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pOll llSG kepG In 6slQ QlSJflct az the last pre-
ceding election, the number of the dwelling
and the name of the street, or other location, If
the same shall be known to, or can be ascer-
tained by such board, and for this purpose said
board are authorized to take from the office in
which they are fled, the poll lists made and
filed by the judges of such district of the per
sons voting at the election, held next prior to
the making of such register, In making said
list, the board shall enter thereon in addition
to the names on the poll lists, the names of all
persons who shall personally appear before said
judges, and satisfy them that they are we'll
known to be electors in said district, and the
names OF persons on the poll list, who have
died, or removed from the district shall be
omitted from the register. The said board
shall complete as far as practicable, the said
register on the day of their meeting aforesaid,
and shall make two copies thereof, and certify
the register and each of the copies to be true
list of the voters in their district far as the
same are known, within two days thereafter,
the said original list together with the list
taken from the office as aforesaid, shall be fled
by said board, and said list shall be kept by
one of said judges, and carefully preserved by
him for their use on the day or days hereinafter
mentioned, for the revision and correction of
the same. One copy of said list shall imme-
diately after it's completion, be posted in some
conspicuous place, where the last preceding
election in said district was held, with notice
of the time when the judges will meet for final
correction of the poll books, and be accessible
to any elector, who may desire to examine the
same or make copies thereof. Any person who
shall take down, tear down, or deface any list
so posted shall be deemed guilty of misde-
meanor, and shall be punished by fine of fifty
dollars or by imprisonment in the county jail
for the term Of sixty days, or both fine and i'm
prisonment.
Sec. 20. In case new election precinct or dis
trict shall be formed, the judges Of the election
in the new district thus Just formed NAV
make their registry of electors, on the day pre-
scribed by this act, in such manner as majority
of them may direct and, for that purpose, may
make list, or cause to be made certified
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Quick Work.

A farmer and bis wife, named Law.
ton, at Carrolton, Missouri, having ac-
complished the speedy feat Of furnish
ing invited guests with bread baked in
eight and a quarter minutes from the,
time the wheat was standing. in the.
field, determined this year, to. outdo
themselves. They accordingly made
elaborate preparations for reaping,
threshiug, grinding and baking tho
grain. :.a,5 r.hs7r r .5ashill
In one minute and fifteen seconds
peck of wheat was cut and threshed,
and borne away on the back Of swift
horse to the mill, sixteen rods away! In
two minutes and seventeen seconds, Mrs.
Lawton had the -four 10 her possession,
and in three minutes, forty seconds from
the starting Of the reaper, the first grid
die cake was baked. To four minutes
and thirty seconds from the starting Of
the reaper, pan of biscuits was dis
tributed among the guests, Remarkably
quick work. and exceedingly amusing,
in view of what can be done to hurry
up matters. What o beautiful chance
for grumbliug in the morning would
be lost if this speed could be made with
every article OF food for the morning
meal Why it would be scene Of
magic, when the steak, coffee, etc.,
would need only be called for, and 10 !
they are waiting to be consumed:
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A Vale Of Tragedies.

Only two or three miles from Men
tone, in valley traversed by the famous
Cdrnici road, there is srot which the
DeJats describes in eloquent and pa
thetic terms. Itis isolated, wild, far
removed from any animated centre.
Only few stunted pines grow up from
the clefts in the slaty rock. The aridi-
ty of the place is complete. A horrible
silence reigns in it which is hardly in>
terruptcd by the cries of i'll omened
birds or.by the cracks of the muleteer's 9
whips as they pass along ithe road.
Here nature is dead and the abrupt
gorges aroupd~justify he lusassEious
purposes for which the spot has been
chosen For this is TIE valley called
Mortola, and here it is that the affairs
of honor of the neighboring French
heroes ere decided with the aid Of
sword Or pistol. "Can suv reader" ask:
the DeJats, guess what dramatic seen
has lately been enacted in this valley
Evidently not; and then follows
touching description Of the terrIble
ltragedy Two youug men, inbabltant'
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divine tree, according to the Druidical
religion. Within these sacred groves,
the priests, il is recorded in history,
offered their sacrifices, and in some man
ner not known, they employed tho mis-
tletoe. But all the mistletoe was not
sacred TO the Drdids. They would have
none but that which clung to the trunk
and was nourished by the sap Of the di-
vine oak. To them, the apple-tree
mistletoe, which modern England fuses
so in her holiday festivities, would be a
worthless and common thing. t.
When, in later centuries, England
was taught the Christian religion by the
priests who went hither from Rome, the
people. though protesting q belief in
Christ, retained many Of their heather
rites and customs, changed from their
original meaning ard purpose. At any
rate, from the Druids has come the mod
ern usage of the mistletoe bough strange
ly preserved in festivities which COM
memorate the birth Of Him whose pure
worship, destroys all heather ,supersti'
tion.-& Nicholas.
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The Charity of Extrayagance.

Whenever the laboring men are out
of employment they begin to hate the
rich. They feel that the dwellers in
palaces, the riders in carriages, the
wearers of broadcloth, silk and velvet,
have in some way been robbing them.
As a matter Of fact the palace builders
are the friends of labor. The best form
of charity is extravaganza. When you
give man money, when yeu toss him
a dollar, although you get'nothiDg, the
man loses his manhood. To help others
help themselves is the only real charity.
There is no use in boosting man who
is not climbing. Whenever I see q
splendid home-a palace magnificent
block, I think of the many thousands
who were fed-of women and children
clothed, of the 6resides made happy. A
rich man living up to his privileges,
having the best house, the best furui-
ture, the best horses, the finest grounds,
the most beautiful flowers, the best
clothes. the best food, the best pictures,
and all the books that he can afford, is
a perpetual blessing. The prodigality
of The rich is the providence of the poor.
The extravaganza of wealth makes it
possible for the poor to save. The rich
man who lives according his means,
who is extravagant in the best and
highest sense, is not the enemy of labor.
The miser who lives in a hovel, wears
rags and boards his gold, is perpetual
curse. He is like one who dams river
at it's source. .-.-.... ...'
The moment hard times come, the
cry of economy is raised. The press,
the platform and pulpit unite in recom>
mending economy to the rich. In con-
sequence of this cry, the man of wealth
discharges servants, sells his horses, al
lows his carriage to become hen-roost,
! and after taking employment and food
from as many as he can, congratulates
himself that he has done his part to-
wards restoring prosperity to the coun-
try.-R. &. hgersoR.
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of Nice, and once intimate friends, but
separated by the ardent passion which
each of them had for q lady" had
agreed to have hostile meeting with
pistols in the lugubrious valley already
described. They met, and had for
some time been discharging their fire.
arms at one another without any in
convenient result, when they were startl-
ed by the tolline of the neighboring
chapel bell. They interrupted their
terrible work and began to mediate
upon the wickedness Of angry passions.
"Then appered upon the scene an un-
expected witness. It was the clergy
man of the aforesaid chapel" whose
counsels promptly reconcied the two
quandam friends, and who, as it ap-
pears, hns reconciled many pairs Of
duelists in the same way. As soon as
the report Of firearms rings through
the valley of death the good man always
sets bis bell tolling and hurries o,the
scene. One is tempted to think that
this humane practice is pretty well
known at Nice and some other places,
and that the pugnacious young bloods
who repair to the Mortola Valley are
not always so nightly surprised to hear
the sound of the chapel bell and to see
the unexpected witness" appear on the
scene. There must, however, very Of
ten be an anxious period of suspense
while the first few shots are being ex-
changed, lest too clumsy champion
should hold his pistol straight and
shoot his adversary incontinently be-
fore the "bene6t of clergy" is obtained.
- London Globe. ....
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Mistletoe at Christmas tide.

The hanging of the mistletoe is a
cause of much frolic and laughter in the
house. Il is the rule that whoever is
passing under tho mistletoe bough must
submit to being kissed then and there
by whoever chooses to take that liberty.
As bough usually hangs from the CEN
ter of the ceiling, spreading over large
space. it follows that there must be much
dodeing or much kissing; I am inclined
to think that there are both.
The origin of this use of the mistletoe
is not known; but we do know that more
than eighteen hundred years ago, when
the GLAD stars sang together over the
mapeer in Bethlehem, and wise men
brought gifts of gold, frankincense and
myrrh to a young child in the peasant
mothers arms, England was chill, mist
covered island inhabited only by sava.
ers. who wore garments of skins and
lived in huts of mud and stone. Among
these savage Britons there were pagan
priests called Druids. These priests
were a mysterious folk. who lived in
dense woods far away from other men
and who, in the gloomy solitudes OF the
forest. performed strange secret ceremo'
pirs The 'ssacrcd groves" as they wer',
called; were. Of oak, for the oak was q
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Changes Of Life.

Change is the common feature of
society-of life.
Ten years convert the population of
schools into men and women, the young
into fathers and matrons make and
marry fortunes, and bury the last gen.
GRAFTON but one. ."s - - g.
Twenty years convert infants into
levers. fathers and mothers, decide
mems fortunes and distinctions, convert
active men and women into loathsome
crawling drivelers, and bury all pre-
ceding generations. --... 8.
Thirty years raise an active genera
ton from ponsntity, change fascinating
beauties into bearable cid women, con-
vert lovers into grandfathers and bury
the active generation or reduce them
to descrepitude and imbecility. :.
Forty years, alas |! changes the face
Of all society. Infants ara growing old,
the bloom Of youth and beauty has pass.
ed away, two active generations have
been swept from the stage of life, names
are forgotten, unsuspected candidates
for fame have started up from the
womb of nature. -; 80 ,..
And in fifty years-nature, ripe fifty
years-half a cenruary-what tremen-
dous changes occur! How time writes
her sublime wrinkles everywhere, in
rock. river, forest and cities, hamlets,
villages in the nature Of men, and deisti-
MES of of civilized society J., p. ,r.
Let US pass on to eighty years-and
what do we desire to .see'to comfort Us
ia the world. Our parents have gone !;
our children have passed away from us
into all parts eff the world, to fight the
grim and desperate battle of life. Our
old friends where are they? We be.
hold world Of which we knew nothing
and to which we are unknown. We
weep for generations long gone by-for
lovers, for parents, for cildren, for
friends in the grave. We see every
thing turned upside down BY the tickle
hand of fortune, and the absolute destiny
of time. In a word, we behold the
vanity of life, and are quite ready to
lay down the poor burden and be gone.
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-HpYEKTfSfNG-RhFRs.
Woman

! A woman in a neighborhood is only
exceeded by another woman. She can
love truer or hate worse than tho men
of ordinary calihre.
She can make q home little heaven
or little hell, on less capital than any
other business can be carried on.
She can make q ten or hundred dollar
bill 60 up, O! SO quick. d s,g
She can drive man out of house,
if her tongue be working all right,
quicker than Beast Butler could get
away with set. Of spoons.
She is better than pine or stone coal
for keeping a neighborhood boiling hot
and home more uncomfortable than burn
on. your first thumb joint, all the tims
making you think she is q package Of
refined innocence, q saint, a favorable
angelic advertising agent for Gabriel.
She can kiss another woman sweeter
and then talk about her worse than one
Of these Reform Republicans can talk
about tho President.
And she knows more by intuition of
all the affairs of tho neighborhood than
Grant knows about his relations or the
post Office presents he receives, or is to
She can be nicer to woman she
hates than carpct-bag politician is to
ncoro hefora ha boa votad a. 4.
She can walk further to display new
dress than loyal or disloyal contraband
could travel for chickens in the, night.
And God love her, if she loves man.
she will stick to him longer than the ,
Dent family will to the immortal Ulysses
Like dollars, good women are hard to !
get, hard to keep, bothersome to look
after, but here is conuundrum how
can we get along without them Brick
Poneroy.;r +; ..s.'' : sF. "~ ~
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Horrible Accidents.

The othet day the Free Press con-
tanned and account of peculiarly
strange and horrible accident that oc-
CURED in Pittsburgh, by which 2. E.
Fisher lost his life. A redhot wire pierre
ed him through the body. This odd ac".
cident was spoken of by the Pittsburgh
papers as being without parallel. Yet
strange as it may appear, on that very
DAY similar horror occurred at Corn
ing's iron works, in Troy, N. Y. Will
liam Smith stumbled against a wire
which was almost at white heat. It
burned into his body, and when he
spraug back in agony the seethiug end
struck him in the mouth, burnt its way
through his cheek and coilsd itself like
glowing snake around the doomed
mans head. Anything more horrible
Than such an accident could hardly be
Imagined.
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HOW LITTLE WE KNOW OF
EACH OTHER.

How little we know of each other
AS we pass through e'journey Of life,
With its struggles, Its fears and tempta
tions,
Its heart-breaking cares and its strife.
We can only see thing, on. the surface,
For few people glory in SIM
And an unrufied face Is no index
To the tumult which RACES within.
How little we know of each other
The man who to-day passes by
Bless with fortune and honor and titles,
And holding his proud head so high,
May carry dead secret with him
Which makes of his bosom hell,
And he, sooner or later, felon,
May writhe in o prisoners cell.
How little we know Of each other!
That woman of fashion who sneers
At the poor girl betrayed and abandoned,
And left to her sighs and her tears,
May, ere the sun rises tomorrow,
Have the mask rudely torn from her face,
And sink from the height Of her glory
To the dark shades Of shame and dis
grace.
How little we know of each other!
OF ourselves, too. how little we know!
We IRE all weak when under temptation,
All subject to error and woe, - :
Then lei blessed charity rule us
Let US put away envy and spite
Or the skeleton grim in our closet
May some day be brought to the light.
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Anxious to Wed.

The afternoon service had ended and
the congregation were arranging them
selves for tho bencdiction, when the
parson descended from the pulpit to tie
desk below, and said, in calm. clear
voice = Those wishing to be united in
the holy bonds of matrimony will now
please come forward .-
A deep Stiffness instantly fell over
the congregation, broken only BY the
rustling of silk as soms pretty girl or
an excited matron changed her position
to catch the first view of the couple to
be married. No one. however, arose or
seemed in the least inclined to rise;
whereupon the worthy clergyman, deem
ing the first notice unheard or under
stood, repeated the invitation: Those
wishing to be united in the holy bonds
of matrimony will now please come for
ward ....' ..-.r
Still no one stirred. The silence be-
came audible, and a painful sense of
awkwardness among those present, was
felt, when young man, who occupied
o vacant seat in the broad aisle during
the services, slowly arose and deliber>
ately walked to the foot Of the altar. He
was good looking and we'll dressed, but
no one accompanied him. When he
arrived within respectful distance Of
the clergyman he paused, and with a
revercu: bow, stepped to one side Of the
altar, but neither said anything or
seemed at all disconnected at the idea cf
being married alone.
The clergyman looked auxiously around
for the bride. who, be supposed, was yet
to arrive, and at length remarked to the
young man in an undertcne:
The young lady is dilatory.'
sYes. SIR 3d..
Had you better not defer the cere-
mony7' -
Il think not
DO you suppose she will be here
soon 2
i, sir p said the young man; 'hoW
should I know of the young lady's move
mentss q
A few moments were allowed to elapse
in this unpleasant state of expectancy
when the clergyman renewed his irter'
rogations.
did the lady promise to attend at 'h'
present hour p
what LADY,
why the lady, to be sure, that yo'
arc waiting for
i did not hear her say anything abou
it, was the unsatisfactory response.
Then, sir, may ] ask you why yo'
are here, and for what purpose you thu
tri6e in the sanctuary of the Mos
High p said the somewhat enrage'
clergyman.
L came. sir, simply because you in
vited those wishing to be united in tn
holy bonds of matrimony to step tor
ward, and I happened to entertain sacl
wish. I am sorry to have misunder
stood you and wish you, very goo'
| dou'
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A new swindle, called the fig racket

A new swindle, called the fig racket
is being practicsd on railroad trains.
The news agent marks out some un-
sophisticated looking passenger in the
smoking car and approaches him with
several boxes of figs. Into one of these
boxes he puts a two dollar bill neatly
folded. He then puts the boxes be.
hind him, changes them about several
times and offers his victim choice of
boxes for one dollar. As the victim
examines the boxes he sees the corner
of the bill sticking out from under the
cover of one Of ihss1, and can hardly
get the dollar out quick enough, and
when he buys the box he finds himself
with a box oil figs worth fifteen cents
and the little corner of ten-cent shin.
plaster. The piece Of shinplaster is
called the fash and the trick is worked
with books as we'll as figs.
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EXTRAORDINARY INGENUITY.-An
ingenious Russian gaming house was re-
Gently pounced upon by the police near
Moscow, several of the habitues who had
lost so largely as to suspect foul play
having informed the authorities. On
examining the rooms it was found that
the ceilings were covered with papers
representing starry sky. Holes we're
pierced 10 stars. through which man
lying on the floor Of, the upper room
cuuld see the cards Of the players, and
by means of wires running down the
walls, he could communicate with the
boot Of his uccomplice, and indicate
their playby-a code Of taps.
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BE Sure to Stop at the
Latham House,
CAMDEN, g. G.
(TaAssrEsr BOARD, $500 PER DAY.

~Ample accommodations. Tables sup
plied with the best the Markets afford. Eve
ry attention paid to the comfort Of Guests.
a@ Persons stopping at the Latham
House will be conveyed to and from the
depot free of charge. Passengers ~i'hou,
heavy baggage, will be conveyed to and
from any part Of the town, not above De-
Kalb street, at Is cents.
~Conuected with the house is first
class Bar, which is located separately from
the house, and orderly kept.
;s@Conveysnces supplied to guests on
liberal terms, either for city or country use.
ianS.ly S. B. LATHAM, Proprietor.
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Supper is now ready in the smoking
car" shouted the breakman, and young
man from Hartford who was on MS
way to San Francisco, got up and
went forward to see what the brakeman
meant. He went into the smoking car
and found party of Bavarian emigrants
cooking two kinds Of cheese and three
denominations Of sausages on the stove.
He came out very pale and gave the
brakeman half a bollar to stand on the
platform and burn matches under his
nose. WAS it very bad p an old gen.
:leman asked him, when he returned to
the coach. Sir" said the young man
of Hartford, you'll never smell any.
thing like it until you have been dead
about six months. ."-Burlington Ha,ok-
ey. .....-
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BOOTS, SHOES, &C

The undersigned respectfully informs his
friends and the public generally that he
may still be found at his shop, one door
west of the postoftice, where he is prepared
10 execute promptly and in the most stylish
and durable manner all jobs that may be
given him. lie will also make or repair
harness. or in fact anything else IN his
line. He only solicits call.
ISAAC YOUNG.
AUG. 6=tf
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Water-Purifying Chain Pump

Acknowledged to be superior to any other
pump known. No valves to get out of or
der. Bucket and chains made Of galvan-
ized maleaSle iron The foulest water
made pnre BY. the use of this pump. 10
feet or less, $40; each additional foot. so
cents. This pump may be examined at the
Latham House.
jan8-tf LATHM pEhhlNo.
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-. WOLFE,
DRY GOODS STORE

ALSO,
Buys and pays the highest market price
for green and dry cow hides, sheep, fox,
otter, mink, raccoon and rabbit skins.
Also, rags, wool, tallow, beeswax, old iron,
brass, copper, &c. lanlt1
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A country seat-A Split.bottom char
IN the front yards s-.'.-.r--
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Twatches IS to 81. Reyolysrssszzzr>.
IN Ax's wanted So. Supply ce. .NsahriiieT eTenn' v U
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BOOT MAKER.

VIC. Young, having opened shop on Bron's
Street, one door below r. j. McCregnt3 sore
S.in Factory IN Mr. G. s. Douglas old store, He
spectfully solicits the patronage Of the public.
viii make or repair .7s "a 81 - .s *
Boots. Shoes, Harness SC, /,
On the shortest notibe and in the most durable
amor
July 99>Sm