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BY BREWSTER & SHARP. THE CHEERFUL HEART. • world is ever ax we take it, And life, dear child, is what we make it.” Thus a grandam bent with care, Spittle Mabel, flushed and fair. Mabel took no heed that day vOf'Wh&l she heard her grandant say. Years after, when, no more a child, Her path in life seemed dark and wild, Back to her heart the memory came Os die quaint utterance of the dame: “The world, dear child, is as we take it, And life, lie sure, is what we m ike it.” She cleared her brow and smiling thought, ’Tis even as the good .-oul taught I “And half my woes thus quickly cured, The other half may be endured.” No more her heart its shadow wore; She grew a little child once more. A little child in love and trust. fcJhe took the world—as we, too, must — In happy mood ; and lo it grew Brighter and brighter to vie w. She made of life, as we, too, should, A joy; and lo! all thing* were good And fair to her, as in God’s sight. When first He said, “Let there be light.” —Selected. Tie Cullings of Society-What Shall be Done with Them? The nld practice pursued by fanners in assorting the rising generation in the conn try was as follow*: Among the males the first in intellectual ability w is alm >st iuva riably carefully laid aside for the legal pro session. The next was considered as a family offering to the ministry. The third wis supposed to have sufficient ability for becoming a successful merchant. Thon the bilance were carefully looked over to find a little mechanical ingenuity, which was devoted, when found, to some useful trade. while the .upmarketable refuse, like that ol other faru?*proWise <» woftL-tep l fbr U‘ r home supply. ’Vjh' c Tdie of the fem de pqr ""family absorbed nearly all the educationil advantages within its reach, and was fitted for leaching school; being exported, as a mattci of Cours'*, to marry a clergyman after a few seasonsot usefulness in her profession. Whit personal attract iveness (here might be among the daugh ters was hurried off to the city, where the demand for this product always exceeds the supply. After these selections were made, the rest were retained to become farmers* wives. The folly and injustice ot this principle has become so apparent, and the incompe tency of the judges who presume! t» make •itch a division has been so thoroughly proved, that there Is no danger whatever of the practice ever being revived. It is now univentally acknowledged that there is not only ample room In the agricftj|ural world for talent to display itself to advantage, but that it demands at present, and in fact always has demande I, the same ability that ta requisite to success in any other oceap* Hon. Not only are men possessed of talent, cultivated tastes, and wealth, turning to farm life in steadily increasing numbers (not with a desire to escape evuis mental labor, but seeking employment as well as recreation, for brains as well as heads), but farmers themselves are generally aware that Industry and economy are but the foundation of their favorite edifice, and that its completion will require the skillful labor of generations yet to come. They have wen'Thal art is the same eflkient handmaid of nature in agricultural pursuits that she is represented to b<; in other fields of labor. Parente have learned that if the accomplishments of social life are not ad mitted and favored in their homes In the country, their sons and daughters will leave those homes, and go in search of them elsewhere; and it has become a wed estab lished fact that those city men who prefer to go into the country in search of wives, can find there intellectual cultivation and polished manners, os well as hualtby con stitutions and moral purity. Yet, notwithstanding a thorough change has been effected i» the views and habits of country people, there is an extremely un reasonable notion prevailing in other quar ters that the refuse of society In the cities should b* sent into the country. This idea is an especial favorite with social econo mist and reformers generally; and is pressed into the service of all schemes for the iauprvvautent of society. All whv are too stupid u> succeed, or too vicious to be tolerated, in the city, are advised to “go Into the country.” When the city votaries of folly and dissipation have rendered due sacrifice to their deities, they are expected •» end their worse than reckless lives in the e wintry; and m-wal as well as physical disease it admonished that nothing but a change from u’ty to country fife will do it; and, if they are not cured, they are not en dusad, al leant by their former companions tn the city TtaM prv’.KMdUon*, which, viewed in Sr balw*! repuhi vmrM;, wwt’d anmse a uhc Chri’ohcc ©covciian. fueling of resentment on the part of coun try people, have been so sugared over with compliments to ‘‘country influences,” that they have been ratftjr relished than other wise by farmers, and have been supposed by them to be available as arguments to convince the rising generation in the coun try that they should be content to be de prived of all the advantages that city life holds out to them. But they now see 4hat in disposing of the surplus population of the cities, the dregs and cullings are appro priated to the country, and they feel like refusing to accept any more of these mior , dcred invoices of damaged goods. There is never a surplus of the right kind of population either in city or coun try ; and that which obstructs the course of social advancement in the farming locality 1 is as much an encumbrance as in the for mer. Besides, the country is by no means the moral paradise that it has been repre sented to be. There is no need of importa tions ol idleness, dissipation and incompe tency from the large cities. If the cities find their products increasing on their hands, let them close the manufactories of the same at once, and not crowd them up >n those who already have more of them than they know what to do with. Those who are an expensive burden to society in the city, are told that they “should cease to be consumers, and become producers;” and it seems to be expected that each member of this numerous class needs nothing but “the will” to be trans formed at once from an idle, discontented being, indisposed or incompetent to prop erly fill the station for which he was reared to a skillful farm laborer. The country is undoubtedly in want of laborers; but not of this grade. A mistaken notion has al ways prevailed in society that numbers are I ill that is wanted in the Tabor fields in the country, when discipline of both mind and muscle is as desirable here as in the trades; and the progress in farm skill, with the , continued change and improvement in farm implements, increases the demand for judg ment and ski'l on the part of workmen. The employer of farm help finds, in making that in this, as in other mar kets, “the » As a Con M-q tence of tfiis rule, we fiad in farm labor a wide range in the rates of wages; becoming still wider as the higher grades of workmen improve in skill, and the numbers increase of those who take lo farming as a last resort, or are sent into the country to be got out of sight, or to be kept out of mischief. But the power that “finds some mischief still for idle hands lo do” w by no means at a loss in furnishing employment in the country for those under his charge, and much of the discontent so prevalent among the y >uug people of the country may be traced to this so tree. The sentimental con fessions or exaggerated accounts of the achievements of these veterans in vice cre ate a morbid curiosity in the minds of their credulous listeners in the field, by the win ter fire at home, or at the country inn, ami •uouse an ambition to perform deeds of a similar character. It will lie found that a very large proportion of those who improve in condition whde sojourning in the coun try, turn again to their former idols in the city, manifesting renewed zeal; and offer ing, with other sacrifices, a fearful list of proselytes, having established a bond of uaj on and sympathy between themselves and their new acquaintances in the country. The older farming districts are particu larly unfortunate in this matter of distrib uting the culHngteof society, especially in regard to foreign immigration. Those who are really in earnest In their agricultural undertakings and whose means of expert -1 cnce make them desirable neighbors or co -1 laborers, prefer to go where they can be ! come proprietors of land; the privations ‘ and labors of a new country having no CANTOX, CHEROKEE COUNTY, GA., WEDNESDAY, AUGUST 4, 1875. terrors for them; while tuos® who take to fanning because they are not fitted for any thing else, remain as close as possible to (cith s and villages. lint the qaestion, What shall lie done witb«the cullings of society* still remains unanswered. We have, however, endeav ored to point out one thing that should not be done with them —that is, sending them Into the country. Considered a* a matter of profit and loss, either socially or finan cially, the country can not afford to take them The supply will not diminish as long as they can by disposed of: and sim ply closing the markets here against arti cle* of this description will do much to ward checking their production.— Hural Preu. How to Make Blackberry Wine.— Put the berries in a large tub; to every gallon of berries pour on one pint of boil ing water. Bruise them with a mallet, and ' let, them remain until next day. Strain [ through a thick cloth To every gallon of juice add two and a half pounds of { "‘rar Drain again and put into a cask; <xur bung with muslin; put in a cool * i Shake the cask daily until forme oeases: cork it tight, and by will he ready for "use, but tmpro^ rv . p, age. This recipe htt been lJf . W ’ years. and has never failed. / Virtue and Intelligence—The Safeguards of Liberty. Bi.Ticu'.tics of Est.ib ishing a Local Taper. 1 It is a sact —unfortunate, but nevertheless true —that very many communities do not 1 afford an amount of patronage to their * lOs,al paper sufficient to keep it upon a sound financial basis, even when its out goes ate scrupulously and exactly shorn to ! their uttermost limit. To endeavor to get ■' up such a paper as, in the opinion of the public, the interests of the town demand* is in many cases, a short but brilliant ’ struggle on the part of the publTsttet*r?£ meet the unyielding demands of the type founder and paper-maker with the impal pable proceeds of general and generous promises of liberal subscriptions, advertis ing, and job-work, on the part of everybody interested in having a paper started, but which, being once launched upon its un ’ certain voyage, they arc too apt to think cun be run by determined persistence ou the part of the publisher, aided solely by the good wishes of the general public. ' It is undeniably true, as an abstract prop osition, that every well-conducted newspa per should stand upon its own bottom; that when such a paper fails to secure a sufficient patronage to render it profitable in a business point of view, it is prima facie proof that such paper ought not to exist—in other words, it supplies an article for which there is no sufficient demand to warrant its being In this view of the case, there can be no duty on the part of any one to help support his local newspaper; if he wants to read it, and considers it worth the subscription price, he takesit; otherwise be does not. And just the same in regard to advertising: if five dollars jpeat in advertising his business will bring him a speedy return in the way of in creased business, why, all right; and il not, he would be very foolish to spend hi" five dollars in that way. “Business is busi ness,” in the opinion of such men—and money spent for the purpose of sustaining a newspaper in their community is, in their opinion, money thrown away. It is perhaps needless to say that, in our opinion, none but a very narrow minded and contracted soul will consider his local light. Every myi ffi tyteyj,. possessed' of an cnterprisin*iocal p»i»fer, whether he subscribes for it and advertises in it or not, is benefited by the publication of that paper in many ways. Probably to a greater extent than all other bined, it advertises the town and kiß»| ness interests to the outside world, tlwStmy attracting immigration and adding so much to the value of every man’s possessions, whether of real estate or merchandise, in the town. It is the great popular instructor and instigator of those necessary and healthful public improvements, lucking which no town can hofx* to become either a desirable place for business or residence. It is all this and more than this, and labors earnestly and unceasingly, and generally without the hope of any adequate reward for its services. What other person, busi ness, or institution, can do or will do as much for a town as a local newspaper? That town, therefore, which does not gen erously patronize and support its local newspaper you may invariably know is controlled by narrow-minded individuals, whose sole principle of life is to get ail ' they can and keep all they get. The live man of business naturally shuns such a town; its business is diverted to other and more enterprising places, and sooner or later its business houses and factories stand only as monuments of what it once was— and what it might have continued to be had it only properly supported its local paper. Boys and Farming. Farmers’ sons upon arriving at a certain age often become dissatisfied with their vo i cation. In New England the > the boys leave tne term at the age of eigh teen or twenty. Why is this? Perhaps , the most potent reason is aversion to hard woikor a mistaxen idea ot Its ignominy, i One reason why boys leave the farm in the i west lies in the tact that so many farms are so is- luted that neighbors are few and far between. The boy who toils day after day in the field mingle* vary little in society. He lougs for associates and neighborly in fluence. Many fanners are so absorbed in work and profit as to care very little for out ward appearances. I will illustrate a case: It was a rickety looking place; the buildings had been long out of repair. The barn and its accompaniments were close by the house. A oig hay stack oc cupied a prominent position, with which the winds and unruly members of the barn yard had raised sail hav<>c. Near by was the hog pen, whose aroma was anything but pleasant to the sense. The interven ing ground was scattered profusely with old logs, carts and wagons. What wonder ,a ’* * r-'yds tired of vjch slovenly Fish. '' ’’or some tim-5 past we have been catch- w some fine fish in our basket. It is not in dl unusual for us to take out of the wet w ji fifteen to twenty pounds at one haul, in lat need we care about the high price of be f and chickens ? sh thw well dressed clerk at the counter. Visions of wealth fill his mind as he views the stately columns that industry has founded. “I’ll be a merchant!” he says to * himself. A situation is secured with a sal t ary of two or three hundred dollars a year; he maj* in time be promoted; but his t chances are small. here one merchant . succeeds, thirty become bankrupt. „ Boys, keep out of the city; it is over ’ crowded already. Seek employment else where. Farmers, beautify your homes; A;-‘w nyikirHiem so at tractive that your *?b.’ys will be reluctant to leave. Provide a library for your family, and teach the , boys to farm by theory as well as by practice. Don’t complain of hard times and die of cnipSi bill,tell them of the nobility of agriculture as a lite call ing, its independence over all other em ployments, and without which no branch of industry could flourish. Rise up, then, ye sturdy sons of the soil. “Buckle on thine aru or,” and cause the barren waste to grow with fruitfulness. Tunneling the British Channel. A concession has at last been granted by the French Assembly to M. Michel Che valier, a mining engineer and political 1 economist of distinction, to undertake the channel tunnel between France and Eng- ’ land. An experimental society, with a capi ' tai of $850,000, has been formed to deter mine Hie piobabilities of the enterprise. ■ M. Chevalier anticipates that the work of driving a tunnel will be most easy, since in all human probability it will traverse a very thick layer of chalk. The track of the cable will be followed as nearly as possible from the cast of Dover to the west of Ca lais, and at each end a well will bo dug 127 meters, or over 400 feet below the live waters of the high seas, whence perforation of the sub marine splid about two hundred feet below the bottom nf the strait will be commenced. A‘•gallvTy 7>f approach, two meters in- diameter,’ will be commenced, and jfJVuccessfully completed the tunuVj willffie made. The experimental gallery complete will cost $5,000,000; the tunnel and the rpad complete will cost $50,000,- I be cesortcd to, but machine is to be employed Whictf will eat its way from end to end of in two years. Ventilation will be procured, as in othgr'tunnels, by an imijection of compressed-air. Evidently the terrors of the English Channel a*rv taking their place among the of .the past Science has attacked the dwnster, and its capitulation to anti-seasick steamers, life dresses and submarine tunnels is but a question of time.— Savannah Advertiser. Marriage Maxims. The following maxims should be en graved in silver and presented to every bridal pair at their espousal, as rules for tffefr guidance: The very nearest approach to domestic happiness on earth is the cultivation, on both sides, of absolute unselfishness. -Never both get angry at once. Never speak loud to one another, unless the house is on fire. Let each strive to yield oftenest to the wishes of the other. Never find fault, unless it is perfectly certain that a fault has been committed, and always speak lovingly. Never taunt with a past mistake. Neglect the whole world besides, rather than one another. Never make a remark at the expense of one another; it is mean. Never pass for a day without loving words to think of during absence. Never meet without a loving welcome. Never let the sun go down upon any an ger or grievance. tAult you have committed have confessed it and asked forgiveness. Never forget the happiness of early love. Never sigh over what might have been, but make the best of what is. Never forget that marriage is ordained of God, and that His blessings alone can make It what it should be. Never let your hopes stop short of the eternal love. A Home es One’s Own. Human existence implies the necessity of ■ food, raiment, and shelter. A habitation is scarcely less important to life than the question, “What shall ye eat, and where- i withal shall ye be clothed?" Happiness, in civilized countries, largely depends upon the comforts and conveniences with which a home may be invested. i Every man in this country, especially if ; he has a family, should possess a home of his own ; and generally this may be secured. i in a few years by industry, frugality, and • i prudence. In targe towns and cities * j money expended for rent by pers* j g ■ ’ gaged in ordinary avocations 11! ■ Wtli l» urcUa3e a ho .Vf heir.! h ig. What t x ««^ d!orda weary, care- j J >ra soul, is music! the ach- ! ss ig heart, an I raises the tb/J ights to ' eaven, where the ransomed of the Lord ' p tall mike meloly forever. g . ing their experience as tenants of other i people’s houses and tenements, while the j burdens of taxation for municipal purposes » fall mainly up m the tenants; as landlords • charge the taxation imposed for public im ; provements on them to the rent-roll, an 1 it • therefore comes out of the pockets of the I- tenants. In a house of his own, one feels not only • that be is less dependent than when occu pying a tenement belonging to another, but ; there is au incentive to improve and beau- • tify a home; to make il attractive* and thus J add to its value —a motive not often pres- ■ ent when a m m lives in a rented dwelling ' From every point of view it is advisable ; for a mail of family, when he has found a L. D* jmanent place of residence, to determine to provide a home for those dependent upon ■ him. Whether in town or country, this is advisable, and the reasons for it arc so ob- > vious that it is scarcely necessary lo refer i to them. _ Clothing and the Weather.—We should never allow ourselves to forget that nature intended us for warm-blooded ani mals. In this climate of we are apt to forget it, the fall and spring. At such seasons, when w r e freeze and simmer on alternate days, there is engendered in us a certain recklessness, which takes no heed of cold or heat, dry ness or dampness, and receives all tempera tures with the same front—generally a defenseless one. It is certainly very trou blesome to change front as often as the weather, and there is a prejudice in Ameri can minds against such change, which has a great deal to do with the rapidly increas ing population of our graveyards. People like to have some stability of purpose, and if they can have it in nothing else, they will try to have it in their dress. They will not make a change until they make a per manent one for the season. No matter how hot it is in the spring, they will wear spring clothes until summer, and no mutter how cool it may be in August, summer must be worn until full shall actu ally set in. Thus, ofttimes suddenly, and with aad results, we find ourselves ap proaching the condition of the fishes and lika&s, for the chill, that alert forentnnei of disease, is ever ready, in our climate, to take advantage of circumstances. — Scrib ner's Monthly. The Beauty of the Family.—We leave it to you if the “beatty of the family" don’t invariably “turn out” the worst of the lot? If she don’t cultivate the outside of her head to the total forgetfulness of the inside? If she is not petted, and fondled, and flat tered, and shown off till selfishness is written all over her? If she is not sure to marry some lazy fellow, or drunken brute who will bruise her body-—or heart — to a jelly, and be glad to come with her forlorn children for a morsel of bread to the com sortable home of that snubbed member of the family who was only “our John” or “Martha,” and who never, by any possibil ity, was supposed by them capable of doing or being anything? We leave it to you if the “beauty of the family” be a boy, he don’t grow up an ass ? If he is not sure to disgust everybody with his conceit and aftectation, while he fancies he is the ad mired of all eyes—even if he don’t squan der all the mouey he can lay his hands on, and die in the gutter? We never see a very handsome child .of either sex, upon the family pedestal to be admired by that family and its friends, to the exclusion of the other children, that we do not f**"L like patting these children on the head saying: “Thank providence, my dears, 1 you were not bom ‘beauties.’ ” Powerless without Fire.—Suppo; we saw an army sitting down before granite fortress, and they told us that ti intended to baiter it down. We mi ask them bow? They point us to a ? non-ball. Well, but there is no pow< ‘ ,? ’ that It is heavy, but not more tV 1 * ’ hundred weight, or half a hundred If all the men in the army were to- ! it, that would make no impression 1 sav .* gcn ’ "No; but look at the cannon. w,u v Well, but there is no power is a machine, and nothing Rppo|nted look al the powder. R g „ uletl power in that, A child jgtablish uni f sparrow may pick it u iou< the connty . J erless powder and this Chairman ; Rev. put into this poy ty. Attaway, Rev. spark of fire ent . Johnson, Esq. • twinkling of an e 4ft , our hearty thanks of lightning, Vgbwfiy the following res- 1 thunderbolt, v heaven. 11& t we> t |, e Teacher* Assoc I ‘ So county, adopt The Che f pre r Georgian as the organ of thU As- I ‘ ton, and hereby pledge to it our en >! ‘ agemeat and support. HP Our clever young friend, Mr. Jesse Kirkpatrick, has twelve or fifteen acres of he best cotton we think we ever saw. We »ave decided that it will make a good bale >"r acre. O;ir enterprising friend, Mr. Lo fan Field, also has a very fine crop on the ante fiu-rn. His weed is not Isrgc as Hr. Kirkpatrick's, but it seems to be eqnai yas well fruited. And by ibt£ way, eur >atch of six acres, near by, is not Io be pinned at by those who have no teeth. ’ VOLUME 1.-NUMBER 1. ALL FOR FVN. Something about dogs—fleas. J A dough-mestic difficulty—heavy bread. Improving one’s time —mending the clock. • : : Self-made men are very apt lo worship their maker. Ir takes a pretty smart man to tell he is happy. A depraved punster says he shall smoke ( if he chews too. The home circle—walking aronad'with the baby at night. : What are often seen at funer* . als.? —Black kills. . Time is money, and many people pay their debts with it. What is better than a promising young man ? A paying one. When does a cow become real estate? When turned into a field. Why is the sun like a good loaf? Be cause it’s light when it rises. Question for actors: Can an actor be said to work when he plays ? In what ship has the greatest number people been wrecked ? Courtship. :i ‘ The man who doesn’t hang out his shin gle and advertise, dies and leaves no sign. A Spanish proverb says: “A kiss with out a mustache is like an egg without salt.” Those who rise to eminence suddenly are very apt to come back by the upxlta train. is often like the spoons—when it wears off it shows the brass. A medical journal says that marble-top tables are unhealthy, but it does not state their disease. Boss Tweed .doesn’t think the treatment, at the penitentiary very benign. On the, contrary, he thinks it is There is nothing better for rough flat irons than to rub them with fine salt. It \vill make them almost instantly smooth. A young man, threatened witii a breach ,of promise, suit, coolly rcpHctl “Sue away! Contracts made on Sunday aren't ■ le S aL ” h 1W ' Query.—What kind of Rattle do they have in the North ? A man there adver tises that he “wants a woman to wash, iron, and milk on# or two cows.” “Sir,” said an old judge to a young law yer, “you would do well to pluck some Os the feathers from the wings of yon/ imagi nation and stick them in the pxi! of ydtu*, judgment.” If George Washington Kfoself hsxd only been cross-examined by Judge Ku.Ucrton before he died, we have no doubt it would have turned out that he really lied about the cherry tree, after all.' “Hello, there,” said a farmer to ag - agg Irishman w’ho was busily engaged at oimU of his cherry trees; “by what right do yoh take those cherries?” “In faith, my friend,”* said he, “by my right hand, sure.” First class in geography—“ How many States in the Union?" “The books say thirty-seven, but the newspapers have it thirty-nine.” “The newspapers are ahead, as usual, my son. Go to the bead.” * Two Irishmen, traveling on tlm < B*M^ iB ‘ more and Ohio railroad 4r4-Ilar mile-post, when Turk, Aider*, aisy, Pat; h<” JjUNTY BOARD OF EDUCATION. James O. Dowda, President. James W. Hudson, County School Com nissioner. Prof. James U. Vincent, Examiner. Joseph M. McAfee, Allen Keith, Joseph I. Maddox, John R. Moore. Meetings quarterly, in the court-house. CHEROKEE TEACHERS’ ASSOCIA- TION. James O. Dowda, President. M. B. Tuugle, Vice-President C. M. McClure, Secretary. J. W. Attaway, Treasurer. John D. Attaway, Censor Morum. Prof. James U. Vincent, Association Cor respondent. Regular meetings every second Saturday in each month, at 10 a. m. RELIGIOUS. 1 Baptist Church, Canton Ga., time of ' service fourth Sunday in each month. Rev. M. B. Tuggle, Pastor. M. E. Church, time of service, preachers in charge. Rev. W. G. Hanson, first Sunday. Rev. B. E. Ledbetter, second. Rev. J. M. Hardin, third. MASONIC. . Caston Lodge, No. 77, meets first and fl third Monday nights is; each month. . James A. Stephens, W. M. * £ Joseph Al. McAfee, Secretary. 7 Sixes Lodge, No. 282, meets first au-J _ third Saturdays, 2 p. in. - C. M. McClure, W. M. O. W. Putman, Secretary. GOOD TEMPLARS. | ’ j Canton Lodge, No. 119, meets every Saturday, 8 p. m. Joseph M McAfee, W. C, T. W. P. flar ris jit, Secretary. • grange. C*nu;u Gran, A No-. 225, Canton Ga, Jabcz Ga'.f, 1 1 ister,. •> " : W.JiT. Ate, S.ceGry.