Jre consists of space equivalent to ten tliis size (Brevier) type: 1:1:1 Ti'i "g ? 1 i I ? 2 a; o! 8 12 3! 4, 6. 7 14 23 Si 7 J.I3,2'i fil 9 12 1T,25; JO g:l2 17 2;" 40: So 'iia 25:33 So ic-- i One insertion fine month Two mouths liree mrintfcs Six months One veir ""iitiTV nusccroiev. Circuit Court. Hon. Jno. M. Elliott Judge. Robt. Riddell, Com'th AU'y. J. R. P. Tucker, Cler's; fc.UMTT CouRT.-II- on. M.M. Cassidy, Judge J. D. Reid, County Attorney. J. R. Garrett, Clerk. W. B. Tipton, Sheriff. C. G. Ragtiq, Deputy. T. H. Br.cibcrt, Jailor. Pencil UonaT.-E.- -S. Garrett, Judge.. J.. W. Burroughs,. Marshal. Thos. Metcalfe, Pros. Atfy. MASONIC. ... rJ. X 93. Stated Montgomery JJi, - - meetings on the 2d. and 4th Saturday Vnigbts ia each month: 1 nuo. jiiiivnui" - T. H. Scmmkbs, Secl'y. Fount north R. A.. Chapter, Ko. 21. -S- tated 'h on ,h- - at Friday meetings on the 1st J- - M. CLYD, 11. I . 2 o'clock, p. m. G. E. MIllbb, Sect'y. BUSINESS CARDS RICHARD APPSONH. . , T110S. METCALFE. jrPEBSOjV te METCALFE, ATTORNEYS AT LAW, Will practice in Montgomery and adjoining iin i4 una mo uuun OfFicK-- on Public Square, opposite Court j TSeDtlO. House yaru. i 1. W. HAZELRIOO. WILL B. WINS. T. H. SUMMERS. ATTORNEYS AT LAW. Office on Main Street, Mount Sterling, Ky. Jan. . n A VER! ATTo'llNjEl At law. MT. STERL&b, KY. Will attend promptly tb all Business coriSSed to his care., Office North side Public Square. Jan. . RICHARD RK1D. "ATTORNEYS AT LAW, MT. STERLING, KY. Will attend promptly to all business confided to their care. Special attention will be given to the collection of all Claims against the United States Government. Jan. y Arniii i- - at law, T:h practice in Montgomery. Bath, V ? Powell, Wolfe, Morgan, Magoffin coun- ties, and in Ihe Cblirt of Appeitls. Jan:3-lv- : ft.V .VKtS.V, ATTORNEYS AT LAW. Mocht Sterling, Ky. Will practice iri Sfoiitffomery, Bath, Powell, and Clarke counties, and iu the Court of Appeals. Jan. y. ROBERT RIDDKLI.: . BOBERT FLUTY Binut.i.L k tiiT; ATTORNEYS & COUNSELLORS At LAW IRVINE, EPTilit COUNTY, KY., Will practice in nil the Courts of the 13th Judicial District, and in the Court of Appeals. Prompt attention given io collections. Oct. 1 - y- - nuc. ikdoavE-A-xx-A-as- IDoxatrtl Sui'geon, MOUNT STERLING, KY., Office one door below Reese's Jewelry Ktore, tir9. Je n"lv-- ' ' T. XX. RIGGBW, RESIDENT DENTIST, MT." STERLING, KY. Office over Maupin's Shoe Stcre, Main Street. March 6. HXXjJ ROBERT MOORE, PORTRAIT, ANIMAL, AND LANDSCAPE PAINTER: of fine slock, and horses, PORTRAITS terms. Photographic Portraits enlarged tb' ffnjsije up tp life, ori pa-p- ur or canvass painted iu oil color;;: , STUDIO dver Taliaferro & Co s store, Win- chester, Ky. mar.24-3- m JAS. TSL. THOMAS, DEALER IN LUMBER, LAHj; SHINGLES, &c. Cor. Main St. and Georgetown nice, trorma PnfaVi. Paris. Ky. Feb. y. X3r, O. IXTT-XIdNT- , DEALER IN (jooking Ranges, Stoves, Grates, Iron and MarfoleMaiitle; Tin-War- e, Pumps, Wooden-Ware- , AND HOUSE FURNISHING GOODS, &C kAIN STREET, (Ilinton't Block,) PARIS, KY. Jan 23-- tf KENTUCKY HOTEL Cor. Main & Maysville St&, JIT. STERLING, KY. MUS. DIARY CAKTEK, Prt'css, Mlit3 rto'U9e has iecently been thoroughly J refilrri'sKSd, irid i no in complete order for the reception of iests. The Proprietress nankful for the very lib- eral patronage .retofore extended to her ioase, begs leave to re'a'sstfre all who may ex- tend to her their pcttroca, Jba't no efforts will soared on the part of Hit or her as sistants, to render item the utmos satisfac tion. Her s at all times supplied with the best the mar ket affords. The 8 A. LOON" t nnder the management of Mr. Chas, B. iiNDSKY, and is supplied with the choicest for iign and Domestic Licfriorf, Tine Cigars, To bacco, sc. Jan-9- . , . 77 SETTLE UP! sole out and quit the grocery bu H Bioess those knowing themselves indebt-i"t- o me are notified to call and SETTLE UP, as the business must be CLOSED UP AT ONCE. Jan. 2K C.J. GLOVER. x'JnLJDJ VOLUME II: ERICSSON Back to Kentucky Again. This Noted Trotlinq Stallion, foYDierly called MORGAN CHIEF, WILL make the present sea- - ffl at my stables, seven gFVTVFyft'i miles from Lexington, and elevenJi- - yft miles from Winchester, immediate-fcJ5BSi- ly on 'he obi Todd's road, at the crossing of the Walnut Hill road, and will be permitted to serve a limited number of mares at '.be low figure of Seventy-fiv- e Dollars the Season, Payable at the time of service. Any mare prov- ing not to be in, foal, will be permitted to breed back free of charge next season, if the horse should be. living. IF the horse is sold or moved out of the State before any mare should be in foal, one half of the money will De refunded. Mares pastured on gsod blue grass pastureat $2 50 per month. Strict attention and all pos- sible care taken to prevent accidents or escapes, bnt will not be responsible if any should occur. The above terms will be strictly adhered to. ERICSSON is 13 years old this spring; is a mahogany bay, stands 1G bands hiyh, and weighs 1,309 pounds. He was sired, by .Clpj's Maiubrino Chief, out of the trotting mare Mrs Caudle, who could go her mile in 3 minutes, after she was 20 years old, without training, Clay's Man brlno Chief was gut by Mambrino Paymaster, by Mambrino, by imported Messen- ger. Ericsson made his Jclul to the trotting world in this State, at four years old. He beat Ken- tucky Chief and Albion oyer th? Lexington Course, at mile beats; on the 27th May, 1800, with only seven days training, in 2:42 j. In a match with Idol for $500, dn the 13th of Octo- ber, he won in three straight heats, time 2:42, 2:37 J . Over th Woodlawn Courseon the 20th of October, 1800, he beat Kentucky Chief for a purse of $200, mile heats, best three in five; in liarnesfj time 2T:??U J, 2:34, 2:3o.J, 2:32; losirg the first heat. This is the fastest four- - year old time evet recorded !o the acnals of riu'inS; firicfsdn is a half brother to Lady Thorn, Mambrino Pilot, Brignoli, Kentucky Chief and Idol, and cousin to Dexter and George Wilkes, the most renowned trotters now upou the turf. He is the sire of Lumber, Eagle Eye( Mambrino Maid, St. Albans, William Eric, Gay Eric, and others of great procii:e. Ericsson was inbred to imported Messenger, that Grand progenitor of the great trotting fam- ily of America, the best in the world. They have illustrated iheir worth !ri enduring recotds tfp'jn the taolets of the race course. They have enriched their owners in the past, and will con- tribute to the wealth of the public in the future, as the sires and dams ot an illustrious progeny of worihy descendants. Hereditary law !s a history ofthe past, and a guide to tb!i fiture. What wi'l take place, is a legUtrdatb conse- quence of whi!t has taken place; Ericsson there- fore stands eDgaged to prcduc colts that can trot in 2:?0. Breeders have, now the rare op- portunity of breeding from the greatest four-yea- r old wiener upon the American turf, and from a reed that hare produced the acknowl- edged champions of tKe world. Address ENOCH LEWIS,' Agent for K. C. Barker, Lexington, Ky. Sentinel copy 6 weeks and send bill to Lex- ington Obser ver and Reporter. April 1, lSCS-6- Membrino Chief ri7H!S horst will stand the present season; com- mencing the 20tli, of March, and ending the 1st of July next, at my stab'es, 5 miles from All. oierlin and 7 miles from Owingsville, on the turnpike leading from the former to the latter place, and will serve mares at The money due on the 1st of July next, at whih time tbe season will expire Mares prov- ing ntft.to be in foa! can be bred back next sea son FREE dP CHARGE. Good Blue Grass Pasture furnished mares at $2 a head per month. Care will be taken to prevent acci- dents or escapes, but no responsibility should either occur. We confidently believe from the blood, shape, style, color, size and action that we are offering to the breeding community tne services of the most valuable brood horse in Kentucky, and at lower rates than any such horse is standing at. DESCRIPTION AND PEDIGREE. Membrino Chief is a rich mahogany bay, without a wb'ite nlatK, !s, a little upwards of 1G hands high, shows great Constitution', bone,' style and action; has never been trained, and we believe if properly trained and handled, that he would show as much Rpeed as any of his distingaished family have ever done. There is Lumber, his half brother, that stands at the head of fast stallions in Kentucky. "Membrino Chief was sired by Erricson, (for- merly Enoch Lewis' Morgan Chief,) and he by by the late J. B. Clay's old Membrino Chief, who produced rpore fast trotti.ig horses than any horse ever a d in the United States; There is nothing known of Erricson's dam except that she was a fast trotter and produced some of the fastest trotters in Kentucky.' Membrino Chief 's dam was pot by Aralus, and he by the King of horses, olu bir Arcaiej Uranc dam . was got by Timoleon, who was the best son of old Ar- chie and produced more race horses and the best otes tbe world has ever known. Boston, the best race trorse of his da, wa3 sited by Tim(j!epn; Lexington, Lscompte, and a host of others too numerous to name here, who are the acknowledged champions of the turf, were all sired by Boston. Thus it will be seen .that Membrino Chief is the drreit descendantof the best race horses of which we have any record, and we believe it is conceded by all practical breiders ot trotting horses that the surest plan of success is to breed the best bred turf mares to the test trotting horses that can be found. Taking that as tbe data, we would like to know where this horse has a superior. Now we will see howhe stands in the trotting-hors- e world. Old Membrino, bis grand sire, got Lady Th5rns, Brignoli, Idol, Ky. Chief, Erricson, and a long list of others that we will not name here, all of the viry best trotters in America. Erricson, his sire, trotted over the Association Course, April, 18G0 one mile in 2:43 J, beating Albion and Kentucky Chief; Oc- tober 13th, he trotted a match against Idol, mile heats, 3 best in 5 for $500, beating him in 2:49, 2:42, 2:38f ; at Louisville, October 26th, I860, he beat Kentucky Chief, mile heats, 3 best in 5, in 2:39, 2.34, 2:32, 2:32. He trotted these races in his 4 year old form, and it will be seen from the records that no other horse has ever gone as fast at that age. We saw Mr. Jno. D. Mardcrs trot a ld colt at Lexing- ton in the fall of 1868, one mile, to harness, in 2:5ff. This colt is the wonder of the age, and was got by Clark Chief, a full brother t6 Erric son, and has since been sold for $3,500. We have no hesitancv in saying that Erricson is the best horse that Membrino ever produced A. G. PETERS. March 18-t- f. KENTUCKY 22, DON'T STAY LATE Tie hearth of home is beaming With rays of rosy light, And lovely eyes are gleaming, As fall the shades of night; And while thy steps are leaving The circle pure and bright, A tender voice, half grieving, Says, "don't stay late The world iri which thod nioveat Is busy, brave, and wide; The world of her thou lovest Is at tbe ingle side; She waits lar thy warm grsfet'ng; Thy smile is her delight; Her gentle voice, entreating, Says, "don't stay late the world, cold, inhuman, Will spurn thee, if thou fall; The love of ene poor woman Outlasts and shames them all; Tby children will cling around thee, Let fate be dark or bright; At home no shaft would wound thee, Then, "don't stay late Falling in Love. Froci Temple Bar. This early love, also, is fruitful of miser- ies through its Under ordi- nary circumstances, two young people, of opposite scy.es ami the safiie ae, i e sine to fall in loe Vvitli each other if thev at left much together. It is the most natural method of imparting a new interest to the ordinary business of taking walks to church and. back, snd of spending the cvening and so forth. It is so very quiet and sim- ple a revolution that the young people are only awakened to its presence by some lit- tle iHcldent that flashes the truth before their frightened eyes. Then there is a brief moment of ecstacy, followed uy mutual vows of constan- cy, arid tearful adjurations of secrecy.-Wee- after week this blissfully disquiet ing life goes on, and then Edward, turning despairing eyes towards her; bids her fare" well, and goes off in (Juest of fame and Which of them shall first find out the profound mistake and blunder that lay at the root of all this fleeting joy? Which ot them shall first awake some morning to find a new object installed into the cham- ber of the affections, which hith'eito hlis on ly had an insufficient and temporary lodg- er? Perhaps Edward discovers that a few weeks absence has made a wonderful dif- ference in his view of things; and now be- ing able more impartially to scan the un- happy Clara's disposition and temper, find that these would never assort with his own. Or it is Clara, who sees in Edward's w il fulnes and sudden liking and dibliking an unhappy omen for the future; and discov- ers that her heart does not cling to him with a perfect abandonment which would make marriage a safe experiment. Her let- ters become more subdued. lie remon- strates. She gives the faintest possible in- dication1 of the truth. He rises up in the rfiajosty of his wrath, curses womankind, takes to writing Byronic poetry, and giv- ing himself headaches through excessive drinking, finally turns to business, marries ten years after, a happy little woman, and settles down to the living a comfortable and eacefiil l'fe. Now the tragic aspect of the esse is ffiis that, however desirable for both parties may be the breaking of this unwise com- pact, the sharp sundering leaves a dreadful and ragged wound in at least one of the heart? concerned. Edward tnKf reason with himself then or afterward, that the about which he has so bitter-- ' ly complained was a perfect godsend to him; but no amount of reason will remove the scar ofthe wound. The shattering of one's trust in this particular woman is like the collapse of the ttSiverse. There is no ntore faith', no more love, no more hope possible, Ruin and chaos encompass all things and the world is a chea't. Then the beautiful idyllic charm ef those early days the sweet memories that hang around them like a faint fragrance the old visions and aspirations; and teridsr confidences is it riot entirely desolating that these shall be buried forever in the shadowy past? These days will never be forgotten. In the evenings of the years to come, he will sit and brood over them, and call up faces and 6cenes out of the flickering fire. A whiff of sea air, or the. scent of sweet-briar- , will be fraught with a vague sadness to him; for these will be forever associated with that bygsne dream. y he will reach a clearer conception ofthe whole affair; arid corri'e do' see that Clara's conduct was not so much the resrilf of h'cro'wri sin ful willfulness, or weakness or iriccristaa'cy but the result of certain circumstances that were absolutely coercive. This tyranny of circumstances will forever hang around him as an mystery a hateful miserablo thing; and when some traene sto-- vy of love's miseiy istoM him in a theatre or in a book, the sense of iiuligtiation and pity will thuKo his. Heart f.cl! with sympa- thy and his eyes fill with the bitter tears uf long ago. An of the Cuban revolution, who has lately arrived in Xew Yotk, says that the war is cnriied on more as a gue- rilla war than by regular operations. Whenever a force of Spanish tioops ap- pears anywheie, the Cubans scatter (rofi i's front, Mid seek, by he- ll i ml trees mid in the thirls woods, to y the tioops and (llp.iinich their num- bers. The greet object among the insur- gents in these encounters i. to get !:old of the musket and knapsaik of every one they can wound or kill. In this (liey will run lisks, three or four run- ning out from the bush at every Spaniard V 1)0 filli3. The Spanish troops generally behave well in these ambuscade encounters, and whenever force;! to halt or form dining their march, they roundly abuse their 'J fy'e'ii; sf yling th'em cowards and call- ing iipori t:.ei;i to come out a:id show thcrrisblves. Tlie feeling among the Span-ir'- i ils is very bitter indeed. They formed almost entirely ihe tradihrj of the country, and every cross road and country village was occupied with their shops. These are now abandoned wher-eVe- r the insurgents appeared, and the owners have withdrawn to points held by the troops. Thus the country is bate of goods. At first a lenient policy toward the prisonets prevailed, but the Spanish volunteers liave now become so violent that they slidot neatly all they capture, calling theni leaders. 2o regular civil govern- ment exists in the districts lielil by the in- surgents, and rio formal attempt has yet been made to organize one. Butler's Demands. The X. Y. Journal of Commerce thus epitomizes the provisions of Gen. Butler's Scii'fieiri disability relief billf Every ex rebel who desires restoration to political rights is required to apply by petition to a court of the United States iri the State or Territory where he lived dui ing the rebellion. Such atiibnnal would prob- ably do justice by him more quickly than committees; and, iu that re spect, the bill is good enough; but beyond that we encounter only the most offensive and conditions. The appli- cant is expected to tell "in what manner he had given aid, coffifofi or resistance io the .... ... rebellion, either voluntary or going into the most minute and tiresome details. Having thus made a perfectly clean breast, he must sny "that he believes and confesses that such acts weie wrong, rebellious arid wicked,'" arid "ths't he now admits and leiieves that si.hl governments (the rebel government, State or Confeder ate, that is) to have been rebellious and treanoriab!?,' and ought not to have been sustained," and that he truly repents of all acts done by him in maintainance thereof, and heartily desires ic Store for any part he took in the same by hereafter acting and conducting himself as a true and loyal cit izen of the United States." These are the expressions of contrition and supplication lefnaide. Does it Pay to Advertise? Ta bus iness fnen of every class this is a question of no little impoitance, as total failure of complete success is ofteu the issue. A young man, just emancipated from paren tal control, is abotft td em'bark' ii' business on his own accaunt. He has a good stock of merchandise on hand for salo, but be- ing only a beginner, he has but little pat- ronage. What should he do? Why, ad- vertise. If nobody knows him, let him make himself known. A newspaper jndiciou ly drawn np, and, if necessary, neatly illustrated, and given to a proper medium, will often suffice to make success almost certain. A eeo'd advertise ment "Sill ring lander than any beil, arid is the ktaff of life in trade, just as bread i the staff of human life. Advertising ena- bles a business man to place his goods be fore the eyes ot thousands who otherwise would never krie'vv of their existence, or of that of tho owner. It is well known among our most successful merchants that liberal advertising not only pays, but is 'ridisften'sable to the economical and suc- cessful working of their There are innumerable living instances smong ns where colossal fortunes have been realized by timely ami judicious appeals for paironage through the newspaper and periodical press whilst it would be difficult to find an instance in which it failed to pay. Si. Louis Price Current. "Has your husband got naturalized?" inquired an energetic politician of a robust female. "Got natural eyes!" was the res- ponse, in an indignant tone; "yes, be goray; and natural tathe too!" SE MOUNT STERLING, KY;; THURSDAY, APRIL 1869. inexperience. superhuman protestations, inconsistency impenetrable ambuscading extraordinary population Congressional objectionable involuntary," ad- vertisement, establishments. nti Lrd Byron's Mother. Lord Byron was afflicted with a club foot, and whpii young he submitted to some very painful operations to havo the ilefor-itiit- y removed, but will: lie! siicctss. His mother was a proud, passionate and wick" ej woman, ami even the yearningr. ot nat- ural aflcction seemed stifled. Let us see the influence his mother exerted on this illiant and powerful mind. The readers of s life must have shuddered to hear him of, his mother. Moore, the bi- ographer of Byron, speaks thice time ol this fact, and the passages are so remark- able that we will tiansciibe them literally . Tlie Pi st is brief,' but significant: "On tlie subject of his defoimed foot," says Moore in his Byron, (vol. i. p. "Byron des- cribed the feeling of horror and humilia- tion that canio over him w hen his mother, in one of her fits of passion, called him a 'lamebrut!' " The second passage is scarce- ly less significant: "But in the case of Lord Byron, disappointment met him at the very threshold of life, ilis mother, to whom his aflections naturally and with order turn- ed, either rebelled theni rudely, or capri- ciously trilled with them. In speaking 0 his eaily days to a friend at Genoa, he trac- ed his first feelings of pain and humilia- tion to tlie coldness with which his moth- er had recieved his caresses in infaucy, and the frequent taunts on his personal defor- mity w ith which she wounded him." The fiassage found on the 14Gth page, is only excelled in dreadfulness by the following, on the 193th page: "He has spoken of his mother to Lord Sligo, and with a feeling that seemed little of aversion. 'Some time or other,' said Byron, ;I will (ell yon why 1 thus leet towara ner. i. lew uays atier, when they were bathing together in Gull of Lepanto; he referred to his promise, and pointing to his naked leg, he exclaimed, 'Look there! it is to her false delicacy at my birth I owo that deforriiitj ; and yet, as long as I can remember, she has never ceiced to taunt and reprcach me with it. Even a few days before we parted for the last time on my leaving England, she, 'ii or!e b'f tier fits .of fia'ssion, uttered an imprecation on rne, prayriig that I might prove as in- formed in mind as in body !' His look and mariner,' in relating tne frightful circum stance can only be conceived by those who have seen him in a similar tftt! of excite" Went." Vh:s!t fill imprecation from the lips of a woman, and that woman a moth-- er "Praying that I prove as in mind as I am in body!" Tf'E Uses of rdRTATiox Old stagers will tell you tliat nothing takes tho peach-bloo- of verdancy off of a young man like sound, hard flirtation in which young Narcissus gets badly worsted. It makes a man of him, hardens his mora! cuticle, and takes the conceit out of him effectually. iY. writer in Lippincot.t's Magazine, speak- ing of this, says: "For every man whose heart is broken we use a phase current in its romantic sense among women, and which among men denotes a siate of mind revealed by profusa smoking and spasmod- ic devotion to billiards twenty have their eyes opened, and are, ori the whole, con- siderably improved by the process. We forget to whom is due the credit f tho re- mark, that a man's usefulness generally dates from the time he loses his interest in women,' but without going so far, we are content to rest upon the conclusion of our own experience that until a man has had one or two serious flirtations ho is not to be relied ori for ah earnest effort. The World's Madness. When I look around upon a busy, bustling world, ea- gerly pursuing and courting disappoint- ment, neglecting nothing so rfiucli as the brie thing needful; and who iri order to have their portion in this life; disregard th's world to come and only treasure rip wealth; it makes me think of a farmer, who shonld, with vast labor, cultivato his lands, and gather iri his crop arid thert thrash it out, aud then separate the corn1 orit updif iV.e dunghill,' aud carefully lay by the chaff. Si'ch a person WQiild be supposed mad; but how faint A shadow would this be ol his madness who labors for the meat that perishes, but neglects that which endureth unto everlasting life? It is a madness, th'e whole face of men labor under, unless, . , . .. .. ,1, and until, divine grace works the cure. Natural Philosophy. Men often trem- ble lest the "shiftings and chnges of phi- losophy" end in attacking religion, ,But natural pTiilo'sbphy 13, next to the cfivine word, the most certain remedy forsupersti-tio- n and the most wholesome food of faith; arid is therefore rightly considered the tru- est, loveliest handmaid of religion, and the one displaying th'e will ot God, the other his power. 3T Christian graces are like perfumes the more they are pressed the sweeter they smell; like stars that shine brightest in tho dark; like trees, the more they are shaken the deeper root they take, and the more fruit they bear. NUMBER 1G. Where are the Old Ladies. Dear old ladies, may the Boudoir ad dress a respectful word to yon if, in- deed, it is still considered respectful to hint at yenr existence? The happiest memo lies of our childhood are some if those concerning grandma. The ever ready sym- pathy w ith childish woes, or childish mirth, that seemed to bridge thp awful gulf that separated us from tne "grown-ups;- " the com jiassionate gentleness that stood ' be- - tweeu lis and the stern thrert'eii'ngs of parental authority; the caraway cakes, for good Jills, which always found their way to our poidtet, aiid pleas- antly reassured us on the question of 0111 claim to that title; all these recollection still are sweet as sugar-pluth- s to o'r souls. But we are going to sny to the old .ladies: Dear oM ladies, where are you? Wc sel- dom see you now-a-dny- s. We met a pleasant family the other day a I caiitil'i.l young mother, a pretty little spoiled child, an elegantly attired eldeilv lady, who seemed to be nearly related to them. We naiiced, with some surprise, thai the.little boy culled the elderly lady moth- er; but, as the younger lady addressed her as "ran1 we thought we must be mistaken, and, taking'tlie little fellowon our lap, we said: "What a dear little grandson you havet ma'am. The elderly lady's face at once under- went an alaiming change; it lengthened, it dat ketied, s!:e pursed up her lips, and retired into herself, and, dining the rest ol our stay, seemed to be deeply engaged in arranging her failings upon tho theme of me ueaa iHarcn in raui The younger lady afterfl'lirds explained to o!:'r bewildered ignorance, that: "Ma is very sensitive about her age, and don't like to be called grandma, so we teach Bertie to call her riiother, arid me mSnirriy" Don't like to be called grandma! And Bertie must miss one of the greatest bless- ings of a boy's life. Vanity of vanities! So that's whore U10 grandmas have got to. Poor old ladies, ve pity them,. The most beautiful woman's face we ever saw, was one adorned with soft gray hair. It was not the one we met on Broad- way, lai--t week, with a little round hat, trimmed with roses, set above it, on a mass of gray frizzes; the cheeks powdered and wrinkled, the velvet train held up by trem- bling hands, as somebody's grandma step- ped heavily from her carriage. We had a mind to hold up, before her gaze, the handglass that belongs to our mirror, but refrained, from sheer pity, Vhat,wonld havo become of the hollow smi'e that wreathed those wrinkled cheeks? Then, too, we felt i( woVld bo hardly respectful to age. But, here wo say: Happy is the home that is illumined by the radiance that shines from silver hair! Dear old ladies.J'don't hide your light under a bushel. Let us have oiir frarid- - Bought a Hole. miser, entering a drug store one day, aseed for beeswax. The clerk politely told him he had it on hand, at the same time showing him a cako of the article. "How much will you have?" asked the clerk. "Weigh the f)iece," replied the miser. The cle:k did so, announcing !!s height,' which did not amount to as much as the miser judged it would roth its size. Thinking the clerk br!d ctrtalrify made a a mistake, he said, eagerly: "I'll take it all." Tho piece was rrapried up, arid the miser departed. Shortly afterward the purchaser the store. The at- tentive cleik imriiediately risked: "Anything more I can do for you, Mr?" . "Yes, sir," replied the miser; "that cake of wax I bought of you, on cutting it iu two, I found to be perfectly hollow, and have come back to 6ce whether you would make some allowance on that ac- count." "Yes,' sir," replied the clerk, "if yon will just apprise me of the weight of the hole! I will willingly knock it off of the price." The miser left, amidst a gec'eral fitter, for the store hatrprefi'ecT to be fulf, and has not since been beard of in that locality. A newly arrived boarder at a fashionable boarding honse thought he hod not suffi- cient bolstering for h'fs" fc'eait,' , arid accor- dingly carried the pillows down to the landlady's room, who inquired what he desired. The gentleman w.arited' to, know what the articles were he held in his hands. "Pillows, you impudent fellow!" screamed the enraged woman. "Oh! I thought they were pin cushions!" replied the dis- consolate boarder. flTIP CLJ TiO.VS Wl Til a H VE TI8K K 9 Advertisements ordered for less than or mouth will be charged fifty cents per fqnare for each insertion after ihe first. Special notices 15 cents aline for the first insertion, and s a line for each subsequent insertion. - Marriages and deaths inserted praluitouely. Obituary notices ten cents per' line. The privileges extended to annual advertisers will bi strictly conliitted to their own business, and occupying more space than contracted for, or advertisements foreign Io the legitimate business of tbe contracting parties, will be charged for extrn, al our published Th3 IniiueHo-o- f Pretty Women in Washington. The Washington correspondent of tho Chicago Republican, a Radical sheet writes as follows: But just as long as women aro weak and men are powerful, some of tlie evils of tho department will never be remedied. It ia so much more com fot table to a jaded inan, worn out iri liie arduous duties as head of a bureau, to see a fresh, young, pietty-fac-e- d woman at an adjoining desk, lather than one with all the juice of life squeezed out of her, w'ii'her by age or misforune, i matters not which. The first one is the oil of the machinery of every day life; the latter is the adhesive gum which needs cleansing away. Women who look with longing eyes to an active life in the depart- ments at Washington had better cun-u- 't their mirrors first, unless Secretary, bou!-we- ll makes new jaws to t!tet indiv'rt'al cases. It is true, a few "crones" may l.e found in the basement of the building, but ;is you ascend into the upper realms of tha castle, new visions of beauty greet the eye until the spectator is lost in a dazzling dream of enchantriieht as gloiious in its bewilderment as it Turkish liarcm. In rhJ-n- y cases thete haudsome yoimg women ba long to Washington families. They haya good houses with the comfoitsof life with- out payiug for thctii. This enables them to spend their wages in the adornment of the persou. There are girls whose lives Mrs. Swisshelm so bitterly deplored. These are the women who practice the' Grecian bend, and w ho dot our avenues of a brilliant af- ternoon as the butterflies do the clover-heat- h. Pelted darlit'igs at home, petied! darlings at !he Treasury, rjo wpnder they are spared iheirdulies if they have a new dress to make, or a headache. No sol- dier's widow or starving daughter ofthe Re- public, can drive them from t heir nest, for (he reason "that a thing of beauty is a joy forever." Gen. Schenck says he has tried in vain to get a place for a girl w ho had two brothers killed in tho army, and who lost their falh'er also i'ithe airiiy . jThere are other Lcatiful women there, the men- tion of w hose names is enough to bring the blush to every honest woman's cheek, some public men's pretty plaything! ara yet for such as those tho widows and the littisfliters of our noble soldiers iiirisi starict aside and "sing of the shirt'' or another quite as sad. Has the sun of another day ari en? With trembling form and bowed head wc shall wait aiid see". The Tax Bill. Somebody proposes the following 'new amendment to the tax bill: For kissing a pretty girl, one dollar. For kissing a homely one, two dollars the extra amount being added probably for the man's folly. For ladies kissing one another, two dollars. The tax is placed at tills role !rl order io break.np the custom altogether, it being regarded by our M. C.'s as a pieco of inexcusable absurdity. For every fiiitation, ten cents. Eveiy young man who has more than ouegirl is taxed five dyllart; For courting iri the kitcheri, twenty-five- 4 cents. Courting in the parlor, on dollar. Courting in a romantic place, five dol- lars,' iirid fifty cents thereafter, Seeing a lady home froun church, twenty-f- ive cents. ...a Gcfirg from church without accompa- nying a lady five dollars. Seeing a lady home from the Mite So- ciety, five cents the proceeds to be devo- ted to the relief c'f disabled ariny chap- lains. For ladies who paint, fifty cents. For wearing a d diess, ona dollar. . , For each curl on a lady's head',' above ten, five cents. For any unfair device for entrapping'' young men into matrimony, five dollars. For wearing hoops larger than' eight feet in circumference, eight cents for each' hoop. ; 6ld bachelors over tliirtsre taxed ten dollars, and banished to Uiah.' Each pretty lady is to be taxed from' twenty-fiv- e cents to twenty-riv- e dollars; che ia ( 5i ihe psfim'a'te of her own beau- ty. It is thought a very large amount is to be realized from this provision. l'Tach'b'67 baby,' fifty cents.' fcach girl baby, ten cents. . : - Families having more than eight babies are not to be taxed, and, for twins, a pre-- . niium of forty dollars will be. paid but of tho funds accruing from the tax on ola bachelors. Eaeh Sunday loafern the street cor- ners, or about church.' dVoii, to be taxed! his value, which is about two cents.' It Is stated as a curious instance of tho growing availability of female V ermont returns four n ship buildjg, aiut f