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PEOPLE’S FRIEND Rome, Ga.. Saturday, June 21, 1 5 73. '■ - * MOSELEY, I MARGIE F. MOSELEY, r Edlt( , rs . REV. L. R. GWALTNEY, ’ ROME, GEORGIA. Under the above head, we tind the following complimentary no tice of our city in a copy of the North American Ih-e Journal, which was handed ns by the publisher, Mr. Moon, who, with his bees, is the great centre of at traction now at Judge Perry’s office: In a previous number of the Journal we alluded to a visit through the South, for the purpose of encouraging a more, correct system of bee culture, as well as to explain and to encourage the de velopments and resources of the South, which, to a certain extent, has been neglected. On the third of May we arrived in the beautiful city of Rome, which is located in the fork of the Etowah and Ooostanaula rivers, which forms the Coosa. The Coosa and Tallapoosa rivers form the Alabama, which emp ties into Mobile Bay, at Mobile Ala. The Coosa is navigable from Rome to Greensport, Alabama, a distance of one hundred and eighty-five miles, at all season of the year for large boats running through a rich fertile country. There is a company now organized to open the Oostanaula and Etowah rivers about one hundred miles above Rome. The government has taken the matter in hand to open a regular com munication by water to New Orleans. On the Great Western and Southern Canal, now in contemplation, Rome is the principal point, and must necessa rily be a great steamboat center, as well as railroad communication. It already has two railroads, and two more are being built, one of which rui.s from St. Marks on the coast of Florida, byway of Rome, to Chattanooga and Cincinnati, Ohio. When the other is completed, it will form a direct communication from Chaileston, South Carolina, to Mem phis, Tennessee. The contemplated canal, connecting the Tennessee river with the Coosa, a distance of thirty miles from Gunter’s Landing' on the Tennessee river, to Gadsden, Alabama, on the Coosa. "When completed, it will form a con necting chain with nearly all the lead ing railroads and water communica tions of the South, und making it both convenient and accessible to the north, east and west, which fortunate ly gives Rome a central position to all the above enterprises and advantages. A great portion of Rome and its vicinity has a rich fertile soil. It not only grows, cotton, but is a gr eat agri cultural country—good fruit and tine crops. Reports of Grain.—Wheat, 46 bush els per acre; oats, 75 bushels per acre; corn, 86 bushels per acre; potatoes, 365 bushels per acre. Rome s a fine city of nearly six thousand inhabitants. Her streets arc broad and tine; her buildings are principally brick, and nicely construct ed, showing taste and enterprise. It sustains four weekly papers, one tri weekly, and one daily, two banks, one rlloing mill, one nail factory, two stove factories, blind and door factories, sev eral manufacturing shops, a large num ber of stores, millinery shops, etc. It has two good hotels, well managed. Rome is the headquarters of nine iron furnaces, and about as many more are in process of construction. *" Who would not say that Rome is the center of the great iron world ? They are now shipping ore in the crude state to Illinois und Ohio, at from 40 to 50 per cent, less than can be had elsewhere. The country abounds in the richest of ores, minerals and timbers of all kinds. It also has fine water power. Besides all these great advantages it has one of the finest climates in the world. It is truly gratifying to see the inter est being manifested by capitalists from different sections of our country, in developing the resources of these valuable treasures. The people here are both refined and intelligent, and it s -Idoiu has been our fortune to m<e with a more courteous and gen erous people than in Rome. The progress that is seen ranks among the marvels < f the age. As the prosperity of a country depends upon her manufactures, her commerce, her intelligence and Industries, Rome must certainly be productive of great wealth and a prosperous future. We would like much to mention the names of many of the business and lead ing men of the city, but space forbids. W e tind bee keeping has been great ly m-glected. Bees seem to thrive and d<> well in this place, and many are kept, but they are kept poorly. * The hivts are principally the common box or log gum. The j>eop!e are anxious to improve as well as learn the art or system of improved bee keeping, and are commencing in the right way. When people read they will learn, and we may look forward not f;.r distant when we shall see a true system of bee culture established throughout this country, adding millions of dollars to our country annually. The honey gathered here is of a rich quality, approximating near a wine color. There are many kinds of honey producing flowers, yielding large quan tities of honey. A tree called the sour wood we learn yields quantities of honey. In some places poplar white clover, etc. are abundant. Swarming commences in April, but June is the principal month. In our next we shall give a more detailed account of bees in this country. Our friends will please bear in mind that the Cherokee country of Georgia and Alabama is to have an Agricultu ral and Mechanical Fair Association of .Rome, commencing the Sth of Septem ber. Any one having articles to exhibit v ill find it to their interest to send them to the Secretary, or send at once for a circular. Articles are now arriv ing rapidly, and the Association will be one of great interest. Mr. Thomas J. Perry is the Secretary. Making People Drnuk by Contract. A Calcutta correspondent of the Dundee Advertiser thus describes a native publican and his establishment: In the usual native hut, built of bamboo poles, lined with bamboo mats and covered with a thatch of coarse grass, dwells a toddy seller, or the publican of the district. Toddy is drawn from one kind of palm tree. A hole is made in the tree under the branches, an earthenware pot is slung underneath, and in a few hours a gal lon of liquor is collected. As it comes from the tree it is innocuous, but when fermented—a process of rapid devel opment—it becomes intoxicating. It presents the appearance of milk und water with u froth like a soufilee on the top. The toddy-seller undertakes to make people drunk by contract; four annas, or sixpence sterling, is the usual price for a strong-headed per son. To increase the intoxicating power of the toddy, the seller add H the juice of some plants of a delete rious nature. We have frequently watched the process. Seated in front of the hut on a mat,the party to be oper ated on takes the liquid; he very soon presents a hilarious appearance, enjoys for a short time the delights of the excitement, gradually tumbles over, falls asleep, and awakes the most mis erable looking creature imaginable, forcibly reminding us,in the wild glare of the eyes, of the inmates of a luna tic asylum. Drunkenness is the most common cause of insanity in this country. IMPROVEMENTS. During our Sunday Ramble we only saw three new buildings under course of construction: The first one we noticed was at the head of Broad street on the right, adjoining Jas. T. Moore’s dwelling lot, and all we could learn to the contrary it belongs to that gentle man. It consists of some half dozen rooms,and when completed will be an ornament to the upper portion of our city. Coming down the street our attention was next called to a rather imposing new building on our right, set back from Broad a little distance, fronting King street. We did not cross over to examine this one, but suppose from appearances, it contains four or five commodious rooms. From appear ances we judge this will be a decided improvement to that neighborhood. This residence, we learned, was being constructed for Mrs. Meiggs. Passing on down the left sidewalk, ° I we had gone but a square, before we found ourselves admiring the imposing handsome, unfinished building of Col. Stokes, situated at the corner of Broad and Etowah streets. This building has been, so far, and is now being finished, under the personal superintendance of the Colonel himself. It consists of, or about, half dozen rooms on the first, and four larger ones on the second door. When the Col. and his bride oe *upy this building, they will have the gratification of knowing it is one of the finest in the city. The Good Templars of Jasper had a public celebration on the 6th. Bee Keeper’s Convention. ; Rome, G ’., June 14. 1873. Pursuant to a call quite a number oi bee keepers met in convention this morning'at tlio exhibition rooms of the Fair Association. On motion W. D. Davis, of Chat tobga, was called to the Chair, and L. C. Mitchell, of Floyd, requested to act as Secretary. The President called the Convention to order gyid announced the same ready for business. An invitation was then given to all who wished to become members to hand iri their names, and fifty cents to the Secretary. All present accepted the invitation. constitution. Art. 1. This Association shall be known as the Bee Keeper s Association of the Cherokee country of Alabama and Georgia, and shall meet annually. Art. 2. The object of the Associa tion shall be to promote and encour age the interest of bee culture in the South. Art. 3. The officers of the Associa tion shall be a President and one Vice- President. from each county represent ed in Georgia and Alabama, and an Executive Committee, consisting of five members, to be selected from the members near where the annual con vention meets, Corresponding Secreta ry, and Secretary, and Treasurer, whose duties shall be those usually performed by such officers, and shall be elected annually by ballot, and hold their office one year, or until their successors shall be elected. Art. 4. Any person may become a member by paying the sum of fifty cents. Ladies admitted free, with all the privi'e es of male members. Art. 5. All committees shall be elec ted by special resolution. Art. 6. The annual Convention shall be held at such time and place as shall be designated by a majority vote of the members present. Art. 7. A special Convention may be called at any time or place, at the discretion of the Executive Commit tee. Art. 8. This Constitution may be amended at any annual Convention by a two-third vote of the members present. > The Convention then went into the election of officers, which resulted as follows: PRESIDENT. Prof. W. J. Borden, Oxford, Ala. VICE-PRESIDENTS. Hon. W. H. Thornton, Talladega county, Ala.; Hon. W. P. Howell, Cle burne county, Ala.; Edmund Roberts, Esq., Cherokee county, Ala.; Dr. J. M. Worden, Calhoun county, Ala.; Maj. J. D. McCann, Clay county, Ala.; W. D. Davis, Chattooga county, Ga.; Dr. J. W. Reeves, Gordon county, Ga.; Dr. J. H. P. Brown, Richmond county, Ga.; L. C. Mitchell, Floyd county, Ga.; W. H. Hoge, Polk county, Ga.; Dr. Wm. White, Fulton county, Ga.; B. O. Henry, Walker county, Ga.; J. H. Bard, "Whitfield county, Ga. EXECUTIVE COMMITTEE. Hon. J. W. H. Underwood, Rome, Ga.; Hon. A. R. Wright, Rome, Ga.; Col. W. G. Gammon, Rome, Ga.; F. Pence, Rome, Ga.; Capt. J. A. Stans bury, Rome, Ga. CORRESPONDING SECRETARY. CoL James F. Shanklin, Rome, Ga. SECRETARY. Thos. J. Pern-, Rome, Ga. TREASURER. Capt. C. O. Stillwell, Rome, Ga. On motion it was resolved that the first annual Convention of this Asso- , ciation Ixj held at the Fair Grounds of the Agricultural and Mechanical Fair Association of the Cherokee coun try of Georgia and Alabama, on the 9th day of September next, the second day of the Fair, and that the Executive j Committee be requested to make all necessary arrangements for the Con vention, and report topics in reference | to bees, their management and cul ture. for discussion during the said Convention. The President was requested to ad dress a letter to all bee keepers in the Cherokee country of Georgia and Ala bama, setting forth the objects of the Association and inviting their co-op er.ition, and request them to attend the next convention. 1 On motion the President was in- ! stracted to purchase the necessary books for the Association. Resolved. Thai each member, and. especially the A ic> -iTt sid iits be, and i are hereby requested to sec as many bee keepers as they can, and solicit their names and admission fees, and forward the names, and funds to the Secretary. On motion it whs resolved, That wo heartily recommend tile North Ameri can Bee Journal, edited by A. F. Moon, I of Indianapolis, Ind., to all bee keep ’ ers, as a monthly publication worthy the support of ail bee keepers. On motion, all papers favoring prac tical bee culture in. the South are earn estly requested to aid the Association in its infancy by publishing these pro ceedings and calling attention editori ally to them. -No further business the convention 1 adjourned to time and place indicated j above. W. J. Borden, L. C. Mitchell, President. Act’g Sec’y. - —■ -««► Bi The Ex-Empress Engetiix in Her Wid ow’s Weeds. The Empress Eugenie has returned the visit made by queen Victoria to Chiselhurst, and appeared at Windsor in the second garb of widowhood— that of the first having been doffed ac ’ cording to the French law of fashion which regulates these matters. Until this moment her imperial Majesty has conformed to the French usage of wearing no other stuff than that of | woolen fabric, which is the first or i deepest mourning. A heavy tissue i called widow cloth, is Used for the dress. Its lugubrious blackness, black er than any other—without lustre, without gloss—is considered the most expressive of the first depth of sorrow. Not a particle of trimming on the skirt; no exuberance of jet upon the corsage, as beheld in England, even in costumes of the deepest mourning—no collar, gloves of exceedingly ugly make of filzolel, the wearing of which to a per son of elegant habits, must be as great a penance as the sackcloth and ashes of the Jews. A long veil of peculiar ; crape, called tanus, unknown in Eng- I land, covers the black crape cap, and falls over the face in the mourning of the severest etiquette; even the bonnet is dispensed with, and the elegant shawl or fashionable mantle is replaced by the widow’s cloak, than which no more mortifying garment was ever in vented. But the second period of mourning comes in—more indulgent Jo the sorrow which is beginning to ‘ be softened into a more tender melan ; choly. And now the costume, although i deeply mournful and still indicative of the most poignant grief, admits of kid gloves, and flounces to the dress, and crape trimmings to the shawl. The widow’s cloak, the widow's vail are thrown aside, und the mantle of fash ionable shape, always provided it be of crape, is allowed, and the bonnet resumes its duties, still without bugles, but here and there a dull flower of crape may be permitted to appear. It is when the grief has subsided to this second period in the French widow’s bereaved soul that she is allowed to make her first visits. Until then she is never supposed to be seen abroad. The carriage in which she is driven to see her friends is covered with a cer tain kind of crimped black cloth made expressly for the purpose, so that no ' glittering varnish, no plated ornament can be visible. All is dark and full of . sadness. These draped coaches, as [ they are called, are, however, never seen on the public drive any more than the dress of deep mourning is beheld in places of public amusement, so that no one is saddened by contemplation of the grief in which there is no share. It was in the second term oi mourning that her Imperial Majesty appeared at Windsor —a small crape hat, with a . wreath of crape flowers over the fore- ! head, and a large bow, with long float- ' ing ends behind; a shawl of plain black caslimere covered with crape, with a heavy fluted trimming of the same; and a dress and tunic likewise of plain black cashmere with folds of crape, completed her costume. The Empress Eugenie, has grown much stouter since the Emperor’s death. Her counte nance is fuller, and her hair more scant upon the temples. She has lost the harassed and perplexed look she had worn long before the catastrophe I at Sedan, and which had increased j during the latter period of the Empe- | ror’s life at Coiselhurst. The illustri ous ladies remained in private confer- I ence for nearly an hour. What was ! the subject of their talk ? Was it of ' the supposed re-appearance of the Emperor in Paris according to the correspondent of Figaro A\ as it of the terms of his late Majesty’s will ? ■ Both matters would form a tolerable budget of conversation if any were needed. Was it merely the weather ? That much has been a subject prolific enough in itself; for during her Impe rial Majesty’s visit every variety of surprise was manifested, and literally “it haled, it rained, it bl owed, it snow ed,” sometimes by turns and sometimes altogether. The Great Family "DOMESTIC” 1 Sewing Machine, Received tie Highest Premium at the Rome Fair, 1872, : Still Triumphant! THE “LIGHT "SOMESWtTF wrw i I i TRY The Quiet The Willing “DOMESTIC. ” “DOM ESTIC,” I The Reliable The Useful ‘ ‘DOM ESTIC, ’ ’ ‘ ‘DOM ESTIC, ’ ’ The Competent The “Domestic” ‘ ‘DOM ESTIC, ’ ’ ‘ ‘DOMESTIC, ’ ’ The Ready “The Domestic” “DOMESTIC,” NECESSITY. t It is the “Domestic” you want. Do not buy until you try the “DOMESTIC.” THE “DOMESTIC.” i Least difficulty in learning it. Least skill required to use it Least labor to work it Least care to keep it in order Least trouble to change it Least changing required Does fine work equal to any other Does heavier work than others Does heavy work easily Does everything well- I Does nothing ill or grudgingly Gives satisfaction Exceeds expectation Works more easily than others, by half It is much simpler than any other It is quieter than others, Dy half It keeps in working order with ordinary care ; most others do not It does the finest work perfectly It does the heaviest work easily—heavier than others can do at all It gives the best satisfaction everywhere. 75,000 per year arc now being made of the "Domestic,” Sewing Machine, at almost the beginning of the campaign trade. If tbeir business were organized as widely as that of the old companies, 500,000 would be sold per year. Works so easily that it is working its way into families everywhere. Perfect in its operations. Noiseless in its movement. Can’t get out of tune. Will wear a life time. The King of Sewing. Machines, and fit for Queens to work on. Works in all weathers. Ready when wanted Don’t balk with a heavy load, nor run away when going down hill. Not only a nice carriage, fit for a smooth road, but like- Paddy’s wheel-barrow, not afraid of ghosts. Why do Agents for Machines run. down the “Domestic?” It if because it’s the Machine that hurts them. The‘‘Domestic” is the youngest stand ard Machine, only one year and a half old, and it stands as No 4in sales. Two years, from this it will be No 1. A few days Trial Free. Every Machine; "Warranted for Five Years. Can vassers wanted. Branch Office, Domestic Sewing Ma chine Co., Rome,Ga. W. A. Camp, Manager.