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CALHOUN TIMES I>. 3. FREEMAN, Proprietor v CIRCULATES EXTENSIVELY IN Gordon and Adjoining Counties. Office: Wall St. r Southwest of Court HouSdv h atms of srfkejMPTioN. Ouc Year $2.00 Six Months 1.00 jjrtettylc. W estern & Atlantic Railroad AND ITS CONNECTIONS. ‘ * kexxesa w no tjte.” The following takes effect may 23d, 1875 north ward. ‘ No. i. Leave Atlanta 4.10 p.m Arrive Cartersviile 0.14 Kingston 6.42 “ “ Da1t0n..,.. 8.24 “ “ Chattanooga 10.25 “ No. 3 Leave Atlanta..... 7.(K a.m Arrive Cartersviile 9.22 „ “ Kingston. 0.5 t “ “ Da1t0n..... 11.54 “ Chattanooga 1.56 p.m No. 11. Leave Atlanta 3,30 p.m Arrive Cartersviile 7.19 “ “ Kingston 8.21 “ “ Dalton 11.18 “ SOUTHWARD. No. 2. eave Chattanooga 4.00 p.m Arrive Dalton 5.41 *< “ Kingston 7,28 “ “ Cartersviile 8.12 “ “ Atlanta 10.15 “ No. 4. J e; ve Chattanooga 5.00 a.m Ari ive Dalton 7.01 “ “ Kingston 9.07 “ “ Cartersviile . 9.42 “ “ Atlanta 12 06 p.m No. 12. T a\e Dalton 1.00 a.m Ari e Kingston 4.19 *• ‘ Cartersviile..... 5.18 “ “ Atlanta 9.20 “ nil nan Palace Cars run on Nos. 1 and 2 be .eet New Orleans and Baltimore. i oilman Palace Cars run on Nos. 1 and 4 bet een Atlanta and Nashville. ) dim tn Palace Cars run on Nos. 2 and 3 bit veer Louisville and Atlanta. No change of cars between New Or lear t, .N tbile, Montgomery, Atlanta and Bal more, and only one change to New Yor v. P isseng ms leaving Atlanta at 4 10 p. m., arri.einNew York the second afternoon ther after at 4.00. K curstcn tickets to the Virginia springs and various summer resorts will be on sale in N w Orleans, Mobile, Montgomery, Co lumbus, Mac an, Savannah, Augusta and At lanta, at giWUly reduced rates, first of Juno I’a’ties desiring a whole car through to he irginia Savings or Baltimore, should a hlfv ss the un lersigned. Pa ties contemplating travel should sen,! | f >r a copy cf the Kennesaw Route Gazette, | c )iita ning sche.lules, etc. tlfl.) . Ask for Tickets v ; a “ Kenncsaw j outi ” B. W. WRENN, G. P. & T. A., Atlanta, Ga. Change of Schedule. TiIE GEORGIA AND MACON AND AUGUSi A RAILROAO3. ON VND AFTER SUNDAY, JUNE 28rn, I '7l, the Passenger Trains on the Gcorgi i ..nil Macon and Augusta Railroads will run as foil V.'£ : GEORGIA RAILROAD. Day Paste ger Train Will fj ave Augusta at 8:45 a m L avo Atlanta at 7:00 a m A rive in Augusta at 3:80 p m A rive in Atlanta at 6:45 p m Ntygt Vasscnycr Train. T ea'c Augusta at 8:15 p m I ea v c Atlanta at 10:80 p in \n ve in Augusta at 8:15 a m Anive in Atlant , at 6:22 a n> ■VI AC ON AND AUGUSTA RAILROAD. Macon Passmoer Train. T eave Augu?' at 0n...10:45 ani 1 eave CanmL at * 2:15 p ni Arrive at Macon at 0:40 p m Leave Macon at 6:30 a m Arrive at Camak at 10:45 a ru Arrive at Augusta at 2:00 p in BERZEI L 4 PASSENGER TRAIN. Leave Augusta at 4;15 p m Leave BerzMia at 8:80 a in Arrive >n 4ugusta at 9:55 a in Arrive in Ilerzelia at 5:50 p m Passengers from Athens, Washington, At lanta, or my point on the Georgia Rail road and Branches, by taking the Day Pas senger Train, will make close connection at Camak with trains for Macon and all points beyond. Pullman's (First-Class) Palace sleepin Cars on all Night Passenger Trains on Georgi: Railroad. S. K. JOHNSON', Superintendent. Superintendent’s Office Georgia and Macon and Augusta Railroads, Augusta, June 29, 1874, JJ Jv. MAIN, M, 14. PRACTICING PHYSICIAN, Ha.ing permanently located in Calhoun, offers his professional services to ihe pub lic. >Vill attend all calls when not profes sion lly engaged. Office at the Calhoun Hot 1. Special jSTotice. MISS IIUDGINS can now befound at MRS. MILLS’ URNISHING ESTABLISHMENT, 51 Broad Street, Rome, Ga., where she is prepared to do Mantua making and Cutting in all its branches. Call and see. Mrs. Mills is receiving a full stock of millinery and fancy notions, latest styles felt, straw .and velvet hats, cloaki. ..<•£§ and wraps in endless variety. Every l Inng necessary kept for ladies’ outfit. [sep29-/ in. ItllE undersigned have located themselves at the >Mims Tan-yard, on the Love’s Bridge ro id, 3| miles fr>m Oalhou , lor the purpose of carrying on THE TANNING BUSINESS. They are prepared to receive hides to tan on shares, or will exchange leather .or hides. They bind thtmselv:s to prepare leather in workmanlike style WM. HUNT*.- & SON. (September 14, 1875. ’2in. CALHOUN TIMES. Two Dollars a Year. YOU. YI. CHEAPEST AND JJEST! HOWARD 111 lilt 111.11 (HIM! MANUFACTURED NEAR KINGSTON, BARTOW COUNTY, GEORGIA Equal to Ore best imported Portland Cement. Send for Circular. Try this before buying elsewhere. Refers by permission to Mr. A. J. West President ot Cherokee Iron Company, Polk county, Georgia, who has built a splendid dam across Cedar Creek, using this cement, and pronouncing it the best' he ever used. Also refer to Messrs. Smitk , Son & Ilro., J. H. Veal, F. I. Stone. J. J. Cohen and Major Tom Berry, Rome, Georgia, Major H. Bry an, ot Savannah, T. C. Douglas, Superin tendent of Masonry, East River Bridge, New \ork, Gen. Win. Mcßae, Superintend ent W. & A. Railroad, Capt. J. Postell, C. E. Address G. 11. WARING, Kingston, Ga octl3l y. Institute I IF YOU would enjoy the III) I TVS) most fl lightful luxury; if ■ 111 /I All I Jyou would be speedily, cheap- UIIII lit ly, pleasantly and perma jnently cured of all Inflam matory, Nervous, Constitu tional and Blood Disorders if you have Rheumatism, Scrofula, Dyspepsia, Bron chitis, Catarrh, Diarrhoea, Dysentery, Piles, Neuralgia, Paralysis, Disease of tiie Kidneys, Genitals or Skin, Chill and Fever, or other Malarial Affections ; if you would be purified from all Poisons,whether from Drugs or Disease; if you would ™ r . . have Beauty, Health and l iSil Long Life go to the Fygien -1 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 directions for treatment at home. Terms reasona Lie. Location, corner Loyd and Wall streets, opposite || m|l | jPasscnger Depot, Atlanta, Dll AII I ■ Jxo. SI’AINBACK Wmso , 1 fliysician-in-Charge. Awarded the Highest Medal at Vienna- E. & If. T ANTHONY & €O., 591 Broadway, Nety York. (Opp. Metropolitan Hotel.) SVlanufacturers, Importers & Deal ers in CHROMOS AND FRAMES, Stereoscopes and Views, Albums, Graphoscopes an 1 suitable views, Photographic Materials, We are Headquarters fo" everything in the way of Stcreoscopt irons and Magic Lanterns. Being manufacturers of the Micro-Scientific Lantern , Stereo - Panopticon , i'niversity Stereoscopticon , Advertisers Stereoscopticon y 4 rtopticon, Schojl Lantern , Family Lantern , People's 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. SfcjrCut out this advertisement for refer ence fiep29-9m Brick-Layer & Contractor. rpilE undersigned most respectfully begs A leave to inform the citizens of Calhoun and surrounding country that, having pro cured the aid of Mr. Hilburn as a number one bricklayer and Barrey O’Fallon as a number one rock-mason, is prepared to do all work in i is line in the most satisfactory manner and on moderate terms. The pat ronage of the public generally solicited. HENRY M. BILLHIMER. Calhoun, Ga., November 9, 1875. All orders addressed to ine as above wil receive prompt atten'ion. novlO-ly T. M. ZEJXjtXaXO’ UViRV &SALI STABLE, Good Saddle and Buggy Horse? and New Vehicles. Horses and mules for sale. Stock fed and cared for. Charges will be reasonable Will p .y the cash for corn in :he ear and ‘‘odder in the bundle. feb?-tU field; QT;ritQ FJ owEH, gakdenoLLUotree, HEIHiE,&c We offer our usual large and complete as sortment, embracing the most desirable va rieties and of best quality, and mail price list to any address on receipt ot stamp S eds of all kinds by ucket, ounce. > urn *, and quart, can be sent by mail to any post office in the United States. EDWARD J. EVANS & CO., Nurserymen and Seedsmen. u 3 oi, Yokk, Pa. CALHOUN, GA., WEDNESDAY, MARCH 15, 187 G. TRUTH AND TRUST. “Feme day,” we say, and turn our eyes Toward the far hills of paradise. Some day, some time, a‘sweet now rest Shall blossom, flower-like, in each breast. Some time, some shall see, The face- kept Some day their hea hands Just over in the Morning Lands. Some day our ears shall hear the song Of triumph over sin and wrong. Some day, some time, but oh! not yet, But we will watt and not forget That some day all these things shall be, And rest be given to y ou and me. So wait, my friend, though years move slow, The happy time will come, we know. Did He Propose? —lt was mid night. The young man had farewelled himself out, and Emiline had locked the door and was u tying her shoes, when her mother came down stairs with with a bedquilt around her, and said : ‘‘Wanted to creep up stairs without my hearing you, eh? Didu’t think I knew it \ as an hour after midnight, did you ?” The girl had no reply, and the moth er continued : “ Did he propose this time ?” “ Why —mother !” exclaimed the daughter. “You can ‘why, mother’ all you want to, but don’t I know what he has been coming here for the last year ? Don’t I know that you’ve burned up at least four tons of coal courting around here ?” The girl got her shoes off, and the mother stood in the stair door and ask ed : “Emilire have you got any grit ?” “I guess so.” “1 gue<-s you hav’ent. I just wish that a feller with false teeth and a mole on iiis chin would come sparking me. — Do you know what would happen Erne line ?” “ No.” “ Well, I’ll tell you. He’d come to time in sixty days or he’d get out of this mansion like a goat jumping fur sunflower seeds ” Emetine went to bed to reflect over it. Johny Briim tells About his Sis ters. Sisters is good fur a feller to have. They does a good ma~ y things which a boy couldn’t do so well. They’re aliers in the house, or they ought to be, and if they don’t know what a feller wants, wh ( duz? Now I’ve got three sisters ; Kate is the oldest,an’she’s boss. Jennie and May haven’t got much to say when Kate’s around. Kate beats tlie socks off’n anything in making doenuts. I try to keep in with her. especially about Christmas times. A red headed feller comes t) see Kate. Site likes Irm, an’ he likes her Kate gives me sumthin’ always when that feller comes around, that is.if L’m where she is, and I ailers am there about that time, but I don’t sta) long. Surnhow Kate do'-’t hanker after me much then. Jennie plays the praino. Jennie is the lady ol our house. She’s got more fl ips and bugles, and flutes and things than all the rest of us. I was sick once. Sisters is good when a feiler’s sick. Mary took m ist care of me then. I tell you boys is ruff. but I know sum fellers what’s ruffer than me. Sisters ’ll do to go to matinees with, hut they ain’t so good around circusses. They don’t want to go where the boys duz. They are too nice, you know. That is all 1 kin tell about sisters now. Origin of the God Hymen. Daochet, the French poet, tells us, respecting the deification of Hymeu.that he was a young man of Athens, ob scurely born, but extremely handsome. Falling in love with a young lady of distinction, he disguised himself in a female habit, in order to gel access to her and enjoy the pleasure of her com pany. As he happened to be o e day in this disguise wi h his mistress and her female companions, celebrating the rites, of Ceres Elcusina, a gang of pi rates came upon them by surpiise and carried them ofl. Ihe pirates, having conveyed them to a distant island, gut drunk for joy, and fell asleep. Hymen seized his opportunity, armed the vir gins, and dispatched the pirates; after which, leaving the ladies on the island, he went 111 haste to Athens, where he told his adventure to all the paients,aDd demanted her he lovei in marriage as her ransom. His request was granted, and so fortunate was tne marriage, that the name of Hymen was afterward in voked in all future nuptia's, and in progress of time the Greeks enrolled him among their gods. The following was a part of a young altormey’s peroration on argument of a demurrer in a court recently : ‘-May it please your honor, this is a stupend ous question. Its decision, by you this day, will live in judicial history long alter you and I shall have passed from this scene of earthly glory aud subluna ry vanity ; when the tower of Fisa shall grow dim in the distant cycles ot receding centuries ; when the name of Eugene Marlborough and Napoleon are no longer remembered ; when the Pyramids of the Pharaohs shall have crumbled dust ; when the hippo, potamus shall cease to inhabit his native Nile ; even then your ruling upon the demurrer will survive in the volume of legal lore, ns fresh, g-een and imperisha? ble as an antique Kansas grasshopper er a Colorado potato bug.” Truth Conquers All Things,” A Chinese Home. One .\ew Years day I was invited to spend the day with a .Chinese tea mer~ chant and his family ;and as I was anx ious to learn exactly how they observed the festal season, I begged them to make no change either in their festivities or the bill of fare, but to let me be treated as one of then selves I had jenown the old merchant and his sons for some tirng, but. hud never met the ladies of his household. There were three of then*—/ o* tku old gentleman’s wife, an unmarried daughter and the newly weddedwife of the eldest sod. The last, l had heard was beautiful, but I was nut prepared for such a vision of lovelinessas met my view, when the tL njMboted, gentle-spoken twelve year' old bride W'S introduced >y her mother in-law. She was very fair, with eyes as bright as diamunus, and her long, jet'biuck hair, in one peavy braid, was twined with a wreath of natural flow eis about the beatiful fumed head, and held in pla eby jeweled pins. She wore earrings, of coarse, with necklaces, chains, bracelets and rii gs enough to have constituted quite a respectable for tune in themselves. Her dress was of pale blue silk, very richly embroidered —all her own work, she told me. The skirt hung in full plaits about uer slen der figure, aud the tight fitting jacket showed’ to perfection rounded form, while the loose sleeve displayed an arm that might have served as a model for the sculptor. Put all this loveliuess was only for female eyes, for before entering the sitting loom tvhera her husbaud father and brother in law were assembled, she rut on the long loose, outer garment that Chinese ladies always wear when in “full dress.” This came below the knee, its sleeves reaching to the tips of her fingers, whilst its loose, flowing style effectually veiled the fairy form, hiding all its symmetry. She had the tiny, pressed ieet that the Chinese not only consider beautiful, hut necessary to high breed, ing, and they were encased in the dain tiest sippers, embroidered in seed pearls Put finery could not hide the deformity produced by so unnatural a process, nor the awkward limp of the poor little lady as she leaned on the shoulders of her maidens in hobbling from room to room. I asked her if her feet were still painful, and she replied that for the last two or three years a sort of numbness had succeeded the pain, but that formerly, and from her earliest recolection, her sufferings had been so intense that she gladly would have died ; and that she had often, in frantic agony, torn off the bandages, and when they were rep'aced, shrieked and screamed till delirium, for a time relieved her suffering. But after the fifth year the pain became less intolera* ble, she said, and now she did not think much about it, except when the bandages were changed. Then the re turn of the blood to the fo >t was such tortue as language could not de scribe. Yet in reply to my question on the subject, this gentle girl wife said it would be cruel it. a parent not to press the feet ot his daughter, as he thereby shut her out from good society, aud made a plebian of her for life. The bandages are always applied in early infancy, aud before putting them on, all the toes except the first and sec., ond are doubled in beneath the soles of the feet. The length of the foot, after undergoing this painful operation, never exceeds five .uches, aud ordinartly scarcely four. The young daughter of my host was a petit maiden of ten, attired in dainty robes of rose-colored satin, embroidered in silver, and her glossy raven hair was disposed in tv 0 massive braids, hanging down almost to her feet, twinkling in silver hued slippers Chinese maidens wear their braids down, and ‘‘the crown of wifehood" is symbolized by the cor" onet of hair laid for the first time on the top of the head on the marriage' day. Oriental customs always have a meaning. At dinner we had all sorts of queer dishes, many of them very palatable ; but alas, for me ! there were only chop., sticks to cat villi ! And my predica ment was very much that of the stork when invited to dine with the fox. All my essay?- were iu vain ; the dainty tit bits I was longing to tas'e would not be coaxed between the ends of my delicate ly carved chopsticks, and my eating was a very burlesqeu, which my gentle manly host and his well-bred family vainly tried not to notice. At length he apologized by saying that he sup„ posed I would prefer, at a Chinese ta ble, to use the dered a knife, fork and spoon be brought tor me. Tea was se:ved in tiny silver tea-po‘s that held less than half a pint, and each was placed on a silver waiter with fine little porcelian cups, without saucers 01 spoons, sugar or cream. This is the way the Chinese always drink tea, and one ot these unniature services is placed before each guest, while a ser vant stands by to pour the tea and re plenish the tea-pot when needed. Aft t dinner we had some music, several games were played for my spec ial entertainment and my host showed me a rare collection of paintings by the famous artist, Lang Qua. I was urged to remain fur the night,but preferiug to return, the sedan chubs were ordered to the door, and attended by the son of my h' st, I to k my departure, loaded with gifts from my hospitable entertainers A 8 the presents were all wrapped in tissue paper, I did not examine them 1 till I reached my own home. Each con tuined the card of the donor ; a pair of vases from the bdy ot the house, a wreath of wax flowers, only less lovely than her own fair self, from the gentle bride, and a pair of chop sticks, with which, I have no doubt, the donor thought I needed special practice,from the waggish youugor son of mine host How to Succeed. Young men who are ambitious to suc ceed in life, should understand very early in their career, that no trade or profession can be weil learned without thorough application—sleepless indus-’ try and high resolve. Safe fortunes are not amassed in a day,nor is profess., 'onal excellency achiev.d in an hour.— The lives of great or useful, or success ful men, all teach that patient industry, steadiness of purpose and sterling auis bition, are the only keys with which to unlock the heavy doors of fortune and Lme. Young men should learn these truths in the morning of life, and keep them always in mind as they struggle up the rugged way of human existence. The .nan who labors for fortune, who sweats that he may achieve, who denies himself and toils on the load, is very apt to hold fast to the goal when won. The man who burns the midnight lamp, that reads and thinks aud stores away both in season aud out of season, that climbs slowly and with pains those grand heights where “fame proud tom pie shines afar,” is more sure to make good use of his achievements, and to leave upon the shore of time, foot prints that cannot be washed away.— Jackson iSun. A Leap Year Story, There is a young gentleman in this town who is looked upon as assort of woman-hater, and who, it was believed unfcil^recently,would not marry the hand somest aud best woman ou earth if ev. ery hair in her head was a Koh i-noor diamond. On account of leap year some young ladies concluded to put up a job on t : is young man aud arranged it for one of their number to propose marriage to him, while the others watch ed the tun through holes bored in a partition. Ihe gentleman was invited to call at the house of a young lady who was to do ihe proposing, and on the designated evening he was there, seated °iu the parlor, while the accessories to the plot \\eie stut'oned at their eye-dioles Alter some desultory conversation about the .v eat her and the club the youug .ady suddenly dropped on her knee's belore the gentleman and terms declared her passion: “Darling,” she said, “ I iong have loved thee, but the cruel conventionalities of society have toreod me to conceal my passions Leap year, which gives to oppressed woman one blessed privilege, is now here, and I take advantage of it to teii thee I adore thee. Look not thus coldly on me, dearest , spuru me not from your presence. See me on my bended knees implonng that you will not s y me nay. Grant me but one kiss from those ruby lips; fold me to thine arms and say that *hou wilt be mine; mine, only mine; forever and for aye." Contrary to expectation, the gentle man uisplayed not the least astonishment during the foregoing recital, and when it was concluded he went over to the stove, and, folding his bauds uuder his coat-tails, thus replied ; “ 1 U 1 told your dad owns a hundred shares of North Carson, and that you’ve got two biindie bull dogs in y.>ur own right and without incumbrance; like wise I am informed that you are a good hand making slapjacks and biscuit ; that you don’t chaw gam, which, by the way, is powerful expensive these hard times. In view of these facts I consent, and leave it to you to set the day." Horrified, the lady tried to explain that it was all a joke, but the gentle man would not accept any such exp a n.otiou, and threatens a breach of prom '.se suit uuless she fulfills her promise, in which event he will summon the peepeas as witnesses.— Austin, (Nev ') Re Celtic. V J Putlesofa Mother.—Sh ; should be firm, gentle kind a;ways ready to attend to her child. She should neve laugh at him—at what he d>es that is cunning—never allow hiui to think of his looks, except to be neat and clean in all his habits. She should teach him to obey a look—to respect those older than himself, 'he should never make a com mand seeing that it is preformed in the right manner. Never speak of the child faults or foibies or repeat his remarks before him. It is a true way to spoil a child. Nev.r reprove a child when you are excited, ner let you tone of voice be raided when correcting. Strive to inspire love, not dread—respect not Par. Remember you are training and cultivating and educating a soul for eter nity. -Teach yonr children to wait up on themselves to put away a thing when with it. But do not forget that you weie once a child. Tiie o her day a Detroiter took home a hook containing several anecdotes showing toe power of the image nation and after reading tnem to his wife he tenderly said : ‘‘Now Angeline you may sometimes imagine that you hear me kissing the servaut girl in the other room, and you see how base iuwould be to accuse me of such a thing.” “John Henry,” she replied, in a smooth voice. • it I ever imagine such a thing, you’ll need a doctor within fifteen minutes no matter what the book savs.” —lhtrar Texan Prairies. Much has been sa : d and much writ ten of the beauty of the Texan Druries but no arrangement of words can pic ture them with that truthfulness which brings their riclcyet quiet charms home to the mind. After crossing the Bra zos, * but more particularly after the traveler finds himself on the western side of the Colorado, do these flower gardens of nature spread themselves be fore him, at every m'le of travel Im agine a gently undulating prarie, stud/ ded here and there with cool groves, and skirted by the green frings of timber which border the innumerable water courses of the country. At one time the wayfarer comes upon a paterre of gorgeous yellow flowers, of coloring so rich that the eye was dazzled and made weak by their splendor ; soon his way leads through fields of buffalo clover, with ts blossoms of modest blue relic v ing the sight, and its fragrance loading the air with perfumes. Then conies he to some bed of variegated bowers, where species innumerable are all struggling, as it were, to rear their heads above their fellows, and where the bending of all forms a picture than which nothing can be more beautiful. The gaudy yel low blossoms is subdued by the modest violet, the dazzling scarlet is relieved by the quiet pink, the brighter purple is softened by some azure neighbor, while a chastening infl icnce is thrown around by sone lily-like flower, whose ambitious stem has shot its blossom high over all, Nor can the most cunning disposal of coloring by the painter give to canvas this mellowed richness nor can the most elaborate handicraft of the weaver blend and harmonize aught to compare with the caipeting which Nature’s hor ticultur# has spread upon what Willis would term prairiedom. N'r is the richness and variety of its covering alone that gives beauty to the praries. Now the traveler sees a knot of red deer quietly feeding on some gentle slope ; anon the large rab bit of this section jumps liurredly from its forms and leaps with quickened pace to seek some covert of rank grass or weeds. At one time the entire face ol the prarie is Jit up a universal sun light; the next moment, as some cloud crosses the face of the orb of and >y, huge shadow's, assuming shapes the most grotesque and fabulous, are seen cours ing across the valleys and up the undu lations, losing themselves as the cause which produced them passes away. Quails are fluttering off as the travel er jogs upwards, rising from beneath his horses feet so tame are they; the sneak ing wolf sits watching him on yon knoll, or else trots stealthily away, as he deems his steps are leading him nearer than his coward caution thinks prudent.— Mayhaps a gang of wild mustangs are circling with rapid strides in the dis tance, their mines streaming in the wind, their nostrils expanding, and their heads tossing proudly, as if con scious of their own power of flight; and then, as the wayfarer nears the tim ber of some water course, a flock of wild turkeys, whose quick eyes have discovered approaching dinger—are seen scampering off to their shady coverts. Such are the scenes, such the beauties, which the traveler wit nesses as lie journeys over the fertile praries of Western Texas, nor is it in the power of our poor pen to do any thing like justice to the subject. Had Claude Mellnott’s wanderings led him to the romantic Guadaloupe, or the San Antonia, in spring time, or when nature is first donning her summer attire, he never would have made the most remote allusion to the Lake of Como, while murmuring his love tales in the too willing ear of Pauline. Brains in Time of Peril—The Grand Theatre at Vienna was crowded. The Emperer Francis was in the impe rial box The play, Scbillar’s “ Rob beis,” had reached the third act. when a cry arose that the stage was on fire.— Emelino Devrient signalled at once to the proprietor, who lowered the curtain The actor stepping in front fo it ere it wholly fell, in his clear, clarion, voice, said : “The Emperor has been despoil ed of an aigrette of diamonds. No hon est person will object to beiug searched. You will pass out one at each entrance, and bo searched by the polieceat the se veral doors Any manr attemting to go out of ordee will he arrested.” The crowd, deceived by the coolness and the charge ( poured out. As each reached the door he was simply told to hurry on and just as the last rows of the upper gallery were filing out thr flames hurst through the curtain. But not a life was lost, though in less than an hour afterward the building was in ruins.— Graphic. A Co ßßespnDent who attended a Cen tennial le; -ra.ty thus relates his expevi euce : Next in order was tea. for I was hungry. I han’t eaten anything in se veial days, preparing for my money's worth here. So I commenced by eating oysters, chicken, bailed eggs and ich cream aud drinking coffee and other things “ too numerous to mention.”— Said I to th * young lady at the table; “£low much is (he bill ?” Her answer wa plain and plump. “SI 05.” “WhatK-’ I says, “for one meal?” -‘0 yes said she, “that is on the’ rope in (European) plan and ; t gees for the Centennial.” I didn’t wait to hear the rest, but paid the bill and thought 1 hadn’t made much. The revival feeling ia spreading but s has’nt yet got down deep euough to IT.. r>h QXj-aujEJJJJLf'S'. In Advance. NO. 29. RateV of Advertising:. ■ x j For square of #r T< or the first insertion,, sl, ami ioKeacii sv sequent insertion, fift jr < ccsta, Ncrtfcfq’rs | 1 Mo, J 3 Mob. ( 0 Aloe 1 fwo V $7.00 I $12.00 S2O. 4<’our “ 0.00 10.00 j 18.00 36.( | column . 16.00 I 26.00 I 40.< V “ 16.00 26.00 40.00 66. t ! “ 25.00 40 00 j 65.00 [ 116.( Sheriff’s Sales, each levy ...$4 0 Application lor Homestead 2 Q Notice to Debtors and Creditors 4 0 Land Sales, one square ••• 4 0 Each additional, square 3 (M How to (Jet Kick. ’Tis the simpie&t thing iir the world if any one has only a uuud to pay tkn price ft dcuiuudcd lor it, as the loilowing will prove to you : \Y beu you purchase an article—do matter what — hat or pair of shoes, a oarrel of flour or a book, look with con founded surprise at the seller—as much us to say, "is it possible that you cau pat on a face to ask as much '{" Thick a moment, or appear to, aud offer IU or 14 per cent leas—remarking that you cuu purchase the same, and know where, tor the price you name. If you can not get the rucal at your price, by beating dowu aud lying halt an hour, you cau at least gel oil a lew cents.- do much will he gained. If you wat to hire a horse to take your mother or sweetheart for a ride, oiler half it is worth, aud muke the stable keeper take his pay out of your shop, aud be sure and charge him fifty per cert, higher tha*' you usually charge. When you have returned, make your mother or female friend pay half the hoi so hire, and all the eatables to boot. When you sell small articles, bite one in two to make weight, so as to not give the purchaser a fly s weight more than fie paid for. Befriend nobody. Never lend p four pence, halfpenny, even to your sick brother. Screw dowu everybody you can to the lowest mill, wheu you make purchases, never spend a dollar B that will not yield four fold Keep at it— work aud dig from daylight till dark. Spend nothing for pleasure or atum*i cueut, and you will gfovr rich. There is no mist ike about it; grasping riches and lurid gold, how consoling must be the whisper in your ear—“ This night thy soul is required of thee.” llow true will be the language of the poet in your case “ Starved in this world and darn’d in that to come." Truth Stronger tlutn Ficliod. A remarkable occurrence, recalling in some of its features the stories re counted in the Arabian Nights, took place last week on Wood street. A bumble cottage on that street is tenant ed by a young couple who last year made their bridal tour to California, Oregon aud washingtm Territory. While en geguu m Bcilinoii uauiug uu uue ui iuo rivers, the bride groom was so un* fortunate as to drop into its current a valuable diamond ring belonging to his wife. The loss of the geui was, of course, mourned, but after a while the incideut was forgotten, nor was it re called till last Thursday evening, when the young husbaud, returning late at night from taking stock, discovered that his wife had prepared for supper a can of salmon. Taking it up, he looked cre'essly at the label, said : “Why, Marion, this salmon was put up at the very place where I lost your - ing last summer. Wouldn’t it be odd if a sals mon had swallowed it, and been caughfi and canned at that very factory and put into this very can, and we should find! the ring in it?" His wife answered him jestingly, but he said : “I dou’t know how to account for it, but I have a sort of presentiment that I shall find that ring yet in some such romantic manner." She had scarcely said, “Don’t be a goose, Gus," wheu her eye caught the glitter of something metallic in the can, and she fairly scrcampd, “ Gooduess, gracious me, what’s that?" Her husband, who was scarcely less excited than herself, re moved the foreign substance with a> fork, when, what was hie surprise to discover that it was indeed a big lump of solder which in soldering the can had been permitted to fall into its contents. We wonder ifthe young men embarrk-* ing on the sea of loafertsm ever stop to couut the cost. Yet there is nothing so expensive. It costs health time —whole days, months, years of it It costs' health in waste of miud and body. It costs honor and self-respect and the respect of your fellow men. It costs happiness, iu the loss of virtue, morali ty and indeper. deuce The man who takes up loafing for his living is the veriest slave alive. He must sub-' mit to the kicks of fortune, because he has not the moral stamina to tend them oil. Go anywhere and see the well dre-sed or ragged inanities that lounge around bar-rooms, or stand on the street corners with cigars stuck in their mouth, day in and our, and you will have the class who loaf for a living. Whatgood are they but to cumber .God’s blessed earth, aud to eat the food better men strive so hard for ? Do something Sweep streets, shovel coal, dig clams—anything hon est —but don't loaf. A colored gentleman in lowa, hav ing been summoned to serve as a juror, was asked by the court, “ Are you a Voter ?” lie replied,;- “ l’se black enulf, in a sa, but not ©Mj snuff, 4 ’ and he was excused. A scien me paper says: “Keep your mirrors away from the s >n.” “And. from the daughters also, if you eaa/' adds a family paper. “What do you feed to your pig?’’ asked a neighbor of a Manayunker, who bough such an animal last Novem ber. ‘Corn,” he said. Do you feed it in the ear ?” “Do you think I am a food said the Maoayuuker sarcastically* Montgomery Alabama, don't want tr~.. iu.,n * ■ ■ —*— l