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SUBSCRIPTION. ThR Courant-Amkktcan is Published n kkklv in thk Intkuest ok Bahtow stv, Devoted Mainly to Local v kV vs and Thinks it has a IDuiit to g xrE cr an Undivided County Patbon aok VOL. 7 —NO 27 j : Rare Treat in Store for Lovers of Bargains. - ♦ J. P. TONE S, “ 1 *—■■■■■■■ n, O"’— The Regulator of Low Prices, Inaugurates the Fall Season by an offering of New Goods in every Department. I lie Cheapest and Prettiest Stock ever Shown in Cartersville. DRESS GOODS. Special attractions in everything new j\II Wool Tricots, Combination Suitings, ■Fancy Diagoncls, All Wool Cashmeres in •every desirable color, All Wool Henrietta, Cadies Cloth in all the new shades, Silk and Velvet Novelties in every color suitable for trimming. ATTRACTIONS. Velvets in all shades, Silk velvets in every desirable colors, Brocaded Woven Velvets. r 0 Pices Brocaded and Plain Dress ) Goods Double Width Cashmere, all (Colors, at 18c.; worth 25c. J. P. JONES, Cartersville, - - - Georgia. PEACOCK & VEAL, DEALERS LUST W X J R N I T UR EI (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 lor Less Money, Than Anyothcr House in this Section. As space forbids mentioning everything, we will only enumerate a few We hav in stock and to arrive FINKST PAKMIIt FURNITURE. • SUBSTANTIAL BEDItOOM FURMTURR, ttOC KINO CH AI US, VV A RDROB KS, BAItY CA Itltl AGRS at any Price, MATTINGS. BUGS,CARPETS Etc. M LADIES. SEE OUR paper, of which we have the latest and most unique design. • ' We Guarantee Prices aud Goods. Respectfully, PEACOCK <& VEAL, CARTERSVILLE, GA K. 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 and 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. linking Business. Deposits receive.!, subject to check. ‘““ d . ®*le iu ail parts of the United Mates. Discounts desirable papet. Allaccom tebl7-jy W CODBi, ‘!t With saleiy e*t. m.ltd to iU customers. SPEC! AX. 10 Pieces All Wool Rod Flannel at 18e yard; worth 25e. All Wool Red Twill Flannel, 25c. White Flannels at all prices. Gray Flannel, 20c.; worth 25c. Cotton Flannel at 7c. 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 $ 1.00. Extra fine all wool Jerseys from SI.OO to $2.50. Breakfase Shawls from 20c. to SI.OO. Large all wool Shawls from $1.25 to $3.00. A beautiful line of Cashmere Shawls in the latest colors, from $1.25 to $3.00. THE COURANT-AMERICAN. SHOES I 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. I 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 I 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 and Boys, Boots A POINTER! A Safeguard to Comfort, Peace ana Happiness. 20,000 Dollars’ Worth O F Staple and Fancy Dry Goods, Boots, Shoes, Hats, Clothing, Ladies’ Wraps, Notions, Etc., TO UK CLOSED OUT WITHIN THE ITEXT SIXTY DATS! We are resolutely determined that these GOODS SHALL GO, and to accomplish this result we give the people of this community an unprecedented opportunity of get ting f hese goods for away DOWN! DOWN !! DOWN!!! until you have actually lost their value in perfect outbursting happiness. Here are some of our flat-footed prices, which we mean to stand on: Five cases of good Calico for 3% cents. Four cases of Cotton Flannel for 7to 15 cents, worth from 10 to 20 cents. Four cases of fine Ginghams 8 to 10 cents, worth anywhere else from 10 to 15 cents; 1,000 yards of Red and 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; I,oooyards 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 65 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 social run on Gloves. In fact anything in the Notion line is going to t>e sold at not what they are worth, but what we can get. SHIRTS, SHIRTS! In this department .von will be overwhelmed* with astonished gladness. V\ e keep the celebrated Glenn Shirt, conceded by all who wear it to be of better Linen, fits nicer and laundries better than any shirt made. WRAPS, WRAPS! This is the place to make youu 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 and 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 he 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 $i .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. 8, 1887. Clothing;! Clothing;! A splendid stock or Clothing at very Low Prices. If you need anything in DRY GOODS, DRESS GOODS, ' FLANNELS. WATERPROOF aud thousands of other articles, don't for get to call at my Store. ] can’t sell you goods for less than they are worth, hut I will guarantee to sell you goods tit a living price. Don’t fail to call on me when you come to Cartersville. PURELY VEGETABLE. * li sell with extraordinary efficacy on the T!VE R , K, DNEY s, 1— and Bowels. AN EFFECTUAL SPECIFIC FOR Malaria, Bowel Complaints, Dyspepsia, Sick Headache, Constipation, Biliousness, Kidney Affections, 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 and many a dollar in time and doctors’ hills. THERE IS BUT ONE SIMMONS LIVER REGULATOR Sea that you get the genuine with red “Z” on front of Wrapper. Prepared only by J . H . Z E I LI N 4 CO., Sole Proprietor*, Philadelphia, P. FlllCC, £I.OO. HI M, RUIN, REMORSE. A Revolver Puts a Point to The Pathos of Suicide. A Horrible Word Picture of Despair Pain ted at the Pistol’s Muzzle—Ruined by Gambling and Whiky. A man named Morgan was found dead in a Memphis boarding houdb on Mon day, having shot himself through the head with a derringer. The Avalanche says: Morgan left a letter addressed to Mr. J. M. Goodbar, of this city, reading as follows: “Will you please write or let my wife and child know my fate. It will at least releive them of suspense. My sons Charles P. Morgan and Win. B. Morgan live at Moody, McLeraore Coun ty Texas, as does also m3 7 wife. I leave a letter addressed to her. Please mail it to my son-in-law, W. F. Shook, at Corsicana, Texas, care of W. F. Shook & Cos. Love to all friends and kinsmen. Yours in deepest sorrow and despair. H. S. Morgan. P. S.—Please have my body plainly and inexpensively buried. H. S M. As soon as Mr. Goodbar was acquain ted of MorgtHi’s death he went to the station house, where he was seen by an Avalanche reporter. Mr..Goodbar said: “i knew Morgan six or eight years ago when he was a wholesale merchant on Broadway, N. Y., a member of the firm of Rogers, Morgan and Gruobs, clothiers. The firm stood wMI and Morgan was re garded as a well to do man. He was well connected and had no bad habits that 1 knew of. If lie drank or gambled I never knew of it. After going out of the clothing business lie was a traveling man lor the wholesale shoe house of Field, Thayer & Cos., of Boston. 1 had not seen him for several years until a week or ten days ago he came into 1113" house and asked me to cash a draft for him, which I did, knowing his former reputation.” The letter which the dead man left for his wife was found under his pillow aud it was unsealed. It is given below: In Our Room, Alone, Nov. 3, 1887 My Darling M ite: I get off to-day, oh, darling, I now think what I was doing; oh, God, forgive me, wretch that 1 am. I love my wile and 1113' children; have always loved them, but oh, 1113' God I never knew how much I loved them until now that I am about to leave them forever. What a thought. Oh, that I could fall dead right now. 1 can write no more now. Oh, God; have mercy; oh, have mercy. What a wretched night. I cannot sleep; I have murdered sleep. I have walked the room until I can 110 longer. I have walked the railroad track, but I cannot fatigue myself to sleep. At last daylight is breaking. Oh, what a wretched night. Is it the forerunner of ’all my nights to come? Not many, I cannot stand them. Death shall cut them off. Were l alone the sufferer 1 would not care: 1 would put myself to sleep happily, to wake no more, but it is not me alone. My wife, my children, oh my wife, my darling daughters, how can 1 leave the stain of disgrace for 3’ou to bear. Papa a defaulter; ves a thief. Oh, would to God my darlings had never been born. My boys, 011, my precious darling boys, what a legacy, what an accursed business stain for me to leave over your names. Oh, 1113’ God, let the world curse me, let them blame me as I deserve, but oh spare my boys. They were not to blame for my weakness, my sins. My Lizzie, oh my baby! Oh ; Al mighty God, curse me, sink me to the lowest depths of hell. I deserve it, oh I deserve it. If iny death could wipe it out, could save tiie blow, the disgrace from falling on my darlings, 011 How gladly, how quickly 1 would die and how happy to die in the knowledge that I was shielding them. But it would not; it would only add another crime, another disgrace ' * * * for them to hear. [Here the letter had been left off and was recommenced on Friday, November 4, and was written 011 different dates following, until it was finished yesterday.] “At 2o’clock to-day I left yon all. Oh, how hard for me to bear up and apjiear careless, knowing what I was about to do. When you said talk to Charlie, as if I was never coining back, oh how you stabbed me; and when I asked little Char lie in my arms to say* good bye, I came near going up and confessing all. 1 was going up to see little \\ illie, too, but could stand no more, so 1 went to the train. I told you all good bye as care lessly as if I was going back home. The strain on me was great, but I kept up until, as the train passed the door, I looked and saw Will—my darling, pre cious boy—sitting on a plow seat, and I knew it was my last look. 1 strained my eyes to s*e him until the train was out of sight, and then I broke down, and there in the train I cried like a child. Oh, I could not help it. November 7.—Now my darlings are getting uneasy* because 1 ain’t come or wrote. 0, wretched man that I am! My wife and my children, think as leniently of me as possible. 1 did not start out to be dishonest or do wrong, but I got be hind the first month or so of my busi ness years. By gambling 1 lost over two hundred dollars right at the beginning, and then kept hoping against hope to win it back. But no; as it ever does, I kept getting deeper and deeper in. At last 1 got desperate and tried to crowd and force luck. I won awhile, but whisky got ahead of me. I found myself seven hundred or eight hundred dollars loser iu one day aud night. 1 thought, or hoped, I knew one friend that could help me enough to do any good, nor quick enough, and coward that l was. I ran. I could not bear the thought of arrest and the consequences that wouic follow, but I find that it would perhaps have Gen just as well to stay at home and face it, or die at home, for oh, how 1 am living in con stant dread. Kvery nois*- frightens me. Oh! I cannot stand it. 1 must give up. To-night 1 will go to sleep to wake no more. Oh God! forgive my wretched, sinful I soul: oh, how I wish my darlimr Lula was here to-night to pray for me. or rather I was there, for now at last it is a dreadful agonizing thought to take ni.v own life and not see my loved ones again. Oh, if I could look in aud see you all to-night, my grand babies! Oh God, could I s*e and kiss them good bye! Ask Wilbur to forgive me; he has been kind and good to me and I have treated him dreadfully; but oh,tell him I did not intend it till too late. I got where 1 could not help my self. Oh, my precious Charles and Wil liam, my sons, 1 love you though 1 treat you badly in leaving you a disgraced name for a legacy, as I do all of you, but to them the business disgrace fails more, though, pray God, a just world will not visit my sins on their innocent heads. They know not a word of it, and the world should not blame them. If 1 could see my way to live out of it and redeem myself for all of your sakes, oh, how gladly would I still live as a slave to work out my* disgrace: but it is too much, it is beyond all hope of help. God grant my poor boys always when tempted will think of what whisky and cards did for their father, and now never touch either again. Oh, my God, that I could live to curse them and never touch them again, but too late! too late! Oh, could I kiss you every one to-night and press you to my heart once more! Oh, Lord! have mercy on me and them. Goodbye. Your loving Husiiand and Father. 1 will arrange with J. M. Goodbar, ot this city, who will find out and report to you, so your terrible suspense at least may end. And would to God the sorrow that will ever burn iu youi* hearts might end too. Mine can only end in death. On, can it end there? God only knows, and I pray him to the last moment to forgive me. Memphis, November 2(5, 1887.1 [Last Time on Earth.] ) My Wife: I send you my ring. A poor reward, darling, for all your love and kindness iyid forbearance. But 'tis all I have. Husband. In calm, cold, sober moments this is hard to do, darling. It may be that you can collect my life insurance, which George W. Parsons, of New York, has. 1 owe him something over SIOO on it. There is a letter in mama’s bureau from him. I paid for it and it is right you should have it. Salvation Oil, the greatest cure on earth for pain, may* be relied on to effect a cure wherever an external application can be used. Price only twenty-five cents a bottle. THHE PKOHI’S ADDRESS. To the Teople of Georgia and the Friends of Civil Liberty. The prohibition party* in Atlanta, recognizing the fact that the friends of good government in other parts of the Stat# and country have anxiously watch ed the recent contest here between the barrooms and the people, send hereby* their cheerful greetings to till prohibi tionists, and assure them that there is ho cause for discouragement in the re sult of Saturday’s election- .If it were tiue that a majority* of the tegaTvoters of the county were with the wiiisky party, it would still remain true that the result of the election was but a temporary re verse in the slow but upward march of civilization. The whisky* party will confuse your ears with assertions as to the cause and meaning of that result and the purposes of our party in the future. But the offi cial organization, backed up by every vote in prohibition party, declares to you the following proposition: First: In the election of 1885 we cast for prohibition a majority of the largest vote ever polled before in Fulton county. In the election of 1887 we polled a larger one than in 1885. Second. We solemnly protest that the majority obtained in this election by the whisky party was the result of stupend ous frauds, and that out of 11,000 votes registered for the election more than 1,500 were not entitled to the ballot, without counting the repeaters. Third. Under a two years’ limit of prohibition, hampered by unexpired licenses, which brought down the time to scarcely more than a year, we were opposed not merely* by the ordinary lawbreakers and criminals, but by syste matic efforts to defeat the constitutional will of the majority. Nevertheless, even then, imperfect as was the scant oppor tunity* accorded us, so beneficent was the influence of this just and needful law that under its operations: Crime in the court records ceased its regulur constant growth and diminished more than one-half. Pauperism and vagrancy almost en tirely disappeared from our community. Drunkenness became so rare that with a hundred thousand visitors crowded in one day during the Piedmont exposition into this city* of seventy thousand peo ple the public peace was not once dis turbed and scarcely a drunken man was seen. Business prospered, debts were paid, and the prosecution of small unlitigated suits enormously diminished. The bankingcapital of thecity far more than doubled. A million dollars was added to her manufacturing interests. Our property largely advanced in values. Our population was enormously in creased. Our schools were greatly enlarged and still remained insufficient to suit the in creased attendance. Public expenditures for public improve ment surpassed what it ever was before, and yet the public funds were-not ex hausted. In every* department of business in dustry, prosperity reigned, and above all peace and happiness came to women and little children. Fourth. It was because of this con stantly increasing evidence and the bene ficial effects of this salutary and whole some law, that the whisky l ing centered its strength in Atlanta. We do ,solemly declare that the whisky business in gen eral is the enemy of civilized society, and that iu the contest just closed Atlanta was fighting the good fight of civiliza tion against all the hosts of its enemies. Fifth. We assure our friends every where that we will make no compromise in this issue. We declare that it is wrong to sell liquor, and therefore, wrong to sanction or approve the sale of liquor. Whatever of evil there is in the business is shared in by the government, which authorizes the business. Whatever of wrong there is in the government that legalizes the traffic in liquor must be borne by those who consent to the law. As for us, we will not touch the unholy thing. We are, to a man, agreed that there is but one way to regulate whisky, and that is to prohibit the sale of it. The Prohibition Committee. Throw the Powder Overboard, were thrilling words, spoken at a time of great danger. The lives of all on the vesel depended upon prompt action. Your life may be blessed and prolonged, by the prompt use of Dr. Harter’s Ire* f Tonic for that blood trouble. SOUTH EUN ltA 1 LItOA IKS Hi in.,.in in This section a Very solid One The Railway Register, in an editorial under tin* caption of “Solid Growth," has the following to say in its last issue: "The booming of cities and districts has, apparently, become a regular busi ness in some quarters, if we may judge from the sterotyjied way in which they are w ritten up in pa|*ers whose sole mis ! sion seems to lie to exaggerate. The | jieople are not deceived by this, for the statements are manifestly so overdrawn i as to lose much of their desired efttvtive ness. “To say that a city is booming signi fies that a mania possesses its citizens, promising them to push business beyond its legitimate pace, and so the conserva tive element of the country takes slight interest in booms, knowing that the re action will be the sharper, the higher the prices are puf. “The Soul h is sometimes said to Ik* en joying a boom, but it is not the unnatu ral, feverish advance that usually goes by that name. It is a prosperity that will be abiding, and while collapses may certainly be anticipated in special locali ties, still the great progressive movement is not destined to meet a- disastrous re verse. Tin advancement is a solid growth, and not a mere pros|M*ct of fu ture good, based solely upon the vivid imaginations of speculators and men w ho hojie to gather in fortunes by the in vestment of a few dollars. “There is no line of endeavor that re sponds more quickly to th** conditions ruling in business of all sorts than that of transportation does. A weakening in any direction is at once felt by the rail ways, whose* revenues are immediately reflected by it. And when general busi ness is good the carriers directly expe rience the helpful effect of the renewed activity. ‘‘Applying this test to the railways of th** South, the prosperity that prevails there is clearly mirrored in the returns. Of the twenty-one roads reporting to the commissioners of South Carolina, tor October, LBB7, twenty show gains in gross earnings over October, 1887, the increase in one case amounting to as much as 200 per cent. Now this cannot be explained upon the hypothesis of in creased mileage or advanced rates, for it is very well known that rates are being cut down at remarkably rapid degrees, and that transportation is cheaper than ever before. “The mileageof the state increased 782, and forty-one new companies applied for charters during the twelve months repor ted. “In its table of gross earnings for Oc tober, published by the New York Finan cial Chronicle, not one of the ten compa nies having declines; is located in the South, though of course some of the smaller lines, not reported, had decreases. “In the foregoing facts, which are but samples of what might be repeated in the cases of all Southern states, are ample evidence of the truth of the assertion that the Koutji is enjoying a solid growth, and wi*! continue to advance steadily in the years to come. A liberal policy toward the railways in that section will be the wisest course to pursue, and continued and increased prosperity will attend all its industries.’’ The components of I)r. Bull’s Cough Syrup are daily prescribed by the ablest physicians, whose success is due to the specific influence of these components. Dr. Bull's Cough Syrup skillfully prepared for immediate use, is for sale by r all drug gists. Tli Drink Ouesi ion in Irelanil. iii the year 1881-2 there were thirty two public houses for every 10,000 of the population of Ireland; in 1 <BB4-5 there were 34-3 for the same number. In 1881-2 the arrests for drunkenness for every 10,000 of the population were 153; in 1884-5 there were 188. In 1881-2 the money value of the intoxicat ing- liquors per head consumed by the population was £2 Is. 3d. In 1884-5 it had risen to £2 4s. id. If we take the gross sum of the increase of the money value of the intoxicatiug liquor consumed in Ireland, when these same two years, 1881-2 and 1884-5, are compared, the full significance of these figures can be seen. The total amount spent in 1884-5 on drink is larger by £750,000 than that spent in 1881-2. In three years the drink bill in Ireland rose by £750,000. It is a most singular fact that this sum is almost exactly the total amount of the reductions made under the Land Act of 1881 in those years. Instead of the saving in rent going to raise the moral or material condition of the peasantry, it apparently went into the publicans’ pockets. If it is only to be a choice between whisky and rack-renting, it seems doubtful whether the drink tyrant is not as bad as the most rapa cious of landlords. What makes the increase in the consumption of stimu lants in Ireland particularly dishearten ing- is the fact that the people in England and Scotland have been spending less and less on intoxicating liquors. For instance, this year's returns show that while England, compared with last year, has reduced her “consumption of spirits as a beverage” by 626,357 gallons, and Scotland has decreased hers by 175,781 gallons, Ireland has increased hers by 210,616 gallons. We learn also from this year's returns that “where an Eng lishman drinks one bottle of spirits, an Irishman drinks two.” In the case of spirits, these figures show nothing as to the consumption of whisky illicitly dis tilled. This is in Ireland, however, a very important matter, since last year there were 1,186 cases of illicit distilling against nine in England.—The Spectator. Simmon* Liver Regulator is what the nanie indicates a “Regulator” of that most important organ, the Liver. Isyour Liver out of order? Then is your whole system deranged, the breath offensive, you have headache, feel languid, dispirited, and nervous, no appetite, sleep is troubled and unrefresh ing. Simmons Liver Regulator restores the healthly action of the Liver. See that vou get the Genuine, prepared bv J. H. Zeilin & Cos. A good story comes from Quitman, Ga. The other day a negro came into town and got drunk and commenced to enliven the streets oy whooping and prancing around with a ham under his arm. A policeman attempted to arrest him, when the negro resisted and hit the officer with the ham. This enraged the officer who lifted his club and whacked the negro on the head, and the next in stant a poitiiig sound was heard and the negro's wool became all ablaze and burned fiercely. Such an unusual sight fright ened the policeman, and thinking he had struck an electric man he took to his heels, and the negro imagining that the policeman had voodooed him with some kind of magic fire stick, also became frantic with fear and darted off in an opposite direction howling like a mad man and clutching wildly at his blazing wool. The citizens <>/ the town were startled bv the strange occurrence, and it was not until oil the negro's wool was consumed a J l ,e a d stoped running that the eu-ee of the conflagration was discovered- It appears that the negro, as is qir-f common with his race, was in the of carrying matches in his hair antl the blow from the policeman's ch* > ignited a parlor match and started ••fire, which frightened a dutiful officer out of his wits and will render a bibulous j colored citizen as bald as a stove lid for the remainder of his life. AD V ESTHRM BNA. The Courant-Amrrican is tuk only Paper Published in one of the Best Counties in North Georgia. Its Cir culation is second to none ok its Class Reasonable Rates on Application. $1.50 Per Annnm.—sc. a Copy. Hypocrisy of Love Token. Philadelphia Press.) “I have liecome a hojtelcss cynic from | my thirteen years' experience as a jewel er,” said tin* foreman of a leading firm. “I have learned that so much is tinsel that shines as gold that 1 can only look upon fhe world's splendor as clinquant, hollow sham. Even when the genuine glittering gold, plucked from the bowels of rich l’otosiand set w ith gems of purest ray serene, adorns fair throat, or rounded arm or tajieriiig finger, it only produces a sentiment of scorn for th** hypocrisy of human nature. * "Is*t me illustrate: it has Wn for some time a favorite fad with young men in society when one liecomes engaged to present his fiance with a jeweled bracelet, which the jeweler rivets on the wrist so that it cannot Ih* slipped of. This is sup posed to be a token of the eternal bond age of tin* wearer to the donor and a |s*r- IR'tual reminder of fidelity. But m a day or two the young lady receives a note from the jeweler requesting her to call. \\ hen she does so, slit* is shown a s***Tet spring, w hereby she can put aside the bond at will. “And I have observed.’’ added the jeweler, “that although tin* fair lady protests against making us** of tin* spring she is delighted to find the secret of it." “Throw I’liyuld to the when it is the old-fashioned bln** mass, blu** pill sort, and insist on using Dr.* Pierce's “Pleasant Purgative 1VI lets," a modern medical luxury, being, small, sugar-coated granules, containing the active principles of certain roots and herbs, and which w ill be found to contain as much cathartic power as any of the old-fashioned, larger pills, without tin* latter's violent, drustic effects. The pel lets operate thoroughly but harmlessly, establishing a permanently healthy ac tion of the stomach and bowels, and as an anti-bilious remedy are unequaled. The Only Woman Mayor. In a recent speech, Mrs. M. I). Salter, mayor of Argouia, Kansas, said: “My election was the result of a practical joke on the part of the enemies of woman’s sufferage, but the scheme leaked out on themorning of the election. My friends went to work and the joke was immense on the jokers. It was greatly heightened by the fact that I took no part in the canvass, but remain ed at home the entire day, part of the time at the washtub. 1 have not found the duties of my office either burdensome or degrading, and I have never been ac cused of parading the streets in mascu line attire. I preside over four council men of whom l am proud, as we are proud of all the men of Kansas. The right of women to vote is already de cided by her ability to govern. It seems to me that the next move should be* a presidential statute, for when we have helped to do for the nation vvhaf we have already done for the State, the de monstration will be complete.” Facts Worth Knowing; In all diseases of the nasal mucous membrane the remedy used must be non irritating. The medical profession has been slow to learn this. Nothing satis factory can be accomplished w ith douches, snuffs, powders, syringes, astringents, or any similar applications, because they are all irritating, do not thoroughly reach the affeoted surfaces and should be abandoned as worse than failures. A multitude of persons who have for years borne.allthe worry and pain that catarrh can inflict, testify to radical and permua nent cures wrought by Ely’s Cream Balm. A Ifuppy Hen Warren ten Clipper.] l)r Parsons entered our office yesterday, his face aglow with happiness and his countertanee permeated with a smile that threatened to permanently injure his phys iognomy, and proudly laid upon our table a specimen of hen fruit, larger than any we have ever seen. The history of this ovicular deposit is thnsly. One of the Doctor’s fat Plymouth Rock hens, discour aged at the low price of eggs, went on a strike. The Doctor is a man who wants no idle hands around him, and at once thrust the offending biped into the coop. Her ladyship, (the lien,) astounded at the turn affairs had taken, changed her course and determined to make onegraml effort for life and liberty. She succeeded, and the Doctor is now displaying to admiring friends an egg weighing3% oun ces, nearly three times as large as the average egg. It is needless to say that the hen is notv in full enjoyment of life, liberty and the pursuit of happiness. Mullein Better than Coil Liver Oil. I)r. Quillan, the leading authority of Great Britain on lung troubles, gives his opinion based upon 'experiment, that mullein is better in consumption than Cod Liver Oil. Taylor's Cherokee Reme dy of Sweet Gum and Mullein will cure coughs, colds and consumption. Elopeil With a Married Man. Cherokee Advance.] On the night of the 25th of November, Mrs. Mary S. Dimsdale, wife of W. Smith Dimsdale, who lives one mile from Ball Ground, (la., eloped with one Andrew Harper. They were seen together on that evening. Harper is a man of about 36 years, dark curly hair, sandy mus tache, very freckled, dressed in blue clothes when last seen. He leaves a wife and 3 children, and Mrs. Dimsdale a husband and 2 children. She is 33 years of age, spare made, dark hair and eyes. The authorities will please arrest the above and inform Wm. Smith Dimsdale, Ball Ground, Ga. An Old Field Weed. Many seeing that old field weed, the mullein stalk, neverconsider the it is accomplishing in curing lung trouble!. It presents in Taylor’s Cherokee Remedy of Sweet Gum and Mullein the finest known remedy for coughs, croup, colds and consumption. The Marietta Journal in an article on the Credit System, contains the following pointed and sensible ideas: “Credit is poor man’s friend, and has tided persons over the sea of poverty 1 1 ill list rates fait h and coufideingflß honesty and integrity, but Uia|j|| has converted it into used it to mb too e<mtidiiiMH world. v\e imagine, will nt-JI u hen credit will In' ale! oi . ! I ali-a. basis Tie- ole- draw j 11 : •i•-■ \ isb'ilu. of God -bo !• i o- hi - t i jjjj ■ and t la- credit -\ ' 'i:i,\ to ll;l,ile advantage. I'coon ;il. Mr. N. 11. Frohliehsteijpß A!h., writes: I take great pnM recommending Dr King’s New tor Consumption, having used it ibnl severe attack of Bronchitis and Catarrh It gave me instant relief and entirely cured me and I have not been afflicted since. I also beg to state that I had tried other remedies With no good result. Have also used Electric Bitters and Dr. Kind’s New Life Pills, both of which I can rec ommend Dr Kings New Discovery for Con sumption, Coughs and Colds, is sold on a positive guarantee. Trial bottles free at J. R. Wik'e & Co.’s Drug Store. j