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YOL. XXIY. The Cartersville Express. Established Twenty Years. KAfES AND TERMS. BffBBCRirTIONS. One copy one year . *1 50 One copy six months 75 One copy three mouths 50 Payments invariably in advance. ADVERTISING RATES. Advertisements will be inserted at the rates or One Dollar per inch lor the first insertion, and Fifty Cents for each additional insertion. Address CORNELIUS WILLINGHAM. EDITORIAL EXPRESS-IONS. An agricultural college, similar to thjpse established at Americus, Dah- aud Athens is being talked of for Rome, The remains of Lord Beaconsfield were removed from his house in Curzon street, Londou, to Padding ton statiou on Sunday, whence the body was conveyed on a special train to Wycombe, and thence to liugheu* den Manor. John G. Hyatt, of New York, has filed plans with the building depart ment foT the erection of a house seven stories high, which will contain apart ments for forty-two families—six families on each floor. The cost will exceed half a million of dollars. A woman in Corning, N. Y., who has been receiving a government pen sion for forty years, has just received notice that it will be stopped, it hav ing been discovered that her husband did not serve in the war of 1812, a3 had been alleged. James T. Fields, the finest literary critic of America, died Monday. He founded the Atlantic Magazine; was an author of high merit; a lecturer who always drew the most cultured to hear him. Ho was an intimate personal friend ot Charles Dickens, and had clo e relations with many other literary celebrities in England and on the continent. Mr. Fields had been out of active business for some time on account of failing: health. Lord Beaconsfield bad two brothers —James, deceased, and Ralph. He never associated with any of his kin dred, but he appointed Jatpes, in 1852, when he became chancellor of the exchequer, a commissioner of in land revenue, the salary of which is £2,000 a year, and his brother Ralph was, at his request, appointed by Lord Chancellor Cairns, in 1867, dep uty clerk of the house of lords, the salary of which is £1,200. They both, particularly James, bore a strong likeness to their remarkable brother. The statue to the memory of the late Admiral David G. Farragut, re cently erected in Farragut square, at the intersection of Connecticut ave nue and Seventeenth street, Wash ington, was unveiled Monday with imposing ceremonies. There was a procession composed of naval, milita ry and militia forces, attended by several bands. The president deliv ered an oration on the dead hero, and eulogies were pronounced by Senator Voorhees and Hon. Horace Maynard, the orator of the day. On the subject of “Education in Georgia,” the New York Herald says: The schoolmaster seems to be march ing through Georgia at a very lively pace. Ten years ago the white pu pils in the public schools of the state numbered less than forty-three thou sand and the colored less than seven thousand. Since that period each year has witnessed a steady improve ment in this scandalous condition of affairs, and, according to statistics just published, the school attendance te-day is more than four times larger than it was at the period referred to, or, in other words, nearly a quarter of a million. A glance at the report made by the commissioner of educa tion shows that the colored children have not been ignored or forgotten by the authorities. In round figures the white pupils number one hun dred sod fifty thousand, and the col ored eighty-9ix thousand. Ihe dis heartening feature of the situation is that the appropriation for the pur pose is ridiculously small, the total amount from all sources—state, coun ty and town —being only about hal* a million dollars. It is to be hopec, the new measures suggested for the increase of the educational fund wil be adopted. To educate its i! 1 berates is tbt* first m; and h'g dn f '* of rv state, and it us w .roe than fo*A,> to hesitate at the cost. The Cartersville Express. THE EXPKESS. CHANGE OF PUBLICATION DAY. Aa Explanation, as well as aa Appeal to oaf Fflends sat Patrons An accident to the editor and pub lisher of The Express, which oc curred last week, forces him to carry into consummation a purpose he has been considering for some months, viz: a change in the day of publica tion from Thursday to Tuesday. We are not afraid but that this ar rangement will meet the appreval of our pations, as well a3 the citizens of our town generally, because it will thereby erive Cartersville a semi weekly paper in the two weekly ones. It will also be more conveni ent to us, and enable us to issue more promptly each week. While upon almost a peasonal sub ject, we will say that we have no just reason to grumble at the manner in which our paper has been received, since our connection with it. Our re liance for support has been principal ly on job work. The patronage given us has been liberal and satisfactory. Still, a large amount of work is sent elsewhere, but we shall not cease to strive to win our people to a support of home industry. There are a number of subscriptions due the paper for which we send pri vate accounts to the delinquents, trusting that they will come prompt ly to our relief. In conclusion we ask some indulgence for this issue, as the matter for it has been prepared while we lie flat on our back suffer ing agonies—the resuit of a brokeu arm. An Essay on the Dog. The dog is a digitigmde carnivo rous mammal. This will be new* to I most persous, who had always sui*. I posed that a dog was simply a dog. I It has been bruited about that tbt dog is the best friend to man among the brute creation. He pants after the thief. When once he gets hold of the thief’s pants he makes breaches. A barking dog never bites; that is to say, when he begins to bite he stops barking. Conversely, a biting dog never barks, and for similar rea sons. The hair of a dog wih cure his bite. This is a curious superstition among hair brained young men who are fast going to the dogs. Dogs are dentists by profession. They insert teeth without charge. The sea dog loves bis bark. Did you ever see a dog that didn’t? The bark of a tree is unlike the bark of a dog. Even a dogwood know this. % • Dogs are not always kind, though there are many kinds of dogs. Every dog has his day, although days last bat a few weeks in the year. There must be a sirious error here. The dog’s star is the dog’s, planet. They plan it so that their days come wnile the star is in the sky. They do not fear it. It is pot a Skye terrier. When a dog enters a pitched battle he uses the dog’s star. Brutus said, “I had rather boa dog and bay the moon than such a Roma.” Ho had seen the dogs roamin’ around on the Day. They never get over the bay. Sea? A living dog is eaid to be better than a dead lion. There is no lyin’ about this, but a dead dog is dog gone bad. Tray was a good dog, but trays is worse than the deuce when it is against you. Doge are the original Argonauts. They have never given over their search for the flease. The bull dog is a stubborn fellow. He is not easily cowed. A great many stories about the di*g have obtained currency. The man who left part of his clothing with the dog was current. See? Puppies are born blind. They are not see dogs then. Tht-re ->re ocn-.ny types of dog, in- t * ur j| -i* ... r v*>*'*• * *v i jvJ b . ei* Here. * Howl line do for the dog? CARTERSYILLE, GA., TUESDAY, MAY 3, 1881. WAKING I SEE. BETTER THAN DREAMING. “C. Dnbbleyer’s” Soaaanbailstie Prophcs) is Soßewnatijr Reviewed. BY. DR. F. WM. MEMMLER (Der Deutech* Frits.) Mr. C. Dubbleyer.— Dear&r: In your somnolence of Sabbath stillness did you not develop more of the ef fects of “an underdone potatoe,” or overdone bit of beef, thar of reality? Can the statements you make be ta ken as facts ? Perhaps the measler j was brooding over the scene wijn preliminary influences. Let me > Why this future for our town? is quite another prospective opting before our vision. A glance our town certainly evidences othe f possi bilities. That some of our citizens have, by energy and thrift and bushess acu men accumulated wealth is not by any means to be deplore* or envied. May not this very suc*ss of some, evidence a lack of the* qualities in others not so fortune* ? About three yea* since I came here a stranger anda foreigner. At the outset my was surely bitter. I found IP city dull, appar ently having bu/ enterprise or public spirit, /he principal business seemed to b* rawing and lawsuits. Houses, stress and sidewalks were looking diipidated. Merchants were sitting out/de their doors whittling with theiknives, ready to wait upon customer* I had many offers made to me t(^u r chaae property at very low fig/es. The* rms ftQ d farmers in the vici nity /peared to be in a like condi tion#^*l the town and its Inhabi tant A large proportion of the lanA were untended. The briers washing rains alone seemed to be inking progress. Iron manufacto ries were dead. No ores were being Shipped. Labor was cheap and abun* lant. Laboii r, g men were looking ofil and despondent. A feeling of glbm prevailed over the greater por [to of the population. Some were Llish as to sell property and seek elsewhere. r( -- compare the present pros pects. x have but recently traveled throug ( [ ie s tafc et i n passing through our cou.y j i seft the jands in good process tcultivatiop. Old fields are being ret ve^t Washing lands are being rem4 ec j # Fences have under gone repah aQC i houses are being repaired New saw mills and cotton g.. are going up. I see improved facing machinery on many farms. Bee everywhere to kens of iuQprc, B toek. I have noticed pa^ Q iarly this spring more wheat, oau c j over> aiiC j SUC h products than and j hope t 0 see further in the same direction. More W(Xy circulating among the farmers, vj more agree able faces are seen. Aj a Q may now command a hundred where ip could only five thi ago. Lands are advancing pr ice and more sales have been j n the ast half year than for previous. I see better prints foi a farmer to make money ht t han h many of the western and, or thern states. If the same amount,* labor and thrift be employed sec* tlon that is applied there, <6ble the amount of money will be ft return. Three elemc nta are requil for the promotion of the interests <a popu lation. These are health, gd water and good soil. The first t\nature has abundantly given to t and a foundation for the third. Ith the necessary labor and care, oueetion may be converted into a pa*ae. I have never seen a country witreater and so varied resources, am have traveled far. I have never s such opportunity for the accumu >n of wealth. I cannot enter mupon the ways and means in wh these resources can be appropriate > the promotion of the wealth of i ople, but will make this reserve for some future time. I havered many small and large places, find nowhere the business activity*! is exhibited in our town in piciion to size and population. Mi im provements are being mad£ t ,-ear* tbau for many years previc In tact things present quite a (tent appearance. I am very plei to H id'n .T ur u*i -ah *vi y-3 upi u- {? -i ai/* * ■ . • • - nit .dtWttiE -ud effictency of our oty hwaMiq* equalled. Everywhere may be seen their bright uniforms and smiling faces, and order and quiet reign. I am also glad to see that justice is dis pensed and equal privilege obtained. In reference to tH< wno sunerea the arrest for selling Bibles, I would respectfully say that he was engaged in a traffic of maps and oth ! er articles, and should, by all means, I have complied with the requirements of our city authorities. More anon. ■ A Denver Man Arrested for Forging His Own Signature. Dtuyer Tribune,] . • A singular case of forgery of signa ture to a postal money order has just been brought to official notice, and the person charged with the act ar rested and lodged in the county jail to await an examination. The facts of the case are as follows: Som time in February last a money order was presented at the postoffice in this city for payment. The order was drawn by the postmaster at Lead ville, in favor of Thomas Elliott, for the sum of fifteen dollars, and was duly paid to Thomas Elliott, March 1. A few days after the said order had been paid a complaint was made to the postoffice' inspector, General Cameron, that the money had been paid to the wrong man. An investi gation followed, when it was found that, while Thomas Elliott had sign ed for the money, after being proper ly identified, the inaa receiving the money was not the Thomas Elliott for whom it was intended. Further investigation also showed that there were not less than three men in Den ver who answered to that name, and which one was the culprit vtas the question. The postal officers finally located the right party, and yesterday effect ed his arrest near the Rio Grande railway shops. When the money was received by the accused, he immediately wrote a le ter of acknowledgement to the re mitter, simply signing it “Torn.” He at once opened a bank account, aud at the time of his arrest still had five dallars left to his credit with his oankers. Elliott hails from Missouri, and had been in Denver for several weeks. His examination will be held before United States Commissioner Brooks, May 5. Did the man commit forgery when he signed his own name to the order? is the rather delicate point in law which this case raises. An Old Virginia Society Leader Dead. Associated Press Dispatch. Richmond, Va., April 26.—Mrs. Louisa G. AlleD, one of the oldest and best known laeies of this city, a leaner of society during the olden times, died here Saturday, aged 83 years. She was a niece of Colonel John Mayo, who fell years ago, and built across the James river the bridge which is still called by his name, The deceased was also a friend of Mrs. General Winfield Scott. She was born in New Jersey, her maiden name being Patterson, and of the family owning land after which the city of that name is called in that state. In 1832 the deceased married John Allen, a well known and weal thy Scottish merchant of this city. Her husband, after the burning of the Richmond theater in 1837, adopt ed Edgar Alien Poe, the parents of the infant having lost their lives, along with Governor Smith of this state and some eighty settlers. Mrs. Vilen was buried to-day in Holly wood cemetery. It is not generally known that in the congressional library at Washing ton there is an old Bible which is well worth a walk to the capitol to examine. It is of Italian origin, and is supposed to have been written in the thirteenth or fourteentb century, but the actual date is unknown. It is written in Latin, upon veil m, m clear, bold characters, and extremely uniform. The writing is In two col umns, about three inches wide, with a margin of two inches. It is em bellished with 146 miniature point ing**, and upward of 1,200 smaller il luminations, which are beautifully executed, and are as brilliant to-day as the day they were done. The ini tials of books and prologues are two and half inches in height, and those of the chapters are one inch in height. It is contained in two largo volumes, and cost the government $2,200 in gold when gold was at a high pra miam, and was purchased at a sale of the library of Henry Perkins, H-mwo 1, b Po’k, near London, in Ju<.*S7B. TANARUS:. \*s ns * ‘ -.'is a - iuiu< ii ; •e • u-u nt. aLrefL ejßr c‘pl five ; in the * c .*U Vuim4lJ iucif are nearly all perfect* 0141 i DsLesseps’ Cashier Abscoads. Associated Press Dispatch, New York, April 25—The sud den disappearance of the cashier of the DeLessena canal company was recently reported. For six weeks ter his disappearance the company kept the matter hushed and denied the report. But the defalcation is now admitted. The Canal , a paper published in English, French and Spanish, has brought the matter to light, and asserts that the treasurer fled with $30,000,000 belonging to the company. He went away on a tug, from which he boarded a steamer. The canal company for a time at tempted to account for the treasurer’s absence by saying that he had com mitted suicide for reasons of his own by drowning himself in Chagres riv er. The truth is now, however, ad mitted. It is now reported that an other official of the canal company has absconded with SBOO. There is a general feeling of dissat isfaction on the isthmus with regard to the canal people. The employees are compelled to take board from the company in order to get anything fit to eat. For this they are charged a good stiff price. Then even the food thus dearly paid for is often too little to satisfy, and so the unfortunate employees are compelled to procure more on credit. For this the most outrageous prices are demanded, on the plea that the company find it next to impossible to procure the regular supply alone. For instance, at the station of Matuchiu an engin* eer under the company was paying for the board of himself, wife and child sixty dollars per mouth. Not getting enough to satisfy themselves they took necessary extras, having them charged against the husband’s salary account. At the expiration of the month, when the engineer went to draw his salary, minus his board bill, he found that extras charged against his family by the company amounted to $l2O, bringing him into dobfc on his next month’s salary S6O. An Englishman who had been at work seven weeks for Hie .rwitcwmrjw company at the end of fhaf time went to settle up and was amazed to fiad himself indebted tot le company for extras S6O over and above all his earnings. The food given by the com puny is well calculated to pro* mote a longing for extras. It con** gists of native rice, dried beef, beans, codfish and o casionally fresh beef, given out in miserly measure. The canal company’s commissary depart* ment seems to be managed so as to secure the labor of the company’s employees for nothing. There have been several strikes along the com* pany’s line and but for the intprven tion of some native gentlemen quite a scene would have been made by the strikers at Panama recently. Vennor’s Prediction* for May. Toward the end of the first week in May, or about the sth and 6th, snowfalls may be looked for in the lower provinces of Canada, and about May 3rd frosts are probable in central and southern Illinois, with rain and snow prevailing in some localities. There will also, in all probability, be snowfalls through the gulf and the Sf. Lawrence district about the 7th and Bth. After the 10th of May, however, hot weather may be expec ted, and after the 15th bush fires will probably break out in certain dis tricts, although thunder storms are also probable on the 13th and 15th. Between the 20th and 25th there will probably be cloudy weather with rains, and vegetation will have ad vanced considerably by the 24h of the month. Between the 20th and 25th the weather will probably be cool. The month will end hot and sultry. The Cowpens Centennial. Associated Fispateft. Charleston, S. C. f April 26. The Cowpens Centennial Committee have received information that Pres ident ami Mi. Garfield and Secretary Btaine expect to be present at the unveili of the Morgan statue at Spartanburg ot* May 11. Ex-Presi dent and Mr*. Hayes will probably ho then ’ i —* —•••* It Is said that Mr*. Helve A Lock wood, attorney at law, of Washing ton , has writterntletter to the presi dent, applying fr# fb** pneifwn of mitiisbr to Brazil, and setting forih her qualifications for the post. -.! f■i % i i The Hudson River Tunnel Cpmpa nv '• n n **• cord it New Y >rk MV*-4* PTnnri iny to bo used ia cuoatrucuiig the canal. THE LATEST CULLINGS. Still a large quantity of snow In the northwest. Senator Hill has distributed 50,000 copies of his M&hone speech. Lord Beaconsfield never wore any but patent leather shoes and boots. Edison’s electric light shares are uf to $1,600, and few or none for sale. Mrs. Sinclair, the divorced wife of Edwin Forrest, is living in New York. Uoited States senators to one an-* other—“You are a liar, sir. I mean it in no offensive sense,” Messrs. Gilbert and Sullivan are going to call their new opera “Pa* tience”—the name of the dairymaid heroine. The clergy list of the chuach of England contains upward of 25,000 names. Those in pastoral service number only 17,970. Said Byron ; “I hate to see a dura* py woman.” He meant to my that he hated to see a good thing cut short. That was all. If you have plenty of money you are the best man in the world. If you have no money your opinion is not worth listening to. Some of the ladies of Paris are busy organizing a paper bail. They will appear at this festivity in toilets made entirely of paper. The largest and finest mass of am ber ever discovered is now in the Berlin cabinet and is worth #OO,OOO, weighing eighteen peunds. The Prince of Wales at the request of the German Grown Prince, has consented to allow his Indian trees* ures to be exhibited at Berlin in the coming autumn. The poet master-general has issued an order declaring postal cards ua mailable when anything except the direction is written on the address side of the cards. London World : “ ‘Homme sweet Homme’ (according to the pro* gramme) was sung at a concert at CWHuva, 4*.r a .%■*, um| Wm nr cored by the ladles present ” Eighty-three thousand buffalo hide* were sold at Miles City, Montana, aloue, daring the past fall and win ter, At this rate the buffaloes will become extinct before long. The streets of Cairo, Egypt, are to have their names inscribed iu Arabic and French, and the.houses number ed. It will be the first Mussulman town with such indications. There are fourteen pin factories in the United States, the annual pro ductionbeing about 7,000,000,000 pins. Correctly estimated, each person is allowed yearly Only 140 pins. It is said that Mrs. Abraham Lin* coin will spend the summer in Pau, southern France, where she has re* sided several years. She has not visited Washington since 1870. Charles Reade: The fortunate man is he who, born poor, or nobody, works gradually up to wealth and <*>nsiderarton; ahd, having got them, dies before he finds they are not worth so much trouble. China wants a navy on the Amer ican plan. All she has to do is to scuttle a few old junks and prop them up In shallow water for future use. The officers can remain at Hong Kong and lead the German. Earthquakes are uncommonly live ly. The great shock which carried ruin to the classic island of Ohio, has be#n follawed by less severe disturb* airees In Asia Minor, the Spanish and Italian peninsulas, the and lastly in Lower Canada. A Russian Grand Duke who stole soma diamonds is in prison, and a foreign Count has been arrested for forging the signatures of the King “and 9'*® -* EH *m a y seems to nave iwoken loose among the aobMiiIHWXWtTAO Dr. R J. Gatling, the iaveotor of the famous gun bearing his name, was feared, the Buffalo Courier says, in a rough little Tfig cabin in the bect of the North Carolina back* wood? What To time necarae the Gatling gun is said to have sprung JhA "H ibdlish *lrfbufp# tfe a corn plantar# Tbenew fiidysfone will be visible in dear weather for seven teen snd s half miles; it is to be 138 feet above water. It will be in fuH working order by March 1882, and It 4s expected that the duke of Edinburgh, as master of the Trinity house* will again visit the lighthouse on di** r ecasftn t rf th* first lighting |\4 o- w o.*?rn. He *aid the first • i r. uma s.ruciura i& August 1579, ..Um J -aha# NO. 17.