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VOLUME VIII. I Evert Saturday by p. B. Freeman. ‘ SUBSCRIPTION. ONE YEAR $ 2 00 gIX MONTHS 1 00 j THREE MONTHS A 50 RATES~()F ADVERTISING, ! ffVL l 1 mo. | 3 mo. | 6 mo. ( 1 yr. rfl — $ Tor i2 50 $3 50 $4 50 ~WfOO ,2 00 400 600 800 12 00 250 450 650 10 00 15 Oo 600 750 10 00 14 00 25 00 800 13 00 17 00 25 00 45 00 f coi ; 12 00 16 00 The space of one inch is reckoned as a among local reading matter, 20 cents per line for first insertion, and 15 cents per line for each subseqncnt insertion. Local notices following reading, 10 cents line for the first insertion, and 5 cents per line for each subsequent insertion. Cards written in the interest of individ unis will be charged for at the rate of 8 cent* per line. RATES of legal advertising* gherifl s sales,for each levy of 1 square $4 00 1 For each additional square 2 00 Citations for letters of adm’n 4 00 Citations for letters of guard’p 4 00 Applications for leave to sell land 400 Sales of land ty adm’s &c M lor Ist sq 400 For eajh additional squaie 2 00 Notice to debtors and creditors 4 00 Letters of dismissal from adm’n 6 00 Letters of dismissal from guar’p 4 00 Applications for homestead 2 00 Estray Notices Rule to perfect service in divorce caseslO 00 Rule Nisi t. foreclose mortgage,per sq 400 Mortgage sales 8 I uns Relating to Newspaper Subscrip tions and Arrearages. jr Subscribers who do not give express notice to the contrary, are considered wishing to con tjinue their subscription. 2 If subscribers order the discontinuance Oj * their periodicals ,, the publishers mag conli me to tend them until all arrearages are paid. 3 If subscribers neglect or refuse to ta/ce their ntriodicals from the office to which they are di rected, they are held responsible until they have settled their bills and ordered them discontin ued. \ 4. If subscribers move to other places without notifying publishers, and the papers are sent to the former direction, they are held responsi ble. 5. The Courts have decided that “ refusing to take periodicals, from the office, or removing and leaving them uncalled for, is prima facie evidence of intentional fraud.’ 6. Any person who receives a newspaper and makes use of it whether he has ordered it or not, is held in law to be a subscriber. j. If subscribers pay in advance, they are bound lo give notice to the publisher, at the end of their time, if they do not wish to continue tak ing it; otherwise the publisher is authorized to and it on, and the subscribers will be rcspon- A sible until an express notice, with payment of all arrearages, is sent to the publisher. j H. ARTHUR, Dealer in General Merchandise CALHOUN, GA. Always endeavors to give satisfaetic x to u*4omers. ff. W SKBLLT. S. R. FREEMAN. SKELLY & FREEMAN, \ttorneyw at Law, CALHOUN, GEORGIA. Will give their best attention to all business entrusted to their care. ty<3&~ Collodions made and promptly returned. Best on t lie Road. SUPPER & BREAKFAST HOUSE. At Big Shanty, on the YV. & A Kail road, By G. M. Lacy. THE up evening train fiom Atlanta gets supper here, an I the down morning train from Chattanooga takes breakfast. Table supplied with the very best the coun try affords. I'lenty of attentive ser\ants. Stop in and try us. G. M. LACY’. FINE GOODS ! CHEAP GOODS I MRS. T. B. WILLIAM, HAS THE FINEST AND CHKArEST Hats, Bonnets, * Flowers, Flumes, lies, Lace, Ribbons, &c TO BE FOUND IN ROME. Call at No. 27 broad Street, near the Railroad, and look at her stock. No trouble to show goods. Sl &tnping done to Older. oc6-ly. T. M. EXjLIS’ LIVERY & SALK STABLE. Good KodlcUe aucl Buggy Horses anti Vehicles. and mules for salt. Stock fed and cared for. t Chaises will be reasonable. , H* p,y the cash for corn in he ear and 0 l 0" 'a *he bundle. feb3-tf. *°' >Wu *s> OS’ JU'K) SiiiPlTJaAßy **ia sjiu no si u;ijYd smx m Colljoun Climes. TUE PICKET. BY TOM ASCAT. Above the picket’s lonely beat The stars shone out with quiet gleam ; The rustling leaves beneath his feet, The drowsy murmur of the stream, That flowed beside the outpost tent, To croon a lullaby did seem, And in his tired se ises hlent Like mingled fancies in a dream. Far twinkled on the mountain height The lights that marked the foeman’s camp, And borne upon tbe winas of night He faintly heard the sentries tramp. And silence else save clear and low The crickets chnp beneath the tr?es That waYed their branches to and fro, And whispered sot.ly to the breeze. The soicmn stillness in the air, The seeming peace, to dreamland mood ; The ar ned picket pacing there A mid the silent so.itude. The mantling canopy of trees That o’er hi n formed a sheltering dome Asunder parts, beyond lie sees A vision fair of love and home. He seems to see his wife’s dear face, His children kneel ng at her side And lisping, with sweet infant grace, Their prayers to God, that He will guide The'r father safe mid wars alarms, Though perils front him day by day, To guard him by His powerful arms, And guide and comfort him away. ******* Lo! as the soldier dveameth there, His bayonet in the starlight glow, Cold gleaming iu the midnight air Betrays him to a lurking foe. A loud report—a blinding flash— A sudden fall—a stifled moan— Beside a lonely mountain ash In death the picket sleeps alone. HO W? Perhaps I am a little too hasty, a lit* tie too rea ly to light up at a minute’s notice; but there are some words that seem to uie to carry an especial grain of gunpowder in them, and the oue above is one of the sort. To have a person, after you’ve been through a long explanation, put his fin gers to his mental ears, and query you thus, or, worst still, “ H;iow ?” is too exasperatirg for human nature to bear. Put that is what John Stringer did to me, bendirg his bead a little nearer, and sp akiug in an absent, aggravating manner, that tantalized me beyond words. You see, John Stringer and I were engaged ; we had been engaged a long time, and perhaps bad got to be a little too matter of course to each oth_ er. We were sitting there over the fire, after the old folks had gone to bed,and I fell to telling him about Sophie M ills’ wedding—her white silk dress, her bride-cake, and her bridesmaids frosted at. over to match it, and I ended this way : “But it don’t make any difference, Johu, to people that love each other; all that’s o’ no mure account than last year’s snow-drift. They could be married in calico aud hono spuu jeans, with their feet ou a ragged carpet like this, aud love each other just as well. ‘‘How ?” said John, absently. He was watching the coals flicker up and die out again, and picking up a stray chip now and then to fl ug ou the em bers —a fashion ue had when he was thinking. Now 1 had had the headache all day, and I guess 1 was rather more tindery than usual, though l t idu’t think so then; but when John bent his great broad shoulders over as if he hadn’t heard a word 1 said, and, in lact, bad something better to occupy his mind, I fired up first and then the blaze ded down iuto sulks,and when we pait* ed that night John and I had our first and last quarrel. My heart (lid not misgive mo that night, when 1 saw John's tall figure going out of the door, it was the last time he’d lift the latch for many a year; but so it was. You see, I held my head pretty high in those days, and I wouldn’t show that I was a bit cut up about it; so I paired off with Mrs. Plummer’s Jesse, a likely spruce young fellow enougg,but no more to be compared with John thau a cock le-shell is to a brigantine. O,well,mother sighed, and tried right hard to bring us together, but it wasn t to be. John was a po verful, muscular mau and l used to see him go up the road many a time when I was. out milking and peeping out at him through the chinks. I thought his broad shoulders stoop ed more than ever, and his figure was growing, more stately-like. iSuch an awkward fellow as John was ! I came near rushing out on him once with my sun-bonnet, and with my sleeves rolled up, and flinging my arms around his neck ; but John liked to see folks tidy, and l never did. Jesse Plummer was the beau of the village—dapper, neat as you please; and all the girls thought L had come to my senses when 1 ousted ’em ot Jess And by-and-by it was Jesse that came sparkiu’ o’ nights, and -at o win ter ovenin’s over the embers.and he was so soft.spoken and pleasant that even mother forgot her vexation. (bhe always set store by my John, mother did ) Well in the spri g we were mariied, and I had a string of pearls and a silk bridal dress, and felt kind o’ lifted like when the girls crowded ca}U q 4 *hd CALHOUN. GA., SATURDAY, NOVEMBER 17.1877. hoped I’d be happy. I hoped so, too ; I wa9e’t sure of ic. Remembering the days that came af ter, l can’t recall one hard word I ever heard from Jess. We wereu't near enough to each oth er to quarrel; we just laid apart like too odd volumes; there wasn’t any fire ’twixt us, nor anything Twixt us, either love or laughing, whereas John and I had always been bubbling over one wav and another. I worked hard, for my silk diess and neck-lace were all l had of riches; ami I cut up my govu one day to make a cloak for the baby. You see, 1 couldu’t give up my ! pride, and was just as high-spirited as ever. But our farm didn’t prosper, and Mrs. Piummer came to live with ns, to look after things, she said ; and she got to pitying him every uow and then for marrying a poor wife and—O ! well what’s the use in talking ?—sometimes I couldn’t help wishiug John Stringer’s strong shoulders were at the wheel,when I was working myself to death morning and night lor nothing. Then when the baby grew bigger, I took to teaching ao A B C class, as I used to before l was married : but what little I knew had run wild since then and 1 could not keep the boys straight, somehow; and the girls didn’t care about samplers ; for the sewi g-machines had ridden right over everything. Then Jesse fell ill of the fever, and, with all the fretting and fuming and nursing of his mother, a'd wth all 1117 watching day and night, somehow he soon slipped off between us, and l found myself a widow, with the illfared, wast ed farm on my hands, and Mother Plummer driveling and maundering after Jesse in a way to break my heart But I kept my spirits np yet, and I advertised half uiy place for sale at the Court House ; for if I could sell it, we should skin through somehow on an acre or two, 1 thought. . Well whnt do you suppose I saw one sunny afternoon, as I was standing in the kitchen? Who, to be sure but John Stringer, large as life a little gray, mayhap, and a little angu lar, but keen and strong as ever. iie’d a use for that bit o’ land, it seemed, and his eye ou it along back. “Always wanting what wan’*, his,” Mother Plummer said. She owed him a grudge for being more beforehand than Jesse. It took a deal of looking after and lawyering and surveving, aud the Lord knows what, to settle it; and I used to see John Stiinger’s stooping shoulders and broad felt hat down just beyoi and the rise in the meadow time and again But he scarce ever came near the door till one day —l can’t tell how it was— when the settlements were to be made.l just took the hahy up stairs and had a good cry ; for that bit o’ land was Jes se’s favorite piece, and Mother Plum mer had been harrying all day about it. ‘■The ways o’ Providence are so strange !’’ said Mother Plummer laying her specs down atop <’ the Bille, and putting on tlat awful patient lit whieh was wearing me to skin and bone ‘‘past finding out How if Jesse had married Sophie Mills ihat was, and ) ou’d ” But I did not wait to hear any mere I just caught up my baby and went off to the • arret. And while Is t in the cobwebbed window, Drs Barret—Sophie Mills that was—went riding by in thtir new spring wagon, she and her half-dozen children, round and losy as a barrel of apples. Sophie nodded and smiled to some one coming up the road, and looking I saw John Stringer walking, thoughtiul like, right up to the gate, jut as he used to come in courting days —fo. Juhu never hud any foolish ways about him. I saw Sophie look back at hi mas she and her childr n, with flattering rib< J bons and gay ginghams, disappeared at the turn of the road Then I washed my face and smoothed my huir and went down The time of settlement had come I knew. “Mary Ann,’’said John gravely, “the lawyer will be bear soon ; but L reckon we can make it clear iu our own minds without his help. And I’ve settled it in fact, that there arc certain condL tions on which I’ll taxe the land —it you agree." Then I flew iuto a passion. “You’ve oeen long euuugh making up your mind,” says I. “L don't throw my land at anybody’s feet, and I haven’t asked any favors of you, leastways,John Stringer.” “Softly, there, softly !” says John, putting out his hand. “Don’t be in a liurry, little woman.” “John Stringer,” says I,all in a heat, “you’re just the same man you was years ago. when you thought L was al ways firing up every lime you got ou u’ temper yourself.” '•And weren’t you, little woman ?-—■ Don't women forks always like their own w >y better than anything else?” “You don't know anything about woman,” I eried- “any ns ue than you did thou V’H thaug l I want ed silks and furbelows more thau tbau—*’’ “Thau vou did me,” s-*il John, “and right enough you was, too. if you could have got me i always said so Mary Atm.” “ Aoy man with half an eye would hive known better says I, hotly. “How ?” said John. His great hulking figure lifted itself up, and he looked at me with those frown sharp eyes that used to give me a start in old times. “How ?” he repeated, softly. “Do you mean to say l was mistaken yeJrs ago ?” His big brown hand was all of a tremble as he held it out to me. “Little woman, little woman,” says he “let us have done with it all now, and let it be as it never was.” Presently Mother Plummer put her head in the door. “’Pears to m j that lawyer is rnakigg a long spell of it,” says she. you a’mjit tired o’ waitin’ for him, Stringer ?” “I gress we’ve settled it pretty mt#b without the lawyer; aojd that is the condition I had to Marjr Aan —to take you aud the mfeadufv t|>geV|*. cr !” 'And he did. Fertility af Western | The yield of the cereals is simjlj enormous. The corn is twice as hrlh as your head, in May, and the grass l#s twice been cut by that time; 6ve|y kuo ' n vegetable has long been in tpe market then. The sweet and luscious tigs are ripe, and pears and apples,.ap|h cots, plums, and peaches are ready *to gather; while, later in the year, banan as, poiiKsgranates, and persimmons cotut in, and the pecans drop big aud sweet as one finds them nowhere else. There are fields about San Autonio where $409 an acre have been realized out of sugar cane, although that is an extremely ex- _ ceptiuual yield, the proceeds being part ly due to the sale of cane in the streets, it being a chcice morsel in its season. Large quantities of it are led to cattle also, and fer them, -as another delicacy, the prickly pear is raked into heaps, and scorched of it.- thorns by fire. The Spauish moss is iouud in iuimeuse quantities on the \rees in certain pon tious of country round San Autonio, as well as all tbe uay to the coast. It is an epiphyte, not a paiasite, drawing its susteuance from the air and not tl*e tree, to which it does no injury; and it is already forming a good branch of euuimerce, as, being well rotted arid dried, it makes a valuable substitute f<jr curled hair iu upholstery. Cotton, too*' is almost equally prolific with every thing else. In fact, there is nothing which the rich earth does not seem ca pable of producing, and producing at its best. As you see it fleshly turned up, clean, da- k and glistening as though it held hid en sunbeams, it secuis, ac cording to the oil saying, fairly good enough to eat. It would excuse the clay eaters themselves if it were on such subs'anee that they ted, and one would well wish that, having the traditional peck of (Jut lo eat, it might be eaten 111 oan Autonio Oue do-s not wonder to see tins s->d break into blossom the day after it is cut “ A footfall there Suffices to upturn to the warm air Half-get initiating spices ; mere decay l : .i oduces richer life ; and day by day Ne w pollen on the lily notal grows, And sail more labyrinthine buds the rose.” And ban Aiitouiu in this matter is but the type of all Western Texas—a luid of promise audof plenty; a land flow ing in unlk and honey (if, .vitli the cat tie roaming in multitudes, one Were riot obliged to use eondeusek milk in one’s coffee); a land where the vagrant Can sleep m comfort under a tent in open air all his lifetime, and may iive in lux ury, scarcely lifting Ins hands to labor, aud where the energetic and iutelligent bind fortune hand aud foot, and compel her to their service. Nearly forte hun dred thousand people entered it in the last year, and sought permanent homes ; many mine, we understand contemplate the same iu the coming year. And then success is entirely in the measure of their endeavor ; fur with eggs sell ing from G Uj 8 ceuts a dozen, and with beef sto 8 cents a pound, the cost ot living is at its minimum. Rents are the only eqp i m-ive item, and the cli ma e makes a tent sufficient shelter till a house can be built. Harper’s Maga zine. A Touching Incident of Gf.n. Forrest's Funeral —The Memphis Avalanche tells a touching incident iu relation to the funeral of Gen. For rest. j' Before the cottege had yet farmed, groups of ladies, one after au it her; flip ped softly into the room where the tie n{ General lay, in the residence of the last survivor of the Forrest brothers, Col. Jesse Forrest Eachltdy stoppjd to gaze for a last time on the face of the dead, and despo&iiing her tribute of snowy flowers, passed out. One little bunch o*' flowrers.not beaua tii’ully arranged, nor made up of rare flowers, had a little history to tell. As the train of Tuesday was passing Vheel er station, near Court laud, Alaba ua, a little girl scarcely thirteen years of age came forward to the platform, holding in her hand, these simple fljwers.— Handing them to a passenger, she said ; “fake these to Memphis and place them ou Gen. Forrest’s grave. They are sent because General Joseph Wheel er’s daughter him.” “Sally,'* said a fellow to a girl who had red hair, “keep away from mo, or you’ll set me no fire.” “No danger of that.” shouted tue girl ; youaro to„ green to burn.” Nine Years Wilnout Sleep. Mr. Thomas McElratb, an emigrant from the norm of Ireland, settled in Marlborough,"Ulster county, New York, many years aga He is an upright, honest and much respected citizen of Chat being a member of Rev. B. U. Niven’s oongregation. A rumor has been in circulation for years to the ef fect that this gentleman has worked at his occupation of a farmer, apparently happy, enjoying good health, yet had not at any time in nine years been blessed with a really refreshing sleep. To make sure of the facts before pub lishing, we sent a reporter to interview Mr. McElrath, and make a verbatim report. The reporter informed this gentleman what his mission was, When he replied as follows: rI came to this country in the year 1832 from County Antrim, Ireland. I was in excellent health, and continued to remain so till nine years ago. I was then attacked with dysentery, and was lontined to my bed for over a month. — Dr. Win. Gedney, of Milton, attended me then and since. After I began to get well I could not sleep till about 12 o’clock, and so on lor six months, till the present time I have not closed my eyes in sleen for nine years. I bear ev,ery sound during the night, while my family are in bed sound asleep I fre quently ri-e and read lor hour3, but my bead feels dizzy all the time; my back aches, my e ,r es are sore; although peo ple tell me I look well for one of my years, I am really very wqak. and have uot worked very much in the last two or three years on my farm. Oh, yes, I lie down during the day, but sleep nary a wink. Yes, sir. lam positive I have not slept in nine years; my own family and otheis have watched me for ma.,y weeks—yes. and for months—to see if they could catch me -asleep; but it’s of no use. I can’t sleep, and that’s '•the end of it. I’ll give any man SSO who will give, me just one n ght’s rest. No, I can’t stay on my feet for over two or three hours at a time. My memory is good. Low much da l weigh? Well ‘l swould iudge about one hundred and sixty pounds. I’ve tried everything and nothing affords me relief.— t wish I was dead.— Kingston Couri er. Newspapers vs. Books. A few days ago a friend and subsu: ib or of ours uutiiiod us to stop ins paper. His reason was that he was taking eral papers and that he had to cut off some off them because they interbred with his reading of his book. iSaid he neglected book reading for newspaper reading, this he though.- a Very ba 1 habit audit) order to resist the temptation he must keep the newspapers out of his house. We appreciate books; we know their value, but he who thinks that the news.* papers ot the day are of less use to humanity labors under a serious mis tak Hioks are a record ol the past —an of the things that have bean. They are iadespeusitde to the stuleot, but the practical man who has passed beyond his school days and en tered upon the realities of ife, has to tight iiis way against the adversities of me world, can better lay aside his books that his newspapers While as we said books area record of the past, a news paper is a mirror of the present. The age and the hi u s in which v c ive and in which we are most interested, is reflected in it. There is no idea, no thought no event of the present which can possibly get into a b.-und volume in after years which is not found in the newspapers of to-day. A man who desires to live in the present —de- sires to keep apace with the world—- to know what his neighbors are doing must read the press of the country. Be wailing ten or twenty year* ho may get the opportunity of reading some things of interest which are transpiring to-day but ihere are many which will never be bound between the lid- of a book We do no' i.qlerrate booka —good ones —but we. do say that when a practical mau forsake newspaper reading, as of lesser importance than iiis books, he does not understand much uf the battle before him. In Iceluud, Men and women, masters and ser- i rants, all iuhub.t the same room, while i eleaulino s is not much attended to; but poor as they are, ano accustomed to great privations, th y set an exam tie of cheerful contentment. The beau ty of the young girls is remarkable ; their fair hair fails in long plaits, par tially covered by a black cloth coif, daintily worn on one side of the head, and finished at the top with a tssel of colored silk run through a stiver o> steel buckle, which floats on the shoul der. ItJ reminds the traveler at the . Greek head-dress; but the Hue eyts 1 with their sweet, benevolent expression, I soon ree iH to his mind their Duui>h or* 1 inin, '1 he dress is made of the cl >th woven iu the country, and on festival days the bodice is gaily adorne l with silver braid and velvet, while the belt a~d sleeves ate ornamented with silver devices, beautifully chased at.d often <>f jircat value. On wet and cold days the shawl bao-lines a useful mantilla, com pletely enveloping the head, and de fending the wearer from the efleets of | the frequent storms.- Clonnbers Jour* nal Every one ot the six men who were drowned in the attempt to r escue the crew of the Cleopatra caisson leaves a widow- The men volunteered to per form iUe hajardous dutj. A Rabbit Hunt-in Nevada. The Ward (Nevada) Reflex reports a rabbit hunt in Steptoe Valley as fol lows: “In accordance with the pro gramme the contest betwern the two teams named came off on Saturday last A pleasant day greeted the Nimrods, and Sam Mosier had everything in or der for the boys. A splendid supper was spread for the gamesters, and after a fine rest, an early start for the field was affected. Such banging and bangs ing never wag heard in Steptoe Valley before. The boys were all on it, and it was evident that a good re cord was to be made. The slaughter of rab its was fearful, and it required four wagons to follow the two teams in the field to keep the game. According to agreement the teams were to meet at Mosier’s for lunch at ten o’clock which they did, and the count of game commenced. To the utter surprise of everybody, score of each team was 609. Who ever saw such a pile of rabbits ? 13v actual measure* rnent there was a cord of dead rabbits The teams had mistaken the sport of the day aud had not sufficient ammu- nition to continue the slaughter of the forenoon, and agreed to quit. All hands joined in the agreement, and cheer after cheer went up from both sides as the announcement was made that it was a diaw. We were in the field and have seen some good shooting before, but take it altogether we have never seen better shooting done in any field, and the parties comprising the two teams deserve a great deal of credit for their jer* severance and the honorable manner in which they conducted the match. A Bonanza ot Wcaltn in South Carolina. The most reuiavkuble Instance of a geological discovery, revolutionizing a di-tiict and enriching a State, has oc curred ic the development of what is known as the Aahley Iliver, (S. C.) de posits of what seems to be the remains of cartilaginous fi?h, especially of the shark family, though they also contain numerous bones and teeth of cetaceans, or whale-like animals, many of which were larger, or as large, as the whales found in the seas of the present time. From the number of their bones and teeth exhumed or washed out by the wav s of the ocean, they 1-ayc existed in large “shoals,” and together with the enormous sharks ot that age, animals rivaling the whale in size, must have constituted a vast marine army of rav enous flesh-eaters and capacious scav engers of the Eocene Oee: n. Large ships and steamers are daily seeking cargoes from the Ashley, Stone, Wando, Ashepoo aud other rivers, and the State of South Carolina is now reaping a great hat vest. Over &6 000,000 have already been invested by Northern capitalist in mint ing and manufacturing the rocks into ricn fertilizers, and many persons who, in 1867, were unbelievers have now their thousands invested in it. This is a simple and true history of the discov ery and develpment of the phosphate rocks of South Carolina. The exports fir the >a -1 var amount to two hun dred thous u and t^ns. —Philapetphia Jn~ purer. “We have to pay for everything," is the man said v h n the m isquito, al ter a serenade, sent his bill iutu him. A musquito is a very free and easy sort of creature. He visits you at all hours of the night and generally makes himself to hum. A Wi.-consin clergyman has been found guilty by a church council of “not always handbag the tru:h with sufficient carefuliness to meet the de mand of veracity." A St L 'uia ai tesian well has reached iad ;pth of thii iy°eight hundred feet. She is bonnet to have water if she has to go to China for it. Renovation, not Prostration. Did any enfeebled human being ever bi conic strong under the operation of dowerful cathartics or sa'i ant if It h sometimes necessary to regulate the bowels, but that cannot be djne by ac tive purgation, which exhausts the vatil forces and serves no goud yur-po-e whatever. The only true way to pro mote, he.lth aud vigor, which are essetr tial to reg'larity of the organic func tions, is to invigorate, discipline and puiify the system at the same time The extraordinary efficacy of 11 -tetter s Hitters in eases of debility or irregulari ty of i he organ of digestion, a*-i:nuli lion, secretion and discharge, is univer sally admitted. Appetite, go id diges tion. a regular hah;t >1 body, active cir oulati oi of the blood, and purity of all the animal fluids are induced by til’s supeb tonic and corrective. It has n • equals, moreover, as a preventive of chills and fever, types of malarial dis ease. To emigrants and t adders, if i pu ticularly serviceable a.-* a it;d eiu i! safeguard oct(> ly. Rheumatism Qunk 1 / Cured. ‘•f)n i'm’- Rb-u natt> u Remedy. the ' .rreat H 1 Kit NL .\i KDIOI E w'li poei. tivelv cere an? case of rhto m f ism on n- f*i •of the earth Price Sri a bot le, six bottlea, $5. Gold by all whole nle anl Retail Druggist. Don’t fail to end fr circular to Helpenstine& Hen ley, D. Washington. D. C. no?3-6m. NUMBER 18* “VEGETINE.” Says a Boston physician, “has uo equa 1 a a Wood purifier. Hearing of its many won derful cures after all • other remedies hail failed, 1 visited the Laboratory, and con vinced myself of its genuine merit. It is prepared from barks, root* and herbs, each of which is highly effective, and they are compounded in such a manner as to produce astonishing results.” Vegetine Is the great Blood Purifier. Vegetine Will cure the worst case of Scrofula, Vegetine Is recommended by physicians and apethe cariis. Vegetine Hao effected some marvellou* cures in case* of Cancer. Vegetine * Cures tine worst cases of Canker. Vegetine Iff eets with wonderful success in Mercurial diseases. Vegetine Win eradicate Salt Rheum from tie system. Vegetine Removes Pimples and Rumors from the face. Vegetine Cures Constipation and regulates the bowels Vegetine Is a valuable mn edy for Headache. Vegetine Will cure Dyspepsia. Vegetine Restores the entire system to a healthy con dition., Vegetine Removes the cause of Dizziness. Vegetine Relieves Faintness at the stomach. Vegetine Cures Pains in the Back. Vegetine Effectually cures Kidney Complaint. Vegetine Is eff jt tire in its cure of Fe aale >\\ aknesar Vegetine Is the great ren edy for General Debility. Vegetine Is acknowledged by all classes ef people to bo the b st. and most reliable blood pu rifier in the world. VEGETINE Prepared by 11. R. STEVENS r ßo*ton> Mass. VEGETINE IS SOLD BY ALL DRUGGISTS novIO’Iy. ESTABLISHED 1805. GILMORE & COi, Attorneys at Law, Successors to Chlpman* Hosmer & Cc*, 629 F. ST., WASHINGTON, >. O. American and Foreign Ia teen f. Prten's procured in alt countries. N* fees in advance. No charge unless th* patent is granted. No tees formaking pre liminary examinations. No additional fees for obtaining and conducting a rehearine. Special al tent ion given to luterferencg cases before the Patent Office. Kxtensiona before Congress. Infringement soils in dif ferent States, and all litigation appertain ing to inventiaus or patents. Send stamp for’pamphlet of sixty pages. United States Courts and Depart* ments. Claim®prosecuted in ilioSupren * Court of tire United States. Court of Haim*, Court of Commission, rs of Alabama Iftiuys, Southern Plaints Commission, an a class* es of war chums before the I ht ie + part merits. Arrears of Pay and Bou * f. Officer*. sol V.m. and s%UtHN at kl l*t# war- or their heirs, aiv in many • <e *i * titled to monv from t.e Govern m It *f which they h.-tv'o ivo knowledge Wr.' i history of ser ice. and state amour t ;j *y and bounty rev ived. Enclose stab - -.nd i full reply, after examination, val by given you Leo. Pension r. All officers, soldiers, ami sailor# vrc”nd% ed ruptured, or injure. in the I*t ir.r ( however slightly, can obtain a ]r>*i*iit, many now receiving pensions are tali'l*4 to an inrrease." 5...) stamp and itfur**r tion will be furnished frte. %. United Statas CeneralLand Office Contested land cases, private land el:i e, mining pre-emption and homestead car *, prosecuted before the General Land aud Department of the Intorioy Old Bounty Land Warrant*. The last report of the Cmnuftuionei f the General Land Office shows 2,807, ->• of Loamy Land Warrants outstanding The-o were is<n and v.nder uut pf 1866 an! prior rtofa. "0 pay oaah f,>r them. Benl by rogisterrq le ter. Where assignment* •ue ituporUH.l we g ye instructions to per fect tiiem. Lach department of aur business is een d noted in u .-ej rtte bureau, under the charge <>t * 11 .layers and clerks. Hy reason i error t iraud many attor ney a or 1 suspended ti n practice before the Pension and otner < :riees each year.— I'brmmls whose attorneys have been thus sus end' and will be gnm itously furnished with full information and proper papers on application to u®. .As ivc char *e no fe. s unless successful, stmi>s for re urn p >- > ge sho Id be sent us. 1 iheral arrangement* made with atter* no s in alt branch *s of business Ad Ire-* GILMORE & CO., P 0. Hex 14, ll 'aihiHyton, D . 6 W ashi vi; rev. D. C.. Yore.iiber 21. 1876.** j f tak.- pleasure in expressing my entire [ confidence in the r< .i/n*Htlnli / aud fidelity of the Law, ’hitent and Cjllcctiou House ef Gilmore & Go,, of this city. GEORGE 11.11. WHITE. {Cashier of (lie National Metropolitan Ilanty