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(i|t C|fr Conritr CONTERS, GA., DEC. 19.; wmtmx . TUB TBITK LOV EB. r t BT W. r. TORINO. I Do vou ask mo utarrv eyes. To describe the lover true? W omler not at my surprise, Who should know as well as you? Think of all that you nave seen, And the lovers that have 1 een ; He is true whose love >s shown For her sake and not his own. II Wh at he does he does alone, Yet he hopes it wins her thought. All that in his soul has .crown, I'o her sovereign feet is brought ; To his soul her image clings, She seems woven in all things, And each thought that in him stirs Is not for hiit .-uke, hut bora. 111 I’Ylr her sake he will endure ; For her sake he will sacrifice ; Bravely hearing, her love sure, Censure, Slander, scorn, advice If another wins her heart lie will sadly from her part, Sadly, bravely ; true love is For her suke and not for his. IV This is the true lover rweet — True ns ever I am true ; For my love is all couip ete, Perfect since it comes from you. Darling, yet ’tits not true —no ! For I could not let you go ; 1 must keep you where you V* grown, For my suke and for your own. V For your own because I Lovo More than any other can ; More than ever love could move Ilea t of any other man. Look at me and then agree, >ltmn \ovm\ wViw **• For whatever 1 may and. Is because 1 live in you. VI Ki, and so shut speech away. When old ago our life has spent, ’Twill be time enough t > say, What is love in argument! For the r>r<>sen' all stars shine. Vou are here and you are mine. Love makes light, and song and flow er , For whose sake ? Dear love, for ours. ASIYicS OF HOSES, [Grown people often write un pyui* path} with children, but, here is a lit tle poem bv a child in sympathy with grown folks:] Soft on the sunset sky Bright daylight closes, Leaving, when lijht doth die, Pale hues That mingling lie—• Ashes of loses. When love’s' warm sun is set, Lore's brightness closes; Eyes with hot tears are wet, " In hearts there linger yet A-lies of rosea. SAD THINGS. “ Of all sad words of tongue or pen, The padest are these, ‘lt might have been.” But of all sad words to beats and tramps. The saddest are these, ‘l’m out of stamps.’ -N. Y. Weekly. And of all sad words to the tailor sleek, The saddest are these, ‘‘cal 1 round next weHf.’s —N. Y. Commercial Advertiser. But sadder than ever t iesc have been Is the servant’s answer, “She isn,t •if 1 f o , —Burlington tlawkeye. ißut saddest of words to printers n ßid, Are, “ lis subscriptioi is still un* paid. Watchman. THE LATEST CURIOSITIES. A fence made from the railings of a sool ing wife, A plate of batter from the cream of a joke. The small Ooins it the change o the moon, The original brush used iu paint ing the signs of the tiines- Tbe latest cootract with the trade winds. The chair in whieh tbo sun sets, A garment for the nak'-d eye. A buckle to fasten on a laughi'gs stock. Ah animal that drew the infer ence- An egg f/ om a uest of thieves. A bmket of water lrom “Ali’a well Soap wit which a man w-s wash ed overboard. The strop which is usd to .\hu;p~ en too v*atci s edge. A portion of the }<as mi-d in raisiug the w mi. The saucei lounging tu tl e cup of sorrow. Hinges and lock front tho trunk f an elephant- A feather fr m th wi gof a fly ing report. Here is :i pathetic story which ap t*' \\n to\*\ \v% pt fwVtYt, t •"* reining Mr. Willian Black the novel ist. While staying at Ohau lust sum mer lie felt inclined for a swin and se lecting the quietest nook he could find along the beach, he laid his clothes carefully under a rock, and proceeded to enjoy his sea hath. Presently a young lady with one of his own novels in hand, and absorbed and uncon scious, sat*herself down close by the unseen garments. Poor Mr. illiam Black did not. know what to do. He made a -o' ew th the water, bobbed up and down and tried by every mod est means in bis power to indicate tliat he was in the vicinity and not in full dress, he was ashamed to stand up and shout, and hardly ventured, indeed, to show more than the top of his head. So absorbing however was his own story that he couid not attract attention. lie had never be fore wished that his literary power was less, hut at that moment his fond est hope was that he had written at least one dull chapter in his volume. That vri-h became an inspiration, an ambition, a desire begot in agony, when presently there came along a short-sighted sportsman carrying a ami who seeing something strangely acting in the water near at hand, thought it must l>e game of some kind or other, and presented his gun to shoot. Mi. Black could not stand this, Forgettiug the lady with one of his own novels in her baud, he, he startled both her and the sports man, us, flinging himself bolt upright, he lifted both his arms above his head and cried with pathetic rapidity ‘Pray don’t sho >t ? please don’t shoot! I’m a man ! I’m a man ! I’m a man !” The lady by the sea shore took the hint and diappeard. America sent a million dollars worth of toys to Europe last year, I ■. - . a Sacfrancisoo young man stabbed hih mother because breakfast wasn’t ready. THE DETBOIT FREE PRESS. Th is brightest of literary weeklies is now publishing a n< w novel by John Esten Hooke, confederate War Sketches by prominent Southern writers and a host of other good things by M. Quad and other brilliant authors. Russia has gobbled Turkey, Som* Other BlfbU of Women. I believe woman is the equal of man and bas all the rights of man and one mere that of protection 1 believe the institution of marriage to be the holieet and most sacred cu in stitutions among men. Yet it took a thousand years to advauoe from slavery up to the, marriage institu tion. I hate a man who thinks he it the head of the family. I do. I despise him. I hato one of those dig nified galoots, I never saw a digui fled man was not a dunce. Solemni ty is a breastwork which mediocrity throws up to defeud itself from the eyes of the world. I hste a man who is au aristocrat in his family, and whose wife is compelled to be a beg gar. She says she wants a dollar and asks tor it like she whs standing on a bombshell, and he replies : What did you do with last 6ftv cts. I gave you?’ How mjny are obliged to be continual beggers ? How can \o<i ra'se children in such an atm >s nhere ? It s a torr ble thing; it's wretched and infamous I believe in the democracy fcf the family. Every home should he a little tepuhlio in itself. Love is the only thing that will pay fen per cent, to both bor rower and lender. Love is the only thing where the lait possible <-xtruv- Hgance is the height of economy. What right has man to he the head of a family ? /. man should be pleas aut and cheerful on coming int > a hoiuo. When yon enslave any bod' you make them dishonest, a hut with love is a palace fit for a king, a little ago I stood at the tomb of the dead Napoleon, and when 1 thought of his past life. 1 thought [ would rather have been a French pea-ant aud worn wsodeq shoes, liv ing in a hut with a little wife 1 lov ed. with children upon my knee and there a-ms ah ue my nook, ami died unno'iced aid unknown, ami loved by those who km-w me. tl an to have been that king. It, is not necessary to te ri*h or great, or powerful to be happy. SOMETHING NEW In order t> introduce our lii .. Seed Spring Wheat-, The Wheat of Taos, in youi locality—single g>ains measuring £ inch in length I pro p >se to se'.il a sample of the wheat free of charge, to every subscriber to ibis paper wtm wi*l state the name of the newspaper and send a three eeut s'auip to pay postage, Agents wanted in every c unity to sell this new wheat, Adire; s L L qSxMENT, OUuvelaud, Term AN APPALLING CURSE, Carefully prepared statistics show tha there are over 600 000 drunk ards in the Uuit.d States, and that seventy-five thousand die annual} who go to the grave of a drunkard Every year one? hundred thousand men and votneu are sent to prison under the influence of intoxication, while three hundred murders and four buudred suicides occur from the same cause, Two hundred thousand orphans are annually thrown upon the charity of the world by this curse of intemperance. Nine-tenths of our crime and not lesa than seven eights of pauperism is the immediate result of the use of whiskey, and that at a cost to the government— besides ipdiv dul want—of 60.000 000 a year. SEA SERPENT. Unless nature bas been invent ing some unparalelled liars recently there is a sea serpent in the Missi ssippi river. It attacked barges and left portious of its teeth resembling ivory embedded in one. of them, This monster is described as being about sixty feet long its body was shaped like a snake, its tail forked like a fish and it lad a bill like that of a pelican. Its bill was full six feet in length, It bad a long flowing black mane like a berse. When it swam its head was eight feet above water. It lasbed the water with its tail and spouted water forty feet bigb. &£, BOUtB I It is said that thirty - papers col lapsed in Texas last year and sixty sprung into existence. Nine men out often, when you meet them in tho dark will say ‘hel lo !, The other one will utter the first sylable and leave you to finish it. The experienced editor can always tell at sight the man who comes in with the first attempt at original po etry. lie walks on tiptoe, and looks as though he had just passed a coun terfeit bill or strangled a boy- A patient, Philadelphian has ac comnliahed the wonderful feat of writing -u two postal cards the entire book of Esther, ihc entire book of Jonah and the 231st psalm. On the surface cf these two cards he has managed to place, in clear well formed letters, although almost mi croscopic in size, no lesstbaa 7.114 word*, composed of 29. 3 ( J2 letters. Very woudeiful no doub', hi t bow about his oyesigh ? Aud of what benefit is his feat to the world. F:ve thousand pounds of artificial butter are manufactured daily iu Pittsburg, A Chicago clergyman said recent ly that no tme woman would allow a man to put on her shoe A South Carolina colored men mad- an h voluntary asc sion the otb or b 1 coming entangled iu the ropes. He was k lh and tailing sixty feet. DiamcKd cut Diamond- QM Roue a hotel in the Northern part of this State, which be boasted was the b<*?t m that portion Of th(3 kStcittfy wliora as he tv> you could get everything that was good to eat. One day in comes a Yan kee, sends his horse round to the sta- I le. and steeping up to the bar asked old llowe what ho could give him for dinner. ‘Anything, sir, ” says old Rowe ‘anything from an elephant to a cana ry bird’s tongue.’ ‘Wall.’ says the Yankee eyeing old Rowe, ‘I guess I’ll take a piece of pickled elephant.’ Out bustled old Rowe to the din ing-room leaving our Yankee non plused at his gravity. Presently he catue back again. ‘ Well, sir, we’ve got ’em all right, right here in the house, but you’ll have to take a whole one, ’canse we never cut ’em.’ The Yankee thought he would take some codfish and potatoes the Farmer who crawls out of bed at eight o’clock eats a poor breakfast, and then goes fishing or hunting, or to the village corner to talk politics, drink whiskey and rail out again-t the State as no farming country, who takes no pa> pers, an a condemns book farming, and threatens to move to California or Texas to get revenge on the States that will not give him a good living without work-—is a dead weight upon the farming interests of any' country In the cold North such farmers would come to the poor house in one season or starve. The Porte, in order to give Europe a proof of its sincere desire for .peace, has asked the Russian Government to state what condition ,it would de* mar.d as the basis of .jeace negotia tions. PAYNE’S AGE OP REASON Payne’s Age Of Reason is the largest and besj. liberal pi b ; cation in America, While its missic ii3 to unfetter the minds of men fro* i the dismal superstition of the past, it is a first class family Journal as well Every independent thinker can but be pleased with it ands ueb are re spectfully solicitc and to give it their ■upport, Specir en copus 15 cents. Address, 8, W Payne, Edito-, 1.6 m, 141 Bth street New York. Bockdale Sheriff Sales fer February, IS7B. Will be sold before the court house door io the town of Conyers within the legal hours of sale on tl e first Thursday in . February, 1878, the following diseribed property to. wit: One half sere of land in tke t< wn of Conyers, part of lot JNn. 273 bounded East by Baptist eh urea lot North by Welsh, South by Joue* West by Bentley. Levied on M the property of James Jones to satisfy two fi fas iu favor of U L Bhipley vs, James Jones issued from Rockdale county court Search made aud uo personal property to be found. Property pointed out by plffs. Levy made Jan 3rd. 1878, by A. P. Mitchell L. C, and returned to me. JOHN H TAYLOR, Sheriff, ALSO within the legal hours o sale, on the first Tuesday n February. 187, the ft Mowing de scribed property to wit; One hundred acres cf land in 16th district originally Henry now Rockß dale county' bounded East by Henry Wilson, North and West bv Kobt Wood, South by W- J. Mi’cMl* Levied on as the property of P. B. Smith to satisfy one 6 U in fav r of Cletumous & Petty and two fi fa* iu favor of Oyrthia J Melton vj. P Smith issued from Rckdale oouary court and no personal property to bo found* Property pointed cut by plffs. Leavy made Jan 3rd. 187 8. by A. P- Mitchell, L, 0. and return ed to me* JOHN. H TAYLOR Sheriff ALSO At the same time and plner wil be sold the following described proper ty to-wit: One hundred aDd one fourth seres of land West part of lot No. 309. in 16th, Dist originally Her ry n w Rockdale county, bounded West by Nancy Owens, North East by Webb South West by E P Owens. Levied - ' - a ‘tn p-nivrty of Joel 1.. Far mer to satisfy two fi fas in finer rt" Ira Camp for benefit of W. T. Owens vs. Joel L. f armer issued from Justices court 475:h, district if. M. Search made and no person al property to be found. Property noiuted out by Plffs. Leavy ma 'n January, 3rd. 1878, by A P Mi ched L, C. and returned to me. JOHN HTAYLOR Sheriff. ALSO. At the same time and place will be wild the following property ; One Lundred aud twenty five acres of land more or less, beii g a pari of two lots Nos. 113 and 144, iu tha 11th Dist of originally Hen ry now Roekdul# county, bounded on South by J B Posey, We t by T D S* ana .north by Wm Briscu* dine, East by Anthony Leftwich levied oa as tbs property of W H Craw to satisfy one fi fa issued from the Justices Court 561st, Dist G M in favor of J B Posey v#‘ W H H Crow, Not enough personal property fouud to satisfy this li fa. Property pAnted out by Pltf and leavy made Dec 19tb, 1877, by W F Plunxet L G. and returned to me J H TAYLOR, Sheriff* SHERIFFS Sales FOR MaR cii Will be sold before tbs court hous door ia tbs town of (JsQycrs within the Legal hours of Sale od the first Tuesday in uiarch 1878 the follow ing described pr perty to wit: One hand power printing press and fixtures, twenty type c; see, two standi, stones, one heating stove, or e stooi, two boards, two and one water bucket, eight gullies, and ftU tbe type belonging to tbr press, L vied on'as tbe property of W P R< eel, to satisfy one mortgage ii fa issued from the Rockdale Su perior court in favor sf a J Pierce against W P Read. Property poin ted out by fi fa. Levy made Dec 12, 1878. J H TaYLOR Sheriff-