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CAUIOIN TIMES I). 15. FREEMAN, Proprietor. CIRCULATES EXTENSIVELY IN Gordon and Adjoining Counties. Office: Wall St., Southwest of Court House. RATES OF SUBSCRIPTION. Or.e Year $2.00 Six Months 1.00 Itaitroad jpcUeiUiU. Western* Atlantic Railroad AND ITS CONNECTIONS. •' KUNITES A W no UTIL 99 The following takes effe-M may 23d, 1875 NORTHWARD. No. 1. heave Atlanta 4.10 i*.w Arrive Cartersviile 6.14 ■< Kingston 6.42 “ “ Dalton 8.24 “ “ Chattanooga 10.25 “ ' ' No. 3. Leave Atlanta 7.00 a.m Arrive Cartersviile 9.22 ~ “ Kingston 9.56 “ ii Dalton 11:64 “ Chat a iooga 1.56 i\si No. 11. Leave Atlanta 3,30 r.M Arrive Cartersviile....’. 7.19 “ “ Kingston 8.21 “ Dalton 11.18 “ SOUTHWARD. No. 2. i.eavc Chattanooga 4.00 r.si \rrive Dalton 5.41 “ “ Kingston 7,28 “ “ Cartersviile 8.12 “ <| Atlanta 10.15 “ No. 4. 1 o: ve Chattanooga 5.00 a.m / riive Dalton 7.01 “ “ Kingston 9.07 “ “ Cartersviile 9.42 “ “ Atlanta 12 06 i\m No. 12. 1 a\e Dalton 1.00 a.m A ri e Kingston 4.19 <• * Cartersviile, 5.18 “ • Atlanta 9.20.“ nil nan Palace Cars run on Nos. 1 and 2 be .ee t New Orleans and Baltimore. t oilman Palace Cars run on Nos. 1 and 4 bet eon Atlanta and Nashville. ) ollm m Palace Cars run on Nos. 2 and 8 bit veer Louisville and Atlanta. j,vpNo change of ears between New Or leans, A ibile, Montgomery, Atlanta and llul more, and only one change to New Ynr;. I'isseng irs leaving Atlanta at 4 10 p. m., nrriie in New York the second afternoon ther after at 4.D0. K oursicn tickets to the Virginia springs and various summer resoits will be on sale in N \\ Orleans, Mobile, Montgomery, Co lumbus, Mac >n, Savannah, Augusta and At lanta, at gi eatly reduced rates, first of June Pa vties desiring a whole car through to be \ irgima S mn<rs or Baltimore, should a Ui\ ss the tin lersigned. Pa ties contemplating travel should send f n copy f the Kennesaw Route Gazette, c n a ning schedules, etc. L 9 . Ask for Tickets Da “Kennesaw ) outc ” B. XV. WRENN, G. P. & T. A., Atlanta, Ga. Change of Schedule. Til]'. GEORGIA AND MACON AND AUGUST A RAILROADS. ON YND AFT Eli .SUNDAY, JUNE 28tii, INI, (lie Passenger Trains on the Georgia | .rl Macon and Augusta Railroads will run as lull ws: GEORGIA RAILROAD. Dag p. ■:■**? ujer Train B ill 1 ave Augusta at 8:45 a m Leave Atlanta at v .7:00 a m y A riv ■ in Augusta at 8:30 p m A rive in Atlanta at 5:45 p m Nggt P assenger Train. I ea\ c Augusta at 8:15 p m 1 erne Atlanta at 10:80 p in '.n ve in Augusla at 8:15 a m Anive in Atlant „ at. 6:22 a m MACON AND AUGUSTA RAILROAD. Macon Passenger Train. I eave Auguste at 0n...10:45 a m I cave Camak at ’. 2:15 pm 1 Arrive at Macon at 6:40 p m Leave Macon at 6:30 a m Arrive at Camak at 10:45 a in Arrive at A ugusta at 2:00 p m BERZFd 1.l PASSENGER TRAIN. . Leave .4ugusta at 4:15 p m Leave Bcrzelia at 8:30 a m Arrive in 1 ugusta at... 9:55 a in Arrive in Bcrzelia at s:so’p ni Passengers from Athens, Washington, At lanta, or any point on the Georgia Rail road and Branches, by taking the Day Pas senger Train, will make close connection j at Camak with trains for Macon and all points beyond. Pullman's (First-Class) Palace sleepiu Cars on all Night Passenger Trains on Georgia Railroad. S. K. JOHNSON, Superintendent, iSoperi iitendent’s Office Georgia and Macon and Augusta Railroads, Augusta, June 29, 1874, . 7~ t’r of es-AmuU & (fimte. ]J K. MAIN, >l, I>. PR/CTICING r PHYSICIAN, Ha ing permanently located in Calhoun, offer his professional services to the pub lic. Will attend all calls when not. profes sion Uy engaged. Office at the Calhoun Hot 1. Special ISTotice. MISS HUDGINS can now befound at AIRS. MILLS’ furnishing establishmfa s\ and Broad Street, Rome, Ga., where she is Prepared to do Mantua making and Cutting ln iI N its branches. Call and see. Hrs. Mills is receiving a full stock of "dllinery and fancy notions, latest styles Ph. straw and velvet hats, cloaks, racks u,| d wraps in endless variety. Everything invfssary kept for ladies’ outfit. [sep29-7m. Attention ! 'I'ME undersigned have located themselves .7 ' ll die .Mims Tan-yard, on the Love’s widgeroid, 34 miles from Galhou , for 110 purpose of carrying on THE TANNING BUSINESS. Tl are prepared to receive hides to tan " n snares, or will exchange leather .or *| 8, They bind themselves to prepare 'Miter in workmanlike style. 0 WM. HUNTER & SON. ember 14, 1875.’2m. Two Dollars a Year. VOL. VI. CHEAPEST' ASD BEST! HOWARD lIIOItUIIC fllMffiT! MANUFACTURED NEAR KINGSTON. BARTOW COUNTY, GEORGIA. Equal to the best imported Portland Cement. Send for Circular. Try this before buying elsewhere. Refers by permission to Air. A. J. West, President of Cherokee iron Company, Polk county, Georgia, who lias built a splendid dam across Cedar Creek, using this cement, and pronouncing it the best he ever used. Also refer to Messrs. Smith , Son & Bro., J. E. Veal, F. I. Stone. J. J. Cohen and Major Tom Berry, Rome, Georgia, Major 11. Bry an, of Savannah, T. C. Douglas, Superin tendent of Masonry, East River Bridge, New York, Gen. Win. Mcßae, Superintend ent W. & A. Railroad, Capt. J. Posted!, C. E. Address G. H. WARING, Kingston, Ga octlSl y. Il.yg’ienic fc lnstitiFte l IF YOU would enjoy" the |'*¥\ | TTI\ most delightful luxury; if jj.. i| t. % 1 H jyou would be speedily,cheap xJUllilif ly, pleasantly and perma ueijily cured, of all Inflam matory, Nervous, Constitu tional and Blood Disorders if you have Rheuntatism, Scrofula, Dyspepsia, Bron chitis, Catarrh, Diarrhoea, Dysentery, Piles, Neuralgia, Paralysis, Disease of the Kidneys, Genitals or Skin, Chill and Fever, oir other Malarial Affections; if you would be purified from all Poisons,whether from Drugs or Disease ; if you would f-IpDP. t have Beauty, Health and I I !§ | |i 18111 Long Life go to the Hygien -1 Ullli ic Institute,and use Nature’s Great Remedies,the Turkish Bath, the “ Water-cure Pro cesses,” tie “Movement cure,” Electricity and other Hygienic agents. Success is wonderful—curing all cu rable cases. If not able to go and take board, send full account of your case, and get. direciions for treatment at home. Terms reasona blc. L-waAon. corner Loyd and- Wall streets, opposite |) nn;i 5 Passenger 1 vpoi, a: Santa, ox 4 11l 8 Jno. Statnb.u k Wilson, Pliysiciati-in-UTurge. Awarded the Highest Medal at Vienna. E. & 11. T ANTHONY & CO., 531 Is2’©aiwsi’\ Sr*v Var'i. (Opp. Metropolitan Hotel.) F/lanufacturers, Importers te Deal ers in CHKOMOS AND FRAMES, Stereoscopes and Views, Albums, Graphoseopes an l suitable views, Photographic Materials, We are Headquarters fo” everything in the way of Stereoscopf Icons end Magic Ijanterus. Being manufacturers of the Micro-Scientific Lantern , Stereo-Panopticon , Cn ivcrsity-Stereoscopticon , Adveitiscr’s Stereoscopticon , A r topi icon, School Lantern, Family Lantern , Peoples Lantern. Each style being the best of its class in the market. Catalogues of Lanterns and Slides with directions for using sent, on application. Any enterprising man can make money with a magic lantern. flfegrCut out this advertisement for refer ence '■•' 31 sep29-9m Brick-Layer & Contractor. mi IE undersigned most respectfully begs J. leave to inform tlie citizens of Calhoun a,id surrounding country that, having pro cured the aid of Mr. Jlilburn as a number one bricklayer and Barney 0 Fallon as a number one rock-mason, is prepared to do all work in 1 is line in the most satisfactory manner and on moderate terms, the pat ronage of the public generally solicited. HENRY M. BILLIIIMEII. Cat,noun, Ga., November 9, 1875. All orders addressed to me as above will receive prompt attention. no. 10-1 y M. LIVERY & SALE STABLE. C-JZ Good Saddle and Buggy Horse? - and New Vehicles. i Horses ami mules for sale. Stock fed and cared for. Charges will be reasonable. Will p .y the cash for corn in Hm ear and fodder in the bundle. fe.iß-t c . FIELD, QTJP Tt Q FLOWER. UAHDKNOfj h t UJ H v E,m- DUE,Ac I We offer our usual large and complete as soctment, embracing :.o . . desirabß va | rieties and of best quaU - mail price ! list to any address on rec- 1 t of stamp. I Seeds of all kinds by so-Let. ounce, >ounl, i and quart, can be sent by mail t< any post j office in the United States. EDWARD J. EVANS A CO., Nurserymen and Seedsmen. Jua- 3m, Y'oxtK/Pa. CALHOUN, GA., WEDNESDAY, FEBRUARY 16, 1876. THE LITTLE DOG UNDER TIIE H'AG ON. “Come, wife,” says good old firmer Gray, “ Put oh your tl ings ; ’tis market day ; Let’s be off to the nearest town There an l back ere the suu goe down. Bpot ! No ; we’ll leave oh. spot behind.” But spot he barked, and Spot he whined And soounutde up his doggish mind To steal away under the wagon! Away they went at a good round pace, And joy came into the farmer’s face, “ Poor Spot,” said he, “did want -to come; But I’m very glad lie’s left at home. He’ll guard the barn, he’ll guard tiie cot, And keep Ihe cattle out of the lot,” “I’m not so sure of that,” growled Spot, The little dog under the wagon. The farmer all his produce sold, And got his pay in yellow guld ; Then started home just alter dark— Home through the lonely forest, Hark! A rubber springs from behind a tree, “ Your money or else your life,” said he, The moon was out; yet he didn’t see The little dog under the wagon. Old spot, he barked, and Spot he whined, .and spot he grabbed the thief behind, And dragged him down in the mud and dirt He tore his coat and tore his shirt; He held lbrn with a whisk and bound ; And he couldn’t rise from the miry ground: While his leg and his arms the farmer bound And tumbled him into the wagon. Old spot he saved the farmer’s life, The farmer’s money, the farmer’s wife; And now a i ero grand and gay, A silver collar he wears to-day ; And everywhere his master goes Among his friends, among his foes, He follows upon his horny toes, The little dog under the wagon ! Ciuiijg Home. The dump air came chilly up from the liver lute yt-sterday afternoon.— Around the bend at the Wyomissing. near the cave at the mill on the opposite side of the Schuylkill, an aged colored man was sitting on a stone, eating an “evening” meal that had no doubt been begged from a neighboring farm house. Lire stranger was a type of the real genuine Southern slave. llis hair was gray, his form rather bent, his little eyes encamped rn a cluster of wrinkles; his nose broad, and expressive of honesty, kindness of heart, geniality that could not be hid, but that burst resplendent through a cloud of sorrow that seemed to mantle him from his old black hat to the well'Worn boots on his feet. My name is Henry, sah ; Uncle Hmry dey used U> call me when 1 was livin’ whar I was raised,” was the reply he made to the reporter’s question. “Hat was down in Georgia, sah, a long time ago. I’m been git-ten round do Norf since and; war, but l’se gwiue to try to get. along home agin, if I can, b d’ore dose old bones wear out and do re’s no inn left 0’ me.” ‘‘Want to get back South again, uf you r “Yes sah. It kind o’ creeps it* my bones to go home again. I call it heme, but it's <1 iuug way ofl'. Was burn thirty miles b low Savannah, and be longed to Colonel Higgins, Colonel Archibald Higains, of the Pine Hill Plantation. Tiber been dar ?” Uncle Henry was told “ no.” ‘ I’m been to many places in God’s garden, sah, but now, in my old years, i dun no airy a place like de old home down dar. When General Sherman done gone away from Atlanta, wassa was killed and de niggers was freed.— I cum Norf wid my son, but he’s deal, sail, dars no room for me liea’n. I’ve got chilern livin’ down dcre some’ers, least dey was livin’ when we cum NOl f.” ‘•Can you sing ‘Way down upon the Suwnunee KivoV,’ uncle Henry f” The old man’s eyes fairly sparkled and glis - tened in tears as he lej lied : “Dat good old toot), how could I ever forget it ? No, indeedy, n)t me forgit. Dat was writ years ago, sah, but when I sing it now, away Horn home I ’mag ine it was writ to’ me now. 0, I tell you, massa, dares plenty niggers in tie world singing dat oid toon what’s je3’ like dis here old uncle, got no home, and wishin’ dey was back again wid massa and missis. Svance libber, far far, away,” and the aged travellerw iped away tears, with his coat-sleeve as his memory ran back in the years that are past to the happy days he spent among the sugar cane and cotton in the sunny land of Georgia. It was a sad picture and not met with often. lie spoke of many other good old songs the darkies used to sing, and would have continued his story further had not the shades of evening suggested a departure. Uncle Henry was “helped” along, but whether lie ever reaches “dat good old home” be spoke of, is hard to tell. “Good-by, sah, de Lord bless you's all,” were the last words he said as our carriage left him far back in the twi light. Rcuding{Pa )La gee A— Importance of Heading. No matter ho v obscure the position in life of an individual, if he can read, he may at will put himself in the best so ciety the word has ever seen. He may converse with all the best- writers of prose and poetry, lie may learn how to ivo, how to avoid the errors of his predeeeesors.and to secure blessings,pres ent and future,to himself, lie may reside in a desert lar away from the habitation of man. in solitude, where no human eye looks upon him with affection or in terest, where ro human voice cheers him with animating tones ; if he has books to read he eun never be alone. lie may choose his company and the subl -of conversation, and thus become contented and happy, intelligent, wise and good. He thus elevates lus rank in the world, and beC3mes independent in the beet sense of the word, and first in importance ia the depart meat of school education. * j * • • 4 Truth Compters All Things.-’ Aa Hiatorieal Incident, Just before Major Andre’s embark metit for America, he made a journey into Derbyshire to pay Aiiss Reward a visit, “and it was arranged that they should take a ple-ure ride in the Park. Miss Seward tcid Andre, that besides enjoying the beaties of the ’ natural scenery, he would there meet some of her most valued friends.among them Mr. lewtou, whom she playfully called her “minstrel,” and Mr, Cunningham, the equate, whom she regarded as a very el egant poet. ♦ “I had a very strange dream last night,” said Mr. Cunningham to Mr. Newton, while they were awaiting to gether the arrival of the party, “and it has haunted me all day, .seaming,,u ulmktr all other dreams, to be impressed very vividly upon my mind. “I fancied myselt to be in a great forest. The place was strange to mo, and while looking about with some sur prise, I saw a horseman approaching at great speed. Just as he reached the spot where I. stood, three men rushed out and seizing his bridle hurried him away, after closely searching Tis person. 1 lie countenance of the stranger was a very interesting and impressive one. — I seem to see it now. My sympathy for him was so great that I awoke. — But I presently fell asleep again, and dreamed that I was standing near a strange city among thousands of people, add that I saw the J same person that I had seen in the wood brought out and suspended to the gallows. The victim was young and had a courtly bearing. The influence and the effect of t.iis dream, are somewhat different from any that I ever had.” * Presently Miss Seward arrived with the handsome stranger. Mr. Cunning ham turned pale with a nameless horror as he was presented to Andre, and at his first opportunity said to Mr. New ton : That, sir, was the face I saw in my dream.— llezekiah Lutterworth in the Galaxy for February. Love It a Rnilroai Car. They got aboaid the train at a little town between Canton and New Orleans and took a seat in the front end of the car. He was a young man with an in dependent “big enough to take care of myself” sort of air, and she was a young woman apparently big enough to help him. do it. He seemed entirely to overlook the fact that there were any passengers ou the train, and especially that several St. Louis and Chicago drumuers were aboard. lie was full to bursting with something to say, and the movements of a race horse are tame in comparison with the way he proceed to say it. During the first half hour, with head, and arms exten ; ed until they nearly touched (he person of the fair damsel at his side, and utterly unconscious that a dozen pair of eyes were w itching him, he poured forth such a flood of words asmusthave certainly have overwhelm ed .my one unable to swim in the liquid language of love. Once during the half hour she seemed to rebuke him for some startling expressi n, and he fell back discomfited to his own end of the seat. It was only for a moment. Long enough, however, for some rash individ ual to offer a bet that the maid would win, which was accepted by all parties within hearing. xU the end of the first half-hour she exhibited strong symptoms of winning and Chicago bet ten to one on the young man which was taken by St. Louis. — Things were now becoming intensely in teresting to all parties, and when at length the young man ventured to pass his arm around toe maid, with no sign of disapproval from her, a hundred to ono was offered with no takers, and all further betting was cut off by the maid passing her arm around the young man, and dropping her head on his bosom.— They had gone far enough. The cli max \va- reached, the goal gained, the dear object wan. and they got off at the next station. Thej passed o t quietly and lovingly, not. knowing that the blessings of an entire car-mad of pas sengers followed them. Amid the gen eral enthusium .vhich followed their ex it, S'. Louis, with a long-drawn sigh, was heard to remark :n“lt is a long time since I have seen anything of the kind ” And Chicago did not forget himself as he replied . “Pshaw ! We have them every day with us.”— New Orleans Times. ‘‘Site Biggor. Billy. One day a gentle man saw two boys going along the streets in New York. They were b ire-footed. Their clot hes were ragged and dirty, and ti and to gether by pieces of string. One of the boys was perfectly happy over a half withered bunch of flowers, which he had just picked up in the street. “1 say, Billy,” said lie to his compan - ion, ‘ wansn’t somebody real good to drop these’ere posies just where I could find them ? And they’re so pooty and nice. Look sharp. Billy; mebby you’ll find somethin bimeby.” Presently the gentleman heard his merry voice again saying: “Oh! jolly. Billy ! if there ain’t most half a peach ! Cause you ain't found nothing, you may bite first” Billy was .going to take a very lit !e taste of if, when his companion, said : * “Bite Bigger, Billy ; mebbe we’ll find anotber’fore long.” That shows how a hungry boy was Mad to get hold of half of a east-a way peach but, better still, there is a lesson of generosity in it. Jfigli Life in Washington. The wives of two Oongressmeu were waiting for the elevator last evening at one of our hotels. i was demurely reading the evening p:rer with utj eyes, eagerly devouring their conversa tion with my ores, and this is what I heard. Said Mrs. II.: “I’m awful tired ; I’ve made twenty calls to-May, and to-morrow I must make as many more. There’s precious little fun about it.” Said Mrs L. : “Pun ! indeed ! not a bit of it. I’m disappointed in Wash ington. Why, at hume when George was elected 1 held my head hig: er than anybody in the county, and i expected to have such a gay time here, but. when you get three hundred Congressmen and their wives together one don’t count much, i needn’t have worried so about my dresses !’k “Mrs. IP’s face was visibly length ening ail the time her fr end was talk-, ing then she responded : ••'That’s so! i acre’s Mrs. Grant, whom everybody wants to see at once; and there are the wives of the Secre taries, who bow politely when you caii and never know you agaiu “Oil, yes they du ! interrupted Mrs L. “Mrs. Pish never forgets a face, and Mrs. Bristow is just lovely . “Well, anyhow. Mrs.,Robeson never knows anybody, lower than a—Rcnator s wife, and Mrs. Belknap never returns our culls. This is the order ; The Cabinet ladies the wives oi Senators, ladies of the foreign legations, the fam ilies of the army and navy, a few citi zens known for wealth or positions giv en by inheritance ; and, then, wives oi Congressmen are classed witn depart ment clerks ! i wish 1 hadn’t come at all !” “ I won’t say that,” said Mrs. L , “for at home ic does sound so nicely to .say you were in Washington during the season. I shall make the most of my position there, you may be sure !” Now, this is true, dear friends, for the wife of the ineonsp couus M. C., who comes here with dreams of social glory, will find the reality exceedingly commonplace. If she really a lady, re fined and intelligent, she will draw about her a circle of pleasant friends well worth possessing; if she be ex ceedingly beautiful, or so wealthy that her entertainmerts make a stir, society will court her with sweetest praise, and she will have card by the hail bushel; she shall have more invitations than she can possibly accept, and neither days or nights shall be long enough for her wish. _ Once ia the centre of the wFaripooT' struggles are in vain; you can’t keep near the edue ; it is tin. vortex or noth in 2. I know one married pair who are eiderly and wuo ought to be staid, but the lady, gazing at Washington through the glamor of fancy’s paiutei vista de sired to he “ a high flyer at fashion,” while the husband —a genuine “Shoddy Boffin” —detests the|whole thing, but follows at my ladies footsteps like a ic- Indent Newfoundland dog. It is the greatest fun to watch his hands, when stuffed into white kids, he attends an evening party. ' i’lvery separate fin ger stands at, a different angle and the thumbs are at enmity with all the rest. After snaking bauds with any one he curiously inspects the liberated digits, -and sticks them out again as if to as sort their individuality. — THe .':>%-■* £-ss:sl the Horse Ideutical. Our Supreme Court has very proper ly adjudged that the exemption ‘aws made in behalf of poor persons shall be liberally construed and enforced for in stance a horse, a yoke of oxen, cart and and two horse* wagon are ( xempt by the words of the statute. Our Supreme Court Chief Justice Nicholson deliver ing the opinion, have solemnly adjudg ed that an ass is a hoase and a horse is an ass belonging to the same species.' While judge Nicholson is good author ity n the law, he is equally distinguish ed as a horse and assologist ; and a horse is in ass. Tt is known that in theeaily days of Judea the ass was the animal principally in use either for vi* ding draught; yet history leave* us in doubt whether the ass is the progenitor of the horse, or the horse the progeni tor of the ass. While it is a mooted ques | tion whether they germinated from the | same root, y<. t amid the oarkness we have the light of our Chief Justice that they are of tiie same species, fa view of the liberal construction given by our Supreme Court, I have decided that bu k wagon comes within the species of wagon cisiou. Now the poor man and family may sleep in their own cabin, drive their own ass, ride in their buck wagon, repose under their own gourd vine and peach tree, and there is no one to make them afraid. —From a. charge to a Jiiiy by Judge Guild, of Tennes see. Almost a Oentenaeian-and- a half. —Donna Eulalia Guillen, resi ding in the San Jose Valley, near Pamo na, has celebrated it is asserted, her one hundred and fortieth birthday, and if this be true George Washington would have been but a child of four years when she’was born. The old lady is quite lively yet. possessing unimpaired the faculties of sight and hearing and a memory that enables her to recall read dily events which happen and a century and a quarter ago — Los Augeles^Cal.) Star. ' “ Mils Sage, 1 should like to know whose ferry boats th se are that I tum bled over in the hall ?” “ Ferry-boats, indeed, sir ! Those are my shoes ! Very polite of you to call ’em ferry-boats.”— “ .Didn’t- call them ferry-boats, Mrs Rage; you misunderstood me —fairy bjots, i said ? my dear.” In Advance. A Roiaauce in Modern A woman—not very yonug but very pretty —a New York belle, who, through series of ill fortunes because dependent U P OU her relatives and friends, had in vited her to go to Europe with them; and she became acquainted with an at' taehe of tiie English consulate in the town where they were spending some wetks. 1 he ladies left her in a foreign country without means to return toherna tive land. She told her st; ry to the young diplomat, lie loved her, proposed to hei, and tuey became engaged; but lit sent her home, us he could not then mar* ry her. She had faith in him, and mouth.' rolled by the poor girl having retired to live upon the charity of some relatives ;ii Central New Cork. At last the di' plomat came, bringing maguiiiceut gifts iiom his relatives, among the highest of the English nobility, to his bride, lie oid been in South America, and front uJcre home during this cruel waiting, to get leave of absence. They were here Lut a few days, she sending no cards to her cute vuut friend; they hurried away to spend the honey-moon in lans. A friend just from Paris tells how the heroine ol this little story is to re min toero, her husband having become connected with the English Embasey in that city, and that Mrs. G. is the American belie and the pet of' Lord Lyons . elegant establishment. Lord Jj y° I,s is bachelor, and that Mrs. G plays she part of h stess to the guest’ Sl. Louis licpubl[can. Econoiuiziugon His Obituary It was a very sad woman that came into our sanctum the other day. Not to put toe fine a point on it, she wont. ‘*j am Mrs. JJriggs,” she murmured, sadly lho sub-editor said he was glad to lUiow it, and inquired after Mr. Prigg; iou don t seem to keep the run ol our eminent citizens/’ she said, with some asperity, for you know he died last xTiday.” The sub stammered ou. that ho had indeed overlooked it. it,” said thogOOstricken <jno ' ' V; ;ut an obituary writ on to him —something strong, you know.’ ■An prcoisely said the subeditor, •T wid just take down the points. Ik was public spirited, of course?'’ “Way. up /’ sobbed the relict. “ Fine feelings smf -made, rich ?” “Well no,” said the mourner, “he Would have been rich : his partner was just elected supervisor, bat '' ’'’ he ... • {,. 1 ; u , a way, faded away.’ -All right madame, we will get up a notice that wni make all the other bereaved t\ miiies hi Lie neighborhood howl with envy.” ”7 U tJe - r uut page, mind,” she sighed. Viust so ma’am. It, will be "SS.” ' for an obituary, and su gar at 13 cents?” “But reflect mad •■imo. that you vilthave an article that wiii m:tice Andrew Johnsir. and Horry o.ilsmi turn over in thc:ir graves.” "j'igiit dollars—and Johnny’s shoes will be $3, and Jane’s pull back—well, mister, t guess the o'd man will have to siiue tnrough on liis merits. The regular four-bit sent-off will do J gm.'ss. and depositing that coin on the ne.A ; she sobbed herself down stairs. San i ranctsco Hews Letter. Curing The Eliecougls. A young gentleman who attends the Austin -public schools had beeo told •hat a sudden shock or fright would cure tlie hiccough, and the other even ing, while lie was studying his lesson for the morrow by drawing a picture of the school ma'am on his slate, his respected progenitor was seized with a fit of hic coughs. Ihe old gentleman was tilted back in bis chair, with his feet resting on the stove, and the young hopeful concluded to try the cure on him.— I Just a, the old man was “rustling” with ! a heart breaking hie the boy jumped up | y-'l'i-d “bite i blie old" -man was iuit getting out the cull—cub, but he never got it out. He gave a jump winch tilted over the chair, and, iu en deavoring to regain his equilibrium, his icet flew up against the table, upsetting a students laaqi which stood upm it, l and his head landau in the ashes on the j stove hearth. i be olu lady hearing the racket, came | running in from the kitchen, snd (rip ; P c 'and ovei the old man a pmstrate form, knocking down a what-not with a lot of glass and china ornaments. Wiheuthat boy s father arose from the wreck and j shook the splinters of glass out of his | hair and ciuthes he was cured cd the hiccoughs but there was a louk ofstern j ness in iiis eye; toe boy soys he knows it v. as a “stern look—leeliug “stern,” as he cau testify, he says fright is a spkndid cure for the “hiccups,” but that the “ stern ” look it occasions is three hundred tiums worse thru the nic cups. He can’t play tag now, as he says his mother has forbidden him, and j be s.ts oil the edge of the seat at school | :U! ’l hes <)fl his front iu bed, and silent i ly murmuis that the “ol 1 man hiccough j r is census nod old beau off before be will ever again try to cure him.” The Li.t Teeth. —The London M .die .! lie cord says : “k has been long noted m this country that in those dis tricts where the use of oatmeal (in place of wbeaten fiuur) prevails, we finJ children and adults with the best developed teeth and j iws ; 'and so wt'il recognized is the influence of oatmeal upon the teeth that many prae kioners order its use as an article of daily diet fur children, in cases where dentition is likely to b either retarded or imper >> r • Cut. - wmmm mwii wi jfciMi s—r r rr —I—l1 —Tff iniTMWMniWTMMBBBWBWWBi Lvm*s of A<b(Ttisiis£.~ i- : lor earn .square of ten lines or ■ La* >i ,P *•'*• a. • riion. Si, and for each sub sequent insertion, fifty cents. tlos. J t Mt£ . l vea r. *' ■ I Four “ 6.00 10.00 18.00 35.00 o. 15.00 25.00 40.0 G i- 5.00 10.00 05.00 \ " -5.00 40-00 05.00 115.00 Sales, each levy $4 CO 5 ppliciii iot; , v Homestead 2 30 ►<iee :v, oJ.itors and Creditors 400 La id 8. , cut. square 400 Kaeit tutu atonal square 3 00 XG. 26. -he /Inreh to Eteruitj. Tramp, tramp, ou we go without pause or respite Lorn the cradle to tho grave. First comes progress and in crco.sc of stature; the development of every faculty, and culmination to tho zenith, of the physical and mental en ergies. Then, retrogre sion is the order of nature, and gradually, at iirst, but ’ ,Vi 'ii coiifctautly accelerated pace, the 4 " iianie desends lapsing finally into naught and the spiritual launching upon the sea of the dread unknown hereafter. Leader, this is your lot and mine, and there isno escaping the Consequen ces ot mans fall, and the douui of our iiast pareuts Y\ e must die, aye, inevi ably die. despite tho apothegm that aii men think all men ui rtai but them selves. Hence, when the return of a birthday marks another of the brief stages upon’ lie’s pathway, bringing us one stadium nearer to the gold of eternity, it 13 meat at least to pause and reflect, flow stand.-- (lie reckoning ? Have wc grown wiser and better within the last twelve mouths ? Have feuds and animosities been forgotten, and enemies thereby transformed into friends? Have w*e conquered self in any particular, and risen superior to the slavery of injurious habits or propensities ? Are we fonder husbands or wives, and more tender and considerate parents? Have we sought to pay our honest debts and owe no man aught save love? Have we' endeavored to seek the ‘ pearl of great price and propitiate the favor of a long suffering and merciful God ? In short, are we advancing or retrograding in the scale of being ? These are pertinent and important questions which should be propounded’ and candidly answered by every one it. each return of his natal day. -Man’s allotted existence is but three ' score years and ten, and few go beyond it. How socn then will the hours of probation ebb away, and the night of death succeed, wherein “ no man can work.” to; Jie nay of one’s .birth should be celooruted with thanksgiving and praise iu that God has me-eifully lightened °. u /’ 10 a oother year tho fleeting span of iile, an dp. row 11 him with i inuueraHe benefactions and loving kindnesses*. Moreover, it ought to be seen to that good resolutions are not only Hen form ed, put faithfully kept. v ’ K h !<i an exchange h true stofy ~-f a puppy named Sambo,'and a kitten named tabby. 1 hey grew up together aed became excellent friends. Sambo had ti oou c e made for him in the yard, which reached down to the river near by. /Hi or a while 1 abby had two kittens v v n:ch she took in her mouth aid pit in Sambo’s house. There all four slept together. r During a heavy rain, which lasted several days, the river overflowed its banks. The water covered the stable* wud, and the dogs house floated away down the river. Sambo came home with a dripping coat, hut nothing was seen of Tabbv or iici kittens. For some time afterwards he jumped into the river every day a> and swam away. He was always out two of three hours. lie would beg for f >od, and though he was well supplied every day, he grew very thin. . one ( ’ :i y his owner went out on the river with some friends in a row boat, the dog went too and seemed vCfry hap-' PV- After awhile the boat came near a i .uc i-.and, and Sambo jumped out and swam t the End. W hat was the sur prise of the party when Tabby and her kittens came running to meet him !—- The’lady landed and called Tabby; she seemed vci y glad to see her friend, but t* l ’ kittens bau grown wild, ant. rag away. \ hi!e they were ri Loing against Sambo, the lady caught them, and she tr.k all her pets home with her in she boat. The little house, as it floated down tile river, must have caught among the reeds, or detained in some such way, at 1 the island, long enough fur Tabby and her kittens to land, and afterward have been borne on again by the current.— ‘The dog had carried the food that was given him every day, all the way to the island, and kept '' abby and her. kittens from starvation. Shadows.—Not a household shall you find 'upon which snme’shadow has not fallen, or is hanging ever ready to fall, iou will find there is scarcely one household that does not know some sorrow not known to the world. Who do not have some trial there, peculiar message, which they do not talk about except among themselves? some hope tHui has been b a ted ? some rxpeeta— cion or aspiration east to earth ? some j wrong, real or imaginary, which some member of the household ‘has suffered ? | trembling anxieties lest-other members i will not succeed ? trials from the pe* culiar temperament of somebody in the house, or s me envy that binds us from Witnout ? some thorn in the flesh ? some physical disability that cripples our energies when we want to use them most ? some spot in the house where death has left his track, or are we pain fully listening to hear his footsteps coming on. A taste for books is the pleasure and glory of my life. I would noi./ exchange it for the piches of the In dies.— Gribbm .