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THE BAINBRIDGE WEEKLY DEMOCRAT. VOLUME 2 BAINBRIDGE, GEORGIA, OCTOBER 17, 1872 NUMBER 3 Tlio Weekly Democrat. PUBLISHED (VERY THURSDAY MORNING. SUBSCRIPTION TERMS: Or.e Copy one year - - - $3 00 One Copy six months • - -• 1 50 Reading Matter on Every Page. The Worm That Dieth Not. A short time ago a sailor was sent to the City Hospital Iroin the Brit ish hark Gcorgiana, who was sup pose* 1 to he suffering from a sore leg. The man had been ailing for near three months, but none of his shipmates suppose*! that there was anything serious the matter with him. Accordingly, when, a few days before his removal to the hospital, he declared himself unable to walk about, the captain of the ship sup posed that he was endeavoring to make an excuse for getting away from the vessel, that he might be left on port, the ship being pre pared to sail in a lew days. When removed to the hospital, the man s right, leg was very much swollen, and manifested all the symptoms oi erysipelas, which malady his affec tion was at first mistaken. At the end of a lew days, however, an ab scess forme*! upon the inner side ol the ankle, from which after it had burst, protruded about three inches of a white, membranous looking sub stance, about aiUcigth of an inch in diameter. This singular manifesta tion induced a careful examination of the leg, which developed the fact that the man was alilictcd with the dracuuculus, or Guinea worm. This is a horrible parasite, found only along the shores of the Indian Ocean, Red Sea and certain portions of the Mediterranean. It infests damp and muddy soils and impure water, and generally attacks the l’eet and 1c, but sometimes other portions of the body. At the time that it forsakes its native clement for the more lux urious habitation of flesh and blood, it is scarcely larger than a common flea; but, having once buried itself beneath the skin, it grows with jJ»raiingjtayidity, and will attain a size varying from six inches to six feet in length, by one-twelfth to one eighth of au inch in diameter. It lies dormant, until it reaches the age of maturity, after which it com mences a series of wanderings and meanderings about t lie* muscles and bones, which cause intense pain to the unsuspecting victim. It always travels downwards, and with such rapidity that it will sometimes travel the whole length of the human frame in twenty-four hours. It will some times come to the surface and lie under the skin like a long white cord, but should the surgeon at tempt to extract it with the knife without first securing it with a nip per, it will elude his grasp and scamper away with the agility of an eel. If a portion of the worm is re moved, the remaining portion will not die, but continues as gay and lively as ever. The first symptoms of the Guinea worm are a disagreea ble itching and irritation of the in fected parts. After it begins to move about its paths arc followed by external abscesses, and when the paths lie along the stonmche, inter nal abscesses also. It always ulti mately endeavors to leave the sys tem by working its way through the skin, generally near the ankle, but this is only after it has left from ten to fifteen young behind. The usual number of worms tlijit, are found in one person varies from one to fifty. There is one case on record, how- Mr. Greeley on Education. At Kutztown, Pennsylvania, on Wednesday, Mr. Greeley made two speeches,one on education, and one on agriculture. The following is a synoposis of the one on education, delivered before the Normal School: Education, my j oung friends, has its legitimate objects, the develop- men of the man or woman, intellect ually or mentally, and the develop ment of the workman. When I ad vocate the prosaic side of the ques tion of education I do not mean to disparage the other. From the days of Plato it has been understood that education makes the man, and his fitness for the exigencies of the world will come after. I have known not less than a thousand thoroughly educated—that is, expensively edu cated men in New York—men who have entered German or English or American Colleges, and have been sent forth with diplomas, who are yet utterly unable to earn their bread, and are to-day passing the streets in a vain search for some thing to do. I consider it the re proach and shame of education that while every robust, temperate igno ramus that lands upon our shores with money enough to buy an axe is morally certain to earn his bread, to become in time a thrifty citizen, his children being heirs to all his possibilities of our condition, the educated man is not so certain. My condemnation of education is that it is not complete, it is not full roun ded. It does not prepare us for the exigencies life. The German stu dent who has become dyspeptic over his midnight art, who can dis course learnedly of Knat, or Hogcl and of Spinosa; yet has not been taught how to earn his bread. When I say my daughters ought to be scientific cooks, I do not mean that cooking is the chief end of womanhood, for some women ..ave aspirations to become lawyers and even Presidents—it is getting on to that end, I believe—[Laughter]— but I mean that they should have some accomplishment in perfection with which the world is not likely to get out of fashion. A bad education scads men* into the world - useless. Educated men, while they are capa ble of better work than mere nianu al labor, ought, in the absence of that better work, to be able to do the manual work better than the lin ed ueated man. If the} 7 have to dig ditches they ought to dig them bet ter than the ignorant man. When old men arc asked to pay one thous and dollars for a son's education they say they don't know about it. This education is not efficient in ■their sphere ot life. A farmer's son ought to come back from college qualified to show his father how bet ter to work his farm. If not, he re turns with a great deal of philoso phy and mathematics and sciences out of the range of the old man's ap prehension, such education is likely to be unduly disparaged. We ought to expend more money than we do now on education, but we must make the people who pay the money realize the good itqeducat ion. I am told that the higher and more ab struse studies are an excellent dis cipline for the mind. But why will not more solid truths, less out of the way truths, serve as a discipline as well as these? I have been forty- six years away from school. I never had aught but a common education. M3’ life might have been more use ful and better otherwise, for I have traveled all over this earth, from the Adriatic sea on the east, to the Pa cific ocean on the west, and every day I have deplored the want of people out of uselulncss. ~^The true man wifi do the best work that to day presents to him. Labor,is be coining with our advanced civiliza tion more intellectual and less phy sical. In'affew years steam will supply all the physical forces of in dustry. The noblest duties are teach ing us how more] rapidly [to] create these new processes, and in time all the forces required will be furnished by artificiaFpower. But I do not disparage the noble ends of educa tion. The man is, after all, the thing to be perfected. The univer sity student must have] breads and knowledge of the old philosophers is not readily turned into bread, would have no man sent out not qualified to[.eanYhisj_living by" bis hands, if need be. I would have each graduate a[better armed man, so that if hejjjwere wrecked on a des ertfisland he could£get along all the better§for his education. I would have education]bristling with [good points, so that, encased in it, he could the^better [meet a charge of cavalry, an attack of artilfery[[or of bayonets, or any attack in which thejemergencies of life may present themselves. This, young people, is my conception ot what education ought to be. That Matinee. She might have been a banker’s daughter, With millions of the yellow ore; She might have been, as I’ve since fought ' her, A shop-girl in a dollar store; An heiress, or a smile provider, Which of the two I cannot say— I only know I satjbeside her That matinee. Brown-haired, white-throated, crimson-kid ded, Slim waist close clasped in violet silk; Blue eyes, long lashed and lily-lidded, And teeth like ivory dipped in milk, Two lips red-ripe, dew-wet, which thrilled me Responsive to their varying play— She never knewfhow dead she killed mo That matinee. And when between the acts quick meeting. The orchestra breathed music’s boon, Her little foot in rhythmic beating. Kept dainty time]to every tune, Ah t SwcetUnknowu ! one thought will rankle; For after all man”is but clay— 1 tried, but failed, to sec your ankle, That matinee. At length my chance oarae—one to’die on: Ilcr handkerchief dropped from lierjpalm; I'J'eil upon it like a lion— , And then returned it like a lamb, Opr fingers met—I trembled^rcaAly; "*Sli£ thanked me iff a ifioflest way. » Then wiped her little mouth sedately, That matinee. The rurtain fell and unattended I watched her as she tripped along, Until at last her figure blended Far distant with the hurrying throng, All’s done, but one regret still lingers— We always known too late the way; I think I.should have pressed her fingers That inutiuee. and West, shall be united in feeling, united in interest, united in “the bonds of common'' Union. 'For this the battle you have so nobly fought anti so gloriously won was waged, and for this you must still fight until in November next, you can proclaim from the citadel of civil liberty taat “Freedom’s battle once begun, Bequeathed from bleeding sire to son, mi I- I— ~ m /.A aG - Y Though baffled oft at last is won I Preserve, then, your organization in tact. Have some fallen on the field, or deserted by the wayside ? Fill np the ranks and unite the broken column and with freemen’s will and freemen’s dar- 5, march on to'conquest jeri victory. To the Liberal Republicans who have aided us so gallantly in the struggle, we acknowledge with’ gratitude their valua ble services, and with their fed in the coming conflict, we will overthrow the party in power, whose corni^ions they have denounced, and whose usurpations they have so fearlessly exposed. To"tho Executive Committeemen in the Districts, I would urge increased activity. See to it that your Congress ional Districts are organized and can vassed, for our Congressmen -can he, and must be, triumphantly elected. To the Sub-Electors, whose services our committee so gratefully recognize I can only say, persevere in your good work; perfect your organizations, tally your county forces, and let each and all of us determine to stay not our hands until we have reclaimed the sacred tem ple, and instituted anew the pure wor ship of the builders around the holy altars of constitutional liberty. On then good men, true men, to duty, and in November next we will plant our banners upon the walls of the nation’s capitol, and “sing again our temple songs in reclaimed Jerusalem.” Tnos. Hardeman, Jr., Chairman State Dem. Ex. Com. Upon the precise nature of the et er, of a man dj ing from the ef-1 knowledge of chemistry and geolo- fects of the Guinea worm, whose j g y as I walk dumb and blind amid body and skin were nothing but net work of these horrible creatures. Death rarely results from the rava ges of this worm, and when it does it is generally the result oi some dis ease produced by the intlamation and other effects of the worm’s wan- | tC n years of my Youth, derings. The Guinea worm does i durin FuSfc on the Column. To the Democratic Party in Get. The conflict [13 over. The battle has been fought and we have achiev ed a brilliant, a decisive victor} 7 .— ‘All honor to those who have nobly dared s and done,” but they must not rest on their arms, nor lean on their swords, until the enemy, now defeat ed,is routed and his forces destroyed. Linger_not among theTspoils of the battlefield to recount your,struggles or chant your peans of victory—but close up your ranks, push on the column andjirevent him from raid ing to save his broken fortunes.— Your victory will not be complete if by indifference or over-confidence you suffer him again to make a de cisive stand. Cease not your efforts —weary not in your duties—stop not your pursuit until his flying hosts beg for quarters and give up the conflict. The struggle through which you have past has been for Georgia alone; you must now unite your forces with the grand army of Re form and Conciliation that is march ing toward the nation’s capitol, de termined not to sheaih the sword or furl the banner until the one* is the wonderful work of God's crea- wreathed with the garlands of vic- tion across plains which spoke with tor T, ami the otlier floats in triumph not confine its ravages will also attack dogs to man, but and horses. God's eloquence, which my limited education prevented me from enjoy- ing. I had no other time for school ing than in the winters of the first I never saw that time a book on chemis try or geology—never knew that : uch books existed—and I feel now over the White House in Washing ton City. Georgimspeaks no uncertain sounds but clear ringing notes. She sounds words of cheer and greeting to her sister States. Redeemed herself, her chains broken, her spirits cheered and reassured, she will join Cincin- The sailor in question made a voy-1 that my life would have been more ! nati and Baltimore in breaking the age to the caster coast of Africa j useful and more enjoyable if I had about six months ago, and while j had time and the chance to study there received the parasites into his them. Learn all we will, we are system. One of those worms has al- j still imperfectly taught. Let the ready be.-n extracted from his right I little that the student may know Pemanre w "S®, j*! ^ then > irradiate the path just about pearanee in the lett. He is doing as well as can be expected under it circumstances. This is probably him. Wtmn graduates say “I am bonds from limbs now fettered; in restoring liberty to the people, self- government to the States and harm ony and good will to the Union.— The object is commendable, the pur pose patriotic, the field inviting.— Falter not in your duty, but go on Xlliaia ,„uuuu„ educated, and therefore cannot j battling for the right until constitu- the^first case of the kind ever known ! work with my hands," they are mis- j tional government is restored, and j educated. We are educating young | the people, North and South, East Billings-Gate. Love generally changes qpquettry to sense and prudery to sillynew. It iz only a from conning tew dishonesty, and it iz a step that a man iz liable tew take at ennytinde.- Old age has its privileges—one iz tew find fault with everything. ♦ , Weak and wicked are th^- ^g worst tldngs that ennybody can ^yfei*.*fgcd withT » v ‘ s ~~" ' He who iz willing tew trust every body iz willing tew be cheated by every body. Whenever you find a man with an eccentricity of any kind, which he brags ov, you can put that man down as a “beat,” and charge it to mi account. A wise man is never less alone than when alone. . A man may mistake his talents, but he kant mistake his genius. Tallent must hav * memory—genius don’t require it. I don’t belaeve thare iz a human be ing on the face ov the earth, nor an ;el in heaven, who are positively proof against temptashun. When a man measures out glory for himself headways heaps the half bushel. A bile ain’t a very sore thing after all, espeshily when it iz on sum other phellow. Pretty mutch all the philosophy in this world iz kontained in the following bracket—[grin and hear it.] I don’t kno whitch haz done the most damage in this world lazyness, or malice, hut i guess lazyness haz. If i had 4 fust rate dogs i would name the best one “Doubtful” and the other 3 “Useless.” Rumor iz like a swarm ov bees, the more yu fite them the less yu git rid ov them. Virtew may konsist in never sinning, but the glory ov virtew konsists in re pentance. Fashion makes phools ov sum, sinners ov others, and slaves ov all A jest may be kruel, but a joke nev er iz. I never bet; not so mutch bekause i am afrade i shall loze, az bekause i am afrade i shall win. A phools money iz like his brains, very oneasy, I don’t think the height ov impudence haz ever been reached yet. altho men- ny hav made a good try for it. The reason whi all the works ov na ture are so impressive iz bekause they represent ideas. The books whitch summer tourists carry about with them are designed more to employ the hands, than improve the braines. The man whoze whole strength lays in his money iz a weak man; I had rather be able tew milk a cow suekeess- fully on the WTODg side than to be such a man. answers by little children in Sunday Schools, to questions put by their teachers,it is not alway safe to count. At Bethany, on Sunday last, an Assistant Superintendent was engag ed in addressing the children. Of spectators, a goodly number were present, The subject ot the teacher was the “Promised Land.” “You see, children,” he continued, after explaining the exodus of Moses, and the sandy character of the des ert, “you see, my dear children, and how, at last, Moses brought them into a laDd flowing with milk and honey. How nice that was! All of you like honey especially on your buckwheat cakes. Just think of it, not a land where milk and honey came like they do here, but a land flowing with them. Just think in the Promised Land what good times the little boys and girls must have had! Now let me see how well you have remembered what I have told you. “Who led out.the Israelites ?’ “Moses,’ was the prompt reply. “And from whence did he lead them?” “From bondage,” answered sever al. ‘ ‘And to where did he take them?’ “To the Promised Land, sir.” “That’s right, my little dears. Now what did that land flow .with?” “With honey,” said three or four. “And what else?” Here was a stick—no reply. “Come, children, some of you sure ly remember. When you were ba bies what did your mothers give you? What else did the Promised Land flow with beside honey.” Again a blank pause. “I know, thir,V said a little ffve year-oldcr, springing to his feet and elevating his little hand. “I know what i^wath, thir; I^inow, *thir.” ‘ ‘What wlTs it, «ny dear?” [*‘JFhy, it wath*‘titty,’ thirl” The .Sapprintepdent, amid cachi- notion'oi the adul^flnectators, pr6- . needed to change the subject - by singing theffiymn beginning: kii The old lady was making sausages f ccived by the minister, and was on What would be thought of General Grant if he were to enter upon a polit ical tour everywhere haranguing the people to influence pending local elec tions, and to save the country by mak ing him President ? The above question is put by the Washington Chronicle, and answered by the Boston Post as follows : In view of his late speeches, it would be thought he was making an ass of himself. when he called. At last he told her he must go. but she said he must wait a minute while she put qp a mess for him to carry home with him. He tried to explain to her the impropriety of her plan under the circumstances, but she was inexorable; take the sausages he must, she could fix them [so they would be no inconvenience to him, and the matter need not eome to the knowl edge .of any one else The sausages were neatly done up in white cloth and snugly pinned and put in the pockets of his swallow* tailed coat behind, a parcel in eacti pocket* Then he hurried away. Inno cent, kind hearted •!<> lady! she did not imagine what grief, shame mortification and sorrow of heart this little act would cause her na^ tor; and he in his hnrry to make np his lost time, little dreamed what awaited him in consequence of the old lady’s gift. When he arrived at the house of the deceased he found a large com pany waiting. The neighbors from far and near had assembled to pay their tribute of respect, and per form the last sad offices that the living can perform for the dead; some had come with carriages, and their horses were hitched to sur rounding trees,^fences and posts. They had allowed their dogs to fol low them. There was a large gath ering ot men and boys about the door yard, waiting for the minister, who fras late; the women had most ly gone inside, and the dogs were changing civilities, or incivilities, in the true dog style, as they happened to tak6 & liking, or a disliking, to the otUere-trotting about with their tails rollecPtq) in-rigid coils, scratch ing the^roued aside at a time, caus ing 7 the dust to fly, and casting ap proved - 'glances, or *uttering lour groans Of warning,, according as- the£ felt to each other.* **• * „ - * lichen the minister afrjved he-was recognized, shook hands , with such as he was acquainted with, andVqs introduced' to others. . He had hur ried to gflt there in tiqie, had got heated up, and warme.d np the sau sages nyf his pockets. They were ry, and were emitting - a fragraQe that soon eameln'O'oritacT the stairs within reach when the minister raised his hands. The dea con, to attract his attention, twigg ed his coat-tail. Of doursc, the minis ter thought it was a dog, and that it was necessary for him to kick once more, which he did. The deacon, not on the lookout, like the dogs, received the minister's foot in his side and tumbled headlong down the stairs. There was a scream, a rush of the Deacon’s family, a general uprising of the whole congregation, and exit dogs. In the midst of this coflfusion the minister waved his hand to res tore order. After the people were seated and quiet again reigned, he tcld the people the story of the saus ages in all its particulars, which, seemed a satisfactory explanation, and the people proceeded; but the minister was never known to carry sausages m his coat pocket again. A Sausage Story. A good many years ago, when the Methodists were rather unpopular in the Eastern States, a witty divine of that denomination was serving his sec ond year in a country town in New En gland. It was rather remarkable those days for the Conference to send the same minister two successive years to the same church, especially in a coun try town; but it was done in this in stance, and it seemed to be entirely sat isfactory to all concerned. The clergy man enjoyed the confidence and love df his own church and parish, and he had, by his piety and fidelity to the cause of Christ, won the respect and confidence of all good people who knew him, out side of his own parish. So the other two churches, Congregationalist and Baptist, had begun to manifest a spirit of tolerance toward him and his church, quite unusual for them. About thanksgiving time, a regular attendant of the Baptist church died; the Baptist minister was sick, and the Congregational minister was out of town- Under the circumstances, it was deci ded to invite the Methodist minister to conduct the funeral services. The in vitation was accepted, and at the proper time the good clergyman started for the house of mourning. He had some four miles to travel on foot, and, to save dis tance, left the road and went across field and through woods. Near this by way where he was traveling there lived an old lady—a member of his church. As he was so near, he thought he would call a moment. The old lady did not go to church very often; it was. too far from her home, and she was lame too; she was, therefore, of course, overjoyed to see her minister, and what he had intended should be a momentary call was prolonged into' quite a visit, spite of all his efforts to get away. with the olfactory nerves ot the hungry dogs. The latter left off their attention to each other and be gan to snuff for the pleasant odor, which they highly appreciated; and they soon traced it to the minister. They clustered about him in a very friendly manner, but no notice was taken of them, and when he went into the house they went too. A prayer was offered at the resi dence, during which the dogs smel led out the whereabouts of the sa vory meat exactly, and in the doing of this they greatly aDnoj ed the min ister and caused his cheek to burn and his heart to ache. After the prayer the corpse was carried to the church, which was near by, and thither the whole company followed, where the services were to be more protracted. The dogs went too, and soon after the minister took his place in the pulpit they began to skirmish around his coat pockets. If it had been any where except in a church, or any occasion but a funer al, the dogs would have been cud geled and sent howling away; but as it was, no one wished to disturb the quiet sancity of the place by the yelping of dogs. They seemed to THE LIBERAL PLATFORM. The following are the resolutions in full os adopted by the Liberal Republican National Convention at Cincinnati, in May, and en dorsed by the Democratic Convention at Bal timore, in July. We, the Liberal Republicans of the United States, in National Convention assembled at Cincinnati, proclaimed the following princi ples as essential to a just government: First—We recognize the equality of all men before the law, and hold that it is the duty of the government, in its dealings with the people, to mete out equal and exact justice to all; of whatever nativity, race, color, per suasion, religious or political. Second—We pledge ourselves to maintain the union of these States, emancipation and enfranchisement, and to oppose any reopen-, ing of the questions settled by the Thirteenth, Fourteenth and Fifteenth Amendments of the Constitution. Third—We demand the immediate and ab solute removal of all disabilities imposed on account of the rebellion, which was finally subdued seven years ago, believing that uni versal amnesty will result in the completo pacification of all sections of the country. '’’Fourth—Loccl self-government, with im- paVtihl ^uffrage^wiil guud the, rights of all citizens more securely than any centralised power. ^ The publjs wetttre #equires the su premacy of the civifover the military author ity, and the freedom *of persons under the protection of the habeas corpufc. We demand for the individual the largest liberty consist ent with pnblic order , for the State’s self- government, and for the’nation to return the methods of peace and the constitutions! limitations of power. Fifth—The oivil service of the government has become a mere instrument of partisan tyranny and personal ambition, and an object * upon our free institutions, andf'^HeeSs'iilfe^ moralization dangerous to the perpetuity of republican government. We therefore regard a thorough reform of the civil service as one of the most pressing necessities of the hour; that honesty, capacity and fidelity constitute the only valid claims to public employment; that the offices of the government cease to be a matter of arbitrary favoritism and patron age, and that public stations become again posts of honor. To this end it is imperatively required that no President shall be a candi date for re-election. Sixth—We demand a system of federal tax ation which shall not unnecessarily interfere with the industry of the people, and which shall provide means necessary to pay the xe- penses of the government, economically ad ministered, pensions, the interest on the pub lic*debt, and a moderate reduction, annually, of the principal thereof, ami recognizing that there are in our midst honest, but irreconcil- iable differences of opinion with regard to the respective systems of protection and free trade, we remit discussion of the subject to the people in their congressional districts, and to the decision of Congress thereon, wholly free of executive interference or dic tation. Seventh—The public credit must be sacred ly maintained, and we denounce repudiation in every form and guise. Eighth—A speedy return to specie payments is demanded alike by the highest considera tions of commercial morality and honest gov ernment. Ninth—We remember With gratitude the heroism and sacrifices of the soldiers and the sailors of the republic, and no act of ours shall ever detract from their justly earned feme or of the full reward of their patriotism. Tenth—We are opposed to all further grants of lands to railroads or other corporations.— . , ,, .... , , 1 The public domain should be held sacred to comprehend the situation, and made actu Ji get tiers. Ihe most of it. They went up into the pulpit—a single one at a time— two and three at a time. Some times two companies would meet coming down from opposite sides of the pulpit, but all centering behind the minister whose only means of de fense was in kicking out behind at them, by guess; but the dogs were wary, good at dodging and none got hit. Thus the service went on. The mental anguish ot the good minister cannot be described; but there was no alternative—he must proceed as best he could. At last, to his great relief, he was about to close his part of the service bj pronouncing the benediction—had already closed his eyes and raised his hands tot this purpose—when a worthy deacon of the Baptist church wished to have the minister read a notice. The deacon was a man of rather diminu tive size, and walked as lightly as a cat. He had approached the pulpit with the notice in his hand, unper- Eleventh—Wehold that it is the duty of the government, in its intercourse with foreign nations, to cultivate the friendship of peace by treating with all on fair and equal terms, regarding it alike dishonorable either to de mand what is not right or to submit to what is wrong. Twelfth—For the promotion and success of these vital principles, and the support of the candidates nominated by this convention, we invite and cordially welcome the co-operation of all patriotic citizens, without regard to previous political affiliation. Thomas Branch k Co., Richmond, Va. Branch, Sons k Co., Augusta, Gs. Branch and Sons, COMMISSION MERCHANTS, Savannah, Ga- Market Prices Corrected Weekly by BRANCH <fc SONS. Corn, white, prime 90a92 3om, mixed and Yellow “ 85a87 Horn meal fresh ground 85 Bacon, clear rib sides 12}al2} Shoulders D. S. C. R. Ssides 9a9} “ “ Shi da. none in market Flour, family and extra family $9alO Rice, new crop 8a9J Molasses, reboilled, 28 Salt, $2 per sack: 31.$5 per car oad