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THE CARTERS VILLE COURANT. VOLUME 1. A SSI VBRSA RYU YMS. BY If AH! A I.CM'HI EVE. Sung by the members of the Baptist Convention in Augusta, written by one of Augusta’s fair daughters: Come, let us take sor;t counsel. As we pitch our tents this year, Pilifrims through a world sorrow, Tarry now tar strength and cheer; Come, tage* her let us roasoa, Heart to heart in sweet commune— Laborers in our Father’s vineyard, Heating to; j *' hour at neon. Come, and Ist us take sweet counsel. Learning, yearning for the Land Where, no longer blind and tearful, Kye and heart shall anderstaud; Come, together let us reason Of the fairer dwelling place Where, unhindered, we shall ever See each other, face to facs. Come, and let us take sweet counsel Of our elder brother’* And the place He is prepor, In His Father’s house above; Coma, together let us reason Of the world, where sorrows cease. Lest our fact should faint aad falter lire we reach its shores of peace. Far lilt CoiBANT. Reminiscences of the Cherokees, By HO*. J. W. 11. UNDERWOOD, of Rome, Georgia. CHAPTER X. Copyrighted 1885. All rights reserved, j Tii ten counties originally made out of the Cherokee country, within the chartered limits of Georgia, have been divided and subdivided until now there are twenty-one. The county of Chattooga was named after the Chattooga river, and was formed out of parts of Floyd and Walker. The county of Polk waß made by di viding the county ot Paulding and was named in honor of James K. Polk, the twelfth President of the United States. Haralson county was formed out of parts of Paulding, Polk and Carroll, and was named in honor of Hugh A. Haralson, of Troup county, long a representative In Congress. Fannin county was formed from Un ion and Gilmer, and named to perpetuate the memory of the brave and intrepid Fannin, who fell in Texas at the battle of the Alamo, with Travis and Crockett. Towns county was formed out out of the territory of Union and Rabun, and named for Geo. W. Towns, twice Gov ernor of Georgia. Pickens county was formed out of parts of Gilmer and Cherokee, and named in honor of General Andrew Pickens of revolutionary memory. Whitfield county was formed out of parts of Murray and Walker, and named in honor of George Whitfield, one of the cotemporaries of Ashury and Coke. Catoosa county was formed from parts of Walker and Whitfield, and named to perpetuate the memory of the famed mineral springs in the county, then and now the property of Mr. ij. H. Hick man, of Augusta, Georgia. m Dade county was made out of part ot the territory of Walker county west of the Lookout mountain, and was named for the gallant Major Dade who, with his whole command was massacred in Florida by the Seminole Indians. Dawson county was formed from parts of Gilmer, Lumpkin and Forsyth and named to honor the memory of William Crosby Dawson, long a representative and senator in Congress. Milton county was formed of part of t|ie territory of CJierojiee and po{)b, and in honor of John Milton, a dis tinguished son of Georgia. Gumming, the county site of Forsyth, was named in honor of Gen. Alfred Cuinming. lbihlonega, which means ((old, in th ludUn tongue, is the county aite of Lumpkin. plairsrule, named tor Tol. Raines jjlair, a revolutionary soldier, of whom WP have told you, is the copnty site of Union. liiwaseie, named for the moat beauti ful little river lliwassie, and was named by the writer of these reminiscences. Morgan ton, the county site of Fannin, yua named by the parojiniaps who •allied it, in honor of Morganton, N. C. Klijay, situated on the Eli Jay river, is named for the river, and is the county site of Gilmer. Spring Place, the county site of Mur ray, was named thus because of the (lib numerous boiling, refreshing springs louud there, Dawsonvllle is the county town of Dawson. Jasper the courthouse town of Pick ens, was named for Sergeant Jasper, the companion of Newton, two soldiers |nd patriots who rescued the husband of sorrowing Mrs. Jones from the British army ucar Savannah during the revolu tionary war. Canton is the county silt f,r /* < berokee county, named in honor Canton, in China. Certain persons calculated to i raise large quantities of tea hoping to I supply the American market. Accord ing to my information the tea plant was first grown successfully there, so far as {he itate of Georgia is concerned. Aiphi v ' r a is the county site oi Milton, j named to perpetuate the memory of an Indian girl. Marietta, the county site of Cobb, was named to perpetuate somebody’s “little Mary.” The county site of Cass, was Oassville, but when the name of the county was changed to Bartow, the town changed itsef to Manasses. It has returned to its qld love again and Manasses is no more. partersvUle Is now the county site of Bartow, named in honor of Farish Car ter, Esq., of Baldwin county, Georgia. When the Western aud Atlantic rail road was projected, W. W. Gordon, of Savannah, was one of the leading mem bers of the Legislature, and Gordon county was named in his honor. Calhoun, the county site* was called for Hon. J. C. Calhoun, of S. C., a great and honored statesman and leader. Dallas, the county town of Paulding, is called for Hon. George Mifflin Dallas, Vice-President of the United States from 1545 to 1849. Buchanan, the county site of Haralson, was named to honor Hon. James Buch anan, the fifteenth President of the United States. Cedartown, the county site of Polk, took its name from the multitudinous growth of cedars in and around the town. Except MeLemore’s cove, Cedar Val ley is the most fertile in the State of Georgia. Home, the county site of Floyd, is named for old imperial Rome, built on seven hills at Ihe confluence of the Oostanaula and Etowah riven, at the head of Coosa, which is the principal branch of the Alabama river. Rome has great natural advantages, enjoys considerable trade, and will be noticed more fully hereafter. Dalton, the county site of Whitfield, is named alter Mr. Dalton, of New York, a railroad magnate of distinction in the early days of railroad travel and trans portation. Dalton will be a city of im portance at some future time. Ringgold, the county town of Catoosa, iscalled in memory of gallant Major Ringgold,of the United States army, who organized the first battery of “Flying Artillery.” Summerville, In Chattooga, was sup posed to be the spot where summer tourists would congregate for the sake of health and pleasure. LaFayette, in Walker county,was nam ed in honor of gallant Marquis De La- Fayette, the French nobleman who left bis vine-clad hills, in la ville France, crossed the stormy ocean, endured the privations anci dangers of the revolu tionary war to aid the American people in their struggle for liberty. He was the friend of Washington. Trenton, the county site of Dade, was a namesake of Trenton, New Jersey, Haralson, Paulding, Milton, Cobb, Cherokee, Forsyth, Dawson, Pickens, Lumpkin, Union, Towns, Fannin and Gilmer, are what is called free-stone lands—secondary formation, abounding in minerals, gold, marble, iron, etc. Precious stones are found in all of them. The country is billy and mountainous, lying on both sides of the g*-eat Blue Ridge chain of mountains. This region is exceedingly well watered, with the finest springs and wells of water. Creeks and small rivers are met with frequently. The valleys of land, even where they are small, are exceedingly fertile and healthy. They are fluely timbered with oak, hickory and pine. Water power for mills and manufacto ries is found in great abundance. The scenery in places is very grand, the mountains and hills affording landscapes of exceeding beauty, perhaps unsur passed on the globe. The counties of Polk, Floyd, Bartow, Gordon, Chattooga, Whitfield, Murray, Catoosa, Walker and Dade, are all on the limestone foundation. The soil is more fertile, the valleys wider and richer, the creeks and rivers larger, and while the springs and branches are less nu merous, they are much larger, making it a well watered section and very produc tive. Perhaps there is no section on the glofip ipqr? ifcsjralfie $s habitation and a homo. The productions are diversified, corn, wheat, rye, oats, and all the cereals are cultivated in great abundance. Pota toes, peas, pumpkins, cabbages, etc., are made in abundant profusion. The apple, the plum, peach, nectarine, apricot and qherry groVys in great perfection. vyild grapes are indigenous to the soil, and the pqltirated grape is as prolife as in the South of prance. Iron is found in immense quantities. There is no part of Pennsylvania supe rior to a section one hundred miles in diameter, of which Rome is the center, for iron pre^. Here maYbe found the hematite, mag netic and fosstiiferous ores in apparently inexhaustible quantities. Coal is found in the Raccoon and Look out ranges of mountains. Down the Coosa river from Rome it is found in large yelp;, also near Gadsden and Qreensport, in Alabama, now navigable for steamboats of considerable size. Cotton grows finely in the Southern portion of this region. The valleys teem with a healthy, industrious, enterprising population, who produce in great abun dance tpe nectaries of life and some of its luxuries, phurches, schools and col leges abound. The most numerous re ligious denomination is the Baptist, the next in point of numbers is the Metho dist, next the Presbyterian and then the Episcopalian. There is but little bigotry or spirit of intolerance, and the few Catholics hepe arg as free to worship after their faith as any other religious sect. Everybody can worship God after the dictates of their own conscience with pone to molest or make them afraid. Wnen the white people first settled in this country among the Indians, the pro ductions of the virgin soil were wonder ful to behold. The produce sold very low, as there were no railroads and no navigable streams qearer than two hun dred miles. Corn sold in some places at 25 cents a bushel, pork 2 to cents per pound, and the best and thriftiest farm ers hauled their produce in wagons hun dreds of miles to find a market. The dry goods were brought from Charleston, Savannah, Augusta and Columbus, Ga. | Salt was purchased at four dollars a | bushel, and all heavy goods eost two dol- I lars per hundred pounds to get them CARTERSVILLE, GEORGIA, THURSDAY, MAY 14, 1885. from the market. The people spun and wove their own clothes, and bought only salt, sugar and coffee, making the rest of their provisions themselves. In due course of time, Cherokee Geor gia had better means of transportation and more “store clothes.” But the rail road excitement did not agitate the ! county of Rabun to any serious extent until some time about the year 1854. There lived near Clayton, a tanner, who fancied himself an orator, and who arrived at the conclusion that his “spe cialty” was speaking on railroads. Like many of the sons of Adam he was vain of his attainments, and he believed he was able to elucidate the entire system of American internal improvements. His education was limited. Lindley Murray and himself had a very slight acquaintance, or indeed any other au thor on English grammar. Horne Tooke might have thought lie murdered the King’s English and general literature. But he generally made up in sound what he lacked in sense. To a cultivated au dience, the ringing of a six-shilling bell would have been equally satisfactory. He might be considered a fair illustra tion of vox et preteria nihil. When there was nothing else on hand to amuse, during pourt Sessions, we often inveigled him into speech-making on railroads. We trained the boys to applaud until they became perfect in the art. Some times, it is true, it came in at the wrong place, and a time or so it lasted longer than tha circumstances justified. Asa result, his vanity became almost intol erable. We consulted at last as to how we should let him down to his level. A6 he was always ready to spout, we allured him to collect a crowd and begin. So soon as he got started one of the foremost in the audiance rose up and left. He was followed by another, and another, until the last man, who was by agreement, to sit it out with solemn cast of counte nance, rose up and interrupted the speaker, who, nothing daunted by the departures, was gesticulating wildly, his voice elevated to its highest pitch. The Solitary auditor at last gained his at tention and brought the speaker’s eyes down to his level. Holding his watch In his hand, he re marked : “I believe your time is about out,” and turned to leave. The orator, at last understanding the situation, replied: “Well, l believe it is.” The railroads lost their champion in this wise, and it is said he never at tempted another address on that or any other subject. There resided in Rabun county a very extraoruinat > man, who like the fore going had very little education. lie had considerable property, accumulated by his parents before him, but that was all he had in the way of advantages. He had never heard of any salt but Liver pool salt, but he had not the remotest idea in the world where Liverpool was situa ted, whether it was a town,a manufactory, or a government, he was totally unin formed. He had no conception of the ocean. If there was any larger sheet of water than Horace Cannon’s mill-pond, which covered about an acre of land, he was not aware of it. But he had good practical sense, so far as his information extended, and lie studied all questions that concerned him in a business way with a great deal of zeal and earnest ness. One day he inquired of me very se riously, “If there was more than one road to Liverpool ?” I|e explained that that the subject gave him concern, that he did not think there was more than one, but he decided to ask me for information. I promptly replied “there was not,” He then went on to unburden himself. He thought we would be in a very bad way should this country ct into a war with jpiverpooi. Should that ong road get blockaded we would certainly perish for salt. It requircaj au to getp my face, but I did so, and remarked “that the idea had never occurred to me before. I had associated a good deal with Judge Hill— yer, llowell Cobb and Judge Dougherty, and not one of them haq eyes discussed this important subject.’* Reflecting a mo ment, I requested him not to say any thing more on the subject until I ex amined into it, concluding with the sage remark: “Now won’t it be a feather in the cap of little Rabun if this jde& of making anothef roacj to Liverpool shall be, as "it ought to he, credited to one of her people here?” We agreed to con sult Judge Dougherty. In my judgment, and in the judgment of Rabun county also, Judge Dougherty was the greatest man who ever set foot in Rabun county. i|y pvoYinpial friend became excited and insisted that I should arrange that he might interview Judge Dougherty as early as possible, I ad vised him to see the Judge directly after supper. When I 6aw the Judge and told him the circumstances, he laughed heartily but copld hardly credit it. We agreed to humor the joke. When the anxious inquirer about Liverpool came in he was very self-im portant. Judge Dougherty explained that he was surprised, that the idea was a novel one to himself, for it had sutely never occurred to him before. Certainly, if we went to war with Liverpool the salt made there would be cut o$ from us. The Judge remarked that tbi9 sectiou of country had beeu represented in Congress by Wiley Thompson and Judge Clayton when he was young, and afterward by Howell Cobb and Judge Hillyer. Turning to me he remarked; “These great men never contemplated such a contingency. If it is flashed upon Congress that these great statesmen failed to contemplate such an idea, and the startling fact becomes I known that Rabun originated it, there is no telling what may happen. Fulton was made immortal by the fact that a boiling tea-kettle opened up the power of steam.” It was decided that a meetiug in the courthouse should be held the next night, when Mr. should present his views and flush the idea on the assembled mul : titude. The originator of tho Liverpool dtlemna grew more excited. I whis pered that he keep “mum” on the sub ject until the speaking opened on the : next night. The humor of the thing made Judge Dougherty put on extra dignity with a | look of mischievous mystery. To make j the affair more complete, I informed an other son of the mountains, Mr. Jordan Gaines, that Mr.— was about to make a speech in the courthouse that would j astonish the world. *1 hinted that it ; might make him so well known as to get him into the legislature, “Jord” Gaines replied, “I say make a speech! He can’t speak 1 I can beat him myself, and if he tries to do it, I’ll reply to him; see if I don’t?” I was pleased to see Jordan enter into the matter. It promised to be enter taining. Jordan was a trump card, play him where you would. He was six feet five inches in height, with large bones, weighing two fiqndrgd and twenty-five pounds, and no surplus flesh on him. His shoulders were broad, and his legs and arms were long and brawny. His fingers were nine inches long, and hfe shoes were number thirteen. I had seen him drink nearly a pint of corn whisky at a draught without taking the flask from his mouth. He could put a quart flask of whisky in his breeches pocket apd you would not have suspected if you had not known it, that it was there, He was, or had been, a hard-shell Baptist preacher, and was a good man, full of eccentricities. He generally got excited while preaching. Once he leaped over the breast-board of the pul pit while loam ran out of his mouth, which so amazed his brethren and sisters that they fled the pjaqe immediately. He was eager to meet our Liverpool orator, and ready for the onset. After court was over it was announced, that there would be speaking in the court house and a number of country people remained to hear it, Sam Beck, E Jward Coffee, Cols. Mosely, Cannon and Bleck ly. Jack Martin, Bill Gillespie, Bailey Dance and many others were there. We prevailed on Esquire A. M. Norris, (as good a man as ever lived) to preside over the meeting. The Liverpool orator took a seat between Judge Dougherty and myself. When the chairman announced the meeting ready for business, he rose with great apparent confidence, and made about the following speech, as near as I can recall it: Mr. Chairman, anAtjcllow-oifjEoWs; t have never before troubled you with any of my views. I was born amongst you, and I have stayed at home and minded my own business; working to make a living for my wife and children. I have never asked you for any office. I have always been willing for Cols. Bleckley or Coffee, or Cannon, or Jack Martin, to go to the Legislature. Whether (shall ever go, depends on you and not me.” Jor dan Gaines raised his head and grunted “humph!” in a very audible way. “I am now’ forty years old; have thought a great deal about the present and future of our great country. I think I love ray country as much as any of you,*’ turning and looking at the former representatives. “Rut no one man can think of every thing. We have had smart men in Con gress. Mr. Howell Cobb and Judge Ilillyer is great men. Judge Dougherty is greater than any of them, and he don’t know everything. ‘The weak things of this world shah confound the mighty!’ Here he pitched his voice to the roof apd squealed with all his might- sup pose yoq wm to, £0 io war with th© goy •rnment of Liverpool. There ain’t but one road there, and suppose an army was placed on that road so that waggins and carts can’t travel, hotc would we get any salt? That’s what I want fo know. I am trow for opening anew road to Liver pool!” Just here some of ua showed our interest in the subject: “That’s so!” “Did you ever think of it before!” “Here’s a statesman for you!” “Hur rah for Rabun!” could b all around. Th* orator was deeply moved himself, and proceeded: “If you think my mer its demand my promotion, why that’s with you!” There was a varied impres siou made on the listeners. Some were evidently pleased, but Gaines was not one of them. “Jord” looked at me and I nodded encouragement. He arose and shook his mane. He flung down his hat and stamped one of his No. 13’s on the floor, which went off like a small-sized Christmas gun. “Mr. Chairman, I understand this game. It is plain to me what he is after. Why didn’t he go to our member of Con gress and ask his advice ? No, he comes here, gets up this meeting for his own use, and without warning he thrusts in his views about salt, and anew road to Liverpool. Now, I am in favor of salt myself. It’s a useful thing in a family, but what’s the use of making all thi.- fuss about it! Ah ! I understand all this fuss about salt and anew road to Liver pool! I say, reaching out his long, bony fingers to his opponent, yelling in k stentorian voice which could be heard a j aa lt a mile,) lam disgusted; yes sir, dis ■ gusted.” Squatting down so that hi coat-skirts swept the floor, he stretched | over a space of about seven feet, bis ; knotty Hagers scratching on the floor, j he roared, “Mr. Chairman, I alius did i despise to see a man side-wiping around j and about, trying to get into the orthog raphy of a little office!” The appiau- . j was so furious, that the chaU? man was obliged to adjourn the meeting. So ended the road to Liverpool, which was to go by way of the Legislature, and perhaps by Congress, and perhaps by the Presidency. (CONTINUED NEXT WEEK.) ECHOES FROM NEW MEXICO. Dear Couraxt : As we said in our last, the religion of our population, Mex icans and Indians, is a mixture. It is nearly always a low form of Romanism with some of the ancient customs of the Indians mixed in. Some of their observ ances are of the most barbarous kind. One way they have of sell torture is by running barefoot over cactuses strewn thickly on the ground, while they are beaten over their naked backs by a spe- O es of limbed ca tus in tho hands of their friends. The worst form of your prickly pear is tame when compared to the cac- tuses used in this self-punishment. These poor, deluded souls, seem to deem it a very great privilege to be the “peuiten tials” on such occasions, though they sometimes die in the greatest agony be fore the performance is over. It is hard to conceive of the suffering they undergo. Now that American civilization is grow ing so strong these revolting practices are observed more secretly and are con demned by the priests, but the civil law and the influence of the priesthood are powerless In some sections. The face ot the country is marked by long ranges of mountains and foothills, the most of which are barren wastes of rocks, w’hile some produce tine timber, and intervening valleys and wide reach ing plains. In the mountains almost ev erywhere valuable stores of minerals are found. Gold, silver, iron and copper are the leading kinds. Extensive mining operations are carried on in many parts, but to a skeptical looker-on, like myself, these do not seem to promise fabulous wealth, either to capitalists or laborers. Still many hundreds stake their capital and many thousands toil and suffer. Oh, for such faith in oi.r religious work! The valleys and plains always afford some kind of growth, such as the mes quite, or sage brush, or at least a yearly crop of grass, which springs up during the rainy season. In the South the mes quite roots, which are enormous compar ed to the bushes they sustain, are our main dependence for fuel. The grass crop is always sufficient to carry the stock through from year to year. The soil is good, and where irrigation is pos sible, fine crops of wheat, oats, corn, etc., can be raised. Excellent fruits are grow r n, and as fine grapes as America affords. The Rio Grande passing through the whole length of the Territory, from North to South, affords w’ater for the ir rigation of thousands of acres of land. There are other streams of minor impor tance. Artesian water is being sought in several places. The sound of our large "drill., run by steam power, reaches my ear just ncw, ami the result of its strokes is aw r aited with interest. In this imme diate section sufficient water for all ordi nary purposes, and even for watering cattle and vegetable gardens, can be se cured by digging from forty to seventy five feet. For raising this water to the surface windmill power is the kind com monly used. Cattle, sheep and goats do well here without being fed at any sea son. In some parts considerable game—d*er, elk, bear—is found. Many “Jack rab bits,” prairie dogs and coyotes (small wolves) inhabit the plains. From the fact that the air is so trans parent, strangers are liable to be greatly decieved in estimating distances. Many ridiculous and some serious mistakes have been made. The rairage is very in teresting. fountains are apparently lifted up and inverted, and great inland seas and beautiful lakes look so refresh ing that it is hard to think them a delus ion. Geologically' the whole face of the country is of the greatest interest. That much of it is of volcanic origin is plainly evident. Seoriae in great abundance is found in many places. Extinct volcanoes are found, and rocks bear signs of great heat. Petrified specimens of wood and water animals in great variety are found, among which a*e specimens of bark indi cating that forests of large trees once grew where not a tree stands to-day. The strangest seeming contradictions oc ! cur all around us. Very truly, P. L. Stanton. Where the Money Went. The United States war steamer Florida, which has been rotting for several years at the grass-grown Leathean docks of the New London yards, is being broken up and carted away by a junk dealer, who paid less than $50,000 for the hulk. The Florida cost the government $1,800,- 000. She was a swift vessel, but her machinery was so powerful that she oould not carry coal enough to run her across the ocean. She never made but one little trip. After this exploit she was tied up at the Brooklyn yard and the rotting process began. The first cost and expenses of this ship represent an outlay of at least $2,200,000. For this the government has less than $50,000 to show. “This,” remarks the Manchester ion, “was one of the eftoits of the re publican administratien to furnish the country with a navy, and yet as the sto ry is told to-day the wicked democratic party is responsible because of the fee bleness of our naval defenses.” Celebrated Monarch Shirt “ has on equal. For sale by Jones Bros. & Cos. Beautiful line Gent’s Neckwear at Jones Bros. & Cos. ♦ ♦ 150 pairs Ladies arid Misses Cloth Shoes from 50c to $1.50, worth $1 and $2.25. Jones Bros. & Cos. All-Wool Nuns Veiling at lSe, worth 30c. Jones Bros. & Cos. ■JUDIES’ COL EKK-f THE SMALLEST WOMAN ALIVE. The parlors of the Ashland House, on Fourth Avenue, near twenty-third street, were crowded yesterday with friends of Miss Lucia Zarate, “ the human doll,” who was holding a reception. Miss Lucia is the smallest woman in the world, weigh ing but 4J pounds. Her clothing would fit anew born infant, it taking but one yard of cloth to make her a costume. Standing on the centre marble table in the parlor she received her guests, accepting tlieir tributes of flowers with gracious ease, and in each case returning thanks in bro ken English for their kindness. Her height is but 26| inches ; her chest meas ures 15( inches ; waist 144 ; arms eight inches in length ; middle finger 14 inches, and little finger £of an inch. She has over 300 costumes, and every morning she selects the dresses she desires to wear.— New York Times. Miss Cleveland’s Temperance Opinions. From the Living Issue. 1 The following appeal to girls was written by Elizabeth Cleveland, the present mistress of the White House, and was published in the Youth’s Tem perance Banner, Feb. 18, 1882 • J. G. Holland wrote in Mrs. Hayes al bum these words: “Women only can make wine drinking unfashiouablo and heal the nation of this curse.” What did Dr. Holland mean by women only ? Is it true that only women can make wine drinking unfashionable and heal the nation of this curse? You and I want to know this first, because if only we women can do this thing, why, it is an awful responsibility upon us, each one of us. And if somebody else can do it, we, like all the others, would like to give that somebody else the job. Five years ago, at Washington, Mrs. Hayes became mistress of the White House, and it was for her, and no one else, to say what the social atmosphere should be which surrounded her guests and how they should be entertained at her house. Well, she did an unheard of thing. She banished wine fror. all her entertainments, with jus* one ex ception. Secretary Evarts made a fuss. He was mortified. He could not endure to have lord and lady English, count and countess French, oaron and baroness German come tj the White House din ners and hav> nothing fit for them to drink—not a drop of poison ! It was ut erlyquee.l So Mrs. Ilayes made one exception in favor of those great foreign highnesses, and allowed wine upon her table in their presence. But only for once. Her conscience—high-souled wo man that she is—smote her for that on* little cowardly compromise with rqpor_~ Slift cCald-better endure to have secretary Evarts and the Smith’s ashamed of her than to be ashamed of herself. So she quietly and foiever after prohibited wine from her table, and cheerfully endured the lifted eye-broWs and shrugged shoulders of the diploma s, British, French, Russian—all, and the little short-lived hiss of “fashionable” society until that hiss turned to a cheer, and fashionable society turned around, like the spaniel it is, and trotted on behind i its mistress. It became unfashionable to serve win® and to otter wine in fash ionable society while Mrs. Hayes was in the White House. What Mrs. Ilayes did in the White House every woman can do in her own borne if she will. If the girls who read ; these words will each of them, all togeth er, use their influence on the side of tem perance, they can make temperance fashionable where they are. Will yen do it? Gen. Grant does a manly thing in re fusing to drink wine everywhere and in all society. It is only a strong man who can keep his wine glass upside down—in this oase right side up too—while all the grand people around him are sipping champagne and toasting each other in sparkling drinks. No one can tell how “far this little candle sheds Its light.” But no man can do for a fashion in so ciety what a woman can. It is women only, as Dr. Holland said. I wish some strong, bright angel stood before you just now, while you read, girls, to flash before you, as no words of mine can, the power you possess to help or to hinder the cause of temperance, to make you feel your responsibility, be cause you are girls in the matter; to shudder at its weight, and to never cease trying to fulfill it. Doubtless you have beard a great deal about the value of your amiles: but do you know the value of your frowns? I wish I could make you feel the value of your frowns, and the importance of knowing just what to frown upon. What a man must do by a blow a woman can do by a frown. When the time comes that the young man who now shares his time in your society and the saloon, who jokes about temperance in your presence, and takes a glass social ly now and then, is made to feel that these things cannot be if you are to be his companion at party, ride, or church; that good society cannot tolerate these things in its members; in short, that this kind of man is unfashionable and unpop ular—then alcohol will tremble on its throne, and the liquor traffic will hide its cancerous face. All scientists know the proneness of in sects to deposit their eggs in decayed fruit. What creates worms in the human body? Think of this and give Shriner’s Indian Vermifuge occasionally to your children. Augusta News : “It is said that a negro has been sentenced to the penitentiary for five years, from Warren county, for selling a quart of whisky in that county, in viola tion of the prohibition law. He ought to have stolen a hundred thousand dollars, and then he could go the legislature.” NUMBER 15. Should we Laugh or Cry? It is not the correct thing at all to laugh at the misfortunes of people; but what can one do when placed in the po sition narrated in the following by a wel come Connecticut correspondent; In the procession that followed good Deacon Jones to the grave, last summer, Itev. Mr. the new minister of East i’ewn, found himself in the carriage with an elderly man whom he hud never before met. They rode in grave silence for a few moments, when the clergyman endeavored to improve the occasion by serious conversation. “This is a solemn duty in which we are engaged, my friend,” he said. “Hey? what did you say, sir?” the old man returned. “Can’t ye speak louder? I’m hard of he&rin’.” “I was remarking,” shouted the minis ter, “that this is a solemn road we are travelling to-day.” “Sandy road! You don’t call this ere sandy, do ye? I guess you ain’t been down to the South Deestriet. Ther’s a stretch of road on the old pike that beats all 1 ever see for hard traveliu’. Only a week afore Deacon Jones was tuck sick I met him driviu’ his ox-team along there, and the sand was pretty nigh up to the hubs of the wheels. The deacon used to get dretful riled ’bout that piece of road, and East Town does go ahead of all creation for sand.” The young miuister looked blank at the unexpected turn given to his remark; but quickly recovering himself, and rais ing his voice to its highest pitch, he re sumed the conversation. “Our friend has done with all the dis comforts of earth,” he said, solemnly. “A small spot of ground will soon cover his poor senseless clay.” “Did you say clay, air,” said the old man eagerly. “Tain’t nigh so good to cover sand with as tneedder loam. Sez 1 to Mr. Brewer, last town-meetin’ day, ‘lf you’d cart on a few' dozen loads—and there’s acres of it on the river ba>Y,'se/ I, ‘you’d make as pretty piece of road as there is in Har’fniu county. But we are slow folks K East Town Sir.” It waS perhaps fortunate for the minis ter at that moment that the smell of new made hay from a neighboring field suggested a fresh train of thought. “Look,” said he, with a graceful wave of the hand, “what an emblem of the brevity of human life! As the grass of the field so man flourisheth, and to-mor row he is cut down !” “I dou’t calculate to cut mine till next week,” said his companion. “You musn’t cut grass too arly; and then, agin, you musn’t cut it too late.” “My friend!”, shacked the minister, in a last desperate attempt to make liir _self_ |inderstood,J.Uiiiß no place for vain conversation. We are narrow house appointed for all the lh ing.” They w r ere entering the graveyard, but the old man stretched his neck from the carriage-window in the opposite direc tion : “Do you mean ’Squire Hubbard’s over yonder? ’Tis rather narrev. They build all them new-fangled houses now a-day3. To my notion they ain’t nigh so harnseme, nor so handy to do chores in, as the old-fashiotled square ones, with a broad entry runnin’ clear through to the back-door. Well, this is the gittin’ out place, ain’t it? Much obleeged to ye, parson, for your entertainin’ re marks.” Plain Questions. Mythical ideas are fanning the public brow with the breath of prejudice, ignorance and humbuggery. Have you the remotest idea that your scrofula was created by the use of potash and mercury? No matter what the eause, B. B. B. is the peer of all other remedies. Do you presume that your troublesome catarrh is the re sult of mineral poisoning? B. 8.8. is the quick est remedy. Are your chronic ulcers and boils and sores the result of potash and mercury ? Medical gentlemen will not tell you so, but B. B. B. is the only sovereign remedy. Were your terrible kidney troubles created by mineral poisoning ? Not a bit of it, but B. B. B. has proven to be a reliable remedy, Are your skin diseases, your eczema, dry tetter, etc., the effect of too much potash and mercury ? The medical profession are the best judges, and they say nay, but B. B. B. makes more pronounced cures than all other preparations combined. Gen. Grant at Work on Appomattox. Gen. Grant’s improved condition con tinues, and Tuesday was able to dictate for about an hour and twenty minutes to his steuographer. He has now nearly com pleted his account of the Appomattox cam paign, giving the hour and miuute of the various movements, and of the orders which characterized that most interesting epoch in the war. His throat gives him little trouble, the only sore spot being at the base of the tongue. This interferes slightly with his swallowing but he nev ertheless partook freely of food during the day. He does not yep occupy his bed for fear of the recurrence of coughing fits, but rests quietly in his fwo easy chairs. The second volume of his book will be in the hands of the publishers as soon as all the maps are finished, which will be in a short . time. ' CUKE FOR PILES. - Piles are frequently preceded by a sense of weight in the back, loins and lower part of the abdomen, causing the patient to suppose he has some afiection of the kidneys or neighboring or gans. At times symptoms of indigestion 'are present, flatulency, uncasine-s of the stomach, etc. A moisture, like perspiration, producing a very disagreeable itching, after getting warm, is a common attendant. Blind, Bleeding and Itching Piles yield at once to the application of Dr. Bosanko's Pile Remedy, which acts directly upon the parts effected, absorbing the Tumors, allaying the intense itching, and effecting a per manent cure. Price 50 cents. Address, The Bosanko Medicine to., Piqua, O. Sold by D. W. Curry. may 7-ly Beautiful line Manilla Hats at less than New York cost at Jones Bros. & Cos. They must go, of course! We mean our handsome stock of Fans and I’arasols. Jones Bros. & Cos. Herbert Miiani united with the Metho dist church on Sunday night.