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Newspaper Page TextThe Cedartown Advertiser Published every Thursday by 3D. 33. FREEMAN. Terms: &1.50 per annum, in advance. OLD SERIES—VOL. VIII-NO. 17. CEDARTOWN, GA., MAY 26. 1881. NEW SERIES—VOL. III-NO. 24. CHARLES E. WEST, Attorney at Law, CEDARTOWN, Georgia. tr special attention to Collection ot Claims. Office up stairs in Ledbetter & GoodeJBundlng. C. G. JANES, attorney at law, CEDARTOWN, GA. tw~ office In the Court House. febie-iy DRS. LIDDELL & SON, PHYSICIANS MO SUR6EMS OFFICE EAST BIDE OF MAIM BF. CEDARTOWN, GA. JanS-lr W. G. ENGLAND, Physician and Surgeon. CEDARTOWN, GA. OFFICE prer J. A. Wynn’s where he maybe tound ready to attend calls either day or night. Janl6-iy ' DR. C. H. HARRIS^ Physician and Surgeon, Cedartown. ©a- ■ * omoe at Bradford & Walker’s Draff Store. Residenoe at the Reece House. novi4-iy B. FISHER, Watchmaker & Jeweler. CEDARTOWN, GA. Having lust opened out a shop at the store of •a. D. Hogg A Co., respectruify requests tbe S ublic to call on him when needing work in his at*. febS-tt W. F. TURNER, Attorney at Law, CEDARTOWN, GA. will practice In the Superior Courts of Polk, Pau'ding, Haral-on, Floyd and Carroll counties, special attention given to collections and real estate business. marll- lv THE DRIFTING BOAT. We met a drifting boat far oat at sea, Empty, without an oar, without a sail; Tosaed on the rolling billows aimlessly. Hither and thither with the shifting gale. 1 which at that point was about a hundred yards wide. Karanagh owns that he felt his courage I failing him as he entered the cold water, but seeing the guide walking quickly to wards the opposite bank, he followed I him, On reaching it, they took tneir bundles Once, it had been a gallant little craft, Safe anchored in the dark and etormy days; _ Or, with blue ekies and freeh, glad winda 1clothes from their heads and dressed abaft Bearing its liying freight o’er sonny bays. Now, eadly free, for no calm harbor bound. Without a purpose, or a guiding hand. Aimless, and naelees, it would drift, till found A nameleaa wreck upon some unknown strand, Alas! alas! the empty drifting lives themselves again, at the same time narrow ly escaping observation by a sepoy who had come to a pond in the neighborhood to wash. On finding, however, that they were not observed, confidence returned to them, and they proceeded right on. — _— . _ . From the city they passed into the green Toesed to-and-fro upon Life’s stormy sea. fl wlllch Kavanagh had not seen for The aimless souls, that every chance wind ’ ■ drives I ^ ve mont ^ s > he says that a carrot To drowsy ones, that rock where great which he took from the roadside was the calms be. I most delicious he had ever tasted. i „„„„ A further walk of a few miles was ac- m ^ IcompliBhedm high spirits; but they soon Their flying flags, and gallant sails uufnrled; found out that they had taken'the wrong Now, with torn shrouds, and helm, and an- roa fl_ a nd were in the Dilkooshah Park, chor lost, I which was in possession of the enemy. Poor, helpless craft., they drift about the Here Branagh showed his wonted cour- World ’ age by going within twenty yards of two Bound for no harbor, bearing no rich freight, I find out the strength of the enemy. From every human tie too aadlv free, Kunoujee Lai was in great trouble, an For whom no fond hearts pray, no watchers ^ ^ Kayanagh would tJunk that The^useless drift-wood on Time’s mighty | he was acting the traitor ; and he begged him not to distrust him, as the mistake Oh, Heart! Oh, Heart! this were a fate more black Than ceaaeleee watch and fight where tem pests frown; Better amid the waves and thunder rack Doing thy best, to struggle and go down ! A Noble Deed. was made by his anxiety to avoid the pickets of the enemy. Kavanagh reassured him, and they con- i turned their journey, constantly meeting j sepoys but still escaping detection. After wading through a swamp of I nearly two hour* up to their waists in water, and being nearly exhausted with fatigue and anxiety, Kavanagh insisted DR. L. S. LEDBETTER, DENTIST, CEDARTOWN, - - - GEORGIA. All Dental work performed in the most sklU- tul m inner, office over J. S. Stubbs & Co.’s, fcbio-iy DR G. W. STRICKLAND DENTIST, CEDARTOWN, - - - Georgia. Having permanently located In cedartown, oITere hie professional services to tne public, guaranteeing first-class work and reasonable charges to all patrons. oet21-ly JAMES H. PRICE, CEDARTOWN, GA. Keeps on hand and manufactures to order MATTRESSES! My work recommends Itself wnerever used, and Is guaranteed to render the most pe tect satisfaction. Mo flimsy material used, no work Jughted. I ask a trial. JAMES. H. PRICE. iebl»-ly. Two and-twenty years ago a deed was upon having some rest, in spite of the re performed which has scarcely any parallel I monstrance of his guide, in the annals of modern wars. I After a halt of about a quarter of an The hero of it was a gentleman belong-1 hour, they again went forward, and passed, ing to the Civil Service of India, named I through two pickets of the enemy, who Thomas Henry Kavanagh. j had no sentries thrown out. India trembled in the balance; and the I This was about 4 o’ clock in the morning empire was thrilling with horror over the j and Kavanagh lay down to sleep for an terrible massacre of English women and 1 hour, although Kunoujee Lai again pro- children at Cawnpore.when the news came tested against it. that a gallant little band of devoted men Suddenly, they heard the pleasant sound were defending themselves in the Resi- of the British chaUenge, “Who comes deney at Lucknow against the hordes of a there ?” delivered with a native accent; savage and relentless enemy. and to their joyful surprise they found From the beginning to the end of this re I themselves within the lines of Sir Colin markable siege,Kavanagh—civilian though I Campbell's camp, which they believed lobe Be was appears to have figured conspicu-1 .till many miles distant. ously in the defence, lor no sooner was the An officer of the 9th Lancers conducted Residency invested by the mutineer foiees, Kavanagh to his tent and gave him a than he set to work to arm and drill all the glass of brandy, and he then asked the civilians in the place; and in spite of much I way to the Commander-in-chiefs tent ridicule from the military men, ultimately Meeting an elderly gentleman coming succeeded in organizing a corps of volun-1 out of the tent in question, Kavanagh teers that did splendid service for the asked him where he could find Sir Colin Btate Campbell. During five long months the little garri- ‘I am Sir Colin Campbell,’ was the quick son was put to its wits’ end to meet the I reply. ‘Who are you ?’ constant and ever recurring attacks of the ‘This will explain, sir,’ replied Kava- enemy. Repelling sorties, mining and cagh, taking from the folds of his turban countermining, repairing breaches, etc., was a note of introduction from Sir James Out- the work that was always going on; and ram. none was more willing and brave than the Sir Colin read it hastily, and glancing at gallant Kavanagh who though wounded Kavanagh with his keen eyes, he asked if several times was ever to be found at the ] >t true. ‘Do you doubt me, sir V asked Kava nagh. John Wallace recently had a terrible experience in Marion, Indiana. He had gone into Warner’s barber shop to be shaved. Mr. Warner, being ill, had, a day or two before, hired a genteel looking man representing himself to be a first class barber from Wayne county, to work for him a few days. The fellow conducted himself all right until Saturday, when he began to drink quite freely, he secured some alcohol used in the shop aud drank it raw. Mr. Jesse Ijams, who occu pied the chair just before Mr. Wallace, noticed something very peculiar in the man’s actions, especially when he refused to give the change back from a bill handed him by Ijams. Wallace got into the.chair, and the fellow, after lathering, hit face and getting everything ready .for operation, opened his razor, grasped Mr. W allace by the throat, and exclaimed: “ I am^oing to cut your throat.” Looking up, Mr. Wallace saw that the barber was foaming at the mouth and an insane glare was in his eyes. So startled was Mr. Wallace for a few moments that he could not reply. The maniac gave vent to a blood-curdling laugh and exclaimed: “You think I won’t do it, do yon ? Well I shall. You needn’t look so scared. It wont hurt much. I nan do it is a minute. I shall first cut your throat and then slit you open down the stomach and let your bowels out. Oh, I know what they’ll do with me for killing you; but l don’t care They will hang me. I am not afraid of death; you are. ” All the while the madman was flourish ing his razor in close proximity to his victim’s throat, and occasionally drawing back as if to strike. As soon as he partially recovered from the first paralysis of his fright, Wallace kept his eye steadily upon his persecutor, and finally, taking advantage of an instant when his grip was loosened on his throat, managed to twist quickly around and slide out of the chair and run for the door, but the barber was too quick for him and got there first. Then, with one hand on the door-knob and a razor in the other, he stood and heaped the most horrible imprecations upon Wallace’s head because be had attempted to escape. Wallace ottered the barber a cigar which he had in his pocket. “What do you want me to do with the cigar?” said the barber. “Why, smoke 1” said Mr. Wallace. As the madman reached for the cigar Wallace sprang upon him and threw, him down, then turned and ran, the negro after him with the razor in his hand. Wallace got away safely, finally, aud the barber ran after a little boy, swearing he would kill him. A butcher saw the negro and pursued him, overtaking him just Before he reached the boy. The butcher over powered the maniac and the marshal ’<1 rag ged him to jail. The negro was suffering from delirium tremens. How tbe Ancients Spent Money, D. H. LEDBETTER, Watchmaker & Jeweler, CEDARTOWN, Ga. All kinds of Repairing of watches. Clocks and Jewelry done promptly and satisfactorily. Watches Clocks and Jewelry of all kinds fur nished to order on short notice. I am prepared to do PHOTOGRAPHING IN ALL ITS BRANCHES. My Gallery is fitted up in good style, and I an» prepared to mulsh GOOD PICTURES. ^GotSe'iuUdlngT " P post of danger. We should also mention here, as an in teresting fact, that Kavanagh’s wife was also wounded during the siege and laid up for several weeks. ‘No, no,’ replied Sir Colin, “but it seems very strange.’ Sir Colin was anxious to hear his story; but Kavanagli, worn out with the strain At length in November came tbe wel- j U p 0n [jig metal and physical system, beg ged to be allowed some sleeD. When he awoke, Kavanagh was very come news that Sir Colin Campbell—after wards Lord Clyde was advancing with a livehy, feed —AND- SALE STABLE! Wright & Johnson, Prop’rs. CEDARTOWN Georgia. Heim? suonlled with new Horses, New Ve- nloles^fic., we are prepared to meet «t the public in our ii» lans-iy STAR BARBER SHOP. WEST SIDE MAIN STREET. CLEAN TOWELS and plenty of BAY RUM al- ways at hand. Everything neat and systematic about my snop, and customers promptly and politely waited on. Am-prepared to Clean Clothing. Bring me your worn and faded garments and 'have them made to look as good as new. I guarantee perfect satisfaction in all branches of my business. The repairing of Umbrellas a Specialty. nov25-ly LEWIS BOND. How Watches are Made. It will be apparent to any one who will ex amine a Solid Gold Watch, that aside from the -necessary thickness for engraving and polish ing, a large proportion of the precious metal used la needed only to stiffen and hold the en graved portions in place, and supply the neces sary solidity and strength. The surplus gold is actually needless so far as utility and beauty i&rp concerned. In JAMBS BOSS’ PATENT ©OLD WATCH CASES, this waste of precious metal is overcome, and the same solidity and stbkkgtk produced at from one-third to one- balf the usual cost of solid cases. This process la of the most simple nature, as rollows: ▲ plate •of nlckle composition metal, especially adapted to the purpose, has two plates of solid gold sol dered one on each side. The three are then jMuwed between polished steel rollers, and the result is a strip of heavy plated composition, afrom which the eases, backs, centres, bevels *e- are cut and shaped by suitable dies and formers. The gold in these cases is sufficiently fchiefc to admit of all kinds of chasing, engrav ing and •nam#iiing • the engraved cases have Keen earned until worn perfectly smooth by SUne and use without removing the gold. strong British force to the relief of the gar- cordifU]y receivc fl at Si r Colin’s own table, rison; and on the ninth of that month iv I w j iere ^ over a substantial repast—to which anagh learned that a spy had come in from I ^ am? j e —he recounted to the Cawnpore,and that he was going back again j' ommInaU (| er _i n - C [i 1 iei and his staff the ad- to the Alum Bagh, with despatches for I yeldureg through which he had passed. Six Colin. j t he meantime, the devoted garrison Indeed, it had become necessary that I the Residency he signalled, “Is Kava Sir Colin’s march should be hastened, and I [1;i gh safe i ’ But the signal could not be that he should be guided to the city by the I read least hazardous route. I Shortly afterwards, however, the pre- But who was to be the guide ? The al-1 concerted signal—namely, the raising of a most impossibility of any European being flag at the Alum Bagh, told Sir James able to escape through the city undetect-1 Outram that the h cru was beyond the risk ed, and the certainty of his murder if 1 0 f further danger, detected, deterred the commandant from Then Mrs. Kavanagh was made acquaint- ordering any officer, or even seeking volun-1 e( j w jth her husband’s heroic act, and re- teers for such a duty. I ceived the congratulations of alL A volunteer lor this extraordinarily We have no space to give all the details dangerous adventure did, however, pre-1 of Sir Colin Campbell’s march to the Re sent himself in the person of Kavanagh. sidency; but Kavanagh, by his bravery He had sought out the spy, whose name I and intelligence during that march, was was Kunoujee Lai, and finding him intelli-1 certainly the man who next to the Com- gent, he expressed his desire to proceed I mander-in-chief, contributed most to the with him in disguise to Alum Bagh. I success of the attack. The spy at first hesitated; and urging Indeed, never was a nobler act than that that there was more chance of detection I tf Kavanagh’s and when he appeared again by two going together, proposed that they J within the walls of the garrison which he should take different roads, and meet out-1 had risked his life to rescue, and was thus side the city I the first man to relieve it, the cheers and This Kavanagh objected to,and then pro- Satins with which he was received by ceeded to finish some business he had in i* half-famished defenders must have hand, his mind, however, still dwelling | beeen dear to is so upon the accomplishment of his object, At last he made up his mind, and pro posed the enterprise to his officers. They To be Carried in Your Pocket. Keep good company or none. Never be reluctantly consented, and he proceeded to I ldle _ jf your hands cannot bo usefully disguise himself for the journey as ana. employed, attend to the cultivation of I vour mind. Always speak the truth. , t . , . , Make few promises. Live up to your en- This he had secretly arranged, as he did ementg _ Keep your own secrets if not wish his wife to know anything of the I you have any. When you speak to a per- uudertaking until his safe arrival at the I son, look him in the face. Good company Alum Bagh should be signalled to the gar- and good conversion are the very smews 6 I of virtue. Good character is above all rison. things else. Your character cannot be To show the thoroughness with which I esseBt ially injured, except by your own Kavanagh did this part of his work, it is I acts. If any one speaks evil of you, let only necessary to mention that the mater-1 your life be such that no one will believe ials of which his costume was composed him. Drink no intoxicating liquors. , , I live (misfortune excepted) within your was borrowed piece by piece from separate incOB ^ W hec you re tire to bed, think natives. 1 0Ter w fl a t you have been doing during the When the disguise was thus complete, flay. Make no haste to be rich, if you he proceeded at half past seven, P. M. would prosper. Small and steady gains. to the General’s quarters, where he at once give competency, with tranquility of . .. . mind. Never play at any game of chance, tested the genuineness of his metamor- L oid ^ tamp £ ti * n Ea m money before pharis. I you spend it. Never run into debt unless Nobody recognized him until he ^ made I you gan see your way to get out of it. himwlf known, and then Sir James Out- Never borrow if you can possibly avoid it. ram himself put the -finishing touches to N^ver spLkTvdVany Te'. his toilet Be just before you are generous. Keep Placing a double barreled pistol in his yourself innocent if you would be happy, waistband, and additionally armed with a Save when you are young, that you may tulwar or sword, Kavanagh then took spend when you are old - Head over the , , _ , . .. , — , above maxima at least once a week, leave of the General and his staff, and pro- - Tacitus informs us that Nero, the Roman emperor, gave away in presents to his friends *87,600,000. The dresses ofXollia Paulina, the rival of Agrippina, were val ued at $1,664,480. This did not include her jewels. She wore at one supper $1,- 262,500 worth of jewels,and it was a piam citizen^ supper. She was worth altogether $200,000,000 The luxury of Pappse, be loved by Nero, was at least equal to that of Lollia Pallas, the lover of Aggrippma, left an estate in lands valued at $15,000,000. M. Scaurus had a villa worth $15,000,000, and this was only a small portion of hi9 immense fortune. The villa was burned by his slaves out of revenge for some in jury. The sums paid by old Greeks and Ro mans for works of art make the present price appear somewhat shabby. Nicias, an artist, refused to sell one of liis pictures to King Attaius for $75,000, choosing rather to present it to his country as a gift. Nicias was a millionaire. For a single fig ure by Aristides, King Attaius gave $125, 000. Muason, the tyrant of Elatus, paid $20,000 for a single picture by Aristides, representing a battle of the Persians. Ciesar was a generous patron of art. He bought of Timomaehus,a painter of Athens, two figures, one represents Ajax and the other Meda, for which he paid $100,000. Appelles received $20,000 fora portrait of Alexander, which he painted on the walls of the temple Diana, at Ephesus. Ptolemy paid Aratus $200,000 for some old pictures by Melanthus and Pamhilus, M. Agrippa paid to the people of Cyzicus $50,000 for two small paintings, and it wa» he who built and bequeathed to his coun trymen the magnificent Therms in the Campus Martius, with their gardens, libra ries and porticos—one portion of which, the Pantheon, still remains. Lucius Mum- mius got a picture in Greece, representing Father Bacchus, which King Attains val ued at $250,000, but Mummius said that the price was too small, and refused to sell. The picture of “Venns Anadyomene by Aoelles, was sold for $25,000. Isocrates received $20,000 for one oration. Virgil, for Ins lines on Maicellus,was rewarded by a gift of $10,000. For a single dish of pottery the tragic actor JSsophu* paid $4500. The Emperor Yitellius ordered a dish to be made for him for which a fur nace was erected in the fields outside the city for $45,000. The colossal statue of Mercury, made for the city of the Avemi, in Gaul, by Zenodorus, cost $1,675,000 Nero'paid $161,000 for a carpet. For the famous statue of the Diademenos, which was a bronze figure of life size rep resenting a youth trying a fillet round his head, Polycielitus received $125,000. And again dropping art for literat'ire, it is re lated that Tiberius presented to Aselius Sabinus, $20,000 for a dialogu. written be tween a innshroom,n cabbage, an oyster and a thrush. Regarding the immense wealth possessed by fortune s favorites in ancient days, the mystery is what iias be come of all this gold and silver, for the possessions of these rich men and women consisted chiefly of the clean metaland precious stones fill U THE ONLY CASE MADE with. with Kunoujee Lai to the right 4WO PLATES OF SOUS GOLD, AND WAR RANTED HZ SPECIAL CERTIFICATE. FarsalAhraU Jmlsn. itt for Ulonratod HwsHmmmnmit paru-ir bank of the river Goomtee. Kavanagh and his guide then undressed themselves, and began to fad the river, —The Pennsylvania canal Is now open for navagatlon The man who gets bit twice by the same dog is better adapted for that kind of bus! ness than any other. There is a great deal of religion in this world that is liken life preserver, only put on at the moment of immediate danger and then half the time put on hind side before. Experience is a school where a man learns what a big fool he has been. The man who doesn’t believe m a here after has got a dreadfully mean opinion of himself and his chances. There are two kinds of fools in this world —those who can change their opinions and those who won’t. A good doctor is a gentleman to whom we pay three dollars a visit for advising to eat less and exercise more. The world is filling up with educated fools—mankind read too much and learn too little. Every man has his follies and oftentimes they are the most interesting things he has got. A couple of hours’ ride over a most wretched bridle path, up and dewn rugged mountain passes, brought us to this charm- rng oasis called “Eden.” The Arabs as sured us this spot was the real Garden of Eden and judging from the intense cari osity they evinced concerning ourselves and our traps, we had no difficulty in be lieving this to be the garden where our first mother Eve dwelt ere she grew too fond of apples. This Eden is situated m a pretty little valley in the heart of the mountains, at an elevation of some 5,000 feet above the level of the sea. W ater is abundant here and consequently every thing is green and fruit is plenty. The valley is full of vineyards, with pomegran ates and fig trees, and olive and mulberry antations, and over-topping the whole can be seen some immense walnut trees that look as old as the world. As 1 am writing these lines sitting on camp-stool in front of my tent, I can see tbe whole population of Eden collected round our camp staring at us. Young and old, men women and children are pressing forward to have a good look at us; and some of these wild children of Eve have climbed up the trees to have the luxury of a bird’s eye view of our camp. Long before we reached our campaign ground the news had been brought that a caravan of people from beyond the moun tains and perhaps, oh wonder! from be yond the sea, was coming to camp in their oasis. The news spread like wild fire among the tribe and there was a general rush for the best places to see us come in and get off our horses. The women left off their work in the fields, the men left off playing on the reed-pipes and tbe chil dren left off t crying te see us coming. circus arriving in a village “out West" never created such a sensation as we did on approaching this earthly para dise. As we filed past through this aisle of human beings, we were greeted with shouts and mock salutations. The women gig gled, the men smiled, the children roared the queer figure we cut in our European costumes. Two ladies with us were made the objects of a very popular ova'ion. The green goggles which some of my companions wore seemed to raise the en thusiasm of the crowd to its highest pitch, and many a swarthy finger was raised from among those Arabs, pointing to these green goggles, while the women called to each other and raised their children in their arms to make them enjoy the treat. Meantime my friends, quite unconscious of their great popularity, did not know what to make of all this crowd. But as we drew near the tents and I helped JVlra, E., off her horse, the crowd pressed so much on us that Halil and his men were obliged to drive them off and to have ropes stretched around our camp to keep the intruders out. Here with plenty of elbow room I enjoy the scene, which indeed, is very pictur esque. When the excitement had some what subsided I strolled out to enjoy the gorgeous sunset. The western sky was aglow with luminous tints of orange, pink and purple. This glory lasted but a min ute, and all was nushed in the gray tints of evening. Later in the evening some young men and young women were admitted in our dining-room tent. These Arab women were dying with curiosity to see and han dle the clothes and trinkets of our lady friends. Velvet, seemed to attract their attention aud admiration more than any thing else, save perhaps our watches and gloves. The gloves especially seemed to puzzle them. The Countess took out her repeater and made it strike for them. They seemed delighted, just as little children would be with the sound of the tiny bell. Some of these pretty Arab girls asked me, through our dragoman, if all the ladies in our country were like the two that were with us? I told Halil to ask these girls what made them ask that question. They answered with a giggle and a shy look from their roguish eyes, “If they are all so large it must be very hard work for the poor horses to carry them.” just to the left of the Patriarch's throne, which is on the south of the chair. King George is rather tall, erect, well formed, fair-haired, with a blonde mustache, ami pleasantly regular features. He wears the dark blue uniform of a major, and a light blue short cloak with crimson lining, while wide, light blue scarf crosses his breast from the right shoulder. Young men press forward to the coffin with garlands of flowers. They are dele-, gates from the university and the schools. The Patriarch takes his seat, two bishops on either hand, venerable, white bearded men. The loud, shrill chant of the priests, men’s voices singing in unison, begins the service. Two singers who are not priests intone most of the service, the priests, and bishops over against them answering anti- phonally. The music has that weird shaking of the voice within a range of four or five notes which recalls Arabian music. Indeed, the Greeks of to-day in their church chants and in their street ballads, have no music which does not seem to have been borrowed from Asia. Nothing you see or hear at Athens is mote unlike Eu rope and America than the singing. The service finished, the king goes out first, after him the priests and the coffin. The procession resumes its slow march through the principal streets. Two hours later, as I stood on the Acropolis, I could see the crowd standing about the open grave among the cypresses beyond the llissus, listening to panegyrics delivered in succession by four ex-prime ministers, the rivals and friends of the dead states man. For several days the newspapers of Athens were filled with eulogies of Dele- georges. Many of them were very elo quent. I had the curiosity to count in one of these articles the words which I could not readily trace to a root used in classic Greek. There were but eleven sueh words in an article of two columns, so truly is the Greek of to-day Greek, and not Sla vonic. Tenants of an improving disposition are often deterred from making their homes as comfortable as they could desire and are able to make them for fear of benefiting their landlords or successors more than themselves. Painting, papering and re pairing of the house and improvements of the grounds are obviously of a permanent nature and cannot benefit any one but the occupant of the premises. Should a tenant see fit to incur expense for these things he can claim no recompense, if, at the expira tion of the lease, he is unwilling or unable to renew it There are, however, many improvements that formerly would have been held to insure to the benefit of the landlord, but which more modern decisions permit the tenant to take up and carry away with his other household goods. The old law and judicial construction favored land and land owners, and every thing that was directly or constructively attached to the soil was held to belong to the owner of the fee and not removable by A Funeral Procession In Athens. Flump girls are Bald to be going out The first funeral procession which we met in Athens showed the peculiarities of the Greek custom at their best. On aD open bier, resting on the shoulders of six young meD, lay the body of a beautiful girl of sixteen, dressed in light blue and white, her face and arms exposed, her head garlanded with flowers, and flowers filling her hands and lying in knots and clusters on her breast. So she was borne through the clear, sweet morning Bunshine that flooded the streets of her native city, to her grave beyond its limits, Under the shadow of Mount Hymettus. Delegeorges, ex-Prime Minister, in the quickly succeeding changes of Greek party government several times at the head of the cabinet, and as often the leader of the opposition, died during our stay at Athens, He was a man whose staunch integrity and democratic love of simplicity had en deared him to the people. He was buried on the day after his death, the rule in Athens. Dense crowds of men and boys thronged the streets near the house, from which the procession was to start. There were no services at his home, but acquaintances passed in to view the remains, and to offer sympathy to the family, who, as a rule, do not accompany the procession to the church or the grave. Every man who entered the house put on a white lace scarf over the right shoulder and under the left arm—the badge of mourning. Many bearded priests of the Greek church mingled with the crowd. Their luxuriant hair is never cut, but is twisted into a roll, and knotted on the back of the hesd like a woman's. They wear a tall, cylindrical hat, brimless be low, but with a round flat crown wh'ch projects laterally an inoh or two. The dignitaries of the church were resplendent in gold-embroidered robes of white, purple and scarlet. The coffin was of bine satin. The body, dressed in plain black as in life—the low shoes tied with white ribbon—was brought oat and placed on the open bier. As is the custom at Athens, the upper half of the coffin, for its entire length, had been re moved with the lid, and was carried in ad vance of the bier. On it was worked in white a cross and a crown. A glass cover was placed over the body. Flowers in profusion lay about the form of the dead statesman. Two red banners—one with a formal sacred painting, in the Byzantine style of the Annunciation, and of Mary and the Child; the other representing, in archaic figures, the Crucifixion and the Resurrec tion—were borne before the coffin. Then followed the clergy and prominent citi- »ens, while the brass band played a slow- moving dirge. Leaving the crowded streets, I went by a shorter way to the cathedral, where the mention of my nationality passed me through the closed doors, and secured me an excellent place—seats there were none, save for bishops and King. - Fust enter the sacred banners, and the man with the lid of the coffin; then priests with lanterns, censers, tapers and banners; then the coffln is earned in and placed on a black catafalque in the choir. The king, with a few attendants, has taken his place Wliat a Tenant May Remove. “I’m looking for the responsible man of this print shop,” snorted a broad should ered tramp, edging his way into the manag ing editor’s office. “Show me the high daddy that pumps out the literature for the magazine. vVhcop! Give me room! Where’s the pelican that licks the postage stamps for this periodical ? Wah-h I I’m a snortin’siligator of thebnny deep ! Where’s the man that chews soap for the jcb office?” “I represent those various func tions,” related the managing editor draw ing a sabre out of bis ear. “What kind of an advertisement do you want ?” and pour ed a handful of gunpowder into a hollow tooth and cocked it. “Whatdo you mean by publishing my name in this yere second-hand almanac ?” What's yer justification for dragging me through this two sheet poster ? Who said I was dead? Who killed me? Who put my name on this prescription label ? I’m Jim Carrie, of Texas! Hear me ? Who is the man that wrote me up 09 murdered in this dime museum programme ? Give me his spme 1 Hand me one of his eyes! ” and the stranger danced across the local-room and back. “I’m the man,” said the managing edi tor, slipping a repeating rifle out of his sleeve. “I wrote that article,’’ drawing a handful of dynamite out of a pimple on his nose. “If it isn’t satisfactory” (taxing a keg of gunpowder out of his sock) “it can be fixed. ” “I want an apology of four dollars id cash, and I’ll get it, if I bust this typ« writer!” yelled Mr. Currie. “Gimme justice or three dollars and half.or I’ll bang the side lights out of this l>iil board quick- er’n a streak o’ lightning ’ll scorch an old maid! I’m the shiverin’ walrus of the growing Southwest! Gimme satisfaction or two dollars and seventy-five cents, or you’ll hear this first lesson in easy spellin’ wboonin’ through all space ! Wah—h— h-!” “You lite down the inside of the build ing!’howled the managing editor, draw ing a fourteen inch Bowie knife from his knee joint, “or I ll crawl inside of you;” and he rammed a Iwe’vt; pound cartridge into his elbow. “Jump through the roof, or I’ll bite you in half, ana throw the rest away;” ana he clawed at twelve or fifteen feet of planking, and slammed out the side of tbe building with it. And the stranger went out and told his abettors that the thing wouldn’t workjthey was all out of money, and couldn’t put up for a glass of beer, while tbe managing editor started tor an editorial demonstrat* ing the lack of corporate sympathy for the pauper criminals. Very often the nair falls out afcei sick ness. In Buch cases it generally grows again without the aid of any hair tonic whatever; but when it falls out from natural causes it never grows again. The cele brated Dr. Bazin, who was formerly phy sician in chief of the St. Louis Hospital at “ owner or sue lee aim nos reimivame u, , iB known throughout the the tenant though placed there by him - f thp mn ,, Wrnf „, 9n JL H 9t for solely for his own convenience. Although the law has been Uulc changed In this respect the views of judges have been prac tically reversed. The tendency of all recent decisions is to allow a tenant to re move everything removable which he adds to the tenancy, unless he himself intended it to be permanent. 'Houses are usually considered as realty, and everything attach ed, as porches, window blinds and sashes, water spouts and lightning-rods, go with them. The gas-pipes which convey the gas from the Btreet and distribute It throughout the house are ip the same category, but the gas fixtures, though screwed and cemented to the gas fittings, are held to be of the same nature as the old-fashioned candlesticks, and. therefore, personal property. This has long been held to be the law as regards tenants. They may put what gas fixtures they please in a house and take them away again with their kerosene lamps and other illuminating apparatus. Recently Judge Thayer de cided that this was good law for the land lord as well as for the tenant, and that therefore tbe gas fixtures do not necessarily pass with the sale of the house, nor are they covered by a mortgage on the realty. As a general rule, whatever a tenant puts into a dwelling or erects on the premises for his own comfort, without tbe intention to permanently annex it, he may remove at any time before the expiration of his lease. This would include Buch things as cupboards, shelves, coalbins, and even a stairway has been held to be within tbe rule. All trade fixtures and temporary structures, whether trame or brick, and without regard to their size, may be taken down and carried oft by the tenaot who erected them. Even a dwelling-house is not a part of the realty if the right to re move it is reserved. All the landlord can legitimate demand is to have his property restored to his possession in as good order as it was received by the tenant, ordinary wear and tear excepted. Whatever the tenant put in of a movable nature he may take away, but his carpenter work must not injure or permanently alter the prop erty. All the decisions concur that these removals of improvements and fixtures must be made within the term of the lease. If the tenant waits till his lease hi s exp red the land and all that is on it except the purely personal property of the tenant re verts to the landlord. worid as the most learned specialist for affections of the skin, told me one day that there was nothing that could make the hair grow after the baldness had come on gradually. This I believe firmly, for, if there was anything of the kind, we would not see so many New York doctors with heads as completely destitute of hair as the backs of turtles. I am even per suaded that these gentlemen would follow the example of those Greek heroes who, under the leadership of Jason, made a voyage to Colchis to bring back the Golden Fleece. Modem Argonauts, the doctors, would consider themselves happy if they could bring back from such a voyage tbe secret of restoring the human fleece. 1 don’t think I am far from the truth when 1 say that during the past twenty-five yeais that I have practiced the profession of hair dresser, I have made the trial upon differ ent bald heads of more than five hundred different hair tonics, and I am bound to admit that I never saw a single head the hair of which was restored after baldness. At the end of so many failures, 1 am com pletely undeceived as to the value of all the preparations, and I would not now recom mend any one of them, because I would be afraid to commit tbe crime that designated by the words, “obtaining money under false pretenses.” In my pathological studies npon the hair, I have found that people who perspire a great deal from the head are apt to get bald. The bad habit of wearing bats indoors is also very hurtful to the hair. In 1806, after the famous battle of Jena, in which the Prussians were completely defeated by Napoleon I., Baron Larrey, the celebrated military surgeon, perceived that many of the German prisoners were completely bald, Surprised, he made inquiries as to the cause of this, and he found that they owed their baldness to the shape—-as homely as unhealthy—of their caps. The foul air of their head gear, having no issue, destroyed the vitality of the hair. Indians in Civilized Oolites* Texas Kangerg. These men on the frontier of the Slate, spend two-thirds of the time in the saddle, and are continually hunting and fighting the worst diameters, the greatest despera does, of the country. Their experiences are of the wildest, most romantic, most melodramatic kind, and would, literally, related, delight the average boy of the period more than the highest flavored dime novel. This body was organized twenty- two years ago by the people of Texas, for the protection of their southern and west ern frontier from the inreads of Indians and Mexicans, and for breaking up the gangs os horse and cattle thieves and stage robbers so inimical to life and property. It consists of 155 men, divided into 6 companies of 20 to 30 each, stationed 100 milts apart, from the Red River to and along the Rio Grande. They are known as tbe Frontier Battalion, aud are under tbe supervision of Adjutant-General J. B. Jones, each company having a Cap tain and two Sergeants. A Ranger must possess great endurance, undisputed cour age wide experience in frontier warfare, and must be, a dead shot. He must be able to trace bands of roving Indians or de predators over bill and prairie, through brush and river bottoms, for without his accomplishment he would be of little value. He must provide his own horse or horses— and of the best, too—a Winchester car bine, a bowie-knife, a large Colt’s revolver, belts, cartridges, and blankets. He wears no regular uniform, but his attire is gen erally a blue woolen shirt, buckskin or corduroy trousers, high-top boots, with huge spurs, and a Mexican sombrero. The Rangers have rendered excellent ser vice to the State, and to law and order generally. They have expelled, captured, or killed many of the moat dangerous ruffians witn wnom the Southwest has ever been infested. ^The service is, of course, full of peril, as may be seen from the Adju tant’s report that one-fourth of the mem bers of the battalion are killed or disabled in every year of what may well be named their active campaigning. The number of criminals and outlaws have been greatly reduced since the organization of the Rangers, without whom law and order would be disestablished. Sheriffs would be powerless, stage routes untenable, and peaceable citizens driven from the frostier. As sood as the battalion learns of the pres ence of raiders in tne State, they are in their saddles, armed and equipped, go dashing off, sparing neither their horses ner themselves until the offenders have been overtaken and punished. The garri sons at various Government po3ts are of little avail except to repel invasions of large bodies of Mexicans or Indians. In all ordinary cases the frontiersmen have to depend on the skillful, dauntless, ubiquit ous Ranger. The Coffee-Flanter's Life, The coffee-planter lives a free and jolly life, as planters do almost always. Perhaps it may be a little monotonous, as his terri tory is small and the thiug grown is only one. It is all coffee—coffee up to his veranda, coffee down to the barbacues, coffee in every twist of the hills, coffee in every bared valley. The plantar seizes on probably one of the most lovely spots on the earth for his operations; but he does not improve the aspect of it. The shrub itself is pretty enough at all times, but it is not allowed to bear luxuriantly, and the dry red earth is always visible through it. The land must not bear a weed nor a blade of grass, that is thought worthy of produc ing coffee. Looking down from a height, the stranger will at first think a plantation fair enough to the eyes, but when he is among the snnnv paths with the soil itself ciose’to his eyes—the red-hot soil—he will hardly long be fascinated wilh the look of the place. The bungalow stands probab’y in the middle of the plantation, and here the master is informed, a few minutes after 6 in the mornmg, how many hands have been mustered to the work for that day. At 4 the labors of the day are over; but it is to be remarked that the Tamil laborer works throughout the day without rest or food. What he wants in the morn ing he takes lefore 6, and then wants nothing till he goes home at 4 to cook his rice and curry. These men live in little village - on the plantations, which are called coolie lines; and at no great distance, on the nearest high road, there is always a coolie bazar, in which the Tamil laborers make their purchases. A coffee planter, I think, should be married. I do not under stand how otherwise he is to get through with his evenings. That theory of work ing all day and reading the history of England or other improving books, with a teapot before one, till bedtime, has never held water yet. rrcgldcni Garfield i “Good da.v. Miss.” While a well-known actress, was m Louisville a short time ago a Southern gen tleman, a planter of considerable years and fortune, allowed her charms to over come his long sustained aversion to matri mony, and approached the fair ladv^with proposals of marriage. The following con versation is reported by a veracious Louisville scribe to have ensued: ‘•If I consented to become your wite, sir, I should first desire time to understand your disposition; second, I should desire yonr consent to two propositions.” “Name ’em” said he. “You muBt consent to my remaining on the stage ten years longer, at least.” “Umphl Well, I don’t think I would.” “And you most at once cease the use of tobacco—except in the form of cigars.” W-h-a-t ?” The planter started back in his chair, looking around the hotel parlor, and stared at her, and from his Ups there foUowed a prolonged whistle. “Great gad, miss! Surely—who—well! ” and he again stared. . ‘I mean what I say.” 'Come, now”—he found voice to speak —“come, now, miss, let’s compromise. Ml agree to your acting a year or two, but don't cut off my tobacco—-don’t. I’d—it would—don’t.” “You have heard the alternative.” “Then, by Jackson, there’s nothing more to he said. I like you —you’d suit me; but when it come to choosen between chewin’ and marryin,’ give me the natu ral leaf, first, last,* and always. Good day, miss.” And as red in the face as a Southern sunset, he took his hat and his departure. She never (aw him again. —The White Bouse cook has a salary of $1,800 per year. The Indians that have been at Hampton between two and three years are now be ginning to learn the use and value of clothes, they see that it is a little more trouble to get a suit of clothes than a blanket, which they could make answer for hat, coat, vest, and pants. The girls, who are accustomed to keep both body and head buried beneath heavy shawls op aU occasions and in all places, are begin ning to leave them off more frequently. A few mornings ago a girl < ame in the class with her shawl aU drawn up round her head. One or two of the girls began at once to motion and puU at her. She soon dropped it from her head. One of the girls, seeing that I had been noticing what was going on, said: “ Indian girls at Mr. H.’s school wear shawls on their heads, but Hampton girls not do it.” Suspecting that they had been recently lectured on the subject, I replied: “I am glad they know better.” Several times in the same class a girl would unconsciously gather her shawl about her head, but a mere nod or look from the others was enough to make it drop. I think a reform in this matter has begun. One accustomed to deal with the Indians would be surprised at the large amount of clothes required for the first one or two years after taking off the blanket To say that the boys are hard on clothes is to put it too mildly. The first two years they found many strange uses for their bed-clothing. Blankets would be cut up and decorated for fancy pants, sheets would be turned into strings to serve their many purposes, and even now if a boy is in need of them he will not hesitate to use his coat linings. Whatever is new must be worn in prefer ence to anything else. If a boy has a new summer suit, it is hard to make him understand why he should not wear it in February. They think they onght to be permitted to wear a new pair of cotton overalls to the exclusion of tne woolen pants, for a few days, till the novelty of them is gone. The following is about the average of the principal garments needed for a boy for the first two years, eight outride coats, 9 pairs pants, 2 overcoats, 10 pairs shoes, 11 outride shirts, 13 pairs socks, 9 neckties, 6 pairs suspenders, 8 hats or caps. Gen. Garfield’s farm contains 155 acres, all under cultivation, except a few acres of timber. It lies 25 miles east of Cleve land, fronting on the old wagon road from Cleveland to Buffalo, and the Lake Shore Railroad runs through it. The soil is rich sandy loam, and is very productive. The fences are kept in good repair, and are the best in the township. When Gen. Gar field purchased the farm, about four years ago, there were eight acres of swamp land near the centre of it which were considered almost worthless. The General's know ledge of engineering here came into practi cal use, and under his personal supervision the swamp was drained. It is now very valuable land. Besides, the drains famish a constant and abundant supply of pure water, which, by means of a hydraulic ram, is forced up to the elevated site of the house and bams, where it is used. This very simple and inexpensive kind of water-works is a model farm improvement, which ini.;Ill be adopted with advantage by many farmers. The General has a herd of 26, mostly grade Shorthorns, but there are three Jersey cows and one thoroughbred Jersey bull. The latter was presented to Gen. Garfield by Hon. A. L. Hewitt. The milk from Gen. Garfield’s dairy is carted to the railway station every morning and evening, and shipped to the Cleveland market. Near the bam is a small building, in which is kept a steam engine, used for sawing wood, cutting feed for the stock, etc. Beside the stock already mentioned there are 18 thor- ougnbred Cotswold sheep and a dozen swine of the Berkshire and Poland China. breeds. No:with3tanding the alleged depredations of visitors, very fair crops were harvested as a result of the past season’s work. From 15 acres of com there were husked 1030 bushels; 7J acres of wheat averaged 33 bushels per acre; 14 acres of oats yielded 575 bushels; 6 acres of barley,210 bushels: 8 acres of rye, 272 bushels; from 35 acres of meadow were harvested 75 tons of hay, and 2 acres of mangle wurzels yielded 500 bushels. There are fifty acres of pas ture. There is a small orchard, which bore last year about 500 bushels of applet. The farm, with the improvements made on it by Gen. Garfield, is estimated to be worth $25,000. Gen. Garfield has the rep utation among his neighbors oi being a good fanner,—oneot the beat, indeed, in that region where'good farmers abound.

Georgia Historic Newspapers

Cedartown advertiser. (Cedartown, Ga.) 1878-1889, May 26, 1881, Image 1