left— a promising young man, aged about seventeen years. We learn that it is designed to placo tho romains of Mrs. Vallandigham in a vault at the Rose Hill Cemetery, and to remove them to Dayton in tiio fall. Gkiuiaict. —New York, Aug. IG. Advices from Loudon stato that Bis marck has commenced a vigorous cam paign against tho Papacy, and as tho first blow declared in Parliament and his official gazette that ho regards the Ultraiuoutauo Church as hostile to tho State, has broken off all relations with it not purely political, and has dissolved the Catholic Department of the Minis try of public Worship He is intrigu ing for tho establishment of an Ortho dox Catholic part}', which is tho name applied to tho opponents of infallibili ty, and is actively supporting Dr. Del linger, of Munich, where tho Doctor, though excommunicated, has just been elected by a voto of 54 to 0, Hector of the University. It has been announced in Ultraiuoutauo organs that tho State treats as Catholics those persons who are inhibited for rejecting tho infalli bility dogma. The Curosand Bishops who followed Dollinger, and had been removed from their parishes by their Catholic superiors, have been reinstated by tho Stato, and the whole of Germany are daily looking for a still more stunning blow to bo struck at the Church by tho great Chancellor of tho Empiro. Mere matter of form—Fitting a dress. A stylish bonnet in California costs more than a mule. Can anything that is lairful be a blessing ? Yes, a bale full of cotton can. Bolling stock —capital that is in vested in bowling alleys. OCR SATURDAY NIGHT. Down in lli«‘ Valley. Higher and higher ! Way up toward the clouds, their peeks reaching into tho snow-caps or namenting the elevated point of a rango of tho Kocky Alountains, rose abruptly, a milo or more, one of the landmarks for those who cross the plains. Hough, rugged, rocky, and bare, this mountain-side soemed like tho life of one who never Ims triod to make others happier. Down in tho ravine or little rill-mar kod valley below us, about three hun dred stops from where lay tho track along which, with careful steps our horses picked their way, a little cabin stood, (’lose by tho stream —close agaiust the rock—backed by tho evor lasting Bills, and sang lo by tho gurg ling water as it ran hero and leaped there from stone to stono, hurrying on, too busy to stop, for it was needed fur ther down tho valley, where stood a small mill, attended by an old miller and his wife of forty years. Tho littlo brook had business there, so it loiterel not on its way. Not ev en to gladden tho heart or sing to tho ones in the littlo cabin, for by its work it helpod prepare food for many a workingman, a weary wife and wait ing child. “That is a romantic spot—rough, wild and attractive. Look at tho leap ing water —the abrupt clitfs—the over hanging reck seeming ready to iu.ll up on that solitary cabin, from tho chim ney of which a blue smoko is rising. What a view for tho artist!” “Yes, that is one of the most attrac tive spots in tho canyon (ravino.) It is known as the queer place,” answer ed our friend, companion and cicer one. “The queer placo ?” “Yes, the ‘queer place.’ So the mi ners call it.” “Why so ?” •‘Oh ! there is a man who lives there who nobody can find out. With him lives a woman—a pale-faced, a sad woman who never smiles, hut who is always kind to thoso who may call there on tho way to tho other ridge when prospecting for ore ” “What does ho do for a living ?” “Mines a little. Prospects a little. Works all tho time when ho can find employment. Sometimes lie works in the mine back of us—some times ho outs timber in tho winter. But ho nevor smiles—never mixes with other people—never treats tho boys—never seems to care whether anyone likes him or not.” “Lot us go down and cal! on them —somebody is at homo.” “You may go- 1 do not care to. I will wait at the mill below w here I have somo business. Bettor let mo lead your horse, for yon cannot rido down there, and ho might break loose or bo stolen should you loavo him here.” Down in the valley. Down the rough path filled with rocks, till at last wo reach tho foaming, furious htroam hero, which subsides into good behavior as it reaches tho shadow of tlu> cabin. Tho door of tho littlo home stood ajr.i-. Just i aside, on a plain chair, sat a woman mending a torn vest, while on the floor, as if resting from a tramp, lay a man, from whoso euaiso boots tho dirt and dust from his lato exorcise had not been swept or brushed. “Good evening, stranger—don’t g"t up—if you are- tired as wo are, it would be an outrage upon natui'e.” “Good evening, sir. Come in if you are tirod, though its but little wo have to offer fir rost on save the tloor and a blanket.” “This is a queer place for a homo, but it is very romantic. Passing by it seemed such a quiet retreat wo called to see who lived in so wild a spot.” Only us—wife and I. Yes—it is— it is a queer place, with no neighbors to bother us—so we liko it.” “Excuso us, but all men, though they differ at times ! Why do you live bore ? Why livo so far from any other people ?” » “You ask singulty questions—that’s my business!” “And ours ! ’ “Why so ?” “For good reasons. This is your home. Ours is a thousand leagues or nearly a way from bore. Should you come to our home and ask why wo liv ed there in preference over soino other place, wo should tell you. Honest mon as wo are, have not much to conceal.” “You talk boldly ! This is our homo. Wo camo hero to escape prying eyes and many tongues —did wife and I. Tho question you ask I will not an swer.” “But you have, and wo thank you fer so doing !” ‘ Well—you are a q ioor man—quee! or than this place !” “No —only a little abrupt at times, liko these great mountains ever throw ing shadows down upon you as they are thrown at times over tho hearts of men.” “Are you the devil to read my thoughts ? To talk of shadows because I think of them ?” “No; wc only saw tho shadows by your door as they come and go across your heart, to lighten or darken tho eyes.” “Why.come you downheie? This is not on your road—it is not a road leading toward iho city ?” “We will tell you frankly. Wo heard you had a history. A good or a curious spirit whispered to us —when in tho track up yonder by that gray rock—‘go down there and learn sotue j thing for tho good of others.’ This is why wo conto —not, as you imagine, to gratify an idle curiosity.” For a minute two men sat looking full and square into each others eyes. Then said tho man of tho mountain homo— “ Wife—this seems like a friend— like an honest man. Shall I tell him why we are hero ?” “Yes —if you w ish to. You know best. Sometimes comes the timo to break a resolution- Perhaps now is such a time.” Thus spake the wife, a pale-faced woman o( a little more than thirty years, as she looked kindly upon her husband, a man about ten years her senior. All wns silent for a moment except tho singing brook which wont on its way as it entno. l’rotty soon lie began— “ You ask why 1 live here ? I will tell you, though I do not know I should. Fifteen years since I was a business man in Erie. Perhaps you know wlicro that place is. T had a fortune loft me. I married that wo man who sits thcro at work on a gar ment lain waiting for—a vest I toro when coming down tlm mountain an hour since. I was a good follow. That is, a liberal man, who loaned money to all who asked, and spent half of my timo in somo drinking plaee, treating others to gain friends and add to iny business. It is a short sto’-y—an old ono. In ten years I bo came a drunkard—yes—a common drunkard. Aly money was all gone. M}- four chililsen died for want of medical attendance and warm clothes. My wife lost her health —rather I de stroyed it for her. I could not say ‘no’ when asked to favor thoso I know to bo leeches on me, lost they say 1 was not a good follow. I wns afraid of them. Afraid they would spoil my reputation. So they boro mo down till I became but a wreck.” Ono day wife wanted mo to leave for tho West. She said wo would sell all we had, not much but broken dish es and old cloths, and try it again. I told her ’twus no use, but she begged of luo. One Sunday—there, there, good wife, don’t or}- —wo walked out to th j graveyard where our dead chil dren were resting, and there she pray ed of mo to go away and try it anew in somo other place. A good angel— I always thought it wa* tho spirit of in}' littlo Bertha—whispered just as plain as you spoke when you camo in: “Go—pleaso go, and i’ll help you all 1 can 1” * I looked at r~y wife and sho kissed mo and said if I would go, she would try and forget all tho past, and we would commence life anew. I eauie away. VVo kept coming West, working our way. At last we roched here. My poor wifo was sick, oh, so sick at times, but sho never wanted to go back. Wo found this little cabin—and here wo are. I do not want any neighbors. lam grow ing stronger than I was. I work hard at whatever I find to do, arid savo all I can. By-and-hy we shall have enough to got a littb homo some where, then we will live again. You see it is not much of a story. You wanted it—-there it is. It is tho story of a misspent life—but, but sir, I am getting the bettor of it. It is never too late to mend, aud I’m doing the best 1 can, and my good wifo tiioro is helping mo all sho can. And it’s a great deal, too, I assure you, sir.— While sho forgets and forgives the past, I work for the future. There, sir, you have tho wholo story—only don’t toll folks here of it. for somo men always laugh at and sneer at a man who is trying to do right. I can stand it, but 1 don’t caro to when it can be got by. Maybe you know something about it, and maybo you don’t; but such talk to a man, when lm is trying to do right, is hard to bear. But 1 can bear it if I must, for there is life and health and more happiness than we have had in store for us yet. ***** We parted from tho man who lived down in tho valley, friend*, lie said ho was glad w® called, while his wifo, as wo bade them both good bye, said, “God bless you for kind words !” aud her tone alouo repaid us a thousand fold for our walk into and out of the valley this pleasant Saturday Night.—“Bincx” Pomf.uoy. Tlie Cotton Crop in Alabama and Mississippi. Accounts from tho in ten or are spot ted but all agreo that rain is wanted, and in sections the crops aro suffering from the drought. In north Mississip pi tho crops are said to be in good con dition, while in the eanebrako or prai rie country, the prospects aro reported bad. Along tho line of tho Alabama Iliver tho drought is said to ho partic ularly severe, and in somo localities immediate raius are needed to save the crop3 from ruin. While on this sub ject wo beg leave to call tho at tention to the fact that tho public is allowing itself to bo drawn into the other extreme regarding tho condi tion of tho crops. There has been an improvement since June, no ono can doubt, but it must be remembered that without this change tho crops in ! this section would have been a total ! failure. So far but little or no fruit' has been made, and wo consider tho j crop in its most critical condition, ono | in which it will require the most favor- 1 able seasons for development.— Mobile j Regular. \ Why are sheep the least moral of the animals ? Because they gambol iu their youth, spend much of their time on the turf, many of them are blacklegs, and they all get fleeced at last. Mr. Charles Thompson recently ran his bond against a young lady during a cotilion. “Ah ! excuse mo, dear, ’ lie cried ; “did it hurt, ah V” “No, sir, it’s too soft to hurt anything,” she replied. YOL. VI. —NO 29. What Railirnlism Him done. It disfranchised thousands of white citizens. It invaded the Federal Constitution. It usurped the sovereignty of the States. . It annihilated ten States. It abolished civil, laws in certain! parts of tho United States. It created military c mmissions to' try civil cases. It suspended hebeaa corpus in time of profound peace. It denied to tho white citizens trial by jury, five years alter the late war ended. It endorsed tho outrages of Holden, and othors. It encourages tho negroes to idle ness. It gave about two hundred millions of acres to the public domain within the last two years to corporations of rich capitalists. It broke every plodge it over made to the people. Tt unseated Democratic Congresmtfetf who woro duly elected. It squandered the public treasure. It refused to prosecute tile theives of public monoy. It attempted to corrupt the ballot box. It has taxed every species of prop erty of the poor man. It exempted tho rich man’s bonds from taxation. It payed the rich mart in gold. It payed the soldier, his widow and orphan in greenbacks. It appointed spies in evory eommu nity. And now socks its perpetuation By tho enactment of infamous laws to prevent Democrats from voting.—Lou ise ills Democrat. If you want to glido smoothly, use' tho oil of patience trooly. An Indianapolis wedding was post poned because tho man got drunk on his way to the bride’s residence ami lost the license. Two young men were turned out of tho church iu *Springfield, Long Is land, for playing euchre on a young lady’s lap during tho sermon. “Give tho devil his duos” reads wolf enough in n proverb, but what would become of you and mo if this arrange ment is carried out ? A New Orleans man who tried {o' frighten his wifo by playing burglar hopes to rocovor, evon if thoy can’t find tho ball. An old gentleman being asked what he wished for dinner, repliod : “An appetite, good company, something to oat and a napkin. Statistics. —Os tho 1,001 young la dies who fainted last year, DOS fell iif the arms of gentlemen, two foil on tho floor, and one into a water bucket. A littlo fellow going to Church for the first time, whore tho pews wero very high, said oncoming out, “I wont in a cupboard and took a seat on the shelf.” The yoxing lady who sang, “I wish somebody would come,” has had her dosiro gratified. Eleven country cous ins have arrived and intend to stay all summer. A German out West being required to give a receipt in full, produced the following aftor much mental effort: “I ish full. I vants no more money.—• John Swaekhammer.” An officer on a review day happonod to bo thrown from liis horso. As ho lay sprawling on tho ground, he said to a friend who ran to his assistance, “I thought I had improved in my rid ing, but I find I have fallen off. “What brought you to prison, my colored friend 7” “Two constables, sail.” Yes, but I moan had intemper ance anything to do with it ?” Yes, sah, dey was bofo of ’em drunk.” “Leave you, my friend,” said a tip-' sy fellow’, clinging to ad amp post ona dark night, “loavo you in a condition, not to tako care of yourself! Never ! ’ On hearing the report that the shocking condition of the firemen’s hoso had resulted in tho destruction of property, a woman sat up all night darning her husband’s socks. “Mothor,” said a little girl who was making her doll an apron, “I believe I will boa Duchess when I grow up.” “llow do you over expect to become a Duchess, my daughter?” “Why, by marrying a Dutchman, to bo sure,” re plied the girl. Some girls will never learn to re strain tho natural impulses of their nature. A minister was baptizing a girl at Bipon, Wis, and when ho had subme-iged her and came out of the watos, he asked her how she felt in her mind. Ilor answer was, “All hunky, only a little wet. ’ Doeply were we affected ott reading' the other day of a young lady who, be ing told that her lover had been sud denly killed, cried, ‘Oh, that splondid gold watch of his ! Give me that— give mo something to remember himi by.’ Touching simplicity. ‘Paddy, my hoy,’ said a gentleman: to a fellow whom he observed fishing away at a deep pool, ‘that must be a favorite stream for trout.’ ‘Faith, and sure it must be that same, for I havo been standing hero this throe hours, and not one of ’em will centre out of it.’ “I was not aware that you knew him,” said Tom Smith to an Irish! friend the other day. “Know him,” said he, in a tone which comprehended tho knowledge of more than one life, “I knew him when his lather was 4 boy.”