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The Cartersville Semi-Weekly Express. Published on even) Tuesday and Friday Mornings VOLUME X. The CartersTllle Express [<» inWsheil Semi-Weekly on every TUES AV .VNr> FHHVW, by S. H. SMITH & Cos., Editors and Prop’rs. In the town ot • 'nrtcr-vlllp, Bartow County, Oa. Tort > ■? of Subscription: ONLY $3 A YEAR!!! INVAR /1 BLY IN AI) VANCE. Tlmrs lay M (Ming Edition, one year) 1.50 This 1 itter pr>po*itloa is confined to citizens <y[ Bartow county only. Torirs of Advertising: Tnmdtnt (G * • Month vr Le*e.) per square of ten ’iolid N r onpari<l or Brevier lines or less. One Dollar for tlte fir-t, and Fifty Cents for each sub sequent. Insei Mon, A nnwtl <>r o » ilrant. One Hundred and Twenty 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. NUMBER ?o.