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- 9 CABJBOLL FREE PRESS. PUBLISHED EVERY FMDAY. -• • . ----- EDWIN R. SHARl’E, Pujlisiikr. TERMS OF SUBSCRIPTION: <> Dio Lewis's Monthly. ( A Father’s Letter to a Dissipated Son. I How Curran got his Education. Apples as Food. Clothing for Cold Weather. The following letter, takeu from I Everybody lias hoard of Curran, j From tho earliest ages apples The legs and feet are down near the Covington Commonwealth was the Irish wit and orator ; but ev- j have been in use for the table as a the floor, where the cold currents of. written by a father to a son of dis- j orybody does not know how he got desert. The istorian Pliny tells us air move. The air is so cold near j sipated habits : j his education. The following ac- that the Romans cultivated twenty- the floor that t)ll prudent mothers j MyDkar Sox:—What would you count is interesting: | two varieties of the apple. In these say, “Don’t lie there, Peter; get up, think of yourself if you should From the humble station in j latter days we- probably possess On«* copy om* year, 81.2.1 One copy rix months, 05 Ou*; copy three mouths, 40 cu’n hates: Tin topics one year, $10.00 Twcufy copies one year, •820.00 1 ’ BO LESS lO N A L & JU SIN ESS ( A RDS JOflWIl I.. COBR. FKI.1X X. COBB. COUP A COBB, Attorneys and Counsellors at Law. CARROLLTON, (iKOROIA. Prompt attention given to all !ms- iuess intrusted to us. Collections a spe cialty. Office in court house. Du. J. W. HALLUM, CARROLLTON - - - - GKOUOIA. Has bis office, in number 2, Mande- rille krick building. He makes a specialty of OSTETKICS and DISEASES OF WOMEN and CHILDREN. Call on him. Consultation free. DR. CT. IF. COLE, CAR ROLLTON, «A. Is devoting most of lus time ami atten tion to surgery ami surgieal diseases, and V« prepared for most any operation . His idwrges are reasonable. G. W. GFTHREY, Boot and Shoe Maker, < ARKOLLTON. GEOliDIA. Thanking The public for the liberal pat- Jorusha Ann, lay on the sofa; you will take your death of cold lying there on the floor.” And they art* I quite right. If the room be well ventilated, the air down near the floor is very much colder than it is ui) about our heads. And it is in i that cold stratum of air that our i feet and legs are constantly. A few Yankees put them on the man- ; tel shelf, but tin* majority keep their ■ feet on the floor. Besides this, the feet and legs, on account of their being so far away, and on account of their size, with the air all about them, are disposed to bo too cold, even without being in a colder atmosphere. Under all these circumstances, men wear one thickness of wool and cotton and one thickness of black cloth about their legs, and three or four times as much about their chests and now they often add an immense pad called a “('best Protector.” " And women in dulge in a still greater contrast. come to our bedside and waking us up, would not allow us to sleep anymore? That is what you are doing ; and that is why I am up.— Your mother is nearly worn out with turning from side to side and with sighing because you won’t let her sleep, who nursed you in toiled for your childhood, and look ed with pride and joy upon you as every night, j which his parents moved, and his tell us you fathers limited means, there seem ed at first but a slight prospect that Curran, or Little Jackey as he was then familliarly called, would re ceive the advantage of a liberal ed ucation. But by a happy accident he attracted the attention of a be nevolent clergyman, who recog nized him as an uncommon hoy, and determined that the seeds of genius should not perish for lack of That mothher your infancy, you wore growing up to manhood,; culture, as she counted on the comfort and support you would give her in her declining years. We read of a most barbarous manner in which one of the Orien tal nations punishes its criminals. Tt is by cutting the flesh from the body in small, pieces—slowly cut ting it olf the limbs, beginning with the fingers and toes, one joint at a time, till the wretched victim dies. That is just what you are doiug— you are killing your mother by in ches. You have planted many of As he was one day playing a mar bles in the village hall alley, with over two thousand. As an article of food they rank with the potato, and on account of the variety of ways in which they may he served, they are far preferable to the taste of many persons; and if families would only substitute ripe, lusious apples for pies, cakes and candies, and preserved fruit, there would be much less sickness among the chil dren, and the saving of this one item alone would purchase many barrels of apples. They have one excellent effect up on the whole physical system, feed- During the damp and cold sea-i the white hairs that are appearing son the legs should be encased in: so thickly in her head before the very thick knit woolen drawers, the j time. Your cruel hand is drawing feet in thick woolen stockings j the lines of sorrow on her dear face, making her look prematurely old. You might as well stick your knife (which must be changed everyday), and the shoe-s des must be as broad as the'feet when fully spread, so that the blood shall have free pas sage. If the feet are squeezed in nmag. which they have bestow,*,1 up,,,, j t , , f the circulation is checked, him in the past, would solieit a con turn-: ’ . . ance of the same. Home made shoes for i and coldness is inevitable. 1 Ills women mi,l children always ou Ipmd. * f rot . circulation cannot be secured 5^- s, iop in tbe hack room of>hc post- j upper with a narrow office hiiilding. • 1 1 , „ , . _ _ ! sole. If when the foot stands JOHN B. STEWART naked on a sheet of paper it meas ures three and a half inches, the in her body every time you come near her, for your conduct is stab bing her to the heart. You might as well bring her coffin and force her in it, for you are pressing her toward it with very rapid steps. Would you tread on her body if prostrated on the floor ? And yet with ungrateful foot you are tread ing on her heart and crushing out Wishes to say to the public that lie is . . , , still prepared to do all kinds of sole must measure three and a half, life and joy—no, 1 need not say ‘joy,’ PHOTOGRAPHING and FEKBOTY^’^NQ- i ^ will suppose you have done all j for that is a word we have long ago in the latest style and at rcasonabl^d-! tl,is fully, and yet your feet | ceased to see, because you have ta- ee«. Also keeps on hand a fair stock of ! and legs are cold. Now add more \ ken it away trm ns. Of course We -n n „ no A Ihnmcj P+p woolen, or, if you are to travel much j have to meet our friends with a ramys, oases, AIDunlS, IjLC, in tlu> ( . arsor in a sleigh, wear a j smiles but little they know of the ( opying Jtiid enlarging a f “I'“»' i aIt - \— ; j >a j r of sheep-skin drawers. j bitterness within. Yon have taken Remember that''t wo dollars will 1 have known a number of ladies j the roses out of your sisters path- bur a fin,*, large picture framed ready j afflicted with hot and aching head, j way and scattered thorns instead, f,»r your parlor, at my gallon, New nan . UK | 0 t],er evidence of congestion i and from the pain they inflict, scab about the upper parts, who were ■ ding tears are often seen coursing completely relieved by a pair of down her cheeks. Thus you are sheep-skin drawers and broad-1 blighting her life as well as ours, soled shoes. Three ladies in every And what can you promise your- ; four suffer from some congestion in | self for the future? Look at the the upper part of the body. It is ! miserable, bloated, ragged wretches felt in a fullness of the head, in sore : whom you meet every day, and street, < 'ajrrolltoii. Ga. Evans, The Jeweler, I.« now in the southeast corner of the putilic square, where lie will be glad to see bis friends and tiie public generally. He keeps on hand a full line of goods, consisting of plated ware of all kinds. Watches, Clocks, Jewelry. CHRISTMAS PRESENTS a speeialty. J^* All kinds of repairing* in his line, done promptly and in good style. throat, in palpitation of the heart, j in them an exact picture of what torpid liver, and in many other you are fast coming to, and will be ways. It is well-known that a hot in a few years. Then in in the foot-bath will relieve for the time I end a drunkard’s grave and a drunkard’s doom! for the Bible says, “No drunkard shall inherit the kingdom of God.” Where then will you be? If not in the kingdom of (tod, you must be somewhere else. Will not these considerations in duce you to quit at once, and for all time? And may God help you, for lie can and will if you earnestly ask it. Your affectionate, but sorrow- stricken, father. being any and all of these difficul- j ties. This bath draws the blood : into tin* legs and feet, relieving the congestion above. What the hot i foot-bath does for an hour, the broad-soled shoes with thick wool-: en stockings, and a pair of flannel | drawers, with a pair of wash-leatli- ! er drawers added, will do perma- j nently. Of course, l am speaking j of cold weather. No one hesitates I to multiply the clothing about the | trunk. Why hesitate to increase I the clothing about the legs? Asa ; preventive of many common affoc- i tions about the chest, threat, and j head, including nasal catarrh, I ! know nothing so effective as abun- I (hint dress about the lower extrem ities' a light heart, and light pocket, a , ing the brain, as well as adding to the flesh, and keeping the blood pure, also, preventing constipation, and correcting a tendency to acidi- ity, which produces rheumatism and neuralgia. They will cool off the feverish condition of the sys tem; in fact, they are far better for these purposes than the many nos trums which are highly praised in the advertisements, and are so con stantly purchased by sufferers. A stranger of venerable and cheery aspect came up, and singled him out from his playmates. The bright eye and intelligent aspect of the little urchin had won the good mans heart. He, bribeti. him home with sweetmeats, and became the architect of the boy’s fortune. The Stranger’s name was Boyse. a a clergyman, the rector of New market, and the sequel of the ad- From tin* Sparta Sunbeam . A Sad Story. \Ye heard last week one of the saddest stories that we have ever listened to. We heard it from Rev. B. IT. Sassnett, who was visitng re To Those Interested. The bath is a good thing, exercise lations in this county at the time, You have been indulged twelve months, and surely can pay what you owe the old firm of Stewart & Son. The estate uiasi Ik* settled. I greatly prefer settling M.v own business, but will have to put fhe elaims belonging to the estate of .1. W. Stewart A Son, in the hands of ail at torney, if not settled soon. W. J. STEWART. ; is a good thing, friction is a good thing; but our main dependence in this climate must ever he warm clothing. Already we overdo this about our trunks, hut not one per son in ten wears too much clothing about the b-gs. TURNER and CHAMBERS, CARROLLTON, (. KORrtIA —Dealers in— General Merchandise, Are still at their old stand on Rome street, ready to sell you goods as cheap •r elieajier than anybody. If you want A Weak Sister. A minister laboring in the moun tain districts of Fayette county, West Virginia, gives the following conversation lie had with a woman there recently: “Is your husband at home ?” “Does lu* fear the Lord.” “I guess he does, ’cause'he always takes his gun with him.” “Are there any Presbyterians around here?” “I don’t know if he has killed any or not. You can go behind the house, and look at the pile of hides | to see if you can find any of their i skins,” 1 “I see that you are living in the dark.” i “Yes but my husband is going to ! cutout a window soon.” Jones asked his wife, ‘Why is a husband like dough ?’ He expected anything in their line, give them a trial : she would gix e it up, and he \\ as ", , ... i going to tell her that it was because nnd they tliiiiK you will trade. I» « We woo’d say to those owing us tha t and the to lit- a friend in Eufaiila, Ala., had com mitted suicide. The story as told is as follows: His friend was in the sitting room at the time, engaged in conversa tion with a friend. His little boy came in while he was talking troubling his father, and father not wishing be disturbed gently pushed the tie fellow aside, telling him at the same time to go away, and as he did so the little fellow stumbled and fell against the stove, killing him instantly. The father scream ed and in so doing startled his wife who was up stairs bathing her ba by. In trying to come down stairs she fell and broke her neck. The heart broken father and husband went up stairs a short time af ter and found that his wife had left the baby in the tub and was drown ed. It was more than the father could stand and in a few minutes he blew his own brains out. Thus a family that had an hour before been perfectly happy was each and ev ery member dead. AN e have never in our life time heard of a sadder story. Was this predestination or an accident. WE MUST HAVE Wlwt is due us. We have indulged a woman needs him; hut she ! it was because lie was hard to i off her hands. aid get An opinion on the advantage of “rolling” wheat land after the grain has been plowed in, taken from the Cartersville Free Prrss: “After There is no policy like politeness; sowing your wheat don’t fail to roll venture,was, iu after years, thus re- ripe, raw apple is digested in an lated bv Curran to his friend Phil-1 hour and a half, while a boiled po- lins: I tato takes twice the time. I learned from poor Boyse my ! When apples can be purchased at alphabet and my grammar, and the j cheap rates, every family should rudiments of the classics ; lie taught i keep a dish of them in the dining- all he could, and then he sent me room, where the children can have to the school at Middleton—in short j access to and eat all they please of he made a man of me. I recollect i them. They will rarely receive it was about thirty-live years after- any injury from them, if they are wards, when I had riseiulo some thoroughly masticated. Baked ap- eminence at the Bar, and when I . pies should lie as constant a dish had a seat in Parliment, and a good j upon the table as potatoes. Every house in Ely Place, on my return breakfast and tea-table should have one day from court, I found an old , a dish of them. Baked sweet ap- gentleman seated alone in the draw-| pies are a very pleasant addition to ing room, his feet familiarly placed | a saucer of oat-meal pudding, and when served with cream they are very appetizing. They are not so commonly used as they should be, as they will suji- ply as much muscular and nervous support as dishes of meat and veg etables. Thousands of bushels of sour apples are used for pies and puddings in hundreds of families where well-baked, sweet apples will prove more nourishing food, and much more economical. They are also good food for old people, and are usually greatly relished by them. In my own family they are always, when in season, a part of the meals of the day, and are as commonly used as a slice of bread. on each side of the Italian marble chimney place, and his whole air be speaking the consciousness of one quite at home. He turned around, it was my friend of the ball alley. I rushed instinctively into his arms. 1 could not help bursting into tears. Words cannot describe the scene which followed. You are right, sir; the chimney place is yours—the pictures art* yours—the house is yours ; you gave me all I have—my friend—my father! He dined with me; and in the evening I caught tlu* tear glistening in his fine blue eye when his poor Little Jackey, the creature of his bounty, rose in the House of Commons to reply to a right honorable. and To Make a Home Happy. 1. Learn to govern yourself, be gentle and patient. 2. Guard your tempers especially in seasons of ill health, irritations, Labor and Education. General Stoval, manager of the Georgia Chemical fertilizer works at Augusta, is reported to have told the senate committee on labor and education, that he believed tin* our money and a good manner is the best thing long as we can and we now want j ; n u u . world, either to get a good ngme or supply the want of it. and trouble and soften them by , large increase in the production of prayer, patience, and a sense of; cotton was due to the use of fertili- your own shortcomings and er rors. 3. Never speak or act in anger until you have prayed over your words or acts, and conclude that Christ would have done so in your place. 4. Remember that valuable as is the gift of speech, the gift of si lence is often much more valuable. .'). Do not, expect too much from others, but remember that all have evil natures whose developement we must expect, and which we often desire forbearenee and for giveness ourselves. (». Never retort a sharp or angry word. It is the second word that makes the quarrel. 7. Beware of first disagreement 8. Learn to speak in a gentle tone of voice. !>. Learn to say kind and pleasant things whenever an opportunity of fers. 10. Study the character of each, and sympathise with all in their troubles, however small. 11. Do not neglect tlu* comfort of others in the smallest degree. 12. Avoid moods and pets, and fits of sulkiness. 13. Learn to deny yourself, and to prefer others. 14. Beware of meddlers and tale bearers. l.l. Never charge a bad motive, if a good one is conceivable. 1<>. Be gentle, hut firm, with chil dren. 17. Do not allow your children to he away from home at night with out knowing where they am 18. Do not allow them to go where they please on Sunday. 111. Do not furnish them with much spending money. 10. Remember the grave, the judgement seat, the scenes of eter nity, and so order, you9 home on earth that you should have a home in heaven. it. It makes a diferreee of three bushels to the acre. Try one-half of a field and see. zers. Tn this opinion the general was doubtless partly correct, hut only partly, for the increase of the cotton yield is also, and very large ly, attributable to the fact that too large a per cent of farm work is devoted to the raising of cotton to the neglect of other crops. If sup plies of corn, oats, hay and wheat, not to mention the hog and other meat furnishing crops, were made by our people, there would he a sen sible—yes, a very sensible, decrease in the cotton field. This fact is so true that all the cotton that our people can make, notwithstanding the lavish use of commercial fertil izers, barely brings money enough to pay for the deficit in food crops, and to meet the meagerest family requirements. A wise diversity of labor on the farm is as necessary to agricultural prosperity as a diver sity of labor in the mechanical arts is to commercial prosperity. Heavy cotton crops do not necessarily bring prosperity to the farmer. They may bring depression and ruin just as over production some times in manufacturing enterpri ses entails elnbarrassment and bankruptcy upon manufacturers. A horse ran away with a couple in New York Monday and knocked down an electric light post. The wire broke, and touching the ani mal gave him a succession of shocks, which brought him to the ground and kept him there for sev eral minutes. Another horse com ing by in a coupe was also thrown by the electrie currant, and the ob structions could not he removed until the wire had been cut with an axe. Meriwether county lias ten more public schools than last year. When engineer Gabe Gabell came booming round the curve at Whites boro, Texas, and saw that collision was inevitable, he closed the throttle, put on tlu* breaks, and said to the fireman “jump—one of us is enough on this train.” The fireman jumped, and the engineer stood at his post until the crash came. From Venangor Spectator. Lincoln on Butler. Sonic one asked Mr. Lincoln why they had tried Butler in so many different places—Rig Bethel, New Orleans, Peninsula, etc. It “re minded him of a story:” “When I was a young man I was a “rail- splitter.’ I wanted an ax made, and called on a blacksmith I knew in order to get him to make one for me. . ‘Abe,’ he said, ‘I have just the piece of steel for such an ax, and have been saving it for some time, thinking you might need one.’ Having said this much he put the piece of steel in the forge and, hav ing raised it to the white heat, placed It on the anvil and beat it powerfully with his hammer. The sparks flew around, and all present had to stand aside; but, after work ing on it for some time, In* turned, with a rueful face and said: ‘Abe,’ wont make an ax, but it will a cliv- is!” Next he again put it into a forge, and having heated it as be fore, placed it on an anvil, and stri king it with his hammer, the sparks flew around smartly, and all had to get out of the way of them. After awhile he said tome: ‘Abe, I’m sorry to say it won’t make a clevis, but will answer for a bolt.’ He again introduced it into the fire, and, after pounding it on the anvil, and the sparks flying from it as be fore, and all present having to stand out of the way of them, he, with a most lugubrious expression of countenance, said to me:. ‘Abe, it won’t make a bolt, but there is one thing I am certain it will make,’ and, having heated it again as highly as he could, he plunged it in a bucket of water and exclaimed: It’ll make a big fizzle!” and it did.” Married in Fun. Young Air. Vaughn,, who was married “in fun” to a young lady of Flatbush, N. Y., whom lu* had met only a few tim s until she joined with him in matrimonial game, is, probably inclined to think that mar riage is not the funniest thing in world. The young lady whom he had never met” until tlu* occasion of the mock marriage, hut to whom he wrote the next day addressing her as his dear wife,” presists in re garding the marriage as a serious one, and claims him as her legal husband. Why young people of a certain class should regard marriage a fit subject for burlesque it is difficult to say. They never engage in burlesqu ing death, and yet as they grow ol der they learn that marriage is quite as serious a matter as death. The stupidity of those who find amusement in mock marriages is only equaled by their vulgarity.— One is at loss to understand what must lie the mental character of a girl who will go through with the ceremony of marriage “in fun”with a youn<? man with whom she has had no previous acquaintance. In most cases she is not generally re cognized as a complete idiot, but by what other plea than idiocy can her conduct possibly be excused? We pride ourselves in this coun try on the complete freedom which is given to our girls, hut when young people use that freedom in burlesquing marriage it is time to ask whether the ursery is not the proper place for them, until they can learn how to conduct them selves decently if not sensibly. The use of Lemons. The lemon is a native of Asia al together it is cultivated In Italy, Portugal, ami in the south of France. In Europe, however, ’it seldom exceeds the dimensions of the smallest tree, while in Its native state it grows to over ninety feet in height. Every part of its tree is valuable in medicine, though We rarely employ "any of it Imt its fruit that is, the lemon itself. And j every one knows lmw to employ ! this, as in'lemonade: To squeezethe I juice into cold water—this is the I shortest way—or to cut in slices and then boil it. Either way Is good. Lemonade is one of the liest and safestdrinks for any person, wheth er in health or not. It is suitable to ali stomach diseases, is excellent in sickness—in 'cases of jatmdCe, gravel, liver complaint, inflamma tion of the ImiwcIs, fevers. It is a specific against worms anil skin complaints. The pippins crushed may also be mixed with water opid sugar and used as.n drink. .Lemon juice is the best aiiti-scoriHitic remedy known. It not only cures the disease fiut prevents it .Sailors make a daily use of it for this purpose. A pliysican suggests rubbing of the gums daily with lemon juice to keep them in health. The hands and nails are also kept clean, white, soft and supple by the daily use of lemon instead of soap. It also pre vents chilblains. Lemon is used in intermittent fevers mixed with strong hot black tea or coffee, with out sugar. Neuralgia may In* cured by rubbing the part affected with a lemon. It is valuable also to cure warts, and to destroy dandruff on the head by rubbing the roots of the hair witli it. In fact, its uses are manifolda ml the more we apply it externally the better we shall find ourselves. Natural remedies are the best, and nature is our liest doc tor if we would only listen to it— Decidedly rub your hands, head and gums with it, and drink lemonade in preference to all other liquids. A curious looker-on from the gal leries reports that there are hut eighteen gray-haired men in the Senate. Fourteen have hair that is turning gray. Nine have black hair, seven brown hair andbutone pronounced blonde, Senator Blair, of New Hampshire. The others have hair that is described as me dium. But forty grayhaired men are in the House, twety-eight with black hair, forty-six auburns. There forty whos hair is beginning to turn to gray and six blonds. There are but two real fed haired men iu the House. A Set-Back. S. S. Cox writes to the Youth’s Companion relating this little sto ry of himself: Sometimes the speak er to a miscellaneous crowd re ceives a retort as unexpected as it is unwelcome. I recall one I re ceived in the rink at Newyark, N. J., in 187(5. My party had carried Indiana in October and were o,000 people present, full of enthusiasm. Senator Bayard had just addressed them, and there was a storm of applause. With wild eye and out stratehed arms I solicited silenced and my first words—of defiance and exultation—were, “We’ve got ’em!” Before the echo of the en thusiastic audience came back to me some fellow in the remote cor ner of the rink, with a voice like a fife, cried out,'“You’ve got ’em bad! What’s your liquor ?” Roars of laughter followed. It was a settler, and hut for the recuperative energy of the speaker, without rem edy. ‘Johnny,’saidthe teacher, ‘a lie can he acted as well as told. Now, if your father were to put sand in his su gar and sell it, he would he acting a lie and doing verry wrong.’ ‘That’s what mother told him,’ said Johnny impetuously, ‘and he said he didn’t care.’ North Carolina has sixty-four cot ton factories. I could never think well of a man’s intellectual or moral charac ter, if he was habitually unfaithful to his appointments.—Emmons. “Yes,” said Mrs. Soddington, “Airs. Smith is a clever sort f*f a woman, no doubt; hut, then, she is so vulgar! Would you believe it. she wears her own teeth I” It is a grand thing when a man gives up lus course of dissipation and seriously settles down, hut R is as equally a grand thing when « man has a stroke of conscientious ness and honestly settles up. He that will not permit his wealth to do any good to others while he is alive, prevents it from doinX any good to himself when he is dead. A man had better he his own exeentor while liviug. A man who recently got drunk in an Eastern town where sahMms are licensed, appealed the case to the circuit court on the ground that a town has no right to fine a man for getting drunk after licensing sa loons to sell liquor. He won the case. Fastidiousness takes various forms. The man who will insist on a clean towel 011 which to wipe his hands, in a barlier-shop will unhesi tatingly wipe his mouth on the community towel hanging in front of the bar. A lawyer was summoned as a witness in a certain case. The judge, finding that the witness was lying badly, interrupted him, say ing: I beg of you to forget your profession for a moment and tell us the truth.” It is doing some service t© hu manity to amuse innocently; and they know very little of society who think we can bear to lie always em ployed either in duties or medita tions without any relaxation. Of all the actions of a man's life his marriage does least concern other people, yet of all actions of our life ’tis most meddled with by otherpeople,