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BY D. B. FREEMAN. A Battle with a Bat. Doc ” Porcus, of Thirty-first afreet thi* city, is a geod-hearted fellow and a || that sort of thing, but he will “ tip the rosy." Not as a steady thing, you know, but aemi'occasionally, wheu he gets out with the boys. It may perhaps be necessary lo state that Mr. Porcus possesses a constitution unusually susceptible to the influence of th ordinary New York beverages, and after spending a social evening with a fow friends he is apt to have bad dreams. Sometimes ho is standing on the edge of 8n awful precipice, and he clutches desperately at the bed clothes to savo himself from falling into the yawniog abyss be'ow his feet. A.gain he is in the Russian army fighting the Bashi-Bazoul.s, and tie gels up and pranoes around the room and bombaids the foe with an old pair pf boots, and finally * becomes demoralized sod retreats under the bed. At other times he imagines he is out on a two-hundred acre farm en gaged in breaking a yoke of steers, and he arises and grabs the off ox by the horn, hits him a thump over the back with an imagina r y club, yells : ,: Wboa ! back! geel come mound here!" and puts those unruly cattle through a course of sprouts for an boar or so to the iu tense delight of the people in the house who may want to sleep. A few nights since Mr. Porcus came in along toward the “witching hou",” os usual, hastily threw off his clothes and retired. He was pretty tired with bis even ing’s work, and soon he was asleep and moving like a steam saw milt in fYiH blast. Presently a bat darted in through .he open window and began flying in eccentric curves about the apa-tment. Suddenly it made a downward swoop, whizzed past the ear of the sleeper and stmt leu him from his slumbers. He sat up in bed and listened. Again it whizzed by his heau. He only balf awake, but be had his wits about him sufficiently to decide from tbe peculiar soiled o" hs wings thr.t his visitor was a bat. But he was quite sure it was not an ordinary oae. He had read somewhere of enormous sized bois tbat do notbesiute to a.Dck a man. This was undoubtedly one of tbat so - 1. Mr. Porcus at once prepared to act on the defensive. He de>.ei T’ued ‘.o sell his life cs dearlv as possible, anu, i * necessary, die in tbe last ditch. lie got out of bed, seized a chair and backed up in li-e coi ne'-, and when ever be beard the hat coming oward him he Struck out at it with an energy boin of desperation. The room was dark as ihe rer’ms o* Pluto, but the cornered wa nor cfdn’t mind mat any. Ho was batVng for existence, and eve 'dbing that got in the way had to suffer ,he consequence. The first blow Fom tbe cuair mssed the bat as clean as a tin wuis ‘e and knocked the pitcher off the wash-sUnd, bteaking it iu two hundred and for, seven pieces by actual count. The nest shivered the irk’or and carried away the l ining of tbe comb case which hung under it. The ibid blow totally destroyed Mr. P.’s meerschaum pipe which lav on i’je mantle-piece, and knocked a .in box o r smoking tobacco and a bovDo of Qur-k’s Irish tea iuio chaos. And still thrt instrument of des.’uc tion swung on in its erratic course car' rying death and dismay to everyb : og befor* it—except the bat. Tbat was geuing around as lively as ever. Finally tbe i Tightened creature, in trying to escape, flew against tue closed portion of the window and fell .0 toe floor stunned. Ml. Porcui heard tbe bat drop, and he hastily piled a trunk, wasb-sund, bureau and a couple of chairs on it be fore it had a chance to recover. Then he lit the gas, called up every body in the house and told them he had killed a vampire r.s big as a Thanksgiv ing turkey and with wings six fejt loD g- His fiiends came with him and care* fully lifted up ihe fu uuure, disclosing a dead bat about the size ot a young mouse. A look of disappointment stolo over th countenance of M r. P. ‘•There must have been two of 'em,” he explained. “Why, this thing is on ly a flea alongside of the O'it tor I was fighting ! Tbe big one probably folded up its wings and slid out of the win dow while I was lighting the gas.” Thi* was a reasonable explanation, but somehow it didn’t appear to satisly the people who had been called up in the middle of the night fo see a vam pire; and they reti*ed lo their respect ive couches with the sad suspicion lin* gering in their minds that Mr. Porcu9 had been engaged in a Graeco-Roman wrestling match with a half b: other of Prof. James-Jams. When a small boy with a prejudice against yellow dogs observes an old oyster can in a condition of inactivity he at once begins debating the question whether it was created to point a mor*. al or adorn a tail. The dog gets the first news of the decision. ,— — > We suppose that when the entire Russian army went marching over tho pontoon bridges it didn’t mako one half the clattering that a (eo-ye-i-old boy does when he walks down one flight of stairs. CoII)own ©tines. The Danube. No language can possibly descD.be the superb scenery of to-day’s jou ney. It far transcends anything I ever saw or conceived of woculaud or of ’ iver scenery.. It is the pa.t of the Danube whe e the wateis beak from the great basin of Hungnrv through the mount ains. When we first left 0 sova, the hills were one green wilderness of maso sive and unbroken foliage, and the views up the vrlley were vevv sweet indeed. But soon huge and shjdowv cliffs be g. n to show themselves among the woods, and once or twice the Danube pjesaed i.s waters through awful walls of sheer precipice. At fi. st I thought it like the Rhine, only much, very muen superior, because of the woods, instead of miserable, tame, formal vine yards ; but presently the magnificence and almost fearful grandeur of tbe scenery drovo the Rhine utterly out of my thoughts. The woods were princi pally dociduous t: ees with an immense profusion of wa’nufc. and the 7 all were malted (ogeilier with wild vines, cle matis. and very large white convolvulus, wuTe between its banks the r' jer wv’th cd and boiicd ove • bars of locks, effec tually foi'bidd’ng all naviga ion. But now the cliffs :seeded, and there c.nne some miles of incessant wood, with beautiful vallevs, th ougb whose woody we ob ained exquisite glimpses up the moumainous g'eos. Oie in pa tic ulpr T remember, of consummate love liness. It was on the Seivi.a shore; and far inland there ;oxe a huge mourn* tain, ia shape like a crouching lion and tho vallev broadened out, and left the mountain s unding alone against the sky. Then came a large scalike bay, with a Servian vi’lage and church on a tongue of fields. The broad r*v er went by gent'v. wheeling sclemoly iu glossy eddies. jt was a scene of pei ect loveliness. Not a feat u’e coaid be heightened or improved. Then came the cliffs again, no loti o er white pod hoa v, but a deep mottled red. For the next hour I was well n'gb beside mvself; had it been the time of many colored autumn, instead of bvown-leav*. ed Ju le, with ; 's heavy rrceo, I should have lost my senses. lied cliffs, mask ed in infinitely vr.rious degrees bv foli age. or s an! : lg abrupt like wa*s, ov sToc o U r> into spies rad pinnacles like c .vies, here receding fcm the view, . !ir e lit owing themselves lb"- wa. and rnd si <■ *!rig the waie-'S up in ! o a it' ■'W t•• ; -u' r ‘ 1 pid ; hce were the for ures oi* the-cenerv. ho describe hem is quite i .possible. At last we turned from tbe cliffs a.od saw the deep wooded bps above Drenkova backed by the deep dull c : msoni 0" a sto: my sunset, and wo an'veu absolute 1 ? wea ried vri. the s'-an-th of .he imo ions made mn us bv one ecenerv.— Such a g’niious n iu divine nr eg’ing of grp. ide 'r auu loveliness of up j e’s suites red frowns, ,-s decks the or 1 Danube r’l h's and y’s jou' aev, I never saw in mv do: and 1 br .evc I shall never fo get the -bleat astonishment in which J i ?veled .‘or many bou's. I almost chivied ihe os who we 0 free to and op anvwheie *0 tne lea y wdde~ ness, or on ho .oevy ledges, or to sus pend diemselvcs ia ..'c air over ihe middle of te Danube. — \ O.nlL ]j \ o a.id J '.‘si v,' F. ei c. c i vn Fa be.-. D. D. Wiry Dpu t You Cicl K*eli. Ahe.n ! Well, yes, a high 0 der of ta'ent, accompanied with honesfy, in dustry and a lucrative profession, it does seem ought to accumulate wealth, but some how or other I never could. I work like “blazes,” deal honestly and try to save, but Die money a'l goes, the fatn ly will eat a few oi,her things besides corn b eud and bacon—and there are several oi them you kuow —and those things oall for money eve y datf; and then the law requires -hern to be cloihed. or else be committed for pub lic indecency. Clothes will wc .r out and must bo replaced, and to buy food and clothing there is a smart profit 10 be pa’d to dealers for handling; then the po*-WP.re, crockery ware, tub-ware, stoves, firewood, the washing, doc-Oi s bills, minis er’s bills, church bills, poor b : Dls, society bills, lecture bills theatre bills, city, couDty, and Stu e!.i bills, besides tFe tobacco, and wh’sky bills, all to come in for a shire of my talent and, indust) f. Now, r.s I cannot cheat, steal or lie for filthv lucre, I .cannot see how I am ever to lise above the bu; den of ii’ese bills to the respec*able position of one who baa made a fortune. It is a fear ful thing to be rich, in the light of the gospek but it is still more fe..r f jl to have made that fortune. Scarcely can wea’th be acquired without wrong to otheis. and all a?e the children of an avenging God. There is prcbrbty more genius devel oned in newspaper offices than anywhere e’so cn earth. A San Frr acisco eduor has recently invented a process bv wopch a fac simile of a whole newspaper page can be telegraphed at once. But this is noiiiic a compare.’ w.th ihe fe.it of the ed.tor of tho Dallas (fexas) Her ald, who has invented a “bullphone,” for scaring cattle from the la.lroad l:ack. The wentv yea s of constant thought necessary to complete this won derful irventlou has of course left ihe editor bald-headed, but he has his re wa and. The “bullphone” would scare the very dickens to death cud back again, as for tae poor bull, Ist him but hear it once, and he is a v. v ng in u" 0 for R’O • c’ft r* 0 l’ ? 1 CALHOUN, GA., SATURDAY, SEPTEMBER 8.1877. The North Pole. The Dutch, having taken Holland, are now preparing to capture the North Pole. An expeduion has been fiued out, in the most complete manner (the cargo comprises a large stock of Hol lands) under the command of an expe rienced nuviga ov, who has already made sevei al voyages to the land of ioe. G pt ain Howgate will also strain ev e:j ne v ve this Bummer, and will go as Rr noivh as he possibly can. The bet ting at present is two to nothing on Howgate, with plenty of .akers. He can ies a spare eDsign, which he intends to hoist on the Pole, if she should have tho good luck to reach it, before his supply of lime-juice anrt other kinds of juice is exhausted. When the star spangled banner once waves o’er the land of the free Esquimaux, end the home of the b. ave polar bear, any man who hauls it down should be frozen on the spot. To prevent any such trou ble fom the repeaters who visit tbe Pole so ofteu. Congress would probably lew a noll-ux, and appropnaie money (0 pay someone for siuing up all night and watching the flag. Some practical aid unseal imen-al people fail to see the advantages that would acc- ue fiom the discovery of the North Pole. They feel certain, that it wouldn’Fbe in the possession of Cap tain Howgate or any one else more than a week be Vvi Eav oum would have it in the cent r e of his ci cus teat, or some en erp-ising bather would s ripe it red and white, and use it to d.aw custom to his establishment in hot weather. They dou’t consider that it might ea sily be floated to New York, cut up into small chunks, and sold to ice con sumers at ex vemelv low figures. Tbe ice companies a e awie of this, and in consequence have always been par.ieulaGy cool towa and A:c ic ezplo - e: Thev fear the establishment ot a G e?t Ame.tcait Consolidated Nor.h Pole Ice Company. uuHmked, and h.<ve already opened negotiations wl h Pro* fesior Tice, with a v ; ew of having the weather manipulated for their ben efit. Jt F J o be hoped hat Cap in How., grue will be success ul. and : 1 vth.h the Pole in tow, notallow any Hol lander, Bedvndev, or other fo eiguer fo get ahead oi him. Nrves wouM have cut it dowa with b’s 1‘ :;e br.chet, and en it to Eoglsnd if 1 e had been p>opitious, and he h ‘u onW 'one a few bund ed miles i ''her. He says in hts repo t fo the Adm. .1. 7 tbat lack of juice was the main difficul ty. Perhaps Cap-in Howgate will nvove to be mo.o juic?. —1 ’U.■< and X-w York-.. He w;.s f.om conn y Derry. T eland, aud thought it was Die fourth of July we wete celebraDag. He was “ nil up,” and seeing s o ui uy flags flutlei.ng aud baune’s waving it maue him “sea sick.’’ His bat was wo. a l!*e tne young ladies wear theirs—unoa the side of the nose —and he waved a little g’eeu flag w ; th a harp on it, tied to a brick. His fis-s we.e about the size and weight of a lo: ued beer hog, and, walking up in 0 u o.owu in f.ont of a Leev saloon, and waving bis flag over his shouted : “floor*.’-r-roo. Me laddv bucks ! Ould Washing on was a fine geutle inon, rn’ dhe Ame. iaan aigle is a p-oud bur-reu. an’ the fourth av July is hell wain it’s let out bat sthand hack an’ gev S’int Pathaok a chacce. Coom au an’ hav’ yer licker, b’yes, or be the powers o’ Poll Kelly, there’ll be a ie billion right here, ?.a’ I’ll bo in the midst of it. Hoo-roo 1 b’yes !” And ho went into the beer saloon, sing ing : Ooh, me name it is O’Grady, Aa’ wiu beer I soak me skin ; Me wife she was a lady Be the name ov Biddy Flynn. Fa th, I’m a ?ov!o’ ’addle, I'm a healthy b’ye an’s oat, An’ I’m a folgh<ia’ Paudy, Wnen ou'u Biddy ain’t about. Then, hoodoo, b’yes, call for dbrioksi Never moinae f’wat people tbincs, Sraff yer skins wid fo 'y w : nke, An’ le ’s be iVee aed ai—sy. A Curiosity of Numbers. The muliipkicatioTi of 937,fi54.32l bv 45 44.444 414,445. R,evevsing the order of the dlgi;s and multiplying 123,456,789 by 45 we get the result equally curious. 5,555,555,505. If wo take 123,456,739 as the multiplicand, and interchanging the figures 0” 45, take 51 as the mu! 'pile'’, wo obtain an other rema kable product, 6,666,666,/ 606. Returning to the multiplicand fi st used, 987,354,321, and taking 54 as ihe multiplier again, we get 53,333,- 333,834 —all threes except the fi, st and last figures, which tead (ogether 54 the multiplier. Taking the same roub ipßcand and using 27, the half of 54, as the mu'tiplier, we get a product, of 26 666,666,667 —all sixes except, the Inst and last figures, whicn read to ge’her 27, the multiplier. Next inter changing the figures ia the number 37, and using 72 aa the multiplier with 937,654,321 as the muhlolicand. we ob ain a product of 711,111,111,112 — all ones except the first and last figures, which read rogether give 72. the mul tiplier. Equally curious results may bo ob tained by multiplying these digits, writ" .en either w.ty, by 9 or by the figures cou'pOHing tne mu’tlples of nine vari ously imeobangcd. Die*iiug*uisliel Drunkards. The Ha lford Times publishes a sug gestive letter headed, ‘-Distingu'shed Drunkavds,” f’ooi its Washington cor respondent ‘‘Mac,” who obtained the matfc'-ial for it during a ramble through the Washington poorhouso. One of the first mea he met the.e had been at one 1 me Attorney General of Virgin's.— In IDs office a number of now distin guished lawyers were students and owe much to his advice. His father had been Attorney General of the United States and left his son wealth—but he diank, and sacrificed distinction, fora tune, and eve v ything to his love for drink. Another distinguished pauper was an ex-Judge of the Supreme Court of Calilornia, and had been esteemed one of the most eloquent men of his time. “He came lo Washington ex pecting to get an office, was disappoints ed, toot to drink, and drank himself out of pocket mind, and friends, and into the poorbouse. In his company the correspondent found a once wealthy newspaper editor and proprietor of New Yo k, a man of great ab liry and po lit cal Influence. Tins man also sunk all he possessed in whisk v, aud has been for tliroe yea-sin the almsh mse. bome tlmea his f tends * ike him out, but, says tbe co; much that he l'es about the streets and is remmed by the police.” A fomth pruner had been onlv a lew years ago a political power, special agent of the post office dep. rtment, and owner of much pioperiy in Washington and Ar kmsas. At one time he was a United S.ules de.ecDve, but while drunk he “gave away” ihe details of a case that would have tesul ed in the capture of iwu or three hundred thousand dollars iu counterfeit money, p-eases, plates, efe. For this he was retired. When sober he was capable of doing remark able work. Ju fact, fu tune and fame we.o nis if bo had not allowed the (as e for liquor to grow on him. In another biauch of the ins ituiion the coi espondeut found an ex-Attorney Geu u .al of NorDi Carolina. He made inji'v ) iends, dt.-iok much whisky, ne"- lec eu If is business and <vei y thing else, aid fi eo’ io tiie too. aou.se. Says :.lie correspon eiii ; “j he p’ incipal i e.isou to. it: being put woe re lie now ’s, is \ ai, ho sole a f. eou s vest and sold it io w.) sky.’’ To sucu depths of d-gg - : <i iou will whisky L:i' g ihe Si i'ii' es£ and noble o' us. A mau w .0 xvas btep.iea - .ugh.ss’ iniimate f lend, and who .• > .-ne. k from the o. me pin o. m !.n n:.n, is also a Wash iugi.ou pauper. When foiiune smiled 00 him he used liquors : s a iel : sh, aod when her smiles w aeu to jrowns, be took it as an an do„e for sorrow. It brought h m lempo.a. v relief and per manent run Coming in tne almshouse in 1 tie ' Black Ma.la,” as tbe correspon dent le.k it, was an old, white haired man. “who was at one lime one of the leading men *it Die Michigan bar. He is the man who backed Zach Chandler and made him, politically speaking, wart he is .outlay.” And this man of g:e.'t legal abili y, poli iCal influence sjffic.eat to make and unmake men, aad much wealth, is now a pauper. — Why? Because he allowed whisky to ob.uin ihe mastery over him, as did all (be o he.s herein refie.red to. Sliootiu" for Cats. Mrs. Flipper bought her boy John a second hand double-barreled shol-gun from a sick nigger. It was loaded when she bought it,but that boy didn’t know it, so he bought a cupful of powder and a pocket-full of bird-shot aud loaded it again. John put two fresh caps on it, and waited for night to come to try it. About midnight he planted himself at a baok window up stairs and took a view of the situation out back. There were four or five cats and catesses hold ing a campmeeting upon the roof of the coal-shed. John pulled buck the triggers of both barrels, took dead aim at the crowd on the shed, shut both eyes, and “flip ! bang !” she went. An earthquake was the result. Old Mrs. Flip., like the ghost of Hamlet, rush- and in (Flip, was at the masquerade at Woodland Garden that night) and found her boy John sticking half way through the ceiling, with the gun-stock between his legs and the barrels gone. Every windowpane in the back part of the house was broken out, and the sash, glass, shutters, and upper part of tbe frame of the window where John was sitting a moment before were gone al. together. The roof where the camp-- meeting was being held wasn’t scratch' ed. There’s no knowing ia what dircco tion the loads in that old persuader went, for they have never found the barrels of it yet. Mrs Flipper pulled John down with a wheel-barrow load of plastering and laths, bathed his head aud bound his wounds, and he is will ing to swear, at a minute’s notice, that he saw 4,000 cats in the air at once, and is satisfied that some of them ain’t come down yet, when the fact is he didn’t even kill a cat. Fur twenty min utes after the report of tri<it gun was hoard the campm iug cn the coal sited bad increased in -i.re, and Flipper had come home from Voodlaud Garden as a drunken Indian, was knocked down in the hall by Mrs. Flipper and put to bed. Next morning she had him out to show him what the lightning had done the night before. The boy will be well iu three months if he lives. ► Job Work neatly and cheaply execu ed at this office. GRAHAM & BARNETT. STEAM SAW MILL Three Miles from Calhoun on the Sugar Valley Road. Lumber. A good supply of Lumber ou hand, and any bill cut to order on short notice. Shingles. Wc are prepared to fill all orders for Shingles, and guarantee satisfaction to purchasers. Lathes. LathQs supplied in any quantity on short notice. Our prices are in accordance with the hard times. Ve solicit the patronage oi those wishing anything in our line. Our facilit : es for supplying the public are not excelled by any similar enterprise in this section. WHITE OAK LOGS WANTED. We want good White Oak Logs, and will pay the cash for them. GItAHAM & BARNETT. jun 2 3m. Interesting to Farmers mcarthur a smith. mow * wood do work cheaper than it can be done any where else in Calhoun fc ca sh or pro luce. You will do Well to call and get their prices and ic.-t tut* quality oftheir work. You will got satisfaction. Mr. Smith is an excellent workman, a polished steel smith. All work done at prices conforming with the present scarcity of money and toe pres sure of hard times. Call and have your L *rse shod, and see how reasonable will be me bill. Also bring in your wagons and buggies for repair mar3l-9mr LOGS WANTED 1 We will pay CASH for Logs, Good POPLAR, 12, 13 and 14 feet long. WHITE-OAK, 14 and 16 feet long A few 12 feet long. PINE, 16, 20, 22, 24 and up. A few 12 feet long. WALNUT, of good quality. A good snppiy of LUMIBBR. constantly on hand. Also Lathes and Shin gles, which the cash can get cheap. L. HILLS & CO. Resaca, Ga m Mabch 28, 1877. 6m. -X". M. BXjIjIS 7 LIVERY it MLB STABLE. lbs Good Saddle and Rnggy Horses and New Vehicles. Horses and mules for saie. Stock fed and cared for. Charges will be reasonable. Will pay the cash for corn in the ear and odder in the bundle. feb3-tf. Fisk’s Patent Metalic BURIAL CASES We have purchased from Boaz & Barret their stock of Burial Cases, and wi llkee a good stock and a full range of size s tth old stand of Reeves 4 Malone FOSTER & HARLAN H. A. HORSEY’S SALOON, Railroad Street Always on hand choice ISKIl ' S Liquors, etc., and the wants qf customers willl at all times be attended to with prompt ness and politenesss. 1 3-lyebf J 11. ARTHUR, * Dealer in General Merchandise CALIIOUN, GA. Always endeavors to give satisfaction to customers. JJANKIN & GRAY, Attorney at Law Calhoun, Ga. Special attention paid to collections. Of ficeu p-svairs in the Young building. PRICE-LIST OF Sasli, Doors and Blinds, SASH. Check Rail, or Lip Sash 8 light Windows, Wide Bar, Glazed Size of Window. Per Window. Sixe of Glass. Thickness, ft. In. ft. in. Weight, l'rioe. 12x14 If in., 25fx 5 2 24$ $1 75 12x16 “ 261 x 510 261 200 12x18 “ 251 x 6 6 29 225 12x20 “ 251 x 7 2 82 2 *lO Plain Rail 12-light Windows, Glazed. Bxlo 1 3-16 in , 24x 391 15J 75 10x12 “ 210 x 4 6 24 120 10x14 “ 210 x 5 2 26$ 136 10x16 “ 2 10x610 2< 1 1 60 10x18 “ 210 x 6 6 291 200 Check Rail, or Lip Sash, 12-liglit Windows, Glazed. 10x14 1 3-8 in., 2 10$x 5 2 28 155 10x16 “ 2 UHx 610 31A 190 10x18 “ 2 101 x 6 6 34 220 10x20 “ 2 10$x 7 2 371 270 Plain Rail, 15-light Windows, Glazed. Bxlo 1 3-16 in., 2 4x 4 8 22 100 10x12 “ 2 10x 5 6 27 160 Plain Ra 1, 18-light Windows, Glazed. Bxlol 3-16 in., 2 4x 5 7 26 135 10x12 2lO x 6 6 30 190 BLINDS. Outside B*'ads, Rolling Slats, Wide Bar, 8-light Windows. Ptr Pair. Weight. Price. 12x14 1 3-16 inch. 20 1 40 12x16 22 1 GO 12x18 “ 24 1 70 12x20 “ 26 i 90 Outside Blinds, Rolling Slats, 12-light Windows. Bxlol 3-16 inch. 15 1 00 10x12 “ 20 1 25 10x14 “ 22} 1 40 10x16 “ 24 150 10x28 “ 261 1 70 10x20 “ 29 190 Outside Blinds, Rolling SI its, 15-light Win dows. Bxlo 1 3-16 inch, 15 125 10x12 “ 22 160 BOOBS. "O. G. Four Panel doors, Raised Panels, both sides. 2 6x5 6 1 3-16 inches 29 1 30 2Bx 6 8 33 1 40 2 10x610 “ 35 1 55 3 x 7 “ 37 175 2Bx 6 8 13 8 inches 39 1 60 2 6x6 6 “ 35 1 40 2 10x6 10 “ . 40 1 60 3 x 7 “" 43 180 3 x 7 6 “ rais’d md g 1-side 47 3 35 3 x 7 6 “ “ 2-side 50 3 50 2 x 6 4 1 inch - 20 100 2 4x6 6 “ 21 120 Prices for all other sizes Tarnished promptly. Above are Dric *- .* •e on boa'd Cars. M. A. GIE & CO., Opposite A. & C. R. R. Depot, Chatta ooga, Tennessee. - junel6-9m Good Reading. ALL KNOW IT ! ALL LIKE if I 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 newspaper. “How He was Tempted.” A thrilling written for the Free Press, by “ Elzey Ilay ” (Fanny Andrews),the noted Southern wri ter, will be a feature of 1877. Weekly, post bee, $2.00 pe* annum. In making up your list, etart with the Detroit Free Press. The Postmeater is agent for it. C H RONIGLBIBITINEL Is published Daily, Tri-Weekly and Weekly, At AUGUSTA, GA . By WALSH & WRIGHT, Proprietors Full Tcleyraphic Dispatches from All Points. Latest and Most Accu rate Market Reports. Interesting and Reliable Coirespondence from all parts of Georgia, South Car olina and Washington City. GEORGIA AND SOUTH CAROLI NA NEWS A SPECIALTY. . * DAILY : One Year $lO 00 Six Months 5 00 TRI-WEEKLY: One Year $5 CO Six Months 2 50 WEEKLY: One Year ..$2 00 Six Monshs .. 1 00 Where to Spend the Summer. If you are thinking of spending the sum mer in a pleasant and healthy locality, amidst beautiful scenery, with daily mail connections, and with a kind and hospita ble people, and in a climate where you can sleep pleasantly every night, come to THE NATIONAL HOTEL, at Dalton, Ga. 100 miles north of Atlanta. A delightful mountain region, good water, no debili fating weather or mosquitoes. Charges moderate and satisfaction guaranteed. Cor respondence solicited. Address N ATIONAL TTOTEL, Dalton, Ga, VOL. VIII.—NO 4 ESTABLISHED 1868. GILMORE Sc OOi, Attorneys at Law, Successors to Chipman,. Hosmer & Cos., 629 F. ST., WASHINGTON, .U. American and Foreign [ ifest* Tf leu*s procured in all cot ntries. No fees in advance. No charge unless the patent is granted. No fees for making pre liminary examinations. No additional fees for obtaining and conducting n rehenrine. 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Claimants whose attorneys have been thus suspended will be gratuitously furnished/ with full information papers on application to us. As we charge uo fees ttttfcss soaoessftrli, stamps for return postage should be setitf us. Liberal arrangements made with attor neys in all branches of business: Address GILMORE & CO., P. 0. Box 44, Washington, D. (X Washington, D. C., November 24, IB7tk I take pleasure in expressing my extie* confidence in the resporuibili.y and ftdelih/ of the Law, Patent and Collection House of Gilmore & Go., of this city. GEORGE 11. B. WHITE, [Cashier of the Natioral Metropolitan Bank ) dec9-tf. A GREENHOUSE AT YOUR COOK. For SI.OO we will send free by mall, 8 distinct varieties Monthly Roses, Winter flowering.’ “ Chin. 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I ANIER has applied for exemption • • of personalty f and,setting apart andl valuation of homestead, and J will up on the same at 10 o’clock a*n. on the 10th,i day of September, .1877, at my office, im Calhoun, Ga. This August 23, 1877. aug2s-2w. E.J. JOKER, Qrdi&*f; *