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THE COURANT. I *u I>l itVi<•‘<l Kvery Thursday, CAim.iisYll.L!, UKOUGIA. 7UK COPRA ST i* puhliehed erery Thu red ay inerniny and . delirrred by carrier* in fie rity *r mailed, p**tatje free, at fl SO a year; • j. in*nth*, SO cent*; three month*, SO cent*. A /■ VKRTISIVO RATES depend on 7 tv the piajirr, and mill he f'urn inked on aji/dicth t,*r*. RnRRESPOSPESCR <■ at.: ini .■] '.■ riant metre ech cited from all part* rtf the county. A DDR ESS all letter*. i u n ,'cation* and tel eat U' -e and make all dra f** or ohevk* 'payable to Tit K COIKANT, Carter*rill*. Ga. DOCTOR AND MRS. W. H. FELTON. MAY 21, 1835. - - . L 1 !. 1 JSVESTIOA 11 OK K BED ED, It has leaked out that the basement of the Capitol is in a lamentably dirty condition. The lower corridors are filled uitli a horrible odor nearly all the time. .Some of the fir-t floor offi i-iulrt live in corntant.dread of disease. There has been somc.sb kness on account o' this bad state of affairs, and Mr. Frank Haralson, the State I brarian, attributes the death of his little daughter to the fact that she “pent a great deal of time with him in the library, which is directly over the foulest part of the building.— Atlanta correspondent Savannah Times. Now, the Cor kant would like to know why tio 1 filthy basement and those liorri- j Ido corridors are not cleaned ? The ■ Comptroller’s report shows that $3,500 j was appropriated for the last fiscal year for public buildings, of which sum $5,500 was drawn out on the warrant of Col. •Tohn A. Stephens, the officer placed in charge by the executive, up to September 10th, 1884—leaving $3,000 to be drawn out for the rest of the year. What is the superintendence intended for if it is not to preserve the public buildings and keep them in decent order? We hope somebody will he kind enough to explain, for we suppose the same amount was ap propriated this year. Last winter the Capitol was as filthy a public building as ever disgraced the state. It a broom was applied to the steps or galleries dur ing the session, it was done so negligent ly as not to improve its looks or its com fort. I luring the time of the elections forjudges and solicitors, the foul air, the foul dust, and the foul cigar smoke, made a perpetual fog That was thick, yellow and poisonous. Everybody in that crowd'd building was choked and cough ing with the filthy exhalations. The steps, the corridors, and the approaches were as nasty as the word expresses. Now, in the name of common sense why V. as nut a little of that $8,500 expended in some soap and a few barrels ot water, and the concern cleaned up? The house is old—and its whole history is a crying disgrace—but the fioovs could be washed, the windows could be cleaned, the tobacco spittle, caked and dried on the planks, could he moistened and .scraped with a hoc, if need be; and then some of those well-paid employees, who seem intended not for use hut for orna ment, might put out a little elbow-grease on mop-handles to the state’s advantage. The Capitol is tilthy, the corridors are foul, and the basement is most likely a fruitful source of untold diseases and malarial complaints, but there is also another bad place that; needs looking af ter, namely : why so much of the tax payers’ money is appropriated to keep up public buildings and grounds, with noth ing clean or healthy to show for it. The legislature should meet the Dt of July, examine into the sanitary condition of the filthy den, order the work done, appoint a committee of women, (if the men are ashamed to do ii) and authorize an expenditure of a couple of hundred ot that $8,500 to further the work, and we will wager there will be an upturn ing of the tilth and general cleaning out of the concern without further trouble. Then' was an apparent motive for having the old Kimball opera house look disrep utable while the new eapitol bill was pending, but now that the new eapitol is forthcoming, for pity’s sake scour and whitewash the other one—so long as the state is obliged to use it. The supreme court room was the only decent looking one iu the whole fabric that we saw last winter, and a little paint and whitewash would not have hurt it, but the balance were reeking with tilth—the steps were a terror to a lady’s clean skirts, and the whole fabric was inexpressibly nasty and grimy with the accumulation of years of unelcanliness. There is no sort of excuse for this tilth. ’ Water is cheap, and soap not much dearer—lime can be h;. I, and a little paint would not bank rupt the state—and unless those filthy seats, grimy window panes, and spittle covered floors are improved by the first ot July, a petition should be circulated, asking an investigation of all the whys and wherefores, and that petition will be numerously signed, in our opinion. Now, if the freezes and the long cold | spring have not stamped out these death- ; dealing malarious germs, and it there, are ’ noxious odors sufficient at this time to kill a bright young life, that was at liberty to | go out for fresh air at pleasure, what will a July sun do for the members of the i house of representatives—confined tor j many hours every day in that filthy old sweat-box ? The whole south side of the hall is a mass of shutterless, glaring win dows, with their yellow curtains flapping like hospital tlags in times of pestilence, j as dirty as glass can Income, untouched ; by water, unless a driving storm may do something for their outside cleansing, the .mid-summer heat grilling and steaming .through the filthy hall and the end can I easily be foretold at this distance. When i you consider we are paying out a hau l some sum “to keep” these public build- ' ings and the proof of their non-keeping is written all over this dirty house, why wait any longer to set up a reform? Gkx. Logan lias been re-elected United States senator from Illinois. This result is largely attributable *o the ineorope tency ami personal partisanship of the democratic members of the legislature of Illinois. Mr. Morrison should hare bean abandoned for some one more adaptable to the people. 1 here is a constant warfare being waged between the species of the animal kingdom. Think of the horribleness of an army of worms storming the citadel of life. A dose of Shritier’s Indian Ver mifuge will destroy them. PRESIDE ST CLEYELASD. We have received a communication from a distinguished Georgian who is a warm personal friend of ours. Iu this communication he criticises somewhat pungeatly our cordial endorsement and ! approval of President Cleveland’s ad- : ministration in last week’s Courant. lie attacks, with considerable vehe mence, President Cleveland’s political and moral antecedents. lie signs the ! communication with the nome <le plume “Independent Democrat.” We think its publication would do our friend injustice and create for him ene mies where his noble impulses, his moral character and intellectual endowments, entitle him to respect and honor. It is too late to attack or defend any thing Grover Cleveland may have said or done before his election to the presi dency. The people h ive endorsed him at the ballot-box. They have c aid by their votes, “we find no fault in this man,” or if there are faults they are in ferior to those found in his opponents, are pardonable and extinguishabie by the able, honest and national administra tion we expect from him. The writer was among those who thus ! endorsed Grover Cleveland at the ballot box. Though since the war we have never done otherwise than support the the national democracy, yet we feel par ticular pleasure, a sort of patriotic rap ture in having thus placed our personal endorsement upon the life, character and political principles of President Cleve land. it is true we never seek, expect or require moral perfection in a candidate for the presi dency. Such a demand as this would have ex cludcd Washington, Jefferson, Jackson and every other man who lias made the presidential office illustrious by his honesty, capacity and patriotism. It is true we do require in every candidate for oflicial position an acknowledg ment of the inspiration of the Scriptures and a decent regard for public Christian worship. We would not vote for an avowed infidel, one who derided the claims of Christianity. Neither will the people of the United Stales ever sup port such a man for the presidency. Theo retical Christianity at least domiuates the Opinions of the American people, and who ever is elevated to office by their votes must do outward homage to its requirements. But to withhold our approval and endorsement from a a president who is now doing well and who is •fully meeting the reasonable demands of all lovers of “law, order and nationality,” because <u moral improprieties — 1 sins of youth long since repented of”—is not only uncharitable, Put at war with the letter and spirit of our con i titutioßal government. Again, our friend, “Independent Democrat,” is surprised that we can endorse an administration which favors a suspension of silver coinage and is in sympathy, as he says, with the “money power” of Wall street. Permit us to say that President Cleveland has no authority or power to suspend the coinage ef silver, and we imagine it will be many years before (be representatives of the people give such authority to-liim or his successors in office, f.ct the people hold to a rigid accountability those men having authority over these questions, but let us not reject or condemn a man who has no power to act in these premises until the peo ple, through their representatives, confer upon him tlio right to stipend silver coinage. Our approval which our friend objects to was expressed in these words: ‘‘So far, we cordially approve of his administration. lie may have appointed a few improper men to office. “Here, approval is cordial and complete, though a few minor blunders through the misrepresentations of others may have been made. If Cleveland was to make a thousand blunders of this char acter or blunders more seriously affecting the business interests of the country and yet suc ceeded in giving to the American people an ad ministration distinguished for honesty, com-, pliance with the constitution, national, free from national hate and prejudice, if he succeeds in restoring the union, in making the southern states feel once more they have a heritage in their fathers’ government, then every Amei ican patriot should place upon President Cleveland’s administration his endorsement and cordial ap proval. Cleveland is doing this. Indeed, he has accomplished this desired end and object of patriotism. Garland and Lamar are in his cab inet; Jackson and Lawton, of Georgia, have re ceived distinguished honors. Joe Johnston and many others, who represent the wealth and in telligence of the south, and who for twenty years have been ostracized by their fathers’ government, are restored to American citizen ship. Approve! Yes, we approve with all the heart. What if Cleveland is in error about sil ver? Wliat if he does make mistakes in ap pointments to office? What if lie does observe aud respect civil service refarm? These things should not weigh a feather in estimating the benefactions of an administration which unites a dissevered country, resuscitates a union which is based upon the supremacy of the constitution and the nationality of the government, drives sectional partisanship to confusion and corrupt methods to oblivion. So impressed are we with the supreme im portance of supporting President Cleveland, who thousands of the best republicans in the northern states supported, and so persuaded are we of the necessity of retaining in power the political party he represents, a party now of necessity under the indomitable will and mas terly tactics of its leader made conservative, national, honest and constitutional, that hereaf ter our political independentism must be exer cised and maintained inside of the organized democratic party. Independentism has been of great service to the democratic party in this congressional dis trict. Its beneficial results have modified aud improved the methods of the party throughout the state. It has corrected errors aud reformed abuses. But it is best now aud hereafter to . k such correction and reformation under the x of that organization which made Grover Cleveland president of the United States. This is the organization which must prop and sus :.“.n him while he wipes out the sectionalism, prejudice,-hatred and corruption which have well nigh overwhelmed American libertv. W. H. F. Ido you want a beautiful skin? Take Curry’s Liver Compound. It Imparts tone to the liver, takes away that bilious yellowness from the skin, purifies the blood and invigorates the system. The Dalilonega College has a line pub lisbed programme for its commencement exercises, and it deserves so well of the state and county, we hope its fondest wishes may be realized. Among the at tractions offered for the occasion is a generous free-for-all debate on a variety of subjects. Five minutes allowed to each speaker, and the subjects are so numerous and varied that almost anybody can take a band in oratory. We would be glad to be present, according to invitation, but cir cumstances have otherwise arranged our duties at that time—the 17th of June, 1885. Sheriff ’^Notice. Hereafter the Sheriffs adver ti,semen ts for Bartow county will appear in the Cartersville Courant. This May lltli, ’So. W. W. Roberts, Sheriff Bartow county. COL. JO IIS J. Uv WJ RD. The Corn am was delighted to see out esteemed friend and Bartow’s sterling citizen at his accustomed place in the bank after a spell of ennervating illness that had reduced his flesh and strength considerably. His cordial greeting and a response to our question, “I feel E am much better,” were very pleasant to see and 'near, and it occurred to us that a short sketch of his honored and useful life would be very interesting to the readers of the Cot rant, and it was an enjoyable occupation for your reporter to listen to the main facts in his history. Self-made men are the boast of our i republic, and their precepts and exam ple should be cherished as a guide and and comfort to those who may find the way to learning and wealth hedged with privation and poverty. Cos!. Howard was born in Spartan burg county, S. C., in the year ISIG, but removed when quite young to northwest Carolina, now known as Oconee county. Ilis father was a poor man, and so soon as the son was able to work, his time was divided in working a farm to make supplies for the family, and assist ing his father in the carpenter’s calling. .Straitened circumstances forbade a lib eral education to this bright boy, but his father, to use his own words, “did the best he could” for him by sending him to “old field schools” during the inter vals of farm work. In that way lie learned to read and write and also the use of figures. He remarked just here, “great attention was paid in those old field schools to spelling,” a merit worthy of mention, as we both agreed. In early iife he craved a literary education and training, but he soon saw it was out of his reach ; his work was too much needed to spare the time if the means had been available. When lie saw it was beyond his grasp, lie spared two dollars out of his meagre earnings, and with it lie se cured one year’s subscription to the “Saturday Evening Post,” printed in Philadelphia. This literary paper opened up, so to speak, anew life to the mind of this eager youth and lifted his imagination and desires above and be yond the confines of liis frugal mountain home. It give him a glimpse of a busy, bustling world, for which his soul began to yearn and ids resolve was taken, lie intended to know more of it. Ilis sur roundings were only to be tolerated as a stepping stone to something more congenial and satisfying. When he was verging on nineteen years of age, he dutifully laid his plans before his family, who judiciously approved them, gave him their blessing and bade him always to keep the fear of God before him. lie thus said good-bye to the mountain farm and its struggles forever, and turned his steps towards the low land country. Fifty years ago a brisk market town was located just across the river from the city of Augusta. A bridge across the Savannah connected Hamburg with the larger city. This town was pre eminently a cotton market, and a gen eral place of trade for fully one-half of Souih Carolina. Its location made it a great place of traffic, and a line situation in which to form acquaintances from all parts of the State. John J. Howard did not ride on a rail road car, or in a coach, nor even ride on a scrubby mountain pony to the great trading mart of South Carolina. lie “took his foot iri his hand,” to use a cracker pronunciation, and walked the one hundred and twenty-five miles that stretched their weary extent before him in that memorable journey. When he reached his stopping place, his lean purse was nearly empty, and he was an un known lad in a town full of strangers. It took a brave heart to meet the diffi culty. Major Turner Goldsmith, now of Atlanta, was then in businesss in Ham burg, and his large and noble heart opened his hospitable dwelling to the weary, foot-sore country’ boy. In three weeks Mr. Goldsmith found business for him, and he entered the large grocery warehouse of 11. W. Sullivan, a leading merchant of the place, an allie man and a successful dealer. Mr. Howard remained in his employ four years, his last year’s salary being $-180. During that time an oiler was made to him of a $1,200 salary, but he did not accept it. Mr. Sullivan had taken him in, a green young man, when no one else seemed to wish his services, and Mr. Howard was grateful to that early’ friend and would not leave him. By some means Mr. Sullivan became aware of the refusal, and asked his reason. Mr. Howard made answer according to the foregoing, but remarked that the differ ence of $720 was a great temptation. Mr. Sullivan’s business throve while his grateful, salesman remained with him, ahd 31 r. Howard here remarked: A word to all young men just here. When I went into 3lr. Sullivan’s store I deter mined to make myself useful to him. I resolved be should be unwilling to do without me, and I intended to make his success my study and my effort was crowned with success.” Mr. Sullivan never forgot that grateful refusal of a large salary to remain with a true friend at a low rate, and when the four years’ service was ended he took his faithful salesman on a trip to the large cities in which his supplies were pur chased, introduced him to the wholesale merchants, saying: “Make the young man’s credit as good as ruy own.” What a genuine compliment! What a satis faction to the faithful clerk! This gave him the start he needed as a merchant, and soon he was able to organize the firm of Howard & Gar many, which busi ness, as our friend modestly stated, “grew to be a success.” It was Indeed a success in every point of view. Mr. Garmany is now spending his declining days in Savannah, and the evening of his life is restful and quiet. In the month of April, IS4G, in the city of Augusta, Mr. Howard united with the Baptist church, under the min istry of Rev. W. T. Braotly, pastor of the First Baptist church, in which com munion he lived until lie left the city. On July 18th, 1843, he married the daughter of Willis Eenhain. late of this county, at that time a resident of Lau rens District, S. C. Alluding to. his marriage, our friend made use of these significant words, in the language of a favorite writer: “Let no man ever say he had a better wife, for like a.jewel she has hung.about my neck for forty years and never lost her lustre.” What more couhl words express, and the writer can only echo the heartfelt tribute in the memory of a long, tried, cherished friendship! In January, 1852, they moved to Bar tow county, to their present elegant home, and like Ruth, Mr. Howard in tends to rest here with his adopted peo ple. At that the Baptist church was located near Nancey’s creek, just where the Burnt Hickory road crosses the road leading from Cartersville to Rich’s ferry', now owned by Col. J. W. Harris. The church was removed to Cartersville in ISSS, into a nice, new, neat brick church, upon the site of the present church building, which structure was destroyed by vandal hands during the civil war. Col. Howard is devoted to his church, and it has prospered won derfully, by God’s blessing it is one of the largest contributors to the mission cause in all Cherokee Georgia. At the age ofJLO years, 3lr. Howard resolved by the*“Grace of God to live a sober boy, and fur 51) y r ears lie lias kept the vow, and will keep it to the end. Nor has he ever used tobacco in any’ shape. He has never hold, or agreedjto hold, any politico office. In early life he settled upon certain rules of conduct, ami by our request he called them over: “Always tell the truth.” “Be strictly honest and diligftnt.” “Never injure a human being.” “Never slander anyone.” “Treat everybody frankly’ and kindly.” “Never wound feelings,” and “accept the Scriptures as the true Word of God and the 3lan of our counsels.” With all his‘“S&fccess, with all Ui6 es teem that is lavished on him, you can see how greatly he would cherish a clas sical education. Ilis heart leaps to learning, and his-- oagerness has stored his mind with standard literature until it is a marvel even to his friends. He is a great reader of Shakespeare, Milton, Cowper, Addison, Blair, Scott, Dryden, and a host of lesser lights. With advancing years tiiere is, how ever, a steady leaning to sacred lore, and as he feelingly remarked: “I desire to finish my T course* faithfully in the sight of God and my fellow-man, and by’ Ilis Grace to find a home in Heaven, that there I may render Him that homage I have been unable to give Him here.” Of his six children, three are left, W. 11. Howard, Esq., Mrs. R. A. Clayton and Mrs. T. B. Cabaniss, of Forsyth, Ga. The others are beyond the Jordan of death, where the weary rest. 3tr. and Mrs. Howard are singularly happy’ in their domestic pleasures. Many have remarked upon the unity, the affection and dutifulness of their children. In the days of long ago, the writer has often made one of a very’ happy group around their hospitable fireside, and therefore we knowMvherqgf- we speak. Of their twelve grandchildren, them arc three girls and nine boys, and the best wish the writer can make for them is to copy the example, the hospitality and the no ble qualities'oi their ancestry. MRS. SAMUEL VTILEISS, The news of the untimely decease of Mrs. Wilkins, nee* Miss Georgia Shep herd, was exceedingly painful to her many friends, but not unexpected. In the month of February, ISB4, she became aware of some difficulty in swallowing her food. The trouble increased until it became impossible to sustain life without artificial means. Since New Year’s day, she has not been able to swallow even water without the aid of a ffexible tube. The disease, painful and exhausting, had also one distressing feature, viz: it is absolutely incurable, except in a few almost miraculous instances. Georgia, for so yve love to call her, was not de ceived about her condition. Brave wo man, that she was, she looked the King of Terrors in the face without flinching. Her faith grew stronger and brighter as each avenue of hope for earthly exist ence was closing about her. Only two weeks before she breathed her last, she wrote the following to her'only brother, to whom she was ever a devoted, loving sister: “I had almost made up my mind to have the operation performed before I received y’our letter, risk the conse quences, and trust to God for the rest, for lie knows what is best for all of us, a id if it is His will for me to be taken while it is being performed, it is all right and I will be prepared for it, for I have put myself wholly in Ilis hands to do with me as He will. I have prayed that I may be wholly resigned nc] submissive to Ilis holy will, and I believe He will take care of me. I felt for a long time that I would be cured by faith and prayer, but I reckon my faith was not sufficient, and I feel now that something must be done, that I cannot live long as I am, and if I am taken a few weeks sooner what does it matter, for we all have to die sooner or later. * * I have put my little darling in God’s hands. I know He will take care of her, and perhaps the world will be kind to her, and she will get along somehow. I feel very weak and try to keep up and do all I can, and do try to be cheerful.” The tears fell from the writer’s eyes on reading this sweet note, the last she penned, and in that line, “I do try to be cheerful,” memory pictured the brave, true hearted girl that we have known from childhood, and whose genu ine and unfailing cheerfulness was ever the tnain-stay of her pa rents in youth and the bright hjessing of her own fireside. As the eldest daughter she was ever a model of filial duty to her parents and a be ri; ;tul ex ample of sisterly affection, of true, un selfish devotion to the younger members of the family. When her two little sis ters were orphaned by the loss of both father and mother, this good, noble woman took them into her heart of hearts, and now they are doubly or phaned In the death ox “dear sister j Georgia.” For fifteen long months she i looked death squarely in the lace and never once did her Christian courage fail. She made all her arrangements for death as carefully as if preparing for a journey. She bequeathed her “little darling” girl to a sister’s tender care, arranged for her own funeral services, her grave, etc., without a tremor and without the least repining. He pastor remarked at her home, over her dead body, that she lived nearer to her duty in prayer than anyone he had ever known. The writer saw her in Novem ber last .and then she could barely swal low the thinnest liquid, and yet she was cheerful,resigned, and courageous. Take her life, as the writer knew it, for more than twenty years, and she was perhaps the most useful person in her home that we ever met. In sickness she was a help ful, sympathizing friend to others, and her willing heart and hands were ever ready for every call of friendship or dis tress. She needs no eulogj r with those who knew her well, and her loss to her loving family, relatives and friends, is irreparable. Dr. J. T. Shepherd is her brother. Mrs. J. H. Wikle, of our city, Mrs. Shropstiire, of Atlanta, and Mrs. Ramsaur, of Dahlonega, are her sisters, besides Misses Lulu and Estelle Shep herd. All children of our deceased neighbors and friends, Mr. and Mrs, John Shepherd. The Christian fortitude and resigna tion of Mrs. Wilkins in the hour of death area precious heritage to her family and friends. With a faith that seemed almost divine, she walked into the Jor dan of death without a moan or regret. Her last words were a thoughtful atten tion to the comfort of others, and alia calmly “fell asleep” and passed away without a sigh or a struggle. “Death should come. Gently to one of gentle mould like th.ee, Cluse thy sweet eyes calmly without pain, And we will trust in God To see thee yet again. appointments to office. From a circular, which you will liud in anothr column, you will see that the senators and representatives in congress, and the latter particularly, are the par ties co whom to apply for postmaster ships, etc. In this district our imme diate representative is the arbiter of your fate, if you are an office seeker, and in the Atlanta district, Mr. Hammond holds the reins, in the Macon district, Mr. Blount, and so on through the ten congressional districts of Georgia. As they are thus appointed, and as they are thus honored, so they should be held to be personally responsible for the charac ter of the appointments as also for the removals that may occur. Postmaster Gen. Vilas may bo wise in this action, but we can see where a great deal of annoyance may be iudieted on the member of congress, if he is a just and upright man, and also where a great injury may be entailed on the persons who may not decide to bow their knees to bosses, even though they may emi nently deserve the offices that are va cant. If there is { one growing evil m this country, an evil which threatens the perpetuity of this republic, it is political bossism. The United States Senate is pretty well filled up now by these bosses, who, in turn, are controlled by powerful interests, Which interests secure the elec tion of their tools by the lavish expendi ture of money in elections. If it should now be understood that the democratic part}' has turned over, the federal patron age to members of congress, the strug gle for that office will amount to a war “to the knife,” all over this union. Make each congressional district a small feudal kingdom, with emoluments at tached that are included in salaries and federal patronage, and the result will not be satisfactory to anybody but the small tyrant in authority and his retinue of de pendents. Give the scheme a trial, and be careful that it is only allowed to be a trial, not a fixture. Mr. Cleveland is no doubt de pendent on somebody for information, but his late experiences with the recom mendations of congressmen would seem to show that he has not sought the prop er channel for assistance and advice. The very fact that the people of the south had no voice in the selection of the office-holders who have been fasten ed on the public since the war, was the fruitful source of the evils that have at tended this unjust policy. The men who were appointed uniformly were the men who were paid for their subservien cy to boss influences, and while there is a spark of independent spirit left in the people, such a policy will always be dis liked and resisted. We are satisfied that Mr. Cleveland will soon discover the mistake his postmaster-general has made in this “confidential letter.” In our opinion, the people who live in a town or city, have as good an idea as to who will suit their business and their interests as postmaster, as Mr. Blount, Mr. Hammond or Mr. Clements. The people who supported the ticket that elected Mr. Cleveland, and who are vi tally interested in getting efficient office holders into position, should be allowed some voice in the matter. But give it a trial, as we said before. In the meantime, give your political bosses to understand they are now re sponsible for not only afflicting you with old federal appointers who are obnox ious, but also for the failure to appoint your own choice to the place that should be filled by acceptable persons. A PEW WOKDS TO GIRLS. Changes of Character Between the Ages of Sixteen and Thirty Years. Mr. .John Siegel in Phrenological Journal.] A lady of intelligence and observation has remarked, “I wish I could impress upon the minds of the girls that the chief end of woman is not to marry young.” If girls could only be brougnt to be lieve that their chances for a happy mar riage were better after twenty-five than before, there would be much less misery in the world than there now is. To be sure, they might not have so many op portunities to marry after that age as be fore, but as they do not need to marry but one at a the. \ P is necessary that one should he satisfactory. Asa girl grows older, if she thinks at all, she certainly becomes more capable of judging what would make her happy than when younger. How many girls of twenty would think of accepting the man they would gladly have married at sixteen ? At thirty a woman who is somewhat inde pendent, and not over anxious to marry, is much harder to please and more care ful in her choice than one of twenty. There is good reason for this. Her mind has improved with her years, and she now looks beyond mere appearances in judging of men. She is apt to ask if this man tvho is so very polite in com pany, is really kind-hearted! Do his polite actions from a happy, genial na ture? or is his attractive demeanor put on for the occasion, and laid off at home as he lays off' his coat ? Avery young girl takes it for granted that men are always as she sees them in society, polite, friendly, and on their good behavior. If she marries early in life the one who happens to please her fancy, she learns to her sorrow that in nine cases out of ten a man in society and a man at home are widely different beings. Five years at that period of life produce a great 'change in opinions and feelings. We frequently come to detest at twenty-five what we admired at six teen. At sixteen, the Ledger and Mrs. Southworth are the delight of a girl’s heart, and she fairly revels in the love affairs of the most beautiful of women with the most heroic of men, while their hair-breath escapes thrill her heart, and their sorrows bring tears to her eyes. As she grows older, if she develops at all, that style of reading gradually loses its charm, and she finds satisfaction in something more iolid, till at length her taste has changed entirely, anti useful and instructive works form the staple of her reading. Of course she continues to read novels, but she prefers those of a different and grander class than she pe rused wilu such exquisite delight at six teen. Similar changes take place in the mor al and spiritual nature. Why should we feel the same toward persons in after life, when we have learned to distinguish between the false and true, the bad and good, any more than we should like dime novels after we have become acquainted with Dickens, Thackeary and Shakes peare? How few comparatively of the schoolgirl friendships extend into later life. How few of our companions in so ciety do we love as well after twenty years have passed. How few, even of our own brothers and sisters, in whom we do not see faults we could wish erad icated. Considering this, how is it pos sible for one to feel surprise when a couple who marry in their teens grow to love each other less as years roll by? When both grow alike, whether it be rapidly or slowly, forward or backward, there is some hone of their over seeing each other with the same eyes; but when one progresses and the other retro grades, a difference springs up between them, and inuime one looks down upon the other with a feeling of superiority, perhaps unconfessed, but still there; while the other, unable to perceive the real cause of the trouble, grows at length to dislike what was once loved. And thus it happens that those who loved at sixteen are indifferent at twenty-live, and sometimes divorced at thirty. This trouble would never occur if very early marriages were frowned upon : if dispo sitions, tastes and circumstances were consulted instead of mere passing fancy, and gills were encouraged to wait till their minds were more matured and they saw life with a clear vision. If later marriages were more universal it might prevent many from marrying at all; but It would be to those whom it were best should never marry—for in stance, the slack and thriftless, the coarse, the termagant or the scold. Tin sc who have the elements of unhappiness within them, and who care not to eradi cate them, would then be discovered, for such things like weeds, if left to grow, discover themselves in time. One great cause of early marriages is the pernicious habit of calling a girl who r emains unmarried until twenty-live an “old maid.” This is done by many well meaning but thoughtless persons, who would be sorry to think that any act or expression of theirs had ever caused one an hour of misery; yet this very dread of being called an “old maid” has driven more women into marrying and ; lifelong misery than any other thing ex | cepting, perhaps, poverty. A girl, young, sensitive, unused to the rough wavs of the world, shrinks from having I any stigma cast upon her. When she | fir L hears herself called an “old maid” ' it is a revelation, and she falls under it las if it were a blow. She feels as if if were an imputation upon her character, j in some way; and though she may try to laugh it off the wound is there, and festers and corrodes till the life that was once happy as a bird’s has now a skeleton which she thinks can only be removed by marriage. It is a mistake to think j that single life is any less noble than marriage, especially if the spirit of dis cord is permitted to inflict its horrors upon a whple household. . Let mothers treasure their daughters more; seek to learn their inmo#t feelings in a kind and sympathetic way; win their confidence and love by showing that they have hearts, were once girls and often made mistakes. A girl who has her mother for a confidant is not so anxious to leave the shelter of her home to “take the leap in the dark.” For what is it but a leap in the dark ?—a species of slavery to one-halt the women who marry. How many women can truly say, “We must not expect too much in this life,” and with a little sigh let the question drop. If it were not for the illusion that seems inseparable from the mind of youth, there would be probably fewer marriages comparatively. It they saw it a- it is; saw it.with rational eyes, with the glamour of romance brushed away, in ail its naked truthfulness, many would be apt to say, “I would be worse off then ban f am now. it is better to bear my burden alone than to add another to it, or add to another’s.” Avery mischievous writer once said “An offer of marriage is the highest compliment a man can pay a woman.” It is in some few cases. A great many women have learned to their sorrow that it would have been nearer the U nth if it lnd been written “injustice” instead of compliment. Here is an instance: A young man decides that he has reached an age when it would be well foj him to take a wife and settle down. He has just started in life, and has to furnish a house plainly and u i. nably. He and- all hi& friends thh ' p.-q thing he can do is to marry, lie looks around for a wife. Docs he look for one in the same station with himself ? For one who is earning her own living, who has had experienced in the school of economy, who has had a hard struggle and come off conqueror, and would be a true helpmate to him, and who wants a helpmate for himself? No. He goes into society and looks around.for the best and most attractive girl he ca : <!. Ho meets a beautiful young lady, do licateb brought up, fashionably educated, amia ble, confiding and helpless. -He is charmed and decides she is the one lie would like to marry. There ins reason ing stops. lie “makes love," of course, and “compliments” her wi h the offer of iiis hand. But if he would look on the other side for a moment, and ask himself why ho wants that beautiful girl, graceful, in telligent and lovely, he would be forced to reply: “I want her to cook, make my beds, clean my house, darn my hose, watch longingly for my return, put up with my ill-humors, economize in every particular for my benefit, bo the mother of my children, and bring them up properly; and in return for this L will sup port her, allow her to bear my name, and when she dies I’ll give her a Christian burial.” Now, if he looked squarely at this side bt the question, he would not be likely to feel that be was doing such a very complimentary thing, nor go about it so complacently. Andi; the young lady saw the realistic si !e, without the gloss and roseate hue of poetry, she. would not consider that - ,o had been so very highly cc mpi i mooted by the offer. Young ladies who happen to marry late should bear in mind that if they get a good husband they have done well by waiting; and if they get a bad on . it i; proof they did not wait long enough. If they never marry at all they may con sole themselves with the thought that they have escaped a world of Double, and that there are always some married women who envied their lot. Experimental Farm.*. We believe we express the opinion of all intelligent farmers when we say there is groat need In Georgia for a state experi mental farm or farms, and it is to give ex pression to our thoughts on this subject that -we write. All know that fanners, as a class, have little knowledge of their vo cation, hence almost every day’s work is an experiment—a leap in the dark, as it were—to try to do something about which nature has fixed laws of cause and effect. To violate any law of cause in farming is to fail of successful effect. The experi mental farm is the means of teaching the farmer these laws, generally denomina ted right methods of agriculture. In fact, so much can be learned from such a farm, and so many methods of field culture demonstrated to be correct, that this arti cle would be too long were we to go into their detail. We need the fayus, or sta tions. Our plan is to have one central farm, centrally located, and, then, on< ex perimental farm in each congressional dis trict of Georgia, all to be under the direct sup) or vis ion of the commissioner of agri culture for the state. The central farm to have a superintendent to report to the state commissioner and the district sta tions to have assistant superintendents to report to the superintendent of the central farm. The details of the working of the farms can be left to be told in some future article, and maybe by some more intelli gent person. Now, how can all the farms or stations be had and run, as we farmers sayV Why, thus : There arises from the inspection of fer tilizers, in Georgia, sixty or seventy thou sand dollars annually, a direct tax on the farmer only. Now, let the legislature give to our experimental farms and sta tions half of this money, to establish and work them ; say three thousand dollars to each district, and whatever it would take to run the central farm. Lr ■ it be pro vided that any congressional district can obtain the appropriation by furnishing the land and mules to make such a farm and cultivate it. Almost any farmer would do this, provided he were allowed the pro ducts of the station. Let it, also, be pro vided that any congressional district fail ing to provide the land, mules and feed for them, shall not have the appropriation. Contracts and lease of farms can bo made for a term of years, or so long as it may be to the interest of ail parties to have it re I main at one place. We are much in favor of the ten experimental farms, because the climate and products of Georgia are so varied. Experiments in lower Georgia would be comparatively worthless to us in north Georgia and “vice versa.” Experi ments in middle Georgia would not do for either the northern or southern part of the state, only in part. Eastern and southwest Georgia will not go together in experiments to the profit of both. The trucker of south Georgia would be of little benefit by an experiment for the wheat growers in the counties of Dade or Whitfield. And so on all over the state. We think the argu ment conclusive for experimental stations. Xot a dollar more of taxation is required to do this. And, it is necessary in order to make our department of agriculture more efficient. It would give more points of at tractions to our farmers and the state ag ricultural department. To people seek ing homes in Georgia from other sections, these stations would be a perpetual '‘ex position” of Georgia’s wealth of produc tions and varied sojl and climate. We have the means as indicated, and ail that is lacking is a willingness on the part of our legislators to give direction to it by a proper act, and the thing is done. H. J. MCvOi.iilCiv.