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SUBSCRIPTION. The Couravt-Amkktcan ts Published Weekly in the Interest oif Bartow County, Devoted Mainly to Local News, and Thinks it has a Right to Kxi’kctan Undivided County Patron age. me Ufl 91 ! auteusvillf. (otTRANT Established Iffi ) ConS oltd atkd 18S7. , 0 flu. Li ( AKTKKSVILLK AMKKICAN, ISSi.I DRUGS! DRUGS! J. R. WIKLE & CO., (SUCCESSORS TO D. W. CURRY.) HbVe now in tore tk btst seleotcil, mot complete and varied tock of Drugs, Chemicals, Paints, Oils, Glass, Putty, Perlumes, Etc. IN NORTH GEORGIA. Coo,, lo o.omlo. r'> ■' Pi. “> l "' l, ' e car# day and t;ijrht by a liontise 1 pliMimswint. JaITSTT ST-A-JsTIDJV.JE\L.ID OIL OOIMIIPIsr’Y Ciias. A. Wiki©, Manager. — —:GO TO:- RICHARD L. JONES FOR Fresh Groceries, An 1 evervthi n g<x;d for the table. FRESH EGGS and L'HiU’KEVS, JER'EY BUTTER, l UKA M < H KEsK. VEGETABLES, GARDEN SEEDS, TENNESSEE sA USAGES EH ESI I MEAL an I the f'elebrated V KAGR’S E’LGU K. In addition i my aircu ly o inplatestock of FAMILY GROCERIES and GENERAL MER'.II- A \ HI (K, 1 have rente la lio.tw just above me wher i I k-epa ways on hand a gaod supply of Hay, Corn, Oats, Cotton Seed, Bran and Meal, that I can furni h jr.iu at the I.OWE ST FIGURES. I deliver gaods to any part of the city free o! ill irjfe. Soliciting JOur patronage and promi-ing to treat you well, lam yours truly, HICHA.H.X3 L. JONES. feb2l-ly West Main Street, Oartersvllle, Ga. R. H. JONES & SOUS’ MAN UF ACTURING COM PA NY, CAKTERSVILLE. ROME AND STAMP CREEK, GA. —Manufacturers of and Dealers in— BUGGIES, CARRIAGES WAGONS & MATERIAL Y2YHnS2S"drarSS2£raSZSZSHSiSraFHSZSESZSZSHnSESHS2SiSZSHSaSZSHFE.SHSia I I ES ™,™ l MasHSHsasasssasasHFZ^aspstLKsasasasssssajiasasssrisasasafiasssHSZSHS ALL WORK FULLY GUARANTEED. X&Z&r* We can duplicate the work of any first-class manu factory in the country in Price, Quality and Finish. We acknowledge no superior in the Carriage Business. Can build any style of vehicle desired; only the very best material used. rei3-iy 4 Tried in the Crucible. [Cyssyg-S" About twenty yean ago I (Uncovered a little aore on my cheek, and the doe ten pro nounced it cancer. I have tried a number of physician*. out without receiving any perma nent benefit. Among the number were one or two speeialiaU. The medicine tney applied u like fire to the aore, eauamg intense pain. I aaw a statement in the papers telling what 8. S. 9. had done for others similarly afflicted. I procured some at onee. Before I had used the second bottle the neigh bon could notice that my cancer was healing up. My general health hod been bad for two or three years—l haa a hacking cougu and apit blood contin ually. 1 had a severe )*iu m my breast. After taking six bottles of S. 8. S. my cough left me and I grew stouter than I had been for several years. My cancer has hesded over all bet a little spot shout 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 irial. Mas. NANCY J. McCONAUGUKY, Ash* Grove, Tippecanoe Cos., Ind. Feb. 18, 1808. Swift's Specific is entirely vegetable, and seems to cure cancers by forcing out the imp* m 'tire front the blood. Treuliso on Blood and Skin Diseases mailed free. w THE SWIFT SPECIFIC 00., Drawer S, Atlanta, Ga. sl. sl. sl. $l - WEEKLY GLDSt-DEMOCRtT (TEN PAGES.) IT 32 DOLL AE A. YEA IV^r The folloAvingr comparative statement of a number of the most prominent Weeklies published in the United States shows exclu sively that the WEEKLY GLOBE-DEMOCRAT is from 25 to 50 IIHt CENT THE CHEAPEST. Weekly Globe Democrat, St. Louis, Mo .10 Pages. 70 Columns. $1 Per Year. 'VhIKKLY lIEPOHLICAN, St. Louis, Mo ' K 56 Columns 100 Per Year W KEK LY TKIHINK, ChlnaKO. 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Justice Court Blanks, Of all kinds are to be found at THE COTTBA2TT-AMEBIC AIT 077XCZ THE fiOTTR A NT-AMERICAN. \ M MONsj mm v J PURELY VEGETABLE. It act* with extraordinary efficacy on UM TIVER, |(| DNE ys, AND Bowels. AN EFFECTUAL SPECIFIC FOE Malaria, Bowel Complaints, Byapepsla, Sick Headache, Constipation, Biliousness. Kidney Affections, Jaundlee, Mental Depression, Colic! BEST FAMILY MEDICINE lo Household Should be. Without It, and, by being kept ready for Immediate uu. will save many an hour of suffering ana many a dollar in time and doctors’ bills. THERE IS BUT ONE BIMMONS LITER REGULATOR' Bss that you gat the genuins with red 11 2" on front of Wrapper. Prepared only by J.H.ZEILIN & CO., Sole Proprietors, Philadelphia, Pa. FRICK, •1.00. UNPRECEDENTED ATTRACTION ! U Over a Million Distributed. CAPITAL PRIZE. $300,000 + Ipi Louisiana Stale Lottery Company. Incorporated l>.y the Legislature In ISOS, for Rdui-ational and Charitable purposes, and its franchise made a part of Ihe present State Con stitution, in IST'J, by 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-Au iiiial Drawings of The Louisiana State Lottery Company, and in person manage and control the Drawings themselves, and that the same are ((inducted with honesty, fairness, and in good faith toward all parties, and we an thorite the Company to use this certificate, with fac-similes of our signature attached, in its advertisements.” Commissioners. We the undersigned Banks and Bankers will pay all Prizes drawn in The Louisiana State Lotteries which may lie presented at our coun ters. J. H. OGLESBY, Pres. Louisana Nat. Bk P. LANAUX, Pres. State Nat’l Bank. A. BALDWIN, Pres. N, O. Nat’l Bk CARL KOHN, Pres. Union Nut. Bank. Grand Semi-Annual Drawing In the Academy of Music, New Or leans, Tuesday, June 14, 1887, CAPITAL PRIZE, $300,000. 100,000 Tickets at Twenty Dollars each. Halves SIO; Quarters S3; Tenths $2; Twentieths SI. LIST or PItIZES. 1 PRIZE OF $300,000 is $300,000 1 PRIZE OF 100,000 is 100,(MSI 1 PRIZE OK 50,000 is 50,000 1 PRIZE OF 25,000 is 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 DM) PRIZES OF 500 are 50,000 200 PRIZES OF 300 are 00,000 500 PRIZES OF 200 are 100,000 APPROXIMATION PRIZES. 100 Trizes 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 slo© decided by $100,(MM) Prize are 100,000 3,136 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 lie assured by your enclos ing an Envelope bearing your full address. Send POSTAL NOTES, Express Money Or el era, or New York Exchange in ordinary letter. Currency by Express (at our expense) addressed to M. A. DAUPHIN, New Orleans, La., cr M. A. DAUPHIN, Washington, D. C. Address Registered Letters to NEW ORLEANS NATIONAL BANK, New Orleaus, La. REMEMBER Beuure*a>d ami Early, who are in of Ihe diawii g-, is a guarantee ol absolute lairness and inti griiy. that ilie chances are all ( qnal, and that no one cm possibly divine what number will draw a prize. REMKMiiKR that tho payment of all Prizes is GUARANTEED ItY FOUR NA TIONAL HANKS of New Orleans, and the Tickets are signed by the President of an In stitution, whose chartered rights are recog nized in ihe highest' ourts; therefore, beware of any imitations or anonymous schemes. Where Wives are Clierp, South African Notes] 1 went to call on an African king - with a man who knew the proper way to do it, We called in after a long day s shooting, very dirty and tired, to see “the old man.” On arriving at a circular mud hut we hitched our horses to a log - and walked in. No one wars to be seen, ho my friend set to work to shout. -.Fancy shouting for a real live king! Presently a hideous old luig, with a small freehold garden on her, and clothed in au old skin that a London bagman would pass by in dis gust, came in and told ns that the chief had been ill all day, but would come out and see us. This meant that he had been as drunk as Chloe for a week past. Soon a blear-eyed, filthy, smelly, dis gusting old drunkard came in and sat down on the floor with a grant. Then he asked for some tobacco. We said we had't any. Then he asked for brandy; subsequently for a coat, a pair of trou sers, some boots or a hat, and the inter view finished up by his trying to sell us a dozen of his wives for a bottle of brandy. A New Way to Pay Old Debts. Shakespeare tells how this can lie ac complished in one of his immortal plays; but debts to nature must be paid on de li and unless days of grace be obtained through the use of Dr. Pierce’s “Golden Medical Discovery.” It is not a “cure all” but invaluable for sore throat, bron chitis, asthma, catarrh, consumption, and all other diseases of the pulmonary and other organs, caused by scrofula or “bad blood.” Scrofulous ulcers, swellings and tumors are cured by its wonderful alterative action. By druggists. Mother at tea-table —Jack, who helped you to those tarts? .lack (aged seven) —The Lord. Mother —The Lord? Why, what do you mean. Jack? Jack —Well, 1 helped myself; and father saitl yesterda.y the lord helped those who helped themselves. CARTERSVILLE, GA., THURSDAY,JUNE 9, 1887. Sunday School CouveiCioß. T' r *> fondev School Convention of the i Mid Be Ccerokee Baptist association con ! vened on last Friday morning: at ten o>;0 k in this city at the First Baptist church. The president Rev. Thomas A. Owens, not be'ng present, the convention was caMed to order by the secretary, Mr. James B. Conyers, and on motion Rev. Wm. H. Coojier was elected president, pro tempore. After a short session the convention adjourned until two-and-a half o'clock p. m. The convention assembled jiersuant to adjournment and the roll of the churches composing the Middle Cherokeo associa tion was called by the secretary, and all delegatee present duly enrolled. Rev. J. J. S. Calloway, of Whitfield county, Georgia, was by ballot elected president of the convention for the ensu ing year, aud in like manner for the some time. Mr. James B. Conyers wus elected secretary. The regular programme was then taken up, but on account of the unavoidable absence of Rev. J. C. Head, of Catoosa county, Georgia, at the opening of the convention the first item in the pro* gramme, to-wit: Introductory sermon, subject—“ Shell women be made public preachers of the Gospel?” was on motion, postponed until eight o'clock Friday night. The second query in the programme wns then taken up for disucssion, to-wit: “Whoought to elect officers aud teachers to the Sabbath School work?” Mr. J. W. Swain addressed the conven tion on this subject in an earnest effort insisting that it was the duty of the church membership to engage in the Sun day School work, and that they would then be better e tabled to select aud elect the officers aud teachers, which lie thought was not only the privilege but the duty of the church to do, as the church was responsible for the Sunday School. Rev.’a A. J. Buford, J. C. Head and W. 11. Coo er and also Col. Jno. J. Howard ad dressed the convention on this subject. The following answer was then on mo tion adopted as the answer of the con \eation to the query to-wit: “The church, because she is responsible for the teaching of the truth and prosecuting the work of the Lord.” The third query in the programme was then taken up to wit: “How may all oftnechurch members be induced to attend the Sunday School services.” Col. Jno. J. Howard addressed the convention on this questioa and in very pathetic aud interesting way urged that according to his views, the best way to induce all church mem tiers to attend the Sunday School is to interest the parents in the salvation of their children. Rev. J. C. Head also addressed the convention on this subject, and he in sisted that the first thing to be done in this matter, is for all church members who are really Christians, and who feel interested in the work, to pray for it, quoting from the scripture in support of the view.—Matthew 18th chapter and 19th verse. Rev. W. H. Cooper also spoke upon this subject, and suggested that the way to induce church members to attend the Sunday School, is: Ist. To make the Sunday School bright, interesting, instructive, attrac tive and breezy. 2nd. * For Hie pastors to urge their at tendance upon the Sunday School kindly and effectually and impress upon them if possible, that it is their duty to at tend, and that a failure to do so is a sin, and also to disabuse their minds of the impression that Sunday Schools are for the children alone. He believed the name ought to be changed from Sunday School Bible School Mr. J. W. Swain expressed himself in a short speech, as believing the best way to induce all church members to attend Sunday School, is for every church wheth er in a city, town or county, to have its own pastor so that he could be with the church each Sabbath, and also assist in the Sunday School work. The answer to this query was then, on motion, postponed until next day. The convention then adjourned until eight o’clock p. in., at which time Rev. J. C. Head, the pastor of the Dogwood Valley Baptist church, delivered the introduc tory sermon; subject given above. The sermon was very instructive, and it evinced a careful and thorough prepara tion of his discourse evidencing the fact that lie was obeying the mandate to search the scriptures. The convention then adjourned until nine o’clock Satur day morning. The convention met on Saturday morning pursuant to adjournment, and the first business in order was the criti cism of the introductory sermon, which was done by Revs. W. H. Cooper, W. M. Janes and P. E. Hawkins. The conven tion then adopted the following answer to this query, to-wit: “Let us utilize the gifts which God has bestowed on the women in every depart ment, but the scriptures give us no war rairt for women publicly preaching and administering the ordinances.” The convention then resumed the dis cussion of the 3d querry, given above. And Rev. W. M. Janes, of Dalton. Ga., addressed the convention also on this subject, urging the importance of study ing the scriptures, and of all parents pre paring the Sunday School lessons with their children. He advised all Sunday School workers to meet together in prayer and ask God to bring all the brethren into the work of the Sunday School, for He had promised in His Word to give them the blessings for which they asked. The convention then adopted the follow ing answer to this query, to-wit: Ist. Let the parents themselves be im pressed with the worth of souls. 21. Let those who conduct the Sunday School work make the school bright, en ter iairing, attractive and breezy. 3d. the patters frequently present from the pulpit the obligation upon mem bers to l>e present, urging the advantage of so doing, 4th. A regular church service every Sabbath in every church in the associa tion. sth. That those who are interested in Sunday School work should pray that all other members may come into the work. 6th. That continuous efforts be made to disabuse the minds of the people of the impression that the Sunday School ; s for the children only. The next thing in order was the dis cussion of querry No. 4in the programme, to-wit: “What should be the chief ob ject of all Sunday School work.” Rev. W. 11. Cooper addressing the con vention on this subject, said that the nature of the question implied different objects, to-wit: Ist. To keep the children out of mis chief 2nd. To inculeate into all of them good morals. 3rd. To indoctrinate the children into the truths of the Bible. 4th. But the chief object or end was the salvation of souls. The hour of eleven having arrived the convention adjourned until half past two o'clock, ]. m.. and Rev. J. J. S. Callawav delivered at this hour an interesting and instructive sermon, subject, “qualifica tions of a minster of the gospel.” The convention reassembled at two and a half o'clock, p. m.,and resumed the discussion of query No. 4 in the pro gramme, and the following answer was adopted, to wit: “The Salvation of Soul*.” The convention then took up query No. 5 in the programme and. after some little discussion, adopted as to the ans wer to this question. “Yes.” _ The next thing in order was query No. 7 and after some little discussion liy lievs. W. H. Cooper, A. J. Buford and Mr. L. P. Gaines, of Kingston, Ga., the reg ular order of business was suspended, and on motion Tunuell Hill Baptist church, at Tunuell Hill, Ga., was fixed as the next place of meeting of the conven tion. The convention adjourned, sine die. after appointing Rev. W. M. Janes. J. P. Freeman and Wayland Johnson as a committee of three to prepare a pro gramme for the next session of the con vention, and also fix the time of its meet ing aud have the same printed in the minutes ofthe next association. I l>on the whole the session of the con vention was a very interesting one not withstanding there was not very many Sunday schools and churches in the as sociation represented at this session. We noticed in attendance as delegates some charming young ladies from Dog wood Valley, Catoosa county, Ga., Mises Lilly Dunn, and Laura Adams aud Miss Lucy Callaway, from Whitfield county, Ga., who were all guests of Mr. aud Mrs. J. B. Conyers. We wish our Baptist bretheren God speed in their efforts to spread the glad tidings of salvation. Work for the night is coming. HE TAKES UP THE CUDGELS. A Prominent Kouiau Fires Hotshot Into #ll Enemies of Itev. Sain. Jones. Some writer, under the nom de plume of “Democrat” has been writing for the Rome Courier in favor of the whiskey cause and in the course of his remarks he took occasion to assail Rev. Sam Jones. Mr. Jno. B. Patton, one of the solid men of the town, who has done much for the town’s material advancement and who himself is a staunch prohibitionist comes back at “Democrat in the following style: I A certain evangelist, who was spoken of yesterday in a communication in your paper, was paid a high tribute by “Demo crat,” perhaps unwittingly. He says 9 years r.go “the evangelist left the dray! l’ue in Cartersville, Ga., a poor man.” We, therefore draw the inference from “Democrat's” testimony that the evan gelist was r n honest man. And now that he has left the dray line, and is on the chariot lire from earth to heaven, he is s ill an honest man, and while here in person the past two weeks no man dare attack 1 im. On the line he is now engaged his busi ness is to try to show passengers a better ) 'e and if they, through his instrumen tality ge. into this better Pfe, and desire to maiid'esL their appreciation of what he has done for them by givmg him of their ibi ode ice, who shall say them nay. It is a token of thei” appreciation of his love aud labor, given to him because he exults them to higher living here, rnd [>oin.s them still higher blessings in the ife to come, and they would not deserve the name of men if they (lid not divide their last farthing with one who is seeking alone their eternal good, and I only wish the evangelisi was as rich in houses, lam’s, horses, etc., as he is in the riches uf blessing* and prayers of a grateful people that will follow him through this life ami crown him with untold joy in the life _o come. “Democrat” don’t understand this. He don’t understand it because, perhaps, his life is ou the opposite line to either the dray business or the chariot line. The business of some men is to degrade their fellow-men, while that of others is to try ami lift them up, but on either line men should be fair and just. Perhaps “Democrat” has his houses and his lands, carriage and horses. If so, it is hoped 1 hat he gpt them from a grateful people, given in love, as a mark of esteem and love for kindness done, or, perhaps, (sad thought) h* may have got them as the price of woman’s tears and the orphan’s woe—as the price of the husband and father’s eternal damnation. If o, it were better if he had started on the dray lino with Sam Jones and con tinued there. Georgia's Tocnado. The cyclone of Wednesday Ist, did a deal of damage in the state. It struck Palmetto at 8 o’clock, moving from west to south. On both sides of the town within a radius of two miles a large number of dwellings were destroyed but no lives were lost. Advices from Sparta, Newnan, Villa Ifca, Fairburn and other towns give reports of great damage from the storm, but no lives lost as so far re ported. At Villa Rica a whirlwind struck James Hilton, sr's. farm, on the Carroll ton road and blew down every building on his farm except two small log houses, crippled a fine mule and bruised up Mrs. Hilton badly. Mr. Hilton was in the yard trying to get his family in the storm pit, but was too late, as the whirlwind took him up and -carried him over the barn which had just blown down. Mr. Hilton's house was anew frame build'ng, as it had only been a short time since he lost a house on the same spot by tire. The wind only occupied a very sma'l pace. At Clarkesville the sight was a queer and sublime one. The large pieces of ice, falling by millions (without rain) pre sented a snow storm scene, looked at through a powerful magnifying glass, thus turnii g the beau iful in o the terri ble. On account of the short duration, comparatively little damage was done. At Kingston the hail fell rapidly, com pletely covering the ground. The stones varied in size from that of a garden pen to a little larger than a partridge egg. It ruined all late wheat that was in bloom, and it is feared materially injured early corn, as it cut the blades up very badly. It was followed at Jonesboro by a washing rain which did much damage to fresh plowed ground. The corn crop came very near being a total ruin. It is damaged considerably any way. Also the fruit crop is very badly mutilated. Scarcely any apples have been left on the trees. It struck at I>ee Pott’s, just above Newnan, tore off the tops of some of his out-houses and passed on in a direction a little north of east, blew down three i out-houses on the premisis of Mr. Robert | Redwine, tore the sash in his dwelling all I to pieces, demolished his dishes and scat tered the timbers for ha’.f a mile. One cow was killed at Redwine’s, and no oth er stock were harmed. The storm passed on in the same direction, blew off one end of a tenant house on H. M. Arnold's place, leaving the floor and the man and wife in bed unhurt and unmoved. At H. Lane's it tore his dwelling to pieces, broke the jawbone of one of his children and killed another. At T. J. Wilkinson’s, ten miles from Newman, it blew down his barn. , Cure for Sick Headache. For proof that Dr. Gunn’s Liver Pills cures Sick Headache, ask you Druggist lor a free trial package. Only one for a dose. Regular sized boxes 25 cents. Sold by Wible & Cos. mcli3 lv ANOILKING. SOME FACTS ABOUT JOHN D. ROCK EFELLER, PRESIDENT OF THE STANDARD OIL COMPANY. Ouce a Newsboy, Now Worth Many Mil lions—His Magnificent Home aiul Valuable Art Gallery. Morning Journal.] £15,000,000. Promptly at 10 o’clock each morning the man who is worth that much, and probaly several millions more, gets out of an elevated railroad train at Rector street, and walks to his office at No 20 Broadway. He is of medium height aud stout build. He is slightly stooped. His brown hair is fast turning to a dull gray. His eyes are brown and are overhung by heavy brows. He wears a short, dark beard and an uncared-for mustache. A stern, but yet a kindley face, seamed with small wrinkles, as if by concent ra ted thought. This is John I). Rockefeller, the famous Oil King and the President of the Stan dard Oil Company, one of the wealthiest and most powerful corporations 6n earth. Mr. Rockefeller's clothes might have been purchased at a second-hand store. Tney seem to have been thrown on care lessly, and the battered silk hat has needed brushing for a long time. Scores of clerks in his employ are dressed a dozen times more exi>ensively than the Oil King. Mr. Rockefeller might lie taken for the owner of a small grocery store, and that is what he was not ho many years ago. Now lie has a palatial home in this city tilled to the doors with splendid paintings and rare works of art and a summer res idence at Greenwich, Conn., which ranks among the finest along the sound. John 1). Rockefeller is about fifty years of age. lie was a New England boy, and does not hide the fact that, in company with his brother William, he began life by selling newspapers in the streets of New Bedford, Mass. He possessed a partial education acquired at the common schools, and was bright and shrewd. When yet a young man Mr. Rockefeller, like so many other New England boys, left home for the West. He (lid not get very far West, however, as lie settled at Cleveland, ()., and became a clerk in a grocery. In a few years young Rocke feller owned the grocery, JJ.e continued, the business until about 1870, when his' first big boost into the ranks of the millionaires took place. At that time Samuel J. Andrews, who had been aday laborer in Cleveland, after years of patient experimenting and iuves-j ligation, invented several new processes for refining- crude oil. He went to John I). Rockefeller and showed him wlmt he had. The shrewd grocery man at once saw the fortune within Ids grasp., ayd he became a pardner in the firm of Andrews A Rockefeller. The firm was the original Standard Oil Company, and every man connected with it at the start has become j many times a millionaire. The ]lushing business qy.yliti.es of Rock efeller soon made themselves felt. It was obvious to him that control of the oil tie'(ls meant a virtual ownership of the oil we 1 Is. One by one the small refineries in Ohio —in Pennsylvania and everywhere else, in fact, were absorbed by Andrews A Rockefeller. They were bought out, squeezed out and frozen out, and then the larger concerns in the big cities were attacked, the scheme being to obtain control of the petroleum trade of the world. In three years Rockefeller was worth #5,000;000, and lie then let Ids brother William into tho business and formed the Standard Oil Company. Associated with then was Peter A. Watson, then Presi dent ofthe Erie railway, aud his assis tance proved invaluable in aiding the Standard to crush out, its weaker rivals. Many of the Standard’s competitors were bought out and retired with big fortunes; those who were foolish enough to light the big monopoly were remorse lessly sent to the wall. Mr. Rockefeller's fortune kept growing larger and larger, until, like most weal thy Americans, he concluded to remove from Cleveland to New York. A year or two ago the Standard Oil Company erected the mammoth building Nos. 18 and 20 Broadway; and on the seventh floor of that great structure the Oil King has his plainly-furnished office. No one can secure anaudiei ce with him without first running the gauntlet of a doorkeeper and private secretary. The Oil King is sharp and quick in his an swers, and has no time for reminiscerccs, His last and greatest scheme is said to be a plan to obtain control of the Rus sian oil fields and to establish the Stan dard monopoly in the Bulkan peniusu lar. Mr. Rockefeller has a wife and several children, and on his removal to this citv he purchased a magnificent house at No. 4 West Fifty-fourth street. It is said that he paid SOOO,OOO for the property, which he purchased from Mrs. Worsham, the wealthy widow who has since mar ried millionaire Col’is I*. Huntington. The house is exjtensively and elegantly furnished, and is a miracle in the way of frescoing, paneling, and in decorations of all kinds. Its interior is more like the house of some Oriental monarch than of a plain American citizen. Mr. Rockefelle'r hobby is paintings, and he has lavished hundreds of thou sands of dollars upon foreign and native artists. On his return from a recent trip to Europe he brought back over $.">0,000 worth of paintings with him. His art Gallery is one of the finest in America, but only his personal friends has an opportunity of gazing at the rare art treasures. Mr. Rockefeller is a devoted Christian and a member of the Baptist faith. He taught a large Sunday-school class in I Cleveland for years, and has given a great deal of money to various religious I institutions. Among his donations was * $25,000 to the University of Rochester, in this state. Mr. Rockefeller enjoys a drive behind a fast team, and he has several trotters with low records in his stables. He frequently drives out on the road and likes to handle the ribbons without the aid ol a coachman. It is said that Mr. Rockerfdler knows every verse in the Bible by heart, and he delights in theological discussion with his intimate friends. His home life is quiet and sedate, and he is seldom seen at the opera or in fashionable circles. At his elegant summer residence in Greenwich the Rockefeller family spend most of the warm season, the Oil King going there every night and returning to the city in the morning. It is abun dantly supplied with hot-houses, in which the choicest flowers a.-e raised. Hun dreds of fruit-trees lend a grateful shade to the ground, and a short distance away the blue waters of the sound can be seen glistening in the sunlight. Among his neighbors Mr. Rockefeller is very pop ular, and his private charities are said to be many and large. Such is the man who is the head of America's greatest monopoly, and whose millions are rolling up so rapidly that he himself acknowledges that he caa not tell within $5,000,000 how much he is worth to-day. Dpksses Dyed Without Ripping. Coloring dresses and any heavy gar n ents can be done without ripping, by usirg Diamond Dyes. Be careful to have I a kettle or a tub large enough to allow the goods to be easily moved about. THE RISE IN COFFEE. Wily the Cup W'U Cost *130,000,000 More This Year T tan K,er Befo/c. X. V. Correspomlenco St. LouisGlobe-DeniOor*" t.J Uoffee is higher than it has over been 'jefore for any considerable period. Ihe situation, therefore, is interesting, rot to say serious. Gambling in it is just now wilder than in any stocks or in any other produce. The price has advanced 100 per cent, in a year; and if the lowest i )u highest prices art 1 taken, 150 per r?nt. If the present situation continues, ■ he coffee-drinkers in the United States dl pay #50,000,000 more for it than • ey paid in 1885, and #60,000,000 mou * :aa they paid in 1882. The rise in price is, therefore, equal to the imposition of r jont #1 on eveyv man, woman and child (whether coffee drinkers or not) in >e country. And if the movement up vartl continues, coffee will pass out of the aily use of the jieople and become a ■ usury. The cause of the startling ad 's auee in price is tliree-fold. The con sumption has increased much more raj >id than the supply. In 1867 the ron i caption per capita was 1.77 pounds j i.' 1873, the first year after it was put on t e free list, it was 0.67; in 1884 it was 0.59, am. it has since increased. The range of prices has been for fair Rio in 1860, 13 cents; in 1870, 10 to 11)( ceius; iff 1880, 14 to 14% cents ; May of last year, 9% cents; nowit is about 20 cents. Another cause is the chance given for gamhling by the necessary lack of trust worthy crop reports. There is no con ce ved news gathered in inland Brazil. A SHORT CROP. third cause is the estimated sliort ne ,s of the crop in Brazil, which has now just bean gathered and will begin to ar r've about July 1. The Brazil crop is es -1 'Mated at lrom 2,250,000 to 4,500,000 ’-cgs. The expectation a year ago was of a c op of from 5,000,000 to 6,000,000 l ugs. A shortage of 1,000,000 bags I'eoni Brazil will keep prices where they now are. The crop in Java also is short, la Ceylon the leaf disease has reduced the "oauetion by at least one-1 alf. Thus iho su ply of the the very beet coffee is Hire to be smaller for this year than it hes been for a generation. A>-dav the highest figures are naid for M ysore coffee, and, it is considered the best grown. Mysore is a part ofUpper British Ipdia, and the cultivation of the be-ry is entirely under European control. Thus far the leaf disease, which has so'-ead such havoc in Java and Ceylon, as left British India alope; but how long it will do so it is hard to say. All at -eruptsi to grapple with this disease ave proved fruit less, and if it ever puts l an anpearance in Brazil, the days of wOflfee-drinking will be numbered. There ere those who bc’ieve that uim-ss the leaf disease can be fought successfully, it is only aques.ion of time when a cup o" coffee wi’l be as great a luxury as a bo.v je of champagne. Whether or pot the price will be main lained at so high a figure will depend much on the future of speculation. The only coffee in the country is in New York, vh ch now has a great boom. The fever is highs - than ev.er before in the history of the i, rede. There is more gambling in o .tup in any other grocery staple. The i resent uncertain- outlook of the supply I'as brought outsiders into the specula tion. Syndicates hay.e been often formed obi ll the market, but in the majority f cases they have failed,. The s.vndi ate of 1883, after costing the consumers feoffee over #8,000,000, lost more than i j made and brought down several large on sen. The principle members of the syndicate were Havre and Rio houses, vith some few New York firms added. THE LATEST SYNDICATE. The present syndicate which is booro i <g prices is composed of New York, Fra ich and Brazilian houses, and is by far the strongest ever formed. There are, however, other outside houses which are bulls on the situation, and several have made a good round sum already. Messrs. Hard & Rand, who do not spec ulate in options, but are the largest i\>porters of coffee in this country, have .eited anywhere from #500,000 to 750,- 000. If we consider that a bag of coffee, which a year ago was worth, say #l3, is •“onlay worth #26, the greatest advance aving taken place within the last six *; eeks, the above estimate is not un reasonable, if it is not entirely too small. Vruold, the “coffee king,” has had his share of the spoils, and so has Selligs erg, who acted for the defunct syndicate in 1883. The Arbuckles, who are the rirgesu distributors of coffee in the world, lust have netted at least a half a mil on dollars, although they were not bulls on the market. Cotton brokers and even Wall street financiers have come into the option market, as the activity on the Coffee Exchange has keen for some time more attractive than diner cotton orstocks. What the actual results of the present sjteculative cruze will be it is hard to say; but, if the pres ent conditions continue, the consumers ' l the chief coffee-drinking countries will have to pay this year about #120,000,- 000 more for the cup than they have ever paid in any previous year. ANob’e- Woman’s Work. There is a lady near Sandersville whore husband died, leaving an indebtedness pga J isc Ids estate of $2,500. Having e'griL children to care for, the eldest of \ jom was about twelve years of age, she realised that the responsibi'ity of * -icir maintenance end education devolv es iron her. She did not shrink from le task i.i despondency, but sec to :o'k with a determination that has overcome a*i obstacles. She assumed control of the plantation, made good c ops, paid off the indebtedness, and is now running the business on a cash basis. With favorable seasons s’ae will make not less than seventy five bales of cotton this year, with corn fodder, etc., in abun dance. Gen. Hutler In New Orleans. fronton Journal.] Gen. George A. Sheridan relates this story, which he picked up in New Orleans: A delegation of citizens of that place visi ted President Lincoln to beg him to re move Gen. Butler from command there. The President listened while they present ed their thousand and one grievances, and then said. “Well, gentlemen, as much as you dis like Gen. Butler, at least he has done one good thing for you, for by his wise sanitary regulations he has kept the yel low fever out.” One of the delegates, a Oreole, skipjted before the President and replied, excited ly: “Pardon, Mistah President, pardon; it was not Butler keep ze fevaire avay from ze city, it was God. He still have a leetle mercy for our poor people. He do not send Ben. Butler and ze yellow fevaire ze same season: no saire.” The President laughed heartily, but all the same Gen. Butler was kept in com mand. Small Talk. Omaha Lady—Dick, you haven't told me all about that new baby. Little Dick —I don't know much about it yet. I only got here this morning. Omaha Lady—But you haven! even sahl whether it is a sister or a brother. Little Dick—Well it looks like a little brother, but mamma says he is going to be a little sister, an I suppose he will. Omaha World. ADVERTISEMENTS. The Courant-American ts tite only Paper Published in one of the Best Counties in North Georqia. Its Cir culation rs second to none quits Cl as REASONABLE RATES ON APPLICATION. $1.50 Per Annum—sc. a Copy. LUDWIG’S 7,000 BRIDES. ltrlng llaconie Widows Xow Wear the Weeds. Faria Letter in Ctk-ajco Tribune ] The young King (Ludwig of Bavaria) was then at the height of his romantic fame. His ideally handsome likeness wtu* to be seen everywhere, and everywhere I you heard of his poetic melancholy, his romantic spirit and his confirmed celibacy. Naturally he became an object of intense interest to sentimental young ladies. Presently among other tales that were told of him, there went abroad the story that he sjient most of his time in wander ing about his kingdom in disguise, lie haunted shady lanes and romantic spots, seeking for some fair maideu who should be his chosen bride. Well this silly tale was believed and set thousands of hearts to fluttering. Ea;h maiden wondered if she would be his choice if he chanced to meet her under the lime trees. And she hesitated to plight her troth to her vil lage lover until she 4 should have a chance to meet the King. So that it come to pass that in the vil lage of Bertoldshofen, in the romantic mountain region of Bavaria, the minders formed themselves into a sort of sister hood. They pledged themselves to each other not to marry until they were sure the king had passed them by. Each was to wear his likeness cons tan By near her bosom, uud each was to choose lor her self a secret bower, where at evetide she should await his coining. A more foolish scheme probably never was de vised by the silly brains of love-sick school-girls. But more than a sco v of Bertoldshofen maidens entered into .t with the zeyl and devotion of nuns. The fame of this sisterhood spread to other villages, to to was and cities —nay to Munich itsels. Rustic wenches and the lettled beauties of princely palaces alike caught the last disease. Within a year not less than 10,000 young wo.nen, all through Bavaria, bud taken upon them selves “the vows of Ludwig,” and we e waiting for their king. In time many of these girls imagined they had been and passed by the King, and thus freed from their vows, accepted humbler husbands. < P liers grew tired of waiting and broke their vows. Still others waited and waited in vain, uniT all other suitors had passed them by; ami they are waiting still p,nd will be waiting all their lives. But as the mirks of the original sis-er.iood was thinued new recruits were added, and the “brides <|f Ludwig" were still counted by t’e thou sands. It was estimated that there weie not less than 7,000 of them at the time of his suicide. When tip' news of the tradgedy became known they forthwith put on mounting and called themselves “the widows ol Ludwig.” Many of them took solemn vows ol life-long celibacy as a token of faithfulness to his memory. Among these latter two of the most de voted were the young Bare nesses of Mu nich. They constantly wore the drapest mourning, secluded themselves from all social pleasures, and drove themselves into confirmed melancholy. Every week they went to 8t urn berg and threw garlands of flowers into the water at the spot where the king was drowned. Fi nally they determined to share his late. They arrayed themselves as brides, wen to donning veils and orange blossoms, rowed out into the water. Then bodies were found next day, clasped in each other’s arms, and with portraits of the mad king next their hearts. The President has not made up hig mind as to who he will appoint to suc ceed Judge Woods on the Supreme bench. The States are filled with men who would love to get so high and dignified a place, with such a handsome salary. The follow* ing have been mentioned: Attorney Gen eral Garland, Secretary Bayard, Secre tary Lamar, Secretary Endicott, John Randolph, Tucker, Congressman Ham mond, of Georgia; Speaker Carlisle, 11. E. Jackson, Tennessee; Judge Semines, Lonisana; Hon. J. E. McDonald, Indiana; Judge Cochrane, Georgia; Senator Pugh: Alabama: Win. S. Bissel, New York; A, G. Thurman, Ohio; Judge Hoadly, New York: and Judge Montgomery, Michigan. There are several thousand and more who would accept the place if offered. A little French girl, juit learning to speak English one day went to a neigh bor’s house to beg some flowers from the conservatory. “What kind would you like?” asked the lady of the house. “Roses, please madam.” “And how many? Your sister wants to wear then to a party?” “Yes, madam. Enough for two bou quets—one for her hair and one for her stomach.” A four-year old tot to-day invited three older playmates into an icecream-saloon, where she magnificently ordered four ]dates of cream. When the dehs-table food had been euteu she cal inly proceeded to walk out of the place without paying for it. The proprietor stopped her. Looking up into his face in the mout in nocent manner in the world she lis{>ed: “1 ain't got any money, sir. I’ll pay you when I’m married.”—Philadelphia News. A five-year-old boy in this city recently commenced attending Sunday school, and became deeply interested iu the teachings he received. After one or two lessons had been given him he expressed a strong wish for a “sling shot.” His fond mother was astonished at the re quest, and asked the young hoj>eful why he wanted such a thing. His reply was prompt and at the point. “At Sunday school,” he said, “they told a stroy of a little bov that killed a hig giant with a sling-shot, and I wunt one.” —Madison (Wis.) Journal. Origin of Honeymoon. Epoch] It may not be generally known that the word “honeymoon” is derived from the Teutons, and means drinking for thirty days after inarriiige of methegliu, mead orhydromel.a kind of wine made of honey. Attfla, a celebrated King of the Huns, who boasted of the ap]>ellatiou, “The Scourge of God,” is said to have died on his nuptial night from an uncommon effusion of blood, brought on by indulging too freely in hydromel at his wedding feast. The term “honeymoon” now signifies the first -month after mar riage, or so much of it as is sjrent from home. John Toban, in “The Honeymoon,” thus refers to it: This truth is manifest—a gentle wife Is still the irterliug eumfort of a man'i* life; To fools a torment, but a lasting boon To those who wisely keep their honeymoon. Dr. H. D. Cunyus, of Stilesboro, Ga., has seen Curry’s Diarrhoea and Dysen tery Specific tried and heartily recom mends it for all bowel troubles. THE BA BY. Who makes the home of the poor man so bright? Who fills the palace of wealth with such lighl? Who, when you kiss him, will give yon a bite? The baby.* Who in one moment can laugh and cry? Who at the same time can yield and defy? Who is it one can’t but love, though he try? The baby. Who has opinions which no one gainsays? Who naughty pranks with impunity plays? Who is the monarch of all he surveys? The baby.