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CARTERSYILLE AMERICAN. NQLLAiiIJ-L- The Cartersville American. OFFICIAL ORGAN OF BARTOW CO. PUBLISHKI* EVERY TUESDAY MORNING •Y American Publishing Cos. CA KTKUSVILLE, OA, OFFICE! Up-Si airs its the Baxter Building, North-east corner of West Main and Krwin streets. Ail communications or letters on business should be addressed to AMERICAN PUBLISHING CO. Carteraville, Ga. TERMS OF SUBSUMPTION: One Year, ( ash in Advance..... $1 50 Six Month., “ “ Three “ “ “ *••• 50 11 not paid in 4 months, 12.00 per year. Papers sent outside ol the County, 15 cents additional for postage. RATES OF ADVERTISING: For each Square oi l inch or less, for the first insertion, $1.00; each subsequent insertion, 50 cents. Special contracts made lor larger space or longer time. All contract advertisements must be paid quarterly. Local Notices, 20 cents per lino lor the first insertion, and 10 cents for each suqsequent in sertion. bpeeial Notices ten cents per line. Tributes of Respect and Obituaries over six lines. JO cent# per line. All personal cardsin Local Columns 25 cents per line. DIRECTORY. COURT CALENDER—CHKUOK.EE CIR CUIT. ,T. C.Faia, Judge. J. W. Harris, Jr., Solici or General. Bartow county—Second Monday in January ai.d July. „ , _ , Catoosa County—Second Monday in rebruarv and August Murray county—Thin! Monday in February ami August. Gordon i unty—Fourth Monday in February and August. I .ole ■ -inty Third Monday in March and Sc of cm H*r VVhU!i< M Count) First Monday in April ami October. COUNTY OFFICERS. ,7. A. Howard, Ordinary. K. 'i. Duriiuin, < lerk Superior Court, il. W. Cobb, Treasurer. Jobn \. LUfldon, Sheriff. A. M. Franklin Jb-pt ty Sheriff. I >■■■ a. Barton,Tax Collector. \Y. \V . Ginn, Tax Receiver. .A. M. v iJinghatn, Coroner. i>. IV ■; ■pi'ar.oefe, Surveyor. . .ii .*.. . Prichard, T. C. Moore, A. Va,.toltu 11. VVikiti, TANARUS, 3. ilawkins. CITY OFFICERS. A. J. Wo'for \ Mayor. ,;..tD. VVilKcrson, Marshal. Geo. p. Cobb, Clerk. J . ounieastle, Treasurer. ,\ii , i S'ii>t Ward, J. C. Wofford, A. It. Mur. . nil W ard. G. Harwell, W. H. Hun n; Third Ward, John .. Stover, Elihu Hall; ■. Fourth Ward, W. C. Edwards, Aaron Cuiilll:-. [ STANDINO COM il ITTKES. Si i. . Collins, Hudgins. Barron. I iniiooe —Mover, Edwards, Wolford. C ••me -Ilifdgins, Collins, Edwards. II ill —Hull. Wofford, Barron. Relief.—Edwards, Barron, Harwell. ■ uoXtiHsional Cards. W. T. -111, .rat, J. W. UAKKIS, 4U. 7HLKKR A Aiionicysi-At-Law. Ofl.ce on West Main Street. ttuiy9-tf Cartersvilie, Ga. JOHN H. WIKLE. DOUGLAS WIKLE. H 3lt Iri: A WIKLE, Attorneys-at-Law & Real Estate Agents Office up stairs North East Corner West 31 am and Erwin Streets, may!)-it Cartersville, Ga. TIIEO. mTs UITH, At loruey-At-Law. Office with T. VV. Baxter Main Street. inay9-tf Carter.villa GEOUGE S. JOHNSON Attorney-at*Law Office, West side Public Square, CARTERS VILLE, GA. practice In all the Courts. E. D. GKAU.AU. W. M. GRAHAM. GItAKAM & GKill iM, Attorneys, Nolicttors and Counselors at Law, Cartersville, Ga. Office in the court house. Will practice in all the courts of Tlartow county, the superior courts of northwestern Georgia, and the su preme and federal courts at Atlanta, Ga. A. M. FOUTE. WALTF.It M. RYALS FOUTE & RYALS, Attorneys- At-Law, WILL PRACTICE IN ALL THE COURTS of this state. Prompt and faithlul at teiwton given to all business entrusted to us. Office, corner Main and Erwin Streets, np stai■... Cartersville, Ga. J. M. NKEL. J. J. CONNER. W. J. NEEL. AEEiU B fc SEEL, A H erney s* At-Law. > ATI LI. PRACTICE IN ALL THE COURTS ff 1 this suite. Litigated cases made a f-i mpl Ricniu.i; given to all bus iness entrusted to tis-. U1..1 V, o\ - r Stokely & Williams’ store. < Cartersville, Ga. , CASON, I> ENTIHT, CARTERSVILLE, GA. OiV.ee, or; r Curry’s Drug StorO. Ml. J. T. SHEPHERD, . .. siciuii audKurgcou, Office at Curry's Drug Store, : i-:% \V 9 K. LEAKE, Fh|sician and Surgeon, Cart ersvtUe, Ga. fsAJ**Office at Wori's drug store. mi. At . H.LEAKE, I’racticing Pliyiticlaii, Cartersville, Ga. Special attention given to diseases of women and children, and all Chronic affections. Office up stair-way between hank and post office. May be found at office or Word’s drug *tore. I-Totels. hilburn house, ADAIRNYILLE, GA. W. 4. IIIIiKIRA, Prop’r. : Nice rooms, ’aan beds, thorough ventilation, tables .pplied w ith the very best the market affords. |gf'TF.I!MS HOUI UATK. jtil4-tf Central Elotel ROME, GEORGIA. J. H. KIPPS, Proprietor. Rates $2 per day. e handled lree. Sit— i uated in the business part of the city. Free omnibus to and Iroin all trains. Recently cn arged and newly furnished. FIFTH AVENUE HOTEL, LOUISVILLE, KY. CENTRALLY LOCATED i And all the appointments, including ELEVATORS AND FIRE! ESCAPE. VERY COMPLETE. S. M. SCOTT, Proprietor. GRANT HOUSE. BEST HOTEL IN ATLANTA. New r building, new furniture—everything first-class. Headquarters lov commercial men. Railroads. KEMESAW ROUTE! WESTERN&ATUNTICR. R. The following time card in effect Sunday, Dec. 30,1883: NORTH BOUND. NO, 3—WESTERN EXPRESS—DaiIy. Leave Atlanta 7 30 a. m. Arrive Marietta 8 20 Cartersvilie 0 25 “ .Kingston 952 “ I'alron 1123 “ Chattanooga 100 p. m. NO. I—FAST EXPRESS—DaiIy. Leave A than! a 2 35 p. m. Arrive A!a i ielta 327 “ Cartersvilie 4 29 “ Dalion 6 22 “ ( hattanoaga 8 00 NO. 11 -LIMITED EXPRESS-Daily. Leave Atlanta 11 40 p. m. Arrive .Marietta— 12 39 a. m. “ Cart cr>ville 1 4S “ Dalton 3 44 “ Chattanooga 515 Rome Expre.-s —Xortii—Daily, except Sunday. Leave Atlanta ......... 4 05 p. m. Arrive Marietta 3 00 “ Cartersvilie 0 03 “ Rome 7 20 No. 1 carries Pullman cars from Atlanta to Louisville, Jacksonville to Cincinnati, New Orleans to Washington. No. 11 carries Pullman cars from Savannah to Chicago and Atlanta to Nashville. SOUTH BOUND. NO. 4—FAST EXPRESS. Leave Chattanooga 8 00 *. m. Arrive Dalton 9 33 Kingston 1110 “ Cartersvilie 1142 “ Marietta ..12 46 p.m. Arrive Atlanta 145 NO. 2—SOUTHERN EXPRESS. Leave Chattanooga 2 55 p, m. Arrive Dalton 4 30 “ Kingston 602 “ Cartersvilie 081 “ Marietta .. 7 47 Arrive Atlanta 8 40 NO. 12—LIMITED EXPRESS—DaiIy. Leave Chattanooga 1015 p. m. Arrive Dalton 11 49 “ Cartersvilie 1 47 a. m. “ Marietta 2 50 “ Atlanta 340 Rome Express—South—Daily, Except Sunday. Leave Rome... 8 30 a.m. Arrive Cartersvilie 9 45 “ Marietta 10 49 “ Atlanta 11 45 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 & WEST R. R. 0F &LA~ ON and after Sunday, Nov. 14, 1883, trains on this road will run as follows: GOINu WEST—Daily, Except Sunday. no. 1. no. 3. Leave Cartersvilie 950a. m. 430 p. m. “ Stilesboro 10 02 4 42 “ Taylorsville 10 37 517 “ Rock mart 11 10 5 50 Arrive Cedurtowu 12 00 0 40 GOING EAST—Daily, Except Sunday. NO. 2. NO. 4. Leave Ccdartown 205 p. m. 715 a. m. “ Roc km art 3 00 8 07 “ Taylorsville 3 35 8 39 “ Stilesboro 3 53 855 Arrive Cartersvilie 4 25 1125 SUNDAY ACCOMMODATION—Going Eest. Leave Cedartown 8 00 a. m. “ Stilesboro 8 52 “ Taylorsville : 9 2t “ Rock mart 9 40 Arrive Cartersvilie ..10 10 SUNDAY ACCOMMODATION—Going \Yest. Leave Cartersvilie 2 50 p.m. “ Stilesboro 3 21 “ Taylorsville 3 37 “ Rockmart 4 Id Arrive Cedartown 5 00 ALABAMA DIVISION. Daily, Except Sunday. Leave East .A West Junction 2 55 p. m. Arrive Broken Arrow 0 00 Leave Broken Arrow— 9 00 a. m. Arrive East & W est Junction 1 15 p, m. ROME RAILROAD, The following is the present passenger schedule: NO. 1. NO, 3. Leave Koine... 010 a.m. 415 p.m. Arrive Kingston 8 55 5 30 NO. 2. NO. 4. Leave Kingston. .... ... 9SOa. m. 555 p.m. Arrive Rome 10 25 a. m. 650 no. 5. Leave Rome. 8 00 a. m. Arrive Kingston 900 no. 6. Leave Kingston. 9 20 a. in. Arrive Rome 10 10 Nos. 1,2, 3 and 4 will run daily except Sun days. Nos.s and 6 will run Sundays only. No 1 will not stop at the junction. Makes close connection at Kingston for Atlanta and Ch ictunoogn. No. 2 m i kes connection at Rome w ith E. T. Va. X Ga. Jt it., for points south. EdEN HILLYEII, President. J. A. SMITH. Gen’l Pass. Agent. r r. W. WHIT 12 CABINET MAKER aM UPHOLSTERER. Furniture of all Kinds Made and Repaired. SHOP ON WESTIMAIN STREET, Cartersville, Ga- Have your Job Printing neatly ex ecuted at this office. CARTERSVILLE, GEORGIA, TUESDAY, FEBRUARY 5, 1884. The Cartersvilie American. 1 Entered at the Post Office at Carfer.nnllc, Ga., May 9f/t, 18$*, as second class matter. TUESDAY, FEBRUARY. 5, ISB4. Sifted Stammerings CULLED FROM THE A2W SPREAD OUT <# N Before our Readers. John Sherman fora fly-blister! Eh ? How to catch a husband: Grab him by the hair. The insanguine undergarment has again been buug out iu the United States senate. It is said that the peculiar sunsets are caus ed by the nn trying to Bet by the new stand ard time. It now appears as if the polar wave was caused by the coolness between Jay Gould and Grant. Learn a trade, young man. Then in after life should you happen out of business you can trade horses. Columbia, Ala., near Columbus, Ga., had a SIO,OOO Are a few days ago. Nearly the whole town vras destroyed. Georgia pine is now being shipped to South America. A Pensacola firm has closed a con tract for 10,000,000 feet. Chicago has a disease called winter cholera. It is doubtless caused Dy the drinking of too much Chicago rectified high wius. It is said that Senator Colquitt, of Georgia aud Congressman Miliken, of Maiue, are as . much alike as two peas iu one pod. Twenty-nine amendments to the constitu tion of the Uaited States have been offered during the present session of congress. Congress has not yet decided to investigate the charge that the negroes of ihe south are accused of playing on the “old banjo. 5 ’ A Kansas jury gave the following verdict where a man died in a state of intoxication. Death by hanging—’round a rum shop. “My son,” said a father to his youug son, “always mix iu bright society.” And the son. taking his advice, began going with red-head ed girls. It is stated that Springfield, Conn., is going to buy a thousand cows for co-operative milk distribution. This seems to be something new under the sun. Mrs. R. B. Hayes enjoys the distinction of owning the largest poultry yards west, of the Alleghanie#. Her husband’s chickens must be coming home to roost. Sherman, Edmunds & Cos., will soon be wanting to pension the veteran liars that have furnishod the raw material for the re publican slander mill. An exchange says that Noah was the first pitcher on record. He “pitched the ark with in aud without.” The game was finally called on account of the rain. It is estimated that the United States senate j is the wealthiest deliberative body in the ! world, the seventy-six members of that body representing $180,000,000. There is no prospect of a decrease in the population of Georgia. It is said that just 58,920 babies were born in the state last year, j and the present year starts out fairly. It is said that Congressman Springer is after that ruffle-shirted. antiquated dandy, Attor ney-General Brewster, with a sharp stick. He is going to try to have him impeached. Fifty-four members of the present congress were in the confederate army aud sixty-five were in the lederai army. It seems that both sides are determined to stay iu the field. The traveling showmen are exhibiting three skeletons of Guiteau—his skeleton when he was a boy, his skeleton before he shot Gar field, and his skeleton after he was hanged. Ex-President Hayes has “given it out” that ■ he does not intend to be interviewed duriug i the coming campaign. Something like the doctor who advertised lor a limited practice, j Up to date, nearly three thousand bills I have been introduced in congress. This is about the number that will be presented to some of the members before eongrsss ad journs. All bachelors would like to shake hands with the man named Morse, who recently got married, and four weeks later applied to par- j iiament to have his name changed to Re morse. The young man who tampers with alcohol is inviting a blight to settle upon his name and oliaracter, aud a curse more bitter than death to take possession of his fond hopes and bright prospects. A Chicago man shot at his wife, but her cor set caused the ball to glance and save her life Aud yet men whose names are enrolled high up on the scroll of fame, assert that corsets are injurious to health. It is thought that Vanderbilt will try his baud on another graud iop as soon as the gastronomic architects can get up the spe cifications and plans of a blowout that will eclipse that of Mrs. Astor, The country is informed that Gen. Sherman calls letters by which the postage is uot fully prepaid “tramp letters,” aud refuses to take them out of the po6t office. Those who wish to Bend him valentiues weighing over half an ounce had best stick on the stamps accord ingly. The Ilfs of a Kentuckian has been shortened by tobacco. A hog-shesd o.* the weed fell on him and crushed him out of symmetrical pro. j portions. It cannot be denied that tobacco [ in large qualities is injurious. Twen*y-five German carp were frozen stark 1 and st'ffin a pond at Baird, Texas, during the ! late cold snap, but revived as soon as tney were thawed out, without any apparent dam age to their health and spirits. A yonng man by the name of Webster Gil lette, of New York, has invented an improve -1 rnent in telephones, by Which ho expects a I conversation can be successfully carried on between New York and London. Congressmen will hereafter be compelled to step across the street to the nearest saloon when they wish tc wet their whistles. The sale of spirituous liquors has been prohibited in the capitol buildiug at Washington. Matthew Arnold is depressed to see so many youug men in America flocking to the large cities. We notice that Matthew in his lectuie tours also “flocks? to the large cities, aud for the same objeetjKo make money. Wheu it is remembered that twenty-five state? begin the new year with democratic Governors, while the republicans have only i thirteen, the prospects io? electing a demo i cratic president this not look so bad. Scientists have dissolved that a man’s Gn i ger nails grow much rafcre rapidly than his toe nails. This startling piece of information j clears the human mind of a darkened mist and 1 the tariff question can nqw receive due atten tion. The Chattanooga Democrat says that Lula Hurst’s wonderful powers are nothing more than extraordinary muscular power. If this is true, it is a death blow to Miss Lula’s mat rimonial prospects. That much muscular power is not needed by a wile. Married men cannot be too careful. A Philadelphia woman is going to apply for a divorce because she found a hairpin in his pocket, and yet he is willing to 6wear that he only used it instead of a shingle nail tempora rily to replace a suspender button. The old cows are being heard from. Ac cording to the Solid South, an old negro near Conye 6, owns an old one-horned cow that, gave milk for Wheeler’s cavalry during the war. She has now a young calf and is giving over two gallons of rich milk daily. The republicans squirm under Springer’s in vestigation of the department of justice. They say that Springer is heing used to “grind axes.” Well, if the axes chop off the heads of all the rogues in that misscalled department, they cannot be ground to too sharp an edge- A seeker after information wants to know “when two young men call on a young lady which should be the first to go?” We have seen the time when we aud the other fellow could hevo gone away together aud the girl wouldn’t have cared which one got out of the j door first. The boy who spemds his evenings in reading newspapers, the local news of his own county and the general news of the day, will, cer tainly, make a better man than the boy who spends his evenings on tno 6treet or loafing at places where the town gossip is dished ou t in the most obscene and vulgar manner. Immortal is the fame of those who do a needed work timely and well. Nancy Mc- Comb, a very aged colored woman, haviug died a few weeks since in Milledgeville, Geor gia, Harper’s Bazar embalms her memory by recording that she “was the cook who pre pared Gen. LaFayette’s dinner when he was in that city. The latest iu regard to Oscar Wilde is, that be is hesitative as to which of three things he will do, get married, enter parliament, or write for the stage. The best thing that Oscar Wilde can do, is to tel his hair grow, and put himself on exhibition at some dime museum, for if he is uot a freak of nature, there never was one. Senator Payne’s friends call him the “Ohio j child of destiny.” Let’s see. He is seventy- | four years of age, and has a mouth full of store teeth. Ohio’s “child of destiny” must be iu his second childhood or thereabouts. Benat*r Payne should put a muzzle, on his sentimental frieuds or they will ruin his fu ture prospects. Mahone’s bloody shirt speech on the senate j last week appears to have been his answer to , the Virginia resolution asking him to resign. He is uot apt to give up a position in which he can patriotically serve the country at $5,- 000 a year, aud at the same lime have an op portuuity to give the people of Virginia an occasional stab. James G. Blaine, Jr., of Washington, pro poses to lead the fashion of that city this wiuter by wearing knee-breeches with his , dress suit. Tke dress suit ii bad enough i already without trying to make it any more | ridiculous, and as James G. Blaine, Jr., is on- ; ly eighteen years of age, his worthy papa j ought to take him across his knee and give i him a dressing more suited to bis age. An enterprising Arkansas editor having in j vain made numerous gifts to increase the i circulation of his paper, finally offered the I following inducement. “The publisher of this paper, having recognized the demands of the community, has decided to offer a quart bottle of whisky with each yearly subscrip tion.” It is said that the editor has rented a j warehouse iu which to Btore his subscription 1 books. A New York man seeks a divorce on the j strong ground that his wife’s breath is so bad he cauuot kiss her. But suppose women should begin to ask divorees for similar rea sons, what a prolonged howl would go up from many lips stained with tobacco juice aud breath poisoned with beer, sour mash and old cheese! A man of sense who has smelled the multitudes of men would never raise the question of “bad breath.” The sad and the gay are straugely ming ed in this world. A funeral here and a bridal yonder, the outbursts of mirth aud the sounds of woe, the sorrowing and rejoicing, cross and recross and jostle each other as, by separate ways, men journey on to the great and silent hereafter. The poor and the sorrowing, the rich and the rejoicing, have need to be mind ful of e-ieh other; for the divergent wavs will ■ converge at the last, and one common lot will crowd upon them. all. It is declared that reading paragraphs In jures the memory. The frolicsome Skipping from one.subject to another is not likely to strengthen the memory or broaden the under stand! ig, but there are many people who de elan. ! heir lack of time to read long articles. The true paragraph, not the pun, embodies a column, and is, written itself a thought* Paragraphs that are worth reading at all are worth reading closely, for the writer, to pro duce them, is suppo.ed to have done much reading. Fred Douglass’ marriage was a surprise even to his own family. Yesterday morning he went into the register’s office, and, after a few moments whispered conversation, the register took down his big book and filled out a blank. Mr. Douglass paid his fee and went away, after urging the register to make no announcement of what had transpired,— Washington Special to iV T . Y. Sun. Asham ed of it yourself, eh? Sweet Helen, of Troy, will wish herself it had never transpired, •‘when, in June, she shall realize the aromat ic fact that her Scipio Africanus hath “perspir ed.” 7IIE TATTLER TALKS. Faets and Fancies Gathered Here and There andTeld by the Tattler to Tickle the Gossips and Torn the Tedions Honrs into Talk. The Tattler suggests to the young men of Cartersvilie that they invite Mtijor Mark A. Cooper to deliver a lecture in the opera house on the history of Georgia. We do not know Major Cooper would consent to do this, but we believe he would. There is no man living w hose life has been more intimately connected with our sia:o than his, and no man whose utterances would be more instruct ive or entertaining. He stands to day, at the age-of nearly 90, a grand, true, noble, pure-hearted old man. His life and his fortune has been given to Georgia, and although his property is gone, and his life is near ly spent, he has that which is more lasting than wealth, and moie dura ble than time, that is the love and ret.pect of his people. His mind is rich in memories of the past, and lie loves to dwell on the events that go to make up Georgia’s history. His life has been spent in Georgia, his energy and his inteleet have been given to her development, and he is as familial with her history as a child is with its mother’s voice, A lecture from him would be a rare treat to our people, and we hope an effort will be made to have him speat on this subject. Mr. S. G. Brown, a tenant on the farm of Col. J, G. Ityals, about four miles west of Cartersville, made last year six hundred bushels of corn on less than twelve acres of land, being an average of nearly sixty bushels to the acre, and .last year was a sorry corn year at that. Mr. Brown is one of the hardest workers and best farmers in Bartow county, and never fails to make good crops. It does the Tattler good to tell such tales as this. Our pencil could run on for hours telling to the world what can be done, and is beiug done here in old Bartow. It is a pardonable, and, we believe, a commendable pride that prompts us to tell these things. We home folks know that Bartow is the finest agricultural county in the state, and we want others to find it out. We want, also, to advance the agricultural interest of the county, and get up if possible a spirit of rivalry among cur farmers. If Mr. Brown can make sixty bushels of com to the acre on Col. ityals’ farm, the same thing can be done on Char lie Parrott’s farm, or Ham Harris’ farm, or Henry Tumi in’s farm, or Capt. Lyon’s farm or any other farm along the Etowah. There are thou sands of acres of land in Bartow county that would make from thirty to fifty bushels of corn if property tilled, on which bumble-beeeotton is now raised that don’t much more than pay for the guauo that is put under it. If a few men like Mr. Sam Brown would turn their atten tion to raising corn, there would be lewer long, lank, lean, hungry lookiug mules, andslab-sided, sharp- ! nosed, razor-backed hogs, and sad-eyed, hollow-horned, dry cows in Barlow county than there are at present. How many farmers will undertake to duplicate Mr. Brown’s corn crop in 1884? Much has been said one way and another by our citizens of the Lula Hurst performance at the opera house last week. Most everybody concedes to her some extraordinary power which no one quite under stands, or attempts to explain. There are a few, however, who are alto gather skeptical and refuse to accept her demonstrations as anything but a iruud. Among the most sceptical is Mr. W, C. Edwards, our Main street merchant. Iu conversation with the Tattler the other day, he said he could duplicate any trick she did that night on the stage, and he so firmly believes this, that he says he would not be afraid, if he were a betting man, to risk every thing he has that he can do anything that Miss Hurst can do, except to gull the people and get their money. Mr. Edwards says he watched her closely, and he is quite sure she pos sesses no extraordinary potver,except she is an unusually strong girl phys ically, and has practiced so much that she can very adroitly manipu late a chair. The boys speak of challenging Mr. Edwards to meet Miss Hurston the stage and let him prove his ability to duplicate her tricks. But all those gentlemen who went on the stage, give testimony to Miss Hurst’s powers and say that it is nolraud. We were skeptical, too, until we tried it and come out very much convinced that shecould, without apparent effort, makea chair wiggle powerfully, and make a boy perspire freely in trying to hold it. She is the first woman w’e ever struck who could flip u3 around like a cat plays with a ball- Anybody can experiment who feels like it, but we beg to be excused in the future. The Tattler must talk, and will talk, but he can’t talk to suit every body, and without intending it he sometimes gives offense. It will be remembered that an article appeared in last week’s paper,, passing some wild strictures on the famous Dr. Slade, the great New York spiritual ist, in connection with the somewhat mysterious departure from our town of Mrs. Lepareand Miss Trescott.two very admirable, but, as we - thought, very much deluded ladies, who left a few weeks ago for St. Louis. The article was written from information picked up from those whom we con sider reliable, and was given only as hearsay. It was common talk on the streets, and as everybody knows, things of this kind generally get mixed. We met Mr. C. W. Chase a day or two after the article appeared and he complained that we had done Dr. Blade, and Mrs. Legare and Miss Trescott great injustice in the little article referred to. We told him such was not our intention, and if we had misstated any facts, we were willing and anxious to correct them, He said that the ladies had sold their property before Dr. Slade ever came here, and had spoken of going to St. Louis as long ago as last spring. That Dr. Slade had never been in Carters ville but one time and that was just a few days before Christmas. We then asked Mr. Chase (who, by the way, is a devout believer in spiritual ism) if it were true that they had a communication from their dead mother through Dr. Slade in the nature of a written communication on a slate. “Oh, yes. They received a message from their mother in her own hand-wrtiting, giving them good advice, and telling them that they would do well in St. Louis, and promisihg them that she would be with them and assist them.” The Tattler had quite a conversation with Mr. Chase, and many things like the above were recited. We asked him if it were true that Dr. Slade had been ‘’bounced” from a western city. He denied that the Slade who had been run out of ome town in lowa was the genuine Dr. Slade. “Owing to the success of Dr. Slade, many men have started out under his name pretending to be mediums, and it was one of these counterfeiters who met such a warm reception in the w r est.” Mr. Chase told us many wonderful things of Dr. Slade’s power, which we have not space to report, all of which failed to convert us to his way of believing and left us as skeptical as ever. Mr. Chase said if he had met the Tattler when he first read the article,some body would have gotten a whipping. How very fortunate it was we didn’t meet. Now in conclusion, we repeat that in these tattling talks we do not intend to give anybody offense, but we expect to speak freely and fear lessly whenever we think the occa sion demands it, and risk the conse quences. Wo have taken occasion to make some further inquiry into the real cause of those two unprotected old ladies golner to St. Louis, and we leei quite sure that they made a grave mistake, whether wilfully oracling under the advice of some of these so called spiritualists,we do not under take to say. We leel a sympathy for them, and hope they will prosper in their new home. They are harmless, and their character is unimpeach able. They are connected with the very best families of the south, and were before the war very rich. But their property is now gone and they are set adrift. We look on spiritual ism as a fraud and a humbug, but we do not fall out with anybody for believing it, and we will always try to do everybody justice in our com ments. Dr. Slade will perhaps be in Cartersville again soon, and Mr. Chase has promised us an interview with him if possible. Tattler. ——■ ■— “No one knows more of' the ups and downs of this life than I do.” says our elevator man. NUMBER 40. PROHIBITION ANI> TRABE. Rev. J. W. Lee, who was pastor of the Methodist church at Dalton for three years, and who is now sta tioned at Rome, wrote a letter some time since to the Wesleyan Advocate of Macon, on the subject ©f prohibi tion, which we copy below. We think that Mr. Lee’s argument# are unanswerable. He presents the sub ject in its true light, shows that he is thoroughly posted as to the evil effects of ardent spirits. He states one fact about the effect ef prohibi tion at Dalton, which should attract the attention of every one. That city has abolished the traffic in whisky, and will have in its stead a large cotton factory. The company select ed that location because there was no whLky sold there. But it seems that a great many towns in Georgia, ours amongst them, prefer free whis ky to a cottou factory. There Is enough money thrown, away in this town, and all others of similar popu lation, to baild a good sized cotton factory every year. Mr. Leo is said to be one the most learned and ac complished preachers in the North Georgia Conference. But to the let ter. He says: “A favorite argument of the whisky dealers against prohibition is, that it interferes with trade. On the sth of last June the sale of whisky was pro hibited in Daltou. The keepers and a few other wise men, began at once to ring the changes on the immediate prospect of dull times. Last weeks company of capitalists purchased in the town grounds upon which to build a cotton factory. The president of the company stated that Dalton waa selected on account of the fact that no whisky was sold in the place. “A man who takes the position that prohibition hinders trade, must be too ignorant to comprehend an argument. Trade is exchange of wagons, plow stocks, calico, corn, meat, money houses, etc., These elements of trade consist iu so much raw material, mix ed with brains. A wagon consists of hickory and iron,mixed with hrains. A piano consists of wood from the for est and brass from the mountains, mik ed with brains. A bolt of calico is so much cotton, mixed with brains. There is nothing in the whole realm of commence, that is made, exported, imported, or transported, without the help of brains. Liquor has affinity lor the brain, as mercury has for the salivary glands. It directly affects the brain, hardens it, cooks it, as whis ky does an egg. If any man can drink whisky without being injured and ruined by it, it is because he has no brains. “Many animals are said to be proof against opium, arsenic, and henbane, but not one above the oyster has been found, that whisky will not intoxicate. The liquor traffic, then, instead of pro moting trade, absolutely destroys the cerebral tools with which all element* of legitimate trade are formed. It is beyond question, that by every thous and dollars worth of whisky sold in % town, there are a thousand dollars worth less of wagons, homespun,flour, books, and sausage grinders sold. A good lively liquor traffic in city or vil lage, uses up a great deal of capital and labor. It actually uses it up, with out making any return whatever to the health, happiness, education, or moral welfare of our people. Like the water that leaks from the race, it is wasted, spilt. It grinds no wheat, gins no cotton, makes no nail It simply fallß on the ground to generate malaria to poison the atmosphere When this capital and labor are not permitted to express themselves in the whisky business, they are drawn off into other lines of trade, which sub serve the higher wants of men, and society. They are put into scfiool, the church, the the health, the culture. “That many of our cities and towns make no real progress, is not at all wonderful. Think of a city of ten thousand inhabitants spending one hundred thousand dollars in fertilizing the appetites and passions of the peo ple, while perhaps the very same place spends about ten thousand in building up and quickening the conscience, the judgment, the re tson, and the relig ious faculties. Our people will never gro w as they ought until they begin to spend more money upon the upper realms of themselves than upon the lower” The Macon Telegraph say 9: “It I# a rare thing to find a Georgia weekly tnat belongs to the *wig-wag’ bri gade. The editors of that class of papers, as a rule, are independent and outspoken. They dare to have opinions of their own and to give ex pression to them, even when the fact involves oppositions to the great ‘commercial’ statesman, Senator Brown. This is more than can be truthfully said of some of the dailies that have six times as much oppor tunity to show their independence, and about six times less of it to show.” That was a bright girl who said to her bashful lover: “I propose, my dear, that you offer yourself to me, and don’t be atraid that I will not accept you. He didn’t wait for another hint. Sometimes shrouded in a mist-ery; A ship’s riggiug.