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/ * Examine how pour humor it inclined, mud which the ruling pmns ion of pot VOL 2. W - €l)t \£l)crokee CANTON, GEORGIA, THURSDAY MORNING, MAROH 31, 1 m, 35wuuc. PUBLISHED EVERY THURSDAY -)BY(— ROB’T. P. MARTYN. OJke Up-shiim corner Gainesville and wmt Marietta Street—old stand of the 4, "Geortfia Adeoeate." *!3PAdverting Hat.g extt«nu*ly low—to unit till tlmer^Fj Single J/oul, Jiy&JVL 1 e.Spcclal Rates for Long« , r Tunc. W. B. WHITJfORfi, Proprietor FoU 8, ly. LkoaIj aiivurtUments inserted and charged for aa prescribed by * recent act of the Oeneral Assembly. Local notices'^ cents per line lor the Grat insertion. Advertisements will lie run until for bidden. unless otherwise marked, end charged fur accordingly. All communications intended for pub », ... . heat ion, must bear the name of the writer, not necessary (or publication, but as n guarantee of good faith. We shall not in any way be responsible for the opinions of contributors. No communication will be admitted into itur columns having fir its end a defjinntton of private diameter, or in any other way ol a scurrilous import of public good. Corrospoi.donee solicited on all points of general importance— but let them bo brlufiy to the point. All communications, letters of bust ness, or'money remittances, to r.eeive prompt attention, must bo addressed to * •>/>■> m » ma i OrrVM It OUT P, MARTYN. UANTON, OA. THI8 PAPER may be found on file at Oi o. P. ItoWKLL A Co'S Bureau <10 Kpruoe ITS ^Hipupor AclvertUing Bureau <10 Spruce —ferrellEW YORK. imap for it In •wjr ■R.- tLiekee,' Smrru- Rav. H. M Qifiliian Pastor. Treadling every first Hunday *'▼ the oast'''. Preaching on the 8 1 Sunday by Rev B K Ledbetter. Prayer Meeting every Wninesdaj night. Sunday Bclio -I at 9 A. m Ben F Pay lie, Superintendent. Baptist Cmuhmi Rev. J. A. McMur ry, Pastor. Preaching every second and four h Sunday, and Saturday before 2nd Sunday Sabbath school at 3 f M-, M. 0. ,| 'jggl«, tpipvrii teudent. Episcopal. Rev. Ge<v MeCaub y’ Pas tor. Preaching 8H Sabbrth at 11a, in. onnEiis. Meets every first and third F A. Mm day’* at 8 P. * . in Mas, nic Hall. W. A. IVacI.ky. W. M. Jaiikz Galt, Stc’ty f II.—Meets ev-ry 1st and 3rd K. 'Tuesday a' 7 1-2 i* m , in Masonic Hall. W. A. 1 easley, Dictator. Jaltez Oalt, Reporter. r a r.iT r o #’# k er ,v. C .1/ Met /.UBF. Oidli.iiry. .>Al'EZ OALT. Clerk 8. Court. J P Sl»i AIIS. Mieritf. i W ARVVOOD. Tux.B'culver, M (! t OKE/f, "I ax C ilUctor. J I, COOOIN-S Trea urer.^ F W ivlDOuE, Surveyor. * Ww. T KIBK.t orouer. O. I. TEASLEY, County 3. Com. Du. J. II SPE1R, ] County M. A KHI H. Board Rsv. M PICKET, j-. ™ a A T. 8COTI. J. B. RICHARDS, Education. J- McAfee House CANTON, - - - GEORGIA. I have teased Urn above first class HO TEL and thoroughly renovated and relit ted *t tor Transi ;nt visitors and Regular Boarders. TERMS: wilson House, ATLANTA, GKOHGU ALABAMA STRKET, J L. KEITH, Proprietor. Dr. A. M. Parker Will .continue the practfea <>f Medicine at Canton and vicinity. Office at. luar, »• idcnco on Main Street. B. F. I’atnk. P. P. 1 t Pi *K Payne it DnPre, ATTORNEYS-AT-LA W, C A A TON, GEORGIA H. H. McKntyre, ttrlrk, /■*'osierlug and STONE WORKMAN, V A NT ON, UEOJtti I A. I AM FULLY PREPARED TO DO any kind of Masonry or Plastering, at the LOWEST POSSIBLE RAVES. And solicit the patronage Of those desir- II. H. Mof^TWE. tng srmft m» w»y ' Jan. 13 ly. J. M. HARDIN HOUSE, SIGN, CARRIAGE and ORNAMENTAL ... -PAINTER. FRESCO ani. SCENIC ARTIST CANTON,..., Jan. 18 ly. GEORGIA NEW DRUGSTORE I HAVE OPENED A NEW AA'I) splendid stock of pure, Ircsh Drig MAh ROUTES Ou July the first all the routes leaving this place, except the Dawsonvilie and D ilia's were increased and otherwise changed; The following is the correct time, of leaving, arriving and the con tractor of the different routes. < ANTON to MauiktTA, (No. 15030;.— D *pv. except Sunday. Leaves 6:30 a. in., arrives 0 80 p. in. (’resident M. <Si N. G i . R R contractor. Canton to Dawsonvu.i.e, (No 15125). i •Tri-weekly. Lea* es Monday, Wednes day and Friday at 7 a. m ., arrives Tues dav, Thursday and Satmday nt 5 p.m. Ju’<. C. Richardson contractor. Canton to Talking Hock, (No. 15. 334). —April vr» Monday, and '1 hursday at 11 a. m , and leaves at 12 m. Canton io Bio ( nBKjt via IIigKiBV, Flat, (No. I51-j8).—Leaves Tuesday and Friday at 8 a. m., arrives on Wednesday and Saturday at 4 p. m. R. J Smith coui racto r . Canton to JAtPER, (No 15362).— Daily, except Sunday. Leaves at 8 a. m., arrives at 4. p. m. M. II. .Lovelady contraclor. Office hours: Fi nn 7 a. m. to 12 m.; 2 to 6 p. nr. ; and at night after opening and distributing the mails till 8 On Sunday 8 to 9 n. nr. The mails will be closed 30 minutes before their departure. W. B. WatTMoiiE Postmaster. my brick bouse m xt door east from Mc Afee’s old stand. I shall keep a-i far as possible every article Kept in the rug 'ini-, and if von call at my Store and don't liud vvlmt you want I will order it lor you. I shall continue in the practice of Mod iciao and Surgery ns he loro, and lake this opportunity to' think my many friends lor vv hum I have pi act iced for the last thiiteeo years, f r their confi dence and patronage, and ask the con tiuu ince of the same; also I ask the prhc tiev ui alt who may feel disposed to give me tfieir patronage. I respectfully ask the nidus to call ami see my Perfumery and Toilet goods. I can be found at my store when not professionally engaged, re idy to wait on you,! Very rc.-.pectfully', JOHN. M. TURK, M D. , Jan. 13, ly, WRITING FOR LIFE’ “My deur Tom, 1 •peak to you not only4i8 tin old liicnd, till us u mrdioal man ; and I toe llint it is quite neces sary for you to have complete anil peifeet r« st for eome weeks. You UaVe been overdoing it in nursing that old uncle in the country (ortho la* three mouths, and, to my own knowledge, have tuken the last truiii down there ut night and the first train to town in the morning, uud have Consequently not had u good night’s rest lor ull thui time. Row cao a man stand it, uddid to your hospital work all day, without Buffer* ing Imm it ? Don’t you feel -to re quire rest ? “Not the least in the world/’ us- mined Raven. Oddly enough, the nursing oueois to have done ute good, I confess to having felt knocked up sdtne weeks since j but I batled brave; ly.Mgaiu.^t the feeling, won the victo ry, and now I’m us hvali ns paint and up to work better titan ever.” “You don’t look Lke If I repeat, you look thoroughly worn out. Bui you know your own business uud state ol health ; and, i.ow your unole is gone and has left you a put full of money, you can take things inoreeuiy* “Ye*, old hoy 1 nt game for any* thiug-mind and body first class ; and I intend to suck to my hospital work. It's veiy good of you Jack, to take an interest in uiy health and all that, bu sav nontore about i», 1 beg.”, “1 promise to say nothing to no- body.” Raven and I were at. the same hospital— St. Lazarus—where he befci a medical and 1 a autgicul a aurgic irppoimmrwt; A We • wrrw-iviiV^aiuL[ dre.v frotii the maide of jija overcoat worked, often day and night; uud my NOTICE TO PASSENGERS. flOM.WENCr.G Februury 1st. 1881 <1 until Hither n--tice. t!l» PftHHSti* g,r Fare over the GORGIA RAILROAD Mum L'tie and BrtacliCH, will be as fol lows: . Agent'* Kate, Three (!l) Cents per Milo, Train Roe, Four (4) Cents per Mile. Child)*' n between 5 and 12 years, Hall' I be above Rates Minimum Rate, for any Distance, Five (5) Cents. Passengers are hereby notified that if they fail to purchase Tickets from the Stall m Agents, they will be charged the Train Rate r i nductdrs arc not 1 icket Selles, and arc not allowed t<» accept, !<*«« than the Train Rate of Four Cents per Mile, There lore.)o secure the advantage of the n dtl. eft rate, purchase your ticket before entering the train I he Company -reserves the right to change, or entirely abrogate these rutes, at pluasme and without notice E. It DORSEY, General Pnsseuger Agent. Jan 27, lOt. time and attention, for about three months after the above conversation, were so fully occupied and engrossed that I thought no more of the occur rettce. Raven looked in good bealih, and wus very successful—indeed lie bade fair to rise in a short lime to great eminence in I lie profession. He was im im list ly popular with every one. Ills giay hair and bright blue eyes, and healthy, florid, complexion, combined With u frank, open and Hearty manner in . epeaking, made him u friend with cveiybody, and in* spired confidence hi all his patients Us Well aS III Ud IDS ll'ieilds. As neatly us 1 Can leculhct, it must nave been about three mouths alter It is uncle died that Raven came up to me our day in ttie Imspitul. “I've just received a eummous to lixeier'' nuid he. “The lumily is wealthy rud influential \ and, from WUa 1 know ol tile case I've beeU called llieie to attend, i,tu sure its more cl a surgical than a medicl out* il will be uii .excellent Cuance for you, Lawson ; and 1 cun promise you a good fee lo b gin with. Thelelore, li you cau puSa.b y manuge it, meet mo at Paddington inis evening ut hall" past nine, and we will go down to gether by the express. Send me word during the afternoon whether you can come or not.” 1 hesitated, it was the depth of winter,unit 1 huully liked leaving my wile and a iimsi important baby; bill feva were sc nee—this was a golden opportunity not to be rashly negli Cted i the.ueu (o risk my wile.s disappoint merit. “li is mofci kind ol you, Tom. 1 will ceriu.nly go down wnh volt, bo far us 1 c in see, there will be noth ing io pievonl my doing so,” A gleam of suiisi.ictun shone in his bnglu blue eyes, ‘■You promise?*' “Unites any ill ing unforeseen should happen to prevent me, I will be down at ti e station at half past nine. “Rem etn bet 1” Raven was drumut ically impress ive, I thought as we puritd; and I tn-k wju breaking the news to Arfiy M W low -spirittd aud coui* 11 kinds of horrors nnjl ind railway Mcciuents, and who Wed in a siioWer of tears Diyaelf away, burthene^ with f t ugs and oomforu ra to ub some measure the motal UMt blooket she bad thrown over ine* ' I waJtOiily just in tiim> to catch ttkv^flf#ti»rii(»*niy't>pri»oil Mi# doo«, (ft llie railway rnrringe. ‘ Jump In, Jack, jump in ! Iluir*u‘ Crown to the guard has secured this Compartment for us all the way down; •o we shall huve it to outselve* with out fear of interruption. Time’s up; you have tun it line. Kite away I” He flung in my ling and the sever, ul tugs, Ac., uud we entered. The guard touched his hut and abut the door with a bang. “ This door is unlocked guard?” •Mid I. “Yes, sir ; side neatest the platform is always unlocked. The otlier door is locked.” Lie whistled, and the train started. “I can’t bear the idea of both doota being locked,’ I remarked to Raven. •‘in case of accident it would .be impoaaible to escajic lro*n the car* riage.” “It doesn’t mailer,’lie said, and then relapsed into silence. For about twenty minutes he re- umimd oppoiite to me, sometimes With bis eyes closed, sometimes with thorn fixed on me iu a most un pleasant manner. All my endeavors to draw him into conversation failed, and ufter a time I gave them up and ahso relapsed into silence. Suddeuly he rose from his sent and pa|ier in my bag and plenty of lead in my ptnefl, and Wte’re (lie whole night belore us.” A tremble of my hand, a quiver of my voice, would have been fata). 'Lite, I opened the bag and drow> forth thd writing paper. The knife was on a cushion at mv aide. Now Tom let us fRst state our reasons to the world (or wishing to hater fihAteotty OadtfrtttalPtt. die..to- nigKt. bj qur owu . hands. If you vjill dictate to me your will write them down, and then we will revise and correct them. Alter that, l will die ute my own to you and you shall write them. We Shull be able to do our work well and quickly.’ Quite right Jack ; wo ought to gtvo them our reasons. How odd that 1 never thought of that I Let nte see; If I kill you first, I might write the will out alters wards.’ •All, but who will write out mine? Don’t be seltiish, there’s a goud chap !’ •To lie sure! Well, are you ready ?’ He began dictating long and flow ery sentences. Now and again i in terrupted his flow of loiguugfl to gain time. This kept him thor oughly occupied and interested, while the train sped on at an express rate. He had nearly finished his long ram bling, dictation, when, to my inex pressible delight, I telt the speed of the train gradually slackening. 1 knew that my chance of delivery was near. ‘Rend over for yoursell what I have written,’ I said to him. ‘The carnage is very close—a little fresh lelfmi httviilirfiiifrf Aajjkt of tha • oipvdient sv/ered so odiniaaoly.—Writing ft Cfobmmrf'l WY VBBlLta rd farm ' and . asiti Coim ‘Ft.6nk table-spodnfhl of com Htfbp, pint of millt, •• okatsili of sugar 4 a little grated nutmeg, and two egge. Yon mix the' corn floor with a table upoonftil obcCld milk, pot the rest of the milk to boil, and directly it comes to the boil, take the raooepon ofl tbo fro and put in tho rest of the eoM in* gredionts, viz., the mixed oom flour, the Bitgar nod the egge. Pot the whiten of tho egga on another plato. and beat thom op with b tit* tlosalt till they aro a stiff froth. Y<>u linvo meantime greased a pie* dish. When tho whites aro stiff onough, you mix them with the corn flour, ote., m the basin, and thon put the whole mixture into the greasod pie-diah, grnte a little nut meg over the pnddirf|g, md bako it for about twonty mlaatefi- ' IMPROVED MORTAR FOR PLASTERING. a long and potuted kuTtc. wfflbh T air will do ufl good. I wiR nraVie way Has’.ied onitnou in tbs lamplight. 1 curections you may require.’ . ’Juck Lawson, we must both of us I sut on the knife and reached die tu-ntght,’ said he culmly and de liberatt-ly, without any excitement ol manner. *1 1***1 that the tune has conn* for both of us to quit tins vale ol tears.’ i Y«*a; I q uile agree with you, Tom Raven,’ I replied—seeing what had happened—ill as calm a voice aa Ins own. •! have long thought that life was becoming very undesirable; and, to ,euve it in your company, with you my oiliest and warmest friend, would be I lie most agreeable thing to me that could happen. But you are not married Tom?’ ‘Thank Heaven, No r “Remember 1 am married ; and, haJ you giveu me notice ot this w:slt of yours before starting, 1 would ha\e made arrangements und have spoken to my wile to prepare her. Have you made your will Tout ?” “No, 1 have not.” “Good Heaven, man, not inude your will! Tom it is absolutely nec essary lor both of us to make our wtlis before we die. I have not made mine, and should nut like to huve the world with the chance of my wife a id child haviug to go to to i he workhous or be chargeable on the parish ultef my dotih. You would wis!) to leave your money to soiud one in particular—is it not so • Of couise I should like to leave my money properly—of course yes J I never thought ol making my will.” “You must also r member Tom, that it would never do to die delib- emiely, in the way we both desire to die, without leaving to the world our reasons lor doing the act. You would not wish your iiume Io be a by—word and tHe cause ol deriiion to any one, J am tqre; and I am jer- tain I dont wish my own lo be so. Therefore we must botn draw our reasons for dying.’ “Do you know, duck, I never thought ol thut ?’’ “Well then, first put your knile arranged my woik so as to be able to i down on the cushion there, and then ko ep my appointment. The hardest I we will net to work. I’ve plenty ol over U* -tltc lo^er glas^. A Blight fumbling necessiiatad my rising to inauuge better, the knit* was in my left hand concealed under my coat. 1 turned round to look at mv poor frieud, and saw him trying intently to read my scribble by the light of the lamp, seemingly unconscious of the stopping ot the irain. In anoth er moment the glass descended, the knife dropped upon the platfornn my arm was thrust through the win dow and o, the handle ot the door. The train nearly stopped ns 1 jump- out, shut the door, and held the handle firmly, l’oor Raven even then was quite engrossed with what I hud written for him. I called the guard, and stcretlv uud quietly the porters were as embled on the plat form at the door of the' currl- age. ‘Come Tom this is Swindon ! Let us have a cup ol colfee !’ I called to him through tho wiudow. In ihut moment ilia spell wus broken. 1 saw lum look lor b>> knife, then rush to the window on the opposite side ; but we were loo quick anil too powerful for him. The gnuul, two porters, and myself lumped into the earring-, and he was Secured. My best friend, with a brill’ant fu ture before him, and in the ripe por tion ol his life, wub u raving lunatic, and lias remained hopelessly so—iu- sunc from that time one of the many victims to over work. 1 mid scarcely add that the case winch Raven hud represented to me as calling him lo Exeter was nn on tire fabriwfon. and wub invented by him as part of the scheme which, in hismudnes, low hud no doubt serious ly im.igim d would be for the benefit of both of ti8. I frequently go to the asylum wiiete he is, to inquire after him, but the mention of my name brings on Buch a violent aggravation of Ins dis ease that I ant not allowed to see* him. Poor Raven! 1 fear I shall never see him again ! That terrible night carr-wever be effaced from my memory, and I can It is estimated that k wtJl only take about twenty yean to nn—nmn the original pine forest of Georgia, anil it ia thought to be t—e toe the adoption of Homo effective me—ure of protection. The Yfacon Tele graph and Messenger eatimatea the consumption during 1180el a Ifttle over 250,000 ahree. • 1 i To Make YineoaIl—To make one gallon, taka one pint end e half of sorghum syrup, about two, tfble spoonful^ ol dry hop yea*}, and soft water. Keep warm till it wo?ka. In a splendid eeoey reed before the Ocmulgee F>irmora’ Club oi Bibb county Ga.,byHen. J.ltyer, and printed iu the Maoon Tele graph und Messenger* is this: Our cotton and wool go tc Northern and foreign mills to be ooavertod into the cloths we wear. Our oak, walnut, hickory, beech end poplar go to the West to be made into the wagons, furniture, topis land implements we use. -Qer flouring mills and smoke-houses ere efefo in the Woatern SUtes r eud we —nnot prosper so long a? this state *$f af fairs continue. - . A man’s good * breeding ip the best security against people’s ill manners. . A new method of making mortar lor plastering walls has been de vised, which is confidently eaid by those who ure informer s* to It, to be superior to any oiflfg ever yet tried. Styoco or pi aster *oL‘pam is need vi KiViig tUa mortar,one part of stnqpo, by meas ure, being ^Bod to two parttv of sand. No hsir is used for tire first or ‘scratch’ cost, and three (poets of plastering are put on. . In mixing the stucco and sand e qnert.of glue water is used to the pail-ful of sand and stucco mixed, end |hen.cloun water is added until the merter is of tno right consistency. The mortal* must be used — soon nn made, and and only mode in small quantities at n time. It is claimed that it will moke a herder, more perfect well, can be used to better advantage, end ia little if any more expensive.—Selected. •