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About The democrat. (Crawfordville, Ga.) 1877-1881 | View Entire Issue (March 15, 1878)
THE A Live W fitly Paper on Live Published Every Friday Morning, at Cixwfordville, Ga. W-D-SULLIVAN. HATES OF SUBSCRIPTION: Single Single Copy, (one year,) . . . S 2 Single Copy, Copy, (six months,) , . . 1 0 * (three months;') . . . 50 Adrertfcine rates liberal. BOOK and JOB PRINTING a specialty. Prices to suit the times. POETRY. On Guard. ZSSSeZZ ZZ An,i b ^"s u «x.. rt w ’ spoilt, ungrateful Flo! - ’Who-eve' Whoever has has h, been i in a ball-room, and , Anderi r k S nrel/h C e L there ’ d d not "° l pea cha a sermon on ,v, the aging - f Kir who, if he sverpities__i. * ’ m * Ky those Whose days are qa# long atrugele wh nights havA no repose ? swift e^tic y dance** ld<5M ’ *“ *** With cheeks that burn wkh beauty, with shy,-coquettish glance! Do you ever think In such moment»-if you ever think-atall— ( Of the love which waits and watches on those blunges by the wall ? Do you wer dream of the dangers those prudent eyes behold, When you, m your tappj-folly, take the tinsel s flash for gold, And are very,near bestowing the treasure of vour lovp va On the hawk who bides , his cold, bad self •neath the plumage of the dove? „ Well, toTmuchthat perhaps we should not blame ^ ame vou you forget— The werW is ail so pleasant,’ twere hard to ButoJdr (kaiiit it ver - urely coming when tUe : Will he just the love you yearn for, and the j world cannot impart. f Nctc Tori Star. ' MISCELLANEOUS. | : HOW HE CHOSE HER. , Harry Orme was one of those deep hearted, earnest thinkers who loathe the glittering accessories of a merely conven tionsl life. To him a wife was no mere toy, to hang With jewels and decorate with ex pensive gewgaws, but the companion on the happiness of a lifetime ■ Harry Orme was thoroughly in earnest in maxims d wTregaS ^ frivedous of U iom as a holiday, to be spent in pleasure taking, The ltev. Septimus Cliff was in his | *« '".orewly »rjrar* a.ked! “ ! ** he ! "Yes, already. You have something for me to do ?” •There’s never any lack of that," said Cliff, laughing. “We clergymen are always too glad of hardworking deputies. Here’s a list of places that ought to be visited morning, and-” “Affright, nodded Orme, and cheerily withdrew—in his clement at last, as an active and indefatigable door of The first place to which he penetrated was a dismal den on the very top-floor of a swarming tenement house, where lay a child dying of a disease so loathsome that the very neighbors kept aloof. en«™....«-e.W witli noisy gratitude by the mother and sister of the little sufferer, although they acknowledged that their necessities were not so great as they had been “before the young " lady “What young lady?” asked Orme, wondering within himself whether any woman could have had the nerve and res olution to penetrate into this scene of suf ferine. “ “Why, , the young lady, to . be sure,” „ said Bridget O’Brien—“she that goes every where, when they’re in trouble, the saints be kind to her !” "Ohthougut our hero, "one of the Sisters of Charity, I suppose.” The mother took up the cup of nauseous sftsr* - •“ “• p “” ,,,6 “Come, honey.” she said, “you know you promised Miss D'Arcy you’d take it good, be the same token she gave you the pretty picture book.” “Miss D’Arcy?” echoed Owen, sud ,denly turning round. “Yes, sure-Miss Evelyn ; an’ isn’t it she JS5? ,, " y r - “ “* p “ r Evelyn D’Arcy ! it was not so common a name as to be easily mistaken, but Orme was quite certain that there must be some misunderstanding. Evelyn D'Arcy was a young lady whom he had long regarded as ^ hsartless belle. The next abode marked down by the pencil of the Rev. Septimus Cliff was that (il a poor old couple, alone, friendless and fast sinking into the second childhood. “Ah, it's a gentleman!” said the old woman, sinking back in her chair with something of a disappointed look, as Orme entered in obedience to her shrill “Come in!” “I thought, may be,'t was the young lady come back ; she said perhaps she should come to read to us a little more, if she got through her other visits in time. There ain’t nobody can make my old man hear like Miss Evelyn, though she don’t ipeak loud neither.” “Miss Evelyn?” “Yes, to be sure,” petulantly answered the old woman. “Miss Evelyn D’Arcy. I wish she’d come hack! She’s here day to read to us, rain or shine. I’m #? The Democrat Vol. 2. l don't know what we'd do without her!" D ' A " y '“ w -* “Not at ali. ' said Evelyn composedly. “There is plenty of work fo'r us all, Mr. Orme ” He thought within himself that he never seen her so beautiful as she was at instant* wiiMhe fain roses of exercise In her cheeks, and the sober gray off her delicate beauty as a border of dark enamel enhances the glitter whom^hTi * S tUl9 i h< V glrl « a mere a* i ion butterfly * Hyerywhere throughout the dreary route "ant. poverty and sickness that he trod ay, the presence of Evelyn D'Arcy him, and pervaded the atmosphere subtle, invisible fragrance. Evident it was no sudden freak on her part to oc an idle hour, or satisfv some earnest! solitary of conscience, but a, grave, course of well directed -harity attention— something which gave the truest and brightest of all insights Miss D’Arcy’s character. “A perfect woman, nobly an/ planned To warn, to comfort command." xr, n rm » 7 . v. , , at . I0una his ,aeal - ™ - f *« r l-* S ^ ht - 1 on * >e * a ® susp. c ttya Harry really succumbing to theimagie power Htt.e rikI with wings and arrows. Thsy were walking home one night, side them up a unuUerahly ^ ™ w h«se from peace the mist. had damps of this lower world. Above, stars glittered from the purple concave heaven, like the blossoming of iiiinnner golden buttercups ; below, the a,r was and silent. At lengbtb Orme y “Thea ‘‘l^uld yon trust will you be always, my wife Harry.” ?” lwill. And then he told her of the vague im ^ ° f I saw you, night after night, in the gay you like a.l the rest of'’the fash able ? ,n,n " ‘ adwa had b(:cn 1,1 ^ an ® % «««»• ~ balls »nd partie# to ,,Im« ,»y who hadi a horror of my becoming or self-isolated. I spent my days n thc pravi "K s « f « hi « her rt A ^°' "! F ' IX ' vlu ' n hecongratulated ,, nl '/' ‘Z 1 approac nng inatriage, M "s!™, J 'inI!ipfi „iT H/fniitin., ..h it,. ' saia, somewhat somewnai mischievously miscmevousiy. And Orme answered: “Yes, quite ! _ Prepared at 1 all 7, n Points. Here Is something that happened on a train somewhere in New England last summer. A woman clad in (leap mourn o,« . w.y „n,ion. Sb. a seat just in front of an inquisitive, sharp faced female. The woman in black had not been seated long before she felt a l'X ht tap on the shoulder, and heard her neighbor ask, in a low sympathetic tone: “Lost anybody ?” “A silent nod was the response. A slight P ause > then a second question. “ Cbild? ” A low shake of , the head in ^ the negative. „ “Parent Parent 9 ! - A similar shake. “Husband?” This time the slight nod again. “Life Insured ?” A nod. Experienced rehgion. _ Ttr -we,,. ^m. insured and experience religion. You are all right, and so is he.” Unequal Liengtn of , T Legs. An elaborate series of measurements of human legs has been made by Dr. J. S. Wright, of Brooklyn. In the proceedings given. It appears probable that not over one person in three has legs of equal length, and that there are about twice as many left legs as right legs of extra length. The average superiority of one leg over the other is about a quarter of an inch. This inquiry arose from a discussion as to amount that a limb may be expected shorten after treatment for fracture of thigh. The conclusion is, that the inequality of the limb after good for such fracture is about three-quarters an inch. It is not clear how to utilize mortal which Dr. Wright draws from obseivarions. that it is better to break left than the right thigh ; but readers propose to break their legs should this fact into consideration. -—*—■*“ "Ten dimes makes one dollar, said schoolmaster. Now go on sir. Ten make one—what?” “They make mighty glad, these times,” replied boy, and the teacher, who hadn't got his montlis salary yet concluded the boy ' about right. Crawfordville, March 15, Temperance Lecture. ,o “ 1 couipara y young myself but am old enough see and sorrowfully feel what it has for me. I am glad to know that I reared by good, sober Gfccistian wflo are te-day, I trot and be in Heaven. Up to three years ago I knew nothing the Demon Whisky. I was some troubled with my lungs, and was to take brandy and eggs, which found to be beneficial. The prescrip w«» three times a day. I soon de with the old adage-“If a little a liea# will cure and would double, and would sometimes more double the dose, until at last I lost !l ke ^ t IqLSi S ,uned u,) , " l:o early ,. T „ * . f U „ ' e j haa » In “f nun f m ®; ’ financially, and more than all friend*, e ■ j. .. beware! i Don’t ^ tamper it ! and let me ask you for my sake , , fl . ; . Th U blessed heart has almost , t cooaed to in sorrow for me, NEVER [ I! never! ! I ask me to take a ocud . , glass , with ... you again. , T Instead » i o , an insult to me I will ever eel to you ; and I assure you that wUl be appreciated by my dearest >Tis hard for friend to deny friend, ut this step must be taken by me. Unk3S can control your (le8lre for ... T0U had 1 *.!.. iv8 „ » n 8Wrv «Z 'SSS X made the fatal mistake 1 Never, until recently, did 1 ever think would ever give that devoted wife of the sorrow ” pain shame and heart w bS ™ sat over me a, iff my with her tears, while I blept, little ic^mur but was ever the same kind and wife to me 1 My friends, a parting word: Should .......... hke il lll •* 'Ub “I 1 » am *** afraid »i«. cd and my word for it, you will .mike friends than you lose. J. M. N. A Fight over a Mail Contract, WASHINGTON, March 2.—An inter ^j n g complication has arisen in con with the Jetting of the longest route in the United States, ’ viz : one between Fort Worth. Texas, and Y urna. Arizona, for services over w,licl > tlie Postofflce Department paid the last contract over 8:520,000. The bidder is John T. Uiiidesher, who to carry the mails under the pre jregulations ^ for 8134 (XX) but “ , 0 perform 1 the service service for for citlimb that 3fr - Chidesher s bid. is void, because two Senators of the United States, now serving tlieir terms as such, viz.- lion. John P. Jones, of Navada, and Hon. W. II. Barman, of Connecticut, are on his bond. It is alleged ” that the laws of the I nited States prohibit ..... members . of con ff ress frora S 0ln ........ S oa hte bond, or being in any way interested in mail contracts and with tile names of these Senators Mr. Chiaesher’s bonds are insufficient. Judge Key will hear arguments on both sides next Monday at 1 o’clock. n > ™ hos ® 8 f ® r him > which w legal according to the laws of that State, will also be argued. --^ ---- Didn't Stand the Test. A young man read in the paper a few days ago that if you wanted to find out «7 u ure ~ spouse y;zr ar a good temiier «* you ou f>ht to take occasion to step on dress, or snap the sticks of her fan, or in some way annoy or discompose Her. “If,” said the great authority who sides over the column of advice, betrays no sign of ill-temper, she pr0V 1 e a model wife.” Accordingly “ 3 ’ youri/ lnan olzf . '' , HU opportunity . . , ’ '’ bis sweetheart was rigged in her killing array to step on her train pull out about three yards ef with a rip like a peal of thunder, posing about three-quarters of the WO rk that makes her dress stick out Eut instead 0 f meetiri'' the ac cident with perfect ' eauanimitv l ' y ’ , called . . . .. . , J asked him why he didn’t gj dev raY8. He expre sed thankful that he didn’t marry the before finding out what sort of a she had; but the doctor dosen’t his will out * “Dixie/* •«. »p entertainment of an Ethiopian concert. t w asit success In the spring of 1861, when the war broke out, Mrs. John Wood rent to New Orleans to play an eng»fi ! ‘ient at the old Varieties Theater. She pic Juced “Pocahontas.” Near the close qf the second act there is a Zouave inarch ,y the ladies of the corps de ballet. kAt the rehearsal of the piece the leader *S-to Mjhe orchestra was in a quan dary what music they would have. Carlo Patti (the leader) could not select M/tlung that would suit the stage manage,-(T. B. McDonough), and the couseq^ace was that the rehearsal came to a “DiSf sfaABil-st'']. At length Patti struck up ft it suited and was adopted a..d Jd p.ftvtd^wUl, . a chorus , to the ’ »torm^ ^ ^ i« pianos . D rang took with the tt, town the boys by it, * id the negroes whistled it. A musieiaHioy j the name of Borneo Miiiera arranged ,t , , for a march , for . the Wash- , ington s A Mllery J Battery ,-’ and ana from rroin that that naou hail 'YZ-I *■ Witli ,, l Tr delight. \T l !T. Cold a must W be °' the Southern heart that does not glow with deligl t at the sound of “Dixie”— But *. a the c-m^ser, - ^ Dan. Emmet ,, what ofh.mJ.fihy, he can be found in a common T* doty sidoon at Chicago now eking ptoymg og^fiddle for a mere pittance, out v. miserable subsistence iug "Dixie,' toys, to an admiring crowd of -newspaper roughs t- and becr-jerkers. ----- The T)S pent Arte B ian Well, *'™" v **<*«««^ w»■«“ hitherto bf « the first. The work is uudeUakerfiby the brothers Zesgniondy, c \ th ® e M'ense of the city, which ha* g in tod 6 aO, 0(W tor the pur •««■ **«■ ****** “tag an - »*«’ ... is shown A tentneratiim tS water at of present 161 degrees issuing F f ™« U, « wel H au ‘J tl,e ^ wiU prosecuted anti water of lib degrees ,s obtained - About i’ 0 . 000 « rxllo,,s of 7™ »tot” *“ , " ,ne 10 * « Tlua amunnt will not only supply all the wants of the city, but convert the surrounding region into a tropical gar-! j den. Siuca last June the lioring has penetrated through 200 feet of dolomite, j The preceding strata have supplied a number of interesting facts to the geolo- j gist, which have been recorded from time to time in the Hungarian Academy | of Sciences. Among some of the ingeni¬ ous engineering devices invented during the course of the boring aie especially noteworthy the arrangements for driv¬ ing in nails at the enormous depth men¬ tioned above, for pulling them out (with magnates), for cutting off and pulling up broken tubes, above all, a valuable mechanical apparatus by means of which the water rising from the well is used as a motive power, driving the drills at a rate of speed double that previously im parted from the mouth of the well. Go South, Young Man. The emigration of farmers from Indi¬ ana, Illinois and Iowa to Texas and Mis¬ sissippi is much greater than most j>eo ple have any idea of. The colony plan urereouhr emigration qswtattans -md ™ „ rft r n <! li H arily have an influence on shaping the futuw- Even Louisiana is a bid for a share of thi* human wealth. g^h ernes for nt* ^dM^ts i . a a fertile .d ^ fJ . fi/mtant*whii/!!' Ameriean ^ mmi /I# 1a f A « d we can afford to let these barren spots ( ake care 0 f themselves. It is well en0 ngh to know what can be done with bills ground but o' while we have so much 1" do witt 1 r »ur money p we can , a r fford ok i '] A-p* „ UkG ° l ltSe 1 p, hl ,Mlephia i 1 rem - Just the Truth. Mr. Keely of “motor” fame is a hopeless bankrupt.— Exchange. Keely absorbed about S100,000 from credu lous people to develop his humbug machine which was going to supercede steam and dispence entirely with the use of fuel. He pretended that with a teacupfui of water he could run a train of cars a hundred miles, For over three years he lived sumptuously, drove fine horses, wore diamonds and drank champagne at the expense of the stock holders in his motor company—one of whom, by the way, was a Cleveland editor, If Keely gets his deserts he will furnish ; motive power for breaking stone in the 1 -So. No Use For ’Em 8 ,.„r^x, caved on by a bank, and got las skull fractured clean out of shape. They picked him up and bruug him to me. and I made a diagnosis of his case and found that his brain, which was exposed, was full of dirt aud lock. There wasu’t nothiu’ to do but to take it out and clean it ; the idea of a man goia’ around with the action of liis brain bein’ inter fered with by three or four pounds of clay and gravel was clean out of the que8 tion, and l aet too much store bv „, v me dical reputation to consent to any such Join’s I took out the brain and ,» u t it in a tin im. ' ' „.,d « i,ii« I „»« .' n-naliin’ '‘. ‘ ‘ he’ o <■ w.17 , “i . 1 hr across o the street -t , what , lie had , some biziness witufto. with, ami went overt.) have a talk He forgot to come back after Us brains, and I didn't see him again for two months, when one ),;>(, day, bein' ,xl " in m llie me jmin iinin’ e.inniv county, 1 I seed him. i | m | ( .,( i,;,., .....i t hi,i him u>..m n,..,. brains was up m my office, mid if , ho , WllMted ’ e,n > Mt** “d »> ’ Don't wan't 'em ” said he “Whv .Why not not V” If” said if I. “Wal, you see,” said he. “Pm mimin' for office now, and 1 don't need ’em ; RO t no use in the world for ’em ; fact is they’d lie an incumbrance under the circumstances ” A Husband Market. A strong-minded woman married a .....*7-^....... .......... “ v lovt * saul ,ie - what to the mat ‘Oh. I have had such a dreadful '' n ‘ !nn - “Why, what *« ,t ?” , ,V,h„k "when" 1 saw a ‘Husbands for sale.’ So many women nml.ing in that I followed, and just ^ ‘ for I • “Hut did they all bring as much as V” “O, no I They went at SI,(XX) $500 so on down.” “Well did you see any that looked me V” “Yes, indeed But they were tied up in bunches like asparagus, and sold for ten cents a bunch. Tableau. Elijah Hitchcock was a Connecticut whose character being under scrutiny, Deacon Solomon Ifisiug was inquired of about him. “Deacon Rising,” said thc questioner, “do you think Mr. Hitchcock is a dis¬ honest man V” (Very promptly.) “Oh, no, sir ; not by any means.” “Well, do you think he is a mean man ?” “Well with regard to that,” said the Deacon, a little more deliberately, “I may say that 1 don’t really think he’s a mean man ; I’ve sometimes thought lie was what you might call a keerfnl man—a prudent man, so to speak.” “What do you mean by a prudent man ?” “Well, I mean this ; that one time he had an execution for $4 against the old widow White, back here, and he went „p to her house and levied it on a flock of ducks; and be chased them ducks. ho,,se ’ pooty ...... much ■ rn al1 dfiy r ’ ru ATui r every “* time lie catcbed a duck he’d f right down and wring its neck, and charge mileage; and his mileage amounted more’ll the debt. Nothing mean atnut it, as I know of, but I always thought, after that, that Mr. Hitchcock was a ____ >( w ® en in«., ai i niwiiui .' ‘ ‘ ’ '' if J . Mexico ,7 „ i^,) X). K °' d an< * sl V< r 111 was During the same period American en ^ er I ,r ‘ Hf ‘ Produced from the territory a(! q U i rw i from Mexico by the Mexican war 81,380,372,183. In the Northern States of Mexico there remains a al wealth of enormous value, which, after all the operations of the Spaniards, has scarcely been scratched. Railroads and American enterprise will stir this Te % >on in to life. Thousands of mines have been abandoned In Sonora and Chihuahua on account of the Insecurity of the country, which formerly yielded enormous riches even with insufficient an 1 nlianre« for workimz them ‘ Mamie,” said a mother to a little six year old, “if I were a little girl like I would pick up all these chips.” mama,” said the little one, “ain’t glad you are uot i* little girl ?” THE DEMOCRAT. AuvtKihisu rath : One Sqaare. Square,uacLsubseauuit.nssrt'.cn Hr At insertion * 1 One :* One Square, three months ,v 00 One Square, twelve rccnti.s 16 00 Cuarter Column, twelve month* . 30 00 Half Column twelve month* £0 00 One Column twelve months . 100 00 £7~ One Inch or Less considered as a square We have no fractions of a square, all fractions of squares will be oounted as squares. Liberal deductions made on Con¬ tract Advertising POETRY. llo/f.r Voug. B? H. W L'JSUFELLOW ............... To stay at home is bust. Weary and homesick and distressed They wander east they wander west, A n ' 1 an ' and beaten blown about . By the w,nd ! of the " bdemess of doubt. T< ’ 3,ay at home 18 bcst ' Then stay at home, my heart, and rest l he bird is safest in Its nest; °’ er al1 that fluttpr thoir win X» «’ ld Ay A hawk is hovering in the sky ; To stay at home is best. MISCELLANEOUS. = Muu»B*inni’« T«.* nn nnnk« ... " M, ? P pt a *'« obUintl fora , method of collecting taxes upon drinks, which is far better than the Mof f«t or Ulark register. Books of coupons are sold by the State Auditor to all u,. nor dealers When the drink is sold the consumer receives a couik)ii, which .. . en tltll;S h ,,, " n f to ,m > - troul ,, 11,11 St; ‘ , t<1 - »> payment of his taxes, one cent. If two drinks are to be paid for, he receives an Zu , . . , . I r* ' ' l'" ’! 11 . £ for live c cents. Not only does the State enjov an income from the tax reason,,I,/ on drinks, hut the consnnimer has a chance of paying off his taxes with the ora,.go and blue coupons. The, saloon* are crowded at all times witli men making out tlieir taxes. Does the eud justify the means V ,, , , . »'Z • ‘‘ A „. H samee say ***«"* silver dolbo Jail verdouionml* only ninety-five play l ,, toadee , p aper find , . oiltee, Ho no go , ^ b- 1 -aM with a gn^n ,ack. A little hov who wont to church wts rwilwllU , r the text which was : “Why are ye here all the day idle? Go my vineyard and work, and what¬ is rigid that will I pay thee.” came home and was asked to re¬ the text. He thought over it a lit¬ tle while and rried out : “What do you round here doing nnffln for ? Go into my barnyard and work, and I’ll make it all right with you.” “But I pass,” said a minister in the West, recently, in dismissing one thernn of his subject to take up another.— “Then I make it spades,” yelled a man from the gallery, who was dreaming the happy hours away in an imaginary game of euchre. It. is needless to say that he went out on the next deal, being assist¬ ed by one of the deacons with a full baud of clubs. A bill 1ms been introduced in the Penn¬ sylvania House prohibiting, under |>enal ty of not less than two hundred dollars nor more than five hundred dollars fine. any railroad or other transportation company from granting a free pass or pass at a discount to any person except to an officer or employe of such company issuing the same. “Anna, dear if I should attempt to spell cupid, why could I not get beyond the first syllable Anna gave it up whereupon William said. “Because when 1 come to c n, of course I cannot go further.” A minister asked a tipsy fellow loan¬ ing againt a fence where he expected to go when he died “If I can’t get along any better than I do now,” said be, “I shan’t go anywhere.” Baida friend to a bookseller. “The book trade is affected I suppose by the ^ ' "'r™r;.„ nios ' look*, w “ rn woks, ^ was the laconic reply, “I am indeed very much afraid of lightning,” said a prettv lady. “And well you may be,” replied a despairing lover, “when your heart is made of steel.” “Jim my covey tell the biggest lie you ever told in your life and i 11 treat you to the cider.” “A lie. I never told a be in my life.” “Draw the cider boy.” “Ma,” said a little girl, “what is all this fuss about trade-marks ? Is it the trade-marks that make so many wrinkles in pa’s forehead V” “Wring out the old,” as the washer woman said when she lifted an editor’s shirt from the suds. The l*ope left property amouutiagtq two millton dollars.
