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EXAMINE HOW YOUR HUMOR IS INCLINED, AND WHICH THE RULING PASSION OF YOUR MIND.’
VOLUME YI.
CANTON. GEORGIA, FRIDAY, MORNING, JULY 17, 1885.
NUMB HR 2».
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A LITTLE CHILD.
3'own from the hill, up from tho glen,
5' ith waving lla?s and warlike itiu,
1 hoy rushed—two troops of mounted men -
'i ho boys in blue, the boys in gray;
And they hnd almost met that day,
When, lo! a child stood In the way.
It' hands wore filled with flow’rs; its eyojn
As clear and soft ns summerskies,
Were opened wide in grave surprise.
1 p* - n the pretty baby bond
The sun a golden blessing shed.
“1 want mamma,” the sweet voice said.
doth captains shouted, “Halt! ’ The men
Hrined in their eager steeds, and then
The blue leaped down, and up again,
And galloping like mad, ho bore
The child he'd grasped a mile or tnnr*
Back to its niothor's cottage door.
bond roso tho cheers from blue and gray
As smilingly they turned away:
There was no Imttlo fought that day!
—Harper'* Weekly.
At S o'clock wo made the first halt; at attached, intended to catch the croco-
midnight another halt, followed by din- file's tall; on the tipper end n second
ncr ntul tho inevitable siesta. , At 4 noose was placed to sei/o tho crocodile's
o’clock wo halted for tlio night. Then head. Tho nooses arc operated by lent*
tin 1 king's men proceeded to erect the strings, which wero so arrnged as to bo
edifice in which his majesty was to re- pulled nl the proper moment by the man
pose for the night a sort ot immense
cage, elevated u|¥>it posts six feet above
jhe soil. Below this cage was another
structure for tho king's harem. |t The
twenty five soldiers formed a circle
about this portnblo palace, and kept nil
the rest of us at a distance from it.
Groat fires wore then lighted in a circle
around tho whole encampment to keep
perched in the tree
I hose arrangements being completed,
preparations were made for the night.
Vires wetc lighted behind each trap
to keep tlio crocodiles in tho water until
dawn, when the hunt was to begin,
At four in tho morning, Norodom, his
ministers, the courtiers, and the Invited
guests, are nil awakened. From his
PLAYING THE FIDDLE.
Anil I slue n Visiting Cnriti SUveril,
I intiri lln unit Mim- fur n lion.
I reached the city of Cologne (writes
the Kev. Edward Abbott) by steamer
down the Rhine at (l in the afternoon -
This gavo me an hour before dark in
which to visit the great cathedral, whoso
lofty spires had been before mo since
twenty miles away. Then 1 had an hour
for dinner, which 1 ate with great rest at.
the hotel du l>om, nearly opposite tho
cathedral. Two hours and a half were
then left before 1 was to take the night
express for Brussels. What should 1 do
dangerous wild beasts at a distanco. 1 ho elevated cabin the king can get a good In that two hours and a half? The por-
Catcliing Crocodile?.
The New Orleans Time*-Democrat
translates from n French journal the fol
lowing dest ription of the singular man
ner iu which crocodiles nro captured in
Cambodia:
On the 10th of February, 1878, nftcr a
ionir voyage through Burmah, Tenasrim,
and the kingdom of Siam, I reached
evening’s meal was, prepared. At 8
o’clock tho sentinels wore posted, the
tires fed with plenty of wopd, and wo
lay down and slept without paying any
attention to the roaring of tho tigers.
Next day tho same ceremonies wer
repented.
in the morning, we arrived at the shores
of n little lake, about two and a half
miles in circumference, which had been
our point of destination, and which, wo
were assured, was haunted by innumer
able crocodiles.
view of the capture of the crocodiles, tier to ivhom I addressed this question
llis guests, all armed with lances, take | said 1 had hotter go around to tho cafo
their way to the western hank of tho ! Chnntant for an hour. So 1 told him to
lake.
Chautant for an hour
lead the way. The eufo Cluintant 1 found
All nround tho lake, the snisare posted to bo a large room or small ball, which-
in their respective trees; the rafts are ever one might please to call it. Atono
The day after, about 0 o clock | i, aito jj ; t h 0 fires are put out. - end was a simple stage, like a concert
About six or seven paces from each platform. Tho floor was filled with small
rnft, a littlo lo one side, crouches a sais squnro tables, with two or throe chairs at
armed with a mallet, and great sharp each table. The chairs were nearly all
nails from eight to ten inches long. filled with people, men and woman, of a
Absolute cnlni everywhere. Tho day very respectable aspect. The scene w;is
breaks. The crocodiles, which have
Our camp was pitched on the western been imprisoned in their slime for twen-
sliorc of the lake, and preparations to ty four hours, must want to breathe,
catch the great saurians were immedi- ; We wait.
ately begun. \ About 5 o'clock littlo cmincuees push
The minister, by order of Norodom, themselves about tho water. Thov rc-
^ss, or money remittances, to roeeiys Pnom-Penh, capitol of the Kingdom of placed tho chief of the hunters “under main awhile motionless, then they begin
^^I^Y^SrS 10 ( '“inbodia. my orders. That signified that he was to movo altogether. In tho mlddlo of
P. O. Drawer 49. ' ' I bore with me a letter to King Noro- ; to keep me perfectly well informed ; tho lake wo behold a regular concilialm
Marietta & North Georgia R, R,
TIME TABLE
In Effect Snnday, April 19,1885
NUMBER 1—NORTH.
Loavo Marietta 9 00 am
Arrivo at Blackwell's y 20 am
“ Woodstock y 4, 1 ) nm
11 Holly Bpringg 10 08 am
“ Canton lo 31 am
“ Mal*l
“ Ball Ground 11 12 am
“ Tate's It 35 am
“ .Tasder 11 54 I.
“ 'Talking Hock 12 19 ps»
" KUtjay 1 02 put
about
place.
everything which might tako
lum. Twenty, forty, a hundred croco-
dilos assemble, play about, dive and re.
doin. I will spare you all descriptions
of Pnom-Fcnh, ns well ns of my rccep-
•ion by h s majesty. What I promised The chief conducted me some distance appear alternately,
vou was the history of a crocodile hunt to the right of tho camp, and showed Suddenly they all remain still.
Have
NUMBER 2—BOUTII.
Leave Ellilav 1 25 pm
Arrivo at Talking Rock 2 05 pm
me u company of some fifty Cambodians <Loy suspected something, or heard some
busy binding together a number of noise? No; tho breeze has wafted to
smooth planks by means of bnmboo them odors of tlesh.
r0 p CS , A long black mass detaches itself from
About twenty of these rafts (I cannot the assembly of snurians, and makes for
tell them by any other name which ex- the great slope. Others botako them-
presses their form equally well) were soon ^ves to their favorito morning landing-
finished. places.
Near by a number of other men wore ; Norodom has seized his telescope, and
1 did not tail to inform my hosts of engaged in preparing strong running watches the progress of the drama with
my passion for tho chase, and for three | nooses, made also of bamboo filaments, intense interest. All tho rest of us look
monthn they had spoiled me like a child, i After inspecting these raft and noose , °fi breathlessly in silence.
Every day some hunting party or other 1 factories,'Hie chief took forty men with The * otweedile haH reached the skill; uud all liis talk was simplv to on
hnd been arranged for my benefit. From him, and nil of us skirting tho lake, ■ edge of his pathway. There he stops. | (ertsin his audience so much the, more
—here it is;
I hnd been well received at court.
After having been kindly treated by tho
king, all his ministers did their utmost
to give me a pleasant welcome. Several
servants lmd been placed at my disposal,
and also one of the court-carriages with
a fine team of thoroughbred Birmancsc
horses.
strange, but orderly and proper; and tho
concert, which I stayed nn hour to enjoy,
was of a high musical ordot.
The piece on the progrntnmo which
entertained mo tho most was a perform
ance on the violin. It had just begun as
I entered tho room. The performer was
. handsome young fellow, dressed in a
grotesque suit of many colors,and ho was
talking away lo tho audience as I ciuno
in in a very animated manner. It seemed,
•s nearly as 1 could understand him,
tnat he had lost his violin bow, and un
less he could find some substitute for it
lie could not do his part in the concert.
Did anv of his audience happen to havo
a violin bow with them? No! Well,
that was too bad! What should ho do?
Would anything elfb answer instead of a
bow? Couldn’t somebody lend him
*omething? etc. Of course all this was
made up. The object of the violinist
was to get hold of some nondescript ob
jects with which he could play on his
violin insteid of a bow, and to show his
Professional and Business
Cards.
P. P. DuPREE,
ATTORNEY AT LAW,
CANTON, GEORGIA.
Will practice in the Blue Ridge cir-
enit nnit in Cherokee county. Office in
the Court House with ttie Ordinary.
OtoTAdniinistrstions on estates and
Collections a specialty.../w#
W. A. & G. i TtASLEY,
A-ttorneyw n.t Law,
CANTON. GEORGIA.
Will give prompt attention to all busi
ness intrusted to them. Will practice in
all tho court* of tlio county and in the
Superior Courts of tho Blue Ridge cir
cuit.
O. D. MADDOX,
ATTORNEY AT LAW,
CANTON, GEORGIA
Refers by permission to John Hilvoy A
Co.. Thoa. M. Clarko A Co., James P,.
Wylie and Oramling, Hpaldiug \ Co., a'l
of Atlanta, Go.
R. W. NIWMII.
no. D. ATTAWAT.
NEWMAN & ATTAWAY,
ATTORNEYS AT LAW,
CANTON, • - - GEORGIA.
Will practice in tho Superior Courts
•f Cherokee and adjoining counties.
Prompt attention givou to all business
placed in their hands. Oflico in tho
Court House.
BEN. P. FERRY,
AOK.NT —
FIRE AND LIFE INHUUANCE CO.
Office with CuEnoKRK Auvanob.
the nelicourvi—a peculiar sort of littlo
: crane which I nevor saw anywhere else
iffiV.V.’.’.V.V.V.V.V/.V." a M pm I ««opt among the lakes and shallow
Ball Ground 8 23 pm streams of Siam or Cambodia—to tho
CAnton::::::::::::::::::" 4 os pm i ro - u * tig 1 ', - itself, i had hunted almost
Holly Springs 4 31 pm every sort of creature.
Woodstock 4 60 gin .. . . .
Blackwell's 5 20 pin ° nc morning on returning from my
Marietta 5 40 pm early drive I found awaiting mo the sais
made our way to its eastern hank. j Perhaps he is wondering what that bait j Presently somebody handed him up a
The most absolute silence was enjoined * 9 - A whole quarter of an hour posses j visiting card—a common, plain visiting
upon all. by. Tho snout of tho alligator leaves Pttr ,i. Tho violinist took It, looked at it a
On reaching the south-western part of ,ho Wl,ter and ,,ow his legs arc on moment inquiringly, tried its edge with
the shore, tho chief, whom I followed thoraft ’ , , t , , Ins finger, and then applied tho edge to
closely, approached the bank. In an- I ^body holds his breath. | , ho strings of his instrument
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a. r. a t. Agt,
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or visitors here for health, pleasure or
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My house is large—situated in the heart
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rooms comfortable, and the table sup
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Will board reasonably cheap and guar
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to or call on
JAMES M. HUTSON. Canton. Ga.
MCAFEE HOUSE,
CANTON. GA.
Under so entirely now management, is now
epen for the Accommodation of those seeking
a healthy and pleasant locality. Accommoda
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Sample Rooms for drummers. Special rates to
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In oonneotion with the House are splendid
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All Jurors and citizens of the county having
business in conrt, will be charged less than
regular rates. For further particulars call on
or address
COL. H. C. KELLOGG,
Canton, Georgia.
Killed the Dog.
The Hartford Couranf says: The fol
lowing story of the late Judge Munson
is told in a letter by John Coursey, of
Ansonia, who says: “I got bitten by a
.large dog belonging lo tho Wallaces
,'some time since, and wanted to have it
khot in consequence, but the owners
thought too much of the animal, and
would not oomply with my demands, I
then went up to Judge Munson and told
him the circumstances. Said he, ‘They
must shoot the dog,’ and started to
write a letter, during which he smiled
frequently. He directed it to Mr. Wal
lace, and I paid him two dollars for his
trouble. On my way home along ths
railroad track 1 was tempted to open it, j the palace steps with real majesty. His
and did so. It read as follows: ‘Mr.
Wallace: You will have to be very care
ful of yourself and your dog. This man
is mad and may kill yon.’” Coursey
did not deliver the letter, lint attended
•personally to killing the dog.
• 1 Whaub’s yer]awksent, mnn ?’* bawled
a brawny Boot to a Cockney who was
murdering the Scotch dialect in some
public readings. The reader’s wit was
better than his eioention, for lie im
mediately rejoined: “Why. you’ve got
it," and the audience roared.
swer to my question, lie said:
“Thouann, I am looking for the slid
ing pntlis of tho crocodiles—tho places
they choose for leaving tho water and
climbing upon the shore. See!” he ob
served, suddenly pointing to a declivity
trampled smooth us level as if heavy
cannon hud been constantly rolled over
it, “Ihero's where they come out. If wo
can notice him, the one who comes hern
will not bn easy to nail.
Nail? I only wondered in my mind,but
my eyes must have been like two points
of interrogation, for the chief of the
hunters added aflcr looking at me a mo
ment: “Yes, nail! You arc going to
see something you never saw before in
your life.’’
lie posted a sais at this path, and wc
continued our inspection. Thirty points
wore chosen, and thirty men were sta
tioned at them.
Before turning back to camp I said to
the chief:
“But I have not noticed a singlo
wrinkle on the watijr—arc you st/rc there
are any crocodiles?”
He did not answer; but takinga piece
of wood, lie wrapped it in a bit of red
cloth and flung it about twenty yards out
into the water.
Fifteen seconds passed—a few wave-
lots appeared on the still mirror of the
lake; there was a sort of dull sound,
followed by a great shock in the water.
I could not see anything distinctly; hut
the wood wrapped in red cloth had dis
appeared.
We returned to the raftmaking estab
lishment. Thirty rafts—fifteen feet long
by about four broad—were ready. A
hundred running nooses were also pre
pared for operations.
At a signal from the leader all tho men
not on duty as soldiers followed him.
Each raft was carried by four men, while
about a doz.cn followed us with the
ropes. “To morrow morning the baits,”
said the chief, “will be atUched U) the
rafts—about 3 o’clock—quarters of
meat.”
We came to the first crocodile-bank,
As soon as the king and his wives , and preparations were made to place the
were in their vehicles, the rest of those | first strap in position,
entitled to the privilege of driving or j Four men laid the raft on the bank,
riding, mounted their horses or their and then gently pushed it down the
conveyances, and the whole royal suite. ; slope till the further end was about two
comprising more than three hundred ppr- feet under water. This bank—like all
sons, of which number about one bun- other spots chosen-—was overshadowed
dred and fifty were footmen, and twenty- bv a tree, in which one of the Cambod-
fiv# were soldiers, armed in European ians will be stationed. On the lake-end
of the prime minister, who said to me:
“Tube, Thouann 1” (Good day, my
lord).
“Tnbc, Sais!” (Good day, servitor) I
replied. “Who sends you?”
“My master invites you to call upon
him forthwith, at nis palace.”
“Forthwith—now?” j
“Yes, my lorci.”
“I go.”
And ordering my coaclr iau to follow
the Sais, who had started off at a run, I
soon found his excellency awaiting mo 1
at threshold of his dwelling.
“Excuse me,” he said, “if I have dis
turbed you; but I acted by the king's
orders. His majesty invites you to a
crocodile hunt. We shall be absent at
least one week.”
I thanked his excellency and promised
to be at his house by 5 o'clock next
morning, whence we should go together
to the palace to join tho caravan of
hunters.
At 4 :30 o’clock next morning wc ar
rived in the courtyard of the palace. A
whole army of servants had already com
pleted all necessary preparations. The
horses, carriages, elephants, and palan
keen destined for the use of Norodom,
his guests, and his wives, were all then
near the palace front. Further oft was
a long train of wagons freighted with
provisions and supplies, as well as the
tents and planking required for our tem
porary quarters.
It did not really seem as though wc
were going to hunt, but to war. The
prime minister left me in the midst of
the crowd and hastened to rejoin the
king.
At precisely 5 o’clock Norodom ap
peared, surrounded by tho high officials
of his household. All those present
bowed down or prostrated themselves. I
took off my bat.
Norodom, I must confess, descended
the rnft.
Everybody holds his breath. I the strings of his instrument. It an-
Ho keeps on climbing—slowly—very j IW ercd the purpose very well, ami he
! slowly. The Imit is thore, only twenty ployed quite a nice tuno. At the end
inches from his nose. He seizes it. At there was a burst of applause. Then ho
tho very same instant the sais in the tree ca || c <l for something else, (o see, he said,
above him pulls the strings which oper- ! if j, e f;0 iild not don littlo hotter,
ate (lie running nooses, and the reptile, I An officer of tho army, who was sitting
caught at once by head and tail begins to 1 n ,,„ r t | u , „tage, passed up his sword, and
struggle furiously. Immediately tho j w ith tho sword fora bow the clovor young
other sais leaps forward, his hammer in j violinist, after a moment or two’soxpori-
menting, played another nice tune, over
one hunri and a huge nail in tho other;
and while the monster stretches his legs
in trying to reach the water, the sais
nails the right fore foot to the rail. The
worst of the job is over. In tho twink
ling of an eye, the right hind-foot is also
nailed down. Then, boldly stepping
over the alligator, tho snis immediately
nails the tivo left-feet also to the raft.
Thus crucified, the saurian is well
which there was more applause, louder
than before. Then he handed the sword
back to the officer, and asked for some
thing else. A lady bunded up an tnn-
nrella. An umbrella? How could any
me piny on the violin with an umbrella?
But this man did. He opened the um
brella, and, finding a smooth place a few
inches in length on the handle, went to
saurian
muzzled, and his tail is fastened firmly i work with it with ease, and succeeded
with bamboo rojics. surprisingly well. The applause when ho
He is carried to Norodom and measured j lmd finished was heartier than ever, and
—seven and a half feet long. j what had been before u scene of mere
We remained on the lnkc shore two I amusement on the part of the audience
weeks, and during that time caught six- ! seemed to rise into something like admi-
tecn more crocodiles, which wore brought j ration. And now the violinist good-
alive to l’nom-Pcnh, and then skillfully naturcdly offered to try once more. And
butchered. what do you think was handed up to
The Cambodians are very fond of cro- liiin this time? A shoe; an old shoe!
codilc flesh, and I must confess that I ate j Surely he would have to give up now.
it myself without the least repugnance. For a moment he looked as it he would.
Ordinarily it sells at two cents a pound After examining the slice with care fora
in Cambodia—except when the animals moment, the violinist found a place on
arc caught during a royal hunt, and then the inner side, between the iieel anti the
the “king’scrocodile meat” scllnfor four toe, where the projecting sole furnished
cents. Just on the same principle that, a short, sharp edge. \V lien lie had
in France, President Orevy’s rabbits sell j found that, and felt it with bis linger,
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Twenty-five per cent saved by spnly-
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Material furnished at bottom prices.
Hatlsfaction given or no charges made.
Bee er address. J. M. HARDIN,
(jiiiiH-’ Canton, Georgia.
H. H.
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—AND-
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Canton, • * Ga.
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Mo#onry or Plastering at the lowest pos
sible rates, and solicit thq patronage #1
those desiring work in rav line.
U. n McENTYRE.
THOS. W. HOGAN,
DENTIST,
Canton, ■ Ga.
Tenders his professional services to ths
citizens of Oanton and surrounding coun
try, and guarantees satisfaction in wort
and prioes.
Office—Over W. M. Ellis’ store.
J. II,
-a-O TO-
" ,IOTUV i
palankeen awaited him, he got into it,
and his various wives got into other sim
ilar conveyances prepared for them.
at four francs a pair, while yours or mine
aro worth only forty sous.
It is nearly seven years since I enjoyed
the hospitality of King Norodom, and I
would not have thought of publishing
this recital of my hunting adventures had
he looked up with a pleased expression, j
ns if to say, I guess that will do. And
do it did; for with the shoe for a violin |
now he went on and played a tripping
:une that set everybody's feet agoing,
and when he had finished filled the room
not public attention been again called to with a deafening round of applause,
the good king of Cambodia—who was With a low bow and a pleasant, srnile, in
so kind to me—by the action of Procon a moment he was gone.
sul Thompson in despoiling
estates.
him of liis
A London firm of pencil makers man
ufactures its shavings and sawdust into
an article which they call the “dust of
Lebanon.” It is sprinkled upon the tire
to remove the unpleasant smell of cook
ing noticeable in a room after a meal.
The standing armies of Europe aggre
gate 3,501,071 able-bodied men. The
taxes for their support aggregate $495, •
015,603.
fashion, proceeded ou its way.
Birmingham, England, has the most
extensive button trade of nny city in the
j of tho raft a large running noose wasj world.
A (Jlascow dog went regularly with
his master to the butcher’s to get his din
ner. He carried a little basket and two
pence to pay for it. Finally he was
allowed to go alone. But another
butcher soon sent in a bill for the dog’s
daily supply of food. It was ascertained
that the animal, having a voracious ap
petite, was getting double rations. After
ne had eaten what he received at the
first butcher's, he would take the empty
basket to another and eat on credit.
The editors, bookkeeper, type-setters,
collectors and agents of the Freeman,
the colored organ published in New
/oik, are all colored men.
To get your eld harness made new, your
hliocs ana boots repaired, or Baddies and
bridles made or repaired. Ladles' and Gen
tlemen's fine shoes made to order. Have for
sale a line lot of leather and general shoo find
ings at rock bottom prices for cash. Don't
tail to come and see us when in town. Shop
in cellar of Scott, Keith ,L Ilro,
J. B. CHASTAIN & C0._
Sale and Feed
STABLE,
W. T. MAHAN,
Canton, Ga., near Railroai Depot.
Horses and Baggie# at reononnbl*
prioes.
Carriages and Hone# alwsrs ready.
Will send to any part of tno oountiy,
with careful drivers and gentle teams
All kinds of stock food, and stock well
cared for.
Hanlinz M Drayiug Done at Low Ratos,
Customers will ho politely waited on
at all hours—day or night.