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<>i't li Georo-ijiu. 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. NORTH" GE(M?G Tak PUBLISHED EVERY THUItSDAY, Is the paper for North Georgian*, became it is emphatically a People’s Paper, <l<- voted to the interests and wants of the i people of this section. 1 It will labor to develop our vast ie l sources; to educate our people, and to \ attract immigration. (The Paper is intended as a local organ tfbr the masses of North Georgia. It will strive to reflect the sentiments ot file people, and its columns will be open to those who desire to discuss the issues of the day in a decorous spirit. Short items of new s from our subscribers and friends will be thankfully received. ■— 'i The North Georgian. 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. PUBLISHJ.JB PVEHY THUIISDAY, AT BELLTON, GA. RATES Os SUBSCHIPirajr. One year (52 number'd 51.00; six months <2i> numbers) 5o cents; three months (13 numbers) 25 cents. < 'ttice in i In- Smith liuil<f/ig, east of the depot. 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.