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The Cartersville Semi-Weekly Express.
Published on even) Tuesday and Friday Mornings
VOLUME X.
The CartersTllle Express
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Dollars per column, or in that proportion.
Joint W. Wo fiord,
ATTORNEY AT LAW.
CAKTKRSYIT,LE ~ OEORM \.
Office over l’inkurton’s Drugstore. Qci.",.
A. I*. Wofford,
attorney at law,
OARTKUSVILI.'S, C.*o*ol A.
Office in the Court-llouae,
JuneS3, IST‘*» : /''
It. W. Tlurphry,
AITTORNEY AT LAW,
OABTE US VI Id .H,. n ROKCI*.
Will praotice in the courts of the Cherokee.
‘Circuit. I'arf-ic,iil.tr attention given to the col
lection of claims. Oflle.o with Col. Alula John
eon. AJc.t. 1.
Joint J. Jones,
ATTORNEY \T LAW & REAL ESTATE AGENT,
0 ART K RS VILLK GEO lift lA.
TV ill attend nromntly te all pwfftosslonal husl
n<iss entruste Ito his care; also, to the buying
un I selling of Br il Estate. dan 1.
Jorc. A. Howard,
Ordinary of Bartow County.
•C A RT R RK V t T.L K, UKOIIGtA.
Jan I,IBTO.
A. TI. Font©,
ATTORNEY AT LAW,
ARTRUSVILLR GEORGIA.
( With Col. Warren Akin.)
Will practice in the courts of Bartow, Cobb,
Volk, Floyd, Cordon, Murray, Whitlleld and ad
joining counties. March 30.
T. W. MII.XICR, O. 11. MILNKK.
Tllliirr Iflilncr,
ATTORNEYS AT LAW.
CARTKRSVILCK,.. OEOUOIA
Will attend promptly to business entrusted to
their care. Jan. 15.
Warren Akin,
ATTORNEY AT LAW,
•OARTKRSVIi I,K OROROIA.
Will practice in all the, courts of the State.
Sam. 11. fatillo,
'Fashionable Tailor and Agent
for Sewing Machines,
WILL attend promptly to the Cutting, Re
pairing, and Making Boys’ and Mem'
Clothing; also, Agent for the sale of'the cele
brated (1 rover A Baker Sewing Machines. Of
fice over Stokely A Williams Store. Entrance
from the rear. fubll.
W. 31. Tlon ittea*tl©,
Jeweler and Watch and Clock
Repairer,
CARTRRSVILI.R OEOROTA.
ORiee in front of A. A. Skinner A Co’s Store.
IteimetMiw iloii.Dc,
M VRIRTF A, GBORGIA
* S still open to the traveling public as well as
I summer visitors. Parties desiring to make
arrangements for the season can be accommo
dated. Rooms neat and clean and especially
adapted for families. A One large piazza has
been recently added to the comforts of the estab
lishment. FLETCHER * FREYER,
jnuclSwtf Proprietors.
S. O’SHIELDS,
Fashionable Tailor ,
Cartersville, 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-. 20.
Hr. J. A. Jackson,
PRACTICING PHYSICIAN ANO SURGEON,
OFFICE IN TIIE NE W DRUG STORE
CARTERSVILLE, GEORGIA.
J*n 4th, 1871.
~ ¥l.O. BOWLER,
MANUFACTURER OF!,
AND DEALER IJST,
SINGLE AND DOUBLE
HARNESS,
UA- 1 .!■ jfS *"• jN*[gr’ ?»*» -jr
P- l‘C -fW - c ;
a (Brw-i
r W
COLLARS, LEATHER. AC.
aU' tIKINU DONE
Wl!!i iMoitness and dispatch.
« M’ost Main Street, near the old
Market House, CAUTBRSVILLE. OA.
feb 21-wly WM.-O BOWLER.
“GEAR SHOP/’ by
W. C. EBWAIiM, yp
CARTERSVILLE, GA.
M/mbfacturkr of Harness, Bri
die s, Gear, etc*, AND Dbalkr. in
Satldlc«, T jOather.
Repairing done on short notice. Work war
ranted to stand the test. Hides Wanted,
jan. 2k l^U.-swly
Dr. F. M.
Johnson,
DENTIST.
Cartersville, Ga.
Teeth drawn without pain, by the use oi nar
cotic spray. mch 9.
(1 Rorgxa baiitow county— ah
r X persons indebted to the estate of
Thomas Dabbs, late of said County deceased,
ar e hereby notified to come forward and
B ®Ule at once; and all persons having Claims
n gainst. said estate, are likewise notified
to present them. CharlesT. Dabbs,
0 Executor,
loth.
SHARP &FLOYD,
!
Successors to Geo, SHARP, Jr.,
ATLANTA, O .V.,
Wholesale And Retail Jewelers,
Wc Keep a Large amTVaricd Assortment of
Hire WATCHES, CLOCKS,
DUMDVDS. .11, HEL BY,
and
SPECTACLES.
mm mm mm,
A SPECIALTY.
We Mauiifac.tuac Tea Sets, Fork ;. Spoons
Goblets, Cups., Knives, etc.
I?i;emiums T'oi; Atp;icultural Tfair.s.
We are prepared to fill any order for Fairs at
short notice; also to give any information in
regard to /‘reiniutns.
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.
Jgsfjy’' All Work Guaranteed.
ENG 11A VINO FREE OF CHARGE.
SHARP & FLOYD.
May 23, swly.
.jjksLf
IT is well known to
Doctors and to'Ladivs
tit at Women arc subject la
to numerous diseases p*s- AS W
culiar to their sex— such t A.-L
as Suppression of the /t~> ‘Wl'l-ty ’ '“Avk '
Menses, W hii.es, Painful
M’nthly ‘Periods,’ llheu NFPAFL
matisni of tliQ Back and rff: Y'fe" \
Womb, Irregular Men- 'A'- *
struation. Hemorrhage. s
or Excessive. ‘Flow,’ and J",- '/A
Prolapsus Uerior Fall- 'fc' V :
ing of the Wornb. T V % - A/
These diseases havesel 1 Ni
doni been tre.iteil successfully. The profession
has soughtdilligentlv for some remedy that wo’ld
enable them to treat these diseases with success.
At last, that remedy has been discovered by
one of the most skilful physicians in theStateof
Georgi;u The remedy is
Bracificld’s Female Ee^nlator,
It is purely vegetable, and is put up in Atlan
ta, by BRA DF! DU* * CO.
It will purify the blood and Strengthen the
system, relieve irritation of the kidneys, and is
a perfect specific for all the above diseases; as
certain a cure as Quinine is in Chills and Fevers.
For a history of diseases, and certificates of its
worderful cures, the reader is referred to the
wrapper around the bottle. Every bottle war
ranted to give satisfaction or money refunded.
LaGßAnoe, Ga.. March 23,1870.
BRA DETECT) A CO., ATLANTA, GA.:
Dear Sirs: I take pleasure in stating that l
have used, for the last twenty years, the medi
cine von are putting up, known as I>U. .T. P.RAI >-
FIELD’S FEMALE REGULATOR, and con
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 sav that
1 aonsider it a boon to suffering females, and
can but hope that every lady in our whole land,
who nmy he suffering 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 lie restored to health A strength.
With my kindest regards, I am, respectfully,
W. B. FERRELL, M. D.‘
We, the undersigned Druggists, take pleasure
in commending tothe trade, l)r. .T. Bradfleld’s
Female Regulator—believing it to he a good and
reliable reinedy for the diseases for which he
recommends it. W. A. L ANSDELL,
I’KMUKRTON, WILSON, TAYLOR & CO.
RED WINE & FOX,
W.C. LAWSIfE, Atlanta, Ga.
W. ROOT & SON, Marietta, Ga.
ACTS with gentleness arid thoroughness
upon the Liver, and General Circula
tion—keeps the Bowels in Natural Motion
and Clear.ses the System from all impuri
ties. li'-— .——i Never
'■ ® H jDr, 0. S. Propnitt’ss ipisease in
an yj | r j (form. Tor
pid i-Etilarg
inent, Dyspepsia, In digestion, Loss of Ap
petite, Nausea, Sour Stomach, Heart Burn.
Debility, Low Spirits, Cold Feet and Hands,
Costiveness, Listlessness, Colie, Chronic
Diarrhea, and Chronic Chills and Fever.
s66“* Compouned in strict accordance with
skillful chemistry anil scientific pharmacy, this
purely veg-f *—*•"' ~| jo t a b 1 c
Compound* I “ | [has. after
the severe- !] CELEBRATED ; jest test of
t w e n t y| 1 (years in
cessant use,| J 1 !fbecn styl
ed the Great restorative and Recupkrant
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!» ~ y-y- —~ i m katii
claims his'l r . , r . |‘preroga
tive. Ada-j iLivcr Medicme.nptedto
t,h e mostlj > ulclicate
robust constitution,"it* can bo given with equal
safety and success to the young child, invalid
lady or strong man.
j vine 2, 1871.
nn. o. s. i 9 hophitt^s
Anodyne jPniii Kill It.
NEVER FAILING!
KILLS PAIN IN EVERY FORM.
C'ITJRES rains in the Sack, Chest, Hips or
j Limbs, Rheumatism, Xcurahjia, Coughs,
Colds, Bronchial Affections, Kidney Diseases, Dys
pepsia, Liver Comjilaint ; Colic. Cholera, Cholera
Morbus, Pleurisy. Asthma, Heart Burn, Tooth
Ache, Jaic Ache, Ear Ache, Head Ache. Sprains,
Bruises, Cuts, Contusions, Sores, Lacerated
Wounds, Scalds, Burns, Chill Plains, Frost Bites.
Poisons, of all, kinds* vegetable or animal. Os all
[pain kill it:}|
the Remedies ever discovered for the relief of
Suffering humanity, this is the best Pain Medica
tor known to Medhud Science. The cure is speedy
and permanent in the most inveterate diseases.
This is no humbug, but'a grand' medical discovery.
A Pain Killer containing no poison toinffame.
paralize or drive the inflammation upon an in
ternal organ. Its eitciency 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 Dr. Propli
itt.’s Prepaartions, and take pleasure in recom
mending them, to the public, as being all he
claims for them: m _
Col. R J Henderson, Covington, Ga.; O T Rog
ers, Covington, Ga.; O S Porter, Covington, Ga.;
Prof. .1 L Jones, Covington, Ga.; Rev. M W Ar
nold, Georgia Conference; Rev. W W Oslin, Ga.
Conference; F M Swanson, Monticello, Ga.; Ro
bert Karnes, Jasper County, Ga.; AM Robinson,
Monticello, Ga.; James Wright, Putnam county,
Ga.; A Westbrook, Putnam county, Ga.; Judge
j J Floyd, Covington, Ga.; W L Bebee, “Cov
ington Enterprise,”; A H Zachry, Conyers, Ga;
George Wallace, Atlanta, Ga.; Dick Lockett,
Dayis county, Texas; W Hawk Whatley, Gus
seta, Texas; W C Roberts, Linden county, Tex
as; Tommy A Stewart, Atlanta. Ga; W A Lans
dell, Druggist, Atlanta, Ga; R F Maddox A Cos.;
Atlanta, Ga.; Uriah Stephens, Cartersvillc, Ga.;
A N Louis, Low - mica county, Ga.; Joseph Land,
Lowndes county, Ga.; Jas. Jefferson. Carters
ville, Ga.; W L Ellis, Dooly county, Ga.: W A
Forehand, Dooly county, Ga.;Jt>hn B. Davis
Newton Factory. Ga.; Ji F lions, Lowndnes to.
CARTERSVILLE, BARTOW COUNTY. GEORGI A, OCT. 8. I*7 L
Church Directory.
:tlctlio<ti*t Ciinri'li,
Rev. John* T. Norris. Sitehnoiekart.
The pulpit of this Church is filled, the first Sab
bath in each month, by Rev, Wk. 11. Felton;
the 2nd Sabbath in each month, by Rev. Jas.
W. XIAUUig; the 3rd .Sabbath in each mouth,
by-Rev. Jno. T. Nonius; the 4 h Sabbath in
each month, by Rev. Dr. W. W. Leak. Ser
vices every Sun-lav night. Prayer meeting
held on Wednesday evening of each
week. Sabath School Sunday mornings, com
mencing at 9 o’clock;
Baptist Church.
Rev. Robert H. Deaden, I’astob.
Preaching every Sunday and Sunday night by
the Pastor.
Prayer Meeting held on Thursday night of
e-te-h week.
Sabbath s<-bo*d every Sun-lay' morning com
mcncing at 9 o'clock.
rrcsbytcfiai! 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'(lock.
Episcopal Church.
Rev. Alexander J. Dryspalk, Rector.
Preaching every Second Sunday in each month,
commencing at half past four o'clock, p. m.
Services, in the future, will be held in the
building belonging to Dr. IV. W. Leak,
in the rear of the new Methodist Church.
r—-I- (IW—■—WMIBW
THECAUSE ANDCPRE OF CONSUMPTION.
—The primary cause ol< onsumption is derange
ment of the digestive organs. This derange
ment produces deficient nutrition and assimila
tion. By assimilation I mean that process by
which the nutriment of tlie 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 Constitution of tlte Lungs in some
of its forms; and I hold that it will be impossi
ble to cure any ease <>f Consumption without
first restoring a good digestion and healthy as
similation. The very first thing to be 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 is Schenek’s Mandrake Pills.
These Pills clean the stomach and bowels of all
the dead and morbid slintc 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 lucteals are weak, and
requiring strength and support. Tt is in a con
dition like this that ScheucK’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, making the stomach
sweet and fresh; it will give permanent tone to
ttiis important organ, and create a good, hearty
appetite, and prepare the system for tlte first
process of a good digestion, and ultimately
makegood, healthy, living blood. After this
preparatory treatment, what remains to cure
most cases of Consumption is the free and per
severing use of Sehenek’s Pulmonic Syrup. The
Pulmonic Syrup 'nourishes the system, purifies
the blood, and is readily absorbed into the cir
culation, and thence distributed to the diseased
lungs. There it ripens all morbid matters,
whether in the form of abscesses or tubercles,
and then assists Nature to expel all the disease
matter, in the torm of free expectoration, when
once it ripens. It is then, by the great healing
and purifying properties ofSchenck’s Pulmonic
Syrup, that all ulcers and cavities are healed
up sound, and ntv patient is cured.
The essential tiling to bo done in curing Con.
sumption is to get up a goo* appetite and a
good digestion, so that the body will grow in
liesli and get strong. If a person lias diseased
lungs.—a cavity or abscess there, —the cavity
cannot heal, the matter cannot rii-en, 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 llesh
and get fat; then Nature is helped, the cavities
will heal, the matter will ripen and be thrown
off in large quantities, and the parson 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 are 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.
I have seen many persons cured with only one
sound lung, live and enjoy life to a good old
age. This is what Sehenck’s Medizines|\> 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 Schenek’s
Medicines, care should be 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 I
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 lias
been entirely cured; and it is precisely the
same in regard to Consumption. So long as the
lungs are not perfectly healed, just so long is
there imminent danger of a ful l return of the
disease. Hence it is that Iso strenuously cau
tion pulmonary patients against exposing
themselves to 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 ray
ability to subdue inflammation instead of pro
voking it, as many of the faculty do. An in
flained lung cannot, with safety to the patient,
be exposed to the biting blasts of tVinter or the
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 w ithout it a cure under
almost any 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 quanity of flesh' and strength.
i was myself cured by this treatment of the
worst kind of Consumption, ami 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 1 have never seen.
Aboutihe First of October I expect to take
possession of my new building, at the North
east Corner of.Sixth and Arch 8 reels, 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 of the
same. ’
J. 11. SCHENCK, M D„
Philadelphia.
JAS. W. STRANGE,
Dealer In, and Manufacturer ;0f
TIIY WARE, AIAD
llouse-Furnisliinjf Goods,
ALi SO DEALER IN
First-Class Stoves At
The Lowest Cash Prices .
WILL BARTER
FOR COUNTRY PRODUCE, RAGS,&C.
Cartersville, Jan. 20th, ’7l-1 v«
' Brick and Stone
2Kasoa 9
CARTERSVILLE, GA.
1 v prcpared to do any of the above work
upon short notice and at low figuera
“Onirard and Ujnrard.’’
POETRY.
DREAMS AND REALITIES.
BT riIOKBE CART,
[The following poem is the last one sent
by Phoebe Cary to Harper s Baiar. The
Bnzar says: “It is the song of the dying
swan—tender, and sweet, and beautiful.”]
O, Rosamond, thou art fair and got l,
And perfect flower of womanhood,
Thou royal rose of June,
Why did’st thou droop before thy time?
Why wither in the first sweet prime ?
Why did st thou die eo soon ?
For, looking backward through my tears
On thee, and on mr wasted years,
f cannot choose but say,
If thou had’st lived to be my guide.
Or had’st thou lived, and I had died,
’Twere better far to-day
O, child of light; O, golden head—
Bright sunbeam fer one moment shed
Upon life's lonely way
Why did’st thou Tanish from our sight?
Could thou not spare my little light
From heaven’s unclouded day.
O, friends so true ; O, friends so good—
Thou one dream of my maidenhood
That gave youth all its charms—
What had 1 done or what had’st thou,
That through this lonesome world till uow
We walk with empty arms?
And yet had this poor soul been fed
With all it loved and coveted—
Had life been always fair—
Would these dear dreams that ne’r depart,
That thrill with bliss my inmost heart,
Forever tremble there?
If still they kept their earthly place,
The friends I held in my embrace,
And gave to death, alas !
Could 1 have learned that clear, calm
faith
That looks beyond the bonds of death,
And almost longs to pass ? .
Sometimes, I think, the things we sco
Are shadows of the things to be ,
That what we plan we build;
That every hope that hath been cross’d
And every dream wc thought wae lost,
In heaven shall be fulfilled.
That even the children of the brain
Have not been bom and died in vain,
Though here unclothed and dumb ;
But on some brighter, better shoro
They live, embodied evermore,
And wait, for us to come.
And when on that last day we rise,
Caught up between the earth and skies,
Then we shall hear our Lord
Say, Thou hast done with doubt and
death;
Henceforth, according to thy faith
Shall be thy faith’s rewarh.
JESUS OUJt FRIEND.
O Jesus! Friend unfailing!
How dear art Thou to me!
Are cures or fears assailing ?
I find my strength in Thee.
Why should my feet grow weary
Os this my pilgrim way ?
Hough though the path and dreary,
It ends in perfect day.
Naught, naught, l court as pleasure,
Compared, O, Christ, with Thee!
Thy sorrow without measure
Earned peace and joy for me !
I love to own. Lord Jesus!
Thy claims o’er me Divine,
Bought with thy blood most precious
Whose can I be but Thine?
What fills my heart with gladness ?
’Tia Thy abounding grace.
Where can I look, in sadness,
But, Jesus, on Thy face ?
Aly all is Thy providing—
Thy love can ne’er grow cold;
In Thee, my Refuge, hiding—
No good wilt Tliou withhold.
Why should I droop in sorrow ?
Thou’rt ever by my side.
Why trembling, dread the morrow?
What ill can e’er bel ide ?
If I my cross have taken,
’Tis but to follow Thee;
If scorned, despised, forsaken,
Naught severs Thee from mo.
O worldly pomp and glory,
Your charms are spread in vain !
I’ve heard a sweeter story !
I’ve found a truer gain !
Where Christ a place prepareth,
There is my loved abode;
There shall I gaze on Jesus!
There shall I dwell with God!
For every tribulation,
For every sore distress,
In Christ I’ve full salvation,
Sure help and quiet rest,
No fear or foes prevailing 1
I triumph, Lord, in Thee I
O Jesus! Friend unfailing!
How dear art Thou to me I
—Berlin Gesangbueh.
Questions to Tliose who Neglect
Prayer Meetings.
1. Are you always better employed ?
If not, is it well for you to absent
yourself ?
2. Do you get more good to your
own soul, and do more good to others,
by staying away ? If not, can you be
acting wisely ?
3. Does your own conscience justify
you, or bavo you not sometimes a
difficulty iu keeping it quiet on tbe
subject ?
4. \\ ill a death-bed commend your
present course, or will you then look
upon your neglect of prayer-meetings
with pleasure, think you?
5. Does your pastor suffer by your
neglect ? Does it not hurt his feelings,
cool his zeal, and hinder his useful
ness?
6. Are not your fellow members in
the Church discouraged by you, and
may you not offend Christ’s little
ones?
7. Is not your family injured by
your neglect? What will your chil
dren think of prayer-meetings seeing
you habitually neglecting them? Is
it surprising if they despise them ?
8. Is there no reasou to fear that
the unconverted may be both biudered
am] led to think lightly of prayer by
your conduct ?
9. Can you have a proper concern
for the prosperity of the Church, the
spread of Christ’s cause, and the con
version of sinners, if you never meet
to pray for them ?
10. And are you sure that you ful
fill your duty as a church member
while you neglect prayer-meetings ? Is
neglect of duty no sin, and is there no
probability of your being called to ac
count for it ?
11. Did any one ever really gain
anything, either in temporal or spirit
ual things, by neglecting prayer-meet
ings ? If you think so, can you prove
it ?
12. Is there no selfishness, or pride,
or worldly miudedness, at the root of
your neglect? If so, ought such
things to be encouraged ?
13. Would it be right to give up the
prayer-meetings? Do you think this
would please God, or improve the
cause? But if all the members did as
you do, must tluy uot be given up ?
Could not the rest find excuses for
staying away, think you, as w'ell as
you ? Do you not think they would,
if their hearts were ns worldly, or as
indifferent about tho prosperity of the
cause as yours appears to be ?
Behind Time.
A railroad train was running along
at almost lightning speed. A curve
was just ahead; and tho train was
late, very late; still, the conductor
hoped to pass the curve saftly. Sud
denly a locomotive dashed into sight.
Iu an instant there was a collision. A
shriek, a shock, and fifty persons were
slaughtered; and all because an en
gineer had been behind time.
The battle of Waterloo was being
fought. Column after column had
been precipitated upon the enemy;
the sun was sinking in the West; re
inforcements for the defenders were
already in sight; it was necessary to
carry the position with one final
charge. A powerful corps had been
summoned from across the country. —
The great conquerer, confident of its
arrival, formed his reserve into an at
tacking column, and led them down
the hill. The whole world knows the
result. Napoleon died a prisoner at
St. Helena, because one of his mar
shals w as behind lime.
A condemned man was being led
out for execution. He had taken hu
man life, but under circumstances of
the greatest provocation. Thousands
had sigued a petition for a reprieve;
still none had arrived. The last mo
ment was up. The prisoner took his
place on the drop; it fell, and a lifeless
body swung in the air. Just at this
moment a horseman came into sight,
his steed covered with foam. He bore
a reprieve for the prisoner. But he
had come too late. A comparatively
innocent man had died an ignomini
ous death, because a watch had been
five minutes too slow, causing the
bearer to arrive behind time.
It is continually so iu life. The
best Uid-plans are daily sacrificed be
cause they are “behind time,.’ There
are others who put off’ reformation
year by year, till death seizes them,
and they were ever “behind time.”
Jesus. — “No oue can read any of the
lives of Jesus without seeing that
from the beginning he had his eye on
a future, that no word is spoken for
the present alone, that he saw before
him iu some way wholly marvelous.—
His step, in ail the records, in every
part of them, is that of one going
straight forward, never turning aside,
never mending, never repairing or
taking up what has been done; pure
from the least touch of that repentance
which to us is God’s best gift, never
making a bye-blpw or mistake; never
tacking from side to side, as all other
meu have done who have risen to
great altitudes, never progressing into
new ideas, but at the very most only
developing those we find in him from
the first; never taken by surprise, but
always before and above all that hap
pens to him; Lord of every situation
through the most tragic of all lives;
never even standing still, but always
accomplishing an understood destiny,
and finishing a deeply apprehended
work. “One Christ in four gospels.”
[Sunday Magazine.
The news from France is important.
Thiers, in a special message, is repre
sented as virtually appealing to the
Deputies in behalf of a return to mon
archical institutions. The Deputies
responded by iaugbiug at him. A bill
has passed proroguing the assembly
from the 17th of September to tho 4th
of Dec ember.
Sgk, Cleanliness is next to godliness,
and it is soap that is next to charity.
The Columbus Enquirer, of Wed
nesday, has the following wise coun
sel for planters which we heartily en
dorse—with the interpolation of the
words "very far” between "fall and
short.”
The planters of the South are now
satisfied that their crop will fall short
of three millions and a half. They
have therefore an assurance that they
ought to got good prices for their cot
! ton. Prudence in placing it in the
market will enable them to do so- Bv
only selling enough to moet their ob
ligations—which ought to bo done
promptly, even if at a sacrifice—and
throwing the balance of their crops
upon the market as their needs may
require, they will bo enabled to defeat
the schemes of gambling speculators
and realize on their staple prices as tlm
relative conditions of supply and de
mand should secure for it.
Selecting Seed Wheat.
The American Rural Home gives
the following seasonable hints in rela
tion to selecting the pure seed wheat,
which, if yearly carried out, would re
sult in t he improvement instead of de
terioration of varieties:
‘‘Fanners lose a great deal by
growing a mixed variety. A sample
of pure Diehl wheat, grown on good
wheat soil, and having a uniform white
berry, will bring twenty five cents per
bushel more than one which is one
tenth red wheat. Eveiy wheat grow
er should make an effort to secure pure
seed, and this can be done only by se
lection. Let every farmer select good,
unmixed wheat for the coming season.
Millions of dollars might be added to
the value of the wheat crop of the
United States by a little timely work.”
There is a volume of truth in the
old maxim:
‘‘No bonedust, no turnips; no turnips
no wheat;
No wheat and no turnips, no cattle,
no meat:
No turnips, no cattle, no manure in
the yard,
Makes bills for the doctors, and
farming go hard.”
Why is a mouse like a load of hay,
—Because the cat’ll eat it.
Manuring Lands. —Manure in big
lumps cauuot be properly decompos
ed, and it is note, in a condition to
yield to the soil ils full amount of fer
tility. To get the full benefit of man
ure it must be well rotted, and in a
tine state of division. It must be
evenly distributed iu the soil, so that
each plant may get an equal share,
or the crop will be very uueveu—some
parts getting too much, and others
none at all. In this way neither por
tion will be benefited. The fact that
land is worth but $1 per acre, does
not necessarily make it unable to yield
to an improved system of cultivation.
Where land is cheap and labor dear,
the effort should be to make crops as
large as possible, and return most for
the labor expended. The first step
towards this is to use manure most
efficiently.
The Failure of Wheat Crops—
Have we no Remedy ?—A Ten lie. see
farmer who has been induced, by bad
crops, to study into the causes of wheal
failures, so common since the war,
gives his opinions to the Nashville
Union and American, which are back
ed by practical experiments. \Ye
think liis ideas are correct, and trust
that our own farmers will at least give
the matter a casual thought.
He says:
This gradual depreciation of the
different varieties I do not think at
tributable to the effect of our climate
and soil, but to negligence in sowing
the best aud purest grain, and the
habit practice and by our grandfathers of
seeding wheat after corn, while it is
a well demonstrated fact, that wheat
sowed on fallowed clover or weed land,
produces from one to three hundred
per cent, more than when following
corn. On the other hand, corn plant
ed after wheat sown on good fallow will
yield from ten to forty per cent, more
tiian when planted on the fallow and
the wheat reserved to follow it.
Corn is one of the most exhausting
crops to the soil, we produce, and it
is not reasonable to suppose that af
ter so much of the fertilizing element
is withdrawn to mature the corn crop,
that enough remains to sustain a vi
gorous and healthy growth of wheat.
And again, he says wheat should
never be sown before first of October,
as he invariably has trouble with the
fly when sown early in September, as
the egg is laid in the stalk and hatch
es before a killing fro«t comes. He
concludes:
I have also seen frequent failures of
entire crops sown early in September,
while later sowing yielded finely.
From these facts it is evident that
to avoid the depredations of the fly, we
should not sow earlier than October.
Select a few acres while growing for
seed, and let it ripen thoroughly before
cutting.
Storing Winter Apples.
A correspondent of Laws of Life,
who claims to have extended expe
rience, is "decidedly of the opinion”
that apples keep fur better when pui
into close barrels or boxes, and seclu
ded as much as possible from the air.
When thusstoied, he says they will
S. H. Smith fy Cos., Proprietors.
come out in the spring fall and plump
as when taken from the tree. Many
varieties, as tbe Tallman Sweat, SpiD
zenberg, and those kinds that are not
considered as long keepers, and shriv
el badly, will do treated in this way.
I have, he continues, found universal
ly that tliey keep better to let them
lie without picking over. It is much
better to pile them into a large bin
across the cellar, say six or seven feet
high and four or five feet wide, and
cover them an shelves, I once saw
such a bin that a man had kept
through the winter. About the
of April he thought he would open tho*
windows on the side of the cellar next
to the bin to let in the air, that they
might keep better. I w r as at his place
and lie called my attention to the fret.
Two windows over the bin were open
ed about teu days or two weeks and
the apples exactly opposite the win
dow's, about one-tbird, rotted for as
much as a foot iu depth, and the re
maining part on either side, were uot
rotted at all.
Inklings.
BY JOSH BILLINGS.
Truth iz like the burdocks, a cow
gets onto the end uv her tail; the more
she shakes them opb, the less sho gits
rid ov them.
Thnre iz 2 kinds ov men in this
world that I don’t kare about meeting
when I am in a grate hurry, men
whom i owe, and meu who want to owe
me.
Tharo is always one chance agin tho
best laid plans of man, and the Lord
holds that chance.
My private opiuyun about ‘absconse
ov mied’ is, that G times out ov 10 it i«
abscenso of brains.
The flattery that men offer to them
selves iz the most dangerous, bekanae
the least suspekted
Take a kitten that kan hardly walk
on land, and chuk him into the mill
pond, and he will swim ashore. Any
body can apply the moral in this.
The best philosofers and moralists i
have ever met, have been thoze who
had plenty to eat and drink, and who
had money at interest.
It takes a wise man to suffer pros
perity, but most any phool kan suffer
adversity.
Pride, after all, is one ov our liest
friends —it makes ns believe we are
bi tter and happier than our neighbors.
Before yu giv any man advise, find
out what kind ov advise will suit him
best.
Knowledge is like money—the more
a man gits the more he hankers for.
The vices and phollys of grate men
are never admired or imitated by grate
men.
The trew art of kriticism is to ex
cuse faults rather than ridicule them.
A man with only one accomplish
ment can’t expekt to interest ns long.
We all git tired purty soon looking
at a goose standing on one l«g.
[New York Weekly.
A Composition. —This is a little
Richmond school-girl’s idea of a com
position on dogs: “Dogs is usefuller
than cats. Mice is afeared of cats,
they bite ern. Dogs follows boys and
catches a hog by the ear. Hogs rare
ly bite. Sheeps bite people. People#
eat hogs and not the Jews, as they
and other animals that doosu’t chew
their cud isn’t clean ones. Dogs some
times git hit with bootjacks for bark
ing at night. Sleepy people gits mad
and throws at em. Dogs is the best
animal for man than grounded hogs
or koons or gotes. Gotes smell. The
end.”
At Vicksburg the frequenters
of saloons are not asked what bever
age they prefer, but are invited to
“nominate your family disturbance.**
BST 1 A boy was observed watching
for a woodchuck to cpme out of his
hole. “Do you suppose you can catch
him ?” said a passer-by. ‘Catch him,’
said the boy, con tern piously. “Catch
him 1 I’ve got to catch him, strangar;
we’re out of meat.
A roasted onion bound upon
the pulse on the wrist, it is said, will
stop the most inveterate toothache in
a few miuutea *
‘Mu get down on your hands
and knees a minute, please.’ ‘What
on earth shall I do that for, pet V
‘Cause I want to draw an elephant.’
Washington, September 27.—Many
friends whom General Clanton made
while he was here are inexpressibly
shocked by the announcement of hia
death.
The Commissioners leave to mor
row to move the chorokees from North
Carolina.
Using the Tei^egraph. —We under
stood last evening that A L. Harris,
ex-Master of Transportation, now un
der arrest on a charge of cheating and
swindling the State, was engaged yes
terday in extensive telegraphic opera
tions—sending and receiving quite a
number of dispatches during the day,
—Atlanta Sun.
BlKfc, Hint to mothers —Treat your
baby kindly, hut not cordiol-ly.
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