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COURANT- AMERICAN.
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Official Orjaa of Bartow Ccnaly.
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OOUGLAS WIKLE, ) c ... . D
A M. WILLINGHAM. i Ed " on * nd P “>P-"*<>"•
THURSDAY, FEBRUARY 17, 1887.
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Editorial Brevities.
Tun president hath demonstrated
again that he hath a large backbone and
much common sense, in vetoing the pau
per pension bill.
If oue half the many industries we
have discussed for Cartersvilie iu the
near future are built, thou we must be
the centre of a great manufacturing
community. t
Tire staid, health}' old city of Macon
is picking her Hint for a boom. And
why not? Toe Central City has the lo
cation, wealth and a brainy, euterpiis
ing, plucky people.
Bam .Tones rays that in all his four
teen \ ears preaching ho has never fouud
n place where tlio people would sit up
honestly and take the plaiu, uaked tiutb
as they will m Boston.
There seems to be no change in the
senatorial contest in West Virginia.
O linden, the democratic caucus nomi
nee, is making no progress towards unit
ing the full strength of the party.
The Stato Agricultural Society, which
held its winter convention in Americas
l ist week, decided to permanently locate
the Stale Fair in Macon. This is oue of
tlie few times Atlanta has to get left.
Georgia has f >ur applicants for posi
tions on the Inter-State Commerce Com
mission. Most prominent among them
are ex-Goveruor James M. Smith and
Mr. Raoul, late president cf the Central
Railroad.
The president has appointed Alex. C.
ir.Lski 11, of Columbia, S. C., government
director of the Union Paciffio railroad
company, vice E. I*. Alexander resigned.
It w ill lie remembered that Gen. Alex
ander was recently elected president of
tlio Central system.
llknuy Ward Beroheu claims to linve
disc ivered the secret of happiness. Ife
says it consists in a salary of SIO,OOO a
year, instead of $20,000. Perhaps the
Rev. Henry Ward will, in the warm fu
ture. learn that a much smaller sum than
SIO,OOO will buy happiness.
The anti-proliibitioniats claim to have
received another great leverage. A Bos
ton man who was on the ill-fated train
burned at White River Junction, escaped
death probably by going into a saloou
for a drink at Concord, thus missing the
train by about one minute.
Mu. Manning, secretary of the treas
ury, on last Monday placed his resigna
tion in Ihe hands of the president. He
tenders his resignation in order to accept
the presidency of the Western National
Bank of the city of New York. It is not
known who will ho Mr. Manning's suc
cessor.
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Every citizen of Cartersvilie, who can
a fiord it, should have at least one share
in the Cartersvilie Laud un i Improve
ment Company. If we have no real es
tate to put in as capital stock, subscribe
for a share, you can make no other in
vestment that will pay you half ?o well,
besides you encourage an enterprise that
must necessarily result ill incalculable
good to our town.
We see it stated that Jas. R. Randall,
of the Augusta Chronicle, is to take
editorial charge of the Auuiston (Ala.)
Hot Blast. Mr. Randall has uo superior
oil the southern press as a pleasing,
f aeiblo writer. Ho is a gentleman of
culture and moral worth. The citizens
of Anniston are to be congratulated on
seem ing the services of such a classical
and chaste gentlemen at the head of
their leading journal.
The distressing loss of human life iu
burning cars on the occasion of receut
railway .accidents has led to efforts at
devising protective measures. Vice
President Oakes, of the Northern Pacific
road, is having built an experimental
iron car, intended to supply heat, light
and water to passenger trains. This car
is intended to immediately follow the
engiue. The details, which are still
crude, have not boon announced, but the
inventor will experiment until practical
results have been attained.
Those wishiug to thoroughly keep up
with the booming times find keep apace
with the revolution tint is now making
our section anew southland, should sub
scribe for “The New South,” published
at that busy centre of operation, Bir
mingham, Its typographical appearance
I.>orh like the out-put of a type foundry,
while the editorial and other matter in
spires one into the belief that the South
is on a boom, whether ho wants to or
not. It is a monthly ned cotta only a
dollar a year.
Aro vst. \ was visited by the most de
struotive tire iti lier history on last Sat
urday night. Property amounting to
$200,000 was destroyed. Among the
buildings consumed, the losses and the
insurance are us follows : Masonic Thea
tre, insured for $40,000, loss about $75,-
000, together with other articles burned
was the entire effects of Mrs. Bowers’
tioupe, valued at $11,000; also $1,500
worth of personal property of Manager
Colien. The Globe Hotel, the property
of Mr. T. W. Coskery, was insured for
$.'0,000; loss, including furniture, about
$25,000. The stock of dry goods of
Daly & Armstrong, insured for $20,000;
loss $25,000. The building and stock of
clothing tf the ,T. B. White Company,
insured for $40,003; list, about $25,000.
Tin* sti ck of clothing of I. L. Stan
seil, insured for $10,000; loss, about SB,-
000. The stock of carpets tf Bailie &
Coskery, iti the Masonic buildiug, in
sured for $20,000; loss, about $12,000.
E. Liebscher, IV. A. Bamsey, B. M.
Nixon, J. P. Cartwright, Mclntosh &
Roberts and Benson k Cos., were also
heavy losers by the fire. It is estimated
that the loss on the buildings, goods,
e:c , will amount to about $200,003.
THE LESSON TAUGHT BY GADS
DEN.
For the benfit of a few old croakers in
Cartersvilie, whose Rip Van Winkle
slumbering has been somewhat disturb
ed by our little lioom, we have secured
an article from one of our best corre
spondents touching the boom and its tf
fec's iqoii the little town of Gadsden,
Ala., a tow’n that two months ago slum
bered as did old Cartersvilie. Oar cor
respondent was instructed to overdraw
nothing, but give a plain, matter of fact
statement, and how well he ha3 done so
will be seen from a careful rending cf
the article. He only provc3 what can
be done right here in Cartersvilie.
Gadsden had not one more
than w’e, only, if we may be excused for
so expressing it, she had more live, go
nhead citizens. They, in combining
their strength and their capital, havo
taken up the cause of their town aid
have pushed it where she now stands.
Her future is assured and it only remains
to be seen whether her sleeping sisters
will follow suit.
There is . ist uow a most laudable ef
fort being made on the part of a few to
inaugurate a movement that, if rightly
pushed aud handled, will place Carters
vilie and Bartow county where they be
long. We rpeak of the Cartersvilie
Land and Improvement Company.
It was uuder the influence of the
Gadsden Laud aud Improvement Com
pany that Gadsden was brought where
she now stands. Why not Cartersvilie ?
The investment is good and w’e venture
by the time a few months rolls around
the shares will be iu demand as the
Gadsden’s are now. This combina
tion of capital and the bending of every
one’s energy at one time will be bound
to revolutionize things, aud in a very
short space cf time, too. It brings all
together iu harmony, that is so necessary
just now.
Of course we may expect great things
from the foreign capital that may flow
into our borders, but doesn’t it appear a
littlo better aud isn’t it a little more just
for owu people to derive some of the
bonelits that are bound to accrue in the
development of our country ? The cap
ital, glad to be loosened from its long
i lleness iu the North, will soon be flow
ing, and the tide is coming this way.
We are in the stream and soon will be
flowing with the great tide, whether it is
in favor of our home people or the en
terprising Yankee. It makes no differ
ence ; the tide is bound to sweep through
our county and section. Jump aboard,
sinners, while passage is cheap in the
state-room, for soon you cannot get deck
passage for love nor ruoney.
The books of tlio Cartersvilie Land
and Improvement Company are open
aud will remain so until the 10: h of uext
mouth, A great rnauy shares havo al
ready been taken and are being taken
every day, aud among the takers we
notice the names of strangers who
lire glad to ride with the boom that is
sure to com*’. Let our people see the
gentlemen at once and let the ball be
put iu motion. A great many projects
that-will improve the interests of our sec
tion are in contemplation by the com
pany. Manufactories will multiply, aud
our county and section will soon blossom
as a rose.
Let us all pull together !
GEORGIA'S NATURAL WEALTH
An exchange in speaking of Georgia,
says it is the grandest state in theUnioa,
possessing abundant natural wealth and
advantages. Gold is found in 5o coun
ties in the state; copper in 12; asbestos
iu 12 cruuiies; manganese in 4 counties;
mica in 6 counties, diamonds, gems,
precious stones, etc., in 2G counties.
Diamonds are found iu II ill aud White
counties; opal in Bullock aud Washing
ton counties; galena iu 7 counties; silver
iu 8 couutios; graphite iu 9 counties;
kaolin iu 5 counties; fire clay iu 3 coun
ties; lime stone in 31 counties; burrstoue
in 27 counties; mill in 29 counties;
green sand in 4 counties; marble in 9
counties. Gilmer has its white aud varie
gated, Walker has black marble. Coal
in 3 counties; serpentine iu 8; soapstone
in 23; granite iu 48 counties, in suffici
ent quantities to be quarried and used
for building purposes. Sandstone iu 9
counties; lithographic stone is found in
Walker county; polishing sand stone in 3
counties; muck f >r agricultural purposes
is found iu Charlton, C inch aud Ware
counties. Of these old Bartow stands
first. She is not only the banner agri
cultural county iu the state, but fore
most in point of mineral wealth. With
in her borders is f mud c >pper, gold and
silver, asbestos, iron, manganese, baryta,
limestone, burrstoue, soapstone, graph
ite, marble, sand stone aud ochre. All
in quantities sufficient to make mining
profitable, and nearly all in such quan
tities as to be almost inexhaustible.
These, together with maguificent scene
ry, salubrious climate, fine water, timber
of various kiuds, a convenience and ac
cessibility to the coal fields of Alabama
arid Tennessee, and a population cf in
telligent, generous, chivalrous aud brave
people, combine to m ike her the most
favorable spot on earth. Where iu all
the laud can lie found her equal ? Prov
idence has fitted her as the natural point
for almost every industry of modern pro
gress. With all this wealth of natural
advantages, it is not strange that Carters
ville, the commercial centre aud capital
of this grand o!d county of Bartow,
shou’d be on the eve of a boom, the like
of which no southern town lias ytt ex
perienced.
ENJOY El EE.
What a truly beautiful world we live
in ! Nature gives us grandeur of moun
tains, glens and oceans, and thousands of
means of enjoyment. We can desire no
better when in perfect health ; but how
often do the majority of people feel like
giving it up disheartened, discouraged
and worn out with disease, when there is
no occasion for this teeling, as every suf
ferer (an easily obtain satisfactory proof,
that Green's August Flmccr, will make
them free from disease, ns when born.
Dvspepsia and Liver Complaint are the
direct causes of seventy-five per cent, of
such maladies as Biliousness, Indigestion,
Sick Headache, Costiveness, Nervous
Prostration, Dizziness of the Head, Palpi
tation of the Heart, and other distressing 1
symptoms. Three doses of August Flaw- j
er will prove its wonderful effects. Sam
ple bottles, 10 cents. Try it. tf
Cologne* In great variety at Wiklt’s drug
tore (Cuiry’s late stand) at bottoir prieos.
DR. T. 11. BAKER'S TRIAL AND
ACQUITTAL.
The acquittal of Dr. Baker last week,
was a source of much gratification to his
friends throughout the state. Thus ends
the last of thece’ebrated dyuamite cases:
aud upon their termination, Bartow
county is to be congratulated. Tiie
foulness of the plot aild the heinouacess
of the crime, gave the actual perpetra
tors uo little notoriety, a id the trials re
sultant have naturally elicited much in
terest. But the last of these investiga
tions, perlinyw, created more interest, if
possible, than any of the rest, not so
much cn account of the gravity of the
charge, but, because it involved the
character and reputation of a man emi
nent iu his profession, noted for his in
telligence, at one time prominent in pub
lic matters, aud who has ably and worth
ily filled offices of trust and honor. But
twelve of his peers, selected for their
uprightness and intelligence, sworn to
impartially pass upon his case, have,
after a patient hearing of a most search
ing investigation of all the facts aud cir
cumstances surrounding the crime, de
clared that so far as this particular of
fense is concerned, there should be uo
stain upon that character aud reputation.
While Dr. Baker’s conduct may have
reasonably caused adverse criticism, the
verdict of au uubiased, honest jury,
which under our system of jurisprudence
is accepted as the final arbiter of all
criminal accusations, as well as of civil
differences, will no doubt bo received as
such by those otherwise disposed to re
criminate. W’e believe that no unpreju
diced, unbiased mind will he heard to say
nay.
A WEEK’S RECORD.
Mr C. T. Guernsey, secretary and
treasurer of the Macon, Ga., Bycicle Club,
expects to travel from Niagara Falls to
Macon on his bycicle as soon as tlie weather
will permit. The distance is about twelve
hundred miles William K. Vander
bilt's new million dollar yaclit lias just
be*m completed, and is now moored in
North river, and is much admired by tlie
public In a few weeks Mr. Vanderbilt
expects to take his family and a few
friends for a cruise around Bermuda and
the West Indies... .Beaumont, the St.
Louis contractor, built an eiglit room two
story house complete and turned over tlie
keys in nine hours and twenty minutes
one day last week, in Birmingham....
The jail at Murfresboro, Tcnn., was burnt
last Saturday, and three of the prisoners
confined in it perished in the flames. ...
Right Rev. Wm. Mercer Greene, for
forty years Bishop of the Episcopal Diocese
of Mississippi, died at Sewanee, Teun.,
last Sabbath... .The dependent pension
hi l which was passed by Congress by a
large majority has been vetoed by the
president The bill was entitled “An act
for the relief of dependent parents and
honorably discharged soldiers and sailors
who are now dependent upon their own
labors for support.” The president'smes
sage is a very long one, and is said to be
one of the ablest that any president has
sent to Congress in many y r ears There is
much discussion as to the probable effect
upon the popular vote of the north An
effort will be made to pass the hill over
the veto, but it is not like'y that the effort
will succeed. .. .The inhabitants of Ban
kan, center of the great Russian Petrole
um fields, have been much alarmed over
a subterranean explosion which shook
houses and caused considerable damage
At the same time a volcano burst out of
Lokbatan, ten miles distant from Bankan
For two nights the volcano threw a column
of fire and mud three hundred feet high,
illuminating the country for five miles
around The mud emitted during the
eruption lies from seven to fourteen feet
deep over a square mile of territory ....
The president has nomina’el Captain
Adolphus W. Greely, of Arctic fame, to
be chief signal officer, with rank of brig
adier-general. .. .Rowau county, Ky.,
celebrated for its lawlessness, has another
sensation. The grand jury on Tuesday
of this week returned true bills against
Henry S. Logan, Morgan McElury aud
Lou Itagborn, charging them with the
crime of confederating and banding them
selves together for the purpose of killing
Judge A. E. Cole, Colonel Z. T. Young
and bis son Allie \V. Young, now county
attorney of Rowan. The scheme to mur
der these men was detected just in time
to save their lives.... The wholesale dry
goods and boot and shoe house of Black,
Oppeuheimer & Cos., ot Galveston, has
failed for a million dollars. Too much
credit to country customers is the cause
assigned.
Rheumatism au.l Neuralgia Ca.-jil in ft
Days,
The Indiana Chemical Cos. have discover
ed a compound which acts with truly’ mar
velous rapidity in the cure of Rheumatism
and Neuralgia. We guarantee it to cure
any and every case of acute Inflammatory
Rheumatism and Neuralgia in 2 Day’s,and
to give immediate relief in chronic cases
and effect a speedy cure.
No receipt of 30 cents, in two cent
stamps, we will send to any address the
prescription for this wonderful compound,
which can ho fil'ed by your home druggist
at sma 1 cost. We take this means of put
ting it out as a patent medicine, it being
much less expensive. We will gladly
refund money if satisfaction is not given.
The Indiana Chemical Cos.,
feb-ly Crawfordsville, lnd.
Editors Courant-American:
The boom ! the boom ! Your paper is
booming. Having been a subscriber to
our couuty paper or papers eyer since
the war, and (if I am competent to judge)
must say that the Couuant-American is
equal, if not superior, to any of the pre
vious ones.
Cartersville and even the secluded town
of Euharlee booming with its valuable
granite bed and splendid bridge, and the
approaches to said bridge being so easy as
not to necessitate the use of any extra
teams. As we are in our infantile state
of writing up our county wo may, in our
exhultation, leave out some of the more
important matters.
We notice in the communication writ
ten by “Willow Pond,” that lie, she or it,
or what ever gender “Willow Pond’
might be, in enumerating the various
good teachers who have taught school at
Oak Grove Academy, f*i s to mention the
name of Prcf. H. C. Ethridge, who was
the model teacher of Oak Grove for seven
consecutive years —having taught longer
there than all the other teachers out to
gether. Now we suppose that “Willow
Pond” unintentionally leit out the name
of Prof. Ethridge, an honored graduate of
Grand Old Mercer, and who is now teach
ing in the delightful vitl.ige of Stilesboro.
We were a patron of Mr. Ethridge all the i
while he taught in our community, and
in justice to Mr. E., must say he is one ■
among the very best teachers of our ac
quaintance. Fair Play.
Mr. Kinch Kitchen has attained an en
viable notoiiety amongliis neighbors near
Tallapoosa, because fifteen years ago he
swore off from getting mad, and has kept
his resolution from that day till this.
Charles A. Roberts, of East Wilson,
N. Y., had thirteen scrofulous ulcers on
his face and neck. Hood’s Sarsaparilla
cured them.
TIMELY TOPICS.
THE RUMOR OF CONGRESSMAN CLEM
ENTS’ REMOVAL DENIED.
“W. J. N.” Sees- tlie First Laity of tlie
Lanil aud is Smitten With Her
Cbarini.
Spec’at cirrespon lence Courant- Amer it an.
I have learned from different Georgians
recently in Washington that it was cur
rently circulated in the Seventh District
of Georgia that, at tlie expiration of his
next term of Congress, Mr Clements ex
pected to move to Louisville, Kentucky.
Feeling a personal interest to know if
there was really any truth iu the rumor,
and believing that the people of his dis
trict would also like to know, I made
inquiry of Mr. Clements himself. He
said I was not the first one who had made
such inquiry, and he presumed the report
grew out of the fact that he had recently
married a Louisville lady. He said, how
ever, that it was wholly unfounded in
fact, and that the thought of giving up his
citizenship in Georgia had not entered his
mind. He laughingly said that because
he had fallen in love with and married a
Kentucky lady it by no means followed
that he was infatuated with that State, or
expected to i-elax his love of Georgia,
lie thought Georgia's future was brighter
now than ever before, and that this would
be the poorest time of all others to leave
the very best of the Southern States, and
one that was just merging into what
gave promise of being the most prosper
ous period in her history’. The influence
of Mrs. Clements, I am sure, will not he
exerted towards getting her husband to
leave Georgia. She expressed herself in
my hearing as being anxious to see her
Georgia home, and get acquainted with
the people with whom she expected to be
hereafter identified. I conclude from her
conversation that she will enjoy country
life and readily adapt herself to her new
surroundings in Georgia. And the Geor
gia folks are going to like her immensely.
She has wonderfully pleasant manners
and is a charming conversationalist
There is something about her that makes
one feel pleasant and easy in her company.
She will add anew grace and charm to
Mr. Clements’ country home, and instead
of pursuading him to move to Kentucky,
she will, 1 think, inspire him with a
stronger love for Georgia.
* * *
I saw Mrs. Cleveland at the theatre the
other evening. It was on the occasion of
the Kirmes entertainment, given lor the
benefit cf the Homeopathic Hospital in
this city. She and “our Grover” occupied
a private box, and with the aid of a strong
pair of opera glasses I could bring them
up very close. The president is about as
large as lie was a year ago, but there Is
an overworked sort of expression about
liis face. It is a big undertaking to sit at
tlie helm of this great government and
keep the old ship of state in sailing older
Mr. Cleveland is a worker, a careful,
industrious, painstaking president, who
thinks and acts for himself. I have
sometimes passed the White House at
nearly midnight, and the light in his
work room would be brightly burning I
was told by a prominent official of the
Treasury Department that nearly every
important document coming from the Ex
ecutive Department had some of Mr
Cleveland’s writing upon it, and many of
them were written out in full in liis own
hand. This constant labor of body and
brain is beginning to show on him, and
he does not look as fresh and well as he
did the first time I saw him. Still he is a
strong, vigorous looking man As he sat
by his wife in their private box at the Kir
mes dance, he looked very happy and
sometimes laughed quite pleasantly He
has a beautiful wife and really seems
proud of her It is unusual to see so
pretty a woman as Mrs Cle "eland is.
There is nothing vain or haughty in her
manners or her face ; nor does she appear
patronizing or condescending in her bear
ing. She is just a lovely, graceful, beau
tiful, queenly looking woman. A woman
apparently suited in every way to be the
wife of our president, and wear woithily
the honor of being “the first lady ot the
land.”
It seems that at last the Chinese miners
who were so badly treated by the citizens
of Wyoming 3’erritory a year or two ago,
are to be paid for their losses. It wi 1 be
remembered that in the fall of 1885 a
(’liinese village at Ilock Springs, Wyom
ing, consisting of 765 Chinese miners,
was attacked by United States citizens of
that Territory, the houses burned down,
twenty-eight Chinamen killed outright,
fifteen wounded and the others scattered
in the hi Is The Chinese Government,
through their minister in Washington,
demanded that these Chinamen be paid
for the damage occasioned by this riot
Bills were introduced in both houses of
Congress to indemnify these Chinamen for
their losses, known as ‘ Chinese Indeirni
ty Bills.” The house bill provided for
the appropriation of a certain amount of
money in bulk, nearly sl'o,ooo, to cover
the losses ; while the senate bill made an
appropriation of a little larger amount,
hut also provided for the appointment of
a commission to ascertain the exact losses
sustained, and pay the money out only
after satisfactory proofs of loss were made
before this commission
I happened to he at the capitol last
week while discussion of the measure was
progressing n the house. Quite a num
ber of prominent gentlemen took part in
the debate, and some interesting speeches
were made Mr. Belmont, Mr Clements,
Mr. Daniel, Mr Plielp* and Mr Cox all
had something to say, and they all agreed
that the Chinese had been very badly
treated, and that the United States should
indemnify them for their losses, though
there was some difference of opinion
among them as to the kind of obligation
our government was under, some claiming
that under our treaty obligations with
China, we were under legal liabi ity to
pay this money- While others, and Mr.
Clements particularly, insisted that there
was not and could not be any legal liabil
ity on the United States, but the payment
was recommended as a matter of generosi
ty to the citizens of a nation wi li whom
our government was on friendly terms
The measure was reported from the com
mittee on foreign affairs, of which Mr.
Clements is a member, and he participated
quite freely in the discussion His enun
ciation was distinct and lie expressed
himse f with clearness and force. He
took quite a practical view of the subject,
and insisted that while we should perhaps
from the standpoint of moral and natural
justice pay these claims, there was, strict
ly speaking, no legal liability on the gov
ernment The depredations made on
these Chinese miners were made of pri
vate individuals, on their own lesponsi
bility and without the knowledge or sanc
tion of the government. These persons ;
commit ing tliis outrage were legally liable j
to the sufferers out of their individual j
property for the losses sustained, but the j
United >tates Government as such was
not liable legally. If such a liability were
admitted in this case it would be taken as
a precedent and innumerable other petty
claims would be sprung on the govern- |
went, and Congress would be asked to
appropriate money for them because it had
dmitted in this case a legal obligation to
pay for damages inflicted by private in
dividuals. j
On the other question as to whether
Congress wou and appropriate a sum in bulk [
to pay the lesses, or whether it would
direct the money to be paid out only after
j clear proof of loss before a commission,
Mr Clements thought it was more in
! keeping with business principles to require
proof of loss to be made before paving out
the people’s money. I quote the closing
j of his speech :
“Now, in order to dispose of this who’e
' matter, when the president lias recom
mended the payment of the claim, w hen
the secretary cf state has urged the pay
ment ot it, when the house is willing to
vote for the payment of it, is it any great
inconvenience to the Chinese Govern
ment that w'e should have an investiga
tion as to the amount? The disposition
has already been shown by our govern
ment, and will be shown by the vote of
this house it the bill is passed, not to deny
or curtail this claim unreasonably. But
it is the surest way to a final disposition
of the matter, which I have no doubt will
be satisfactory to both governments, and
will be the nearest to what is right and
proper, to have a further investigation to
ascertain accurately the propermmount to
be paid.
“If we substitute the house bill it appro
priates the gross sura of $147,000, the full
amount that has bean claimed by the
agents of the Chinese Government. This
is simply granting the entire amount
without question. That is not the ordi
nary way in which wc do business with
regard to the c'aims of our own citizens.
We do not pay the full amount of claims
without question. But in this case I
repeat I would not oppose this if we had
not the senate bill here. Suppose w T e
adopt an amendment substituting the
provisions of the house bill reported by
the committee for the senate bill, it goes
bick to the senate; that body may not
concur, and it may go into conference or
may be lost by disagreement between the
two houses. But a few weeks of the
session remain. This question has been
pressing upon us, and it is one which
should be finally disposed of. There is no
danger that there will not be a full and
just allowance made under the senate
bill. To dispose of the whole matter fi
nally in a spirit of generosity toward a
friendly people, I think w T e should pass
the senate bill without any amendment,
and get rid of the question.”
W. J. N.
MISS LULU IIURST.
SHE MAKES A FORTUNE, AVFIICH IS
XREDI.EI) BY LUCKY INVEST
MENTS, AND THEN
Slie Marries Her Former Stage Manager
Mr. Paul Atkinson.
Special to the Atlanta Constitution from
Home says : Miss Lulu Hurst, the great
electrical wonder, who created such a
furore three years ago, was married on
the 9th inst , in Rome, to Paul M. Atkin
son, who was her manager during her
stage life.
The couple were to have been married
during their tour of the United States, hut
friends interposed for several reasons. It
was feared that marriage might weaken
the strange out of which the girl
was making so much money ; besides it
was advisable tliat Miss Lulu should go to
school a little longer.
When one hundred thousand dollars
was put away the family concluded that
they had money enough upon which to
retire. Miss Lulu was sent to Shorter
College, in this city, and Mr. Atkinson
was taken into confidence by the family
and aided in the investment of the for
tune. Last December Mis3 Lulu conclud
ed her education and went home to get
married. Atkinson is now engaged in
the manufacture of scales in Chattanooga,
and in that city the couple will live.
Special to the New Orleans Times
Democrat from Chattanooga says : Paul
M Atkinson, of this city, who achieved
quite a reputation as manager of Lulu
Hurst, the young lady who possessed such
marvelous magnetic powers, was married
to that lady this morning at her home near
Ccdartown, Ga Miss Hurst, since her
wonderful power deserted her, has been
attending school, and graduated in De
cember last. It is reported that her for
tune of $200,000, amassed while on the
stage, has been trebled since by lucky
investments
Special to Savannah Times from New
Orleans says : Lulu Hurst, the Georgia
wonder, who retired from the boards and
sawdust on a competency of five million
francs several years ago, and who, it is
reported on good authority, is behind the
\t est Point terminal deal in Georgia Cen
tral, and who luckily invested her colossal
earnings in stocks that were under the
freezing point, and which have now al
ready risen to above 180 Fahrenheit* that
is, 100 Centigrade, or 80 Reaumur, and
who, since leaving the stage, has been
engaged, first, in lifting Voltaic piles, and,
afterward, in serving on Polar expedi
tions, to counteract, with her magnetic
inlluence, the declination of the needle, is
married.
“Consumption Can be Cured.”
Dr. J. S. Combs, Owensrille, Ohio, says :
“I have given Scott’s Emulsion Of
Cod Liver Oil with llypopho3pbites to
four patients with better results than
seemed possible with any remedy. All
were hereditary cases of Lung disease,
and advanced to the stage when Coughs,
pain in the chest, frequent breathing, fre
quent pulse, lever and Emaciation. All
the cases have increased in weight from
10 to 23 lbs., and are not now net ding any
medicine. I prescribe no other Emulsion
of Cod Liver Oil with Hypophosphit.es,
Lime and Soda, but Scott’s, believing it to
be the best.” feb 3 Im.
Astonishing Success.
It is the duty of every person who has
Bosehee’s German Syrup to let its won
derful qualities he known to their friends
in curing Consumption, severe Coughs,
Croup, Asthma, Pneumonia, and in fact
a 1 throat and lung diseases. No person
can use it without immediate relief.
Three doses will relieye any case, and we
consider it the duty of all Druggists to
recommend it to the poor, dying con
sumptive, at least to try on'- bottle, as 80,-
000 dozen bottles w'ere sold last year, and
no one case where it failed was reported,
a medicine as the German Syrup
cannot be too widely kuown. Ask your
druggist about it. Sample bottles to try,
sold at 10 cents. Regular size, 75 cents.
Sold by all druggists and dealers, in the
United States and Canada. nov ly
Just what effect the passage of the
inter-State commerce bill will have on
the manufacturing centers remains to be
seen. As yet, the bill is imperfectly un
derstood. There is no doubt about it that
persons living in small towns where only
local rates are charged will get lower
freights, but when it comes to the ship
ment of grain to the great trade centers,
it mav operate veiy seriously against the
farmers. It is possible that the very men
who have been clamoring for the passage
of the inter-State commerce bill may dis
cover that the object which they sought
to accomplish has been defeated. Every
thing depends upon the construction
placed upon the bill. The next few
weeks will determine the matter.—Chat
tanooga Commercial.
Led Astray.
Fernakdina, Nassua Cos., Fla , March
29,1880 —“I have used Dr. Simmons Liver
Regulator and always found it to do what
is claimed for it. The last bottle and two
packages did me no good and were worse
than nothing. I see it is not put up by J,
11. Zeiliu & Co.’s., and not genuine, and a
waste of money to buy it . I would be
glad to get the pure and genuine. Send
me some from honest liands(with red Z
and Zeilin & Co.’s signature on Wrapper).
The fictitious stuff sold will injure some
one badly. “Your Ob’t Serv’t,
feb 10 lm Benj. T. Ricii,
A LESSON AVI rsi A MORAL.
AVhen AVIII <Jur Eyes be Opened to this
Great National Calamity.
The year 1886 played sad havoc with
many prominent men of our country.
Many of them died without warning,
passing away apparently in the lull flush
of life.
Others were sick but a comparatively
short time. We turn to our files and are
astonished to find that most of them died
of apoplexy, of paralysis, of nervous
prostration, of malignant blood humor, of
, Bright’s disease, of heart disease, of kid-
Siey disease, of rheumatism or of pneu
monia.
It is singular that most of our promi
nent men die of these disorders. Any
journalist who watches the telegraph re
ports, will be astonished at the number
of prominent victims of these disorders.
Many statements have appeared in our
paper with others to the effect that the
diseases that carried off so many promi
nent men in 1886, are really one disease,
taking different names according to the
location of the fatal effects.
When a valuable horse perishes, it be
comes the nine days’ talk of tire sporting
world, and j r et thousands ot ordinary
horses are dying every day, their aggre-;
gates loss is enormous,and yet their death
creates no coinmet.
So it is with individuals. The cause
of death of prominent men creates com
ment, especially when it can be shown
that one unsuspected disease carries off
most of them, and yet “vast numbers of
ordinary men and women die before their
time every year from the same cause.”
It is said if the blood is kept free from
uric acid, that heart disease, paralysis,
nervous prostration, pneumonia, rheuma
tism, and many cases of consumption,
would never be known. This uric acid,
we are told, is the waste of the system,
and it is the duty of the kidneys tc re
move this waste.
We are told that if the kidneys are
maintained in perfect health, the uric,
kidney, acid is kept out of the blood, and i
these sudden and universal diseases
caused by uric acid will, in a large meas
ure disappear.
But how shall this be done? It is fo’ly
to treat effects. If there is any known |
way of getting at the cause, that way 1
should be known to the public. We be- j
lieve that Warner’s safe cure, of which so !
much has been written, and so much 1
talked of by the public as the one specific j
for such diseases.
Because public attention has been di
rected to this great remedy by means of
advertising, some persons have not be
lieved in the remedy, We cannot see
how Mr. Warner could immediately bene
fit the public in any other way, and his
valuable specific should not be condemn
ed because some nostrums have come
before the public in the same way, any
more than that all doctors should be con
demned because so many of them are in
competent.
It is astonishiug what good opinions j
you hear on every side, of that great ;
remedy, and public opinion thus based
upon an actual experience, has all the \
weight and importance of absolute truth.
At this time of the year, the uric acid in
the blood invites pneumonia and rheu
matism, and there is not a man who does
not dread these monsters of disease; but
he need have no fear of them we are
told, if he rid the blood of the uric acid
cause.
These words are strong, and may sound j
like an advertisement, and be rejected as j
such by unthinking people, but we be
lieve they are the truth, and as such
should be spoken by every truth-loving
newspaper.
OH! MY BACK
Every strain or co'd attacks that weak back
and nearly prostrates yon.
■Will IP
0 i s
Strengthens the Muscles,
Steadies tlie Nervca.
Enriches the Blood, Gives New Vigor.
Dn. J. L. Myeiis, FairlieM, lowa, Bays: .
“ Brown’s Iron Bitters is the best Iron medicine I
have known in ray 30 years' practice. I have found it
specially beneficial in nervous or physical exhaustion,
and in all debilitating ailments that Loar so heavily
on the system. Use it freely in my own family.”
Mn. W. F. Brown, 537 Main St., Covington. Ky..
saj-B: ”1 was completely broken down in health and
troubled with pains in my buck. Brown’s Iron
Bitters entirely restored mo to health.”
Genuine has above Trade Mark and crossed red line#
on wrapper. Take no oilier. Mude only by
ÜBOWN CHEMICAL CO., UAI.TIMOKii, Mli.
n j 1 1
3TO3R# SALE,
CITY OF CARTERSVILLE.
House and six acres land, .all improvemenlfi
House and Lot, close to transfer yard.
One and a half a:res cu Erwin street, near
Wal’ace place.
Residence and Seven Acres of L>.r:d on Market
street.
Fine Residence on Gilmer street.
House and Lot, and Vacant Lot on Tennessee
s-tivet.
House and Lot oa Frwin s’reef.
Biick Wa eh' use, KKlxiiO. with Large Lot.
Two Vacant Lots on Cassville street, and 4
acres.
Three St re Houses on Main s’rcct, good busi
ness stands.
Fourund a Half Acre Lot on Railroad street.
And olln r\
ALSO:—
0 000 Ac as Mineral Lands, Eartow County.
Ct. h. aubkey.
febn-tf
G EORGIA Bariow Conn ty.
To all whom it nny concern: Notice is
hereby given that I, U'zibeUi HacfeeU, a resi
dent Of*;, id county, intend to ne.-otiin a public
and ne -trader, and this advertisement is in
serted in the Couraiit-Mnerican lor one
month in order tbit t m ry b -come a public
free tn-dcr under the law— of this State. And
I, VV. W. H e;t i!, her husband, hereby ton
sent to the same.
January 13b, 1887
ELIZ VBET! 1 II U’KETr,
W. \V. II AUvETL'.
DRUGS! DRUGSr
j. a. ME & CO.,
(SUCCESSORS TO D. W. CURRY.)
lias now in store the best selected, most complete and varied stock of
Drugs, Chemicals, Paints, Oils,
Glass, Patty, Perfumes, Etc.
IN NORTH GEORGIA.
Gome to see ns, examine £nol and get prices. Physicians Piwcriptions fllle l with the greatest
care day and night by a licome J pharmacist.
AGEITT T 5 ’Y
Ck&s. A. Wikle, Manager.
feblO-ly
A BOOMING BUSINESS
X IST
Furniture!
S. L. YANDIYERE, Proprietor,
M tafia Mm Use,
Ready to Ride any Boom that may come along. lie runs a Booming Business by Booming Low
Prices. Ifis stoi'k of
FINE FURNITURE
is Large and Superb everything to suit the most fastidious in elegant profusion. The poor m iris
pocket book has been remembered, and good* bought accoidingly. Be sure and price furniture in this
LITE ESTABLISHMENT
and you will not go to other marke's. “LIVE AND LET LIVE’’ is tho motto of this excellent house
fehlu-ly
iirr-n-r —••---- m ... ■■ —— -i
JOHN T. NORRIS.
Real Estate and Fire Insurance,
(UPSTAIRS.)
First Door South, of Howard's Bank.
fib ’ 0-1 y
-if Tgsd In the CruciHe. F
About twenty years ago I discovered a little sore on my cheek, and the doctors pro
nounced i t cancer. I have tried a number of physicians, out without receiving any perma
nent benefit. Among the number were one or two specialists. The medicine they applied
was like fire to the sort*, causing intense ram. I saw a statement in the papers telling what
S. S. S. had clone for others similarly afflicted. I procured some at once. Before f had used
the second bottle the neighbors could notice that my cancer was healing up. My general
health had been had for two or three years—l haa a hacking cougn ana spit blood contin
ually. I hc.d a severe pain m my breast. After taking six bottles of S. S. S. my cough left
me and I grew stouter than I had been for several years. My cancer has healed over all but
a little spot about the size of a half dime, and it is rapidly disappearing. I would advise
every one with cancer to give .S. S, S. a fair trial.
Mrs. NANCY J. McCONAUGHEY, Ashe Grove, Tippecanoe Cos., Ind.
Feb. If., 188fi. •
Swift's Specific is entirely vegetable, and seems to cure cancers by forcing out the ixupa
,f ies from the blood. Treatise on Blood and Skin Diseases mailed free.
THE SWIFT SPECIFIC CO., Drawer 3, Atlanta, Ga.
PHYSICIANS AMD DRUGGISTS RECOMMEND IT.
HUMPHREYS’
M °R. HUMPHREYS’
w J321ll iook of all Diseases,
1 Cloth & Cold Binding
B H 144 l*a£ •*, wiih Steel Lugravlit^-,
miiKDiittr.
In use 30 years.—Special Proscriptions of
an eminent Physician. Simple, Safe and bure.
KOS. CUKES. PRICK.
1 Fevers, Congestion, Inflammutions.. .25
2 Worms, Worm Fevor, Worm Colic... .25
H Crying Colie, or Teething of Infants .25
4 Diarrhea cf Children or Adults 25
5 Dysentery, Griping, Bilious Colic 25
< Cliolera Morbus, Vomiting 25
7 Coughs, Cold, Bronchitis .25
S Neuralgia, Toothache, Faceache 25
W Headaches, Sick Headache, Vertigo.. ,25
'ID Dyspepsia, Bilious Stomach 25
111 Kupprcssed or Faipful Period*. .25
12 Whites, too Profuso I’criods 7K
13 Croup, Cough, Difficult Breathing ,25
1-1 Halt Ilheoiii, Erysipelas, Eruptions.. .25
15 Hheumutism, Hheumutic Pains 25
If, Fever and Ague, Chills, Malaria 50
• 7 Piles, Blind or Bleeding AO
itil flphthiHm^jir^oi^oi^wcalk^jes^^SO
Homeopathic
rreri '•< tnrrli'Tacu'teTjr'chronk'li'tlTiciiza, .St)
20 Whooping Cough, Violent Coughs.. .50
2! Asthma, Oppressed Breathing .50
22 Ear Discharges, Impaired Hearing .50
23 Scrofula, Enlarged Gland', Swelling .50
2 1 General Debilit y. Physical Weakness .50
25 Dropsy, ami beauty Secretoins .50
2<5 Sen {sickness, bicknoss from Hiding .50
27 Kidney Disease 50
2S Nervous Debility, Seminal Wcak
-8I _ nes3, or Involuntary Discharges 1.00
?2!) Sore Mouth, Canker 5O
;t Urinary Weakness, Wetting Bed... .50
•'ll Painful Periods, with Spasm 50
32 Diseases of the Heart, Palpitation J .DO
33 Kpilepsv, Spasm, St. Vitu-'l)nnco.. 1.00
34 Diphtheria, Ulcerated Sore Throat .50
35 Chronic Congestions .t Eruptions .50
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rOITTS'S
HORSE AND CATTLE POWDERS
iSlsis m
No Horse will die of Coi.ic. Rot? or I.uxo Fit-
VER. if Four/- Powder- arc nod in time.
Pout:— Powders willcnre and prevent Hoof itolera.
Fontz’s Powder* will prevent Oapks iv Fowls.
Fount's Powders will Inerea-o the onunl ty of milk
and cream twenty per cent., mid make the butter firm
and sweet.
Foutz’s Powders will eure or prevent almost evkei
Disxajo. to which Horses and ( a tie arc suldect.
FoITTZ’B r’liwmss WILL Give atis? action.
Sold everywhere.
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Tntt's Pills
stimulates th© torpid live?. strength
ens the digestive cleans, retjulate** tho
bowels, Mind are unequaled us uu
ANTI-BILIOUS NIEDiGINE.
In malarial district* their virtues are
widely recognized, as they possess pec
uliar properties in treeing: thesystem
from that poison. IJeguntly wutrur
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Sold Everywhere.
Office, 41 Murray St, Now York •
j.y •
ROBIHhITCH
Rough on Itch ” Ointment euros Skin Hu
mors, I’implcs, Flesh Won ns. King Worth. Tet,
ter, Salt Itueuin, Fronted Foet.ChilbkJnN. Itch.
Ivy Poison, Barber's Itch.ScaJti Head. Eczenny
60c. Druggists. Ik S. V.'eu,s, Jersey City, N..J.
nuUanO!!rsLEo
Cures plies or hemorrhoids, itching, protrud
ing, bleeding, internal or other. Internal and
external remedy in encit package. Sure cure.
60j. DriJg;;i3bi, r mail.
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“itcush Oi> Wci'ins. 1 ' siuru oure. 25a,
m m| ®m fei
pi
wc3XA2r no Losraiiit a slavk.
Ask for “ Rough on Dirt.” A perfect wash
iu„-powder. Superior Excellence, Purity, a
L- rialeaa, extra Cue A 1 article, no pokair-L
ia.jrry to chi-tlrir./; or hmuls, pure and dean.
S'.vcei?us, fresh--ns,bleu, hes and whitens ui’h
out sl.i .-bt st injury to fihCst fabric. Uncqual
c-1 for Rue luici:.? and htces, geriertu houschoiJ,
kitchen and laurulry use. Bo Liens water, saves
labor and .wrap; added to starch gives body,
improves g105,.-;. Whitens clothing yellowed ty
careless wm-dung or use of cheap washing eoiu
’.fuaidi. everything from Priest laces
to heaviest tdaukvtA There iioed to no fear in
using thisarUclc. Does not ret nor ye.iow. It
loosens mo dirs-which slips away-wit’nout
rough r ibbing. Is antiseptic,disinfects edothie-l
that lues been subjected to risk of infection
i'C., tOe., 25c. Grocers or Druggists. Eccuouay
in large sizes. Try it. Use no oiler.
ROUGH ONGORNS
Ask for Weils’ Rough ou Corns. 15c. Com
plete cui3. Hard or suit corns, v. aits. buiimiA
KottKh'on'Fahi’ Piaster. r-crojo-J. U-> c *
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On tho EASY PAYMENT evsfrm, from IJ3.M
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Constructed on the new method of stringing, 00
similar terms. Send for descriptive Catalogue.
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Boston, Now York, Chicago.