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THE FREE PUKHS,
Cartcruvlllc, Ga.
pKOrKSHIOKAL CARDS.
A. M. FOUTE,
A i lOI* NT JP3 Y-A T-L AW ,
C.VUTKUSVILLE, GEORGIA.
vUtoRI’T ATTENTION GIVEN ¥o ALL
I biMint*'- entrusted to me. Collections and
r iiumerrial law a specialty.
Hili e, corner Main and Erwin street*, up
t;tir- over B. F. Godfrey’* itora.
K, p. OK All AH. W. M. UK A H AX.
GRAHAM & GRAHAM,
Attorney** Solicitors ami (ounreior* at
Law,
CAKTERSVILLE, GA.
/ vt KICK IN THE COURT HOUSE. WILL
( / practice in all the court*of Bartow county,
ibe superior court* of northwestern Georgia, and
i) *mi premia and Federal courts at Atlanta, Ga.
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ROBERT B. TRIPPE,
A X r O K N K Y - A T -X, A W ,
ATLANTA, GA.
Ko. 8 Broad Street, up-stair*.
Office No. 12 Grant Building,
i \riLL PRACTICE IN ALL T*IE COURTS.
\ y Business receives prompt attention. Col-
Um lion* a specialty. I will attend the superior
court of Bartow county. Ga , audin connection
W itl, Mr. J. M Neel, Will lintsh the unfinished
biiMricss of Trippe A Neel and will also attend
to any new business that may be offered, stq9
M. SEQUARB BROWNE. K. !.,
I.ate of the firm of I>r. Browne A Mimas!, Mt.
Olivet, Ky.]
rhfslrlan,Hurgeon,Obstetrlclanandeyßtcologlst,
Castvllle, Georgia.
N. n.—Special attention given to Surgery in
al its hracties. 0ct682-tr
SHELBY ATTAWAY,
A T O HNKY - AT-LA W,
WILL PRACTICE IN ALL TIIK COURTS
of North Gttorgia.
Office with Coi. M. li. Stanscll, Bank
Block. _____ ~ .
GEORGE t. JOHNSON.
A X T O R N F, Y - A T -LA "VV ,
CARTERSVILLE, GA.
OFFICE, West Side, Public Square.
IWy* Will practice in all the Courts. __
R. W. MURPHEY,
attokney-at -la. w,
CARTERSVILLE, GA.
)FFICE (up-stair*) ia the briek building, cor
ner of Minn & Erwin streets. Julylß.
J. M. NKKt.. J. t. CONNER. W. J. NKKL.
NEEL. CONNER * NEEL,
at okneyb-at-law
CARTERSVILLE, GA.
WILL PRACTICE IN ALL THE COURTS
of this state. Litigated eases made a
penalty. Prompt attention given to all busiueas
„u trusted to us.
Office in northeast corner of courthouse. feb9
M. L. JOHNSON,
AT T O ItN KJ Y - AT-LA W
CARTERSVILLE, GEORGIA.
Office in the brick iiouse next to Roberts’
.very stables. Hours from B>i a. in. to 4 y % p. ni.
fltjV- All business pooinptly attended to.
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r. W. MII.NKK. J. w. II ARMS, JR.
MILNER Si HARRIS,
A TORNKYB-AT.LAW,
CARTERSVILLE, GA.
Office on West Main julylH
JotIN 11. WIKI.K. DO GI.ABB WIKLK.
WIKLK Si WIKLK,
AT T ORNE Y S-A T-L AW ,
CARTERSVILLE, GA.
Office in court house. Douglas Wikle will give
special attention to collections. fel>24
ALBERT S. JOHNSON,
a t r an ne y-at-law,
OA HTKMH VAX J .IC, <1 X
OFFICE : WEST SIDE PUBLIC SQUARE.
Will practice in all the Courts. Business
wilWeeeiveiirom^i^ttentionj^^^^^^^^^
TRAVELERS’ GUIDE.
GADSDEN AND RED LINE STEAM
ERS—U. S. MAIL.
STEAMER SIDNEY P. SMITH,
(Ben. 11. Elliott. Master; F. G. Smith, Clerk.)
Leove Rome every Tuesday and Friday Bam
Arrive Gadsden Wednesday and Saturday. .9 a in
Leave Gadsden Wednesday and Saturday Bam
Arrive at Rome Thursday and Sunday 7 p m
Will go through to Greensport, Ala., every
Friday night. Returning, leave Greensport ev
ery Saturday morning.
STEAMER GADSDEN.
F. M. Coulter, Master F. A. Mills, Clerk.
Leave Rome Mondays and Thursdays 11 a in
Arrive Gadsden Tuesdays and Fridays .2a ni
Leave Gadsden Tuesdays and Fridays . 9am
Arrive at Wednesdays and Saturdays ...7pm
Office No. 27 Broad street, up-stairs over the
Cotton Exchange. Telephonic connection.
J. M. ELLIOTT, Jr., Gen. Man’gr.,
Gadsden, Ala.
W. T. SMITH, Ueu’l Agent,
Rome, Ga.
CHEROKEE RAILROAD.
On and aftr Monday, May 22, ISB2, the trains
•a this Hoad will run daily as follows (Sunday
excepted):
PASSENGER TRAIN.—MORNING.
Leave CartersTille 9:15 am
Arrive at Stilesboro 9:51 a m
Arrive at Taylorsville 10:12 a m
Arrive at Hockmart 10:51am
Arrrive at Cedartown 11:60 a m
RETURNING.
Leave Cedartown 2:05 pm
Arrive at Hockmart 2:58 pm
Arrive at Taylorsville 3:38 pm
Arrive at Stilesboro ....... 3:olpm
Arrive atCartersville 4:26 pm
PASSENGER TRAIN.—EVENING.
Leave Cartersville 4:30 pm
Arrive at Stilesboro 6:04 pm
Arrive at Taylorsville 6:22 pm
Arrive at Hockmart 6.00 p m
Arrive at Cedartown 7:09 p m
RETURNING.
Leave Cedartown 5:40 am
Arrive at Hockmart 6:31 am
Arrive at Taylorsville 7:04 a in
Arrive at Stilesboro . . . . . . . 7:18 am
Arrive at Cartersville 7:45 a in
ROME RAILROAD.
The following is the present passenger sehed
alc:
NO. 1.
Leave Rome 6:10 a m
Arrive at Kingston ....... 8:65 a m
NO. 2.
Leave Kingston 9:20 a in
Arrive at Romo 10:25 a m
no. 8.
Leave Rome 4:15 pm
Arrive at Kingston . 6:30 pm
NO. 4.
Leave Kingston 5:55 p m
Arrive at Rome 6:50 p m
no. 5.
Leave Home 8:00 am
Arrive at Kingston 9:00 am
NO. 6.
Leave Kingston 9:20 am
Arrive at Home 10:10 a ra
Nos. 1,2, 3 and 4 will run dally except Sun
days.
Nos. 5 and 6 w ill run Sundays only.
No. 1 will not stop at the* junction. Makes
close connection at Kingston for Atlanta and
Cuattauooga. _
No. 2 makes connection at Home w'ith E. T..
Va. &Ga. It. It., for points south.
KBEN HILLY Kit, President.
.J. A. Smitii, G. P. Agent.
WESTERN AND ATLANTIC R. R.
The following is the present passenger sched
ule:
NIGHT PASSENGER —UP.
Leave Atlanta 2:40 p m
Leave Cartersville 4:30 pm
Leave Kingston 4:55 p m
Leave Dalton 6:84 pm
Arrive at Chattanooga 8:00 pm
NIGHT PASSENGER—DOWN.
Leave Chattanooga 2:55 p m
Leave Dalton . . . 4:32pm
Leave Kingston 6:03 pm
Leave Cartersville . . 6:32 pm
Arrive at Atlanta 8:40 pm
DAY PASSENGER—UP.
-*eave Atlauta 7:00 a m
Leave Cartersville 8:55 am
Leave Kingston . . 9:2lam
Leave Daltou 10:55 a m
Arrive at Chattanooga 12:80 a m
DAY PASSENGER—DOWN.
Leave Chattanooga 8:06 am
i-ie&ve Dalton 9:46 a in
Leave Kingston 11:15 am
Leave Cartersville 11:42 a m
Arrivoat Atlanta 1:40 pm
. BOM* EXPRESS
Leave Atlanta 4:80 pm
Arrive at Cartersville p m
Arrive at Kingston . 7:00 p m
Leave Kingston . 8:06 am
Arrive at Cartersville 6:32 a m
Arrive at Atlanta . * . . . . 10:3. am
VOLUME V.
MH. WHEAT'S TRIBUTE.
To the Editor of The Frek Press: Uninflu
enced by any living soul, I voluntarily offer a
tribute of gratitude to a man who has been the
greatest benefactor to my self and family that we
have met throughout our lives. I do this be
cause I oe that an effort is being made by cer
tain persons to put him down and impair his
usefulness, which I honestly lielicve to be
greater than that of any other individual in
this country. I refer to Dr. F. W. Memmler.
Fourteen years ago I lived .in southwest Geor
gia, and there my trouble and the disease of my
dear wife first began. I had two good physi
cians there, whose efforts failing to restore her
health, they advised me to move to Florida. I
did so. She not only grew worse in Florida, but
also lost her hearing In one year. My wife’s
health being my only object, I was advised to
move to a higher country. I did so, and vent to
Columbia county, this state, employing
there the best medical skill, but without avail. I
caaried her back to her mother’s in southwes
tern Georgia. There I retained three of the best
physicians the country afforded; but she still
grew worse. I then, by advice of these physi
cians, carried her to Sweetwater, Tcun. There
she improved a little, under the treatment of a
good physician.
I then moved to Floyd county. She was some
better for three years, but not well. Two years
ago she was attacked by her old disease, in a
worse form than ever, and it grew worse and
worse, under medical treatment, until the dis
ease culminated in the loss of her mind, and the
only comfort I got from physician or friends was
that I was advised to send her to the asylum.
My wife’s condition was such that she could not
rest nor sleep except when 1 sat by her side and
rubbed her head. It seems that the rubbing
quieted her, but as soou as I would stop, she
would start up in wild confusion. God only
knows what I and she suffered. I prayed to God
for help, night and day. I still refused to carry
her to the asylum, but carried her to Middle
Georgia, consulting a physician in Thomson.
He advised me that she had dropsy and to send
her to the asylum. I still refused and called
her to a physician in Augusta, who said she had
a humor in the brain, and said her only lit place
was in the asylum. I still refused. I resorted
to opium, and she-continued this until she could
eat enormous quantities of it, a handful even, at
a time and still no sleep, except through com
plete exhaustion, On the 24th day of December
last, I arrived in (Jartersville. On the 2oth, Mrs.
Field advised me to take her to Dr. Memmler.
1 remarked to Mrs. Field that I had employed
doctors for many years and spent all my meaus
nearly in seeking relief for my wife, and was
discouraged. She told me to goto Dr. Memmler,
that he had saved her life, and if he could help
my wife he would He candid with ire, and tell
me so or not, as the case might he. Thanks to
God first and to Mrs. Field next, I did so; and
the doctor was kind enough, after hearing the
story of our not to charge me anything for
the examination. My wife at that time weighed
just 72 pounds, and was worse in her health than
ever before, and often did not know her own
children. The doctor at once took the opium from
her, and took her in treatment. After three
days, she was enabled to sleep soundly and
sweetly, without stimulants, and asked how she
came to he at Dr. Memmler’s house, not recol
lecting even, when she came there, and aston
ished that her hearing was completely restored.
After twenty-one days’ treatment, she gained
thirty-two pouiiils, ami Las improved wonder
fully ever since, and there is every reason to be
lieve that only a man who has suffered like I
have, standing at the bedside of his afflicted
nrlf* ; niyhi Aftcruight, month utiov month Child
year after year, with no hope that she can lie
rescued from the grave, or the asylum, is able to
shake my faith in him, and in his skill as a phy
sician. May God bless him and his good work,
and may the afflicted of our country, long have
the opportunity of availing themselves of his
wonderful skill. Mr. Editor, I desire to make
oath to the truth of the above statement of facts
and do so voluntarily and gladly.
T. H. WHEAT.
Georgia, Bartow County—ld person came be
for me Thomas 11. Wheat, who being duly
sworn, says the above staten' ent of facts in ref
erence to his w ife’s case is true and not exag
gerated in the least. Sworn to and subscribed
before me this 24tli of February, 1883.
F. M. SHAW, J. P.
DK. F. WM. MEMMLEIt
Makes Specialties of chronic diseases, such as
cancer, without recourse to the knife, rheuma
tism in any form or stage, piles, bloody or blind,
White swelling will be relieved seedily. All
forms of venereal diseases, acute or chronic;
gravel and urinary complaints:' diseases of the
kidneys and liver; dropsy in any form; tape
worm; fever sores, female diseases, leucoerhcea,
prolopsus uteri, irregular menstruation, difficul
ties attending the climacteric, Bright’s discaso
diabetes, dyspepsia, loss of memory, diseases of
the eye and ear, liver spots and freckles remov
ed in a short time, tetter, rickets, catarrh aud
ozeena.
I will give the names of some persons whose
testimonials will follow, which have been cured
by me: Mrs. N. A.’Lock ridge, Cartersville, can
cer on the nose; G. N. Sanford, Burlington,
Coflee county, Kansas, rose cancer over the eye;
Carolina Schaeffer, cancer on the face, Town
Dale, Ottogamie county, Wis.; Irwin Addison,
Jopelin, Jasper county, Missouri, cancer on the
face; Delilah Y'ingling, cancer oil the lip, Bur
lington, Coffee county, Kansas; A. R. Iludgius,
Cartersville, Ga., cancer on the right side of the
cheek; erysipelas and fever sores. James M.
Smith, Esq., Cartersville Ga.; Mrs. Lizzie
Goodman, Cartersville, Ga., tape worm sixty
five feet in length, removed; Mrs. M. A. Ham
monds, tape worm about fifty feet long; D. N.
Poor, erysipelas and fever sores, Carterseille,
Ga. 1 give these testimonials in proof of the
fact that these chronic affections can be removed
and healed.
WOMANJ he f r r.e b n l. st
DR. J. BRADFi ELD,S
FEMALE REGULATOR.
This famous remedy most happily'
meets the demand of the age for woman’s
peculiar and multiform afflictions. It is a reme
dy for WOMAN ONLY', and for oue special class
of her diseases. It is a specific for certain dis
eased conditions of the womb, aud proposes to so
control the Menstrual Function as to regulate all
the derangements and irregularities of Woman’4
MONTHLY SICKNESS.
Its proprietor claims for it no other medical
property; and to doubt the fact that tliie medi
cine does positively possess each controlling and
regulating powers is simply to discredit the vol
untary testimony of thousands of living wit
nesses, who are to-day exulting iu their restora
tion to sound health and happiness.
BRADFI ELD'S
FEMALE REGULATOR
is strictly a vegetable compound, and is the pro
duct of medical science and practical experience
directed towards the benefit of
SUFFERING WOMAN!
Ii is the studied prescription of a learned phy
sician, whose specialty was WOMAN, and whose
f&ixic became enviable ami boundless because of
his wonderful success in tbe treatment and cure
of female complaints. THE REGULATOR is
the grandest remedy known, and richly de
serves its name:
WOMAN’S BEST FRIEND,
Because it controls a class of functions, the ra
rious derangemeets of which cause more ill
health than all other cause more ill health than
all other causes combined, and thus rescues her
from a long train of afflictions, which sorely
embitter her life, and prematurely end her ex
* Oh Mvliat a multitude of living wituessefc can
testifv to its charming effects!
WOMAN ! take to yonr confidence this
PRECIOUS BOON OF HEALTH !
It will rolieve you of nearly all the com
plaints peculiar to your sex. Ketyupon it as
your safeguard lor hdaltli, happiness aud long
life?*
PREPARED ONLY BY
dr. j. BRADFIELD, Atlanta, Ca.
SOLD BY ALL DRUGGISTS.
Price, Small size, 75 eems; large size, 61.59.
jan!B-ly
THE FREE PRESS.
THU BOSTON EXPOSITION.
Commissioner Henderson s Plan to Get
Good Exibit of Georgia’s Remorses.
Georgia lias an easy chance to make a
cred(table display of her resources at tlre
Boston exposition. The legislature sit Us
lust sos-iou took some action looking to
such an exhibit, in passing the following
resolution:
Resolved, by the general assembly of
Georgia, That his excellency, the gov
ernor, be and he is hereby authorized to
invite and receive specimens of the agri
cultural, horticultural, mineral anil
manufactured products, and of the fores
try of the state, that may be furnished
him by the citizens of this state for the
purpose of forwarding the same to the
exjiosition to be held in Boston, Massa
chusetts, in September, 1883.
Approved December 9th, 1882.
Governor Stephens ia hi3 proclamation
relating to this resolution said :
Now', therefore, in the discharge of the
duty assigned to me by the resolution of
the legislature, I hereby in this procla
mation give general notice to the citizens
of Georgia, that I have put this business
in the hands of Hon. J. T. Henderson,
commissioner of agriculture of this state,
with directions that he take charge of all
the correspondence of this subject, and
that all the citizens of the state be and
they are hereby requested to send to him
such specimens of the agricultural, horti
cultural, mineral and manufactured pro
ducts, and of the forestry of this state, as
they may be able and feel disposed to
cotnribute to the exposition aforesaid.
I moreover hereby give a cordial invi
tation to all citizens to make such con
tributions as they may be able to make,
that Georgia, in her vast and varied re
sou rses, may be well represented among
her sister states in this exposition.
The collection thus made by the com
missioner of agriculture to be held by him
subject to the disposition of the legisla
ture at its adjourned session in July
next. Alexander 11. Stephens.
Governor.
Judge Henderson has taken great in
terest in the matter. He has issued and
extensively distributed a circular asking
all owners of stone, mineral or woods
who desire to have them exhibited at
Boston to sed them to the agricultural
department in this city. A full variety
of agricultural and horticultural products
is also asked. Turpentine products and
every variety of manufactured products
in the state are wanted. Circulars ask
ing such specimens have been sent to all
the farmers, clubs and granges and to
farmers in the state. In a few days the
several inspectors of the fertilizers will
travel through their territories to more
fully explain to the people what is wan
ted as well as the advantages it may
be to them to sen;! the best specimens
they can.
No appropriation has been made for a
state exhibit at Boston. The commission
er will doubtless be able to collect in his
department from all parts of the state
such a large and varied display of Geor
gia’s resources as well as move the leg
islature to send it on to Boston. Judge
Henderson relies greatly on the help of
the people who own land illustrative of
Georgia’s resources. They will be great
ly benefited by the proposed exhibit for
every specimen will bear the name of its
owner. Applications for space are also
being distributed among the people and
a large number will be filled out. All
that' the legislature will have to do to in
sure a big advertisement for Georgia at
the great industrial show will be to give
a small sum to carry on the articles offered
by the people of the state. The legislative
session will open in July, and if prompt
action is taken everything that Georgia
desires to exhibit can be gotten in fine
shape at Boston by the first week in Sep
tember when the exposition will begin.
—Atlanta Constitution.
GRAND LODGE KNIGHTS OF HONOR
Home Tribune]
Tlie Grand Lodge Knights of Honor
held its anual meeting in this city begin
ning last Wednesday. There were
nearly a hundred members of the Grand
Lodge present, and they, with our resi
dent members of that order, made a large
procession of tine looking men. The
Knights of the cltj T extended an open
hand to their visiting brethern, and
treated them right roally. The officers
elected for the ensuing year are:
S. P. Weisiger, Augusta, Grand Dic
tator.
John C. Printup, Rome, Grand- Vice
Dictator.
L. S. Ledbetter, Cedartown, Grand
Assistant Dictator.
Rev. W. A. Milner,Summerville,Grand
Chaplain.
S. K. Cook, Barnesville, Grand Re
porter.
R. H. Joner, Cartersville, Grand
Treasurer.
H. M. Reid, Fair burn, Grand Guide.
S. Starling. Thomson,Grand Guardian.
J. Q. Adams, Eatonton, Grand Senti
nel.
M. M. Hill, Augusta, TANARUS, R. Jones,
Dalton, A. C. Harmon, Savannah, Trus
tees.
G. W. Terry, Washington, 11. Ed
monson, Augusta, C. J, Stroberg.Macou,
Finance Committee.
C. C. Thomas, JiColumbus, Repre
sentative to Supreme Lodge.
W. T. Heidt, Jonesboro, Alternate to
Supreme Lodge,
Next place of meeting, Brunswick,
Georgia.
A Caller recently found Oscar Wilde in
Paris lounging luxuriantly in an arm
chair, attired in a green velvet jacket,
salmon-colored neckcloth, burnt-sinna
knee breeches and red stockings. At the
back of his head was a tiger skin, and
score of yellow covered novels..
.CARTERSVILLE. GEORGIA, THURSDAY MORNING. MAY 3, 1883.
TEMPERANCE IN GEORGIA.
Savannah Xews: The growth of the
temperance sentiment in the West has
been phenomenal. Opposition to the liq
uor traffic has long been strong In New
England and o?!nr -avtimis of the North.
Agitation upon the subject in the West
has sought remedies in prohibitory or
high license laws,and a system of educa
tion is being applied in the public schools
with the view of acquainting the young
with the evil effects of liquors upon the
human system. The temperance cause of
Georgia has been quietly conducted, but
the results of the work done are so strik
ing as to attract wide attention elsewhere.
A surprising feature of the movement is
the fact that where ,the traffic has been
abolished or curtailed,it has been effected
with a degree of spontaneity upon the
part of voters not witnessed in other sec
tions.
Many of the counties where the change
has been effected were rot id for the
amount of liquor consumed and the reign
of violence to which drunkenness gave
rise. There communities are now recog
nized as the most orderly and progressive
in the state. The testimony of citizens
of Washington, Scriven. Liberty, Spald
ing, Pierce, Wayne, and other counties
prove the wisdom of the change. A
gentleman, who has a large store in a
town in one of these counties, and who
for many years sold liquor, speaking
about the effect in his county said that he
was a drinking man and had made con
siderable money in selling liquor, but he
had advocated and voted for prohibition in
his county. Previous to the passage law,
his store was crowded with men who
spent their money for liquor and would
quarrel and fight, and occasionly a man
be shot. They would go home with noth
ing for their wives and children, and
were Always in debt. Now, there was a
radical change. Farmers came and ex
changed prodqpe and bought what they
wanted and went home sober. They
were raising better drops, were better
clothed, and were getting out of debt.
This merchant, who is one ot the shrewd
est of the many who visit Savannah, ad
ded that now it was a pleasure to do bus
iness in his town. Before, he wall anxious
to quit the place on account of the disa
greeable necessity of trading with un
reasonable drunkards.
The work has been gradual,but the re
sults are significant. Forty-four coun
ties are now under prohibition or high
license laws, and in many of these the
latter are virtually prohibtaory. Noting
the movement in Georgia, the Boston
Post, anything but a prohibition organ,
say a !
“VVe shall watch this movement in
Georgia with much interest. When the
drinkers of a community band togather
and demand prohibition there is some
change that it may bring about the de
sired reform. It is a queer phase of the
temperance movement and altxgather
novel.”
KISSING BOOTH.
Mr. Edwin Booth’s theatrical cam
paign in Germany has been a great suc
cess, says the St. James Gazette. In
Hamburg all the places were bought up
weeks in advance at a premium. The
press notices were very cordial, and the
stage manager, a pupil of Devrient, said
that he had never till then seen Hamlet
or Lear. Herr Maurice, the manager,
pronounced Edwin Booth the greatest
actor who had been seen since Talma’s
death. When he was pla} T ing Lear an
eye-witness states that it was most pathe
tic to see the people sobbing at the wings.
The actors engaged to support the stars
are described as perfectly ‘wild with en
thusiasm. In fact, their admiration took
an unpleasantly demonstrative form.
The men fell upon his shoulders and in
Continental fashion kissed him on both
cheeks, while the women wept and sob
bed as they shook hands with him. lie
did not relish the kissing, in vain he
cried out, “Mind the paint!” And at
last, in a sort of comic desperation, lie
exclaimed, “If kissing be the correct
thing, please stand aside, gentlemen, and
let the ladies advance.” On another oc
casion we learn that after the curtain had
fallen amid deafening applause Mr.
Bootli was embraced by every member of
the company, “except the extra little
girls engaged to act as pages.” But as
he left the theater the extra little girls
were waiting for him in the hall, and,
“in a perfectly artless and modest man
ner,” one of them approaehed him, and,
in broken English, said through her
tears: “Mr. Booth, you made us cry; we
do want so much to kiss you.” We do
not know whether Mr. Booth cried out,
“Mind the paint,” on this occasion.
The Paris ‘Voltaire gives details of
Gambetta’s relations w’ith a lady who was
devotedly attached to him: His conduct
during the war had kindled her admira
tion. For twelve years the secret of their
attachment was so well kept that only
his most intimate friends knew of it.
He had, it seems, obtained her reluctant
consent to marry him when the illness
seized upon him which carried him off.
Had he not died, says M. Lafitte, the
marriage would have taken place. Dur
ing their long acquaintance this lady and
M. Gambetta corresponded frequently,
and the correspondence comprises no
few'er than thirty thousand (?) letters.
The Figaro says the name of this lady is
Leonee Leon, that she is at this time in
her thirty-third year, and lives in modest
lodgings with her mother near the Pan
theon, their means of livelihood being
the mother’s pension as a colonel’s wid
ow. M. Gambetta’s friends all agree
that his letters show how much he was
indebted to her sound sense and pru
dence.
If the sun hurts your eyes, go to Wi
kle’s and procure tinted spectacles.
POLITICAL POINTERS,
Observation* Made by J. G. Priest—Til
den’* Position—The Convention.
Running across this gentleman yester
day, says a reporter of the St. Louis re
publican, [ asked:
‘‘Did you acquire any valuable pointers
as to "84 while in New York?”
“Oh, a few.” said he, “but I really got
more information as to the course that
the democratic party ought to pursue than
as to the course it will pursue.”
“I suppose you did not leave New
York without calling on Mr. Tiiden ?”
“Certainly not. I called on him and
found him as eiear-headed and keenly
alive to the events of the day as ever.
Any person who has accepted the report
of his failing powers need hear him talk
but a moment to be entirely undeceived.
There is, and always has been, a strange
contradiction between his appearance and
his real condition. You may remember
that his physical weakness was a favorite
topic of the croakers in 1870. Well, if
you will just recall rise list of the ‘visit
ing statesmen’ you will find that he has
buried a majority of the hale and hearty
men who euchered him out of his fairly
won honors.”
“Is he a candidate?”
“lie declares emphaticlly that he is not
and occupies a position altogether con
sistent with the letter he wrote to the
Cincinnati convention. I find, how
ever, that the leading men of the party
in the east are not disposed to accept any
declination, but declare that Mr. Tiiden
must be the man.”
“Has anything been determined yet as
to where the democratic national conven
tion is to be held ?”
“No; that will probably be determined
by the committee at its meeting next
February. I am working with our state
committeeman, Colonel J. G. Prather to
bring it to St. Louis. Chicago, Now
York, Boston and St. Louis will all con
tend for it. We have the finest hall on
the continent for the purpose, however,
and our hotel accommodations have been
increased since the convention of 187 G,
when we fairly captivated all who at
tended the convention. Our exposition
will be under way, also, and will afford
another inducement. I have talked, to
several members of the committee, and
all the veteran members have a warm
spot for St. Louis on account of their rec
ollection of 157(5. I think the conven
tion should be held earlier than formerly
—in May, if possible.
“HOWE, SWEET HOTTE.”
Just twenty years ago,or in the spring
of 1863. two great armies were encamped
on either side of the Rappahannock, one
dressed in blue, the other in gray. As
twilight fell the bands on the Union side
began to play the patriotic notes of “The
Star Spangled Banner’’and Rally ’Round
the Flag, Boys,” and that challenge of
music was taken jap by those on the oth
er side, and they responded with the
equally patriotic strains of “The Bonnie
Blue Flag” and “Away Down South in
Dixie.” It was born within the soul of
a single soldier in one of those bands or
to begin a sweeter and more tender air.
and slowly as he played it there joined
in a sort of chorus the instrument upon
the Union side until finally a great and
mighty cbosus swelled up and down our
army, for the soul inspiring notes of
“Home, Sweet Home” floating in .the
air.
When they had finished there was no
challenge yonder for every band upon
the shore had takenfop the lovely air, so
attuned to all that is holiest and dearest,
and one great chorus of the two great
hossts went up to God, and when they
had finished, from the boys in gray
came a challenge, “Three cheers for
home!” and they went up, resounding
to the skies, from both sides of the river;
for the time being the two armies forgot
grim war and only thought of their loved
ones at home. “Something upon the
soldiers cheeks washed away the strains
of power.’.
The way in which the profane term
‘‘printer’s devil” originated is this:
Printing used to be called the black art,
and the boys who assisted the pressmen
were called the imps. According to
legend, Aldus Manutius, a printer of
Venice, took a little negro boy left be
hind by a merchant vessel to assist him
in his business. It soon got wind that
Aldus was assisted by a little black imp,
and to dispel the rumor he showed the
boy to the assembled crowd, and said:
“Be it known to Venice, that I, Aldus
Manutius, printer to the Holy Church
and the Doge, have this day made a pub
lic exposure of the ‘printer’s devil.’
All who think he is not tlesh and blood
may come and pinch him.” The people
were satisfied, and no longer molested
the negro lad.
It is currently reported that McDan
iel will make a number of very important
changes about the executive office when
he goes in. It is stated that John
W. Nelms, principal keeper of the
penitentiary, Dr. Thos. Raines, chief
penitentiary physician, and Secretary
I. VV. Avery will be requested to hand in
their resignations. This may or may not
be so. Dr. Raines has made a most ex
cellent officer, and being strongly
endorsed it is thought that he will not be
removed. Under his management the
convicts of the state have enjoyed excel
lent health, and the mortuary report h is
been comparatively nothing.— Savannah
Times.
The annual meeting of the convention
of the Episcopal Church in Georgia will
take place in Albany ou Wednesday,
May 2d, and continue in session for
several days. ThSre will probably be a
large attendance of both lay and clerical
delegates, and the proceedings promise to
be very interesting.
GENERAL NuTBS.
Alabama has 17,217 more women than
men.
There are 60,000 orange trees at B tv St.
Louis, Miss.
An electric eel was found in a water
pipe in the Tombs.
Richmond, by a police census, has a
population ot 70,684; in 1880 it hail 63,000.
Bureaus of associated charities now
exist in twenty-five of the largest cities in
this country.
The longest word in the English lan
guage is honorifieabilitiulinUy, which has
eleven syllables. It is appropriate to
Congressmen and such dignitaries, since
it signifies the state ot being honorable.
When the Tennessee papers sent in
their bills for advertising, according tr>
the published rates, the State authorities
cut down the charges 50 per cent. This
was a taste of the sweets of repudiation.
A slab of marble marked “C. Gross
Brock” has remained in the freight office
at Greenville, Ala., for the past seventeen
years. It was originally intended to be
erected over some soldier's grave.
Whose? Where?
A Washington diplomat, engaged in
acquainting himself with American life,
ordered beer in Topeka, Kansas, and was
profoundly surprised when it was served
to him in a tureen with a ladle, by which
he was expected to dip into as a coffee
cup.
Only eight insane asylums had been
built in the United States in 1830 4, be
ing state institutions; by 1840 sixteen
were built; by 1850,twenty-four; by 1860,
forty-four, and by 1880, ninety, of which
sixty-six are supported wholly or in part
by state aid.
Mew York is to have an exhibition of
taxidermy May 5. The demand for stuffed
and mounted birds and beasts has vastly
increased under the demand for them in
decoration. They are fragile things, and,
considering the rapidity with which they
grow shabby, expensive ornaments.
At the railroad station in West Corn
wall, N. Y., the travellers were stupefied
at seeing a young woman attempt the
difficult feat of entering the car through
the window. She had never before
seen a railroad train, having lived in
the inland country, and said she thought
that was the regular method of ingress.
Some 800 “assisted” Dish emigrants
arrived in New York by the Samaria the
other day. All were in good health and
were permitted to proceed to their desti
nations. The Cunard Line has booked
as many steerage passengers as their ves
sels can bring in three months. The
Allan Line has a special arrangement
with the British aid to the Irish Emigra
tion Association, to stop at Sligo and
other points in the west of Ireland for
thi3 class of passengers. The agent of
the association operating through this
line states that the piesenee of govern
ment representatives in this association
is to be construed rather as evidence of
an interest that national comity shall be
observed in the matter than the contrary,
and that none but fit and capable persons
shall be assisted.
A pretty young German girl recently
presented herself at a clinic in one of the
Vienna hospitals for examination, ex
plaining that she had suddenly and unac
countably become deaf in one ear. One
of the faleulty began to question her as
to the circumstances immediately attend
ing the appearance of her deafness. Af
ter much hesitation and with many
blushes, the girl at last confessed that
when her lover returned after a long ab
sence be took her in his arms, and, pres
sing his mouth to her ear, conferred
upon that organ a most intense and vig
orous kiss. At that instant she felt a
sharp pain, and had been deaf ever since.
The professor made an examination and
found that the drum of the ear had actu
ally been ruptured, and there is no rea
son to doubt that the kiss did it.
The Atlanta Evening Star thus alludes
to one of the old democratic panel of
Georgia: lion. David J. Bailey, one of
tiie most learned men of our times is
stiil in Atlanta. Col. Bailey was a mem
ber of Congress in ISSI, having defeated
Hon. Absalom Chappell, the latter a
Whig. At the next election,still a dem
ocrat. he defeated Hon. Robert Trippe
for Congress, and returned from public
life in 1856. Col. Bailey is a gentleman
of the old school, and though his whited
locks indicate old age he is still vigor
ous and as erect as an Indian of the for
est. Georgia holds few more glifted
men than he, and it is a wonder that he
has been so long in retirement.
The southern states produced last vear
45,673,450 bushels of wheat, one-quarter
of which was in the hands of the growers
on tile first day of last month. Georgia
contributed to this yield 3,812,900 bush
els. Of the Georgia crop 3,055,449
bushels has been or will be consumed in
the county of growth, leaving 724,451
bushels to be shipped out of tli4 country.
The stock on band March 1, of native
wheat is put down at 953 225 bushels, on
25 per cent of the crop. Georgia not
exceeded in wheat growing by any of the
cotton states except North Carolina,
Texas and Tennessee. The Texas crop
is 4,173, 700 bushels.
The Georgia state Sunday school con
vention will be held in Augusta on the
2d, 3d an'd 4th of May, and bids fair to
exceed all ever yet held in numbers and
interest. A number of distinguished
Sunday schools orators from the North
and West will be in attendance, besides
the very best of our home talent that has
so rapidly developed in the state within
a few years. Low fare has been secured
on all railroads, and the good people of
Augusta will hospitably entertain al del
egates.
Advertisements will be inserted at the rate* #f
One IKillnr per inch for tbe An*t insertion, and
tin > m ..
Spack. 1 mo. S . 6 urea. 1 year.
Otie'iiich, _ $2 SO $5 00 $7 st> ll# •*
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Three inches, SOO li •* 1* o 26 #•
Four inches, 600 If SO 13 06 35 •*
Fourth column 7 50 13 0# 2u 00 SU ••
Half column, 1100 SO W 400< #0 ##
One coin mu, 15 00 30 00 60 00 10$ 00
NUMBER tl.
I’KTRR COOPKK S WAT.
In Dr. Talmage’s sermon on the death
of Peter Cooper he tells us as follows
how to settle the long -conflict between
capital and labor:
“Peter Cooper's life warns its that the
West way to settle quarrels between labor
and capital is Peter Cooper’s way. There
are two ways in which the quarrel can
be settled. One is bjr the violent sub
jugation of the laboring classes. The
other is the martyrdom of rich people.
This is fast geting to be the age of dyna
mite. Dynamite in the Kremlin, dyna
mite In the Parliament, dynamite in Ire
land, dynamite In Germany, dynamite
in Russia, dynamite in America. The
remedy for all this Is Peter Coope-ism.
There was no dynamite under Cooper
Institute. Nobody thought of putting
dynamite under Peter Cooper’s house.
Nobody envied him his carnage. When
opulent men of all lands shall stretch out
to the laboring classes and suffering
classes a generous hand like that of Pe
ter Cooper, it will terminate the age of
dynamite. May the spirit of Peter Coop
er come down upon our bank stock,upon
government securities, upon railroad
companies, upon the business men of
America.”
General Walker, Superintendent of the
Census, has gone to Boston on an Inde
finite absence, and Assistant Supei
intendent Seaton, is still absent in search
of his mind. In the mean time the
Census Bureau is running itself, which
means that the affairs of the Department
are in a demoralized condition, and the
prospect is slim for a completion of the
Census report for 1880. W4ien congress
was in session General Walker rushed
•
around frantically, promising that he
would remain in Washington and devote
his entire time t© the census work.
A wagon frightfully painted in the
most gaudy colors, and intended to force
tardy debtors to pay their bills, is in use
in Cleveland. On the sides are painted
the words, “Dead-Beat Wagon,” and the
vehicle -is halted before a debtor’s door,
there to remain a month or more, or un
til the bill is paid. A short time ago the
driver stopped the wagon before a ’large
house while he went in search of a horse’s
lost shoe. The lady, who always prompt
ly pays her bills, was so indignant that
she has sued the proprietors of the wagon
for SIO,OOO damages.
WANTED.
One or two respectable ladies in every
city town and neighborhood to c.vnmoo
for the “Seven Springs Iron and Alum
Mass.” Our object is to introduce this
valuble Mineral Water Remedy into
every family. The great advantages of
this “Mass” can be best represented and
explained to females by one of their own
sex, and will give light employment to
naany who desire to mike something for
themselves. References required. Ad
dress Landrum & Litchfield, Abing
don, Va.
Ginger and Coca Tonic. We call
special attention to this great Health
Restorer, nerve stimulant and Tonic. It
invigorates, stimulates, and rapidly builds
up the constitution in all ehronie and
wasting diseases. One bottle will make
the most feeble and chronic invalid feel
as if anew Case oflife were given. Gin
ger and Coca Tonic is very highly re
commended by many noted physicians,
and it will do the sufferer more good
than a barrel full of the so called Bitters
and Tonic of the day. See advertisement
in to-days, paper.
In 1791 the printer of the London
Morning Post was sentenced to Newgate
for a year, and required to find security
for SSOO for his good dehavior, for pub
lishing in that paper a libel to the effect
that there was an intimacy between
Lord Westmoreland, the Irish Viceroy,
and Lady Fitzgibbon, the wife of the
Lord Chancellor connived at it. This
case is almost precisaly similar to that
about which the London World is now'
in trouble.
The New Zealand Government, in
their anxiety to secure the complete pa
cification of the Maoris, have promised a
free pardon even to Te Kooti, the blood
thirsty convict who massacred the white
population of Poverty Bay in 1868. For
nearly two years after this outrage he
kept the North Island in a state of dis
turbance, and then made his escape into
the King country, where he lias been
protected by Tawhiao ever since.
Judge William M. Reese, of Wilkes,
who was for many years a member of the
state senate, always bad a free pass over
the Georgia Railroad by virtue of his
official connection with that road, and he
always returned to the state treasury the
mileage allowed him for serv ices as Sen
ator. This is a rare exception, if not
the only one on record.— Augusta News.
Mrs. Louisa B. Stephens, widow of R.
D. Stephens, has just been elected to
succeed her husband as president of the
First National Bank of Marion, lowa,
and is said to be the first woman ever oc
cupying the position. She is reputed to
be a woman of thorough business habits
and good qualifications, as well as energe
tic and popular.
Mr. Stephens, says the Augusta
Chronicle, was not a man ordinarily to
admit that any political problem was too
tough for his solution, but he had to
confess that the negro question was be
yond his ken or demonstration. It is
growing more and more exasperating
but will probably,in the dim future,solve
itself in some unexpected w'ay.
S. S. Gray was known the world over
as the paper-collar maker. He made
three fortunes and lost the three in turn
by signing notes for friends. His death
occurred at Natick, Mass., last week.