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About The Crawford County herald. (Knoxville, Crawford Co., Ga.) 1890-189? | View Entire Issue (Jan. 2, 1891)
Tiis Oxford Go, Herald, _ PUBLISHED '.VEEKLV. —BY— l. D. SMITH & SO Y. Subscription 01. 00 Per Annum. Official Organ of Crawford County. Entered at the postoffice at Knox- rule, Ga as second-class mail **tatta. - Knoxvt ... Ga., u 2 , 1801 . _ a he Herald smarts out cn the New Year with a Doom. We have 1 'a fortunate in securing the ser¬ vices r.f Mr R. E. Elliot ", and will now furnish our many snberibers with on eight page paper that hey may well be proud cf. The IIexald greets you with a healthy prosperous and happy New Year, Col. Blount is still leading in the race for Speaker. ---- i he force, bib r.till hangs fire, Hoar, Spooner and the other ultra southern haters are dying hard. The Republicans seern to be determined that no financial hall be given to the country by 5 t ue present Congress. Gov. Tillman of South Carolina s started out badly. The legis Tture passed a bill creating a kaii- oad Comisiou similar to tiie one ■ * Georgia for the purpose of p:e enting unjust and oppressive charges by til? Railroads r^tinst he people. The Governor veto¬ ed it. It was promptly passed cv-i ? Lis vetoe by the senate; but .ted of the t^o two'third vote in •’ Louse. Two of -\ap«n*». a nsara 91. Hr V na. L nit turesqnely ritaated fit the foot of a Lugo lull of ttieer rock, ou t’do top of which is tho fort?where a- g* 4 *m i9 .ftVionod, *uid then. i. ft . , >st wavarisom© a.‘vc«nt by hu:jdrods of t-ieps to the summit. Tho interior of ac jaiaud Is full of luxuriant vegeta- p>u and -that many flit ore from tl« tree birds to tree. of^brlght The T 3 &ge ; rognabte natrr. l walls that eur 11 on th< ! hkIo, wI.*ro the precipices . of : W .V .bay ar- full of aavas and glint Thou fc ' little known, this is a lan, ly grandeur. Downhmv V cf fw below tho- jutting crags ► stretch ot.eand Lncloeed by the soa v*' a oennoircle of impossablo rocks, but Mien th n tide is in no bav is seen. * y h stew, Showed mo among other •je two fj.ver hairs that were once ut of ;• loekcutfr. ri Jiapoleon’shcad i or deal . The precious relic hud vindlod uor?n to two solitary hairs, •ared by soalingwax, for the frequent i pathetic requests from old French ■nuns, who with tearful eyes had .g.xt for “just ono hair,” and who thoir medals and oi i its on their * n T&ve, had always overcome the fixjus ebatela ><» ot Maldivio, for h. •• she not hear 1 been carried in her e’a art * ti ;vohls first u : rment, liter ward had she not t-L a tire ceremony when his ro- inhere taken in triumph to Francei .. -eien a J^otter. .j naor I’arlios iu Farlsiiui llurifit. ..ji.jgnt [> PavisiMi tsiu. strikes Uic oi : !• •rent ajair ton siiuiiar event at an KtJf h l- ard. It. is quite on error to T- 'tee that IVcnelnuen invariably at cafes, as some of fee to- w- “*ed undoubtedly do- imagine, ;er jjartics at home are quite as fro- t an event in Parisian circles as .‘hem Society in generD may not gayth. re.^it^onf* ur« a butil toklMteW onnkuigdU ftet, aaeatu^ana ever. ooatd^^ mportootfut ttw,iformerty f«^o 4: p,,,y.a A c aaa no longer bal her guast to to of a onp of »brioche. san,'.wioir and -= rerre do Dor- i of old are" noi now doomed ■ lent to sustain the strength of -•■s through a long evening. It is recognized tiling in ite is that if ■ *o people to your house you ‘•r:tori.:in th.cm hospitably, ar.d a now eiitaiLs a supjier with eimu- -, rich viands, One fruits and deli- onfeekic.nery. —Paris Letter. i THE PHILOSOPHER j Philosophises on hie dangers of Centralization. To the Herald; When I read the newspaper and see what is transpiring around me I am wont to exclaim “Whac . age is this in which I live?” Have ! w c fo r gottcn that * c h'* e hi a Jvnr»«ifYn j0 Vv. rt n einV ...a. 5 W'IS "■ the l"St - V 6 S* , o (joe of state suvereienty lc-t in re If why , . . construction? not is it ' that , the , federal , . , Courts . t nave Step" , f pad into car state affairs, and are assuming jurisdiction over the property, liberties and lives cf cur citizens? 1 have been reading the trial cf the Hall case now pending in the Federal court in Macon. The murder was rot committed in Bib 6 county! when, the prisoners are being tried;but in Dodge couii" ty miles away. If any crime was committed it was doue in Dodge county, and the Superior coourts of Dodge county has 1 jurisdiction Constitution . . to try tne case, J *ie and lav s cf Georgia dec! ire that every prisoner shall be tried in the county when the crime was com¬ mitted. Is there any pretext that the state Yof Georgia connot enforce its laws—or that justice will not administered in Dodge county ' or did ' officials of Dodge .. refuse , . . , . ty tail . y r to co t-'ieir co- y or has the’Federal authorities red- ly seized it from the soveiignty of our state. It , .3 • . a . sad e ,J conui.en.ary nn mir times, our ccntcmporariets, our great journals, and our leaders, that no one has been found to rise and denounce t.ns * great wrong done our state. But probably 1 am living in the past. I well re- . . . vvhico ... member a simi.ar Case m the Federal court assumed jnri-- diction and undertook to oust the . , , r , ^°‘ , . state ° ltS r} &“ cs - W e State arose in . arms tne ^ Cnroniele and Sentcniel then in the zenith of I'*,"*,';"”"" - f j influence in one of its Df)-'dest a. (1 abjfc X articles Qm-Oun ced it as a flagrant ourrage up the SOi , er i<r n tv of the State, and the * ;f Cu.zens. - A a stc.e . f Hueraes O. - -S judge was found honest and h ave enough to defy / deal author- . ltie., . and . , ne \,as . baci-e.. , , , b y the . Governor with military power Ot lhc U1C % tate The grandest effort of Walter T. Golquitt’s r life, * was when he made . t an .tegument on state sovereignly and aroused the whole State. _ T "* a j Vie-.rd 'j 1 nf Federal J ** ' wittl affairs . . i intetTerence stale in Georgia nntiU the infamous Ash- ' , oU;ri Ct se Wlvn ' c-venl ' f r ft,,. ‘ ’ n.OSt promineni _ citizens of Co; urn* v uS wcre arr ested by the military llv: _ . . n «♦ miittarv tdb’inal ** ,l ; “ | A constant cCittest has gone on ; s j ncc that time between the Fed- I era . ' government nd-ninisterpd .. ,Jm»«erro i by the Republican party, and the : people 1 or Democratic party. j The Repub can party being . a _ c f oi ntraHj31ion, c'olminr ; *b- 1 ‘ * ' • ment to control state elections, to ! ^ try cr i ‘ rae s in the Federal courts, j to tnC . e man • > to t0 benefit DCf ‘ etl ‘ the ‘ h ' few K j While the peoples parte/ have tak- en the opposite position. Tt seems now l«e we wcrt cntti»s ,Mftin<r toward townr i centrr.bzation when a majority of , b ,. th house s of Congress are de- 1 n ,.. w . | i;ig federal - , control • “7 ' ot elections, L„ : j ! “ a y '/ lj '' er > - ballot ff " ' Such an invasion of states' rights { j ? 3 the Hal« * r ,„ ' C A 15 v , * n 1 * _ Democrat; te, ar.d not one can , j oe lound t deoource it. The old Democratic ship that h?.s for a centuiy carried the zVnierican flag J nead , mcribcd . ... - its foi r at mast on ‘ ] n \r s blindly among the brakers. and mnst soon be ground to pieces or. ^ roc ^ G f centralizations if a 1 ^ ; t put to this thing, c ec k s n0 Smailliw. ' —..... DRAGONS. < J -- Ab>nt | ; So»* ?«*tr bi« I Moastork Ttisx Oiiea i-.vHtwl- ! T1 Tile *.-,.-.,11 dra^- -n z? ’<* freouenil' te quean., mentioned immu . . bv ancient naturalists as well a=> by often mrfwirl, in theridn- ity 0j Onogsf. Reducing the.eub't . h> feet, according to our mode of reck¬ oning length, we find that toese -mi- raeM»e ;$erpent3 vrero 35 yards in length. Alexander the Great and his army countered one in s, cave that measured w» fc«in length, .in eneieM , eon serpents sayB: former- T tree 1 . k;ds of dragons ware ly rccqgu:£cd in India. ± ITSt, taosa Cl .e the hills end mountains; second, thoso of tho va j ieys ^ ettves; third, tboae of tberaaisbee uud fern. The 1 first is ;h, ‘ Rtt4 b ™rcrrf vat, sesia. k resplendent os borntsaod gcHA T.iey g ave a frind of beard hanging from their lower j.< their aspect « friHit- ful and their cry terrible, boiu^ a loud, hissing wiul. ! fbey have ereata of hrivht yeJlorw. and proteteraaeea on their lieada uriiicii are tlic color Of a burning cosi. Th-iis of the thzt cctm- try aro of the ooicr of .•■llvrr; tbo} r fro- quent the x-fvew, to •D ieA the foriacr in v-.T oorate Thao ? of tbcmarshe 3 ai*e d » v/ ci UK * tioa uave n,> eroota. Strabo says I be peuntmg’ <*t ser- pentevith wing-j ts conkrttrj' to traiii, but otter rr.umK>:ts <-.ud travDsi's affirm ffcat seclo spockNa «.r« winged. Thew is much confufJon on this point. Boatd have mistaken ter? , hood oi th- nalaftsi wings; others have « a- f . with flying serpents and ’report, ca I’iin 13 tmc \ .Ad, liaf/ivln, Java, T a srapent was? once kiltei icmi rlio whote body of a negro wcnuan and the carcase of a Larg? mag f °£ ad in itfc 8twua ^ 1 - Le 8«®* ^ “Tharo are many serpants on tueeoiana ^ j- va that measure* moja than fifty leet in At Batavia they etui keo P tlifl ski « of hh, though hut twenty feet m ienoth, is ivu<i to have Ewtdlowett a young Vvomoa whole,” St. Jerome says that ail iratnense eer- p° n *f w '* railed botw, 'because they can 5 *f Uow ^ ho J° ^v®), and lay B»- uian pays that thrc-aeo.jrc negroes wero found in the gullet of an immense ser- ^^uUed Imycaps or the the gold cflmax coast wh#h of ^riea. be t^Is of the serpent winch oppooed tiia Ro- maa tunny, u ®^ 1 ' at th»j nver /v, f !, ' i *' / ite \ hard r nutt taey turned spoaxa aim darts. At length was U-aogea ey al. tho imhtary en^es that would ba mnploy- jn wtanlong a forttfietl city. When kW the too? tho monster was sent ° “’I'l'. a ! u A" iocjpre-vs, m one of the tensplea After drying sev- ^ days in the hot elifnato of Africa it •wan cent to ttui Imp.uiai City asid ] ipaa °' va ^an^u-'d tt>b<5 over liw io:t in length, bt Louis Repnlilio. vwr oca rriee <m tb« ckan. Stranger (to a Bowery vendor of eig- » iu cites, tobaoco and cigars, whose • whole stock In tiado o£ cigars oonsi^ed of two partially fi led boxes) -Have yon m * 7 oeat C E'^ Vender reiushes toward boat number one. “Er, bc-ve yon any five < -?niers?» i Vender reaches toward box number tvw “Oh, I say, have you any two for fives?” Vender teaches toward bov number 01Ci ‘•N.-v-r ESnd: I aaer 1 3{lB Joti three for fives.” Vender detains him with ot-.o hand reaches toward box number two witts I the • her, and , lahns. “Hero aro wna.-.-Kow York Trebune. ] ----— j That mort a mceuter tv.- tor and Trk, rofrrshlng • . - j ^ s . tll f tho^prv tm thouM..: i'.«w Jmn on. yazig lady oi Dahion te, toon known to «=to» tbats&e 1... , „,irt ?c • * I Cali eaten cJdefiy <J by the poor, ' has been ■»* to a now 8. , ion - I son. R lie. pored f ^bra it „n>- • j t d t f [ f V . <. a “ ly ,. on ‘ \ ! , . iav * ..... . VlMl ' ipo ^ ‘ Vi i *n«eeded in product a very unique orueie of leatlior, in which the honey¬ comb effect is admirably though unob- trurively . r. rve ’ Tiir.e t'.us tanned ^ ^ nr - (1 yielding yet sttong and J j durable, and especiallv tltt. d for tin? of s p pnors wvl other IGat X JJ .T :,r.—Boston Pozt. SSLZZ **. — <*.- troa-iherocs vantage ground of the wooJ! But for iaeir bullets. I'll beg icy batteries seat OoanU^S^^reiwtto railed, nx> then, and teh me how many we "~£?££ttS$£-' ^ Fiercely the orderly rod* tora the sk>;* of tt* ■ tieJa—scarred forlorn. com aud Ratted l»y vfcvleot vrhoe's, andaeathedby tbestet t h*awd plowed it in wom; Fiercely, awl be/niup with wrath ter ciesghtuf 'idscomrades crusted at a blow, Jn broken shaken the ground Uke ruiued memorialsof <-*™*“* branches ca tree? dutUv-i the ..HI bko clawtag lions, ft»m ibedr Tjsty to ioiaa - Wlral s : ,*a- report^?”—.”.nd the grim ccdonel E , ::!'cfl'w ! vji tie orderly came havlt ut last. Strangely- the soldier paused. CVVoli, they were punished.” And straagaly iiia^aco looked, aghast. . Brave felkwre, ootonol, to stay as ttior did! Out <o»-i ‘most wiah hadn't staid. Mortally wonaded, ho-'d torn off Lis koa^caoit; ant , thea at th9 ead bo JM -ayed- Et«y to see by his hands t'uit nv ; r« clatiped; £iod the Otiii,- dead fiA” *s yet lieiti This brtle Ifltttr—his wite's—from the knapsRclc. A pity tfcrwo woods vrore aliened!” Silent the orderiy, sratcliiaj vrith tears hi hi* eyes as his oiiiow seanne-i FourRliort pages of writing'. “What's thfsGboat ‘Martfcy Virginia's hand?* ’’ Stfiftfftwu his hoaeyinoon ha, the dead soMlsr. had gwao ii'asi his fefide to tho strife; Ni-ins’ titer met again, bat she hr .4 writtao hlta, tidltig of that new life, Dora ti <i>e ffsoghter, that bound her still < loan u»ti etos'-jr to fctm as his wife. Lcj ing her baby's band <k»veH en the keter aroiibd is she traced t* nude Bbo: “ 1 ? you wosild k»'-.s t-ho baby,” sha wrota, “you must ktos this cuts-.:s of mtaa .* 1 There iras the shape o t the hand on the ! «g©, with the emu Li,. Iitibby fingers outs pre«dd- “Marthy Virgitib.'s hood, for her pa,” a> the trtutte on fiic tittle palm said. N@rera wink the oolonel that eight, for the vengeeaoo bo bltixify thnoid fiii^thed, ghwvnhedthe Newer u£**u wvfce hattlo Vui!*t^ ; ir x*t» eStriBcO. . r.oofi mtu «o<».l the- uti-a 'i-la, vt nmoa at brother- bwod hapjely stilled: VeJftcm teidnf ArUeiaw. in wsrelng aud «4 -ee$ tbfiio is Uli ed th® ov-iul of a batyr—M/uthj Virginia’s hta‘d! % -Gtu ga i .: s .-joitfi La'iirep in (Xutury, Cfs 4 e* , ' 1 uillar Sslatl. A veteran who Isad been tlirowgii half a dozen campaigns and was very particular .about v/hat he ato w T as in¬ vited out to a grand djnncr party. He sat almost directly opposite the hostesa and was painfully conscious ttmt every move he made could be obeerx od Ly Ix-v. , SuadsTily, ,, ,. at ... Use height . . . j. of , J( tne festivities, . ,, ... the .. veteran , came aeroes a < . T ,^ 1 .- ,n„ y jy, pale d A furtive glanoe rA aw hs5j8ti? ^ dteolosed the fact thxt ^ b»ul <Iii*oi>vcrod theembumuis- |nj; „ „„ . cri(kfJ . ci*cas t old soldier was enrial to ^,o J wn. Wiinout ciicnging a n-uKcte ho Rottv ^ UJ) ^ eoterpiUarwittiH fr^fuj G f an ^ swallowed bofr The look , 0 £ g ra ^j tn( j e w hich ho reoeivod frouj the hortea8ate,r h « hem-fc. In due time the story leaked twt> ^ sr^fcody silked tho old raiZi ^^ e r how he liked caterpillar Uie tJ ^ JuMi camaBkonred hotrfwts ; . t£ . y f. v n win, J^le j ft dj naer p^y for a tW like a caterpillar?”—Chicago ^ Herald, i A floating disinfectant which has C oma into use apix-vrs to possess throe very essential advaittages of effl* cieney, skaplieity of application ai;d uniform solution. A mixture of car- bolie acid and other disinfectant* la a j solid form ts go prepared that It will J ! float in water. This melts slowly ; n the water, and is always visible and j accessible. adapts Tlia uniform rate of sntu- • tion it specially for use ia closets. All ttiat ia neceeBary is to phice a block of it in the water cistern supplying the closets. All danger of blocking up the pipes is avoided, as the dieinfactaac is always on the top of the water.-Kew York «omwerda! Advet- tiser. - : ' r ' 1 “ si “'T ■“•*» „ , i *° 105 * a '~" ‘ f DO kongcr | n? - a * Jes any effort to mateli her great the V ites ’ vLa 5 ^ t ^« ternary and is • strengthening her fleet for tho ; struggle. i * T ^ > ^a°b^ve" & R«»- wp^lrotaotet*. ^ ■»•<«now ^ “jV ® . », o™..,, ., E^„,b. , ^ x» m- o i . .. , , meludmg the Inhabitants*f tii© Dinted biotes. About60,000,000 peisohsspeak the Russian. 70,000,000the German, 50,- ; 000,000 the French, 40.000,000 the Span- ite, 30.000,000 the Italian and lfi.OOO,- TbO tlie Portuguese. In English the growth in the past fifty or sevetity-five years ha3 teen far greater than in any other European language.—SL T/>uis Gi.A>e-I>emocmt hZ f.-«Sr ■ «, a «*t rio,! ' ,*• 4 '^ 11 nu-vzseiy, but. dear H, iv ],-f ;^(j brwo '■ae- He's kl ,>\¥. &*id bo's to dre^ toy j net to interfere, Voa 8 k-r *' «he' d . ’ ... able !” ‘ 1 a.S, father makes ^ with him by ‘ the year .,7 ,, . devilinli j‘ " ' b,ad ,1 ofit,» to make any fuss, . 4onWn TI10 otlmr doth* “P, ‘ “Yits; I saw it at f Ti Sta.n-’s, you know, can' ther© and fattier pays fo r 1 know; so I saw this Rather 110 at, Lsnh it y, Slialtesi«jiire's H»ppj €4t J It is pleasant to find a pU that learning which leans d dan try iias ko little to mab. | Like It” is Shakespeare's bad edy, most equable, }.. ast >1 riehefet In the music of ,\J lQte «k«gs, heard in the eneha cst of Arden. This mate 5] “Measure for Mtuiture.” ttie gentle poet in his tei '* here wo meet th« deams^ \vcrr*f«i like d ail his v^o:u(>n.j maiden ‘no many tilm-i love. ” luting from h r ^ pany ive ]5C-rt from the fr,, 0 wo can never inks, -wlmi a ways rejoin, loves that C-JUl lost, and (lie joys of the gnd —Andrew Lang in Harpera. * F 1 i»i Temple a 4 ’ Teste,] Ovid telL-i US that tte & Vesta, at Rome, was cor.se] avattlo .5 v.-.^II-s n*d roefrl i?d like the prfmitiv© Lais of fid ante. It vms little other fej L»r, covcrc*d fireplace, aad bv the uamairkod girls cl J eornmtmilT. It Kaa-wJ as J hearth of ItcuzHk a*iu <m ii gi-.J j] exttngulshoJ throogiioat rte sacred fire, which vrus sappers boon broaght from. Tr -r, erd I tiiimuriw of which v,a: tbosfl linked with the forteneft <i tii Cliicago Ifejv.id. KMU'S SHUtary Techala Captain (at tho aanouved aro you roasting tl*»rc / A pxj Volunteer (making ° hw rspd gooso was dunog , . a akiKiMI ,, 1, the ground , . by a tlrrust , oi ... whereui^n it was p*ikVl tempted night befoee tho ing strippi id of its uniftjm; id parlance plucteA Aftf rvaii over, it /itcod witti e»;cMujiJarT < the bapthun at fire, and uan to bo buried vrith military EichfKigo, Inherited. * : ■ littlo girl so willful, eraotiog, a unneasonahaa as you are. little Girl—I doss I ktes etCiputodt-.:!. - Jtew W.r’., She Hit niia Just Klght Ml.® Nestle—Aro yon the language of flowers, Mr. if! Mr* Appolis (of St. Iteui)—I say I waa! Spring wheat, W shorts, staple brands, an’ uaB] chiaery is uoy pet Lobbies. Sea |>atent bags ier pcjckin’t—Jnd^j H*r r«tn» I&d*J—Charles dear, don't yod I look particularly well in ttel trimmed robe? Gallant YounjHusband— my darling. Footbenare oAotv-vaenit ot angels, and win be of the right boig Bulletin. It is usually said that f even the nine English *?&*** language, vw. ’• * a ed, stretDied, cRiunched, CnHoos. KJ’setn of VoDot» ] Tiie it animal body machrw'. can be pb vi j as if were a heart,| - • ' of tlio central pump, the slowed or quickened; the vt. lowered or incn*ascd; the P^P ove expanded or contMctcd;tW tbeH , convulsed* 1 to ^rior; oven the mtoalta*** eta,real of t!w 1.^. con b« eubfle aotioi of prices r*/ into tho sy^uo-Ball'e Profit In High Mcfxl I ,hn The Hoifiuau house chef in a ' of professional . . , madwatanf . rT ., ne0 ad 1X51111 acquaintance that it *■ la) POsaiblo to expend more I ,iat<5 U P° U the £ooJ of ft ^ l!iat d ‘ e u<ituJ U1 “ w * . nc ’ Junst be highly , p caterer, while wine, Deimoiuco^-ri undn>- >*--• nor - "'^bout a hi H h percentage of profit. Sun.
