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The Cherokee Georgian.
BACKBONE.
When you see a fellow mortal
Without fixed and fearless views,
Hanging on the skirts of others,
Walking in their cast off shoes,
Bowing low to wealth and favor,
With abject, uncovered head,
Ready to retreat or waver,
Willing to be driven or led;
Walk yourself with firmer bearing,
Throw your moral shoulders back,
Show your spine has nerve and marrow—
Just the things which his most lack.
A stronger word
Was never heard
In sense and tone
Than this: backbone.
When you see a theologian
Hugging close some ugly creed,
Fearing to reject or question
Dogmas which his priest may read,
Holding back all noble feeling,
Choking down each manly view,
Caring more tor forms and symbols
Than to know the good and true ;
Walk yourself with firmer bearing,
Throw your moral shoulders back;
Show your spine has nerve and marrow—
Just the things which his most lack.
A stronger word
Was never heard
In sense and tone
Than this: backbone.
When you see a politician
Crawling through contracted holes,
Begging for some fat position,
In the rifig or at the polls, r
With no sterling manhood in him,
Nothing stable, broad, or sound,
Destitute of pluck or ballast,
Double-sided all around;
Walk yourself with firmer bearing,
Throw your moral shoulders back,
Show your spine has nerve and marrow—
Just the things which his most lack.
A stronger word
Was never heard
In sense and tone
Than this: backbone.
A modest song, and plainly told —
The text is worth a mine of gold;
For many men most sadly lack
A noble stiffness in the back.
A New Depart me Necessary.
The Southern people will find it neces
sary to take a new departure in more things
than politics. They have opened up a new
era in everything. The foundations of old
society have been broken up, and we find
ourselves at sea without chart or compass.
We have been pumping at the theories,
trying experiments, and speculating on
causes and effects. We have been working
with implements we did not understand the
use of, and been grasping at shadows. We
must begin anew to educate our people for
the new order of things. We need a new
system of education—new text-books and
a new order of teachers. We want prac
tical teaching, object teaching, not theory
and speculation. It is remarkable bow
some people go through this world with a
reputation for talent, who see nothing on
the wayside, and learn nothing save from
books.
This is an era of stern realities. We want
facts; we ate too poor to experiment, and
time is too precious to waste on theories.
The agricultural profession has become un
popular. Why, is not the question now.
The fact is indisputable. All the able-bodied
men are flocking to the villages and cities
in search of employment more agreeable
and profitable. Tins must be reformed.
If agricultural prosperity declines, every
other profession must go down in equal
measure.
We should strive daily to add new at
tractions to the home life. Teach your
children first everything connected with
your profession. Familiarize them with
details and store their minds wi h facts,
with useful information, before you put
them at Greek, Latin, or French. There
is a plantation language and a plantation
philosophy worth more than all the wis
dom of the practical schools in the prac
tical operations of a home life.
How many men grow up on a farm with
out knowing when a horse is drawing the
heaviest load with the least expenditure of
power? I low’ many can tell at a glance
when a plow is doing the best work with
the least application of power? How
mauy can tell how many pounds of flour a
bushel of wheat may make, the proportion
of seconds and In an, the process of gi ind
ing, bolting, etc? How many who have
grown up on a farm can tell you how long
liefore a cotton form or square makes a
bloom, and a bloom a boll? All these
things, with the breeding and raising of
domestic animals, the pasture, the. dairy,
the threshing of grain and winnowing, all
the details of a farm life, should be taught
familiarly at home. We have lawyers, ami
doctors, and merchants, and brokers, and
bankers, and loafers enough let us try to
turn out a few farmers for the new era.—
[Southern Cultivator.
The Capabilities of an Acre.
J. M. Smith, a market gardener at Grivn
Bay, Wisconsin, furnishes some interesting
statements of his experiments in high cul
ture. lie has found the rule invariable —
not a single exception to it—that the more
he has spent cultivating and manuring the
greater have been the net profits per acre.
Last season he cultivated fourteen acres,
and began with a more thorough and ex
pensive cultivation than ever before. The
result was that, although there was a ‘ter
rific drought,’ one of the dr vest seasons
ever known in that region, nf.er spending
1|U1,686, or $384 per acre, he had a better
balance than for any previous year. He
api»ears to regard constant < uki ration,
especially through droughts, iu connection
with copious manuring, as all important
Stable manure is the s amhrd, wuh such
use of siqs rpliosphates, plaster, lime, ashes
aud nth-1 iu.omivs, as cxi»erici.vc and good
sense pomi «»uu
'After \»»u have learned to -p< nd money
to the I ,1 . ivanlatl 'he Uiiuik ’.i 111.;', r
profit may be made by laying out S3OO per
acre than with less. After the second
year, if your land does not pay all its ex
penses, taxes, and ten per cent, on SI,OOO
per acre, there is something wrong some
where. I have some acres of land that did
not pay expenses for two years, but for a
number of years past have not failed ten
per cent, on $2,000 per acre. I expect my
whole garden to do more than that in a
short time.’ He adds that he is now aim
ing at 1,000 bushels of onions per acre,
then a crop of carrots or turnips, or 500
bushels of early potatoes; or, if strawber
lies, 12,800 quarts, or 400 bushels, per acre.
What Not to Do.
A farmer should not be so land-grasping
as to imperil the title of what he now owns
in the attempt to possess all that joins him.
He should not attempt to cultivate more
than he can attend to thoroughly, nor keep
more stock than he can well feed.
lie should not put off the purchase of an
implement until the work that requires it
is nearly done.
He should not let his stock run down in
winter so low that it takes all summer for
them to recruit.
He should not go to sleep at night until
his plan for the morrow’s work is thorough
ly matured, and his help acquainted with
their morning duties.
He should not allow his help to attempt
a job until he has made plain to them the
details of their work.
He should not require too many hours
1 d)or from bis men, and should give them
some privileges, and take an interest in
their welfare and prospects.
He should never give way to passionate
language when errors are committed. Aile
words never repair a fault, and do not less
en the chance for its repetition.
Finally, the farmer who makes a mild
decision the rule of his house, who plans
his business properly, has personal care of
his work, is satisfied with small, sure gains,
will pass through life serenely, and leave a
fair legacy to his children of worldly goods,
and, better still, an unsullied reputation.
The Little World of London.
London covers, within the fiftcen-mile
radius of Charing Cross, nearly seven hun
dred square miles
It numbers, within those bound tries, over
4,000,000 inhabitants.
It comprises 100,000 foreigners from ev
ery quarter of the globe.
It contains more Roman Catholics than
Rome itself, more Irish than Dublin, more
Scotchmen than Edinburg, more Welsh
men than Cardiff, and more country-born
persons than the counti< s of Devon, War
wick, and Durham combined.
It has a birth in it every eight minutes,
and seven accidents every day in its 7,000
miles of streets.
It has, on an average, twenty-eight miles
of new streets opened, and 9,000 houses
built every year.
It has 1,000 ships and 9,000 sailors in its
port every day.
It has 117,000 men habitually on its po
lice register, increasing at an average of
30,000 per annum.
It has as many beer-shops and gin houses
i as would, if placed side by side, stretch a
distance of 73 miles.
It has as many paupers as would more
than occupy every house in Brighton.
It has an influence in all parts of the
world, represented by the yearly delivery in
its postal districts of 2,588,000.000 letters.
Weighing Cattle byMeasuhe.—Take
the length of the back from the curve of
the tail to the fore-end of the shoulder
blade, and the girth around the breast be
hind the fore-legs. These dimensions must
be taken in inches. Multiply the girth by
the length, and divide by 1 11. It the g’rth
is less than three feet, multiply by 11 ; it
between three and five feet, n ultiply by
16; if between five and seven teet, multi
ply by 28; if between seven and nine feet,
multiply by 31 ; if the animal is very lean,
one-twentieth must be deducted —and if a
very fat one, one-twenti th must be added.
Another rule: Take all dimensions as
before, in feet, and then mu'tiply the square
of the girth by the length, and that prod
uct by 3 3(5. The result will be pounds.
If you desire to know what an animal will
dress, multiply the live weight by the deci
mal .605; the product approximates the
actu d net weight Very closely.
What A Moktc age Is.—Sambo wanted
to buy smie land, but he hail only halt
enough money. ‘Well,’ said the land agent,
‘the price is S9OO, but I'il take $450, and a
mortgage for the balance in a year.’ Sam
bo scratched his wool. ‘But, I say, boss,
spose a fellow ain’t got no morgiteh ?’ In
vain the agent, explained, when up steps
Bill and says • ‘I can ’lucidatc that point.
A morgiteh is like this yer: Spose you
pays de b >ss $ 150 down, and giv.s yer
word and honor as a honest nigger to pay
him de udder $450 in a year: den spose on
de very last day <>b de year yer pays him
$419, and don’t pay him de udder dollar,
why den de morgiteh say de boss can j«ss j
lake all de money and de land, and you
don’t have nufl'm—not a cent.' ‘Golly, boss, (
a morgiteh makes a Digger mighty hon
est.’
Yield a Little. —It is better to yield a i
little than to quarrel a great deal. The !
habit of standing up, as people call it, tor
their (little) rights is one of the most di.-a i
grecable and undignified in the world.
Life is too short for the perpetual bicker- '
in ;s which attend such a disposition ; and,
unless a very momentous affair indeed,:
while othir people’s claims and interests
are involved, it is a question if it is not
wiser, happier, ami more prudent, to yield,
somew hat of precious rights than squabble
to maintain them. Tine wisdom is first
p - .'.; , p.ace.ible and gentle.
How to Cure Bites and Stings.
The best treatment for the bitts and
stings of insects, ns bees, wasps, hornets,
etc., is to wash the part with water of am
monia, or a solution of chloride of lime.
Should much inflammation ensue, and the
part become much swollen, leeches may be
applied and purgatives given. The stings
of venomous reptiles may be similarly
treated, except in cases where they are of
a very poisonous description, when the
wound should be well washed with water
of ammonia, afterwards thoroughly scared
with lunar caustic in every part, especially
the interior and deep seated portions. Sim
ilar treatment should be followed after the
bite of a mad dog.
The poison inserted by the stings and
bites of many poisonous reptiles is rapidly
absorbed, and of so fatal a description as
frequently to occasion death in a very short
space of time, and before any remedy or
antidote can be applied. In districts in
fested with reptiles, every family should
always have these antidotes on hand, that
no time may be lost before the application
is made. Large draughts of olive oil are
also recommended. i
Washing venomous bites with a strong
solution of salt and water, and, in bad
case 3, inserting the salt itself into the wound,
is highly recommended as a sovereign rem
edy, and is the secret of cure of many re
nowned magicians of India for rabid as
well as venomous wounds. As this is an
article generally at hand, it is well to resort
to it in the absence of anything more reli- i
able.
The Moon. —From time immemorial it i
has been thought the moon, in some way ,
or other, governs and controls the clouds,
Every time the moon changes, she is ob
served with great anxiety, and the conclu
sion, whether we are to have a wet or drv
moon, is arrived at from the manner in
which she hangs We will not undertake ;
to say that the moon has no influence upon
the state of the weather ; but the facts war- |
rant us in concluding that her influence is
very small, or very easily counteracted.
During the present season, in the same lati
tude, and almost in the same neighborhood,
some sections have been blessed with abun- j
dant rains, while others have been parched
with drought. Every observer is fully
aware that adjoining neighborhoods have ,
opposite seasons. One is drowned out with ,
rain, while the other is parched up. This |
takes place every year. These and similar
facts throw grave doubt on the theoiy that
the moon controls the weather.
STI AHI ’ & co.,
WALESCA, GEORGIA,
Dealers in
General
Merchandise,
Are selling
At LOW-DOWN FIGURES.
Will g.vc
Isxtra Bargains
lOR CASH OR BARTER,
, Being anxious to make room tor the Fall
‘ trade. If you need anything in our line,
. call and see us
SHARP & CO.
aug2s. 5-
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Notice to Contractors.
! NS’OTICE 13 hereby given that sealed
proposals will l>e receive I by lite un
dersigned until the 21st day of Sept. 1875,
’ for the building of a bridge over Shoal
s Creek, near widow Cooks, in accordance
with plans and specifications at my oflio*.
; and i s > at C<>l Sharp’s store. , Like propo
sals will also b • received tor th-- s one time,
i for the repairing of Hawkins bridge across
Little River, specifications at my office.
Tim right to reject any or all bills is re
served. C. M. McCLURE, Ordinary.
ang 24, 4-3
IF Yt»U WANT PRINTING DONE,
1 with neatness and dispatch, call at this
office.
PROF. VINCENT’S
SEI ECT HIGH SCHOOL
FOB
Young & Middle-aged Men
WILL OPEN THE BF.GTTLAR TERM OF TEN
MONTHS
At Canton, Georgia,
ON THE
'first MONDAY IN SEPTEMBER.
THE CURRICULUM
embraces a thorough course of the English,
I Latin, Greek, and German language; the
Natural, Mental and Moral Sciences ; the
' United States Military Academe Course of
' Mathematics, and a Practical Business
. Course. Special attention is given to Note
and Letter-writing, Land Surveying, Science
of Accounts, Legal Forms and Commercial
Law, and the Applied Sciences.
THE SYSTEM OF TEACHING
discards in Mo the memoriter and rigidly
enforces the rationale — the reason W;,y and
i wherefore — method. Students arc taught
to think for themselves.
THE TEXT-BOOKS
used are the very Vanguards of Scientific
Progress.
THE RECITATIONS
are always lively, awakening and delightful
: to young men who earnestly d> sire to get a
■ sol d and progressive educa ion in the
I shortest time and at the least possible ex
pense. Only a small number of young men
will be admitted, and to them the Principal
' will give every needed attention. Young
I men who have time or money to throw
I away —who do not mean to study for the
love and use of it—are not wanted.
CANTON
is situated on the banks of the E'owah,
twenty-four miles above Cartersville anl
twenty-five miiej north of Marietta, on the
projected Marietta and North Georgia Rail
load, is surrounded by beautiful mountain
scenery, water as pure as gurgles from the
earth, the atmosphere salubrious and salu
tary, its population quiet, i.idn<lriou 3 , gen
erous, and highly mural—just the place to
do earnest, hard studying.
BOARD
has been engaged at the just’y popular
Canton Hotel and with s-•)< ct families at
from $8 00 to $12.50 per month.
TUITION
invariably five dollars per month.
REFERENCES.
Believing young men who have for the
most part been educated by the Principal,
and who are now in life’s anna, are the
b- st judges of his competency and eflirii ncy, '
he takes the liberty to refer those interested
to the following former pupil- :
E. 1). Little, M. I)., Duluth,Ga.
Henry Strickland, Principal Bay Creek
Academy.
\V. L Moore, M. D., Gainsvillc, Ga.
Geo K. Looper, Attorney, Dawsonvi Ic.
Geo. W Hendrix, Attorney, Canton, Ga.
J. B. Brown, Merchant, Tilton, Ga.
J. C. Hughes, Teacher, Alt. Z on, For
syth County, Ga.
1). D. McConncl, Attorney, Acworth.
M. J. L'-wis, Clerk, Atlanta. Ga.
W. P. Hughes, Teacher, Big Creek, Ga.
D. W. Meadows, Teacher, Danielsville.
.1. W. Estes, Merchant, Cumming, Ga
Thos. O. Wofford, R R. Agent, Carters
ville, Ga.
I. N. Strickland. Civil Engineer, Duluth.
Geo. W. Collier, Teacher, Atlanta, Ga.
Allison Grvn, Clerk, Allanta, Ga.
T. G. Donaldson, Farmer, Atlanta, Ga.
Jab'z Ga’t, Farmer, Canton, Ga.
H 11. Parks, Traveling Agent Atlanta
Constitution.
J. A. Baker, Farmer, Cartersville, Ga.
For further particulars, address
JAMES U. VINCENT,
Canton, Georgia.
Aug 4, 1-lm
“Secure the Shadow ere the Sub
stance Fades.”
A. OVERLAND,
t og rap 1 ier,
Opposite McAfee’s Hotel,
CANTON, - - - GEORGIA, |
ATTILL rem tin for a short time, and
\ V would lespectfully iuvite a call from
all who wish anyihing in his line.
All sizes an l kind 3 of pictures made in :
workmanlike style.
Satisfaction given, or no charge.
A. OVERLAND.
aug 4 1-ls
Bargain Offered-i
CANTON NEEDS A TJN-SIIOP.
\ ND. 1 SET Tof Tinner’s Tool', with
I\. a small quantity of Rtw Stock, can ,
be bought at low figures, or on short time,
with approved notes. For information,
app v to the editor of this piper.
Aug 4,1 3m
THE CHEROKEE GEORGIAN,
A Weekly Newspaper,
PUBLISHED AT
CANTON, GEORGIA,
And. Devoted to the Interests of Cherokee Georgia.
THE GFEOEG-I-A-lSr
AV ill contain, from time to time, the Latent News, and will give its
readers an interesting variety of
LITERARY, MORAL,
AGRICULTURAL, EDUCATIONAL,
TEMPERANCE AND POLITICAL,
READING MATTER.
It is a Home Enterprise, and every citizen hi Cherokee and adjoin
ing counties should give it his encouragement and support. IUEI UE
Georgian will be
AN EXCEI.DENT ADVERTISING- MEDIUM,
and merchants and others, who wish to secure the vast trade from the
mountain counties, would do well to avail themselves of the advantages
which it oilers.
*
Job Work of A.ll Kinds
Will be executed at The Oeoruiax office, in the neatest style and on
the most liberal .terms. BARTER of all kinds taken lor Job M ork
and subscrijitions.
TjEUTIX/ES OF THE CTEORG-IAISr-
OneYcar, ;
Eight Months 1 " '
Four Months
A liberal discount will be unde to clubs.
BREWSTER & SHARP, Proprietors.
J. 0. DOWIIA, Business Manager.
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OF THE
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ExcXivc “Flow," and Pml q.sus Uteri, or Falling ol the VVomb. Ihe Proiowon has.
I in vain tor many y-ars, sought thligently lor s -me remedy that would enable thnn tn
i treat thia disease with success At last that remedy has been discovered, by one oi the
imist skillful physicians in the State ol Georgia. '1 he remedy is
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Blooming in all Her Pristine Beauty, Strength and Elasticity-Tried Doctor as
ter Doctor.
IluTi.F.ixiE, Ga., February 16th, 1871,
This is to certify that mr wi r e wa« an invalid tor six years. Had disease of tb«
womb, attend< d with headache, weight in the lower part of the back ; suffered from lan
guor, exhaustion and nervousness, loss of appHitc and flesh. She had become *0 ex.
I naus’t-d and weak, her frirn-ls were apprenensive she would never g--1 well. 1 tried
' doctor after doctor, and many patent tnedicin* s—had dopam-d of the improvement
i when, fortunately, she minmeiKud takmg DR. BRADFIELD S FEMALE ICEGULA
i TOR. She is now wcl.; and three 01 four bottles cured her. Improved m health, np
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g>rd you as her sxviouh from the dark portals of death, and my benefactor. May
vour shadow never grow less, and you never become weary in well doing.
aug26-ly JOHN SHAIP
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L IL BRADFIELD, Proprietor, At|aqU, G;orgiai._