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The (arlersviile Express
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S. H. SMITH & Cos., Editors and Prop'rs.
In thu town of » artvivvlllc, Bartnvv County, Ga.
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ONLY $2 A YEAR!!!
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Thurxl.iv .Morning Edition, one year) 1.50
T)ii> latter pr ♦position is confined to citizens
of Bartow county only.
Terj cs of Advertising:
Transient [O i' Month, or hex*.) per square often
soli<l Nonparicl or Brevier lines or less. One
Dollar for the first, and Fifty Cents for each sub
sequent, Insevf ion.
Annual or Cos i front, One Hundred and Twenty
Dollars per column, or in that projiortion.
Ifyofmional (f^ds.
John W. Woflord,
ATTORNEY AT LAW.
CARTEESVILLE OEORf.IA.
Ollicoover Pinkerton’s Druif Store. Oct. 17.
A. I*. Wofford,
AITORNEY AT LAW,
CART ERS VILI.iS, GEOROIA.
Office in the Court-Jluute,
June 23, 1870.
It. W. Uurplioy,
ATTTORNEY AT LAW,
OAKTKUBVILIE, OEOROI A.
Will practice in the courts of the Cherokee
Circuit. Particular attention given to the col
lection of claims. Olliers with Col. Abda John
son, ' Oct. 1.
John J. Jones
ATTORNEY AT LAW & REAL ESTATE AGENT,
CARTERBVTLLE GEORGIA.
Will attend promptly to all profl'cssional busi
ness entrusted to his cure; also, to the buying
ami selling of Real Estate. Jan 1.
Jere. A. Howard,
Ordinary of Bartow County.
CARTERSVILLE GEORGIA.
Jan 1, 1870.
A. ML Foutr,
ATTORNEY AT LAW,
ARTERBVILLE GEORGIA.
( With Col. Warren Akin,)
Will practice in tbo courts of Bartow, Cobb,
Pol k, Floyd, (Jordon, Murray, Whitfield and ad
joining counties. March 30.
T. W. MII.NER, O. 11. MILNKK.
.Hiliter A r Hilner,
ATTORNEYS AT LAW.
CARTERBVILLE GEORGIA
Will attend promptly to business entrusted to
their ear©. " Jan. 15.
Warren Akin,
ATTORNEY AT LAW,
CARTKRSVIt LB GEORGIA.
Will pract ice in all the courts of the State.
Sam. IK. Patillo,
Fashionable Tailor and Agent
for Sewing Machines,
Wild, attend promptly to the Cutting, lie
pairing, and Making Boys’ iisul Mens’
Clothing; also. Agent for the sale of the cele
brated Grover ,*fc Baker Sewing Machines. Of
fice over Stokely & Williams Store. Entrance
from the rear. feb 17.
W. It. Mountcaatlc,
Jeweler and Watch and Clock
Repairer,
OARTERSVILI E GEORGIA.
Office in tront of A. .V. Skinner-& (Jo’s Store.
Kciinciiaw Blouse,
MARIETTA,......*.. GEORGIA.
IS still open to the traveling public as well as
summer visitors. Parties desiring to make
arrangements for the season can lie accommo
dated. Rooms neat and clean and especially
adapted for families. A fine large piazza has
been recently added to the comforts of the estab
lishment. FLETCHER* FIIKYER,
jnnelHwtf Proprietors.
S. O’SHIELDS,
Faslt ionahle Ta ilor 9
Carter sville, Georgia.
HAVE just received the latest European and
American styles of Mens’ and Boys’ Cloth
ing, and is prepared to Cut and Making to or
der. Office upstairs in Liebman’s store. East
side of the Railroad. sept. 2*->.
Hi*. J. A. Jackson,
PRACTICING PHYSICIAN AND SURGEON,
OFFICE IN THE NE W DR UO STORE.
CARTERS VILLE, GEORGIA.
Jail 4th, 1871.
“mo. BOWLER,
MANUFACTURER OF,
AND DEALER IN,
SINGLE AM) DOUBLE
HARNESS,
v J
Saddles,
COLLARS, LEATHER, &C.
■U'.I’AI DOSE
With neatness and dispatch.
fMSg-Shop fit West Main Street, near the old
Market 1 loose, CAKTEKSVILLE, GA.
feb 21-wly WM. O HOWLER.
GEAR SHOP,” by
CART iRSVILLE, GA.
Manufacturer of Harness, Hri
r dies, Hear, etc*, ANI) Dkalkr in
is *** SiHUUesi, T jCtither.
llepairtng done ou short notice. Work war
ranted to stand the test. Hides Wanted.
jan.24,1811.-swly
,v= -. l>x*. ,IT. M.
JO, ‘ uson ’
DEKT,ST
: f( ]. -'p '’V'O ’ Cartersville, Ga.
Teeth drawn without, pain, by the useoi nar
cotic spray. inch 9.
C GEORGIA, BARTOW COUNTY. Four
X weeks after date application will he made
to the Court of Ordinary of said County for
leave to sell the Heal Estate of K.G. Nelson late
of said county deceased, for the benefit ot the
heirs and creditors. September 5. 1871.
A. L. NELSON,
TIIOS. TUMLIN
Administrators on the Estate of
K. (». N ELSON, deceased.
The Cartersville Semi-Weekly Express.
Bridles,
SHARP &FLO YD,
Successors to Geo. SHARP, Jr.,
ATLANTA, GA..,
Wholesale And Retail Jewelers.
We Keep a Large and Varied Assortment of
FINE WATCHES, CLOCKS,
I>l AM OX I>S, J EWELRY,
AKl>
SPECTACLES.
M OT! Will,
A SPECIALTY.
We Manufacture Tea Sets, Forks, Spoons.
Goblets, Cups, Knives, etc.
premiums ilfotj Agricultural Jfaiijs.
We arc prepared to fill any order for Fairs at
short notice; also to give any information in
reyard to J’remiume.
Orders by mail or in person, will receive
prompt and careful attention. We ask a com
parison of Stock, Prices and Workmanship with
any house in the State.
Watches and Jewelry carefully Repaired
and Warranted. Masonic Badges and Sunday
School Badges made to order.
flfel.V" All Work Guaranteed.
ENGRAVING FREE OF CHARGE.
SHARP & FLOYD.
May 23, surly.
REA D
IT is well known to
Doctors and to Ladies
that Women are subject ;dgk
to numerous diseases pe- yvr
culiar to their sex—such aZIN- . SESwSlft
as Suiipressinn the
M’nthly‘Periods,’Uheu
matisin of the Back and r VA \
Womb, Irregular Men- X'R *
struntion, lleinonliage, \
These diseases iiave sol
dom been treated success fully. The profession
has sough td ill i gently for some reined v that wo’ld
enable them to treat these diseases with success.
At last, that remedy has been discovered bv
one <>t the most skilful physicians in the State of
Georgia. The reinedj' is
Bradfield’s Female Regulator,
ft i* s luiveD.- vegetable, and is put up in Atlan
ta, by BRADFIELD & CO.
It will purity the blood and strengthen the
system, relieve irritation of the kidnevs, and is
a pet feet specific for all the above diseases' as
certain a cure as Quinine is in < hills and Fevers.
ror a history of diseases, and certificates of its
\\ ordertul cures, the reader is referred to the
wrapper around the bottle. Every bottle war
ranted to give satisfaction or money refunded.
LaGRANok, Ga.. March 23, 1870.
BRADFIELD * CO., ATLANTA, GA.:
Dear Sirs: 1 take pleasure in stating that I
•WyQuaft-aum'’ 1:lst {"'enty years, tlio medi-
Fl ELbh kWLX’t.'tJ' lv’VjGf'Y. A'r-'lk.
sider it the best combination ever gotten to
gether for the diseases for which it is recom
mended. I have been familiar with the pre
scription both as a practitioner of medicine and
in domestic practice, and can honestly say that
I consider it a boon to suffering female's, and
can but hope that every lady in our whole land,
who may besufl’ering in any way peculiar to
their sex. may be able to procure a bottle, that
their sufferings may not only be relieved, but
that .they may be restored to health & strength.
With my kindest regards, 1 am. respeetfullv,
W. B. FERRELL, M. I).'
We, the undersigned Druggists, take pleasure
in commending to the trade. Dr. J. Bradfleld’s
Female Regulator—believing it to l,e a good and
reliable remedy for the diseases for which he
recommends it." W. A. LANSDELL,
PEMBERTON. WILSON, TAYLOR * CO.
RED WINE & FOX,
SV. (’. TANARUS, AWS| [E, Atlanta, Ga.
W. ROOT A SON, Marietta, Ga.
ACTS with gentleness and thoroughness
upon the Liver and General Circula
tion—keeps the Bowels in Natural Motion
and Cleanses the System from all impuri
ties. || ■ a ———~l | Never
fai Is] Ann , to Cure Li
v e r Dr, 0. S. PrOphltrSl ipisease in
any| I __ r | 'form. Tor
ment, Dyspepsia, of Ap
petite, Nausea, Sour Stomach, Heart Burn.
Debility, Low Spirits, Cold Feet and Hands,
Costiveness, Listlessness, Colic, Chronic
Diarrhea, and Chronic Chills and Fever.
SOompouncd in strict accordance with
chemistry and scientific pharmacy, this
purely veg- *****“ —1 |e ta'b 1 c
Compo lin'd I dins, after
the severe- II CELEBRATED | jest test of
t we n ty| ‘ I 'years in -
eessant use,| Jl ” " ™T*".TTllix’e-n stvl
ed the Great Restorative and Recuperant
by the enlightened testimony of thousands us
ing it; so harmoniously adjusted that it keeps
the Liver in healthful action; and when the
directions are observed the process of waste
and replenishment in the human system con
tinues uninterruptedly to a ripe old age, and
man, like the patriarchs of old, drops into the
grave full of years, and without a struggle,
whenever! I" *'*"**”*7T”*""***l pi hath
claims his . , r ~ . 1 (preroga
tive. Ada-i s Liver Medicme.nptedto
the most! | I ldelica t e
toniwyn-" I”’* 1 ”’* '*"** "in cut A
robust constitution, it can be given with equal
safety and success to the young child, invalid
lady or strong man.
june 2, 1871.
DR. O. S. PMIOPMIITT’S
Anodyne 3?Jiin Kill It.
NEVER FAILING!
KILLS PAIN I\ EVERY FORM.
Pains it), the Pack, Chest, Hips or
\y Limbs, Rheumatism, Neuralgia, Goughs,
Colds, Bronchial Affections. Kidney Diseases. Dys
pmtsid, Liver Complaint ; Colic, Chad,era,. Cholera
Morbus, Pleurisy, Asthma, Heart Burn, Tooth.
Ache, Jaw Ache., Ear Ache, Head Ache, Sprains.
Bruises, Cuts, Contusions, Sores, Lacerated
Wounds, Scalds, Burns, Chill Bla ins, Frost Bites.
Poisons, of all kinds, vegetable or animal. Os all
—i * —i i in" in ■ ii ■■■■ "■
KILL ITl|]
the Remedies ever discovered for the relief of
suffering humanity, this is the best Pain Nedica
tor known to Medical Science, The cure is speedy
and permanent in the most inveterate diseases.
This is no humbug, but a grand medical discovery.
A Fain Killer containing no poison to inflame,
paralizo or drive the inflammation upon an in
ternal organ. Its efficiency is truly wonderful
—Relief is Instantaneous. It is destined to
banish pains and aches, wounds and bruises,
from the face of the earth,
may 6, 1871.
CERTIFICATES:
We, the undersigned, haved used Hr. Proph
itt’s Prepaartions, and take pleasure in recom
mending them to the public, as being all he
claims tor them:
Col. R .1 Henderson, Covington, Ga.; O T Rog
ers, Covington, Ga.; O S Porter, Covington, Ga.;
Prof. J L .Jones, Covington, Ga.; Rev. M W Ar
nold, Georgia Conference; Rev. W W Oslin, Ga.
Conference; F M Swanson, Monticello, Ga.; Ro
bert Barnes, Jasper County, Ga.; AM Robinson,
Monticello, Ga.; James Wright, Putnam county,
Ga.; A Westbrook, Putnam county, Ga.; Judge
•TJ Floyd, Covington, Ga.; W L Bebee, “Cov
ington Enterprise,”; A H Zachrv, Conyers, Ga;
George Wallace, Atlanta. Ga.; Hick Lockett,
Davis comity, Texas; W Hawk Whatley, Cus
seta, Texas; W C Roberts, Linden countv, Tex
as; Tommy A Stewart, Atlanta, Ga: W A Lans
dell, Druggist, Atlanta, Ga; R F Maddox & Cos.;
Atlanta, Ga.; Uriah Stephens, Cartersville, Ga.;
AN Louis, Lowndes countv, Ga.; Joseph Land,
Lowndes county, Ga.; .las". Jefferson. Carters
ville, Ga.; W I. Ellis, Dooly county, Ga.; W A
Forehand, Dooly county, Ga.;Joh'u B. Davis
Newton Factory Ga.; B F llass, Lowndnes co.
CARTERSVILLE, BARTOW COUNTY, GEORGIA, SEP’T 20. 1871.
Church Directory.
.Tlcttiodiwt Church,
| Rev. John T. Norris, Svperximerary.
! The pulpit of this Church is filled, the first Sab
bath in each month, by Rev. Wm. H. Felton;
the 2ml Sabbath in each month, by Ukv. Jas]
W. Harris; the 3rd Sabbath in each month,
hy Rev. Jno. t. Norris; the 4th sab hath in
each month, hy Rev. Dr. w. W. Leak, ser
vices every Sunday night, l'rayer meeting
held on Wednesday even lug" of each
week. Sabath School Sunday mornings, com
mencing at 9 o’clock.
Baptist Church.
Rev. Robert 11. Headen, Pastor.
Preaching every Sunday and Sunday night by
the Pastor.
Prayer Meeting held on Thursdav night of
each week.
Sabbath School everv Sunday morning com
munciug at it o’clock.
Presbyterian Church.
Rev. Theodore E. Smith, Pastor.
Preaching every Sunday morning and night
by the Pastor.
Prayer Meeting held on Tuesday evening of
each week.
Sabbath School every Sunday morning,| com
mencing at 9 o’clock.
Episcopal Uhurcli.
Rev. Alexander J. Drysdale, Rector.
Preaching every Second Sunday in each month,
commencing at half past four o’clock, r. m.
Services, in the future, will be held in the
building belonging to Dr. W. W. Leak,
in the rear of the new Methodist Church.
TIIK CAUS EANI > (JrRE OF (',<)NSUM PTION.
—The primary cause ofConsumption is derange
ment ol the digestive organs. This derange
ment produces deficient nutrition and assimila
tion. By assimilation I mean that process bv
which the nutriment of the food is converted
into blood, and thence into the solids of the
body. Persons with digestion thus impaired,
having the slightest predisposition to pulmon
ary disease, or if they take cold, will be very
liable to have Cousumtion of the Lungs in some
of its forms; and I hold that it will be impossi
ble to cure any case of Consumption without
first restoring a good digestion and healthy as
similation. The very first thing to he done is
to cleanse the stomach and bowels from all dis
eased mucus and slime, which is clogging these
organs so that they cannot perform their func
tions, and then rouse up and restore the liver to
a healthy action. For this purpose the surest
and best remedy 1s Schenck’s Mandrake Pills.
These Pills clean the stomach and bowels of all
the dead and morbid slime that is causing dis
ease and decay in the whole system. They will
clear out the liver of all diseased bile that has
accumulated there, and rouse it up to anew and
healthy action, by which natural and healthy
bile is secreted.
The stomach, bowels, and liver are thus clean
sed by the use of Schenck’s Mandrake Pills;
but there remains in the stomach an excess
of acid, the organ is torpid and the appetite
poor. In the bowels the lacteals are weak, and
requiring strength and support, it is in a con
dition like this that Schenck’s Seaweed Tonic
proves to be the most valuable remedy ever dis
covered, It is alkaline, and it use will neutra
lize all excess of acid, makii*f tlie stomach
sweet and fresh; it will give permanent tone to
this important organ, and create a good, hearty
appetite, and prepare the system for the first
process of a good digestion, and ultimately
makegood, healthy, living blood. After this
preparatory treatment, wliat remains to cure
most cases of Consumption is the free and per
severing use ol'Schonck’s Pulmonic Syrup. The
in'cblood, and is readily absorbed mro uiu ii.
dilation, and thence distributed to the diseased
lungs. There it ripens all morbid matters,
whether in the form ol' abscesses or tubercles,
and then assists Nature to expel all the disease
matter, in the form of free expectoration, when
once it ripens. It is then, by the great healing
and puril'ving properties of Schenck’s Puunonic
Syrup, that all ulcers and cavities are healed
up sound, and mv patient is cured.
The essential thing to be done in curing Con.
sumption is to get up a good appetite and a
good digestion, so that the body will grow in
ilesli and get strong. If a person has diseased
lungs.—a cavity or abscess there, —the cavity
cannot heal, the matter cannot ripen, so long
as the system is below par. What is necessary
to cure is anew order of things,—a good appe
tite, a good nutrition, the body to grow in flesh
and get fat; then Nature is helped, the cavities
will heal, the matter will ripen and be thrown
oil'in large quantities, and the person regain
health and strength. This is the true and only
plan to cure Coi sumption, and if a person is
very bad, if the lungs arc not entirely destroy
ed, or even if one lung is entirely gone, if there
is enough vitality left in the other to heal up,
there is hope.
1 have seen many persons cured with only one
sound lung, live and enjoy life to a good old
age. This is what Schenck’s Medizinesjw ill do
to cure Consumption. They will clean out the
stomach, sweeten and strengthen it, get up a
good digestion, and give Nature the assistance
she needs to clear the system of all the disease
that is in the lungs, whatever the form may
be. . ,
It is important that while using Schenck s
Medicines, care should lie exercised not to take
cold; keep in-doors in cold and damp weather;
avoid night air, and take out-door exercise only
in a genial and warm sunshine.
I wish it distinctly understood that when l
recommend a patient to be careful in regard to
taking cold, while using my Medicines, I do so
for a special reason. A man who has but par
tially recovered from the effects of a bad cold
is far more liable to a relapse than one who has
been entirely cured; and it is precisely tlie
same in regard to Consumption. So long as the
lungs are not perfectly healed, just so long is
there imminent danger of a full return of tlie
disease. Hence it is that Iso strenuously cau
tion pulmonary patients against exposing
themselves ro an atmosphere that is not genial
and pleasant. Confirmed Consumptives’ lungs
are a mass of sores, which the least change of
atmosphere will inflame._ The grand secret of
my success with my Medicines consists in my
ability to subdue inflammation instead of pro
voking it, as manv of tlie faculty do. An in
flamed lung cannot, with safety to the patient,
be exposed to the biting blasts of Winter or tlie
chilling winds of Spring or Autumn. It shoul
be carefully shielded from all irritating influ
ences. The utmost caution should be observed
in this particular, as without it a cure under
almost anv circumstances is an impossibility.
The person should be kept on a wholesome
and nutritious diet, and all the Medicines con
tinued until the body has restored to it the nat
ural (inanity of flesh and strength.
1 was myself cured by this treatment ol the
worst kind of Consumption, and have lived to
get fat and hearty these many years, with one
lung mostly gone. I have cured thousands
since, and very many have been cured by this
treatment whom I have never seen.
About the First of October I expect to take
possession of mv new building, at the North
east Corner of Sixth and Arch Sreets, where I
shall be pleased to give advice to all who may
require it. ~
Full directions accompany all my Remedies,
so that a person in any part of the world can be
readily cured by a strict observance ol the
! same.
J.H. SCHENCK, M I>„
Philadelphia.
JAS. W. STRANGE,
Dealer In, and Manufacturer Os
Tllf WARE, AA»
llouse-Furnishinff Goods,
ALSO DEALER IN
First-Class Stoves At
The Lowest Cash Prices .
WILL BARTER
FOR COUNTRY PRODUCE, RA(*S,&C.
Cartersville, Jan. 20th, ’7l -tv.
Lyman Chapman,
Brick and Stone
Mason,
CARTERSVILLE, GA.
1 ‘• prepared to do any of tlie above work
upon short notice and at low figuers
“Onward ♦ and Upward ”
Leaf tließoH’K Fall.
Leaf by leaf the roses fall,
Drop by drop the spriugs run dry,
One by one beyond recall,
Summer beauties fade and die ;
But the roses bloom again,
And the spring will gush anew,
In the pleasant April rain,
And the summer sun and dew.
So in the hours of deepest gloom,
W hen the springs of gladness fail,
And the roses in the bloom
Droop like maidens wan and pale ;
We shall find some hope that lies,
Like a silent gem apart,
Hidden far from careless eyes,
In the garden of the heart.
Some sweet hope to gladden wed,
That will spring afresh and new,
When grief’s winter shall hate fled,
Giving place to rain and dew—
A sweet hope that breathes o:’ spring,
Through the weary, weary time,
Budding for its blossomniing
In the spirits glorious clime.
The Nonplussed Landlord.
Perrin, the landlord of the West
minister Hotel, in New York, is not
often nonplussed, but last August a
dapper little Frenchman staggered
him for a moment. Walking up to
the office, he accosted Ferrin with :
‘lf you please, Monsieur, you shall
send bill to fire in m3' room.’
‘A what!’ said Ferrin looking at
the thermometer, which indicated 92
degrees.
‘I wish zo bill de fire in my apart
ment,’ replied the Frenchman.
‘All right, sir,’ said Ferrin with that
outward imperturbility with which
the true hotel-keeper receives an or
dt r for anything, if it be gold dust
puddling with daimoad plums. ‘John!
fire in 10,001.’
Yes, sur-r-r!’ said John; and by the
time the Frenchman had arrived at
Ins room, John, with perspiration pour
ing out of him, had the grate filled
and a blaze roaring up the chimney
like mad.
‘\ at ze diable you do ?’ said the as
tonished foreigner.
‘l3ui!t a fire, sir, as 3*o ordered,’ re
plied the other exile.
‘lne pe turn !’ s; id the Frenchman.
‘I shall roast myself wiz ze heat !’ and,
rAI&hyAgjJQWli staii B T l,»v at
toned shirt collar, exclaiming : ‘I
n.sk 30U not for the fire.—What! think
1 wish to make myself more hot, eh ?
I cull for bill ze fire—ze bill’ ze carte,
so I can eat myself wiz my diuaire.’
‘Bill of fare? Oh! 3'es, sir!’ said
Ferriu. ‘I beg 3’our pardon.’ And he
pohtelj passed out the programme for
the day, d> puted one of the garcous of
the restaurant to answer any further
orders from the subject of Napoleon.
$900,000,000.
Two years and a half of General
Grant’s term of office have expired.—
During that period there has been col
lected, in taxes, not less than SI,OOO
- In addition he has had
$100,000,000 more from the sale of
Government property, making $l,lOO
000,000 in all. It is claimed by the
friends of the President that he has
paid off $-00,000,000 of the public debt.
Granting that, what lias become of the
other $100,000,000 ? Can any one tell?
Seventy millions a year used, iii Dem
ocratic days, to run the Government.
Will some Radical journal enlighten
us as to the remaining $900,000,000.
[True Georgian.
Accident to Children. — A little
daughter, aged six or eight years, of
Mrs. Sorrel, in Vineville, fell out of a
bed a few days since and broke one of
her arms between the wrist and el
bow’.
©ST'An editor down east thus speaks
of a con temporary ; “He is too lazy to
earn a meal and too mean to enjoy
one. He was never generous but once,
and that was when he gave the itch to
his apprentice. So much for his good
ness of heart. Os his industry, the
public may better judge w hen we state
that the only day he ever worked was
toe day he mistook castor oil for hon
ey.”
©ST* “My gams would have been far
more, I hu\e good reason to believe, if
I had been out of public life, devoting
my whole time and energies to my pri
vate affairs.”
So says Speaker Biaiu, who went in
poor and is now said to be worth a
half a million. And so says Governor
Bullock, and Foster Blodgett, who
paid only a poll tax when they took
up with the Radicals four years ago
and are now said to be among the
rich men of the day. What marvel
ous financiers these men would have
been if left to the freedom of private
life !—Savannah Republican.
I@“The Richmond (Va.) State
Journal of the 12th inst, says the lease
for thirty years of the entire road of
the North Carolina Company, 223
miles from Charlotte, North Carolina,
to Goldsboro, North Carolina, by the
Richmond & Danville Railroad Com
pany, was consummated on yesterday.
The Richmond & Danville Railroad
Company is to pay $200,000 per an
num for the use of the North Carolina
Company’s road,
DEATH TO THE AGED,
The aged too mußt die. They who pasted
safe
The perils of their tiny infancy,
The dangers that lay hid amongst ihe
flowers
here heedless childhood gamboled, and
the shafts
Os sickness that beset the paths of youth ;
They long have triumphed o’er the pains,
the ills,
Ihe saddening trials of life's downward
road ;
They long have borne the aching heavi
ness,
The burdens various of protracted year*: ;
But, though life's cord be yet unloosed,
Death's summon’* comes to them, and
they too die.
Death cometh to the aged, as the night
Comes to tlie weary child. It is ‘so tired,’
So heavy with the yearning of repose.
It nsketh not for food, or toy, or play ;
Its only wish is to lie down and sleep.
So to the aged comes the night of death.
With slow, still step, and lays his shad
owy hand
Softly and reverently on their brow,
And they anew put on the robes of youth.
And meet the loved—long since accounted
lost,
All radiant with celestial brightness,
And loving with the ever-raptured joy
Os beatific spirits, as they welcome home
The “good and faithful servant” to liis
rest,
The place prepared by his approving Lord.
Tears drop, all gently, when the aged die,
For now their work is done, and they have
long
Craved heavenly domicile. This world,
for them,
Has nothing more; mortality at best,
Is but a burden, a deep throe of pain ;
On earth they labored, loved, yet suffered
oft—
Now heavenly fruition comes. We do not
weep
As when the lovely spring-bud of life’s
hope
Lies cold upon its mothers heaving breast;
We do not mourn as when our summer joy
Is withered in the blooming; or as when
The fruits of autumn perish, immature.
It is as when the full ripe sheaf is borne,
All rich with treasure, to the granary;
And therefore they are blessed who attain
The reverend estate of winter’s years.
/\ 11 Illlgv,* O V Utot/ Jst wV . -
the dead
Who die in Christ the Lord,” for they rest
—ay,
They rest ! Yes, mourning fricDd! their
toils have ceased:
The little one that withered in life’s
spring ;
The beautiful who died in summer’s bloom ;
The strong who fell in autumn ; and th e
old,
Who in gray winter went to their repose;
They rest secure above. Andif we might,
Would we recall them!—when we too ap
proach
The throne where “crowned with light,”
for us they wait ? v
0, blessed be our God, for life, for death,
But most for Christ and immortality!
Ail Unknown Land.
Sailing down on the bright river of
life, we seem evermore approaching
the green shores of an Unknown Land,
where the most beautiful flowers charm
the eye, where the sweetest of bird
songs greet the ear; where earth and
air seem to vie with each other in the
endeavor to reach perfection.
On the nearer bank there are sunny
flowers fragrant, as memories, and there
are shady woods and smiling plains
stretched out before us; and voices of
pleasant duties call us thitherward.
There is the lapse of murmuring
streams, where little children play all
day long; there is fair fruit hanging on j
low branches, that wo may pluck and
eat; there are bright sunrises, and
glowing goings down of the sun; there
are fresh airs blowing from gardens
of delight, and gentle airs whispering
to us of Heaven. But from all these we
turn aside to gaze wistfully toward
the glories of the Unknown Land.
For one, there rises a fair summit of
eminence, from wheuce he believes he j
can see the whole world at his feet;
men bowing down before him, and wo
men and children singing his praises in
the sunshine.
For another, there are restful reach
es of green meadow, stretching away
under the tenderer light of stars; and
when once reached, there shall be no
more vexing debate about the baser
things of life, but only eternal peace
and quietuess.
For one, there is the shining of gold
on the beautiful emerald shore; gold,
which will gain him power and influ
ence among his fellow-men, and spread
tlfenforts in his path.
For one, there is the gain of friend
ship, the joy of true love, to lighteu all
the labors of life. He may still have
to work, but his toil will be pleasure,
and pain will no longer be penance
when soothed by the sympathy of a
kindred mind.
You and I are sailing with the sil
ver tide, bnt we shall never reach the
shore of that unknown land !
In the spring we wait for the sum
mer time; when the green, bud of the
spring is full of life and colored, and
bursts into a sweet blossom, we long
for the joys of the harvest held; when
| we are gathering the golden grain and
! the rij>e fruit, then we begin to look
forward to the winter of happy fire
sides; the long and silent vvinters,
when we rest from onr labors.
But how often, oh, how often, death
steps in and breaks onr plans! How
often our search ends iu disappoin
rueut, because we liaYe trimmed our
sails, while the sunshine lasted, for
bright, little voyages to this unknown
land, and forgotten the realityof that
shining shore uj>on which we hop©
some day to stand secure.
We neglect too often the duties of
to-day; we forget the blessing that
surround us on every hand; we slight
real friends and real joys for au un
real glimpse of to-morrow.
Yes, this is the Unknown Land
which no one of us ever reaches!
We look up to the sky, and mourn
because a cloud bangs dimly above the
horizon; but then we turn away and
say : “It will be bright to morrow!”
But to morrow’ never comes. It is
al\va3's before* us, a bright picture in
the air; and the sun of to-day may
go down and another sun arise, yet it
will only be another day after all.
Let us take care of the present—let
us look well to our deeds of to-day,
assured that all the Future is iu His
hands, who caretli for ns all.
anwmstOTi,
Stopping; a Newspaper.
One of our exchanges has the fol
lowing allegory, which we commend to
the careful consideration of those
gentlemen, who, the moment they see
anything which displeases them in the
columns of their local journal, rush to
the pointing office and cry out, “stop
my paper.” It is certainly anew
song upon the old subject:
“A certain man hit his toe against
a pebble and fell headlong to the
ground. He was vexed, and under
the influence of auger and self suffi
ciency he kicked the earth right sauci
lj T . With impel curable gravity he
looked to see the earth itself dissolve
and come to naught. But the earth
remained, and only his poor foot was
injured in the encounter. This is the
way of man. An article in a newspa
per touches him in a weak spot, and
forthwith he sends to stop his paper.
With great complacency he looks to
does not perceptibly feel the bhock,
and injures no one but himself.”
Lo! the Poor Mormon. —lt seems
that the United States Court in Utah
has commenced tue proseciitiou of
Mormons who have more wives than
one, for adultery, excluding all Mor
mons from the juries. This is a strong
game and hard to be beateu. No
continent is big enough to hold both
the Yankees and the Mormons, and
we advise the latter to pack up for
isles of the sea.
A Rock Islaud constable makes
the following return: “1 executed this
speeny by trying to read it to John
Mark, but he was driving cattle ou
horseback and run faster than I could,
and kept up such a h—ll of a hollerin’
I don’t know whether he heard or
not. This is the best I could do, and
don’t know whether the speeny is serv
ed according to law or not
Attest: Eli Smith, Const.”
“Heow ?”—Three thousand mem
bers of the Howe family are going to
meet somewhere in Massachusetts.—
What a how d’ye do.
A Connecticut peddler asked
an old lady, to whom he was trying to
sell some articles, if she could tell him
of any road that uo peddler had ever
traveled? I know of but one, and
that is the road to heaven, was the re
piy-
I®. Speakiug of the great benefit to
Augusta of the Augusta Factory, the
Chronicle and Sentinel, of Friday,
gives these figures:
Over two millions and a half of dol
lars have found their way directly into
the pockets of our citizens from this
factory in six 3ears, besides the bene
fits derived from the increase of popu
lation, etc. The factory has paid out
here annually more money thau it re
quires to suppoF the entire municipal
government and pay off interest 011
the city bonds. Putting our popula
tion at 16.000 —the ceusus figures—
the factory has declared since the war
a cash dividend of one hundred and
sixty-two dollars to each inhabitant.—
At these figures the new mill which the
Factory Company proposes to erect
will more than compensate for the en
largement of the canal.
fteS* The Attorney General decides
that the Government has no priority
over private creditors of insolvent Na
tional Banks. The question grew 7 out
of the First National Bank of New Or
leans which failed in 1867.
&2T* A Western dairyman says the
best remedy he has found for prevent
ing cows holding up their milk is to
“take a log-chain, double it, then lay
it gently over the Cow’s back—or the
small of the back—so that tne ends of
j the chaiu will clear the floor. The
cow loses the power of holding up her
milk, and after a few trials will forget
the habit.”
S.II. Smith ,s- Cos., Proprietor^'
Startling Phenomena In n or|
—A Large Portion »r Orsnl*'
County, Changed to «
Trees, Home* uu«< People p,.
gulfed.
The last Palatka lltTald has a letter
from Orange county. Flu., containing
a thrilling narrative of the sinking of
a good portion of OrangG county and
the formation of a lake where it once
stood. After relating the experience
of one man, he goes to auothor, whose
account is as follows:
More and more wonderful. Mr.
Alexander K. Foster, has just come in
wit h more marvelous and startling re
ports. He says that on his way from
Orlando to Mil 100 vi lie, after crossing
Fort Metliu branch he left the road to
avoid !he constant hogging to which
he was subjected. The safest placo he
thought would be on the crown of m
high black jack ridge, which he accor
dingly took.
After ridiDg perhaps a mile his horso
commenced hogging/md for some dis
tance it was questionable whether he *
could get through, he however, reach
ed more solid footing; again ho com
menced bogging at this time he notic
ed remarkable and portentions sounds
in his rear. Ihe bogging grew worse
as he progressed, until he had to dis
mount, there seemed no escape for
him, both he and his horse wore still
bogging. The sounds in his rear in-
ci eased more and more and became
more alarming and the route in front
more boggy—he dare not stop, as this
would have rendered it impossible to
have extricated himself—he neither
dare nor could look behind him, his
whole thought was to reach terra
krma. At last, after the most super
human exertions, both ho and bis
horse exhausted to the utmost degroe,
reached solid grouud. Turning to
examine into the cause of those fear
ful sounds in his rear, ha saw the most
terrific and appaling sight it has ever
been my fate to listen to. The first
tbiug that attracted attention, was
that the trees were moving, first a gir
ntory motion of the top, then tome
sinking gradually out of sight the top*
revolving more and more rapidly aB it
sunk and disappeared, others follow
ing, and as they foil revolving and
describing arcs of a circle against the
sky.
Then the whole earth as far as the eye
could reach was sinking, and its place
supplied by a Sea of waters, rushing,
seething boiling with the noise of
O
ies of mighty pines and oaks.
If I could only tell it to you in the
language of the awe stricken witness.
It must have been beyond comparison,
the most fearfully, appalliuing and awe
inspiring sight ever witnessed. The
horse and man lie now panting at the
memory of the horrors they have so
miraculously escaped.
AN HOUR ANl> A HALF LATEIC
People are rushing from the scene
of disaster. Our camp is crowded
with the terror stricken inhabitants
form the country in our rear. Every
body is waiting with forebodings aud
horrible expectations.
They believe the day of judgment
has come. This extraordinary phe
nomena appears more and more ex
traordinary. The country from two to
three miles from here to Lake Medio,
is entirely submerged aud is now one
vast Lake. Nothing authorativo from
beyond, though rumors are rife, that
Orlando is swallowed up aud the wholo
chain of Lakes to Lake Conway are
now united aud form an immense sea.
We leave immediately and iu terror
for our own fate. Iu haste yours,
A. F. iStruoek.
Apopka, Fla.
State Road Rumor*.
It is rumored that Attorney-General
Farrow will not ouly be aided by Hon.
B. H. Hill and Judge John \V. H. Un
derwood as general counsel in all fcho
prosecutions against parties who have
perpetrated frauds upon the Western
and Atlantic Railroad, but has also
secured local counsel in each cooutj
through which the road passes, deem
ing local counsel essential in accepting
or rejecting jurors, and that Col. Les
ter, in Cobb; Gen. Wofford, in Bar
tow; Col. Dabney, in Gordon, aud
Col. Wash Johnson, iu Whitfield and
Catoosa, have beeu retained by him. —
If this be true, it looks like work.
[Atlanta Constitution.
A woman should not be too
sweet. To be smeared by honey is to
be teased by insects.
Tub Ftatk Fair, —We saw a letter yes
terday; received by Mayor Huff, from Me»e_
Wilder Jf FuiJarton, of Savannah, agents
for the Great Southern Steamship Compa
ny, in which it is stated that the various
lines of steamships sailing between Savan
nah and New York, will iss«e excursion,
tickets for visitors to the Fair, through an i
to return from Now York to Maow». f° r th *
sum of $32. They will also carry
freight as may be intended for exhibit' 0
at, the usual rate for such goods,
| same wilt be carried back to N**
i free of charge , provided they are re,urn
the same ships that bring the® out *
i. .most liberal
.... 1 hv our ettticnu
and it i. duly Ag.-
j certa * n i f wi ji tend tainorea^
I aicultural Society, as ftda tt> ,Ke-
I the attendance at * Meta. •
imoveat or.be
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