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CHEROKEE ADVANCE.
“Wehatl rather bo right than to be President.*’
VOLUME V.
CANTON, GEORGIA. SATURDAY MORNING MARCH 3, 1883.
NUMBER 12.
THE CHEROKEE ADVANCE
PUBLISHED EVERY SA I I'ltOAY
lly N. Ji. KIHJF, I (liter and Mature*-.
AMI Fllll! STilBIJi
Otjict Up Naira e irnrr tlninniritlr and nr.-i
Jfarictln Street— mvmline of :>.V. .Mct'lrrr.
oniclal Organ of Cherokee Connly.
TERMS:
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rrofesslon.il nntl linsincss Cards.
BEN F. PERRY,
LOO a. AU1 NT
VIHE AND l.lFK INSUU A NCK (AO.
nffi ie in store of J. M. Mo \FEE.
J. W. JARVIS.
JEWELER AM) I’HOTOUR Al’HER,
CANTON, GEORGIA.
Cm be found at h;s Gdltiy. at any
time where tie it a' wa, s r* a 1 v 'o d* mod
work at a l&w price [Jo yldJ
W. t. & G. I. TEASLY,
ATTOHNEYHtvl LAW,
CANTON, GEORGIA.
Will g'vo pr’unpt attention to all btis-
i Jess ini lusted to them. Wi 1 practice
in a'l the courts oi the ci unty, n-d in
the Superb r ci uits ol the H'ue Ridge
circuit. n*»7 ' ”
G. W. EVANS,
Oiinesv 1 e St/cit, : CAN . ON, OA.
Near the Railroad Dtp>t.
Her sea and Buggies at reasonable
prices.
Cuiiagea and 11 tan* a’waja ready.
Will send in ai.v [ an of ibe country,
with careful drivers a> d gentle trams.
Ail kinds ol tltck ft*1 end well cared
or.
'HAULING ANI) DRAYING
done at iow rites.
Customers will be politely waited on
at all hr urs dav or night
' G. W. EVANS,
nov2l5 SI til Propriety.
It. F. PAYNE,
P, P. Uu nr.h
PAYNE &DuPREE
Attorneys at Law,
CANTON,
GEORG I \.
L. J. GARTRELL,
Attorney at Law,
3} Wnltehall St., Atlanta, G.orgia,
Will p-rctice in the U. 8. Circuit and
District Conrts ol AOanla, an 1 the S :-
premo and 8 ip «riof C *urt rJ the State.
DR. J. M. TURK,
Offica on Main Street—Fronting
Church Street.
Will attent c-lh at all hours. If Inn
not at n y offica v li*n yi u c It (or in*, lo:>k
nl.liahrh* in Window, ot call oc H-iiiuud
A HsreUn, or enquire at my residence.
In eonaection iviih the firaotic-*. I have
Drucs to suit this leuttou of country, which
I will ee'l ohe p.
I ask ir v fi i>n<ls to cnll nud ' ce me.
Cuiton,'July 22, 1 S 8J.
n. w. ns * mas.
.TNG. T ATTiWAY
JEWMAN & ATT AWAY,
Attorneys at Law,
CANTON, i : GEORGIt.
Wi'l pri’otioe in tha Superior Cmrtof
Cherokee anil nljoiJin? counties Promnl
attention tiven 'o nil iiueine s placed in
theirdiands Office in the Court House.
H. H. McKNTYBE,
Brick, Inins'or in f*’,
AND STONE WORKMAN,
CANTON, GEORGIA.
lam fully prepared to do any kind n
Manomy or P Hst* ring at the lowest possible
rate*, and solicit the patronage of tin e de
siring work in my luu. 11. H. McEntykr
JOHN 1a. BELL,
Carpenter,
Having permanently located in Car
tic—He i( now prepared to do all kinds
ol carpenter’s work. Building and r<
pairing nroroply done at satisfactory
p'ic«s. Parties contemplating building
will find it to their interest to get my
prices before closing contracts with oth
er workman. J. H. DELL.
TIN SHOP.
J. H. STEADMAN,
Manufacturer of all Tinware, roofirg,
guttering, stove pipes, gas p'pe*, steam
pipts and anything made of tin, etc.
Repairing.—Will repair any and it-
crvihirg irom a tin cup to a forty horse
ergine at short notice. All charges low
and work warranted. Marietta street,
O-nton Gs. [m«r25 ’82 Iv
D R. W. A. GREENE
O FFERS his profession^ services to
to the citizms o' Cintot—tnd will
practice cut of the Village in Surgery
ami Consultation
EEES same as other lLiysic j ns.
N. B.—Toe old U‘liable Chorokoc
Drug Store will conlltue to k.tpa
lull sti ck of Drugs and Medic infs and
ell them clna:* lores h | -ep7 82 2m
—THE —
* CONSTITUTION ’
FOR 1882-3.
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ever be'ero t) meiutnin its positiou
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JOURNALISM
It calls the attention of the rending
j ubllcto the filloving joints It at can
be c'aim.c.l. Ncnr.oly, that it ii
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3. Tce fullest telegraphic service and
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The Great Georgia Paper—Bitter than
Ever. No Intelligent Georgian
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Every (» orgian should tske a naper from
ihs Capital during tie next 3 months.
The Dally O' •UBtltution flO per nr -
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Weekly $1 5) a year; C.ub ot 10, |1 2">
with fren ctipv to getter up of club;
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Addrejs The Constitution.
AtlaLtc, Ga.
MEDICAL, CARD
DR. N. SEWELL rt-turn'i thanks to the
citizens of Cauton end vicinity, for the’r lib
er*! patronage.
Hnn? permareu‘iy located, will continue
to orac ice medicine, turnery nnd midwi f ery.
JIo| ing by industry, energy nnd etr'ct ap-
pi c itioa to busiccis, to merit an increased
ymtronngc and confidence.
Office in Dr. W. A. Green's Drugstore.
Resi l<ni_3 adjoining W. II. Warlic!:.[n >v9
J. M BURTZ,
ATTOKSEV AM) 10LSSKLL0R AT LAW
CANTON, GEORGIA.
Office in the Court House, [ona'25 ly
C. L>. MADDOX,
ATTOHNBY at LAW,
CANTON. GEORGIA.
JSEW
ENTERP KISE
TRIPP & TOLBERT,
Now have their New Steam Mtchir-
ery in full operation in Cauton.
Plainirg Lumber,
Jointing an l Matching,
M millin' and preparing all
Lumber for build,uj; purposes.
SPECIAL AT IENTION
To ginning and packing cotton.
Grinding Corn
Oa the afternoon of Tuesdays and Fri
days of each wet k, we will grind all corn
brought to our mil’.
Canton, Ga., Sept. 30, 18S2
COME
AND
SEE ME.
J. M. HARDIN,
House, Sign, Carriage
—AND —
Ornanental Painter.
FRESCO A SCENIC ARTIST,
CaJSToN. GEORGIA.
I HAVE ju3t opened a Complete Stock
direct from the manufactory ot Fancy
Candies, Mixed Candies, [Rain Candies,
Crackers ol all por s Al-o Fresh Rabins,
N uts, Oysters, Canned Goods, and every
thing wanted in this line. I respectful
ly ask patroufgeot my friends, b >th in
the store aud job work. Blanks, D.els,
always on hsnd.
C'LAUPE F. EDGE
N jv 18 1832.
CONTtiXTMENT.
TOR talk nr A sniRl.
• Uin-nsv lb's the hend that wenrs a crown,"
Though you or 1, my friend, will scarce bo
ne \o j
That lie who claims both riches nnd renown
t an have Just cause to grumble or to
gi lev*).
However this may ho, the story goes
That. In the olden llmo n moil roll grand,
0| pi-c'sseil w Hi rout or Imairined woo*,
•• ought out itio oldest saiaut In tho land.
'Thou mm of science," snhl tho unhappy
11 Who ooliiures gold from sordid bits of
earth,
Oi tells each ono what Dituro yenrs will
Jly planets’ nspoct, at his (Into of birth—
' With all my fame, my power nnd wealth, 1
find , ,
There something lacks, so If you can but
say .
\\ hero t may buy contentment, peaco of
mind, ... „
A princely portion shall bo thtno this day.
"Sire," said tho sago, "tho boon your lilgh-
ne*s craves
I* alt >g 'thcr fots'lgn to mv loro—
Not one which may bo dug from dead men s
graves,
Nor wrung by cruuiblo from Mother Na
tme s store.
"Ninelongues away, Ii >wovor, dwells a wight.
An huuiblc ooblilor. but an Inmost man;
*1 he wondrous shirt ho wears by day and
night.
They say, contains n spell, nnd ho who can
" he. tiro this . ai mom gains content as well."
At curly morn tho King wont forth nlono,
A ml, when tho inullow shades of evomng
foil, . .
Ho stood before the cobbler's door un
known.
Responsive to a knock, tho poor man came,
Ami, brief of speech, tho bantering mon
arch said:
"A manic shlrl. they toll mo, thou dost claim—
My shirt and twenty pounds forthliic—Is It
a trade I"
His coarser vestment hero ho drew aside,
A matchless front of linen to display,
Which, goin-lwdeckcd and well with broid
ery piled,
Hut tilled tho bumble craftsman with dis
may.
The wondering cobbler stared, then blush
ing said:
“ Ind 1. most gladly would I do so. wor t
Itni possible, kind sir; wo can not trade.
Because—t i toU tho truth—l liavo fto
shirt,"
—IV.ms Situ not.
A HERO OF T1IE FLOODS.
Kowhoro throughout tho ovurnowod
river bottoms of tho Host did tho do-
vastnt ng foods of 1881 como upon poo-
ple with such calamitous swiftness, or
cover tho country to such dopths, ns in
tliovnllev of tho far-reaching and snow-
fcil Mis.so irl. Long nnd b ttcrly remem
bored by hundreds, whose homos worn
swept uwnv with searca a mmuotit'a
waning, will he tho icy ovcrllow of that
ClUuU'ttnUS 8QA80I1.
From nil its nmnerous trlnutartes^
from tho trickling rills of tho snow
capped mountains to tho broad aud
slugglisli river l’latlo. the bauds of ioo,
Biuldonly loosed, let forth watery torrents
to.swell the miglt’ior river, till it poured
down to tin; Mississippi with a destruc
tive liastc that has novel-bean witnessed
before.
Many a tired farmer who went to his
rest a ter a hard day’s work, and
dreamed for a time, pcrchanco, of
grow ng crops and abundant harvests as
1 lie result oi his labors, aro o to find his
farm a watery •waste, tho nnffry river
already at his very door, and his live
stock waiting and swimmingdistractod-
v about amid I'natiug masses of ico,
brushwood and tho delu-is of other
inundated farms above. In vain ho
sought to save Ids horses, his cattle, or
his household goods; it was often all
he could do to save c on his wife and
little ones.
Upon abroad and well-cultivated farm
on the Nebraska wide of the Missouri
there live 1 a family named Wilson, in a
framehouse that stood in a grove of
large hut scattered trees near the bank
of the stream.
('nltivated Helds and well-fenced stock
pastures extended back across the inter-
- ales. The soil was dark and extreme
ly fertile, the land lying but little above
high-water mark, on which account t he
spring freshets always caused Mr. Wil
son considerable uneasiness. Tho old
est sol tiers thereabouts, however, had
never known tlrs tract to bo entirely
c ivcrud: and this, with Mr. Wilson’s
own experience, had, aw the years wont
by, considerably lessened his lirst mi'-
g v ugs.
There fore the great Hood of 1881
found Mr. Wilson wholly unprepared,
and at the time of its coming both ho
and his wife were absent from home.
They had felt a little reluctant about
leaving home, as the river was swollen
nearly to the high-water mark, but
urgent business compelled them to ride
tot he nearest, railroad town, some thirty
miles away, from which they intended
to return on the day following.
Mrs. Wilson carried her youngest
child, and there remaiue l at home Hen
ry, a lad of fifteen, and two little
daughters aged ton and six years, with
the hired man, Rudolph.
Rudolph hail relatives living two or
three miles back from the river, and
when the chores were done at night ho
left the house, telling Henry that he
was going o\er to see “his folks,” aud
would be back at ten o’clock.
The boy and his sisters had boon left
alone of an evening before. 'I hey were
not afraid, and went to bed by nine
o’clock, to sleep soundly, as such child
ren will.
When tho boy awoke the next morn
ing he found the sun peeping in at his
window, and lcanim/ 1 out of bed bo
caUed to Rudolph, as his father was in
the habit of doing. But Rudolph did
not answer.
“Rude must be up anil doing the
chores.” thought Henry: and then
speaking aloud, ho said: “What a
tremendous roaring the river makes
this morning. It soimds as if it was all
around us.
“Goodness! I b’lieve it is,” he add
ed, after listening a moment , and then
* )ie ran to bis window to look
Stoutel- Jienrts than his’might have
quailed at the scene which mot liis eves.
Every whrtv was water—a turbid, black,
tumultuous flood dashing up against
tho trunks of tho great trees, Hooding
iIn* s.ock-vnrd fences completely out of
sight. Logs, hoards and great eold-
loolting cakes of white Ice, even the
bodies of dead cattle, were swept
furiously uu. The heads only tho
heads anil horns of some of their own
cattle could he seen here and there, as
tho poor cveaturo* swam feebly to and
fro.
Looking down in frightened awe from
the open window, tho lnd saw that tho
delving, guttering current had already
attacked the foundation ot the house,
which stood eons derably higher than
the cal’.ki yards, nnd that the door
stops behrv wore under water.
As the danger of the situation dawned
upon hi.it, the lad's terror grow.
Again aiid again he shouted to Rudolph;
but then was no response snvo the
rush and roar of tho river.
Then Ik,’ ran to the room of little Jen
nie nnd I ah, who hlul already been
awakened by his shouts. With fright
ened soty the children clung to their
brother, senveely daring to look out up
on the fenriul scene about them.
"Whero is Rudolph? Where is Ru
dolph?” they sobbed.
Henry soothed them as best ho could,
and leaving them at the head of the
stairway lie went below to see h >w
high !li^maler had risen.
To h “increased alarm In* found that,
the kitchen four was already covered,
ami that the muddy water was pouring
in through the cracks about the d
It was v ain t fast -had risen ev en since
he first sliced nut upon it.
Thou wr a few moments the boy’s
couragn tdnujxt deserted him; he Iront-
bl"d v. "JitllyunJ the tears came into
his eyos. "O father! father! why alu’fc
von Mr he cried out.
Then jthe crash of a hugo ico cake
against tho door a’ousod him.
YottiV n «as he was he realized that the
house must soon he swept away if tho
water uontimiod to r so, an I aim ist
fiercely wiping away* h s tears, ho tried
to think of some means by which ho
might siAe Ids little a sters and h'insult.
Through I lie k icheti w ndow he saw
tho trunk of the great elm beneath
which stood the grindstone, only a few
foot frani the broad doorsteps a lingo
treo, fttiror live leot in diameter. The
waters were d ishing against its massive
trunk. Tl at, al least, seemed proof
against Vltttr u.ntbst strength.
The o J elm! The old elm!” ho cried.
" if - <• ould op!v get up iimdhg tho
big Tiftsvi. *".* ml than ho formed hU
heroic plan and proceeded to put it into
execution.
Tho elm had groat outstretching
brunches, ono of tho largest of which
extended across a co"nor o the kitchen
roo', which was noarly flat and miy ot
access from a window in tho second
elorv of the house. Henry had often
climbed out tho o nnd mounted tho
l> nncli. from which ho could ascend
nearly 11 the top of the treo a dizzy
height however, which he seldom at
tempted.
“Tho flood can’t dig the old elm
out,” ho thought. “It's stood thcro too
long.”
But little I ah and Jennie! lie feared
for them. It was as much as ho himself
dared do to climb tho tree, and ho
feared tho Ettlo girls would grow di zy
and fall into the rushing water bendalh.
The brave boy thought of all lies, and
solved the problem in a manner that
speaks well holli for his courage and
his invention.
Wading through the water on the
kitchen floor, lie reached the wood
shed and there procured his mother’s
clothes-line, also a coil of larger ropo
nnd an old door, besides a number of
loose hoards which stood in a corner.
Carrying these up-stairs, where the lit
tle girls stood crying and calling for
“ papa and mamma,” he put them out
on tho kitchen roof.
“Stop crying, girls,” ho exclaimed,
cheerily; "stop your crying. Pa and
ma will bo here as soon as lhoy can get a
boat, nnd I’ll take care of you t ! ll they
come. We’re going to get up in the
big 41m and build us a house up there
and take up victuals. '11m water novor
will tako that old tree away, and wo
can live up there like squirrels. ’
The energetic lad now sped about iho
house to complete Ifs preparation for
their strange change of abode. I.veu
little Jennie, the younger sister, caught
something of his courage; and both the
girls ran about helping in wUiatever way
they could.
Some loaves of bread, a bucket of
doughnuts, together with dried beef, a
smoked linin, and several woolen
blankets were laid out on the kitchen
roof. Then Henry hound tho clothes
line about his waist and climbed on tho
great branch, and thence np to the
large limbs above, to a height of some
twenty feet above the rushing waters.
Selecting a spot where two limbs
branched o f parallel with each other,
lie now lowered one end of his rope 1o
the sisters, for tho old door and boards.
Before elimliin-jf up lie had instructed
them what to do and how to do it; and
in a very short time Iho boards, tho
door and the coils of ropo were hauled
up one after another, and securely
fastened.
The door and boards were then placed
on tho parallel branches and tied with
the rone; and in this manner a small
floor, or platform, six or eight feet
square, was laid, largo enough for all
three to sit or lie on.
It d d not take long now to draw up
the food and blankets; but there still re
mained for tlie lad the harder and more
perilous task of hoisting up tho little
girls to his airy platform.
He hud reserved the longest and strong
est rope for this purpose, and looping
it in the middle over a limb and letting
the *wo ciids all to tho roof, he de
scended and (led an*end firmly beneath
the arms of Ijpth 1/ah r.ml Jennie in
turn.
To climb hack to his old position was
but the work of a moment. Then came
tho real Work, l/.ah was a plump littlo
giri. and Jennie was still heavier,
hough not as old. They were fright
ened and screamed eons dornbly, hut ho
hauled them up, one after the other,
sulciv on to the pint orm.
Meanwhile the wild rushing waters
were stead,ly rising and had now nearly
reai bed the kitchen window sills. Still
larger cakes of ice were driving ponder
ously along among tho trees: occasion
ally one ground again-t the elm, giving
it a heavy, jarring bump, or struck the
walls of tin* house with a force lliul
made the timbers crack.
Tho littlo girls trembled with fear;
and mnv thill tho excitement of climb
ing into the treo was over, despair
iguin seized upon them. In vain Honrv
tried to iiuiet their fears. Great sobs
would we’l ep in spite of their childish
efforts to be brave.
it was in truth an appalling situation,
raster poured the ever-rising flood; and
now tho ice-cakes mil great drift-logs
were t.mashing in the lower windows.
Nothing was loft of tlie stock-yards,
sheds and barn but here and theie
some of the wretched enttie still kept
their heads above water; nnd moro d s-
heurlening than everything else woro
the poor creatures’ mournful lowlmrs.
There w as no help for them. Their
drowning w as hut iho question of an
hour or two; everything was going
down beneath the black roliing torrent.
And well might (liechildren feel thank
ful if even the great eliu withstood ill
battering ot the ponderous ice-cake
which came grinding in among tho
scattered trees of the grove.
Henry’s heart almost failed him. I'
roqu’red liis host efforts to keep fr
breaking completely down and .g
wav to Ids fright and grief. r mas
tering these terrors at le> ,i, ho
earnestly sot to work to m , e everv-
th nT upon the platform socure. lie
felt, too, that lie ought to savetho bed
ding and tho most valuable of the
household furniture: for he saw that tlie
most of it might he hung upon thelimbs
of tho elm, if only lie had dared to de
scend after it hilo tho shattered and
rocking building.
But the creaking and groaning of the
timbers, commingling with tho honrso
f urglings of the water, appalled him.
‘lie houso seemed on tho point of being
swept away; and sadly ho watched It
huavo and sway as each frosh mass of
ice came plunging against it
Foaring to trust tho little sisters upon
tliefniu Jdatrorm mNiifipoTtofl, hit tfcd
them securely to limbs above, leaving
the ropes slack enough to allow of their
moving about. Once, for a moment,
lie almost made them smilo by calling
them his “little ponies nickeled out to
grass.” He even tried to tell them
stories, nnd kept courage in thoir little
hearts by tlie ossurnneo that “pa nnd
ma” would soon come and tako them
away in a big boat.
Tims tho hours woro on. The hotiso
still stood, hut the waters crept higher
and higher, till at noon tho river ran
nearly even with tho tops of tho win
dows. Still tho old treo gave no evi
dence of yielding; nnd at length tlie
pangs of ‘ hunger making themselves
felt, thoy ate a hearty meal in spite of
their strange and almost desperate situ
ation.
The afternoon passed. Once thov
thought they heard distant shouts; but
the tops of tho trees prevented them
from looking off clearly. Night drew
on: and still tho house stood, wonder
fully, as it seemed to Henry.
As night closed darkly in, tlie little
g'rls cried themselves to sleep, pillow
ing their heads in tlie lad’s lap; and
thus through all that long and tedious
night, never once closing his own eyes
in’slecp, ho sal and held them.
Not long after dark Ilenry heard a
terrilie crash, and indistinctly saw tlie
house melt away amidst the mail waters
beneath him.
When at last day dawned tliore was
not a familiar landmark to bo seen save
the trees: an I many of tlie smallest ol
these had been broken down by tho
masses of ico. It was a liitt r awaken-
in"- for little J/.ali and Jennie; and it
was long before Henry could again ac
custom them to tho terrible dreariness
of their situation.
But help came shortly after daybreak.
Even before tlie pangs of hunger had
broil'd:'- .ii, hi to thin* or nreaxiasi.
cheery voices were hoard shouting from
the river above. The neighbors had
espied them on thoir platform, through
the lea less branches.
It win n strange un<l ono that
would have inspired less resolute hearts
to attempt their rescue. Tho young,
anxious face - expectantly looked out
over the dreary waters, and watched
with hope and delight tlie efforts mak
ing to save the n. It was an hour that
they never would forget.
Cold and hungry, but safe and hap
py. the gallant boy and his little
charges were taken aboard a boat
niannod by tho faithful Rudolph an-i
several other young men, who I;
worked with energv, but in v
account of the floating ice
them the day before. _
Mr. and Mrs. Wilson were delayed
longer than thoys had expected: and not
returning till evening of that day, they
learned nothing of tlie danger to which
tlie children had been exposed till after
they had seen them sale at the house of
a kind neighbor. —Franklin Calkins, in
Youth's Companion.
—The flower mania took an acute
form with a Philadelphia belle, who ap
peared at a ball with eight bouquets.
•Slit*, arried two, aud the lest were hold
by a maid, withstood in an alcove and
ach
terns.
This very common failing in tha
horse is so well known, that any de
scription of them is quite unnecessary.
It would, however, 1h> absurd to say thM
they are of liitle couscqtinnce, but just
ns absurd to reject seen a horse because
he had them. Ho may have very ax-
tensive corns, and yet be always sound
ou them: or very minute ones to tho
eye, yet be seriously inconvenienced
and lamed by them. Hundreds of
horses )ia\e corns without any ono sua-
pccling it, nnd as long as a horse re
mained sound, or nearly so, the fact
might never be known. If he becomes
laiue, and his fret are in consoquonce of
if carefully examined, the searching-
kill o lets the owner or somebody Into
the secret. That becoming known, the
foot properly put to rights, and with a
pru|M*r shoe put on, tho horse probably
goes sounder than he has for months
past. If a horse has corns, the princi
pal tiling to lie lo iked at is not so much
the soreness of thou*, or how fur he any
even go lame on them, but the kind of
food he has. If ho has a good wido, or.
in ntoiv stali’o phrase, open liocls and
the wall or crust is strontr. a > as to af
ford good nail hold, we have very littlo
fear of corns, for such a foot will al
low tin* means of Inking off pressuur
from them. They will often, in such a
case, hold out a |>rn.*q eel of cure, or, it
not, of such palliutiro as amounts to
nearly as good an effect; that is, feeling
no inconvcnieneo from them. If, how-
oxer. tlie hcols are narrow, it Is aim st
inn o.«sil*le to prevent iho great aggra
vation of tin* disease, namely, pressure.
\\ e max even in suelt a case put away
super pressure, that is, pressure from
tl' *h i* ■ u tlie affected purls; but then
’ i will remain what is termed lateral
.■stir.. which wi I he betxveen the liars
md tho heel* < r crust of tho foot. Those
liars urn intended by nn'tiiro to act as
props, keeping the heel* at their proper
(1 ctnuoe apart, and nru usually luft, say
an eighth of an inch, or more, all >x e tlie
sin- ace of tl-.e sole < f tho foot. When
wo say cut away the bars, whichln corn
case is often done, it only means they
an-so much lowered as to be on a level
with tin* solo; but ns tho corn i* crated
below tld*. it will become evident wo
cannot, oral least dare not, cut tho bars
away deep enough to prevent pro sure
between them and tlie heel, which, if in
close affinity (which is the case in nar
row heels)’ is vory great; in fact, tha
corn is in a kind of natural vice, whom
nlnto t acute angle presses it on either
side, i A horse with corns and suoh
heels should not bo bought by any on*
looking for a good horse; he will rarely
-sunned three days together; he wttl
bo moro or less lame ff he Is notworkw
at all, nud work will laine him further
from the coreness aud inflammation it
occasions. But should the foot be good
and cool, the horse in work, nnd sound,
he may safely be bought, however ex
tensive the appearance of the corns
may tie; for should even a littlo tender
ness or soreness bt* perceived after un
usual work on hard roads, keeping the
feet "ii warm water a few hours for a
dav or two, and a small dose of physic,
w ll set all right again.
in n so9 whore soreness comes ou
from corns, if the feet are good, we
generally know tho worst, and its rem
edy. S'.i ii lameness is not, like fail ng
of the sinews, 1 kely to lie permanent,
or end in helplessness. On tho con
trary, xv.Hi care there is no sin h danger;
but every prospect of that care being
roiompeiisc l by a comparative or total
joundness of the horse, or, to say the
least, his freedom from lameness.
Uorns, I*o they of a better or worse de
scription. will bo found to ufloet a horse
more or less in aeeordaneo with tho pur
pose lie is wanted for.—Prairie Farmer.
Mured by His Scissors.
Tin editor carries a beautiful slip of
paper trlien lie travels. Hi* shows it to
tin* suave conductors and they all ad
mire it. It 1ms the editor’s own name
on it, written in his very best Sunday-
go-to-ineetin’ style. That is what the
conductors particularly like to see, and
they like it so much thut they want him
to write it again inexactly tho same fine
etyle.
Tho other day the editor exhibited tlie
peautiful ehirography, and tlie con
ductor as usual requested him to dupli
cate It in another place. The editor
knew he had never written in that style
before and never should again, but ho
did his level best. The conductor shook
his head.
“Don’t correspond,” he muttered.
“Best I can do,” said the editor. ‘-Do
you suppose I can dash oft 500 pages
per day and keep up tho Fiercer!an
system of penmanship? Do you >up-
poso I can write like that with the so
cars of yours banging away at my el
bow P”
“Don’tcorrespond,” repeated theeon-
du ;tor, ominously.
"Do you imagine I’m not the editor of
this paper?” asxed tho editor, drawing
a gilt-edged eard nnd a copy of tlie
jSews.
“May be a sub,” suggested tlie con
ductor.
“Ho 1 look like a sub?” inquired tlie
editor, indignantly, pointing to his dol
lar diamond shirt-studs and finger ring.
“But I can prove my identity,” he
added, with a chuckle of satisfaction.
He whipped out a bright pair of scis
sors and commenced slashing up that
newspaper into articles at .such a rate
that in two seconds the whole paper
paper would have been converted into
That will do,” exclaimed the
conductor, smilingly. "There isn’t tho
slightest doubt in my mind. You can
travel on this line as long as 1 am con-
l») (l Illdl'l, JV II*|,.'H(;»JU II* (HI urn* vinvt l UU WII9 IIUU UU ■» «»*«» wu
changed posies from time to time with ductor and there's a rail and a piece of
her mistress.—Philadelphia Fms. I the engine \olt."-*Ktokuk News,