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THE CLAYTON TRIBUNE.
DEVOTED TO THE INTEREST OF RABUN COUNTY (AND NORTH EAST GEORGIA.
VOL. II.
CLAYTON, RABUN CO., GA., THURSDAY. AUGUST 30. 1899.
NO. 29.
TEE MISSING LINK RT
Atlanta Constitution.
Ringgold, Gn., July 29.—(Spec
tal.)—The Missing Link railroad,
which is to bo built from Chatta*
nooga, Tcnn., to Walhnllu, S. C.,
is the main topic of conversation
here.
The first intimation of the con
templated building of this railroad
has been published in the Constitu
tion. Colonol Albright conducted
his business affairs in such a quiet
manner that but few Know the pa-
ticulars until publication of same,
As prev.oukly stated in T in Con
stitutionj tho road will be built
from Chattanooga through Catoosa
county by way of Chickamauga
Park, crossing tho Western and
Atlantic at Ringgold. This will
shorten the distance by rail to
Chattamogu from Ringgold about
ten miles. Some time ago The
Constitution published an article
und a map illustrating a proposed
“cut off’' to bn built by the West-
tern and Atlantic system from
Ringgold to Chattanooga, bv way
of the park, wlpcli would save a-
bout ten miles of truvcl. Jt was
stntiidjit the time that the "cut
off” would be built eventually bv
the road, but nothing definut-eas to
when same would be built
was learned from the officials.
The Missing LiiiK railroad will
probably bn built over just about
the same territory as has appeared
practical to the officials of the
Western and Atlantic system in
their proposed plans.
A glance at the map shows the
plausibility of a railroad from Chat
tanooga to Wulhalla. The con
struction of only about 140 miles
of railway is required to give a di
rect line between these two points.
When this is done the distance be
tween these two cities will be short
ened by rail more than one hun
dred miles. The present railroad
'connections aggregate 800 miles.
When this line is completed it will
make Chattanooga and Wulhalla
about 260 miles apart, saving a-
bout one third the truvel.
The Missing Link railroad will
open up a large area of undevelop
ed country, and it will pass through
the great copper belt of north Geor
gia, In passing through the coun
ties of Murray, Union, Towns, and
Rabun, it gives connection to the
outside world a large section of
country vastly rich in agriculture,
Jnineral and timber that has here
tofore been secluded, and will en
hance the value of thousands of
^eres of land that are now utilized.
A oivil engineer has passed over
the proprosed route and reports the
line much more easy to construct i
than the Knoxville branch of the
Atlanta, Knoxville and Atlantic
railroad. .
Colonel Albright says that had
ex-Senator Bnce, of Ohio, lived, the
road would by this time have been
in operation or widerconstruction,
The sudden death of this gentleman
•topped all plans at that time.
Colonel Albright says now that he
has other and sufficient capital in
terested sufficient to insure the
buildin g o! the line.
The Largest Flag.
The largest flag in the world is
to be exhibited under the auspices
A Wicked Editor.
We have found another wicked
editor, but we have come to the
the Daughters of the American j fconclusion that he must have been
Revolution. It was mnde during j publishing a county fcaper while on
the Spanish-American war by Miss this mundane sphere and therefore
Josephine Mulford, of Madison, could be excused for exhibiting dc-
N. J. There are 825,000 stitches
in the flag, one for each soldier
and sailor engaged in the war.
4 lie flag is 100 feet long and 65
feet wide, and the blue ground
measures 40 X 85 feet. The stripes
are feet wide and each star is 2$
feet in diameter. There is also a
sentimential interest connected
with several of the stars of the flag
as they wore made at places in the
States which are associated with
the great events of {American his
tory. Thus, tho Philadelphia star
was partly made in the houso of
Betsy Ross, in the room in which
she made the first American flag.
Thou it was worked upon at Car
pouter’s Hull, in the room where
the first Continental Congress as
sembled, and partly while sitting
in Hancock’s chair in Independence
Hall. The New Jersey star was
made at Washington's Headquar
ters at Morristown; the Maryland
star was made at Fort McHenry ,
in honor of Francis Scott Key : t he
Virginia star was made in the La
fayette room in Washington’s Mt.
Vernon home, tlie New Yorkstnrf
was partly made at Faunces’ tav
ern, where Washington bade fare
well to his officers, and it was fin
ished on board the flagship "New
York.” Each ot the forty-five
stars is embroidered with the name
ot the State it represents and the
date of admission into the Union.
They are all arunged in chronolog
ical order. According to Tlie New
Yorx Times, the flag is to be pre
sented to tho nation on the first-
anniversary of the signing of tho
recent Treaty of of Peace.—Scien
tific American.
During the civil war, as well as
in our lute war with Spain, diar
rhoea was one of the most trouble
some diseases the army had to con
tend with, In many instances it
became chronic and the old sold
iers still suffers from it. Mr Dav
id Taylor of Wind Ridge, Greene,
Co., Pa. is one of these. He uses
Chamberlain’s Colic, Cholera und
Diarrhoea Remedy and says he
never found anything that would
give him such quick relief. For
sale by J. L. Hamby.
The Quarantine Line.
Washington, August 8.—The
secretary of agriculture has issued
an order permitting the removal of
Union and Towns and part of the
county of Rabun, all in Georgia,
northword across the quarantine
line, without the restrictions im
posed by tho quarantine regula
tions .
It is estimated that the consump
tion of beer in the entire world a-
mounts to $1,080,000,000 per an
num. This seems to be an almost
incredible figure, but does not ap
pear so strange when it js consider
ed that the beer which is consumed
throughout the world Jiq a single
year would make a lake three and
three-quarters miles long, a mile
wide and six feet deep.—Ex.
Take the Tribune.
light at tho torture of his delin
quent subscribers, of which coun
try newspapers generally have
more than others. One of our ex
change! tells this; *
An editor who died of starvation
was being escorted to heaven by
an angel who had been sent for
that purposfe,
“May I look at the other place
before I ascend to thff eternal hap
piness?” asked the editor
“Easy.”
So thoy went bclolv and skir-
mishetl around taking in the sights.
The angel lost sight of the editor
and went around hades to look
him up.
He found him by a big furnace
fanning himself and gazing with
rupture upon a lot of people in the
fire
There was a sign on Bhe furnace
which read, “delinquent subscrib
ers.”
“You goon,” said the editor, “I
am not coming This Is heaven c-
npugh for me.” j ■
WHAT CONSTITUTES A HEALTHY MAN
The Texas Medical News thus
sums up the qualities which consti
tute a perfectly healthy mart. He
should have a strong, healthy
heart: one not weak from disuse or
tho excessive use of tobacco, alco
hol or other causes; lungs well de
veloped and that expand rythmic-
ally with ample breathing space for
health and a surplus for work or
disease; muscles well rounded and
elastic, made hard and strong by
use und carrying, like the camel’s
bump, reverse energy for try
ing journeys: nerves, nature’s elec
tric wires properly insulated and
connected, bringing all the various
organs of the body into one perfect
system, and all under the control
of a brain of just propotions, well
balanced and convoluted, not soft
from disuse or destroyed for the
need of rest; educated for the high
duties it was intended to perform ,
not only to stand guard over and
protect the health and life of the
individual, but at the same time to
furnish feeling and thought and
pleasure for the human being. All
of these organs, when properly con
structed and perfect in every de
tail, go to make up u healthy indi
vidual and one possessing within
himself a power of resistance not
easily ovorcomc by disease-produc
ing organisms.
A spring poet talks about Uncle
Sum and the Phillipines as fol
lows :
“Spain she had a iittle lamb,
The slickest lamb around.
She sold the lamb to Uncle Sam
For twenty million down;
Then Sam he took it by the tail
To lead it home you kqow,
The mutton rare turned out a bear
And Sam he can’t let it go.”
" —Moultrie Observer.
The harder it is to
thing the longer you
it. '
I Used To Kill Birds.
I used to kill birds in my boyhood,
Bluebirds and robins and wrens,
I hunted them up in the mountains,
I hunted them down in the glens
I never thought it was sinful—
I did it only for fun—
And I had rare sport in the forest
With the poor little birds and my
gun.
But one beautiful day in the spring
time
I spied a brown bird m a tree.
Merrily singing and charping,
As happy as bird could be,
Aud raisingjmy gun in a twinkling,
I fired. and my aim was too true.
For a moment the little thing flut
tered.
Then off to the bushes it flew,
I followed it quickly and softly,
And there to my sorrow I found,
Right close to its nest full of young
ones,
Tho little bird dead on the ground!
Poor birds! For food they were
calling;
But now they never could be fed,
For the kind mother-bird who had
loved them
Was lying there bleeding and dead
I picked up the bird in my anguish,
I stroked the wee motherly thing
That could never more feed its
dear young ones.
Nor dart through the air on
swift wings.
And I made a firm vow in that
moment,
When my heart with such
sorrow was stirred.
That never again in my lifetime
Would I shoot a poor innocent
bird 1—Farm and Trade.
The soothing and healing prop
erties of Chamberlain’s Cough Rem
edy, its pleasant taste and promp
and permanet cures, have made it
a great favorite with the people
everywhere. For sale by T. L.
Hamby.
Mr. Stubb—Maria, what was
that tramp after that was preaching
so loud in the yard?
Mrs. Stubb—He was after din
ner.
Mr. Stubb—H’m! One of these
afterdinner speakers, I suppose.
I am the mother of eight child
ren and have had a great deal of
experience with medicines Last
summer my little daughter had the
disentery in its worst form. We
thought she would die. I tried
everything I could think of. but
nothing seemed to do her any good.
I saw by an advertisement in our
paper that Chamberlain’s Colic,
Cholera aud Diarrhoea Remedy
was highly recommended and sent
and got a bottle at once. It proved
to be one of the very best medi
cines we ever had in the house. It
saved {my little daughter’s life. I
am anxious for every mother to
know what an excellent medicine
it is. Had I known it at first it
would have saved me a great deal
cf anxiety and my [little daughter
much suffering.
Yours truly, Mrs. Geo. F. Burdick
Liberty, R. I. For sale by J.. L.
Hamby.
acquit*
,raj, Nothing so completely takes the
courage out of a man as pity.
Borrowed Items.
The world owes every man an ex
istence, but not A^iying.
A cold spring if most appreciat
ed on a hot summer day. v
No wise man ever lived who did
not make a fool of himself.
Literary men | resemble htns.
The author lays a plot and tbd edit-
sits on it.
If the sun goes down behind a
bank of clouds on Friday it will
rain on Sunday.
Some men make so many mis
takes they soon become ashamed
ot trying to do better.
Never talk about a thing you do
not nnderstand unlesss you want
to appear ridiculous.
Never does a man make such a
fool of liimsclt as when trying to
convince others that he is learned..
When a little boy was asked what
syntax was by his teacher, he re
plied; “It’s a tax on whiskey.’ v
That seemed to fit his idea about a
sin-tax,
Golfer—you must acKtiowledege
that it requires a great dfcal of skill
to drive a ball a hundred yards.
Farmer—Don’t require halt as
much skill as it does to drive a pig
fifty feet.
Robert Ingersol says there is no
hell. Then what will become of
the man who takes the paper three
years without paying a cent and
then refuses to take it from the of
fice? He says there is no heaven.
Then where will the man go that
pays in advance.
Rev. J. M. Yingling, pastor of
the Bedford Street Methodist
church at Cumberland, Md. says:
“It affords me much pleasure to
recommend Chamberlain’s Colic,
Cholera and Diarrhoea Remedy. I
have used it and know others who
have done so. I have never known
it to fail. It is a sure cure wheu
taken in time.’’ For sale by J. L.
Hamby.
Judge Estes has the following
card published in the Gainesville
Eagle;
Mr, Editor: I desire to say that
when I received a telegram from G.
P. Erwin saying that “Habersham
jail is safe—that J. S. Smith had
employed counsel and lias some
righ’ts,” what I said was, ‘‘I do not
Know what rights he refers to. He
certainly has not the right to say
what jail he should [be imprisoned
in. He has the rights guaranteed
to every person charged with crime,
a speedy and impartial trial by a
jury of bis peers.”
I said this and nothing more.
J. B. Estes.
Song of the Rye,
I was made to be eaten,
And noc to be drank
To be threshed in a barn,
Not soaked in a tank.
I come as a blessing
When put through a mill.
As a blight and a curse
When run through a still.
Make mo up into loaves,
And your children are fed;
But if into drink,
1*11 starve them instead.
In bread I’m a servant,
The eater shall rule:
In drink I am master,
The drinker a fool.
—Bible Reader.
