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SOME RAMBLING THOUGHTS.
BY “ NEMO.”
(Copyrighted)
Shall we search around for an
illustration that portrays a too corn-
mon idea of the child-mind.*'
To produce the famous Strasburg
pates de foie gras, luckless geese
are shut up in coops, so small that
the birds neither turn, nor flap their
wings, nor even preen the feathers.
Several times a day each unhappy
goose is forced full of food by a
feeding machine. The result of
this concentration ol effort upon
one organ is very quickly seen. In
two weeks a large, sturdy bird is
reduced to a foul and living skele¬
ton ; but the desired effect has been
produced upon the liver, which
now weighs two to three pounds.
Is there not something akin to
this in the methods applied to chil¬
dren by machine-teachers, and
tacitly approved of by indifferent
parents? Without thought of a
child being possessed of any other
function beyond the acquirement
of facts, and any other responsibil¬
ity apart from earning a living, the
little creature is stuffed with instruc¬
tion—not education in its best
sense—until its limbs jerk from
overstrained nerves, A sure proof
of the actual damage of such train¬
ing both to the child and to the
community is found in the fact
stated by Forbes Winslow, the fa¬
mous authority’on the brain, that in¬
fant Prodigies seldom do well in
after life, because of over-develop¬
ment in one direction and neglect
of training in another, the result
being that they are easily led away
by temptation and often “go to
the bad’ 1 when thrown on their
own resources, All thinkers most
fully acknowledge the need of
brain-culture as a means of broaden¬
ing the life and enabling the indi¬
vidual to acquire a cor.sciouness of
other things beyond those that he
can touch and taste and handle in
his own neighborhood. For in¬
stance : Without the power to read,
our lives are apt to remain as narrow
as those of savages. But it is a mere
dream to suppose that a knowledge
of all the rivers of all the conti¬
nents, with length, breadth, and
characteristics, will deter little
pilfering fingers from taking anoth¬
er scholar’s lunch. You may drag
the child through miles of arith¬
metic and over mountains of spell¬
ing ; you may whirl it through the
universe till its knowledge is marv¬
elous to relate, but all such brain
development will not save your
sweet little girl from the corruption
of the boy with unrestrained pas¬
sion. Where is the uplifting power
of vulgar fractions or the heart¬
training in repeating the bouncis of
the Mediterranean sea? Though
we speak with the tongues . of
■savants, and treasureth gold;
though we compass all knowledge
so that we can name the stars in
their courses and the strata in their
order, yet without judgment we are
nothing. And judgment cometh
not by knowledge forced into the
brain and appealing only to mem¬
ory. Judgment and conscientious
conduct are a part of the heritage of
the race, inherent and capable of
development in each normal child.
They are strengthened by the play¬
ground and the home, by the
personal influence of the teacher
and the parent; so that any who
think duty to the child completed
by books alone are cruel to the child
and traitors to the race. Far be it
from me to belittle the brain, for
by its powers the material progress
of the world has reached its present
height; and far be it from anyone
else to belittle the heart with its
social instincts, and the character
with its fateful powers, Mental
giants are capable of being moral
dwarfs, and possibly fiends. The
very forcing to which they have
been subjected hides, hinders, even
destroys their better capabilities of
usefulness of brain and honor of
conduct.
Be not deceived ; Nature is not
mocked! The different elements of
being—body, mind, spirit—have to
be trained up together. Each child
has the tendency within it to slip
back to wild, untrammeled defiance
of the things that are right, unless
all sorts of influences are brought
to bear upon it. With it and with
us as with the universe there is no
such thing as standing still. We
are either moving forward physical¬
ly, mentally, and morally or we
are slipping backward. So by
neglect or proper means of educa¬
tion, and proper interest in your
educators, you are possibly helping
to thrust the child back to the start¬
ing point of your family ages ago.
Scientists will tell you there is al¬
ways at work among domestic ani¬
mals a tendency to slip back to the
savage state. Your, house cat lit¬
ters in the barn, jjid the kittens
unless brought to the house will be
almost unapproachable later. Then
their off-spring incline to hunting
in the fields and the woods and so
on back to the wild cat stage.
Thus also with the pariah dogs of
Constantinople, with the wild hor¬
ses of the Pampas, with the wild
cattle of the Western plains. In
the same manner, but in more fate¬
ful degree, is it with the child.
* * *
Now then, in your mind, take a
walk around your town and see if
as a matter of fact some, even many,
children are not more neglected
than any domestic animal you can
name. The horse is broken to the
harness and taught to pull without
jerking ; without training nothing
is expected of it. The cow is ac¬
customed to the stall by various lit¬
tle lures ; from the young stock that
have run for months in the pasture,
butting stupidity is looked for and
found. But the child under con¬
sideration is driven off to school
just as early as possible, so as to
leave the house quiet, left there in
school for years under teachers
whom parents do not even take the
trouble to know, crammed by some
of them with book knowledge as a
Strasburg goose is crammed with
meal, tempted to deception by va¬
rious marking systems, driven into
lying by harsh, unfeeling treatment
at home, and is then expected to
turn into a sane, well-rounded per¬
son. If he fails, and brings shame
on himself and family, then up go
the hands in astonishment that such
a thing could be.
As well might you expect to
gather Malaga grapes from a wild
vine or find a living lamb in the
cave of a lion.
Southern Railway’s Exhibit at the
Tennessee Centennial.
Arrangements have been perfect¬
ed by which the Southern Railway’s
territory will be represented at the
Exposition which opens at Nash¬
ville on May 1. This, like former
exhibits made by that Company,
will include sample specimens of
mineral, agricultural, forest and
other products of the States of Vir¬
ginia, North and South Carolina,
Georgia, Alabama,Mississippi, East
Tennessee and Kentucky. This
company’s exhibit at the Atlanta
and Pittsburg Expositions attracted
the attention of the agriculturist,
manufacturer, miner, stock raiser
and others, and did more to educate
the visitors to an appreciation of
the great wealth and possibilities
of the South than any other one
exhibit that was shown, and it is
the policy of the company to active¬
ly continue this method of adver¬
tising. The scenic beauties of the
country through which the South¬
ern Railway runs will not be neg'
lected in this exhibit.
Practically, this exhibit will be
a bureau of information, so that
visitors from the North and abroad
can obtain specific data relative to
all branches of industry m and tri¬
butary to the vast number of points
on the Southern Railway.
This exhibit is under the direction
of the Land and Industrial Depart¬
ment of the Southern Railway, with
headquarters at Washington, D. C.,
and persons located along that sys¬
tem having exhibit material that
they think will interest the public
and thereby help advance the best
interest of the section from which
it comes, should at once communi¬
cate with the agent of that Depait-
ment.
This is an exhibit in which every
Petition for Charter.
STATE OF GEORGIA, \ i To the Superior
County of Habersham. Court of said Co.
The petition of D. M. Riordan, of Fulton
county, Ga., John McJunkin, J. R. Mann,
G. P. Erwin, R. Y. Mulkey, T. S. Davis, W.
A. Fowler, C. E. Mason, E. J. Christy, E.
L. Harris and J. B. Jones, of Habersham
county, shows the following facts:
Par. 1. That they desire to have them¬
selves, and such others as may be associated
with them, incorporated under the name
and stvle of the “SOUTHERN PUBLISH¬
ING COMPANY.”
Par. 2. The objects of said incorporation
are to do a general printing and publishing
business, including the printing, publish¬
ing and sale of a weekly, semi-weekly or
daily newspaper in Toceoa, Ga., and the
sale of stationery and blank books, and any
printed matter.
Par. 3. The amount of capital stock to be
$10,000, divided into l,000shares of $10 each,
non-assessable and negotiable.
Par. 4. The right to receive personal pro¬
perty of any kind, as well as work or serv¬
ice, in payment for subscriptions to the
capital stock of said corporation; ten per
cent of which stock shall be paid before
commencing business.
Par. 5. That none of the stockholders shall
be liable beyond" for any of the debts of the corpo¬
ration the unpaid balance that
might he due on subscription to stock in
the same.
Par. 6. To exercise all cor rporate powers
uec essary to the purpose of their organiza-
lion, l. not in conflict with the laws of this
State or of the United States.
Par. 7. The power to elect a President,
Vice President, Secretary, Board of Direct¬
ors, and pass all necessary by-laws regulat¬
ing the number of Directors, the election of
all officers, terms of service, and to govern
the business, and for all purposes consistent
with said business.
Par. 8. The principal office of said corpo¬
ration to be in Toccoa, Habersham county,
Ga., with the right to establish branch offi¬
ces and agencies in such other places as
they may deem best for the interest of said
corporation.
Wherefore, petitioners pray the passing
of an order by the Court incorporating them
and their successors for the purposes here¬
inbefore set forth for and during the term
of twenty years, with the privilege of re¬
newal at the expiration of that time.
J. B. JONES, Pet’s Att’y.
I certify that the foregoing is a true copy
of the original petition for charter, of file in
the Clerk’s office of Habersham county.
This Feb. 13,1807. J. A. ERWIN,
Clerk Superior Court.
citizen of this section should be
interested, and we hope that some
of our readers can supply something
to represent our territory.
Marvelous Results.
From a letter written by Rev. J
Gunderman, of Dimondale, Mich.>
we are permitted to make this ex¬
tract : “I have no hesitation in rec¬
omending Dr. King’s new discov¬
ery, as the results were almost mar¬
velous in the case of my wife. While
I was pastor of the Baptist church
at Rives Junction, she was brought
down by pneumonia succeeding la-
grippe. Terrible paroxysms of
coughing would last hours with lit¬
tle interruption, and it seemed as if
she could not survive them. A
friend recommended Dr. King’s
New Discovery ; it was quick in its
work and highly satisfactory in re¬
sults. ” Trial bottles free at
Wright & Edge, druggists. Reg¬
ular size 50 cts and $1.
Fifty dollars to the
one who guesses the
word. See advertise¬
ment in this issue.
List of Letters
Remaining in Toccoa, Ga., post
office Mch. 1st, 1897, to be sent to
the Dead Letter office if not called
for in 30 days :
Miss Ida Gilbert, Miss S. J.
Hamby, Prof. T. W. Dennington,
Messrs. W. J. Edwards, Ed Eaves,
Robert Goodman, W. J. Payne, B.
F. Porter, Lee Mills, Mayfield Mer¬
chant, Robert Lee Smith.
Persons calling for these letters
will please state that they were ad¬
vertised. One cent due on each
letter. J. J. Bright, P. M.
March 1, 1897.
Restored to Health.
If you are suffering with any skin or
blood desease, Rheumatism, Catarrh, Ul¬
cers, Old Sores, General Debility, etc.,
send stamp to the Blood wonderful Balm Co., Atlan¬
ta, Ga., for book of cures free.
This book will point the way to speedy re¬
covery. Blood Balm, (B. B. B.) is
Botanic 'manu¬
factured after a long tested prescription of
an eminent physician, and is the best
building-up and blood purifying substitutes. medicine Price
in the world. Beware of
$1.00 for large bottle.
For eale by all druggists.
ONE IN A THOUSAND.
One summer, several years ago, while
railroading in Mississppi I became badly
affected with malarial blood poison, that
impaired my health for more than two
years Several offensive ulcers appeared
on my legs, and nothing seemed to give
permanent relief until I took Botonic
Blood Balm (B. B. B.), which cured me
enterely. M. D. Laxe, Deveraux, Ga.
For sale by Wright & Edge and E. R.
Davis & Co.
Electric Bitters.
Electric Bitters is a medicine
suited for any season, but perhaps
more generally needed, when the
languid, exhausted feeling prevails,
when the liver is torpid and slug¬
gish and the need of a tonic and al¬
terative is felt. A prompt use of
this medicine has often averted long
and perhaps fatal bilious fevers.
No medicine will act more surely
in counteracting and freeing the
system from malarial poisoning.
Headache, indigestion, constipa¬
tion, dizziness yield to Electric Bit
ters. 50c and $1 per bottle at
Wright & Edge’s drugstore.
Tutt’s Pills
Cure All
Liver Ills.
Prevention
better than cure. Tutt’s Liver
Pills will not only cure, but if
taken in time will prevent
Sick Headache,
dyspepsia, biliousness, malaria,
constipation, jaundice, torpid
liver and kindred diseases.
TUTT’S Liver PILLS
ABSOLUTELY CURE.
CHURCH DIRECTORY.
Methodist Church.
At the Hall over E. P. Simpson and
Co’s. Store. J. B. Allen pastor. Preaching
every Sundoy at 11 A. M. and 7:30 P M.
Sunday School at 10 A.M. Prof. N. A.
Fessenden Supt. Prayer Meeting Wednes¬
day night, all are cordially invited to at¬
tend these services.
evening Edworth League meets every Tuesday
at 7:30.
Episcopal Church.
Sunday School at St. Mathias’ Church
every Evening Sunday afternoon at 3 o’clock
Services at 4 o’clock.
Presbyterian Church.
7.30 Preaching P. every Sabbath at 11 A. M. and
M.
Sabbath School 10 A. M. Mr. A. H. Ram¬
say, Prayer Supt. Alexander Craig Secretay,
o’clock. All meeting cordially Wednesday invited. evening 7.30
Edgefield Church.
Sabbath School every Sunday at 2.30 P. M.
Preaching at 3.30.
Baptist Church.
David Westou Hiott. Pastor. Preaching
every second and third Sunday, morning
and evening.
ning. Prayer meeting every Wednesday eve¬
Conference on Wednesday evening,
after each third Sunday.
C. Sunday E. School every Sunday morning.
J. J. Mason, Supt., C.L. Mize, Ass’t. Supt.
Bright, Monday Secretary. B. Y. P. U meets
every Pres. Miss Hattie evening. Goode, D. S< Womack,
Secretary.
Old papers for sale at this office
at 20 cents per hundred.
L SOUTHERN RAILWAY.
piedmont air dine.
Condensed Schedule of Passenger Trains.
In Effect Jan. 18, 1897.
Ves. Fst.M 1 No. 18
Northbound. No. 38 No. 36 No. 12 Ex.
Daily. Daily. Daily Sun.
Lv. “ Atlanta, Atlanta, E. C. T. T. 12 00 m 12 11 50 50 p 88888 S a 00 '*
“ Nor 1 00 p 1 20 a a
cross..... a a
" “ Buford....... Gainesville... £'29 p 2 25 a a •*-3
“ Lula.......... 2 48 p 2 47 a a 00
At. Cornelia...... ig a 00
Lv. Mt. Airy..... 8288 a
“ Toccoa 3 35 p 3 43 a
.......
** Westminster
•* Seneca....... 4 18 ^ppppppppp &
" Central...... 4 45 4 8
“ Greenville 5 30 S£ P
... frio.32
“ Spartanburg. 6 18
** Gaffneys..... 58 N.Y.&
M Blacksburg.. 7 08 p Fla.
** King’s Mt.... S
M Gastonia..... 8 I/t*d
Lv. Charlotte.... 8 30 p S 11 00 p
Ar. Danville----- 12 00 n 8 2 30a
Ar. Richmond ... 6 00 a 6 40 p 600 a
Ar.Washington.. “ Baltm’ePRR. 6 43 a 11 9 40 p COHHCD S00S& 9
8 00 a 25 p 9
" Philadelphia. 10 15 a 3 00 a *d*d
M New York... 12 43 m 6 20 a
Ves. Fst.Ml No.31
Southbound. No. 37 No. 35 No.ll n.y.a
Daily. Dailr* Daily Fla.
Lv. L’t’d
Philadelphia. N. Y..P.R. R. 4 36 p core 15 P 12 16 p
'* 6 55 p 9 2 80
“ Baltimore.... 9 20 o 5 OOp p
** Washington.. 10 43 p 9 0
p I—* 9 aop
Lv. Richmond ... 2 00 a 12 55 p 2 00 a
Lv. Danville 5 50 a 0 20 p & 1 12 a
Lv. Ar. Charlotte 9 25 a 10 00 p 5 05a
Gastonia. 10 50 p
** “ King’s Blacksburg Mt....
" .. 10 49 a Pi
“ Gaffneys..... Spartanburg. 11 11 o2
“ 87 a c$
Greenville.... 12 28 p 1 ct
" Central....... 1 15 p cj
“ Seneca 1 35 p 08 N017.
** Westminster. .......
" Toccoa 2 i8 p 3 15 a Ex.
....... Son.
** Mt. Airy.....
“ Cornelia...... THETa
M Lula.......... 8 13 p 4 09 a 6 57 a
M Gainesville... 3 31 p 4 35 a 7 20 a
•' Buford....... 7 48 a
" Norcross..... 827 a
Ar. Atlanta, E. T. 4 55 p 6 10 a 9 30 a
Ar. Atlanta, C. T. 3 55 p 5 10 a 830 a
“A” a. m. “P” p. m. noon. “N” night.
Nos. 87 and 38—Daily. Washington and South¬
western Vestibule Limited. Through Pullman
Sleeping leans, cars between New York and New Or¬
via Washington, Atlanta and Montgom¬
ery, viaWashington, and also between New York and Memphis,
Atlanta and Birmingham. Pull¬
man Orleans, sleeping connection cars between with New the York “Sunset and Lim¬ New
in
ited” trains for San Francisco, semi-weekly,
returning, leaving Jersey leave City New Tuesdays Orleans Wednesdays and Saturdays: and
Augusta Saturdays. sleeping This train also between carries Richmond-
cars Danville and
Charlotte. First class thoroughfare coaches
between Washington and Atlanta. Dining cars
serve all meals en route.
Nos. 35 and 36—United States Fast Mall
runs solid between Washington and New Or¬
leans, L. via Southern Railway, A. & W. P. R. R.,
and & N. R. R., being composed of baggage
car and coaches, through without change for
passengers of all classes. Pullman drawing
New room Orleans, sleeping via cars Atlanta between Jersey City ana
Leaving and Montgomery.
sleeping Washington each through Saturday, a tourist
car will run between Wash¬
ington Nos. and San Francisco without change.
31 and 32—New York and Florida Lim¬
ited. Vestibuled tram between New York and
6t. Augustine, via Washington, Charlotte, Co¬
lumbia, Pullman 8avannah and Jacksonville, consisting
of drawing room sleeping cars, Pull¬
man compartment cars, Pullman observation
cars and dining cars, leaving New York and
St. Augustine (terminal points) daily except
Sunday. drawing This train buffet also carries twelve section
and room New York. sleeping cars between
Augusta N 11 and 12—Pullman sleeping between
os. cars
Richmond and Danville.
The Air Line Belle train, Nos. 17 and 18, be¬
tween Atlanta and Cornelia, Ga., daily except
Sunday. W. H. GREEN,
J. M. OULP,
Gen’l Supt., Traffic M'g’r.,
Washington, D. C. Washington, D. C.
w. A. TURK, S. H. HARDWICK,
Gen’l Pass. Ag*t., Ass’t Gen’l Pass. Ag’t.,
Washingtcn, D. C. Atlanta, Ga.
Spring Footwear.
While other Shoe Stores will show you the same old style
Spring, with possibly one or two new ones lor effect, we
shall place before you shoes, made on absolutely new
‘‘Lasts’’ conforming more closely than ever before to J^ie 4
anatomical lines of the natural foot.
For Early Spring Buyers
we have put on sale a magnificent line of Ladies and Gents
Colored Shoes. Dark Brown and O^blood are the
proper shades, all the stylish shoes. Ladies, from $1.50
upwards. Gents, from $2.00 upwards. Orders filled the
day they are received Remember, ours is the largest, ex¬
clusive Shoe Stote in the Southern States. We carry the
largest stock.
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FOOTOOVERERS TO ALL MANKIND.
27-29 Whitehall St., ATLANTA, GA. >
SOUTHERN
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SOCIETY.
D. M. RIORDAN, Prest. and Treasurer,
843 Equitable Building, Atlanta, Ga.
A. C. GLANCY, Vice-President and Secretary,
615 E Street, N-W., Washington, D. C.
Organizes Syndicates for Local Land or Industrial Enterprises.
Incorporates Companies for Land Development in the South.
Manages and Prepares Lands for Settlement and Improvement.
Opens up and Improves Subdivisions in the South.
Secures Land Domain for Syndicates or Corporations.
Locates Industrial Plants at Eligible Points on Southern Railwap.
Forms and Locates Colonies along the lines of that Railway System.
Negotiates Sales of Stock and of Lands for Southern Enterprises.
Arranges for Establishment of Electric Power, Ice and Cotton Seed; Oil
Plants.
Opens up, improves and operates Town Sites in the South at Favorable
Points.
This Society is thoroughly organized and equipped, has wide experience,
• first-class connections, operates upon stictly business and legit¬
imate methods, and invites inspection and patronage. Accurate
and full information freely furnished to those contemplating settle¬
ment in, or establishing of industrial plants at any suitable point
in the South.
Address all communications to either of the principal offices.
WE WONT STOP
Now to try and describe those elegant 16x20 Argentic Portraits, which for a limited
time (until March 20) we
GIVE ABSOLUTELY FREE
with each Dozen Cabinet Photographs. Call and see samples and you will join the
precession. If you live at a distance yonr name on a postal o*yd will bring you full
paruicnlars.
THE TIME IS LliTITED!
THE OFFER UNPRECEDENTED!
THE PLACF EASILY LOCATED!
GEORGE L. MATTESON,
Toccoa, Ga.
Livery, Sale and Feed Stables,
HOGSED & GARLAND, Proprietors.
/ E* hicles We constantly keep on hand splendid teams and ve¬
for the accommodation of the traveling public and
our local custom. Prompt and polite attention paid to all
orders—none too small nor none too large for r to fill.
Horses and Mules for Sale.
We keep for sale or trade Mountain and W
mules, which we will sell for less cash or good notea
1 than anybody else can afford to do—for dealing in horse
■41 flesh is our business.
BUGGIES —New or Second-Hand, always in stock at prices which
simply defy competition.