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Georgiau. ■fVBLISBED EVERY THURSDAY K W BELLTON. GA., ~W" JOHN BLATS. Terms—sl.oo p Pr annum; 50 cents for Bix months; 2T»c*nts for three months. Parties away from Tallinn nr6 requested to send tht ir names, with such amounts of Wn•, from 25c. to si. ciH’Rcn directory. Baptist E S V Briant. 1 "? , 2 r ‘ Fnarllin K every third Saturday and Sunday. Prayer meeting Friday night in every wd<. Sundav-schonl at’ 9 a ni every Sunday. Methodist Uhi Xch—RevH’ Winter. I astor. Preaching ewrv fourth Saturday an<i,Siinday. Prayer nwetiug every Thurs 'liy night. Kunday-sehool at 2J n m every Sunday. . . RkV E S V BbiANT’S Am-OIXTWEXTS— First Saturday and Sunday in each month at Oconee, in Jackson county. Second Saturday and Sunday at Harmony, Buhks county. Third Saturday and Sunday in Bellton. Fourth Saturday and Sunday at Homer, Banka comity . Rev L P Wmrrctt’s ArrotNniwrs— First Saturday aud Sunday at P4.at.-nnt Grove. Friday night he>ore first Sunday nt Longview. Jh’cond Sunday at Mt. Airv. Third Saturday and Sunday at Hickory Flat. Fourth Saturday and Sunday at Jfcilton. FRATFIIVAT. RECORD Bellton Lodge No 84 I O O F meets first and fourth Wednesday nights in every month. R F QiilllAS, N G ‘ J M Fowler. gee S A Oliver. Inside Guardian. BANKS COUNTY DIRECTORY. COUNTY OFFICERS. T. F. Hill, Ordinary. B. F. SvnnETH. Sheriff. R. .1. Dvar. Clerk SuiM-rior Court. P. A. Wateks, Tax Collector. W.C. Haulmkogk, Tax Receiver. G. R. Bowden. Surveyor. W. R. Anri.tx, Coroner. AV. 11. MmekA. Trimtiirer. in?LiGt«»rs. PnesIIVTEBIAN CirtUCH Rev. G. H. Cartledge, IWeach&ig every 2nd Sunday at 11 p’cmfli X. in., Wi each month. Methodist Cm in n—Rev. J. T. Curtis, Pastor. Preaching every first Sunday and Saturday before, nr 11 o'clock a. hl., in each month. Baptist Chi fu n—Rev. E. S. V. Briant. Pastor. Prenrhilig every fourth B*kdav and Saturday before, at 11 o'clock a. in., in each month. . FRATERNAL RECORD. Phi Delta Lodgt* Nd. 14* A. F M.. meets on the first Friday evening in each month at I o’clock. AV. A. AVathox, W. M. Homer Lodge No. S 2 J. (I. (I. F.. meets on the second anil fourth Wednesday evenings in each month, at 7 o'clock. 11. .1. lIYAR. N. G. HALL COUNTY OFFICERS? John L Gaines. Mieiitl' J B M Wtxm ttN. Ordinary J J Mayne. Clerk Superior Court M B Newell, Tax Receiver Bf.n.i Hawkins. Tax Collector It C Young, Treasurer M P Caldwell, Siirvcvor Wmif¥ I Wtwrwr.tn>r - W .t Brown, School Commissioner TA 11LE <>F A LTIfIIHIKS? ON THE Alft LINE. Atlanta 1050 feet Sibley 1040 “ Woodwin’s 1035 “ Doraville 1065 “ Norcross 1072 “ Duluth 1106 “ Suwanee 1027 “ Itirford 111'6 “ Flowery Branch 1132 “ Gainesville 1'226 “ Lula 1324 “ Bellton 1341 “ Mount Airy 1588 “ Toccoa 1032 “ NEAR THE AIK LINE. Dahlonega 2237 feet Porter Springs 3000 “ Clarkesville IG4MI “ Yonah Mountain 3168 “ Trav Mountain 4535 “ Black Mountain 4481 “ Blood Mountain 4670 “ Rabun Bald Mountain 4718 “ Enota or Brasstown Mountain.. .47116 “ Tallulah Falls 2382 “ OTHER POINTS IN GEORGIA. Savannah 32 feet Augusta 147 “ Fort Gaines 1(2! “ Columbus 200 “ Milledgeville 264 “ Macon 332 “ Americus 360 “ Marietta 1132 “ Da1t0n....5' 773 “ Griftin 075 “ Newnan 985 “ LaGrange 778 “ West Point.... 620 p Brunswick 16 “ <• ]l «' <1 II I O ATLANTA AND CHARLOTTE AIR LINE RAILROAD. NO. I—MAIL TRAIN —EASTWARD. Leave Atlanta 3.30 p m Arrive at Bellton 6.27 pm NO. 2—MAIL TRAIN—WESTWARD. Leave Charlotte 12.10 a in Arrive at Bellton 8.45 a in NO. 3—DAV PASSENGER—EASTWARD. Leave Atlanta 4.00 a in Arrive at Bcllton 6250 a m NO. 4- DAY PASSENGER—WESTWARD. Leave Charlotte 10.42 am Arrive at Bellton 7.37 p m NO. S—LOCAL FREIGHT—EASTWARD. Leave Atlanta 7.05 a m Arrive at Bellton 12.30 p m NO. 6—LOCAL FREIGHT—WESTWARD. Leave Central 6.50 p tn Arrive at Bellton .12.36 a m G. J. Forkacre, General Manager. W. J. Hocston, General Passenger and Ticket Agent. NORTHEASTERN RAILROAD. DAILY, EXCEPT BUNDAYS. Leave Athens 6 00 a m Center 6 30a in Nicholson 6 48 a m Harmony Grove 7 20 a tn Maysville 7 46 a ni Gillsville 8 05 a in Arrive at Lula 8.30 a in Leave Lula 9210 am Gillsville 10 17 a m Maysville 10 39 a m Harmony Grove 11 08 a m I Nicholson 11 33 a m , < 'enter 11 48 a m ' Arrive at Athens 12.15 p m Trains will wait one liour at Lula for delayed passenger trains on the Air-Line Railroad, when by so doing a connection will be saved. J. M Edwakdh. Supt, The North Georgian. Volume 2. THE HONEST FARMER. Happy I count the Aimer's life, Its various round of wholesome toil; An honest man with loving wife. An offspring native to the soil. | Thrice happy, surely! in his breast Plain wisdom and the trust in God: His path more straight from east to west Than politician ever trod. His gain's no loss to other men; His stalwart blows indict no wound ; Not busy with bis tongue or pen, He questions truthful sky and ground. Partner with the seasons and the sun, i Nature's co-worker: all his skill Obedience, even as waters run, M imls blow. herb, beast tlmir laws fulfill. A vigorous youthhood, clean and hold ; A manly manhood; cheerful age; His comely children proudly hold Their piwmitage best heritage. Unhealthy work, false mirth, chicane. Guilt—needless woe and useless strife— O, cities vain, insane, insane! How happy is the farmer’s life’ ' ■ ' Wanted—A wife who can handle a broom To brut»h down the cohweba and sweep up her room ; t’an make <lecent bread that a fellow can eat, Not the horrible compound every where meet; Who kimXvs how to boil, to fry and to roast. Make a good cup of tea and a platter of toast; A woman that washes, cooks, irons ami stitches. And sews up the rips in a fellow’s old clothes. Ami makes her own garments—an item, too, which is So horr.il expensive, as every one knows: A common-sense creature, and still with a mind To teach and to guidi—exalted, refined— j A sort of an angel and house-maid com bined. HMH, FRIENDS. Nothing hurts a man, nothing hurts a party so terribly as fool friends. A fool friend is the sewer of bad news, <>f slander and sill base and un pleasant things. A fool friend knows every mean thing that has been said against you and against the party. He always knows where your party lis losing, and the other is making ! large gains. He always tells you of the good ! luck your enemy has had. He believes every story against you, and kindly suspects your defense. 2V fool friend is always full of a stupid kind of candor. He is so candid that lie always be lieves the statements of an enemy. He, does not suspect any thing on your side. Nothing pleases him like being shocked by some horrible news con cerning some good man. He never denies a lie, unless it is in yntir favor. He is always finding fault with his party and is continually begging par don for not belonging to the other side. He is frightfully anxious that all his candidates should stand well with the opposition. He is forever seeing the faults of his party and the virtues of the other. He generally shows his candor by scratching the ticket. He always searches every nook and corner of his conscience to find a rea son for deserting a friend or a princi ple. In the, moment of victory he is magnanimously on your side. In de feat he consoles you by repeating prophecies made after the event. The fool friend regards your repu tation as common property, and as common prey for all the vultures, hyenas and jackals. He takes a sad pleasure in your misfortunes. He forgets his principles to gratify your enemies. He forgives your maligner and slanderer with all his heart. He is so friendly that you cannot kick him. He generally talks for you but al ways bets the other way. In youth grief comes with a rush and overflow; but it dries up. too, like the torrent. In the winter of life it remains a miserable pool, re sisting all evaporation. Your faith in God must be a reason able faith, and must lie based upon experience, and one that has proved itself to be well founded. TRUTH, justice, liberty. BELLTON, BANKS COUNTY, GA., SEPTEMBER 11, 1879. the TURN OF LIFE. Between the ages of forty-five and sixty a man who has properly regu lated himself, may be considered in the prime of life, ills natural strength of constitution render him almost im pervious- 1© an attack of disease, and experience has given soundness to his judgment. His mind is resolute, (inn and equal; all his functions are in the highest order; he assumes mastery over his business ; builds up a compe tence on the foundation he has laid in early manhood, and passes through a period of life attended by many grati fications. Hayuig gone over a year or two past sixty, he arrives at a standstill. But athwart this is the viaduct called the turn of life, which, if crossed in safety, leads to the valley of ‘old age,” round which the river winds and then beyond, without boat or causeway to efleet his passage. The bridge is, however, constructed of fragile material, and it depends how it is trodden whether it bend or break. Gout and apoplexy are also in the vicinity to waylay the travel ler, and thrust him from the pass; but let him gird up his loins and pro vide himself with a titter staff, anil he may trudge on in safety and with per fect composure. To quit metaphor, '“The turn of life” is a turn either into a prolonged walk or into the grave. The system and powers hav ing reached the utmost expansion iioiv begin either to close like a flower at sunset, or break down at once. One injudicious stimulant, a single fatal excitement, may force it beyond its strength, whilst a careful supply of props and the withdrawal of all that tends to force a plant will sustain it in beauty and vigor until night has entirely set in. — RELIGION AND HONESTY, Is it not time to preach anew the. of honesty ? First, t<> do justly, as if honesty was the foundation stone ; then to love mercy, and then to walk humbly. There is too much one-side religion. We know examples of zeal and un tiring energy, in Christian work, in men who so neglected their own affairs, that they are always under a load of debt, and give honest unbe lievers a very poor opinion of a Chris tian man’s business habits. Such things ought not to be so. We know people who are called lights and shining lights, who not only pro fess and call themselves Christians, but do a great deal of real work, who are utterly unmindful of pecuniary obligations, who ‘fail’ when they can pay no longer, and yet learn nothing of the value of money, and arc just as devout as if they were not dishonest. They are ‘unfortunate,’ true, but fortune implies chance, and there is no chance in living within one’s in come and paying one’s debts. Think of a published ‘Memoir’ of a so-called Christian who, in our opinion, cheated trades-people and defrauded creditors, while he lived better than they ami bated no jot of his expenses, or chari ties. No wonder that many honest men are not believers. They attend to their own affairs and are not always failing. We want a great many things in these days—more faith, more love, more self-denial, more Christian zeal; but for symmetry of character we want more down-right honesty in men and women. To do justly, love mercy, and walk humbly with our God—God help us. It has been remarked that almost every character which excited either attention or pity, has owed part of its success to merit, and part to a happy concurrence of circumstances in its favor. Had Ctesar or Cromwell ex changed countries the one might have been a sergeant and the other an ex ciseman. Truth is always consistent with itself, and needs nothing to help it out. It is always near at hand, and sits upon our lips and is ready to drop out before we are aware ; whereas a | lie is troublesome, and sets a man’s invention upon the rack, and one trick needs a great many more to I make it good. Kindness, sweetness, good will, a prevailing desire and determination I to make others happy, make the body a temple of the Holy Ghost. THE LAZY MkN. A iazy man is always good natnred. He never flies into a passion. He migfet crawl into one, if that were possible, but the idea of flyihg into one Is preposterous. Who ever heard of Jazy man breaking iuto a bank where had to be used, or drilling into a safe? Not but that he might covet his neigh bor's goods contained therein, but the horror of handling a crowbar and drills would always deter him from actually committing robbery. He never runs away with his neighbor’s wife, simply on account of the horror lie has for running. If he is ever known to run, it is to run to seed. He ftirely lies about his neighbors, for It would be too much exertion; i but he will lip about a bar room all day. He is of estimable service to bil liard saloons keeping the chairs warm and Watching the game for few would care to play if there were no specta- I tors. The fact that he does this with out pAy. day in and day out, shows the remarkable unselfishness of his nature. Hje lazy man never gets up revolu tion*, insurrections or any other pop nlar Excitements, and don’t make a ' nuisance of himself by tramping around the country, making incendia ry speeches to promote public dtsetHt tent. lu’s own neighborhood he is never a busybody in other people’s affairs, for tlie very idea of being a busybody or anything would drive him out of his head. No lazy man ever ran mad. If he I goes crazy it is because he can’t go anywhere else without walking. Lijgy men don’t disturb the quiet of peaceful neighbors, by putting up fac tories, fttniiu'es and other abomina tions. * A SAD STnRV. A jolly medical student in Berlin, who had finished his studies and was about to begin practice, invited his friends to a banquet, and got very drunk with them. After the carousal he stumbled home in uproarious ex , citement, and when he got to his I lodging he threw up his window and leaned out, in order to breathe the cold air. After a short time he was struck with a violent pricking and smarting in the eyes. He closed the window and went to bed. When he awoke the next morning he found the room in darkness and concluded that it must still be night. He tried in vain to fall asleep again. After awhile his landlady knocked at his door and asked if he was ill, as he was lying late in bed. “What do you mean?” asked he. “I shall get np as soon as it is light.” “Sir,” exclaimed the woman, “it has been clear daylight these two hours.” “Oh !” cried he, with a mighty oath, “is it possible that I became blind last night?” His surmise was true. He had lost the power of vision while trying to chill himself into soberness at the open window. This frightful discov ery so wrought upon the young doc tor that he fell into a violent fever, which carried him oft’ the following week. How to Kill a Church.—Don’t pay your pastor’s salary. This is an all important direction. Be sure to follow it closely. Although you sol emnly promise to pay him a certain amount and at stated times, no mat ter; don’t pay, or only what you feel like paying, and when it’s perfectly convenient. Don’t obey the Lord when he says “The laborer is worthy of his hire.” By and by you will have the satisfaction of seeing your church “going down.” A young prince, whose mind had learned in some degree to value re ligious truth, asked his tutor to give him suitable instruction, that he might, be prepared for death. “Plenty of 1 time for that when you are older,” : was the reply. “No,” said the prince— ; “I have been to the churchyard and ! measured the graves, and there are many shorter than I am.” As riches and favor forsake a man, we discover him to be a fool; but no body could find it out in his prosperity. CIRCULATION OF MATTER. Notwithstanding the constant re turn of plant and animal matter to the parent earth, all the mineral does not remain where they are de posited. Rains and rivers daily re move from the soil a portion of the materials which are, so essential to the perpetuation of animal and veget able forms, and transport them to the sea. Thus the natural store of min j era! food becomes daily smaller, and . the land in consequence less fitted for the growth of plants. But for this con tingency also there is a provision The solid rocks which form the crust of the earth contain all these essen tial forms of inorganic matter in minute proportion. As these rocks crumble and mingle, with the soil, they yield constant small supplies of each ingredient of phosphoric acid, lime, magnesia, etc. These springs, which trickle through the rocks from above or from beneath, dissolve and difilise wherever they go. Thus, in a great many localities, a moderate supply is day by day brought to the surface to replace that which.by natural causes, is constantly removed. And the great seas help in this work of restoration. They heave their lofty waves into the air,and break in foam, that the rough wind may take up and bear back again to the land a portion iof the salty spoils with which the j rivers are ever enriching them. And 1 then, lest these small, daily restora i tions should not succeed in pcrpetiial- I ly maintaining the necessary richness ■of the soil in mineral plain food. I periods of convulsions came at lust to their aid. Great physical revolutions i from time to time intervene. Now all at once, and now by slow desirees. the bottom of the sea becomes dry. Land and water change phices, as they have often done during the geological history of the globe; and after each change now rives of plants forthwith begin to take up what the rivers and rains had carried down into former sea beds. The same mineral matter begins to play over again the same part as before’ in the constant succession of animal and vegetable life. In this we see another long cycle, through which certain ingre dients of the solid earth are ever slowly moving. > -• THE EARTH. Aristotle, who lived in the fourth century B. c., and studied nature with great earnestness and assiduity, held many views concerning the earth that were very reasonable for his time. Yet, in the absence of facts, nothing was left for him but to rely upon logic. He had certain ideas of what is natural and what is perfect, and from these he reasoned as to what must be and therefore what is. To the question whether the earth turns or the heavens turn, he replies that the earth is evidently in repose, not only because we see it to be so, but because it is a necessity that it should be, that is, because repose is natural to the earth. If it be asked why the stars must move around the earth, he replies, it is natural that they should, because a circle is the most perfect line, because it has no ends, and it must be therefore described by the perfect stars. That the earth is the centre of the universe and is at rest, is furthermore proved by Aristotle from the theological considerations— thus, everything which performs any act has been made for the purpose of that act. Now, the work of God is immortality, from which it follows that all that is divine must have an eternal motion. The heavens have a divine quality, and for this reason they have a spherical shape and move eternally in a circle. Now, when a body has a circular motion, one part of it must remain at rest in the centre; the earth is in the centre, and’ therefore motionless Popular Science Monthly. There is nothing that so refines, polishes and ennobles face and mien as the constant presence of good thoughts. Be liberal in thought and generous in act. You cannot be too indulgent to honest opinion or too open handed to poverty and suffering. National progress is the snm of in dividual industry, energy and upright ness, as national decay is of individual idleness, selfishness and vice. jNoi’tli PUBLISHED EVERY THURSDAY, AT BELLTON, GA. RATES OF SUBSCRIPTION. One year (52 numbers) 81.00; six mouths (26 numbers) 50 cents; three months (13 numbers) 25 cents. Office in the Smith building, east of the depot. Number 40. THOUGHTFUL THOUGHTS. Appointments once made become debts. Passion is the drunkenness of the mind. Happiness is no other than sound ness and perfection of mind. Those who know the least of others think the highest of themselves. Reputation is based upon deeds. How then can the idle man become famous ? Mankind worship success, but think too little of the means by which it- is attained. Os earthly music, that which reaches the farthest into heaven is the beating of a loving heart. Don’t go to law. If you feel that way, go sit on a bramble bush, or crawl through a sewer. Base natures ever judge a thing above them and hate a power they are too much obliged to. The gospel was not proclaimed to give you a creed, but to render possi ble to you a devout life. He who is the slave of his own pas sions, is worse govorned than Athens was by her thirty tyrants. There is no man so friendless, but that he can find friends sincere enough to tell him disagreeable truths. We could not endure solitude were it not for the powerful companionship of hope, or of some unseen one. The easiest and best way to expand the chest, is to have a large heart in it. It saves the cost of gymnastics. The worst fools are those who once had wisdom. Not to possess what is good is a nrisfortune—to throw it iway is folly. It is vain to hope to please all alike. Let a man stand in what direction he will, he must necessarily turn his back on one-half the world. Whenever wc have to establish new relations with any one, let ns make an ample provision of pardon, or indul gence and of kindness. One of the best rules in conversa tion is, never to say a thing which any of the company can reasonably wish we had left unsaid. Satiety comes of too frequent repeti tion, and be who will never give him self leisure to be thirsty can never find the true pleasure of drinking. We should learn, by reflection on the misfortunes which have attended . others, that there is nothing singular in those which befall ourselves. Is it just to forget all the kindness done us by those with whom wc live for a little pain, which after all, may have been given unintentionally? There are a few things in life more interesting than an unrestricted inter change of ideas with a congenial spirit, and there are few things more rare. There cannot live a more unhappy creature than an ill-natured old man, who is neither capable of receiving pleasures nor sensible of doing them to others. To the disgrace of men, it is seen that there are women both more wise to judge, what evil is expected, and more constant to bear it when it has happened. The young, obscure years ought to be incessantly employed in gaining knowledge of things worth knowing, and the obscurer such years are, it is apt to be better. Prosperity shines on different per sons much in the same way that the sun shines on different objects. Some it hardens like mud, while others it softens like wax. Profanity never did any man the least good. No man is richer, or hap pier, or wiser for it. It commends no one to society; it is disgusting to the refined and abominable to the good. Words are little things, but they strike hard. We utter them so easily, that we are apt to forget their hidden power. Fitly spoken, they fall like the sunshine, the dew and fertilizing rain, but when unfitly, like the the hail and devastating tempeM.