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ry:“M. J. Meara, Treasurer: G. 11. Ran
dell, Marshal.
COUNTY OFFICERS.
.1. C. Allen, Ordinary.
K. Jl. Greer, Clerk Superior Court.
11. M.Bruniiott, SherilV.
AI. L. Cox, Deputy SHerlft.
T. W. Craigo, Tax Receiver.
G. W. Gates, Tax Collector.
.lames A. Carnes, Surveyor.
G. K. Smith, Coroner,
W, F. Hill, School Commissioner.
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Baptist (Jtit'non--Every secoud Satur
day and Sunday, by Rev. W. A. Ellis.
Mbthodist Exiroopai, Church —Evcty
first Sunday and Stiturday before, by Rev.
S. P. Brokaw.
Methodist Kpircopai. UnttßCit, Soptii—
Every tourtli Sunday and Saturday before,
l.v, I<KV. J-jiurLml.
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J P. Cobb, Trca-urcr.
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J. C. ALLEN,
Attorney at Lair ,
klLijay/ga.
WILL practice in the Superior Courts
of the Blue Ridge Circuit. Prompt at
tention given to nil business entrusted to
his care.
THOMAS F- GREER.
Attorney at Law ,
ELLIJAY, GA.
WILL practice in the Superior Courts of
the Blue Ridge and Cherokee Circuits, and
in the Supreme Com tof Georgia. Also,
in the United States Court* in Atlanta.
Will give special attention to the purchase
and sale of all kinds of real estate and
and litigation.
RUFE WALDO THORNTON, D. D< S.
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CALHOUN, GEORGIA.
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both the Spring nnd Full term of the su
perior Court and oltener by special con
tract when sufficient work iR guaranteed
to justify me in making the visit. Ad
dress as above. utuy kl-ly.
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Kates of Board $2.00 per day: single
meal, 50 cent. 'I able always supplied
* with the best tbe market affords.
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BROWNS ITtON BITTEKS a ns
a certain euro for all dlHcaucn
requiring a complete tonios ospe*
olally Imllgoet lon, Dyspepsia, Inter
mittent. Fevore, TV ant ol'
Boss ol' Strength. Book of Energy,
©to. Enriches tJUe blood, BtroagUi*
ens the muscles, and gives now
llfb to tbo nerves. Acta liko a
charm on the digestive) organs,
removing nil dyspeptic
such on tasting tho fbod, Belchtnpj
Heat in tho Stomach, Heartburn,
etc. The only Iron Preparation
that will not blacken tlo teeth or
give headache. Bold by all Drug
gists at SI.OO c, bottle.
BROWN CHEMICAB CO.
Baltimore, Md.
fle© Ihht All Iron TUttcr* nr* mdo by Know* Chrmtcai
Cos. runt h*vu eroded red linen and irndu murk on wrppt*c.
BEWAKE OS? IMITATIONS.
*. j*, TO FARNER9
and TKRESHERMEH.
ty >'°u xmnt tO: buy TAr*Vr.
Clever tht(hrs % Horse l % owfra or
V 1 * Kurin** (cither UorUHe orTrtt^
*• I Bod, to mo for Ihrotbing, pnwlng
vkScCt’-O or it* r roitoral purpose), buy tbo
7-ffi “Starve,' \ Noowtor M rooan. ''Th*
ftsst is the ChMpeilS' Fov l'ri©
IJ t nml llliidtrivtoU raniphl§t£i.
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ijtei>VisataoaHA Taylor Company, Mfui&Qeld* U
best sii ??fe usais s
2*m
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tlfghtly dlujr w iilt rotor, i t jjay ■
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tho tllh'ercncc.
See that rvv> B'mkl.i®- Soda is
whlumi.l P?)>tit,M,hiniiii In-A?,Si
!SJTtJi.AS4 SUIUS'ifANCSSS
food.
This WoaUerrial Improvod
SAW RfSACHlNß
lswarrnt<Hl to saw a C t'ni lu( tn three nito- ;
nti-. nnd more cord v>m| r
dny tbnn too lurn cun eliup or b.v theoM v>ny.
K'er i Ksruier anil l.umbermsu needs owe. "
ACENTS W/,NTEO—Ctreularu*SeiTree.
AddrcM fAMRit’S MAHUFAST'JItIRS C 9.,
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3 3 I 9 H ■ P ri UJlcMtJtrt Deliit.'jN Tiio
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oliM tt § a y Lnutuiittlo rulicx, cutes cnt4->i
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L 3 2 ti 2b pt AQ(I ordinary ttsiheg iu 2 Uafs.
CAUTION imUn 9 **luoi
wrnrprr ktUfruUM* nii % 9f
pr/JTr: bottle. Sold
by •lldwcikt*. 6 nt l>j matt by J-KMim eu.M. JK
s4o S t.,;ir'W.C.TuuU. And Aid! BtSt,f-Z
NEW BISK Stool
J’nrsoHs’ Pvrgativ&-VMs make New liicV. I
B'ooil, atftvnH-xoniplcU’ly change the blood In
theent'resvMc:Ti ia three li onths, . Aurpeako I
who will titce 1 pill each nv-lit fair.'. 1 to i'J wjl As
may be re-ww>l Board hcalttk If ench a thing ,
be iK>-tble. Sentbr mail for S Vtier Ramp*.'
J. .S'. ,;07 Vvr, y A CO., Dtton, Maas.,
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ASENTB WAHTEO
time NhM Hurt evr innoict • Wiil kna ol
. ,n. ifi:III. tnd TO r , complete, in
£oir.:r-elcj ii. :• knitaeP.-ulvari'-tyoffancy
vrork:yr'cScß 1;• 1s ai xayi. a rsrty Taa. ket Scn-t
tnren i.;irilßi>Mh'TwortHr l.ntttins
tldcklnf. To . cewolkwiS!
‘‘A Map of Busy Life—lts Flucluatiptfs and its Vast Concerns.”
'KIIIJAY, GA.. THURSDAY,! #CK*BI!R 29, 1881.
ODE TO GEORGIA.
(SelectiHl)
Georgia ! Tlmu rl lh" land. I h)V, , v
l.?mi u( liiyiimrlat hours.: • -*
i hive thy‘anna, thy etraglrtAst fair, * m
Thy mountains, sit rant* and fi< ravers.
Pxveet field arc thincof golden flruits,
And ’uchlfi thv azure sky,
Thy vallies alrcp in lovelineas,
'i'liy pl'tins iit beauty lie.
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Thy cra-tal stream* in grandeur flow,
Along ihy coral stiaud ;
And on thy groru and fertile shores,
Thy mountain’s proudly stand—
Tho’ millions dot thy wide domain,
I'liy riches to unfold,
And time mils on from age to age,
Thy wealth is yet uutold.
May wisdom guide thee! Craud old State,
Thine honor sue red keep,
Whilst I doth worship at thy sliriue,
Or in thy besom sleep.
No other land I love so well,
Land of my natal hours;
I love tby sons, thy daughters fair,
Thy mountains, streams anil flowers.
THE EARTH DRYING UP.
A Startling Statement About
The Scarcity of Water,
There is abundant evidence
that tho amount of water on the
surface of the earth has been
steadily diminishing for many
thousand years. No one doubts
that there was a time when the
Caspian sea communicated with
Black sea, and when the Medit
erranean covered the greater
part of the Desert of Sahara. In
fact, geologists tells us that at
one period the whole of the oarth
was covered by water, and the ,
fact that continents of dry land
now exist is proof that there is
less water ou our now than
there was in its iit fancy. This
nl ' '"'i 1 g YPItW. ftf wa
(m is going on, at the present
day at a rate so rapid as to be
dearlyfupprecialbe. The rivers
and smaller streams" of our At
lantic States are visibly smaller
than they were twenty five years
ago. Country brooks in Which
men now living were accustomed
lo fish and batho iu their boy
lioou, have in many cases totally'
disappetyejd, not through auy
act of man but solely in couse
queuco of the failure of the
springs and rains which once fed
them. The level of Ihe great
lakes is falling year by year?
There are many piers on the
shore of lake-side cities which
vessels once api|roa<shed with
ease, but which new hardly*
r a-h to ihe edge of the
water. Harbors are everywheY6"
growing shallower. This is not
due to tl)o gradual deposit of
earth brought down by rivers or
of refuse from city sewers. The
harbor of Toronto has grown slial
low in spite of the tact, that it has
been dredged out so that the hot
tom rock has been reached, and
all the dredging that can be
done to tbe harbor of New York
will not permanently deepen it.
The growing shallowness of the
Hudson is more evident above
Albany than it is in the tide-wa
ter region, and, like the outlet of
Lake Champlain, which was once
navigable by' Indian canoes at all
seasons,die upper Hudson is now
almost bare of water in many
places during the summer, in all
other parts of the world there is
the same steady decrease of wa
ter in rivers and lakes, and the
rainfall of Europe, where scietifi
ic observations are made, is
manifestly less than it was at
any period within man’s memory.
What is becoming of our water?
Obviously it is not disappearing
through evaporation ; for in that
would give back what
ever water the atmosphere
absorb. We must accept life the
|ory that, like the water of the
1 moon, our water is sinking info
I the earth's interior .—N.Y.^imcs.
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A Chcip and Simple Icß-House.
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- %'JPI. 1 P‘ L'H'jyiS l'L' Jl 6U.I> A
-vili be more than. v
etl/eve^- i n U, e S a*hg oC
vegetables, to say nolhr,
wg&lie luxury of cold milk
.l o ril*Puni!e and a dish ol'bujler
w,i JbWo not stlggesl ml. ]Jqt
tor is so much more prof
itabNJloo, when (he nrftk can be
coadefVapidly, as only ice will
Ottfimo hi.ufio was a cheap ox
W# small b Will
ing was used (o store hoes,
oilier small impfe
men t* Wi,s merely a frame
with clapboards. The
floor taken out of a part of
(his (gilding, and Ihe sides built
Opb/lulhe ground with plank
H deep bin. The ground
was covered with rough planks,
v Y l j- , qi were in torn covered lo
lh& fnjtth of six or eight inches
sawdust. The cakes ol
ice wro iaid in layers, with a
foot let ween ihe ice side
°f (hi building. Care ■Hua ken
to (iliiiil (ho
wilh bioken ice, which
was Isvtlo solid by pouring wa
ter o/er it. When finished, (lie
ice wgs a solid mass. Tho space
belwjlenlhe ice and the walls
was filled with sawdust, crowded
dowt very hard, and about leu
incfffU of sawdust, was packed
down hard over the top. The ice
kept fejl, add, wilh the excep
tion i ojne year, when ics couiji
not Wobtained here, it has been
used-every season for ten years
amj das never failed us vet.
ifthe drainage and
the ifentilalion good overjljO ice,
it ~<i.re lo keep as long at need
must be taken, ■ however,
to kf\p the sawdust firm oVer the
as the ice is taken cm
aid the sawdust from .the sides
crime down, it must be removed
sopbat it may not become too
thick over Ihe top.
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, THE SABBATH, •
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j BY HEV B. E. IIABRIL
Ate read in tbe second ,chap
ter Genesis “Ou the' seventh
dai God ended his work, which
11 made and He rested on
IheSevenlh day, from all His
wofk, which He had made, and
blessed the seventh day and
sanctified it.’’ When God gave
the law to Moses lie said: “Re-
r the Sabbath day to
ketoU holy, six days thou shall
labtStf and do all thy work, but
(lie Seventh day is the Sabbath
of ihe Lord thy God, iff it’ thou
sluilt i .t do any work, .thriu, nor
thy ;, lon,cnor thy daughter, nor
thwJi) servant, nor thy maid
thy cattle, nor the
stranger that is within thy gales'
Ihe. six days the Lord
ayen and earth,, sea and
n them is, and resled on
nth day and hallowed it.
nhe had finished the
creation instituted the
He reaffirmed it at
ig of the law of Moses.
-so constituted morally,
tntlff a f.*d physically,
leeds the iSabballi. The
jitires one day in seven
ihe mind relaxation and
he sqtff for the eulti va
a moral and spititual fa-
The Christians early in
location of Christ, cliang
ed'the Sabbath from thejSeventh
apfcrehend that it is not ess'eiiC
tufi whether it be the Seventh or
tlifc First day, so that one day in
seVen is sacredly observed. Wc
call in a'short article like this
mfcntiop only a few things thaf
ought and ought not to be done
1 oi flic Sabbath day.
We should avoid nil buying on ,
the Sabbath, save that which is !
absolutely necessary, works of
"charily can be done without in
burring gnill, all others had bet
ter be let alone. Cutting wood,
blacking shoes, churning milk,
grinding coffee, shaving, and all
such things should be attended
to in six days ; visiting, except,
in cases of sickness should be
I avoided. The fashion of attend
ing to business during the week,
and on going lo see relatives and
friends on the. Sabbath to save a
day, talking of secular affair#,
cooking and feasting reDreliensi
ble. The running of railroads and
street cars. The working of beast
for pleasure or profit simply, cer
tainly are forbidden by the laws
of God. The carrying of mail,
the opening of mails, the reading
of secular papers, and such like,
should be let off. The great Stone
wall Jackson would not go to the
Post Office nor mail a letter that
had to be transported on Sunday.
His religion was so much in ac
cordance with the Bible, that it
made him quite peculiar to the
world. Judges and lawyers and
witnesses in courts of the law,
should certainly refrain from
traveling from court to court on
the Sabbath. Let no work be
done on the Sabbath day that, is
incomoatible with the spirit of
the fourth commandment, and it
will be better for man and beast
in this world, and better for the
immortal soul lit tho world to
come.
There is nothing in our religion
that is at all foolishness or im
practical, but exactly the reverse
To the spiritually minded, all her
demands are quite reasonable
i apd idea sank A word more, and
we close Lei children be lauglu
by their parentis, both by pro
cept, and example to respect the
Sabbujb day according to God's
word. It is quite rare to find a
very bad, dissolute character that
was trained up striekly to observe
the Sabbath. Capt. Gurmany,
who was principal keeper of
Georgia penitentiary several
years before the war, said there
was not a convict in the penilen
tiaiv during his term of office
that was brought up iu the Sun
day S Impl ant] taught lo observe
the Sabbath in his youth —Meth
odist Messenger .
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Some Things Money Can’t Buy.
Some boys and girls have an
idea that irmney can do almost
anything,but this is a mistake.
Money, it is true, can do a great
deal, but it cannot do everything.
1 could name you a thousand
things it cannot buy. It was
meant for good, and it is a good
thing to have but all this depends
on how it is used. If used wrong
ly, it is an injury rather Ilian a
benefit. Beyond all doubt, how
ever, there are many things bet
ter than it ia, and which it can
not purchase, no matter how
much we may havq of it.
If a man has not a good educa
tion, all his money cannot buy it
for him. He can scarcely ever
make up for his early waste ol
opportunities. Re may sty, as I
have heard many saying: “I
would give all J Jiave if I only
had a good education and a well
trained mind ; but he will say it
in vain. His money alone can’t
obtain it.
Neither will wealth itself give
a man or a woman good manners.
Nothing, next to gbod health, is
of more importance than easy,
graceful, self-possessed manners.
But they can’t be had for mere
money.
A man who is what is called
“shoddy,” who lias not taste and
correct manners, will never buy
them,though he would, no doubt,
YOL VI. NO. 47.
like it. They are not lo be had
in the market. They are nowhere
for sale. You might as well try
to buy aky, or cloud, or sun
beams.
Money can’t purchase a good
conscience. If n poor man, or a
boy, or a girl—any one—lias a
clear conscience that gives off a
lone like a sound bell when
touched by the hammer, then be
sure he is vastly richer than Ihe
millionaire who does not possess
such a conscience. Good princi
ples are better than gold. All
the gold of Golcenda couldn't
buy them lor a man who hasn’t
•hem already.— Church Union.
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A Lizard Under a Man’s Skin,
A gentleman from New Lon
don, Kalis county, Mo., tells the
following story, which he vouches
for : He say that there is a col
ored man in New London, who
for years has claimed that lie had
a scorpion under his skin, and
that it crawled from pUce to
place over his body. A few days
since, Doctors Sprauge and Ralls,
of London, a couple of scientists,
coaxed the darkey to submit to a
surgical operation for Ihe remov
al of the varmint. They distinctly
traced the animal under the dar
key’s skin from his waste over
the left shoulder, and thence
bgck again to a position between
the thighs and knee of the right
leg. Clasping Ihe limb above and
below wlieTe the animal seemed
to be, they administered chloro
form to the man, and making an
incision in the leg, took there
from a living replile--not a scor
pion, but something resembling a
lizzard. It was placed in a vial
of alcohol, and tho doctors have
mtfrfevmrt ra/enrfm- its pttrohase*
The darkey avers that a colored
man conjured him when he was
u boy, and that he has been tor
mented wilh (his unitnal ever
sin e.
Tho Campaign Against Mormon
ism.
Senator Vest has opened the
campaign against Mormonism
by introducing two bills, which
provides lhat a certificate of eve
ry mariiage solemnized in tae
(reritories, according to the rite
of any religious denomination,
shall be filed in the Clerk’s office
of the Suureme Court of the ter
ritory ; that said certificate shall
be admitted in evidence in the
trial of any cause in any court of
the United Slates, and that no
woman shall be disuqalilied as a
witness by reason of her marriage
to the defendant in the case.—
Gainetville Eagle.
A parly of boys recently found,
while playing near the Town
Hall in East Machias, an Indian
burial place, which proved lo be
the most interesting discovery of
the kind ever made in Maine,
The Indian who lay buried there
was evidently a chief. A copper
band encircled his skull, copper
ornaments hung to his right ear,
which was dried and still well
preserved, and on part of his scalp
grew long black hair. An iron
knife lay on his breast, his face
was covered with a mat made
from the cat tail rush, and his
body was wrapped in a decayed
moose-skin, on which rested a
copper breast-plate seventeen
inches long. There wao also a
triangular ax like those used by
the early French settlers.
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Courtesy is the growing grace
of culture, the stamp of perfection
upon character, the badge of the
perfect gentleman, the fragrance
of the flower of womanhood win n
i full blown.