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YELLOW FEVEB-BLACK VOMIT. It l toffwxm to forgot the mvugra of thin terrible dUotWK*. which will uo dotikt rot m u in a more malig nant ami virulent form in tin* fall mouth* of 1879. nKHRI.LLh HBPATINB. a Kem.fiy lia covered in Southern Nubia ami mu and w ith such won dertul reimlta in South America where the moat a gravaUnt caace of fever are found, cause* from one to two ouucom of bile to lie filtered or a trained from the blood each time it lmaaea through the Liver, a* long an ail exceaa of bile exiata. By it* wonderful actiou ou the Liver and Stonmch the lIKPATINK not only tireventa to a certainty any kind of Fever and Black Vomit, but alao curia ILuoliuJir, ('ouali patiou of the Bowels, Dyupppai* and Malarial dia •am. No one need fear Yellow Fever who will exuel the Malarial Voiaon and cxeeaa of bile from the blood by train* MEKKKLI/SMKPATINK, which ia sold by nil Dnm'ii'O* hi ci'iit mol 81.00 liottlea, or will be aent by exprcaa by the Proprietor*. A. F. MERRELL A CO., Phil*., Pa. Dr. Pemberton's Stillingia or Queen’s Delight. ty* The report* of wonderful curcaof Uhoiiinatiani. Scrofula, Salt Khetim, Syphilis, Cancer, Ulcer* and Sorea, that copie fruin all part* of the country, are not only remarkable but mi miraculous unto be doubted wan it not for the abundance of proof. REM ARKABLE CURE of SCROFULA,;&c CASE OF COL. J. C. BRANSON. K i nobton, Ga.. September 15, 1871. Gkxts : For Mixteen yearn I have beeu a great nuf ferer from Scrofula in its mont distressing forms. I have been confined te my room and bed for fifteen yearn with ncrofuloun ulcerations. The mont, ap proved remedies for such canen had been used, and the mont eminent physicians consulted, without any decided benefit. Thus prostrated, distressed, de sponding, was advised by Dr. Ayer of Floyd county, Ga., to commence the use of your Compound Ex tract StUMnaia. Language is an insufficient to de scribe the relief I obtained from the use of the Stil lingia an it In to convey an adaquate idea of the in tennity of ray suffering before using your medicine: sufficient to say, I Abandoned all other remedies ana continued the iise of your Extract, of Stillingia, un til I can say truly, “ lam cured of all pain,” of all disease, wfth nothing to obstruct the active pursuit of my profession. 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 in Bartow County, Ga., and to the members of the bar of Cherokee Circuit, who are acquainted with me. I shall ever remain, with the deepest gratitude, Your obedient servant, J. C. BRANSON, Att’y at Law. A MIRACLE. West Point, Ga., Sept. 16, 1870. Gents : Mv daughter wan takeu on the iioth day of Tune. 1863, with wliat was sup]>osed to bo Acute Rheumatism, and was treated for the same w ith no nuceess. In March, following, pteees of bone began to work out of tle right arm, aud continued to ap pear till the bone from the elbow to the shoulder joint came out. Many pieces of bone came out of the right foot and leg. The cane was then pronounc ed one of AVhite Swelling. After having been con lined about six yearn to her bed, and the cane con sidered hopeless, I was induced to try l)r. Pombei ton’n ComiMiund Extract of Stillingia, and was no well nat railed with itn effects that I have continued the use of it until the present. My daughter %an confined to her bed about six years before she sat up or even turned over without help. She now nits up ail day, ami Sews mont of her time—has walked across the room. Her general health is now good, and 1 believe she will, as her limbs gain atrenth. walk well. I attribute her re covery, with the blessing of God, to the use of your invaluable medicine. W. B. BLANTON. West Point, Ga m Sept. IG. 1870. Gents : The above certificate of Mr. W. B. 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On the 28th. of July, 1879, a negro man brought a sorrel horse, with a light mane and tail, and a star in his face, square built and about 12 or 14 years old, to my house. He stated that he was going to work on the Railroad, and wanted to leave the horse with me to pasture until the Ist of September, 1879. He said his name was George Lewis, and that he lived in Franklin oounty, X. C. The same evening he crossed Tugalo river, and has not l>een heard of since. On tj>e horso was anew saddle and bridlo. I suppose, tne horse to be a stolen one. The owfter can get him by applying to the undersigned, proving property, and paying advertising and other expenses. Address, T. T. HOLBROOK. IGS Hartwell, or Parker's Sture, Ga. To Rent. THE COCHRAN PI. ACE. on the Savannah River, will bo rentod to the highest bidder on Sab-s --in November next. Note and approved security will be required. A bargain for some good fanner. ;#5 c. A- WEEB, Agent. The Hartwell Sun. By BENSON & McGILL. VOL. IV—NO. 8. A GEORGIA CAXDY-riLLIXU. Anil flow It WnN KuilAml)' Uroken t'p A party of Georgia girls had arrnuged to have a candy-pulling at the residence of Mr. Joues, the father of one of the girls. Now, it happened that Mr. Jones had a bachelor brother living with him, a good-natured, kindly sort of a man, but awfully bashful in the presence of women particularly young women. Uncle Dick, as our bachelor friend was called, had not beeu notified of the candy-pulling arrangements, the inten tion of the girls being to monopolize all the sweetness to themselves. Ou the evening in question Uncle Dick was busily engaged in the best room of the house, changing his linen, preparatory to a business visit to the village, little dreaming of the calamity that awaited him in the near future. He had already doffed his clothes, and was iu the act of crawling into a clean shirt, when a sound smote on his ears that caused him to start and shudder like an aspen. It was the sound of the merry voices of r bevy of young girls approaching thftlious? w ith a steady tramp. Nearer, nearer they came—this invading host, more terrible to Bachelor Dick than any army with ban lid's. In another moment the rustle of their dresses fell upon his ears like a death knell. They were at the very threshold of the room and the defor was unlocked. Oh, horror of horrors! What was this bachelor forlorn to do to be saved from the thte that seemed now awaiting him. “He who hesitates is lost,” thought Uncle Dick. There was but one way out of the dilemma in which he found himself placed. Quick as thought the unclad man wildly seized his clothes in his arms and jumped be hind the wardrobe. Here fie perched himself on top of a very high clothes basket, thinking the unwelcome visitors would be gone iu a few minutes. When the girls made their entrance and com menced making preparations for the candy-pulling, Uuclo Dick groaued in despair. It took his best balancing to keep from being tumbled off in the very midst of the girls, and the thought that he would he kept a prisoner iu this un comfortable position for two or three hours was anything but pleasant to his feelings. “ Oh, wont we have a jolly time of it!” exclaimed one of the girls. “ With no men to bother us wo can pull candy any way we want it. ' Why, these awful men would want you to make the candy and pull it for them to eat, and then they would criticise your conduct and actions as soon as their backs were turn ed!” “ You’re ri"lit, Jenny. True, every word of it. lint ou the candy while I grate a little nutmeg to season it,” said another. And at it they weut, busy as a hive of bees. Meantime, Uncle Dick, behind the wardrobe, was growing more uncom fortable every minute. The perspira tion poured off of him in great drops as lie soliloquized to himself: “ Great Scott! Have I got to stay in this awful position until them durned gals make that candy and eat it? Con found me, if I wouldn’t rather be tied up by the thumbs tlie same length of time than to hear them lick candy and talk about sweethearts. I’ve a good mind to jump right out o’ here and scare them half to death in my shirt-tail. Bless my soul! if I don’t believe this in fernal basket will upset with me, any how I But I’ll try and hold out a little longer.” The pot of sirup was placed on the fire to boil; the girls drew up their chairs and formed a semi-circle around it, and were just ready to launch out in to a regular old-fashioned gossiping match, when one of them checked mat ters by saying: “ Ivaty, isn’t there rate in the ward robe ! It appears to me that I hear something rattling around in there.” “So do I,” quoth another of the party. “Just you go and see,” said Katy, “ There might be rats in there.” She stealthily approached the ward robe, opened it, and cautiously peered in. But she failed to find any rata. Had she listened a little more carefully she would, in all probability, have heard the beatings of Bachelor Dick’s heart, which at that moment was thumping against his chest at a rate that threat ened to alarm the whole party. “Perhaps it was another noise we heard,” suggested one of the girls. ’‘Yes,” answered another, “it seemed to be behind the wardrobe.” Acting on this hint, one of the girls was just preparing to extend her re searches in that direction, when another one yelled that the candy was burning, They all, as one girl, rushed to the res cue of the burning pot of sweets, and for the moment forgot all about the rat, greatly to the relief of Uncle Dick. “Thank the Lord—thank the Lord!” exclaimed the old bachelor to himself, as he breathed a mighty sigh of relief. “If that gal hadn't said the candy was burnin’, she was a goin’ to stick her head right behind here. Just like a woman —always a-peepin’ about in every HARTWELL, GA., WEDNESDAY OCTOBER 22. 1879. place.” The candy was stirred a little, turned around a couple of times, and some of the file was taken from under it, when the girls began to talk about pretty feet —a subject of uo small interest to the feminine mind. “ There is the handsomest foot in the party,” exclaimed one of the girls, as she held up her skirts just enough to ex pose her pedal extremities to the view of .her companions. Now, if there is any ono thing Uncle Dick dotes on more than another, it is a pretty foot, especially if it is joined to a handsome woman, as was the case in this instance, lie uo longer felt the uncomfortableness of his position beliiud the wardrobe, so absorbed was he to get a look at the prettiest foot in the party. In stretching his neck to get a view of the auatotny on exhibition, he leaned over a little too far, lost his balance, and tumbled heels over head into the middle of the room, the basket over his head and the shirt aroumf his neck. The scene that followed can be more easily imagined than described. With a simultaneous yell and a screech that nearly lifted the roof off the top of the house, the terrified girls shot oat of the room as rf they had been propelled from a caunon —some making their exit through the doors and others disappear ing like shadows through the windows, leaving Unele Dick master of the field, and it was an hour ortwo ere they fully realized what had happened. Dick was not a whit less frightened than the girls. He had the courage, however, to bolt the doors and hold the fort until he completed his toilet. He vows that this episode, in which he was made to play the leading role, has made an ending to candy-pullings in that set tlement for many years to come. THE SNAKE lIANCE. A Wonderful Story Told by an Agent of the Koqiils Inditin'*. Si. Louis Globe-Democrat. Mr. W. R. Mateer, Indian agent of the Moquis Pueblos, of Arizona, gave our reporter, a day or so ago, a thrill ing account of a strange ceremony practiced by that tribe, called the “ Snake Dance.” The Moquis regard the serpent as a sacred reptile, possess ed of the power of controlling the ele ments, and disposed to be friendly to naan. They never kill a snake, and frequently handle the most poisonous serpent with impunity. The rattle snake is regarded with special venera tion, and their bite is no more dreaded than the scratch of a mosquifc thorn or the pricking of a cactus. They have an antidote for the bite of a rattle snake which is infallible, and never, fails to effect a cure in a few minutes when administered immediately. An Indian of this tribe, when bitten by a rattler, swallows the antidote at once, and after being stupefied for a moment, becomes entirely restored, and never feels any pain or inconvenience after ward. All attempts of white men to learn the ingredients of this antidote have proved futile, as the secret is guarded with religious fidelity, and an Indian would lay down his life rather than communicate the recipe for snake bites to a pale-face. If a white man is bitten by a rattlesnake, the Indians will not hesitate to give him the anti dote, but he must not inquire what it is composed of. THE SNAKE DANCE. Is performed by the Moquis every two years, and is resorted to as a means of propitiating the Spirit of the Summer Rain to send abundant showers to fruc tify the earth and make the crops grow. The corn is planted in the moist sand of the mesa, without previous prepara tion of the ground, for the plow is un known to the tribe, and after it has grown to a certain height, and needs moistening from the clouds, prepara tions are made for the grand snake dance. A deep and wide excavation is made in the dirt floor of one of the largest houses in the village, and the whole tribe goes out to hunt snakes. These they catch with their hands, and bring them in twined aronnd their hands, and bring them in twined around their necks, coiled in their bosoms, or wrapped around their legs and arms. All kinds of snakes are captured-—the rattler, the viper, the moccasin, the blue racer, the black, the garter, the green and spotted—in fact, every vari ety existing in the country. These, to the number of several hundred, are placed in the pit in the floor, and the mouth is covered over with a buffalo robe, the hairy side down to prevent the reptiles from crawling out and escaping. Then a certain number of the old men dance around the pit, chanting monotonous songs, and call ing upon the imprisoned serpents to in tercede with the Spirit of the Clouds to send rain upon the thirsting corn fields. A body of younger men next form a circle around the pit, and go through a similar ceremony. Then come the old women, who have a differ ent chant, then the young married wo men, then the boys, and finally the vir- Devoted to Hart County. gins with their hair done up in loops, and then for a few momenta a solemn silence prevails, during which the hiss ing of the serpents and the shrill sound of their rattles is heard under the buf falo robe. These sounds are taken as favorable tokens that the incantations have been successful, and that a copi ous fall of rain will follow. Then the butralo robe is removed, and the men and boys jump into the pit, and each one brings forth a snake, which he holds in his mouth. Sometimes a man will emerge with two or three small snakes in his mouth. As each man emerges from the pit with his mouth full of snakes, he runs at full speed down the almost perpendicular side of the mesa until he comes to the pfain and there gently releases his captives, who at once take to the grass and quickly disappear. After the pit has been emptied, the men examine the wounds on their arms, breast and faces, and if Wood has been drawn they know that the fangs of a rattler have entered their flesh, and they lose no time in applying the antidote. The wounds inlicted by the rattle snakes are very painful. The rattler, when provoked, is the most savage of all serpents, and will continue to strike and lacerate an enemy as long as he is within reach. Sometimes an old snake with full-grown fangs, will fasten upon the cheek or arm of an Indian and hold on until the fangs are torn from his jaws. Mr. Matcer witnessed one of these snake dances of the Moquis re cently, and was horrified at the sight, lie saw the blood streaming from the arms and breasts of the Indians, who bore the pain with stoic indifference, and seemed to take pleasure in the in fliction. They believed that the more savage the snakes became and the deeper the wounds inflicted, the more certain and more copious would be the shower. On the occasion of the last snake dance the Indians of one of the villages refused to participate. For some reason, they believed the rain would come without the dance, and while the other villages were engaged in the ceremony, they sat idly in their houses listening to the noise and smil ing at the unnecessary trouble their neighbors were taking. Subsequently they had good cause to repent, for when the rain came sweeping down from the mountains it poured a copious Hood upon the snake-worshiping villages and their fields, and passed around the heretic village and their parched corn fields, leaving them as dry as a powder horn. The result was that six of the seven villages raised abundant crops, and the other had to call on the agent for government rations. Mr. Mateer was formerly a resident of this city, and appears to be a truth ful man. lie was a spectator of the strange snake dance, but witnessed it from a safe distance, sitting on a wall overlooking the scene. A Romantic Loye Story Which May Pos sibly bo True. The Couut de St. Croix, belonging to one of the noblest and wealthiest fami lies of France, became engaged after a very long and assiduous courtship to a lady, his equal in position and fortune, and famous for her beauty. Shortly af ter the happy day was appointed, which was to render two loving hearts one, the Count was ordered immediately to the siege of Sebastopol; so he girded on his sabre, and at the head of his regiment marched to the battle-field. During the Count’s absence it happen ed that his beautiful fiance had the small-pox. After hovering between life and death for many days, she recovered her health but found her beauty hope lessly lost. The disease had assumed in her case the most virulcut character, and left her not only disfigured, but seamed and scarred to such a frightful extent that she became hideous to her self, and resolved to pass the remainder of her days in the strictest seclusion. A year passed away, when one day the Count, immediately on his return to France, accompanied by his valet, pre sented .himself at the residence of his betrothed and solicited an interview. This was refused. He, however, with the persistence of a lover, pressed his suit, and finally the lady made her ap pearance, closely muffed in a double veil. At the sound of her voice the Count rushed forward to embrace her, but stepping aside she tremblingly told him the story of her sorrows and burst into tears. A heavenly smile passed over the Count’s features, as raising liis hands above, he exclaimed : “ It is God’s work ; I am blind.” It was even so. When gallantly leading his regiment to the attack, a cannon ball passed so closely to his eyes that, while it left their expression un changed and his countenance unmarked, it robbed him forever of sight. It is almost unnecessary to add that their marriage was shortly after solemnized. This is what Robt. G. Ingersoll says of women: “ I tell you women are more prudent than men. I tell you as a rule, women are more faithful than men—ten times as faithful as men. I $1.50 Per Annum. WHOLE NO. 164. never saw a man pursue bis wife into the very ditch and dust of degradation and take her in his arms. I never saw a man stand at the shore where she lias been morally wrecked waiting for the waves to bring back her corpse to his arms, Imt I have seen woman with her white arms lift man from the mire of degradation, and hold him to her bosom as though he wero an angel.” Infallible Remedy. Colorado Miner. If there is one thing that more than another uunoys a good wife, who is nervously sensitive to all that is gross and ill-timed, it is the habit some hus bands have of using profane language in their homes. In many cases this is thoughtlessness on the part of the good man, who never gives a thought to the liner sensibilities of his better half, and even should she mildly remonstrate, lie pays uo attention the rebuke. We Lave just had a case in point, which happened in one of the thriving Missouri cities on the banks of the Mississippi, which the ladies of George town should know something about. A lady whose husband was addicted to tiie bad practices we have alluded to, came to her family physician, laid her griev uices before him, and said: “ Now, Dr. N , won’t yon re monstrate with him, and try to break him of this habit ? I know he will listen to you.” “ Why, madam,” said the doctor, he would pay no attention to anything I could say to him; but as you come to me, although somewhat out of my line, I will recommend a prescription, to bo administered by you, that will certain ly cure him. It is an Infallible remedy." “Ob, what is it doctor ?” “ Well, when .John comes home again and swears, do you swear back at him. Of course, I don’t want you to take the name of the Lord in vain, but d—n tilings a little for his benefi* “ Doctor, for the sake of the final re sult, I’ll do it ?” And she did. The next day John came in and in quired whether dinner was ready, and was told it was not. “ Well, why the d—l isn’t it ?” said lie. “ Because,” she coolly replied, “ the wood was so d—d wet the fire wouldn’t hurn.” “ Why Mary, what is the matter with you ? Arc you crazy or have you boon drinking ?” “ Neither,” she said, and quietly proceeded to put on the dinner. The beef didn't melt like butter be tween the teeth—it rather resisted all efforts at mastication, like so much in dia rubber; and finally John blurted out: “ What makes the beef so d—d in fernal tough ?” Mary looked up archly and replied : “ Well, John, I suppose you went down to the butcher’s and, without knowing the difference, picked out a piece of some d—n old stag that hadn’t been fed far a month.” John jumped up, looked at his wife in dismay, and wanted to know what such language from her lips meant. “It means just this, John: you aro the head of this family, and just as long as you think it manly to swear in my presence I intend to do the same. If you don’t like to hear it, you know how to prevent it.” The cure was radical, and to this date Mary lias never been compelled to adminster another dose of Dr. N.’s prescription. The Fire that 014 Nick Built, An imitation of the “) House that Jack built,” “ Intemperance,” This is the fire that Old Nick built. “Moderate Drinking.” This is the futd that feeds the fire that old Nick built. “ Rum Belling.” This is the axe that cuts the wood that feeds the fire that Old Nick built. “Love of Money.” This is the stone that grinds the axe that cuts the wood that feeds the fire that Old Nick built. “ Public Opinion.” This is the sledge with its face of steel that batters the j stone that grinds the axe that cuts the wood that feeds the fire that Old Nick built. “A Temperance Meeting.” This is one of the ulowb that we quietly deul to fashion the sledge with its edge of steel that batters the stone that grinds the axe that cute the wood that feeds the fire that Old Nick built. “ A Temperance Pledge.” This isthe smith that works with a will to give force to the the blow that we quietly deal to fashion the sledge with its face of steel that batters the stone that grinds the axe that cuts the wood that feeds the fire that Old Nick built. “ Eternal Truth.” This is the spirit so gentle and still that nerves the smith to work with a will to give force to the blows which we quietly deal to fashion the sledge with its edge of steel that batters the stone that grinds the axe that cuts the wood that feeds the fire that Old Nick built. LETTER FROM ATLANTA. [The following letter, through some fault of the mails, did not arrive in time for insertion last week.] Atlanta, Ga., October 12, 18791 Editors ok Thb Sun : As your able representative and correspondent has been for some time absent from your columns in giving legislative news, per haps a letter, though inferior it is from my pen, would not be amiss. It is with great pleasure that war learn our Representative, who was at one time thought to be very low, is now recovering. Georgia cannot at this time well spare such men. Modest and quiet in his seat, yet attentive, able and ever ready to defend and uphold justice, with industry and evenness of temper, ho was well suited to sit in the councils of his State, and wo trust the day will come when not only Hart county, but Georgia, will be proud to honor him. This long session of the General Assembly will soon adjourn. Wednes day, 15th Inst., is the day set for ad journment. Future ages will read tho transaction of this Legislature. The historic page is written. Some of the letters are plain and easily read —oth- ers are blotched, strangely written. They can never be revised—not an i can be dotted nor a t crossed. There it is. The Ist paragraph shows how Goldsmith was tried, found guilty and punished to the extremity of tho law. The 2nd, how Renfroc, who confessed his guilt and swore to it, was, as some say, victoriously and honorably acquit ted. Why this discrepancy ? We are not prepared to say. It seems strange —foreign to the Democracy of Georgia, to And one official guilty of a high crime and misdemeanor for charging fifty cents costs on ft. fas., and upon the other hand to acquit another official who even admits that he charged $227 for signing railroad bonds, with which ho is charged. These are only two of the articlos. We could mention them all. There is very little difference in principle between the Kenfroc case and the Goldsmith case. The vote upon tho articles in the Renfroc case was as follows: upon tho first three nrticlcs the vote stood— guilty. 25 ; not guilty, 17. Those vot ing- not guilty were Messrs. Boyd, Bryan, Casey, Cabaniss, Gumming, Dubose, Fain, Hamilton of the 21st, Harrison, Hawkins, Howell, McLeod, l’reston, T’ison of the 10th, Troutman, Turner, Wellbornc—l7. Mr. Speer was absent, and Wall, the new member, declined to vote. Upon the last arti cles some of tho Senators who voted guilty changed to not guilty. There was some applause when the first vote was announced, but was immediately checked by the Chiet Justice and was not repented. Soon after the verdict of the Court wns learned in the House, Mr. Rankin offered a resolution requiring the Gov ernor to issue at once an execution against J. W. Renfroe and his sureties for money illegally, wrongfully and corruptly taken by him. The resolu tion was submitted to the Finance Committee, who made a report review ing the charges made against Renfroe in several strongly worded preambles, and requiring the Governor to issue li. fas. against John W. Renfroe for the several sums of money which "lie ille gally and corruptly received. The res olutions were passed and immediately transmitted to the Senate, where they were passed, after some hot speeches, by a vote of 22 yeas to 10 nays—sev eral Senators being absent and paired off—with the amendment that nothing therein contained reflects upon the ver dict of the Court. Thus the matter ends for the present. Considerable criticism is being in dulged in by reason of the neglect of the Governor to take any action in re ference to the Nelms matter. It is very probablo that a resolution of cen sure on the Governor will lie passed in the House for countenancing the illegal conduct complained of. Goldsmith is gaining sympathy by verdict of the Senate in the Renfroe case, and his friends are strong in their convictions that it is nothing but jus tice, in the face of these facts, for a bill to be passed by the Legislature to relieve him of the penalty. It is thought by able lawyers that a hill can he passed recommending it, to be rati fied at the next election. If Gold smith is to siifi'er for the shortcoming? of the balance of the administration, we say relievo him of the penalty at once. The Garrard-Brown controversy created but little attention. It being rather a personal attack by Mr. Gar- rard, and the facts being well known to the people that Joe Brown has re ceived the condemnation of the people in regard to the Asliburn trial and failed to clear himself of them at the time while all the persons who knew anything about the affair were alive, The Legislature is applying itself closely to winding up the business of the present session. A number of bills aro being passed on which would be uninteresting to your readers, even if I had space in my already too lengthy letter to mention. A good many short-horned candi dates are being brought out for Gov ernor—the Legislature having devel oped a number of investigating minds. Colquitt’s chances are very, very slen der. Gnrtrell is generally spoken of as being the most competent to fill the position, and his strength is not doubt ed before the people. If he is nomi nated, which is very likely, the Inde pendents will have their funeral dirge sung to them in a very imposing manner. T. T. H.