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VOL. I. To the needs of the tourist, commercial traveler and new settler, Hostetler’s Stom ach Bitters is peculiarly adapted, since it strengthens the digestive organs, and braces the physical energies to unhealth ful influences. It removes and prevents malarial fever, constipation, dyspepsia, healthfully stimulates the kidneys and bladder, and enriches as well as purifies the blood. When overcome by fatigue, whether mental or physical, the Weary and debilitated find it a reliable source of renewed strength and comfort. For sale by all Druggists and Dealers generally. The Ideal Tonic and Exhilarine. French Wine Coca.—The natives of South America regard the Coca plant as a divine gift and speak of it as that heav enly plant which satisfies the hungry, strengthens the weak and makes men forget their misfortunes, etc. Men of sci ence, poets, scholars, divines, lawyers, physicians and others devoted to much •study and thinking, speak of it as the “intellectual beverage" as the mental ex hilaration and activity produced by wine Of Coca is truly wonderful Many of the most celebated physicians in the world who have thoroughly tested the French wine of Coca say: We regard this as the perfection of nervines, the purest tonic, the best invigorator, the king of remedies against dyspepsia, and anemia, the restorer par excellence. The best remedy in the world to cure mental and physical exhaustion, all chronic and was ting disease, dyspepsia diseases of the li ver, debility of the nervous system, gas tric irritability, constipation, sick head ache, gout, etc. Specific for. neuralgia and nervous headache. Its action in neu ralgia is rapid and pleasant, relief being experienced in a short time." Ask your druggist for a pamphlet which will give you convincing proof of the great merits of the French Wine Coca. For sale by druggists • Dn J. S. Pemberton & Co., Atlanta, Ga., sole Proprietors. A f° r The -Lives of all A P^r/TlIiStbe Presidents of the U S The largest, 1 andsomest best book ever sold for less than twice our price. The fastest selling book in America. Im mense profits to agents. Ail intelligent people want it. Any one can become a successful agent. Terms free. Hallett Book Co., Portland, Maine. A ‘D-ni ria Seild six cents for 1 )0S ' sL JL 1 IZit/tage, and receive free, a costly box of goods which will help you to more money right away thau anything else in this world. All, of either sex, succeed from first hour. The broad road to fortune opens before the workers, ab solutely sure. At once address, True & Co., Augusta, Maine. TURNER and CHAMBERS, CARROLLTON, GEORGIA —Dealers in— General Merchandise, Are still at their old stand on Pome ft root, ready to sell you goods as cheap or cheaper than anybody If you want anything in their line, give them a trial and they think you Mill trade. Vfo. wpuld say to those owing ns that, WE MUST HAVE What is due us, 4 Ye have indulged you as long as we can and we now want ©nr money. IF YOU ARE o-oiira- “WEST, NORTHWEST, -pr- southwest, IBIS STTH/E Your Tickets Bead via the N. e. & St. L. R’Y The Mackenzie Rouie. The Firsi-clios ana Emigrant Passengers FAVORITE! Albert B. WreuD, W. I, Bogers, Pas. Agent, Pas. Agent, Atlanta,Ga. Chattanooga, Tenn W. L. DANLEY, Gen , Pas, & Tkt. Agent, Nashville, Tenn • From the Atlanta Constitution. Amending the Constitution. We print elsewhere another let ter from Judge William Reese rel ative to the necessity that exist for amending the constitution of 1877 and we commend it, as we com mended those that have preceded it, to the serious attention of our readers and to the iieople of Geor gia. The ground upon which Judge Reese bases his argument in favor of the amendment of the organic law of the state have been fully and clearly set forth in his communi cations, and we do not hesitate to say that he has fully justified his position. In the letter which we print to-day, Judge Reese devotes his attention to the effects which the provisions of the constitution of 1877 have on the trial of impor tant causes and the administration of justice. Those who are familiar with the methods of procedure in our courts will conclude that Judge Reese has drawn the matter very mildly, for the clumsiness of the law which the constitution lias set in motion is notorious. We reproduce here in brief the changes which Judge Reese sug gests. With these before him, our readers can study the matter for themselves and form their own con clusions—though it is but fair to say that the results have not been over drawn in the slightest particular. Judge Reese would have the con stitution amended so as— 1. To strikeout the provision as to the introduction of and action on local and special bills. -• To fix the limit of the biennial session to eighty days, with no pow er of extension, and at the same time reduce the time to be devoted to legislation. 3. To restore to the governor, sub ject to the approval of the senate, the appointment of judges of the superior courts and solicitors. 4. To extend the term of the gov ernor and heads of the departments to four years, with a disqualifica tion for re-election to the next term on the part of the governor. 5. To increase the number of sen ators to eighty eight. G. To restore the provisions of the constitution of 1863 as to the selec tion of jurors for the trial of civil and criminal cases. All these matters are important and some of them are of vital im portance. Apart, however, from all other considerations, it is worth Avhile for the people of a great and growing commonwealth to meet in convention at stated periods in or der to take note of their condition and necessities as a political socie ty. Only in this way can a writ ten constitution be made elastic enough to meet the requirements of the times. Buttermilk In warm summer weather many persons feel an irresistible craving for some thing sour, and often grat ify this desire by a free indulgence of pickles or vegetable made acid with vinegar. This demand for acids indicates a deficiency in the secretions of the stomach, and the demand for an artificial supply is a natural one, but vinegar is not the best substitute. Lactic acid is is one of the chief agents that give acidity to the gastric juice of the stomach in health. This is the qc- id of spur milk, and, therefore, one of the best summer diet drinks that we can use is buttermilk. It satis fies the craving for acids by giving to the stomach a natural supply, and at the same time furnishing in its cheesey matter a good sup ply of wholesome nutrition. A man wili endure fatigue in hot weather better on buttermilk than on any diet drink he can use, Crops for Drained Swamp.—A muck swamp when drained makes excellent grass land, and produces heavy crops of hay. Tim othy and red-top succeed best on such land and a dressing pf lime will be very useful. To drain a swamp, find the direction in which the fall lies, and.cut a main ditch through it at least three feet deep and four feet wide, scattering the muck taken out of it evenly over the ground, or else throwing it in to a ridge upon one side, so as to make a solid road through it.— Cross-drains should then be made at least two feet wide and as deep, as the irmin drain, and it will b6 well to run a drain at thejfoot of the high land at the head of the swamp to cut'off any springs thatmay flow from it. Care should be taken burn ing'off the fallen timber lest the swamp muck may be set on fire, in which case, in dry weather, the fire will smoulder a long time and dp considerable injury. CARROLLTON, GEORGIA, JULY 4, 1834. From the Philadelphiu'Record. Blaine’s Religion. Following is the Ritter written six years ago by Mr. Blaine to an old college friend: Washington, March 10 1878.— My Dear Friend: I agree with you that the charge of my being a Cath olic is very provoking. Considering the motive that inspires it, and very exasperating when I see it connived at, if not in fact origina ted, by men who sat with me in Presbyterian Bible-class when I was a student and you a professor in Washington College. The char ge is part and parcel of the tactics of the Cameron gang to rob me of the Pennsylvania delegates, when in fact, four-fifths of the Republi cans in the State desire my nomi nation. My ancestors on my father’s side were as you know, always iden tified with th Presbyterian church, and they were prominent and hon ored in the old colony of Pennsyl vania several generations before the Camerons blessed Scotland by leav ing it. But w’hile thanking you for what you have done to my Pitts burg friends right on this question, I wili uever consent to make any public declaration upon the sub ject and for two reasons: First, be cause I abhor the introduction of anything that looks like a religious test or qualification for office in a republic where perfect freedom of conscience is the birthright of every citizen; and second, because my mother was, as you well know, a devoted Catholic. I would not for a thousand Presidencies speak a disrespectful word of my mother’s religion, and no pressure will draw me into an avowal of hostility or unfriendliness to Catholics, though I have never received and do not expect any support from them. You are at liberty to show this to the gentleman who urged you to write to me. Many thanks for your kind invitations, but I can hardly promise myself the pleasure of a visit to western Pennsylvania this spring. You know, however, that a large part of my heart is in the ^lonongaliela Valley. Always sin cerely your friend. J. G. Blaine. Dr. James King, Pittsburg. Humorous. “I’m right in with you,” as one cog-wheel said to the other. The author of the saying that “you must always take a man as you find him” was a consta ble. Never mind, sonny, the rain makes hoys grow,” remarked a tramp the othei day, when lie took a silk umberalla away from a lad in the midst of a rain storm. “But are you sure she’ll accept you ?” ashed Duffix of Frink, who was about to “pop.” “Accept me ? Y on bet she will! She’s like my clothes ready-maid!” A burglar who has climbed up to a garret window on a ladder is ar rested by a voice shouting, Hello, there, what you want ?” “May I ask you for a glass of fresh water ?” Do you buy your music by the sheet?” inquired a young lady of deecon’s daughter. Oh, no, she re plied: “I always wait until Sunday, and then get it by the choir.” When a young woman is in' love she turns to the poet’s corner first on picking up a paper. After she is married she turns first to the ad vertisements of the dry goods stores. From the Monday Mail. Altogether Correct It is a matter of profound regret that the walking match craze ever took possession of our people. We do not here condemn the sport it self, or the men engaged in it, but the fact that it is turning thousands over to betting and gambling. Not only men, but boys in alarming numbers are betting on the results; and what makes it worse it is done openly, as if it )vere all right. Nothing of such general demora lizing effect lias happened in a long time in Atlanta. We hope for the sake of public morals, all good people will cease to encourage the walking match, It is certainly cau sing great moral harm. We mean no reflection upon the young men engaged in walking, but we appeal also to them to stop a business that is causing such evil. No man, no woman lives or has j ever lived who can ever begin to ! guess his or her own untried capac ity, ft is as immeasurable as the universe. Trust it as you trust God and launch yourself unflnchingly upon its vast possibilities* More unshed tears swell beneath the eyelids of gentle woman than ever wet Rer cheek.- Lamartine, What an Old Man would Do if He Were now Young. He would marry a clever, re spectable, good-looking intellectual, healthy, well connected young wo man, and love her and serve her with the utmost fidelity, as long as life should continue her to him as a wife. If any fool does not under stand the sense, and duty and pleas ure of this, upon the naked sugges tion, he would not understand the argument in support of it, and I therefore pretermit it. He would try, in an humble, modest way, to do the will of God, and in his relations to all men, lov ingly to “work righteousness.” Hj? would by some honest means —for cash or credit—by purchase, gift or inheritance, own a “tract” of land in Georgia, or threequar- ter sections in Alabama—not less than two hundred and forty. Here he wouls fix his earthly home for the whole term of his natural life, and, having plain, substantial houses, and commodious out houses and shelters, with one hundred and fifty acres of open land, besides or chards, garden, patches, lots,etc., he would begin to cultivate his farm. This farm he would divide into three equal fields, of fifty acres each and eight hands, and give them four good mules and a yoke of oxen to cultivate it with. Fie would plant one thousand walnut trees. Twenty or thirty years hence, their yield of nuts and timber would be worth a large sum. He would plant five acres in fig trees, and learn how to dry, pre serve, and pack the figs into boxes for market. After a few years, the proceeds would be a profit of a thousand dollars annually. He would plant five acres in scuppernong grape vines. In a few years the wine would be worth several thousand dollars annually. He would cultivate five acres in sugar cane, and manufacture his own syrup and molasses, and a little surplus. He would cultivate five, acres of cabbage with the plow, and use them in making slops for milk cows and to fatten hogs. This, with plen ty of turnips, sweet potatoes (none are half equal to the yam) and hay, would always secure milk and but ter in abundance. He would cut his ditches on a perfect level, draw the dirt on the upperside, fill up low places, use the ditches for guide rows and to protect the bottoms from inunda tion, and he wonld manure the hill tops. He would manufacture ten tons of compost, at a cost of not more than one ton of guano, or any pop ular superphosphate, possessing in value to crop and soil, twice the value of the single ton of commer cial manure. In another article he will tell something about how to do this. He would read the Bible, pray and play with the children com fort and encourage his wife, be just and liberal to his laborers, avoid political prejudices and the bitterness of party strife, and as to the corrupting, demoralizing diabolism, of religious sectarianism he would try to forget that human nature is capable of it. Cremation. Southern Asia the original home of cremation, is also the region where it is celebrated with the greatest pomp and splendor. In Siam, when any famous mania cre mated, a magnificently decorated building is erected specially for the occasions, and vast sums are ex pended ill making the whole spec tacle as georgeous as possible. The ceremonies observed at the crema tion of the late Regent of Siam may serve as a fair specimen of those customary op such occasions. Im mediately upon his death, in March, 1883, his remains were in closed in a vast urn of costly mate rial, several yards in height, which was placed in a large room opening upon the courtyard of his palace, whicR stands on a creek flowing in to the river that traverses the cap ital. Bands of native priests, re lieving each other in turn, kept re peating prayer night and day in the death chamber, around which were displayed all the orders ancl decorations by the (Jead man In his lifetime. Twelve months after his death the urn and its contents were carried in state to ft Kind of temple created for the purpose, where the cremation was performed in the presence of thousands of spectators Including the King himself and his entire court. Clippings For The Curious. The silk worm will eat only mul berry leaves, and if they are wet he loses his appetite. A horse wearing shoes weighing sixteen pounds, in the course of a mile lifts 24,000 pounds. A druggist states that there are many people who become as infat uated with ether as others are with gin, brandy, whiskey or wine. San Francisco has a Chinese doc tor whose income nets him $70,000 ’a year. He is a druggist as well as physician, and as the drugs are all imported by him from China his profits are enormous. According to Pliny, there is an Indian plantcalled Achgemenis, the root of which, when made into lo zenges, and swallowed in wine du ring the day, torments the guilty all night, and constrains them to confess their crime. Among fishes there is one called the sharpshooter. He has a long sy ringe ont of which he shoots a few drops of water at flies and gnats tha lie peacefu lly on the green ver dure. Deliberately he loads his gun and fires, and if he misses his aim he shamefacedly crawls back into the mud. Some letters of Horace Walpole just published for the first time, give strange pictures of the Lon don of his day. A” favorite morn ing diversion was to pass under the heads of newly hung criminals at Temple Bar, where people made a trade of letting spy-glasses at a half penny a look. Another fashionable amusement was seeing prisoners flogged at Bridewell Hospital, where men and woman w'ere brought one by one to the whip ping post. A French periodical, La Culture gives the following simple method for testing the purity of water. In an ordinary quart bottle, three parts filled with water dissolve a spoon ful of pure white sugar, cork it well and put it in a warm place. If at end forty-eight hours the water becomes turbid and milky there can be no doubt of its impurity, but if it re main limpid it may be considered safely drinkable. Ther is a wasp that lives in sand burrows, the only animal except the horse that sleeps standing. It catches spiders, caterpillars and butterflies, but instead of eating them once paralyzes them by a blow in the neck and drags them to his little hole in the sand. You may select his food and place it before his hole, and he absolutely refuses to touch it. The choicest morsel he indignantly rejects if presented in the way of alms or 8’Uts. Puff Seekers. A country editor urges his breth ren to “bounce the puff-seekers.” This would be a step in the right di rection, and give the colonels a long peaceful rest. A gentleman is suffi ciently honored by the oldfashion title of “Mr.” The puffery and snobbery complained of is by no means confined to the country press, many city dailies bear their full share of the blame. If all the dis tinguished military heroes, all the rare and radiant belles of the'“beau- tiful and accomplished” type, all the “able and eloquent” orators, and “brilliant” statesmen and pa triots who crowd the columns of the country newspapers could be gathered into one company, they would form an assemblage so dis tinguished as to throw all the fa mous soldiers, sages and beauties of the world’s history into oblivion. But the evil alluded to is too ri diculous for serious discussion. It is not a part of journalism, but merely one of its blemishes. Senator Thomas F, Bayard is the fourth member of the family of Bayards to serve in the United States Senate. James Asheton Bayard, grandfather of Thomas F., was elected from Delaware to the Senate in 1805 as a Federalist and served until 1814. The son. and namesake of this man—the father of Thomas F.—was elected Senator in 1851, and served until 1863. Rich ard H. Bayard, the uncle of Thom as F,j served nine years in the Sen ate—from 1836 to 1845. Thomas F. Bayard has been a Senator con tinuously since 1869. The Maine Farmer says that the present improved process of getting the flour from the hran lessens the value of bran^for feeding purposes as much as they have improved the flour. Scandal, when it has truth in it, is like a grease spot on new cloth, but when there is no truth in it, it is like a splash of mud, which will come off easily when dry. From the Savannah Morning News. Lithographic Art in Savannah. The new lithographic press which has just been erected in the Morn ing News Steam Printing House deserves notice from its being the only press of the kind in the South and the largest size in use. In ad dition to the many perfecting ar rangements used on other machines the Campbell Printing Press and Manufacturing Company have ad ded many improvements of their own, which make it a splendid and almost perfect piece of mechanism. Its register is so accu rate that the most elaborate work in any number of colors can be printed with the utmost, precision. This is truly remarkable for so large a machine, and would have been considered an Impossibility a few years back before steam pow er was adjusted to this kind of work. If Sennefelder, the father of the art, could come amongst us once more he M ould be agreeab’y sur prised at the immense increase and M’ouderful resources of .his discov ery; at the time he first printed from stone, we are told that he could only take impression 10 or 12 inches square and used a vertical pressure of many tons which as of ten as not smashed? the stones in stead of printing from them. This press takes a stone 32 by 46 inches, and enables ; from 2 to 100 copies (according to size) of a piece of work to be printed at one impress ion thus reducing the cost of pro duction to a minimum. The mam moth and complicated machine M’eighs nearly eight tons, but runs as smoothly and almost as noise lessly as the useful and udiquitous sewing machine. Although the Morning News Steam Printing House has always considered itself in a position to handle any quanti ty of color or commercial M r ork that might be entrusted to it, this new machine trebles its facilities, and it is not claiming too much M hen it says it could do all the lithographic w r ork required by Georgia., South Carolina, Florida and Alabama. The Morning News managemeut M’ill be happy to show this press and its other facilities for printing, book binding, etc., to any of its friends and patrons who M’ill favor the establishment with a visit. Walterson’s Photograph of Blaine. Mr. Blaine is the type of all that is bad and all that is bold in the party of which for years the real, he is now both the actual and the nom inal chief. He is a man, a&itisa party, without conviction and with out restraint. He is a man, as it is a party, thoroughly unprincipled, ag gressive, revengeful and flexible. He is a man, as it is a party, of a varied, many-colored woof, capable of extreme generosity and brutal selfishness, ‘all things by turns and nothing long.” In the middle ages he floruished as a memberjof the Condotteri. There was a time M hen in Spain he went by the name of “Gil Bias,” and he is still remem bered in Italy as “Fra Diavolo.” In his veins courses the lightning blood of the Arabs. In his person ality, he is a cross between a Cor sican and a Yankee. All that is emotional in the republican charac ter, all that is domineering in repub lican instincts, all that is grasping and conscienceless in republican aims and methods is fittingly and fully reproduced in this briiliant ad venturer, who has aroused within the bosom of his political associates, despite the danger, a species of blind adoration and forced from unwilling and frightened rivals their submission and homage. The Boston Herald, one of the ablest of the bolting Independent journals, says: “The objec tion to Mr. Blaine is that he is an unprincipled and dangerous dema gogue, M’ho represents in an emi- inept degree, the aims and methods in government and in politics which the conscientious voters are determined to have reformed. The party deliberately challenged the fealty of its best members, and re buffed the Independents, when it nominated him. It must now pay the penalty of its indiscretion and ‘audacit.y.’ ” The leading Inde pendent Republican papers ail over the country are, if possible, more outspoken than the Democratic press in denouncing Blaine and his antecedents, and their influence is potential not only with thousands of Republicans, but with the large number of independent voters who are rather inclined to the Republi can side. Orme the Atlanta ticket agent, who shot himself not long ago is getting well. NO. 33. CARROLL FREE PRESS. PUBLISEED EYEBY FEU) 1Y. EDWIN R. SHARPE, Publisher. TERMS OF SUBSCRIPTION: One copy one year. One copy six mondis, One copy three months club rates: Ten copies one year, Twenty copies one year, PROFESSIONAL & BUSINESS CARDS IDIEt. I. InT. CHENE? Would inform his friends and the public generally that lie is still in the practice of medicine. Special alien t-on given to chronic diseases. Office Carrollton Ho tel. TOSEPII L. COBB. F£LxX N. COBB* COBB & COLB, Attorneys and Counsello.s at Law. CARROLLTON; GEORGIA. Prompt attention given to all bus* iuess intrusted to us. Collections a spe* „“ialty. Office in court house. Dr. J. W. HALLUM, CARROLLTON - - - - GEORGIA. Has his office, in number 2, Mande- ville brick building. He makes a specialty of OSTETRICS and DISEASES OF WOMEN and CHILDREN. Call on him. Consultation free. rTc mTdaniel, DDiEnSTTIST, CARROLLTON, - GRAT IS now inserting full sets of 28 teeth for §20, half set 14 ^eetli, $10. Partial sets and fillings cheap in proporton. Satis faction guaranteed in every case. Office in Mancleville building. XXEt. J. F. COLE, CARROLLTON; GA. Is devoting most of his time and atten tion to surgery and surgical diseases, and is prepared for most any operation. His charges are reasonable. The Harnett House, SAVANNAH, GEORGIA. Is conceded to be the most comforta ble and by far the best conducted hotel in Savannah. ggg 3 ’* Rates : $2,00 Per Day. M. L. HARNETT. 81.25 65 40 $10.00 $20.00 JOFIN B. STEWART Wishes to say to the public that he is still prepared to do all kiuds of PH0T0GBAHDTG and FEEE0TYPING in the latest style and at reasonable pri ces. Also keeps on hand a fair stock of Frames, Cases, Albums, Etc. Copying and enlarging a specialty— can make all sizes from locket to SxlO inches. Remember that two dollars M ill buy a fine, large picture framed ready for your parlor, at my gallery, New nan street, Carrollton, Ga. MILLINER Y. MRS. M. A. WILSON !R.ecently of LaGrange, having located in Carrollton for the purpose of engaging in the millinery business, asks a share of public patronage. IsTDEW GOOIDS. Her stock, a part of Mhich has just been received, is new, and she respectful ly asks the ladies and those wanting any thing in her line to call and examine. n AT Tbfor the working class. Send U’UJ-lUlO cents for postage, and we Mill mail you free, a royal, valuable box of sample goods that will put you in the way of making more money in a fen* days than you ever thought possible at any business. Capital not required. We will start you. You can work all the time or in spare time only. The work is univer- sally adapted to both sexes, young and old. You can easily earn from 50 cents to $5 every evening. That all M'lio want M'ork may test the business, we make this unparrelled offer; to all M'ho are not well satisfied we M ill send $1 to pay for the trouble of writing to us. Full par- tieulars, directions, etc., sent free. For tunes M ill be made by those who give then- whole time to the work. Great suc cess absolutely sure. Dont delay. Start noM*. Address Stinson & Co., Portland, Maine. Real Estate Agency. In opening an agency of this character, in the city ol Carrollton, facilities are of fered to those desiring to sell property, to the best advantage, by placing it prom inently upon the market, and to such as desire to purchase, it affords the best me dium for obtaining a perfect title to the same—a matter af paramount considera tion in buying property hi the present day. The reuting out of lands and the collection of rentals in kind, or other wise, constitutes a part of the business of the agency, as well as the collection of claims and adjustment of over due pa per. Executors, guardians, trustees, and all M'ho occupy fiduciary relations, will find it profitable to confer with this office in reference to the management of es tates,&c, A long experiene in this line ena bles me to offer my services to the public M'ith confidence, and I promise only a reasonable charge for services rendered Office M-ith S E Grow, Esq , in the Court House. SEABORN N JONES, Attorney At Law ^—L