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Ik B. ORKKtt, KJitnr* amW T. B.KIRBY, Publisher*, i ELLIJAY COURIER. Pulished Every 7/iuriday, --nr— • GREER & KIRBY, Office in the Courthouse. y3f*Tlie fallow I itir riiloi mul rules are utit>r**l .ml imperative, anil admit o! no exeeptiou :jxi U.VTIiJi OV SUBSCTIPTIOX ONBYKAR, CASH, $1.50 SIX MONTHS, 75 TURKE MONTHS, 40 R.VTKSOF ADVKUI'ISIXU. One square one insertion - - - - SI.OO Knell subsequent lusertion -• • .*V One square one year 10.00 Two squares one year .... - 30.00 Quarter coin in one year .... 85.00 Jlalfcolumn one year - - . . . 45.00 One column one year - - - - - 80.00 'i'eiwlines.one inch,const!t u:er a square. Notices among local reading mat.ter.2o cents per line for first Insertion, and 15 cents lor each subsequent insertoln. I. notices following reading matter*. lOucnts per line for the first insertion, and 5 cents per line for each subequent insertion. Cards written in the Interest of individ uals will lie charged for at the ruto of & cents per line. Yearly advertisers will he allowed one change without extra charge. GENERAL DIRKCIORV- T J\VN COUNCIL. M. O.Bates, J \V. Ilipp. O. 11. Ran deH. M. J. Meat's, TANARUS, J. Long. M. G. Bates, President: J. W. Ilipp, Secret a 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. O RELIGIOUS SERVICES. 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. 1 ■* FRATERNAL ItfiOORD. Oak RowmtY Lodok,No. 81, F. '.A. \M, —Meets first Friday in crush month. N. L. Os orn, W M. J. .F. Chastain, S. B', A. A. Bradley, J. W. J P. Cobb, Trca-urcr. W. \V. Roberts, lylor. D. Gam u, Secretaiy. IP"' 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. DEX f' CALHOUN, GEORGIA. WILL visit Ellijay and Alorganton at 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. * Jno. S, Young, SANFORD, CHAMBERLIiS & ALBERS, WHOI.EBAI.E AND MAXUFACTCRIKO DRUG G ISTS, Knoxville, Term. July 21-3 tn. EXCHANGE HOTEL. j?,#/' PCNW9 G- W. RADCLIFF, Proprietor. Kates of Board $2.00 per day: single meal, 50 cent. 'I able always supplied * with the best tbe market affords. TIII! E1.1.1.1A * ' COURIER. 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. _ ' i*.r" (Bsnt in'*) writ*) lo TLc Aui.tmaw ijtei>VisataoaHA Taylor Company, Mfui&Qeld* U best sii ??fe usais s 2*m EBLMyiP Impotva Jrtß-C.\rb So,•ln <iof a tlfghtly dlujr w iilt rotor, i t jjay ■ eppea? j’raminoa by it- . lf s Sf'ii'i a COM BAM I,W"’T'SU rnlTK!ts a <-*..•< wiir.* ams MArtllWEHtsv ISiSAh’i:' \IU ohoW 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., 3MB to >3OO tWetrew l a 3 3 I 9 H ■ P ri UJlcMtJtrt Deliit.'jN Tiio > M t ; l:nnt‘ilvial.iiot’u:ui.:',ud oliM tt § a y Lnutuiittlo rulicx, cutes cnt4->i B IIL 1 9 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., A r. j 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. | ■’ B 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. ~ *#• aJfkSU. A Chcip and Simple Icß-House. L.- " - %'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. -j' . ■-—•-<#♦. ■ , THE SABBATH, • . 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 . —— —... 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. ■ ■ • ■■ 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. _ 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.