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TRK KLLIJAT COURIER. U S. HUK | *• 0. •*• Vlf ‘~ m A X AST, • Bitter*. HbldJ AT, OA-, DBCKUDKIt i. iwi O unci * L Oun of Fi*Ui Cos. Own At Oroab of Gilmbr Cos Own At. Oman of Pickers Cos. Circuit from School Oensmis sioner Orr. Wo hire been shown a circu lar recently isaued from ibe De partment of Education by State School Commissioner Uuatavus J. Orr, which containa informs lion and aanffealiona relative to the common achoola of Georgia, which will prove very interest ing to all friend* of public educa tion. After dwelling at some length upon the legialation ru rally enacted for the benefit of the schools, the Commiuioner mentions tbe only eehool meat urea of much importance which were paaaed at the last session of the Legislature, as fellows The bill which gives the fees fot iespecting fertilisers and the hire of the convicts to tbe snn port of the schools, and the bill providing for the more efficient collection of the liquor tax. The first of these he estimates will add about $76,000 to the school fund, while this year the amount received from the liquor tax was $46,000, which amount, it is be lieved, will be doubled in tbe future, and tiiis increased amount added to tbe $76,000 above men tioned, will give a total addition to the fund of $121,000. The to tal school fund from these sources, the receipts from the poll tax, and the funds appor tioned at tbe office of the De partmenl of Education will give an available fund for the coming year of about $473,137 35. The Commissioner then goes •n to make certaiu suggestions regarding tbe proper conduct of tbe public achoola, which are well worth consideration. He is of the opinion that if boards of educaiiou will locale schools ju dioiously, not needlessly multi flying them; and if County Commissioners will see to it that only these pupils participate in the benefits of the fund who are pursuing the legal branches, in meal of the counties of the Stale, the fund of next year can be made to make the schools abso lutely free fur three months, nnd in quite s number of the counties with judicious management, they can be kept up as free schools for four months. He hopes the county officers will try to make the fund do all that it can be made to do next year. He uext alludes to the fact, based upon reliable infonftatinn obtained by him, that our three months schools are very badly broken in open, from year te year, by the gathering ot the ■ ops. This is an evil which can not be very salisfa lorily abated since the crops must be gathered at one time at one place, and at another time in another. The various local£boards are the best judges of the most proper way to remedy this evil, and to their dis cretion it ia felt to so fix the school term in their several lo calities, that the best interests ot the schools, may be promoted thereby. The Commissioner closes his circular by congratulating the friends of popular sdnciiioa on what has been done, and by urg ing that mere be yet done in the future, and to accomplish what he desires he is anxious that the matter of education should be made a live issue in our future political campaign. He thinks that three moats schooling dur ing the year is not sufficient., and that, aix months is as little as ought to be given. To bring this about he says: “In electing members to the ■ext General. Assembly, let the school issue be made every where. Let the friends of edu catiou requite ot those who m eu-*- oi u„ u u.i (n, •*• i. a money enough to keep tie*- schools u operation hi least u mouths ot me year. Do not per mil them to turn the people aside to side issues. S-nut- ax pirants will claim to t>e great school oieu, aud will propose to accomplish great things by some Insignificant change in the school machinery. Able men, known all over the country lor what they lisve accnmjdir-hei! lor pop ular euU'atiwii, m. era pauent examination of th# school code of every Stele In tbe Union, have declared that, with the ex eeption perhaps of two States, Georgia has the very l*est sys tem of school laws. All that we need is mort money/ and, from my knowledge oi the people, and from the strong school sentiment developed in the present Legis lature, 1 believe that, in order lo succeed, we have only to make the issue- l<et us strike then for a six months’ school. This is a very fair synopsis el the views and suggestions put ferward by the Slate School Commissioners in his late Circu lar, We have no doubt, they will command themselves favors bly, not only to those directly engaged in the work of public education, but to that of Ilia peo pie of the State at large. - ■ ■ ■■ i■ Putnam County Correspondence. The Lunatic Asylum is the lar* gest thing in Georgia. 1 have seen most of the large things in the Stale and know whoreof 1 whereof ( speak. When your cor respondent visited the institution, some three months ago, there were then nine hundred and sev* enleen inmates. To feed this large number ol unfortunates, there had been issued by the A* dstant Warden for that day : O; ilour, four hundred and seveuty live pounds, meal two hundred and twenty pounds, beef six bun dred pounds, bacon two hundred pounds, rics one hundred and ten pounds, grits one hundred and twenty pounds, coffee forty five pouuds, sugar sixty pounds, and molasses four hundred gallons per quarter, besides a good sup ply of vegetables grown on iapds belonging to the institution. The heal to cook all this is produced by steam. The whole establish nient is lighted with gas, and this is manufactured oil the prem ises. ‘The washing, ironing, and drying in damp weather is all done by steam power. The halls are cooled ia summer and Warm ed in winter by the action of steam power. I would say to readers of the Courier who have relatives and friends in the Lunatic Asylum that so far us I could see, * very thing that can be none lor iheir comlorl ia done. They are cam lorlabiy clothed, and the allow ance shows that they are well fed. The different forms that lunacy takes on are as numerous and va ried as is the number of the at Aided ; one is a preacher, com missioned by Divine power, to evangelize the world ; another is chosen by the suffrage of the world Is make the laws for the world ; one man proposed for a chew of tobacco to make me a cat-fish—a real live one, but as he was confined in the third story and was vicious, I did not get to see him perform the operation. One lady imagined herself quet n of the universe and demanded homage of every one. The officers ot the institution are all kind, al table gentlemen, and take pleas ure in showing all visitors through the different department, and in giving any information asked Any readers of the Courier who have opportunity will be amply paid ior visiting one ol the no* blest works of Georgia. Yours, , Styl ta. AE WS ITEMS. The Rushian Nihilist Journal condemns Guiteau’s crimes. Ssnalar Conkling has opened a new office in New York Ciiy. The Prince of Wales is forty years old. He is the father ot five children. The Coroner's records show that there have beeu thirty eight homicides iu 6t. Louis dur iug the twelve months just end ed. Tbe Star of Bethlehem is now visible from 3 a. m. till daylight, above the eastern horizon. It will not appear again for 300 years. J|, it.,. U'-'to-l '“’-t . s *welv,> iffy, piifOii-. in.- iiUi-*nn .q mu j it-red on li-eth is V-I.ooo.tkio A ><s.i million ot gobi is usea every year to fill teeth. At seventy year# of age ■Bt _ln >1 ut as w a lor y* j Few men possess the art of j growing, up to the last, as onblic men hi Kagland do. His mind li< clear and . 1-ri, his ideas are vital rather t..an traditional, and he helps carry a ong . e world while he lives in it. To Ibe average dtisen's view the feet that the government haa a surplus of #100,000,000, de rived from internal revenue tax ation sud the preaent tariff, ar gues orally conclusively that tbe former could be lowered and tbe latter redueed and leave the geveinment with aa large, if not a larger, surplus. Hie Loudon 7Tmr*ays; “The American nation neither desires to sacrifice a lunatic nor to be ao facile in the acceptance of coun terfeit evideuse of disease as to encourage wanton assassination.” This is a cogent statement of the opinion of the American people in reference to the trial of this unfortunate wretch at Washing ton. George Law, the retired capi talist, who has jut died in New York, was a hodcarner in early life, could not spell, and in IMS was nominated by the Know nothing Legislature of Pennsyl venia tor the Presidency of the United Slates. He was largely engaged in shipping interests in his active life, and accumulated aa immense fortune. Comptroller Knox closed a letters on banking in Baltimrre by saying that the great system need not be dissolved on account of the reduction of the public debt, but could remain legally in existauce with but a small issue of circulation and with less than SIOO,OOO 000 United Slates bonds on deposit. At a crowded reception last week, fashionable women watch ed with applause a sparring match between two light weight pugilists, followed the comba tants in their skin tight habili ment with apparently the warm est interest, and comrasnted as unreservedly upon their struct ure and “points'’ as if thby had all been born of prizs-fighting ancestors, and had studied anat omy from the time that they were first taught te read. This was not In old Rome, but in New York at a reception of th* Rac quet Club. The New York Herald, allud ing lo (he various estimates *f the coming crop, all of which con cur iu lorecasting a pretty heavy decrease, which the a tual count of bales may largely disprove, sapienlly remarks that the de crease mnv be due te the aban donment of “all cotton” by large as well as small farmers. If the Herald’s weather sage had trav eled this way Ihe past Reason he probably would have been at no loss lo account for the shortage in the staple, iu such seasons it makes little di lie re nee whether ll be “all cotton’’ or “all corn.’’ Drouth is no respector of lati ludes. The Colombian Miuister is out iu a card taking exceptions to Boms of Mr. Bl line’s positions on the Panama canal. He admits that the United Stales might re quire the right lo pass war ves sels through I lie canal in time of war, but Great Britain has like wise possessions on both sides of the continent, and lie asks, “How refuse her the same right if she were at war with us?’’ As the refusal would be a matter of • oree, the answer to ll.e question is needless. There has been enough luss and feathers on the subject. As the canal, if built, will be constructed without our aid, it is rediculous to make threats that we are not likely to be able to execute. Should Great Britain be at war with us and wish to send ships through the canal, she would certainly do so unless prevented. Fffectual re sistence on the spot would be dignified aud impressive. Diplo matic gas in the shape of bombas tic protests is idle and belittling. RWumdism UeuxoXcXa Sprains, Pain In the Back and Side. J disaaac cored by oat . r<lin **” ** rßmoYed ““ d th ® are b *• k P‘ fta Srebsm than *p*reo, nor is it an untried experiment that may do tma in parts of the world^"rr*wvwxrn Q £?. i 1 ”?. y° ars - and the tmirereal testimony BgagftjafMLsa* jSMarswn , ifiiar“ * •**** * d *YtJ2S^i2?l^S?%SSfc^^S2* : O.H. Walworth, Stao. Me., writ—: to S2 £Kri^rC7 u *H£i22S* ■ nl SE* ai^TS^r 1 frees rain la ™ " mm ' Ibare me,] J- Ilnr I jj, Krujaa for dumnaStom, ZSS*"**- “ taaon- BS^'siSS^ , t^. Un * aL 4g3feteßßgißßß: feagfewaw SbjafejEFr'E^S^ amnath. and am nowabia to PhU-jlilbcr.,fiontanKt.Pa., writes: oooupacou •. IWn-s mPtnknua !?•!“• k,ep 5i5 *F IU -“ priee i* lor that it *a reach of all wid n Will MTe OMUiy time* its cot in dootooT bill*. 05e., nOr., md St. oo a hottfo PERRY DAVIS * SON, Proprietors, Pre*tdcteo. 4 1. I fißOWlis IRON BITTERS BROWN’S fIjWN BITTERS SN a certain cuif Ibr ail disease* requiring a oomplote tonic; espe cially Ind igestiqp, Dyspepsia, Inter mittent Fevers, .Want of Appetite, Low ofStrengtli, lack of Energy, etc. Enriches the blood, strength en* the muscle*, and gives new life to the nerves. Acts like a charm on the ' digestive organa, removing oil dyspeptic symptom*, each a* tawing tbo food. Belching, Heat In the Stataach, Heartburn, otc. Tbe only Iron Preparation that will not blacken the teeth or give headache. -Bold by all Drag gists at SI.OO a bottle. BROWN CHEMICAL CO. Baltimore, Md. . • Ihl dt In* WM-n In nd. ,y tamn CwmnrAM 00. Mi U.i mH r-d Nm u< Wi ml ■ w. IIWARK Oft-IMITATIONS. Jt i i m e a ' VICTOR V STANDARD 11 SCALES MANUFACTURED BY MOLINE SCALE GO. MOLINE, ILLINOIS. SCND FOR ILLUSTRATED CIRCULARS AND PRICE USt IMPROVED SAY STATE RAKE, THOUSANDS SOLD EVERY YEaI?I This Rake Received th Htehedt Award at th# Centennial Eipoeltlon and Field Trial. The only Silver Medal awarded at the Pari* Universal Eipoeltion in 1878. Tht* Rake hoe taken more first premiums than any other Rake. It ta Eerily Handled by a Girt or Boy strong enough to drive a horse. £xperta&nd thousands of former* *oy It is the BEST RAKE EVER MADE. tor Testimonials of Practical Farmers, ° d ***- Addrew THE BELCHER & TAYLOR, AGRICULTURAL TOOL OOffi/ dfcleepea Volte, Ham., V. B.A. Anitlll lotWOHFHnK Habit mill KM cured in W U>3odaysT.nj-ruvM ll llllwi UN1 * b< ' S WOO eared. Writ. UU. Wl IVII1iurcsM.Dt.lUan*.grimy, Nieh. IIIIIIIIY. Mrs. M. A. Cate, Adairaville, Ga., having juit received, direct from Baltimore, anew and full line of Millinery Goode, respect* fully solicits the patronage of the ladies of the Mountains; and feels confident, after years of ex perience in the business, she can satisfy the most fastidious. My stock is complete in Ladies’ and Misses* Hats and Bonnets, Ribbons,'Satins, Silks and Veil ing of every description. Also, a full assortment of Hamburg, Ed gings, l’nrchow Laces, Lace Mitts, Fancy Hosiery, pretty deeigns in Strmped Work, and a specialty of Ties and Neck Wear, come and see my new styles of Ribbons. Cmpet ition in prices defied. Will lake Wool and Produce in exchange. All orders by mail promptly attended to. DRESS MAKING A SPECIALTY. at prices which will astonish ev ery one who will call. MRS. M. A. CATh , Adainville. Ga. Ronnsaville & Bro., Wholesale Grocers —— :and : Cotton Factors, Some, - • (smomgia. We have grately enlarged eur Ware house, which now bss a capacity •( 80,- 004 bale per season. Our cotton business was more than double last season, reach ing 30,000 bales. Censignmente solicited —libera) advances on aotton or produce. Sept. 16.—3 mo. GEORGIA.—PICKENB •'OUNTT. W be reus. ullbiaff^ufm&istrator of C. L. Corhan deceased, has applied for leave to sell the real estate of said deceas ed. This is to notify all persons concern ed to file their objections if anv trey nave, within the tima prescribed by law, else leave will be granted the applicant as ap plied for. * VT. 11 Ai.i.kn, Sept.-7-tw.(65 w.) Ordinary. . WHOLESALE DitUU STORE IN B ALTON. DR- J- F. WOOTEN & CO-, Will duplicate prices in Atlanta, Knox ville, or Chattanooga. fcrciiaiw, DrgptS' & FBsteiai.' sept. 1, ouip STANTON & BRYAN'h General Merchants ABAIRSVILLE, GA. Wk still invite the Mountain trade and pay the highest mar ket price for every) hing brought us in the way of produce. Come and see us and we will do vou Rood. (sept. 15—tf’) Tte BEST WM ICiB M Eirtfe. CROFT'S V IMPROVED IRON mm WIND mm EnginE Simplw, strong, *nd Dura bio. Will not Shrink, Swoll, Warp, or Rattle In tho Wind. tutrarAOTsuDiT E. C. LEFPSL A CO. DRW IT MIT, yl HcNOPT’S 'lm OE IrosWlad Eagle. / 11 Aiti-Frisziac FORCE WMPt. WIND MnJL ~MAOH IN ERY Rates a Ptrcbsatef u; otbsr WtertMtlt, —H ter Mm UsU AAdnws, E.G.LEFFEL&CO., Springfield, Ohio. * Bmte wfa. yon awr this adeeitlienianA NEW RICH BLOOOI I'm-wtu* Pari-patim IHU* make Nw Kick 8101. and will completely chans, the blood in thecntirearetem in three month*. Airpenoa who will take 1 pill each sight from Ito 13 week* mac be reatcrml to aoun<i health. If such a thine be iioattble, Sent be mail for 8 letter stamps. t. B.JOTT\*r>!r jt CO., BomUm, Mi L, /ojwrly isnneor, JlTe. AGfffVP WANTED SSRSjrtJS tlur .Usvkinc rver tavested Will ksufapauof •iccciiu*, wii" HEEL sod TOE complete, ta SO muiutcc it will 44i0 knit a great vgneiy of tancy jnerk for which rbofHs always a rtsrfv marker Send ET r T*. ,T t/mutojTc Twcmhlv KalttlM ttaclalno Cos. wttfereswai ?H SnioanEST NEW FURNITURE STORE! nr g. McDonald a co„ Next Boor to Camp, Glover & Cos. Entire Stock New, Embracing all the Latest Style , and Purchased Low icith the Cash # T ill Sell Eitirely fir CASH it Lit tit, tinllli Finn:. L. B. LANGFORD WITH— WILLIAM w. nea y, Successor to J. R. Butt <k C*., " MAKUFACTtjHER ms WHOLESALE DEALER IX Stoves, Tin and Sheet Iron Ware, CROCKERY AND GLASSWARE, 9VM9S, &TM*M fjiro CHS JFiTTurcs. No. 35, Broad St,, MQME* Dalton, HARDWARE. (form. BED R V BRON , { headquarters FOR > Wagons, Euggies, Wagon and Buggy Wheels, DOORS and SASH, HOES, AXES, PLOWS, And in fact, everything usually kept in a firs^lassTfordware Rome, Ga. Marble and Granite Works W C deal in the best Italian and American Marble, rarifrted Jd.*Mt r . We head). deil of tbo well known and popular Ratlind ilirW* u whitest, and said fo be tba beat in the world tlab JJk J? Tomb Tablets, *c., but the Itxliao equal, j, f or fef hUATTf budding stone, but make Marble and Granite for "" ktlK> •* b “J W **' kin . J • o, Monnmenls, Toombs, Head JET Ac. Our workmen are ffrsurfius. We buy all our stock. h> work ourselvc.; tben.fore, we send ont wartT&S. sEtaT&t^? W e pay the cash for all the stock we use. We get very tor can and will compete with any Marble Works iatb. JL'ty. workmanship and prices. Write and give us the descripttaJtf tb/work anu we wdl write you what wa can furnish It for, or wish to pay, and e will let you know what kind ot job or Jobs we can Pdce* "£* Hoping you will *™.tn2 Mov. mi Jone * A- Ednauudwon. SOVTBMBJT mvsuex&s CMMCr, MiClflSriLlrM, MY. •PRACTICAL ftSQQM KKKPI^G. *0 TEXT BOOKS. Orer 35 year* a Practical Accountant, endorsed by all the Prominent Merchants of Louisville. *** Sond Stamps for Circulars ami Spacimana of Petinmnahij, BEN. C. WEAVER, Princial | 11. S. DkSOLLAR, Sectary BMCS, CHEMICALS, HUTS, ETC o BRUCE HARRIS & CO., ROME, . • GEORGIA, We respectfully invite an examination of enr atoch. consiatlagef Medicines, Paints, Oils, Varnishes, Window Glass Fancy Artseles, eta. SPECIALTIES.—StrictIy pure White Lead, Linseed Oil Var nishes, Paints, dry and in oil, John Lucaa’ pura Tinted Glass Painta. ready mixed. AI.ABABTINE, all colors, fur inside fini-h. Wrnrtuw id C Glass, French and American, all sixes. nnnw UR 117.BR0ADST. (sept, is Bm.) ~ * .. We Ask the AtteiitieH of MERCHANTS, FARMERS, BLACKSMITHS, CARPENTERS AND WHEEL-WUCHTI To our Stock of Iron, Sssteel. iXwiln*, **>>* If Hdirdwnre, Blacksmiths and C.rpenters Tools, Kubber ar.d Leather Baltin? Bnpgy and Material, Manilla and Cotton Rope, d, c „ ’ all of which we are prepared la sell at W orn prices to g.jd maw. WE ARE ALSO AGENTS tOR THE CELEBRATED BUFFALO SCI LES & MISHAWAKA CHILL’D PLOW, Hardio, Bowie Me Co^ ®* ”• 15 '• “’•* ROHE, GEORGIA* and. c ,y kjr . 1 manufacturer op sinus, nuns in imm AND DEALER IN SADDLERY HARD WARE , 44. BROAD!STREET. ROME GEORGIA. mint tv •;**! % A v *