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by and. b. freeman. A STAR BEHIND MB CLOUD. No matter hove dark the night, No matter how black the clouds may be, Up in the shrouded sky, Hidden from watching eye, Glitters a star for me. Silvery bright and clear, Out in the fields of fadeless Woe, Heedless of cloud and raift, Fearless of death and pin, Golden stars in their silent sphere Twinkle and burn for you. Summer and winter the same ; No matter if storm-clouds surge and roll Like waves on the frenzied sea ; In heaven’s bright gallery Twinkle and glow with a quenchless flame, These types of the soul! No matter how dark thy life } No matter how gloomy thy watch may be ; ’Mid sorrow, and pain, and care, Stijl watching thee everywhere— Back 6f the curtain of earthly strife Twinkles a star for thee 1 For the Calhoun Times. 1 A Tribute to Mother Love. BY MAY EBON. Sages have written and poets sung of mother love, but the theme has never been exhausted and will never be. So long as there are rocks beneath our feet, or stars above our heads ; so long as the sun shines in radiant glory, the flowers bloom in glowing beauty, and brooks sing on their way to the sea; so long as there are hearts that ache, and hearts that break, just that long will tho name of mother thrill the soul of man. She mav wander away to foreign lands, may place hundreds of leagues of land and sea between himself and the heart on which his head was pillowed in childhood, may bare his brow to the breath of Italian zephyrs, may drink deep draughis at Parnassian founts, and writo his name in the proudest niche of fame’s eternal temply, or he may sink to the lowest depths of deg radation, may so mar his God given im age that the Creator himself would not recognize it, but he never forgets his mother; her name will bring a tear to his eye when nothing else can ; and her memory will go with him to the farthest outverge of the world, and the farthest outcycle of his life. Other loves, joys and friendships come to us in life, but none of them shine with so constant a light as doss tho devotion of a mother; like the meteor’s flash they around our pathway, whilst our efforts are crowned with success, but leave us to grope in the dark alone, when we-are overtaken by adversity, sin or dis grace. And as we advance in life, as one by one its bitter lessens are forced home to our hearts, as we grapple with its stern facts, and are taught by its hard experience as its illusions fade from our tear-dimmed eyes, its hopes elude our grasp, its idols lie shattered at our feet; then and not until then , do we loam the worth of a mother’s love. “None like a mother can charm away pain From the sick soul, and world weary brain.” It is a love that bears all things, and hopes all things, that soothes us in our sorrows, and cheers us in our joys, that never chides but in kindness, and never wounds but to heal, that points us to the path of duty, and by example leads us there. This is the one glory left to a sincursed world, undimmed by the fall, and it is one that will never be tar* l nished, uor ever lose its power, until the sun itself be blown out and the Arch angels trump souuds the knell of time. • - A Sure Remedy for Colic in Horses.— One pint of whisky ; four tablespoonfuls of spirits of turpentine or half gill of spirits of camphor. Put in a bottle, the bottle filled up with wa ter, then drench the horse. This rejit cdy I want all to know, and the facts connected with it. About forty years ago an intelligent old gentleman from Kentucky, who had traded in horses for thirty-eight years, and had made a handsome fortune at the business, gave me this recipe, and I have ustd it ever Bince with singular success. I have given it to scores of horses and mules, and have not in one case known it to fail in giving relief in a very short time.— Wm. Evans , in Southern Culti vator. The newest thing in stylish grace is Nearing the train over the arm, mak lng the helles look like little kittens ruuumg round after their tails. a r.,a . . Cnlljoun (times. “Going it Blind.'* Old Judge L s, who was four years the circuit Judge of Louisiana, known as Attakapas county, was iustly celebrated for his legal learning, and was greatly be’oved by his neighbors and his friends. He was stern, up right and honest, and tho death of the good old man, which occurred some years ago, was universally regretted throughout the State. Rut with all his book-lore and legal attainments, ho was, perhaps, not the greatest mao at cards in his entire cir cuit. It had been said that he did not know the “Jack of trumps” from a diamond. In the village of Opelousas three individuals were sitting around a table, in one of those doggeries, “with a billiard table attached,” which are so common in the Creole parishes, playing a small game of three-handed poker, when a quarrel ensued, which resulted in an aggravated case of assault and battery. This did not end tho affair, for at the next term of court, at the h< ad of the docket, stood “the State of Louisiana vs. John Allen, for assault and battery, with intent to kill, on the body of Enos-Griggs.” The trial came on, and the only wit* ness to the affray was a Captain Johns son, who was the third in the game Johnson was skipper of one of those crafts which transport sugar from that section of the country to New Orleans, and a self-confident, go ahead fellow; and was as undaunted before the Judge and jury as he would have been before the crew of his own little After being sworn he was directed to tell the court and jury everything he knew about the affair. After clearing his throat, he commenced by stating “that him a.id Griggs and John Allen were over at Boullet’s grocery, the second day of election, when Allen proposed that they should have a small game of poker j all agreed to it, and we went up stairs and sat down to the game; did not know there was any harsh feelings between Griggs and Allen, or I wouldn’t a played, but heard after wards—” Here the witness was intenupted by the court, who directed him to keen all heresays to himself, and confine himself strictly to the facts of the case. The witness continued : “Well, we sat dowD to the (able Griggs sat there, John Allen here, and I there a diagram of the clerk’s tablo, in order to elucidate the position of the parties)! John Alien dealt the cards; I went blind; Griggs he went blind, and John Allen he wouldn’t see him.” The Judge, who was a little deaf, was in the habit of making an ear trumpet, of his head, for the purpose of shar pening his hearing, and, throwing his head a little forward and sideways, in terrupted the witness by asking him : “What was the reason that John Al len didn’t see Griggs ?” The witness replied: “I don’t know, but he wouldn’t look at him.” “Proceed,” said the Judge. “Well, I saw him, aod lie saw, and just at that minute— ” “Stop, sir,” said the Judge, throw ing himself into a hearing attitude, ‘ did I understand you to say you went blind r “Yes, sir ; I went blind, and Griggs he was blind, and APen wouldn’t see, but I saw Griggs, and then he saw—” “Witness,” exclaimed the Judge, striking the bench with his clenched fist, “do I hear you right, sir ? Do you say that you went blind and then you saw ?” “Yes, sir,” replied the witness. “i saw Griggs, and Griggs saw, and just at that—” “Stop, sir,” said the Judge. “Mr. Clerk, fine that witness fifty dollars for contempt of court, and direct the Sher iff to ‘ake him to jail, and there to keep him until he receives further orders from the court. Call up the next case, Mr. Clerk ” Captain Johnson was dumbfounded, and not awake to the realiiy of his cou ditionn until the Sheriff laid his hands up n him, when he exclaimed : ‘ Good gracious, Mr. Judge, what have I done that I must go to jail ?” Tho Judge who was purple with rage, did not deign to reply to poor Johnson, but reiterated the order with increased vehemence; and the junior members of the bar, who had been anticipating the fix the Captain would eventually be placed in, were convulsed with laugh ter, which increased the rage of the old Judge to the highest pitch. The pios ecuting attorney endeavored to enlight. en the Judge, and eventually succeed ed, but not until after he had produced a pack of cards, and after dealing out three hands, made the blind as clear as day to the Judge. The tine and imprisonment were re mitted, order was restored in the court, and Captain Johnson was allowed to proceed with his testimony. m • n—— Age of Cows.—Cows live an aver* age of about fittoen years. ivings on their horD3 tells the number of their days. At four years old a ring is form ed at their roots and every suceeeeding year another is added. Thus, by allowing three years before their appearance, and counting the number of rings, the age of the cow is known. It is well for certain members of the human race losing their bloom, who are somewhat sensitive on the question of age, that there are no defi nite appearances added with annual precision to their cheeks, revealing to tho eye what they kcop from the ear.—- Exchange. Managing a Wife. As the storm was bursting, night be fore last, in all its fury, on outlying house of one of our suburbs, it blew open a glass door in John Henry’s bed room, and awakened the startled sleep ers with a crash. “Mrs. Henry/’said John, cuddling down under the clothes to escape the icy blast, “your side of the bed is the nearest; willyou be kind enough to shut that door ?” “Shut it yourself, you lazy brute.— I’ve got the baby to tend to,” “Mrs. Henry, that is not a proper way to address me. It is not respect ful. Besides, I have not been feeling very well, and, if I were to catch cold, I should not be able to attend to busi ness to-morrow.” “Cold ? Cold is it ? It’s a pretty thing for you to be talking about colds, when I go sniffling around the house from morning till night, just because you can’t afford anew furnace. I won’t shut that door if I’m froze for it; and you're a mean, spiritless thing to ask it.” “Don’t get excited, Mrs. Henry; and don’t be rash; because, if you don’t shut that door, it will stay open all night, and that would make us all sick, you know.” A solemn silence fell for a few mo ments on the domestic scene, then Mrs. Henry rose to business. Anger was not visible on her countenance so much as astonishment. This was an entire new departure of John’s. He had hitherto been meek and docile when pressed to the wall, and she felt her supremacy was in danger; that the sit uation was critical and demanded strong measure. Of a sudden the water pitcher shot wildly from its sphere, a parabola of gleaming light, and lighted upon John’s nightcap. The slop pail came next, then the coal-scuttle, then a pair of boots, then the baby’s cradle, followed in rapid succession by a powder-box, a bottle of bay rum, a bronze mantel or nament, and a box of blacking. TnE Home Circle.—When over taken by adversity,\loss of wealth, po sition or power, you wilf * anti depressed tSX me‘sudden withdraw al of supposed‘friends and acquantan ces. Kind words, sympathetic acts, genteel encouragement will appear no where except at your own fireside.— Wife and children will often remain your only comfort in trial; your only council in future action. How impor tant that in our days of prosperity we should cherish and sustain this charm ed circle, this perpetual fount of unsel fish love, purrity, and consolation, and that should the storm-cloud burst in fu ry on our heads, we may still possess this sheltered heaven of rest and peace. Quick Work. The citizens of Carrollton, Mo., have been employed in ascer‘aining in how short a time wheat can be taken from the field and put down in bread on the table. The Miller’s Journal prints a etter signed by the judges, county offi cials, editors and other citizens of Car rollton, asserting the truth of the fol lowing experiment which they watched with watches in hand. The statement is as follows : “The undersigned citizens of Car!- rollton and vicinity certify that at a tri al made this day for the purpose of as 1 * certaining the time in which bread could be made from wheat taken in the field standing, the following time was made by J. F. Lawton, proprietor of the mill: Commenced cutting with reaper at 3.01 p m ; finished cutting, 3:02; began threshing at 3.021; fin ished one bushel at 3.031. Commenced grinding at 3.04 3-4. Mrs. Lawton began making bread at 3.08 : finished at 3.081. Gridd’e cake baked at 3 091, and biscuit baked and eaten at 312 ; the whole accomplished in 11 minutes. The reaper, thresher and the mill were thoroughly cleaned out before the trial oimmenced and a particle of flour was used that and and not come from the wheat cut in the above trial. The witnesses kept separate time, and in the result all time agreed.” The Corn Crop. Of all crops raised, probably none is of such vast importance to farmers as the corn erop, and on no account should it be neglected. Did you ever know any farmer to fail whose cribs were filled with corn ? Did you ever know a mao to emi grate whose cribs were filled with corn ? Did you ever know a man to complain of hard times whose eribs were filled with corn ? Did yo„u ever know a man whose houses and fences were all in good or 4er, and that such other evidences of prosperity crowned him, whose cribs were not filled with corn ? Did you ever know a planter proud of himself, loved by his neighbors and happy in his family, whose cribs were not filled with corn ? Did you ever know a man who had fat horses and mules, hogs, cattle, sheep and poultry, whose cribs were not fi led with corn ’/ Did you ever know a man who did not raise it at home, whose cribs were filled with corn ? The city of Constantinople has 350,- 000 Mohammedan mosque and thirty six churches. CALHOUN, GA., SATURDAY, JUNE 23. 1877. The Cross and the Crescent. It is usual, among reoent writers, to name “ jfhe Cross ” and “ The Cres cent” to distinguish the respective creeds in the present Turco-Rassian war. lo fact, these several symbols plainly mark the Christian and the Ottoman faiths. The question when and why the Otto mans adopted tho Crescent has been much discussed long before now. It was alleged that Mohammed broke the disc of the moon and caught half of it falling from Heaven in his sleeve— this is stated in the Koran, and seems to indicate that Mohammed made the young moon a sign of his divine au thority. The crescent, or half moon, with the horns turned was a religious symbol, however, long before the Turkish Empire began. It was re ported that Sultan Othman, founder of that empire, A. D. 1299, dreamed that he saw a crescent moon, which waxed until its splendor illuminated the whole world from east to west ; that he then adopted the crescent and emblazoned it on his standard, with the motto. Donee •liepleat Orhem , or “until it fills the world.” But the crescent moon had been a symbol well known to the an. cient worshippers of Diana in the an cient mythology of Greece and Rome. There are old statutes of her with the up-pointing crescent over her brow.— Another account is that Philip of Mac edon, father of Alexander the Great, was engaged one dark night in under mining the walls of Byzantium, which he was besieging, and his operations were discovered to those within by a sudden appearance of a young moon, and that in gratitude for this timely light the Byzantines commemorated tho frustration of Philip’s hostile de° Bign by creating a temple to Diana, and by adopting her crescent as the symbol of the State. It has also been alleged that, in 1446, when the Turks took Byzantium, they adopted tho crescent standard which they found there and which the Janizaries had borne for more than a century previous. Un„ doubtedly, then, the crescent was the emblem of Greek previous to the supe riority of the Turkish rule. Oddly enough, at the present day tho crescent is to be seen on and in churches in Moscow and other parts of old Russia, generally surmounted by the cross, thus unquestionably marking the Byzantine origin of the. Russian Church. In 1801 the. Sultan, Selim 111., having previ ously presented Lord Nelson wi:h a crescent richly adorned with diamonds, founded -the order of the crescent, which, as Mohammedans are not allow ed to carry such marks of distinction, has been conferred on Christians alone. The Turkish order of Medj’die, found ed by Abdul Medjid in 1852, and lib erally conferred upon French, English and Italian officers after the Crimean war, bears a crescent and a silver sun of seven triple rays. Assuredly the crescent dates from the time of En dymion.—Philadelphia Press. Ilogs on the Farm. Some practical hints on breeding and feeding hogs and the number that may be kept on an eighty acre farm may be of interest. 1 keep 6or 8 horses and colts, 8 to 12 cattle of good short horn blood, and raise from 75 to 100 pigs each year, to sell or fatten. I do the work myself, except during haying and harvest time, and yet have time to take my wife and children to visit occasion ally, and to church and to the Grange. 1 plow 30 or 35 acres ; 20 or 25 acres in corn, Bor 10 in oats or rye, seed some to grass and plow some sod every year. The pigs that come in March I turn on grass as soon us they can get a good bite, feeding them ground feed and soaked corn, keeping them on grass as long as possible, and fat them the next winter, selling in February or March, The pigs that come io May and June I feed in the same way, hut don’t fatten until may or June, turning them on grass early the next spring, and feed all the corn they will eat, thus making from 12 to 15 pounds of pork to the bushel of corn. I never pen hogs in small pens or lots, if I can get a big one, and the bigger the better. I make sheds in a new place each winter, on a dry piece of ground, in a sod field that I intend to plow in tho spring. I make tempo rary sheds of plank with plenty of room, boarded ou three sides, but open on the south. In this way I have all the manure on the ground. After feed ing time I pile the plank until again needed. I make floored places to feed on Five dollars worth of inch pine plank will last to flit SI,OOO worth of hogs.— A. J. } in Prairie Farmer. - - Then, with the majestic force of true womanhood, she snatched the covers from the bed with one hand, and pour ed a pitcher of ice-water over hie legs with the other. John arose and shut the door. Next morning, as John Henry enter ed the office somewhat late, and looking as if Nature’s sweet restorer had rather missed him, his partner spoke up : “Well, John, did you try it ?” “Yes, Sam, I tried it.” “And she came down, eh ?” “Yes, Sam. she came down. But it wasn’t altogether pleasant. They al ways give in, you say, when one makes a determined strand against them.— But, some way, it seems to hurt their feelings, and I don’t think I’ll do it any more.” • Subscribe for the Calhoun Times. How the Wheat Region keeps • Moving Westward. ’ Ex-Seoretary McCulloch, writing lroui California to the Tribune, says : “The principal crop which is raised in California, in fact about the only crop which is raised for export, is wheat, which is cut, threshed, and bagged in the fields, and which, Ly reason of the dr v ness of the atmosphere, can be ship ped with a*’ty as soon as harvested. Wheat is raised to the exclusion of most other crops, because the soil and climate are favorable to its production, because it can be raised with very little hard labor, and because there is always a ready market for it. and usually at remunerative prices, but as farming is conducted in California, and generally throughout the United States, wheat is an exhausting crop It is interesting and instructive to note how the wheat growing region changes and recedes. It : s not many years ago that the Genesee valley of New York was the great wheat growing regioD. Who now hears anything about Genesee, once so plentiful and so popular with *he mill ers 1 Then Ohio, Indiana and Michi gan became the wheat producing States, in neither of which, except in some small sections of the last namd States, is it now either a trustworthy or prof itable crop. At the present time tho Eastern mar kets obtain their chief supplies from Illinois, Wisconsin and Minnesota, and even in these States, except en the fresh lands, the yield per acre is stead ily declining The same is becoming true of California. Her rich valleys will stand as much bad treatment as any lands under the sun ; but, rich as they are, they cannot endure without showing signs of exhaustion, tho con stant drain that is being made npon them by successive crops of wheat with out rest or help. The steady decline in the product of our present wheat lands and the aban* donment of its present culture where it was but lately one of the most certain and prjfitable crops, are not attributa ble either to natural defects in thp soil or to changes in the climate, but solely to the want of intelligent and economi cal husbandry.” Tlic Honest Truth, The naked, honest truth is not so ea sily obtained as most people imagine. Agricultural truth is particularly hard to acquire. The best of cultivators of ten differ materially about almost everything connected with farming.— The honest inquirer sometimes thinks he has obtained a great truth from a farmer of acknowledged skill, but the next farmer he meets may call the whole thing a delusion and foolishness. We have been questioning the best planters wc could find a third of a cen tury about what they know of farming; and yet we often sit down in a fog af ter our most diligent inquiries and clo sest observations. One planter, noted for his plain common sense, experience and success, stated to us that he had ueen putting up seed cane twenty-five yoars, and ho then did not know as much about the best method ot saving sugar cane as ho thought he knew twenty-five years ago. Another plan ter, who had made a fortune out of his sugar crops, said he could prove, by fig urt son a slate, that he could make more money by cultivating cane alone, and buying his corn, hut that ho al ways raised his corn, because his slate and figures lied to him, and expei ience told him the truth. One has to dive to the bottom of the sea for pearls, and work his way into the bowels of the earth and wash sands carefully for gold and diamonds ; and it is equally as difficult to colie :t valua* ble truths, particularly those relating to agriculture. The farmer or planter who thinks he “knows it all,” has just com menced learning his agricultural alpha bet. — JV. O. Picayune. Mark Twain’s Hotel.—Having lately opened a hashery, I send you these, my rules and regulations : This house will be considered strictly intemperate. None but the brave deserve the fare. Persons owing bills for board will be bored for bills. Boarders who do not wish to pay in advance are requested to advance and pay. Boarders are expected to wait on the colored cook—for meals. Sheets will be nightly changed, once in six months or more, if necessary. Boarders are requested to pull off their boots if they can conveniently do so. Single men and their families will not be boarded. Nightmares hired out at reasonable rates. Stone vauUs will be furnished to sno ring boarders. Small Farms.—The advantages of small farms are briefly in the following lines : They make near neighbors ; they make good roads ; they make plen ty of good schools and churches ; there is more money made in proportion to the labor; less labor is wanted ; every* thing is kept neat; less wages have to be paid for help ; less time is wasted ; more is raised to the acre ; besides it is tilled better; there is no watching of hired help; the mind is not in a worry, stew, a fret all the time. It costs thirty-six and a half rents per mile to run a locomotive. Domestic Sewing Machine omestic Paper Fashions omestic Underbraider oinestlc Machine Find’gs OMESTIC MONTHLY. THE Light-Runni 112: DOMESTIC SEWING MACHINE. IS THE BEST. Greatest Range of Work. Best Qnality of Work. Lightest to Kdii. Always in Order. “Domestic” Sewing Machine Cos., NEW YORK ami CHICAGO. The “Domestic” Underbraider and Sewing Machine, the only perfect Bra ; ding Machine known, costs but $5 more than the Family Machine. The “Domestic” Paper Fashions are unex celled for elegance and perfection of fit. Send five cents for an illu drated catalogue. The “Domestic Monthly,” a Fashion an.l Literary Journal. Illu trated. Ac knowledgcd authority, $1.50 a year and a Premium Specimen Copy, 15 cents. Agents wanted. Most liberal terms. Address, “DOMETIC” SEWING MACHINE Cos., NEW YORK and CHICAGO. Good Ilea ding-. ALL KNOW IT 1 ALL LIKE IT! THE DETROIT FREE PRESS Still Briyle[cr am! Better for 1877. FULL OF WIT HUMOR PATHOS SKETCH GOSSIP FASHION INCIDENT—NEWS- -HOME AND FOREIGN LETTERS, You will enjoy it better than any other newspaper. “How lie was Tempted.” A thrilling continued Story, written for the Free Press, by “ Elzey Hay ” (Faniiy ' And rows),the noted Southern wri ter, will be a feature of 1877. Weekly, post free, $2.00 per annum. In making up your list, start with the Detroit Free Press. The Postnjestcr is agent for it PRICE-LIST OF Sasli, Doors and Dlinds 4 SASH. Check Rail* or Lip Sash 8-light Windows, Wide Bar, Glazed. Size of Window. Per Window. Siza of Qla°B. Thickness. ft, in. ft. in. Weight. Prio* 12x14 1§ in., 2 5? x 5 2 24* $1 75 12X1G “ 25gx 510 26* 200 12x18 “ 25|x 5 6 29 225 12x20 •' 2ofx 7 2 32 2 -10 Plain Rail 12-light Windows, Glazed. Bxlo 1 3-16 in., 2 4x3 9} 15* 75 10x12 “ 210 x 4 6 24 120 10x14 “ 2 10x 5 2 25* 135 10x16 “ 210 x 510 27* 1 60 10x18 •* 210 x 6 6 20* 200 Check Rail, cr Lip Sash, 12-light Windows, Glazed. 10x14 1 3-8 in., 2 10*x 5 2 28 155 10x16 “ 2 10*x 5 10 31* 1 90 10x18 “ 2 10*x 6 6 34 220 10x20 “ 2 10*x 7 2 37* 270 Plain Rail, 15-light Windows, Glazed. Bxlo 1 3-16 in., 2 4x 4 8 22 100 10x12 “ 210 x 6 6 27 160 Plain Rail, 18-light Windows, Glazed. Bxlo 1 3-16 in., 2 4x 5 7 26 135 10x12 “ 210 x 6 6 30 190 BLINDS. Outside Blinds, Rolling Slats, Wide Bar, 8-light Windows. Per Pair. W-ight Pri.w. 12x14 1 3-16 inch. 20 1 40 12x16 “ 22 1 60 12x18 “ 24 1 70 12x20 " 26 i 90 Outside Blinds, Rolling Slats, 12-lig’nt Windows. Bxlo 1 3-16 inch. 15 ICO 10x12 “ 20 1 25 10x14 “ 22* 1 40 10x16 “ 24 150 10x28 “ 26* 1 70 10x20 “ 29* 1 90 Outside Blinds, Rolling Slits, 15-light Win dows. Bxlo 1 8-16 inch, 15 125 10x12 “ 22 160 noons. 0. G. Four Panel doors, Raised Panels, both sides. 2 6x6 6 1 3-16 inches 29 1 30 2Bx 6 8 “ 33 1 40 2 10x6 10 “ 35 1 55 3 x 7 “ 37 175 2Bx 6 8 13 8 inches 3'.) ] 50 2 6x6 6 “ }5 1 40 2 10x6 10 “ 40 1 GO 3 x 7 “ 43 180 3 x 7 “ rais'd md’g 1-side 47 33* 3 x 7 6 “ “ 2 side 50 3 50 2’ x 6 4 1 inch 20 160 2 Ixs 6 “ 21 1 20 1 rices for all other sizes furnished promptly. Above are prices Free on boai l Cars. M. A, GEE & CO., Opposite A. & C. R. R. Depot, Chatta i nooga, Tennessee. juuelo-9m VOL. VIL—NO 42 ESTABLISHED ISOS. GILMOHE & Attorneys at Law, Successors te Chrpman, Hostner ft Cos 629 F. ST., WASHINGTDf . 1, OR American and Foreign I atents. Pf tews procured in all co*■fries. No fkks in alivancr, No charge unless the patent is granted. No fees for making pre liminary examinations. No additional fees for obtaining and conducting n teheariuo Special given to Interference cases before the Patent Office, Extensions before Congress, Infringement suits in dif ferent States, ntid all litigation appertain ing to intentions or patents. Send stamp of sixty pages. United States Courts and Depart* Maims trmeetited in U>e Supreme Jourl of the United States, Court of Claims, Court of Commfssiontrs of Alabama Claims! Southern Claims Commission, and all class cs of war claims before the Executive De partments. Arrears of Pay and Bounty. Officers, soldiers, and sailors of the late war or their heirs, are in many cases en* titled to money from the Government, of which they have no knowledge. Write fall history of scrice, and state amount of pay and bounty received. Enclose stamp, and a full reply, after examination, will be given you Lee. Pensions, All officers, soldiers, ami sailors Woand ed ruptured, or injured in the late war, however slightly, can obtain a pension, many now receiving pensions are entitled to an increase. Stnd stamp and informa tion will be furnished free. United States General Land Office Contested land cases, private land claims, ining pre-emption and homestead caics, rosecuted before fhe General Land Office nd Department of the Interior, Old Bounty Land Warrants. The last report of the Commissioner of the General Land Office shows 2,807,500 of Bounty Land Warrants outstanding.— These were issued under act of 1855 and prior acts. We pay cash for them. Send by registered letter. Where assignments are imperfect we give instructions to per fect them. Eacli department of our-business is con ducted in a separate bureau, under the charge of experienced lawyers and clerks. By reason of error 01 fraud many attor neys are suspended from practice before the Pension and other offices each year, Claimants whose attorneys have been thus suspended will be gratuitously furnished With full information and propel papers ou application to us. As we charge uo fees unless successful, stamps for return postage should be sent us. Liberal arrangements made with attor neys in all branches of business Address GILMORE ft CO., P. 0. Box 44, Washington, I). CL P ASfffctdrov, I). C,, Kovember 24, 1876. I take pleasure in expressing my entir# confidence in the fespomnbdiy and fidelity of the Law, Talent and Collection House of Gilmore k Go., of this city. GEORGE H. B. 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