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Tit K TIMES. p. B. FREE3IkN, Proprietor. CIRCULATES EXTENSIVELY IN Gordon and Adjoining Counties. Office: Wall St., Southwest of Court House. RATES OF SUBSCRIPTION. One Yesir $2.00 fix Months 1.00 Western & Atlantic Railroad and its connections. • ‘ KENNEBA W JIO UTE.” The following takes effect may 23d, 18*5 NORTHWARD. No. 1, Leave Atlanta 4.10 p.m Arrive Cartersville 6.14 ,l •< Kingston 6.42 “ • < Dalton 8.24 “ “ Chattanooga 10\25 “ No. 3 Leave Atlanta 7.00 a.m Arrive Cartersviile 9.22 „ “ Kingston 9.56 •* *< Dalton 11.54 “ Chattanooga 1.56 p.m No. 11. Leave Atlanta .. 3,30 p.m Arrive Cartersville 7.19 “ “ Kingston.. 8.21 “ “ Dalton 11.18 “ SOUTHWARD. No. 2. Leave (Tbaltanooga 4.00 p.m Arrive Dalton 5.41 “ “ Kingston 7,28 “ “ Cartersville 8.12 *' M Atlanta • •••••••••••••••••• *• •• • • 10.15 “ No. 4. 1 er re Chattanooga 5.00 a.m Anive Dalton 7.01 " “ Kingston 9.0’, ‘ “ Cartersville 9.42 “ •* Atlanta 12 06 **.M No. 19. ] 'axe Dalton 1.00 a.m A ri e Kingston 4.19 “ Cartersville 5.18 “ •* Atlanta 9.20 “ nil nan Palace Gars run o i Nos. 1 and 2 oe /ce i New Orleans and Baltimore. ; oilman Palace Cars run <Ol Nos. 1 and 4 et .eon Atlanta and Naslivihc. 1 uUm in Palace Cars run on Nos. 2 and 3 it veer Louisville and Atlanta. No change of cars between New Or lears, A (bile, Montgomery. Atlanta and Hal more, and only one change to New Vor\. P isseng >rs leaving Atlanta at 4 10 r. m., nn i-.c in New York the second afternoon tlier after at 4.00. ExoursH n tickets to the Virginia springs nnd various summer resoits will be on sale in N w Orleans, Mobile, Montgomery, Co lumKis, Macui, Savannah, Augusta and At lanta, at gi eatly reduced rates, first of June Pn Ties desi ,-ing a uhole car through to he \ irgima S'-irints or Baltimore, should 0 Jdn ss the 1111 lersigned. Pa ties contemplating travel should send fir a copy of the Kennesavv Route Gazette, conta ning selie lules, etc. Ask for Tickets *'a “ Kennesaw i outc ” B. W. WRENN, G P. & T. A., Atlanta, Ga. j I>. .TIN-LSEY, Watch-Maker & Jeweler, CAUTO EX, HA. All Styles of Clocks, Watches and Jewelry 11 ■ repa'rcl and warranted. .5. S. McCBEARY, jw-ref'v- o; *y, ri T J# . Breeder anl shipper of the celebrated POLAND CHINA HOGS. OF THE BEST QUALITY. Send for price list and circular, rhl 6 Oui. Fisk’s Patent Metalic BURIAL CASES. * *.- v ' Ilavig purchased the stock ot Boaz & Barott, which will constantly be added to a full range of sizes can always be found at tlie old stand of Reeves &-Malone. declo Cm. HOW TO GET PATEWTS. T 8 FULLY EXPLAINED IN A HAND 1 Book issued by Munn & €©•* Publishers of the Scientific American, 87 Park haw, New York. Send 10 cents for specimen of the best illustrated weekly paper publi bed. All patents solicited by Munn j N _e C°- are noticed in the Scien-J PATENTS, ( j^ c American without charge Hand Book free. No charge for advice and opinion regaiding the patentab.lity of in ventions, Send sketches. aug-Pm. SA NDALWOOI > Possesses a much greater power in restoring to a healthy state. It never produces sick mss, is certain and speedy in its action.— It is fast superseding every other remedy. Sixty capsules cure in six or eight days. No other medicine can do this. Owing to its great success, many substi tutes have bocu advertised, such as 1 astes, Mixtures, Pills, Balsam, etc., all ot which have been abandoned, Dundas, Pick A Co.'s Soft Caj>svhs contain ing Oil of Sandalwood, sold at all the blrvn_ Si 01 qs. 'A sk for Circular , or send to 35 jy26 t woostcr StreetNew York, for h one. [-9 ALgm T]\ IJJSTY -JJ VE CENTS WILL SEND THE WEEKLY SUN Fit om Now Till Alter the " residential Klec tion Post-paid to any Address Throughout the United States. No Campaign Document Like It. A dre as THE SUN, New York City. Bcp9-3f, 0 iv In ge life-like Steel Bn - 1 o v i n fi s of the Presidential Candidates sell vapidly.- * make Send for circular. N. 3 • Engraving Cos . 8-> Wall *IS A DAY. B x 8230, N. Y. [epo-Bt. CALHOUN TIMES. Two Dollars a Year. VOL. VII. CHEAPEST AND BEST HOWARD HVDRAILIC tUMIT! MANUFACTURED NEAR KINGSTON, BARTOW COUNTY, GEORGIA. Equal to Jie best imported Portland Cement. Send fir (Circular. Try this before buying elsewhere. Refers by to Mr. A. J. West President of Cherokee Iron Company, Polk county, Georgia, who Las built a splendid dam across Cedar Cre- using this cement, and pronouncing it, the best he ever used. Also refer to Messrs, , Son & Bro., J. E. Veal, F. I. Ston . .J. Cohen ami Major Tom Berry, Fame. Georgia, Major H. Bry an, of Savannah, T. C. Douglas, Superin tendent of Masonry, East River Bridge, New York, Gen. Wm. Mcßae, Superintend ent W. & A. R. iTrovJ. Capt. J. Postcll, C. E. ' Address G. H. WARING, Kingston, Ga octl3l y. Y\ IE GEORGIA Daily C3mmolmhh, JS PUBLISHED EVERY EVENING, {Sundays Excepted) By the L’ommomvealth Publishing Co*, ATLANTA,GEORGIA, An 1 is edited by Coloxrl Carey W Styles, late of the Albany “News,” with effeient assistants. The Commonwealth gives the current news of the city, State and elsewhere, mar ket reports, and vigorou editorials on mu nicipal, political, and general subjects. The coming canvass, State aud National will be closely watched and properly pre sented, while the meclanical and ngricuh tural in crests of e State will not ho neg lected. It has a large and rapidly increas ing circulation. TP K GS : One month, 75 cents. Two months $1.25 Four months, $2.00. One year, SO.OO. Printing:', Binding and Killing of every kind, done in the best style and at lowest prices. Commonwealth Publishing Cos., Atlanta, Georgia. GEORGIA A!D ALABAMA” STEAMBOAT COMPANY. ISTotico 2 ALL goods shipped to the care of J. M. ELLIOTT, Geu'l. Sup’L, Rome, Ga., fiom Philadelphia, New York and Boston, via Charleston orYa. & Tenn. Air-Line, will be guaranteed to all points on the Coosa, Oos tannula and Coosawattee rivers, at the fol lowing rates, to-wit : Class Class Class Class Class Class 12 3 4 5 6 i~75 152 122 ICO 78 65 The steamers, “ Magnolia and “Mary Carter” will run I lie following Schedule, carrying the U. S. Mail: Steamer Magnolia. I cave Rome —Every Monday 1 P- Every Thursday 9 a. cave Gadsden—Every Tuesday Ba. m Every Friday 8 a. m r r/vc at Rome-Eve ry Wednesday at 6 p. Eveiy Saturday, 6 F- 111 Steamer Mary Carter. Leave Rome Monday 8 a. m. Arrive at Rome Wednesday 0 p. m. Arrive at Carter’s Tuesdf ys )2 m. Leave Carter’s Tuesdays 2 p. m. Passenger Rates on Coosa River. Rome to Cedar Blff $] f Rome to Center 2 oO Rome to Gadsden 4 00 Passenger Rates on Oostanaula and Coosawattee Rivers. Rome to Reeves’ Station $1 00 Home to Calhoun 1 £0 Rome to Rcsaca 1 Y> Rome to Field’s Mi 11.... Rome to Carter’s Landing 3 50 Rates to other points inquire at the office of Company, foot of Broad Street Rome, Ga. For families intending to emigrate to Texas the Georgia and Alabama Steamboat Company offers a very desirable route via New Orleans. Direct and close connection is made from Meridian via Jack; on and New Orleans with Trains of the Texas line. Other informa tion can be obtained by addressing JAMES M. ELLIOTT, Gen’l Supt. Geo. W. Bowen, John C. Pbintup, Gen'l Freight Agi. Gen'l Pass. Agt. au j2G-'tf. GEORGIA,Gordon County. mo all whom it may concern. Jas. I. JL lagh r am and S. B Inghraui having in proper from applied to me for per manent letters of administration on the estate of A Ingnram late of said coun~ ty this is to cite all and singular the creditors and next of kin of A. tir ghram to be and appear at my office within the time al'owed and show cause if any they can why permanent admin istration should not be granted (o Jas. I. lnghram &. S. 13. Inghram on A. Ins ghram’s estate. Witness my hand and official signa-' ture this July 1. 187(3- D. W.NEEL, Ordinary. CALHOUN, GA., SATURDAY, SEPTEMBER lib 187(3.* THE SOLID SEVENTH. COL. Wm. II.DABXEYSOHIY ATK3> BY ACCLAMATION. Full Report of the Proceedings of Convention—Hon. Jullian Plartridge Renomin ated in the First Dis trict, [Special t<Tthe Constitution.] SEVENTH DISTRICT. THE NOMINATION OF IION WM. 11. DAB NEY BY ACCLAMATION. Dalton, Sept. 7th, 187 G. At 11 o'clock A. M., the delegates from the various counties of the enth Congressional District met in the Court House, when Col. J. W. Wofford, of Bartow, Chairman of the District Executive Committee called the meet ing to order. On motion of T. R. Jones, of Whits field, Mr. C A. Dunwoody, of Cobb, was made temporary President. Upon taking the chair, Mr. Dunwocdy made a stirring speech in favor of Democrat ic harmony and the necessity of coui o plcte organization in our ranks. Mr. Jones, of Whitfield, moved that C. 11. C. Wiliingnam, of the (Trters ville Express, and W. 11. Walker, uf the Catoosa Courier, be made Secreta ries, which was adopted - The call of the counties was then called, when \he names of the dele gates were called : DELEGATES. Bartow—Abda Johnson, R W Mur* phey, T J Lyon, A F Woolley. Catoosa—W A Woods. A T Ilackett, A H Gray, IV G Cook. ' Cobb —C A Duawoody,A M North* cutt, J D Waddell. Chattooga—J N Taliaferro, T R Jones. Dade—W W Charlton (proxy for E D Graham ) Floyd —Jno R Towers, Jr. Gordon —Dr W J Reeves, Dr R Hot ders. Murray—lV J Peeples, S L Trara micr, A P Wofford, W W GiJdens, James L McEntire, (. ol YV illiam LulT man. Walker —R M Dickerson, J 51 Lee, Robert Dougherty. Whitfield —T T Whitman, IL 11 Green, Nat Wofford, T R Jones. The fullowD e di-patch was received from a part of the Floyd delegation : Rome, Ga., Sept. 7,187 G. To J. It. Towers, Jr., care M. 11. (Jra mer : Because of the train’s delay cur del egation cannot go to Dalton. T. W. Alexander. The following letter was then read from Col. Abda Johnson : Atlanta, Sept 6,187 G. Dear Siu : Lt is impossible for me to leave here to go to Dalton to- mor row, however much I regret it. Please no ify an alternate and have someone to go in my place. While 1 have neither right nor authority to direef, any one in my place, I will express a preference honestly felt, and that is that the convention will unanimously nominate Col. W. 11. Dabney. I be lieve it is not only due to him, but that it is the iute'est of the Demo, eratic parly. If Dr. Felton’s proposition as to a nomination should be r ade, I would object to considering it for several vea sons. Among others, that it docs not become the Democratic party to invite or allow the Republicans to aid in the nomination of a Democratic ticket; that his plan is now impracticable and al most impossible of execution to the satisfaction of those interested, and that he ought not to be allowed to dic tate to 'he party. Very respec*fully, A. Johnson. On motion of Mr. Jon s, of Whit field, the - following committee on per manent organization was appointed : Bartow. T. J. Lyon ; Catoosa, W. A Woods; Chattooga J. N. Taliaferro; Cobb, A. M. Noitheutt; Dade, W. W. Charlton ; Floyd, John It. Towers. Jr.; Gordon. Dr W. J. Beeves; Murray, A. P. Wofford; Walker, J. M. Lee: Whitfield, T. B. Jones. The committee then retired, and, af ter a short absence, returned with the following report: President—Cel. A. T. Huckctt, of Gordon. Secretaries —0. 11. 0. Willingham and W. 11. Walker. Assistant Secretaries—T. E. Han buiyan D B. Freeman. On motion of Col. Waddel!, a com mittee of three was appointed to con duct the President to tho chair. Upon taking the same Col. llackett made a warm and enthusiastic speech of twen ty minutes, counseling harmony in the Democratic party. A motion of Col Huffman to go into a baltotting for a candidate for Con gress, which was amended by a motion of 31 r Murphoy to nominate Col W II Dabney by acclamation which was car ried without a dissenting voice, and amidst great applause. On motion of Col Waddell, the fol lowing committie on resolutions or plat form was appointed : Bartow, T J L.on; Catoosa, A II Gray; Cobh, J D Waddell ; Chattoc- ‘Truth Conquers AH Things.” ga, T R Jones; Dade, \V W Charlton; Floyd, John R Towers. Jr ; Gordon, Dr Reeves; Mu-ray, Wm Luffman ; Walker, K B D ckerson ; A bitfield, J T Whitman. On motion of A P Wofford, a com mittee of five, consisting of A. P. Wof ford, R W Murphy, 0. A. Dunwocdy, J M Lee and J RTowers, Jr., was ap pointed to notify Col Dabney of his n om ination.. On motion of Mr. Dunwoody, the convention adjourned to 2:30 p m. .afternoon session. The convention re assembled, and was. called to order by the President. Col Waddell. Chairman of the com mittee on resolutions, made the ing report : The Democratic party of the Sev enth Congressional District of Georgia in convention assembled, re affirm their undeviating devotion to the time hon ored principles of the old party, which the degeneracy of the times has left to the real friends of popular liberty, aud renew their vows of eternal fidelity to the only political organization which has maintained the theory and illustra ted by practice in the past, throughout a long scries of years, the ideal of citi zen —liberty, for which so many of the fathers and founders of the Republic fought and bled and died. This convention fully endoises the principles set forth in the platform promulgated at St. Louis. ’j his con vention fully endorses iii o n 'ruinations of Tilden and Hendricks thereat made. This convention fully endorses the plavform of principles laid down by the recent State Gubernatorial convention. This cot vention fully endorses the nom ination of Hon A II Colquitt, for Gov ernor of Georgia, and this convention also fully condemns any course of poli cy which may in .any degree tend to disturb the harmony or lead to disin tegration. In unity only lies strength, and this convention as an assurance of its faith in the principles above an nounced, feels a pride in presenting to the freemen of the district Col William 11 Dabney as a ft person to reflect their sentiments, and represent them selves in the Congress of the United States. The report of the committee was unanimously adopted, amidst great ap plause, upon motion of Mr. Murphey. Mr. Gray moved that the President of the convention appoint an Execu live Committee, to be composed of one member ftoui each county in the dis trict. Mr. Murphey, Chairman of the cotim mittee to notify Co' Dabney of his nomination and request his acceptance, reported that the commntce had Gis-- charged its duty, and that Colonel W 11 Dabney wou and sigtrfy his acceptance in person before the convention. [Loud and vociferous calls for Dabney.] Col Dabney theD, in a few ramarks, appropriately chosen, thanked the con vention for the honor conferred, and ac cepted the nomination. Invoking the aid of each individual member of the Democratic party, he pledged himself to carry aloft the banner extended to his hands, above the clouds of dust, and to bear it to victory, or if it should fail to fall with it Col J W Harris, of Bartow, was then called upon for a speech that aroused great enthusiasm and cheers for Democracy. Colonel J W Wofford was next call ed upon, and made one of his strong speeches exposing the conspiracy being under negotiation between Dr. Felton and Major Hargrove for an alliance de fensive and offensive. The President of the convention an nounced that inasmuch as three coun ties were not represented he would hold up an unnnruincemcnt of the Executive Committee for a few days. Ordered that the papers of the Dis trict and those ol Atlanta publish these proceedings. On motion the convcnt’on was ad journed stitt die. A T Hackett, Pres’t. C II C Wii LINGIIAY, W H Walker, gee’s. T E Ham bury, D B Freeman, Ass’nt See’s. .. —< -j- p*.— Causes of War. A certain king sent to another king, saying, 11 Send me a blue pig with a black tail, or else ” The other replied, “ I have not got rnc, a.id if 1 had On this weighty question they went to war. After they had exhausted their armies and lescuices. and laid waste the r kingdoms, they be,an to wish to make oeaee ; but before this could be done it was n.-cessary that the insult* ing language that led to '.he trouble should be explained. “ What could vou mean,” asked the second king to the first, ‘by saying: ‘Send me a blue pig with a Llaek tail, or else ’’ “ Why,” said the other, ‘‘l meant a blue pig with a black tail, or else some other color. But what tLd you mean by saying, ‘I have not got one. and it I had——” “Why, of course, If I had I should have sent it.” The story of the two kings ought to serve as a lesson to us all. Most of the quarrels between individuals are quite as foolish as the war <f the blue pig wi h a black tail. “How d’you do, aunt Maiia ?” said a Georgian to a colored lad . “I aint jer aunt missis, un’ I aint yer unci# ; i’se yer ekal 1” loftly replied tbe fe - male. Beauty on the Farm. One of the thinsis that brings enjoy ment of the farm is the beauty of its products. Indeed farm word guided In intelligence, i,- full of attractive results The farm it eIF, as a whole, when well and skillfully wo ked, has all the effect of a charming landscape. AU its part blond t 'gether with the harmonies of n complete picture which the eve no - rest on with constant pleasure. And then wc may assort without much liaz* aid of denial, that ev ry particular commodity or crop becomes Beautiful in proper tion as it becomes excellent. Thus a field of wheat which promises a perfect crop, and consequently dis plays ve’low heads, thick, level and un dulating, ip in deed a beimtiful object. On the othei hand when dr,light end rust blight the harvest it straight way loses rs beauty and becomes offensive to the eye. Can anything in the rural 1 i"e give more satisfaction to the be holder than a broad corn field whose perfect rows and heavy stand cover the ground evenly, and whose dark rich coloring gives tokens of the coming crop? But wheneven lightning of soil or Dck of moisture shrivels the leaves or dwarfs the stalk, the charm of beau ty is gone, and the whole fie’d is com paratively repulsive. This contr st of beauty in the perfect product, with de formity in the stunted one, holds throughout. An orchard laden with fruits which are i\ und.ripe and smoothe, gives pleasure *0 the eye as well as to the lalatc. B it-the withered f..liage wrom-eaten fruit and the dead branch es being emblems of decay are untrac tie. Turn now to the domestic ani mals, and the facts are the same. Evn here the element of beauty keeps-pace with the element of utility, aid doub les its value The same proportions that give strength, speed or endurance to the horse, give beauty of outlive t.u his form. The very points that made a shorthorn a valuable beef animal ren der him a handsome animal also. In short, look where we will on the farm whether at the at its fruits, grasses, grain or animaD, we shall find that whatever reaches its highest fitness for its destined purpose is beautiful and whateven fails jn fitness for its purpose is simply ugly. If these reflections are correct, the successful farmer not only secures the highest profits from his farm but he is surrounded by objects of per, p'etual beauty. Thus it is that the true the true farmer finds in his li'e work ;he resources of refined enjoyment. llis toil is dotted all along with triiMnphs, and by the aid of head hand lie is con stantly creating forms of natural beauty which gladdens his eye and cheers his heart: arid this it is that makes farm life, under its highest aspects, the tru est life that mao can lead. A General icn <;n Ihe March. A generation on the march from the cradle to the grave is an instructive spectacle, and we have it carefully pre*' sented to us in the repmt by Dr. Farr, an English ‘physician. Let us trace the physical fortune which any million of us may reasonably expect. The number, to begin with, is made up of 511,743 boys and 458.255 girls, a dis— proporion which by and by will be re* dressed by the undue mortality of the boys, and \ ill be reversed before the close of the strange, eventful history. More than a quarter of these children will die before they are five yc-ars old —n exact numbers, 141,387 boys and 121,395 girls. The two sexes are now nearly on a level. In the succeeding five years —from ten to fifteen —the mortality will be still further reduced, ludecd, lor bo*h sexes, this is the most healthy period of life; the death-rate, however, is lower for boys than for girls. There will be some advance in deaths in the next five years, and still more in the five that follow, but G34,* 045 will certainly enter on their twen ty-sixth year. Before the next ten years arc at an end two thirds of the women will have married. The deaths during that period will be C 2,052, and of those no fewer than 27.134 will be caused by consumption. Between thir ty-five and forty-five a still larger •death toll” will be paid, and little more than half the original band —ln exact numbers, 502 913 —will enter on their forty sixth year. Each succeed o ing and cade, up to seventy live, will now become more fitaf, ami the num bers will shrink- terribly- At seventy, fijc only 101.124 will remain to be struck down, and of these 122 559 will have perished by the eighty.fifth" of the march. The 38.5f5 that remain w.ill soon lay down their burdens; but 2.153 of them will struggle on to by ninety-live, and 223 to be 100 years old. Finally, in the 108th year of the course, the last solitary life will flicker 'out. Such, then, is the average lot cf a million men and women. Spare moments are the gold dust of time; and Young was writing a true as well as a striking line, when ho taught that “Sands - make the mountain, and moments make ihe year.” Of all the portions of our life, spare moments are the most fruitful : n good or evil. They are the gaps through which tempta tions find the easiest access to the gar den of tiie soul. “If Jones undertakes to pull my ears,” said a loud mouthed fellow on a siroet corner, “he'll just have his hands fall, now.” The crowd looked at tlie nnu's ears and thought so too. lii IdviiHce. living in England* Mr. Louis J. Jennings, in writing to the New York \Voild on the iclative nost. ol‘ housekeeping in England and America, thinks in the first p aee, that London is, on the whole, cheap to live in as the country districts of Eug. hind. J.ike Niw Luk it draws the l est from everywhere to its markets, even Govern salm< n at cheaper rates than they can be bought s tigly near the Severn. As to house rent., £IOO a ye.r will secure a good house, with eight bfd -roou.*, beside dining, draw ing and reception rooms. in the burbs less money will do it, a house of six rooms, neat and comfortable, being meted. less than loir- miles from Lon don Bridge, for £25 (or $1l5), to Mr. Jennings' knowledge. A garden, front and rear J makes it attmotive. For £l5O a year a hoti-e in almost any di reetiun can be had. with taxes pai l, tlie like of which would command $l - to $1,500 a year in New York, and taxes still to pay. As to servants, two families are mentio ed where the cooks get S9O, gold, and sl.lO. gold, a year, and the first named is as good as those Ibr which S2O to $25 a . month is paid in New Yo~k, $240 tos3oo a year. A waitress gets abou £l2 and a house maid £lO a year. 'these rates, with the addition of some allowances for washing and as beer money, make the cost of three servants in a respectable and comfortable family about $307 a year. (Nothing is cheaper than in New York, cspecial'y for children, who wear common fabrics. Even fashionable dresses for ladies are cheaper by one third # to one-half, and these prices rep rcsent good work. As. to provisions, beef is 25 to 31 cents a pound, instead of 30 to 35 cents in New York, though Mr. Jennings favors American beef over English for quality. Mutton, he says, is the reverse, better and slightly dearer than here. Tv a, sugar and bread are cheaper there, and the latter much better. The sevem-peund loaf costs 14 cents. Coffee and rice are also cheaper. The article in which New York has the chief advantage is game, which ordinary London house keepers can hardly afford at all for the greater part of the seas n. Oysters are also practically denied them, though lobsters arid craf s. like most other fish, are fine and cheap. Fruit again is comparatively unknown in London, peaches being a luxury even for the rich, costirg 25 cents a piece in com* paratively plentiful times. Ten pounds a week, Mr. Jennings thinks, will keep a family of six or seven persons, with the exception oi’ rent, as well as SIOO would do in New York, and £I,OOO a year will go fur ther than SIO,OOO there, taking in rent with other Jennings mentions one large family which lives very well in the country on £4OO a year. Of course these figures will keep more people from shifting their residence to this country than *’ ev will induce to do the opposite thing. A Sermon Within Itself. “Life bears us on like t he strea u of a mighty river. Our boat glides down the narrow channel—through the play ful murmuring cf the brook, and the winding of its grassy borders. The trees shed their blossoms over our young heads; we are happy in hope,and grasp eageily at the bounties around us—but the stream hurries on, and still our hands are empty. Our course iri youth and manhood is along a wilder flood, amid objects more striking and magnifi cent. We are animated as the moving picture of enjoyment and iudu-try pass es us ; we are excited at some short* lived disappointment. The stream bears us on, and ourjeys and g.iefs are left behind us We may be shipwreck ed, we cannot be delayed; whether rough or smooth, the river hastens to its home, till the roar of the ocean is in our cars, and the tossing of the waves is beneath our feet, and the land lessens irotn our eyes, and the floods are lifted around us, and we take our leave of earth and its inhabitants, un. til of our further voyage there is no witness, save U.e Infinite and Eter nal.” Ills Mule, “Speaking about mules,” remarked a six-footer firmi Harnett county, as he cracked his whip at the market yester day morning, M’vegut a mule at home which knows as mucii as I do, and I t\ant to hear somebody say that I’m half fool.” No one said so, and he Wj.it on : “Eve stood around here aud heard men blow about kicking miles till I’ve got disg- sted. When you come down to kieki g, I want to bet on my mule. A preacher came along and took din tier with me the other day, and as he seemed a little down-hearted I took him out to see Thomas Jefferson, my champion mule. I was telling the good man howHhat mule would flop his hind feet atound, aud he said he’d like to see i\ little fuu. He’d passed his whole life in the South, l ut had never seen a mule lay his soul into a big time at kicking.” “Wei,” lie couinued, after borrow ing some tobacco, “I took Thomas out of the stable, backed him up agin a hill, gin him a cuif on the ear, and we stood buck to see the amusement. It vas a good place to kick his darndest, and what d’ye 4pose he did? In ten minutes bv toe watch he was out of sight. n live mote v.e couldn’t feel mm with a twelve-loot pole, and—• llates ot* Advertising. For each square of ten Flies or legs for the first insertion, sl, and for each sub sequent insertion, fifty cents. No.tSq rs I Mb. 3 Moi |o Mw ■l\ •. Two * S4JK>~ f5-'U,:o Four “ 6.00 10.00 j 18.00 j 36.*0. column 9.00 15.00 25. H) j do.t “ 15.00 25.00 40.00 I IC5.° “ 25.00 <lo*l-0 65.(0 j i V(A' Sheri ft's Sales, eaeli levy 0 Application for ]fom?st<*ml ’ < o Notice to Debtors and Creditor* •! < 0 Land Sales. < v.v jqi in -!o • hack udditii cal sqm l ; (0 NO. 4 and-” The crowd began-to yell and sihm i , and the old man lookv.d around and added : “Does anybody think Em lyingI'* 1 '* Would I lio for one mu’e ? Halt / Sentinel." Telling a Sdorr’ at a Dinner Ta ble. Mr Stmfliins was at a dinner party given a day ago at Boddley's. While the party was at th table, Suiffiin said in a loud voice : “By the-way, did ye u read that mighty good thing in the Bulletin the other day, about the woman over in l'c- I eander ‘t L was one of the most uniusv ing things that *vc y caste unden my observation. f J he woman’s name was Emma. Well sir, there were 'w > young fellows paying attention to her and, and after she’d accepted one if them the other also proposed t> her, and as she felt certain that the first one wa* not in oi nest, she accepted the second* one too. So a few days later, both of them called at the same time, both claiming her hand, ar.d both insisted on marrying her af once. Then, of course, she found herself face to fnem with a very m\ —unpleasant—or—cr— —ei*—less see, what’s the word I nnt unpleasant—er— er— 5 amed if I haven’t forgotten that vv. id ■Trepicuuieut ?” suggested Bod ley.- • “No, that is not it; what’s the^wtnor* of that tiling with two horns? f n unphasant—er—or—hand it! it’s gone clear out of my mind. “A cow V* “No, not a cow.” . “ Maybe it s a buffalo f” riaiarf jd Dr. Fotts. • “N°, no kind of animal; something else with two horns. Mighty queer! can’t cail it.” “Perhaps it’s a bras3 band ?” said Butterwick. “You don’t mean a fire company ?” ' asked Mr. Btddley, “N no. 4 hat s the confoundcst queerest tlJng I ever hoard of that l can't remember that word,” said Sniffia getting warm. .“Well give us the rest of the story without it.” “Two horns did you say,” asked Dr. Potts; “maybe it was a cat-find ?” ' Or a snail,” remarked the Judge. A Few Grasshoppers. In Elattevilie, Colorado, Angm-t 2, ab.ut ten o clock in the morning, our attention was called to a rumbling, di.. niel sound, as of many earthquake- ; immediately the air was darkened, the sun hidden from view by myriads— thousands of bushels of these terrE bio insects, which in u few moments be gan t-o settle down upon the gardens and fields in every direction. E or an hour or two all hands, men, women and children, rallied forth, armed with every conceivable reapon, to fight the hoppers off our garden. But" all in vain. Whi c wjf* men were drivinoff one thousand billions four times as many more would Settle down behind us, over and all around us, until in ut' ter despair we were glad to beat an in/ glorious retreat to tte house. They filled and covered everything The vegetation, the earth, fences, stables, houses and all, were literally black or brown with them, and in the ditches and hollows they lay or crawled from two to four inches deep Boston, Trav eler. They Had Been lovns. They were very fond of each other very, and had been engaged. But they quarrelled, and too proud to make it up. lie called a few days ago at her father’s house—to see the oltf gen tleman on business, of course. She answered his ring at or bell. Said he: “Ah, Miss , I believe; is your father within ?” “No, sir,” she replied, “Pa is not in at present Did you w-di to see him personally j es, M its, was his o.uff resp' nsc, iLCjii.g that she was yielding, “(,n very particular personal business.” Audio proudly turned ti go away. “ I fi P rr your pardon,” she called after him J he struck the lower step, “but who sluill 1 say called ?” He never smiled again.— Cincinnati Commercial. ■ Republican Utterances, 1 he Democrats must not be permitted to carr} the Presidential election.— Congressman Tmansend. If the Democrats carry the Presiden tial e'eclion there wi’l be civil war. Senator Bout well. We must make the country believe that Democracy*and Ek hellion, are syn-* onyincus and convertible *.erms Wm. A Wheeler. • The South must be crushed aid paui pertzed.— J. A. Logan. Belknap is a better man than Tilden. —New lark Times. Grant’s administration is the cheapest wisest and most economical since ihe oigauization of the government.— Oliver I*. Morton. Ihe New York Mercury gets thts pyramid from Uncle Sam’s leitei : Reform. Home Rule. Retrenchment. Stop plunder. Schools unpartism. Resumytion after # preporation.