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H SMITH & Cos., Editors and Prop’rs.
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(^aijds.
John W. Wofford,
attorney at law.
UVRTERWIUiE, GEORGIA.
, mice over .MnkeiW* Drugstore. Oct. 17.
‘ A. P. WOFFORD.
Wolford <fc Wolford,
aitorneys at law,
(MRTERSVILH ...GEORGIA.
.tune 23, 1870.
It. W. Murphcy,
ATT!ORNEY AT LAW,
C \ * TERBVILLE, OKORGI
H ill practice in the courts of the Cherokee
I uit. Particular attention given to the col
ic iiou of claims. Office with Col. Abda John
.•ol. ° ct - 1 -
John J. Jones,
■TTORNEY Or LAW & REAL ESTATE AGENT,
ARTEIt-VIl I.F •••• ...GEORGIA.
Will attend promptly to uLI proffessional busi
.>«? entrusted to his euro * to the buying
clling of Real Estate.
•frere. A. Howard,
Ordinary of Bartow County.
SRTF.RftVII.LK, GEORGIA.
,1 an 1, 1870.
A. Iff. Foute,
ATTORNEY AT LAW,
ARTERSVILLE ..GEORGIA.
(With Col. Warren Akin,)
Will practice in the courts of Bartow, Cobh,
l'olk. Kloyil, Gordon, Murray, Whitfield and ad
joining counties. March 30.
T. V. M’LSER, O. H. MILNER.
Tllliier & Jlilner,
ATTORNEYS AT LAW.
i WITERSVILLE, . GEORGIA
Will attend promptly to business entrusted to
their care. Jau. 15.
Warren Akin,
ATTORNEY AT LAW,
i tRTER-VIL K, ...GEORGIA.
Will practice in all the courts of the State.
Sam. H. I’atillo,
Fashionable Tailor and Agent
for Sewing Machines,
tXTir.I. attend promptly to the Cutting, Rc
y y pairing, and Making Boys’ and Mens’
• 'celling; also, Agent for the sale of the cele-
M aicil (.rover & Baker Sewing Machines. Of
fice over stokely & Williams Store. Entrance
from the rear. feb 17.
.Tollit W r . Dyer,
HOUSE-POINTER.
’A UTKUSVILLE GEORGIA.
Will attend promptly to business in his line.
Jan 19, 1870 —wty
IV. It. Tlountcahtle,
cweler and Watch and Clock
Repairer,
CaRTERSVILI K, GEORGIA.
office in front of A. A. Skinner & Co’s Store.
Kcimesaw House,
M \';IKTC‘, .. .(DOROIA.
Is still open to the traveling public as well as
I summer visitors. Parties desiring to make
immgpments for the season can be acconimo
> 1 ate.J. Rooms ne.it and clean and especially
ad.ipte i for families. V tine large piazza has
irn recently added to the comforts of the estab
lishment. FLETCHER A FREYER,
j unelSwtf Proprietors.
S. O’SIIIELDS,
Fashionable Tailor .
Cartersville, Georgia.
1 T AYE just received the latest European and
I 1. American styles of Mens’ and Boys’ Cloth
ing. and is prepared to Cut and Making to or
der. Olliee upstairs in Liebinan’s store, East
ide of the Railroad. sept. 29.
J. TANARUS, OWE! IST,
WATCH-MAKER
AND
•I < ‘\velor,
IS PREPARED to meet every want in his line
on the most retsonablc terras.
fcrjTGOODS AND WORK W
Aug. 11,18T0.-U
W. C. GREEN,
REPAIRER UF
WpPAjIEWELRY, CLOCKS,
flan ; If WATCHES
so ee P on nnrl for
sale the above goods.
Room in the store of Simon Liebman
Cartersville, meh 22.
c L. ATT AWA Y,
Plain and Ornamental Painter,
CARTERSVILLE. GEORGIA
IV ill do painting promptly and faithfully
dec 20, 1870. wly
Gear Shop,
> Harness,
Bridle**,
Saddles
and GEAR, Manufactured and Repaired in
the very best style of the art, in the quickest
time and at the shortest notice, and for less
money than is usually paid for such work
and stock. Try me ! W. C. EDWARDS.
Cartersville. mck 9 — wly
Dr. F. M.
,T oliuson,
- DENTIST.
Cartersville, Ga.
! eeth drawn without pain, by the use oi nar
, r>; ic spray mch 9.
ATLANTA SACK FACTOKY.
IVTE are prepared, at all seasons, to till or
’ » uers for train and Flour Sacks, of any
size, quality, or quantity at our factory in At
lanta. Ga. W. A. MITCHELL &AX).
zeyt 26, IST?.wly
S. H. SMITH & CO.,
VOI.. 9.
£sl <mii Ml B
I Doctor* and to Ladies As
that Women are subject t
culiar to their »e\—such V: T- '<
Menses. 1 Whites. Painful
mati.in of the Back and % ?. TL i
Womb, Irregular Men- v am *
stmation. Ileir.orrbaee,
or Excessive ‘Flow,’and Jc\ , V
Wolapsus Uterior Fall-
These diseases h ave sel
dom been treated successfully. The profession
has sought dilljgently 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 the State of
Georgia. The remedy is
Bradfield’s Female Regulator,
It Is purely vegetable, and is put up in Atlan
ta, bv BRA D FIELD A CO.
It will purify the blood and strengthen the
system, relieve irritation of the kidneys, and is
a perfect specific tor all the above diseases; as
certain a cure as Quinine Is ip 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.
LaGßAngk, Ga., March 23,1870.
BUADFIELD & CO., ATLANTA, GA.:
Dear Sirs: I take pleasure in stating that!
have used, for the last twenty years, the medi
cine vou are putting up. known as DR. J. BRAI)-
FIKED’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 say that
1 consider it a boon to suffering females, and
can but hope that every lady in our whole land,
who mav bo suffering in any way peculiar to
their sex’, may he able to procure a bottle, that
their sufferings mav not only be relieved, but
that they mav be restored to health & strength.
With my kindest regards, lam, respectfully,
W. B. FERRELL, M. D.
We. the undersigned Druggists, take pleasure
in commending to the trade, Dr. J. Bradfleld’s
Female Regulator—believing it to be a good and
reliable remedy for the diseases for which he
recommends it. W. A. LAN'SDELL,
PEMBERTON, WILSON, TAYLOR & CO.
REDWIN E & FOX,
W. ( , LAWSHEi Atlanta, Ga.
AV. ROOT & SON, Marietta, Ga.
DR. PR OTp HITT’S
Celebrated Liver Medicine,
It is purely vegetable, and will act upon the
Liver and Kidneys as promptly as Calomel and
Buclm, without any danger of salivation or de
struction of the bones.
Parties taking the medicine need not fear get
ting wet, or any other reasonable exposure.
Symptoms of Liver Disease:
Headache, Dull Feeling or the Blues, Sour Stom
ach, Sick or Nervous Headache, Heartburn, In
digestion or Dyspepsia, Bad or Bitter Taste in
the Mouth, the skin has a thick, rough feeling,
and is darker than usual, Costiveness, Melan
choly Feelings, Cramps, Cold Feet, Colic, Dys
entery, or Diarrlnea, Chills and Fever, and
Piles.' In fact, where the Liver is out of order,
you are liable to every disease that is not conta
gious.
Propbitt’s Liver Medicine, if taken properly,
will prevent and cure any disease resulting from
a deranged liver.
It will regulate its functions and thus cure all
diseases caused by the failure of its healthy ac
tion.
It has been used for a great number of years,
ami has given universal satisfaction.
There is no brother or son claiming to have
the origional recipe. It is put up in both Pow
der and Fluid form.
Faikbvrn, Ga., Sept. 4,1868.
1)R. O. S. PROPIIITT:
Sir: Mv wife has been an invalid for fifteen
years. Doctors all agreed she had “Liver Dis
ease.’’ In connection with their practice she
used various and noted remedies, none of which
seemed to do any good. Sometime ago I procu
red a bottle of your “Liver Medicine,” of your
agent here, C. A. Harvey, which being given ac
cording tu directions, has affected a comulete
cure. Respectfully, &c., GEO. L. THOMAS.
CHARLOTTE, N. C., Sept. 24,1868.
I have used Dr. O. S. Prophitt’s Liver Medi
cine as a tonic, and found it to be powerful and
ellicacious. It is excellent for functional de
rangement of the. Liver or constipation of the
bowels; iu most eases superceding the necessity
of a regular course of medicine.
E. J. MEYNARDIE, Pastor Tryon-str. C’h.
Marion County, Texas, Aug. 1,1869.
DR. O. S. PROP HITT:
Dear Sir:- 1 write you this to inform you that
1 have been troubled a great deal with indiges
tion, hut after using one bottle of your Liver
Medicine, I find great relief. I cheerfully re
commend it as a good Family Medicine, and feel
confident that it is good for anything for which
it claims to be an antidote. Very respectfully,
DICK LOCKETK.
Dr, Prophitt’s Dysentery Cordial,
Is one of the most valuable compounds now put
up for Diarrhoea, Dysentery, Cholera Infautum,
or Cholera Morbus.
This medicine has been in use for years, and
gives uniuersal satisfaction.
The most delicate child may take it with im
punity.
Covington, Ga.. Nov. 9,1867.
DR. PROP HITT:
Having a severe attack of Dysentery during
the past summer, 1 was induced to use your Dy
sentery Cordial, and derived therefrom immedi
ate and permanent relief. It gives me pleasure
to recommend this remedy to all who may be so
attacked, believing that, should the directions
he followed, relief would surely be obtained.—
Truly, Ac. O. S. PORTER.
CUBSATA, TEXAS, 1869.
DR. PR OPT! ITT:
Dear Sir: Your Liver Medicine and Pain Kill
It is a complete success. J. L. W HITTLE.
West Point, Ga., Aug. 11,1869.
This is to certify that I have used Dr. O. S.
Prophitt’s Liver Medicine myself and in my
family, for twelve months or more,.and I unhes
itatingly say that I believe it one of the best
Family Medicines in use. M. T. WALKER.
PROPHITT’S
Pain Kill It.
This is the celebrated medicine that run Terry
Davis’rain Killer out of the market, wherever
it was sold. Davis made Prouhitt change the
name from Pain Killer to.PAIN KILL IT.
For Rheumatism, Neuralgia, or pain of any
kiud it has no equal.
For Cuts, Bruises, Burns, or old Sores, it is the
best thing you can use as a dressing.
For Snake Bites or Stings of Poisonous Insects,
it is a perfect ANTIDOTL.
It is good for Colic, Colds, Coughs, or Bowel
Complaints. Its name indicates its nature fully.
It is truly DEATH to pain.
Manufactured and sold by BRADFIELD k
CO., Atlanta, Ga., and for sale by all druggists.
Dooly Bounty, Ga., April, 1867.
This is to certify that I was confined to the
house, and most of the time to my bed. and suf
fering the greatest agony imaginable with Rheu
matism, for five months, and utter trying every
available remedy, with no relief, 1 was cured
with two bottles of Dr. O. 8. Prophitt’s Anodyne
Pain Kill It; each costing fifty cents only. It
relieved me almost instantly. I therefore re
commend it in the highest degree to others suf
fering from similar disease. I can say that it is
one of the finest Family Medicines now out, cer
tain. Yours, truly, W. A. FOREHAND.
Dooly County, Ga., Oct. 27, 1867
DR. O. S. PRO PH ITT:
I have, during the last eigetecn months, used
your Pain Kill It, and 1 consider it unequaied by
anything for pain iu the head, breast, back or
side-and for colic nothing gives relief half so
quick as your Anodyne Pam Kill.
It is doing much good in the community in o
ther families as well as mv own. Yours, &c.,
'D. T. FOREHAND.
Newton Factory, Ga., Nov., 1867.
DR. TROPHITT:
Last summer my horse sprained his knee se
verely, causing the whole leg to swell to about
twice its natural size, and rendering hint almost
helpless; two applications of your AnodynePaiu
Kill It thoroughly cured it. JNO. B. DAVIS.
STATE OF GEORGIA,! Know all men by these
FULTON county. ( presents, That I have
this day, for value received, sold and transfer
red to BRADFIELD k CO., the sole right to
manufacture and sell my Family Medicines, and
have furnished them with the full recipes, and
have authorized the said BRADFIELD & CO.,
to print, or have printed, anything they may see
proper concerning any and all the above named
CARTEKIVILLIt IIAItTOW COI.VrY, GEORGIA. JAN. fOlh. I**7l.
Medicines. This 15th dav of June. 1870.
[Signed] ' O. 8. PROPI/ITT,
In presence of Thomas F. Jones, and Robert
Crawford, Notary Public. (l. 8.)
Manufactured and for sale by BUADFIELD
& CO., Broad street, Atlanta, Ga., aud for sale
by all druggists. idly 20— wly
CERTIFICATES:
We, the undersigned, haved used Dr. Proph
itt’s Preparations, and take pleasure in recom
mending them to the public, as being all he
claims for them:
Col. R J Henderson, Covington, Ga.; O T Rog
ers, Covington, Ga.; O S Porter, Covington, Ga.;
Prof. J L Jones, Covington, Ga.: Rev. M W Ar
nold, Georgia Conference; Rev. W W Oslin, Ga.
Conference; F M Swanson, Monticcdlo, Ga.; Ro
bert Barnes. Jasper County, Ga.; AM Robinson,
Monticello, Ga.; James AV right. Putnam county,
Ga.; A Westbrook, Putnam county, Ga.; Judge
JJ Floyd, Covington, Ga.; W L Bo bee, “Cov
ington Enterprise,”; A II Zachry, Conyers, Ga;
George Wallace, Atlanta, Ga.;' Dick Lockett,
Davis county. Texas; AV Hawk Whatley, Cos
seta, Texas; AV C Roberts, Linden countv, Tex
as: Tommy A Stewart, Atlanta, Ga; W A Lans
dell, Ihnggist, Atlanta, Ga; R F Maddox. & Cos.;
Atlanta, Ga.; Uriah Stephens, Cartersville, Ga.;
A N Louis, Lowndes county, Ga.; Joseph Land,
Lowndes countv. Ga.; Jus. Jefferson. Carters
ville. Ga.; AV I Ellis. Dooly county, Ga.; AV A
Forehand, Dooly county, Ga.; John B. Davis
Newton Factory. Ga.: B F Bass, Lowmlnes co.
i^teiTSDELlllTl
Compound Extract of
S TIIj LIJY GlJt.
the GREAT health restorer,
Blood Purifier & Liver Medicine,
THIS concentrated A r egetable Specific acts
directly on the Lives, Kidneys, Spleen
and Bladder. It cures Scroffila. White
Swelling, Chronic and Inflammatory Rheu
matism, Gout, Liver and Kidney Affections,
Soke KyeS, UlceroCs Sores, Boils, Carbun
cles, Pimples, Blotches, and all skin Diseases.
It removes all Mercurial and old Veuerial
Taints from the system and soon restores the
patient to perfect health and purity. It is far
superior oo Mercury or any of its preparations
in removing Torpidity and correcting other de
arangemens of tlie Liver and Kidneys. This is
not a remedy that may cure; but one that will
cure everv case without fail. Beware of Coun
terfeits. The genuine is prepared only by Pem
berton, Taylor & Cos.. Atlanta, Ga.’ and each
label bears the signature of J. S. Pemberton.
For Sale By Dm^g’ists.
Read the following, which explains the suc
cess of this great remedy all over the country:
West Point, Ga., Aug., 10th, 1870.
Mess. Pemberton, Taylor & Cos.,
Atlanta, Ga.,
Gents: \V« have the greatest cure to report,
ever known, made by tiie use of your Compound
Extract of Stillingia’. A case that has been con -
fined to bed for elx years, ra ised and well. Will
send particulars soon. Yours Uespectfullv,
CRAWFORD & AYALKKR,
ept. 23, ’7O, sw-tf. Druggists.
Lawshe & Haynes,
HAVE ON HAND AND ARE RECEIVING
the finest stock of the
Tery latest Styles
of Miiamond and Gold
JEWELRY,
in upper Georgia, selected, with great care for
the
Fall and Winter Trade.
Watches,
of the BEST MAKERS, of both Europe and A*
m erica;
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 and Jewelry
Rbpairsd by Competent V\ orkmen;
Also Clock and Watch Makers
Tools and Materials.
sept 13.-s\vly ATLANTA, GA.
GROCERS
—AND—
Produce
DEALERS.
CARTERSVILLE, GA.
- r LT* L iu ht!
AJ HT.
Light.:
IiICHT:
"Witli or- Without Measure !
Conceal it Not H!
PETEK MARSH,
Manufacturer of and in
/Estrella 0«l,
Also, Dealer in
LAMPS, CHIMNEYS, SHADE? WICKS
ETC., ETC.
I can be found at Best & Kirkpatrick’s
on Main Street, Cartersville, Ga., where I
will be pleased to see my friends and pat
rons. To all, I would say, come and f'
amine for yourselves, as I intend to sell
Cheap as the Cheapest, Thankful for past
natronage, I solicit a continuance ot the
same. PETER MARSH.
Cartersville, apr. 22.
SEMI-WEEKLY.
TO PHYSICIANS.
Neav York, August 15th, 18C8
Allow me to call your attention to iny
Preparation Compound of
Extract- Buchu.
The component parts are BUCHU
LONG LEAF, CUBEBS, JUNIPER
BERRIES.
Mode of Preparation.—Buchu, in
vacuo. Juniper B»-- ri-s, by distilUtinr., t f rm » fine
gin, Cubebs ext acted by displH-.-i-nient with spirits
spirits oM-siued from Junin r Betties: very tittle
suga' i s use i, and a sutull proportion of spirit. It is
mo**- palateabic tl au any now in use
Buchu. as prepared by Druggists, is of alight color.
It i« a plant that endts its fragrance ; the action of a
flame destroys this (it? active < rintiple,) leaving H
dark and glutinous decoetfon. Mine is the coler of
ingredients. The Buchu in my preparation predomi
in tes; the smallest quantity of the other ingrtdients
are added, to prevent, fermentation ; upon nspec
tion. it will be found i <>t to be a Tinc'ure, as made
>n Fliarmacopoea, nor is it a Syrup—and therefore
c a l>e used in cases where fever inflammation ex
ist. In this, you have the knowledge of he ingredi
! opts a- and the mode of preparation.
Hoping that t cu will tavor H with a trial, and that
upon inspection it will meet with your approbation
With a feeling of confidei ce,
I am very respectfully yours,
IT. T. HELMBOLD,
C nemist vnd Druggist
«/16 gears' experience.
[From the Largest Manufacturing
Chemists in the World.]
November 4, 1854
“I am acquainted with Mr. H. T. Hembold ; he oc,
cupied the Drugstore opposite my residence,and was
successful in conductinu the busiress where others
had net been equally 10 before him. I have been fa
vorabiy impressed with bis character and enterprise.”
WILLIAM WEIGHTMAN,
Firm of Powers & Weightman,
Manufacturing Chemists,
Ninth and Brown streets, Philadelphia.
Helmbold’s Fluid Extract of
Buchu
Is the great specific for Universal Lassitude, Prostra
tion, &c.
The constitution, once affected with Organic Weak
nesa, requires the aio of Medicine to strengthen the
system, which HKMBOLD’a EXTRACT l UCHUin
invri ibly dees Ifno treatment is submitted to, Cou
sumpton or insanity endues.
Ilelmbold’s Fluid Extract of Buchu,
In affections peculiar to Females, is unequaied by
any other preparation, as in Chlorosis, or Retention.
Hivmulness, or Suppre.-sion of Customary Evacuations,
Ulcerated or schirrus State of the Uterus, and all
complaints incident to the sex, or the decline or
change of life.
Helmbold's Fluid Extract Buchu ard
Improved Rose Wash.
Will radically exterminate from the system disease*
srisine from the hab’tßof dissipation, at little expense
little or no ch nge in (Met, no inc invonience of expos
ure ; completely superceding t> ise unolea«ant and
dangerous remedies. Cppaiva and ercury, in ail
these diseases.
Use Helmbold’s Fluid Extract Buchu
in ail diseases of these organs, whether existing in
mate or femal -, fr-m whatever cause originating, and
to no matter f how lon- standing It is pleasant tn
taste and odor, “immniiate” In action, and more
strengthening than any preparations of Bark or Iron.
Those suffering fro u broken down or de'icate con
stitulions, procure the remedy at once.
The reader must be aware that, however slight may
be he a taik of the above diseases, it i< ce’ tan to al
feet, the bodily hearb and mental p owers.
Ml the above dise-e* require the aid of Diuretic
HKM BOLD’S . XTKAC T BUCHU is the great Diu et
ic»
Sold by Dmgg’sts everywhere. PRICE—
SI.2S per bottle, or 6 bottles for $6.50.-
Delivered to any address. Describe symp
toms in all communications.
Address
H. T. H Et M B 0 L D,
DRUG AND CHEMICAL WAREHOUSE.
sdi BROADWAY, New York.
None Are Genuine
Unless done up in steel-engraved wrapper
with sac simile of my Chemical Warehoues
and signed
H. T. HELMBOLD.
JJJ3 WOLF ASD TIIE TOW
CATS.
Tlark Twain’* Manterpiocc-A
Funny Account of a Tragical
Affair.
I knew by the sympathetic glow up
on his li ild head —I know by the
thoughtful look upon his face—l knew
by the emotional flush upon the straw
berry on the end of the old free-liver's
nose, that Simon Wheeler’s memory
was busy with the olden times. And
so I prepared to leave, because all these
were symptoms of a reminiscence—
signs that he was goitig to be deliver
ed of another of his tiresome personal
experiences; but I was too slow; he got
the start of me. As nearly as I re
collect, the infliction was couched in
the following language:
We were all boys then, and didn’t
care for nothing, and didn’t ivorry a
bout nothing only to shirk school and
keep up a revivin’ state of divilment all
the time. This yah Jim Wolf I was
taking about was the prentice, and he
was the best hearted fuller, he wns»
find the most forgivin’ and unselfish I
see—well, there couldn’t have been a
bullier boy than he was, take him how
yould, and sorry enough was I when I
saw him for the last time.
Me and Harry was always a pester
ing him, and plastering horse bills on
his back, and putting bumble bees in
his bed, and so on, and sometimes
would crowd in and bunk with him,
notwithstanding his growling, and we’d
let on to get mad and fight across him,
so as to keep him stirred up like. He
was nineteen, he was long, and lank,
and bashful, and we was fourteen and
sixteen, tolerably worthless and lazy.
So that night, you know, that my
sister Mary gave a candy pullin’, they
started us off to bed early, so as the
company could have full swing, so we
run into Jim to have some fun.
Our window looked out on the roof
of the ell, and about ten o’clock a cou
ple of old tom cats got to rearin’ and
chargin’ about it, and carrying on like
sin. There was four inches of snow on
the roof, and it was frozen so that there
was a right smart crust of ice on it'
and the moon was shining bright, and
we could see them cats hke daylight.
First, they’d stand off, and e-you-yow
wow, just the same as if they were cus
sin’ one another, you know, and bow
up their backs, and push up their tails,
and swell around and spit, and then
all of a sudden the gray cat he’d snatch
a handful of fur out of the yaller cat’s
ham, and spin him around like a but
ton on a barn door, but yaller cat was
game, and he’d come and clinch, and
the way they’d gouge, and bite, and
howl, and the way they’d make the fur
fly was powerful.
Well, Jim, he got disgusted with this
row, and 'lowed he’d clime out there
and shake ’em offn the roof. He
hadn’t reely no notion of doing it, but
we everlastingly dogged him and bul
lyragged him, and ’lowed he’d always
bragged how he would not take a dare,
and so on, till birreby he histed up the
winder, and lo and bnhold you, he
went -went exact ly as he was, nothing
on but bis shirt, and it was short.—
But you ought to a seen him cre-e-epin’
over the ice, and diggin’ his toe nails
in to keep from alippin’; and above all,
you ought to seen his gown flap
pin’ in the wind, and them long, ridic
ulous • hanks of his glisten in the moon
light.
Them company folks was down there
under the eaves, the whole squad of
’em, under that onery shed of old
Washington Bower vines—all settin’
round two dozen sassers of hot candy
which they’d sot in the snow to cool.—
And they was laughin’ and talkin' live
ly, but bless you, they didn’t know
nothin’ about the panorama that was
going on over their heads.
Well, Jim. he went sneakin’ up un
beknown to them tom cats—they was
a switchin’ their tails and yeow-yowiu’,
and threatenin' to clinch, you know,
and not payin’ auy attention—he went
sneakin’ right to the comb of the roof,
till he was within a foot and a half of
them, and then, all of a sudden., he
made a grab for the yaller cat! But.
by gi>sh, he missed fire and slipped, ins
heels flew up, and he flopped on his
back, i.iid went otf’u that roof like a
dart!—went a clashin’ and a smashin’
and a crashin’ down through there oid
rusty vines, and landed in the center
of them company people —satdown liaw
a yearthqu ike in them two dozen s <s
sers of red hot candy, and let oil' a
how winch waajiark from the tomb 1
Them gals—well, they looked, you
know. They seed he wasn’t dr ssed
for company, an * so tiny left. Ail
Editors and Proprietors.
done in a second. It was just one lit
tle war-whoop, and a whisk of their
dresses, and blame the one of them
was in sight anywhere.
Jim, he was a sight. He was cover
ed with that biiin’ hot molasses candy
clean down to his heels, and had more
busted sassers hanging to his gown
than if he was au Injun princess, and he
came a nrancin’ up stairs just a hoop
in’ and a swe.irin’, and every jump he
made he shed some china, and every
foot print was marked with candy !
And blistered ! Why, bless your
soul, that poor creature couldn’t reely
set down for as much as four weeks.
If tisbundfc and Their Ways.
Some husbands never leave home in
the moruing without kissing their
wives and bidding them “good-bye,”
in the tones of unwearied love; and
whether it be policy or fact, it has all
the effect of fact, and those homes are
generally pleasant ones, provided, al
ways, that the wives are appreciative,
and welcome the discipline in a kindly
spirit. We know a gentleman who
lived with his wife over fifty years, and
never left home without the kfis and
and tk9 “good-bye.” Some husbands
shake hands with their wives and hur
ry off as fast as possible, as though the
effort were a something that they
were anxious to forget, holding their
heads down and darting around the
first corner. Some husbands will
leave home without sayiDg anything
at all, but thinking a good deal, as
evinced by their turning round at the
point of observation, and waving an
adieu at the pleasant face or faces at
the window. Some husbands never
say a word, rising from the breakfast
table with the lofty indifference of a
lord, and going with a heartless disre
gard of those left behind. Their wives
seek sympathy elsewhere. Some hus
bands never leave home without t ome
unkind word or look, apparently think
ing that such a course will keep things
straight in their absence. Then, on
returning, some husbands come home
pleasant and happy, unsoured by the
world; some sulky and surly with its
disappointment. Some husbands are
called away every evening by business
or social engagements; some doze in
speechless stupidity on a sofa until
bedtime. “Depend upon it,” says Dr.
Spooner, “that house is the happiest
where kindness, and interest, and po
liteness, and attention is the rule on
the part of husbands —of course, all
the responsibility rests with them—
and temptation finds no footing there.”
The Franco-Prussian War,
The New York Evening Post pub
lishes a remarkably forcible and well
considered letter on the Franco-Prus
sian war, the author of which is one of
the Orleans Princes so favorably
known here. The purport of this
thoughtful and eloquent letter is that
France should and will fight to the bit
ter end agitinst an enemy who will ac
cept peace only on condition of aces
sion of territory. The writer argues
that France under the Empire was
deprived of liberty at home and plac
ed in a false position abroad by the
policy of Napoleon, and that it gave
cause for the war which Prussia was
only too ready to accept; but he
claims that the war was ended after
Sedan, when France, having deposed
the Emperor, offered Germany guar
antees of peace, and Prussia refused
them. The war was undertaken sole
ly to defend Germany against the Em
peror and his allies, and, those dispos
ed of, its continuance shows that Prus
sia finds war and conquest the only,
means of maintaining her placo in
Germany. This spirit promises to be
a continued source of evil in Europe,
to Prussia not less than to the rest.—
Alsace and Lorraine can be kept in
subjection only by force, and all Ger
many will be compelled to uphold the
Prussian military system for this pur
pose, crippling the national industry
and inciting to further military con
quests as a substitute for peaceful de
velopment. It is a contest of despo
tism and aggression with the spirit of
liberty and peace of* which France is
now the representative in Europe.—
The spirit of conquest is that which
the patriotic Frenchmen protests
against, and appeals to our sympathies
for support. — Sav. Republican.
“Bia Shanty.” The State Road
owua a hotel or eating-house at Keu
nesaw or Big Shanty, where passengers
obtain their meals. Mr. Carrie, the
superintendent is a jolly, whole-souled
fell w, and keeps one of the best ta
bles in upper Georgia. It is a No. 1
eating-house.
H grim l final.
Inlluencc of Potato Heed.
A C >rrespondent of the Country Gen
tleman inquires: “What is your opin
ion ou the influence of cut and uncut
potatoes for seed, and on small and
large onus ? There are many contradic
tory statements in the papers.” To
which that paper replies;
The con trad itetory staements are ow
ing to the varying circumstances un
der which the experiments are made,
without a sufficient repetition of them.
Conclusions are drawn from too few
tests. A single experiment will not do
for the basis of a theory.
If the soil is sufficiently moist when
potatoes are planted, cutting is an ad
vantage. It reduces the number of
stalks, gives fewer new potatoes and as
a necessary consequence nllows those
few to grow larger and develop them
selves better than where they are nu
merous iu the hill, res lting from many
stalks from all the eyes of a wholo po
tato. But even here there is a consid
erable difference with different varie
ties, some potatoes growing thicker
and more numerous iu the hill than
others.
o. so.
If the soil and season happen to bo
quite dry, the cut pieces dry up rapi
dly, lessen the supply of food to the
young and growing sprouts, and the
plant- are unfeebksd. In such cases
the crops will often succeed better by
planting whole potatoes, the skin of
which being nearly imprevious t o
moisture, keeps them plump for a long
time. If potatoes are planted early
in the spring, when the soil is nearly
always quite moist and remains so for
some weeks, tilers cun be no objection
to cutting potatoes into pieces before
planting, and the crop will be likely to
be better and the tubers more uniform
ly large.
There is much diversity of opinion
relative to the value of small potatoes.
They are not usually so succesful as
large ones. But the wrong., reason is
assigned. It is said that “like tends
to produce alike,” and that therefore
small potatoes tend to produce small
ones. This w’ould be true if true seed
from flowers, instead of portions of the
root or stem were employed. We
might as well say that grafts cut from
a large tree would produce larger fruit
trees than others, or that planting
large trees from the nursery rows
would give orchard trees of greater
size. The truth is, the tuber of pota
toes are essenlialy underground stems,
and the eyes are the buds. We could
no more expect to get larger trees by
using large buds, than larger potatoes
by planting large tubers. Neverthe
less, we find by experiment that large
potatoes give the heaviest crops. What
is the reason ? Simply this, that the large
tubers give a greater supply of nutri
ment to the young sprouts, just in the
same way that in a moist soil they will
do better than in dry, hot ground. Iu
repeated trials with potatoes not ovor
au inch long, cut into as many pieces
as those four inches long, no percepti
ble difference was observed in the size
of the tubers produced from both; but
one carefully weighing, the largo seod
was found to yield about one-eighth
more on an average. The difference was
undoubtedly owing to the earlier and
more vigorous st irt from the 1 irgeseed,
and to the continued supplies of nour
ishment, and not from any inheront
change, as of “like producing like.”—
The planting of the potatoes in these
experiments was done in fine mellow
moist soil, and early in the season;
had it beeu late, or in a dry or parch
ed soil, it is probable that the small
potatoes would have yielded almost
nothing.
It is well known that some vai-ieties
deteriorate in successive years in par
ticular soils, so that the magnitude of
the crop is gradually diminished. It
would bo interesting to determine by a
long series of trials, whether the con
stitutional weakness is effected by se
lecting the largest seed only, on the
one baud, and small seed from poor
crops on the other. Several years
would be required to determine such
questions, under differing circumstan
ces, side by side.
How Sugar is Made White. —The
way iu which sugar is made perfectly
white, was found out iu a curious way.
A hen that had gone through a clay
mud-puddle, went with her muddy feet
into a sugar house. It was observed
by someone that wherever the tracks
v* ere the sugar was v hite. This led
to some experiments, th3 result was,
that the clay came to be used in refin
ing sugar. It is in tins way: the sugar
is put in earthen jars, shaped as you
see the sugar is. The large ends are
upwards. The ends have a hole iu
them. The jar is filled with sugar, the
clay put over the top and kept wet.—
The moisture goes down through the
sugar and drops from the hole iu the
small end of the jar. This makes the
sugar perfectly white.—Ex.