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.BY BREWSTER & SHARP. The Cherokee Georgian H PUBLISHED EVERY WEDNESDAY BY ,IH *'BREWSTER & SIiARRA /Z Wfc’Cjx»<=t fdf <T/’3 ?;».v ST»ilw yjn HATES OF SUBSCRIPTION; (POSITIVELY IN ADVANCE.) Sfßgfe copy, 12 months $1 >0 Single copy, 8 months 100 Single copy 6 months Single copy, 4 months 50 . H ADVERTISING RATES. ■Space | Im. | 2 in. | 3m. | 6m. | 12 m. -1 iirtT| sßs4 50 | S7OO I SIOOO ffe*" **l •>«[ <y>H<>wT~go9 <(^VFo»TT«>| MiofriHwi 4fo?s 650 I 900|1150 |lB 00 | 25 00 £coi. 15 00 |2500 j 3500 [45 00J_6500 1 col. 20 00 |3500|5000 f 6500 | 100 00 DIRECTORY- STATE GOVERNMENT. r Janies M. Smith, Governor. N. C. Barnet, Secretary of State. J. W. Goldsmith. Comptroller General. JnhD Jones, Treasurer. Joel Branham, Librarian. John T. Brown, Principal Keeper of the Penitentiary. Gustavus J. Orr, Stalo School Cotnmis- • aidsmr. ■ ' J. N. Janes, Commissioner of Agricul • tune. Thomas D. Little, State Geologist. W'n.- n i ' JUDICIAL. BLUE RIDGE CIRCUIT. Noel B. Knight, Judge. U. D. Phillips, Solicitor General. # lime of Holding Court. Uhrrokke —Fourth Monday in Fcbru* wry, and first Monday in August. Cobb— Second Monday in March and November. Dawson— Third Monday in April and second .Monday In September. Fannin— Third Monday in May and Oc- ♦Ober Forsyth —First Monday in April and f-*«rth Monday in August. Gilmer-— Second Monday in May and Oelolwi'. Lumpkin —Second Monday in April and first Monday in September. Milton— Fourth Monday in March and in Apr Rvpteinlxr.i Towns— Monday after fourth Monday in Mar and October. Union— Fourth Monday in May and Oc- T*PhV- COUNTY OFFICERS. C. M. McClure, Ordinary. Regular co.ir is each mouth. J. W. Hudson, Cl. rk Superior Cotirt. M. P. Morris, Sheriff. 15 G. Grinding. Deputy Sheriff. John G. Evans, Treasurer. Wm. N. Wilson, Tax Receiver. »• Joseph G Dtipree, Tax Collector. Wm W. Hawkins, Surveyor. Win. Rampley, Coroner. JUSTICE COURT-CANTON DIS. Joseph E. llutaon, J. P. R. F. Daniel, N. P. JL G. Daniel, L. U TWW GOVERNMENT. W. A. Tsasricy, Mayor. J. W. Hudson, Recorder. Jsaara H Kilby, Jabez Galt. J. M. Han 4ta,J.tM. McAfee, Theodore Turk, Alder* .«u. ’Ou COUNTY BOARD OF EDUCATION. JatRM O. Dowds, President. James. W. UncUon, County School Com* missioner. ♦ Prof. James U. Vincent, Examiner. Joaenh M. McAfee, Allen Keith, Joseph J. Maudox, John R. Moore. Meetings quarterly, in the court house. CKIMOKXS Tt ACKERS’ ASSOCIA- TION. James O. Dowda, President. M. B. Tuggle, Vioe-Prcsident. C. M. McClure, Secretary. J. W. Attaway, Treasurer. John D Attaway. Censor Morum. ,Prot Jamra V- Vincent, Association Cor* rwpondvnt t Regular meetings every second Saturday la each mouth, at 10 a. m. RELIGIOUS. Baptist Church, Canton Ga», time of ••rviee fourth Sunday in each month. Rev. M. B. Tuggle, Pastor. M. E. Church, time of service, preachers la charge. «Ifipv. W. G. Hanson, first Sunday. * U Rev B. E Ledbetter, second. Ret. J. M. Hardin, third. MASONIC. Canton Lodge, No. 77. meets first and third Monday nights in each month. James A. Stephens. W. M. Joseph M. McAtee, Secretary. Htxxs Lodge, No. 282, meets first and third Saturdays. 3 p m. £J. M. McClure, W. M O. W. Putman, Secretary. GOOD TEMPLARS. Caniuk Lodge. No. 119, meets every ItewrJaw. 8 pm. . ( . B- jLLcdbvtter, W. C. T. James W. Hixlion, Sccretaiy. GRANGE Cankua Grange No. 235, Canton Ga. Jsues Galt, M«»ter. Joseph M. McAft*. Secretary. ®jjc Cljewnee (Dcmipan. _ 2_J .?i / i A/'.! OT - ‘ * ' ' ■ ( , LLTTLE, WOMAN. In a precious little stone what splendor meets the eyes! In a little lump of sugar how much of sweetness lies! So in a little woman love grows and multi plies! You recollect the proverb says —a word unto the wise. A pepper-corn is very small, but seasons every dinner More than all the condiments, although ’tis sprinkled thinner, Just so a little woman is, if love will let you win her There’s not a joy jn all the world you will "not Arid within her. And as within the little rose you find the richest dyes, And in a little grain of gold much price As r±Ti much odor doth arise, So in a little woman there is a taste of par adise. Even as a little ruby its secret worth be trays Color and price arid virturi in the clearness of its rays— , Just so a little woman much excellence displays, Beauty and grace and love, and fidelity al ways. The skylark and the nightingale, though small and light of wing, Yet warble sweeter in the grove than all the;birds.that sing; And so a little woman, though a very little thing, Is sweeter far than sugar, and flowers that bloom in spring. The magpie nnd the golden thrush have many a thrilling note — Each ns a gay musician doth strain his little throat— zk merry little songster, in his green and yellow coat; ■ , 4 And such a little woman is, when love doth make her dote. There’s nau.dit can be compared to her throughout the wide creation ; She is a paradise on earth —our greatest consolation— So cheerful, gay and happy, so free from all vexntinn. Tn fine, she’s better 'in the proof than in anticipatipn. If, as her size increases, her woman’s charms deer ased, Then surely it is good to be from all the great released. Now, of two evils choose the less—said a wise man of the East.; By consequence, of woman kind be sure to choose the least. —4A* *1 Courtship After Marriage. “Now, this is what I call comfort,” Said Madge Harley, as she sat down at her neighbor’s fire one evening; “here you are at your sewing, and your kettle steaming on the hob, nnd the tea-things on the table, exncc.ing every minute to hear your hus band’s step, and see bis kind face look in nt the door. Ah ! if my husband was but like yours, Janet.” “He is like mine in many of bis ways,” said Janet, smiling, “and, if you will allow me to speak plainly, he would be still more like him if vou would' take more pains to make Jiim comfortable. “WJiat do,y<Ui mean?” cried Madge “Our house is as chan as yours; I mend his clothes and cook his dinners as care fully as any woman in the parish, nnd yet he never stays at home of an evening, while you sit here by your fire, night after night, ns happy as can be.” “As happy a* can be on earth,’’ said her friend, gravely ; “yes, and shall I tell you the secret of it, Madge ?” “I wish you would,” said Madge, with a deep sigh ; “it is misery to live as I do now.” “Well, then,” said Janet, shaking dis tinctly and slowly, “I let my husband know tbwt I love him still, and that I learn every day to love him more. Love is the chain that binds him to his home. The world may call it folly, but the world is not my law-giver.” “And do you really think," exclaimed Madge, in surprise, “that husbands care for that sort of thing?" “For love, do you mean?” asked Janet. “Yes ; they don’t feci at all as we do, and it don’t take many years of married life to make them think of a wife as a sort of miid-of-all-work." “A slander, Madge," said Mrs. Matson, laughing; ‘‘l won’t allow you to sit in WtllkHu’a Abair and talk so.” “No, because your husband is different, and values his wife’s love, while John only cares foi me as his housekeeper.” “I don’t think that,” said Janet, “although I know lie said to my husband, the other day, llmt courting time was the happiest I time of a man’s life. William reminded him that there was a greater happiness than | that, even on earth, if men but give their i hearts to Christ. I know John did not al ter his opinion, but went away thinking of his courting lime as a joy too great to be exceeikxl.” “Dear fellow!” cried Madge, smiling through Iler lean; “1 do believe he was happy then. 1 reme.nlier 1 used to listen j ’ for his step isl sat with my dear mollier by 1 the fire, longing for the happiness of seeing , ■ him." “Just so,” said Janet, “do you ever feel Hke Hist now?* “Well, no, not exactly.” i “And why not f’ “Ob, I don’t know.' said Madge; “mar ried people give up that sort of thing." 1 CANTON, CHEROKEE COUNTY, GA, WEDNESDAY, OCTOBER 20, 1875. Virtue and Intelligence—The Safeguards of Liberty. “Love, do you mean ?” said Janet. “No, but what people call being senti mental,” said Mrs. Harley. “Longing to see your husband is a proper sentiment,” said Janet. “But some people are ridiculously foolish before others,” reasoned Madge. “That proves they lack sense. lam not likely to approve of that, as William would soon tell you; all I want is, that wives should let their husbands know they are still loved.” Her friend looked up. “Oh, Madge, what are you saying? Have you, then, married with the notion that it is not good for John to believe you love him?” “No, but it is not wise to show that you care too much for them.” “Say I and him; do not talk of husbands in general, but yours in particular.” “He thinks quite enough of himself al ready, I assure you.” “My dear Madge,” said Janet, smiling, “would it do you any harm to receive a little more attention from your husband ?” “Os course not. I wish he’d try,” and Mrs. Harley laughed at the idea. “Then you don’t think enough of your self already ? and nothing would make you vain, I suppose?” Madge colored, and all the more when she found that William Matson had come in quietly, and was now standing behind Janet’s chair. This, of course, put an end to the conversation. Madge retired to her own home to think of Janet’s words, and to confess secretly that they were wise. Hours passed before John Harley returned home. He was a man of good abilities, and well to do in the world ; and, having married Madge because he truly loved her, lie had expected to have a happy home. But, partly because he was reserved and sensitive, and partly because Madge feared to make him vain, they had grown cold toward each other, so cold that John began to think the ale-house a more comfortable place than his own fireside. That night the rain fell in torrents and the winds howled, and it was not until the midnight hour had arrived that Harley left the public house and hastened toward his cottage. lie was wet through when he at length crossed the threshold. He was, as he gnifllj’ muttured, “used to that,” but be was not “used” to the tone of look with which his wife drew near to welcome him, nor to find dry clothes by the crackling fire, ami slippers on the hearth ; nor to hear no reproach for late hours and dirty foot marks, as he sat in his arm-chair. Some change had come to Madge, he was very sure. She wore a dress he had bought her years ago, with a neat linen collar around the neck, and had a cap, trimmed with white ribbons, on her head. “You are smart, Madge,” he exclaimed at last, when he had stared at her some t'mc in silence. “Who has been here worth dressing for, to-night ?” “No one, until you came,” said Madge, half laughing. “I ? Nonsense; you didn’t dress for me !” cried John. “You won’t believe it, perhaps, but I did. I have been talking with Mrs. Matson this evening, and she gave me some very goori advice. So now, John, what will you have for your supper?” John, who was wont to steal to the shelf at night and content himself with what he could tind.jhought Madge’s offer too excel lent to be refused, and very soon a large Ixiwl of chocolate was steaming on the table. And then she sat down, for a won der, by his side, and listened, and looked pleased, when at last as if he could not help it, he said: “Dear old Madge f’ That was enough; her elbow somehow found its way to the arm of the great chair, and she sat looking quietly at the fire. Al ter awhile John spoke again : “Madge, dear, do you remember the old days when we used to sit side by side in your mother’s kitchen ?” “Yes.” ‘ I was a younger man, then, Madge, and, as they told me, handsome; now I am growing older, plainer, duller. Then you— you loved me; do you love me still ?” She looked up into his face, and her eyes answered him. It was like going back to the old days to feel his arm around her as her head lay on bis shoulder, and to hear once again the kind words meant for her ears alone. She never once asked if this would make him vain. She knc,v al once that it was making him a wiser, more thoughtful, more earnest-hearted man. And when, after a happy silence, he took down the big Bible and read a chapter, as he had been wont to read to her mother in former times, she bowed her bead and prayed for strength to fulfill every duty in the future, I and for blessings on her husband evermore. . Set the morning watch with care if you would be safe through the day; begin well if you would end well. Take care that the j helm of the day is put right; look well to i the point you want to sail to; then, wheth-1 er you make much progress or little, it will; be so far in the right direction. The morn-; in ’ hour is generally the index of the day. * Railroads. On Monday, September 27,1875, a cele bration took place in England, the mere announcement of which described the mostT remarkable achievement in the prog ress of the human race. It was the cele bration of the fiftieth anniversary of the establishment of the railroad. It is simply inconceivable, looking at the world now, that fifty years ago no such thing as a railroad existed—that we tiav 'eled by leg power alone, either of manor horse. Blot out the road to-day, and what would be our condition ? But there are men still alive who have traveled from Mis sissippi to Philadelphia and Baltimore on horseback, to buy the dry goods and broad cloths our mothers and fathers wore, and which were often purchased a year before they were placed on sale in the far western store. That was the condition fifty years ago. Men in independent and comfortable circumstances lived and died without go ing fifty miles from home. To-day the of Kansas City goes to New York in fifty hours, and in a fortnight thereafter Lis purchases are on .sale in the home market. How did the world ever get along without the railway ? These reminiscences of the time before our railways were akin to those of En gland. The place of the celebration was in Durham, between the rivers Lees and Weir, at South Durham and Darlington. the center of a coal and load re gion, and the rivers being navigable only for short distances above their mouths, the coal and lead were carried on the backs of horses to thejown of Stockton-on-Lees, to be shipped to the larger towns to market. Two Quakers, Jonathan Backhouse, a banker and manufacturer, and one Pease, as part of a committee, employed Geoige Leather, an engineer, to make a survey for a canal or horse tramway between Darling ton and Stockton. The engineer’s esti mate lor a horse railway wire : for feed, £52 per horse, per year; £3O for driver’s wages, and the receipts from traffic, £32. And this is the first estimate ever made for railway business. But the sturdy Quak ers did not give up. They finally obtained a charter for a canal or railway, or a part of both. And now George Stephenson ap peared on the scene, and proposed to make all rail and take the power to haul from engines, a few of which, called “puffin’ were working in the pits at the collieries. This was in 1812. In 1822 the first rail was laid, and in September, 1825, the work was finished, and the opening took place on the 27th of that month. The first engine was called “Locomotion,” and the first train was what would now lie called a mixed one—a score of “wagons” loaded with coal, flour, and passengers, and one long “coach” in which the directors and their friends rode. The engine-driver was George Stephenson, the first and great est occupant of the “foot-board” the world has seen. Twelve years ago the annual income of this same line was three times greater than the capital on the day it was opened fifty years ago. The world to-day has almost forgotten the two Quakers to whom they owe the gift of the railway, and George Stephenson, who made it practicable nnd profitable. Instead of supplying two little towns with coal, the globe is belted with iron, and the locomotive draws more mer chandise and more people than the horses of the world did fifty years ago or since. The first attempt to build a railroad in the United Slates was made in 1827, when a tramway was constructed from the quar ries of Quincy, Massachusetts, to Boston, a distance of about thirty miles, the trucks being propelled by horse-power. In 1829 the Baltimore and Ohio railroad was pro jected, and in 1831 a portion of the road was completed, the first locomotive used in the new world was put upon it, and the trains have been running daily from that time to the present The South Carolina road, running from Charleston to Hamburg, opposite Augusta, a distance of one hun dred and thirty-eight miles, was built in 1833, and has the honor of being the first completed and thoroughly equipped rail road m this country. And now, a net work of rails has interlaced our vast terri-! tory in every direction, and connected to- ■ gether the most remote points, precipitating civilization and carrying blessings every where. The names of Backhouse, Pease and Stephenson should be ever treasured in the memory, and occupy a conspiciotts I place in history, among the greatest of the world’s benefactors A Theory Concerning Sleep. Our existing knowledge about the physi ology of sleep does not go much beyond ; the fact that the phenomenon in question * is invariably associated with a compara tively bloodless condition of the brain, i Pfluger attempts to take us a step farther, by constructing an elaborate hypothesis of i physico-chemical order. Starting from the | view that the functional activity of any j organ, and more especially of a nerve center, depends upon a disassociation of i living matter, which is itself only a modi fied form of albumen, the author goes on to speculate that the chemical potential energy which is used'up in the formation of every molecule of carbonic acid is trans lormed into heat. In other words, the atoms of which this molecule consists are thrown into a state of very active vibra tion. These intra-molecular explosions are propagated in all directions along the nerves to the muscular and glandular systems, which are in structural continuity with the nerve-centers. Frogs, deprived of oxygen, are thrown into a state of apparent death, precisely similar to sleep; from this they in ay be roused by a fresh supply of oxy genated blood. A certain proportion of intra-molecular oxygen in the nerve-centers is thus essential to the waking state, since it enables a given number of explosions to occur in a unit of time at a given tempera ture. But, during the waking state, the energy of chemical affinity is used up much faster than the intra-molecular oxygen of the gray matter of the brain can be re placed ; consequently the formation of car bonic acid steadily diminishes; and, wlien the number of explosions per unit of time sinks below a certain minimum, sleep en sues. The entire energy of the brain is never really used up; but it sinks to a point at which, in the absence of all exter nal stimuli, it is incapable of maintaining functional activity. This theory may be so developed as to explain most of the phe nomena of ordinary sleep, such as its peri odicity, etc. The author likewise attempts to bring the winter sleep of hybernating mammals and the summer sleep of trop ical amphibia into harmony with it. Female Jurors a Failure in Wyoming. Wyoming contains a large proportion of the intelligent and eminently religious and good women. It was hoped, therefore, that great good would result from placing them injuries. After a few trials, however, the system was quietly abandoned, and has never been revived. The reasons for this are many. First is the fact that so few women are eligible* The following classes, from the necessity of the case, are exempt: All nursing mothers; all approaching a condition of maternity; all the delicate, nervous, or hysterical; all who from tem porary physical condition are not fit for sitting on a long trial; all of notoriously bad character, and all who are exempt from the same causes as men would be. These classes include nine-tenths of the whole sex. When to these arc added those who Lave sick or very young children who need frequent care, it seems that all Wy oming has no more than a hundred women at any one time fit lor jury duty. The system, therefore, was given up, not as a failure exactly, but as wholly impracticable. Another difficulty presented itself. When a jury consisting of men and women (five of the latter) was long detained and locked up for several hours, the resulting incon venience was so great, and the expense so much increased, that both sexes were heartily sick of the experiment. The gen eral result is said to lie that both the friends and foes of woman suffrage are disappoint ed, as there are almost as many opinions as people in Wyoming. The majority, how ever, declare themselves unable to see any change. As far as can be known, the ladies divide their vote between parlies as much as men do, rather more, perhaps, voting for personal friends. To sum up, the opinion of the best informed is that woman suffrage in Wyoming has resulted in making every thing just as it was before, only a little more so.—[Rocky Mountain News. Analysis of the Human Breath. zVn account, published in Nature, of some experiments made with a view to de termine the organic matter of the human breath in health and disease, presents some facts of a peculiarly interesting nature. The breath, of eleven healthy persons and of seventeen affected by different disorders were examined, the persons being of differ ent sexes and ages, and the time of day at which the breath was condensed varying- The vapor of the breath was condensed in a large glass flask surrounded by ice and salt, at a temperature of several degrees be low zero, the fluid thus collected being then analyzed for free ammonia, urea, and kindred substances, also for organic ammo nia. Among the various results of this ex amination may be mentioned the fact that, in both health and disease, the free ammo nia varied considerably; the variation. I however, could not be connected with the ‘ time of the day, the fasting, or full condi- j tion. Urea was sought for in fifteen in- j stances —three healthy persons and twelve j cases of disease ; but it was only found in ' two cases of kidney disease, in one case of, diphtheria, and a faint indication of its j presence occurred in a female suffering from catarrh. The quantity of ammonia arising from the destruction of organic matter also varied, possibly from the oxi dation of albuminous particles by the pro cess of respiration ; but in healthy persons , there was a remarkable uniformity in the ! total q-viulity of ammonia obtained by the , process. Life is a short day, but it is a working day. Activity may lead to evil, but inac- 1 tivity can not lead to good. 1, VOLUME 1.-NUMBER 12? Cheating an Innocent Old Ma«r - One day last month, when trade Yfas a Vicksburg clerk procured a piece of leather from a shoemaker, painted it and Tafd it aside for future use. Wititf&a few days an old chap from back country came in and asked for a pli^f J o€ chewing-tobacco. The piece of leathif was tied up and paid for, and the purchase* started for home. At the eijd of the sOlth ' day he returned, looking downcast and de jected, and, walking into the store, he iii-- . quired of the clerk: “ ’Member that terbacker I got here • ' BO other day ?” “Ycf»” ; “Well, was that a new ' “No—-same old brand.” 1 ** ' “Regular plug terbacker, was it F* “Yea.” { “Well, then, it’a me; it’s right bare hr my jaws,” sadly replied, the old man. knowed I was gittin party old, but I was alius handy on bitin’ plug. I never saw plug afore this one that I couldn’t: tear ‘to pieces at one chaw. I sot my teeth * this one, and bit and pulled and twisted like a hog at a root, and I’ve kept bitia.’ an*' pullin’ for six days, and thar she am the same as the day you sold her to “Seems to be good plug,” remarked the clerk, as he smelled of the counterfeit» i(; !j “She’s all right; it’s me that’s failing !” exclaimed the old mnn. “Pass me apt some fine-cut, and I’ll go home and the farm to the boys, and git ready for Ute grave 1” An Affectionate Brotlicr. f A couple of enterprising men, tiding the clothing business in Atlanta, are interview’ ed by a customer in search of a coat The senior member of the firm handles the ne*w comer, and soon finds a “first fit.” In an swer to a question as to the price, the mer chant says ‘Eighteen dollars.” 'nr. “Well, sir, I like your coat very much, but I don’t like the price.” “Well, mine frent, ze price is notin’jko you like ze coat. We let you take him kt fifteen dollars.” The customer still complains of the price, saying that fifteen dollars is too mneti. This is too heavy for tlie dealer, so, taking his customer to the extreme end of tie store, and drawing him into a dark corner, whispers in his ear : “Mine frent, I let you have zat coat for twelve dollars and a half.” “Well, sir,” said the customer, “I like your coat very much, and am satisfied wi(h the price, yet I would like to know why. this mysterious performance ?” . “Well, mine frent, you see dot leelle man dare at ze door ? He was mine brodcr. He got ze heart disease, and, so help me gra cious! if he was to hear me tell you Til take twelve dollars and a half for zat coat lie drop ded mit his track.” Ashamed to Swear Alone. —Why is it that the most blasphemous oaths are always in a crowd? The profane swearer would not dare to go into his private chamber and utter these horrid imprecations. No, np, he wants them to be heard and laughed‘at. It is the greatest of cowardice to swearJn a crowd; what you would not do secret. “I will give you ten dollars,” said a man |q a profane swearer, “if you will go into thn village graveyard at 12 o’clock to-nighS, and swear the same oaths you have just lit tered, when you are alone with God. 1 ” “Agreed,” said the man, “an easy way to make ten dollars.” ‘ Well, come to mor row and say you have done it, and the mon - ey is yours.” The time passed on; mid night came. The man went to the grave yard. It was a night of great darkness. As he entered the graveyard not a sound was heard ; all was still as death. Tbsa came the gentleman’s words in his mhut with power—“ Alone with God P* rang Ip his ears. Afraid to take another step he fell down on his knees and cried, “God he merciful to me a sinner ” In our day, both married and single peo ple live too fast. A bachelor now has need of an income such as would once have sat isfied a man with a family, and the father and husband requites for his single house hold the means that, twenty years ago, would have supported two families, if not three. Daughters are sent to fashionable schools, at an enormous cost, there to learn extravsgance, and, in short, to become fit ted for anything but to become, working men. Sons are ruined with un limited amounts of pocket-money, late hours, and almost total absence of parental control. Thus we not only waste opr own estates, but perpetuate the vice in our own children. In every way we are living too fast. Men often try, and persevere in trying to make a sort of neat show of outer good qualities, without anything within to cor respond, just like children who plant blos soms without any roots in the ground, to make a pretty show for an hour. The little stream, when it enters the sea, proclaims its arrival. The river forms the junction in silence. z .