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BY JOHN BLATS.
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THE a FERAiiE I’OUNG MAN.
BY ROBERT F. DOTY.
He is 21 at 16, and if he cannot call
his mother a liar and show profound in
dignation to his father at this age he is
counted a ventable failure in the face of
the returns, and is accordingly disowned
by those who call themselves the noble
«nd high-jminded; but if they would
only put it ignoble and showy it would
•signify much more.
The average yonng man of to-day does
actually do Wonders that would amaze
an Indian juggler, or turn mad the
diminutive Lilliputs. Thia animal that
we are sketching has not cut his wisdom
teeth, for wherever he goes he is con
tinually propounding a lot of questions
and spouting a whole string of slang
phrases to fit in here and there, and in
this he rejoices that he is monarch and
prince of vulgarists.
Be he ever so poor, there is nfever a
lack of bombast and self-conceit, coupled
with egotistical disregard for his supe
riors. This disgusting character thinks
his knowledge infinite, and that he is
uncommonly sharp.. But sound him to
the heart, and he would compare favor
ably with the Chinese rat-eaters, or even
below. Then, they always imagine
themselves as possessing more natural
sound sense than their parents ever had
or ever will have. v
Good old Mr. Jr.jes must not know
more than youfijj, twaddling, blow
breath Jack Brghtsop, who tries to
■ laugh at even a ihediocre knowledge,
while he does not know a Bason word
from one in the obsolete or dead lan
guages, or know even one prominent ora
tor, novelist or poet in the world. Still
this character is always seen in society.
He has an affectation peculiarly notice- ’
able, tries to be majestic, to tell jokes
on his uncle, and he is most apt to libel
some one because of success, while he |
has made a complete failure.
Weigh this fellow the very next time
you see him, and from the tenor of his j
talk you will plainly See that this petty I
grudge has come of the successes of oth
ers. He is envious ! He does not wish
to see or hear of others’ successes. This
is one characteristic that he can no more
do without than a sensible man can of
the five senses. There always seems to I
be a great stock of newsiness about him,
for he is most apt to inquire of all the
little private transactions of other peo
ple, and, ere anything has been done,
this self same young lunatic from the
haunts of egoiism and proffered wisdom
knows more about it than those who
have been eye-witnesses.
You can tell this busybody by the
twinkle of his eye. Davy Squash will
wink at Jim Axletree, and Jim Axletree
will follow that poisonous vegetable, and
it will be
An a gabbling goose
Or a mad dog let looac.
Then will follow an exhaustive rendi
tion and complete resume of the horrible
history of Miss Fairface, or something
concerning his would-be father-in-law
thwarting a rival of his. Thus this most
despicable character of society goes on ;
he. never tries to improve on his natural
born traits.
These traits are a divinity to him—all
combined into a oneness ; and for him to
relinquish them would be for him to
dwindle away and die ! Tliis ?s the
character who 4s responsible for all the
damnation of his particular genera. He
it is that has no high and exalted opin
ions of an intellectual life, but ten to
one he has become an imbecile on some
particular subject—religious or political.
This will most probably strike the
chord in the hearts of many older persons
—those who try to be shining lights in
the world ; but to the active and living
youth who is growing up, and will in a
short time certainly be a representative
man in framing and shaping the course
of a Government, we beg leave to warn
them of the course pursued by many.
But, alas ! The comparisons are very
vast between the low and the noble.
Here, in free America, where schools are
everywhere, we see our youths idling
away their time, probably on the hunt,
at a deal, or in some midnight bacchan
alian revelry. Good books are plenty
and cheap—why not, young man, young
woman, be employed at the useful avo
cation of reading ? But, no ! the aver
age young man does not wish to listen
to the advice of those who have profited
so nobly. He don’t want an education,
and he would hardly receive one if you
were to send him to school and pay his
expenses. He would much rather be
f pending his time in ball-room exer
cises, or at some brawling, brutish,
drunken spree !
This is the right picture, and he him
self will not deny it. This is the char
acter that yon see at the country fair.
The North Georgian.
VOL. 111.
drinking, turning the fortune wheel,
playing at dice, swearing and switching
here and there, with his pockets full of
worthless novelties ; sometimes moder
ately well-dressed, at others in the gar
ments of a low-born son of Dirt alley.
But, be he ever so poor, he is able to
loiter around low dens, smoke a cigar,
and talk with an air of a most royal
King. This is the character, we are
sorry to say, that never has the remotest
idoa'of the origin of beginnings. Ho
has a conception not much above the
brute, Only he has more vanity than
everything but together. He was con
ceived in darkness, and in darkness he
grew up. He finally becomes older and
older, and finally, in the long run, with
age, settles down to be a tolerably good
old man. Still he has his rough ways,
only he is more churlish and cynical!
The average young man, how I feel
for him ! No one able to turn him—ho
is with that great van, drifting down the
vortex to mental ruin. He is the self
same person who wonders what books
are for, and why people spend money
for them. I remember, while attending
school, a visitor, somewhat acquainted
with the hostels with whom I boarded,
called. Not being acquainted with his
tastes, I showed.him my library—scanty ’■
library thought I, blit he thought it an
enormous waste to be spending money
for “such things.” I soon found that
fie had no taste, and still he looked like
he was endowed with as bright an intel
lect as the average of his race. To
sound his character further was my de
sire. I drew from the library a copy of
Longfellow’s poems, and gave it to him
for inspection. He looked at it and then
asked what it was about, and just then
a vein of humor struck me. Thought J,
young man, if you are that illiterate’!
will sacrifice myself just for the fun Os
the thing ; and 1 told him that Long
fellow was an enormous giant, who lived
in the South Bea islands, and lived prin
cipally on cruising navigators and fat
missionaries who happened to be pass
ing by. ...
He seemed satisfied at this, and would
have listened to anything that might
have lieen said ; but it was deemed in
cxjiedient to acquaint him further con
cerning that person who has courted the
muses and strung his harp in gentle
strains for so many years..
Then I showed him Dickens, but he
knew nothing about him except that he
frequently used his name as an excla
mation. I put the books back in their
places where they belonged; and, as I
was doing this, I thought to myself,
“Is this the person who is having a
hand in the election of our highest offi
cers?” Then I said, “Yes ; it is true—
too true—and no more capable of voting
than the negro, who has been belittled
because he knew not the classics, and
for his blackness I”
This is fate, surely ! This is some
thing which should be looked after.
Parents, you alone are responsible for
the generation now growing up. Give
your children a proper education. Do
not keep them in ignorance and ob
scurity. Let the young man of to-day
look up ! Aye, look up ! Be more than
“the average young man.” Look to
the good time coming, and keep to the
rigid.
Hi e -climb ! Go up higher—reach
the to!
PARLIAMENTARY DIOXITT.
The debate on the Bradlaugh case
was, for the most part, dull and dreary
enough, and has already become a
dreadful bore. One member of the
House, however, Gen. Burnaby, man
aged, unintentionally, to give a little
variety to it, which ended in a good deal
of what his countrymen call “ chaffing.”
He had written to everybody, from the
Pope to Spurgeop, asking their opinions
on the Bradlaugh business. Getting up
at his place in the House, he proposed,
at half-past 1 in the morning, to read a
huge manuscript containing their an
swers. His fellow-members howled at
him, but he did not flinch ; amid cries,
cheers and groans he continued reading
his budget. At last he came to the
Pope’s letter, and his audience at once
began giving its attention. When he
had finished this the fun set in. One
member wanted to know what the Sultan
of Turkey thought about it; another was
anxious to have the affidavit of the
Shah of Persia, while inquiries about the
views of the Akhoond of Swat and the
Grand Lama followed in such rapid suc
cession that just before daylight the
General had to sit down amid uproarious
cheering.
A Methodist missionary, sent from
Chicago to Virginia City, reports as fol
lows : “ I made a canvass of the town,
and find everybody crazy for gold, but I
was unable to find a Christian, though
the saloons were numerous.”
BELLTON, BANKS COUNTY, GA. SEPTEMBER 16, 1880.
THE WASHINGTON MONUMENT.
There is now a good prospect that the
Washington monument will some day
be finished. In case the $677,000 esti
mated by the commission as necessary
to complete the work is promptly appro
priated by Congress, Col. Casey prom
ises that the monument shall be com
pleted within the next four years.
About $92,000 of the $200,000 appro
priated in 1876 has been consumed
the foundation. An immense elevator,-
capable of bearing ten tons, has been
erected within the shaft at a cost oi j
$20,000, which is run by a fifty-horse- ’
power engine, and will be used in carry
ing stones to the top. An iron stairway
has also been erected at a cost of $16,-
000. Both the elevator and the stairway
will bo permanent, and will be carried
up as the work progresses. A railroad
has been constructed from the workshop
o the foot of the monument, where n
derrick hoists the stone and puts it upon
the elevator, and a little railroad at the
top conveys it to its place. Everything
is now substantially ready for the work
of laying new courses of stone. Col.
Casey has on hand about 12,000 cubic
feet of marble and granite and about
100 stones, contributed by lodges and
private, parties throughout the Union.
He expected that the first stone in the
new work' would be laid on the 15th of
July.
It is now proposed to carry out the
original plan, which contemplates a sim
ple obelisk 550 feet in height, crowned
with a pyramidian, or roof, fifty feet in ■
height. The base of the monument is
fifty-five feet square, and its dimensions
will be reduced as it ascends until, at the
top, it will be thirty-four feet six inches
square. The proportions are in exact
accordance with the classic proportions
of this style of architecture, as deter
mined, after careful research, by George
P. Marsh, American Minister at Rome,
and the monument, when completed,
promises to be a more creditable work
than the advocates of other plans lune
been willing to admit.
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THE EE AH OF FAT.
No doubt it is unpleasant to be exces
sively obese; but the morbid dread of
fat, which has in recent years become
fashionable, has no foundation in phys
iological fact. Fat answers two pur
poses; it acts as a non-conducting en
velope for the body and protects it from
too rapid loss of heat, and it serves as a
store of fuel. In the course of exhaust
ing disease it not infrequently happens
that the life of a patient may be pro
longed until the reserve of fat is ex
hausted, and then he dies of inanition.
Fat supplies the material of the heating
process upon which vitality mainly de
pends. In great excess it is inconven
ient ; but the external layings-on of fat
is no measure of the internal develop
ment of adipose tissue. Much less does
a tendency to grow fat imply or even
suggest a tendency to what is known as
“fatty degeneration.” It is time to
speak out on this point, as the most ab
surd notions seem to prevail. Again, it
is not true that special forms of food
determine fat. That is an old and ex
ploded notion. Some organisms will
make fat let them be fed upon the lean
est and scantiest and least saccharine
descriptions of food, while others will
not be “ fattened” let them feed on the
“most-fattening” of diets. The matter
is one in regard to which it is supremely
desirable and politic to be natural,
adapting the food taken to the require
ments of health rather than substance.
Simple food, sufficient exercise, regular
habits, with moderation in the use of
stimulants, compose the maxim of a safe
and healthy way of life.— Lancet
MATTER ENOUGH.
The editor of a leading journal discov
ers one of his reporters evidently in r
furious rage.
, “ What in the world is the matter?"
he asks.
"Matter? Matter enough I There, I
had just received news of such a promis
ing catastrophe—a railway train off the
track—ten—twenty—fifty killed 1 And
now comes the information that the re
port was false. Isn’t that matter
enough ?”
♦ -*■
At the request of the Sultan some
members of the Prussian civil service
have been sent to Turkey to aid in re
forming the civil administration of the
country. Hitherto such invitations have
been almost invariably sent to English
civil servants. The change is regarded
as significant, and is interpreted to mean
a German-Turkish or an Austro-German-
Turkish alliance. This suspicion is only
strengthened by the repeated declara
tion of the German diplomats that the
[ tender and acceptance of the invitation
j do not mean anything.
The fact that Beaconsfield and the >
Duke of Argyle both voted against the I
bill to allow a man to marry his wife’s
sister is looked upon as evidence of the j
Queen’s feeling on the subject. On the I
ither hand, her three sons, the Prince
of Wales and the Dukes of Edinburgh
and Connaught all voted in favor of it.
All but one of the Bishops voted against
it, thus opposing the solid strength of
the English Church against it, increasing
the growing prejudice to the union of
the civil and ecclesiastical power, and
fastening the downfall of the Establish
raent Some of the arguments againS,
the measure sound ridiculous enough in
this country, where a man is free io
marry all his wife’s sisters in succession,
if he wants to. One noble Lord said
that the bill was a measure for the aboli
tion of sisters-in-law, and make them
the successors of every man’s wife. An
other, an Earl, said it would abolish the
tender title of aunt, and create a pre
sumptive stepmother in every house
hold, to substitute jealousy for affection,
and suspicion for confidence. No won
der the question is being asked in En
gland if the nobility of that country is
not running out.
The fast of John French, at Hagers
town, Md., is told anew by the Baltimore
American from its files for 1870. To
uch an extent did he become absorbed
in religion that his mind gave way, mid
he became impressed with the idea that
he had some special religious task to
perform which could only be accom
plished after he had fasted forty days
and nights, which fast he performed.
Every effort made to induce him to eat
utterly failed, and those who were in
close contact with him all the time said
that not a mouthful of food passed his
lips. Tempting fruit and other tilings
were placed in his way, and in such a
manner as to leave the impression that
their presence was unknown to all but
himself, yet he refrained from partaking
in every instance. He became very
,mnch reduced, looking morelike a skele
ton than a living human being. A few
days before the expiration of the forty
days he was compelled to take to his
bed, and afterward he was fed with great
care, but his system had sunk too low
to recuperate.
RULES FOR THE SUMMER.
The first rule which the summer
should lead ns to observe is that of do
ing everything deliberately. Locomo
tion should be reduced to a minimum.
Happy is he who has from all the fret
and turmoil and worry of life learned
the lesson of taking the shady side of
the street—nay, more, of seeking streets
of which both sides are shady. Thrice
happy is he who, when he advances in
the morning to his daily work, can main
tain a certain deliberation, keeping
guard over his pace and never for a mo
ment forgetting that there is a warm
and a cool way of doing everything. A
little care makes a deal of difference.
Whoever starts out furiously may put
himself in a fever for the day beyond
the curative power of ice, o iuleps or
of fans. There is a method for the sea
son if we can only maintain it. The
whole matter amounts to no more than
that we must take good care of our
selves, and be simply sensible.
♦ • -
A consignment of enormous horses
was recently received in Boston from
Normandy. The lot comprised twenty
stallions and six or eight mare colts, and
is to be sent to Bloomington, Hl. Three
of the horses weighed 2,010 pounds each
when shipped, and the rest averaged
about 1,900. They are magnificent
looking animals, standing about sixteen
hands high, very stoutly limbed, and
with heavy manes and tails. Three of
them are valued at $3,000 each, and the
others at $2,500 each for stock purposes.
They are brooded with common Western
stock, and the cross is an animal weigh
ing from 1,200 to 1,400 pounds, and
worth in the West from $175 to S2OO.
They are used principally for draught
horses, but are also easy drivers. They
are noted for their docility and intel
ligence.
The public debt in April, 1866, was
$2,827,000,000, exclusive of items not
then ascertained, but afterward charged
against the Government, which brought
the total up to $3,000,000,000. Tliis
gave us a debt of $85.71 for every man,
woman and child in the country. The
debt is now, after deducting cash in the
treasury, $1,942,172,000 or more than
$1,000,000,000 less than at the close of
the war. On the basis of a population of
I 48,000,000 (Gen. Walker’s estimate),
I the per capita is $40.45. We have been
reducing the burden of debt, practically,
by increasing the population as well as
by actual payment.
NO. 37.
Z.V CLOSE QUARTERS.
An Author's Adventure in ths For WtsU
Early in 1859 Chas. Collins wrote a book
about the then-unknown Colorado and
Pike’s peak, in which he gave a glowing
picture of the whole region. Tliis book
had a good deal to do with stimulating
emigration. After the rush to Pike’s
peak had been going on for some time,
Collins, with the late A. D. Richardson,
set out for that place. Collins kept dis
tributing his books all along the line
and collecting his subscriptions at the
ranches previously canvassed, ut*.,
after some days of travel, both began to
be aware of the fact that a great m
of the emigrants, who had gone mt
weeks before, seemed to be returß.ng.
Their wagons no longer bore the *old
inscription, “ Pike’s Peak or Bust,” but
it was transformed to this effect, “Pike’s
Peak Busted.” The two travelers,
unaware of the depths of chagrin and
significance behind this, thought little
of it until they had traversed about one
half the route—3oo miles from St. Jo
seph. Here was a famous stopping
place, known as Jack Morrow’s ranch, a
place where Collins and Richardson had
determined to put up that night. Col.
line, who was well acquainted with Mor
row, got some distance ahead of Rich
ardson, in whoso wagon, besides him
self and driver, were a number of emi
grants, also bent on trying the new
country.
Collins, as he drove up to Morrow’s
ranch, was considerably surprised at
the sight. The place was everywhere
swarming with miners and emigrants,
all excited and savage about something
or another. There was loud talking
everywhere, and loud threats against
somebody, who in every breath came in
for the most violent and bitter execra
tion. Collins was about to toss one of
his books to Morrow, who came forward
hastily when he saw him, and, getting
up close to him, he said, in a voice
husky with suppressed excitement:
"Collins, git I ”
“What do you mean?” said Collins,
excited.
“ Git out. o’ here quick,” said the ex
i cited ranchman, as he waved his hands
and disappeared.
Collins, now thoroughly aroused,
thrust his book back under his seat and
hade his driver get out and mingle with
the crowd and find out what was the
matter. In a few minutes the driver re
turned with a face white as a ghost, and
told Collins that the miners were offer
ing a reward of $2,000 for the bodies of
Collins and Richardson, dead or alive.
Having heard that they would be
along that way, they had come to a stop
at Morrow’s ranch, and secured a
couple of ropes, intending to hang them.
Collins quietly slid down from his
buggy and sauntered out to the edge of
the crowd. Here he heard himself and
Richardson denounced in the most un
sparing manner. Seeing there was no
time to lose, he instructed the driver to
take another route, while he himself
circled around the crowd until he
reached some tall grass, when he took
to his heels. After running for more
than a mile, he stopped. Like a flash
the question crossed his mind, Where
was Richardson? He turned around
and struck across diagonally for the old
ronte, on reaching which, some distance
from Morrow’s ranch, he presently met
Richardson’s team moving along leis
urely. It required but an instant for
Collins to inform him of the true state
of affairs, hearing which he was not less
frightened than Collins himself. The
result was that they struck off on a new
route, and finally reached Denver with
out further adventure. Denver was
theft a settlement of about 1,000 inhab
itants, all living in tents. Soon after
their arrival there the two pre-empted
120 acres of land eaclu Becoming dis
gusted afterward, they threw up the
land again. To this day Collins brings
Ilia fist down on his knee and says, with
an emphatic air of comic regret: “ And,
fools that we were, this land is now' the
heart of the town, and sold in less than
ten years afterward for SI,OOO per acre."
♦ •» ■ -
Reedy, the motor man, of Philadel
phia, invented, among other things, a
vajKiric lift, intended for raising heavy
weights. The. feat is accomplished by
means of a belt strapped around the
waist, to which are attached numerous
small wires. Two of these wires are
connected with a small instrument re
sembling a watch-case, which contains
wheels and springs. While Mr. Keely
was practicing with the lift, recently, he
burst a blood-vessel, causing a severe
hemorrhage. He was found in his work
shop in an insensible condition, with
blood flowing from his mouth. He was
I ill for several days, but his condition is
i now improving.
GS.cofgian,
Funusrao Evkmy Thursday at
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CURRENT ITEMS.
The baker always has his hour of
kneAd.
It is perfectly natural that a man
should see his mistake after he has
made it.
Wilmington is the largest city in
North Carolina. Its population is
17,605.
There is not much danger when it
. ‘ rains cats and do gs,” but when it Spitz
dogs look out? -* ‘
Question for musical marines—lt is
wanted to know if a sea Captain ever
becomes a 0 Major.
" The municipal authorities of London
are considering the question of lighting
the streets with electricity.
It is believed that the new census will
give Arkansas a population of 750,000
The population in 1870 was 484,471.
The French revenue of $600,000,000
is asserted to be the largest ever re
ccived from a population of 86,000,000.
Manager Ford, who prepared Mary
Anderson for the stage, has taken a Ten
nessee girl, Carrie Walker, in hand, and
will fit her for the footlights.
The census of Idaho Territory will be
about 30,000, more than half of which
will be contained in Cassia, Bear Lake,
Oneida, Alturas and Lemhi counties.
Bridget—“ And how shall I cut the
poie, mum? Lady of the house—“ Out
it into quarters.” Bridget—" And how
many quarters wood I cut it into, mum?”
Jane Grey Swisshedm says it is most
certain just now that more women suf
fer from the effects of dare-devil inde
pendence than from hard work and low
wages.
The ox-eyed daisy, which has become
a great pest in some sections of the coun
try, is propagated by seed, and ought
therefore to be mowed down before the
seed is ripe.
Cauifornia’s wool crop this year
(spring and fall) will probably be not •
less than 35,000.000 pounds; The total
value of it promises to be nearly double
that of any preceding wool crop.
The census of Tuscon, Arizona, shows
the population to be within a fraction of
7,000 inhabitants. Pima county will
foot up about 24,000, lieing an increase
of about 21,000 in ten years.
Crowds of excursionists go up nightly
by the railway to see Vesuvius illumi
nated by electric ligjit. The traffic at
night is greater than in the day time,
and there are not enough cars to meet
the demand.
That was a brilliant speech of a young
society man who was “ making conver
sation" with a young lady last week.
“How fortunate it is,” he said, “that
before people go to the lunatic asylum
they always lose their mind.”
“Itis the breath of the people,” said
Douglas, “ that purifies the blood of the
nation.” May be so, may be so ; Doug
las knew more about politics than we do,
but we hope to die if we haven’t met
people whose breath would poison a Pe
oria mash tub.— Burlington Hawk-Eye.
That the office- of “ Inspector of Vin
egar,” recently created by the Massa
chusetts Legislature, is no sinecure, is
apparent from the fact that the trade in
this article amounts, in the city of Bos
ton alone, to $1,000,000 a year, and that
vinegar is sold in 1,300 places within the
city limits.
A Sangamon county girl is very indig
nant because, in reply to her query,
“ What is suitable for a graduation
speech?” we recommended a percale
dress with the usual flounces, and a
flehu or two slung on where they would
do the most good. The dear creature
now says she referred to her essay, and
wants us to choose between “ What
Shall We Do With Our Boys ?” “Life’s
Aims,” and “ Does Protection Protect?”
In regard to the first, we should say that
it was just as well to wait until the boys
arrived before worrying about them.
The second is all right, but “Do Bustles
Bust ?” would be more suitable for a
woman than the third.— Chicago Trib
une.
Among the historical characters of
Utah aud Mormonism is the notorious
Bill Hickman. He was with John D.
Lee and Rockwell as a participant in
the Mountain Meadow massacre, and
was known in the Mormon Church as a
man of peculiar unction when it came to
hunting down and destroying offensive
Gentiles. At the trial of the partici
pants in the Mountain Meadow massa
cre Hickman turned State’s evidence to
save his life, and since then has been
able to continue in existence only by
keeping under the protecting wing of the
United States military authorities at
Camp Douglas, near Salt Lake City,
where he is now domiciled.