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Published on every Tuesday and Friday Mornings volume x. The Cartersville Express Is published Semi-Weekly on every TUKB - AND FRIDAY, by S. H. SMITH & Cos., Eiitors and Prop’rs. In the town ot» artersville, Bartow County, Ga. 'Ten of Subscription: ONLY $2 A YEAR!!! INVAR ' WRY IN AD VANCE. Thursday M » nin< Edition, one year) ...... IJB This latter pi is conllned to citizens of Bartow county only'. Terms of Advertising: Transient (0 i ’ Month or />#*.) per square often solid Sionparif) or Brevier line* or less, One Dollar for the first, and Fifty Cents for each sub eouont, Insertion. Annual or Cos itract, One Hundred and Twenty Dollars par column, or in that proportion. ft, I Jcssional (fffwids. Joint W. Wofford, ATTORNEY AT LAW. CARTERSVILLE - GEORMA. Office over Pinkerton’s Pruß Store. Oct. 17. A. P. Wofford, ATTORNEY AT LAW, CARTRRSVILr.t, ..GEORGIA. Office in the Court-House, June 28,1870. It. W. Mitrphey, ATTTORNEY AT LAW, OAITEItSVILI.E, GF.ORGI A. 'Will practice in the cotivtsof the Cherokee Circuit. Particular attention piven to the col lection of claims. Office with Col. Abda John on, Oct. 1. .Toßui *t. Jones, TTORNEY VT LAW & REAL ESTATE AGENT, OARTERSVILI.E .. ...GEORGIA. Will attend promptly to nil professional busi ness entrusted to his rare; also, to the buying and selling of Real Estate. Jan 1. Jerc. A. Howard, Ordinary of Bartow County. ■ CARTERSVILLE, GEORGIA. Jam 1, 1870. A. Iff. Foutc, ATTORNEY AT LAW. ARTEIUJVrtLK - ...GEORGIA. ( With Col. Warren Akin,) Will practice in the courts of Bartow. Col,b, Polk, Floyd, Gordon, Murray, Whitfield and ad joining counties. March 30. ’ T. W. MILNER, 0. H. MTI.NER. Hilncr& Jlilner, ATTORNEYS AT LAW. CARTERSVILLE ..GEORGIA Will attend promptly to business entrusted to 1 their care. Jan. 15. Warren Akin, ATTORNEY AT LAW, CAHTERSVT LK GEORGIA. Will practice in all the courts of the State. Nani. If. Patailo, Fashionable Tailor and Agent fob Sewing Machines, WILT, attend promptly to the Cutting. lie pairing, and Making Boys’ and Mens’ Clothing; also, Agent for the sale of the cele brated Grover Baker Sewing Machines, of fice over stokely & Williams Store. Entrance from the rear. feb 17. W. It. rtloiintfcasllc, Jeweler and Watch and Clock 'Repairer, CARTERSVILI E GEORGIA. Office in front of A. A. Skinner & Co’s Store. Kennesaw House, MARIETTV GEORGIA. IS still open to the traveling public as well as summer visitors. Parties desiring to make arrangements for the season can be 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 & EREYER, junelSwtf 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 Liebmau’s store, East side of the Railroad. sept. 20. Hr. J. A. Jackson, PRACTICING PHYSICIAN AND SURGEON. O FFIC E IN THE NE W DRUGS TOR E. CARTERSVILLE, GEORGIA. Jan 4th, 1871. _____ WM. 0. BOWLER, MANUFACTURER OF, AND DEALERIN, SINGLE AND DOUBLE HARNESS, Saddles, COLLARS, LEATHER. kC, R£rAIRIHO DOIE With neatness and dispatch. »gj&»Shop ( n West Main Street, near the old Market House, CAKTEKSVILLE, GA. febSl-wly WM. O BOWLER. ~“GEAR SHoP,”ljy Mjgjjfo 1. c. 3EBWMM, CART IRBVILLE, GA. M/nofacturer of Harness, Bri dies, Gear, etc*, AND Bealbr in Sa<l<lle«, Leather. Itepairtng done on short notice. Work war rants to stand the test. Hides W anted. jan.24,1871.-swly Teeth drawn without pain, by the use 01 nar cotic spray. inch 9. r GEORGIA BARTOW COUNT V—AU X persons jadebted to the estate of Thomas Dabbs, late of said County deceased, are hereby notified to come forward and •cttle at once; and all persons having Claims Against said estate, are likewise notified to present them. Charles T. Daubs, Executor. Sept .loth. The Cartersville Semi-Weekly Express. Bridles, Church Directory. Iff<‘llio<li«>t Church, Ret. John- T. Nohkis, Supernumerary. The pulpit of tills Church is filled, the first Sab bath in ea<-h month, by Rev. Wm. 11. Fri.tos; the 2nd in each month, by Rev. Jas. W. Harris; the 3rd Sabbath in each month, by Rev. jno. T. Norris; the 4th Sabbath in each month, by RXV. I>r. W. W. Leak. Ser vices every Sunday night. Prayer meeting held on Wednesday evening of each week. Sabatii School Sunday mornings, com mencing at ft o’clock. Baptist Church. Rev. Robert 11. Header, Pastor. Preaching every Sunday and Sunday night by the Pastor. Player Meeting Held on Thursday night of each week. Sabbath School everv Sunday- morning com mencing at 9 o’clock. I’rrshytevian Church. Rev. Theodore E. Smith, Pastor. Preaching every Sunday morning and mgnt, by the Pastor. Prayer Meeting held on Tuesday evening of each week. Sabbath School every Sunday- morning, com mencing at 9 o’clock. Episcopal Church. Rev. Alexander J. Drysdaee, Rector. I’restching 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. W. VV. Leak, in the rear of the new MethodistCliurch. I. O. o, F. nnil E regular meeting of Etowah Lodge, No. J| 49, 1.0. O. F., is held on every Thursday night, in the Masonic Hall. JOHN M. DOBBS, Sec’y. Cartersville, Ga., Oct. 9th, 1871. Cherokee Railroad Time Table. ON and after Monday, October9th, trains on the (Jherokee Kail Road will run as fol lows : Leave Taylorsville,. 8,30 A. M. “ Stilesbovo ..9 “ “ Arrive at Cartersville. ..9,50 “ “ R E TURNING. Leave Cartersville 1,30 P. M. •* Stilesporo 2,30 “ “ Arrive at Tay lorsville 2,50 “ “ C. T. SABIN, Sup’t. Cartersville, Ga., Oct. 7, 1871. SA'SSEEN HOUSE. (Formerly United States Hotel,) CORNER ALABAMA & PRYOR STS, Atlanta, Georgia. E. R. SASSEEN, Agent Proprietor ItiSy* Terms— I Transient Boarders, per day, $2 iSngTe meal and lodging, 50 cents. THECATSE AN 10 Cuke OF CONSUMPTION. —The primary cause ofCoasumption is derange ment of the digestive organs. This derange ment produces deileient nutrition and assimila tion. By assimilation I mean that process by 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 he very liable to have Consumtion 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 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 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 lias accumulated there, and rouse it up to anew- and healthy action, by which natural auil healthy bile is secreted. The stomach, bowels, and liver are thus clean sed bv 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, ft is in a con dition like this tlmt 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, making the 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 make good, healthy, living blood. After this preparatory treatment, what remains to cure most cases of Consumption is the free and per severing use of Schenek'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 thetorm of free expectoration, when once it ripens. It is then, by the great healing and purifying properties of Schenek’s Puimonic Syrup, that all ulcers and cavities are healed up sound, and my 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 grew- in flesh 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 he thrown off in large quantities, and the person regain health and strength. This is the true and only plan to cure Coi sumption, and it 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, j there is hope. ! I have seen many persons cured with only one sound lung, live and enjoy life to a good old i age. This is what Schenek’s Medizinesfwill 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 xvhile using Schenck’s Medicines, care should be exercised not to take cold; keep in-doors in cold and damp weather; i avoid night air, and take out-door exercise only I 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 hut 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 the same in regard to Consumption. So long as the lungs are not perfectly healed, just so long is there imminent danger ol a full return ot 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 mv success with mv Medicines consists in my ability to subdue inflammation instead of pro voking it, as many of the faculty do. An in flamed lung cannot, xvith safety to the patient, be exposed to the biting blasts of M inter or the chilling winds of Spring or Autumn. It shoul be. carefully shielded from all irritating influ ences. The utmost caution should be ooserved 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 quanity of flesh and strength. I was myself cured l»y this treatment of 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 tins treatment whom I have never seen. About the First of October 1 expect to take possession of mv new building, at the North east Corner of s-.ixth and Ai;ch Sreets, where I shall be pleased to give advice to all who may 1 C Fa*ll directions accompany all my Remedies, so that a person in any part of the world can he readily cured by a strict observance of the. Brtme ‘ J. H. SCHENCK, M P.. Philadelphia. ( ARTERSVILLE, BARTOW COUNTY , GEORGIA, OCT. 'ZQ 1871. SHARP & FLOYD, Successors to Geo. SHARP, Jr., ATLANTA, GA„ Wholesale And Retail Jewelers. We Keep a Large and Varied Assortment of FINE WATCHES, CLOCKS, DIAMOND*, JEWELRY, AND SPECTACLES. m mm win, A SPECIALTY. We Manufactuae Tea Sets, Forks, Spoons. Goblets, Cups, Knives, etc. ftqemiums .Agricultural We are prepared to fill any order for Fairs at short notice; also to give any information in regard to Premium*. 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. All Work Guaranteed. ENGRAVING FREE OF CHARGE. SHARP & FLOYD. May 23, swly. Lawshe & Haynes, HAVE ON HAND AND ARE RECEIVING the finest stock of the Very Latest Styles of Diamond and Gold JEWELRY, in upper Georgia, selected, with eat care for the Fall and Winter Trade. Watches, of the BEST MAKERS, of both Europe and A merica; American and French Clocks; sterling and Coin Silver Ware; and the best quality of Silver Plated Goods, at prices to suit the times; Gold, Silver and Steel Spectacles, to suit all ages Watches uml .Towelry Repairsd by Competent Workmen; Also Clock and Watch Makers C Tools and Materials. sept 13,-swly ATLANTA, GA. CHANGE OF SCHEDULE WESTERN dc ATLANTIC R. R. C( NIGHT PASSENGER TRAlN—Outward. Leaves Atlanta, 10 30, ?. m. Arrives at Chattanooga, 6 16, A. M DaY PASSENGER TRAlN— Outward. Leaves Atlanta, .. 6 00, A. M. Arrives at Chattanooga 1 21, p. m. FAST LINE TO NEW YORK—OUTWARD. Leaves Atlanta 2 45, P. M. Arrrives at Dalton 7 53, P. M. NIGHT PASSENGER TRAlN— lnward. Leaves Chattanooga 5 20, r. M. Arrives at Atlanta 1 42, a. m. day passenger train—inward. Leaves Chattanooga 5 30, a. m. Arrives at Atlanta 1 32, p. M. ACCOMMODATION TRAIN—INWARD. Leaves Dalton 2 25, a. m. Arrives at Atlanta 10, a. m. E. B. WALKER, sept 14,1871. Master of Transportation. New Route to Mobile? New Orleans, Vicksburg and Texas. o Blue Mountain Boute VIA SELMA, ROME AND DALTON Railroad and it» Connec tions. PASSENGERS LEAVIMO ATLATA BY THE SIX A. M. TRAIN OF THE WESTERN: & ATLANTIC, arrive at Rome at 10 A. M., making close connection with FAST EXPRESS TRAIN Os Selma. Dalton and Rome Railroad, arriving at Selma at 8:10, P. M. and making close connections with train ol Alabama Central Railroad, arriving at Meridian ... .4:00 A. M. Jackson... ... ...... 1J:50 a. m. Vicksburg fc;ss P. M. ALSO, make close connection at CALEB A with trains of South and North Alabama Rail road, arriving at Montgomery 7:10 p. m. Mobile 7:45 A. i£. New Orleans 4:25 p. m. The road has recently been equipped and its equipment is not surpassed by any in South for strength and beauty of finish. change of cars between Rome and Selma. PULLMAN’S PAEACE CARS run through from ROME VIA MONTGOMERY to MOBILE, without change. NO DELAY AT TERMINAL POINTS, Fare as low as by any other Route. Purchase Tickets via Kingston at the General Ticket Office,.or at the H. I. Kimball House. JOHN B. PECK, General Passenger Ageut. E. G. BARNEY, General Superintendent. E. V. JOHNSON, Local Agent, oct. 2—ts No. 4 Kimball Ueuae, Atlanta “Onward ami Upward POET R Y. THE MEANEST MAN. Well, I thank ye, deakin, I don’t: much keer If I du set down and talk fora min it ; Here’s a cheese-box handy—don’t mind a cheer, \ou kin see the store if anyone’s in it. I thought you'd be kind o’ curious like About bow I did in to Jareoy ; Thank the Lord, I live in a Christian land, And that I'm back in it whole is a marey. I should judge a man mean whose riches arise From selliu’ mahogany hams, and report, erg Tell a vam of a chap who from dead men’ ? eyes Stole the coppers, and swore ’cause they wan t quarters; And I hev seen some men so mean in my day They would skin a flint and make soup of it arter; But, deakin, a Jarsey Quaker, I say, Could beat ’em all at a swap or a barter. The fact is, deakin, that mare of mine, I thought when I went to Jarsey I'd trade her, " She was gittin’ so old that she’d stand with out lyin’, And so bony they sed some carpenter made her. But I fed her up smart, and I filed down her teeth. And I laughed as I thought how the fellers in Jargey Would swear arter tradin’, but, sure as you breathe, Ex they said us at court, it was just vicy varcy For down in a town that they call Hacken sack, I found at the tavern a meek little Qua ker, And he looked at my mare, ez she stood at the rack, And sez, “Friend, how much money wil] make thee forsake her? Thee must know I’ve a very uice horse of mine own. But I’m somewhat askeered, for he’s young and he’s frisky.” Sez I, “Mister”—assumin’ my pleasantest tone— ‘ Let’s go in to the bar, and we'll sample some whisky.” He sez, “Friend, these strong lickcrs git in to my bed, And I fear they might make me do things as is foolish, But I’ll follow thee, friend, for it never was sed That Israel Jones did a thing ez was mul ish.” Well, I treated ten times., and Jones drank apple-jack, While I pooty near busted on darned soda water. When 1 said to him, “Jones”—he was full as a sack— “lf you drive your horse home yau’ll be killed, and you’d ought cr.” Well, the upshot is, deakin, I traded with Jones, My mare for liis horse, and kinder felt phy Ae I left him there drunk with his bundle of bones, Wh ; le I driv off his horse on the road to the city, But I scarcely had got half a mile njien a CUBB Yelled out, “There goes one of them darn ed carpet-baggers Stuck with Jones’ blind horse, and Itellyou wat’s wuss, He can’t go a mile, for he’s got the blind staggers.” ’Twas gospel truth, deakin, for that ere horse dropped On the road, and was lanced by a sargeon soon after, Who remarked on his goin’ so far ’lore he stopped. While those Jarsey men stood there just dyin’ with laughter. And what did Ido with him? Nothin’ but I Started back to the tavern arttr Jones, and the fact is, That Quaker was sitting there straight as a die, And was swappin’ jack-knives with a fel ler for practice. I looked square in his eyes, and 1 sez, “Mr. Jones, Os all livin’ hogs you’re a little the lean. est, And at swappin’, if truth your mean soul ev er owns. You will say of all men you’re a little the meanest.” But that Jones he looked up in his meek, quiet way, And he sez with a grin tkat was simply in famous. ‘‘Friend, ’twere sinful to tell thee thou liest but I say I’m convinced tbq,t thee never met my brother Amos.” The local editor of an Indiana paper introduced a quantity of carboL ic acid into bis bed-room to drive away the ruusquitoes, and then—went and slept in the woodshed. A thrifty citizen of Lewiston, Me., saved a dollar the other day by unscrewing and returning the handles of his wife’s coffiin. . —— .... ■~V p t I ti&v. A Quaker’s advice to his son on his wedding day; “When thee went a courting I told thee to keep thy eyes wide open; now that thou art married I tell thee to keep them half shut/* A Graphic Description of the Great Fire by an Eye-Witness. Chicago, October 10. —The follow ing description of the fire h.ts been furnished by a gentleman who aided in subduing the flames: None but an eye-witness can form an idea of the fn vr and power of the fire fiend as lie revelled among the pa latial buildings w» re-houses on the South side. The wind blew a bur rictine. it times it seemed but the j "’° kof a f or the fire to enter the south ends of buildings fronting on Randolph, Lake, and Water streets, and re-appe ftr n f. the north doors and windows, belching Girth in fierce flames which often Ticlced the opposite build ings. The flames issuing forth from the buihbngs on each side of the street would BDife ft nd present a solid mass of fire, completely filling the street from side to side, and SHOOTING UPWARD A HUNDRED FEET. into the air above the housetops in their mad career. Thus was street af ter street filled with flame, and a roar ing sound, which conld only be equal led by combining the noise of the ocean driving upon a rockv beach with the howl of the blast. Hnge walls would topple and fall into the sea of fire without apparently giving a sound. The roar of the firece element was so great that all minor sounds were swal lowed np, and the fall of buildings was only perceptible to the eyes. If Ihe reader will recall to his mind the fierc est snow storm in his experience, and imagine the snow to be fire as it surg ed hither and thither before the fury of the wind, he will be able to form a faint conception of the flames as they raged through the Streets of our doomed city. Many of the buildings situated along South Water street buried their red hot rear walls in the w ater of the river, into which they PLUNGED WITH A HISS. The heat wns so intense at times from some of the burning buildings, that they could not be approached within 150 feet, which accounts for the man ner in which the fire worked back so often against the wind. The fire, af ter reaching the business portion of Randolph and South Water streets leaped the river to the north side in a short time, and thence among the wooden buildings on that side, reached the lake shore after touching blook after block of dwellings with its firerce blast. A scene of such utter power lessness in face of an enemy was never presented than that of this people trying to combat the fire fiend, for the combat was not of long duration; the people bowed their heads in anguish of spirit and suffered the fiend to have untrammelled sway. THE MEANEST OF HUMAN HYENAS. While there are many instances of generous devotion on the part of rich and poor in dividing with the desti tute, there are painful instances of meanness and selfishness. One person was trying to remove valuable papers from an office, and asked two firemen to help him, but they refused unless he paid them SSO. The papers were destroyed. Drivers of express wagons have taken SIOO, and even SSOO, for an hour’s use of their vehicles in get ting distressed people away from the danger. Among the sad scenes of the calami ty was the appearance of hundreds of men and boys beastly intoxicated around the 6tfeets of the North Divis ion, where saloon keepers’ stocks of liquors were turned into the streets, and furnished a convenient opportuni ty for the gratification of their slavish propensities, and there can hardly be any doubt that many of these poor wretches found their death in the flames, from which they were too help less to escape. One poor man had crowded for refuge into the water main, tying in the street near the wa ter works, but the flames found him eveu there before he could get his bo dy wholly in safety. Sunshine and Sleep. — Sleeples peo ple~and they are nanny in America— should court the sun. The very worst soporific is laudanum, and the very best, sunshine. Therefore, it is very plain that poor sleepers should pass as many hours as possible in the* sun shine, and as few as possible in the shade. Many women are martyrs, and yet they do not know it. They shut the sunshine out of their houses and their hearts, they weir veils, they car ry parasols, they do all possible to keep off the subtlest aud yet most potent in fluence which is intended to give them strength aud beauty and cheerfulness,. Is it not time to change all this, aDd so get color and roses in our pale cheeks, strength in our weak backs, and courage in our timid souls ? The women of America are pale and deli cate ; they may be blooming and strong, aud the sunlight will be a potent aid iu thii transformation. Igk, A woman got tired seeing a can of powder tying around, and threw it in the stove. Her hnsbr.nd is look ing around for 3econd wife, 'nnfc' ; A ; '* jgb- A, ll Indiana japer fcayite'“lf the party who plays the accord eon ia this vicinity at nights will, only change his tune occasionally, An at where’we can scald him when the engine has eteiana on, he will hear of something kr his advantage.” ‘ * Ecapedcsn Mrlfllfl—JiifNWi Cle ver; or King Grawi. Editor Farmer and Artisan :—ln a recent number of your paper I see a piece taken from the Nashville Union and American in reference to the Japan clover, or wild clover as it is familiarly called in this region. "While I think that piece is an exaggeration in refer ence to Rome of its qualities, yeti am prepared to concede for it several things that, does not yipplv to any oth e plant we have ever seen growing in this latitude. Ist. It grows on poor l ft nd more luxuriance th n anv other grasß or weed I have ever seen; aud it has a small leaf, rather contravenes the gen eral idea of vegetable physiologists, that large leaved plants feed mostly on the atmosphere. I snppose, how-, ever, that, this deficiency is connterac ted to a large extent by the number of leaves, for they are legion. 2d. It has great powers of endur ance, so far ns the roots ere concern ed; but the branches and leaves will parch and die ont nnder a burning sun very soon, especially where it grows sparsely. During a wet summer it luxuriates wherever propagatfj on poor hill-sides as well as meadow lands. It loves, however, rainy sea sons on thirsty lands, and I fear will not prove to be all we desire in snch localities. It, howpver, reminds us of an anecdote of Mr. Dickson, when he was showing some gentleman his farm during the prevalence of a severe drought. As they passed through a cornsi e ]d in which some of the stalks were actually dying for lack of mois tui'e, one of them called his attention to several in that condition. “Yes.” said he, M I perceive the fact—but ?? (Haft gome.” And so of the Japan clo ver, it dies from severe drought, bnt rallies again ae soon as the rain sets in. 3d. It is a good pasturage for *tock, and I think would make good hay, if cut and cured. This I intend to test the present, season. But Ido not be lieve that onr stock like it as well as the native grasses, and I doubt, wheth er it is as nutritions as the Bermuda. As cattle love variety, however, this may subserve a. good purpose in that way 7 . Mv opinion, however, is, from not a very close observation in the matter, that they would soon tire out on it exclusively. 4th. Tt furnishes a largo supply of vegetable matter to the soil, and T be lieve will prove to be the best humus making plant we have at the South, where so much is needed from our clean cotton culture. T intend to test the matter thoroughly the present winter in this wav, and hope others will do the S ’me, As it is ?aid to be difficult to gather the seed in large quantities. I intend to plow up the surface where it has seeded, and rake, up the grass nrd top soil, and sow the d’rt over my oats and wheat fields, especially on the poor places. My opinion is that a most luxuriant growth of this clover will follow, which can be turned under in the fall while green, and thus furnish not only hnmus bnt nitrogen to the soil. sth. Another rare quality of this plant is indicated in the name I have given it King grass—in Ihe met that it absolutely roots out and destroys every living plant in its wide-spread path. Not even old Bermuda, which has so long held undisputed sway over his circumscribed fields, cannot resist its ercroncbes. I have a bottom leng since given up to the Bermuda. Re cently I passed through it and found that the had almost; com pletely throttled it, though like Mr. DieksonV corn, if died gome, as here and there, peering above its enemy, conld be seen an isolated sprig of Bermuda, which, as it cannot stand shade; will have to yield entirely be fore the close of another season. I have bnt little doubt tlmt any pest like Coco or Bermuda could be rooted out by this King grot** in a few 7 years in any locality, and would recommend it to be sown on snch fields if for no other purpose. I intend to gjve it a fair trial myself on one or two similar localities. E. M. PENDLETON. Girls Beware. Girls beware of transient young men. Never suffer the addresses of a stranger. Recollect that one good Farmer’s boy, or indus trious Mechanic, is worth all the float ing fops in the world. The allure ments of a dandy Jack, with a shoe brush over his upper lip. a gold chain around his neck, a walking-stick in his paw, a cent cigar in his mouth, some honest tailor’s coat on his back, and brainless though fancy skull, nev er can make up the loss of a good father’s home, a good mothers co»r~ sel, and the society of brothers and sisters* their affections last, while that of such young man is lost in the de cline of a honey-moon. This is true. The editor of the London Sat urday Review says he well remembers the answer he rsce'vod of an Amerisytu of whom he inquired, what the “war .powers bv President Lincoln V' It was “jes what he damn ■pleases.” 1 ! ’ An- Alabama paper published the following notice ; “Married, at Flintstone, by the Rev. Windstone, Mr. Nehemiab Sandstone and Misn Wil helm in a Whetstone; both of Lime stone.” Look out for brimstone next,;- ■- ‘ ' S. H . Smith 4' Cos. t Proprietors, Henvpn help the fruin who im agines he can dodge enemies by trying to please everybody! If ntich nn indi vidual ever succeeded, be should he fried of it—not that orte should U* go ing through the world trying to find beams to'knock and thninp bis bend ngainst, disputing every man's opinion,- fighting end elbowing, nnd crowdit g all who differ from him. That, again, is another extreme, Other* people have their opinion, so have yon; don’t fall into the error of supposing they will respect von more for turning your coat, even* dnv, to match the color of theirs. Wear your own colors in spite of wind and weather, storm nnd sunshine. It costs the vacillating and irresolute ten times the trouble to wind and twist, and shuffle, that it does, honest, manly independence to stand it a ground. How things borrowed are often used is well exemplified in the case of ‘a boy who was met on horse-back crying with cold. Some sa id to him,’ “NV hy don't yon gpi down nnd lead your horse ? That is the way to keep warm." "Ho," said the bov, “it's ah b-borrowed boss, nnd I’ll ride him if I freeze.” A Boston minister says he once preached on "The Recognition of Friends in the Future." and was told after service by a hearer that it would he more to the point to preach about the recognition of friends here, ns he had been in the church twenty yearn, and didn't know any of its members. At nn lowa Sunday School the su|)erintendent was reviewing the lee sons, and was talking of the verse, "Let yonr loins be girded, and vonr lights be shining.'’ He asked the question. "Why are we commanded to gird our loins?” One little shaver sung out, *‘To keep your breeches up." A gentleman seeing nn Irishman fencing in a barren, desolate piece of land, said: "What are you fencing in that Jot for, Pat ? A flock of sueep would starve to death on that land." "And sure, your honor,” replied Pat, “wasn’t I fencing it in to keep the poor beasts out of it?” An eccentric wealthy gentle man stuck up a board in his field up on his estate upon which he painted the following; "I will give this field to any man who is contented.” He soon had an applicant. "Well, sir, are you a contented man ?” “Yes, Sir; very.” "Then what do von want with my field ?” The applicant did not stop to reply. 86?“ An eloquent orator proposes to "grasp a ray of light from the great orb of day, spin it into threads of gold, nnd with them weave a shroud in which to wrap the whirlwind which dies npon the bosom of our western prairies.” We fear the machinery will break before tbe fabric is through the loom. 86?“ Almost everything has its bright side. A little girl in West Vir ginia, busily engaged working a pair of slippers intended for a birthday gift to her father, said to one of hor play mates; "I think you are real lucky, for \our papa has got only one leg, and you needn’t work but one." In response to nn inquiry of a scientific publication: Whence cornea fie as ? a Western journal savs it does not care a nickel, but would like to know where in the thunder they go to when you go for them. Bgkr-A summer boarder (very close calculator) recently astonished the landlord by asking him how much he was going to deduct from his board bec«.nse he had two teeth extracted—. Next! General B aur< gurd has been inter viewed. He sr.ys Grant ill inaugu rate a military despotism if be is re elected. He goes for the new depart ure and Gratz Brown for President. l@~Tbe entire alphabet is found in these four lines : God gives the grazing ox his meat, He quickly hears the sheep’s low cry; But man, who tastes his finest wheat. Should joy to lift his praises high. George F. Bekde, of Fremonnt, N. H b»R onions enough on bss than an acre of ground to buy a thousand I bushels of corn. SS?" A child five years old has been found in the Baltimore Jail charged in the criminal docket with being “a com mon thief.” — in great quantities, is said to have been discovered in Butts county, Georgia. it will thq .grup? vine 'gfdw, is the latest ballad, • >l >! - *6r\Ve learn from the Nashville papers that a lady h" 8 been elected Engrossing ,Cleik by the lemiessee Legislature. A love letter, picked up in oirit gfield, Illinois, had the following aragraph V ** st loved one ’ 1 Phased the postage st.-.mp on your u last letter all to thunder, ‘ because I knew you licked it on.” v I NdMBKK'Zf