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BY £>. B. FREEMAN. HELL’S SDCCES3. “Nall, do for meroy’s sake slop that efei’U'tiog scratch, scratch ; it sets me nearly crazy !” Aod Sue Lorn twisted her smooth forehead into the most im* patient iiown, and tossing her sewing irom her, came to the table where her sister sat writing. Nell raised her tired eyes to her sis ter's face and smilingly answered : “It does not seem much nse, to be ame, bat perseverance must conquer, and ibis is all I can do—and that not very well/’ And Nell turned again to her wx iiing. Sue’s face softened, and, stooping down, she kissed the bowed head lov ingly and went back to her sewing. It can’t last always, Nell, dear. The tide must turn,” she said as she took up the little lace dress she had been making. It was tbe same sad story read in so many lives. The sisters had been nur tured ia luxury and ease, and then on the death of Hieix bankrupt father were thrown upon the world to shift lor themselves. Nell, the elder, a tall, stately bru nette, who, after the death of hor moth er, had ruled her father's elegant home with a dignity beyond her year, of course held the leading-strings, and poor li> tie confiding blue-eyed Sue, fol lowed her guidance. Always willy and bright, a good stu dent and Wiiter, Nell had at first tried (o ob.aiu a position as governess or companion ; but finding the in 'l ket in that line already overstocked, and thinking, 100, that that would leave hor sister lo a lonely bailie, she obtained a few scholars in music, and then turned he; attention to writing; and Sue, aL Ways on adept with her needle, did what she could toward assisting to the support in that wry. But poor Nell!—it was a hard battle with her. Many and many a rnanu* script bad she carefully prepared and pos'ed with trembling hand to the edi tors of the many periodicals in the busy city ; sod many a we-ry hour had she looked in vutu for an answer of some kind to the labors of so many days. Once iu a while she received a few dollars from some paper whose stock at ihat time had been short, but never a commending word or a request that ihey might bear iVom her again. So at eh, scratch, went the pea.— Rack, tack, to her weary brain aod tired eyes. “Perseverance must win,” she would say to herself over and over again, and then would picture t s the result. a quiet lille cottage with Sue and herself living together in com fort again, and then her hopes would be dashed to the ground by the receipt of a ca ci’ullv-wiuten manuscript in her own fair hand, marked “Returned.”— Poor Nell! It was disheartening, in deed, but nevertheless scratch, sc atcb, 1 went lac pc severing pen until See bu st ionii with the remark with which we opened. That day Nell had been more than ever disiie. rlened. but (rue to her char ac er b: and woiked all the harder, and at last, wbea Sue rose to prepare their frugal meal, she threw down her pen, excl 'imiog: “There, done at last 1 I noticed an ooer of a prize for the best siorv in the G Magazine, and I have tried for it, and shall take it to the editor my self this a ternoon. It is different from my o/uer xri iQ~B, and there is a faint chance of i ; s success,” with a rude g’ance at (he t. ble strewn with rejected efforts. “Any way. I shall try,” and hurrying down her dinnei, she kissed her sister and with a piayer for suc cess, stalled into the street. About 3 o’clock one afternoon Will Newbold, editer and proprietor of tue G Magazine, was seated tilted back in his comfort able office, slowly read ing from a pile of manuscripts on the table before him, and curling up bis haudsome Piistocratic nose as be did so. ‘ All t r.s’i—worse than (rash—what do people write such stuff for and poke it upon us poor editors to read ?” and knocking the ashes from his cigar he came down from his perch with a thump to reach another. “Humph ! worse still P he added, as “The Patted Lovers ’ met his eye. “Not worth the paper it is writ!en on.” he soliloquized. “I how do you do, rnadame ?” he said, rsing immediately, as a tall, graceful form entered the door. “Jove! what handsome eyes she has !” as he met the dark, tired ones ot his yisi tor. “I beg your pardon, sir, but I have an article I wish to add to the list of pnze stoiies advertised for by your magazine,” said Nell Lorn, for it was she who had so startled tbe would-be editor; then, with a pleading look, i “Please do all you can for me, sir; I need it so much.” ‘ Certainly, cedainly,” said tbe em barrassed editor, and with that she le“c him, and Will sat down in bis chair with the manuscript in his hand. “By Jove! Did I ever see such a beauty ? And yet how tired her eyes looked, she has worked herself blue ! What has she given me, I wonder, and what is her name ?” and opening the manuscript, “JP severance” met Uis eye. “Sounds solid 1” he said, “and the name *E. L.,* that is very unsatisfac tory, ‘E. L.’ Hum!’* and handsome Will leaned back and t led to continue his reading, but Hie tired eyes were be fore him. and the initials “E. L.” still tantalized him. so that, thrusting aside other articles, he dived into ‘'Perse verance/* Meaqtitue Noll wandered homo Rlow nr ei reaa rr i no fl J t Call)cum dimes. ly, for she—poor girl I—was tired out. , First prize, 9200 ; second, SIOO ; th ivu, SSO. Even SSO would make me happy, and oh 1 lxow comfortable we could make ourselves to start the com ing winter ! Sue needs a dress, aod so do I, and fuel and )i;ht, ete. ; but I must not be like (he milkmaid in tbe lube,” and she smiled wearily. And then she (bought what a hand, some mao tbe editoir was, “and bow embrn raised be seemed for a moment, uud how funny be looked at me 1” Nell sini’ed ibis time not quite so wearily, and blushed just a little, and theu rel umed io lxer castle-building. A few days passed, during whleh Nell liad been ou pins and neeales with anxiety—-so much so that not a word could she write, so dropping her pen she devoted herself to real. “A terrible waste of lime,” she would say, '‘out what can Ido 7 Those disconnected things would never be ac cemed, and if 1 rest I shall only be the bei.er able to work again,” and she w.iied. The day at last arrived when Ihe magazine was issued, and hurrying to the nearest news-vore, Nell broke her last live dollar bill o buy it. Airaid to open it, she rushed home. “Sue, look ; I can no;—I am afraid to l’ t she said, her eyes bright and her face flushed with excitement. Sue smiled to see ker dignified sister so off her gua’d, and opened the maga zine. Tbe first page a picture, the second !—Sue dropped the book and riew to her sis er. f “Nell, dear! oh, Nell I I can’t be" lieve it.” Nell jumped and pioked up the mag azine. “Perseverance,” by “E. L.” “First prize awaided,” headed the page. Nell lost ter digni-y then, and dragging li(- tlo Sue down into her lap she cried and cried. But joy can be borne by any one, and soon she was able to pick up too uiagrzineaod read it through, then laughed, and with her eyes glisten ng through her tears, said ; “Sue, just toiuk of it, it was the very srr- ch, sera ch that nearly and ove you c.rzy, and look what it bungs!” Then she jsowed up again—Nell k:d lost be:self coaipleiely. “I must go to the office and see for (he money,' afcd sui *ug tbe sc ion to the woius. she doDned her bat and coat and staled. Ag. in hcodsome WiU was in his chair, trot ttiirt iiue the rocmr wr “*tr better order, and he was not tilted back, nor was he smoking, but be sat as though wailing ior something and so he was. “E. L.” would suiely be in that siternoon, and “he would make those daik eyes dance i.' ha could,” end then Will’s quick ear beard a footstep, aod atraighteuing Uis al eady straight tie, he rose to meet tbe tall, gracelul for n just entering the door. No need io make the dark eves dsnee, they are dapeng aPeady, and if Will had thought the face handsome the last lime ho saw it, what was it now 7 “Good morning. mi°s. Allow me lo congratulate you.” he said, inter, nyning her but lied thanks. “I take g eat pleasure in present ing to yon the amount of the fi:st prise, Lying a scrip bill in her smaM gloved hand, and adding, “I should be pleased to have you as a reg* ular writer, i c you are not elready 100 much engaged.” Oh, Nell 1 your good star has ap peared pgain. Almost too ove r come to speak, she faltered out her thanks, and 6i ailed for tbe door. “I beg your pax don, miss,” said Will —“if you will leave me your name and addrers.” “Certainly, sir,” she said, fining her voice at last, “most willingly. How cat I ever thank you?” “Thank yourself, my de3t ms , .” said Will, then blushed at bis audacity. “I did not w. iie tbe piece.” Nell smiled bxightlv, and after hand ing him a neatly-written card, bid him “good a.' erooon.” Poor Will! now it was his turn.— He mined the little card over and over. “Eleanor Lorn,” he said to himself' “Nellie—ao, Nell would suit her be - I would publish her pieces and pay her for ihem, if she wrote vowing the moon was made of g"een chese ! Jove! but sue is handsome! And how her eyes snorkled to-day I Eleanor Lorn—Eleaoor Newbold—ahem 1” and then be blushed. “L am a fool!” he said. Meanwhile Nell was in ec3' cies.— How bappv she was, and what a bannv future she promised herself! And Sue should not spoil her pretty blue eyes over such bard woik. A permanent engagement I Bliss ! Could it be her self? and she laughed rgaiu at the thought of the rejected nunnsc ipt a at home, and when she eached /jere she lit ihe fiie ior sun n er with vheoa. Such bappv days .ollowed! Her works af er (hat seemed .o be be.ler an n eefuted, t hough why, she coi/d never fell, r.nu af era ew icon as the li ole p.n; runeats slowlv assumed a more lioaie-BLo look, as the many li ile com •for a t bat flowed ..orn (he perseveaiug pen wexe added to them. And Nell’s eve lost ? ae li ed look as she gained in fame 7 Who tires so qaiexly when praise is given their labors 7 Of.en she would think of her first en-.ce inio tbe editor’s office, and would blush io think how “iunuy” he looked st her., * “How haudsome aud kind he is” she would think, “and how pleasantly he meets mo when I taka my articles to CALHOUN, GA.. SATURDAY, SEPTEMBER 29,1877. him}” And Will would think, “How re served that girl is ! How I would like to w*lk borne with her some time, if I dared ! What power she has in those dark eyr —they are fairly magnetic I am a>raid my'doom i* sealed!” The; last Very tragically. One afternoon Nell went into the ed itor’s office with her weekly article, and Will was nos there. She left it with the clerk, but when doing to inquired for Mr. Newbold. “He is ill," said the clerk, and Nell went home. Why did she feel so sorry 7 Nell, I sm afraid you are tasting the “forbid den fruit.” What is it lo you if tbe handsome smiling face of Mr. Newbold is not there t o meet you 7 What is it to you if he is sick 7 Ah, Nell, show your good sense 1 And after a little ar guing with hcself ehe does, for she dis covers she thinks entirely too much of the handsome face and genial manner of her employer, and “what good will it do 7” she asks herself. After that the mail carriers delivered tbe neatly written pages, and Will looks in vain ior thejall, graceful form, and bright eyes be ib'Dks so much of. “It is better, I guess,” he thinks, “for what good will.it do 7” Three weeks pass, and Nell’s months ly payment is due, and one evening she is sitting by the bright fire thinking that Lo-morrow she will have to go. and she is not sorrv, 1 regret lo sav. Suo is not well 10-nighl, and has retired, and Nell is alone. She makes a very striking picture, leaning her solely head against the old-fashioned firc-pluce, her dark hair braided in a thick coronet about her head, her dark eyes covered by the while lids, tint droop until the long lashes sweep her cheek, her bands clasped in her lap, and the five casting fantastic shadows over her dark dvcsix, and throwing a mellow light on her oval i'ace. A shock sounds t wice on (ho door before she hears it, then start ing un, she opens it. “Good evening, walk io, sir,” she said lo the supposed s(;anger. “Good evening, Miss Loin,” said ihe familiar voice of Wrn. Newbold. She starts and hones the dimness of the light will hide her blushes, as mur muring a few polite words she lights the lamp on the (able, snd rushes a chair toward him. But Will saw ihe blush, and inward ly gloated over it; perhaps it w: s “some good” a ler all! “I called. Miss Lorn, to deliver this little package,” handing her an envel ope, “which was due a few days ago, aud as you did not call, and have not for some time, 1 feared you were ill, though you were Siill prompt with your articles.” “Ob. no,” she said, “I am perfectly well only I—l had not (ime enough to come—l —’’and -here, blushing pahi" fully, she broke down, and ined to tarn ibe conversation. But Will saw it all. and quietly but with twinkling eye 9, said: “Well M'ss Lo n, I do not need you ps a Wiiter aay longer,” then seeing the pained look in the quickly raised eyes, “but, Nell, I want you for a wife ! Nll, I know whv you did not come.— Oa ! Nell, do you not love me 7 Is it really so 7” Aod Sue look : ng through the partly open door at tbe preu’y tableau saw Nell’s success.” ->. The Coy Orator. The North American says that a number of people assembled in parlor C, Continental ho. el, recently, (o hear a private perfvrmance of Ha-ry Shan non, the boy ora or, who h?s at-'acted such great attention throughout Lhe country by his wonderful powe-s story and memory. The laHe ieUow, who is but eight years of age, was dressed in a velvet suit, and bis blonde hair was shaved close ,o his head, dis playing a cranium classical in its con. tour and magnificent in its imelieclud devoloomeot. lie has the xnanneiS of a Chesterfield, and one woulu imagine that he had been reared in ibe courts' o: the effete monarchic * of Europe.— The entertainment nas commenced with a rendition of Mrs. Norton’s “Bingen on lie Rhine, which was done with much pathos enu iorce. He next gave a soecimen of court r leading in tbe defense of Dick Harrington in the safe burglary .rial. F'’om that he parsed on to senatorial ora'orv, and thrilled the small audience with Havne’s iep'v to Webster. Tbe lad’s ges icuhuion iu this was graoeful end perfect.. Indeed tho child, while in delive' v, seems io *o'g#t his age and rises to a nnn, an o*ato , and a g eat one. His hearers were charmed. He was rewarded with applause, and ?t the end he Irdies pet" ted him for his wonder.ul perfo-oiance. Mr, Shannon, the lather, staged that when but five yer.rs of age uis son alarmed his mothe* by sending in the middle of ‘be floor anu reciting wi h ease “Bingen on the Rhine” after she had read it aloud io b : ai. That was the firt t evidence of the alent he nos„ sesseu. Since then his powers of merns oiy and oratory have proaigously de veloped. He can recite a thousand se lections, poetical and prose, and only requires a piece to he read to him once or twice for him to commit it o mem ory. Some pieces, such as Poo’s “Rap ven,” he cannot memorize, nor can he read. Medical authorities say he must not be permuted to commenoe hia edu cation before he is twelve years old Books are kept from him as though they were unclean things, dangerous weapons. A beautiful little two verged poem written by in untutored English* man in the last eentur/ t be learned in a mysterious manner, never hiving heard' it read, and at vneeeming hours of the night he will arise from hia bed and recite it. The next day he is lan guid and depressed. His .memory is wonde’-ful. He can deliver a sermon he has heard Henry Ward Beecher preach Witb singular accuracy. H, W, RANSONE, Deaebr in FAMILY GROCERIES. A good stock of family supplies will be found on hand at all times, and will be sold at prices the very lowest. Respect fully solicitß the patronage of those wish ing good s in his line. RAILROAD STREET, CALHOUN, GEORGIA. Bepl-ly Georgia, Gordon County. Board of County Commissioners, \ Aug. Adjourned Meeting, Aug. 29, 1877. / It appearing from the report of the Comptroller General, that the per cent, levied for State tax, for the year 1877, is five-tenth of one per cent, or 50 cents on the hundred dollars, It is ordered and adjudged by the Board that 50 per cent, be and the same is heie by levied upon th? State tax for county purposes for the year 1877 : and it is fur ther ordered that 10 per cent, be and the same is hereby levied upon the State tax as a special tax, to pay for fire proof safes to protect'the county records. It is further ordered that the pei cent, be levied as follows: To build or repair Court II mse or jail, bridges, ferries, or other public improve ments—lo per cent- To pay Sheriffs, jailors or other officers’ fees that may be legally entitled to, out of tho county—9 per cent. To pay bailiffs at court, non-resident wit nesses in criminal cases, fuel, servant hire, stationery, and the like—s per cent. To pay jurors—l3 per cent. To pay expenses incurred in supporting the poi rof ihe county— 10per cent. To pay any other lawful charge against the county—3 per cent. To pay foi fire proof safes to protect eouuty records—lo per cent. N. J, BOAZ, Chairman. I. M. FITE, C. 11. BARRETT, M. V. WATTS. A true copy from the minutes of said Board. J. M. REEVE, Clerk B. O. C. Georgia, Gordon County: Williamson Zuber having applied to the Court of Ordinary of said county for a dis ch rge from his guardurnstirp of Z. Y, Black’s person and property— This is therefore to cite all persons -con cerned to show cause by filitg object ons in my office why the said Williamson Zuber should not be dismissed from his guardian ship of Z. T. Black and receive the letters of dismission. Given under my official signature. This Aug. 6, 1877. sepl-30d E. J. KIEER, Ordinary. Georgia Gordon, County: Whereas, T. O. Jackson, temporary ad ministratrix of J. F. Jackson, dec’d, repre> sents to the Court in her petition duly filed and entered on record, that she has fully administered jn J. F. Jackson’s estate This is therefore to cite all persons con cerned, kindred and creditors, to show cause—if any they can—why said tempo ra y administratrix should not be dis charged from her administration and re> ceive letters of dismission on the Ist Mon day in December, 1877. August 29, 1877. sepL3xn E. J. Kiker, Ordinary. Georgia, Gordon County. E A. Miller, guardian of J. P. f J. Q., L. R., S. J., H. J, and W. T. Miller, having applied to the Court of Ordinary of said county for a discharge from her guardian ship of J. P., J. G., L. R., S. J., H. J. and W. T. Miller’s person and property— This is therefore to cite all persons con cerned to show cause, by filing objections in my office, why the said E. A. Miller should not be dismissed from her guardi ansh p of J. P., J. G., L. R., S. J., H. J. and W. T. Miller and receive ihe usual let ters of dismission. Given under my official signature. This Aug. 10, 1877. sepl-39d E. J. KIKER, Ordinary. Administrator’s Sale. BY virtue of an order from the Court of Oridnary of Gordon county, will be sold before the Court House door, iu the town of Calhoun, on the first Tuesday in October next, between the legal hours of sale, one-fifth interest (undivided) in lots of land Nos. 102 aud 114, in the 23d district and 2d section of Gordon county, Ga., the same being the interest in said lands formerly held by the undersigned : s guardian of James Ponder, minor heir of John Tonder, deceased, the said James Ponder having died a minor, thereby leaving in law the undersigned, his administrator, and such sells said proper ty for distribution and the payment of debts. Terms of Sale cash. Aug. 30th, 1877. JOHN M. PATTON, Ex>.Officio Administrator. Only Fifty Gents. — A history of the Constitutional Convention and a subscription to the Georgia Grange, an agricultural and family journal, for on ly fiftv cents. The subscription secures the Grange account of the great State Fair in October. Read particulars elsewhere, under head, “Georgia’s new Constitution.” Specimen eopy and cir cular on applicalion. Georgia Grange Pub. Cos., P O. Drawer 35, Atlanta, Ga. auglß-ist In enumerating the ills which flesh is heir to, such as Indigestion, Heart burn, Sick Headache, Sour Stomach, Nervous Debility, Chills, Torpid Liver, &c., what a co u fort to think that a re lief from all of them can be obtained by using Portaline, or Tabler’s Vege table Liver Powder, which can be had of any Druggist for 50 cents. It es tablishes a permanently healthy action, I and its operation is mild aod effective Use Portaline, or Tabler’s Vegetable Liver Powder;. GRAHAM * BARNETT. STEAM SAW MILL Three Miles from Calhoun ou Ihe Augur Valley Road. L.nmt>ei% A good supply of Lumber ou hand, and any bill cut to order on short notice. Shingles. We are prepared to fill all orders for Shingles, and guarantee satisfaction to purchasers. Lathes. Lathes supplied in any quantity on short notice. Our prices are in accordance with the hard times. .Ve solicit the patronage o. 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. GRAHAM & BARNETT. jun 2 3m. Interesting to Farmers McACTKUR A llUn. | do work cheaper than it can be done any where else in Calhoun fc cosh or produce You will do well to call and get their prices and test the quality of their work. You will get satisfaction. Mr. Smith is an excellent, workman, a polished steel smith. All work done at prices conforming with the present scarcity of money and tfie pres sure of hard times. Call aud have your horse shod, and see how reasonable will be the bill. Also bring in your wagons and buggtes for repair marHL-Omr LOGS WANTED ! 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 suppiy of LUMBER constantly on hand. Also Lathes and Shin gles. which the cash can get cheap. L. HILLS & CO. Resaoa, Ga., Sr.tfuffH 28, 6m. T. M. EJbLIS^ LIVERY & SALE STABLE &£ GooflCSar*dl© anti Jtiiggy Horses j*ikl NevT' Vehicles. Horses and mules for sai-. 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 & B their stock of Burial Cases, and will a good stock and a full range of sizes t old stand of Reeves * Malone FOSTER & HARLAN H. A. DORSEY’S SALOON", Railroad Street Always on hand ehoiee Liquors, etc., and the wants of customers willl at all times be attended to with prompt ness and politenesss. . 3-lyebf J H. ARTHUR, Dealer in General Merchandise CALHOUN, GA. Always endeavors to give satisfaetica to customers. JJANKIN & GRAY, Attorney at Law Caliioun, Ga. Special attention paid to collections. Of ficeu p-stairs tlie Young building. PRICE-LIST OF Sash, Doors and Blinds, sash. Check Rail, or Up Sash, 8-light Windows, Wide Bar, Glased. Size of Window. rr Window. Si*e of 01ms. Thickness. ft. In. ft. In. Weight. Price. 12x14 If in., 26fx 6 2 24* $1 76 12x16 “ 25* x 6 10 26* 200 12x18 •• 263x6 6 29 226 12x20 2s*x 7 2 82 240 Plain Rail 12-light Windows, Glased. Bxlo 1 3-16 in , 2 4x3 9* 15* 76 10x12 “ 210 x 46, 24 120 10x14 “ 210x6 2 26* 136 10x16 •• 210 x 610 27* 1 60 10x18 “ 2 10x6 6 29* 200 Check Rail, or Lip Sash, 12-light Windows, Glazed. 10x14 1 3-8 in., 2 10*x 6 2 28 165 10x16 2 10* x 6 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, Glased. Bxlo 1 3-16 in., 2 4x 4 8 22 100 10x12 “ 210 x 5 6 27 160 Plain Rail, 18-light Windows, Glazed. Bxlo 1 3-16 in., 2 4x 57 26 135 10x12 “ 210 x 6 6 30 190 BLINDS. Outside Blinds, Rolling Slats, Wide Bar, 8-light Windows. Per Pair. Weight. Price, 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-light Windows. Bxlo 1 3-10 inch. 16 1 00 10x12 “ 20 1 25 10x14 “ 22* 1 40 10x16 “ 24 150 10x28 “ 26* 1 70 10x20 “ 29 190 Outside Blinds, Rolling SI its, 15-light Win dows. Bxlo 1 3-16 inch, 15 125 10x12 “ 22 160 DOOMS. 0. G. Four Panel doors, Raised Panels, both sides. 2 6x3 6 1 3-16 inches 29 1 30 2 Bx 6-8 “ 33 1 40 210x6 10 “ 36 1 65 3 x 7 “ 37 176 2 BxG 8 13 8 inches 89 1 50 2 6x6 6 “ 35 t4O 2 10x6 10 “ 40 1 60 3 x 7 “ 43 180 3 x 7 6 “ rais’d md’g I*side 47 3 35 ti 3 x 7 6 “ ** 2 side 60 8 50 2 x 6 4 1 inch 20 100 2 4x6 6 “ 21 120 Prices for all other sizes furnished promptly. Above are prices Free on board Cars. a M. A, GEE & CO., Opposite A. & C. R. R. Depot, Chatta ooga, Tennessee. junel6-9m Good Reading. ALL MOW If ! 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 newspaper. “How He was Tempted.” A thrilling continued Story, written for the Free Press, by “ Elzey Hay ” (Fanny Andrews),the noted Southern -jTi ter, will be a feature of 187 . Weekly, Jtwsl free, $2.00 annum. In making up your list, start with the Detroit Free Pres3. 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Cor respondence solicited. Address NATIONAL HOTEL, Dalt©D r Ga, VOL. VIII.—NO C* ESTABLISHED 1860. GILMORE Sc COV,< Attorneys at Law, Successors to Chipman, Hosmer & Co.,* 629 F. ST., WASHINGTON, *. U- America* and Foreign I ate' Pr ten’s procured in all * lnfri „ rxxs ix advascx. No charge unle.’. patent is granted. No feesfJr It miliar, examinations. No additional fee* for obtaining and conducting a rehearing Special attention given to Interftroneg cases before the Patent Office, Kxte n *i*n* before Congress, Infringement suits in dir ferent States, and all litigation appertain, mgto inventions or patents. Send stanirr forjjpamphlet of sixty pages. V United States Courts and Depart-- m . menta. K Claims prosecuted m the Supreme Court of the United States, Court of Claims Court of Commissioners of Alabama Claims' Southern Claims Commission, and all es of war claims before the Executire De partments. Arrears-of Pay and Bounty. Officers, soldiers, and sailors of the lata* JTJf ° r their heirs > a™ in many euii tn. titled to money from the Government, *f which they hare no knowledge. Write fulr history of sence, and state amount of par and bounty received. Enclose stamp, a full reply, after examination, will W given you Lee. in n Pensions; All officers, soldiers, and sailers wound** ed ruptured, or injured in the late wn* however slightly, can obtain a pen.ieJ’ many now receiving pensions are entitled to an increase. Send stamp and informs tion will be furnished free. lnfo ™*- United States CeneralLand B4Vlca Contested land cases, private land cl 2jhs ming pre-emption and homestead rosecuted before the General Land OflS nd Department of the Interior Old Bounty Land Warrants^ The last report of the Commissibner' of the General Land Office shows 2,807 600 of Bounty Land Warrants outstanding These were issatii under sot of 3865 an I pnor acts. We paycash f or g^ by registered letter. Where assignment. W ” giV ° Ur get*. charge of experienced lawyers ami olerk. By reason of error o. fraud many gur neys are suspended from, practice b.fo£ the Pension and other offices each yelr I# Claimants whose attorneys have been suspended will Ho snat/it0,,.!,, ! with full informftfion*and ;,r^p/ r unperson application to us. P paper* on As we charge o fee* unlees *ccessf.l stamp for return postage should be *** Wasuixgtox. D.a, 24, 1876. P ? asU f e in my entire confrlence ,n the re tp onM.y\J S of the Law ratent and Collection Bouse of Gilmore & Go., of this city. (Cartier /* G .? UttGE * WffFPfc;. dec9 tf 7 e A a(tot al Bank y A GREENHOUSE AT YOUR DOOR. For *I.OO we wIB send free kj mill, ft distinct tnrieUc, Monthly Wint „ S :: CW„.Chry,„„tl,„, m fl m o ". rlnr Begonias, Carnation Pinks, ft .! Zonal Geraniumaj. Double • „ “ Ivy leaded ** *, ° '* Heliotropes l , M A button 8, and !‘r ?° UMe " I ebster Cactus, ** Z ., o ® te vints and Eupatoriuma* Fuchsia^ Double Violefs, i* I * Coinsetfa.scarlet A white* o Plumbago, • 4 I*™ 8 ' for €W. Palms, it 1 Marantas •• An “ . Hyaointh bulbs ♦ 40 assorted Tulips Bulbs. -0 assorted Crocus, Bulbs. - asso tea Jacobean Lily, Bulbs. 12 assorted Oxalis r 4 Lily of the ValiSey-, 8 New Pearl Tuberose. OK BY EXPRESSr l° f any aboT f I eolleotlons for ft, 7 ' Z 8 - o “ l t 14 . % • W ' ioie collecti on of 838 Bulbs . nd Hants sent by Express oi receipt of Mom t° which either of our books, ‘‘Gar. demng for Profit, Practical Floriculture, or Gardening for Pleasure” (value $1.60 frce h ’ WI bea ' Jded - Descriptive Catalogue. PETER HENDERSON A Cl!.. Seedsmen ami Flor is t* p 35 Cortlandt St., New York. junl3-ly. G real chance tomnke men* *** " 9 - rm y If you can’t get gold you can gel greenbacks. We need a wer son m every town to take subscriptions for the la gest cheapest ud best HI ust rated family publication in the world. Any one cau become a successful agent. The mast elegant works of art given free te Nuhnerr pers. One agent reports makmgwver $l6O in a week. A lady agent reports taking over 400 subscribers in tea dajs. AN who engage make money fast. Y* * devot# all your time to the hnsvness, o only jour spare time. You meed not be awaj from howe over night. Yen ©* do it aa well aa others. Fall particulars. directions and terms free. If you want profitable work send ■* yenr address at one*-. It rests you nothing to try the bnoiwem. No Me who engage.** fails to make great mj. Address “ The People’s Journal,”' Portland, Maine. nngll-Jy ■