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PROFESSIONAL CARDS.
~ j 0 HN W. WOFFORD,
Attoriirv at Law.
cAP TE RS * 11.f,*!. r;Fit)RII.
OFFICE IJVBK (’UfUtY’M STfJBB,
Oct. 17. 1668.
It. W. .\l lit I’M KY.
ATTORNEY AT 1 AW .
fJarteravillt. <.'a.
UflLt pr*ctlc«l»s t*i* ('■» iJeurti of C'ifi-i-V*'# (ki
ll cult. HwrMfitxr •item.lnii »iv«-n t-. thr
c( Ofliee WlJfc Col. Alula J-rt:t.*«n. Of*. l,f r
PR. fi. M. JOHNSON,
Dentist;
R lspect ruu.v .iron ur. .j f «si n*i
lorvlcei to tfi« cttlx«*nx of C»rt«r»V'!i*
and rielnl'y. Id" prcp ire itn dn W'rk ‘■TTI “Wv
on t *« latent ami meat Improved #ty'e.
T nth eTtrtd»* without by rru-fir.tt n r o-rent'e
Dr»v.] WVrk a'l wurmr.lotl. 0:0re nm Sinkeley'e
toi'e.CAßTtlifVll.LK tia. teb. (£0 le.«.— wio.
JERF. A. HOWARD,
ATTORNfcY AND COUNSELLOR AT LAW.
CMI r/. .-VIM .:. - A.
jn 3 y i inf jf p
Attn rivey at Law,
V Aiter*villo, (la..
‘V'S atlcM.l promptly im« en-
V’ truntfi! tu !iis ctics. WilltWiK't so hi the
Coutt* of I aw, attil equity ; n • Ii«» Ckej-okcr
» irrtiit. Speca! attention ffiveu to the Ci»|le<'-
t <n ol claims.. j*u. 1, l-ifio. Iv
JOHN J. JONES,
REAL ESTITB 4UIEIT,
CARTERSV!LLE. GA.
( «u authniiJeil to s Il, s ftiirt l>«v» on hanrt cereral
ti .»it«. * h ~l Cot*, amt al *,i nommiti haliilHtu lot? In t|i
trirn ■ f Oartersvil c. AUoaevrril [)!iint:iii >n» of vnrl
.«« «t rein Bart.,w enu .ty. I’urtiec -Imr i's m liny u r
»<ll vi Ido well to i; v» ,u-;*call. A.l c • .trii'i r.-.Tror.y
frem, ily answered. July 17, 1566.
BLANCE 86 nQDD,
A 1 Tl) U 1G Y!> A T I. AW. !
JKBARtIUVN, J’OI.K tmCVJ'Y, liA. j
VS ill pr;s«*lle« i«W in the eorcral
<‘o nto the ’l'd InjioDSit Circuit :
n!>> •, Unrtow aiul Fiovil Counties, i’nrtic
l a nltcriliori given to the coilccti-ni ot
r ei:r.». jan 12,iy
j*<*. ooxff ; Y H. TTISLK.
C< XO W ilaio,
1
AT niINEYS A T I. AW , !
AND
NOTARIES PUBLIC.
tcfsvlllc, Georgia..
JN.'. ( OX, COMMISSIONER OF DEEDS j
FOR SOUTH CARCLINA.
Fkt'i t Ptli ISG'J lyr j
to W. R. MOITXTCASTL.E, J
f 4* j >wellcr and Watch and
Clock. Repairer,
n the Ft jnt of A. A. Skinner it Co’s store
Oat ar tille, Jan. 25
’ JAMES MILDER,
At torney at law.
AND NOTARY PUBLIC.
CAitTERSVILLE. GEORGIA.
ir!L.l rractlcs tn Hie Cuurte of the Cher, kee -nd art- J
'* jvtnl t Circuits, also the Supreme anrt I>.strict ;
C»uit» t*ionipt aitapUam given to baa'nf** entrusted :
v a rv» ,-a e. August 21 BSl6.—vvljr
J. C. C. Blackburn, |
ATTORNEY AT LAV/
EUH 1 . ILEE, BARTOW COUNTY. GEORGIA-
Re e ..ices: Industry, protnp itndc and at- ;
W-uti i ’ march 22. wh i
T V> M Iner, 0 II Milner, j
MILNER & MILNER,
Attorneys at Law, j
r ART RSY'LLE _ GEORGIA. ;
W 11 aiiend promj.tly to huHiness entrusted j
t-. their c tre. j in. 15. ly
CALEB TOMPKINS, wki.l
/§s3ai known for 20 years past, as n first |
yrjCf.iass if \ifcn, clock,
JK'VEI.I.ER I.EPAIRER, i
,nd MANUFACTURER, has com- I
tnenced work one door North of his toiHicr Old ;
ptai-J, on .he East side of the Railroad, Cap.-
1 F.BHVIU.K. G.\. Will sell Clocks end Watches
Wairanted. Nov. in. wty
S. H. PATILLO,
FASHIONABLE TAILOR,
•\l r IU atten ! promptly to the Cutting, Repair- ba
\ } tog and VfukinK Boys’ and Me .’a Clo'hinp. |
O thee on the Second Fh or of Stokely A'V il- \» A ,
Homs’ New Brick Puilding. intrarce from —UA.
Kaln Stieet In rear oTthe v uiluing. FiblT.
WARREN AKIN,
Attorney at Law,
CARTIRSVIIIE, GEORGIA
Will practice iu all the Courts of the State
Commercial Hotel, Cartersville, Ga.,
RENOVATED AND
REARRANGED AND REMQDDLED.
T. .T. I.YON & CO.
TWO-BTORY BRICK BUILDING, corner of T)enot
Square and Market Street. East Bids cf Railroad.
Rooms good and comfortable.
Tnrnftiire and Bedding now.
stood office and specious Dining Room
Table* well supplied with the best that the market
fords, and charges moderate.
The Proprietors hope, by good attention to business,
to recetre* liberal share of patronage. Oet. 1,1509.
J A M »■ S P. MASON,
jßoohbi cr and Taper Ruler,
lAWSHE’S BUILD'G.
hied roRT >)
Whitehall Street,
■ATLANTA GEORGIA.
I May 1, 186'J
~S. O'SHIELDS,
Fashionable Tailor,
BARTOW COUNTY. GEORGIA.
j Bt received Charts cf the latest
: ’Sf^ es ** lttle^nens , and Boy*’ Clothing.,
Jpßr*pean and American, announces that hi
IS pr« pared to execute all kinds
■» of wot k in the Fashionable Tail* IBa
miSz oring ' ne - w ith ncatneFs and in .iLfIL
■Khin stylsj Over J. Cleas & Co’s eiorc,
CaptersTillp m-h pj
VOIi. 8.
Henn osaw H ons
TJ.«c;iicd af railroad depot )
TiJ'liiij havi-yjf Jir»ujrht the entire
intr-:-r>>t <»f Di x l - ’k-tch»--. Trustee for Lmi
ist V/V r',>t<;l|‘T, in the Iv'HM'-siw House,
and t!*e he sines:, will be conducted, in the tu
tu c. under th 1 n.iroc a;: 1 firm of Augustine
A. Fletcher a- Freyer. 'l'hinkful f>r past fa
vors and patronage, they will .‘riv-i to cive the
utmost satisfaction to a 1 ! patrons of the Ken
nesaw House. At’G'JSTIHE A. FLETCHER.
f. L. FREYER.
MARUIT TA. Jan. 12.’0i1.
K. T- V j. it. LyVes.
Amorioan Ttot'el,
AI.AHAMA t-TKKKT,
ATLANTA. GEO LGIA.
W H urn & L v k e s ,
Proprietors,
BAfJG A f iE carried to and from Depot
free of Charge. May 11. IBHO
f. H fb'«-fcP, H, J. tYHson, J 1,. Caldwell,
<rd. fk*. Alii.
THE OLD TENN. AND GEORGIA
Vi . g. m©t?js s,
ATLANTA, CkaRCiA,
PASSEL.V, WILSON ii 0 ALmVRLL, Proprietors.
.7. W. ?. r.K-.' -ON, ClerV
JOH ?J T. OWE fi ,
irliLld? and Clock Repairer,
and Jeweler,
(AETERSVILLF, GA.
ITT ILD keep constant- /jgk
\ Y ly on hand, for sale
:» well .selected stock of ftfNr
WATOIIES. CICCk'S. Sfl
Gold, vlver and Steel ||t®
SPECTACLES.
ic. .Can furnis*h any k'.ud of Silver
Plate, extra fine Gold Watches or Jewelry,
at phor! notice, ns cheap as they can be
boupht in any other market. Goods cheap.
Work warranted. Term. cash,
uug 12, lßfi'.l.tvly
LIVERY ST A LIE.
JWmO
-
IFt. ID- O O IsT .
CAUTELSVI-U.E, GA.,
£S prepared, at all hours, to furnish con
veyances into the country—saddle-horse,
u.iggy. back, rockavvjy, or wagon. Also, to
board stock, kc. nov. 3.
«, w.sattkkf turn, a. w. mm*nm.
R W SATTERFIELD & BRO.
AT
Tiie New Bricli Store
Firs! Door Hast of Railroad.
0.1 Ti TEES 17 L I. E, GEORGIA .
Have just received and opened an
EM’IEE K.IW STOGE
OF
STAPLE AND FANCY DllY GOODS,
NOTIONS, READY MADE CLOTH
ING, ITATS, BOOTS, SHOES, CROCKERY
HARDWARE. AND CUTLERY, FAMI
LY GROCERIES, ETC., ETC., ETC.
To which they invite the attention of the
public generally, being satisfied that 'hoy
can and will sell goods a* cheap, if not a lit
tle CiiKArnn, th.n i any other house in town.
The attention of the ladies is especially
invited to our Stock of Summer Dress
It
Gentlemen can also be fitted up with
whatever they may Want.
Country produce taken in exchange for
goods, at the highest market price.
Having withdrawn from the late Firm of
J. 11. Satterfield & Cos. I would respectfully
solicit the patronage of my old friends and
custcmeis.
Pv. AY. SATTERFIELD.
June 21th,—w ly.
R. F. MAD., OX. J. L. WINTER
B< F. M a tides & CJo.
TOBACCO
COMMISSION MERCHANTS
AGENTS FOR TIIK SALE OF
Virginia and Jt'orth arollna
TOBACCO.
NO. 13, AL ABAMA STREET, A TLAX 7 J
Consignments solicited. Will make liber
al advances when dcsiced. aug 1,’69
BAKERY!
[ A ' ■.
EmimvmU
CONFECTIONERY!
gapfl
Fruit and Toy
| Store.
*€£sfSX x x X X
J. T. GUTHRIE,
Proprietor,
I
No. 10, Stocks Build ? g,
Main Street,
CARTEKSVILE, GA.
:»epf. 18- *
CABTERSYILLE. BARTOW COUNTY. GA.. NOVEMBER R 1809.
DR. JOHN BULLS
(?reat Remedies
SMITH'S TONIP, STROP!
FOR THE CURE OF
AGUE AND FEYED
OR
CHILLS AND FEVED,
The pi-nnrlefnr of th's celehr)it»rt me-I'ctne jue*ly
olaiuia An it * ioptrrior.iy over all remoliw t-ver •!)»
tfil to the pu tic or iht Hurt, certain *pr Au hd-1 per
manent care t-f Ajiu- wrirt Krv«r .ui (trill,. ..mi F.v- r
whrtiier ot ehort or lona *t*tuiir>*. He releistotne
entire Western anrt Southwestern uoun.rv u> hear i.m
testimony toihen-ilh of the „»»<--th.n, that in no ease
Wiiairver will it fait to cure if the .lirecHuu* are s.-h-t
--ly -oiioarert anrt m riel out. In a Krrat many raae, a
ine-i- rtose ha» oeen -nflicirnt for a •■are, aml whole
families have . een enrert hv a single b-ntle. * iih a n-r
--foct restoration *.f the general health. It is, ho.y- ,er,
(.rurtent. anrt in every ca-e more re: t-k. to cure, If its
use is con'inued in smaller doses for a week 01 two af
ter the disease has been rheckert, nv-re especially in
difficult and Inn? standing cases. Usually, this medi
cine will not require any aid to keep the bowels in
eood order, should the pa’ie l l, howt-ver, require a
cathartic medicine, after h vine t-Wen three or tour
■ oseeof the Tonic, ft simile dose of BULL’-i VE TRIA
BLE KAM'LY PTi.hS will he mifficie: t.
DR, JOHY !H 1,5/s
Principal Ot^ee
No. dfl Fifili, ( lortM tifresL
Louisville, Sv»
Bull’s Worm Destroyer.
Po tny United .States and World-wide Read
ers:
TP WE ’•ere'ved many teMimn-lalg from profes
s ouai ami medical men, as my almanacs and v ri
ous public Hons have show u, all of which are , enuine.
The loiiowine fr. in a highly educated and popular
piip.lclan in Ueorym, is certaimy one of tt.e most sen
sible c..rninunicati..r<f I have ever received. Dr. titm
ent knows ex .etly what, lie speaks of, and his testimo
ny (i* servet to be written m le ters of yold. Hear
what the Doctor says of BulCs Warm De.tr yer
Viliauow, Walker co.. fla, )
June 29th, 1866 (J
Hit. JI)HV BUT.T,—Pear Sir:—7 have recently p I —-
eu your “Worm lieatroyer” srverai trials, and find ii
wonderfully ethcacious. It has not failed in a sinyle
liisfance, to have the wished-for effect. lam and. inw o
pietiy larpe country practice, ar and have daily use for
so t-e article of the kind. 1 am f-ee to c- pfesß that I
know -if nq remedy recommended by the ablest auiltor.,
th»t is «o ce'-tai’i and speedy in its .’ffects. f>n themn
triitv they are uncertain in the extreme. My object
in writiny vou is to find oof, upon what terms I can
yet the medicine directly from you. If I can yet it
upon easy terms, I sliall use a yreat deal of U. 1 ari
aware that the use of such articles Is contrarv to the
tenet.inys and practice of a yreat m'-jority of the rei/-
l‘ne of M. P,'s t hut I see no just cause i r yoot!
sense in discarding a remedy which we know to be e(-
ficient. sirnp'y heoause we may he lynorant off’s com
bination. For my part, I shall make it a rule to u,e all
and any me .ns to alleviate suffedny hem u lty which
I may be able to command—not hesitatiny because
someone m- re jnyenmus than mvself may have learn
d its effects first, and secured the sole riyht tc secure
hat knrtw l dae. Hov ever. lamhv no m< ans att ad
vocate or supporter of the thousands of worthless nos
trums that flood the country, that purport to cure all
manner of disease to which hum in flesh Is heir.—
Flense rpn’v soon, and inform me of your best terms.
I iun.sir. most respectfit'lv,
JULIUS P. CLEMENT, M. D.
Bull’s Sarsaparilla.
A GOOD REASON F n R THE CAPTAIN'S FAITH,
READ TIIE CATTAIN’S LVTTER AND TITS LET
TER FROM 1118 MOTHER.
Benton Barracks, Mo., April 30, IS6S.
Dr. John Bull—Dear Sir: Knowing the effii-'enrv
of your Sarsaparilla, anil the healing and beneficial
qualities it possesses. I send yuu the following state
ment of my case:
I was wounded shout two years ago—was taken
prisoner and confined for sixteen months. Being
moved so often, my wounds have not healed yet. I
have not sat up a moment since 1 was wounded. ]
am shot through the hips. My general health Is im
paired, and I need something to assist nature. I
have more faith in your Sirs-pari!la than in spy tiling
else. I wish that that 19 genuine. Please express me
half a dozen bottle", and oblige
Capt. O. P. JOHNSON.
St. Louis, Mo.
P. S.—The following was written April 39. 1565, by
Mrs. Jennie -T'-hnson mother of rtr.pt Johnson.
DR. HULL— Dear Sir : My husband. Dr. O. 8. John
son. was a skillful surgeon and pin Mean In Central
New York, Where he died, leaving the above C. P.
J ihnsnn to toy ea'C. At thirteen years o'" age be bad
a chronic diarrhoea and scrofula,' f r winch I gave
him your Sarsaparilla. IT CURED HIM. I have for
ten years recommended it to many in New York, Ohio,
and lowa, for scrofula, fever s >res, and gener I dehUi
ty. P-rfect success has attended It. The cure* effect
ed in tome cate* off eo.mfuh and fever tore* were
almoet m iracul'vx I am very anxious for mv son to
again have tecourse to your Sarsaparilla. He la fear
ful of setting a spurioua article. h»nee Ms writing to '
you for it. His wounds «e’ e terrlhte, but 1 hel'evo he 1
will recover. Respectfully, JENNIE JOHNSON. 1
- ' s '• ~ . .
' *Zf.
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BULL’S CEDRON BITTERS.
authentic documents.
ARKANSAS HEARD FROM.
Testimony of Medical Men
Stony Point, White Cos., Ark., May 23,’6G.
DR. JOHN BULL—Dear Sir: Last February I was
in Louisville purchasing Drugs, and I got some of
your Sarsapparilia and Cedron Bitters.
My son-in-law, who was with me iu the store, has
been down with rheumatism for some time, commen
ced on the Bitters, soon found liis general health
*T.° Gist, who has been In bad health, tried them,
and he also improved.
Dr Coffee wb > lias been in bad health for several
years— etamach, and liver affected—he improved very
much by the use of your Bitters. Indeed the Cedron
Ritters has given you great Popularity in tine settle
ment. I think I cou’d sell a great quantity of your
medicines tills fail—especially of your Cedron Bitters
and Sarsaparilla. Ship me via Memphis, care of
“ ,,[ "Tu WAI.KEB.
All the above remeJlei for sale by
2,. E. BRADFIELD,
Druggist,
WAITEHALL STREET,
ATLANTA, GA
*eb 20,,lPeOtf’l«/
Dai’iiuiii) on liupcrsitHlooN.
XBADITTONS COSCKIISINO FBIUAV AND KUN
DAY—THE NUMBuK THIItTUES.
[From “Struggles and T. inmphs; <*r,
Forty Yetirs’ Hof*ol lections of P. T.
B. ruum, W ritten by Limsi j/.”]
nur-AY.
In the sacuner ol 1863, a lady who
happened to bo at tliat timoiai inmate
of iny family, noon hearing me sty
thrd I supposed we must remove into
our summer residence on Tbur ;daj,
because our servants might not like to
go on Friday, remark- and:
“ What uouhense iLct .s ! It is as
tonishing tint, some persons are so
foolisli ns to thiiik there is air/ differ
ence in the days I c. 11 it rank
heathenism to be so superstitious as to
think one day is lucky and smother
unlucky; ’ and then, in tin- most inno
cent manner possible, alio .added: “I
would not like to remove ou a bWai- j
day myself, for they say people who;
remove on thelast day of the wttk don't
stay long.”
Os course this was too refreshing a
case of undoubted superstition to be
permitted to pass without a hearty
laugh from all who hemd it.
BAINY SEN DAY'S.
* * * Several years ago an old lady
who was a guest at niv house, remark
ed on a rainy Sunday:
“This is the first Sunday in the
month, and now it will ruin every Sun
day in the month; that is a sign which
never fails, for I have noticed it many
a time.”
‘“Well,” I remarked, smiling, “watch
closely this time, and if it rums on the
next three Sundays, I will give you a
new silk dress.”
Slie was in high glee, and replied:
“Well, you have lost that mess, as
sure as you are born.”
The following Sunday it did rain.
“Ah, ha 1” exclaimed the old lady,
“wh it did I tell you ? 1 knew it would
rain.”
i smiled, and said:
“All right, watch for next Sunday.”
And surely enough the next Sunday
it did rain, harder than on either of
the preceding Sundays.
“Now what do you think ?” said the
old lady, solmenlv. “ I tell you that
sign never fails. It won’t do to doubt
the ways of Providence,” she added,
with a sigh, “for His ways are myste
rious, and past finding out.”
The following Sunday the sun rose
in a cloudless sky, and not the slight
est appearance of rain was manifested
through the day. The old lady was
greatly disappointed, and did not like
to hear any allusion to the subject:
but two years afterwards, win n she
was once more my guest, it again hap
pened to rain ou the tirst Sunday m
the month, and I heard her solemnly
predict that it would every succeeding
Sunday in the month, for, she remark
ed, “it is a sign that never fails.” She
had forgotten the failure of two years
before; indeed, the coutinnance and
prevalence of many popular supersti
tions is due to the fact that we notice
the “ sign” when it happens to be veri
fied, and do not observe it, or we forget
it, when it fails.
THE NUMBER THIRTEEN
Many persons are exceedingly su- j
perstitious in regard to tiio number!
‘•thirteen.” This is particularly the I
case, I have noticed, in Catholic coun
tries I have visited; and I have been
told that superstition originated in the
fact of a thirteenth apostle having been j
chosen, on account of the treachery of
Judas. At any rate, I have known
numbers of French persons who had I
quite a horror of this fatal number. — j
Once I knew a French lady who had
taken passage in an ocean steamer, and j
who, on going aboard, and finding her
assigned state-room to be “No. 13,
insisted upon it that she would not
sail in the ship at all; she had rather;
forfeit her passage money, though fi- j
uallv she was persuaded to take an-.
other room. And a great many people, j
French, English, and American, will
not undertake any important enterprise j
on the thirteenth day of the month, j
nor sit at the tacle with the full com-1
piement of thirteen persons. With i
regard to this number, to which so ,
many superstitions cling, I have some
interesting experiences and curious j
coincidences, which are worth relating
as a part of my personal history. ;
W hen I was first-in England w.tt? j
General Tom Thumb, X well remember
diuing one Christmas day with my
friends, the Brettelis, in St. Jame s
Palace, iu London. Just before the
dinner was finished (it is a wonder it
was not noticed before,) it was uiscov-1
ered that the number at table was
exactly thirteen. 1
“How very unfortunate ! ’ remarked
one of the guests; “I would not have !
dined under such circumstances for j
any consideration, had 1 known it.
“Nor I, either,” seriously remaiked
another guest.
“Do you really suppose there is any
| truth in the old superstition ou that
• subject ?” I asked.
j “Truth!” solemnly replied an old
| lady. “Truth! Why, X myself have j
j known three instances, and ha ve heard :
of scores of others, win re thirteen:
persons have eaten at the same table,
and in every case one of the number
! died before the year was out.”
This assertion, made with so much !
I earnestness, evidently affected several
of the guests, whose neives were easily
excited. I can truthfully state, how
ever, that I dined at the Palace again
the following Christmas, and although
i there we’e seventeen persons present,
i every one of the original thi.ken who
| dined there the proceeding Christmas
was among this number, and all in
good health; although, of course, it
would have been nothing very remark
able if one happened to have died
! duiirg the last twelve months.
“While T was on my western lecturing
tour in 1.366, long hes ' e I got out of
'lllinois, I began to ol erve that nt
v-u’ious hotels where i stopped my
i room very frequently was .No. 13. in
deed, ;t seemed c* if this number turn
ed up to me as often as fo“r times r
week, and so before zmuiy days I
i almost expected to have that number
: set down to my name whenever I
sigm-d upon the register ,of the hotel
Still, I laughed to nivself at want I was
convinced was simply a eoineideuoe.
Oii one occasi-ni I was gravelling from
Clinton to Mount Vernon. lowa, and !
was to acl avc in (he college of the
latter place that evening. Ordinarily
I should have arrived at 2 o'clock, F. !
! L hut owing to an incident which j
had occurred to the train from the {
West, the conductor informed me that j
our arrival in Ab net Vernon would j
probably he delayed until after seveu i
o’clock. I telegraphed that fact to the !
committee who were expecting me, and j
told them to be patient.
When w T o had arrived within ten
; miles of that town i: was dark. I sat
i vat'aer moodily in the car, wishing the
train would “hurry up;” and happen
ing for some cause to look back over
my left shoulder. I discovered the new
i moon through the window. This omen
• struck me as a coincident in additioct 6
my ili-luck, and with a pleasant
chuckle I muttered to myself, “Well, I
| hope I wont got room number thirteen
! to-night, for that will be adding insult
to injury.”
I reached "Mount Vernon a few min
utes before eight, and was met fit the
i depot by the committee, who took me
in a carriage and Lurried to the Bal
lard House. The committee told me
; the hall iu the college was already
; crowded, and they hoped I would de
i ter taking tea until after the lecture. I
; informed them that I would gladly do
j so, but simply wished to'run to my
room a moment for a wash. While |
wiping my face I happened to think;
about the new room, and at once step-;
ped outside of my bedroom door to 1
look at the cumber. It was “ number
| thirteen.”
I After the lecture T took tea, and I
| confess that I begin to think that
“number thirteen” looked a little
ominous, '‘here 1 was, many hun
dreds of miles from ay family; I letl
my wife sick, and I began to ask mv-!
j self does “ number thirteen” mean any ■
thing in particularV Without feeling!
willing even now to acknowledge that 1
I felt much apprehension on the sub
ject, I must say that I began to take a
serious view of things in general.
| I mentioned the coincidence of my
i luck in so often having “ number thir
i teen” assigned to me to Mr. Ballard, j
i the proprietor of the hotel, giving him ‘
1 all the particulars to date.
“I will give you another room if you
! prefer it,” said Mr. Ballard.
“No, I thank you,” I replied, wuli a
S semi serious smile; if it *s fate, I will
i take it as it comes, and if it means '■
i anything I shall probably find it out in
j time.”
That same night before retiring to
rest I wrote a letter to a clerical friend,
| then residing iu Bridgeport, telling
! him all my experiences in regard to
! “ number thirteen.” 1 said to him in
| closing: “ Don’t laugh at me for being
i superstitious, for I hardly feel so; i
| think it is simply a series of “ coiuci
i deuces” which appear the more strange
because I am sure to notice every one
that occurs.” Ten days afterwards 1
received an answer from my reverend
: friend, in which he cheerfully said:
| “It's nil right; go ahead and get *i um
ber thirteen’ as often as you can. It is
a lucky number,” and he added:
“Unbelieving and ungrateful man !
What is thirteen but the traditional
I ‘baker’s dozen,’ indicating ‘good meas
ure, pressed down, shaken together,
; and running over,’ as illustrated in
i your triumphal lecturing tour ? By all
i means insist upon having room No. 13
! at every hotel; and if the guests at any
! meal be less than that charmed com
plement, send out and compel some
-1 body to come in.
{ ’‘What do you say respecting the
Thirteen Colonies ? Any ill-luck in the
i number? Was the patriarch Jacob
; afraid of it when he adopted Ephraim
; and Manasseh, the two sons of Joseph,
so as to complete the magic circle of
. thirteen ?
“ Do you not know that chapter
thirteen of the First Corinthians is the
grandest in the Bible with verse thu-1
toen as the culmination of all religious j
thought*/ And can you read verse 13
of the fifth chapter of Xfcveiiition with
out the highest rapture/”
But my clerical mend hud not heard
of a certain curious circumstance which
occurred to me after 1 had mailed my
letter to him, and before 1 received his
answer.
* * * My experience with this num
ber has by no means been confined to
apartments. Xu ILG7 a church iu
Bridgeport wanted to raise several
thousand dollars in order to get freed
from debt. I subscribed one thousand
dollars, by aid of which they assured
me they’ would certainly raise enough
to pay oil the debt. A few weeks
! subsequently, however, one of the
; "brethren” wrote me that they’ were;
still six hundred dollars short, with
but little prospect of getting it. Ire i
i plied that I would pay one-half of the 1
! sum required. The brother soon af
i terwards wrote me that he had obtain-!
ed the other half, and 1 might forward
: him my sybscipiiou of ‘ thirteen” hun
dred dollars. During the same season
j 1 attended a fair m Franklin Ilnll;
j Bridgeport, given l y a temper ncj
j organization. Two of my little grand •
daughteis accompanied me, and idling
; them to select what articles they de
sired, I paid thednil, twelve dollars and
fifty cents. “Whereupon I said to the
children, "I am glad you did fietmako
it thirteen dolhus, aud 1 will expend
no more here to-night.” "We sal a wide
listening to the. music, and finally
■*,nrfi.t(nn r -<-Tri; ■ -•
i starti and for home, and as we vr r
ingl a lady at one of the stands m-ai
thq ffinr pilefl ontp* Mr Baru#m,yj*«!
1 have-not .mo- FI ease take
1 a chance m r y lottery >” ‘‘Cei twinh ’’
[ replied, “give me n ticket.” I paid her
tbe price (tif’y cents), and after I ar
j rived home. I discovered that, in spi'e
if my expressed determination to the
coietnuy, I had expended exactly “13”
doll irs.
1 invited a few friends to a “ clam
bake’ in the summer of 1868, nnd ow
ing determined the party should not
be thirteen. I invited fifteen, nnd they
| nil agreed to go. Os ouur.se, one mar.
I and his wife were “disappointed." ami
| could not go—and my party munber
| F-d thirteen. At Christmas, in the
! same year, ray children and grand
! children <fined with me, and finding on
•‘counting noses” that they would
number the inevitable thirteen, I ex
pressly arranged to have a high chair
placed at the table, and ray youngest
grand-child, seventeen months old, was ;
placed iu it, so that we should number I
fourteen. After the dinner was over i
we discovered that mv son-in law, j
Thompson, had been detained down;
town, and the number at dinner table,
notwithstanding my extra precautions,
was exactly thirteen.
Thirteen was certainly an ominous j
number to me in 1865, for on the 18th
day of July the American Museum was
burned to the ground, while the thir-i
teenth day of N saw’ the open-;
ing of “Barnum’s New American Mu- J
seum,” which was also subsequently
destroyed by five.
Having concluded this veritable his
tory of superstitious conincider.ces in
regard to thirteen, I read it to a
clerical friend, who happened to be
present, and after reading the inarm- j
script, I paged it, when my friend and i
I were a little startled to find that the j
pages numbered exactly thirteen.
4 picture of 5 liutianooga, by a
Hell-liuuuu Writer.
Chattanooga, October ‘2S, ISG9.
Mu. Editor: —I Lke Chattanooga—
that is, wimt I liavn’t seen of it—l
suppose Ido —they say here that I do.
I’ve been all about thisrnorniu’ lookin’
at ’em—that is, at Chattanooga. 1
axed several which was the town; they
were silent in language, but in look
and gesture “ proudly imminent.” It,
or her, or they, is so scattered arid
splotclie 1 about, that J don’t know yet
where it, or they, or her—Chattanooga
is. But I suppose it is here, or litre-,
abouts. It seems to me like the place
had had the measles, and by reason of!
the war the disease had turned into
small pox,, and was now gitiin wtli in
patches.
Five railroads come in here, but 1
couldn’t find but one depot,, and one
hotel—the through business won't just
ify am more—everything goes through.
They are afraid to stop on account of
freshets. Ire diets are big things here.
They have such high ones and so
many of ’em that the folks have got
proud of ’em. They talk about their
freshets just Lke wo do about steam
boats and rolling mills, and commerce
and trade—just like nobody else ever
saw a freshet. “Was you ever here in
time of high water says a fellow to
me. “ No,” says I. “W< 11, sir, you
don’t know anything about maritime
business,” says be. '* Why, sir, I’ve
seen the whole town from seventeen to
forty-seven feet, deep in water. VY liv,
t , there ain’t a city m these United
States that has such floods. Old
Noah, sir, would have been proud of it.
He would have complimented us, sir ”
‘ I’ve no doubt of it myself. I no
ticed the effects of ’em—they are per
manent and progressive. I counted
one thousand seven hundred one-story
shanties, about seven feet high in the
pitch, and the boards in the roof drawn
by the sun until they looked like one
of those frizzly chickens that Mr.
Griffith has entered at the Fair. You
see the freshet gits over ’em and re
tires, and while they are wet the sun
comes out and cups the board? like
reap Looks. I didn’t s< e any shingles
here much, and narry tin or slate.—
Such things arc entirely too expensive
to risk in a fresnet. The houses, 1
should say, with a few exceptions, cost
about thirty-seven dvllaw and fifty
cents apiece, on an average The City
Council has passed an ordinal, ee for
bidding the erection of stone or brick
| buildings on Main street. I suppose
j thev did, for I didn’t see but two or
| three, and it must have took some
; bribery to have got such a privilege for
! them. Neatly all of ‘lie stores have a
: front shed over the sidewalk. These
sheds dpn’t cup down like Mr. Gam
! mon’s, but all of ’em tup up, fer the
purpose. I suppose, of holding water
when the freshet conies. The houses
and stores are all built low, and have
barrels on the ridge poles. They arc
built low to keep them from turnin'
over when the freshet comes; and the
barrels arc tiled from high tide on
such occasions, and don't evaporate all
out until the next one comes along.—-
The merchants here have a bard time
in the way of insurance, for they have
to ts ke out both fire and marine insu
rance, and what in more, they can’t
buy any'goods on time, unless they
make their notes payable before the
next freshet.
But J like Chattanooga—that is. if 1
: know which one of 'em it is. i do
know that there arc tnatty high hills
I around her, or it, or them, which pro- j
I .‘Sent a romantic appearance, and alj of
; which are wisely and graciously iir
! tended Ararats in time of trouble. A ’
! good many citixeu.s have built respect
aide re-sab hues about in spots, and
j have underground anchors funking up j
to these nils, la the last big freshet,
I I u u dor stood that Mr. Divine had 47
houses floating around—-.di anchored
I by lopes to a big io. k in Lookout
| Mountain, and the only criScnil v he
—- _ i■ ■ i m i m i—
had w c !fi s ttin’ and -wn to t.heh
j proper piseoi, Hi'- w: *. . -fell.—
j S.ihw ut* ii he haw changed ins bu iiness
:to Hardware principally. He axed me
| to visit Lis new edifice, which I did
! ft was a two <Tory Inch building sev
enteen by forty— anything higher than
nine feei is called an edifice lure.
I like that; iu fact, I like aattun
noog-v. what I haven’t seen of it
There is a picture of a large Billy goat
hero, painted cn a door, find (he door
is kept shut. I don’t ktipw wlmt it
tigeifies, and I was afraid to ax, but I
liked. It hos an air of the mysteri
ous.
Town politicks is interesting. The
| City Council i re rads, and have had
! the ropes and the treasury ever since
[the war. The town has got an in
unction agin era, mid now the Rads
have got a Knoxville Judge, named
Femple, to dissolve the injunction and
give back the concern to the Rads.—
I heard a fnan say that Judge Temple
could dissolve anything, and that he
come here to do it. He s lid he din’t
speak of him as the Temple of Justice
by no means. There are some other
Temples here —the 1 emplefons. Alice 1
and Isabel are drawing crowded boils- !
es in their drawers, and no grand jury j
in session. I want it understood, how- 1
ever, that I’m not following eni aronnd, j
for I arrived this mornin, and shall ’
leave this afternoon.
I did hear, however, that two of our j
last grand jury and a Cbattannooga
man were in town last night. Well, I
don’t like that. But I like Chattan
noogn— that is, what I haven’t seen of
it. in haste, yours,
Peregrine, P.
LATER.
Mr. Editor— Sir —Don’t publish the
letter I wrote you this niorniug—by
no means. A man told me a while
ago that if I writ any insinuations agin
this city, I couldn’t travel th : s way
any more. He said he didn’t mind
lies, but Chattannooga wouldn’t take
the truth from no man. I forgot to
tell yon every fence, and pile of truck,
and outhouse nnd tree and sump, in
these regions, is I ibeled “Helmbolt’s
Bnchu.” I fear the people are gravel
ly. I don’t like that. P. P.
Thy* Men who work hardest when
they play-—firemen.
Avery “deep” dive—the Khe
dive of Egypt,
Listening at a key-hole is said
to be a private-earing.
SOT' Ml at is worse than raining
pitchfork*. ’—Hailing omnibuses.
Cig' The young lady who j ramped
at an offer dislocaU and her ankle.
Suited. — A chimney sweep can tru
ly say that bis trade soots him.
The two Parisan sensations —
Absinthe and Hyacinthe.
Looking down upon his luck—
a fortunate father regarding his twins
in a cradle.
A favorite game in the Arctic
regions—“ Old sledge” on the ice.
ffisT When is iron most ironical ?
When it is a railing.
Rev. W. N. Chnudoin, in a no
tice of ttia Middle Cherokee Associa
tion in the Richmond Herald, says
that Rev. J. G. Ityals, moderator,
“presides much after the style of Dr.
MeiL” What style could be better?
Important Decision. —The United
Stale Supreme Court, iu a case from
Alabama, recognized the validity of
contracts made in the Confederate
States, computing Confederate cur
rency at its value at the time the
obligation was incurred.
Heavy Freightage. The Augusta
papers state that the amount of freight
received at Augusta by the Georgia
railroad is so great that the depot will
not contain it, and large quantities are
piled under the raves of the building,
and covered with tarpaulins.
Bflßu 3,000 acres of orchard and viue
‘ yard are artificially irrigated in the vi
cinity of the City of Los Angles, Cali
fornia. In that region about' 20,000
acres of land are brought under man
agement, producing grain, fruits, vege
tables, <!tc., iu a or, mu nice, by water
brought from rivers, smaller streams,
j aiicsain and negative wells, and
j»pi ingfi.
B£ih» It is raid that one thousand
! dollars were taken in at Rev. Mr. Hoi
i l ino’s lecture in St. John’s Church,
| Augusta, on Tuesday light.
The recent census of Atlanta,
Ga., reveals the fact the city contains
i 75 Smiths, G3 Browns, and 98 Joneses,
i The oldest mnn is James Harvey,
j (col’d) aged T(>3.
i Work Befotts Play. —A certain
man, who is very rich now, was very !
poor when he was a boy. When ask
! ed how he got bis riches, he said: “My I
father taught me novel to play till my j
woik was finished, and never to spend
! niv money till I had euinod it. If I
lmd but an hour’s woik in the day I
i must do that the first thing,.and in an ,
hour after this I was allowed to play;,
and then I could pi >y with much more
pleasure than it I had the thought of ‘
! »»u unfinished task before my mind.— i
j I early f a med the habit of doing eve- j
iry thing in time, and it soon became;
| easy to do s>. It is to this I owe my j
prosperity.” Let every orui who reads!
| this do hkewise.
IPSn. Murk Twain is writing from .
Havti. having commenced his imagin
ary trip around the world. He says,
“It, is a darling country to live in, that 1
iiuyti. Board two hundred and elev
en thousand dollars a mouth in the
best hotels, and ice cream three bun-,
„dred ex thus a saucer.”
CQr The cbwier-stdSe of the new
Jewish Synagogue at Augusta, G.-l,
was laid Thursday with Tpjiropriate
ceremonies. L>r. Yvi.se. of (’.ne.i.uulL
wasoxpccti.d io he piVocm.
i 04 A y *OM CAN.
, "I**; 1 . r
I taph which tlm Oolmmm. G>».,
|«r wyr nppropr audy bclolj^i* th«
i grave-yards nd* k* fk «j| e? n
j puopl®, on account of the ;gnnA.i*f pf
j preparing food in that pact ; <.f tfi.»
I country. The editor says hi Uni
; Smith* rn man i ** J *•
NO. 22.
“His st..ndnrd food *s* ba
• cor fried; the fat t«keo t.iul wiui liour
01; menl»m xed into a heavy and
consignt and to the inevitable fiyirg-prp,
“fiffd out Comes iVtuinp of feathery
looking fctutf the ftiomc- h of an
ostrich coulu in i digest. Gi* >kia a
1 <‘hi< kcu, and v.h»t <ipes he do With iW?
| Cuts it up, .and.into the frying-pai) it
; g »!>*• r being slowly simmered tin
! til Laid, it is put into a cfeep'dish and
grease poured over it, anrl what is not
soaked up iu tire chicken is mads
wav with by soaking his fiying-pup
bread in it, Give him a rich and jui
cy steak, ur.d into the frying-pan it
goes, and is slowly simmered and sira
merod until no knife will cut it, and
then eaten with bread soaked in the
i remaining fat; and thus good, whole
' some food, in quantity sufficient to af
ford a .v holi-some meal for a French
artisan’s family, is by the frying* an
process rendered not only barely
enough for one man, but converted in
to a slow poison and a frightful source
of disease. Scarcely a day passes but
some poor sufferer applies to mo for
relief from “frying-pan disease” which
relief I am unable to give without nn
entire change in his or ter habits, aud
unless such a change is effected, whose
appropriate epitaph will be,
“Died of a frying-pan."
4 Romantic Narrative.
A CHAPTER IN THE LIFE OF A RED IUTEB
TRADER.
The following story is told by a
Minnesota paper:
“Among the most prominent mer
chants iu iiio Janeiro, Brazil, some tif
teeu years ago, was a young English
man, who was possessed not only of a
tine form and handsome features, but
also of a snug fortune, the result of
his own industry and business ability.
His business required that he should,
make occasional visits to England, and
he had crossed the Atlantic many
times. During one of these visits he
met his fate in the shape of a beauti
ful orphan girl, who accompanied him,
on his voyage back to Rio Janeiro as
Lis wife. For a number of years they
led a happy married life, and two
children were born unto them. The
husband prospered in business and
continued to make occasional visits to
England, leaving his family at Rio Ja
neiro. It was after his return from
one of (hese visits that lie heard for
the first time whispers against his wife.
She indignantly denied the changes
made against her, and dured him tQ,
produce proof of his assertions. Tins
he could not do, but a coolness arosd
between them which became insup
portable, and a separation was agreed
upon. They w« re divorced according
to the laws of Brazil, the husband aeG,
Ring upon her a handsome annul y,
which should continue dicing her life,
or until she should marry again, when
it should cease, she retaining the cub-*
tody of the children.
“Unable to remain at Rio Junejjp,
the husband uqjirul up his lm
converted his property info iron ay,
and became a wanderer up6:u th#
earth. He finally accompanied a,par
ty to Fort Garry, Minnesota, wh«ie
the isolation from the world suited
him, and he concluded to remain.
Again he embarked in business, arid
became known to many of the princi
pal citizens and business men of 81.
Paul, not oue of whom ever buspectecj
the hidden sorrow which impels nig*
to bury Lithself amid the savage sur
roundings of the far Northwest.
“The wife iu course of time loved
again, and notwithstanding she lost
her handsome annuity, she in.uried a
gentleman , of schollarly attainments,
but little means. With him she lived
happily for two years, when lie died,
leaving her and her two children in
destitute circumstances. During ail
this time she,heard occasionally from
her former husband" through hi« fit
ters to his friends at Rio Janeiro,* and
from them learned that he still cherish*-
ed for her a love that would coutinga
until death. r lhe death of heiysecond
husband left her almost penniless.--
Convinced of the unalterable love M
her first husband she resolved, for the
sake of her children, to veek out her
I divorced husband, and with them
throw herself at his feet and nupidro
him to take them back. In pnrsuai <*j
j of this determinate mi she cornus-fieed
j her long and tedious journey from
Brazil to British America. She njriv
; td in St. Paul a few days ago, "accom
! pan led by her children. It was during
her short stay here that wo ol#n ned
j tlio above particulars from lap. Sba
remained only, two days m St. Pujil io
test, and then proceeded oh her jour
■ ney to Fort Garry.
“The lady is srill in the prim*' < f
! life, and retains all the beauty wunh
first won the heart of her former Uua-
I band. We suppress the naim sos the
parties out of regard to their It ehngH,
■as should we give the genflerfran a
name, many of our citizens would re
* cognize it as that of one of the jeer’: ’g
traders of the Bed River settlerne-Lo
i •#r , i
Thukk Impostan r Ttnxoa. Throe
things to love—Courage, * gent To nest*
and affection. '•+*
Three things to fidinirn Irddhetn
al power, dignity and gruswfutjMsss
Three things to-hate- Urm lty. ar
; roganee and mgrautude.
I Three things lo delight in—l:[faith,
friends and u cheerful spirit.
Three things to. wish jJx and- inty,
1 frankness and freedom
\ Three tilings to pray’for* Faith,
1 peace and purity of heart. *
* Three things to avoid Tfil•'•*?'< >hh, lo
i qua-rity and flippant jesttn*.:
Three things to ei*nto#o4br Hou
; or, Cjuutry and friends,
! Three things to goyefp 4 uiper,
f tongue and C&uuuet.
Tbtvo things to tniuh a* out -Life.
VaU’vvll wmU u*i iility*