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SUBSCRIPTION. •The Coutunt-Amkiucan rs Published Weekly in the Interest of Bahtow County, Devoted Mainly to Local News, and Thinks it has a Right to Expect an Undivided County Patuon- AOK vol, i —HO 13] • DRUGS! DRUGS! J. R. WIKLE t CO., (SUCCESSORS TO D. W. CURRY.) II(.VC now in store the Ik st selected, meat complete ami varied stock of Drugs, Chemicals, Paints, Oils, Glass, Putty, Perfumes, Etc. IN NORTH GEORGIA. 4 amr to see n*, examine tfoo 1- and get p ices. Physicians I're-criptlons fll’e.l w ith 'lie greatest rare day null night by a lieoiut; I ph .nuui in*. AGEJ2STT OIL COMPN’Y Cb.as. A. “Wil&lQ, Manager. CIEAP GROCERIES, GRAEN, HAT, Etc., CO TO C. T. JONES’ AT THE “RED CORNER.” tter* l deliver goods to any part of the city. I would be grateful for your patronage. McCanless’ Baling Press Tho cut represents the Hand Power. Cun '■ be operated by three hands. Turns out J| JR BTO iO BALEo PER HOUR. IjA siz? of bales Ift\2l by 30 inches. Weight ||\ jj 1 1 of bales from 100 to 150 pounds. |l\j 1 PRICE OITIiT SSO. i | McCanless & Cos., Tiicl an.l n mini'll,l,‘tl ly -T li Uil reatli, .1. W. Gray, W. C. Batber and others - —:CO TO:—” RICHARD L. JONES FOB, Fresh Groceries, \n 1 evorvthinff exd fr the table. FltESlf ROOft IRU'RY BUriER, < ItKA M ( IIRR>K V AUDIOS SKIIAxS, TKNNESSER 1 REbll MEAh Hay, Corn, Oats, Cotton Seed, Bran and Meal, th e I can fund h ynu at the LOWEST FIGURE. l deliver g wd* to any part of the city free o i h r’*o. Soli ii.ing jour patiouage and jiromi ing to treat you well, lam jours tiun , RICHARD L. JOHES. pb ., t . ly West Main Street, Cartersville, <la. Peacock & Veal, DEALERS LIST IV if RJN I TURE (NORTH GEORGIA FURNITURE HOUSE.) THE CHEAPEST AS WELL AS THE FINEST Parlor and Bed Room Suits in this section. WE STILL CLAIM TO SELL BETTER GOODS F "“ LESS MONEY Than Anyother House in this Section. As space forbids mentioning everything, we will only enumerate a few. We hav in stock and to arrive FI N EST PARLOR FURNITURE, M ISSTANTIAI- BRDROOM FURNITURE, ROCKING CHAIRS, WARDROBES. BABY CARRIAGES at any Price, M ATTINGS, RUGS, CARPETS, Etc. LADIES, SEE OUR W A IY \ j PAPER, of which we have the latest and most unique design. We Guarantee Prices and Goods. Respectfully, PEACOCK <& VEAL, CARTERSVILLE, GA. THE HOWARD HANK, CARTERSVILLE, GEORGIA. DOfs i Genoa’ Hanking IRe-incs*. Deposits received, subject to check. Exchange bought and 8 hl. Collections mmle in all pan* of the United States. Discounts desirable pat ei. All acc-Jin in datimis consis! ent w iih s ileiy extended to its customers. JOHN T. NORRIS, Real Estate and Fire Insurance, (UPSTAIRS.) Firsi; Door South, of Howard’s Bank.. IcblO-ly THE COUMNI-AMEKKm PURELY VEGETABLE. If acta with extraordinary efficacy on tha TIVER, KIDNEYS , i —* AND QOWEL9. AN EFFECTUAL SPECIFIC FOR Malaria, Bowel Complaints, Byspepsia, Sick Headache, Constipation, Biliousness, Kidney A flections. Jaundice, Mental Depression, Colic! BEST FAMILY MEDICINE No Household Should Be Without It, and, by being kept ready for immediate use. will save many an hour of suffering ana many a dollar in time and doctors’ bills. THERE IS BUT ONE SIMMONS LIVER REGULATOR See that you get lho genuine with red Z” on front of Wrapper. Prepared only by J.H.ZEILIN & CO., Sole Proprietors, Philadelphia, Pa. PRICE, SI.OO, ESI CftPITAL PRIZE, $150,000 “We do hereby certify that, we supervise tlie arrangements for all the Monthly and Sem-An nual Drawings of The I.ouisiana State Lottery Company, and in person manage and control i In' Drawings themselves, and that the same are eonilueted witti honesty., fairness, and in good faith toward nil parties, and we authorize the Company to use this certificate, with fac-similes of our signature attached, in its advertisements.” S Commissioners. We the undersigned ltanks and Bankers will pay all Brizes drawn in The Louisiana State Lotteries which maybe presented at our coun ters. J. H. OGLESBY, Pres. LouisanaNat. Bk P. LANAUX, Pres. State Nat’l Bank. A. BALDWIN, Pres. N, O Nat’l Bk CARL KOHN, Pres. Union Nat. Bank. UNPRECEDENTED ATTRACTION ! U Over Half a Million Distributed. Louisiana State Lottery Company. Incorporated in IMS for 25 years by the Legis lature for Kdiirntlona! and Charitable purposes —with a capital of sL<MHl,ouo—to which a reserve fund of over fsf>ti,iHi has since been added. By a,it overwhelming popular vote its franchise was made a part of the present State Constitu tion adopted December 2d, A. D„ lS7f>. The only Lottery ever voted on and endorsed by the people id' any State. It never scales or postpones. Its Grand Single Number Drawings take place monthly, and the Semi- Annual Drawings regularly every six months (June and. December). A SPLENDID OPPORTU N ITY TO WIN A FORTUNE, NINTH GRAND DUVWING. CLASS I. IN TUB ACADEMY OK MUSIC, NEW O U LIC A NS, TCKSDAY, Septem ber 13, 18S7 —208th Monthly Drawing. Capital Prise $150,000. gjgr Notice. Tickets arc Ten Dollars only. Halves, $5. Fifths, $2- Tenths, sl. 1.19 T OF PRIZES. 1 nriTAL VIUZE OK ft30,00(1 $150,000 1 GRAND PRIZE OK 50,000 50,000 1 ({HAND PRIZE OF 20,000 20,000 2 LVRGE PHIZES OK 10,000 20.000 4 LARGE PRIZES OF '5,000 20,000 20 FRIZES OF 1,000 20,000 r >o <• 500 25.000 1(w .. tiOO 30,000 goo “ 200 40,000 500 “ 100 50.000 APPROXIMATION PRIZES. 100 Approximation Prizes of S3OO $40,000 100 “ “ 2(H) 20,000 100 “ “ 100 10,000 1,000 “ “ 50 50,000 2,179 Prizes, amounting to $535,000 Application for rates to clubs should be madt only to the office of the Company in New Or l'or further information write clearly, giving full address. POSTAL NOTES, Express Money Orders, or New York Exchange in ordina ry letter. Currency by Express (at our expense) addressed M. A DAUPHIN. New Oi leans, L„ Or M. A. DAlll’niN, Wasliingtoji, D. C. Address Registered Letters to NEW ORLEANS NATIONAL BANK, New Orletius, La. REMEMBER SSU'SJSS Beauregard and Early’ who are in charge of the drawings, is a guarantee of absolute fairness and integrity, that the chances are all equal, and that no one can possibly divine what liutn ber will d-iaw a Prize. KEM KM li t H that the payment of all Prizes is GUA HANTKKD DV FOUK NATIONAL BANKS of New Orleans, and tlie Tickets are signed by the President of an Institution, whose chartered rights are recognized in the highest Courts; therefore, beware of any imitations or anonymous schemes. Notice This As You Pass By. w. ylut WEST MAIN STREET, CARTERSVILLE, GEO., Carriagies, Buggies § Wagons, And do all kinds of Repairing in Wood and Iron, Making new pieces when necesaary. He is also prepared to do all kinds of I! LAI' KSMIT H 1 NO. None hut Ihe best workmen employed who mn make anything that is made of wood or iron. All work WARRANTED TO GIVE SATISFAC-. TION. Terms reasonable. Work done promptly Give him a trial and be convinced. D. W. H. PEACOCK, REAL ESTATE, CARTERSVILLE, GEORGIA. MINERALS A SPECIALTY, Real Estate bought and sold. Information heerftiUy given. CARTERSVILLE, GA., THURSDAY. SEPT. 1. ISB7. AN INTEROCEANIC IIOAI>. An Outlet for the Products of the Mississippi Valley and the Alabama Coal Fields. of the Globe-Democrat.] D. C., August 23. —There just now from the of State, in substance, that U. I*. Hmitiugtoo, of the Central FMcilic and and Missis sip] ii Valley Railway, a rail way, seventy-five miles in length, from tin? Pacific Oc-ean to Gautemala City, in the Republic of Gautemala, and that Huntington contemplates the construc tion of an interoceanic railway across Central America. The announcement was not only meager, but has come along slowly. The Department's state ment, as published, failed to convey the entire material news on the subject. Very important facts relative to the matter have been known here for some time past. Since receiving the official credence of our Consul tit San Salvador, the subject has attracted more serious attention than it had previously re ceived. The scheme turns out to be of greater scope and significance than was indicated in the official dispatch of our Consul. Huntington’s project is more than a mere diversion; it is in reality intended as a part of his great American trans portation system. Such is the informa tion imparted to the Department of State. In the accomplishment of this enterprise Mr. Huntington says he ex pects to provide an important outlet for the vast and increasing products not only of the Mississippi \ alley, but also es pecially the products of the coal and iron mines, furnaces and foundries of Alabama. It appears that this is hut carrying out a scheme which capitalists and furnace and iron-mine owners, in the vicinity of Birmingham, had determined upon, including the building of a rail way of their own across Central Amer ica. The “prospectors” of the Alabama capitalists were already examining what is known as tlie Honduras begin ning at the Bay of Honduras, on the Atlantic Ocean, and ending at the Bay of Fonseca, on the Pacific Ocean. A NATURAL PATHWAY. Of this route Admiral Davis, United States Navy, in his official report upon the various lines proposed for inter oceanic canals and railroads between the oceans, says: “The reader who fol lows the course of tin* surveys of natu ralists and geologists, from the capa cious, safe and excellent harbor of Puerth Caballos (Porte Cortes), through re gions remarkable for their salubrity, fertility, great variety of climate and productions and valuable mineral re sources, to the waters of the splendid harbor of La Union, can not but regret that capitalists have not found it to their interest to carry out one of the most, promising and one of the least em barrassing enterprises of the day.” The above mentioned Alabama capi talists eonfered with Mr. Huntington, who undertook to provide a route of railway across Central America. The distance from New Orleans and Mobile to Honduras Bay is not perceptibly greater than from the same ports in the United States to the Gulf terminus of the proposed Tehuantepec ship railway. On the Pacific side the difference to San Francisco amounts to only a few hun dred miles, while there are said to be certain advantages in tides .and wind currents favorable to tin 1 Honduras over the Tehuantepec route. Tho Huntington Interoceanic Railway across Central America will, it is claimed, be completed and in operation before work will fairly be begun on the Tehuan tepec Ship Railway. In letters from Cen tral America received here, it is repre sented that the route is through a good country; that there is considerable pop ulation in the towns and villages, and that, the local travel and traffic will probably make this road profitable, irre spective of the receipts for transporta tion of the products from the Mississippi Valley, and from the coal-pits, iron mines, furnaces, etc., of Birmingham. A FINE CHANCE FOB COAJ,. A vital fact connected with this enter prise is set forth, namely: That coal from Birmingham, Ala., is delivered in Mobile and on the Mexican Gulf coast at $ 1.37)4 per ton, and may be delivered in barges at any port on the Bay of Hon duras at $2.50 to $3 a ton—a sum only equal to the cost at Newcastle, England, of digging coal and delivering it on ship board. English coal is sold annually, to the amount of about $50,000,000, at from $8 to sl2 and sls a ton to ports on the Gulf of Mexico and to the islands and neighboring coasts of the three Americas and Australia; and English coal and iron are supplied to steamers and railways along the whole Pacific coast, from San Francisco to Cape Horn. “The cost to consumers is enormous, but it would be cut down to about one-third the present rate if enterprises of United States citizens in Central and South America were fostered and encouraged by the Government of the United States ofter the manner in which the enterpris ing subjects of England, Germany and France are supported and jealously pro tected when engaged in the pursuit of business in fareign lauds.” Among the most reeent circumstances -which, aside from the pressing need for a southern outlet for the vast products of the Mississippi Valley and Alabama, drew public attention in the United States to interoceanic ralway matters in Central America, was an interesting oc currenee which came out of the enter prise of certain Americans. THE GUATEMALA NORTHERN RAILROAD. In 1883-'B4, under a decree of the gov ernment of Guatemala, taxes were levied and the wealthy people of that republic were called upon to subscribe propor tionate to their means, for stock for the construction by the govern men t of a railroad from the Atlantic coast to the capital of Guatemala (Guatemala City), as a part of the purpose to ultimately build a railroad from ocean to ocean across that portion of Central America. Although the enterprise had to all ap pearances progressed satisfactorily for about a year, the war of last year (early in 1880), which ended with the traffic death of the ambitious Gen. Rarrious, President of Guatemala, who proclaimed himself “Military Dictator of Central America,” caused the government of the republic to revoke the decree levying taxes, etc., and preparations were made to liquidate the affairs of the railroad. Contractors from the United States had engaged to build sixty-two miles of the “Guatemala Northern Railroad” at a round sum of $30,000 per mile, equip ped. and most of the 300 men employed by the contractors were from the 1 nited States, chiefly from New Orleans and that vicinity, and the whole work was under the management of ('apt. Grant, a south ern railroad engineer of high reputation. The government of Guatemala agreed to pay upon the completion of each one mile of the road, and on these terms mat ters went on smoothly for a time. Ihe contractors completed and received pay ment for twelve miles of road. Then came the war between the Central Amer ican Republics, brought on by the act of Barrios ill proclaiming himself “Military Dictator of Central America.” During thcK* troubles the Government treasury was so depleted as to cause it to fail to pay for four aditionnl miles of the afore said railroad as they were finished. At this juncture starvation staml the American workmen in the face. They were wholly destitute, and could not ob tain necessary food, nor could the sick among them obtain medicine. A QUIET HINT. The United States Minister, Henry C. Hall, was appealed to. and he came to the rescue, lie called upou the president of the republic, and - insisted that the sums due to the contractors, tin amount sufficient to pay the wages due to the men and their passages to New Orleans, l>e supplied at once. This suggestion was complied with immediately. In ad dition to this prompt compliance with the demand of the United States Minis ter. the president informed Minister Hull that it would l>e necessary for the government to rescind the contract for constructing the railroad, but that it would be done upon equitable terms. In the meantime, however, there were many other destitute foreigners at Livingston, Guatemala, all or nearly all of whom had gone from New Orleans, ostensibly in search of work. Upon urgent represen tations to the government at Washing ton as to the general destitution and suffering from want and privation, the United States ship Swartara was sent to Livingston, and, after relieving the ini: mediate wants of the sufferers, brought Thick to New Orleans seventy-eight men. In his account of this matter our Consul, Mr. Hall, remarked that the Swartara was the first representative of the United States unval power that had shown upon the bay of Livingston, Guatemala, within more than forty years, and, he added, suggestively, that “a quiet, unos tentatious display of power will in these Central American Republics accomplish more than diplomatic moves.” “UNCLE BILLY” TOOMBS. Death ot* tho On y African Who Refused to Accept his Fieo (loia After the War. Washington, Ga., August 23. —To-day the body of “Uncle Billy” Toombs was buried in the colored cemetery here in the presence of a large number of the best white citizens, as well as of almost the entire colored population. Prominent among those present and taking charge of the arrangements were tho family of the late Gen. Robert Toombs. “Uncle Billy wos born eighty-two years ago, the slave of Maj. Toombs, and was 11 years of age when the major’s son, Rob ert, was born. Billy was assigned to duty as the boy in waiting to the baby, and took great interest in his develop ment. When young Mr. Toombs grew up and married, his father presented him with Billy, and ever after the closest Irieml ship existed between the two. Billy ac companied his muster to Washington, to tin- fashionable watering places, and to Europe. In this way he became fa miliar with many distinguished people. In all this change of life, however, Billy never lost his head, but was polite and faithful to his master's interests. Before the war lie had an intense, hatred for the abolitionists, refusing to countenance them in any way. When the wav was over and the Toombs family had gath ered once more at the old family man sion. Billy returned there too as well as the rest. “You are free now," said Gen. Toombs to him. “I’ll never bo free from old master," said lie, “but I will follow you all the rest of my life.” To this Gen. Toombs replied: “Very well, then, I'll take care of you.” Ever after this Billy was the most de voted of servants, looking after his mas ter’s interests as though they were his own. When Gen. Toombs died two years ago he left full provision for “Uncle Bil ly’s maintenance, and no mourner at the general's grave shed warmer tears than did the faithful old African who lingered there long after the crowds had melted away. “Uncle Billy” will be remember ed as the only African who absolutely refused to accept his freedom. Bloody Perspiration. Louisville Cor. Cincinnati Enquirer. A man named John Kabeisko is now at the city hospital, and the peculiar malady with which he is suffering is at tracting the attention of all the physi cians of this city. The man perspires blood, and at times in very large quan tities. He is a Pole by birth, and, ac cording to his own story, has been work ing on the Panama Canal for the past three years. He claims he was attacked by a viru lent fever about a year ago and lingered between life and death for some weeks. After his recovery he noticed one day, while wiping the perspiration from his brow, that blood spots were left on his handkerchief. From that time on the strange affection increased until from any slight exercise his whole body would bleed, leaving his underclothes one mass of blood. The physicians of Honduras treated him for the disease, but were un able to be of any great service to him, and finally advised Kabeisko that the only chance for his life was to proceed to some cooler climate. At times the attacks are very mild and at others very violent. After one of the latter the man is left in such a weak ened condition that at times it is with difficulty his life is sustained by nourish ment and care. The men of medicine of this city have diagnosed Kabeisko’s case, but cannot account for blood oozing through the pores of his skin. He seems to be getting somewhat better, mul it is the belief that cold weather will entirely restore him to health. Kabeisko was suffering with an attack this morning. He was very weak, and his body and face were covered with small drops of blood, which, when removed with a towel, left the crimson color on it. The Pole is a man of more than average intellect, and has traveled all around the world. An Heirloom from the South. New York Mail and Express.] A rich laee shawl of an ohl-fashioned pattern hangs in the ladies’ parlor of one of the hotels at Long Branch to be raffled off at $5 a chance. There is a strange story connected with it. A fam ily of wealthy southerners are staying here, and the shawl was sent them by oneof their neighbors down in Louisiana to l>qdisposed of. It is the last posses sion of a family that before the war lived in luxurious ease and plenty. All their belongings have gone the “way of thin shawl, one by one, to maintain them, and now they have come to their .last. The shawl will probably bring floO. A reporter was talking with the gentleman iti whose charge it is. He said that there were many families down south in the same straitened circumstances. ‘‘l know what you pushing people of North will answer,” he continued. “You will ask why they don't turn round and gain their living in some way, but they can't. They don't know how to work. You see, many of them had gone beyond the prime of life when the war began, and they were too far advanced when it ended to adjust themselves to the new conditions. Those of them who are alive to-day get along by parting with their heirlooms and family relics, just as do these friends of mine who own that shawl.” I)r. Pierce’s “Favorite Prescription" is the debilitated woman's best restorative tonic. WOMEN BEGIN TO DRINK Startling Figures From a Pris on Superintendent. Godov's Lady’s Book ] Out of au examination of 204 ineb riate women I have found that 128 be gan their drinking by the use of beer, 27 by drinking whisky (as punch at. first usually,), 20 began wine, 8 with gin, and 11 could not remember what beverage was first used. These young girls, mill and shop girls largely, began by going to some so called refreshment saloon with their friends, and the debutante usually began by sipping a little tonic (made of hops, sugar and water, charg ed with carbonic acid gas and colored with burnt sugar): l>eer soon followed, and soon rioting, other kind of intoxi cants, recklessness an<l crime; and what was an innocent, foolish girt yesterday is to-day a branded criminal, and all for a glass of beer. Alas! how many ruined lives 1 have seen. Beer was also the bev erage which older inebriate women used to entice the younger ones to drink. A call upon one of these old sots was tin* signal for the pitcher of beer to be sent for, and a little coaxing and urging would result in the first fatal glass being indulged in. The steps were then easy. Beer is the trap which the drunkard maker sets for the fret of the unweary. And he usually makes sure of his prey because of it. A glass of raw whisky would have presented but slight attrac tion to these overworked, half-fed girls had it been offered them tit first. After that sleeping devil, tho appetite for in toxicants, had been aroused by beta*, it became altogether a different matter, and at last in many cases, chloroform or peppermint oil was added to the drink of these maddened creatures, so furious had the ap]ietito become for something stronger. It may be of interest to note that out of the 204 inebriate women 12(5 had beeh guilty of other crimes, and yet in but sixteen instances did the first commit ment of a crime antedate the habit of drinking. Of the beverages first used, while in but thirty-seven cases it began with whisky, in 187 it had become the favor ite beverage. Several hopeless drunk ards, far gone toward insanity, had nev er drank another intoxicant than beer. One hundred and thirty-two were com mitted to prison for drunkenness, fifty six for offenses against chastity and pub lic order and sixteen for crimes against property. Their ages when last com mitted averaged thirty years, six months. Sixty-five were between thirty and forty one years of age, forty-nine betwren twenty and twenty-six years of age, and thirty between fifteen and twenty-one years of age. The remainder were over forty-one years of age. Many of the older ones could not tell how many sentences they have received, showing the absolute uselessness of pun ishing these poor creatures while the temptations are left in their way. To show the effect upon the children of inebriate parentage, I collected the following: Of 111 inebriate mothers, 33 of whom had inebriate mothers, 408 children were born. Of these, 227 per ished in infancy and early childhood, and of the survivors many are doomed evidently to an early death. In many cases the death of these children was in directly due to the inebriety of flu* pa rents, as cold, deprivation, etc. Ages: Twenty-seven of the 203 women began to drink intoxicants before they were ten years of age; 11 between the ages of 9 and 15; 74 between 14 and 21; 37 be tween 20 and 20; 33 between 25 and 31; 19 between 30 and 41; 3 between 40 and 71. Average age, 18 1-2 years. More than one-half had formed habits of intemper ance before they were 21 years of age, and more than one-third at the giddy age of from 1 5 to 20 inclusive. One hundred and thirty-two began to drink socially and with female friends. L. M. Hall, Superintendent Woman’s Reformatory Prison, Sherborn, Mass. Immoral Pictures. Mr. Si Hawkins, editor of the Coving ton Enterprise, and member of the Home ot RepreseTtatives from Newton county, has introduced a bill prohibiting the stile of any merchandise accompanied by in decent pictures. This is in the right direc tion and the bill ought to pass. As re marked by the Macon Telegraph, “the greed of money has made men traffic in the lewd of man’s nature. Cheap goods are put on the market with the sole merit (?) that accompanying them were pictures that by their lewd nature ap pealed to the vicious imagination of the younger people. Lustful pictures are getting prevalent, and half grown boys walk up and down our streets with their pockets full of them. We have known older men, who make loud professions in favor of moral reforms, to thumb with evident pleasure through a large collec tion of these obscene pictures wit h the small boys who had collected them for a pocket museum, and jest and remark about the suggestions they force upon the boys’ mind under such circumstances. We know of nothing more corrupting to the youthful mind, and we trust the Hawkins’ bill will become alaw. —Valdos- ta Times. A successful young farmer said re cently to a writer:* “I am convinced, after trying different plans of dealing with farm hand tenants, especially col ored laborers, that much of the diffi culty encountered is due to tho farmer’s lack of patience and sagacity. If he would recure the very best ;nen he could find, place confidence in them from the start; if he would set them a good exam ple of thrift, energy and sobriety, they would care less about excursions, fre quent the grogshop shows less, and keep the weeds and grass out of the crop in nearly every instance.” This advice to others, we learned from his neighbors, was literally followed by himself and was evidently the foundation of his own success. Certainly the rule of justice, frankness and common sense must pro duce results similar to these whenever put into operation. The same farmer, by his forbearance and wise liberality, has acquired a control even over the tenants of his farm such as might well have been envied in the days of slavery; but its basis is self respect on both sides and enlightened self interest. Statistics of Oil Wells Statistics show that 53,000 wells have been drilled in Pennsylvania and New York since the discovery of petroleum, at a cost of $200,000,000. These wells have produced 3X0,000.000 barrels of oil, which were sold at the wells for $500,000,000. This represented a profit to the producer of $300,000,000. The amount of oil exported is placed at 6,231,102,923 gallons. In the pool in Washington county alone $3,200,000, has been expended in machinery and drilling. This does not include the many millions that are represented there in the natural gas industry. Independent of the oil business there is about $50,000, 000 invested in natural gas plants in Pennsylvania. These are majestic fig ures, and serve to show the magnitude of the oil and gas business.—Oil City Derrick. Do you suffer from scrofula, salt rheum, or other humors? Take Hood s Sarsaparilla, the great blood purifier. XOO doses one dollar. A Talk With aGreely Survivor From the Sim Francisco Examiner.} “Yes. I'm Private Council, one of the six survivors of the Greely exptHlition, and the only one on tho coast, hut you can t get anything out of me about what was done during the last days of starva tion nmi terror,” was the response a re porter met with last evening from the gentlemen above named, when asked if the published story of murder and can nibalism was true. “All I have to say is that 1 never did any thing of the kind. What others may have done is none of my business, and 1 don't propose to gos sip about it." “But if they were equally innocent as yourself, why not say so?” persisted the reporter. “1 tell you I don't want to talk about the matter at all. It's past an 1 gone. I'm glad of it. If an official litigation should be calk'd I'd gladly testify to all 1 know, so as to clear myself from any imputations of ever having shot and eaten anybody'. I tell you 1 didn’t do it.” “Your refusal to say that none of the others did so either will convey the im pression that, they did eat their fellows." “I can't help that. I'm not testifying before a court, and until that time comes, if it ever does, and l wish it would, I shall say nothing. Then I should prove that I never ate any of my fellows, nor shot them either.” “How long were you without anything to eat?” “A month." “VYhut! you ate nothing for a month?" “Nothing but a few lichens 1 found upon the rocks, and 1 think l should have bren quite as well without them. The nourishment derived from them did not compensate for the exhaustion en tailed by the effort necessary to secure them.” “Don't you know that the instinct of self-preservation under sueh circumstan ces would prompt a man to cannibal ism?” “Well. 1 tell you I didn't doit, what ever the provocation may have been.” “But you refuse to say other survivors didn’t do it.” “Let them answer for themselves. The fact is that for a long time I did not know what they were doing. 1 hardly knew what, 1 was doing myself. You re member ( apt. Norman, the ice ‘master, says he found me insensible. I suppose three or four hours would ha ve finished me.” “Then what Capt. Norman says is true?” “No; I didn't say that. 1 tell yon 1 don't know anything about it. You'll have to find that diary he speaks about." ADVICE TO MOTHERS. Mas. Winslow’s Soothing Svitue, for children teething, is the prescription of one of tin* best female nurses and physi cians in the United States, and has been used for forty years with never-failing success by millions of mothers for their children. During the process of teeth ing, its value is incalculable. It relieves the child from pain, cures dysentery and diarrlnea, griping in the bowels, and wind-colic. liy giving health to the child if rests the mother. Brice 25c. a bottle. Highest market price paid for country produce. Farmers you will save money by calling on Glenn Jones. A Free and Easy Legislature. The Georgia Legislature is thus dis cussed, under the above heading, by the Charleston News and Courier: The Columbia Register remarks that the scandalous duel of words between Felton and Simmons in the Georgia Legislature, and wliieh passed unrelmked by the speaker, although in violation?of the well established principles of parlia mentary law. would not have been toler ated in the South Carolina Legislature. This is undoubtedly so; but the Geor gia Legislature is not to be judged by ordinary rules, inasmuch as it is an ex traordinary body. Last year when the news of the election of Governor Gordon was received in Atlanta, Mr. H. W. Grady, of the Atlanta Constitution, at the head of a crowd of friends and fel low-citizens, marched down to the Capi tol and entered the hall of the House of Representatives Which was then in ses sion. Mr. Grady bustled to the speaker's stand, and without any more ado, an nounced the result of the election, and declared, in the name of the people of Georgia, that the House stood adjourn ed. The speaker laughed, and the House roared. It was taken as a good joke. If they had attempted anything of that sort ,in Columbia, Mr. Grady and his friends would have laughed on the other side of their “big mouves.” Mr. speaker Simmons would have sent the whole party to jail in short order, and, if necessary, the members of the Legis lature would have acted as a posse to compel obedience to his command. We accidently overheard the following dialogue on the street yesterday. Jones. Smith, why don’t you stop that disgusting hawking and spitting? Smith. How can 1? You know I am a martyr to catarrh. J. Do as I did. I had the disease in its worst form, but 1 an. well now. S. What did you do for it. .J. I used I)r. Sage's Catarrh Remedy. It cured me and it will cure yon. S. I’ve heard of it, and by Jove I'll try it. Do so. You'll find it at all the drug stores in town. The Baby. Away down, close to the keep, dark bottom of the night he awakes; with one eye half open and the other eye half shut, he lies meditating. The night is cold and disagreeable and the parents lie peacefully sleeping in their warm and comfortable bed. Wearied to the verge of exhaustion for his special benefit, the sleep they are indulging is indeed a luxu ry. Any vocal performance on the part of the baby just at this time will be ex actly as unseasonable and unreasona ble as possible; any shout in the domes tic camp w ill disrupt the eternal fitness of things to the greatest imaginable ex tent. Baby studies the momentous bear ings, views the situation and turns his eyes and gazes long and steadily at the silent sleepers. At length the decision is formed, and he blows a blast and sounds a whoop that would wake any parents but dead parents. The parents appreciate the “melodious sonnet,” and with glad and happy hearts they rise to a point of order. THE OED GRANDMOTHER insists on the mother giving the little one Dr. Digger’s Huckleberry Cordial. She knows it will cure both young and old of all bowel troubles, and not consti pate, as many preparations do, with in jurious efteet. A negro who was resuscitated from drowning was telling of w hom he saw in the other world. “See any white folks in hell, Tom?” asked his master. “Lord save us, der ain’t no end to cm, laif, b\ gosh, niassu, eberv white man done got a nigger between him and de fire! THE EITTEE ORPHAN Mrs Seago, one of the trustees of the New Orleans Orphan Home, give Dr. Digger’s Huckleberry Cordial for toe re lief of all bowel troubles. She never suf fers herself to be without it. A in: V UTI B EM ENTS. The Cor rant-Ami; iucan is titf, only Paper Published in one ok the 13e;T Counties in North Georgia. Its Cir culation IS SECOND TO NONE OF ITSCLASS. Reasonable Rates on Applicat ion. 51.50 Per Annum.—sc. a Copy. A Romance With u Moral. At one of the summer resorts which abound in North Georgia a father and mother and their daughter, a handsome young lady not quite 20 years of age, spent two months a few years ago. They boarded with a private family. Among other visitors at the resort was a young man who was quite prominent upon all social occasions. He was not a native of Georgia, but was from a western state. He seemed to have plenty of money, he was not ill looking, he had plausible manners and he made himseif agreeable. He was introduced to the young lady at a picnic. Their acquain tanceship almost, immediately liecaine friendship, and the latter, upon the part of the young lady, at least, soon rqiened into love. They became engaged. The young man explained to the father and mother that his family was good; that he had ample means, and that his presence in Georgia was due to the fact that he had been nearly every where and wanted to enjoy whatever pleasure lie could find iu new fields. Neither father nor mother made any inquiries about him, but, us many other parents have done in similar eases, accepted Ids state ment as true. Within a tew months the young jM'ople were married. Phere is a sequel to this little romance, and it is one that is not uncommon. The young man was an imposter. He was of a good family, but lie had no money, and his habits were very bad. Father, mother and wife decided to make the best of affairs, and, if possible, to conceal their bitter disappointment. The father has a worthless son-in-law* to support, the mother grieves over the blasted lift 1 of her daughter, and the un happy wife lives in Seclusion and nurses her woes. Of course this romance has a moral. Young ladies are frequently not careful enough about acquaintances they make. They easily allow themselves to be im posed upon by almost any good looking young man who stems to have plenty of money, and whose nmnnersare pleasant. Barents are often not sufficiently cau tious about countenancing their (laugh ters associates. Certainly when mar riage is in question the most careful in quiries should be made about the men who wish to become the husbands of their daughters. It is always well, where the suitors are strangers, to find out all there is to know about them. Advice liketliis is often given. Unfortunately, it is seldom heeded.—Savannah News. Cost of Solomon’s Temple. According to the computation of Vil lalpantlus, the talents of gold, silver and brass used in the construction of the temple amounted to £O, 879,821,500. The jewels are reckoned to have exceeded this sum, but lor the sake ofan estimate, let their value tie set down at the saint' amount. 4 he vessels of gold consecrated to the use of the temple are reckoned by Sosephns at 14-0,000 talents, which ac cording the Chapel's reduction, are equal to £;45,290,208. The vessels of silver art* computed at .€489,844-,000. The silver vestments of the singers, £2,000,- 000. The trumpets amounted to £200,- 000; other musical instruments to £40,- 000. To these cx] muses must lit* milk'd those of the other materials, the timber and the stone, and the labor employed upon them,the labor being divided thus; There were 10,000 men at Lebanon hew ing timber; there were 10,000 bearers of burdens; 20,000 hewers of stoat'; and •1,800 overseers, nil of whom were em ployed for seven years, and upon whom, besides their wages and diet. Solomon bestowed £0,733,977 iu donations. If the daily food and wages of each man be estimated at 4s. (id., the sum total will be $93,877,088. The costly stone and tin liter, in the rough, may lie set down at least equal to one-third of the gold, or about £2,545,290,000. The seveml estimates will then amount to £7 7,521, 005,630. —Knglish Fxchunge. now TO GAIN FLESH AND STRENGTH. Use after each meal Scott’s Emulsion with hydrophosphites. It is as palata ble as milk, and easily digested. The rapidity with which delicate people im prove with its use is wonderful. Use it and try your weight. Asa remedy for consumption, throat affections and bronchitis, it is unequalled. I'lease read: “I used Scott’s Emulsion iu a child 8 months old with good results. He gain ed four pounds in a very shod time.’’— Tho. Brim. M. I)., Alabama. “I gave Scott's Emulsion to a gentlemad 05 years old troubled with chronic bronchi tis, with the most excellent results."—J. C. ( a-on. Broken Arrow, Ala. Sep 1-1 in An exchange says: “An editor is a man who is liable to grammatical er rors, toothache, tyjihographical blun ders, and lapse of memory, and usually lie has ninety-seven thousand people watching and criticising him on ninety seven thousand different features of his paper. He is a man of sorrow, ac quainted with grief and frequently liable to get ragged, hungry and thirsty for a long period. And yet the woods are fall of peopls who want to be an editor.” An old tramp who had agreed to saw wood for half an hour for his breakfast from a Baltimore woman quit at the seventh stick and said. “Madam, 1 have struck for more breakfast and less wood; are you willing to arbitrate?” “Cer tainly, she replied, and she left the case in the hands of her bulldog, who ran the tramp half a mile and decided tha* a lockout was inevitable.—Exchange. Phillips’ Legion ! Attention. A number of Phillips' Legion met at Acworth, Ga., Thursday 25th inst., and, after consultation, determined to rail a preliminary meeting to make suitable arrangements for a re-finion of the Le gion, and to fix the time and place. On motion, it was resolved, that the preliminary meeting be held at Carters ville, on the 10th of September, at 10 o’clock a. m.. and that every company be requested to be represented by dele gates, or eonnnunieate their wishes by writing—addressing the secretary. Resolved, That a copy of the above 1 e published in the Atlanta Cons!itution, Macon Telegraph, Milledgeville papers, Clarksville Advertiser, Marietta Journal, Cherokee Advance, Dalton pa]sis, Car ters ville Coirant-American and Greens boro Herald. R. It. Habgis,- Secy., Cass Station, Ga. IT NEEDS NO MICROSCOPE to perceive an increase in flesh, and an improvement in temper in a feeble. ]>eev ish infant, fed upon Lactated Food, w hich embodies the chemical components of mother’s milk, blended in just the right proportion to flourish infants aud invalids most efficiently. THE MIND (TRE. The theory of the mind cure may do for some hysterical ease, hut for chron ic bowel troubles, croup, colic, diarrluea, dysentery, Dr. Digger’s Huckleberry Cor dial is the surest and best cure. Keep it. THE LIFE OF A CIIIED. Mr. W. L. Fain, a large commission merchant, says he owes the life of his child to Dr. Digger's Huckleberry Cor dial. It always gradually checks the bowels and does not constipute, as many do. Parties wanting Ice for table use should purchase it from J. \V. Bridges, as he delivers it in any quantity, and at any hour desired, on reasonable terms, by monthly contracts. tf