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GWINNETT ATLAS. rUBLISHID EVERY WEDNESDAY, BT denis vv. d. boully, editor and PROPRIETOR, bates OF SUBSCRIPTION. ~n‘ ,C S? Py on ? T*" 1 92 00 Coe Copy six months §1 oo Cne Copy three months..... t 50 . “ukscription rates are cash—payable id money or provisions. 'W onft obtaining five subscribers, and tne money, will receive a copy free. Subscribers wishing iheir papers changed from one post-office to another, mast state the name of the post-office irom which they wish it changed, us well as that to which they wish it sent. legal advertisements. Sheriff sales, per levy. $2 50 Mortgage fi fa sales, per square... 600 : lax Collector’s “ “ “ ... 500 letters of administration. 3 00 Notice to debtors and creditor*... 500 Lave to sell land 5 00 Sale of land, per square *. a 00 Letters of dismission 4 50 Application for homestead 2 00 I Estray notices.., 3 00 ' I ® Sales of land, by administrators, executors or guardians, are required by law to be held on the first Tuesday in the month, between the hours of ten in the I forenoon and three in the afternoon, at 1 the Court-house in the county in which ; the property is situaUd. Notice of these sales must be given in a public gazette 40 days previous to the •lay of sale. Notice to debtors and creditors of an estate must also be published 40 days. Notice for the sale of personal proper ty must be given in like manner, 10 days previous to sale day. Notice that application wHJ be made to the Court of Ordinary for leave to sell land must be published for four weeks. Citations on letters of administration, guardianship, &c., must be published 30 days; for dismission from administration, monthly, three months; for dismission from guardianship, 40 days. 1 Rules for the foreclosure of mortgages must be published monthly, four months ; for establishing lost papers, for the full j space of three months ; for compelling titles from executors or administrators, where bond has been given by the de ceased. the full space of three mouths. Sheriff's sales must be published for four weeks. Estray nolices, two weeks. Publications will always be continued according to these, the legal requirements, unless otherwise ordered. NEWSPAPER LAWS. We would call the special attention of Post Masters and our subscribes to the following synopsis of the Newspaper laws : 1. A Postmaster is required }o give nO. tide by letter, (rottiming a paper does not answer the law.) when a subscriber does not take his paper out of the office, and state the reasons for its not lieing taken, and neglect to do so makes the Postmas ter responsible to the publishers for the payment. 2. Any person who takes a paper from the Post-Office, whetlrer directed to his name or another, or whether he Ims suh scribed or n t, is responsible for the pay. 3. If u person ord* rs his pap r diseoit' tinned he must pay all arrearages; or the publisher may continue to send it until payment is rntole, ar.d collect the whole amount, whether it be taken from the of fice or not. There can be no legal dis continuance until the payment is made. 4. If subscribers order the paper to be stopped at a certain time, and the pub lisher continues to send it, the sub ci ilicr is bound to pay for it if he takes : t out of the Post-Office. The law proceeds upon the ground that a man must pay for what he uses. 5. The courts have decided that refu sing to take newsfiapers and periodicals from the Post-office, or tetnoving and leaving them uncalled for, is prirna lacia evidence <>( intentional fraud. PROFESSIONAL CARDS. SAM. J. WINN. WM. R. SIMMONS. WINN & SIMMONS, ATTORNEYS AT LAW, l % ■' I Lawrenceville, Georgia. Practice in Gwinnett and the adjoining counties. marls-ly NATFIAX t, m-TCniNS, GARNETT m’mILLAN, Lawrenceville, Ga. Clarksville, Ga. hutchins b McMillan , ATTORNEYS AT LAW. Offices at Lawrenceville aud Clarksville. Practice in the counties of the Western Circuit, and in Milton and Forsyth of the Blue Ridge. mar 15-ly J. N. GLENN, ATTORNEY AT LAW, LAWBBXCBVW-LE, GA. Will promptly attend to all business entrusted to his care, and also to Land, Bounty and Pension claims mar 15-6 m TYLER M. PEEPLES, ATTORNEY AT LAW, LA WKKNCEVILLI,. . -GA. Practices in the counties of Gwinnett, Hall, Jaakson and Milton. Pension claims promptly attended to mar 15-6 m DR. TANDY K. MITCHELL, LAWRENCEVILLE, •A., Respectfully tenders a ampliation of tils professional services to the citizens generally. Keeps constantly on band a good assortment of drags and chemicals. Prescriptions carefully prepared, mar 16-ly A. J. SHAFFER, PHYSICIAN AND SURGEON, LAWRENCEVILLE, OA. mar 16-fira Weekly Gwinnett Atlas. BY DENTS W. D BOULLY.] Yol. I. A> a i i AlMlallif *# wJJJJak J. Watv-rk, Ptnprletor. It. H. PrDo\*r.i> A. 0©. f Druggist* <k <**>o. AgenW, Smi Fnu»ei*co,CHl ,Hm! 34 Coutmevre St., N ,Y IVlf LlilO.’VS Rrar Testimony to their Wonderful Curative JKlfects. Vinegar Bitters ara not a vile Fancy Drink, Made of Poor Kit in, Whiskey, Proof Spirits and Refuse Liquors, doc tored, Bpi€cd and sweetened to please the taste, called “ Tonics, ’’ Appetizers.” ' Restorers,” &c., that lead the tippler on to drunkenness and ruin, hut arc a true Medicine, made from the Native Roots and Herbs of raliforinn, free from nil Alcoholic Hi hti ii lun Is. Thoy arc the IwRfiAT BLOOD PI RIMEK mid A LIFE «IVIN(‘; PKINriPJaIVa perfect Renovator aiid L.vnronctor of the System, carry ing off ail poisonous matter an 1 restoring the blood Ao a healthy condition. No person can take tlic«G Ritters "according to directions ravl remain long unwell, provided .their bones are not destroyed by mineral ppison or oMi t means, aud the vital organs wasted beyond liiw point C.JLrcpair. They ure a <Jnitle Piu trwlivo an well as a Tonic* poss 'ssiiu?, also, the peculiar merit of acting as a powerful nrwnt in relieving Conges tion or Inflammation of the Liver, and of nil the Visceral Organs: FOR FFUAIX COM PIaA I NTH, whether in young or old; married ortmigl**, at the dawn of womanhood oral Hl3 turn of li(e r thesj Tonic JB*t teri have no equal. - For liiliuiintiaio:*y and Chronic Rlieu niiitisiii and (iont, I)yspV|».Hiu or In digCMt ion, Bill ohm, ReniiUcat mid lute nail tent Fevers, Dimvisos of the Blood. Liver; ' Kidney* ntid lUmlder, these Bit tdi n h vo been most successful. Hitch Diseases ire caused by Vitiated Blood, which is generally prod®cod by derangement of the pitfesflve Oruaus. I) VHPEPHIA OR INDIGESTION, .Jk'iutaebK Prttn in the Shouldo: s. Coughs, Tight ncHi'» of the Chest, Biir/iinesji, Sour Eructations of the Stomach, lhul Ta.-do in the Month. Bilious Attacks* I’alpiiuticm of the Heart, Indaiumatimiof tlie Limgs, Pain In the n gions of the Kidneys, liml a hundred other painful symirtems are the off springs of Dyspepsia. They invigorate the Stomach and stimulate the torpid Uver and Bowels, which render them of uoequ died efficacy in cleansing the blood of all im purities, aiut imparting new life and vigor to the wJudc system. i'Oli SKIN DISEASES, Erupi!.m«.'Tetter Salt hiietun. Blotches. Spots, I’imple-. Pustules, Beils, Car#htfcl«*s,JUnir-Worms, S oM lk'-.uf.Ro e f.ves.K: ysipelas. Itcdi, fJowrfs Di« otorntums«>f tip* Skin, Humors .nid Dis uses of the Kin. of what ever name'or nature, nrp lireml'y dug up an > rit done of thesyMe n in a Htoit time by tile use of thesp Hitters. Ot.e !>ot!k* in mi cli will cijn vince the mor- incredulous of their «utVH live effect. CBhshc the Vitiated lilood whenever you Hml its imjunilfcrt bursting through the *kin in Pimples, Kruptious or Sores; cleanse it when you find it obstructed tfiful uluggislr in the veins: cleanse it when if. is f«»hl,nml your feelings will tell you \v Hon. Keep the blood pure’, and the health of the *> stein will follow. FIN, TAPE, aim other WOtt.MH, urkmp in the system of *<»*iiviny thousands, mectfe d« Rti-o> isi and r«d noveil i .bor.r uv \iX i)ruuUi*ts ant> dr \lhrs. J. WA LKffilt, Pronrint- r. IL H M( DHNALD * IX).. l>iugei«ts ami Agents. ,S;pi IVmUgisoo, th,' . :w»d bu'ohuii' r<e Htreor. New Fork. NEW MAP OF GEORGIA. ’llic undersigned, having just issued, now offers to the public, a New Map of tilk State of (Georgia, exhibiting all the new counties, connfy towns, villages, post offices, and the whole network of. railroads, highways, rivers, creeks and water courses in the State. It is a correct transcript from the rec ords in the Surveyor General's office,show ing the surveyed districts, with the num bers of the lot of land in the corner of each, and a complete Check Mup for all portions of the State, surveyed in lots of 490 acres. It also exhibits "that portion of Florida bounded on the South. Size of Map, 5bx67 inches. Mounted form 810 ; dissectoLform $lO. Compiled by James R. Butts, 1859. Revised and published by A. G. Butts, Macon, Ga., 1870. Agents wanted in every county. Orders will be filled by the editor of the Gwinnett Atlas, (who has one of these maps at his office for inspection), or by A. G BUTTS, ap 5-ts Macon, Ga. EUMELAN GRAPE VINES, The Beat Wine and Table Grape oj America ! The subscriber is prepared to furnish a i limited supply of this n w and very supe | rior Grape at $1 CO each ; sl6 j»er dozen, $125 per 100. It is earlier and more i productive than the Hartford ; hardier and ! more vigorous than the Concord, equal in i quality to the Delaware Superior, as a I Ked Wine Grape, to the Norton. Com petent judges, in every section, have pro non need it the best Black Grape and the best Red Wine Grape of America, Send stamp for a circular. three superior SOUTHERN SEEDLING STRAW BERRIES, Southern Excelsior, General Beauregard, aud Stonewall Jackson. These varieties are vigorous and hardy, very large, immensely productive, firm, sweet ana superior flavor. They ore, be i yond doubt, the best market and garden | strawberries before the public. Sent bv mail at $4 per dozen, or one dozen of each for $lO. HENRY A. PRICE , Eumelan Vineyard and Nursery, Central Plains, Fluvanna Co., Va. mar 20 ly Lawrenceville, Ga., Wednesday, July 19, 1871. Written for the Gwinnett A tins. LOVE. TO MR. 7. Cl. H., OK MARIETTA. Love, the brightest orb of heaven, Unmixed with sorrow, pain or grief, Came to earth, to men was given, Remained, when fixed, to give relief. Encouraged by thy knul expressions, There I find the sweet emotion In this fond heart, that beats for thee— All besides is vain commotion. And may I hope that I shall share Thy love in every strait below— Afford relief from toil and care, Nor any other pleasure know? Surrendered shall I stand to thee, If in thy heart I have a place ; Let me unto thy bosom flee— Love, mutual love, shall us solace. a Pen and Ink Sketches—No. 3. REV. IIOSEA CAMP, Was a Methodist local preacher, and was bom in South Carolina about the year 1(74, and-removed in early life to Georgia, and set tled on the Mulberry river, near the present fesideneg of Mr. D. R. Lyle, in Jackson county, where he resided for some time, and after wards removed S or 10 miles fur ther West, to what is n av known as his old place, some 13 or 14 miles East of Lawrenceviilc—the present residence of Win. Jackson where he resided until 1847. lie was distinguished for his qhiet and unobtrusive deportment; never engaging in controversies cither of politics or religion, though firm and decided in both. l r e was a firm and unwavering Whig in politics, and a stannch and un yielding Methodist in religion ; but being strictly holiest in his prin ciples himself, accorded the same honesty io those with whom lie disagreed or differed. This was a commendable bait in the eharae terof our old friend, and let us coni mend this spirit to the readers of this sketch, as an illustrious ex ample, worthy to he followed by them.. Men generally have too little i chauity for those with whom they | differ in politics, ar.d n ore espe- j eia ly with those who differ with them in religion. Tlii* illiberulify and uncharita bleness among men professing to be the followers of ouv Saviour, is, to iny mind, the most unrea- I suitable and inconsistent spirit that pervades the human mind. — j All professing to serve the same Lord, whose law is charity and love.; striving for the same heaven, j and yet falling out and quarrel ing by tlie way! If heaven be | pure and holy, the soul must be J purified from all this base material | before it can ever enter its blessed portals. Such was not the character of. our old friend. With him his i neighbor might bo a Democrat and a patriot —a Presbyterian, or 1 a Baptist, and a Christian. As a minister, he classed re- I speetnbly. His sermons were plain, and yet forcible;. and while the opening was somewhat tame, gen erally, his perorations were strik ing and touching. He was the i neighbor and compeer of Anthony, j and, with him, was a co-worker in j the salvation of sopls. Wherein • they differed, “ they agreed to ; disagree” without controversy. Mr. Cnmp was happy in his do mestic relations ; raising 12 chil | dren, aud all of them taking hon orable positions in their commu nities, and were useful and re ! spected citizens ; following in his I footsteps, and governed by bis ex j ample. In social life he was pleasant. ’ and agreeable in his manners — soft and gentle, and somewhat miijthfnl. He was a gopd laugher —not a “ tmiler," such as we sometimes see, and such as I al ways suspect of deceit and tre&ch- I ery; nor such as was Shakspcarc’s (“ WHAT IS IT BUT A MAP OF BUSY LIFE V ”) | _ lago: ‘‘Smile and smile, and*yet'j i a villain ” —but his was the ring- 1 j ing, pealing laugh, from an | honest, cheerful heart, that makes digestion good, draws nails from ' the coffin—of the “laugh aud grow ! fat” specimen. Save mo from the smiter ! So ! ; obsequious—so happy to see j i you ’’ —with the “ How arc you, my brother,” and then strike you under the fifth rib. After a some what long experience, and some observation of men’s character, I , never knew such a one but —if not a scoundrel—was a hypocrite. Another beautiful trait in I.is character was, he never sprike evil of his neighbor! lie had not I the tongue of the hack-Liter, nor the slime of the slanderer, so prev j alent in the present day. If it was my prerogative to speak of ! it, I would say, it is one of the greatest evils of the age—the j most damnable and diabolical. “ Who steals my purse, steals \ trash; ’tis something—nothing; | ’twas mine, ’tis his, and has been slave to thousands. But he that filches from me my good name, robs me of that which riot en riches him, and makes me poor indeed.” Ob, the slanderer ! the detainer the back biter! “If thou hast no ether name to be known by, let us call thee—devil.’’ We commend, especially, this beautiful trait in Hose.v Camp’s character to all who may read these lines, and let them try and profit by the example. He removed from Gwinuett, in 1847, to Polk county —having been a citizen here for 40 years, and one of the best of the pfd fathei s. lie died in 1859 or 1860, ,vr ,1 86 years, exceeding the Psalmist’s limit of man’s life by 16 years. “ The days of our years are three-score and ten; and if, by reason of strength, they be four score years,.yet there is strength, labor, and sorrow, fur it is soon ctr off, and we fly away.” The prolongation of this good man’s life was one of the rewards vouchsafed from Heaven for his godly, upright life; and in his ad vanced age, lie was translated from earth to heaven, with but little of the pangs of dissolution. “ My buried friends can I forgftt, Or must the grave forever sever ? They linger in my memory yet, And in my heart they’ll live forever. I fain would weep, but what of tears ? No tears of mine could e'er recall them; Nor would 1 wish that groveling cares— Cares like mine, should e’er befall them. They rest in realms of light and leva ; They dwell upon the mount of glory ; They bask in beams of bliss above, And shout to tell the pleasing story. W — State Elections. —The fall elec tions will be opened by Kentucky the first Monday in August, when State officers and members of the Legislature are to be chosen California comes next. Her election takes place on the first Tuesday in September. State ollicers and members of the Leg islature aud three Congressmen are to be elected. Maine elects a Governor and State officers tbe second Monday in September. Governor Davis has ordered an election in Texas for four Repre sentatives in Congress,'commenc ing Tuesday, October 3d. Ohio elects State officers and I members of the dregislat-itrc the second Tuesday in Octobgr. lowa elects State officers tbe 1 second Tuesday in October. j Elections will be held in Hum- i chusetts, New Jersey and Wis consin on Tuesday, November 7, when State officers and members "of tlie Legislature will be chosen. A Congressman for the State at large is to be elected in Illinois, to fill the vacancy caused by the election of General Logan to the United States Senate, but we be lieve the time has not yet been fixed. THE MYSTERIOUS OR GANIST. At a grand cathedral overlooking the Rhino there appeared a distin guished organist. The great com poser who had played the organ so much had suddenly died, and every body, from the king to the peasant, was wondering who could he found to fill his place, when one blight Sabbath morning, as the sexton en tered the church, he saw a stranger sitting at the crape-shrouded organ. He was a tall, graceful man, with rt pate, hut strikingly handsome face, great, black, inelanchcly eyes, and hair like the raven’s wing for gloss and color, sweeping in dark waves over his shoulders, lie did not seem to noth-e the sexton, but went on playing, and such musjo as lie drew from the instrument, no words of mine can describe. The astonished listener declared the organ seetned to have grown human that it wailed and sighed and clamored as if its tortured human heart were throbbing through its pipes. When the music at length ceased, the. sexton hastened'to tne stranger and asked t “ Pray, who are you, sit “Do not ask my name,” he re plied; “I have heard that you were in want of an organist, and I have come here on tiiai.” “ You’ll he sure to get lie place,” exclaimed the sexton. “ Why, you surpass him that’s deal and gone."’ “No, no, you overrate me,” said the stranger with a smile ; then, as if disinclined to conversation, he turned from old Haris, and began to plav again, and now the music changed from a sorrowful strain to a grand old (fran, and the mysterious old or ganist ; Looking upward, full of grace, Playing still from a happy place— God’s glory smote him in the face, and his countenance seemed not un like that of St. Michael, as portrayed by Guido. Lost in the melodies which swelled around him, he sat will his *• far seeing” eyes fixed on the distant sky, a glimpse of which he caught through an open window, when there was a «tir ab. lit .the church door, find it royal party came sweeping in. Among them might be seen a bright young girl, with a wealth of golden hair, ens Itko the violet's hue, and lips like wild cherries This was the Princess Elizabeth, aud all eyes were turned towards her as she seated herself on the velvet cushion appro printed to the court. '1 he mysterious organist fixed hi* eyes upon her and went to playing. No foonor had the music reached her cars than -lie started its if a ghost had crossed her path. The bleed faded liom bet crimson cheek, Her lips quivered, and her whole frame grew tremulous. At last her ayes met those of the organist in a long, yearning look, and the melody lost its joyous notes, and once more wailed and sighed and clamored. “By faith,” whispered the King to his daughter, “ this organist lias a master hand. Ilark ve, he shall play at your wedding.” The pale lips of the prinoes* parted, but she could not speak —she was dumb with grief. Like one in ft painful dream, she saw the pale man at the organ and heard the melody which filled the vast edifice Ay, full well she knew ho it was ami w hy the instrument seemed breathing out the agony of a tortured heart When the services were over and the royal parry ha I left the cathedral he stole awav as mysteriously as ho had come, lie was hot seen again by the sexton trl! the ve«ner hour, and then he appeared in the organ loft and commenced liistask. When he played, a veiled figure glided in and knelt near a shrine. There she remained until the worshippers dis appeared, when the sexton touched her cm the shoulder and said : “ Mmlafho, everybody has gone but you and me, and I wish to close the door.” i “ I sin not ready to go yet,” was the reply “ leave me—leave me !” ! The sexton drew back into s shady | niche and watched and listened. The i mysterious organist still kept his poet, and his head was bowed upon j the instrument, and lie could not see i tbe lone devotes. At length she i rose from tbe aisle, and moving to j the organ loft, paused beside tbe or- I ganist. i ‘ Bertram !” she murmured, i Quick as thought the organist ; raised liisbend. There with the light of the lamp suspended toilie arch above falling upon her, stood the Princess, who had graced the royal I pew that day. The cotirt dress of 1 veb." ' -sriih its ermine trimmings, the j tiara, the necklace, the bracelets had * been exchanged for a gray serge [s2 A YEAR, IN ADVANCE. robe and a long thick veil which was now pushed back f.oin the fair girlish face. “Why are you here, Her tram? ’ asked the 1 rincess. “ 1 came to bid you farewell, and as I dared not venture into the palace;’ I gained access to the cathedral by bribing the boll finger, and having taken the seat of the dead organist, let uiy music breathe out the adieu I could not trust my lips to utter.” A low in ai Was the only an swer, and he continued : “ You arc to be married on the morrow ? ” “ Yes,” sobbed the girl. “ <*>h! Bertram, what a trial it will be to stand nt. yonder altar and take up m me the vows which will doom me to a living death.” “ Think of me,” rej do <1 the organist. “ 7 our royal father his requested me to play at the wed- 1 ding, and t have promised to tie j here. If I were your equal 1 Could; he the bridegroom instead of the i. organist; but a poor musician 1 must give you up.” “ It is lik • rending my soul and | body asunder to part with you,’’ | saiii the girl. “To night 1 may 1 tell you this—tdl you fondly I love you, but in a lew hours it will lie a sin! Go, 1 go, Go t bless ; you.” ‘ ' ' ' * f trim waved him from her, as if ! she would banish him while she bail the power to >1 > so; and ho bow was it with him! He arose ; to leave her, then came back, ' held her to his heart in a long cm brace, with a hall smothered fare well, and left her. The hext morning dawned in cloudless splendor. At an early hour the cathedral was thrown open and the sexton began to pre pare for the wedding. Fume: | colored flowers nodded by the | way-side flame colored leaves j came dashing down the trees anil ; lay in heaps upon the ground;j and the ripe wheat waved like a golden sea, and berries dropped , in red and purple clusters'over i the rocks a ong the Rhine. At length the palace gates were 1 opened and the royal party ap peared, escorting the Frincess Elizabeth to the catliedjal, where the marriage was to Tie solemn ized'. It was a bright pageant -fur brighter than the entwined foliage and blossoms were the tails ot plumes which tioated fro n stately heads and festal robes that streamed down over the housings of the supeib steeds. But the Princess, mounted oil a snowy palfrey, and clad ill snowwhite velvet, looked, pale and sad; and when, on nearing the church, she heard a gush of organ mils c, which, though jubilant in sound, struck on her ear like a funeral knell— she trembled and would have fallen to the earth, had not a page supported her. A few min utes afterwards she entered the cathedral. There, with his retinue, stood the royal bridegroom, who she had never before seen. — Bqt her glance roved from him to the organ loft, where she had ex pected that mysterious organist. He was gone l , and she was obliged to return the graceful bow of tlifc King, to whom she had been be trothed from motives of policy.—- Mechanically aim knelt at his side oil the nltar at >rte; mechanically listened to ibe service aud mad • the fesporwes. Then her husband drew her to him in a convulsive t'mbrace, and w liispercd: “Elizabeth, my queen, my wife, look up.” Trembling in every limb, site obeyed. Why did those eyes thrill her so? Why did-that smile bring a glow on her cheeks ? All! though the King wore the royal purple and many a jeweled order glittered on his breast, he sftemed the humble person who had been employed to teach organ music, and had taught her the lure of love. “ Elizabeth,” murmured the monarch, “ Bertram Hotfinar, the mysterious organist, and King Oscar (the Royal Free Mason) are otic. Forgive iny stratagem. I wished to marry you, but would not drag to the altar an unwilling bride. Your father was in the se cret.” While tears of joy rained from her blue eyes., the new made queen returned her husband's fond kis ses, and for once two heart* were made happy by a royal marriage. t&ay Be sure to read ITof. Darby’s ad vertisement in another column, RATE.- OF ADVERTISING. stack 3 mo's. C mo’s. 12 mo’s. 1 square $ 4 00 § fi oq'T glO 00 2 sq'rs fi 00 JO 00 | 15 On 3 sqr's 800 14 00 | 20 fill h, col. 12 Iff 20 00 I 30 00 ■•4 Col 20 00 35 00 | 60 00 one col. _4O 00 77) (IQ j ,0(1 00 The money for advertisement* is due j on the first nsertion. A square is ihe s|>acc of nnc inch in 1 depth of the coanmi, irrespective of the number of lines. Marring’cs and deaths, not exceeding six lines, published tree. For a mao ml vertisinjr hi* wife, and all other pergonal i matter, double rates will be charged. No. 19. WIT AND HUMOR. A host n lady says she would be perfectly hanpy it she could be suie that after death she would b ■ turned into a grass seed and be planted on the Comm m If Brigham'Young wore an ad ditionnl weed on Ids hat every time he lost a wife or mother in law, it is estimated that lie would have a hat twenty-seven feet high. A butchelor friend suggests that in most marriages Cousideia ble “soft soap,” with strong lye, is used, and the whole Operation ends in shav i.ig! A rogue was once begging char ity on pretence of In ing dtunl).-- A la'dy having asked him. with equal simplicity, liovv long he had been dumb; lie w.is thrown off his guard, and replied : From birth, madam.” “ Poor fellow,!’ said the lady, and gave him a shilling A cross old bachelor suggests that births should be announced under the hea l of new music. An Irishman who bad just land ed said *' the first bit of mate he ate in this e ninthly was a roasted potato b died yes t'-rday ; and if von don’t belave tne 1 Can show it to ye, for I have it in my pocket. What is that which he who has it not does not wish for, but lie who ha* it would not part with it foil any money? A bald head. A pretty girl says if it was wrong for Adam to live single when there was no’t a woman on earth, bow gnilty arc old bachelors, vvi th tl l<‘ Wn rid full f pretty girls. We often hear of the “pink of propriety.” Gan vve not with equal propriety speak of the “ In- lack truth?” An observing genius in Connec ticut remarks that love may be blind, but be has always noticed that whenever a man proves to be veiy desperate lie is always told to “ see Father.” A lawyer in New Orleans, seek ing to impeach the testimony of a witness, said: “Are you untie the habit of drinking ? ” “Sure, your honor, 1 would eh ke, else, ’ was the prompt response. A Mobile paper is Indignant at a contemporary for announcing that “ Mobile is the fourth entf-e pot in the country.” Investiga tion proved that “ cotton port ” was meant The following advertisement ap peared in ail Irish paper; " Where as, Patrick Ma'onyluts fraudulent ly taken away several articles of wearing apparel without my knowledge, this is therefore, to inibyif him tint if In; (lies not forthwith return the same, iiis name shall lie made public.” A famous judge had a habit of begging pardon on every occasion. At the close of the assize, as he was about to leave the bench, the officer of the court reminded him that lie had not passed sentence of dentil on one of the crim.u ds, as lie had intended. ‘‘Wear me,” miiid his lores hfp. “ I really beg hta pardon. Bring him in ” Ail Irish editor c mgr.itnl.ites himself that “half the lies tod at) at him ain’t true.” A colored barber in lowa, sub pfmhed to served as a Juror, was, on Ihe usual examination, asked, ‘‘Are yon'* voter r” and brought down the h owe by answering; “ I’s black enough, but not old rnongh.” •* New 6. leans< nj ys the r.nuance Of a maiden lady of 55. wealthy and aristocrat ie, wh> ha* just eloped with a tc i bo- y itlt'i of 16, ami made him irrevocably her own. Her unices are dread ally di-nip poiuted, ns I e was pre;tv, and (hey till wanted him. “ Whisky is your greatest cue my.” But,” says Mr. Jones, “don’t the Bible say, Mr IVeitoh gr, that we are to h>ve mr dip's inics? ” “ Oil, yes, .bines, but it don’t aay we are to swallow them.” Josh Billings Kays ; '.io .t peo ple decline to learn only by llmir own experience, and 1 guess they arc -more than half l ight; for I don’t u’posc a mtiu eon id gel a correct idea of molusses candy merely by letting another Teller taste it (or himself ” Mrs Atkinson, of Quality l!6w tlius auuis up three years of her married life : “ The tjrst year iny husband called my * V.y Beat; the see olid year ,‘ Mrs. A.;’ ami the third year, * Old Sorrel Top.’ This last I couldn’t stand.”