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Hamilton Journal.
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HAMILTON, GEORGIA,
September 14,.................. 1888.
For the Hamilton Journal.
THE POWER TO THINK.
Mrs. Partington says that in these
latter days very few people die of
suggestion of the brain. This may
be accounted for in part at least that
so few people use the brain for legit
mate purposes. And so many turn
the brain into a seething cauldron by
passion and prejudice. By use the
brain, like all other faculties of man,
is capable of great expansion and
contraction. The one or the other
depends on the use of it and the pur¬
poses to which it is applied. ,
Philosojihers tell us that the brain
is the seat of all sensation and men¬
tal action. If this be so the brain of
some people must be infinitesimally
small. They are stolid as a rock
and as insensible as the square box
cooter. l)o they ever really think ?
Are not their utterances the impulse
of passion or prejudice? or a sugges¬
tion of some animal want? Perhaps
some selfish purpose?
The power to think distinguishes
man from the lower order of animals
and to think wisely and well is the
highest attainment and the surest
road to happiness here and hereafter.
The rainbow ot promise lias no at¬
traction to the thoughtless, the giddy
and the gay. It in but the music of
a dream and pftsses away with wak¬
ing thoughts. Do men really think
—rarely? If for instance you dis¬
cuss the benefits and advantages of a
county fair to be held at Hamilton
on the 27th and 28th and the coun
ty Exhibit afterwards at Columbus,
will its importance be duly consider
ed and appeciated? It only needs j
thought to awaken interest and ac
comjilsih the result desired, Will
the people think that every one,
young and old, owe something to the
community in which they live, and
that in an enterprise of this character,
it is the duty of every one to contrib¬
ute something to its success. If it be
but the “widow’s mite” send it for
ward. Let no false pride stay the
hand of duty. If others excel you
bear it gracefully and try again.
The fair will be a success whatever
you think at all, but come and see
and then you will wish that you hid
done more for ii. Yes, the people will
think and the occasion will be both
profitable and instructive.
. Another We el Wisher,
ONE CENT FARE.
The Liberal Rates Made by the Cen¬
tral for Various Occasions.
The Central Railroad of Georgia
will make the low rate of one per
cent per mile for the following occa
sions: Chattahoochee Valley Expo
siiion opens at Columbus, Ga., Oc¬
tober 4th and closes October 13th,
tickets will be sold from all points on
the Central system.
Georgia State Agricultural Fair,
opens at Macon, Ga., October 10th,
and closes October 19th. Tickets
will be sold from all points in Geor¬
gia on the Central railroad system.
Augusta National Exposition,
opens at Augusta, Ga., October 10th
closes November 7th. Tickets will
be sold on all points on the Central
railroad system. Alabama State
Fair, opens at Montgomery, Ala.,
October 22nd and continues one
week. Tickets will be sold from all
points in AlaDama on Central 1 ail
road system. East Alabama Fair,
opens in Opelika, Ala., October 29th
and continues one week. Tickets
will be sold from all points in Ala¬
bama on the Savannah & Western,
and Mobile & Girard railroads, in¬
cluding Columbus, Ga. .Visitors for
pleasure will have their tastes grati¬
fied by the magnificent displays,
while those seeking information as^to
the icluuiccs of Alabama, and Geor¬
gia will find revelations that will as¬
tonish them. This law rate should
enable everybody to attend these fairs
at a small expense.
KISSES.
A prominent physician calls the
kiss “an elegant disseminator of dis¬
ease.” He says, “fever is spread by
it, soar; lung disease.” He main¬
tains that if the kissing custom were
driven out of the land “it would save
one-tenth of one per cent, of human
lives,” which are pow sacrificed. Out
upon Ihe gnarled and sapless vaga
bond! Evidently kisses are not for
such as he and the old fox says, the
grapes are sour. Let him devote
himself to making our women healthy
and blooming that kisses may be kis¬
ses. This can surely be done by Dr.
Pierce’s Favorite Prescription which
j s magical in its effect, npon all dis
eases peculiar to females. After tak¬
ing it there will be no more irregular¬
ity, no more backache, no more ner¬
vous jirostration, no more general
debility. All druggists,
To regulate the Stomach, Liver
and Bowels, Dr Pierce’s Pellets ex
ce j 25 cents a vial; one a dose.
For ihe Hamilton Journal.
CURRENT EVENTS.
Scientists say that with the modern
improved telescope 100 . 000.000 stars
can be seen not visible to the naked
eye. How vast is the universe!
m
This explains the origin of the red
bandana: It is related of Allen G.
Thurman that once while he was de¬
livering one of his relentless, persist¬
ent, overwhelming torrents of logic
in the senate, Matt Carpenter, of Wis
consin, and another of the old school
began a conversation just behind him.
He stood it for a moment only, then
yanking a yard square of red bandan¬
na from his coat tails he turned and
commanded, “Stop talking!” Then
he blew a stentorian blast from his
terrible nose and went on with his
speech. He got no further interrup¬
tions.
Tariff Reform will Prevail.—
There is a phrase in the speech of
Daniel Doroughty when he
ed Grover Cleveland for the
dency, that every American should
hear well in mind. It is this: “The
man who asserts that to lower the
tariff means free trade, insults
gence.” *
Good advice which ought to be
followed:—Unless your health wor¬
ries you, don’t worry about it. It is
usually all right as long as
you can sleep and cat and do your
normal work. Begin to be concern¬
ed about any organ, and let your
thoughts be concentrated thereon,and
you are likely to develop illness. On¬
ly imagine yourself ill, and soon you
will have the luxury of becoming an
invalid. Switch off on the other
track. Don't swallow pills in ad¬
vance. Imagine yourself well.
According to statistics the average
man throughout the world -consumes
lbs. of grain, 70 lbs. of meat, 7
of butter and 20 lbs. of sugar an¬
at the total value of $20.25.
Much discussion is occurring on
bagging question. The best way
whip trusts is to make supplies and
cotton.
The coming event is the Harris
Fair, to be held on the 27tli
28th. “Be ye also ready” and
for it.
Reader.
FROM ENGLAND.
Swift „ Specific Co., ~ Atlanta, Ga.
Gentlemen.—For over two years I
have been suffering from disfiguring
chionic affection of the skin,
which has been a source of great an
noyance, and ... rendered me very mis .
erabie indeed. I have tried every
method, including visits to a skin
hospital, where I was treated as an
out-door patient for thiee months,
and many remedies, without being
relieved in the slightest. Seeing one
of your advertisement, I began to
give the Swift’s Specific a thorough
trial, in hopes it would at least benefit
my general health, if it did not cure
the skin disease. I continued its
use for four months, and for several
weeks I could not notice any improve¬
ment, though, I seemed to feel bet¬
ter in myself. This was the only en¬
couragement I had, and I continued
it, and now delighted to inform you
that in a short time afterwards the
skin cleared up, the blotches disap¬
peared, and at the time of this writ¬
ing there is no trace whatever. I
have not only got rid of the skin af¬
fection, but gained in flesh, and am
altogether pleased with the result.
I shall be very pleased to answer any
letters that I may receive respecting
this, if anyone has any trouble of a
similar character and doubts the
! statement.
I am, gentlemen, gratefully yours,
L. Watts, i, Westminster Chambers,
Victoria Street, Westminster, S. W.
October 27, 1887.
Treatise on Blood and Skin Dis¬
eases mailed free.
The Swift’s Specific Co.,
Drawer 3, Atlanta, Ga.
I COTTON RISKS.
Atlanta, Aug. 30,—-The reports
that insurance men would not take
risks on cotton unless baled in jute
bagging seem to be without founda¬
tion, so far as the companies interest¬
ed are concerned. The agents of in¬
surance companies at Wilmington, N.
C., seem to be the only ones taking
that stand and they are only local
agents with no power in the southern
tariff association which regulates such
matters.
Prominent officers in that associa¬
tion said to-day that there was no
reason why cotton cloth or any other
substitutes for bagging should not be
used; that jute bagging was one of
most inflammable stuffs that could be
used and that, so far as the insurance
companies were concerned, any sub¬
stitute would be allowed. Wilming¬
ton merchants say that they will not
take cotton except in jute bagging.
On the other hand, Charleston factors,
in telegrams to the cotton planters of
Wilkes county, Georgia, urge them
to send their cotton to Charleston
aiu * sa ^ receive it in cotton
cloth or any other suitable substitute.
In North Carolina pine straw cloth
suc h as matting is made of is being
used. In North Georgia some fae
tories are buying cotton done up in
P™ Wds. In other places non
combustible cotton cloth is being B used,
^ famlera seem bound to brcak
tbe baek of the h . U3t an(1 they are re _
ceiving the moral support of the peo
pie.—Macon Telegraph Special.