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THE I) AW SO IV WEEKLY JOURNAL. BY J. D. HOYL & CO. Oatusoii oaUtklj |ourral PUBLISHED STMT THURMBXT l Kit JUS— Strictly in • Adranct. Three months.. t 76 Sit months 1 25 One year 2 00 To ./ilreriiMT! s— The money for ad tertising considered due alter first inser ’"xritertiseaent! inserted at interrale to he charged as new each insertion. AB additional charge of 10 per cent will be made on adTertieements ordered to be in •erted on a partieniar page. Advertisements under the head of “Spe cial Notice*’’ will be inserted for 15 cents per line, for the first insertion, and 10 cents per line for each subsequent insertion. Adrertisements in the “ local Column,” will be inserted at 26 cents per line for the grit, and 20 cent-per line for each subse quent insertion. All communications or lrtters on business Intended for this office sheutil be addressed t a“Taa Dxwsrs Jouksm ’’ LEGAL ADVERTISING RATES. Sheriff sales, per lery ol 1 square... .$ 400 Mortgige sales, per lery 8 00 Tat sales, per lev* 4 no Citations for Letters of Administration 400 Application for Le ter* ol gu'rdia ship •• • 600 Applies tin" for Dismission from Ad* w>iniS' r a(ion:.... i 10 no application for Dismission: tioic Guardianship 500 Application for leere to sill Land— see sq $5, each additional square. ... 400 Application for Homestead 8 nO Notice to debtors tnd creditors ... 600 Land sales, per eqaare (inch) 4 00 Sale of Perishable propertT, per *q 2 00 R«tra» Nonces, sixty days 8 00' Notice tw perfect service s no : Ra':N>si, pet square.. 4 00 i Kr.les to establish lost papers, per sq 400 j Rules enroprlltng titles, per rqttaie.. 400 t.'jles to perfect service in Divorce cases 10 00 Tb* above are the minimum rate* rs legal advertising now charged bv the Press of Georgia, and which we shall stric'lv adhere tain the future. We hereby give final no tice that no advertisement of this class wil bit published in the Journal without the fee input d in advance, only in cases where we have special arrangements to the eontrarv SE’roffSisicoal 6arflsi Jt. F. HlltMOlf 8, T. H. PICKETT * 1 n fium h * pic ac tt ATTORNEYS AT LAW IMWfiO.I GIORG.A J. F. WALKER, j Attorney at Law, DA WSOtf, - GEORGIA \\?ILL oaaetice in the Pa'aula Ci cult.- ! * T Office at the Oimrubausf Vpl*. 22 1» j JAMES KEEL ATTORN Y AT LAW, Leary, Cmllioiiii Cos , Ga j c . 11. wo< ti n," Attorney *t T «w, •ffßj.rr. -f. f.oiff. #*/ \% ILL practice in *he State Con*'S and in ( * the Cirotii' and Di""tct (’out's of *hn j United States in (savannah. sep'27. I. J. BECK, Attorney at Law, largai, Cu'hoaii < oniily,Ga. Will practice in the Albay Circuit and •'se • hare In the State, hy Contract. Prompt at 'tation eiven to all bnsiness entrusted to his t*re. Collections a specialtv. Will also 'n ’astigat* titles and buv or sell real Estate 'tt lalhann, Baker and Early Comities. •na-eh 21-t* L. G CARTLE DGE, Attorney at I aw - - GEORGIA _ 1 ss entrusted to his es'e in Album ''io-oit 4-1. IT. < • hoylT • t’uiney at Law* Daw»oa, Georgia. n. rißUit. rues 1. fieldku. H. & I. L. FIELDER,. *I T 9 4NE Y S AT IAW Cillßltert', - - Gforgsaf AV r ILi. give prompt and vigilant attentici * >0 alt business cc fitlcd 'o >bem >ll Y‘« coun'ie* ot Randolph, '•tewarr, Quitmui, ferrell. Ofay, Calhoun and Earlr, the Su preme Court, ol Georgia, and the U. 8. Dis trict and Circuit Courts for the Southern fiistriet of Georgia. Cffica iivt,-city Post Office Oct. 2". D. H. MILLER, law, Morgan, Ga-j t® 1 o*ce in Ordinary’* Office 080, 8 m JAMES H. GUERRY, Attorneys at [ .aw, tt.fPf"s©.r, - Office in the Ooori Bouse. Feb, 4 * r . L. JA IV Eh” attorney at law, DAW SOV, - GEORGIA. OR«e over J. \V, Jobnrtco’s rtinw. Jio7 lip thinking ju«tnow of N«»LoHy, And j»l| tiiht Nobody’s do**, 1 I ft passion sot N* body, That Nobodv else would own. I hear the name of Nobody, Fot from Nobody I amui'g; Ami I ping the pin ism of Nobody, A* nobody mint) has sung. h' Jife’s joung morning, Nobody xo me whs tender and dear And my cradle was rooked by No body, And Nobody whs ever near. I was pett-d and piaiseo by No body, And Nobody brought me up, And when 1 was hungry, Nohotly Osve n> to dine or sup. I went to school to Nobody, And Nobody 'aught me to trad: I play ed in the street with Nob* iff) And r _to Nobody *vei gave heed. I recounted nij tale to Nobody, For Nobody whs willing »«► hem ; And toy hcH|t it cut g « Nohotly, And Nobody shed tt n ar And whan ] grew old to, Nobody Gave ms h helping turn; And by thegood aid ot Nobody I began my living tr. earn And hem « I courted Nobody, And s# and Nobod* Vl’d Lp, And asked to marry Nobody, And Nobody married me Thus I fudge along with Nobodv, At'd No! ody cheers my lif**, And have love f<*t Nobody, W hicti Nobody has for his wife. 80 here’* a health h.Nobody, For Nobody’* now in town, For I’ve-a passion h r Nobody, That Nobody else would * wn. tiiri i; hoi k* i\ gl«>hv. Ulihl tt Lllt'e G<rl «** w While lit tt Tritiice-s <a iiii|v.«- <»t ili,- Hari«r-f »ilt« Rith »>,. jar!*** git* a ive*, » it* Tbe following letter f earing the . ig nature of a icput t e purport 'lie facts herein ra. rated being also vouc *ed for by pro.utnent residents f the place, wo piinted in the Gt»en County Re/o mer, of Monroe Win., of a recent tiate: At rb» earliest tcqnest of Nellie Blackford end h* r patents, I shall en deavor to iniuiiu the publ.u of the strange and miracu on- rest, latinu ol the life alitf health to this little Mitf-r --tng girl. Nellie is ihirjeeu year# old, and never hat- t een a robust child, and . tg'it weeks tgn bet tt other (wn.i is suffering wiih con umption) became danger,.uely ill, ami N*-lie, thinking her am her wan dying, lelt her and ran for a neighh ring lady. they started ha**’: for Mrs. Binck ord’e, and Ne'ite was in such a hurry that she caught up the three-year-nld cll'ld of the neigh hot’s while the iatly was ahead with t* e ha'.y, Mini did n«.t know that Nellie was running for life with that large chi : d. V\ hen she <*id -en het, she stopped and exchanged hut dens. Nellis slso ran fur another neighbor, and by the time site had run over two miles she arrived at home compin' jy exhausted and hu« commenced the dleadlU- stiffening ot Nellie. Bhe has been ill tor eight weeks, -tiffeiing a most c< nstantly She was attended at £L st by D . Richter, at and improved quite rapidly except pain •* the spine. Feeling hetiei, sh quit taking me dicine- -still so weak that walking seemed at, in possil ility; f*ut Neihe felt such a desire to aga ti walk unas sisted that Friday, March SI, she ven tured ; but Ibe exertions prove I too much, and falling to tie floor, she in jured her spine in endcavo*ing to save herself, and went into a vi lent fit tak ing the form of epi ep-*y, lasting two hours The toxt day she hail another, more violet t, ihst lasted half an hour. : The frail form rould ecacely be held by s tong persons. D . R ,, **t> s called; tin continue tt • grow weak, but had no return of c nvulaioii*. Three days after the fi at cons nlsion , both upper and lower extremities were p. ralysed. She cotitinne<l tn this helpless conditiou until the feabbntb |)r. Rood called, and said she c uld not live till tuortiit g, and that no hu man power could save tier. Never, theless, she did ive, and du mg M. n day forenoon laid in the same condi tion, peifectly conscious, yet unable to aiticulate, except in the gentlest whis pers. Her mind had been perfectly clear during all het illness. Ibe least exertion, ev- n the taking of a spoon ful of water, would cause he* to sink away till the pulsation -ts tbe heatt could not he noiiced, nor could any poire f- dl-cv. re.’ in ‘h** wrist. They ttirneo her gently on the sheet, and 1 that would cause the si king spt l.«*. ! Stic was ■* so deaf for days a * turn . Ilet wish was to !**•»» h «*r ltf» ot pain, die and ive with G"d and the angels, ere her dear affltotwl mother left her 1 belpleee orphao. DAWSON, GEORGIA, THURSDAY. MAY 31 1877. On Monday afternoon the friends and neighbors nssen.b'ed to see her die. About 2 o’clock she sank away, growing weaker and weaker till about three Het exiremities heca* e very cold and hey, though her gently and happily passing “over the river.” All at once a change passed over her fsa turee, a sweet smile illuminating 1 er countenance, and tile most ti*en-e, delight seemed portrayed anil linget ed on her tace till it fatrlv sh ne.— Words tail me to exptess tbe happi ness, contentment and glory t' ero de_ piefe*'. A continual change seemed passing o\ei her quiet (ace. a I telling of something bright and heautilul passing before tier en.ap’oted eye*. AJI a' once to the astonishment of ail, she taised her little hands in the atti tude of listening inten'lv, changing her positi uj coutti ual y and seeming to listi-n wi*h all the power of her tiling. She cout.uue<t in this state for nearly three boms, seeming perfectly unconscius of all surrounding objects ands umlf, Bhe s< eiucd to g- ttlly louse from this conditiou. 'he open ed her ey,s, and seeing her mother standing neat, a suet and heavenly smile | assed over hbi face. Her moth er stood ntid asked he: if she het.id sweet music Nellie bad spoken h*:- fote .I hearing must when in Imr sinking spells. And »ow come.- the strange ntid niir.cnioUH stoty ot this '.title tluugh ter of affliction as re „[**d to u e t*y herselt; “I seemed as though I was walking through a pleasant country till I came to a place th t sute y was Heaven.— Tit re we e stteet> 111 paved with gold, and such eautiiul tountains as ci* ar as chry- nl tl at seeme.i >o ri-e up aid then tall in 'right -ps'kliog drops 1 laid -lown o" a soft gra.-sy I i.nk to rest nea a fountain, where tny gii*ml pa who tms been dead -tx yeats came to me, and said I should g • buck to the care it my o t e sist**i till st e w*- bitge etio tgi. to ake care of hcueli. My little ftio her, whom I had uevet seen, ea >■« omean 1 toht me he raw my hvothet, and lie pl-.yed such sweet ous c foi ine ot. a go ilec harp. A crown ol gold elicit led nis head.— Fie was all d.o-.-ed m gieaming white and so was grat <lpa. And her did not look so old a- won hete, ami Lis eyes weie p* rf* Ct, Hot I'lind of liie one tie used to be. ll.s voice sound* and so familiar. “Tt.en, oh, 1 an luidly tell, 1 saw Jesus'all robed it whi ■), a dazzling j ctown upon his bed. H- sot ott such a beautiful high -eat that was 011 a raised pi ittorm. All seemed of gold, and theie w. 1 e .eau'i’o! trees, fl *wets stteailis ad toun'aina of idea wa'ei' ar* und tfie ’.htone ,->lid .* * where. - j Ange s were flying arouml, bright crowns upon their head- and gulden hatps in their In nds, and th< v p ay and the sweetest music that I evei It aid. I felt Sony a* fiist wi.en gr-n pa told me I shoo and g t hats, and taKe the pl ice *t my ‘hat othei and she sfiould come. V\ hen I first seemed to get to this place the su-eet wmd elci me ! V,-|c. nie 1 echod a around. 1 saw so many things that winds fail to teil t ten. ttw Foe angle.- *nid ti ey wituitl cute me, tliat 1 stiout 1 take no medicine, ..it*. 1 shall get well.” Since these notes wh.p first taken down, Nellie lias improved rapidly— anil has been out *>f doors, vend seems in a lair way to get we ! Wh< a i«, 'ißrry. A* euou ass uug nun Decmes litinee', pure and luvalde; w'i-n he ta- a<qtnr*"i wit ti ability in pud-s ---i. n a- «ill it sui« a t it an iucniii.*; wti.-n fie ft, willing to and« pnve It m-e 1 .•f ut-e e-e uxuries and has ilto tuiiial cnurtrge <> wun some sensible gitl whom t>e Ittv-s l.eller than his , wu self, then he may ptepare to beet.me a f> nedict. As for tl.e gir , when she Is 'W nty wn; at.to to umka her own clothes ! and cook her own dinnem; willing tt | find hat world in her own hone, if need be, aid, In Ve e I, when she lias found a man "I ne* pre-ence cau ses tier v. tn le s* ul to tremble (1 het tender downcast eyes; one, a '(.rich ot whose hand sends a delicious tlni.l througl Iter lies 11 ss a tuning sun beam- C tii*e the spring fit wars to ' tieml 1« under their s* fi kisses, then she may hi Pome s. ine' udy’a darling. Why ate Indies ike watches?— Because tii*y Itave iieriiiifn fsces, delicate hands,are inure adruuef w hen full jeweled, and ne«l legulariug very ‘ fetru* Tlie Whirligig ol Fasliiotr. T'*e fashionable coiffures of Paris not only make the h*-.id look smnll tut are l*eeoming. In s me of the h*ad dr sses tlesianed by M Dondel a double piece rtf' 1 air fr mi the hack is twisted and htotjght to the fo'e part of tlie hea<l and tied in a bow exactly tit the een?te The cords a e curled und from a point on either "iile; while inamthertbe how of hair comes at the side, and in another u tress of hair tied in a succession of loose knot is'Oarriod across the head. The pre vailing style for wearing the hair over the forehead is to have it 1 urled ot frizzed in waves, presenting the ap pliance ot being nut short. he di et it tails low down or no* depend* upon the bight of the forehead. It may he parted either in the middle or a' the side. This curUd and frizzed fiont hair is geuetaliy false. In many cases the natnra' hair is discarded in the coiffure, being combed hack and tucked up tightly to make the place lor cnrls ami postiches. There is no uniformity in any of the fashionable hcad-dres-s that i», the arrangement ot the two sides i*t dissimilar, tnar n-uux anti cut la being allowed to fall a! will, ard when hows or marteaux app* at on one cine Gordian k nots ate placed on the othei, this knot being two sbands of hair intertwisted so us t*. appear as if tied in a double flat 1 knot. ppollo and Alsatian hows tiling ed \.ith the Guidian ktuts. - j Pi iting is a out out of fashion. — Bowa ad hands of gauze are often mingled with the o itfu es. Flnweis am worn mostly in lung buuc et or in iar, « sprsys phic**] fat back at thb side. Ve.y young ladies incline to wear the hait crepsd in large *#» s Honed hack fmiii the face. In that ca-e loose loops of hair ate wogn low S' tha b-ck. Mauv evening *oilHts are now Com posed ol bur materials. In some ■ ire-scs a single tone is preserved (htougheiit he toi ot, wh.lo ir. others th>-ie are muikeJ contrasts Satin is again tl e ion to even ing drisses ; indeed, there is scarely a tu i dies- t il< t which does not show j some of tins «n .terial tn its composi tion, if only flows and piping. Da uia-k and hioead and silk- sod Cham hety gatizes a e employed for the scarf diaperies that are now worn on tiaiu ed skills, as well a- for flounces, and hequet tly lor sleeves too. 1 oat hndbes ami polonaises have latgeb' ieplacH.l dre-ses with bodices ant) tunics. Bkirts of street dres-es short enough to escape the gtcutid Hre again in vogue in Paris. Dat is ended a “fl- wer unite” is snperse dicg ttu- fl unce, so universal as a bor der to the skiits of eveniug dresses, I' c n-ists-of pinked si ked of tfirecnr four colots togwthe*, such as th v rose, pale Itlue, ttheul and olive. Wide si k atoi cl.enille galloons a<n popu’ar for trimttii’ g-, at.'f olt**n display strik 11.g y con ra ting Cohns; for instance, Vesuvius red on u maize ground. wliwolitig ilic evil. An individual in the north of Bpvin, who was ebout >o tlie, refused to re ceive the cons'datier of rel'giou, and tlie parish priest who had been sen*, for, when the man refused to see him, depaited w tb tbodeclaration that the devil would come in pereon to carry off the hardened sinner as soon as he was dead. Not long after as the lam ily was wa.ching <>y the de«d L dy, the di.or was hurst open wit'i a great noi-e and the o appeared n the scene s personage .rrayed in ted, decorated wi h a long Vr.il and ,-meli.ng trongly of strlpht r. Thu npirtiftent wae speetli'V vacates hy thernoulners, whe rrrhrf r » « id gteai terror. A man set ven' in another pß't vt tlie house I.enL'i tin- noi-e, and went to theriae.". Mastering Ins leare, h- fite«l three ► lints ftoiu a revolver at ti.e appari ti n, who had just taken the hod) in his arms. The su( pes«d devil fell to the floor, ti and on examination turned out to he the pniisli sexo n. who by oitler of tho piles'bad U tleilaken tho pn 11 ot Hittan. He was quite dead when picket! up, and tout who tun suspected ol hilving planned the ms-qi eraile have been taken into cus tody An imiioispap 1 edited by a Mr. S . el says: “A pi inter last week pro posed t<> go nib* par ner. hip with us His I.H'ite W*s L)"oiitt|«. l'tie fi m iim.-t was Very ti.nl eithei wav you pn' it Steel & Do.eittle, or D mottle 'ad >l«ei V\ e can’t joi .. One of us would t>e in the poor bouse and the theorin the penitentiary,” - llorr 4|)i*»nrre *f ih«* (’lirisiians ol liiriukni. Thnlittle Mulgati in townofTtsturkai, situated across the Dtatibe from Ore nitra, p*tssea*eil many Christian in habitants, in numbers lar fewer than the Tuiks. On the night nf the 10th the Tutkish citixens of the town join ed with troops in the fortress, from which the village take* its name, ami began an onslaught upon the Chris tians. The carnage began in all perts of tlie town at once. The doors of those who attempted to defend their homes were broken in,aud the massa cres and outrages were perpetrated within the dwellings. Id uiany- in stances, however, the attacking patties encountered the tamilies seated tngeth ei in front of their houses. The meth od ill such cas s generally was to ei ther sabot or shoot the father ami ol der sons, to break the skulls of the old women, and then to s-izean l out rage the younger women. In very maDy cases the outiuges were perpe tia ed by t.eighhjrs ami citizens of the town well known to the poor mis erable victims. Nohotly was spared who was (.apturjd. Scenes of fright ful atrocity occurred. Tlie cries of the fleeing women and children weie hoard at the outposts of the Rouman ian troops encamped below Oltenitza, and a small party under cover of the daiknees ventured across the riv er. They brought twe Bulgarian men hack with them. One of the fugitive was quite an old m tn, and was for a long time unable to speak from grief and wild terror. When, on Thurs*lay he was comiinxed suffi ciently to t Ik with tlie R umaiiian officers, he de-cibed the killing of his wife and eldest son in tiis sight, nod tlie carrying off of his daughter. Tie only pretext seems to have been the ■ ineffectual ’tomba-dment of Oltenitza \ from the old fortress of Turtukai and I from the now water batteries which have been erec ed n'ong the river hank. No damage was done Fry Turkish flatteries. A FH«liio«iib!e Woman's Prayer. Strengthen my husband, and may his faith and money hold out to the lust. Draw the lamb's wool cf un-uspi cious twilight over his eyes, that my flirtations ma\ look to him like vict<>- ties, and that my bills uuy strenghen his pride in me. Bless, O Fortune, tny cimps, rats and dizzies, end let the glory shine on my | amt '-nd p‘>w ler. Enable the j oor to shift for them selves, and B»>e me from all missiona ry baggers. Sheil thy light on tny camel's hair shawl, my lavpnder silk, tny point ace and nejk ! ane of diamonds an-1 keep the moths out of my sables, I beseech the, O, Fortune When I walk out before the gaze of vulgar men, regulate my wiggle and sd'l new grace to my gait. When I bi*w myself to worship, gra.it that I may do it with ravishi g elegance, und preserve unto the last the lily-white of my neck and the ta per ot my fingers. Destroy initte enemies with the gall of jealousy, and eat up with the teerh ot envy sll those who gaze at my style. Save me frmi wrinkes and foster my plumpness. Fill bo'h niy eye-, 0, Fortune ! with ihe plaintive poison of infatuation, that I may lay out my V'ctinie the m«n —as niitiih a- images gtaven. Let the li.y and the rose trive to gether i't n;v cheek, and in y tny net k ■wiiii like a gt "»e 011 the hos< ni ol ct vs a I water. E'.atil'* me, 0 F rtune! to were shoe* still a little smaller, tisd save me from all coins and fur ions. Bless Fanny, my 'aptiog. and rain i down tic.i.Miiries of des.ruction upon j those who shall hurl a bait of Hector, rny kitten. Be Ni.tr.—Young ladies, if they only kuew bow disgusting to men slov line*-is, and hew attractive are di - plays of neatness and taste woultl ar ray themselves in the simplicity and cleanliness ot tha lillies us the field ; or, if able to indulge m costly attire, : the* would study the hartilouiOs blen ding ol colors winch nature exhibit! tu ail works A grl ot good ta-le, and I,a'-its of neatness, tnu make a more 1 actuating toilet with a shilling calico drees a few cheap rrbfa ue and laces, and such ornaments as she can gn'her from the garden, than a vul gar, tawdry cieatute who ia Worth ! thousands and has the jewelry and werdrobo of a princess /I tlurdcrcr'ii llcinorstt ansi Suicide. At th* s head of Culver canon, ahout thirteen mile* from Emeks, Nevada, in a desolate find forbidden country, is n tumble-down shanty, evidently built" hy sor»*u cosl burners Homo timo ago h mnn iu search of stray stock happened to look into th* shan ty, and found the body of H man deatl, in a rude bunk against the side of the cabin, und near by, in a hook, was written I.ee Singleton's confes sion of the murder of John Murphy sii years since. They were .both feed- 1 ers to a smelting furnace in Eureka;' Murphy had insulted and struck him,! and being th* weaker man, Single'on ! had harbored his revenge till one 1 night when they were alone he stun ned hia enemy with a blow soil thrust his body among the vivid coals of the furnace. After the mu'dei Single ton wpnt into Mie charcoal business, and accumulating |2,000, he went East and wandered restlessly about for four years, when, hy an irresisti ble Damnation, he was impelled to return to the scene nf his crime once mere. The*e in his old charcoal hut in 'he desolate ca- on the tragedy was compelled, and Singleton's minute and circumstantial confession thus con clude; “As soon as I finish writing I shall take the poison anti lay down in the hunk. I don’t snppos" that Any 1 one ev<*r pnsse» this wav, and I s' all probably lay here and to*, or tbe ver min wil feast on me. I cannot go to s worse hell than what I’ve been in f*r the last six years. II ary one finds this statement thny can verify the truth of it by looking over the hooks of the smelting conpsnv, and they will find mine and John Murphy's name ou the pay roll.” l T *eful und Cheap. The unpleasant odor produced by perspiration is frequently th* source of vexation to pern us who «re nth. je tto it. Nothing is simpler than to remove this ordor much more effectu nlly than Vty *he application of such unguents and perfumes as are in use. Tt is only nee sss'y to procure soma of the tompo..nd s[irit« of ammonia, and place ahout two tablespoonful* iu ‘ a hasi.t of wa'er. Washing the face, hands and arms with this leaves the skin s clean, •.wee’ and fre-h as one could wish. The wash is peifetly harmless and very cheap. It is teco inanded on the authority of an experi enced phvs cian. A bottle of ammon ia is almost.one of the most necessary things *0 have always on hand. It will remove grease or soiled sp >tn from atmo-t any goads without injury, is invaluable in cleaning all woolen goods, and one of the v ry best w.i-h --ing fluids is made ol equal parts of ammonia and turpentine It makes rubbing the clothes abno-t tmnecesa- 1 ry, and also makes them very w* ite withou' making them tender. House plants are st'tnuiated in their growth ! and ft 0011 ing by watering them with warm water, to which is added a lit tle ammonia. Two spoonfuls to a quart of wat*»r is suflicent Too Good tt t li:«nc«t (o Lcac. When a grocer’e hoy yesterday de livered a basket lull of packages to a la'ly on Colombia street her quick eye steeled tbe fact that she hadieceived oc.lv 11 oranges in place of a dozen “Young man, you *;e thut other orange as yon came slung!” she ex claimed a., she recounted tbe nun her. “NcV'-r —never!” he earnestly re plied. “Weil, where is it then?” “Pe. liaps tt ey counted wr* ng,ma’am.’ “Well, I’ll go light back with you and see ” “I didn’t eat 'htttorange ” he began after a littl" refl.-cti.in, “Bnt I'lt teli you how it was. Down here, about two blocks I saw <n od chap out in Ilia garden with Ids hat hanging on a bwh He uas the haifl-headeat man I .-ver ►hw, ma’am.” “Lite, ma’am—heaps. If you was a hoy and saw such a h- ad, and you 1 knew you cotihl hit it and g- tnway all ' rig': , wouldn’t you put an orange against it?” I “I; was very wicked,”she sof'.ly an swered. “Y\*ll,l dnnno hnt 'twa*; but if you’d seen that old gent catch his legs and make a jump, anil if you'd hearn hnn yell ont as he come down and | grabbled for his hat, why, ma’am you’d lend uie another orange topop atsotr.e ! one as I go hack !” One day Bill hail company to-dine I with in, an<t lis wile, wi* .ing to appear wel‘, quietly admonished him to he careful what he said Al. went well till Bill got his potatoes well mashed, when tie said; “Dolly, give tne sotre of the grease “Why, Wil liam,” said his wile, “you should call it gravy. “Wall,,’ sajs Bill,“l guess it 1 spill any ol it on votir tahle-cioth you would cull it grcßee.*’ Tnegu’oß'e thru ed. VOL. AD.--NO. 17 Mb Stkchbws’ Akkital Home—Th* C'tawfordsville Democrat of Ftidajr sayr: “Mr. Stephen* arrived home vesterdav or. the eleven o’clock train from Au 'uata. He was consider** 1 y fatigued hy trevet hut cunsi ering the long and severe spell of shkneoe be passed through while in Washington city last winter, ho stood ’.be trip re markably well. Ho is appearntly in better condition than when he left home last winter, and ssys he feels quite as well as then. He expressed grt’et gratification upon being able ta meet and sh. ke ha' ds once more with j the many friends who met him at the depot on his arrival, and who called to ' see him at Liberty Halt. Hi* comfort j was greatly promoted on the trip from Washington through Die kindness of President John P King and .Superin tendent S K. Johnson, of the Georgia Railroad, who arranged whith other r <*ads(if the Atlantic Goat.* Line to bring; him through on sleepers, with only one change of cars, which wns&t Wil mington, N. C.” FHr-ffi. Look out for'drunk pigs when ai* comes in hogsheads. Many a man lias ruined his eye sight by sitting in a bar-room looking for vr irk. An exchange notices marriages un der 'lie heading of “Doings of tiie Weak.” When “I would not li»e always” was written blue glass had not been discovered. Tlie purest metal is produced from the hottest furnace, and the brightest thunderbolt ft *m the darkest storm. The odor of the African has never been accounted for, a'th ngh so many expeditions huvo started for the acou ter of aft'ca. TlieAmeiican navy ha* cost about five hundred million t'ol ats, since th* war, ands said to ho abaolutely worthless. “When Mr. Phillips calls you a liar, a Tilliati and a scoundrel,” says Gen eral I)hv ns, “he merely means that tie does not agree with you.” “Grth” says that tlie humorous • is a moral and mental waif, that, his mind is an ashheap and his language poppyc ck. Dentis s ssy th«t the teeth of fe males are mor» regular than tbo«e of males, because the former have more “jaw” for the teeth to spread on, The Wes'ern cons. ctionsr, who, a few nuntlis ago taught his parrot to »ay “pretty creature” to eveiy lady who entered hiseture, he is now a mill ionaire. 1 Any work, no matter how humble, that a man honors hy efficient labor will tie found important enough to se t ure respect for himself and credit for his naino If Mis. Myra Clark Gains’lawsuits should he deeidtrd in her f*v*r many mote tioies, perhaps !ier*granddchild ren may he able to got.possession ot a portion of the property. “Is that .. friend of your*?” asked a gentleman, pointing to a party who was tapidly sa*lir<g down the a'reet. “Can’t tell you ti l next Saturday,” returned tlie individual addressed,“l’v* just lent him five dollars.” “Will yi u please insert this obitua ry notice?” asked an old gentleman of a reunify e-fittr. “I make bold to ask it hocanee l know the dec 'need had a great many friends about here wiio’d tie g ad to heard hisdeatli.” A downcast maiitia captain on re c« vicg a note from a lady irquest'ng tho pieasur's ot his company, uuderstood it as compliment to those tinder hi* command, and marched them ail to the lady’a house. I>i<l yon ever come down stairs on Sunday morning’', and ask your nil* to put a button on your wislband, but what she lilted her eyes 'o heav en sod with clasped hands assure you that when that shirt was put away, there was a butlun on it. A little hoy of our acquaintance who hail just learned that the oarnbs Joint and Ji'.ck were need interchangeably, took necss on, n< t nnraturally, to eal; hi* sis'er’s attention tn a picture of “Jack the Baptist.” Dobbs thinks the “tree of knewl edge” was the birch tree, the twig* of w ich hare done dp re to make uiau acquainted with arithmetic than all the other members of tbe vegetable kingdom combined. “I sny, Paddy, that is the worst look' ing horse you drive I ever saw, Why don't you fatteu him up':" “Fat him up, is it? f-iix, th« poor baste can hardly carry the little mate that's uu him now,” replied Paddy. “Well*” he complained, pulling off hia pants,“l shan’tgo poking about O' Id mornings building tires when I die!” “No,” w»6 tier cruel rep ! y front be neaih the .»arm coverlids, “for if you get your just deseits you’ll find the fire all homing red trot around you j every uion ing.” We once knew a man who said to his pastor—‘‘l am going to the other church, alter this.” “An,and why so?” asked the minister. “Well, if you don’t ga your shoo* m»de at my chop, I won’, got mv preaching done at yem, ” rr, he wvi tr ts