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by j. and. 110 yl & CO. pu.ioii cJlftlUn Journal PCBLtSHZD BVEXT THURSDAY. TEil.US—SlrUtly in eidvance. Three months ? Six months * 1 ** One year • a 00 lit Adleriisers .-—The money for ad vertising considered due after first inser -1 °ydvcuisenjents iuserted at intervals to be as new each insertion. An additional charge of 10 per cent will he made on advertisements ordered to be in eerted on a particular page. Advertisements under tbs head of “Spe cial Notices’’will be inserted for 16 cents per line, for the Brat insertion, and 10 cents per line for each subsequent insertion. V Advertisements in the “ I.ocal Column,” will be inserted at 26 cents per line tor the first, and 20eent-per line for each subse quent insertion. ' All communicat.ions or letters on business tended for this office should be addressed , “ The Dawson Journal ’’ legal advertising rates. Sheriff sales, per levy ol 1 square.... $ 4 00 Mirtg.ige sales, per levy 8 00 Tin rale®, per lew 4 00 Citations for Letters of AdminisiratioD 400 Application for Letters of guardia Application for Dismission ftom ministration 10 00 Application for Dismissiom fiom Guardianship 6 00 Application for leevo to s> 11 Land— one rq 86, ench additional square.... 4 00 Application for Homestead 8 00 S’otice to debtors and creditors ... 600 Land sales, per square (inch) .% 4 00 Sale of Perishable properly, per sq 8 00 fistrav Notices, sixty days 8 00 Notice to perfuet service 8 00 Utile Nisi, per square 4 00 Pules to establish lost pspers. per sq 400 Kales compelling titles, per square.. 400 Kules to perfect service in Divorce eases 10 00 The above are the minimum rates of legal advertising now charged bv the Press of Georgia, and which we shnll strictk adhere to in the future. We hereby cive final no* lice that no advertisement of 'his class wil be published in the Journal without the fee is paid in advance, oolv in cases where we have special arrangements to the eontrarv !. n. GCFIthT, JAB. G PARKS GUERRY & PARKS, jipfs and Colipgelors at Lafy DAWSON, - GEORGIA. —:o: JJRACTfCE in the St ano Federal I Courts. Collections m and i specialty.— Promptness and dispatch guarantied and insured. No" lif R. F. SIMM NS, f) at Lai* & heal tyate t, j j Dawson, Terrell County, Ga IAL a tendon given to roll cu- ris, oconveyancing arid investigate g■ ■ re Real Estate. Oc'.' 8. ( f T. 11. PICKETT, Ait'y k Counselor a l Law, OFFICE with Ordinary in Court Hor.s\ All bu*in< B* err.u'ited tc his care will ifctivc pronjpi and efficifnt attention. .Ja!t Ij. buck;, Attorney at Law, Morgan, Calhoun roniftiy,€ia. Will practice in the Albay Circui* <1 else where in the State, by Contract, Prompt at* Motion uiven to all business entrusted r o his care. Collections a specialty. Will also in- titles and buv or soil real Estate in Jalhauo, Duker and Aarly Counties, march 21—tf L. G CART LEDGE, Attorncj’ at I^riAV UORttAiX, - - GEORGIA. \V IT LgiTe close attention to all busi ” dpsß entrusted to his care in Albany Circuit. 4-1 v L. C- IIOYLi Attorney at Law. Dawion, Georgia. I. .tank*. c. A. MCD'NALP. Janes & McDonald, Attorneys at Law, n.nrso y, - Georgia. Office at he C. urt House. Tan.'’ ( )lli CAT U.OGITE for 187*. ' o' 100 pigrg, printed on tinted pap' I ', Two Clt-gtuil Colo-d * “liraand illustrated with a g.eat ou tier °t engrivings, giving prices, descrip'ion "yd caltiva'ion of plants, fl >wer and T< geta seeds, bulha. trees, sh-übs, etc, will be for 10 certs, wh ; ch we will deuuct "onili sr order. Mailed free to our regular 1 1'ttomers. Deslers price list free, Address MANZANEUNKR, Oirsvile, Ky. nervous, eihausting, and P' nful dis speed,!, yield to ihe curative influences ‘ ,e PulTcrmacher’s Electric Beits and They are sate, simp e, and t ffecuve he epsilr applied by the pa ient ~l ® s eif. Hock, with lull particulars, mailed Address Pulvermac'ier Galvanic Cos., ">lnoati, Ohio. make a permanent ! a j CR K : gement with a clergyman having Ter 'T.’JJ 1 ' * fl'ble Reader, to introduce in •er,' lb® C libra ted New Cen f-*tion of the Holy Bible. For >v, f 0T, > notion editorial in last week's °f this paper: Addr.-** at once ; . F. L. nOTON & CO.. '* lcr * flookbindets, fiO E Market 3t. * Isdiarapolb, lad. THE DAWSON WEEKLY JOURNAL Lugtrileer Hotshot Intoxi cate. nr JotnttA billikos, Esft. I l av final y cum to the, conclusion tliht lager Leer us a beverage is not intoiicuting. i I hive been told Iy a German who said he had drunk it all nite long, just to try the experiment, and was obliged to go home entirely sober in the morning. I nave seen this same men drink eighteen glasses, and if he was drunk it was in German au no body could understand it It is proper eruff to state that this mun kept a lager beei saloon, could have no object iu stating what was not strictly thus. | I l elieve him to the full extent of my ability I never drank but thefts glasses of loger in my life, and that made my head outwist as ho it was bung ou the end >d a string, t,ut I was told that it was owing to my bne be ing ou; of place; Mini I guess that it Wns io, lor I never Piled ovtr wus then I did when I get hom that nite. My wife (hot 1 waagi in to die, and I was airaid that I shouldn't, for it seemed a* iho eveiythin. I hud evsi eaten i, my life was coming to the surface; ami 1 brlievi tlt at if my wife hadn’t pul ed off my boots just a she did, they would l.av cum thundering up toe. 0, how siok I wuz! 14 years ago and I can t. Me it now I neer hud so ui. cti exferience in so sh *rt a time. If any man shod tell me that lagei beer whs not intoxicating, I shod be lieve him; but if he should el, u.e that I wasn’t diunk that nit but that my stummick was out ol older, 1 shun ask him to state over a few worts just how a man felt aud acted wiieu lie was set op. I I wan.’t drunk tliut nite. 1 had some ov the most natural -iiiitutus that a ni'ii, ever had ami kept sober. In the fii-t place it was about 80 rods from where I drank the rage: to mi house, and I wu j.-st over two hours on the road. and a hole butted through each -me of my pan taloon ueez, aud didn’t biv ai y hut. ar,d tried to open the and, oi by the Gel - puli and hiccupped aw'uliy and ,w everything iu the room trying to g, t touud ou tlie back side ov me, aud, sitting duwu on a chair, i md u< t ffii't lung enough for it to exactly under me wheu I wuz goiug round, aud l set down a little tie so n and mir-ed tlie chair about 12 tuclies, an couion’t get up soon enough to take the next cue that c< me a ong; and that uiu’t aw; my wife eed 1 wuz Cruuk as a beest, ana nz I bed before, 1 began to spin up things fieely. If lagei beer is not iutoxtceting it used mt, most almighty mean that 1 know Mill l hardly think that lager beer iz intoxicating, tori huv been told set and lan probably tlie only man liv ng who ever diunk eny when his liv er was not plumb. I dou’t wanttosay anything against a harmless teuiperanco beverage, but if ever I drink eny more, it will be with mi hands tied behiud aud mi mouth pried open. I don’t think lagei beer is intoxicat ing, hut if 1 remember rite, 1 think it tasted to me like a giass of soap suds that a pickle had been put tew soak in. A gentleman whose proboscis had suffered ampitatio,., was invited out to tea. “Jrly dear,” said the good wo man of the house to her little daugh ter, “I want you to be very particular and to make no remark about M'. Jen kins’ nose.” Gathered ab mt the table everything was going well; the little child peepied about, looked rather puz zl and, aud at last startled the tablet— “Ala, wtiv did you tell me to say noth ing about Mr, Jenkins uore t lie has not got t.ny !” An Indian Offkbing to 3flla VVuitk Gikl.- Lately a brute of a Pawnee Indian attempted to sell a wnite girl in Arkansas City. She was only ten ypara of age, and as she could talk but little English, the presumption is great that she has been among the In dians for many years. The Indian said that he bought her of a Cheyen ne lor two ponies. The wait was orobablv snatched Irom the bosom of is, -omh*wked mother on the Nebras ka troutier Tbaie are several white w. mon, girls, and children held in captivity by the aavagae that are known of, and it is reasonable to presume that there are many not known ot. It would be only hum ne f> tbe gov e.nmect to compel a surrender of all these captives TopeLi Blade. DAWSON, GEORG I Y, ITHJRSDAY. APRIL 11 1878. Si.per iilion in soldiers. Correspondence of tlie ScdulU Democrat. Two weeks ago I cut Iron* a local paper Mere this paragraph ; , ’Skobe!off is a fatalist, and wuat brilliant soldiers ure not? lie rides grtty horses in bat tle and has had as m any as lour kill ed under him in one day ” This para graph at once biought to my mind a similar superstition on tlie pat tot Gen. Jo. She by, of M is-ouri, under whom I served throughout the eii'ire war. His color was sorrel. He fiim.y eliev ed, and used often to say, that hecoul I uever be killed iu a flight while tie rode a eorrl horse And the fact seemed to bear him out in this fie was wounded three times timing the wai, but uever once w lie riding a foirel horse. He had twenty-tour hor ses killed under him in t.ie various engaged cuts where he was not hit, aud ia every single instance where tire horse was trit and the rider escaped tlie horse was a soriei. Once, at Spiingfield, a iiail struck Si.ed.y lair in the m.ddie of tlie forehead, Ii knocked ini chan from his stirrups -something uffi uit todo, for lie was a splendid nder— anu baca over his horse and heavny upon the ground. Those about turn thong t him killed, hut he was on his teet in a e< cotid and on Ins oisein another, saying in the cool tones of an ordinary con* versation :“I cannot be killed to day t lor I am riding a sorrel hors.l- of® enough, the bum ol his large felt ha had Caught the hail and hi.ike its force It . n ckt-d him from his saii r!'e and and ew Mood, hut i.eyond this no other harm was done. Indeed, I have watened tSk* o .luff’s career closely during the Eusso-Tur ki.-h war, and in common between this dsslnng soldier and Geo. Shefny. B .tn h oi tlie same power over men Both were supremely indifferent in buttle. Bote were super stltioUS. B h loved hard fighting, desperate Charges andellterp.l-.es Ilia weie e.i sidere.i in., ouitde. B >tn were milita ry dandies- that is io say, both were load if gold lace, s owv uniforms silver spurs, fl atirig plumes, spiendid -add trapping- amt ihroughhred tiorses. Both always sid to then men, “0 ilie on,” u ver “Go on 1” Both were idolized bv tl or so dier", nd hutn had the same falsliMic ideas of ihe kind of color their tiorses had U> he to make Ute riders safe. Two Families Destkoyeb nr Ligdt a’lNG.—On Friday, the B'ti nit., M>. Tbotniis H .le, living near Halesboro, in End Liver county, was standi, g in front of bis fireplace with tiis little child in bis arms. Suddenly a flush of lightning cams, and he was knock ed down, arid he and his litt e one both fe i in*o th fire His wife, who was standing naar, was also stunned at 'he eutne time, hut. patii .'ly recover ing, she dragged them out of the fire. H'-r husband was dead, and her liitle one, though not dead sufforing. Its clothes were burned off, and it was fatally hurt. On the same day at 6 o’clock p in., and about a mile from Mr. Hale’s, Mr. Webster and his fami ly wer sitting in his house in couv r sation. His wife was leani g against him. Ui der his chair was a cat. and still under the floor beneath wasaheo with her brood. He was struck by the lightning, and iDS'antly killed, as were also the ca<, ben arid tier b.O" l '. Mrs. Webster escaped unhurt.— A'orth Texan. A vety p .infi.l and senatorial April fool was perpetrated on the occasion of the target practice of the Griffin Greys on the Ist inst. The Nitct thus desciib ‘8 it: “When everybody was deeply iuterosled iu the shooting, one of the company, while carelessly hand ling his rifle, accidentally discharged it, and Sergeant McGehee unfortu nately received the load in his breast. Ot course he sank to the ground im mediately and expired almost without struggle. As soon as he fell there was the greatest excitement among those present. Everybody, with pal lid face and bating bfeath crowded about the unfortunate man. Several physicians took charge of the body, shouting: Stand back!’ ‘Give him room!’ ‘Give him aii!’ etc., and were about to probe the wound, when, to the astonishment of every one, the dead man rose up, broke into a loud laugh, and remarked, ‘April fool!”” “Darling,” said he, * licp my name in accents tender.” “Well,” said she, “doth thith theem to thuit ?” Itags in the tire t storm. -illhough sfnrv n .they Carry .*teut Uiven Them to heir i.irvlttg .11 - ter . The recent stor.n upon the p! tins was, peril?lp-, tile most severe ever known On the morning ofthe storm, two freigliteis, Mr. Jatims M D unot! and cmnisni ’il s .ri-d from I 'amp Robinson for fB-dney w ith lieu teams. They sunn weie lost and became sep arated, nil on ii-t Saturday Mr. McDermott was found und-r the fol lowing oncuiii-t incev t II ' had wan dered for twelve day-, accompanied by two dogs, without food of any kind, exposed to the storm day and night. Sleeping wrtrout -licite or covering on tire cold ground, and had w’us’ed away to a mere skeleton. To add to bis suffeiiugs, one day ne saw near him some cow boys, hut was too weak to call loud enough to attract iheir attention, and like a shipwrecked sea man who sees a sail approach, hut before it comes wittiiu naihngdist nee bears away ag du and disappears, he saw them pass from him. On last Saturday these satn ■ cow noys heard a taint bai king or yeiping like that of • fogs, aud, tohowiug tiro souud, th y came lo diem I'ne d-gs were also reduced to skeletons, trad scarcely had strength to stand, being in t;re last stage of starvation. T.e cow boys ttnew them some m at, but instead of eating it themselves, they picked it op in their mouths, go; ou their trern - ling omb, aud tiled o carry it to llre.r master. Ajo itiusbewan found. Ilia fact that rtlu dugs reiused to eat t e meat given them, ulthuu a they were dying ol starvano , but alieurpt ed to ca.rv i; to tm-ir lami-lllug mas ter, is test.find *o by ureu of unim peachable VelaClty Mi. McDermott was carried to Sid ney, wlrele ho is unde< die car of the Post Suigeou, wuli t-ir pr .npects of lecovering, a ttl o.gu badly frozen, w.'ide tlie (fogs ve liOell L iTed lit at u Cam. near w ere Urey were found. McDermott in nis weak state alks Constantly of his dogs, aud mgs t r them to be blougnt to hie be .side, which vv.sh wdt oe g atifie suon.— Many ihmgs connected with tiie groat storm Will doubles long be r-aiem berod, aud the stories tuid around many a c oup fite; ou. w . predict that the one longest reuiemtiered and o!t .*ll'st repeited will he Me stmy of the two dogs, wi.o, when dying with hun ger, and the food in their mouths, re ftl-ed to eat, l*ut tried to carry u to iheu taivmg master. Oitulia llcr aid. The Albany 2?cwt has thiacliunk ol wisdom iu its last (.sue. It there is a man in the Second Cou grvssioua) Di rict who desiiea to b honored with a noimualiou tor (J..u gress we do n t know it It any newspiper in the Second District lias minis any gentleman appear as a greedy aspuant we haven’t read it.-- vVe do not claim to possess political wisdom ami loresignt tor all purpo ses ; but we have no hesitancy iu say ing tfiatthe gieateat damage dime tiie cause cl Demociacy in ih.s polit ical discussion is the announcement try members of the Demooiatic press, of the candidacy ot <• certaiu Inde pendent g.-ntloiuan These j uruals have given piou.iuee to a name and a movement that uerher deserves, and we are sufficiently well a<qu nt ed With the It-ndolpb geutlemm . know that there is not a better way to call him out, than to d.aw a line, throw din into his face and pop your whip. The practice ot trotting iu tied-out horses in a poli icai n nkeu tioti is not in Sleeping with the true policy of the Demociano parly. It too often stabs in (hod.uk, nr subverts the will of the people. Therefore, it is well that there shoud be a lair ex pression of publio sentiment iu time to’ clock any tiling nko this political trickery. The blunders of absent-mindedness are sometimes exceedingly amusing. Most readers will remember the deep ly absorbed Frotessor, who, in passing out of the gateway of his college, ran against a cow. In tho ccnfusion of the moment he raised his hat and ex claimed, “I beg your pardon, madam Soon afterward ho stumbled against a lady in the street, when, in euddeu recollection of his fotmr mishap lie called ou*, “Is that Wiu again, you brute?” J Mill ONf CARY. Ltl >’ Ti-yiiislo Itcer tuiii wlien Ik; I'aricrl fi-oiii iris swecllicarl. Peekskill villag j possesses a band of younur men who are given to play ing practical jokes on each other They had peon buizx.ng Jarvis Cary about the length of his frequent ca Is on the daughter of Lawyer Howe, and they wished to knew when he quit iha house. On Fiiduy night, wnile Cary was making his semi weekly visit on Miss Howe, they fas tened an old R miughm rifle, heavily charged,to the front fence of Lawyer II >we’s premises, in such a wuy that the opening of the gate would pull the tugger The muzzle of the gun was pointed away ,‘roin the gate, so I that the opener could harmed. Mr Howe, however, returned home aftfar the gun had been jet. Cary aud Miss Howe were in the parlor, and the conspirators wore waiting to hear the report that was to tell the hour of ilia retitirig. As Mr Howe opened tlie gate to enter his dwelling. Bang ! went the gun, with a roar that in the clear night air sounded like the dis charge of a cannon, scaring Mr. Howe not a little, and causing the young woman in the parlor to shriak. The slug with which the guu was loaded tore off one ol the palings ol the feuca and cut u groove ahmg the side of an adjoining pest, Mr. Howe at first thought that an attempt had been made to assassimto him.— N. Y Hun. Cut Out bg his Oicn bon. Ro nviLLK, Mn. 29 —A latlier novel wedding wus suietuized in >mr County Clerk’s office yesterday eve ning Cnarl- llarak a wealthy far mer living near Ging’s Station, in this county anJ whose locks with stood tlie rtrtsau ts of seventy winters wooed and (as he sapposed) won the heart aud hand of Miss Ma y J. Mor ris, a neighboring lady wnose golden titsaes t aVe been faued by the gentle b.eests ol eighteen summers. He proposed was cAjopted, and yesterday morning ttre witrgu of mve willed him into the Cierk’s office, where he ol - tamed tho necessary license He s aried homo wi h u light heart ami sending oouuieruaace. lie alas! Duiing hi.- absence one ol his fmi visi ed the tickle maiden and so vigor ously bna-iged the eitn rel of her af loctii u- (hal she eui icu<H red, jutup> and into a vmiiole wn.li him, rirove ro town by a circuitous ruu.e, aud tneir fieaits were beating in unison as husnaiid and wife hlore fire old man reached home, A latgc crowd wttucssed the ceremony. It is said that the o.d geu tiini in when he discovered tie true State oi affairs, opened his mouth and biaspeemed Cincinnati Enquirer. A Baby Weiohiso One Hundued P.iDNas —Ou last M iiiJ y th’-renniv* ed at the Olive Street Hot©' Mi. Hon ry Henderson, a well-to-do laiuierof St. Francois county, Mo , with hL wita and- lulmt boy. The latter, thou.h only ,hirt-en ...on'h.f old, tips the scale, at one bundled pounds, itid in spite of its tuonsttous weight, is a handsome, heal'hy b by. It is p r t oily formed in every iaspect A number of leading phjtsi tans called to see the infant prodigy and pro nounced it one of the wouoers if the age. The motherof to3 hoy is a re inaikably fine looking lady of forty, and is the mother of eight childien. Before leaving the ciiy the paren's expressed their intention of exhih t mg their giant bnby to the putdic at an early day.—S/. Louis Post March 21. A man w is scared to death in Ber ryville, Mo, He was passing a gruve yaid at .uidoight, when two men sprang from behind a monument and shout ed at him. He r..u home and went to bed, but was so nervous that he could uot sleep: and before morning he di'-d id convulsions. J, 0. Evans of Fiermont, N. 11, lost a fine steer in a singular manner a few days ago. He had chopped a hole through the ice in his trough to allow the cattle to drink, aad as the water was low, the steer had to force his nose clear to the bottom. In so doing he caught his horns u> tier the ice, when the water ran ia and drown ed him. ■ Mr. Nettle was recently married to \ a Miss Thorn. That's what you l might call a ‘‘pnckly pait.” saved by His Chrlld tu. R v. Theodore L Cuyler t dia tho story of a physician whp e.-caped ruin by tlie mimicking of his children. He began his professional life with the brightest prospect-*, and being tho - oughly educator) and skillfu . sot n won a large and fashionable paac’.ico. His (laugher was in the baneful ou - lorn of social wine-drinking in fash ionable gatherings at aristocratic din neis. The young physician w>sw il y and agreeable, a welcome guest evt rywheio. The rich jmt'.ed him. At t* rir tables he found tLa social glass. U drank His appuite was aroused It grew strong, Soon he could not control it He, neglected business, sank lower and lowei, loosing patrons aud friends, till he became a stagger ing drunkard. His wife an I children wanted the necessaries of life. Ol >se hefor - him and thorn wailed theium pauper’s inevitable fate. One Sunday, when half-sobered af ter a night of excess, he was likely to remain at home, awhile his wife went to church and left him with his two little boys. YVbile the chrildren played around the room he lay upon a lounge and sank into a stup-d si ep. Pres en-ly their noise awoke and angered trim, but on opening his eye-, he saw what struck him dumb. His little six-year-old sou was (-tag-goring across the lijor and tumbling down, in ex act imitation of an intoxteated man. The other >oj, older than he, laughed with delight st his performance. “That’s just tike papa ; let’s both p>ay dr uuk l” he cried, and then joined his brother ir the sport. How tho agony of conscience awoke in that fallun fat hoi’s breast! Had he lived to become such au infam .-us pat ient to those inuuceut little ones? When next the wietched man left Ins h- Use, it was not to go to fire dram shop, noi to visit a patient. Ho hau no patient. He went forth to suffer hu nun sell- accusing* anu think of ols own sadly needed cure, in ruh erv he wandered through tlie fiel is. The s'got he had seen hud exposed him to himself, smiting him with ceaseless reUuaes. But it saved him, for it hr- ke tis heart, and diuve him to the Divine Healer for help am* grace. Alope with God he registered a vow that he would dunk no more He was still young, aud recovery and returning prosperity rewarded the keepiug of his solemn pie ge.— Youln's Companion Abandoned stl Sen, At all times ships of one kind or an other are doaung 'bout atseu, aban doned by officers und crew, in what seems hopeless condition. Some are dismantled ami mete lin ks, sumo uit swiiumiug keel upwards, sumo aie w ter-io_ged, hut being laden with tin. .or wilt uot sink, hut are driven h.theand thither ns the wind nml waves may dnect. So people afflicted with catarrh, hrouchitis, and con sumption, are abandoued by physi ciacs aul friends as incurable, yet thousands of such ate anually ievicted to ported health by the Use of Dr. - Sage’s Catarrh Remedy ar.d Dr. Pieice’s Golden Medical Discovery.— ihe Jutan h Remedy is unequa'od as a soo thing and healing local a plica tion, wiule the Discovery pur. ties mid enriches the blood and imparts tuue and to the whole system. VIDOLIA, La. April 17/4, 1877. Dr I'ieics: Dear Sir. —l suffered for twelve ye-rs wtin that most offensive and loathsome ut all diceasss —catarrh. — .uy taste and smell were completely destroy ed. I procured a supp y of Di. Sage’s Catarrh Remedy and your Golden Medical Discovery, which I used according to directions, and a complete au l perinauaut cure was speedily effected. 1 t.ke pleasure in recommending them to all afflicted. Ever thanltfmly you.*. CLARA E. HUNT. WADING RIVED, Bar lino ton Cos. N. J Eb. 1677. Di. Fierce : Dear Sir —Your Golden Medical Discovciy is the best medicine for coughs, colds, and consuuip ion, lever knew, it has saved my life. Respectfully yours. HELEN B. McANNEY. A three year old youngster saw a drunken uiau “tacking” t.irough the | stie ts. ‘‘Moth<*t, ditlGoa make that ; ruau 1" said he ‘•Yes, toy child.” The lit’le boy reflected a moment, and then exclaimed: “I wouldn't have done it,” Beuna Vista Argus, 27th : “On last Thursday Cuns’tble Shipp levied on a tombstone and iron railings ench s ing it, in the cemoteiy at PineviUe, lo satisfy a fi fa issued by the court. ~ - .t.— T9 VOL. XIV.--NO 8 HlddUt , ' # I'oet bare they but they walk not" Stores. Lyes hare they but they aoe not" —Potatoes. “Teeth hare they but they chew not" —Saws. “Noses hare tiny bui they smell not"—‘Tea pats. “Vt -trh* hare (hey but they tast# not"—Hirers, “Hand* hVe tney but they handle not"—Clocks. "Ears hare they but they hear not" —Cornstalks. “Tongues bare they but they talk not”—Wagons. A. lady who objects to profanity be cause it is both wicked and Vulgar, writes to know what she ought to aay when a clothes line breaks and let’s • week’s washing fall in the mud. She ougnt to say: are the meek for ttioy shati,inherit tha earth;’, probably she will net tkiuk oi it. “Bob,” the rentable sorrel war hore which dtonewali Jackson was r.ding when he received hislatal wound is still living, at the age of twenty, thiee, and retains much of his old-time vigor. He is owueJ by a brother-in law of the General, in Liucou county, N. C. m mm> —■ A New York surgeut says his prac tice has increased oue third since the introduction of rooiocipedee and roller sk.itos.— Detroit Free Proto. Don't you uee? He had three patients two years ego, and now he has lour.--■ Philadelphia L'ulUtin. When the recording angel observe* 1 minis’er of the gospel holding A nail between his fingers while he mis ses it with a hammer, the trustworthy xcrihe dropa into a brown study and pretends not to hear anything.—Turn vrtFalU faepoticr. “.Va, are we cannibals?" asked A little E ghtli street girl of her raottar 'ho other tumning. “Why, my child what do you mean?" “Nothing only l beaid you say to Bridget ’Bjy legs lor breaxfast.”— Cincinnati Saturday Night. “You will observe,” said the host aa he showed a visitor through the house—“you will observe that we have two halls”. “Yeas,” said tie guest—be was a book-keeper—“l am glad to see you live on the double-en try plan.” No um'ter how thoroughly you clean the house, the wife of the next man who moves it will declare it ia uot fit for hogs to live in. and will slop suds arouud over everything try ing to make it fit for hogs to live id. —Rome Sentinel. Iu Japau a man may procure a di voice from his wife ou the groad that she talks too mutch, and the amount ol domestic bliss that there is in that country surpasses the wi'dest flights ol imagination— Chicago Tribune, —■—■ ... ■ ... AFienebman thinks the English language is very tough. “Here is lo.ik out, he says, “which is to put out your i.oad and see; and look out, which is to haul in your head and not for to see—just contrary.’, A man must have liis pants all one color, but a woman can sow a yard of red flannel around the bottom of tin old calico dress aud have an ele gaut underskirt. *V\ hatdossSatan pay you for swsar ing J said a gentleman toone be beard taking the Lord’s vain. ‘Ha doesn't pay me anything/ was the re ply. ‘Weil, you work very cheap. 1 “Marriage? Pooh! don’t mor.- shun-it!” exclaimed the maiden aunt. ‘ Ii deed they don’t,” replied htr love, ly neice. The puffed-up egotist who says a do anything so well a* a man, has ;never J seen her pack tranh. —— Criuinals may test fy in their o-va behalf in the United States Con t. - This is a recent and wise law.