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BY D. B. FREEMAN. Soft Sawdfcr ttml Human Natm*. BY THOMAB CHANDLER HALIBURTON. /' . ) I T In the course of ft journey which Mr. Slick performs in company with the Reporter of his humors, the latter asks him how, in a country so poor as Novia Scotia, he contrives to sell so many clocks. „“Mr. Slipk pausejl,” Continues the author, ‘‘as if consider, ing the propriety of answering the question, and, looking me in the face, said, in a confidential tone: “Why, I don’t care if I do tell you, for the mar ket is glutted, and I shall quit the cir cuit. It is done f>v a knowledge of syft sawder and human natur. But here is Deacon Flint’s,” said he; “I have but one clock left, and 1 guess I will sell it to him.” “At the gate of a most comfortable looking farm house stood Deacon Flint, a respectable old man, who had under stood the value of time better than most of his neighbors, if one might judge from the appearance of every-, thing about*him. After the usual sal utation, an invitation to alight was ac cepted by Mr. Slick, who said ‘he wish ed to take leave of Mrs. Flint before he left Colchester.’ We had hardly entered the house before the clock ma ker pointed to the view from the win dow, and, addressing himself to me, Said; ‘lf l was to tc 11 them in Con*, neciicut there was such a, farm at this away down east here in Nova ' cotia. they wouldn’t believe mo—why, there ain’t such a location in all New Eng- land. The deacoD has a hundred acres Of dike’—‘Seventy,’ said the deacon, 'only seventy.’ ‘Well, seventy ; but then there is your fine deep bottom ; why, I coul i run a ramrod into Theft there i* that water privilege, Worth three or four thousand dollars, twice a good as what Governor Cass paid fifteen thousand for. I wonder, deacon, you don’t, put up a Carding mill on it; the same works Would carry a turning-lathe,, a shingle machine, a cir cular saw, grind bark, arid’—‘Too old,’ said the deacon, “too old for all those speculations.’ ‘.Old 1’ repeated the clock mak r, ‘not you ; why you are worth half a dozen of the young men we see nowaday?.’ The deacon was pleased. “Your beasts, dear me, your beasts must be put in and have a feed ;” spy ing which; life weht‘ but to order them to be taken to the stable. As the old gentleman closed the door after him, Mr. Slick drew near to me, and said in an undertone : “That is what I call mft mwder . An Englishman would pass that man as a sheep passes a hog in a pasture. —without lookiug him. Now, I find”—Here his lectuoe on soft sawder was out short by the entrance of Mrs. Flint. “Jist come to say good bye, Mrs, Flirtt.” “What! have you sold all of your clocks?” “Y&s, and very low, too, for money is scarce, and I wish to close the consarn ; no, I am wrong in saying all, for I have just one left. Neighbor Steel’s wife asxed td have the refusal of it, but 1 guess I won’t sell it. I had but two of them, this one and the teller ot it, that I sold Governor Lincoln. General Green, Secretary of States for Maine, said he’d give me fifty dollars for this here one— it has composition wheels, and patent axles; it is a beautiful article—-a leal first chop—no mistake, genuine super fine; but I guess I’ll take it back ; and besides, Squire Hawk might think it hard that I did not give him the offer.” “Dear me,” said Mrs. Flint, “I should lixe to see it; where is it ?” “It is in a chest of mine over the way at Tom Tape’s store ; I guess he can ship it on toEastport” “That’s a good man,” said Mrs. Flint, “jist let’s look at it.” Mr. Slick, willing to oblige, yielded to these entreaties, and soon produced the clock—a gaudy, highly varnishtd, trumphery looking affair. He placed it on the chimney piece, where its beau ties were pointed cut, and duly appre ciated by Mrs. Flint, those admiration was about ending in a proposal, when Mr. Flint returned from g ving his di rections about the care of the horses. The deacon praised the clock ; he, too. thought it a handsome one ; bu. the' deacon was a prudent man ; he had a watch, he was sorry, but lie had no oc casion for a clock. ‘.T guess you’re in the wrong iurrow this time, deacon ; it ain’t for sale,” said Mr. Slick ; “and if it was, I reckon neighbor Steele’s wife would have it, for she gives mo no peace about it.” Mrs. Flint said that Mr. Steele had euough to do, poor man, to pay his, interest, without buying docks for his wife “It’s no consarn of mine,” said Mr. Slick, “as long as he pays me, what h* has to do ; but I guess I don’t want to sell it; and, besides, it comes too high; that clock can’t be made at Rhode Is land under forty dollars. Why, it ain’t possible !” said the clockmaker, in apparent surprise, lookiug at his watch ; “why, as I’m alive, it is four o’clock, and if I haven’t been two hours here —how on earth shall I reach River Philip to-night ? I’ll tell you what, Mrs. Flint, I’ll leave the dock in your care till I return on my way to the States—l’ll set it agoing, and put it to the right time.” As soon as this oper ation was performed, he deliveied the key to the deacon with a sort of serio comic injunction to wind up the dock every Saturday night, which Mrs. Ffit paid she wou and taka care should be done, and promised to remind her band of it, in case he should chance to forget it. “That,” said the clockmaker, as soon as we were monnted, “that I eall hu man natur / Now, that clock is sold for forty dollars—it cost me just six Culljotm {Times dollars and fifty cents. Mrs. Flint will never let Mrs. Stele have the refusal —nor will the deacon learn until I call for the clock, that having once indulged in the use of a superfluity, it is diffi cult to give it up. We can do without any article of luxury we have never had, but when once obtained, it ia not in human natur to surrender involunta rily. Of fifteen thousand sold by my self and partners in this province, twelve thousand were left in this mans ner, and only ten clocks were ever re turned—when we called for them they invariably bought them. We trust to soft sawder to get them into the house and to human natur that they never come out of it.” The Futiire ot Parties. There is a great deal of discussion nowadays about the future of parties. The inaugural address was such a po’it ical bombshell as caused u grievous lam entation among politicians of both sides. The evident invention and ex-, pectation of the President that his Southern policy shall divide the Dem ocrats of the South and draw into the Republican ranks a considerable part of the intelligent and property-owning class there caused alarm in the Demo cratic camp ; the more because they were conscious that if the new South ern policy were carried out with tact, and kindly good faith gratitude' to the .Pr-Mudeut vvouid combine wth other causes to make a very serious break in their ranks, and also because they saw that iocal rivalries were already under mining their party organization iu al most every Southern State. Indeed, the publication of the inaug ural address produced at once precisely this effect. In Washington Senators like Bayard, Randolph, Kernan, Gor* don, Lamar, Hill, Garland and many others at ouce declared that they, would suppoi t 'Mr. Hayes in the fulfillment of all be had promised; and these men, Demociats all of them, but lovers of country above party, by their firm atti tude broke down the Republican plot to defeat the President’s Cabiuet nom inations. All over the county the ad dress was welcomed by the best Demo crats as heartily as by the host Repub licans ; both saw in it a happy promise of national regeneration, and the sore ness over the manner iu which Mr. H. was made j President gave way to the hope that his rule would be beneficent for the country. If he attempts to shape his course as to please both wings of his own pfifty he must necessarily fail, auddad, not in making the party harmonious, but in fulfilling his pledges to the country. — The promises off his inaugural address are at irreconcilable variance with the spirit, the purposes and the interests of one large part of the Republican party and oi a great many of its influential leaders. These not only do not believe iu his policy ; they detest it with all their hearts, because if it should suc ceed it would blast their hopes and defeat their plans and aims. If, for in stance, he me*ns to restore the two Southern States to local self-govern ment and bring the country back under the shelter of the Constitution, how can he hope in doing so to conciliate or secure the sincere support of those Republican leaders —the Blaines, Lo gans, Butlers and others like them— who live by the “bloody shirt,” aud all whose future plans look to a perpetua tion of the “solid South” issue ? If he means to reform the civil service how can he look for the co-operation of the machine politicians in his party?— N. Y. Herald. Obeying Orders. A certain General, supposing his fa vorite horse dead, ordered a soldier to go and skin him. “What! is Silvertail dead?” asked Pat “What is that to you ?” replied the officer. “Do as I bid you, ard ask no questions.” Pa; went about hs business, and in an hour or two he returned “Weil, Pat. where have you been alt' this-time?” asked the General. “Skinning your horse, your hon _ __ n or. “Does it take nearly two hours to perform such an operation ?” “No, your honor : but then you see it took about half un hour to catch him.” “Catch him ! was he alive ?” “Yes, your honor, and I could not skin him alive, you know.” “Skin him a ive ! did you kill him ? *‘l*6 W 6 Tuire l did, yer honor ! and sure you know I must obey orders with out asking any questions.” “’Tis better to have loved and lost than never to have loved at all.” Of course it is, but that is not one of the saddest things that enters into a young man’s life by any means. When he has wasted the midnight oil and ink aud paper in getting up a paragraph for the local, then waited anxiously till Saturday to see it in print, and after reading the paper all through finds it turns up missing—then, ah ! then comes in the terrible reaction, and he could wish that he or the editor were dead, it matters not which. An Indianapolis girl hung up her stocking, and the boys, for fun, threw in a reaper and mower, and two barrel organs. Their motto was: “Though lost to view, to memory dear.” CALHOUN, GA„ SATURDAY, APRIL 21. 1877. thi' Mother of Washington*. George W. P. Curtis, in describing the beautiful simplicity and dignity of Washington’s mother, lelates the fol lowing incident in regard to a brilliant ball given in honor of the victorious General at Fredericksburg : “The town was crowded with the of ficers of the French and American ar mies, and with gentlemen from all the country around, who hastened to wel come the conqueror of Cornwallis. The citizens made arrangements for a splen did ball, to which the mother of VVash ington was specially invited. She ob served that, although her dancing days were pretty well over, she should fee) happy in contributing to t lie general festivity.” The foreign officers were anxious to see the mother of their chief. They had heard indistinct ru mors respecting her remarkable life and character, and, forming their judg meats from European examples, they were prepared to expect in the mother that glare and show which would have attached to the parents of the great in the Old World. How were they sur prised when the matron, leaning on the arm of her son, entered the room ? She was arrayed in the very plain yet be coming garb worn by the Virginia lady of the olden time. Her address, al ways dignified and imposing, was cour. teous though reserVed. >Shq received the ’complimentary attentions which were profusely paid her wi h ut evi c ing ti:> a igh !■<;■.-1 eievatiou, and at an early hour, wishing the company much enjoyment of their pleasures, observing that it was time for old people to be at home, retired. The fo r eign officers were amazed to behold one whom so many causes contributed to elevate, pre serving the even tenor of her life, while such a blaze cf glory shone upon her name and offspring. The European world furnished no examples of such magnanimity. Names of ancient lore were heard to escape from their lips, and they observed that “if .such were the matrons of America, it was not wonderful the sons were illustrious” Mary Washington died at the age of eighty-seven, soon after the death of her illustrious son. Mrs. Hale sttes that “on the 7th of May, 1833, at Fredericksburg, the corner-srone of her monument was laid by Andrew Jackson, then President of the United States;” lie closed his remarks with these words : “Fellow citizens, at yodr lequest and in your name, I now deposit this plate in the spot destined for it, and when the American pilgrim shall in after age 9 come up to this high and holy place and lay his hand upon this sacred column, may he recall the virtues of her who sleeps beneath, and depart with his affections purified and his pie ty strengthened, while he invokes bless ings upon the mother of Washington.” The monument is inscribed, “Mary, the Mother of Washington.” The tmpnrtarbablc Passenger*. A train boy, on an Illinois road, foui and rather a tough customer in an old gentleman of composed mein, who received all shots as if he were bullet proof. The boy bombarded him with papers, and pamphlets, and car. dies, and bound books, and nuts, and fruits of one kind and another. But it was no good. Had the elderly party been lined inside with brass he could not have shown gieater indifference. The boy fretted under his treatment, as was plain to be seen, tie had passed the cigars some thirty times, and without success, when he said, in a tone of des peration : “Try some cigars, and if they don’t kill you in a inoptli I’ll give tou the money back.” The man was somewhat amuseebby that, but he had the boy. He said : “If I am dead how can you give me the money ?” “I’ll give it to your family, then.” “But l ain’t got no family.” “■Well, I’ll give it to the family next door,” persisted the boy. “But thete ain’t no family next door,” St 1 the man. with the smile lengthen.. •n„ ills face. “Oh, there'll he one move in whan they hear you are dead,” was the quick reply. The elderly passenger shut up like a borrowed knife. Slander. Never use a lady’s name at an im proper time, or in mixed company. Never make assertions about her that you think untrue, or allusions which you think that 9he herself would blush to hear When you meet with men who do net scruple to use women’s names in a reckless manner, shun them; they are the very worst members of the community ; men lost to every sense of honor, every feeling of humanity.— Many a good and worthy woman’s character has been forever ruined and her heart Droken by some villian, and repeated where it should not have been,, and in presence of those whoso little judgment could not deter them from circulating tho fool and bragging re port. A slauder is soon propagated, aud the smallest thing derogatory to a woman’s character will fly on the. wings of the wind and magnify as it circu., lates. uutil its monstrous weight crush es the poor, unconscious victim. Re spect the name of woman. Your moth er and sisters are women, and as you would have their fair name untarnished, and their lives unembittered by the slanderer's bitter tongue, heed the ill your words may bring upon the mother, the sister'or the wife of Some, fellow creature. A New Game. A man came into a restaurant last night, and mounting a high stool lean ed over the counter and ordered a por ter-house steak with eggs on the side, and some ale and oysters to begin on. In about half &□ hour he had finished his repast and was beginning to delib erate on what kind of desert be would wind up on, when a man walked in, and, tapping him on the shoulder, re marked : “Is your name Billy Hicks?” “Yes, that’s my name,” said the man on £he stool, as the hand stole down to his hip pocket, fumbling for the handle of a barker-; “what do yo want ?” “We had a little trouble once before in White Pine, and now I guess I’ve got you dead to rights,” continued the new-comer, pulling out a Urge-sized six-shooter “If you’ll just step into the street and pace off your distance, I’m your man,” said the feeder, who had just fin ished his pic, and, whipping out a re volver, he sprang off nis perch and rushed after the other into the street. The frightened restaurant man got down behind the counter and bent his ear to listen to the shots and the rush of the mob ; but he didu’t hear any thing unusual, and in about five min utes he recolh cted that there was $2 .50 owing on the meal. Then he Went out on the sidewalk to inve>tigate. “Was there a row out there a few minutes ago ?” lie inquired of a star gazer on the sidewalk. “Didn’t see any. I’ve been here for the last half hour cr so.” “See two fellows with ulsters and re volvers come out ?” “Yes, they was talkin’ about swap pin’ guns, and they’re over across the way now, takin’ a drink.” The res aurant man went back to clear up the dirty dishes and reflect on his damphoolishness.— Virginia Chron icle. An Irishman’s Will. In the name of God, amen ! I, Tim othy Doolan, of Barrydownderry, in the County Clare, farmer, sics, wake on my legs, but of sound h ad and warm heart —Glory he to God !—do make this my first and last will and old ould and new testament. First, I give my sowl to God, when it plaze him to take it—shure no thanks to me. for I can’t help it then—and my body to be buried in the ground-at BarrydoWoder ry Compel, where all my kith and kin that have gone before me and hose who live after, belonging to me, are buried, pace to their ashes, and may the sod rest lightly over their bones. Bury me near godfather and my mother, who lie separated all together at the other end of the chaoel jard. I kve the bit of ground containing eight acres—rale old Irish acres—to my eldest son, Tim, after the death of his mother, if she lives to survive him. My daughter Mary and her husband, Paddy O’Rea gel, are to have the black sow that’s go ing to have twelve black bonifs Ted dy. my second boy, that was killed in the war in Ameriky, might have got his pick of poultry, but as he has gone I’ll lave them to his wife, who died a week before him; I bequeath to all mankind fresh air of heaven, all fishes of the sea they can take, and all the birds of the air they can shoot. I lave to them all the sun, moon and stars. I lave to Peter Raffery a pint of potheen I can’t finish, and may God be merejf ful to him. The Colored Witness. Yesterday an old negro who had been subpoenaed in the case of Rice, who was on trial for m irder, did not put in an appearanco at the appoin ed time, and an officer was sent after him. In about three hours the old fellow was brought into court, and his domical ap pearance caused a smile to spread over the audience, lie looked tor all the worli ’like a Louisiana Returning Board struck by lightning, lie Was brought up to the rail, an i, holding his h t in his hand, stood trembling from head to foot. The Court—Can you give any expla nation of your absence from he Court room ? Witness—’Fore God, Judge, I didn’t get no su penya. Ihe Court—Did the Sheriff serve the papers ? \A itness —Well, ye see, Judge, when ebber I’se been su-pe-nyed dey alters gib me a paper Dis time de Sheriff reads de paper, hut didn’t gib it up Guess I knows de law of su-pe-nyas The Cos rt —T he law does not require the subpoena to he delivered. Witness—Fore de Lord, Judge, I s posed it did. Never meant no disre< s pecf for de Court. Down in Louisi ana de Sheriff alwa s handed me da su-pe.-nya pussonly ’Fo~e de Lord, Judge, I’m tellin’ you de truff. ‘ he Court— What were you doing all this time ? V\ itness—Judge, I wouldn’t tell ye a lie for £2O. [ was playin’ poker, t had four queens wid de ace high, and §l6 in de I was jus’ a-goin’ to quit then de Sheriff come iu. ’Fore de Lord, Judge, I was jus’ thinkin’ about cornin’ up A general laugh went up the Judge’s face relaxed iuto a smile, arid, after giv ing the witness a sparp reprimand, he i£fe.bim.uff without the Bn&. Vhyniia a. K-ery woman i* in .the . wrong until she eries; and then she & in the right, directly. The Negro Must Take n Back Neat. Everybody knows that the negro, left to himself, would not get the mastery until he had acquired some of the qual ifications for it. Even where he had a uumercial majority of the population and was perfectly free to vote as he pleased, he would naturally take a su bordinate position so long as he had neither money, nor education, nor hab its of thrift and foresight, nor compre hension of the art of government And it is proper that he should. Uni versal uffrage would be an absurdity, except upon the theory that it general, ly results in the advancement of the intelligent and respectable. A majori ty of the voters, whether virtuous or not. are supposed to understand that self-interest requires th m to intrust the Government onL to those who are able to control it. But the Grant pol icy was based upon a differeut princi ple. It asained that the great secret of reconstruction was to take the negro out of the cotton-field and put him in the State-house, send him a company of soldiers to hold him fast in his seat, and trust to luck for the rest. The natural results have followed. Ihe ne gro has learned nothing good in his el evation, and is no better able to carry on ** State Government to-day than he was six years ago. The ouiy way to reform Southern so ciety is to stand aside and leave the vo ters free and unembarrassed. Then if these communities ai e not utterly cor. rupt, all things will soon find their nat ural level, and the rule of the majority will act as it acts elsewhere.— N~. Y. Tribune. gentling Portraits by Telegraph. It has often been said that the sci ence of telegraphy is as yet in its in fancy. What it will be when it reach, es the age of maturity it would be dif. ficalt to say with certainty, but some idea may be formed from an extraordi nary discovery just made in Paris. It appears that some inven'or has found out the means of sending portraits by telegraph. The modus operands has not yet been disclosed, but experiments have been made, and—if we believo the papers—with complete success.— The portrait of a Lyons official was torwarded from Paris by the new tele graphic apparatus, ana at once recog' oized. In return the Lyons police tel egraphed to Paris the portrait, acom panied by the usual description, of a clerk who had just absconded with his master’s money, and the Paris police, thanks to the telegraphic portrait, were enabled to arrest the thief on his alight ing from the train of the Lyons rail way station. The facts are published on the best authority, and incredible as they may seem, are no doubt authen tic So far the ingenious discovery is only being employed for the detection of criminals, but it is evident that the police authorities will not be able to monopolize it, and that it will be turn ed to account by society at large under the various trying circumstances of life, and most especially in the cases of de serted wives and husbands, missing heirs, disconsolate lovers, and similar interested beings. —London Standard. There Was a sudden sensation in a western church on a late Sunday. It appears that a young lady member of the choir became so anxious to exam ine a certain exasperatingly pretty bon net in a pew hack under the organ loft, that she lost her balance, and turned a somersault down upon the unsuspecting congregation. The minister had only reached ‘-tenthly,” when he was shock ed by a dissolving view of striped stockings ; and the millionaire under neath had just selected his smallest coin for the heathen, when a pair of two inch heels took him in the back like the fast dying lick of a piiedriver W hen the dust cleared away the church was found to be empty, and since then the flock have meekly, but firmly, in formed the vestry that unless the choir is fenced in, or a net stretched over th? heads of the congregation, as required by law they will ttay away from the sanctuary. Two young ladies wore once singing a duet in a concert room. A stranger, who had heard better performances, turned to his neighbor, saying : “Does not the lady in white sing wretchedly ?” “Excuse me, sir,” reolied he, “ I scarcely feel at liberty to express my sentiments ; she is my lister.” ‘ I beg your pardon, sir,” answered he, in much confusion, “I mean the lauy in blue.” “You are perfectly rh'ht there,” replied the neighbor, “1 have often told her so myself; she is my wife.” Nature never takes back her gifts Clouds may pass between you and the sun, but the sun is there, and will shine forth again. It may be stormy night, and the stars are hidden, but they shine on permanent and pure behind the driving rain, and will again look out upon you with their calm eyes and sav, from their inaccessible and infinite height. “Be patient, little child ! be pa tient and wait till all De storms and darkness shall have passed away/' I*n the Servian military bands the base-drum is placed upon a two-wheel, ed cart, a id is drawn by a trained dog, while the drummer pounds it. Domestic Sewing Machine omestic Paper Fashions omestic Untlerbraider omestic Machine Find’gs OMESTIC MONTHLY. THE Light-Running DOMESTIC SEWING MACHINE. BEST. Greatest Rnnge of Work. Best Quality of Work. Lightest to Run. Always in Order. "Domestic” Sewing Machine Cos., NEW YORK and CHICAGO. The “Domestic” Underbraider and Sewing Machine, the only perfect Bra Ming Machine known, costs but $5- more than the Family Machine. The “Domestic” Paper Fashions are unex celled for elegance and perfection of fit. 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Where assignments are imperfect we give instructions to per fect them. Each department of our business is con ducted in a separate bureau, under the charge of experienced lawyers and clerk*. By reason of error <n fraud many attor neys are suspended from practice before the Pension and other offices each year.— Claimants whose attorneys have been that suspended will be gratuitously furnished with full information and jropci papers os application to us. As we charge o fees unless successful, stamps for rettn w postage sheuld be’ sent us. - Liberal arrangements made with attor neys in all branches of business. Address GILMORE & CO., P 0. Box 44, M'asfiingt on, 1). O. Washington, D. C., November 24, 1870. I take pleasure in expressing my entire confidence in the renponsibiliy anil fidelity of the Law, J atent and Collection House of Gilmore & Cos., of tbiseity. GEORGE H. R. IVHITE, (Cashier of the Nalio: al Metropolitan Bankk dec9-t,f. 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Location, corner Loyd ml p n<l Wall g i fects ' o PPoto I Jj aßSenger Atlanta. 1 Jso. Stainback Winsox, Phy sicia n-in-Char£a> ORIGINAL Goodyear’s Rubber Goods. Vulcanized Rubber in every Conceiva ble Form, Adapted to Universal Use. ANY ARTICLE „NDBR FOUR POUNDS WEIGHT CAN BE SENT BY MAIL. WIND AND WATER PROOF garments it specialty. Our Cloth surface oat combines two yOfmentt in one. For stofmy weather, it is * Perfect Water Proof and in dry weather, a NEAT and TIDY OVERCOAT By a peculiar process, the rubber is put between the two elofh surfaces, which pre vents smeltin'/ or sticking, even in the hottest climates. They are made in three color*— Blue, Black and Brown. Are Light, Portable, Strong and Durable. We are now offering them at the extreme ly low price of $lO each. Sent post-paid to any address upon receipt of price. When ordering, state size around chest, over %cst. Reliable parties Positing to see cur goods can send for our Trade Journal, giving de scription of our leading articles. Be sure and get the Original Good year’s Steam Vulcanized fabrics. for Illustrated arice-list of oflf Celebrated Pocket (gymnasium. Address earefutlv. GOODYEAR’S RUBBER CURLER OO. r 697 Broadway P. 0. Box 5156. Xew York City. Job Printing neatly aiid cheaply executed at this office.