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CALHOUN TIMES I>. B. FREEMAN, Proprietor. CALHOUN TIMES CIRCULATES EXTENSIVELY IN Gordon and Adjoining Counties. Office: Wall St., Southwest of Court'House. RATES OF SUBSCRIPTION. One Year $2.00 Six Months 1.00 i’.ailvoart ArlmhtU. Western & Atlantic Railroad AND ITS CONNECTIONS. 1 * KENNESA W RO VTE” The following takes effect may 23d, 1875 NORTHWARD. No. 1. Leave Atlanta 4.10 i\m Arrive Cartersviile 6.14 ‘‘ •* Kingston 6.42 “ “ Dalton 8.24 “ “ Chattanooga 10.26 “ No. 3 Leave Atlanta 7.00 a.m Arrive Cartersviile 9.22 „ “ Kingston 9.56 “ Dalton 11.54 “ Chattanooga 1.66 p.m No. 11. Leave Atlanta 6,30 p.m Arrive Cartersviile 7.19 “ “ Kingston 8.21 “ “ Dalton 11.18 “ SOUTHWARD. No. 2. ",<eave Chattanooga 4.00 p.m Arrive Dalton 6.41 “ “ Kingston 7,28 “ “ Cartersviile 8.12 “ “ Atlanta 10.15 “ No. 4. 1 or ve Chattanooga 5.t)0 a.m A n ive Dalton 7.01 " “ Kingston 9.0", ‘ “ Cartersviile .. 9.42 “ “ Atlanta 12 06 -.m No. 19. T 'av c Dalton 1.00 a.m A t*i e Kingston 4.19 *• ‘ Cartersviile 5.18 “ •* Atlanta 9.20 “ oil nan Palace Gars run o i Nos. 1 and 2 be vee i New Orleans and Paltimore. 1 oilman Palace Cars run "ii Nos. 1 and 4 hot een Atlanta and Naslivihe. 1 ullm m Palace Cars run on Nos. 2 and 3 it veer Louisville and Atlanta. No change of cars between New Or lcars, A. )bile, Montgomery, Atlanta and Bal: more, and only one change to New York. Pisseng *rs leaving Atlanta at 4 10 p. m., arrive in New York the second afternoon ther after at 4.00. E eursic n tickets to the Virginia springs and various summer resorts will be on sale in N w Orleans, Mobile, Montgomery, Co lumbus, Mac Savannah, Augusta and At lanta, at gieatly reduced rates, first of June Pal’tics desiring a whole car through to \ irgima Sovings or Baltimore, should aldrtss the tin lersigned. Pa ties contemplating travel should send it'ir a copy of the Kcnnesaw Route Gazette, n mta uing scliclules, etc. . Ask for Tickets ( : a “ Kennesaw l oute ” B. W. WIIENN, G. P. & T. A., Atlanta, Ga. Change of Schedule. I.IE GEORGIA AND MACON AND ALUUS’i A RAILROADS. ON \ND AFTER SUNDAY, JUNE 28th, D7l, the Passenger Trains on the Georgia .ml Macon and Augusta Railroads will run as foil, ws: GEORGIA RAILROAD. Day Passenger Train II ill 1. nvo Augusta at 8:4 > a m Leave Atlanta at 7:90 a in A rive in Augusta at 3:30 p in A rive in Atlanta at 5:15 p rn Niggt Vassenger Train. T ea\e Augusta at p m 1 cave Atlanta at 10:50 p m An .ve in Augusta at .....8:15 a in An ive in Atlant t, at 6:22 an MACON AND AUGUSTA lIAILR AD. Macon Passenger Train. leave August.-, at 0n...10:1n m 1 eave Carnal, at 2:l-> p Arrive* at Macon at 0:10 p .Leave Macon at C>:3o a m .Arrive at Camalc at 10:45 a m Arrive at Augusta at 2:00 p m BERZF.I LI PASSENGER TRAIN. Leave Augusta at 4;15 pm Leave Berzelia at a m Arrive in lugusta at... 9:55 am Arrive in Berzelia at 5:50 p ni Passengers from Athens, Washington, At lanta, or my point on the Georgia Rail road a id Branches, by taking the Day Pas senger Train, will make close connection at Camnh with trains for Macon and all points beyond. Pullman’s (First-Class) Palace slcepiu .Cars on all Night Passenger Trains on ‘George Railroad. S. K JOHNSON, Superintendent , Saperi ntendent’s Office Georgia and Macon and Augusta Railroads, Augusta, Juno 29, 1874, i’vofc&suvnal & CCavdi . ■-■ —r barber shop. kaircutting, SHAVING, SHAMPOOING, Hair-dyeing, and al 1 work in my line clone * n a manner sure to give satisfaction at my sl >op in rear of 11. M. Jackson’s store. MACK LAW. Manhood: How Lost How Restored. Just published, anew edition !or^H’ of Dr. Cnlverwell’s Cclebra ' dLJV a/ f(.(] Essay on the radical cure (without medicine) of Spehmatobbikea or yetninal Weakness, Involuntary Aeminal Loss es, Impotexcy, Mental and Physical In capacity, impediments to marriage, etc., a . 8 °> Consumption, Epilepsy and F ns, in -1 UC( J by self-imlulgance or scjual extrava gance, & c . SrifPricc, in a sealed envelope, only six cents. I he celebrated author, in this admirable >!l y. clearly demonstrated, from a thirty years’ successful practice, that the alarming onerous use of internal medicine or the application of the knife ; pointing out a | |"* e of cure at once simple, certain and l '°hial, by means of which every sufferer, I’ 11 matter what his condition may be, may him:.elf cheaply, privately, and radi- I his lecture should be in the hands of 'cry youth and evey man in the land. ' en * under seal, in a plain envelope, to " ' a( ldress, j out-paid, on receipt of six cents 1 '"'a postage stamps. Addiess the publishers, F. li RUG MAN & SON, 111! St- v.. w Vor It T- I nil, in CALHOUN TIMES. Two Dollars a Year. VOL. VI. CHEAPEST AND BEST! HOWARD IIIIIKAIHI HIT! 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 Mr. A. J. West President of 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. Smith, Son & Bro., J. E. Veal, F. I. Stone. J. J. Cohen and Major Torn Berry, Rome, Georgia, Major 11. Bry an, of Savannah, T. C. Douglas, Superin tendent of Masonry, East River Bridge, New York, Gen. Wm. Mcßae, Superintend ent W. & A. Railroad, Capt. J. Postell, C. E. Address G. 11. WARING, Kingston, Ga octl3l y. Hygienic Institute i IF YOU would enjoy the ill! I TITII mos t delightful luxury ; if I-lx [I \| II you would be speedily,cheap- UiHlill/ ly, pleasantly and perma nently cured of all Inflam matory, Nervous, Constitu tional and Blood Disorders if you have Rlieumatism, Scrofula. Dyspepsia, Bron chitis, Catarrh, Diarrhoea, Dysentery, Piles, Neuralgia, Paralysis, Disease of the Kidneys, Genitals or Skin, Chill a>id Fever, or other Malarial Affections ; if you would bo purified from all Poisons, whether from Drugs or Disease; if you would fjIITDI/. i * iave Beaut y. Health and I I |i |\ iSll Long Life go to the Hygien *■ tJ ll'li ij c Institute,and use Nature’s [Great Remedies,the Turkish I Bath, the “ Water-cure Pro cesses,” the “ 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 hie. Location, corner Loyd and Wall streets, opposite Passenger Depot, Atlanta. * Jxo. Staixback Wii.sox, i’hysician-in-Charge. Awarded the Highest Medal at Vicuna E. & 11. T ANTHONY & C 0„ 591 Broadway, New York. (Opp. Metropolitan Hotel.) Manufacturers, 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 Stercoscopticons and Magic Lanterns. Being manufacturers of the Micro-Scientific Lantern , Stereo-Pa nopticon , University - Stereoscopticon, Adveitisers Stereoscopticon , A rtopticon , Schojl Lantern , Family Lantern , Peoples Lantern. Uacli 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. fifesT-Cut out this advertisement for refer ence.' D ©a sep29-9m Brick-Layer & Contractor. TIIE undersigned most respectfully bogs leave to inform the citizens of Calhoun a,id surrounding country that, having pro cured the aid of Mr. liilburn as a number one bricklayer and Barney O’Fallon as a number one rock-mason, Is prepared to do all work in l is line in the most satisfactory manner and on ru'derate terms. lpe P av ronage of the public generally solicited. b henry M. BILLHIMER. Calhoun, Ca., November 9, 1875. All orders addressed to me as above wil receive prompt attention. novlO-ly ' s*. MriDXjLlS’ LIVERY & SALK STABLE. Good Saddle and Buggy Horse? and New Vehicles. Horses and mules for pale. Stock fed and cared for. Charges will be reasonable. Will pay the cash for corn in the car and °odder in the bundle. febo-t.. ADVERTISING in RELIGIOUS ANI> AGRICUL TURAL WEEKLIES, HALF PRICE. Send for Catalogue on the List Ti an. For information, address CJ FO. lb ROWELL & CALHOUN, GA., WEDNESDAY, MAY 17, 1876. WHEN I MEAN TO MARRY. BY JOHN G. RAXE. When I mean to marry ? -Well, ’Tis idle to dispute with fate ; But if you choose to hear me tell, Pray listen while 1 fix the date. When daughters haste w ; th eager feet, A mother’s toil to share ; Can make the pudding which they eat, And mend the stockings which Vitey wear, When maidens look upoD a man As in 1 imsslf what they would marry, And not as army soldiers scan A sutler or a commissary. When pentle ladies who have got The offer of a lover’s hand, Consent to share his “earthly lot,” And do not mean his lot of land, Wh enyoung mechanics are allowed To find and wed the farmer’s girls, Who do not expect to be endowed With rubies, diamonds and pearls. When wives, in short, shall freely give Their hearts and hands to aid their spouses, And live as they were wont to live. Within their sire.’ one-story houses. Then, madam—n i m not too old— Rejoiced to quit this lonely life, I’ll brush my beaver, cease to scold, And look about me for a wife. A GENERAL CENTENNIAL, Resolution of Congress. A few weeks ago Gov. Smith received a copy of a resolution passed by both branches of Congress, looking to a gen eral and enthusiastic centennial of our national existence, and one also, which will be made greatly useful to the whole country. The following is a copy of the resloution : Joint resolution on the celebration of the centennial in the several counties or towns. Be it resolved by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assem bled, That it be and is hereby recom> mended by the Senate and House of Representatives to the people of the several States that they assemble in their several counths or towns on the approaching centennial anniversary of national independence, and that they cause to be delivered on such day an historical sketch of said county or town from its formation, and that a copy rf said sketch may be filed, in print or manuscript, in the clerk's office of said coun'y, and an additional copy, in print, be filed in the office of the Librarian of Congress, to the intent that a complete record may thus le obtained of the pro gress of our institutions during the first centennial of their existence. Approved March 13, 187 G. The resolution commends itself as ex pedient and wise. It can be very easi ly accomplished if the people manifest any interest in it. The history of every town and county will thus be obtained. At a later day much information now at hand will be impossible of access, and hence the importance of the execu tion of the work in this centennial year. The future historians of the country ./ould find great assistance in such vol umes as the resolution contemplates Indeed, without some such auxiliaries a perfect record of national events would in a few years become an imros o sibility Those who are not able to be at the national jubilee can celebrate at home a day we should al. love, aud by celebrating it in a proper manner may preserve much information which a century would make almost invalua ble. Morbid Impulse. But one of the most singular in stances in connection with material things, exists in the case of a young man who not long ago visited a large iron manufactory. He stood opposite a huge hammer, and watched with great interest its perfectly regular strokes. At first, it was beating great lumps of crimson metal into thin, black sheets; but the supply becoming exhausted, at last it only descended on the polished anvil. Still, the young man gazed in tentlyon its motion; then he followed its strokes with a corresponding motion of his head; then his left arm moved to the same tune ; and finally he deliber ately placed his fist upon the anvil, and in a second it was smitten to a jelly. The only explanation he conld afford was, that he felt an impulse to do it, and that be knew he should be disa bled ; that he saw all the consequences in a misty kind of manner; but that he felt a power within above sense and reason —a morbid impulse, in fact, to which he succumbed, aud by which be lost a good right, hand. This in ident suggest many things, besides proving the peculiar nature and powei of mor bid impulses; such things,for instance, as a law of sympathy on a scale hither to uudreampt of, as well as a musical tune pervadii g all things. — Chambers' Journal. Two Reasons. —‘ Here’s a boy down here that wants to lick me !” exclaim*- ed a boot black as he approached a policeman on Griswold street yester day. “He docs, eli ? What for ?” “Says L called him names, but I didn’t.” “And are you afraid of him?” “No, not exactly ; but I didn’t want to fight. One reason is I promised my dying mother I wouldn't, and the other •‘Truth Conquers All Things.” A Flea in Bed. There are some folks fleas won’t bite, but Alonzo Fleet, a marrried citizen of Danville, A'a., has spent the greater part of his life after sundown looking for fleas It is exceeding annoying to Mrs. Fleet. Just as she gets the baby asleep, and has folded her hands in blissful slumber, Fleet slips out of bed feet foremost, and bump he hits the floor with the half whispered remark on his lips : ‘* The durned fleas !” “ You have awakened me again, Mr. Fleet; I believe you are trying to wear me out. Here I have got to sleep, and am now so nervous that I shan’t sleep any more this night. What in the world are you after ?” “ Mary, there's a flea on me some where; you know I can’t sleep when there are flersin the bed.” Aud Fleet struck a match. “I don’t believe there’s any fleas here at all; its a notion of your own ; you can’t sleep yourself and you won’t let anybody else.” “’Pm my word, Mary, (Fleet ap proached with candle) ha ! there be goes now ! Oh, the little rascal! Now I’ve got him !” And Fleet grabbed the tail of his shirt, setting the candle by the bed, while he wet the place so as to see the flea, and theu he stuck a needle through it, and showing it to his wife, said in triumnh : “you call that a no tion, my dear? I call it a flea.” “ Mr. Fleet, take that candle away from the baby’s eyes,” she cried, just as the baby waked up aud the music com menced. “ I’ll rock her,[Mary,” murmured Fleet. “You rock her! No sir, never! I’ll rock her myself; it’s just what I’m for. I, Mary Thompson, married Alon zo Fleet to suffer for him, to drudge for him by day, and loose my sleep for him by icght. My life’s no more than a flea to him. What cares he it I die ? Hooty, tooty, isn’t Mr. Fleet young and strong, .<nd handsome, couldn’t he soon get another wife?” And Mrs. Fleet lifted up her voice and wept like hard rain. Fleet put on his breeches and took a chew of tobacco, and as he walked to the[window to “spit out,” he said seri ously, he wished every flea on earth was at old nick ; that he wasn’t long lor this world, if Ma>-y lived, and the fleas continued to bop around at night. Mrs. Fleet told a friend next day that Mr. Fleet had provoked her so much hunting fleas at night that she believed chat he was after agravating her to Flee as a bird to Mount Zion.” They laughed and told her eke was al ways saying something funny. The Lost Garden of Eden Take the garden of Aden for instance. If Adam had been left alone ten to one he’d have stopped there now. All he had to do was to walk up and down the flowery paths of Eden, smoke his mild cheroot, and count the ani mals. Happy man. Bltssed existence. And what happened ? Why Eve happened —and that ended it I often think of the jolly times the old folks might have, if they had been contented. No work. Everything handy. Private menagerie in the back yard. All the fruits iu their season. No clothes. No hills. No tailors. No patent bustles. No servants. No crowded cars. No high hats before them at the ope* ra. No Trade Union —but, hold on, I guess there was a Trade U nion for Cain and Abel were on a stick at a very early period. Come to think of it, however, there was no Cain and t’.ere was no Abel till after the fall. Lovers’ Wooiags, “Probably there is no two in stances in which any two lovers have made love exactly in the same wav as any two other lovers, since the world be gan. — Sir Arthur Helps. Barks insinuated. Yivieu charmed Merlin. Alexander made a borlire for Thais. Paolo read naughty stories to Fran* eesca. Ilildegarda took the bull by the horns. David played it rather low down on Uriah. The Merchant of Venice soft-soldered Portia with a lead casket. The garrulous female in the Arabian Nights told her husbaud stories. Milanion had a close race for At. lanta, but he played the apple game on her.* Queen Victoia sent for Prinoo Albert and told him she wanted him. She was victo*ious. In the Polynesian Islands they win their heart by beating th< ir head with a ehillalah. Aarry the Eight and Bluebeard were off with the head of the old love before the were on with new. Johnson poked the tobacco in his pipe down with liis sweetheart’s finger—a warm token af affection. Tristram did it mostly with a harp and was 1 j Bothwell was inclined to Maria aud locked her up in his castle. It worked as well as Peter’s pumpkin shell. Cobbett’s wife caught with him the grace with which she used her wash tub. She was never known to use it after the wedding. Sam Romilv the famous lawyer killed himself because his wife died. Many others kill themselves because rhey won’t die. Chatlemagne’s secretary was caught by a snow sparking the Emperor’s daughter at midnight, and she carried him home on her back, so that his foot® steps shouldn’t be traced. The Empor or heard of it and saddled him on her for the rest of her life. llow he Got Fooled. He walked into a Vicksburg barroom about 2 o’clock in the morning and sly ly edged his way up to the counter. — llis clothes were tattered and torn, and his head was shaven and shorn, and he looked fur all the world like a planta tion field hand. His face was as black night, and his general appearance couu tryfied and green. The barkeeper, a dissipated looking fellow, with a bloat ed face and a long nose, resolved to play a joke on the “green un,” to pass time; so he offered to bet the innocent look ing darkey the drinks that he couldn't pick up a pin from the floor without bending his knees. The nigger vowed that he was not given to betting, but he would try the trick to oblige tbe com pany. The pU was stuck in the floor, the negro bent to the task, and the bar keeper got alongside of him with a twenty-four inch board to see that he didn’t cheat. The negro stooped until it resembled Hogarth’s line of beauty ; his pants became tighter and tighter, and his breath shorter and shorten The barkeerer, with a cunning leer and a significant smile, slowly lifted the board in the air with both hands, and whirl ed and whirled it around to give great er force to the blow. The negro stoop ed lower and lower, his pan*s grew tighter and tighter, and the board flew faster and fas'er. At last, when every thing was ready tor the grand coup, the barkeeper took deadly aim, the board came down with a whir, and ike negro jumped nimbly aside, and the cunning barkeeper fell flat on bis nose. They picked him up and carried him home, applied oysters and raw meat, and when they told him that the green horn was a retired roustabout and had fired the Lee in the gieat race, he smil ed a sickly smile and admitted that he ought to have known better. ~e >— Give Your Gi lsan Allowance —Where it is necessary to study econ omy in everyway, and fathers complain of the frequent demand upon their pur ses by their daughters it is best for both parties that an allowance should be agreed on, and regularly paid every quarter. A girl is thus taught the val ue of money,and she learns to be careful how to spend it; she is led to exercise her judgment and taste, and to restrict herself in one respect in order to indulge herself in another. Without an allow ance, young persons cannot know the pleasures of denying themselves what might seem very reasonable and proper for the sake of bestowing the sum thus saved in charity. There is no gener osity in making presents to our friends, no benevolence in giving to the peer, if we are merely the distributors of anoth ers parson's bounty, and not one gratifi cation the less ourselves. A feeling of responsibility grows out of the dis bursement of a certain sum which we regard as our own.— llousekecp -- er. ■=*■ Grate Vine Picture Frame— Take four pieces of grape vine, of length that will pass around an oval dish of suba ble size, and coil them in a boiler of hot water, boiling or soaking them until pli able, when remove and fasten around dish, securing the ends by tying and twining wire around the different sti ips in three or four places, to hold in prop/ er situation. Cut a number of vine eaves from leather useing the cutters r moulds, sold for wax flowers. Make rapes by tying small marble in chamois skin, or old kid glove, fastening a pi* cc of leather colored vino in each oue.— Paint these, the leaves and Lame of light brown. Place a large full cluster at the top,and make a vine to twine iu and out, among the bars of the founda tion, arranging the leaves and fruit in tasteful groups. When done, var nish with Copal. —Household Elcrjan . cies. A Boy’s Experie ce at Cat Ta m.—A respectable working woman was returning homo one afternoon, says a French Journal, when a very little child apparently a prey to the wildest terror, clu ched her gown crying, “Take me away, take me away !” Looking at the little fellow more closely, she per ceived that he was covered with deep scratches. “From the cats !” he exclaim ed; “the four cats!” It then appeared that the child was being trained to act the part of a dwarf in a miniature circus in wbich he was to imitate Bidel the lion tamer,on a very small scale by exercising his sway over a number of cats, stained to resemble tigers. To this end the un happy little fellow was daily set into a cage supplied by the locksmith to his cruel guardian, with four cats, whom he was directed to w hip into submission, In Advance. Rules for Table Etiquette. Pure politeness has its origin in Christian charity end kindness, and all standard rules of etiquette were found-* ed for the greater convenience and hap piness to society. Although the reason may nrt be ob vious at fiist sight, they exist; aud will be apparent on careful consideration : 1. Do not keep others waiting for you either at the beginning or close of the meal. 2 Do not Sip soup from the tip, but from the side of the spo< n. 3. Be careful not to spill or drop any thing on the table cloth. 4. When passing your pi te, to be helped, retain your knife and fork 5. When asked for your plate, do not shove, but hand it. 6. Keep your Hate neat; do not heap all sorts t f food upon it at once 7. When drinking do not look around. 8. Use your knife for cutting food or spreading butter, do not put it in your mouth, or to your lips 9. Break your bread into small pieces, and rest them on your plate while spreading. 10. If you find anything unpleasant in your food put it aside a;- quietly as possible, without drawing the attention of others to it. 11. Do not open the lips or make unnecessary noise in chewing. 12. Do not touch the head. 13. Do not rest the elbows on the ta ble. 14. Do not speak with the mouth full. 15. Brush the table neatly before bringing on the dessert. 16. Be thoughtful and attentive to the wants of those around you. 17. Converse on pleasant subjects with those near you. 18. Do not say anything not intended for all to hear. 19. Never leave the table before oth ers without asking the lady or gentle man who presides to excuse you. —Bos ton Cultivator. Furnishing a House. A newly married young couple, just about taking and furnishing a house, arrrtcpatrtr great deahof pleasure in the choice and selection of their furniture, carpets, raper-hangings, etc. Both be ing persons of good taste, they uever for one moment imagine that anything but the most complete success will crown their choice ; but it very often happens that the carpet which looked very hand some in the shop is of much too large a patern for a small room, lighted from the top of the paper-hanger’s store, has a dark, not to say dingy appearance when placed upon the wails. So with the furn ture coverings; so with almost every artielo of furniture. It requires a person with a very experienced eye to imagine the difference between the looks of things in a shop and their appearance when they are put in a house. It has become the fashion lately to adupt uncovered oak floors, and they are very nice in sitting rooms if they are kept thoroughly polished ; and if there are. several handsome mats and rugs about, there need be no regular carpet put down in summer. A carpet in winter is warmer and more snug, but a margin might be left all around the edges of the room of'polished oak. A dining room is very handsome papered witn a dark crimson or green flock, with red curtains to match, the latter to have a Grecian border in red or green and gold silk. Turkey carpets are the* nic st, but any carpet of rich, dark hues and a quiet patern is suita ble. The prettiest wall papers for a drawing room are those with a pale gray or buff grounds, with elegant trails or sprays of riowers aud groups of many colored birds all over them. Curtains of cretonne to match look best, tho ’gh some prefer a contrast. Car pets for bed rooms should always be of a small pattern, and there should never be a lack of comfortable easy chairs and sofas —Manufacturer and Builder. “ Agin Redemption.” —Apropos of t’ e present financial svrangle, a letter to the Cincinnati Commercial revives the following story : I was reminded of a story which Robert Tooms, of Georgia, tells It has been related once in the Commercial, but will bear repeating. During the fi uaucial crisis of 1857 a countryman came to Toorn s with a tale of distress We must have more monej,” he said, or we are ruined.” “Ilow in the devil are you going to get more money asked the profane Toombs. ‘•Let the State Bank print it,” re plied the countryman. “ Well, when that’s gone what will you do ?” asked Toombs. Let the Back priut it,” replied the countryman, who had ideas of his ovrn on finance. •‘But how is all this money to be re* deemed ?” asked Toombs, thinking he had his rural friend cornered at last. ‘•That’s the point,” answered the countryman; “yousee I'm agin redemp tion.” taitii in our own utility is half of every lat tie How near are two hearts when there is no deceit between them ! Kates of Advertising. jpisgf For each square of ten lines or less for the first insertion, sl, and for each sub sequent insertion, fifty cents. No.Sq’rs | 1 Mo. | X Mos. j t> Mo? II year. Two SY.UO s7.tH> $12.00 I $20.00 Four 44 0.00 10.00 18.00 5)5.00 1 column . 15.00 25.00 40.00 | “ 15.00 25.00 40(H) G 5.00 1 44 25.00 40 00 05.00 1 ifi.OO Sheriff's Sales, each levy S>4 00 Application for Homestead 2 00 Notice to Debtors and Creditors 4 00 Land Sales, one square 4 (> Each additional square 5100 NO. 37. The History of Postage Stamps. The introduction of the postal sys tem, as it at present exists in all coun tries on the globe, has been crcJitid to England, when, in 1840, ' overs and en velopes were devised to entry letters all over the kingdom at ore penny the sin* g'e rate. This plan rus adopted through the exert ons of Sir Rowland t ill, who has been aptly termed the “father of postage-etampslt now aj pears, how ever, that there is another uspiirant for the introduction of the stamp system. Iu Italy, as far back as 1818, letter sheets were prepared, duly stamped in the left lower corner; while letters were delivered by specially appointed aarriers, on the payment of the money which the stamp represented f Jho early struip represented a courier on horseback and was of three values. It was discontinued in 1837. Whether Italy or Great Britain first introduced postage stamps, other countries after ward began to avail themselves of this method for the prepayment of letters, although they did not move *ery promp ly in the matter. Great Britain enjoyed the monopoly of stamps for three years, and, though the first stamps were issued in 1840, she has made fewer changes in her stamps than any other country nnd has suffered no change at all in the main design—the port’ait of Queen Victoria. In other countries, notably in our own, the Sandwich Islands, and the Argen tine Republic, the honor of portraiture on the stamps is usually distributed among various high public officers; but in Great Britain the Queen always fig ures on her stamps and nut even the changes that thirty-five years has made in her face are shown on the national and colonial postage stamps. The next country to follow the exam ple of England was Brazil. In 1842 a series of three stamps was issued, con sisting simply of large numerals deno ting the value, and all printed in black. Then came tho cantons in Switzerland, and Finland with envelopes which are very rare, and soon after them, Bavaria, Belgium, Franco. Hanover New South Wales, Tuscany, Austria. British Guia na, Prussia, Saxony Schleswig-Hol* stein, Spain, Denmark, Italy, Olden . burg, Trinidad, Wirtemburg and the United States. Other countries follow ed in the train until at the present day, there ; s scarcely any portion of the globe, inhabited by civilized people, which has not postage stamps. — St. Nicholas. The Bridal Chamber. —lie was tall and awkward, and she was Bhort and bashful, but both wore a nervous aspect of exceeding great joy. They entered a hotel in Chicago, and alter hu he had registered his uamo “and lady,” he said to the clerk : “ See here, mister, me and my wife have just been sjliced, and I am gting to show Amanda Chicago, if it takes a mule a day. Now give us one of them rooms like the Temple of Solomon, you know.” The clerk called a bell boy, and said: “ Show this gentleman tr the bridal chamber.” At this direction the tall rustic be came instantly excited. “ Not by a durned sight! Ye shin - ,* haired, biled-shirted dollar-breast-pin* ned, grinning monkey ye can’t play that on me ! If lam from the country, ye don’t catch me and my wife sleeping in your old harness room. And he left the hotel.— Ex. Happy Hours. The happiest hours of our lives are, perhaps, spent at table. The humblest fare with the society of a few friends we esteem, or have not seen for yearn becomes tho nucleus of a world ot en.. joy merit —even the very badness of the food is sometimes, on such an occasion,, the source of contended mirth and drollery ; but bad manners can never please. The heart dislikes them more than the palate dislikes sour bread or stale meat. Good manners will freshen the meat and sweaten the bread. Moro* over, good manners are of far more im portance at home than they are abro-d It is usual for people to put on their best manner to strangers. This is vepy wrong. Our best manners should be worn every day at our own firesides.— Let strangers hi jon'ented with some thing less lefined What is it that alien- ' i'tes wife from husband, husband from wife, parent from child, child from pa rent, and makes brother and sister quar rel, and ultimately disliked, then hated —and hated the more, because, in at tempting to correct it, it is the more per sisted iu. Wherever there is a waut of will to plcise, and in lifferencc to tin feelings of our co mates, ar.d satisfac tion in doing that which we bavq found to annoy them, there i3 the beginniug of the domestic strife; brother parts with brother and finds another compact ion, sister becomes alien from sister, wife sets up interest of her own, and ! plots against her husband, aud reunion becomes impossible by the oF of fenses which' follow in Church Uuiaii. Nimrod was a great hunter, but ho never saw aunt elope Next to being a great poet is tho power to understand one.
