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PEOPLED FRIEIfrD Medical Temperance Declaration. We clip the following from the Nat.onal 1 Temperance Advocate, and find the names j of ninety physicians officially attached to it. | JKe are glad to see the Medical profession in all parts of the country giving their opin- i ions on this subject of so much importance : j “He are glad to see that the physicians ■ in various places arc giving increased atten- | tion to the manifold evils resulting from the » free use of intoxicating liquors. The reck- i Jess manner in which many of the doctors j of the present day prescribe alcohol has been a source of much anxiety to those who i have witnessed its terrible effects. The * medical profession of Montreal have re- 1 cently issued the following important and i timelj’ declaration, which we heartily com- i mend to the consideration of the members > of the profession in this country. The En- , lish physicians issued a simular document ’ last year, extensively sinned by the most ' distinguished of their class in the King- ■ dorm Is it. not time that a similar move- ; went was commenced in the United States? I February, 1873. ' We, the undersigned members of the i medical profession in Montreal, are of opin- , ion, 1. That a large proportion of human; misery, poverty, dieease and crime is pro ’ duced oy the use of alcoholie liquors aS"a I beverage. 2. That total abstinence from intoxieat- j ing liquors, whether fermented or distilled. J is co’jsiateut with, and conducive to, the -i highest degree of physical and mental 1 health and vigor- 3. That abstinence from intoxicating liq- ! ors would greatly promote the health, mo- ■ rality anl happiness of the peopie. i To Good Templars. Rewired, By Ringgold Lodge. No. 170, J LO. G- T., That Brother John F. Coaly j be and he is hereby constituted an Agent ■ for this JzjJge, to solicit and receive dona- i tions for the completion of the GoodTem- . plars Hall in this village, now in course of’ erection, nnd that he be allowed to visit ; 6uoh loea'itie’s as he may deem proner, tor ■' the pur>K>se of soliciting donations. Resulted 2nd, That Brother Conly be ; required to keep a list, and to enter thereon i the name and residence ui each person ' making a donation, and the amount he or ! she way donate, and that he be required i to deliver such list to the Lodge when called 1 on by the Lodge s:> to do, in order that j Miid list may be entered on the minutes of ■' the Lodge, and that he be required to pay over to the Trustees of the Lodge immedi ately ail monies received by him as dona tions. Revolted 3o’, That Brother Conley be ; furnished with a properly authenticated copy of these resolutions, ns acreden ial of ' his Agency. Adopted January 15, 1873.1 W. D. Whitman, W- C. T- R. B- Tttr.MMiLtt. Sec y. — Gkiffjw Ga., Feb. 24. 1873. Editor'* l‘<op/e'v friend: According to promise I hasten to . give you a brief account of the Good ■ Templars work in Spaulding conntv. Last Saturday I virited Union Lodge, No. 222, eight miles from this place on ' the Newnan Railroad. The road.- were in a muddy condition, and the night very dark, yet sixty-ii'.e Brothers and Sistei s were present to meet me. We initiated two, which mates their present number eighty, and although' there is bi.t one house within a mile of the Lodge-room and many of • rhe I members live from two to four miles distant, yet they always have a gnod attendance, because their hearts are in tlie worn. Under ‘ Good of the Order" several ■ short addresses were made, and two excellent < ssays were read by two ch r ming young ladies, Miss Mary ILutw and Miss Jessie Patton. Ttuclusethe eaaays for yarn perusal, althengh th-’V may be too foug for publication. A large number of tlie membt r« w'xe regular drink is six mo* ths U g V . 1 One lhether said. ‘I am a ua mis r • 1 the Church, yet, ’ efore the Lodge was started I iook my three driu.s a dav, and sometimes more, ami my -<• - wore learning to follow my exarnph . Now we art safe; we have ta&vu tin life-long pledge.” Over lifter*-; i> et>.- bere who, si.\ uiouihs ugo. could obtain cr< lit toi ap- <-k of m- 'J. • hr. oyya fine horses .v..l ai. suiqurrt.' q tbe.r ismihes m comfort. Th wk..,.- ncigtUxn hhh! Has “• ell revoi'Atmii " .1 •'.—'l the grog si.ups ..re <iiy , .*» <q» 401 A.mt , } c'.i t nn'eiY. Thi: ’.rqp\ ( m.r..r.h- w -ip f.v thei t ; m. ' • <:>. Dr‘ Y F. Cray, a plat.: :• 1- ... I's; ■ t‘u ' o bl-loon. uouiu • . ■- - hjxn in every < ... .: our Statu I intend to v'.>,t tin ’ this and. adjoining c. -mta • d~rin, the mxt four yytexs,and will rc !*• r: then v’Jhditibn. The claims of lit Pk.pli s Fkiesp have urt i. urged i Hiiii 1 truxt ,t wjli Luxe a large eirvula tion 1:. this part of the State. Gockl Tvmp’ai> lied more upon the subject of T< mperance. Some thiiiK ‘ it a hacKncyed subject, but xvhile Rrim I is murdering our citizens, starring cliil- ’ dren, breaking the hearts of wives, and ; mothers and bringing many i o untimely , graves, we s-houldagitate the project . < m Sunday next 1 lecture at V ar.chan's Station, and hope to institute two ' Lodges the wcei; following. Yours hastily, i E. W. M. ! [For the People’s Friend. Bethany. Jefferson Co., Gi- Liear Brother Moseley: 1 have been traveling about two weeks : in the South-eastern part of cur noble old State, and can truly say that the skies of; Templar ism are bright throughout Tali a- | feno, Richmond, Buike and Jefferson counties. Within the last ten days I have oiganized three G’ood Templar I edges, two Cold Water Temples, delivered some dozen : Lectures, and expect to organize three ■ mere Lodges the coming week. Much ol the right kind of enthusiasm prevails : throughout this section. 1 expect to re- ' main in this part of the State until the grand celebration of the J. 3'- Smith Lodge, near Augusta, comes oft, which will be on i the 18th inst. 1 will in my uex: bo more | specific. 1 never have been mure encour aged in my work than I have been for the i last month- Yea, sir, it makes me hapmr ; to a few months ago anything bur : a comfort to their families, now reclaimed. ; their families happy and on the road to ; prosperity. My health is very good, and I meet with . a cordial hospitality wherever I go. .More i anon. W. D. Atkinson, Grand Lecturer I. O- G. T. Letter from Macon, Ga. Macon, Ga , March, 4, 1873. , Messrs. Editors:—While the elation', notes us our faithlul sentinels are heard, tfoiu various portions of our good old State, , no resounding peal swells up in response ; from this part of it. The rallying cry le . xerbeiates 'among the c.iff.' of Northern ' ; Georgia, but appears to tiltd no aiistveii-.g ; echo among the valleys ol the central pur- I riot). Nevertheless, yve are not asleep. ' The watrrsare being moved, ti e little army : ofGood Templars—purged of dead-beats I are on the march. Aurora's light is ahi- ; ! ninp with a lustre and strong, ap.l its ' votarie.'belong to that heroic class that ' 1 never say nddrfperandtun. ; Very few in your section, Mr. Editor, i can comprehend the number of obstacles in the way of the Good Templars in this part 1 of Georgia. Th w ir name is legion, ano in stead of “growing small by degrees and beautifully less, - ’ they ap; car to iucretwc— grow larger. Lock at the Lets : Behave a population of about fifteen thousand souls. According to a lording daily paper ! here, there are mare churebesin proportion 1 to the number of inhabitants than any other city in the United States. They; ’ churches have, in the aggregate several I thousand communicants; and yet, there I are. to-night, not fifty Good T-mplarsjn all these churches, and of those fiftv. not one minister, or exhorrer, or prominent chureh membtr among them. I his is in ‘eed dis i couraging. Why is it so ? ALs ! Why ? What an immense ai- ouut us good might *b" dine if more of our i r.-acher- were to I join with us in this great w-'ik. How many could be won to the Sa-viot.' and brought into his fold if these good men yvould u-e 11,♦ ir’influerice in the rigtit direction. But j as it now is, there is a larg. c!a-s among us 1 the limited influence oftht friends of fem perance can never teach—the young gen ' liemen and indies of the city. Iho heads of the families to which this class be'ougs ik ver by ex on pie appear to appreciate our ' cause, and the result is, their children are ' ignorant of its wanderfui beauty. Aiiuiber almost inau»m<.»un abloobstaele i the iiiuiumbetedamountui grog-shops h : TLe-e s»enue« to ruin are evuywhere, at every place. Open night Sfnd day—even Sunday—the amount of i quor su’d i« sim ply enormous. Young men, boys, old m-n 1— till, drink, get drunk and if they escape a tine at the Mayor’s Court, no harm is done. I h.s is a free country," “Christ made wine,’’ are '>»me of the wry .•rigit.ni ut- in, buried Mg '-n't :h* aid ici-ms Ten p iar, who in a moment at enthusiasm, so fai forgets himself is tn broach the -nbject. In fact, su b i- the cwnHiton ol things hero, th tl it require* an i-r monsc amount of' mom. e 'iisge t" ul, ’. witfi the Good lempluis. • ' -I 11 s ;... I j<, r.« iU’ert.u at iii:s< us i' to >■ ' . van bear up «■ '■ • th- “ L'-re, that I oo - v-iy 1- I . I r the rn-pi ' of Mum; < i i:. I ' t ; ients <>f Me.ccr t ~ ;<:y, • ;i.l .■ Al hd 1 : th> high ch«r - ot th. au.L4.lv u;.4 accomplishec young ,my :nr w'.'.-'E- : t v. , - sunk ;i;e t:. eai.. k,.AVe ' *» ■ -.O ’U.'l ar it.- !i:mr.u t i decent burnt N'o w.ir- d r that W.utua Lnlge—' • I'.'.’iwr ul the CHUM- ,u this A ; ...- ,yv t iup the ghost. , It nobly maiui-.iivd its gre J f. r a time. II went into the Vvry thick : t e f ; ’ t. cud tuiot’. uuu ;e‘t amvt y t < -.t.:. t ' "' . . I But Saul and his legions were too much for l his Daniel, and it too caved in, and its I talented and torn battle-flag no doubt re- ' poses securely among the antiquated reli-jj I cf Brother Robinscn's other. And no ' vender that Windsor Lodge, the noblest ; and the best, not very long ago, sung it< funeral dirge, and surrendered that charter it liad net the courage to keep. But amid all thi.-i ruin, this desolation, ' one still s:ar.ds—stands alone in its magnifi cent greatness —immovable—firm as old : Jonadab before .lie King—yea, firm as the j reck upon which its cause is founded —Au- I ROr.A. That glorious body ma. l / fall too, ' but beneuiu its ru'.u3 v ... Le fcuuti as true men and women as ever swore allegiance tu I anything. iSLe may perish ; but Nelson’s: men were not truer. But until then those who worship at her altars and sing their 1 sweet songs ot hope beneath her shadow, : wilt pray for her prospeiity. In conclusion I will state that Aurora' Temple is progressing finely. On last Spin ! day morning about 24 were initiated, and at the next meeting there wii! be a further j addition. This make- us hopes ul. J trust i u good time is emmne. jt JH. S ; Little Rock, z\rk , Feb-, 13, 1573. f J. G. Throicer, [ Atlanta, Ga.. Dear Sir and Brother j I had the pleasure yesterday of installing j the officers of the Grand Lodge of Arkaii- i sas I. 0. G. T. Eighteen Lodges reported, j Arkansas Gocd Templars send Georgia : G->od Templars kind greetings, ana bids . her older sister to be of good cheer. Yours Fratornally, E. J. Kirkscey*. D R. W. G. T. Member of Georgia L rige, Atlanta, Ga. • editor* Having seen an empty b'urei which was I on e filled with whi-ky. and n'.-fbing to-te ' I thought I would try and see. what i once ! contained 1 looked in rii‘\mgh my Good ; Templar ey ■.••giasse-., and here is what 1 i made out: gat) songs—none of the hi‘>t. UM) monkeys- not Bo num’s show. li),i)- ; <) Dam it,.—n<> C-’ohctis 40 vi-ifs tn the C-ik-buo'e—by free tratis ] oroition. 80 b'aek eyes—two at a time. 100 Free I^seturses—on “for what you I o-)0 times too large ibr the small side- ( walk, 20 tail downs, causing '.lie street hands to cleanout the 2,o<> Dragging <m y--i* d addy, who‘s rich. 3 "imes a day tryi. g <n borrow a dollar, wanting to pay it buck in wnisky .s-.'-.-iL;. IJ'OO lies, a ; l of the hes' .irtic’e foruueu with a g . i-l spirit—»<»y 2 pints of popskull. 1 good sign for old c othe ; , and a regular" boarder to the free much shops, and sleep ui) lei - Ihe bridge. B iriug people with your poverty and whi-kv-shet eyes. Shunned by all, au-i good for I?—1 with out a change Good 'fE'.ti’l.nß. Knights of J ERfch . —We are gltul to learn that the Atlanta Lodge Knights ot Jericho is in a prosperous condition, and are ini tialing .i number of candidalcs every Alondas night. La>! night there wuresixteeh ladies and gen tlomen initiated and added io that high and noble order. May they continue to prospei* anil advan-'c the cause of Humanity, Temper ance and Charity, and snccectl in saving the inebriates from tilling a <h unkard's grave. T'iiey meet o\er 11 igbtov, er's store, corner Broti ami Mitchel! streets, and we would earnestly recommend a!’ v. no v. ish to rnii; 1 in the grand moial reform army to unite with themaud help carry on the ureal ami glorious eau>c in which the;, are engaged.— Herald. L.OW tv . U.il J4hd3. In ine mu"-’ .'i-he.-: intiny .-cr'Ai; ■' u:i- * ■ 1 yet •. •■-i? ky” P‘ :<•’ ■ CUW cf al: ’ll’ it • ■ uu.’i siiry >•.! .<■;. :■ • • • • ci: •ur do- mcfti-' *• ” ■ . . ■ ’ all ). .- ■•<> :■ .» • ip . *' . i trr-’i . . • t I -mp !1 . t : ~ ,i -b ‘ ..live -is • t. ; . ■ I » .’/l.ecuu- *! • . ■ ’ - X :‘ It cbitri >’ uuhl i >*, ami <v. r. ' gw..., o-.' J not be iu. IUcI-'L’j Ui V' a r Her ;.’ j i . cdai.y bear yr- - ?.'•f i.’.ouph ’A- d may r : • .« full . of unrightly .small dark, checks. A very ; I little, soap suffices, more than just the quan ' tity necessary to remove, grease is apt,to j leave a disagreeable rciugbness... Eordeli- I' cately painted French ehiria sligbtly warm i i soft water without any soap is nest. | C onnubia 1 Curiosities- I To people of a statistical rather than aj i sentimental turn, the mathematics of mar- j I riage in different countries may prove an . attractive theme of meditation. It is found : ■ that young men from fifteen to twenty I I years ol age marry young women averaging > i two or three rears older than themselves, : but if they J; lay marriage until they are i twenty to twenty-live years old, their spouses . average a year younger than themselves ; ; and tbene r 'foi ward this difference steadily . I increases till in extreme old age on the ; i bridegroom’s pait it i«r apt to be enormous. I .' The inclination of octogenarians to wed ■ misses in their teens is an every day occur- J • but it is amusing to find in the love i 1 matches of bars that the statistics bear out ' ' the satires of Thackeray and Balzac: Again j i the busbands of young women aged twenty I and under average a little above twenty- , j five years, and the inequality of age dimin- ; : isht s thenceforward, till fi r women who : ] have reached tLirty the respective ages ; [ are equal, after thirty-five years, women,', I like :u<’H, marry those younger than them- [ ' s.ives, the disproportion inc-rearing with 1 age, till at fifty-five it averages iuue years. LITIS it Alli - ITEMS. ! Dr. 3l:iyo’.s “Never Again” is j i highly praised by the English ’ ; critical journals. ; “Eeee Homo” has appeared in i a Swedish translation. i i It has been suggested that j some publisher shousri bring out la volume of’ the late Lord Lyt-! ! ton’s letters, "to his various pub- ■ ijishers. It was his custom to i write - very frequently and at j I great length, whenever ids books ! nere going through the press. ' A eolloc-ion us these letters would form an interesting and . unique book. ; John Ruskin, in Iris last work, “The Eagle’s Nest,” that the . study of anatomy is destructive ; i to the artistic faculties. • 1 Mr. C. A. Stephens, author of ' the popular “Camping Out” ser- i ' ies. is at work on a fresh series of boy’s books, which J. R. Osgood will publish. . A numbered Bret Harte’s char-1 ' aeteristiu stories of <‘aiiy Califor- , j man tile have just 1 een translated ; . info Erench. i Bayard Taylor's new poem^will, ha ve Ihe title of “Lars.” It will ! probably be ready early in Ylarch. Mr. George Webbe Dasent, the , , author of “Lady Sweetapple,” has ‘ pre pared a book of essays called, “Jest and Earnest.’’ Tue bookstores in Paris are es-1 i timated to measure a total length i i of two miles. j ■ _ - “Why Will You Drink?” — “liow long, ye simple ones, will ye love simplicity, and scorners : delight in scorning, and fools hate knowledge ?” “Cana man take' lire in his bosom, ami not Im* burn- i ed “Or tlriuK the wine that is i <i. mocker, aqd not be deceived ?” ' “Or the Strong drink’ that is ra ging, and not be inflamed f' . Tobacco and Liquor. Our co intrymen .q>eud more money for : the luxuries than for t.l>c.u<?c» of life, it !■> ii > w. iidei- that many people are poor when their hard earning.'* are waxtr<l on in- i .Liljc-i. -ii -. which do t.arm nisteid of good, 'L-a<l G the staple of food, and $2(0.- iriti orr) were spent la«t year for flour to : cd our people. But the tobacco sold in the country for che’-ving an 1 smoking and' snuff cost $270,001),0‘JU ; about wven dol lars lor every man, woman nnd child. A v ry iar.-.i am im.t of this is used in j-rx r bimiiie l rctlm cs them to want ami w.-rmhednes . If tii” ynnng ; tuple 'f the, lan 1 r-. i .mi : -ieh ’ quor nr tnr.r.cthis f. a>- fii! x-’iivr ,r.c r would sr-sn cease and the .. ."’-h . .-I’lntry iz.-ra-c. with mar- ' . . Uiry. -F ; . TT- a • •; u! the .'la.iie Lvg tiatere ;j . I ■. a re- . -Ive fa ■. ,<r ,h ..' • atittiaa the q .ea'i.m to , .■ .. •' ~ ♦- ; N. bras’; i Indian- are allowed to ride' fr ecn al! ti e trit’;-: they can jump on > Ar.’.-:er Js in f-••-■•-•n. iDetriDeiM < ; being thinned out. | SEAT & WALKER, Dealers in and Manufacturers of COPPER, TIN AND SHEET IRON WARJC, ajvl* HOUSE FURNISHING GOODS, Rome, Georgia. £2k;a Z '"~‘. - ‘ -- Ksflypre.aßgiggreviSas s ’ I |. . . GGLD DUS'!. R. E. LEE, BILL ARP, IROME GEORGIAN, CHEROKEE CHIEF, i Are Unsurpassed Cooking Stoves. • And keep constantly on hAud all styles of HeaVg Stoves Grates AND Hollo w a W are, i ' Sole Agents for Rome Hollow Ware Mane ufacturing Company. i Plumbing gas and steam fitting in all its i branches done on short notice and in best lof style; would most respectfully reconr i mead our manufactu r e or stoves over any other for one reason, Thct/ are all Warvan- ; ted, and if any part of either of them should break will be rejiaired at ourexpens i CorrespODdrDce solicit.* 4 ’! Irom uicruhaut I and dealers for our wholesale prices. i ftf.febl!B73. I i PIANO COMPANY, . •It costs to »ny Fiaho thiotisih ail o! whom rnnxo UM pwr erst profit ' ito ajrttfs, but ship direct tw futilities at lacto : ry Wojtiulte ><»!>• uno styip, and have hut one price. [ Two .</,4 nlHsry U-.Uars »<-t ca-.-. M itb i.o <lis- ! count lA <|pai«r, ho comuiissimi, <h i.-Hehi-rs. Our him : ber i* H-oaom-il —<>nr <•*-.-< Ir<- I’m,hie Vi’ - ! i4Hi-re*J will) Koscwooti—hav,- front round c inv-r., acrptmliH* boti-Kw ,rnl erv-r VVr. us-- the | Iron piste with owr i-'.run? brass—h'ren-th Grnnd Action ; with top dampers, aud our k< ys ar« nt tUc best ivory, I wilt, ivory trouts. <>nr !’lan>> has seven oet?v< is 6 ; feet 9 iur ho lOHf, ,‘i Itmt 4 triehes wide, and wei-»its, hiueti !iV>3 pounds. Every l’..,n<i is fully warranieufor J flVe tears. ; Send tor itln? transi rirc'il’tr, in winch we refer to I mer sl>l Hanker., Mnrch v-r«. Mr., (some of whom vou may know) uati.x our I’miios iu -H Mates and Terriio rles. .' -W •JCSnKO Co . 835 ItooiJ-nay T IX Xb ;G. ~C. McZEiiTEH, ■ AT TIIE ' i N e w T i n S t o r e, Roberts Cor., Broad Street, IZOJfj;, GA. HAVING rented t'sa above Lilts and roiorii.idiuo building and teinoveil Un rein, I will aoeliuue the Tin Business • LVAB7; I7\S BRANCHES . and a fore will all my work lo giv.< entire satisfaction. ; I shall at all tun-, keep a !ar.-;e full atid assorted stock 7F.V ;>V7)te. ol all kiuds, niso a pood assortment o i Gl«; Best Cooking Stoves. Roofing and Guttering Dun : ta order on reasonable terms. REIAIRIXG GE ALL KINDS. promply clxann at reasonable pricos. j Give me a call at Roberts corner opposite. Gauunomu g. c. McAlister. aprJOtf W’m. K. lfe!son ? Proprietor of the Georgia Nursery, Offer l.tr rate » tine St<»ul. •.! luuug rriii! Trees, Crape Vines, Straw berry Plants, &c. Li-t ’»r:iti< Dr«Arir<tive Ctt Jogue lor a -iaiup. Add re.--. VVM. K. NELSON. I Augusta, Gu. XaJJk'W -X CO.- 7 Lat? Mcßride A Co. Cr Crockery, G’acv Tua C . nv and Chamber Sela, Pario - Mantei Bureau Ornaments, ■ t’a’iery and Gut a'.wtr plat-4 Forkss;i<Mbr. Knives, Gubiete. &e. Chandeliers and Lampe, (j-rt-l'i/'/,• ’ Z '(ff., fd-'.. rt sod retail for Cash. | Dec. 19.