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YELLOW FEVE3-BLACK VOMIT. It Is too noon to forjtet tlo> ravage* of tld* trrrlltlo dissasu, which will no Mount return in h more malig nant ami virulent form in the fall months of le?i), nF.KKKM.'N If KPATIXK. a Remedy Mia coveretl ill Southern Nubia anil used with atteli won dertul rvaulta In South America where tlie moat ag gravated oases of fevet ar< found, rauaea front one to two ounce* of idle to lie (lltsrMi nr atrained from the blooM each time it passe* through the Liver, aa lone aa an exceaa of hlle exist* 11 v ita wonderful action on the Liver and Stomach the HKPATIXK not only prevents to a certainty any kind of Fever and Black Vomit, hut alao curea Headache. Cousti pation of the Bowels, D.xsprpsia and Malarial dis ease*. No one need fear Yellow Fever who will expel the Malarial Poison and exceaa of idle from the Idiatd bv uaimt MERKKLL’S HEPATrNE. which ia sold by all Druggist* in -do cent and It (Ml bottles, or w ill lw aent by express by the Proprietors. A. P. MERRELL & CO., Phil*., Pa. Dr. Pemberton’s S-illingia or Queen’s Delight. nr The report* of wonderful enretof Rlieumatifivn. Scrofula. Salt Rhemu, Syphilis, Cancer. Ulcers nnd Sores, that coma from all parts of the country, are not only remark aide but ho miraculous as to be doubted was it not for the abundance of proof. REMARKABLE CURE *f SCROFULA, &c CASE OF COL. J. C. BRANSON. KlKnMOf. Ga.. Septemiier 15, 1871. Gents : For uixteen years l have been a great suf ferer from ScrofulA In itß most distressing form*. I have been oontlned to my room and bed for fifteen year* with scrofulous ulceration*. The most ap proved remedies for such cases had been used, and the most eminent physictuu* consulted, without any decided benefit. Titus prostrated, distressed, de sponding, was advised by l)r. Ayer of Floyd county. Ga., to commence the use of your Compound Ex tract Stillingia. Language Is as insufficient to de scribe the relief I obtained from the use of the Stil lingia as it is to convey an adaquate idea of the in tensity of niv suffering liefore uslug your medicine; sufficient to say. I abandoned all other remedies and continued the use of vour Extract of Stillingia. un til I can say truly. " 1 am cured of all pain, ’ of all disease, with nothing to obstruct the active pursuit of rav professiou. More than eight months have elapsed since this remarkable cure, without any re turn of the disease. For the truth of the above statement, I refer to any gentleman iu Bartow County, Ga., and to the members of the bar of Cherokee Circuit, who are acquainted with me. I shall ever remain, with the •Impost gratitude. Your obedient servant. J. C. BRANSON, Att'y at Law. A niRAU.E. West Point, Ga.. Sept. IC. 1879. Gents : My daughter was taken on the 25th day of dune. 1865, with what was sup(>osed to he Acute Rheumatism, and was treated for the same with no success. In March, following, pieces of hone began to work out of the Hghtarm. aud continued to ap pear till the bone from the elbow to the shoulder joint came out. Many nieces of ltone came out of the right, foot and leg'. The case was then pronounc ed one of White Swelling. After having been con lined alsuit six vears to her bed, and the case con sidered hopeless, I was induced to try Dr. Pembei ton's Compound Extract of Stillingia. aud was so well satisfied with its effects that I have continued the use of it until the present, My daughter was confined to iter bed about six years before she sat up or even tamed over without help. She now sits up all day, and sews most of her time—has walked across tlie room. Her general health is now good, and I believe she will, as her limbs gain strenth, walk well. I attribute her re covery, w ith the blessing of God. to the use of your invaluable medicine. W. B. BLANTON. WF.IT Point, Ga, Sept. 16. 1870. Gents : The above certificate of Mr. VV. B. Blan ton we know and certify as being true. The thing is so : hundreds of the most respected citizens certi fy to it. As much reference can be given as may be required. Yours truly, CRAWFORD & WALKER, Druggists. HON. 11. D. WILLIAMS. jy Ir. Pemberton's Slllllngln is pie pared bv A. F. MERRKLL & CO.. Philadelphia, Pa. Sold by all Druggists in 61.00 bottles, or srnt by express." Agents wanted to canvass everywhere. Send for Book—" Curious Story "—free to all. Medicines aent to poor ]>eople, payable in install ments. New Hotel. MM. JOHNSON'S new Hotel will be opened • at Bowersville May Ist. and the traveling public arc solicited to give his house a trial. Nice rooms, clean beds and good fare. Prices moderate. 139-150 NOTICE. to all re noil it mat coxcerx. Notice is hereby given that at the next session of tlie General Assembly of the Stateof Georgia, which convenes in July next, the following hill will he in troduced aud asked for final passage to-wit: A Bill to be entitled An Act to incorporate the Hartwell Railroad Company and for other purposes t said Road to run from Bowersville to Hartwell in Hart County, Georgia. This, May 21, 1879. E. B. BENSON, Secretary. S OLD ADO RELIABLE. 1 pDu. Sanford’s Liver InvkjoiutokS £is a Standard Family Remedy lor of tlie Liver, Stomach {and Bowels.—lt is Purely ‘ gL* {Vegetable. — It uever || {Debilitates —It is gjl P H { aad^^j H I giS*£ % if %!; %'kfm |> a^o^uo o #\s i:: s*B WgooJ X 0 V I[|Mt|i 5 A\s® c P s• 9,0 ,V\ % 111% $ £ ® A 6 rtC®, y\® ■g § *ss g jj a s b I $ M 2 Invigoratorf $ apPg&M 1 9 m§J? fy* l*s been used* * n m . v practice^ ‘ Ira W ®Jr ,ln< * * JC P u * i^c >| ‘P B 9 v'* l° r more than 35 with unprecedented results.{ o - SEND FOR T. w. SANFORD, M.D., ]&f%igg£iS £ IMY DII KOIST WILL TILL YOL ITS Ulri TITIOM. { • UAWYVIMHMtmUW WYIAYYX Dr. R. P. Sorrells HAS located In th© town of Royeton. and will practice his profession in the surrounding coon try. He attended courses of lectures in the medical colleges of Philadelphia and Augusta, of which he is a graduate. Owing to the depression in money matters, he has concluded to reduce his fees to one-half, and patient© living over five miles from •livi <pS chargetl for five miles. He will be found at the residence of Mr. Eppy Bonds, when not professionally absent. 154 L J. GARTRELL, ATTORNEY-AT-LAW, ATLANTA, 61., PRACTICES in the United State* Circuit and District Court* at Atlanta, and the Supreme mq Superior Court* of the State. 162 If you need a Sewing Machine, mil and B*e ours. The low price will surprise you. Benson & McGill. The Hartwell Sun. By BENSON & McGILL. VOL. Ill—NO. 44. THAT INTEREST BILL. Editors The Sun : In your paper of the 18th June, 1 noticed a pioee over the signature of “ Bob Short," in which the writer uses the following language : “ The fence law would breed as much “ litigation as anything I know of. ex cept tlie interest bill of Senator •• Hodges before tlie last Legislature." As to the merits or demerits of the proposed stock law I do not pro|>ose to discuss now. The charge is made that the interest or usury law would breed litigation. I apprehend there would be no more litigation if there should be no violation; and if there should be such violations it would be right and proper for litigation and for the law to assert its supremacy. YVe might with equal propriety say a law against gam bling, carrying concealed weapons, or stealing was wrong, because it increas ed litigation in that it brought the of fender to justice. I propose First, to notice some of t lie dangerous tenden cies of a high rate of interest upon the safety of the government; Second, its ruinous effects upon a large portion of our citizens; and Third, the effects upon tlie industries of our country in connection with tlie developing of the natural resources of our land. The right of the government to fix the legal rate of interest for its citizens I suppose will not be questioned. This right comes down from Moses to the present day. Then, if this right be longs to the government, it is the duty of the law-making power to fix a legal rate of interest at that standard that will most effectually protect the per manency of the government, and ad vance and protect the interest of the greatest number of its citizens. It is a noted fact that a wild, specu lative community favors a high rate of interest, for several obvious reasons. We know that soon after the war, when ever} - thing was in confusion and in an unsettled state, and adventure and speculation was rife in the land, many of the Southern States repealed all re striction on interest and allowed the parties to contract for what they saw proper. But in a short time this ruin ous practice was seen too plain, and many of these States returned to the old landmarks and put legal interest as low down as 7 per cent., and some as low as 6 per cent. The indebtedness of the citizens of Georgia is estimated to be about one hundred and fifty millions of dollars. This in four years would increase to the enormous sum of $225,000,000, and in 83 years would double itself at 12 per cent. A high rqte of interest in creases the temptation for speculation, aud has a direct tendency of massing large estates into the hands of the few, which certainly has a bad controlling effect on any government, and especial ly any republican form of government. We have but to refer to the celebrated family of Rothschilds of the East for an example, whose power on account of great wealth has more control over the kingdoms of the East than any one of thecrown heads —at their bidding war is prolonged or peace is made. Wealth is power; and in the hands of the few is very dangerous to our republican in stitutions. A high rate of interest strengthens the capitalist and increases their wealth —weakens and impoverishes the citi zens who are so unfortunate as to bor row, just in proportion to the rate of interest allowed by law. The conven tional rate of interest by law in this State is 12 per cent: that is, the par ties may contract that high. The re sult of which is to make that a stand ard for loaning money all over the State. The man who speculates, if successful, may pa}’ that, but the farm er cannot alford to pay it, because it will eat him up. Yet, inasmuch as the law allows such a rate, the farmer is forced to paj r it, from the fact that the man who loans can get it; and no one can blame him for doing the best he can with his money, inasmuch as the law protects him it. lienee, we see the price of money fixed all over the State, with but few exceptions, at 12 per cent. A young man starts out in life with but little means, purchases 100 acres of land for SSOO, borrows the money from some friend at 12 per cent. He and his young wife commence improv ing their home, and for the first three or four years it will take nearly all he makes to improve bis place and set himself up for housekeeping, even if he should be successful. At the end of four years he is surprised to find that he owes $740 tor his land and is either forced to give it up and become a tenant, or sutfer himself to be sued and sold out. This is no imaginary vision, but has often taken place in the last five years in Georgia. We notice, in the third place, some of the effects a high rate of interest has against the improvement of the natural resources of our State. Just as long as the money lender can get 12 per cent, interest on his capital, self interest will prompt him to loan it rather than to invest in real estate and improve the same. The result is, a HARTWELL, GA., WEDNESDAY JULY 2, 1870. large portion of this capital is taken up by tradesmen or speculators, and but little of it comparatively can be readied by tlie working class or farm ers, for tlie plain reason that they can not atTord to pay such a high rate. It would be like a canker preying upon the vitals. The result of such a sys tem is to confine this surplus cnpital to tradesmen and speculators, and not to connect it with labor. When you couple money with lalior you develop the resources of the country; as for instance SI,OOO in the hands of the tradesman or speculator does but lit tle and often nothing towards build ing up and improving the land. But il you take that SI,OOO and couple it with labor, you at once develop and add to the wealth of the community. If you clear up and convert a wild for est into a plantation whose fields are covered with the waving grain ripening for harvest, you add so much to tlie wealth of the community; or if you lay it out in the improvement of a shoal, or the building of a railroad, you develop the country, thereby adding wealth to tlie State and giving employ ment to the working classes. Not so when you loan it lor the purpose of speculation. At a recent meeting of the citizens of Elbert county, a committee was ap pointed to examine and report the un developed natural resources of that county. The committee in their report, after due examination stated that, “The undeveloped water-power of the count}’ was very great, and that great wealth could be added to the county by the improvement of this power; that it was capable of propelling an immense quantity of machinery, but that the great difficulty in the way was tlie high interest allowed by law.” A signifi cant fact that the money-holder pre ferred loaning his money at 12 per cent, rather than to invest in machinery, and tlie owner of the property could not atlord to borrow at that rate and put up machinery. Put interest down at 7 per cent., enforce a strict usury law, and this state of afFairs will no longer exist. Couple money with labor, turn it out of tlie channel of speculation and trade, and you at once develop and add wealth to the State and give life to the old land. But the strong argument used in fa vor of a high rate of interest is, that it will invite capital from abroad and make money plenty. Have we not sufficiently tried this for the last eight years and found it a failure ? A high rate of interest will not add one dollar to the currency of the country, neither will the lower rate detract one dollar from the circulation. Some say if we put interest down at 7 per cent, there will be no money to loan. We remem ber that when interest was at 7 per cent. mone\' was as easily obtained as it has been since. New York has a low rate of interest—6 per cent. —and money is easily obtained there. Eng land has still a lower rate, and money can be obtained for all necessary pur poses. The truth is if yon take the money capital of the country and de velop the natural resources of our State 3011 at once add such wealth and give such emplo} ? ment to the laboring classes that there is not such need for borrowing money. I desire to notice in a future article the effect that a high rate of interest has on the consumer, showing that the merchant and manufacturer can well afford to pay 12 per cent., or even a much higher rate, as he charges it up on his goods, and the man who uses the goods is the real person who pays the interest, let it be high or low. Hermit. Slightly Mixed. Oglethorpe Eeho. There lives in Elbert county, on Broad river, opposite Madison, a highly respect able family, whose name we will suppress. The father is a well-to-do fanner, with a large family, among them a deformed daughter about thirty years old. It ap pears that this young woman, together with her sisters, aged ten and fourteen years, sleep in a room to themselves. There was in the employ of this family a negro man, a big, jet-black, burly brute, who works on the farm, aud whose duty it is also to feed the horses and assist around the house in the morning. A brother, about twelve years old sleeps in a room adjoining his sisters’. One morn ing last week this boy arose before auy of the family, and decided to make a fire in the cook room. In going to it he had to pass directly through his sisters’ room, and upon entering that supposed sanctuary of virginity, judge his dismay and indignation to see soundly sleeping in the bed—between his two elder sisters negro man mentioned above. The younger child had been removed to the foot of the bed, and the black brute held lovingly clasped in his arras the de formed woman, while the second sister snugly nestled up to his back. All the parties were asleep and the entrance of the brother failed to disturb them. The young boy, knowing his inability to cope with the seducer of his sisters, who was a most powerful negro, at once informed Devoted to Hart County. his mother. The poor woman was near ly distructed at this sudden disgrace that hud fallen upon her family, and at once started in a ruu for an elder son, who lived, about two miles distant. She found him in his wheat field and upon his it ther’s.represention, ho at once started for his father's. Arriving there he round that tlie ill-mntched hed-fel lowa were still asleep. His blood was on fire, and his first intention was to draw forth his knife and cut the throat of the black fiend ns he slept. Tlie mother, divining his intention, seized tlie upraised baud and begged herson not to send his soul to hell for a negro. He heeded her words, and seized a stout stick, awoke tlie uegro with a blow that broke the nrjn thrown around the white girl. The fellow sprang up with a roar of pain and made for his assailaut who at once brought him to his knees with a blow across the head. This was follow ed with other licks which broke a rib and inflicted other serious and it is thought fatal injuries. Through some instrumentality tlie negro escaped a cross into Madison, and there lies in a most precarious condition. This is by far the most terrible case of social deg radation that lias ever occurred in this section.' and it is made more hideous when we take into consideration the former standing of the family affected by it. The Importance of Little Things. Written for The Hartwell Sun. Messrs. Editors : Is it not singular that there is such a great disposition among men to look with feelings of con tempt on little things? Because they appear worthless, many think they are. The fangs of a rattlesnake are small, but the elements of death are in them. A diamond is, in some respects, almost nothing, yet thousands of dollars are re quired to purchase it. The animalcule cannot be seen with the eye without the aid of a glass, still the Eye w hose glance sweeps eternity is attracted to it. Bad thoughts ever and anon leap from the dark depths of the depraved heart, and, like lightning strokes, leave wreck and ruin where beauty and bloom once flour ished. What a wonderful tiling is the human hea'rt! 'What a complex arrangement |of muscles ! The amount of work it performs is simply enormous. With its two auricles and ventricles, its contrac tions and dilations are going on all through life. These muscles are wholly involuntary— not under the control of the will. On through innocent child hood it beats, on through youth and manhood, on through the hours of sleep and when awake, through sorrow and joy, through sunshine and storm, at home and a bond, on through all the changes of life the faithful little organ toils till pierced hy the spear of death. Every hour it makes 4,200 strikes to sustain your life. Is the reader seventy years old? Then the industrious little thing has made 2,575,440,000 strikes to support you up to this time. Yet it is no larger than your fist, Perhaps in sight of your home, on the hill, stands a huge Georgia pine. For years it has wrestled with the storms and withstood its merciless bolts. After a while you may hear in that direction a deafening sound. A stray rifle ball caused it to decay and come crashing to the ground. As little as we may think about it, there was a time in the history of Mahomet, when one bluvj of a sabre might have prevented the terrible war between Turkey and Russia. llow is this? Read the following, from “ His tory of All Nations,” by S. G. Good rich, Vol. 1, page 327. Writing of Ma homet’s flight from Mecca, he says: “ They' were overtaken by a band of their pursuers, but escaped by means of sup plications and promises. What a mo ment for history ! One thrust of a lance might have changed thedestiny of more than one half of the world.” It is St. Bortholomew’s day. The streets of Paris are red with Protestant blood. “ For three days and nights the blood-hounds of the Catholic Church devour the flock of Christ.” But some of them God would still keepalive. One man crawls into a large oven. In a little while a spider spins a web over its mouth, and a gust covers the web with dust. Hispur surers search diligently. ‘‘They are within a yard of him, but they find him not.” Thus God, with a spider and a j puff of wind, preserves the life of Du Molin, of Church History. What power for good or evil lies around the human tongue! How fear fully true are the teachings of tbe Bible concerning it. “ And the tongue is a fire, a world of iniquity.” One unguard ed expression may separate husband and wife, may cast a shadow for life over some heart yearning for sympathy, may make trouble in the whole community and plunge a nation into deadly strife. Sometimes one bad word is sufficient to blast a man’s character and send him reeliug through life over the broken hearts of hia family into a drunkard’s grave. Oh, how that boy is to be pitied who hears nothing but profanity and unkind words from his father! We are told that one drop of turbid ' water, after evaporating fro an a clean $1.50 Per Annum. WHOLE NO. 148. surface, leaves “ minute shells, perfectly j formed, and once inhabited bv living creatures." The horrid paths that men utter, and angry words that fly through the lips, are lenviug their impression. One had tnan in a community may eay something that will enuse others to weep long after he is forgotten. 110w r many have lieen stabbed by his tongue? Does the Almighty desire to convince poor human beings of their utter depen dence on Him? It is not necessary to scud the earthquake, the flood and the drought, the rust, the mildew and the weevil are sufficient. “ Despise not the day of small things." Carolina. A Negro With Five Heads. For Thi llartwtll Sun. Dear Sun : A few days ago, I took a little trip through a portion of your county. It seems that, from the neat ness, skill, industry, judgment nnd vigi lance about the farms, the farmers, de spite the hard times, political commo tions, fence law, railroad, or any and all other hindrances, are determined to become rich, and not to lie a long time j about it either, but to attain the acme of their desires immediately. Fencing iis repaired, ditches cleaned off and everything betokens a prosperous peo ple. The crops look well for tlie sea son, considering tlie protracted frigidi ty of the spring. All along we saw and heard many darkeys cheerfull}’ en gaged in the tillage of the earth. It seems to me that Hart is getting the better of us in point of farming. We saw some beautiful and extensive bot tom lands well drained and in a remu nerative state of cultivation. Small grain seemed to look well, particularly wheat. Oats needed rain. One of the best fields of wheat we ever saw be longs to Dr. Turner. It appeared to be at that time about breast high and as thick as it could well be. Surely wheat cannot be much better than that in this county. There are many new fields cleared and in good condition, within a few years. Tlie Mitchel Dooly house is down and gone—the place where the Justices held their courts many years ago; but on the ruins of the house the cotton shines green and healthy, and tlie four sycamores still stand like the four angels in the river Euphrates. We took tlie road towards the ferry, and soon we began to see a great change. Nice, large, new fences stared us in the face from each side of the road. Some neat cabins for the sons of Ham to occupy have been erected, and they are fit for the Anglo- Saxon to dwell in. At length we reached the residence of 11. J. Goss, the proprietor of Capt. Craft's Dooly place, alias Upper Egypt. YVe found him anti his excellent lady as friendly and clever as ever. After dinner we took a stroll through the farm. It was truly a treat. It bewildered our mind to see so much land planted ; but then he has any amount of help lie needs. If we mistake not, he said lie had two hundred acres in cotton and one hun dred and fifty in corn, or about it. He is a neat, industrious, ingenious farmer and if he does not have things done rigiit, it is useless to try anyone else. lie lias made more and better changes in this short piece of a year than had been made in twenty years previous : and, what is quite remarkable, every single change is for the better. The lowgrounds are well cared for, and the Imshes and trees around the margin cut down or killed. His cotton was up enough to commence thinning, and the way' his hands handled the hoes showed they meant business. In the low grounds lie has the prettiest melon patch perhaps in the county. It is nicely located on a sandy level—the rows as straight as a line, and laid off, I think, ten feet each way. The melons were just coining up, but looked strong, black, rich and healthy. If Mr. Goss does not make melons, many, large and delicious, I think I shall never try to make any more. Right here, Messrs. Editors, I hope you will bear with me till I sing a little about it in advance : When crops arc itm and all laid by, I really tliiuk that I (dull try To Upper Egypt go ; Then through hia crop we ll go again, In aunahinii hot or ahowera of raiu, And melons eat, you know— Delicious, fine, arid melting aweet 1 We ll cat and talk, and talk and eat. And aave the tinea! need. Then on our ahouldera take a load, And to the bonne mareh up tlie road, Aud eat them as we need. The landscape as viewed from the elevations is very grand and imposing. There is plenty to engage the geogra pher, geologist and botanist. The no ted island containing sixty-five acres, seems to lie as rich as land can be in this country. We always deprecated the idea of taking the homestead ; but when we saw this island we were half inclined to take it right there, dis regarding law, judge or jury ; but final ly concluded not to take it. If friend Goss does not do well we shall be sur prised. Imagine how it took down your humble servant, after viewing such a large farm, to return to his own twenty-five acre patch, thin land at I that. Tyro, Elbert County. Agricultural Department. Fence, <*r No Fenne l Editor Agricultural Dept. The Sun : As the time fbr deciding this question nears w*. its importances more sensibly perceived. Our material interests have not been so much involved in any politi cal or local clectiou which has taken place iu several years, as they may bo on this question. The question of subsistence preaenta itself between us and nl\ it'hcrs; then cornea that of paying deb/a. . 7nrkrotry nnd economy are the only means by which these objects may be accomplish ed. It is, therefore, evident that indus try should not be misapplied or sacrific ed to economy. The foresight which renders all labor available to its legiti mate ends, is a part of good economy. In common observation, it is noticed that more depends upon time than man ner. The farmer who dot's his planting and reaping iu the proper times, al ii nigh in a rough manner, succeeds bet ter than the one who plants aud reaps unseasonably, although in the most sci entific manner. The best results, how ever depend on the proper observance of both time and‘manner. Taking this conclusion as an axiom, we may ask if it is a proper time for the operation of the Stock Law? Pass the question around, “Are you'all ready?” For several,,reasons aud considerations, wo are not. First, we are largely over stocked, and there is not a demand in our markets for our “scrub'stock,” nor do they afford a supply for the suppot uble demand for finer breeds, if the lnw were put into operation in time for tho uext cropping season. YVhat is the rem edy iu this case? Simply adopt the law, to lie put iu force two years heuee. This plan would give us time to dispose df a portion of our stock in beef, nnd otherwise, and get a start of those fine breeds which we “rend about;” also to change laud lines by swaps, purchase* and stiles, so ns to accommodate our selves and neighbors with water in pas tures, get those bonanza grasses well set, and map out pastures, with the neces sary lanes leading to water and to resi dence ; and, gradually, to revolutionise our general system, so as to adapt it to the new order of things. If the issue bo precipitated upon us, it will probably be lost; but if gained, would be obnoxious, btc uic we are not prepared for it; but if made in the prop er time and manner, the result will prob ably be successful and satisfactory. Tlie chilli wants cake before it is bak ed l Liner. Fences Yet Awhile. Editor Agricultural Dept. The Sun.: I have been reading with interest some articles in The Sun in regard to the Fence or No Fence question. Now, sir, so far as I am individually interested, I stand neither pro nor con in this move ment. I don’t think the citizens in this up country, where timber is so abundant and convenient, arc yet prepared for such a law. Any law that would bene fit the masses of the citizens, certainly is desirable. Well, let us look into aud investigate this matter cnrefull}’. There may be, and arc a few persons on water courses who have large planta tions and a great deal of wuste land that could, without much inconvenience or loss, fence in 75 or a hundred acres of pasture, probably with enough bottom to insure good summer pasture; but wo all do not live on water courses. The masses of oar people are on’ridges, and hundreds of them have to use well wa ter for all purposes. Hart county has a great deal of forest land, consequently all farmers that set tled in the woods worked hard to open just land enough to cultivate, have no water on their premises hut a well, have an outside range that will keep up their stock through the summer, and can just Imrely support his family and feed his stock in winter. Are they not better sit uated than they would be if forced to pen their cows, sheep, goats, horses and lings in some small oak grove, there to remain through summer, full and winter, to he fed and watered all the time, or starve? Just think of the families all over the country who are almost entirely de|iend ent, through the summer, on milk and butter for sustenance, who do notown an acre of land. I do not allude to color ed, but to dependent families, white, who are poor, yet honest; who need our help, by letting them have access to all tbo outside range. Farmers of Hart and Elbert, it may take a larger pasture to keep your stock from suffering than most of you are aware of. I have about seventy-five acres in pasture —pretty good sedge lam’- There are about fifteen head of cattle, twelve head of sheep and eight hogs that I keep in this pasture. My wife has turned her milch cows outside, some time since. Says they do better outside, and if it don’t rain soon I will be forced to turn the dry cattle, sheep, etc., outside. I hope all will act in this matter with an eye to the future prosperity of farm ers and citizens of the county en masse. Mike. Mrs. Polk, the venerable widow of Presi dent Polk, thinks that the dust of all the dead Presidents should be moved to Wash ington, where, ifgathered in one place, she thinks a suitable memorial to them could be erected. ‘•I could sing.’’ said an old Chicago class leader. the other evening, "if forty thou sand saw-mills were full blast in the same block, aud they couldn’t put me out.” -No,” replied a musician near by, “ but you might put the saw-mills out.”