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api'JU
U. NKEI.. J. J. CONNER. W. J. N'KKL.
KEEL, CONNER & NEEL,
A 1' i ORNEYB-AT-LAWt
CARTERSVILLE, GA.
W ILL PRACTICE IN ALL THE COURTS
of tlite state. Litigated cases made a
peaialty. P**mpt attentiou given to all business
entrusted to us.
< Kites is northeast corner of courthouse, feljfl
JNO. B. F. LUMPKIN,
A. T TORN K Yt -AT- LA. W .
ROME. GA.
/COLLECTIONS A SPECIALTY. OFFICE
V y is near of Printup, Bros. A Co.’s Bank.
T. w.Miunta. J. W. IIABRIB, J*.
MILNER & HARRIS,
A TO HNE Y S- AT-L A W ,
CARTERSVILLE, GA.
Office on West Main Street. julyli
JOHN H. W IKI.K. DO Of.ASS WIKI,*.
WIKLE & VTIK.LE,
AT*T I OIt JV JC Y B-A 'U-Ij AW .
CARTERSVILLE, GA.
t)nice in court house. Douglas YVikle will give
special attention to collections. fetm
11. 11 CASON,
DKNTI^T,
office over Curry’s drug store, Cartersville,
ITm’ foCtk. waltkh m. kyals.
FOUTR & KYALS,
ATTOUN K Y S- A T -LA W,
CAR IE RS VI LIE, GEORG I A.
t \TI LL PRACTICE IN ALL TH E COURTS
\ V of this state. Prompt and fanhful atten
tion given to aU business entrusted to *s.
Office, corner Main and Erwin streets, up
stairs.
t. 17. tMtAHAM. W. M. GRAHAM.
GRAHAM & GRAHAM,
Attorneys, Solicitors and Counselors at
Law,
CARTERSVILLE, GA.
OFFICE IN THE COURT HOUSE. WILL
practice In all tbe courts of Bartow comity,
lHe aupnrier courts of northwestern Georgia, and
e Supreme and Federal courts at Atlanta, Ga.
anil
SHELBY ATTAWAY,
A ’V O K. X K Y -AT - LA W.
WILL PRACTICE IN ALL THE COURTS
of North Georgia. „ _ .
()ftiee with Col. M. R. Stansell, Bank
Flock.
GEORGE S. JOHNSON,
A r TORNEY-AT-LAW ,
CARTERSVILLE, GA.
OFFICE, West Side, Public Square.
Will practice in all tbe Courts.
R. YV. MURPHEY,
A. T T ORNEY-AT - LAW,
CARTERSVILLE, GA.
OFFICE (up-stairs) in the briek buildiug. cor
ner of Maui & Erwin streets. julylS.
ALBERT S. JOHNSON,
r r O R N" K Y-AT-LA w,
CARTERSVILLE, GA.
OFFICE : WEST RIDE PUBLIC SQUARE.
Will practice in all tho Courts. Business
will receive prompt attention.
TRAVELERS’ GUIDE.
GADSDEN A\D BED LINE STEAM
ERS—U. S. MAIL.
STEAMER SIDNEY P. SMITH,
(Ben. H. Etltott. Master; F. G. Smith, Clerk.)
i. Home every Tuesday and Friday ...Bam
Arrive Gadsden Wednesday and Saturday ..bam
j. Gadsden Wednesday and Saturday. .8 a m
Arrive at Home Thursday and Sunday. 7p m
Will go through to Greensport, Ala., every
Friday night. Keturning, leave Greensport ev
ery Saturday morning.
STEAM EH GADSDEN.
F. M. Coulter, Master F. A. Mills, Clerk.
Leave Home Mondays and Thursdays 11 a m
Arrive Gndsde* Tuesdays and Fridays 2am
Leave Gadsden Tuesdays und Fridays 9am
Arrive at Wednesdays and Saturdays ...7pm
Ollice No. 27 Broad street, up-stairs over the
Cotton Exchange. Telephonic connection.
J. M. ELLIOTT, Jr., Gen. Man’gr.,
Gadsden, Ala.
W. T. SMITH, Gen’l Agent,
Home, Ga.
CHEROKEE RAILROAD.
On ami alter Monday, March 19,1883, the trains
•n this Road will run daily as follows (Sunday
excepted):
PASSENGER TRAIN.—MORNING.
Leave Cartersville
Arrive at Stilesboro a m
Arrive a.t Taylorsville I®;®* a m
Arrive at Hockmart H-IO a "J
A rrrive at Cedartown a m
RETURNING.
Leave Cedanfcown 2:05 pm
Arrive at Hockmart ....... * : .*^P ra
Arrive at Taylorsville „’ r , pm
Arrive at Stilesboro , p m
Arrive at Cartersville 4:25 pm
PASSENGER TRAIN. —EVENING.
Leave Cartorsville 4:80 pm
Arrive at Stilesboro 5:04 pm
Arrive at Taylorsville 5:22 pm
Arrive at Hockmart O 'OO p m
Arrive at Cedartown 7:90 p m
RETURNING.
I cave Cedartown 6:00 a m
Arrive at ltoekmart 6:53 am
Arrive at Taylorsville 7':S a m
Arrive at Stilesboro 7:46 am
Arrive at Cartorsville _ > B:3° a ™
ROME RAILROAD.
The following is the present passenger sched
ule:
no. 1.
Leave Rome 6:10 am
Arrive at Kingston 8:55 am
no. 2.
Leave Kingston 9:20 am
Arrive at Itome 10:25 am
NO. 3.
Leave Rome
Arrive at Kingston o :30 pm
NO. 4.
Leave Kingston 5:55 pm
Arrive at Rome p m
NO. 5.
Leave Rome 8:00 am
Arrive at Kingston 9:00 am
NO. 6.
Leave Kingston 9:20 am
Arrive at Rome ......... 10:10 am
Nos. 1,2, 3 and 4 will ran daily except Sun
days.
Nos. 5 and 6 will tun Sundays only.
No. 1 will not stop at the junction. Makes
close connection at Kingston for Atlanta and
Cl.attaueoga. *
No. ‘2 makes connection at Rome with E. T..
y a. & Ga. R. It., for points south.
EIIEN HILLY ER, President.
J. A. Smith, G. P. Agent.
WESTERN AND ATLANTIC R. R.
The following is the present passenger sched
■lc:
NIGHT PASSENGER— UP.
Leave Atlanta 2:40 p m
Leave Cartorsville 4:30 pm
Leave Kingston 4:55 pm
Leave Dalton . 6:34 pm
Arrive at Chattanooga 8:00 pm
NIGHT PASSENGER —DOWN.
Leave Chattanooga 2:55 pm
Leave Dalton 4:32 pm
Leave Kingston 6:03 p m
Leave Cartcrsville 6:32 pm
Arrive at Atlanta 8:40 pm
DAY PASSENGER— UP.
Leave Atlanta 7:00 a m
Leave Cartersville 8:56 a m
Leave Kingston 8:21 am
Leave Dalton 10:55 a m
Arrive at Chattanooga 12:30 am
DAY PASSENGER—DOWN.
LeavetChattanooga 8:00 am
Leave Dalton ' 9:46 a m
I.eave Kingston 11:15 a m
Leave Cartcrsville 11:42 am
Arrive at Atlanta 1:40 p m
ROUE EXPRESS
Leave Atlanta 4:30 pm
Arrive at Cartersville 6:3lpm
Arrive at Kingston p m
Leave Kingston 8:06 am
Arrive at Cartersville 8:32 am
at Atlanta . . ... 10:37 am
We want that money you owe for THE
FREE PRESS.
VOLUME VI.
NOVEMBER 15, 10 AND 17.
ATIjANTA
Music Festival!
FIVE PEREORKINCES.
Change of Programme Eiery Time.
CHEAF EXCURSIONS
From Cartersville During the Festival
350
Musicians on the Stage at Once.
MAMMOTH CHORUS.
AND GRAND ORCHESTRA.
Miss LETITIA FRITCK,
THE CELEBRATED PRIMA DONNA.
Mil. .J. LEVY,
—THE—
WORLD-SENOWNKI) CORNET VIRTUOSO.
Miss BESSIE PIERCE.
THE BEAUTIFUL SUPRANO.
ALFREDO HARILI!
The Eminent Pianist and Composer.
( AML SENTZ,
THE DISTINGUISHED DIREDTOR.
Grreatost Musical Event
THAT HAS
Ever Occurred in the South.
Singte reserved seats now on sale at
DeGive’s Opera House.
AUGUST DEOPP,
Manager.
V. L. WILLIAMS,
Manufacturer and Dealer in
TIN & SHEET IRON GOODS
ESPECIAL ATTENTION GIVEN TO
Rooting, Gutterinsf, Etc.,
Dealer in
STOVES,
Hollow-Ware, Glassware, Etc.,
CROCKERY, WINDOW-CLASS,
SASH, DOORS AND BLINDS.
The public is invited to call and
examine. Prices gaaranteed as low an a
good article can lie bought anywhere.
•fcg-Will give market nrice for clean cotton
rags. _
PILES AND FISTULA CURED
DR. J. S. BEAZLEY,
At Stilesboro, Bartow county, Ga., and
DR. A. G. BEAZLEY, , „ „
At Crawfordvillc, Ga.,
Make a specialty of diseases of
the Rectum. They will treat Fistula, Ulcer
ation, Prolapsus, etc., of the bowels, and will
guarantee a perfect cure in a short while in ev
ery case of piles without the use of the knife and
very little pain, Will point to cases cured, or
give the best of reference if desired. All cler
ymen treated gratis. meh97
stTjames hotel,
(Cartersville, Georgia.),
The undersigned has recently
taken charge of this elegant new hotel. It
has been newly furnished and shall be first-class
in all respects.
SAMPLE ROOM FOR COMMERCIAL TRAVELERS..
Favorable terms to traveling theatrical com
panies. fjanlO) L. C. IIOSS.
ROBERT B. TRIPPE,
A'ITORN 111 Y -AT-L A "W ,
ATLANTA, GA.
tfo. 8 Broad Street, up-stairs.
Office No. 12 Grant Building.
WILL PRAtTTCE IN ALL THE COURTS.
Business receives prompt attention. Col
lections a specialty. I will attend the superior
3011 rt of Bartow count}', Ga., aud in connection
with Mr. J. M. Neel, will finish the unfinished
business of Trippe A Neel and will also attend
1 o any new business that may be offered. sep9
THE FREE PRESS.
ORANGES AND FLORIDA.
Better than Breezes—Under a
New Flag.
Even the balmy air and orange groves of Flori
da fail to keep its people full of nappiness and
comfort. Art must help nature everywhere—in
the topics as aruoug the pines of the north.
“And, chief among the blessings which are
adapted to all zones,” writes Dr. J. G. Wallace,
of Fort Dade, Fla., “is Parker’s Tonic. It
seems to have the world for a Held, and most of
tbe current diseases yield to its action. I have
used it in the case of a delicate and dyspeptic
young ladv, with the most gratifying results.
It seemed to accomplish with ease what the usu
al prescriptions and treatment for that misera
ble malady failed wholly to bring about. I am
also glad to state that the Tonic has greatly re -
lieved me personally of a troublesome atonic
eouditiou of the stomach of long standing. It is
the ideal purifier and invigorant.”
Messrs. Hiscock & Cos. caM especial attention
to the fact that after April 16, 1883, the name
and style of this preparation will hereafter be
simpl v Parker's 'lonic. The word “Ginger” is
dropped, for the reason that unprincipled deal
ers are constantly deceiving their patrons by
substituting inferior preparations under the
name of Ginger; and as ginger is an unimportant
flavoring ingredient in our Tonic, we arc sure
that our friends will agree with us as to the pro
priety of the change. There will be no change,
however.in the preparation itself; and all bot
tles remaining in the hands of dealers, wrap
per under the name of “Parker’s Ginger To
nic,” contain the genuine medecine if the signa
ture of Hiscock & Cos. is at the bottom of out
side wrapper. oct2s-lm.
If you don’t intend to pay forTUE FREE
PRESS, be honest enough to say so.
“Tansell’s Punch” 5 cent cigar leads the van.
Only to be had from M. F. Word.
S. S. S. always on hand at Word’s drug store.
Iron Tonic Bitters at Word’s drug store.
THE KEY. GEO. H. TIIAYER, of Bourbon,
Ind., says; “Both myself and wife owe our lives
oShiloh’s Consumption Cure.” Curry hi
Ask M. F. Word to tell you what Herbiue is.
ARE YOU MADE miserable by indigestion,
constipation, dizziness, loss of appetite, yellow
skin? Shiloh’s Vitalize! - in a positive cure. For
sale by Cuiry.
FOR DYSPEPSIA and Liver Complaint, you
have a printed guarantee on every bottle of Shi
loh’s Vital izer. It never fails to cure. You can
get it at Curry’s.;
Remember thatM. F. Word sells jelly glasses
away down.
M. F. Word will sell you a pint bottle of Cas
cara Bitters fdl\Ts cents. They are very good.
Ilerbine—What is it? Ask M. F. YVord.
Tennessee Hedge Company, Nashville,
Tennessee.
Nashville, Tknn., October 12, 1883.
To (he Ten nee ties Hedge Company:
At tho solicitation of Mr. J. YV. Tilford, agent
for the Tennessee Hedge Company, we, the un
dersigned, visited several hedges in the vicinity
of Nashville, and examined these hedges care
fully and critically. They are thoroughly stock
proof as well as ornamental, occupying but a
small space, not exceeding three feet wide, and
are easy to be kept in order. Some substitute
must be found for the old method of rail fencing.
We thiuk the principle of constructing the
Hedge fence by the Tennessee Hedge Company,
by “plashing” at an angle of forty-five degrees,
is the only sure and successful method. From
canes of the hedge thus plashed or bent sprouts
grow up perpendicularly, making a base impen
etrable even by pigs. The canes they plash or
bend are held in the inclined position by an
nealed wire. A profuse growth starts up from
the pla6lied canes, intertwining between the
canes from the base, thus making the hedge im
penetrable to even small hog stock. The hedge
not only forms a perfect and durable fence, but
is very ornamental. The hedge is made of the
Osage Orange, the most durable of all woods.
In view of its durability, we regard it as the
cheapest fencing that can be made. We are as
sured the company are entirely reliable and re
sponsible to fulfill their engagements, and fur
thermore, we intend to adopt their mode of
fencing.
B. C. YANCEY, Floyd Cos., Ga.
JNO. F. HARDIN, Bartow Cos., Ga.
A. F. WOOLLEY", “ “
J. H. CAMP, Rome, “
J. D. GAILLIARD, “ “
The above Fence is guaranteed to
be STOCK PROOF, and costs $1.05 per
rod of 16feet, payable in three in
stallments, the last payment being due
when the Fence is complete. For full
information, address
J. YV. TILFORD, Rome, Ga.,
Or J. T. DUKE, Cartersville, Ga.
FILES.
Piles are frequently preceded by a sense of
weight in the hack, loins and lower part of the
abdomen, causing the patient to suppose he has
some affection of the kidneys or neighboring or
gans. At times symptoms of indigestion are
present, as flatulency,uneasiness of the stomach,
etc. A moisture, like perspiration, producing a
very disagreeable itching, particularly at night
after getting warm in bed, is a very common at
tendant. Blind, Bleeding and Itching Piles
yield at ouce to the application of Dr. Bosan
ko's Pile Remedy, which acta directly upon the
parts affected, absorbing the tumors, allaying
the intense itching, and effecting a permanent
cure, where all other remedies have failed. Do
not delay until the drain on the system produces
permanent disability, but try it and be cured,
rice 50 Cenis. Sold Oy t). \V . Gurry. janlß-l
Genuine Simmons liver medicine always on
n 1, at Word's drug store.
FREE OF COST.
By,calling at D. YV. Curry’s drug store, you
can get a sample bottle of Dr. Bosanko’s Cough
and Lung Syrup free of cost, which will relieve
the most obstinate Cough or Cold, and show you
what the regular 50 cent size will do. When
troubled with Asthma, Brochitis, Dry, Hacking
Cough, Pains in tbe Chest, and all diseases of the
Throat and Lv“gs, try a sample bottle of this
medicine. jan!B-ly
Puff nothing but “Tansell’s Punch” 5 cent ci
gars, at YV ord’s drug store.
Jelly glasses very cheap at Word’s drug store.
Glass oil cans very cheap at YVord’s drug
store.
Curry’s Liver Compound is endorsed by many
of the best citizens of this and adjoining coun
ties.
WHY" YVILL Y'OU cougn wnen Shiloh’s Cure
will give immediate relief. Price 10 cts., 50 cts.
and 51. Enquire for it at Curry’s. nov23-6in
Peck’s bad boy and his pa w ill put in an ap
pearance last of this week and will stop with
M. F. Word.
Don’t forget to pay for THE FREE
PRESS. YVe think of it every time we
meet you. YVe don’t forget it, “you bet P
FOR SALE!
ONE STORE; HOUSE AND LOT IN CITY of
Cartersville, fronting public square, near
the court house.
Alto one farm containing 140 acres, lying on
Burnt Hickory road 2% milet from Cartersville,
west: a:amt 80 acres cleared, balance well tim
bered; con fjjrtably improved; or would lie ex
chon ged for city property.
Also, one farm lying 5 miles west of Carters
ville, on new Kingston road, containing 240 acres
about 140 cleared, balance well timbered; well
improved. This place can he divided into two
farms, each with good improvements. VVith
this place will be sold mules, wagons and farm
ing implements if desired, For prices, terms,
etc., call upon the undersigned at Cartersville,
Ga. (aug2) J. A. HOWARD.
CARTERSVILLE. GEORGIA, THURSDAY MORNING. NOVEMBER 15. 1883.
THE STATE’S MONEY".
A Talk YVitb Stake Treasurer Speer on Ills
Forthcoming Report.
Atlanta Constitution.]
State Treasurer Speer and his assistant,
Mr. William Speer, are engaged in the
preparation of the annual statement of
the financial affairs of the state.
The tableof receipts and disbursements
for the year ending September 30th. 1883,
has been completed, and gives, some in
teresting figures for Georgians.
At first sight it appears that the dis
bursements for the year exceeded the re
ceipts, but such was really not the case.
The total receipts of the state from ev
ery were $1,327,063.84. The
disbursements for the year were $1,478,-
396.61.
“How is that ?” asked a C'lititution
man of Mr. Speer.
“The receipts,” answered Mr. Speer,
“were really in excess of the disburse
ments. We were carrying on the books
as cash $104,424.74, which was locked up
in the defunct state depositories, the
bank of Rome and the Citizens’ bank.
While this amount was counted as cash,
it was nothing more than a claim, and
the legislature very properly, by resolu
tion, directed that it be charged oft' the
books. That was done and the amount
stands in the column of disbursements.
You will readily see that, barring this
item, the receipts were a few thousands
greater than the disbursements.”
The amount in the treasury ou the first
of October of last year was $600,472.15
and the balance on hand at the close of
business, September 30, 1883, was $539.-
38. It might be understood from this
statement that Georgia keeps a large and
unnecessary surplus in her treasury.
Such, however, is not true. Each year
the governor,the treasurer and the comp
troller general make careful estimates of
what money will be necessary to pay the
expenses and obligations of the state.
Estimates aie also made of the probable
receipts from all sources and upon these
calculations tbe rate of taxation is based.
The shaye sometimes is very close, and
while these large amounts are in the
treasury they are already appropriated
and only await the falling due of the ob
ligations.
SOME OF THE ITEMS.
In the list of receipts the largest item
is the general tax, which is $770,889.75,
and the next largest item is the three
hundred thousand dollars received from
the Western and Atlantic railroad.
These two items make the snug some of
a million and odd dollars. $327,000 ad
ditional was received from other sources.
$20,000 was received from an unusual
source, being from the premium on
United States bonds received in part
payment for the Macon and Brunswick
railroad. The fees of the fertilizer in
spectors amounted to $69,412.82. The
liquor tax amounted to $49,143.88. The
bulk of the state’s money went to pay
the interest on the public debt ank SIOO,-
000 of the principal; $556,370 of the dis
bursements is represented by these two
items. It, howeuer, does not represent
the real amount paid, as there are a lot
of coupons which have been paid, but
for which warrants have not been issued
to the treasurer. The interest alone
amounts to nearly $750,000 annually.
For the support of the lunatic asylum
the state paid $146,000, and for the en
largement $60,000 more which is only a
part of the appropriation for the enlarge
ment of that institution.
The civil establishment cost $90,000.
The legislative payroll for the session ot
1882 and for the special session to
receive the election returns amounted to
$58,000.
The state debt was apparently decreas
ed one hundred thousand dollars, but in
fact it was decreased less than forty thou
sand. During the year Senator Brown
presented to the state university $50,-
000 of bonds then due. The uni
versity had SII,OOO of bonds secured
from other sources, making a total of
$61,000.
Under the law the university can sur
render such bonds as it comes into pos
session of, and receive therefor new
bonds of the state bearing seven per cent
interest. So it will be seen that only
$35,000 of the state’s debt was retired.
The debt of the state is a little over nine
million five hundred thousand dollars
and is done as follows: 1884, $100,000;
1885, $100,000; 1886, $4,000,000; 1890,
$2,095,000; 1892, $307,500; 1896,
$542,000; 1889, $2,298,000; 1885, $75,635;
1932,53,000.
It will be seen that four million dollars
of the state’s debt will fall due three
years hence, and bonds to that amount
will have to be issued. The financial
condition of the state is unexcelled, and
the treasurer will find no trouble in sell
ing the bonds if no mishaps occur. Some
weeks ago the treasurer announced his
determination not to assume the risk
personally of sending the money to New
York to meet the state’s debts falling
due there, but that matter has been ad
justed and the money will be put in New
York by diseotion of the governor, and
the obligations of the state will be faitn
fully met.
THE SHOW TAX.
Colonel Bob Hardeman, who, he it
known, is book keeper for the state of
Georgia, laid aside his columns of fig
ures and remarked to a Constitution man
that the show tax had been knocked into
a cooked hat.
“How so?” asked the bohemian.
“Well,” he replied, “a month has
gone by and we have not received a cent.
In October of last year we received $346.
We are now operating under a changed
state of affairs. The law was amended
at the last session of the legislature.”
“What changes were made?”
“ l’he old law exempted operatic, dra
matic and elocutionary shows. All other
shows were taxed $25 dollars or less, ex
cept circuses, which were taxed SIOO per
day. The new law taxes circuses S2OO
per day and exempts operatic, dramatic,
elocutionary, histrionic and musical
shows, so the consequence is the sleight
of hand man is about the only one re
quired to pay tax.”
“How about nigger minstrels?”
They are musical.”
“And hnmpty dumpty ?”
“Humpty is histrionic, and can siton
the wall free-gratis-for-nolhing.”
“How much has the show tax been
heretofore?”
“The tax last year amounted to SB,-
761.50, something over four thousand of
which was paid by the circus companies
who showed only about forty days in the
year. There were three circus compan
ies in the state last year and this year
tliere has been only one so far. The tax
of two hundred dollars a day is almost
prohibitory and the shows will in future
doubtless dip down in a few prominent
places and get out of the state as quickly
as possible. You will see, therefore,that
the circus tax will not be increased in the
aggregate while all the other shows are
exem pt.”
“Which county paid the biggest siovv
tax last year ?”
“Fulton and Chatham paid precisely
the same, $675.00. Richmond came
next with $571.50. Muscogee paid $382.50
and Bibb stands fifth in the list, paying
$292.00.”
“What do you think of it?” asked the
reporter.
“My notion is,” replied Colonel Har
deman, “that they should all be exempt
except circuses. The people want a lit
tle enjoyment, and I guess they ought to
have it. I merely mention these things
to show you how four or five thousand
dollars of the show tax will hereafter
come up missing.”
BRIGHT BITS.
There are folks who predict that in
ease Hazen keeps on wtih his weather
bureau he will yet be a bigger man than
the Rev. Jasper.
A Warren (Mass.) man is credited
with this toast at a fireman’s muster:
“Our fire engines, may they be like our
old maids—ever ready, but never want
ed.”
“I fill the Bill,” said Willie when he
got icto his mother’s preserve closet.
“And I foot the Bill,” remarked papa t
overhearing the soliloquy.— Merchant
Traveler.
“Ben Butler is not dignified, but he is
▼ery picturesque.” We have always
noticed that his face was a little picture
askew. His face will be more askew
than eY’er now.
The Czar draws pay as a Russian Col
onel. The Kentucky Colonel serves for
nothing. Such is the difference between
a despot and a patriot.— Louisville Cour
ier-Journal.
New York has at least 1,000 burglar
alarms which never alarm when a burglar
goes to burgle. A spring gun can always
be depended on to kill somebody, if only
the servant girl.
When a dude shows up in Milwaukee
they claim to suspect him of being a wo
man in disguise. This is followed by ar
rest and so much trouble that he lets
dudeism alone thereafter.
“Yes,” said the canditate for office,
“I suppose I can’t sue that paper for
saying I spent part of my life in jail.
You see I was a warden for six years.
I can lick the editor, though !”— Boston
Post.
“I remember you Y’ery well,” said the
hotel keeper, “but your wife has grown
very thin.” “Yes‘” “She was taller.”
“Yes.” “And lighter complexion, was
she not?” “Yes. Besides, you know,
it is not the same one.”— Foreign Fun.
In the Isle of Man it is the custom of
parties about to be married to carry salt
in their pockets. Although we omit the
saline ceremony in this country, the
promise to ’’love, honor and obey,” is
understood to be taken cum grano salts.
“Bears squeezed on Not hern Pacific,”
read a Filth Avenue lady yesterday.
“Were they caught between the cars, I
wonder? What a wild country that must
be, way out there. I suppose the loeo
motives have bear-catchers instead of
cow-catchers.”
“Yes,” said the hat manufacturer, “I
take a good deal of interest in an election,
but I wish things could be arranged so
that both parties would lose. In that
event the demand for hats would be
doubled. However, a half a loaf is bet
ter than no bread, Let the canvas go
on. ’ ’ — Somerville Journal.
When Mr. Charles Wyndham was
playing a piece called “The Happy
Land,” in the English provinces, a some
what short-sighted yokel read the title
on the bill as “The Holy Land,” and
taking it for a panorama, paid for his
seat and went into the theatre half an
hour before the performance commenced.
Of course the curtain, representing some
Oriental landscape, Yvas down at the
time of his entrance. After gsizing at it
fixedly for some twenty minutes, he rose
and left the theatre, just as the play was
about to commence, expressing to the
usher as he passed out his unbounded
satisfaction at what he had seen.
The Washington Gazette tells of a far
mer in Wilkes county who has on His
place an old negro, who, this year work
ed a blind mule. The negro lived on
rather an out of the way part of the
plantation, and the farmer in the Hist
part of the year, speaking of the pros
pects from the year’s labors, said:
“Well, we won’teount the old man: he’s
got a blind mule.” But old Uncle Ned
worked ahead as best he could, and it
now turns out that he beat the whole
plantation fanning. He and ins blind
mule raised larger crops than any other
man and mule on the place.
A HUMAN FIRE.
The Phenomenon of a Burn ins Mine
Repeated In the Phys
ical System.
A few years ago one of the most im
portant coal mines in Pennsylvania
caught tire. It started slowly but soon
obtained such headway that it spread
through the greater portion of the entire
mine. To flood it with water would ex
tinguish the Are, but well nigh ruin the
mine; and still the flames continued to
Increase. At that juncture a young man
stepped forward and suggested that all
the entrances and vent holes of the mine
be covered and secured, thus shutting
off the supply of air. llis advice was
followed and the flames were finally sub
dued.
To compare the condition of this mine
with many phases of the human system,
is most natural and appropriate. “Fire
in the blood” is not a mere expression,
it is a most serious fact. How it origin
ates. it may be impossible to say; but
that it burns and rages with an increas
ing fury, the one who is its victim only
too painfully knows. The blood is the
life. It is designed by nature to purify,
strengthen and sustain the system. It is
too often made the channel through
which poison and death are transported.
Poisonous acids coming through the
veins and arteries inflame and cause a
lire just as real as the one which existed
in the mine. They burn and irritate
causing the brain to become weak and
the nerves unstrung; they carry pains to
the muscles and leave agonies in the
joints; they bring destruction instead of
strength; they devastate the very por
tions of the body that most require help*
and they hasten the approach of death in
its most horrible form. These things
have been felt by innumerable people
who have been the victims of rheumatic
disorders, and the agonies they have en
dured confirm this description.
There is but one way by which this
fire in the blood can be extinguished,
and that Is by shutting oil’ the supply ol
these poisonous acids. The lactic, lilhie
and uric acids come in to the blood
through the liver and kidneys, and they
remain in solution in the blood produc
ing iinflammatory rheumatism, sciatica,
lumbago, neuralgia, gout and all rheu
matic fevers and affections. When they
are deposited as gritty crystals in and
near the joints, they cause articular rheu
matism; when in the muscles, muscular
rheumatism and lumbago; when in the
tissues covering the nerves, sciatica;
when in the face, head and nerves gen
erally, neuralgia. In every case they
are painful; in most instances, danger
ous. Inflammatory rheumatism is like
ly to locate in some joint and become
chronic, or suddenly attack the brain or
heart, causing apoplexy or heart disease.
The fire in the blood must be extinguish
ed —the supply must be shut off. This
can only be done by guarding the portals
to the blood—the kidneys and liver; and
no means has ever been found for ac
complishing this which can equal War
ner’s Safe Rheumatic Cure. It acts di
rectly upon the seat of the disorder; it
extinguishes the fire by controlling the
supply and removing the cause.
The well known standing of H. H.
Warner & Cos., of Rochester, N. Y., the
remarkable success which Warner’s Safe
Cure has achieved, being indorsed by no
less a personage than Dr. Robert A.
Gunn, Dean of the United States Medical
college, New York, and the lidelity with
which they have carried out all their pro
mises to the public, should be a sufficient
warrant that the above statements are
true. They, however, guarantee to cure
ninetj-five per cent, of all rheumatic
troubles, especially acute, knowing full
well that the demonstrated power of the
remedy justifies them in so doing. Noth
ing can be fairer than this, and those
who suffer in the future from rheumatism
with such an offer before them, do so
on their own responsibility, and can
blame no one if living pain and untimely
death are the results.
Yesterday’s Dreadful Accident.
There were a good many accidents
yesterday. There will he some to-day,
and probably more or less to-morrow.
Children are tumbling down stairs.
Women are lighting tires with kerosene.
Boys are playing with pistols. Big men
are spraining their <*nkle as they try to
catch the moving train. Babies will get
their little thumbs caught in the doors.
Bruised shins, dislocated joints and
mashed Angers constantly remind us
that accidents may take place at anj'
moment. People who have Perry Dav
is’s Pain Killer can smile at most of
the accidents that befall them. Those
who have not tried it are reminded that
they do not have to run further than the
nearest drug store to buy it.
The follow ing statistics concerning the
month of October in Augusta are from
the Chronicle and Constitutionalist: “The
Freedman’s Hospital received 7 patients
—males 4 and females 3; 5 were dis
charged and 2 died on November Ist 20
remained —10 males and 10 females; the
market lees amounted to $324; the in
come from the recorder’s court was $214
there are in the city jail 41 inmates—
w hites 8 and colored 33; the city bridge
returned SBBO 25, and the wharves $29.-
90; Dr. Goodrich made 267 visits, Dr.
Foster 213 and. Dr. Dugas 210 visits to
th sick poor of the city; there were 74
interments in the city eemetaries —34
white and 40 black, of these 64 died in
tow n; the city reservior pump pumped
17,492,153 gallons, and the water rents
aggregated $4,295; the city hospital re
vived 24 patients —11 males and 11 fe
males; 17 were discharged and 3 died;
there remain to date 10 males and ,J 7 fe
males.
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NUMBER 18
GEORGIA NEWS.
Perambulating Pi oiniaeuonaly Among
Pungent Paragraphere.
There are 89 prohibition counties in
the state.
Dr. Richardson, of Walkinsville, will
move to Atlanta.
Forty-four converts were immersed at
Acworth Sunday, a week ago.
Col. E. R. Sharpe contemplates start
ing a paper in Carroli county.
The Atlanta Baptist Seminary is to l>e
•xempted from taxation.
A Marietta cow feasts on boiling hot
food whenever she gets a chance.
Anderson and Miller, of Oconee, have
caught twenty-five beavers this season.
Col. Candler will vote for Carlisle for
speaker in the democratic caucus.
Caving earth nearly ended the days of
Freeman Lewis, colored, in Atlanta
Monday.
The city council of Atlanta will grant
the Benevolent Home of that city $2,000
per annum.
Augusta’s City council is taking step*
to improve the water works system of
that city.
Rev. S. E. Axson’s resignation was
regretfully accepted by the Rome Pres
byterians Sunday.
The first message over the wires of the
Southern Telegraph company from Au
gusta was sent Monday.
The late term of Henry Superior court
cost the county $l5O a day, or an aggre
gate of SI,BOO for the entire session.
Col. Charles 11. Hopkins is writing the
history of the war in southern Georgia
from its incipiency to its close.
Mai. Joseph Smith, who has been in
the mining business in north Georgia for
the last thirty-five years, died near Ac
worth Saturday evening.
Thomas Collins and James Hall quar
relled over the tresspassing of some hogs
near Lawrenceville Saturday night, and
Hall suffered injuries which will result
in death. Collins was also injured, but
managed to escape.
Miss Belle Callaway, of Americus, is
afflicted with a disease which involves
all the tissues and muscles, if not the
bone of her arm. The disease is some
thing new to the medical fraternity, and
has been assighed no place in medical
nomenclature.
A gentleman near Athens has a train
ed setter for which he refused SIOO cash.
He values the dog at $250, and says not
one dollar less will buy it. A negro in
Athens gets from S3O to SSO a litter for
pointer puppies, parties often paying sls
for choiee.
Edwards Crooke’s steam ginnery and
several bales of cotton and 2,000 bushels
cotton seed have been burned at Sharon.
Maj. J. M. Miller’s gin house and 8 bales
cotton, on the Ogeechee riv,r, four miles
from Barnett, have also been burned.
Both fires started accidentally.
After a lapse of forty years Henry
county will probably witness a public ex
ecution on the 7th of next month. The
last occurrence of this kind was in 1838,
when a negro named Cum ruing was
hanged for the same offense that Leoni
das Johnson now stands convicted, rape.
The Sumter Republican says: Bill
Hobbs, the chief of the horse swapping
brigade, says that he gave S2O for an old
mare, swapped her twenty-three times
in six weeks and made sll4 and a pair of
good horses on Ills S2O investment. Now
he wants the boss horse swapper to come
up aud give him a trial. John Wheatley,
Jr., says this is highway robbery.
T. N. Renfroe, of Gainesville, has in
vented a cheap and practical apparatus
for extinguishing fires in the lint rooms
of gin houses. The whole apparatus will
not cost exceeding $2 or $3, and in ease
of fire the simple turning of a faucet
right at the giuner’s hands will flood the
lint room in in twenty seconds. A ca
veat has been filed in the patent office,
and a patent will be at once applied for
for.
John W. Smith, of Floyd county, has
this year raised a large tobacco crop by
the aid of artiAeial heat. He has al
ready shipped a large quantity of leaf to
Danville, and says it pays much better
than cotton. Smith is a Virginian, who
went to that county a few years ago.
Ills experiments having proved so suc
cessful, many of his neighbors express
their determination to raise tobacco next
year.
Wash Densmore, a well-to-do and
highly respected farmer of Walker coun
ty, met w'ith a horrible death last Tues
day. He was driving a spirited pair of
mules, and, just as he reached the brow
of a steep hill, they siuldenty took fright
and ran away. Densmore was thrown
out, and in addition to severe injuries,
his back is said to have been broken.
He lived only a few hours after receiv
ing the injuries.
Dr. Cartelyon left Marietta for Brook
lyn, New York, Sunday evening was a
week ago, to render his professional ser
vices to bis sister. He received a tele
gram on the morning of the same day he
left, saying tliat she had been thrown
from a carriage and tatally injured. La
ter in the day he received another saying
that she was better and would probably
recover. Miss Cartelyon is a resident of
Marietta, and was on a visit to friends In
Brooklyn.
Architects afeistlll sending to the gov
ernor’s office for information as to what
is needed for anew capitol. Over fifty
letters relating to the matter have been
received. Secretary Harrison is kept
busy answering questions. There Is a
general request for an extension of the
time at which plans can b3 sent in, and
circulars will he sent to the commission
ers asking if they will agree to an exten
sion. The time now fixed is December
19th.
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