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BY D. B. FREEMAN. YES OR NO. I did not love him. Long ago Instead of Yes I gave him No ; I did not love him ; but to-day I read his marriage notice. Pray Why was I sad when never yet Has my heart known the least regret Over (bat whispered No ? and why Reading the notice, did I sigh ? No analist can guess the cause— A woman's reason laughs at laws. Sure, l am glad (n know the Wohni I gave is healed ; that he has found Love’s blessedness and peace; and yet A woman never can forget The man who once has loved her; and To-day I seem to see him stand With every glance a mute caress, Still pleading for the longed-for Yes. His early love for me is dead— Another lives in that love’s stead ; And if he loves her well, as men Should love their chosen one why then. Ho must be glad that long ago, Instead of Yes I gave him No. Perhaps that is the reason why I read the notico with a sigh. +■ >■ The Jew. The Jew still walks the earth, and bears the stamp of hie race upon his forehead. He is still the same being as when he first Wandered forth from the hills of Judea. If his name is as sociated with avarice and extortion, and spoken in bi terness and scorn, yet, in the morning of history, it gathers round it recollections sacred and holy. The Jew is a miracle among the na tions. A wanderer in all lands, he has been a witness of the great events of history fer more thau eighteen hun dred years. lie saw classic Greece when crowned with intellectual tri umps. He lingered among that broken but beautiful architecture that rises like a tombstone over the grave of her departed splendor. The Jew saw Rome, the “mighty heart” of nations, sending its own ceaseless life’s throb through all the ar teries of its vast empire. He too, has seen that heart oold and still in death. These have porished, yet the Jew Jives on—the same silont, mysterious, indc* structible being. The shadow of the Grcscent rests on Palestine, the signet of a conquerors faith —at ill the Jew and his religion survive. He wanders a captive in the streets of his own once queenly Jerusalem, to meditate sad and gloomily on tho relics of ancient power. Abovo him shines the clear sky, fair as when it. looked down on the towers of Zion ; but now, alas! beholds only a desolate city and an unhappy land.— Tho world is his home. The literature of the ancient Hebrew triumps over all creeds, and sohools, aDd sects. Man kind worship in the second songs of David, and bow to the divine teachings of Jesus of Nazareth, who also was a son of Abraham. Such is the Jew.— His ancient dreams of empire are gone llow seldom do we realize, as we see him in our city streets, that ho is the creature of such a strange, peculiar destiny. Neither age, nor country, nor climate, have changed him. Such is the Jew, a strange and solitary being, and such the drama of hii long aud mourn ful history. The Grandpa* Tho grandpa iz an individual, aged somewhat between fifty and one hun dred years, and iz a common occurrence in most well regulated families. Next to a healthy mother-in-law, they have more on hand thau euny oth er party in the household. They are the standard authority on all leading topicks, and what they don’t knew about things that happened six ty-five years ago, or what will happen for the next three years to come, iz a damage for everybody to kno. Grandpas are not entirely useless ; they aie handy to hold babies, and feed pigs, and are very smart at mending broken handles or putting up the clothes line on wash days. I have seen grandpas that churn good but I konsider it a mighty mean trick to set an old man over eighty years to churning butter. I am willing to rock the baby while wimmen folks are biling soap ; I am reddy to kut rags to work into iag. car pets ; they kan keep me hunting hen’s eggs, or picking green currants; or I will even dip kandles or core apples for sass, but I won’t churn. I havo examined myself on the sub*, ject, and will bet a sixpence Josh Bil lings won’t churn. Grandpas are poor help at bringi g up ohildren ; they are full of precept and katekism, but the young ones all seem to understand that grandpa minds them a heap more thau they mind grandpa.— Josh Billings. If you havo a grudge against vour neighbor, study the weather report, find which way the wind is going to blow and place your ash barret accord ingly- -*-• Let prudence always attend your pleasures ; it is the way to enjoy -the sweets of them aud not be afraid of the consequences. Colljotm (Times. A “Simplified” Code for tlie Peo ple. In a promissory note, if no amount of interest be specified, only seven per cent, can be collected. Promissory note without a seal is barred in six years, with a seal in twenty years, after the same becomes due. A note or other contract by a minor is voidable', only, when a minor arrives at majority. Any act by the principal and credit tor which increases the liability of the surety, discharges the latter. Any promises to answer for the debt, default, or miscarriage of another, can not be enforced, unless the same be in writing. If the maker of a note cannot write, a mark is sufficient, but it is al ways better to haye a witness to the same. Days of grace are not allowed on bills or drafts payable at sieht. A security, at any time after the debt becomes due on which he is lia ble, may give written notice to the cred itor or his representative to sue, and if suit is not instituted within three months after the said notice, surety will be discharged from liability, provided the principal’s residence is mentioned in such notice. Suit on open accounts can be brought within four years after the right of ac tion accrues. An agreement, without a valuable consideration cannot be enforced. Fraud voids all contracts. A Female witness may be examined nnd not appear in court, by interroga tories. Signatures made with a lead pencil are good in law. The act of an agent will bind prin cipals, if within the scope of his au thority, or is subsequently ratified by principal. Witnesses should sign the following instruments. Mottgage on personal property, one witness, on real estate, two ; deeds, two ; to wills, three. Where a parent gives personal prop erty to a child, and the possession le mains with the parent, the gift is void as to bona fide creditors and purcha sers. A mortgage not recorded in thirty days looses precedence over another recorded after that time unless the latter mortgages has knowledge of the existence of the former. A deed not recorded within one year loses precedence over another recorded after that time, unless the purchaser knows of the existence of the former deed. A merchant can generally collect of the husband for necessaries furnished the wife, though tho debtor may not authorize tho credit. Any person furnishing a minor spir ituous liquors is liable to indictment, if the same be furnished without the con sent of the parent or guardian. Ignorance of the law excuses no one. The above legal rules are substantial ly oorrect. Chinese Maxims It is the rich who wants most things. Towers arc measured by the shad ows, and great men by these who are envious of them. We must do quickly what there is no hurry for, to be able to do slowly what demands haste. Ho who wishes to secure good of oth ers, has already secured his own. The court is like the sea—everything defends upon the wind. What pleasure it is to give. There would be no rich people if they were ca pable of feeling this. The rich fied relations in the most remote foreign countries; the poor not even in the bosom of their own families. Who is the greatest liar? He who speaks most of himself. When a song give much fame, virtue gives very little. For him who does everything in its proper time, one day is worth three. The way to glory is through the pal ace ; to fortune through the market; to virtue through the desert. The truths that we least wish to hear are those which it is most to our ad* vantage to know. Don't Don’t sit on the fence and whittle the hours away while you pass through life. Shavings bring but little profit hero and probably will not be needed to light the fire where you go to. Don’t cavort and turn a back souier? sault because your industrious chickens scratch up your squashes. They have as much rights to the bugs as you to the squashes. Don’t leavo your gates open and theu blame your pigs for rooting in the garden. They have a perfect right to go through where they ean, and to root is their nature. Don’t loaf your time away and ex pect the grass to quit growing while you are loafing. Grass don’t like loaf ers well enough for that. Don’t expect your plants to thrive if you starve them to death. Plants thatT are not fed will not feed you. Don’t starve and rob the land you live on, if you do in the long run it will show its appreciation by starving you. Don’t expect water to run up hjl) tc get out of your lands after you have filled the'ditches with rubbish. Water is lazy and would rather stay anywhere than climb a hill. A Fine Distinction. A young man whose attire was clean and neat, and whose appearance was rather prepossessing, stood before the bar of the Jefferson Market Police court yesterday morning. By his side stood a young man ot about the same age, with a coa! black face and wooly hair, and who was dressed in all the gorgeousness of a “swell,” “What’s your name, whitt> man ?” asked the court. “McFinnigan, sir.” “And yours, my man aDd broth er ?” “Gawge Washn’ton Jones, sah ” “What was the matter, George Wash ington ?” “Sah, I’ll tell yo’ de truf, sah. I was a goiu’ up de street, sah, las’ night, when 1 met this man an’ I kine’ of jostled agio ’im. sah, an’ be turn’ right roun’, sah, an’ fetch me a clip on de nosq, sah, den I calls an’ offsa’ an’ had dat man arrested, an’ dats all de troot, foa’ God, sah.” “How was it, McFinnigan ?” “Shure, yer Oner, an’ it was all the nayger’s fault, sor. I was a cornin’ down the av’nie quiet ns a lam’, sor, sayiu’ nothing to nobody, whin that spalpeen came forninst me, sur, wid his elbie, an’ I up and hit ’iux upon the spur av the momint” “No, sah, he hit me on de nose, sah !” “On the spur av the momint’’ “On de nose, sah.” “Never mind fine distinctions,” said his Honor, “it costs a man $lO in this court to hit a man, whether it be upon the spur of the moment or upon the nose. George Washington you are dis charged.”—W. Y. World. How to Tca.fcjft Tying. “Did you see that old man, out there? He carries off bad children that cry. Didn’t you see that basket he carries children off in ? When a boy cries, a bird whistles, and he comes and takes him right off. I saw him take a boy off the other day. He cried, and he came and took him m his bas ket, and away he went. Now, if you cry any more, I will whistle for him, and he will come right after you.” This is just whA t heard a lady say to a little boy four years old. The old man to whom she referred was a poor old.negro, who had lost his feet, and was walking along the streets on his knees. When the man came creeping along, he became frightened and ran into the house. And this lady, taking advan tage of his fears, told him all this to try and make him a better boy. I pit tied the little fellow but I pittied the lady more. No doubt she will be great ly shocked when he begins to lie in ear nest, when she can put no dependence in his word. Should this ever te the case, she may blame herself for it, for she set him the example. Children expect the truth, and if they find themselves deceived, it not only shakes their confidence in others but they being very apt scholars will soon learn to lie and deceive too. God loves truth, and we should nev<- er, under any circumstances, tell an un* truth. The Apostle Paul says We must be “gitt about with truth,” It is an important part of a Christian’s ar mor. Good Taste in Our Homes. In an article, with the above title, in Scribner’s Magazine, Dr. Holland writes as follows : The mistake of this era in the histo ry of “household art and home decora* tions,” lies, it seems to us, in the at tempt to do much with furnirure. Rud kin, in one of his books, distinguishes between building and architecture. — There are certain structures in which architecture should never be attempt ed. A grain elevator, a storehouse, a barn—these are bui’dings, and archi tecture is out of place in them. There is no more reason why they should be beautiful than there is why a meal sack should be beautiful, or a coal cart. So it seems to us that there may be and that there are certain items of furni ture which we may legitimately excuse from the duty of picturesquences If our carpets are less beautiful than rugs upon bare floors, If furnaces are less interesting than open fires, if the old fashioned wash-bowl and pitcher are more picturesque than the plumber’s substitute, what of it? In which di rection shall we make our sacrifices ? Toward comfort and convenience, ot tc ward the picturesqueness of ruder times and smaller means ? We advocate comfort aud convenience, and leave oth ers to do as they choose. The modern advocacy of beauty, in connection with all articles of furniture and household convenience, reminds one of the child who insists upon making play of every thing—who cannot take a mouthful of food or do an act of service without making it in some way a source of amusement. To come to the practical point, a home may be interesting without being more than moderately beautiful, and may be more than moderately beautiful wi'hout being interesting at all. If we rely entirely upon furniture for the in terest of a house—if we made farni.. ture picturesque at the price of com.* fort and convenience, our homes may be made interesting in a moderate way, provided we follow out our individual ideas ami do not fall back upon the conventionalisms of the manufacturers. But the most interesting things in a house should never bs its furniture.— Given convenient furuituie that shall CALHOUN, GA., SATURDAY, JULY 7. 1877. be picturesque whera convenient, the question whether a borne shall be great ly interesting relates mainly to other things—to books, pictures, objects of art, bric.*a.*brac and treasures of vari ous sorts, in fact or in association. We can point to homes whose furniture at tracts no attention whatever, but which are absorbingly interesting -through the artistic products of its members. The more the culture and taste of cultured and tasteful people ure expressed in their homes, through various modes and forms of art, the more interesting those horn s will be; and the more a guest is compelled to forget furniture, except as it answers to the highest harmonies of the house, the better. The best things of an interesting home are nev„ er bought of a furniture dealer, though the most beaut ful may be. True Heroism. The following anecdote, extracted from unpublished memoirs of a French noble-man, may, it is hoped, serve as an example well worthy being imitated by all who desire to be thought truly brave and courageous. It records an instance of a victory gained by a man over his own passions—victory more glorious, more honorable than any that has ever been purchased with fire and sword, with devastation and bloodshed. The nobleman, the Marquis de Valaisc and the Count de Meric, were educated under the same masters, and were re* garded by all who knew them as pat terns of friendship, honor and sensi bility. Years succeeded years, anti no quarrel had ever disgraced their at tachment, when, one unfortunate even*- ing, the two friends having indulged rather freely in some excellent Bur gundy, repairing to a neighborhood ho tel and engaged in a game ot backgam mon. Fortune declared herself in fa vor of the Marquis; ho won every game, and in *he thoughtless glee of the moment laughed with exultation at his unusual good luck. The Count lost his temper, and once or twice up braided the Marquis for enjoying the pain which ho had excited in tho bo som of his friend. At last, upon an other unfortunate throw made by the Marquis, by which he gammoned his antagonist, the infuriated Count threw the box and dice in the face of his brother soldier. Every gentleman present was in amazement, and waited almost breath lessly for tho moment when the Mar quis should sheathe his sword in the bosom of the now repentant Count. Gentlemen, said the Marquis, I am a Frenchman, soldier and friend. I re ceived a blow from a Frenchman, a soldier and a friend. I know and ac knowledge the laws of honor, and I will obey them. Every man who sees me wonders why I am tardy in visiting with vengeance the author of my dis grace. But, gentlemen, the heart of that man is entwined with my own ; our education was the same, our prin ciples are alike, and our friendship dates from our earliest years. But, Frenchman, I will obey the laws of honor and France ; I will stab him to the heart. Upon this he threw his arms around his unhappy friend and said ; My dear de Meric, I forgive you, if you will for give me for the irritation. I have oc casioned in a sensitive mind by levity of my own. And now gentlemen, add ed the Marquis, though I have intern nreted the laws of honor in my own way, if there remains in this room one Frenchman who dares to doubt my res olution to resent even an improper smile, my sword is by my side to pun* ish an affront, but not to murder my friend, for whom I would die, and who sirs there a monument of contrition and bravery, ready for me to challenge the rest of the room to deadly combat if any man dare to think amiss of this transaction. — * **. - A Dog that Didn’t Five in Vain. A well known Memphis coal-dealer, not long since, had a big dog of won derful sagacity. lie (the dog) stayed around the coal yard, and whenever a coal cu t was hauled on the scales the dog always took a stand uudei tbs wag on like a coach-dog. He weighed nearly one hundred pounds, and was weighed as coal thousands of times, and nearly every coal-consumer in the city purchased that dog at so much per bar rel. The practice went on for amnth, and was only discovered by a funny ac cident. A negre wanted a barrel of coal, and wheeled a handteart with coal on the weighing'seales. The clerk in the office worked at the scales, and hal loed through the window,' “Take cut a lot of that coal !’’ The negro did so, and kept on until all the coal was out of the cart. The clerk took the scales aga,n, but the pea iudicated too much. “Take out more coal !” shouted the clerk ; ‘ d—n’it, you have a boat-load of coal on that cart !” “Look hyar, boss,” replied the ne< gro, “the coal is all out, and I’ll have to take the wheels off the carl if you want to lighten it.” Then the negro looked under the cart, and seeing the big, fat dog at his post, exclaimed : “Lord Gud, massa, you’se selling me that dog for coal The dog was missed in a few days, and was found dead on the scales, the animal having taken some poison ac cidentally, but Ife came back to die at his post. It was a fiue example of “faithful un to death.” A Condemned Murderer’s Dream An hour before the sun went down the iail was very quiet. It is always so when the shadow of death holds the i keys. Belcher paced up and down, hi* i face haggard and worn, and wearing such a look as on& nqver sees outside of prison walls. Out in the courtyard men were at work, not at the gallows, but at some repairs. Helcber be'ieved that the gallows from which he wa9 to swing was being created, and his heart must have stood still as he heard the hammer and saw at work.— Leaning against the wall, his eyes look ing into the vacancy the murderer spA* fered al* the pain that a real execudon would inflict. Some of the prisoners were watching him. They saw him holdout his hands for the Sheriff to remove the irons. They saw him kneel in prayer. They saw him arise and look around as if following the officials to the gallows. He looked up as ii surveying the swaying noose and a shudder passed over him. The prison ers could read his thoughts as plainly as if he had written them down. In imagination he mounted the gallows.— He looked at the noose agniu and sud denly jerked his head aside, as if the rope had touched him. He bent his head as if to have it passed over and tightened about his neck. When he stood as if waiting for the trap to spring, his face no longer pale, it was so livid and distorted that almost every line of humanity was crushed out of sight. The trap fell and with an aw | ful gasp, a shout and a scream of ngoa ny, Belcher fell to the floor, his tongue protruding, his eyes open and glassy, and a froth oozing from his mouth. It was a quarter of an hour before he was fully resuscitated and his first words were : “Oh, God ! but how the rope cuts into my neck ?” It was another fifteen minutes before the man could be convinced that his execution was imaginary. He had suf fered all that a hangman’s victim suf fers, and in a piteous tone cried out, while tears run dawn his face : “Don’t hang me again ! Oh !my throat is so sore !” Ho had on a woolen shirt fitting loosely around the neck. They unbut toned the collar, turned it down, and there was a bright red mark around the throat. Facts are only stated here, the meu may theorize as they feel inclined. The mark did not die away for thirty hours, and the murderer complained of swol len tonsils and sore throat. His re prieve came only after he had been hanged, and yet it saved his life. The Sister. No household is complete without a sister. She gives the finish to the fam ily, A sister’s influence —what can be more hallowed ? A sister’s watchful care —cart anything be more tender ? A sister’s kindness —does the world show us anything more pure? Who would live without a sister? A sister that is a sister in fidelity, in heart, in love—is a sort of guardian angel in the home circle. Her presence con demns vice. She is the quickener of good resolutions, the sunshine in the pathway of homo. To every brother she is light and life. Tier heart is the treasury house of confidence. In her he finds a fast friend, a charitable, for giving. tender, companion. Her sym pathy is as open as day, and sweet as fragrance of flowers. We pity the brother who has no sister, no sister’s love. We feel sorry for the home which is not enlivened by a sister’s presence. A sister’s office is a noble and gentle one. It is hers to persuade to virtue, to win to wisdom’s ways ; gently to lead where duty calls ; to guard the citadel of home with the sleepless vigilance ot virtue; to gather graces and strew flowers around the home altar. To be a sister is to hold a sweet place in the heart ot home. It is to minister in a holy office. — True Strength.— We must meas ure n man’s strength by the power of the feel in tis he subdues, not by the power of those which subdue him.—• And hence, composure is often the highest result of strength. Did we ever see a man receive a flagrant injury, and then reply calmly ? That is a man spiritually strong. Or did we ever see a man in anguish, stand as if mastering hitnself ? Or one bearing a hopeless daily trial remain silent, and never tell the world what, cankered his home peace ? That is strength. We too often mistake strong feelings for strong character. A man who bears all before him, before whose frown do mestics trernbb, and whose bursts of fury make the children of the house hold quake, because he has his . way in all things, We call him a strong man ; it is his passions tlqit are strong —he mastered by them, is weak. South America and Southern United States. Owing to their warm and delightful climates, their inhabitants grow sallow from torpid Livers, Indigestion and all diseases arising from a disordered Stomach and Bowels. They shou’d of course at all times keep the liver active, and to our readers we would recommend Tabßr's Vegetable Liver Powder. Ta ken in time, will often save money and much suffering- Price 50 cents. For sale by Dr. Will E King, druggist, Calhouu, Ga. rnu-Bly Domestic Sewing Machine 11mestic Paper Fashions omestic Untterbraiiler oiliestic Machine Find'gs OMBSTKi MONTHLY. tiik Light-Running: DOMESTIC SEWING MACHINE. 13 HIE BEST. Greatest Rouge of Work. Best (Quality of Work. Lightest to Run. Always in Order. “Domestic” Sewing Machine Cos., MEW YORK and CHICAGO. The “Domestic’’ Underhraider und Sewing Machine, the only perfect Blinding Machine known, costs but $0 more than the Family Machine. The “Domestic” Paper Fashions are unex celled for elegance and perfection of fit. Bend five cents for an illu trated catalogue. The “Domestic Monthly,” a Fashion an ! Lfterary Journal. llln trated. Ac> knowledged authority, $1.50 a year and a Premium Specimen Copy, 15 cents. Agents wanted. Mos* liberal terms. Address.i “DOMETJC” SEWING MACHINE Cos., NEW YORK CHICAGO. Good Heading. ALL KNOW IT 1 ALL LIKE IT ! THE DETROIT FREE PRESS Still Brighter and 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 ncwzpetpcr. “How He was Tempted.” A thrilling continued'Story, written for the Free Press, by “ Eleey Hay” (Fanny Andrews),the noted Southern wri ter, will be a feature of 1877. Weekly, post free, $2.00 per annum. In making up your list. atart with the Detroit Free Press. The Postmester is agent for it PRICE-LIST OF Sash* Doors and Blinds, SASH. Check Rail, ot* Up Sash 8-light Windows, Wide Bar, Glazed. Site of Window. For Window. of (Sla.6. Thiekn-*s. ft. in. ft. in. Weight. Price. 12x14 If in., 2 5$ x 5 2 24} $1 75 12x10 “ 25jx 510 26} 200 12x18 “ 25fx 5 0 20 225 12x20 “ 251 x 7 2 .*52 240 Plain Rail I2*iigl;t Windows, Glazed. Bxlo 1 3-10 in , 2 4x3 9} 15} 75 10x12 “ 210 x 4 0 24 120 10xl4 “ 2 10x 5 2 25} 135 ltixlG “ 210 x 510 27} 1 €0 10x18 “ 210 x 6 0 20} 2(0 Check Rail, or Lip Sash, 12-light Windows, Glazed. 10x14 1 3-8 in., 2 10} x 5 2 28 100 10x10 “ 2 10} X 510 31} 1 90 10x18 “ 2 I(4* 6 6 34 220 10x20 “ 2 10}x 7 2 37} 270 Plain Rail, 15-light Windows, Glazed. Bxlo 1 3-10 in., 2 4x 4 8 22 100 10x12 “ 210 x 5 6 27 100 Plain Kail, 18-light Windows, Glazed. Bxlo 1 3-10 in., 2 4x 5 7 20 135 10x12 2lO x 0 0 80 190 BLINDS. Outside Blinds,- Rolling Slats, Wide Bar, 8-light Windows. Per Pair. Weight. Prica. 1 12x14 1 3-10 inch. 20 1 40 12x10 “ 22 1 60 12x18 “ 24 1 70 12x20 “ 20 I 90 Outside Blinds, Rolling Slats, 12-light Windows. Bxlo 1 3-10 inch. 15 100 10x12 “ 20 1 25 10x14 “ 22} 1 40 10x10 “ 24 1 50 10x28 “ 20} 1 70 10x20 “ 29 190 Outside Blinds, Rolling Slits, 15-light Win dows. Bxlo 1 8-1 G inch, 15 125 10x12 “ 22 150 DOORS. O. G. Four Panel doors, Raised Panels, both sides. 2 6x3 0 1 3-16 inches 29 1 30 2 Bxo 8 “ 33 1 40 2 10x0 10 “ 85 1 55 3 x 7 “ 37 175 2Bx 6 8 13 8 inches *39 1 50 2 oxo 6 “ 35 1 40 2 10x6 10 “ 40 1 00 3 x 7 “ 43 1 80 3 x 7 “ rais’d rud’g 1 side 47 335 3 xi 0 “ “ 2 side 50 3 50 2 x 6 4 1 inch 20 150 2 4x6 0 “ 21 120 Prices for all other sizes furnished promptly. Above are prices Free on board Cars. 31. A, GEE & CO., Opposite A. & C. il. R. Depot, Chatta nooga. Tennessee. juuelo-9m VOL. VII.—NO 44 ESTABLISHED 1866. GILMORE A: CO., Attorneys at Law, Successors to Cfirpman, Hosmer & Cos., 629. F. 8T. f WASHING TOT .V. American and Foreign l atenter. Pf tents procured in all rmiafrit*. No tkm in ADTANca. No elm rye unless Uie patent is grafted. No hw fnt- 6 aking pi e liminnrj examinations. No additional tec* for obtaining and conducting n rehvarins. Special attention given to InterfcTencg cases before the Valent Office, extensions before Congress. Infringement suits in dif ferent States, and all litigation appertain ing o inventions or patents. Bend stamp for'pamphlet of sixty pages. United States Courts and Depart* ments, Claims prosecuted m the Supreme 4#urt of the United State-*, Court of Claims* . Court of Commissi uni rs of Alabama Claims. Southern Claims Commission, and alt class es of war claims before ilie Executire De partments. Arrears of Pay and Bounty. Officers, soldiers, and sailors of the late war or their heirs, are in many cilSee en titled to money from the Government, „t which they hare uo knowledge. Write full history of serice, und stale amount of pay am! bounty received. Enclose stamp, unit tr foil reply, after examination, will be given you Lee. Pensions. All officers, soldiers, and sailors wuttnd ed rujiUned, or injured ,in the lute war, howeveV slightly, can obtain a pension, many now receiving pensions are entitled to an increase. Send stamp and informa tion will be furnished free. United States General Land Office Contested land cases, private land claims, tiling pre-emption and homestead ca rs, roseented before the General Lund Office ml Department of the Interior. Old Bounty Land Warrants. The last report of the Coniwibeionet* ot the General Land Office shows 2,807,6<>0 of Bounty Land Warrants outstanding.— These were Issued under act of 1855 uni prior acts. We pay cash for them. Bend by registered letter. Where assignor cuts are imperfect we give instructions, to per fect them. Each department of our business is ton ducted in a separate bureau, under the charge of experienced lawyers and clerks. By reason of error or fraud muny attor neys are suspended from practice before the Pension and other offices each year. Claimants whose attorneys have been thus suspended will he gratuitously furnished with full information and papers on application to us. As wc charge uo fees unless successful, stumps for return pos'age should be scui ns. Liberal arrangements made with itlo*- ncys in all branches of business. Address GILMORE & CO., P. O. Box 44, Washington, 1). Q. W ashington, D. C., November 24. 1876. I tuke pleasure in expressing my entire confidence ill the resjnmnbtiitp and fidelity of the Law, Patent and Collection House of Gilmore & Go., of this city; GKO HUE H. B. WHITE. (fiashier of the Sutioral Metropolitan BmH 1 dec9-tf. f IE YOU would enjoy the nil lI\III most de lightful luxury; y 111 l/l\\ II O ou would be speedily, yh imp UllililLr ly, plea*jrttitfy and pertna jtently cured of all iuiUm. .rti watery, Nervous, Constita tioual and Blood Disorders if you have Rheumatism} Scrofula, Dyspejwia, Broiw cliitis, Catarrh, Diarrhoea, Dysentery, Piles, Neuralgia, I’iirulysis, Disease of the Kidneys, Genitals or sit in, Chill a>td Fever, or other Malarial Affections ; if yon would be purified from* all Poisons, whether from Dru^e Wor Disease; if you wcutd . have Beauty, Health *,l LSn bong Life go to the Hygien ic Institute,and use Nature's Great Remedie-,the Turkic Hath, the “ Water-cure Pro cesses,” the “Movement cure,” Electricity and otliw Hygienic agents. Success is wonderful—curing all cu rable cases. If not able to go and take board, send fut account of your case, an 4 get directions for treatment at home. Terms reasona ble. Location, corner Loyd m and Wall streets, opposite I Passenger Depot, Atlanta. • Jno. Staixback Wij,SOV, , Ph^sioinn-in-Charifc) ORIGINAL Goodyear s Rubber Goods. Valcantzcd Rubber in eeery Canon t-a bia Form , Adapted to Universal Um ANY ARTICLE v,NDER FOUR POUXD WEIGHT GAN BE SENT BY MAIL. WIND AND WATER PROOF garments a specialty. Our Cloth surface oat combiues tun garments in one. Ynt stormy weather, it is a Perfect Water J\roof , and in dry weather, a NEAT and TIDY OVERCOAT By a peculiar proeeHS, the rubber is put between the two cloth surfaces, which pru. vents smelling or slicking, even in the hottest climates. They are made in three colors Blue, Black and Brown. Are Light, Portable,’ Strong and Durable. AVe 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 siie around cheat, over vest. Reliable parties desiring to see cur goods can send for our Trade Jomrnal, giving de scription of our leading articles. Be sure and gel the Original Goo 4 year's Steam Vulcanized fabrics. for Illustrated nriceUist oY d,rr Celebrated Pocket Gymnasium Address carefully. GOODYEAR’S RUBBER OURLEU CO., 697 Broadway P. O. Box 5156; JYev York C'tp. Job Work ijcj ly aad oLc.iply e xecu ted at t'.is oiiice.