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SUBSCRIPTION. Thk Couhant Ami kican 18 I’um.rsiiF.T) Vi kkki.y in thk Interest ok Bartow Coi nty, Devoted Mainly to Local N*:WB, AND THINKS it hah a Right t-. Expect an Undivided County Patron- AGE you. 7-NO 26] , 9m . Rare Treat in Store for Lovers of Bargains. • ■——— -min—mwr mum —i 4 J. P. fOKES, - I J _ The Regulator of Low Prices, * Inaugurates the Fall Season by an offering of New Goods in every Department. The Cheapest and Prettiest Stock ever Shown in Cartersville. DRESS GOODS. Special attractions in everything nmv All Wool Tricots, Combination Suitings, I’atioy Diagonels, All Wool Cashmeres is .every desirable eolor, All Wool Henrietta, Ladies Cloth in all the new shades, Silk :und Velvet Novelties in every color waitable for trimming. .ATTRACTIONS. Velvets in all shades, Silk velvets in every desirable colors, brocaded Woven Velvets, 50 bices brocaded and Plain Dress Hoods—Double Width Cashmere, all colors, at lHc.; worth 25c. J. P. JONES,' Cartersville, - - - Georgia. PEACOCK & VEAL, . DEALERS 11ST K l r R N I T tJ R E (NORTH GEORGIA FURNITURE HOUSE.) THE CHEAPEST AS WELL AS THE FINEST Parlor anti Bed Room Suits in this section. WE STILL CLAIM TO SELL Itrllri (aootU for Less Money, Than Anyotlier House in this Section. As space forbids mentioning everything, we will only emuneratj a few We hav in stock and to arrive I I MOST bAItI.OK FURNITURE, hIIHTANTIAU IIKI) ROOM FURNITURE, ROCKING CHAIRS, WARDROBES, ISA BY CARRIAGES at any Price, MATTINGS. RUGS,CARPETS Etc. LADIES. SEE OUR WALL LALE Li , of which we have the latest and most unique design. We Guarantee Prices and Gtiods. Respectfully, PEACOCK A VEAL, CARTERSVILLE, GA. [B. H. JONES & SONS’ MANUFACTURING COMPANY, CARTERSVILLE. ROME AND STAMP CREEK, GA. —Manufacturers of and Dealers in — CARRIAGES, BUGGIES, WAGONS & MATERIAL. ALL WORK FULLY GUARANTEED. We are building the Famous Hollow Axle one ami two horse wagons —the best wagon on the market —at low figures. Try them.’ And the best Buggy and Carriage on the market for the money. You can’t duplicate our prices for this class of work iu any market. We are a. home enterprise. We propose to work to the interest of our cus tomers, and make it to your interest to trade with us. THE HOWARD BANK, CARTERSVILLE, GEORGIA. iv . . * fc" Yi hHiiire boughtand ■oiii 1 V l rt n ,en . nal ItUMuet*. Peposits *rM < countsdeßirt*M* paper. Allaccom ec,i,,,‘B made in all parts of the United State*. Discount* aesiruu e Mil? , l y 8 to,,Bi *tent witli sale i y extended to its customers. SPECIAL 10 PieeeH All Wool Red Flannel at 18c yard; worth 25c. All Wool Red Twill Flannel, 25c. Whit** Flannels at all prices. Gray Flannel, 20c.; worth 25c. Cotton Flannel at 7e. yard. Jeans,good quality, 15c. per yard. All Wool Jeans at a bargain. Men’s Undershirts, all wool, from 25c up. Ladies’ Vests from 35c. to SI.OO. Extra tine all wool Jerseys from SI.OO to $2.50. breakfast* Shawls from 20e. to SI.OO. Large all wool Shawls from $1.25 to $3.00. A beailtiful line of Cashmere Shawls in tin* latest colors, from $1.25 to $3.00. THE COUR ANT-AMERICAN. SHOES! SHOES! If you are in need of Shoes I will only tell you in a few words, I bought every pair in my store for SPOT CASH, ena bling me to get the Lowest Inside Prices. 1 am selling Stribley & Co.s’ Shoes— EVERY PAIR WARRANTED. If they don’t give satisfaction money will be refunded. Ladies’ fine Kid Shoes at $3.00 per pair. My Ladies’ Shoes in Kid and Goat Button at $2.00 are well worth $2.50. Ladies’ Button Shoes at $1.50 others will ask you $2.00. I sell the best $1.50 Shoe in Cartersville. In Men’s Shoes 1 can show you the best and cheap est line. A splendid pair Shoes for SI.OO. lam satisfied with a small profit. Don’t buy Children’s Shoes till you learn my prices. Bargains in Men’s ani* Boys ( Boots A POINTER! A Safeguard to Comfort, Peace and Happiness. 20,000 Dollars’ Worth o F Staple and Fancy Dry Goods, Boots, Shoes, Hats, Clothing, Ladies’ Wraps, Notions, Etc., TO BE CLOSED OUT WITHIN THE ITEXT SIXTY DAYSt We no* resolutely determined that these GOODS SHALL GO, and to accomplish this result we give flu* people of this community an unprecedented opportunity of get ting these goods for away DOWN! DOWN!! IK>WN!!! until you have actually lost their value in jierfoct outburstiug happiness. Here art* some of our flat-footed prices, which we mean to stand on: Five cases of good Calico for 3% cents. Four eases of Cut ton Flannel for 7to 15 cents, worth from 10 to 20 cents. Four eases of fine Ginghams 8 to 10 cents, worth anywhere else from 10 to 15 cents: 1,000 yards of Red anti White Flannel for 12% to 75 cents ; 100 pieces of all wool Jeans for 25 to 33% cents'; 1,000 yards of Black and Colored Cashmere for 10 cents, elsewhere 15 cents; 1,000 yards Brocaded Worsted for 12% cents, worth elsewhere 20 cents; 500 yards Serge for 33 cents, worth 50 cents; 1,000 yards of Colored Cashmere, 40 inches, for 05 cents, you pay anywhere else in town 90 cents and SI.OO. •HOSE, HOSE! We can make you feel good in this line. We can show you the best and cheapest Hose in Rome: also the most complete assortment of Ladies’ and Gent’s Handker chiefs ever brought South. A sjieeial run on Gloves. In fact anything in the Notion line is going to be sold at not what they are worth, but what we can get. SEIRTS, SHIRTS! In this department you will be overwhelmed with astonished gladness. We keep the celebrated Glenn Shirt, conceded by all who wear it to be of better Linen, fits nicei*and laundries better than any shirt made. WRAPS, WRAPS! This is the place to make your money back if you have lost any by buying any where else. We have a complete line of them both in Long and Short: also a good stock of Ladies' Walking Jackets. Remember we are over-stocked on these goods anti if you want one you shall have it. We are also burdened with too many Trunks, and mean to give somebody the best bargain here ever dreamed of, even by the most economical miser. The first to come, the first to carry off the mammoth bargains. SHOES, SHOES! Everybody knows we keep the most complete line of Men’s, Ladies’, Misses' and Children’s custom-made Shoes to be found in any Dry Goods house in Rome, and the pleasing feature is that we will save you from 20 to 35 percent. We carry a full line of J. Faust & Son’s custom-made shoes, said by all who wear them to be the best, most comfortable and now the cheapest shoes ever worn. We have too many Boots, consequently we are going to give you a $2.50 boot for $1.75, and a $7.50 boot,for $5.00. We have the largest stock of HATS in Rome, which we will sell at the greatest sacrifice ever known. Hoping you will come to see us and bring your friends with you, that both may be made happy, we are Yours truly, J- T WORTHAM & CO-, Under Masonic Temple, 88 Broad St., Rome, Ga. CARTERSVILLE. GA., THURSDAY DEC. I. IBS7. Clothing! Clothing! A splendid stock or Clothing at very Low Prices. If you need anything in DRY GOODS, DRESS GOODS, FLANNELS, WATERPROOF anti thousands of other articles, don’t for get to call at my Store. 1 can’t sell you goods for less than they are worth, but I will guarantee to sell you goods at a living price. Don’t fail to call oil me when you come to Cartersville. LOOK OfJT! Compare this with your purchase: jl RESTLESSXCSS. ||||> A STHICTLV VIGCTaBLS L.f FAULTLESS family medicine. IR£v|t ft tsiufl & jffci BASM, %k. ||p| -PHILADELPHIA. !||jjf 1 Price, ONE Dollar [figS A you value health, perhaps life, examine each package and be sure you get the ilcimitw-. hee the rod Z Trade-Mark and the fid! title on front of Wrapper, and on the siih) the Heal and signature of J. H. Zeilin & Cos., a in the above fie- simile. Remember there is no other genuine Simmons Liver Regulator ASS IN I NIT Y SUBLIME, ——— A Yankee So-called Soldier Tells a Sor rowful Expo lie uce—Put to Itoute by Yellow Jacket*. We have been a good deal amused in reading a book called, “Minty and the Cavalry,” which purports to be a history of Hit* operations of one of General Sher man's cavalry commands in North Geor gia during the Atlanta Campaign of LSI *4. We are prepared to assert that Sher- man’s cavalry did many tilings in that campaign very much to its credit; but we are also prepared to assert that the book reads more like the adventures of Don Quixote, or the history of Baron Munchausen than liks a real history of real operations by real men anti horses. There are a number of instances recited of where two or tldee companies of Fed eral cavalry routed whole brigades or held entire divisions of Confederate cav alry in check. It is true that these events did not occur that way during the war; but they are in the book all the same, (hie of the most laughable inventions in the entire book, however, is that which purports to give the history of a fight with sand flies near Kingston, Ga. This was just offer he had narrated the valorous achievements of the Fourth Michigan cavalry at Farmer’s bridge over Armunchee Creek, where this regi ment, the athor says, whipped Jackson’s division of infantry, Smith brigade of cavalry (There was no Jacksox's division of infantry and there was no Smith’s brigade of cavalry in Johnson's army, lattice the romance is consistent with itself as a romance.) ami Ross’s division of cavalry, on May 15th ; and after the same regiment, he says, on May 17t‘h at tacked and drove a division of Confeder ate infantry a half mile to Kingston, where it took refuge behind barricades and was re-enforced by cavalry. In view of these fame-claiming exploits it is a little strange, however, that Gen. Sherman, timing the period when it is as serted they happened, criticised the effi ciency of Garrard’s division of cavalry, of which Minty’s command was a part, until Garrard himself wrote to Captain Dayton, of Sherman’s staff on June 21st, as follows: “I regret exceedingly that on several occasions the Major General Command ing (Sherman), has seen fit to write as if lie were dissatisfied with my activity, and zeal. * * * My service with the cavalry this campaign has been very unsatisfac tory, for I have been made to feel more than once that it was not equal to the occasion, etc.” But to return to the immediate subject, the truth of the matter is there are no such things as sand flies in upper Geor gia. They swarm along the sea coast, and are great pests there; but so far as being in upper Georgia is concerned, they are like monkeys and parrots, only there when they are brought in boxes, etc. With this fact in mind the author's imaginary experience with sand ties near Kingston, Ga., is somewhat amusing in the originality of the idia if in nothing else. We quote him at length as follows: “Now, all down through Tennessee, Al abama, and thus far in our march through Georgia we had been told that after we got a little further South we would meet the enemy in anew form; that there were whole tracts of country where neither man nor animal could live nor pass through on account of the host of “sand flies.” Hearing so much about them, and that they were always a ‘little further to the South,’ and that we would meet them ‘down thn’h, sn’ah,’ we had come to re gard them like the Western man’s mus quitoes, who, when asked if the ‘skeeters’ are bad in his locality, always answers: ‘No, stranger; but you jist bet they be in the next county. Why, sir, in that county they eat the hogs up alive.’ So we thought the sand flies were always in the next county and would always remain a little further ‘Souf, sail.’ Moreover after our experience with the pediculus, the woodtick, and jigger, in Tennessee, we thought ourselves proof against the as saults of any and all vermin of the South ern rebel couutry combined, and did .not believe the vaunted and widely advertised sand fly was much of a ‘bug’ after all. We knew what sand was. and had seen* flies before, and laughed at the idea of a fly beilig even a transient annoyance. The movement to the railroad was to be a surprise, hence we left Woodland about 11 p. Tn. and inarched by unfre quented ways, across the fields, winding along water courses and deep hollows, and quietly passing in solemn silence through the gloom and over the sward of the shadowy forest. No talking or even speaking in lowest tones, or clank ing of bits or saber scabbards, being per mitted. Anti so, like silent specters of the night, we were passing through a strip of rather open woods, each man intent only on keeping his horse in place and close against the rear of his file-leader, when suddenly, without a premonitory buzz or sign of any kind, a horse in one of the centre files gave a loud snort, sounding more like the dying cry of a mortally stricken human being than any sound we had ever before heard a horse make, and dashed off to the right at the top of his speed, rearing, plunging and kicking the while, soon leaving ids luckless rider sprawling on the ground. Another and another followed, rushing madly right, left, front and rear, with snorts and kicks, and almost human like groans of pain, in every direction*, unhorsing riders, trampling -the fallen, dashing headlong through the woods, rubbing against trees, rolling over and over on theground, and in an instant converting the quiet, orderly column into a pandemonium-like mass of struggling, groaning, kicking, plunging, rolling horses and swt*ring. yell ing men, in which confusion worn* con founded reigned supreme. We had struck the sand flies, and the SAN D FLIES HAD STIN K 1*8! Well, the e\*|>editioii entil'd there. The railroad was not cut that night. In fact, in less than three minutes from the time the finst fly struck the column, about twelve hundred’cavalry were scattered over a radius of two miles of rebel terri tory, (gracious! how those horses did run. They “beat the record. — Editor.) and. deeming one surprise enough in out* night, and we Wing the party surprised, and we having made noise enough to arouse the whole rebel army, if in hearing distance, the colonel concluded to sound the “rally and get into camp as soon as possible. It was a bail repulse, and though tin* damage consisted mainly in the swollen nostrils of the poor horses, yet many of the men were brui .ed, kiektsl, tramjied on. anti otherwise disabled. This was our first and only ex|**rience with this adjunct of rebeldom, anti we had no desire to renew, much less to pro long the acquaintance. The combined power of a swarm of angry bees, of a fully developed colony of unuested hor nets, and of a completely fledged nest of after-harvest oats-stubble yellow-jackets, with their business qualities intensified one hundredfold, would not lie a circuni stauce to the terrific onslaught of the average Georgia sand fly!” Who ever read such stuff as this? We presume that the Federal cavalry must have run into a yellow-jacket’s nest. There are plenty of them in upper Geor gia, uml we havealwaysgiven them credit, for being as brave ns their human proto types, the “gray jackets;” but we never before imagined that one nest of them could’have utterly routed twelve hundred valiant Yankee cavalrymen. “Hope for a season bids tin* world fare well,” when a man finds himself in the relentless grasp of neuralgia, buthesmiles and takes heart and courage when his wife brings a bottle of Salvation Oil, the greatest cure on earth for pain. Vigor and Vitality Are quickly given to every part of the body by Hood's -Sarsaparilla. That tired feeling is entirely overcome. The blood is purified, enriched, and vitalized, and carries health instead of disease to every organ. The stomach is toned and strengthened, the appetite restored. The kidneys and liver are roused and invig orated. The brains is refreshed, the mind made clear and ready for work. Try it. Tn the State House. Our representatives under the heat of discussion, on going out catches cold, contracts a cough, hoarseness and pain in the chest and throat follow. Taylor’s Cherokee Remedy of .Sweet Gum and Mullein cures coughs, eoldsand consump tion. I ife in the Far West. From tile San Francisco Chronicle,] l think Montana must be altogether a pleasant country. Democracy seems to obtain in a form which would perhaps please the anarchist, if the anarchist did not want all things and all people to work for his personal comfort. The gambling-houses there are all proudly labeled so that you can not mistake them for churches or private residences. “Licensed Gambling House” is therein full, big print, and in those exciting establishments white men and women, negroes, Chinese and Indians gamble in utter annihilation of race prejudices. Money bet levels all ranks in race and makes the white, yellow and red men brothers, perhaps with the same differ ence in personal ideas of value as the chips. The most prominent hotel is looked upon as palatial. The bedrooms are (j feet by 4. One can understand why they gamble there. But Montana is not any worse than California used to be. There were some places in this State where women's rights had 'reached a painful settlement by the adoption by women of men’s privileges. A friend of mine tells how once he was staging it through a rough mining country, aud in the stage were two ladies going from one mining camp to another in pursuit of change of air. The snow was deep on the ground, and my friend hauled out his pocket flask and handed it very politely to the other men in the coach. They took a sip, and when he had taken one himself he prepared to put it back in his pocket. The two ladies had watched the proceeding closely, and when they saw him prepare to put it away one of them burst out: “Say, Sal, get on to the son of a gun. He ain’t even goin’ to offer us a drink.” All “Played Out.” “Don’t know what ails me lately. Can’t eat well, —can't sleep well. Can’t work, and don't enjoy doing anything. Ain’t really sick, and I reallj ain’t well. Feel all kind of played out, someway.” That is what scores of men say every day. If they would take Dr. Pierce’s “G6lden Medical Discovery” they would soon have no occasion to say it. It purifies the blood, tones up the system and fortifies it against disease. It is a great anti-billious remedy as well. Ely Bros; I have used two bottles ot your Cream Balm for catarrh since De cember. A sore in my nostril —the cause of much suffering—lias entirely healed; haveuseduo other medicine. Thisspring I feel better, can walk and work with more ease than I have in any spring since 1861.—Mary E. Ware, Hopeful, Virginia. Ely’s Cream Balm received; my head is now liquifying; Cream Balm is simply dynamite for catarrh in the head. Its application is magical.—Thomas Lander, Augusta, Ga. The Immigration Problem. St. Louis Glob-Democrat.] It is not generally known that Id per cent, of the population of the United States in 1880 was foreign born. If we include the netrro race, the element in question amounted at that time to 18 per cent. The jumber of persons landing on our shores from other countries has steadily increased from less than 20,000 in 1820-30 to an average of almost half a million per year for the last ten years; and in the absence of definite and practi cal restrictions, this average is likely to be surpassed in the ten years to come. It is not fair, of course, to class as foreign ers all the children of such immigrants who have been born in this country; but it is worth saying that a calculation of that sort would increase the showing to 34 per cent, of thetotal white population, and that in some of the States —Massa- chusetts, for example—over half of the people are foreign blood. . The fact that this immigration has been of decided advantage in the devel opment of our resources and the promo tion of our national prosjierity and wel fare is not to be denied for a moment. A large majority of said people are patriotic, industrious and valuable citizens. It may be conceded that the infusion of foreign blood thus brought about has been bene ficial in other than strictly material re spects, and that we are stronger and better in every sense because of such an addition to our population. But has not the time come to apply certain rules of discrimination for the future, and to shut out at least that sort of immigration which is undesirable omeither economical or political grounds? It is well known that the character of the immigration is not now as good as it was some years ago. We are receiving not only a great many persons who are practically help less, but also a considerable number who are mischievous and dangerous, and whose presence here ran only bring us trouble and disaster. It is not right and proper, under surh circumstances. to lie gin to draw the line? There is a general feeling, unquestion ably, on the part of all good citizens, in cluding t hose of foreign birth, that some plan of protection is needed in the case. Just what shape that plan should as sume. however, is a question of manifest and serious difficulty. We cannot afford. |terhaps. to forbid foreign immigration entirely. Then* is still room for some more it we eouldlie sure of getting only that which is profitable; but in the nature of things we cannot have such a guaran tee except by some process of selection and exclusion. The problem of devising such a process is one of the most impor tant that our statesmen have to faee; and it cannnot much longer be post) toned in justice to ourselves and in safety to our institutions. We can certainly make no mistake in denying anarchists an asylum under our Hag. With equal propriety, we can refuse to receive and support the pau|K>rs and cripples and in valids of othe*; nations; ami our right to impose certain conditions as to educa tion and the ability to earn a living is Iteyond reasonable dispute. Probably these restrictions would be sufficient. Coal Oil or Petroleum may lie very nice for illuminating or lubricating pur poses, but surely it is not the proper thing to cure a cough with. Dr. Hull's Cough Syrup is looked upon as the stan dard Cough remedy. “1 Ktel So Well." “I want to thank you for telling me of Dr. Pierce's “Favorite Prescription,'' writes a lady to her friend. "For a long time 1 was unfit to attend to the work of my household. I kept about, but 1 felt thorougl.v miserable. I had terrible backaches, and bearing-down sensations across me and was quite weak and dis couraged. , 1 sent and got some of the medicine after receiving your letter, and it has cured me. 1 hardly know myself. 1 feel so well.’’ Our Coii(*resmaii. Our Congressman in his patriotic argu ment on the tariff question often becomes hoarse and his voice husky. Taylor’s Cherokee Remedy of Sweet Gum and Mullein will relieve him and cure coughs, croup and consumption. Don’t disgust everybody by hawking, blowing and spitting, but list* Dr. Sage's Catarrh Remedy and be curt*!. FABULOUS WEALTH. Astounding Developments in tli Arizona Ooil Strike. ‘Globe-Democrat Special ] Pmo scott, Arizona, Nov. 27.—The ex citement, instead of diminishing, in creased in regard to the great strike of Messrs. Hai kin and Harrington in their Howard gold mine, on Hassayampa river, ten miles south of Prescott. The ledge runs north and south, and can be traced two miles. The strike was made on the side hill about 200 feet above the level of the creek. At this point a very small portion of the ledge can be seen, but about ten feet below the surface, the depth of the shaft, is rich ore which is literally filled with gold. The rock when broken hangs together by the gold it con tains. Pieces of gold as large as S2O pieces can be seen over the quartz. Within the last two days the visitors to the mine have been numerous. Yesterday L. A. Wilson, traffic inanqgsr, and Ed Low, superintendent of the Prescott Arizona Central, went out to the mine, and report that the facts have not been exaggerated, and that half has not been told. The owners of the mine have taken out several thousand dollars the past week, and it is nothing unusual for them to pan out SIOO in pure gold in two hours in a com mon 8-inch mortar. The product of the mine in gold exceeds the wildest dreams of Cortez and his followers. Mr. Low telegraphs the following ac count of his visit to the officials of the Santa Fe railway: “W. F. White, traffic manager, Atchison, Topeka and Santa Fe railway, Topeka, Kan. —A gold ledge, twenty inches wide, has been discovered twenty miles from Prescott, on Has sayampa river, which averages SIOO,OOO per ton, and tons in sight. It is the greatest discovery of the age. L. 11. Wil son, myself and others saw yesterday over SIOO worth in pure gold pounded out in a common 8-inch mortar inside of one hour. The ledge is the one which has supplied the Hassayampa river from which thousands have been taken out in the last twenty years by placer diggers. Any citizen will verify the above state ment. Great excitement prevails.” The committee of citizens who visited the mine yesterday say that the reports have not been exaggerated. The shaft is now down 12 feet and a very rich pocket of ore was encountered at the depth of 3 or 4 feet, from which $3,000 or 4,000 were taken. The last shot at the bottom of the shaft blew out some remarkably rich rock, while the general character of the rock is very high grade, and it may be t ruthfully said that the prospect is the richest, so far as worked, that has ever been discovered in this section. Prepara tions are being made to sink deeper on the vein, and the-minebids fair to develop into one of the richest mines in the world. Slie Is the 110 l of my Hi art. Well, then, why don’t you do some thing to bring back the roses to her cheeks and the light to her eyes? Don’t you see she is suffering from nervous debility, the result of female weakness? A bottle of Dr. Harter’s Iron Tonic will brighten those pale cheeks and send new life through that wasted form. If you love her take heed. Tli City Serjjeaut o t DaiivlL , V. Mr. James Wood, the City Sergeant of Danville, Va., is an old school Virginia gentleman. His word is acknowledged to be as good as his bond. If you want to know how lie stands, just write to the Governor of Virginia or any prominent State official. Well, just read Mr. Wood's opinion on the best medicine to take in the spring, and thousands of others verity this opinion in all parts of our country: Danville, Va., April 14, 1887. Gentlemen—Last spring I required a blood purifier and system tonic. On in quiry of my druggist for such a medicine, he recommended S. S. S. I took a short course of it and it proved a splendid medicine, I regard it as a splendid spring medicine. Yours truly, James Wood. Treatise on Blood and Skin Diseases mailed free. The Swift Speciec Cos., Drawer 3, Atlanta, Ga, A BY ENS. The Doit kant-Am erica n IS THE OXtY Papeh Published in one of the Best Counties in North G&ukuia. Its Cal culation IS SECOND TO NONE OK ITS CLASS Reasonable Rates on Application. $ 1.50 Per Annum.—sc. a Copy. GEORGE AXI LAURA. A West ru Writer of l:#ali*tl< Fiction Re sumes Business mi tlio Old Stand. B tkbifro Tribune.l “Laura, exclaimed the enamored youth, hastily bringing the corner of lifs frescoed silk handkerchief to view above the edge of his‘breast |>oeket and s| leak ing in low, impassioned accents of a ten dollar-a-week tragedian out of a job pleading with a stony-hearted conductor for a lift of a tew mill's on his weary way across the country; "Laura, the time lias at length come when 1 may freely tell you the deathless devotion with which you have inspired me, and can feel free to ask you to heed the voice of your own heart if it bids you to listen kindly to my plea. For three long years and some odd months, Laura, 1 have carried this bur den in my heart without daring to hint to you in the words of the passion whieh you must have seen by my actions was consuming me. Not until my pros|Mrts in life were sufficiently flattering to war rant me in presuming upon the kindness with whieh you have ever treated me so far as to ask a higher and more saeml place in your esteem than that of n mere friend could I honorably disclose my sentiments. I have concluded bnsint'ss arrangements, Laura, by which my future is so far assured that the grim shtalow of want shall never fall athwart the threshold of the home which 1 now im plore you to share with me. While I shall have a sufficiency for the wants of a mod est household. While it may not Im* in my power to array you in diamonds and sealskin—” "George," said the fair girl, as a shadow of anxious hesitancy flitted across her eloquent face and a look of deep and searching inquiry glowed in the eyes which she bent upon the agituted young man, “fthat is your salary?” “Fifteen dollars a week, Laura, for the next six months, with the certain pros |M*cf of an increase at the end of- —” “George,” and the voice of the brave, noble girl, as ir vibrated through the sensitive fibres of the young man's whole being, seemed to come from the inmost recesses of a far-reaching echoless cavern, “George, you make me very tired!” Nothing More Dangerous “Thau a neglected cough,” is what Di. J. F. Hammond, professor in the Fleet,in Medical College, says, “and us a preven tive remedy and a curative agent, 1 cheer fully recommend Taylor’s Cherokee Remedy of Sweet Gum and Mullein. The Asylum Vindicated. Milledgeville Chronicle.] Last week we published a synopsis of the report of the asylum investigation made by what was as the Kenan committee. A moj-e complete vindication was never given any man or set of men than is accorded the officers and officials of the State Lunatic asylum by these two committees. Their reports forever sets at rest the charges of corruption and inis-management of that great trust. We publish those reports just as they were given in the Atlanta Constitution of recent dates. We do not go deeper in the matter, simply because we believe that t his vindication is full and complete. We have before us the testimony taken before the joint committee which iK over whelming to t he author of all this trouble —l)r. Kenan. It is a rebuke that no man cair ever survive. It will forever cover his name with opprobrium. He can never do the asylum an injury how ever much he may desire if. So long as he threatened that institution and sought an unhallowed revenge against men whom we, and the whole community, knew* to be honorable and reliable in every sense, we felt then, and still feel that he deserved the condemnation of every honest man in the county. He richly deserved it, and the testimony from the lips of the most trustworthy men of this town and county will attest the measure of that condemnation which he has received. Dr. Kenan is now without influence or power, and here the fight should end, and forever. It has been fought to the last ditch, ami the reputations of t hose in whose hands the State has reposed its greatest trust shines brighter than ever, and this severe trial has only proven their truthfulness, honor, integrity and trustworthiness. All the State, ami every friend of humanity will feel gratified *to find this great charity in such good hands. All holier to such men. The many remarkable cures Hood’s Sarsaparilla accomplishes are sufficient proof that it does posssess peculiar cura tive powers. “Godey for December,” “I wonder what sort of a person the editor is” frequently is said by the inter ested readers of many a publication. Editors are so often impersonal or inac cessible creatures, that it is hardly un reasonable if people wonder as to their very existence. The December number of Godey’s Lady's Book furnishes a nota ble instance of departure from old cus toms in the matter of the relation of editor to readers. It introduces to a wide circle of families, extending all over the United States and part of Canada, the editor of the Lady’s Book, the sketch being quite photographic in its accuracy, but endued with a sparkle which makes it exceedingly life-like. Those who have wondered just what the gifted “Jenny June” is like will greatly enj*y what Mr. Wilson has written. For Christmas literature this number is indeed rich. There are several spicy Christmas stories, a valuable article on Christmas greens, some practical directions for Christmas dinners, and sundry wise suggestions <us to Christmas presents. The poetical contributions are unusually worthy of mention, particularly the “Happy Mes sage with it# choice illustrations. No lady who wants to dress well can afford to lie without the fashion intelligence given and illustrated so fully in this number. London and Paris correspond ence will lie prized by all readers, and so will the Home Hints, Chat about W omen’s Affairs and fifty other things of which limited space forbids present mention. Such a magazine as Godey’s Lady’s Book is exceedingly cheap at two dollars. Write to the Croly Publishing Company, Philadelphia, and learn all about it, and the premiums too. AreMarr.t-u People Happy? Do you think married people are happy, Uncle Jake? “Dat ar 'pends altogedder how dey enjoy demselves; If dey hab chi'* luus an keep Dr. Diggers’ Huckleberry Cordial, dey are certain to be, for hit will cure de bowel troubles and de chillun teething.” Smoking Cigarettes Killed Him. Philadelphia Special to New York Herald.] Dudes, beware! “Narcotic poisoning from smoking cigarettes,” was the ver dict of the Coroner’s jury to-day upon the death of Matthew Bird, aged eleven years, of No. 1741 Norwood street. The boy died on Friday night, after having complained of headache tor a long while. He lived with his aunt, Mrs. Lizzie Bird, and she said in her evidence that he began to smoke cigarettes some months ago. She tried to stop him, and never permitted him to smoke them in her presence, but she was aware that he constantly smoked them surreptitiously. On Friday Matthew came home from school ahd complained of a violent head ache. He said ho had fallen, but was not hurt much. He gradually became worse, and she called in a physician, who found the child in a stupor, from which he wag unable to arouse him up to the motne of his death.