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COIEIAX 8 DEBT, Editors aid Proprietors. ellijay courier. PUBIJSHED EVERY THURSDAY —by— COLSMAN & KIRBY. Office in the Court House _tji "cENERArmRECTORYT Superior Court meets 8d Monday it. way and 2d Monday in November. Hon. Janies R B'own, Judge. George F. Golfer, Solicitor General. COUNTY COUBT. Hon. Thomas F. Grtex, Judge. Moultrie M. Sessions,County Solicitor. Meets 3d Monday in each month Court of Ordinary meets first Monday in each month. TOWN COUNCIL. J. P. Perry, lutendent M. McKinney, r. H Tabor, 1 n J. Hunnicutt, J.R. Johnson, J tjom ‘ W, H. Foster, Town Marshal COUNTY OFFICERS. J. C. Allen, Ordinary, T. W. Craigo, Clerk Superior Coo*% H. M. jßramlett, Sheriff, J. H. Sharp, Tax Receiver, G. W. Gates, Tax t ollector, Jas. M. Wed, Surveyor, G W. Rice, Coroner, W. F. Hill, School C< mtniroioner. The County Board of Education meets at Ellijay the Ist Tuesday in January April, July and October. justices’ courts. 860'h Dist G. M., Ellijay. Ist Thurs day, A. J. Dooley, J. P., Q, H. R&ndell N. P. 864th Dist. G. M., Tickaneteby, Ist Saturday, J. C, Anderson, J. p. J. . Parker, N. P 907th Dot G. M., Board to wd, 4tb Saturday, J S. Smith, J. TANARUS., W. E Chancey, N. P. 982d tist. G. M , Cartecay, 4th Sa'- jirdav, S. D. Alien, L. M. Simmons, N “968th G. M., Mountaintown, 4th Sat urday, J. M. Painter, J. P., J. W. With erow, N. P. * 1109th Dist. G, M., Tails 6 reek, 3rd Saturday, Cicero M. Tatum, J. P., ihos. Ka'cliff, N. P. 1036th Dist. G. M., Teacher, Ist Sat urday. Joseph Watkins, J. P., Jos. F. Ellis, N. P. It9lat Dist. G. M., Ball Ground, 2d Saturday, A M. Job W , Dl J. r. r vans. N. P. sg 1136 tn Dist, G. M,, Town Creek, 2d Saturday, E. Russel), J. P., John T. Keeler, N. P. 1136th Dist. G. M., Cherry Tog, Ist Saturday, John H.Whitner, J. P., J. M. Ward, IN. P. 1274th Dist. G. M., Ridgeaway, 2d Saturday John M. Quarles, J. P'„ W. i . O. Moore, hi. P. 1302d Dist. G. M., Coosawattee, 3d Saturday, M. C. Blankenship, J. P., A. J. Hensley, N. P, 13415 t Dist. G. M., Dixmond 2d Sat urday, W. D, Sparks, J. P., Jesse Hold en, N. P. # 1355th Dist., G, M., Alto, 2d Satur day, Maxwell Chastain, J. P., B. H. An derson, N. P, RELIGIOUS SERVICES. Methodist Episcopal Church, South.— Every unday xnd Saturday before, by ltev. C. M. Ledbetter. Baptist Church—Every 2nd Saturday and Sunday, by Rev. N. L Osborn. Methodist Episcopal Church—Ever. Ist Saturday and Sunday, by Rev. R H. Robb. FRATERNAL RECORD, Oak Bowery Lodge, No. 81, F. A. M., meets first Friday ia each month. W. A. Cox, W. M. 1 . B. Greer, S. W. W. F. Hipp, J. W. R. Z. Roberts, Treat. T. W. Craigo, Sec. W. W. Hoberts, Tyler, T. B. Kirby, S. D. 11. M. Bramlett, j, D. J. w. henley! ATTORNEY AT LAW. JASPER GEORGIA Will practice in rhe Superior Court of the Blue Ridge Circuit. Promp-, attention to a 1 busi ness intrusted to his care. Lands far Sale, Mines fo, Sale, TIMBER FOR SALE, Water Power for Sale, LEASES NEGOTIATED BY THE M Geortia and Laid Mining AGBUCTT. We are at all times prepared to negoti ate botn purchases and sales of all kinds of real estate, including Mines, Farms, and Town property, Water Powers, &c Titles to laud examined and transcripts furnished on apnlication at reasonable cost. Send for ciicular, or address TEED North (tonia Land M Minim Agency, ELLIJAY, GA. E. W. COLEMAN, Manager. THOS. F. QUEER , Attorney. M. M. Bmsiovs. E. W. Oolkkax. SESSIONS & COLEMAN, ATTORNEYS AT LAW, ELLUAT, GA. WUI praetioo io Bins Ridge Cirenit, County Court Justice Court of Gilmer County. Legal THE , ELLIJAY COURIER. WIILL STREAM AGNATES Gleanings from Gotham’s Money Mart—Aneodotfts of tha Late William E Vanderbilt Jay Gould’s Retirement from Wall Street—Some of His Successors. [Special Nets Tori Letter .] Many and varied are the stories told of how old Commodore Vanderbilt gave his oldest son William up as the “Ne’er do well” of the family, iutd how he finally took: him up and left him the most of his fortune. ■ * WiMAAIi B. VANDEBBILT. Otto dl the stories is that the Com modore endeavored to ' use” William on one occasion, as was his custom wiih all who dealt with him at times, by giving him pointers on stock and then taking the exactly opposite course advised his son. The sou discovered that his father was pursuing a different couise’fiotn that advised him, and so whipped around and followed the commodore in h s actions rather thah in his Advice, without, however, the knowledge 'of his father. Consequently When, the c< m rnodore called him up a fefv days later, and a>kcd hiui how much he had lost by following nis advice, inasmuch as the market had gone directly opposite, William 11. stated that he was several thousand dol ars ahead in the transac tion, and when asked for an explanation, stated that he had found out the course of the commodore on the market by private means, and thought that course good enough Js:*-t<.GAier r nd whi eevery one else had lost money by the pointers he had come out ahead. This increased the commodore’s respect for him wonderfully, and he laughed hearti ly over it, ’never trying to use his son William again. Another story is told of how when the commodore went to St. Petersburg, Rus sia, on the steam yacht North Star, he was accompanied by his son William, who was constantly smoking. The com modore didn’t like it, and abruptly went qp to him with the remark, “I wish you would give up that smoking of yours: I’ll give you *IO,OOO if you’ll do it.” The son quietly threw the cigar over board, remarking. “You need not give me any money; your wish is quite suf ficientj father,” and the habit was given up. William H. Vanderbilt started as a clerk in the office of Daniel Drew and at a salary of $l5O a year, at the age of 18 years. This was considered a sufficiently good start for him by bis exacting father, .at that time, and he made him no extra allowance. Even when he married a poor girl few years later, he had to depend upon his salary alone for sup port, and that was SI,OOO per annum. This early neglect was perhaps a good thing for the son, who died with an in come of $10,000,000 a year,in a residence that cost nearly $3,600,000. It cost him $200,000 a year for family expenses alone. Even his stables would be considered palaces by most, people. It is astonishing how soon the great names of even the greatest are forgotten in this city, or remembered only by their friends, and Vanderbilt’s will be no ex ception to this rule. Already Wall street looks forward for his successor, and the bears want to squeeze him and the bulls intend to gore him as soon as possible— the sooner the better most of them think —and his sons will have to be remark ably sharp if they escape. One of them is reported to have lost ten millions, and another three millions in Wall sticet wiihin the last two years, and the street stands ready to down the otherß, and only waits a good chance to scatter the vast wealtn which has already passed through two generations. Mr. Chauncey M. Depew was the most trusted lieutenant of Wm. H. Vander bilt, and it was he who engineered through to a successful termination CKACNOtr U. DEI'S W A Map of Busy Life —Its Fluctuations and its V*ast Concerns." ELLIJAY, GA., the purchase of tbe West Shore railroad. It h claimed that the fierce fight which has been raging between the Central and the West Shore for so many months, wore very materially upon Vanderbilt, that the tension was too much for him, and that only after the final settlement ttf All the affairs did its weakening influ ences become apparent in the breaking of the blood vessel in his brain which caused his death, known generally as apoplexy. Mr. Depew’s position as president of the New York Central and the trusted friend of Vanderbilt brings him into special prominence at this time, and his policy now that his chief is dead will be looked at critically. As the leasq. of the West Shore to the Central runs for 475 years, or until the year A. D. 2360, Mr. Depew's troubles from that road are at an end for i some time to come, and *at the end of that time the majority of tbe present Sublic and Mr. Depew will together take ut little interest in the renewal of. the lease, and won’t care whether the rate to Buffalo is one or ten cents per mile, but his policy meantime will be of much interest. • . Ntfeithef MY William H. Vanderbilt fir tttty of his sons were members of the Stock exchange, and it is skid that the commissions paid td brokers by themWben j they ttfAVh all trading was over a million uollnrs per annum. This would have, of course, enriched any broker in a short time if one firm had done the business alone, but it was so scattered among different brokers that none of them made.ftfiy great fortune out of it. Jav ijlhuld has also never been a member of the Sleek exchange, and his deals are esti mated to have been worth a half million a year to brokers as commissions. Tbe men of Wall street seem generally to believe that the withdrawal of Jay Gould from active operation in the street is not one of the usual canards, but * RUSSELL SAGE. an actual fact. The number of men who annually drop out of Wall street and into obscurity is not enumerated, and not oared for by the general public,* but the withdrawal of Jay Gould of course occasions more or less comment, and also leaves one prominent landmark less in this historic street. One of the most prominent left is Russell Sage, al ways a staunch follower of Gould in rain or shine, and who was not overjoyed at the prospect of Gould's withdrawal, since Gould’s name alone has helped Sage time and attain by its close apparent con nection with his interests. Russell Sage has been known for years as the “put” and “call” king of the street, and his | movements in this line have been watched and followed by scores of smaller speculators simply because he was supposed to have a firm grip upon Jay Gould’s inner consciousness, and from the fact that his office was next to that of the great financier. When Gould suffered, Sage generally felt one or two momentary pangs, and when, as was gen erally the case, Gould reaped a harvest, Sage came in for his share of the spoils. All this will be changed if Gould takes his personality out of the street, and goes around the world in his handsome yacht, and nobody knows it better than Mr. | Russell Sage. Mr. Sage is supposed to have lost more money dnring the few j weeks following the Grant & Ward fail ure than he ever lost before in any year of his connection on the street, but, like Mr. Gould, he has made up for it Bince. Another prominent operator who will loom into greater proportions, if the luck of the past keeps up in the future, is Deacon 8. V. White. Never since the days of Daniel Drew has there been such a fortunate religious specula tor on the street, that is, whose title indicated his religious inclination. DEACON . V. WHITE. Deacon White ia supposed to have been a special protege of the Into Horace B.Claf- lin, one of whose sons made apart of the firm of £L V. White & Cos. The Deacon doesn’t twist to general luck and chances as so ihaaff do on a number of stocks, but seteep out some special line, quietly goes’ re wprk upon it, puts his Money and energy in that alone, and the first thingjxw boys know the Deacon has caught tfcm napping, and gives them a fearful g&eeze on the stock that he known alf about, and they go in on as they do j|'n most of them, rather blindly. This policy has made the Deacon a terror to the. street, and has likewise netted him 4 large fortune since his advent, until now he is looked upon as one of the leaders in the street. He is estime eed to have made a million in one little dealip Delaware and Lackawanna alone. AHfieud of mine pointed out to me a few .3pgl? 9 ago a man who had just bor rowed a dollar from him that day, and remarked that it hadn't been very long sincifthis same man could have given Ills check for a million, and it would havrirheen accepted by any member of the ljf)c(fiuce exchange. Now he hasn't mote) enough to pay his ferriage over to Jltrnm City to see his family, who weralmtig with relatives, or tit least that hail been his cake that day. , This samdHfian had lent Charles Woerishoffer it is said $2,500 years ago to assist him in pteAasing his seat in the Stock ex change Now Woerishoeffer is worth his millions, and this man who was then in amence is now so hard tip that lie statecHte had actually walked from the Battq* to Central Park and back twice one Hfht t° keep himself from doing somJffing desperate, and finuily went to it poEKe station for the night on bis own appHation. As the distance from the parlrao the Battery is over four miles, his c&dition at that time cau bo appre ciates. Such is the luck of the street. Spirto Gentil. • Tecamseh’s Peace Pipe. T 1& great Indian chieftan, Tecumseh, ownqd a remarkable pipe, similar to that described in “Hiawatha,” though ap parently 6f still harder material. It was only Recently shown me as a curiosity. Tne is a queer piece of mechanism, made of black Hint stone, rather light anl susceptible of a polish similar to gim.t-jWarch. It is four nml one-half inches in length from the top of the bowl to the 'ehgthof the shank. The bowl is jug diapea. about two inches long, and the<shank is made upon the plan of the bit of a tomahawk, and blunt on the end (,-witLi three grooves. The edges are bottnd with a metallic substance, prob ably pewter, and the sides and bowl are cqiijusly and very ingeniously inlaid wi' Vthe same metal. The figures of the Hie iky ulErJtttnd indicate wrr-utt curate mathematic calculation, represent ing stars, hearts, curious articles and Various angles. The bowl is topped and bound with the same metal. The diam eter of the bowl at the bulge is an inch and three-fourths, and the cavity is eleven-sixteenths of an inch in diameter, and three inches to the stem hole, and will hold as much as the ordinary meer schaum pipe. The stem is of hickory, twenty-two inches long, one and nine-sixteenth inches in width, and half an inch thick, oval and flat. It contains six slots about four inches long, and peculiarly arrangtd as to the hole through it. At the end next to the pipe there are two slots lengthwise of the stem, the hole passing between them; then there is a slot ex actly in the centre; then two like the first, and then a single slot in the centre again, which make/the hole rather zig zag. The mode of manufacture is a mystery to the mechanic of the present day. Tecumseh was born in the valley of the Sciota, near the present site of Chilicothe, in Ohio. His father was a Shawnee chief. Tecumseh engaged in hostilities which led to the defeat of General St. Clair in 1792. He was fond of his pipe and was given to intoxica tion. One day, in the year 1804, while in the act of lighting his pipe in his wig wam, he fell back in a trance upon his bed, and continued a long time motion less and without signs of life. He was supposed to be dead, and preparations were made for his burial. He was about to be borne to the grave, when he suddenly revived and uttered the words: “Be not alarmed—l have seen heaven. Call the tribe together that I may reveal to them the whole of my vision.” He related his vision to his people, and warned them against drunkenness and kindred vices. Rebelling against the government, Tecumseh and his warriors were defeat ed at Tippecanoe. He joined the British in the war of 1812, and was killed in a battle with the Americans on the river Thames, October sth, 1813. Will M. Clemens, in Chicago Current. Bulgarian Amazons. Perhaps the most interesting product of the Balkan revolution is the little band of Amazons which has its quarters at Philippopolis. The commander is the directress of an orphan asylum at Philippopolis by the name of Rains, and the united ages of the warlike twelve are said to reach the number of the days in the year, a fact which unfortunately takes some of the romance from the novel movement. It has ever been said that the weapons of the Bulgarian Amazons are their age and a few cavalry sabres. Their clothing consists of loose hose fastened below the knee and a abort riding jacket with a red girdle, while a Bulgarian kalpak is worn as a headdress. The Amazons carry out their daring innovation even to striding horses like dragoons. The chief of this singular band is the lady who in September rode as “Bulgaria” with the captive Gavril Pasha in an open wagon through the streets of Philippopolis. flourishing a naked aword above his hearl and proclaiming tbe union of Rou metis and Bulgaria ihe while. —Pall Mall Gazette. FOR THE FARM AND HOME, ood and Poor Chesii. An English dairyman, writing in the London Agricultural Gazette, thiflks that the good and poor cheese which so often Comes from the vat de pends on the rennet used- He says: Are we to suppose that here is AH art and business in a thorough muddle of incapacity and confusion—that those practical men, from whose dairies ctiefesfi comes worth not more than 25 cts. a cwt, from whoso dair ies cheese worth Close on three times as much is commanding that price even now—are we to conclude that these are all helter-skelter, know ing nothing in their business certainly, but only accepting that which happens —some of them being in luck, and some far otherwise—as we were once taught to accept disease or health? These were once supposed to be in scrutable decrees to be received simply with submission. And so now ’some always make good cheese and some always murder good milk. The re sults are not accidental; they cau be investigated and explained, and obvi ated or attained, at will They do not “come.” They are, in every case, the result of known causes, Which can be directed, regulated, and checked at will The Care of Horiei, If those having the care of horses would study into the question of care and management it would conduce to the well being of the animals and the profit of the owner. For instance, it has been stated, and widely copied in journals without ' comment, that to give a horse style and grace he should be fed from colthood up in a mangel so high as to cause Borne exertion to reach the food. Nothing could be wider of the mark aimed at. If an animal has not the physical conforma tion to give style he can never be made to assume a high t head without im paring valuable points elsewhere. In fact. If a high head could be given by feeding from a high manger, tfiis would correspondingly dip ess the spinal column behind the shoulders. Improved action and style are the result of careful training, and can only be developed measurably in any ani mal. in other words, you cannot even measurably change the conformation of an animal without in thd same measure changing the centre of grav ity. Hence stumbling and other disa bilities. The horse naturally chooses to sian I with the fore feet somewhat higher than the hind feet For the farm horse especially the ‘feed-box should be rather low than high, and the manger, and not a rack to be reached up to, should hold the hay. The horse that works all day re quires rest at night. The owner who gives the best food, grooming, and bedding to the animals under his care gets the most labor out of tbepn for his money. The food and drink Bhould especially be clean and of the best. Not long since an item went the rounds that dusty or musty hay was as good as the best, if moistened with slightly salted water. The medication does not in the slightest alter the bad qualities of the hay. The result of such feeding is wind broken, heavy horses. Musty hay is not even fit for decent store cattle. In winter nothing about a stable is more economical than good blankets to be worn in the stable and to be car ried with the team wherever driven, with which they may be covered when standing. Letting down the check rein when going up hill and easing the rein when horses are at rest should naturally.be suggested to the driver. Yet how many are instructed so to do? It is attention to little things that brings profit, and in no respect in farm economy are many owners more derelict? than in the care of teams of horses and mules. —Chicago Tribune. Mmliroom Culture. The demand for mushrooms in large cities and towns makes the culture of this delicacy of interest to gardeners and others living in close proximity to markets for the same. To make the production of mushrooms by ar tificial means profitable, the making of the beds must be regulated so that their crops of edible fungi will come at a season when there are no uncul tivated mushrooms in the markets. During the winter season and the ear y Spring the pri<-e per pound paid for nushrooms in New York City varies from 75 cents to $1.50 per pound VOL. X. NO. 50. Wen it at A great deal of care and judg M regard must be exercised in preparing tlfeh u Mtty and planting the spawn, whictron Gearing be obtained at leading seed prrees. Ad- There are two kinds of sp* 1 English and the French. T l G *- is more expensive and is pref£???S!fe"E; many. Success in mushroom i ■ jra .. aw growing depends so much on al X 1 ] and uniform temperature and m that success is by no means < with the amateur. It is usel^ ew f attempt winter forcing of mushi in any place where the falls below 50 degrees. m The usual plan is to procure • from an old pasture in the autwP®(® * and store it away. To one bushel this soil add two bushels of fresh** era horse manure. With this well-mixed v compound prepare a bed four feet wide and as long as may be desired. Put down a thin layer and pound or tread it down as firmly as possible; add another layer and pound that down, and go on until the bed is eight to twelve inches deep. In a little while it will become hot, but let the heap cool until the bed is of the right temperature to receive the spawn— about 90 degrees. Mushrooms may be grown in any dark room or cellar, with proper care, where the temperature can be main tained at from 50 to 65 degrees. If the temperature is higher the mush rooms grow smaller and the bed be comes sooner exhausted. If kept be low 50 degrees the mushrooms are slow to grow and are not tender when cooked. ‘ Next make holes in the bed one foot apart and put in the spawn—two or three pieces as large as a walnut—in each hole. Cover the holes and press the soil solid and smooth. In about twelve days cover the entire bed with fresh loam to a depth of two inches, and over this place about five inches depth of hay or straw. With the right temperature there will appear a crop of mushrooms in six or eight weeks, and the bed will continue to bear for three weoks or longer,— After the first crop is gathered a little more fresh soil should be scattered over the bed and the whole moistened with warm water and covered with hay as before. —New York World. Tile Housewife's Tuttle. SOLIDS. Wheat flour, one pound is one quart. Indian meal, one pound two ounces are one quart. Butter, when soft, one pound is one quart Loaf sugar, when broken, one pound is one quart White sugar, powdered, one pound one ounce are one quart Best brown sugar, one pound two ounces are one quart Eggs, ten are one pound. LIQUIDS. Four large tablespoonsful are one and one-half gills. A common-sized tumbler holds one half pint. A common-sized wine glass hold 8 half a gill. A teacup holds one gill. A tablespoonful is half an ounce. Recipes. Lemon Syrup. —Squeeze the lemons, straining carefully that no pulp re mains. To one pint of juice add two pounds of sugar; set it away until completely disolved, stirring occasion ally, and then bottle it. One or two teaspoonfuls of this syrup in a glass of water makes a good lemonade. Baked Sour Apples. —Peel nice tart apples, leave whole, remove the core by running a narrow knife around it, set it on a deep pie plate and fill the holes with sugar ; drop on the sugar in each apple three or four drops of lemon extract, or grate nutmeg over them; pour one teaspoonful of water on each apple; bake in a moderately hot oven; serve cold; very nice. Try them. To Broil Mackerel. —Clean and care fully wipe a good-'ized fish; split it entirely down the back; put a little oil over the fish with a feather, lest the delicate skiD should be broken by the gridiron, the bars of which must be j rubbed with fresh suet Chop a little* parsley and fennel very fine, season with pepper and salt and rub into a thin slice of butter. Fill the back of tbe mackerel with this mixture before you put it on the gridiron and then broil It over a clear fire. It will require from twenty to thirty minutes to cook i it thoroughly; serve with nance