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SUBSCRIPTION. Thk Oot’KiNT-Avf *nirv\ ts Paanuniin WbEKHT Iff THR IXTKHF.vr OF B VUTOW COUNTY, DeVOT*D M USLY T> L)CA.L News, ami -Thinks it n.is a Rtottr to Expect an Undivided County I’atilOn- AOS VOL, 5— H9 51 ] SSESE™ BS.i co.omdad DRUGS! DRUGS! J. >. WIKLE & CO., (SUCCESSORS TO D. W. CURRY.) Ilnve now in tore ihe best selected, mcst complete and varied stock of Drugs, Chemicais, Paints, Oils, Glass, Putty, Perfumes, Etc. IN NORTH GEORGIA. com* to see ns examine V 'o U and ir;*t p ices, riiy-iciat.* Pic crip-lona fllte i with the greatest rare day and niglrt by a lieen-e I pharmacist. A.Q-H3ISrT ST A IST IDA. ID OIL OOMPN’Y Clias, A. "Wils:!©, Manager. i. 1/ 0-1 y —:CO TO:— RICHARD L. JONES FOB Fresh Groceries, \n I evrrv thing e-red f..r the table. FURSIj HOGS and ( If It KENS. .IF.R'KY liFTTEIt, ( R.aM i.iIKK'K, V KGKTAMI.KS, GARDEN SEEDS, TENNESSEE sAUSAU’iS I KlisH AI EA U an l Hie ' clcbra erl VEACH’S FI.OI'H. In a liiii ion t< my a.rca’y e mpleien’oek of FA M I L\ r G KOOIIUIhS un i Gh\LILY G M I*.L -II- As Ii ->K, I Ini Vu rente Ia sluing ; lanis • j isi above m : wlier :I k e,i a. w iya on band a g jod siip r ly of Hay, Corn, Oats, Cotton Seed, Bran and Meal, that I can fnri i h y>u at lln; I.OWiGT FIGCHES. I deliver g >nds to any part of the city free ol i b trge. Si It, lung jour pat.onage and proini-ing to treat you well. lain jours truly, RICEAED I*. JOETiES. fcb34-ly West Main Street, Cartersville, Ga. H. H. JONES & SONS’ MANUFACTORING COMPANY, CARTERSVILLE. ROME AND STAMP CREEK, GA. —Manufacturers of and Dealers in— BUGGIES, CARRIAGES WAGONS At MATERIAL ° l<leSt ' J*** ESTABLISHED (leoi'o’iii. I 1 zsasasasasasas2iF2SHsZsHsases2siszsHsasajasHsisHsasassszsHS^2i;asas ALL WORK FULLY GUARANTEED. tKSu* We cun duplicate the work of any first-class manu factory in the country in Price, duality and Finish. We acknowledge no superior in the Carriage Business. Can build any style of vehicle desired; only the very best material used. ici>3-iy ■s\ j- About twenty years ago I discovered a little acre on my cheek, and the doetora pre noanccd it cancer. I have tried a number of physicians, out without receiving any perma nent bunufit. Among the number were one or two specialists. The medicine tney applied was like fire to tne sore, causing intense paiu. I saw a statement in the papers telling what S. S. S. had dono for others similarly afflicted. I procured some at once. Before f had used the second bottia the neighbors could notice that my cancer waa healing up. My general health had boon baa for two or ttirue years—l haa a hacking eougn and spit blood contin ually. I had a severe pam in my breast. After taking aix bottles of S. S. S. my cough left me and I grew stouter than 1 had been for several jrears. My cancer haa healed over all but a little spot about tho 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. Mua. NANCY J. McCONAUUIISY, Ashe Grove, Tippecanoe Cos., Ind. Feb. 14, ISBB. Swift’s Specific is entirely vegetable, and seems to cure cancers by forcing out the imps m ' ’tie* from the blood. Treatise on Blood and Skin Diseases mailed free. THK SWIFT SPECIFIC CO., Drawer 3, Atlanta, Ga. sl. sl. sl. $l - globe-democrat (TIEISr PAGES.) E JJ OL L !R .& "Y 1C A The following comparative statement of a number of the most prominent Weeklies published in the United States shows c-nelu sively that the WEEKLY (JLOBK-DEMOCItAT is from 25 to 50 I‘EUCKNT THU CHEAPEST. Weekly Globe Democrat, St. Louis, Mo 10 Pages. 70 Columns. $1 Per Year. WEEKLY KKPt’BLICAN, St. Louis, Mo s I'iikm 50 Columns 1 00 l'er Y<*ar WEEKLY TRIBUNE. Chicago, 111 k I‘wm 56 Column* 1 l*er War iWEEKLY’ TIMES, riiirttpo. 11l N Tivk*** 56 Columns 1 lie IVr Year WEEKLY INTEU-OCKAN.thlraKo. 11l N I’aßcs 56 Columns 1 00 l’er YVftf WEEKLY ENQCIRKK, (liuluiiali. 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Compare this with your purclir e: ’ —■ -o 4~:., . fey i Restlessness. a st*ctlv ytottmt L'iiA MUi.Tt.CtS rtMILT MEDICINE. ft W; **• fftj GAC399, SA. PHILADELPHIA. nIM s-- 1 Price. OHE Dollar j^p As you value health, perhaps life, examine each package and be sure you get the Genuine. See the red Z Trade-Mark and the full tide on front of Wrapper, and on the Hide the teal and signature of J. H. Zeilin it Cos., as in the above fac- simile. Remember there isuoother geuuino Simmons Liver Regulator. UNPRECEDENTED ITTRICTION' OVu.l A MLLION UISTRIBU I ED CAPITAL PRIZE, $300,000 Louisiana State Lottery Company. Incorporated by the Legislature in Isos, for Educational and Charitable purposes, and its franchise made a part of the present State Con stitution, in 1879, b.r an overwhelming popular vote. its Grand Single Number Drawings take place monthly, and the Grand Semi-Annual Drawings regularly ev ery six months (June and December). “We do hereby certify that we supervise the arrangements for all the Monthly and Sem-An niial Drawings of The Louisiana State Lottery Company, and in person manage and control t lie Drawings themselves, and that the same are conducted with honesty, fairness, and in good faith toward all parties, and we authorize the Company to use this certificate, with fat-simile.? of our signature attached, in its advertisements.” Commissioners. We the undersigned Hanks and Hankers will pay all Frizes drawn in The Louisiana State Lotteries which may be presented at our coun ters. J. H. OGLESBY, Pres. Louisana Nat. Bk P. LANA.UX, Pres, State Nat’l Bank. A. BALDWIN, Pres. N, O. Nat'l Bk. CARL KOHN, Pi es. Union Nat. Bank. Grand Semi-Annual Drawing In the Academy of Music, New Or leans, Tuesday, June I*4, 1867, CAPITAL PRIZE, $300,000. 100,000 Tickets at Twenty Dollars each. Halves SIO; Quarters $3; Tenths $2; Twentieths sl. I.IST OF IMtIZKS. 1 PRIZE OF $390,09 is $300,000 1 PRIZE OF 100,000 is 100,000 1 PRIZE OF 50,000 is 50,1KK) 1 PRIZE OF 25,000 in 25.000 2 PRIZES OF 10,000 are 20.000 5 PRIZES OF 5,000 are 25,000 25 PRIZES OF 1,000 are 25,000 100 PRIZES OK 500 are 50,000 200 PRIZES OF 300 are 60,000 500 PRIZES OF 200 are 100,000 APPROXIMATION PXttZKS. 100 Prizes of SSOO approximating to $300,000 Prize are 50,000 100 Prizes of S3OO approximating to SIOO,OOO Prize are 30,000 100 Prizes of S2OO approximating to $.50,000 Prize are 20,000 TERMINAL PRIZES. 1,000 Prizes of SIOO decided by $300,000 Prize are 100,000 1,000 Prizes of SIOO decided by SIOO,OOO Prize are 100,000 3,130 Prizes amounting to $1,055,000 For Club Rates, or any other information ap ply to the undersigned. Your handwriting must be distinct and Signature plain. More rapid re turn mail delivery will be assured by your enclos ing an Envelope bearing your full address. Send POSTAL NOT ES, Express Money Or ders, or New York Exchange in ordinary, letter. Currency by Express (at our expense) addressed to M. A . DAUPH IN. New Orleans, La., or M. A. DAXJPHIN, Washington, D. C. Address Registered Letters to NEW ORLEANS NATIONAL BANK, New Orleans, La. REMEMBER JSL’Syffi licaurcgaiU amt Furl', wlm are in cl large of tlis dtaw ii g-, is a guarantee 01 absolute 'aimess sod inti giity. that the chances are all i qnal, and that no ot.e c n po.ssib y divine wliut number will draw a prize. KEMk.uufr that tho payment of all Prizes is (RIAKAMKKI) m FODK NA i ion AL HANKS of New Orleans, and the Tickets are signed bj- the President of an In stitution, whose chartered rights are recog nized in the highest courts; th refore. beware of any imitations or anonymous schemes. Dr. Chipman's Pills are a Certain Cure for SICK HEADACHE, BILIOUSNESS, COSTIVENESS, DYSPEPSIA, DIARFSKEA, DYSENTERY, MALARIA and various diseases arising from u Toiu-id Action of the Liver and Impurity or tße Elood. Tltey do not weaken you, nor do they produce inconvenience or irrritation in their action. LADIES troubled with General Debility, Cold Feet, and Loss of Appetite, will find these Pills highly useful. F. D. LONG, Agent, No. 1204 Filbert Street, PHILADELPHIA. For Sale by Wikle & Cos., mch 3-:im $25,000.00 IN GOLD! YVI LI. BE PAID FOR ASBDCKLES’ COFFEE ¥ RAPPEES 1 Premium, • $1,000.00 2 Premiums, * $500.00 each 6 Premiums, • $250 00 “ 25 Premiums, • SIOO.OO “ 100 Premiums, * $50.00 “ 200 Premiums, * $20.00 1 1,000 Premiums, SIO.OO “ For full particulars and directions see Circa ktr in every pound of Abbuckles’ Coffee. CARTERSVILLE, GA., THURSDAY, MAY 19, 1887. THE ELECTRIC WELL. ) AY INTERESTING DESCRIPTION OF GEORGIA’S WONDER. The Lame are Made to W alk After a Very Few Days. The following description of Georgia s wonderful electric well which has attract ed so much attention, is given by a cor respondent of a Florida paper, and will doubtless prove interesting to many of our readers: On the Washington branch of the Georgia railroad, eight miles from Bar nett station and eleven from Washington, the electric pit is located. 1 eonsider it one of the wonders of this country; for. as yet, no scientist has explained it. To prepare an art icle for a daily newspaper, telling all the facts about and giving an analysis of the water, would be a tax on the pa [ter and on the faith of its readers. Those who wish to be cured of such dis eases as the well will cure, will make the experiment; those who read from curi osity will pass on to something else that, is new or strange. In point of fact this well has passed beyond the tricks ol ad vertisements —its present accommoda tions arc inadequate to the public pat ronage. The proprietor wishes guests would stay awa.v until he can prepare for them. This lie is now doing. The great Georgia railroad has already built a side-track and pavillion, and an avenue leading to the well (about 700 yards from the road) will soon be graded. The history of the discovery is this: Fifteen years ago a pit. HxlJ feet was dug at the base of a high wooden hill fronting a low bottom, on which corn is planted in May; the digger being told lie would find alum in crystals there —a rare thing to find anywhere—this salt as most people know being prepared by roasting and lixiviating certain schists containing pyrites and to the lye adding potassa. Well the crystal alltim was not found and so the old pit was abandoned except by the poor fanner who used the spring in it while he worked his bottom land. About six nionths ago an old negro, remembering the spring, entered the pit. lb* was a blacksmith who had been forced to abandon his trade because of rheu matism in the arms and legs. He cleaned out the spring, drank the water and then fell asleep. On waking he felt an electric shock that frightened him. He awaited results and felt another shock. Meanwhile the water lie had drunk had produced curious effects. He felt, as he expressed it, “so bewitched,” he went off to find a friend. Coming back, they both felt the electric shocks, and the black smith felt his whole system relaxed, vivi fied and somewhat made anew, lie tried daily the same experiments, until the end of ten days lie .was entirely cured. This report spread at first among the com-; moil people. Finally, u man of character and influence near by, who had for ten years been badly crippled with rheumat ism, tried the electric pit—more from idle curiosity than from other motives. In a week he felt himself a changed man —in two weeks he was wholly cured. At this juncture, the facts, as hereto fore stated, were made known to me. Being an old philosopher of the.tripod, I am suspicious—say one hundred per cent, on the doubting Thomas of ancient fame. I take the trouble to investigate. Meanwhile other patients with rheumat ism, affections of the kidneys, bladder and stomach come here and are cured. Then I write a short article which our great dailies publish. It reaches New York, Canada and at last, England and France, Reporters rush in as if a great battle were raging on those old red hills of Georgia. They are astonished and bewildered by what they see —the lame come in on crutches and going away throw their crutches in the air, rejoicing as if they had found the [tet ii of great price. In a word, it would be impertinent, perhaps foolish, to tell what this well has done. It is either the most remarkable discovery or the greatest of all contem porary (lelnsions, This well will t+ire general debility, dyspepsia, rheumatism, diseases of the kidneys and bladder, and also other cognate diseases about which l know nothing. As every one knows, there is a certain form of rheumatism wholly incurable; as there is a certain state of what is known as Bright's dis ease of the kidneys, as yet pronounced in curable. But making all allowances, I have seen both rheumatism and kidney affections and all the .worst formsof rheu matism either entirely cured or alleviated by using the electric currents and drink ing the waters of this wonderful well. It gives only about 300 gallons per day now. It is shipped on order over several states. In conclusion it may be proper to state that we have in my native town a few wise Solomons —doctors, who, holding to the connections of the positive and negative poles, can’t see how the Georgi a electric well can give a shock! Very well, I will not dispute—neither can 1 explain. “That I have writ, I have writ, and I would it were worthier.” Ita lvoad Construction of the Law. N. Y. Times.] Most of tho complaints tlius far made against the working of the inter-state commerce law are due almost wholly to the unnecessary interpretation given by the railroads themselves to the long and short haul section. The motives of the railroad managers are very plain. They wish to arouse among the business men of the country an opposition to this sec tion which will lead-to a demand for its repeal, and they seem to be ready to do this at the cost of a serious disturbance of business and a temporary loss to the railroads themselves. The excuse given for adopting a rigid construction of the section is, that there are severe penalties for violating the law, and the railroad companies wish to be on the safe side. This plea is not valid unless the construc tion adopted is the only reasonable one, for the penalties provided are only for wilful -violations. Not only is the con struction which the railroad managers have seen fit to adopt not the only rea sonable one, but it is not a fair one at all. It takes no cognizance of the mean ing and intent of some of the most sig nificant and important words of the stat ute. These managers set to Yvork before the law went into effec t to revise their through rates on the assumption that they could not in any case charge more for a long distance than they charged for any part of that distance, unless relieved from the prohibition by the commission, and their appeals for relief have been sent in in such numbers and with such earnestness as to give the impression that their bus iness is in danger of ruin. They have as sumed that the law puts them in the po sition which they have voluntarily taken for the purpose of making the law unpop ular. This device is not likely to deceive the people very long, and already there are signs that the weight of complaint from the public will be directed against the railroads themselves. The fourth section of the law does not prohibit charging less for long than for , short distances if there is any reason that justifies it. This discrimination in favor of the long haul is forbidden only when the transportation is carried on “under substantially similar circumstances and conditions.” This qualification. * which involves the essence of the provision, has been completely ignored by the railroad companies. Take the case of the trans continental lines which bring oriental im ports and Pacific coast products to the Atlantic seaboard. Their managers de clare that the circumstances ami condi tions of that traffic are such tliar they will lose it altogether units* they take it at lower rates than they are compelled to ■charge on much of their business for shorter distances. Then why do they not take it at lower rates? Obviously those circumstances and conditions do not pre vent thorn from maintaining their rates for the shorter distances. In fact, they do not affect their short-distance traffic at all according to their own admissions. Competition by way of the Isthmus or Cape Horn does not affect the rates that can be charged from San Francisco to interior points along the Union and Southern Pacific lines. Consequently the circumstances and conditions which af reet this through transcontinental traffic are substantially dissimilar to those under which transportation for shorter intermediate distances is carried on. li' it were not so the cause of complaint would not exist. It is because a substan tial dissimilarity of circumstances and conditions exists that it is found neces sary to make the lower charges for long distances, and where such a necessity is produced by a difference of circumstances ajid conditions the law dot's not prohibit the lower charges. The same reasoning applies to nearly all the cases in which complaints have been made and applications sent in for relief. The railroad officers make elabo rate explanations of the circumstances and conditions of their long distance t raf fic which they claim would not only jus tify them in maintaining low through rates, but compels them to do so in or der to retain their business. They are at great pains to hliow that these circum stances and conditions do not affect the local and short distance traffic, and it is just and right to maintain the high er rates on that. All this is an argument that shows that the prohibition does not apply to the case at all and reduces the applications of the companies to an ab surdity. They ask the commission to relieve them from a prohibition which all their arguments are intended to show does not exist. It is created by them selves and not by the law, and their meth od of relief is to take the law as it is and comply with it, and not set up a fantas tical construction of their own and then ask the inter-state commission to relieve them from it. The railroad corporations appear to have set to work deliberately to create a prejudice against the inter-state com merce act, and especially against the fourth section, relating to charges for long and short distances, by enforcing it themselves under a construction of their own which ignores the most significant qualification in its provisions. If this construction were enforced by the courts or even by the commission, and it pro duced disastrous results, a ease would be made against the law. But it is enforced only by the railroad companies them selves without the slightest occasion, and the case as it stands is against them, and the public will have no difficulty in understanding it. JOHN A. LOGAN’S SON. Ills Experience t West Point Academy.— A Change of Name. Philadelphia Times.] Do you ever hear of a boy changing his name? Of course girls and they marry some other girl's brother—but it. is usual that boys keep the name they are given at birth to the end of then days. Young Logan was an exception, however. When he was in West Point Academy he was known as Manning Lo gan; but when his father, the famous general and senator, died last wiuter, he changed his name to that of his father — John A. Logan. This young man went into West Point about the time his fath er was nominated for vice-president, and exhibited considerable elation at a high silk hat. He was promptly relieved of both. A squad of third-class men seized him one night, perched him upon the mantelpiece, turned a coal scuttle over his head, put a water bucket on that, surmounted by a cavalry helmet, with the high hat crowning the edifice. Thus accoutered, he was made to sing, “I’m getting a Big Boy Now,” until he plead ed for mercy. This was not wholly ef fectual, though, and a day or two after wards a tall and ferocious looking first class man went up to him and told him he was wanted to join a theatrical com pany. Ten minutes afterwards little Lo gan, completely terrorized, was sitting in the first-class man’s room sewing the missing buttons on a dilapidated jacket, while its owner assured him that he was bound to make a great hit as the funny man of the theatre. Years ago hazing was very common at West point, but is now pretty uearly abolished. The officers of the academy have tried hard to wipe it out entirely, and have about succeeded. The most that new cadets have now to do is occa sionally to stand on their heads in one of the streets of camp, or some penalty like that. Of course, if the officer of the day should see the older cadet eompell ing the younger one to do this the for mer would be promptly punished. Some times they are caught, and then trouble and demerits follow. Another penalty is to compel the young cadet, when the ta ble stewards in the mess-hall are not looking, to put the butter remaining on the plate at the close of the meal in their pocket. The best way in such cast's is for the young man to submit to the joke as well as he can, It is the easiest way. Young Logan did not graduate at the academy. He was there nearly two years and was well liked by his companions, but some of his wild oats were of a rank variety and had not been sown, and so gotten rid of, before he entered the acad emy. West Point is a bad place to sow wild oats, as Logan and many young fellows have found to their sorrow. The senator’s son was dismissed one day. His mother felt very badly over his dis grace, but he never seemed to mind it. It wus very wrong of him to cause his moth er pain, but he has ample opportunity to make amends, and as he has not sow ed his oats and liecome a fine young fel low, he will no doubt make full amends. “No Physic, Sir in Mine!” A good story comes from a boys’ boarding-school in “Jersey.” The diet wqs monotonous and constipating, and the learned Principal decided to intro duce some old-style physic in the apple sauce, and await the happy results. One bright lad, the smartest in school, discovered the secret mine in his sauce, and pushing back his plate, shouted to the pedagogue, “No physic, sir, in mine. My dad told me to use nuthin' but Dr. Pierce's ‘Pleasant Purgative Pellets,’ and they are a doing their duty like a charm!” They are anti-bilious, and purely vegetable. If you have headache try our ice-cold soda water with Horsford’s Acid Phos phate. Perfectly delicious! Wikle'h Drug Store, A CRANKY LAWYER. • JUDGE WILLIS, OF COLUMBUS, IM PRISONS AND FINES HIM S2OO, Aftr Which til* Justice li stricken With l'aral j *in ami Hie*. Cuthbert Appeal] Judge J. T. Willis died suddenly at his home in Columbus, Ga., on Friday last from a stroke of paralysis. Judge Willis bad spent part of the week holding court in Marion county, and while there had some trouble with a lawyer by the name of McCorkle, in which it was necessary to impose a fine of S2OO upon McCorkle, Itesides ordering his in (prison men t for twenty days. The sudden taking off of his distinguished jurist h;is heen coupled with this adventure. It is claim ed that the matter preyed upon his sen native mind until it broke him down. The Amerieus Recorder gives one stat*-- ment of the affair in these words: “Judge Willis lat t week produced a sensation at Buena Vista court by fining Mr. J. S. McCorkle, a member of the Amerieus bar, two hundred dollars and an imprisonment of twenty days in Mar rion county jail, for contempt of court. There were many rumors about the af fair, and it was hard to get the straight of it for several days. The following are the particulars of the ease as gathered from a gentleman who says he was present: “Mr. Met 'orkle was on a number of im portant cases, to be tried at this session of court, and it was very important that he should have been present in order that they be tried, but unfortunately Mr. Mc- Corkle was sick, or claimed to be, and made affidavit to that, effect. He sent the court word that he was unable to at tend, and asked that his cases be contin ued. Judge Willis, it is said, refused to continue the cases but placed them tit the end of the docket. Mr. McCorkle, be fore court adjourned, grew better, and went up to Buena Vista. Hemet Judge \\ ill its outside of the court room and made some abusive remarks, which Judge Willis refused to notice. Mr. McCorkle afterwards, tit the solicitation of friends, agreed to pologise in open court for his manner towards Judge Willis, but in stead of doing this, he invited his chums around town to go to the court house next morning and hear him “cuss Judge \\ iilis out.” The next morning his friends gathered according to appoint ment. Mr. McCorkle walked boldly to the front of the Judge's stand and said: “1 want to be heard in this court. 1 want to be sworn.” “He kissed the Bible, which lay near, and then made the statement that he had been unable to attend court because lie was sick. He then began abusing J udgw Willis quite heavily He had his abusive speech written out, and it was said to have been a most profane one. Before he finished lie was interrupted by Judge Willis, who imposed a fine of two hundred dollars on him and twenty days imprisonment in the county jail. “McCorkle was carried from the court room with the threat that he would have his revenge. Mr. McCorkle was placed in jail, and while confined was quite sick. Rumor has it that the ladies made up the fine, and that the citizens of Buena Vista took sledge hammers and undertook to batter down the jail door, but Mr. Mc- Corkle begged them to forbear. Wheth er this is true is not known. Judge Willis was stricken with paraly sis in the afternoon, and tiled at 7:45 o'clock. He was unconscious during that time. He had walked on the streets during the afternoon. He was 51 years old, and a native of Talbot county. He was an able judge and held in high es teem wherever known. It has l>een de nied that he was a prey to the abusive conduct of a cranky lawyer. He did, upon the solicitation of many friends of Mr. McCorkle’s wife, release him from jail and remit the fine, it having been stated to the Judge that she was a most estimable lady and deeply grieved at the circumstances. He hail been subject to paralysis for several years. Ex-Gov. James M. Smith has been appointed as J udge AA’illis' successor. TO CROSS THE RIO GRANDE. Mexican* Dream of Invading: the United States and Wiping out the Defeuto of the Mexican War. City ok Mexico, May 9. El Nacionel, the newspaper with the second largest circulation in Mexico, in commenting on the tine display of troops last Thursday, says in to-day’s issue: “The day we have 200,000 veterans like those who marched along the streets we will laugh at Yankees and we will go on the other side of the Itio Grande and give them a lesson. To have such a force it is only necessary to enforce compulsory service, and to appropriate the actual revenue of the nation. Then we shall be able to get even for the taking of Vera Cruz, Cerro Gordo and the de feats in the valley of Mexico. Then we will beat the Yankees.” The same paj*er of the same date ooje pies a dispatch giving details of the transfer of a large tract of land in North ern Mexico to Americans, and says: “This peaceable conquest is gaining ground every day, and while we assume ourselves with a re-election, with decor ations, with new hats for our generals, and with other frivolities, the Yankees lose no time and march dirrect to the absorption of our territory. Poor Mex ico.” Id Nacionel represents the church, or Conservative party of Mexico, and is, as might be supposed, anto-Riuz. The striking contrast with such ex pressions as just quoted in the frank statement made by Dr. Plutarco Ornelas resj>eeting the frontier policy of the present administration. I)r. Ornelas is high in the diplomatic service of Mexico, and his declarations have official force. He has been intimately associated with border regions between Mexico and the United States, having held the position of Consul at San Antonio for ten years. Speaking of the policy of President Diaz, Dr. Ornelas said: “He has brought a better f)*eliug between the citizens of the southern and northern banks of the Rio Grande in a business like manner. His first move ment was to send officers of superior in telligence to the frontier garrison, whose friendliness toward ths United States was well known. The good results was apparent at once. The ill-disposed and conflicting elements on both sides of the river began to appease the reciprocal animosity and a change was made for an order of things which from continuous outrages and wrongs has been converted into an intelligent contact, in which com merce and society have been the gainers on both sides of the line.” From Sublimity to lUdiculousneag. On Friday, May (J, a very pleasant en tertainment was given at the residence of Mr. Perkins, who lives a few miles in the country. The night was made more l*eautiful by the silvery light of the moon that sparkled through the heavenly blue jis if composed of innumerable precious jewels. The particular feature of the evening was the dancing of a jig by Mr. Peems, of Elijay, Gu.—Cave Spring cor respondent Cedurtown Advertiser. THE OLD FRAUD. More About the Mysterious Woman \\ ho Is Ituying up the Earth. A week ago this paper noticed the ad vent into this Ktvt ion of an oid woman, who seemed bent on buying all the laud in the country. Her identity was found out, however before she had consummated many trades, and she left here, going southward. We next hear of her through the Bainbridge Democrat, from which we gather the following from a cor respondent, dated “Faceville, May 7th. “A woman, who, from appearance,” seemed to be about forty years old, well dressrs 1, wearing a watch chain equal to that of Yellowstone Kit's and a profusion of other jewelry, claiming to have hailed from New York, was in this section iv eeutly, and said she was hunting land to purchase. How she came to Faceville no one knows. She called on the late Win. Dickenson to buy land from him, and was told Ift him perhaps she could buy some from Judge Fain. She went down ' the railroad in the direction of a section house, occupied by Mr. H. M. Knight, and then went through the woods to Henry Screen’s (colored) and there spent the night—telling Henry that she was of the negro descent ami wanted to stay with her color. Henry has missed a gold shirt button since that night. She went to see Judge Fain and made ar rangements to go and look at his lands on Monday, when she said her son would be here and go with them. Saturday she hired Screen's team to go to Bainbridge, where and when she would pay the bill. When she got to the court house square she told Screen's driver to wait until she got her money changed and she would return and pay him. It has been about six weeks since she was here. She carried a small grip-sack with her. Some are inclined to think that she is not a woman, and others trought that sin* was an esea|ied lunatic. One gentleman whose suspicion was aroused interviewed her. She usked him if he ever saw a nice pistol, and com menced opening her grip-sack to show it to him, and he told her that he. had and that she need not trouble herself to show it to him, ami anyway he had to go and see how his hands on tin* railroad were getting along, and did not have time to wait.” The Democrat further says of the woman: “A person, evidently of the Irish de cent, answering the above description, was seen roaming around the suburbs of the city five or six weeks ago. She went to the county poor house near here and informed the keej>er, Mr. F. J. Johnson, that she wanted to purchase some land and a flock of sheep. He had no land or sheep for sale and told her that he was sorry he could not accommodate her, and invited her into the house. She was quite sociable and conversed with Mr. J., and family upon various topics. After sin* hud spent an hour or two there, Mr. J. attempted to tease her by asking her if she knew she had gotten into the poor house, whereupon she became indignant, displayed a pistol and a large roll of money and informed him that if she was in the poor house she was able to pay her way out- She finally informed Mr. John son that she hail promised to meet her son near Bainbridge on the Thomasville road, and requested him to show her into it. He went with her to the road, and when last heard from she was about two miles from town making good time in the direction of Thomasville on the ankle express. LITTLE BOYS ON A SPREE. Fifteen Voting Scholar. Tap a Car Load of Whisky With Serious Result.. At noon to-day, says a Lowell, Mass., special to the New York Herald, Benjam in Clancy, a truant school boy, discover ed a carload of whisky which had been sidetracked near the Boston and Lowell depot, and an idea struck him. For the first time in weeks Clancy was punctual at school this afternoon, but, instead of puzzling over common fractions, liis men tal powers were devoted to giving the tip to about fifteen of his companions. As soon as school was out the boys, in pursuance of Clancy’s plan, rushed home and each secured a tin pail on representa tion to his parents that he bad been in vited to a sap party in the woods. In less than half an hour the gang had gathered at the car, and, securing en trance by some means, they tipped up one of the barrels, knocked out flu* bung with a stone and soon had their pails tilled with the fiery corn juice. Then the bacchanalian revelers ad journed to a secluded place and began their orgies. Toasts were proposed and drank with the greatest gusto, speeches made and songs sung until every one of the fifteen was beastly drunk. About 6 o’clock at night they came trooping into the city, shouting, singing and stagger ing. Several were so far gone as to be unable to walk without the assistance of their mates. The police soon got after them and took Clancy, who is 13 years old, Patrick O’Brien, aged 12, and Patsy Corrigan, aged 9, to the station. Clancy was allowed to go home with his parents. O’Brien was unable to sit up, and was put to bed at the station. In the midst of his hiccoughs he said: “Clancy told us to drink and we did.” Corrigan was soon found to be in a critical condition and his life was saved only by the use of emetics and careful attention from sever al physicians. A Mother's Blessing: is an infant food which can be relied on to agree with her little one, and to pre vent those dangerous bowel disorders so often prevalent. Lactated Food is such an article, and where once used is always relied on. Sold in three sizes. What Builds a Community. No community, says the Brunswick Breeze, was ever known to prosper w hen a majority or even a large minority of its citizens were dissatisfied with their surroundings. It is far better for any community for those becoming restless and discontented with their position to move away and make themselves beau tifully conspicuous by their absence. The first thought of one devoted to the interest of his town or city ought to lie “how shall I help my neighbor? As in helping him I give aid to others who assist others to help me, hence he gives all home enterprises the preference. He does not send his money off, as he will not hear from it again* but is willing to pay a better per cent at home. He be lieves in patronizing home industry ami keeps his tongue still when he eonnot speak in complimentary terms of his neighbor or in matters concerning his city. M ith a majority of such citizens the complaining minority, is whipped into line and prosperity is inaugurated. “Hello!” we heard one man sav to another, the other day. “I didn't know you at first, why! you look ten years younger than you did when I saw you last. “I feel ten years younger,” was the reply. “You know I used to be un der the weather all the time and gave up exjiectiug to be any better. The doctor said I had consumption. I was terribly weak, had night-sweats, cough, no appe tite, and lost fiesh. 1 saw Dr. Pierce s ‘Golden Medical Discovery' advertised, and thought it would do no harm if it did no good. It has cured me. lam a> new man because I am a well one." ADVERTISEMENTS. The Courant-American is tiie only Pafer Published in one of the Best Counties in North Georgia. Its Cir culation IS SECOND TO NONE OF ITS CLASS Reasonable Rates on Application. $ 1.50 Per Annum—sc. a Copy. A STRANGE STORY. A MIRACULOUS STORY FROM AT LANTA Of a Gt-orgiH Man’ll Recovery. After Ten Years of Pain He is Suddenly Cured by a Shot Gun. A sjsvial from Atlanta says that the people around Warsaw, in Miltoncounty, are exercised over tin* strange recovery of John Hendricks from a chronic rheu matic affliction. About ten years ago Hendricks, who was a strong and robust man, n type of manly vigor, was limit ed for illicit distillation. The punishment inflicted at that time was so severe tlmt prisoners would dare almost anything to get away. When the party of revenue men reached Duluth they became loss watchful of their prisoner, when he broke loose and ran under a shower of lead. As it was nearly dark, and the country was nigged and full of moonshiners, the offi cers did not pursue until next day. The night was bitter cold and Hendricks had but one way to cross the Chattahoochee, which was by swimming. He plunged in and became chilled to tin* bone before he reached the other side. He was hidden out by his friends who feared to bring in a doctor, as that might reveal the where abouts of the fugitive. When he recov ered from bis long illness he was a eon firmed rheumatic. Disarms were doubled and his legs were drawn ns if in a sifting position. He fell into a settled melan cholia from which nothing seemed to rouse him. Near his home was a large live oak tree. It was Hendricks’ daily habit to crawl towards this tm* and lean against it, not returning to his home until night. For ten years he has kept this up until the plaee was designated its Hendricks’ tree. On last Saturday a mad dog ap peared in tin* neighborhood which wan pursued by two young brothers numed Rogers who, armed with shot guns, cross ed forests and fields in pursuit of their prey. At last sighting the animal they fired two shots which were answered by a scream from a human being. It was Hendricks whom they had disturbed ami who jumped to his feet danced around with an agility which displayed but little of his old time affliction. His legs uud arms straightened out and though still stiff evidenced an almost miraculous change. It seems that the shots had en tered the tree against which Hendricks was sitting and that the shock so affect ed him that he forgot his ailing and jumjied to his f<*et. News received from that point yesterday indicates tjmt the improvements continues and that there is now every prospect of his recovering his former health. THE MEANEST MAN ON RECORD. -I Man Sued for a Gun lie Hroke in Sav ing the Owner’. Life. Editor Dawson Journal: The mean est man on record lives in Clinch county, Georgia. A number of years ago two boys, about ten years old each, were in the Okefeuoke swamp when a panther sprang upon one of them, Johnnie Steward by name. The other boy ran for his life and left Johnnie alone with the panther. Johnnie did not lose his presence of mind, however, and thought of what he had often heard old people say—that to lie still, as though dead, a panther or bear would leave you. He t urned on his face and lay perfectly still, and tin* pan ther covered him with leaves and left in pursuit of the other boy. When the panther was out of sight Johnnie ran for home, reaching there suffering from wounds that were made when tie* beast sprang upon him. The story was re lated to the neighbors and several men went in pursuit of the panther well armed. One whom I shall call V.,- that being the first letter in his sir name, was anx to join the party of searchers, but had no gun. (J., a member of the party, having two guns, let> V. have one of them. When the swamp was reached the crowd separated and a short time thereafter there arose from the dense swamp a terrible cry for life. V. was the first man to appear on the scene and he found G. and the enraged panther in deadly combat. To shoot the animal without killing (1. was inqiossihlc, und A’, reversed his gun and dealt the beast a blow at every opportunity. The heavy blows soon broke the gun, and at that juncture another of the party reached the scene and quickly cut the panther’s throat. They then had to draw the pan ther s jaws apart and release a vice-like grip on the man’s shoulder. G. was una ble to get about for several weeks, dur ing which time V. tenderly nursed him, he lieing a near neighbor. When G. re covered he showed his ingratitude by sueing V. in justice court for the gun he had broken in saving his (G.’s) life. Judgment was obtained and V. paid $9.00 for the gun. V. is an honorable, high-toned man, and is now a prominent citizen of Berrien county. On lieing asked he told your correspondent’s informant that * the above is true in every particular. Johnnie Steward was afterward bitten by a rattlesnake, struck by lightning, had an arm ground off in a cane mill, served a term in the penitentiary and at last accounts was still living in Clinch county. \y Berrien county, (la., Mav 3, ’B7. I’ook Jenn'e Bowman, the Louisville house maid, who gave up her life for her virtue, expired last week, after two weeks intense suffering. It will le re membered that Jennie was left alone in her employer's house, when she was at tacked by two burly negroes, who were subsequently arrested, one of them, turner, confessing tin* crime and impli cating another darkey by the name of Patterson. The miscreants could hardly be saved from one of the largest and maddest mobs that ever congregated in the south. It is, in this day of judicial lethargy, refreshing to see how quickly justice is meted out in this affair. On Friday last at 12:30 o'clock an indict ment was found against Turner, the cul prit was hustled oft' to trial at 1 o’clock, and precisely a half hour afterwards a verdict of guilty was rendered, and five minutes later the demon had been sen tenced to be hung July Ist. The time occupied was only one hour and a half. Now, if Patterson's affairs can be ar ranged "as nicely as Turner's outraged law will preside at a double wedding on the Ist of July. Ilovv Women Would Vote. Were women allowed to vote, every one in the land who has used Dr. Pierce's “Faforite Prescription” would vote it to be an unfailing remedy for the diseases peculiar to her sex. By druggists. My Books. Those owing me for furniture will find their accounts in the hands of Mr. Ed. L‘ Peacock, who is authorized to settle and receipt for all moneys paid him. S. L, Yandivere,