Georgia Historic Newspapers

    THE STANDARD AND EXPRESS.
PUBLISHED
WEEKLY.
VOL. 14.
POETRY.
B *•' ,:W Georgians will read the following
patriotic poem, by one of Georgia’s most gifted
and worthy eons, without feelings akin to those
which inspired it: o
THE RED, OL1) HILLS OF GEOR
GIA.
»Y lION. HENRY K. .JACKSON.
The red, old hills of Georgia!
Ho bald, and bare, and bleak,
Their memory tills my spirit
With thoughts I cannot speak.
They have no robe of verdure—
Stripped naked to the blast—
And yet of all the varied earth,
1 love them best at last.
1 love them for the pleasure,
With which my life was blest,
When erst I left, in boyhood,
Viy foot-steps on their breast.
When in the rain had perished,
Those steps on plain and knoll,
Then vanished, with the storm of grief,
Joy’s foot-prints from my soul.
The red, old hills of Georgia !
My heart is on them now
Where, fed from golden streamlets,
Ocean’s waters flow,
i love them with devotion,
Though washed so bleak and bare;
Oh ! can my spirit e’er forget
The warm hearts dwelling there?
1 love them for the living,
The generous, kind .and gay,
And for the dead who slumber
Within their breasts of clay.
I love them for the beauty
That cheers the social hearth ;
I love them for their rosy girls,
The fairest on the earth !
The red, old hills of Georgia !
Oh ! where upon the face
Os earth is Freedom’s spirit
More bright in any race?
In Switzerland and Scotland
Each patriot breast it lills;
But, oh ! it blazes brighter yet
Among our Georgia hills!
And where, upon their surface,
Is heart to feeling dead ?
Oh ! when has needy stranger
Gone from those hills unfed?
There, Bravery and Kindness
For age go hand in hand,
Upon your washed and barren hills,
“My own, my native land!”
The red, old hills of Georgia
I never can forget!
Amid life’s joys and sorrows,
My heart is on them yet;
And when my cause is ended—
When life her web has wove—
Oh! may I then beneath those hills
Lie close to them I love!
THE ROTTEN CROSS.
It lias been many a long day since
then, yeti remember it till, just as
though it had occurred but yester
day.
1 was a carpenter, the foreman of a
large establishment, and as such pos
sessed the entire confidence of my
empplyer, who, by the wav. had been
fiee to look at some rare coins he had
just purchased.
“Here ,” said lie, placing in my
hand a heavy gold peiee, “is one
which is worth more than all the
rest put together. It is a great curi
osity. I paid £2OO for it, and consid
er it cheap at that. I could easily
double my money in selling; and so
you see, Harvey, it is really a good
investment.”
“No doubt it is,” said 1, “though it
seems a large sum to have lie idle.”
I breathed an involuntary sigh as I
laid the coin down on the desk, for
£2OO would have seemed a fortune to
me just then.
The severe ill ness of my wife, and
one of my children, and the death of
another, made serious inroads on my
purse, and it had required the exer
cise of the utmost economy to keep
myself from debt ; nay, I had been
obliged to withdraw from the bank
tie small sum, which, besides my
salary, was all I possessed of worldly
treasures. Thinking of this, I laid
the coin down with a sigh, and turn
ed away to attend to my duties.
The next morning I was again
summoned into the office, but this
time I met with no friendly greet-
ing as usual.
“Harvy,” said ray employer, ab
ruptly, “that coin we were looking
at has disappeared. I have made a
thorough search, but it is not to be
found. It has been carried away by
someone. You alone saw or knew
of it, and—'”
lie paused and looked significantly
into my lace. I finished the sentence
for him, the hot blood dying cheeks
and brow as I spoke.
“You mean therefore, that I took
it—l!”
“What else can I think? The com
was here; you alone saw it. I can
not recall having seen it since it was
in your hands. Your are in need of
money; you have told me that your
self. It was a great temptation, and I
forgive you because ot our old friend
ship, but 1 cannot retain you in my
employ. Here is the salary due you.”
“Very well,” said I, with forced
calmness, “so be it. Since you have
so poor an opinion of me after years
of faithful service, I shall not stoop
to defend myself.”
Then I took the money he had
laid upon the desk, and went out
from bis presence a well nigh broken
hearted man.
But for the tender love of my wife,
1 doubt not but that 1 would have
buried my sorrows in the grave of a
suicide.
Supported by that love, however,
and the consciousness of my own in
nocence, I took fresh courage, and
set resolutely to work to find an em
ployer. ... ,
But powerful is a breath of slander;
turn which way 1 might, I ever
found that the story of my dismissal
for theft had preceded me, and my
application for employment uniform
ly met with a refusal.
Time went on; piece by piece our
furniture and every spare article of
clothing found its way to the pawn
brokers, until, at length, even this
poor resource failed us, and my chil
dren cried in vain for food.
Yet I did not sit down in idle des
pair ; I could not afford to do so ; the
life or death of all I loved on earth
depended on my exertion -and so
turning away from them with a heavy
heart, I once more set out on the
weary search lor work.
All in vain! refusal after refusal
met my entreaties for employment,
and I was turning homeward with a
listless step, when, passing an im
raence church, I was attracted by a
group of men at its base.
Impelled by some strange impulse,
I approached and mingled with
them.
A workman was standing near by,
looking up at the great steeple which
towered aloft some 250 feet above
them, while a gentleman, evidently
an architect, was addressing him in
earnest language, and, at the same
time, pointing towards the golden
cross at the summit of the spire.
“I tell you,” he exclaimed, as I drew
near, “it must and can lie done. The
cross must be taken down, or the first
heavy gale will send itdow n into the
street, and lives will be lost. Coward!
E this the way you back out of a job!
after engaging to do it ?”
“1 didn’t know the spire was so
high up there. Do it yourself if you
want it done!”
“I would if I were able,” said the
architect. But go if you will; let it
lie! My honor is pledged to have it
done at any price—and I can find a
braver man than you to do it.”
The carpenter walked away with a
dogged, slouching step, and the gen
tleman about to move away, also
when 1 stepped forward.
“What is it you want done, sir!” I
asked. “lama carpenter; perhaps
I can do it.”
He turned eagerly towards me.
“I will make it worth your while.
Take down that erossand I will pay
you a hundred dollars. You will
have to ascend these ornamental
blocks, and I tell you candidly they
are not to be depended on ; they must
be weak and rotton—for they have
been there for years.”
I looked up at the spire; it was
square at the base and tapered to a
sharp point, while along each angle
were nailed small gilded blocks of
wood.
“It’s a dangerous place to work,”
I said, “and there will be even more
peril in decending than in ascending.
Suppose I succeed in moving the
stone, and then—”
“If any accident happens to you,
my brave fellow, the money shall be
paid to your family. I'promise you
that. Give me your address.”
“Here it is,” I said, “and as you
value your soul, keep your word with
me. My wife and children are starv
ing, or I would not attempt this work.
HI die they can live on the hun
dred dollars for'a while, until my
sick wife recovers her strength.
“I’ll make it a hundred and fifty !”
exclaimed the architect, “and may
God protect you! If I had the skill
necessary to ascend that steeple, I
would ask no man to risk his life
there. Rut, come, and keep a steady
hand and eye.”
I followed him into the church,
then up into the spire, until w T e paus
ed before a narrow window. This
was the point from which 1 must
start on my perilous feat which I had
undertaken.
Casting a single glance at the peo
ple in the street below—mere specks
in the distance—l reached out from
the window, and, grasping one of the
ornamental blocks, swung myself out
unou tho-snlm.
ing family came to my aid, and with
a silent prayer for protection and suc
cess, I placed my hand on the next
block above my head and clambered
up.
From block to block I wentsteadily
and cautiously, trying each one ere
1 trusted my weight upon it.
Two-thirds of the space had been
passed, when suddenly the block
that supported me moved—gave way.
Oh, heavens! never, though I should
live to see a hundred years, shall I
cease to shudder at the recollection of
that terrible moment.
Yet, even in the midst of my ago
ny, as I felt myself slipping back
ward, I did not for one second lose
my presence of mind.
It seemed to me that never before
had my senses been so preternatural
ly acute as then, when a horrible
death seemed inevitable.
Down, down I slipped, grasping at
each block as I passed it by, until at
length my fearful course was arrested
and then, while my head reeled with
the sudden reaction, a great shout
came up from the people below.
“Come down, come down!” called
the architect from the window ; “half
the sum shall be yours, for the risk
you have run. Don’t try again!
Come down.”
But, no! more than ever now I was
determined to succeed. I was not
one to give up after having underta
ken a difficult task.
Coolly, but cautiously, I commenc
ed the ascent once more, first seek
ing in vain to reach across the next
row of blocks, for I did not care to
trust myself again on that which had
proved so treacherous. This I was
compelled to do however, until the
space between the angles became suf
ficiently small to allow me to swing
across.
After crossing this, at length,
l went up more rapidly, carefully
testing each block as I proceeded.
Ere long I reached the cross, and
there I paused to rest, looking down
from the dizzy height with a cool
ness, that even then astonished me.
A few strokes with a light hatchet
that the architect had hurg at ray
hack and piece by piece the rotten
cross fell to the ground.
My work was done, and as the last
fragment disappeared, I found a
sad pleasure in the thought that,
should I never reach the ground alive
my dear ones Mould have ample
means to supply their wants until
my wife could obtain employment.
Sad and cautiously I lowered my
self from block to block, and at length
reached the spire window, amidst
the cheers of those assembled in the
street.
Inside the steeple the architect
placed a roll of hank notes in my
hand.
“You have well earned the money,”
lie said. “Itdoes me good to see a man
with so much nerve—but—bless me!
what is the matter with your hair?
It was black before you made the as
cent, now it is gray /”
And so it was! That moment of
intense agony, while slipping help
lessly downward, had blanched my
hair until it appeared like that of an
old man. The vvork of years had
been done in an instant!
Entering the bare, cheerless room
which was now all I called a home,
I found a visitor awaiting me, my
late employer,
“Harvey,” said he, extending his
hand, “I have done you a great wrong.
It cost me a terrible pang tc believe
in your guilt, hut circumstances were
so strongly against you, that I was
forced to believe it. I have found
the coin, Harvey; it slipped under
the secret drawer in my desk. Can
you forgive me, my dear old friend".
My heart was too full to speak; I
silently pressed liis hand.
‘I will undo the wrong I have done.
SAJIUEL 11. SMITH & COMPANY, EDITOBS AND PROPRIETORS.
CAKTKKSVILLE, GEORGIA, THURSDAY MORNING, MAY 8, 1873.
All the world shall know- I accused
you unjustly, not through my words
oil ly, but through my actions, too.
),. ou must be my partner, Harvey.
If you refuse I shall feel that vou
have not forgiven me.”
I did not refuse. Instead, I thank
fully accepted the offer which mv
friend so generously, made, knowing
that no surer method could have been
devised to silence forever the tongue
of slander, and free my name from
the unmerited reproach which had
of late rested upon it.
. Unmerited prosperity has attended
my steps ever since that eventful day
nut neither prosperity or wealth can
etlace its memory from mv heart, nor
restore my withered locks to their
own raven hue.
THE FENCE LAW—TREES—
TIIEI It INFLUENCE UPON
CLIMATE— THE WEATHER
AND HEALTH IN CITIES.
Editor Savannah Republican .-—As
you are aware, the last Legislature
, passed a law leaving it to the differ
] ent counties as to whether the citi
-1 f ens should fence in their stock and
! lhiv Ve ii hei i r fields °l ,en > or whether
i tf an ’ n , ow in vogue,-Should
control. Several of the counties have
taken a lively interest in the matter,
and many are the points made for
and against the plan.
THE FENCE
plan as now required, takes an im
mense quantity of timber to keep the
lields well protected against the
roaming stock, especially in South
ern and Middle Georgia. The ques
tion however, turns upon other im
poi taut facts that deserve considera
tion, and as those questions are an
swered and proved, the plan should
he adopted. It is not a question of
convenience or labor, but one
health, weather and seasons.
trees.
The effect of trees is to cool the
temperature in summer and soften
the cold in winter; to keep the
giound moist, and to aid in the pro
duction of clouds; to shorten droughts
and make .more sure the crops.
,\; “ ere there are no trees there is very
ittie rain, and, in many instances,
deserts, trees promote the general
Health of a country, and especially in
cities. J
WHAT TIIE LEAF DOES.
A writer, who has studied the
philosophy and understands the laws
or nature, gives the following facts
that are worthy of thought. The leaf
pumps water from theground through
the thousands of tubes in the stein of
the tree, and sends it into the atmos
phere in the form of unseen mist to
be condensed and fall in showers.
1 ateer-frikr every
square inch of leaf lifts 0.035 of an
ounce of water every twenty-four
hours. Now, a large forest tree has
about five acres of foliage, or 6,272,630
square inches. This being multiplied
by o.o3s—the amount pumped by ev
ery inch—gives us the result, 2,252
ounces, or eight barrels in a day.
The trees on an acre give 800 barrels
in twenty-four hours. An acre of
grass or clover or grain would yield
about the same result. The leaf is a
worker, too, in another field, and all
for the good of man. It carries im
mense quantities of electricity from
the earth to the eloulds, and the
clouds to the earth. Then save as
many trees as possible, and if fencing
in stock will do it, let it be done.
EFFECT OF CUTTING DOWN TREES.
It is well known that after the for
est is cleared from anew region., the
swamps dry up, marshy places be
come solid ground, many springs fail
temporarily or permanently, and
streams grow small and many times
dry up, and droughts become long
and severe. A timber section should
he cultivated and preserved and
equalized as much as possible. A
well treed section—good seasons. No
trees—droughts and bad crops.
TREES ALE IMPORTANT IN A CITY.
Every Southern city, and especial
ly those subject to epidemics in the
fall, should be well planted with
trees, and the longer the leaves keep
green and continue to grow so much
the better and more sure the health
of tlie place. As is well known the
leaf is an absorbent, and takes in all
mephitic gases that would produce
sickness and death if breathed too
much, but on the other hand is the
very life of the leaf. Dr. Stephen
Smith advocates the planting of trees
in all cities, and his philosophy and
reasoning are both sound and logical,
and I call the especial attention of
the city Fathers of Savannah to the
important fact. It is too late now to
plant out trees, but next fall about
the Ist of October is the time to set
out trees if you would be sure of their
living. Says Dr. Smith in speaking
of trees:
“One of these is to equalize the
temperature of a city, and purify its
atmosphere by causing a large num- |
her of trees to be set out in various j
streets and squares. The effect of
trees is to cool the temperature in
summer and soften the cold in win
ter.
“In a city like New York, (and es
pecially in a Southern city during the
hot summer months) a vast quantity j
of poisonous gases are being constant- 1
ly produced by the decay of animal,
and vegetable substances. These j
malarial and mephitic gases are sent
forth in the greatest quantity during
the night. Trees act on these poisons
as a constant disinfectant. It is their
property to take up, during the night, j
these poisonous gases, and then to!
pour forth during the day the health- :
giving oxygen. Trees in a crowded j
city are a self acting sanitarium.
They neutralize malaria and absorb
poisonous exhalations.”
No malarial disease could possibly
get foot hold in a city like Savannah
at this season, when the trees arp ab
sorbing every thing in the way of
gases, and are young and growing.
In the fall, the absorbent power is
greatly diminished.
The prevention of disease is thus
seen to be simple and rational, and as
au ounce of prevention is worth a
dozen pounds of cure, let Savannah
and every other Southern city that
would avoid malarial diseases, stud
their streets with trees; and lots with
ever-green shrubs, grasses and flow
ers that will continue to grow until
killed by frost. R. M. O.
Fan, Men ai HmseloM.
i U°A TO TAKE OUT INK SPOTS.—
I our hot tallow on ink spots; let it
remain in a few minutes before wash
ing.
HOW TO MAKE GOOD APPLE
VINEGAR.
Take 1 part of rain water and the
same quantity of sweet cider, put in
a cask, barrel, jug or bottle, place it
in the sun, and in a short time you
will have as good vinegar as you ev
er tasted. The smaller the vessel,
the sooner will the mixture turn to
vinegar. We have tried this simple
recipe, and know it will do. B.
STOPPING WASHES.
A correspondent of the Rural Sun
recommends the following mode:
Cut pieces of the yellow locust roots
a foot long; make holes witli a.sharp
ened stake made with a footrest, like ;
a boy’s stilt, and place the roots ini
them in lines across the wash. Be-!
hind and in front of these peg down
poles, and between the lines of poles
place ribbons of Bermuda grass sod
well tramped in. The poles will
keep the water from washing up the
sod until it sends down its roots; that
is all it asks. The locust roots will
send up bushes which will soon be
come trees. The grass will catch the
sht, hold it, grow up as it rises; while
the bushes will not only help in this
way, but also arrest wash of all kinds.
Eel ore one hardly realizes it, he has
a gully converted into a gentle undu
lation, and is in possession of a lot of
fence posts, worth 50 cents for each
seven feet in length.
. Mellon Culture.— The best soil
is that which admits of ready drain
s’ge. Watery as the fruit is,' it does
not require much rain to produce it.
In fact, the vines flourish and bear
even on a bank of sand. Select the
lightest piece of ground available
gray and sandy—and put it in good
order, using plenty of well rotted
manure to each hill. Digging holes
of sufficient size, depositing the man
ure in them during the Winter, is
doubtless the method to be preferred
but it this has not already been done
we must resort to some other plan!
Make an excavation and manure lib
erally, with a view 7 of retaining mois
ture in time of drouth.
Much depends on giving the plants
a vigorous start. Force their early
growth with a free application of
bone phosphate to the hill. Keep
the ground clear of grass and well
stirred until the vines begin to cov
er it; but as the roots run to the full
length of the vines, and grow as
tast, the working should not be more
than two or three inches deep.
of late years on the subject or piougn
ing and cultivating orchards. The
season makes all the difference be
tween success and failure. To cut
the roots when the trees are growing,
would be nearly as bad as to at tempt to
dig them up and transplant them. The
same cutting, performed late in au
tumn, or early in spring, while the
treej are dormant, would be no worse
than cutting off'a portion of the roots
in transplanting, or in root pruning,
and the harm done, if any, would
not be so great, inasmuch as not a
tenth part as many roots are cut in
cultivating as in digging up or root
pruning. If orchardists will observe
this distinction in the proper time of
the year, they need not fear bad re
sults which sometimes take place
when ploughing orchards is done at
the wrong time of the year.
In the general absence of observa
tions and instructions on this sub
ject, we are glad to see a statement
of experiments having a distinct bear
ing on this point, in a late number
of the Prairie Farmer, in a report of
the Adams County (111.) Horticultu
ral Society. We are informed that
S. B. Turner, a worthy relative of
Prof. Turner, when ploughing his
orchard in summer or early autumn,
the fruit invariably cracks and be
comes badly damaged, from the
check the trees receive and the subse
quent second growth. When the or
chard is ploughed just before freez
ing (aftergrowth hasentirely ceased),
harrowing, pulverizing and leveling
the surface, both in autumn and in
1 early spring, “the fruit is fine, large
j and smooth.” —Country Gentleman.
THE GLORY OF THE FARMER
The benefits conferred upon man
kind by the former and the pleasure
which attaches to his vocation, are
charmingly portrayed by ltalph Wal
do Emerson, in one of his essays as
follows:
The glory of the farmer is that in
the division of labor, it is his part to
create. All the trades rest at last on
his primitive authority. He stands
close to nature, he obtains from the
earth, the bread and the meat. The
food which M’as not he causes to be.
The first farmer u r as the first man,'
and all historic nobility rests on po
session of land. Men do not like
hard M r ork, but every man has an ex
ceptional respect for'tillage, and the
feeling that this is the original of his
race, that he himself is only excus
ed from it by some incidents which
made him delegate it for a time to
other hands. If he had not some
skill which recommends him to the
farmer some product for which the
former give him corn, he must him
self-return to the due place among
the planters. And the profession
has in all eyes its ancient charm as
standing nearest to God, the first
cause. Then the beauty of Nature,
then the tranquility and innocence
|of the countryman, his independ-
j ence and his pleasing arts—the care
jof beer, of poultry, of sheep, cows;
the dairy, the care of hay, of fruits,
I of orchards and forests, and the reac-
I tion of these on the workman in giv
i ing him a strength, and plain digni
-1 ty, like the face and manners of Na
| tore, all men keep the farm in re
| serve as an asylum, where in case of
I mischancej to hide their poverty, or
■ a solitude if they do not succeed in
| society. And who knows how many
'glances of remorse are turned this
{ way from the bankrupts of trade,
! from mortified pleaders in courts and
i senates or from victims of idleness
land pleasure? Poisoned by town
! vices, the sufferer resolves: “Well,
i my children, vvliom I have injured,
i shall go hack to the land, to he reeruti
| ed, and cured by that which should
have been my nursery, and now shall
be their hospital.”
The Atlanta Constitution savs the
Jinn of J. W. Burke & Cos., of Ma
con, do not intend, as stated in the
Christian Index, to move their pub
lishing house to Atlanta, but that
they will establish a branch of their
book store in that city.
A Fascinating young lady at a
party in Tuscaloosa, a few evenings
I since, was asked if she ever read
Shakspeare. She replied with a toss I
iof her pretty head, “Shakepeare?
( >f course I have. I read that when !
it first came out.”
The telegrams of yesterday say that I
.ellogg has raised an army and navy
m Lousiana, and directed ‘the prose
cution of MeEnery and his adherents !
“ ,r treason. His audaeifv befits the !
impudent usurpation whieh he has 1
accomplished with the aid of Grant.
T t is generally believed now by
meteorologists, says the New York
Times, that we are to have a cycle of
very hot summers. An eminent san
itarian in the health department, I)r.
j Stephen Smith, has already issued a
I report suggesting measures during
the coming summer which .will pre
vent the fatal effects of the expected
heat.
The signs of a great poet are de
seribed by a Chinese jou rnal, Zgang-
Savia (Golder Tulip), as follows:
A great poet must have externally
the majesty of the elephant, in his
eyes the vivacity of the partridge
on his face the light of the full moon,
and m his legs the activity of the
stag. ' As to the inner furnishing of
this zoological frame the oracle is si
lent.
The Mt. Emory Sabbath-school, in
Blount county has adopted the fol
lowing admirable pain to raise funds
for Sabbath-school purposes: Each
boy agrees to plant at least twelve
hills of corn, cultivate it with his
own hands, and give the proceeds to
the school. Like wise, the little girls
are to set one hen and give the pro
ceeds to the school.
A New Article of Export.—
Our enterprising fellow-citizens, J. G.
“Lurkamp, has received an order for
fifty tons of sasafras roots, to be ship
ped to Bremen, Germany. This ar
ticles of commerce has only recently
been developed in this latitude, and
will no doubt become as extensive as
thesummac trade, in which at least
8100,000 per annum is now expended
here.— Fredericksburg Star.
The supreme court of Illinois has
j list rendered a decision confirming
the principle that railroad corpora
tions may not make contracts be
tween themselves that are detrimen
tal to the public interests, and that
contracts which impair their duties as
common carriers are void as to the
THLolic even liiouy-h thw ma„ v.r.
the follow ing recipe in an exchange:
To kill a town, underrate every
present and prospective enterprise,
speak ill of the churches and schools,
tell everybody the hotels are bad,
withhold the patronage from your
merchants and tradesmen, and buy
your goods and groceries at some
other place; and by all means go to
the city for your millinery and such
like; and If you are in business, re
fuse to advertise.”
A couple of Yankee girls put a bull
frog in a hired man’s bed to see if
they could not get him to talk. Dan
iel threw the frog out of the window
and never said a word. Soon after
he put half a bushel of chestnut burs
in the girl’s bed; and about the time
he thought they would make the
least shadow, Daniel went to the
door and rattled it furiously. Out
w r ent the candle, and in went the
girls, but they didn’t stick, though
the burs did.
The last seen of Captain T. B. Cab
aniss, the Secretary of the Senate,
and brillant Solicitor of the Flint
Circuit, was on the Western and At
lantic railroad, en route for Carters
ville with several suspicious packages
Mr. Wylie, the popular conductor,
was giving him some very sage ad
vice upon the management of the
nursery. Captain C. will please re
port at the Herald office, on his re
turn, and receive our congratulation,
on account of his additional connu
bial felicity. —Atlanta Herald.
Stonewall J ackson. —The
Southern Home learns from Gen.
Pendleton that the English monu
ment has been finished, hut has not
been sentover, owing to the unsettled
state of things in this country. This
monument is an expression of res
pect and admiration from the leading
members of the British Parliament
for the lamented hero, who died for
the constitution of his country.!
Among the contrbutors to the monu
ment were Hon. Mr. Gregory, now
Governor General of Ceylon, and
Hon. Beresford Hope, long a leader
in the councils of the nation.
The Ties that Bind Us.— It is
estimated that the number of rail road
ties in present use in the United
States is 150,000,000. A cut of 200
ties to the acre is above rather than
under the average, and it therefore
has required the product of 750,000
acres of wild-timbered land to furn
ish the" supply. Railroad ties last
about five years, consequently 30,000-
000 ties arc used annually for repairs,
taking the timber from 150,000 acres.
The manufaeures of rolling stock dis
poses of the entire yield of 350,0Q0
acres more every year. It appears,
then, that our railroads are stripping
the country at the rate of 1,000,000,000
acres per annum ; and their demands
are rapidly increasing.
Cotton.—A correspondent of the
Atlanta Herald, writing from Camp
bell county, says:
Something new in the cotton line
has been originated in this vicinity
in the last few months. Mr. Arch
Smith last year produced nine hun
dred (900) pounds of seed cotton per
acre by sowing the seed broad cast.
No labor was required but the pick
ing of the cotton and preparation of
the land. This has induced several
other parties to try the same mode.
Messrs. FrankJSuttles and J. D. Cook
have each sowed six acres this sea
son, two bushels being the amount of
seed necessary per acre. By this
mode no labor for cultivation is nec
essary, from the fact that the multi
plicity of plants prevents the grass
and weeds from germinating, arid
the plants die out in their develop
ment to secure a proper stand.
THE
Standard Express
Is published every THURSDAY MORNING
BY
S. H. SMITH & CO.
suINSCRIPTION pure:
$2 per annum, in advance.
j\ -m* ~r 7r y
For over FORTY YEARS this
PUFIELY VEGETABLE
I.iver Midicine has proved to be the
GREAT UNFAILING SPECI
FIC
for Liver Complaint and the painful offswrimr
: ‘b-spppsia, Constipation,Ta.m?
hot,, mLious attacks, Sick Headache Colic
Depression of Spirits, Sour Stomach Heart
Burn, CHILLS anil FEVER, &C.&C.’
yt ; ars careful experiments, to meet a
gieat and urgent demand, we now produce
lioiu our original (Genuine Powders
the PREPARED,
I fon, ‘ . of SIMMOS’B liver reuu-
GA 1 OR, containing all its valuable and won
dei tul properties, and offer it in
ONE DOLLAR BOTTLES
Se,ft P by V m®m (aS H? r
CAUTION.
Buy no Powders or Simmon’s Liver ReiruH-
Tride M irk* st ! l ( l ' irr,ivt ‘ ll i ." ' t
J. H. ZEILIN & Cos.,
MAOOrd, GA., AND PHILADELPHIA,
SOLD BY ALL DRUGGISTS.
Professional and Business Cards
JOHN’ w. WOFFORD. THOMAS W. MU.NEK
WOFFORD & MILNER,
ATTORNEYS AT LAW,
, < !A IMTIRUV 111 .I,’
XTTOIt NE Y A T LA W ,
CARTERSVILLE, GA.
Office over the Bank.
JOHN L. MOON,
ATTORNEY AT LAW,
CAIJTERSVILLE, GA.
Will practice in the counties comprising the
Cherokee Circuit, office over Liebman’s store.
j > YV. MUIIP»IG Y,
ATTOIt NE Y A T LA W ,
CARTERSVILLE, GA
Will practice in the courts of the Cherokee
Circuit. Particular attention given to the col
cetion of claims. Ofliee with Col. Alula John
son. Get 1.
~T p 7 WOFFORD,
ATTOIt NE Y A T LA W .
CARTERSVILLE, GA.
OFFIC*E in Court-House. ian £fi
1 FOUTE,
A.
AT T 011 NE Y AT LA W ,
CA.RTORSVILLE, GA.
( With Col. Warren Akin.)
Will practice in the courts of Bartow, Cobb,
Polk, Floyd, Gordon, Murray, Whitfield and ac
joining counties. March JO.
5 t 11. JIcDANIEL,
ii,
ATTOIt NE Y A T LA W ,
CARTERS VTLLE, GA.
OfUcc with John W. Wofford. jun T 2
w . I). TRAMMELL.
ATTOIt NE Y A T LAW , |
CARTERSVILL !, G V
OPFIGF IV. Main St., next door to Standard !
6 Expres- Ollico. Feb. 15,1572—w1y.
C. H. BATES.
ATTORNEY AT LAW,
Oilier, over store ol Ford & Uri .nt.
Feb. fi
DR. W. A. TROTTER
OFFERS his PROFESSION AT, SKUVIUK'
to the citizens ofCurtersvilie.
Olliee with l)r. Bnki-r.
Cartersvillu, Ga., Jan. 1, 1873.
IVXeUicjEil Notice.
Dlt. TV. HARDY, having removed to lids
city, proposes
PRACTJCirSC; MEDICINE,
in all its branches, and is also prepared for
OPERATIVE SURGERY.
at—9l-1
DR. J. A. JACKSON,
PBJCTICIVG PHYSICIAN AMI SITtCKO.
OF Ft OK in the Clayton Building"On West !
Main Street over the store of Trammell &
Norris, where he may he found during the day, j
except when out upon a professional call.
Oct. 27. I
W. It. Mown teas tie,
Jeweler and Watch and Clock
Repairer,
CAST ERSVILIK, GEORGIA.
A lice in front of A. A. Skinner A Co’s Store.
GEN. W. T. WOFFRD. JNO. li. WIKLK
Woffor cl tfc Wilslc,
ATTORNEYS - AT - LAW,
AND
Xfcea.l Instate Ag-ents,
Cnitersvil Ga.
1 SPECIAL ATTENTION given to the pur
! haseand sale if Real Estate. -28-Sm
READ HOUSE,
Froiifiug Fuviengcr Dopoi,
CHATTANOOGA.
JOHN T. READ, Proprietor.
Jan 16-’72.
!Pi*ofits
FROM
SMALL INVESTMENTS!
THE NATIONAL
LIFE INSURANCE COMPANY
ISSUES THE LARGEST POLICIES
Por tlio Smallest
Amount of ?«lonoy
Os any .Safe ompiuij in the United
States.
PAYS ALL LOSSES PROMPTLY I
Before Insuring in any other Company, call
and -oo lonx r. OWEN,
March H-tras Agent.
Sewing Sacliiae Needles aM Machine Oil
Kept Constantly On Hand,
Alii for Sale 1)7 J, E. SCOFIELD,
mchl3tf_ CARTERSViLLE, GA.-
for sale or rent,
A. COMFORTABLE DWELLING HOUSE,
with 7 rooms—good garden attached—on Main
street, joining the re-ideaea of Nelson Oilreath
A lU’L V t 0 M. It. ST A NSELL.
2-27— wlm.
W, H. YVIKLE. w. WALDBI P.
Will. H. WIKLE&CO.,
Hi: VLKIiS IN
STATXCN32RT,
3Bto®lks,
TOBACCO, CIGARS AMD PIPES,
CONFECTIONERIES, j
FANCY GROCERIES, ETC.,
Post Office Building. Carters. Ule. C,,.
Feb. 6-ly.
WANTED—MONEY!
WE call upon all parlies indebted to us for
Groceries, l’roiluce, and Family Sup
plies, to come amt fettle up lor the tame. We
want money, and nr me;, wo must have, peac
aohis it we can, forcibly, if we must. Th-re i
no use ol talking, lor 1 1>.■ l don’t bring the mon
ey, action, action, i- what we want. Now just
do the lair thing, an l call and pav up tin- little
you owe us, and let’s stop the agitation of this
uucsUuii. iiut don’t ta_4ljt>» %-Uc a io.ke, or
uflvio ob irv-s.-'rzr
WIIOGES.VLK M AN U !•'At'Tt'ltKltS OF
SMOKING & CHEWING
TO B A DC OS,
CIGARS, SNUFF, ETC
KNOXVILLE, TENN.
Meli 20-ts.
iw.uvm I.L.WCm I.W.litilßpJl
j, w. UTHRQP & co„
<
COTTON FACTORS
AND
COMMISSION MHRCHftNTS.
98 BAY STREET,
SAVANNAH GEORGIA
U-12-Bm.
S . W . HENSLEY,
WITH
f. J. BETTERTON & BR0„
DISTILLERS OF
Com. Eye and Bonrlon
WHISKEY.
WHOLESALE DfAL P.S IN
WLcs. Brandies. Gins. Cigars anl Flanks.
MANUFACTURERS OF
Eureka. Eiesiai Star & Grape Bitters,
KNOXVILLE, TENN.
| Mch 20-If.
IF. Kt RICHARDSON,
DEALKR IN
STOVES GRATES,
HOU3E-HWNISHMG GOODS,
OFSXRK I !),
jiife f
-:v~
. .
txn waub. ctoo,
Cor. Whitehall and Hunter St’s,
ATLANTA, GORGIA.
iaully.
SUBSCRIPTION :
$2 per annum.
llt Leads so Happiuoss!
[A Em to Ois VLol3_Bflce ofWcssa!
dr. j. bradfiejds
IFEMALE REGULATOR!
( and Neuralgia ot Hack and Item-; Ecuror
j J l **. ® " oite> ’ and partial Prolapsus I’teri •
cheek excessive flow, and correct all irregular'
; Hies peculiar to ladies.
It wni remove all irritation ot' Kidne\« and
Hi.aider; rvlietct ,■!„>,; j»\ tlw‘tlluml •
give t,.ne i n.t strength to the wh, lesctetn;
t cai ti.e skin, imparting a ro-v lu.c to iho
i hick, aud eheerlulness t.. thy a.i Vl.
It is as sure a cure in all -he aba . e di>e. *•-
! «' Quinine is in t hi! is and J\ v .
Cadies can cure themsclves •>! all the above
| " u,K *b.' Jet ceding their comp.aint- to
'VI h •-’i'in a, S mm iii , ,g tli their
p; l ie and modes; V. A
j It i' rocom nicmled by tile best physician- ,nd
, i w clergy.
r , i ,i; AS(iK ’ *’ A - ”and, l;d
KRADI ILI.I) ,v t .y, A;i .... .
'c >; 1 t.lkc pie.'.-U ].■ >i ~ ; in
j bn the last t We lit v ; !„■ !„
Vi"., l J ' l! . t '"s "p. Kiowa i,, ~
CATOL*. Vi,.'.
best combination o\ rr gotu t. n g,,i.. 5 > .
diseases tor which it is iccomn.. . „-i. 1'1,..,,.
heen i fnnnh.tr with the prescript!. >n b h ■,
practitioner ol medicine and in .loin, -j p.
ice. and can bam sit. «„■ t!i and I , , , - , ,
boon to suffering females, ami eau In l, .pc
t..at every lady m cur wlnde land, v.h.. ~, . ,
suffenug in an> way peculiar to then .. . m.iv
tu able t.i procure c. bottle, that their -,.i ,-„ M
m.u no onlv lie relieve.*, !.„t Gi it ihew m , f,«
rc-toicl to health u.nl slienuli. Win lU v
kindest regards, t am r. sm-cUuIA '
w. u. i i;uUku„ m. and.
I W ,o EA i?,. M ,' :lu - TTA - G a , March 81,1-do.
MEsslts. \\M. U,m>T a MiN.-ll M r snv
! oI’RV ,s f, b r ‘* 1 houirhi a bottle ot it!; \|C
I • KU..S IKMaI.K UKdl I.UIIH lion, vo„,
I *W: 11,15,1 ‘A A" "*>' family with the utmost
I s.'GsfHCtion, and have recommended it to three
other In iii i lies, and they have found it j„.-t
lulmt it is ivc.ni men iled. The lenmlt- it Im
! J ' J.ATdlt are in • ervet
Ca t ~ ami are able to attend to their hou.se
liold daties, and we eonnallv recommend u to
the public. tot rs respect fully,
Kl’tr. H. It. JOHNSON.
Me cou.d add a limits;itid other eertilieates•
but we consider the above am,dv .ulii.ient
proot ol its virtue. All we ask c, 'trial
For full particulars, history of diseases, ami
cert ill cutes ol its wonderful cures, the ic mm
referred to the wrapper around the Imtiie
Maiinluetnred and sold hv
BRADFIELD & C 0„
l’rice $1 50. ATLANTA, (.A.
1-30 lv. 801,1 ’ y 811 I)n, KKists.
CONSUMPTION, COLDS, COUGHS. &C.
FIaOWiJK
Gciigli 'S yreji,
ton Itmo u ",‘ * l "”' , * r * " also as “iGit
< c U ”‘ ti"- ils “U-phclamlius
non If , ««d delightful c. ~n
pound is a certain cure lor every form of
coi iiii, Biiimurns, iigabsk.m; : ,
Whooping Cough, Asthma, Croup.
And will positively cure
COjMSTTMPTIOKT,
M lien taken in time, as thousands will testify
fail'" hh' ° n , ’ lh r “"<1 remedies
1 ■ ' " urc ‘ l peiiple Who are iivinirto
d.t\ with only one r.-ni lining lung. wj,].;..
most nVmied ftmi st ilk II 1 "" "’> Th °
the bust urn I most (lis: !>,*/; 1 *»-' mcihus, but by
A m.‘id can ( „nUm?nt! lUSlUsbed thc
leci saW;, ' 'TslrWr-' contains no
ranted to cure and give satisfaction in rfrrr
ease, or thc mouey retunded.
CURES ARE NUMHERI!) i Y
THOUSANDS.
FAILURES ARE UNKNOWN'.
For sale by .all Druggists everywhere, lb be,
One Dol'ar per Dottle,
DR. J. S. PEMBERTOK 00.
Atlanta. Georgia,
Proprietors and Manufacturers.
March 27. If-'.3. ly
T. It . GIMMES
Desiics to inti iin i! • , Odent* of < artersviile
and sunot mintg district that he
has o. ened a
Tea wi Henso-FmisMiii Store
on West Main Street, first door east of
smith’s Furnitlire rftore, i choi c >clc. i .nos
NEW GOODS including the following :
CAH PKTS,
Matting. I’uggy am! Door Slats, nil-, i !. .
Hearth Rugs. Hassock-, Tulls, burlet.». Si rar
Duckets, (tolling Fins, Clothe- I’egs, and V • and
Ware in variety.
BASKETS,
of every kind. Combs. Brushes. Fancy soap
and Toilet Article-, I.ookiug Glasses, 't rays
and Waitci-, Castors, l’latcd Spoon.-, and a
variety of lloiise-Furnisbing Go.xis.
Musical Instruments,
stationery and Seined Slales, Green and Dr# and
Fruits, Nets. f'nnriii- and Cracker.-, Camnd
Fruits and J»d!ii-.
LaMretlrs Vegetatiie ait Flower Seeks.
and would call particular attention to aver
choice selection of
■X" im ,
just received direct from Europe, in original
Chinese packages, and which will he sold un
usually low, beginning with a realty good ar
ticle ;.t 15 cents per pound.
Coffee, green .ml n> is ted. Sugar. Spice-. A•.
2-20
l Y7"E the undersigned, h ive this day entered
f y into a copartnership under the Arm
name of F. M. WALKER A CO., for the pur
pose of manufacturing
K«OTS Ali l> KIIOFJ.
In Cel. Harris’ Law Office.
We propose to do os good work as can be done
anywhere, on reasonable terms and short no
tie’e. F. M. WALKER wilt act as foreman,
tad will sue that none but the be.-t workmen
are emploved. Give us a ea!!. ALL WORK
WARRANTED.
F. M. W ALFEH,
G. W. LANG WORTHY.
;; and, eo3ers _ & co7,
Sttceeeors to 1. C. Mansfield & Go.,
MERCHANT MILLERS,
And Pioorietors of
“Holly Mills,”
caktkj:‘.vn,r,K, g a.
T. B. SEOOELIY
I- now pern:..nnly settled in Curtersvillc,
] East of W. A A. R. K..‘ eti the public square
fronting the depot, with a general stock of
goods of all kinds.
SPOTSWQGD HOTEL,
(Opposite Depot,)
J&. O O IST , CZ
1, T. H. HASSIS.
BOARD $3 00 PER DAY.
| 11-14-Om.
lURCIAI KH
NO. 20.