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CARTERSVILLE AMERICAN. r\iE n. j CartßrsTille American. Kl> EVERY TUESDAY MORNING -n --icuM Publishing Cos. C A HTERSVILLE. ©A, OFFIOEI ' in the Baxter llwilflinpr, North-e*st liWest Main and Kfwln streeis. ■ unjcations qy letters on business i l*troSsfel to * h IUC A N PfT Rl.l PTtIN G CO. C*rterftvUle Ga. if MS OF SUBSCRIPTION: i t-h in Advance 1180 ** “ TO ' .* m SU in 4 months, $2.00 per year, ut outside ol the County, 15 cents i lor postage. A ! KS OF ADVERTISING: ~iare ol 1 Inch or less, for the first .(; unch mbsequeufc insertion, 50 i,il contracts made lor larger space ant:. All contract advertisements id quartet ly. ,tioes, 20 cents per line lor the first , and 10 cents for each subsequent in b t l Notices ten cents per line. :i- ol' Respect and Obituaries over six 1 i cents per line. , rsonal cardsin Local Columns 25 cents T i 00. ‘*■' J DIRECTORY. C ’Ult-T CAI BNDEB-CHEROKEE Clß ©urr. .T. r. Pain, Judge. J. W. Harris, Jr., Solici ' ‘jiai iow Monday in January ai.d July. ... . . . t Htonsnibounty—Second Monday in February and August „ , Murray county—Third Monday in Debruary anu August. ... . _ . Gordon County—Fourth Monday in February and August. .... 1 ade County—Third Monday in March and Septem >er. ... . . VV bitfield Count]’ First Monday in April and October. COUNTY OFFICERS. J. A. Howard, Ordinary. F. M. Durham, Clerk Superior Court. 11. W. Cobb, Treasurer. John A. Gladden, Sheriff. A. M. Franklin Deputy Sheriff. Dailey A. Burton, Tax Collector. W . VV. Ginn, Tax Receive*. A. M. Willingham, Coroner. I>. VV . K. Peacock, Surveyor. Commissioners— 8. CV Prichard, T. C.JMoore, A. Vincent, John H. Wikie, T. S. Hawkins. CITY OFFICERS. I.l*. Wofford, Mayor. I). Wilkerson, Marshal, o. S. Cobb, Clerk. Mouutcastle, Treasurer. iucti—First Ward, J. C. Wofford, A. R. ■ Second Ward, G. Harwell, W* H. third Ward, John . . Stover, EUhu ..urth Ward, W. C. Edwards, Aaron* otesw=*ional Oards. ,Kit. J. W. HARRIS, JR. IsXF.lt A HARRIS, Aaorneys-At-Law. i u West Main Street. Cartersviile, Of- H. WIKI.B. DOUGLAS WIKLK. liULK dt WIKLK, s'js-at-Law & Real Estate Agents •ip stairs North East Corner West ■ and Erwin Streets. Cartersville, Ga. EIEO. M. XJWHTU, Attorney-At-Law. V, i'll T. W. Baxter Main Street. Cartersvi.l J liOE JOHNSON, \ t lomey-at-liaw, , t st side Public Square, CARTERSVILLE, GA. V ill practice In all the Courts. VII AM. W. M. GRAH AM. irituix 4k GRAHAM, oriieys, Solicitors and tCounselors at Law, Carteravalle, Oa. ein the court house. Will practice in the courts dV Bartow cotmty, the superior i" t, of northwestern Georgia, and the su tne and federal courts at Atlanta, Ga. A. Itf. rUTK. WALTER M. BYALS FOIITE A; BYALS, Attorueys-At-ljaw- WILL fit ACT rCE TS ALL THE COURTS of this state. Prompt and faithful at tention givn to all business entrusted to us. Office, corner Main and Erwin Streets, up stairs. Cartersville, Ga. i. V. NEEL. j. J. CONN Kit. W. J. NEEL. HI:HL,CONKER & SEEL, A iterneys-lt-Law. WILL PR ACTICE IN ALL THE COURTS of this state. Litigated cases made a ■pecialty. Prompt attention given to &)1 bus iness entrusted to us. . : Uflice over Stokely & Williams* store. Cartersville, Ga. OR. J. T. SHEPHERD, Eliysician and surgeon, lUiae at Curry’s Drug Store, OR, IV, B. LEAKE, iiysieiaii and Surgeon, Cart ersvtlle, Ga. at Wori's drug store. OR. W. W.LEAKE, raetieing Physician, Cartersville. Ga. i ; tteutien givon to diseases of women . children, and all Chronic affections, t* up stair-way between bank and post- May be found at office or Word’s drug twKSBURf & CROMEUN. Si.no.rapk ttfiD’l Southern ki\ 44 Marietta St, .TLANTA, - - GA Hotels. BULB URN HOUSE, ADAIRSYILLE, GA. W, J. IIIIaBITrX, Prop’r. Nice rooms, ‘en beds, thorough ventilation, tables ipplied with the very best the market affords. J®*TKItMSi MODERATE. juli-tf Central Hotel ROME, GEORGIA. J. H. KIPPS, Proprietor. Hates $2 per day. Baggage handled tree. Sit uated in the business part of the city. Free omnibus to and Irnm alt trains. Recently en arged and newly furnished. FIFTH AVENUE HOTEL LOUISVILLE, MY. CENTRALLY LOCATED And all the appointments, including ELEYATDRS AND FIRE ESCAPE. VERY COMPLETE. S. M. SCOTT, Proprietor. CHANT HOUSE. BEST HOTEL IN ATLANTA. New building, new furniture—everything first-class. Jgy** Headquarters lor commercial men. Railroads. KENNESAW_ ROUTE I WESTERN R. R. The following time card in effect Sunday, Dec. 80,1883: NORTH BOUND. NO. 3-WESTERN EX PRESS—DaiIy. Leave Atlanta 7 30 a. m. Arrive Marietta 8 20 “ Cartersville 9 25 ' “ Kingston 952 “ Dalton 1123 “ Chattanooga 100 p.m. NO. I—FAST EXPRESS—DaiIy. Leave Atlanta 2 35 p. m. Arrive Marietta 3 27 *• Cartersvilic 4 29 “ Dal ton 6 2*2 “ Chattanooga 800 NO. 11—LIMITED EXPRESS-Daily. Leave Atlanta 11 40 p. m. Arrive Marietta ...12 39 a. m. 11 Cartersville 148 '• Dalton 3 44 “ Chattanooga 515 Horae Express—North—Daily, except Sunday. Leave Atlanta 4 05 p. m. Arrive Marietta 3 00 “ CarteYsville...,. 6 Off “ Rome- k ..7 20 No, 1 carries Pullman cars from Atlanta to Louisville, Jacksonville to Cincinnati, New Orleans to W&ahingtou. JSo, 11 oarries.PuUmao cars from Savannah todiicago and!Atlanta to Nashville. SOUTH BOUND. NO. 4-FAST EXPRESS. Leave Chattanooga . 8 00 a. m. Arrive DaMpn,,, 933 ‘* Kingston 11 Hi “ Cartersville .....1142 “ Marietta ....1246 p.m. Arrive Atlanta 145 NO. 2—SOUTHERN EXPRESS. Leave Chattanooga ...... v............ 2 56p, m. Arrive Dalton 4 30 “ Kingston 602 “ Cartersville 631 “ Marietta ........ 7 47 Arrive Atlanta .. 840 NO. 12-LIMITED EXPRESS-Daily. Leave Chattanooga .... 10 15 p. m. Arrive Dalton 1149 Cartersville 1 47 a. m. “ Marietta .“..V. 250 “ Atlanta 340 Rome Express—South—Daily, Except Sunday. Leave Rome... .... 8 30 a.m. Arrive Cartersville .. 9 45 “ Marietta 10 49 “ Atlanta 1145 No. 4 carries Pullman cars from Cincinnati to Atlanta, Washington, New Orleans, Louis ville to Atlanta. No. 12 carries Pullman cars from Chicago to Savannah and Louisville to Atlanta. B. W. WRENN, Gen’L Pass. Agt. R. A. ANDERSON, Superintendent. EAST ft WEST R. R. OF ALA. ON and after Sanday. Noy. 14, 1883, trains on this road will run as follows: GOING WEST—Daily, Except Sunday. no. 1. NO. 3. Leave Cartersville 950 a. m. 430 p. in. “ Stilesboro 10 02 4 42 “ Taylorsville 10 37 617 “ Rockmart 11 10 5 50 Arrive Cedartown 12 00 6 40 GOING EAST—Daily, Except Sunday, NO. 2. NO. 4. Leave Cedartown 205 p. m. 715a. m. “ Keckmart 3 00 8 07 “ Taylorsville 3 35 8 39 “ BtPesboro 3 53 8 66 Arrive Cartersville . 4 25 9 25 SUNDAY ACCOMMODATION—Going Eest. Leave Cedartown 8 00 a. m. “ Stilesboro 8 52 “ Taylorsville 924 M Rockmart 9 40 Arrive Cartersville 1010 SUNDAY ACCOMMODATION—Going West. Leave Cartersville I .. 250 p.m. “ Stilesboro 3 21 “ Taylorsville 337 “ Rockmart 4 10 Arrive Cedartown 500 ALABAMA DIVISION. Daily, Except Sunday. Leave East & West Junction. 2 55 p. m. Arrive Broken Arrow 6 00 Leave Broken Arrow 9 00 a. m. Arrive East 3b West Junction 115 p. m. ROME RAILROAD. The following is the present passenger schedule: NO,. 1. NO. 8. Leave Rome 610 a.m. 415 p.m. Arrive Kingston 8 55 5 30 no., 9. no. 4. Leave Kingston 920 a. ra. 555 p. m. Arrive Rome 1025 a.m. 650 no. 6. Leave Rome 800 a. m. Arrive Kingston 9 00 no. 6. Leave Kingston 9 20 a. m. Arrive Rome 10 10 Nos. 2,3 and 4 will run daily except Sun days. Nos. 5 and 6 will run Sundays only. Nolwill not stop at the'junction. Makes close connection at Kingston for Atlanta and Chattanooga. No. 2 makes connection at Rome with E. T. Va. 3t Ga. K R., for points southv RISEN HILLYER, President. J. A. SMITH, Gen’l. Pass. Agent. TANARUS, W. WHIT E CABINET MAKER and DPHOLSTERER. Furniture of nil Kind* Made and Repaired. SHOP ON WEST.MAIN STREET, Cartersville, Ga- ijgHave your Job Printing: npatly ex* ecuted at this office. CARTERSVILLE, GEORGIA, TUESDAY, JANUARY 29, 1884. The Cartersville American. Entered at the Fost OfHee at Carlsrmnlip,, Oa., May 9 th, 188 k, as second class matter. TUESDAY, JAN. 29,158 L Sifted Shimmerings * CUEiED PROM THE x\'"V SPREAD OUT •# , :f % Before our Readers. -- - ■ ■- ■■ ■ —4- The woman who married the skeleton min ha; become a raving maniac. The woods are full of presidential candi dates, bat they are mostly poor timber—sai lings, so to write. It is to be hoped that no one will insist on a tariff for the protection of the wool of politi cal black sheep. Kate Kane, a Chicago attorney, doesn’t want to be called a “female” lawyer. Certain ly not, Kate, my boy. There are only two beautiful things in tjae w’orld—women and roses ; t aßd only two 4wqet things—women and melons. The comforting assurance comes that Sußi van, the slugger, was uot shot after all, but is delighting refined andicnces in the northwest. The voices of Coukiing and Blaine are no longer heard in the land. Their growth wtaa forced by too much fertilizer and they died early. In case President Arthur dies, Senator Ed munds will become President of the United States. Op the 21st inst., the senate re-eleeted him President pro tm. of that body. The only hearty welcome ever accorded to the blue pencil fiend is when he marks apd sends to yon the death notice of a wealthy re lation who has mentioned you iu his wilk Wealth is rapidly becoming the sole re. qnirement for political promineuce in the United States. Already brains and honor dre at a discount in the senate, and the end is not ye Senator Colquitt’s maiden speech in the scuate upon the Mexican treaty questiou, bus created quite a sensation. It is characterised in Washington as the broadest and strongest argument yet made f >r the treaty. A Connecticut carpenter, in a fit of anger, threw a hammer at a fellow workman, and •wallowed a screw he had in his month. It was an unfortunate affair, but was better than throwing the screw and swallowing the ham mer. ; . If an employee on the Milwaukee Sentinel in discovered in the act of comtaitting an orig inal thought or bright suggestion, he is fieed for the first offense and discharged few the sec-, ond. They are seldom fined and never dis charged. New Jersey justice and humanity appear to be a great deal alike. A week or so ago they bung a lunatic there, and two or three days siuce a man was allowed to die from cold and exposure because he was not uuderstood when be begged for shelter. Mary Anderson said a very sensible thing when she declared that she should not marry anybody but an American editor. She will get mare pufti than ever when she returns. She is worth 1150,000 now, and she is able to take care of some poor editor. A New England cattle trainer has trick steers named Bob lugersoll and Ben Butler. They had a difficulty recently, in which But ler was badly horned aud the infidel steer es caped uninjured. The good-are to suffer and the wicked are to prosper io this life. There are four Georgians In tbs United States senate. Senators Brown and Colquitt, representing Georgia, while Benatbr Pugh, of Alabama, is from Burke county, and Senator Lamar, of Mississippi, who belongs to the well known Georgian family of that name. Speaker Carlisle maintained hit reputation at Philadelphia last week, as being a temper ate man in all things. He neither ate too much, drunk too much, nor talked too much. There are not many politicians that can hare all that truly said of them in this day and gen eration. Senator Mahone has avenged himself on a dead statesman by demanding the discharge of a colored employee of the senate, wnose fault was that he had received his place through the influence of the late Senator Hill. Men of gall never know when to become sweet or to smile at folly. A father has no more right to starve his children intellectually than physically. His family should be well furnished with newspa pers. His children will learn many important historic events which will aid in the study of history, and greatly assist in the study of near ly all the branches. In a late market quotation we noticed that eggs were ‘-quiet.” Good. The quieter the egg the better. It is these unquiet eggs which rattle like a dice box beside a man's plate, and within which is heard a suspicious picking, which destroy his appetite add move his bowels of compassion. " The iron miners in Penneylvania are earn ing sixty-five cents a day. Could they be auy worse off if irou were not protected so heavily. If protection cannot insure the workingman more than sixty-five cents a day, what be comes of the plea that it is a biessiug and a safeguard to American labor? President Arthur seema te be having all the fun he can get out of his presidential term. He has enjoyed quite a variety ol excursions, receptions, tea parties, etc., and if he is not successful iu the coming campaign, he will have the consolation of knowing that he is i about the only man that ever made tbe posi tion of president reaHy pleasurable. It is said that when a fatal railroad disaster [ oeenm in Prance, the reasons therefor must be eminently plain and direct, nr somebody is bung. Railroad casualties are conseqoently iofiequent there. The author f such acalam iiy in America is suspended—from work; in France be is suspeuded—by the ueck. J. C. C. Black, of Augusta, occupies a slmi ■ lar potlion to that held by the lamented Hill, before he wa* elected to congress from the ninth district. And should the tenth con gressional district send Mr. Black to congress, as her representative, she will nsver hafe cause to regret it, ns Black will rise like Hill. Charles Deimonico, the lass of the celebrat ed caterer*, who wandered during the re cent eold weather, has been fbiind st Orange, N. TANARUS., where It supposed that he froze to death. The great Deimonico restaurant will now go into th>* hands of some near relative, but no Deimonico will ever have charge of it :ain. The Canadian Methodists have dropped the word “obey” out of the marnriage service, and tbe question now arises, which is the lord and 'which the lady of creatioof It seems time that the change become general. The obe dience is an oriental one, aud is based oa the notion that wives ire slaves. bliss should be founded upon the give *and take rule. , Gen. Lougetreet,. United States marshal of Georgia, has heretofore easily held his own agaiust all charges made against him, but now that hia recent expressions are considered as reflecting somewhat ou tbe infallibity of the republican party of Georgia, it is said that he will be ousted at an early date. Surely the general has at last committed the unpardon able sin. A German chemist says he can freeze up any man or woman, depriving them of ail ap pearances of vitality, and thaw them out in good condition at the end of two years. He oaght*to begin on Bob ingersoil, keep him stiff and rigid for three or four years, then gradually thaw him out. By that time, in stead of preaching his no hell doctrine, he would spend his time looking for signs that would direct him there, Rev. Henry Kimball, of New York, distrib utes, on Wednesday and Saturday of each week, a barrel of crackers, with cheese ad lib - • itum, to the poor of the lower end of the isl and. His Christianity is warranted to wear without repairs. The mosl deplorable con trast under the sun is furnished by a pauper begging coppers at the door of a cathedral on which millions have been expended to show off the Lord at a disadvantage. Hon. S. 8. Cox’s speech in congress on Monday, tbe 21st iast., in support of tbe bill to repeal the test oath, is said to have been unusually eloquent and impressive. It car ried With him the feelings of all who heard it, except a very few bitter republican partisans. At its conclusion, the members on the floor, and the auditors in the |>bby and jgaijeries, crowded around him to tiongratniate him on his happy effort. Chili and Pern have reached a definite treaty of peace. Beside proving itself the greatest military and naval power of the South Amer ican countries. Chili's war with Pern and Bo livia, gives it ample compensation for the. cost thereof large territorial acquisition and other advantages. But Chili has not shown itself lucking in. magnanimity, for the exactions of the treaty of peace are moderate compared with anticipated demands. The other day King Calico, of th? Sandwich Islands, attempted to borrow a tew from Claus Spreckles, giving tbe crown lands as security. His ministry would not permit It, so the whole negotiation proved a failure. It has just been discovered, however, that the real estate Calico intended to mortgage is the dirt that he carries on his royal body, and that has accumulated during hie long and prosper ous reign. Calico never washes because of fear that he might fade. Gen, Sherman ie the real figure that looms on the distant bnt last approaching horizon of June in .Chicago. And no doubt he would make the most available republican candidate. Another quarter of a year may change the situation. But that Is the appearance of the situation now. The Idea is to make h hurrah campaign of it, a war song, “Marching Through Georgia” affair, though it js now ; about twenty years after the war. The majority of the New England demo crats are calling for the old ticket of 18701, and Mr. Tilden has .taken anew dip in the river of youth. Such are the reports, but the trfitb, to far as Mr. Tilden is concerned, seems to be that be has made up his mind not to risk rep utation as a martyr to a donhtful contest.; It will not take the ordeal of anew election to prove to hie mind that he was elected presi dent of the United States in 1876, Saturday, the 10th inst., was a day of disas ters. Before dawn the steamer City of Go lumbns, bound from Boston for Savannah, ran upon a ledge knowu as the Devil’s Bridge,, near Martha’s Vineyard, aud caused the loss of probaoly one hundred lives. In the after noon at Rochester, New York, a boiler b orat ed, killing four men aud wounding seven. At ldlewild, in New York, an explosion took place in a dynamite factory, killing three and woundißg throe workmen. In Missouri an other boiler bursted, fatally scalding three men and seriously injuring fire more. Final ly, just aboat midnight, an explosion of gas in Boston added several more to the list. This is surely a sufficiently ghastly record Tor a single day. The eiegant iron steamship, City of Colum bus, plying between Boston and Savannah, Went ashore on the southern coast of Massa chusetts on Thursday, the 17th last., and over one huudred lives were lost, most of them be ing womeu and children, and iuvatids coming aoutb for their health. She had eighty-three passengers aud a crew of forty-five. The saved were principally by the revenue cutter Dexter. Capt. Wright was among the saved. His account is long and thrilling, depicting in plain language the terrible sufferings of the victims of the disaster. Oaly about twenty three persons were saved. The steamer was valued at SBOO,OOO, and was insured for $250,- 000. Bbe was consigned to her agents at Sa vannah, Messrs. Richardson & Bernard. 0 THE TATTLER TALKS. Fasts and rmiti Guthsred Be re and Tfctre mad Tnld kj the Tattler te TUkle the Gossip* aud Tint the Tedious lleurs lute Talk. Bartow county boys utawl very high wherever they go. It i with no email degree of pride that we note the fact that Ben Conyers, of the Stute University, and Ed Ryflls, of Mereer, have been elected to repre sent their respective coHeges in the champion debates which are to come off during the coming summer. Tbe Slate University haa challenged both Me**cer aud Emory to meat her boya in public debate, and the challenge has been accepted by both. The time and place for this intellectual contest haa not yet been aeleeted, but Atlanta may be the battle ground. These polemic discussions never fail to draw large crowde, and generally furnish an intellectual treat to those who attend. The very beat talent of the different literary societies is put forward, and the boys who receive speakers* places must of necessity be men of considerable ability. It is very gratifying to us that a Bartow county bey has been elected to lead Athens in the contest with Oxford, and anotbar to lead Mercer in a con test with Atheas* We venture the remark that two more deserving, or more talented boys, than Ben Con yers and Ed Ryals could not have been found in Georgia. No matter how responsible the trust delegated to them, they are sure to perform it with credit and distinction ho themselves and honor to their col leges.'Whoever meets either of these chaps in a contest where brains and eloquence are required, will have a foeman worthy of his steel, Hurrah for Bartow oounty ! Always ahead! Next to a good fire company and a fine school house, Cartersville needs a fire-proof warehouse. We know of nothing that promises a safer in vestment, or that would prove of more practical benefit to our town and county. Fortunately for us this need is to be supplied before another cotton season. Mr. Hightower, of southwestern Georgia, who has re cently located in our towa, will com mence in a short time the erection of a fire-proof brick building, 200 feet square, to be used as a ware house, The old car factory lot has been purchased for this purpose, and the work of building will be. com menced as soon as spring opens. In conversation with tbe Tattler, Mr, Hightower expressed hinaeolfaa be ing very much pleased with the outlook for his proposed enterprise, and says that he has met with much encouragement from cur people since locating here. He is a practi cal warehouse man, aud cornea to us highly recommended as a business man, Mr. Bawls will be connected with him in business and they will be prepared to store cotton and make advances to farmers at tbe opening ?f the next cotton season. When our faiuisr* understand that they can get the same facilities and advantages for atoring and selling cotton in Cartersville that they get in Rome, the cotton receipts at this point will be doubled. That the warehouse will succeed no man who is familiar with the wants of our county, wlit douot. Judge James R. Brown, ef Canton, was in oqr city a few days ago at tending to professional business in our Superior court, and looking fter his farming interest in this county. While here he was drawn into a con versation on the coming race for con gress In the Seventh. The Judge expressed the opinion that Hon. J. C.. Clements would be a candidate be fore the convention for renominatlen and that he believed Clem eats was entitled to the nomination. In hit two iormer races he haa had to meet Dr. Felton, who is by ail odds the best campaigner in the state, yet notwithstanding this strong and de termined opposition he has both times lea the Democracy to victory, and that, too, after they had met with calamitous reverses and repeat ed defeat And now that tbe differ ences between the two factions are healing, and no decided opposition to the democracy is probable, the Judge thought it would be only fair to give Mr. Clements one more term. Aside from this, he is now better qualified to represent his constituen cy. He has four years’ experience and is familiar with the working of the government machinery. The Judge expressed his confidence in Mr. Clements as a man and as a rep resentative. He is earnest,, honest, reliable, energetic and pains-taking. He will go before the people in the next race stronger than ever before. In oscillatiag and viOr&tin* around the court last ween, we found our way into the large iron vault where the county records are kept. Our eye fell on a large book marked “Record of Marriage License” and haviug recently beard some com plaints that IMS was fearfully i dull matrimonially; we deter- J mined to look more fully into ; the matter and see if there was iu fact any grounds for these com plaints. Judge Howard, our faithful ordinary, who haa for eighteen ytnrs dealt out the tickets in the matrimo nial lottery, kindly offered his assis tance, and in a very few minutes we learned that during theyear 1883 one hundred and four marriage certifi cates were issued from the ordinary’s office in this county. This number sounds rather large to us, aud we were about to conclude thsl getting married was quite the popular thing to do, but on further investiga tion we found that exactly two hun dred certificates of like kind had had been issued io 1882, making a difference of ninety-six in one year. We were not a little astonished at such a great difference, and being a young aian interested in the fluctu ations of the matrimonial market, we pressed the jusige to know the reason of the failing off. He said he was puxaled to know the reason; “But” said the judge, looking across the tahieat the Tattler In his genial, smiling viay, “business te improving now, and as the year advances I an ticipate a rush in tbist department; prespects were never; better. ’* ,‘^Wny' da you expect n run dmiug this par* tteaiar yearf'liHioewntly inquired the Ta*tldr. “Leap year,”rosponded the Judge chuckling. “Oh!” and the scribe went away wondering if that would make a difference. We’ll wall and eee, and let you know next Christmas. In the meantime, “Let ’er rail! Let *er rail I” Isn’t it passing strange that Car tersville has no school house that is worthy of the name? There is only one respectable building in our c*ty that is used for a school house, and that is owned and controlled by a private individual. The children are besoming so plentiful that it has become necessary to turn old church es, and shops, and private residen ces into school houses in order to ac commodate them. If our teachers were not the bravest, truest, most self sacrificing men and women in the world, we couldn’t have a re spectable school In town. We ought to have a school house that would cost $5,000. This is a plain duty that our citizens owe to their children. It isn’t right that teachers should have to turn their own homes into school houses in order to accommodate the pupils. Strangers who stop in our town are astonished at our lack of school facilities. It Bhould be dif ferent. The reputation of Carters vllle is at stake in this matter. Give us a respectable school house, and tear down these old eye sores that are toyr used as school houses and make kindling wood of them. We live in a strange world, sur rounded by strange sights and strang er circumstances. In conversation a few days ago with a very intelligent and reliable gentleman, the Tattler was told of a circumstance that hap pened here in our town, which, if it had not come from such a reliable source, ”• would not have been dis posed to credit. There lived in Car tersville for many years, and until very recently, two quiet, retiring, educated, refined ladies. They had enjoyed, in their younger dayes,very luxury and advantage that wealth and education could supply, they had been surrounded by relatives and friends, and bad moved in the highest circles of society, but by de grees they had lost their property, their friends had scattered, their rel atives had died or moved away, and they were left, two lone women, with scanty means of support,to meet the vicissitudes of life as best they couid. They withdrew from society bought them a quiet llttlecottage in a retired part of the town, and kept a little school. In their seclusion and loneliness they began to read books on spiritualism, and after a white it was noticed that they re ceived visits from those claiming to be mediums, and finally the news went out that Mrs. Legare and Miss Trescott were mediums and had com munications with the spirit world. After this,people would stare at them when they went out on the streets; children would look scared when they passed the house, and when night came, they would go another 'way to avoid passing there. Those who visited their homes were sur prised at tbeir wild and visionary talk. They claimed that Jesus Christ was only a well developed medium, and worthy of worship only as such. Not many months ago they were visited by the famous medium, Dr. Blade, of New York. Through him they claimed to have had communications with their mother, who had long ago died. Blade would uae a slate and write manages from the spirit land. Dur ing one of thsee interviews Slade wrote on the slate a message from the mother directing these two po'>r, helpless, unprotected women to sell NUMBER 39. i hfer UUie horns here sad move to Sl L uio, naming a cer.ain number and street, promising if they wou 4 do this they would meet with great prosperity and success. They accept ed this infamous humbug assacn-d truth, and at once set about disposing of their little stuff, selling it at a sac rifice, and a few weeks ago they left this, their home for so many years, bound for that mythical paradise in St. Louts, under the Arm belief that they* were being directed by the spirit of their long dead mother. We have not heard from them since, but the only reasonable fcoudusion to draw is that they will speed their litile remaining substance to wan dering, and finally land in some char* liable institution. It isn’t right that credulous, unprotected, unsuspecting women should be imposed on in any such way. This same Slade, who practiced so successfully on their credulity, we understand, was drum* med out of one of o,ur western cities only a few nights ago for undertak ing to practice his fraQds before a public audience,and yet he has come into pur midst, and started out tyro old women on a fool’s errand, to suffer the rigors of a northern winter in a strange land, while he fattens on their blood mohey. These things ought hot So to be.* Thir Is indeed a strange world—a strange world. Tattler. ABOUT BANGS, The decadence of the bang is an nounced. A matter of such impor tance cannot be ignored. In ail ages the dressing of the hair has occupied the feminine mind to a very large extent. The Talmud Informs us that Eve, in the garden of Eden at the dawning of the world, curled around her rosy fingers the silken ringlets that tell upon her pearly shoulders, when she observed the approach of Adam through the trees. Even St. Paul in his powerful epis tle draws attention to the fact that hair is the adornment of a woman, and a charm that she should glory in. Tarquin became enamored of Lucreece when he saw her shim mering tresses kissing her blushing cheeks, as she bent over her spinning wheel. Napoleon became infatuated when his eyes rested upon raven coils of Josephine. In view of potent charms attached to “Only a Woman’s Hair,” the general public will be in terested in learning that bangs are disappearing from the foreheads of the fair leaders of fashion. A few years ago a young lady without bangs would have been us obsolete as a three-cent postage stamp. Now one who wears bangs is looked at askance, as much so as if she ap peared in a dashing jockey costume. The bang is oat of date. It has served its purpose, and must go. I*ll9 new style are the Saratoga wave and the Grecian coil. The Saratoga wave is a revival in a modified form of the custom wicb prevailed twenty five yeans ago’ wheu ladies were wont to part their hair in the mid dle and bring it down in two semi circles from the center of the forehead, coverirg the ears and fast ening it at the back of the head. The new style makes the curve toward the back of the head beginning at the temples. The effect is to bring out the attractive features of the face and conceal bulging foreheads and creased temples. The Grecian coil is a skill ful twisting of the'bait' at the back of the head. It has* very charming affect, and makes a pretty woman perfectly irresistible when she turne her back.— Constitution. . About this time ef the year the av erage young man plants his swear of resolutions. Nearly every one appoint* hitnßelia committee on resolutions and draw up a very pious preamble, citing the errors of tbe past year and tack on a lot of resolutions, resolving to correct every error or bust a sus pender. But the great trouble in oar rjing cat the intent of the resolutions lies m tbe fact that the one swearing off, from drink for instance, is usually treated from oue to a score of times and the eommittee becomes hilarious if not intoxicated, in celebrating the fact that he’ll never get drunk any more. f A contemporary asks: ** How shall women carry their purses to frustrate thieves?” Why, carry them empty. Nothing frustrates a thief more than to snatch a woman’s purse after fol lowing her half a mile and then find that it contains nothing.but a recipe for spioed peaches and a faded photo graph of her grand-mother. “I had hardly entered the room,” said he, with a tremulous voice, “when a mist suddenly gathered before ray eyes. I was nnabie to see an inoh in front of me. I heard the murmur of voices, and then—” “You fainted,” quickly put in his friend “No; I wiped the frost off my glasses.” “When I dis/tny boy,” said a rath er festive father to his son, “I don't want any floral pillow with 'Father' or ‘Rest’ on it, simply the letters ‘B. Y. L.,’ nothing more.” And what, dear father, are those letters to signi ] fy?” “They shall stand for the Words, ‘See You Later,”'