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X Pl BUSHED EVERY THURSDAY
' -IT BELLTOK, GA.,
BY JOHN BEATS.
'1 bkms—sl.«) p ( . r annum: 50 emits for
•six months; 25 cents for three months.
Parties , w from Belin n an-requited
IO semi their names, with such nnnunts of
•nonet as they < an spare, from 25, . ♦
church bjuectoky,
Baptist <'hi r< h—R« i ]•; S V Briant.:
I astor. Pnaeb ne every third Satnidio
ami Sunday Pray rimetine Friday night
tn every week. Sunday-school at 9 a m
vvery Sunday.
Mhthohist Cm ecu- It. v I, p Winter.
Pastor. Preaching every fourth Sanwday
;nifl Sunday. Prnyvr inerting <-v< r\ l
nigh? Sumla\-school nt 21 p in cvrrx
Sunday.
I.’fa- E s V Briant’s Appointments—
First Saturday and Sunday in r;u-li month
at Oconee, in J ack m u ror.nty. SecoitJ
Saturday and Sunday at Harmony. Banks
county. Third Saturdax ami Sunday in
Belhon. Fourth Saturday and Sunday al
Honier, Banks county.
UF.v I, p Winter's Appointments—
r irst Saturday and Sunday at Pleasant
Grove. Friday night hetbre first Sjndax
at Longview. Sercnd Sunday nt Mr. Airx.
Third Saturday and Sunday at Hirkorv
Flat. Fourth Saturdax and Sunday at
1 Brlltolu
FRATERNAL RECORD
Belltou Lodge No >4 1 ()(> F inerts first
and fourth Wednesday nights in every
imuith. 1; F Qi ii i.iax, NG
J M Fowler. See
s A < >LIVER. Inside Guardian.
BA NKS (O i XT Y Di li IX "i’TiTnT”
(’OI’N'TY OFFIGEIIS.
T. F. Hill. < hd.nai v.
B. F. Srhi»E i ii. Shcriil.
B. J. Dx ail Clerk Superior Court.
P. A. Waters. Tax f’oilector.
XV. <’. H XI LBinioK. ’fax !;<•< • ver.
<i. 11. Bowhl.x. Surveyor.
W. It. ARFLI.N. Col Ole I,
W. H. Meeks Treasurer.
KEI.HiKK'S.
PnEsr.YTEL!AX C;iri:ni - Bev. G. 11.
Cartledgc. Pasiur, Pr-iihing evrrx 2ml
Sunday at II o'clock a. in.. in month.
METHonisT ('in m h— Hex .1. T. ('intis,
Pastor. Preaching every first Sunday ami
Saturday before, at 11 o'ch ck a. in.. in
each month.
Baptist Ciii rch—Bex. E. S. V. Briant.
Pastor. Preaching excrx fourth Suiul. v
and Saturday before, at 11 o'clock a. m..
in each month.
FUA I'EIINAL L’ECOL’D.
Phi Delta Lodge No. 14* A. F. M.. mer|> I
on the first Fridax < vcidug in each nmnt’i
at 7 o’clock. W. A. W atson, XV. M.
Bonier Lodge No. 82 I. 0.0. F.. meets
on the second ami loin th Wcdn •.■da\
evenings in each month, at 7 o'clock.
H.ji. DYA 11. N. G.
HALL ('()( XTX tlFi'H EILS.
John L Gaines. Sheriff
•I B M Wixin ax. Ordinary
»l J Max ne, Clerk 'upc rior Court
M B SEWELL, Ta X H<-ii\er
Bi: n.i I Lxxx ki xs, Tax < 'ollector
II C Voi ng. Tivasuicr
M P <’ ALDXX M.l. .
, r TTor.i KT Lowely. Coroner
W .1 Bitow.N. School Commissioner
TA BLE~<>F A I,TIT! D F.S?
ON THE All? LINE.
Atlanta 1050 feet
Sibley.... 1040 ••
(r .tod win’s 1033 “
Doraville 1063 “
Norcross 1072 ••
Duluth 11(M>
Suwanee 1027 “
- Buford Il’.’ti
Flowery Branch 1132 4 ‘
Gainesville 1220 “
Lida 1321 •
Bellton... 1:41 “
Mount Airy JJxs ••
Toi’coa 1032 “
NEAII THE Ain LINE.
Ilahlonega 2237 feet
Porter Springs 'imio “
Clarkesville IGoo “
X’oliah Mountain 31i»k “
Trav Mountain 1.">'55 “
B!j. k Moun ’ 1••
Blood Moiinta 4<>7o “
Bahtin Bald Mountain 1718 “
Fnota or Brasstoxx u Mountain.. .47‘.'G “
Tallulah Falls 2-382 “
OTHER POINTS IN GEORGIA.
Savannah "»2 sci t
Augusta 147 “
Fort Gaines..... 103 “
Cohimbus 200 “
Milledgeville 2<4 “
Macon 332 “
Americus 30<i “
Marietta 1132 “
Dalton 773 “
Griltin !’7"> “
Newnan !’B"> “
LaGrange 778 “
West Point 620 “
Brunswick 16 “
<• 11 O< I 1 B 1 < k
ATLANTA AM) CIIAIILOTTE All.’ LINE
RAILROAD.
NO. I—MAIL TRAIN—EASTWARD.
Leave Atlanta 3.30 p m
Arrive at Bellton 6.27 p m
NO. 2—MAIL TRAIN—WESTWARD.
Leave Charlotte 12.10 a m
Arrive at Belhon 8.43 a m
NO. 3—DAV PASSENGER —EASTWARD.
f Leave Atlanta 4.00 a m
Arrive at Bellton 6.50 a m
NO. 4—DAY PASSENGER— XV E TWA RD.
Leave Charlotte 10.42 a m
Arrive at Belltou 7.37 p m
NO. J—LOCAL FREIGHT—’ SI WARD.
Leave Atlanta ... .7.05 a in
Arrive at Belhon 12.:M) p m
N<>. 6—LOCAL FREIGHT t.STXX XRD.
Leave Central 6.50 p ni
Arrive at Belhon 12.:>6 a in
G. J. Foreacre, Ge. .-ral Manager.
W. .1. Houston,
General Passenger mid Ticket Agent.
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X r ohiine 2.
Tin: GOLDE.X SIDE.
i There is many a rest on the road of life.
if we would only stop to take it; j .
Ami many a lone from the better land, ,
It t-he <|Ueinlous heart would wake it.
To the sunny soul that is full of hope.
And whose 1 e intiful trust ne'er faileth, ’
Ihe grass is green and the flowers are 1
bright.
Though the wintry storm prevailcth.
Potter to hope though the clouds hang low ;
And to keep the ey< s still lifted, . ;
!■ or the sweet blue sky will soon peep (
through
M hen the ominous clouds are shifted.
There was never a irght w tliont a day, p
Nor an evening w ithout a morning; j *
Ami the darkest hour, the proverb goes, It
Is the hour before the dawning. •
There is many a gem in the path of life,’ | 1
Which we puss in our idle pleasure, 11
I h;it is richer tar than the Jewelled crow n, ,
Or the miser's hoarded treasure;
II ma) he the love of a little child,
Or a mother's prayer to heaven,
< >r only a beggar's grateful thanks
l or a elip of w ater given.
Better to weave in the well of life
A bright and golden filling.
And to do God's Will with a ready heait .
Ami hands that are swift and willing,
Than to snap the d< licate silver threads
< >f our curious lives asunder;
And then heaven blame lor the tangled
.■mis.
Ami to sit and grieve mid wonder.
TR IASI HAT I’llOl BI.ES.
Most oi ns have had troubles all
our lives, and eaeh dav has brought A
all the evil that we wished to endui'c.
; But it we were asked to recount the
j sorrows of our lives, bow many could
we remember or mention? To-day’s
troubles look large, but a week hence
thev will be forgotten and buried out
of sight.
If you would keep a book, and every 1
day put down the things that worry )
yon, and see what becomes of them, j
il would be of benelit to yon. You
pillow ;i thing to annoy you, just as
you allow a tly to settle on you a.ml
plague on; and you lose temper—or
rather get it, for when men are sur
charged with temper they are said to
| have lost it—and you justify your
selves for being I hrown off your bal
ance by causes which you do not trace
out. But if you could see what it. was
that threw you off your balance before
breakfast, and put it down in a little
book ami follow it mil, and ascertain
i wb:;t becomes of it, you would see !
wlr.it a fool you were in the matter. I
Th<> art of forgetting is a blessed I
arl. but the art of overlooking is I
quite as important. And if we should ;
j take time towrite down the origin, I
progress ami outcome of a few of our :
troubles, it would make ns ashamed
of the fuss we make over I hem, that
we should drop such things and bury
them at once in eternal forgetfulness. I
Life is too short to be worn out in j
petty worries, frettings, hatreds and
vexations. Let. us banish all these,
and think on whatsoever things are
puri., mid lovely, and gentle, and of
good report.
It is an old saying that charity
begins at home; but this is no reason
it shoulifnot go abroad: a man should
live with the world as a citizen of the
world; he may have a preference for j
the particular quarter or square, or
even alley in which he lives; but he.
should have a generous feeling for i
the welfare of the whole.
r 7
Truth is al ways consistent with it
self, and needs nothing to help it out.
It is always near at hand, and sits
upon bur lips ami is ready to drop out
before we are aware ; whereas a lie is
troublesome, and sets a man’s inven
tion upon the rack, and one trick
needs a great many more to make it
good.
If any one speaks or acts with evil >
thoughts, suffering will follow him, as
surely as the wheel follows him who
draws the carriage. As a bee gathers
nectar without injuring the beauty or
the fragrance of the flower, so should
a wise num live in this world.
It is often better to have a great
deal of harm happen one than a lit
. tie—a great deal may arouse you to i
remove what a little would only ac-1
. custom you to endure.
Those who carry heavy burdens 1
cheerfully in this life, in the next ■
. may rest at their ease. Now we go
over the mountains, then we will
I take sweet repose in the valleys.
Remorse is the echo of a lost vitiue.
ri;U TH, ./ Us T ICE, LI II EII T F
BRI.I.'i'OX. HANKS COUNTY. GA.. OCTOBER 111, ISM).
HOR K ERS WAA T E l>.
The Scientific American states that J
“a large shoe manufacturer of this'
Slat)', advertised in Boston and New
York For twenty-live shoe titters to '
work in his taefory, offering full cur- i
rent rates and sternly work. The ad
vertisement brought one application. 1
About the same time a Boston limit
advertised tor a book keeper, and the :
next day’s mail brought three him- ’
dred and forty-seven answers. During
the same month an advertisement for
a clerk in a Detroit paper brought 130
applications the first day and a great
er number of letters and pA’sonal ap
plications the next day. An adver
tisement for a week in the same city,
calling for a good carpenter, brought
only four replies.”
\\ hy is this thus? Is t^jp’system
of (‘ducation a sound one that make's
a people discontented with manual
labor and inspires every person with
a desire and purpose to be something
else than a mechanic? The excellent
journal from which we have quoted
pursues the subject in these woftls: i
It is altogether probabk* (Tutt in :
any considerable city in the land nit
advertisement for bookkeeper or re
tail clerk will brum fifty times as
many replies ns an advertisement for
a fair workman nt any trade. It is
also probable that in any and everv
city the average earnin’gs of clerks are
nowhere near so large as the earnings
of workmen of average skill in the
various trades.
Further, il is fairly certain that,
with equal capacity, induslry and
thrift, the young man who learns any
11 rade will achieve a reasonable com
; petence sooner than the young man
who sticks to clerking; while the
, ehance for materially improving one's
condition are more numerous in the
trades than behind the counter or at
the. desk.
Why is it, then, that the boys all
want to he clerks? Why is it (hat in
telligent parents encourage them in
looking for a chance Io “get into bus
iness,'’ and in looking down on me
chanical employments—a* though
there could be any calling more
wretchedly mechanical than average
clerking? Why is it that teachers al
most invariably train their pupils to
I "look above” mechanical pursuits.
| AVhat the country wants now is
i workmen—intelligent, industrious and
thrifty workmen; men who can do
I skillfully the work that waits for the
j doing—who can invent new means
bind better processes for developing
the crude resources of the bind, and
for converting crude matter into life
sustaining and life-enriching wealth,
i Mere clerk and record keepers are. at.
j a discount. There sire too many of
them. And the professions, so called,
sire almost equally crowded with men
who have nothing to do. There never
was a time, when ability to do some
thing real and practical was worth so
much as now. Yet our young men
swarm sifter clerkships. Why is it?
Those who remember the benefits j
' bestowed by parents are too uratcfnl
to remember their faults. They are
happy who can return to father and
mother the care they received from
! them in infancy; still happier are
| they who can return their smiles and
caresses, and feel for them the same
love they have received. Old age
sometimes becomes second childhood
and why should not filial piety be
come parental love ?
Duty and privilege arc usually so
closely related that you cannot sepa
i rate them without destroying both.
! Like soul stud body, they are identical
iin the living man. Take away the
duty of keeping, and the privilege of
sharing is gone; take away the privi
lege, and the duty is so disabled as to
have no motive power. In nature, in
morals and law. in right, advantage,
and blessing, they are one.
—- »» «
One of the most useless of all things
:is to take a deal of trouble in provi
. ding against dangers that never come,
i How many toil to lay up riches which
, they never enjoy, to provide for exi
gences that never come; sacrificing
i present comfort and enjoyment in
. guarding against the wants of a period
they never live to see.
It is the best proof of the virtues of
a family circle to see a happy fireside.
SEVERE DROI’THS.
An interesting record is that of.|
severe drouths, as far back as the
landing ot the Pilgrims. How many
thousand times are observations made
like the following: ‘Such a cold sea
son” ‘Such a hot season!' 'Sueh drv
' weather!’ ‘Such wet weather!’ 'Siuli
'high winds or calms!’etc., etc. All j
those who think that the dry spell we
had last spring was the longest ever
known, will do well to read the fol
lowing :
In the summer of 1621.24 days in
succession without rain.
In the summer of 1(53(1. 41 days in ;
succession without rain.
In the summer of 1657,75 days in '
succession without rain.
In the summer of 1662, 80 days m '
■ succession without rain.
In the summer of 1674. 45 days in
succession without rain.
In the summer of 16S0, 81 days in I
suevession wit hunt rain.
In the summer of 1604,62 days in
succession without rain.
| In the summer of 1705,40 days in
succession without rain.
In the summur of t 1715, 45 days in
succession without rain.
In the summer of 1728.61 days in
succession without rain.
In the summer of 173(1,02 days in
succession without rain.
lirthe summer of 1741,72 days in
succession without rain.
In the. summer of 1740, 10S days in
succession without, rain.
In the summer of 1755,42 days in
succession without rain.
In the summer of 1762, 123 days in
succession without rain.
In the summer of 1773, SO days in
succession without rain.
Ip the summer of 1701, 82 days in
suej/ession without rain.
In the summer of 1802,23 days in
siiefetifisitm without rain.
In the summer of 1812, 28 days in
succession without rain.
In the summer of 1856, 24 days in
succession without rain.
In the summer of |571,42 days in
succession without rain.
In the summer of 1875, 26 days in
succession without rain.
In the summer of 1867,27 days in
succession without rain.
It will be seen that the longest
drouth that ever occurred in America
was in the summer of 1762. No rain
fell from the first of May to the first
of September, making one hundred
and twenty-three days without rain.
Many of the inhabitants sent to Eng
land for hay and grain.
ITotv it is Done. —As the, minister
was ascending the pulpit steps one of
the ciders button-holed him to whis
per an additional caution. ‘The liquor
dealer has just come into the. church,
and he gives us a lift sometimes. I
wish you would be particular not to
allude to the whisky business or tem
perance question.’ The young minis
ter, getting frightened to see the
motal ground thus steadily narrowed
before him, inquired: ‘Of whom or
what shall I preach against then?’
The elder’s reply came like an air of
triumph: ‘Preach against the Mor
mons; they haven’t got a friend in
town.’
Petting an Egg tn a Bottle.—
To accomplish this seemingly incredi
ble act requires the following prepa
ration: You must take an egg and
soak it in vinegar, and in process of
time its shell will become quite soft,
so that it may be extended length
wise without breaking; then insert it
into the neck of a small bottle, and
on pouring cold water upon it, it will
assume its former figure and hardness.
This is really a curiosity, and bailies
those who are not in the secret to find
out how it is accomplished.
A silent man is easily reputed wise.
The unknown is always wonderful. A
man who suffers none to see him in
the common jostle and undress of life
easily gathers around him a mysteri
ous veil of unknown sanctity, and
men honor him. for a saint.
«——
Never yet did there exist a full
faith in the Divine Word which did
not expand the intellect while it puri
fied the heart; which did not multiply
the aims and objects of the under
standing. while it fixed and simplified
those of the desires and feelings.
ESSAY ON THE PIG.
Pigs are very useful animals. When
they are alive they are a great help !
to farmers by showing them where I
the fences need repairing; and when ;
they are dead the bladders are nice to i
blow up. A pig is about the size of a. i
• log, but his lur is coarser (han a dog’s. |
But a pig is more of a hog than a (log !
■ is. for he will gulp down enough swill >
for him to swim’in. Little pigs, when |
they re just hatched, are verv cun
ning. They have little tails that curl ■
so light over their hacks they some
times lift them off their hind feet. I
i When they get older they get pig-I
■ headed. They want to have their
; own way about everything, and vou
j can't drive them worth a cent. The
i only sure way to drive a big pig is to
j go ahead of him with an ear of corn.
: Pigs don't back like dogs do, nor you
lean I set them after bad boys; but.
they're belter for sausages than dogs.
But pigs are awful to squeal. Mv
I nch* .John says you can make a
swinett that will beat a. piano by tak
ing pigs ot different sizi’simd fastening
their tails through holes so you can
pul! (hem. I never heard a swinett
played, but they must be nice. I’iws
don't live as long as dogs, because
their windpipes arc apt to be affected
when thev grow up. Wlien thev are
dead we eat 'em all except the tail and
bristles and things, and that is all I
know about pigs.—Chicago Ledger.
A man named Josh was brought
before a country squire for stealing a
hog, and three witnesses being dull
examined, swore they saw him steal
it. A wag having volunteered as the
counsel for Josh, knowing the scope
of the squire’s brain, arose and ad
dressed him as follows:
“May it please your honor, I can
establish this man’s honesty beyond
the, shado.w of a. doubt, t’<>v 1 leave
twelve witnesses who are readv to
swear that they did not see him steal
it.”
The squire rested his head for a few
moments as if in deep thought, and
with great dignity arose, and brush
ing back his hair, said :
“If there are twelve who did not
see him steal it. and only three who
did. I discharge the prisoner.”
Spruce gum iz the blood of a tree,
biled down to a chewable consistency.
Everybody chews gum in the State
of Maine, including the governor, and
biz wife, aiid while a horse-jockey,
doun in Konnektikut couldn’t trade a
horse without getting badly cheated,
if he didn’t hav a pine shingle to whit
tle, up in Maine, if yu can manage to
■ steal hizgnm. yn kan klean a jockey
right out ov hiz horse. I hav tended
evening meetings up in Maine, and
everybody was chewing gum except
the minister, and he seemed to be in
a great burry to git thru, so that he
could chew sum. Chewing gum beats
chewing tobacco, it hosts less, and
lasts longer, and when yu git tired
chewing, yu kan pass yure gum to
yure nabor, and let him chew, yu kitXi’t
do this with tobacco.—[Josh Billings.
An old fellow, living on the west
side, who is a flirt, and who has a son
just entering juvenile society, made a
terrible mistake the other night. A
note was laid at his plate which said:
“Miss , No. street, requests
your company Tuesday evening.” He
combed his bald head and went there.
• A little girl ushered him into the
parlor. “Is Miss in ?” asked he.
. “Yes; that is my name,” said the
young girl. “Isn’t Johnny coming to
night?” Johnny was his son. It all
occurred to the old man in a moment.
He thought Miss was an older
sister. He wiped his bald head, took
Ihis hat and said: “No; Johnny has
the cholera infantum. Just called to
tell you he couldn’t be here.”
A tutor of a college, lecturing a
young man on the irregularities of
b his conduct, added with great pathos :
"The report of your vices will bring
I your father’s gray hairs with sorrow
to the grave.” “I beg your pardon,
sir,” replied the pupil, “my father
! wears a wig.” The tutor fainted.
1 A subscriber to a southwestern
- newspaper died recently, leaving four
’ years’ subscription unpaid. The edit-
- or appeared at the grave and deposit
-1 ed in the coffin a palm-leaf fan, a lin
en coat and a thermometer.
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Number 45.
TIIOEGIITFItL THOUGHTS. I
Wise men never make prophee'es. i
There is no grief like the grief which' j
docs not speak.
We talk little, if we do not talk
about ourselves.
Impatience dries the blood sooner!
than age or sorrow. I
Love, faith, patience the three*
essentials to a happy life.
We arc as liable to be corrupted by
books as by companions.
There is no face so. pleasant to be
hold as the face that love us.
Let us search ourselves in the first
place, and afterwards the world.
Never rest in first impressions, but
still inquire and seek new views.
If you propose to serve God at all,
have the manliness to begin now.
Prosperity seems to be scarcely
safe unless it is mixed with a little
adversity.
To be really and truly independent
is to support ourselves by our own
exertions.
Success hits a great tendency to con
ceal and throw a veil over the deeds
of men.
After all the joy of success does not
equal that which attends the patient
working.
No indulgence of passion destroys
the spiritual nature so much as re
spectable selfishness.
Au able man shows his spirit by
gentle words and resolute actions; he
is neither hot nor timid.
If you wish to keep your enemies
rom knowing any harm of you, don’t
let your, know any.
In the treatment of nervous cases,
he is the best physician who is the
most ingenious inspirer of hope.
If a man has transgressed one law,
and speaks liesand scofls at another
world, there is no evil he will.not do.
Measure Christianity by its teach
ings, and not the short-sighted,Selfish
practices of a few unworthy followers.
Bash words are scarcely mrt-e dan
gerous, and are. generally much less
unwholesome than capricious silence.
Domestic rule, is founjled upon truth
I and love. If it lias not! both of these
it is nothing better thai a despotism.
The same earth produces health
bearing and deadly plants—and oft
times the rose grows nearest to the
nettle.
It is from our hearts and not from
an outward source, that wc draw the
line which covers the web of our
existence.
The (ruths that we least wish to
hear tire those which it is most to our
advantage to know.
Time borders upon eternity. It
requires but an instant to make the
passage from one to the other.
A man who cannot command his
temper, his attentibn and counten
ance, should not think of being a man
of business.
Dissipation is a stvift and sure de
stroyer, anti every ySlmg man who
follows it is as the early flower ex
posed to untimely frosts.
St. Bernard puts it well when he
says: “Humility is, of all graces, the
chiefest when it doesn’t know itself
to be a grace at all.
Believe, and if thy faith be right,
that insight which gradually trans
mutes faith into knowledge will be
the reward of thy belief.
The infliction of an undressed pun
ishment is not more distressing than
to escape the pain and bear the rancor
of conscious guilt.
All deception in the course of life
is indeed nothing else than a lie re
duced to practice and falsehoods pass
ing from words into things.
He who thinks no man above him
hut for his virtue, none, below him
but for his vice, can never be obse
quious or assuming in the wrong
place: but will frequently emulate
men in stations below him, and pity
those nominally over his head.