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Newspaper Page Text. - !'& " ' a VOL. II,—NO 36. CARROLLTON, GEORGIA, FRIDAY MORNING, JULY 24,1885. - CARROLL FREE PRESS. EDWIN R. SHARPE, Proprietor TERMS OF SUBSCRIPTION: One copy one year, One copy six months, One copy three months, CLUB BATES: Ten copies one year, Twenty copies one year, $1.00 50 25 $10.00 $20,00 PROFESSIONAL & BUSINESS CARDS rm,- j. J?- cole, CARROLLTON, G A. Is devoting most of his time and atten tion to surgery and surgical diseases, and is prepared for most any operation T,: ‘ charges are reasonable. His jos. l. conn. feux x. conn COBB Sc COBB, ATTORNEYS AT L A W, CARROLLTON, - - GEORGIA, Collections a specialty. Send us your claims, we will give attention. them our prompt ATTENTION FARMERS. I am agent for Cooper's celebrated en gines, Centennial and Winship gins. Before purchasing give me a call, as think I can make it to your interest. N. FAIN. DR. W. L. HITCHCOCK Late of Madison Georgia, has located in the town of Carrollton for the purpose of practising his profession. lie makes a specialty of all chronic diseases, more especially those peculiar to females Will cure cancers when in a curable con dition. Dr, II. is one of the oldest root doctors in the State and ranks high in the eclectic practice Satisfaction guaranteed. Call on him at his otiiee one dooi above Wells’ livery stable. r. c. McDaniel, ZDETSTTTST, CARROLLTOISr, Isnow inserting full sets of 2S teeth for $20, half set 14 teeth, $10. Partial sets and fillings cheap in proporton. Satis faction guaranteed in every case. Office in Maudeville building. 3DR,. ID. -W. DORSETT PHYSICIAN and SURGEON TEMPI £, G--A.. Having permane 1 iy located at Tem ple 1 offer my professional services to the citizens of Cai i oil and adjoining coun ties, Special attention to Obstetrics and diseases of Women. Office at Campbell swered from B J. McCain's residence. TAKE NOTICE. Having rented Mr. B. A. Sharp's in- crest in tiie Carrollton Mills, Gins and Furniture shop, we are now ready to serve the public. ZFTTB.UKTIT'U'IRE of all kinds manufactured or repaired in the best of style at short notice. We have made arrangements with Mr. T. M. Chandler to run his saw mill and a re now ready to saw lumber. All orders for furniture or lumber will receive prompt attention. WALKER & IIAGAN. Carrollton Ga. Teacher of Vocal Music. ,T. A. Roberson of Burwell, Ga., hav ing taken an entire course in the North Ga., Normal, of 1884 under Prof's. Pound and Dennington, the most iminent vo calists in Ga., is the better prepared for teaching and tenders his professional services to the public, at one dollar per week in classes of not less than 25 Clsascs wanted and correspondence solic ited. Gotton Planters’ Seed Store. Improved Cotton Seed, Millo Maize, California Tree Beaus, Grasses and all other forage plants adapted to the Cotton States. For sale by F. M. DUNCAN, Box 12, Dallas Ga. Almanac’’ Free SADDLES, HARNESS ETC. J. A. MITCHELL. CARROLLTON - - GA, Would inform the public that he hasjust received a large addition to his stock of Saddles, Harness, Bridles, Martingales, * Halters. Whips. and everything usually kept in his line. These goods will be sold at the very lowest cash prices. Come and see whether you buy or not, 3m. McLendon & co., DEALERS IN reneral Merchandise, At the J. M.FIELDS’ STORE, CHEAP CASH and BARTER HOUSE. Se them before purchas- A BOY’S FISH POND. The Artificial Culture of the fin ny Tribe. A lad at Howell, Mich., writes as follows: “I am a farmer’s son, and I want to adopt your suggestion about a fish pond. Please give me all possi ble hints and details.” First, as stated in a former artic le, get your pond. I don’t remember having seen any artificial fish ponds in the North, but they are to be met with in many parts of Georgia, Alabama, Virginia and other South ern States. Almost every farm has a creek or branch running through it. Don’t attempt to make a dam and a pond on the creek, for you will have muddy water at times, and the best fish are those which must have clear water. In most cases you can find some natural de pression to which water from the creek can be conveyed. If the dis tance makes iron pipes too costly, you can use earthen drain pipe. A four-inch inlet is large euough if you have a good head of wa ter. You first want a receiving basin. If at the North, and you want the several varieties of fish I mention ed, yen must provide for the habits of each as you make your pond, Rock bass are always found around wrecks, spiles and timbers. Two or three barrels filled with stones and sunk in water just above their tops will be a good Substitute for spiles. Pickerel and black bass want a weedy corner in the pond to ram ble around in, but will take their rest in the deepest holes. The sun- fish will haunt the shallow water, and two or three heaps of stones will be “gratefully received.” Pike have the same general habits as pickerel, but if you add bullheads to your plant you musn’t forget that they delight in mud. German carp would do well at the North, but they are no hardier or better eating than our pickerel and bass. When your pond is completed and stocked don’t permit any one to worry your fish. If they are ha rassed and annoyed, particularly during the spawning season, you will be the loser. If only fish enough were raised to supply the farm-house table it would still be a good thing for a farmer’s son to go into. It is some thing which will give him more This you can build of plank. By dig- inclose to the creek you jieed j than ordinary interest and recrea ~ *' * u 1 tion, and the hours he spends at the pond migh otherwise be worse than thrown away in the village. only three sides, the fourth being open to let the water in. From this basin run your pipe to the site se lected for your pond. For various reasons the pipe should be as far below the surface of the ground as you can get it and still preserve the fall. If you can run the pipe to the center of the pond and have the wa ter bubble up it will be all the better when winter comes Over the mouth of your inlet pipe, as it starts at the receiving ba sin, you must have a slide or door Make it fit so tightly that in case there comes a freshet you can shut the water off. As to the depth of water in your pond, don’t stop short of four feeton the average. Ifthereareno deep er spots you must dig some before you run the water in. If the ground is covered with clean sod you can let it remain, but takeout all the old logs and stumps. Have one side of your pond shelve down to seven or eight feet, if possible, and don’t destroy any trees or overhang ing bushes which will give shade in the hot days of summer. If you are handy to coarse sand or gravel make a shore for fish to spawn on. You can shelve it down, beach fash- & Bells store. All calls promptly an- ion, giving from six inches to two swered day and night—all night calls an feet depth of water for a space a hundred feet long. How soon your pond will fill up and how much water it will take to run it will depend on the nature of the soil and the lay of the land. There will be more or less evapora tion, according as the pond is shel tered, and if the soil is loose or spongy the water will soak away for a long time. However, you have only to keep the gate open and let the creek work for you. Now, as to the fish for your pond. In the South they prefer the Ger man carp, as they multiply very fast and are excellent eating. In the North black bass, rock bass, pike, pickerel, sunfish and other varieties will do well in an artificial pond. It may cost you a little money and considerable trouble to get a plant, but you must remember that fish multiply at an amazing rate. If within a hundred miles of any port on the lakes where fishing is pur sued as a business you could arrange to have several varieties sent to you by express. You can likewise net many specimens from the nearest river. Will your pond freeze up in win ter and destroy the fish ? It will certainly freeze up solid if north of the Ohio River, and for that reason keep your inlet pipe down below the frost-line, if possible, and make the depth of the pond as great as oucan. The ice will not freeze over two feet thick in an average winter, and if the water from your pipe bubbles up in the center the ice at that point will not be over six inch es thick. How long before you can begin to reap the benefits? It may take three years, but by that time the thirty or forty fish you begun with may number 10,000. Begin at the very outset to feed them at a regu lar hour. Select some place where you can conveniently use a net. The feeding will draw the fish to that particular'location, and when your pond is readytodraw from the net will not be cast in vain. Long before youT fish are big enough to eat you will find sale for all the “samples” yon care to* spare, as farmers all over the country are waking np to the importance of this . ■>—- - — yc is in most Words of Wisdom Mere concealment cases a mischief. Fretful people always shut out the sunshine and grumble about the darkness. Humanity is never so beautiful as when praying for forgiven ess, or else forgiving another. The true coin is not always known by its ring. It must also have the full weight to pass at par. Happiness is [the fulfillment of our desires. If we set our desires too high, we cannot compass happi ness. Is it not our own fault if we are unhappy? “As I approve of a youth that has something of the old man in him, so I am no less pleased with an old man who has something of the youth,” says Cicero. Small debts are like small shot; they are rattling on every side, and can scarcely be escaped without a wound. Great debts are like can non, of loud noise, but little dan ger. A man may be accomplished in art, literature and scienc, and yet, in honesty, virtue, truthfulness and the spirit of duty, be entitled to take rank, after a many a poor and illiterate peasant. Disraelli was a mere youth when he wrote Vivian Grey, but he was old in worldly experience. He had seen the effect of too much reading in the case of his father and had discovered that all knowledge is not found in books, nor all learning in the schools. Out of this bright young worldling’s experience came the advice net to read after the age of nineteen. Before that age, said Disraeli, one should read everything history, politics, romance, poetry, etc. Afterwards we should go out into the world and observe, think and act. Of course it would be a bad plan to stop all reading at nine teen, but it would be a good idea to make our reading less omniverous aud more judicious after arriving at years of maturity. As Presi dent Gilman said, the the other day a bad habit is a too free mental hos pitality. We absorb so much des ultory information that we forget how to think, write and talk. The mind becomes superficial and inca pable of concentration. Youth is undoubtedly the best period for gen eral reading. When the time comes for a man to engage in the battle of life the news papers will give him about as much reading matter as he can well digest. If he proposes to think and act lie will have very little time to devote to books.—Constitution. A church in Milton county is bad ly split up on the sabject of cyclone pits. A number of the members of the church have dug cyclone pits, which is considered by a majori ty of the church as a flagrant viola tion of their doctrines and a temp tation to God to wipe them off the face of the earth. As the pit-dig gers were more fearful of cyclones than the wrath of the majority, they have been turned out of the church. They immediately or ganized themselves into a church under the name of Cyclone Primitives, whereas old church has From the Savannah News. Judges aud Lawyers. In their day Judge Christopher Strong and Judge Edward Y. Hill were considered very able lawyers Judge Hill was elected Judge when he was a little over thirty years of age. There was not at that time a Supreme Court. On one occasion J udge Hill ren dered a decision which attracted the attention of Judge Strong, who was a good deal older than Judge Hill, and who had served on the bench. Judge Strong took the lib erty of addressing the court in very complimentary terms relative to the decision. Said Judge Strong: “I hope your Honor will write out and have pub lished for the benefit of the bar your able exposition of the princi pies of law.” In the course of a half hour af terwards Judge Strong had a case to argue before the court, but upon nearly every point he was overrul ed. The result was he lost his case The Judge was very much out of humor, and, in speaking of Judge Hill and the decisions in his case, he said: “This comes of having these young fools upon the bench who do not know anything of law.” But when reminded of the open compliment he paid Judge Hill in court, the old Judge thought he was a little too quick upon the trig ger. DID NOT THINK OF IT. The story is told on Judge Tracy, if we remember correctly, when he was a Judge some forty years ago. While on the circuit going from court to court, his trace broke. The Judge spent over a half hour trying to mend it, but to no pur pose. His patience was exhausted. A negro came along and the Judge told him of his trouble. The negro let out the trace, cut a hole in it, and the job was done. “Why,” said the Judge, “could not have thought of that?” “Well, marster,” said the negro, “don’t you know some lolks is jest naturaly smarter than tother?” “That is so,” said the Judge. “What shall I pay you for fixing my trace ?” “Well, marster, 50 cents will do,” said the negro. “Fifty cents!” said the Judge “You were not five minutes at it.” “I don’t charge you 50 cents for doing it,” said the negro. “I charge you 25 cents for doing it and 25 cents for knowing how to do it.” There was some philosophy in that answer. “GOV. TROUP IS MA D.” Gov. Troup, in calling the Legis lature together in an extra session, May 23,1825, sent a strong message which was something of a political bomb-shell thrown upon the coun try. He was called at the North, and among his political .opponents in the State , the “Mad Governor of Georgia.” His message was relative to the recent acquisition of our vacant ter ritory in the occupation of the Creek Indians. In the closing part of his message he called the atten tion of the of Legislature to the aggressive position of the North rel ative to slavery. He^gaid: “Since your last meeting our feel ings have been again outraged by officious and impertinent intermed dlings with our domestic concerns. One movement of the Congrass un resisted by you and all is lost. Tem porize no longer; make known your resolution that this subject shall not be touched by them but at their peril. If this matter be an evil it is our own;, if it be a sin, we can implore the forgiveness of it. To remove it, we ask not either their sympathy or assistance. It may be our physical weakness; it is our moral strength. I entreat you, therefore, most earnestly, now that it is not too late, to step forth, and, having exhaustedthe argument, to stand by your arms.” A warm and earnest Union man, a member of the Legislature, in commenting on the message, said in the heat of the debate: “Mr. Speaker, Gov. Troup is mad—the man is mad.” The Hon. Alfred Cuthbert, then a member of the Legislature, did not endorse the po sition of Gov. Troup. He was a Union man, if we mistake not, and in a voice loud enough to be heard over half of the House, said: “I wish the dog that bit Gov. Troup would bite me. I would like to be mad like him.” " The expression pleased the Troup party, and^theydid not forget it, and when in time he was a candidate for He Made a Mistake. “Yes, he may be a fraud—proba bly, is one,” replied the man under the white plug hat as he replaced his change, “but I made a mistake on the wrong side of the ledger once and I don’t want to get caught that way again.” “How was it?” “Well, I’m neither a Christian nor a philanthropist. Fact is, I’m a pretty hard-hearted man on the average, but I used to be a little worse than I am now. One evening five or six years ago, right in front of this very store, a boy about twelve years of age, hit me for dime. He had tears in his eyes, drawl to his voice, and I spotted him at once for an impostor. He went on to say that his father was sick and unable to work, and that he himself had been down with fever and had no strength to look for a job, and I laughed in derision and told him to clear out or I’d give him in charge.” “It’s an old dodge,” ohserved the man who was smoking a corn-cob pipe. “Exactly, but it may not always be a dodge. I had a pocket full of silver, and I was too ornery mean to hand over a dime. Suppose the boy was lying? Suppose he want ed the money for himself? How contemptible in me to begrudge that trifling sum to a little chap who was certainly all skin and bone and evidently needed a square meal.” “But it would have been encour aging vice,” said the man with the check shirt front. “Bosh! There are men in this ci ty who are looked upon as shining examples, who cheat and swindle the people out of a thousand dollars where vice gets a shilling. This little incident I have been relating went out of my mind in an hour, but next day, as I was looking over an old tenement with the owner, who wanted me to figure on repairs who should I come across but the boy of the night before. He was in bed and raving with fever. In bed ? Well, he was tossing around on a heap of rags. In the same room was the mother, trying to earn a few cents at the wash-tub, but not having the strength to work for more than five minutes at a time. Also, the father—just alive with consumption, and occupying a bed no better than the boy’s.” “Same boy, eh?”'queried the corn 'cob-pipe man, as the hard lines in his face began te melt. “The very same. There was a quaver in his voice no one could forget in a day. He was waving away of this or that; but the father was quiet and inclined to be cheer ful. As I sat down beside him for a moment after leaving a $5 bill ir his skeleton hand, he said: “God bless you for a good man When little Ben started out last night we hadn’t either light, or fuel in the house. He met some kind- hearted man who gave him a dol lar. It might have been you. But for that money Ghd knows how we must have suffered.” “Might have been me! When I remembered how I had repulsed that boy the thought stabbed me like a knife! I was trying to say something to cheer the dying man when that fever-stricken lad sprang up, evidently recognizing my voice and cried out: “ ‘Please, mister, don’t have me arrested! Don’t let ’em lock me up! I’m telling the truth—I ain’t lying!’ “He came right over and got hold of me, and I tell you if ever a man was broken down it was this very individual. I left twenty-five dollars there when I went away, and I sent a doctor around, but in side of a week father and son were dead. One died blessing me, and the last words of the other were an entreaty to me not to call him a fraud and have him locked up. That’s why my hand goes down for the chink when man or boy strikes me for change. I’d rather give a thousand dollars to frauds than to have another honest boy die with my refusal grinding into his soul.” Detroit Free Press. A Radical Difference Between Two Classes of Workers. Two faen, working side by side in the field or the factory, may be equally competent, as far as knowl edge or physical strength or pre vious training go, to perform the la bor before them. They begin with equal promise of good success, but iu a short time, while one is persis ting, the other is relaxing in effort. One pursues his work with unre mitting zeal; the other spasmodi cally, with intervals of wandering -thoughts and flagging attention. It is already an assured fact that the one who has acquired the hab it of concentration will be the suc cessful competitor. He will be anxiously sought for and re-en-gag- ed, while-the other will soon go to swell the ranks of the unemployed. It matters not what is to be done; from the simplest mechanical work to the most abstruse and complex mental operation, the power of put ting all the thought, energy and at tention on that and nothing else for the time being, will very largely determine the quality and amouut of labor performed. To some extent this is a natural gift. We see children at play who, without other motive than their in stinctive tendencies, persist con- tinuously.in any effort they make, or purpose they form, with a per severance and earnestness which may well shame many of their el ders, while others will be distrac ted by every passing object, and forget their determinations as soon as they are formed. Yet here, per haps more than in most tendencies, culture and practice come in to strengthen what is lacking. The discipline of the schools is most valuable in developing the concentrative power in the pro vinces of thought, and it would be a blessing to every child if, in some way, a like discipline helped him in the work of his hands. Like ev ery other faculty, this, too, is strengthened by exercise. Every time we recall our scattering ener gies and wandering thoughts, and force them rosolutely in one direc tion, we increase the power and de velop the habit, and the exertion, at first painful and laborious, be comes in time easy and agreeable. Mr. Thomas A Edison attributes his success as an inventor largely to this faculty, which he gained J>y eadfast exertion, once being able only to think upon a given subject for ten minutes before something else would come into his mind, but gaining by long practice the power of continuous and uninterrupted thought for hours on a single topic At one time he worked with his as sistants in trying to connect a piece of carbon to a wire. Each time it would break and they would spend several hours in making an other, until after working in this way one day and two nights they finally succeeded. The habit does uot neccessarily make a person so absorbed in one thing as to become narrow and one sided. He may become so by yield ing wholly to a native impulse of dwelling on one thing, but the same self-control that concentrates his energies at will can also divert them at will into another channel when the proper time arrives. Many things rightly claim our at trition, but none of them will re ceive it aright if our thoughts aim lessly wander from one to another, without compass or guide. 1st, Grade per month 2nd, “ “ “ 3rd, “ “ “ - - - - 4th, “ “ «... Incidentals “ “ - Music Tuition “ - - - Tuition due Oct. 15th, 1885. ORGANIZATION. H. C. Brown Principal in Charge. A. C. Reese Assistant Acadamic Dp’t. To be supplied “ Intermediate “ Annie Brown Tutor in'Juvenile “ Miss Minnie Reese Principal Music “ “ M illie Chambers. “ Calisthenics “ REMARKS. The educational interests of a com munity are of vital importance. No people can hope to be prosperous in the true sense of the word while their schools are neglected. In the foregoing organization the principal has had re ference not only to efficiency but also to ruch combination of interest as shall de velop a school commensurate to the in terests involved and facilities at band Success in public enterprises demand mu tual concessions. Prof. A. C. Reese and the undersigned have conformed to this demand ana we trust that the example will be followed by the citizens ol Car rollton and vicinity. Thankful fof past liberal potronage, I respectfully solicit from the patrons and friends of this In stitution, their future cooperation and support. H. C. BROWN, Principal. Carrollton, Dec. 3rd, 1884. IF YOU ARE C3-OI3STC3- WEST, NORTHWEST, ~OR— SOUTHWEST, BB STJBE • Your Tickets Read via the N.C.&SLL. R’Y The Mackenzie Route. The First-class and Emigrant Passengers .FAVORITE! Albert B Wrenn, Pas. Agent, Atlanta,Ga. WI Rig3r3, Pas. Agent, Chattanooga, Tenn W. L. DANLEY, Gen. Pas. & Tkt. Agent, Navhsille, Term. Research Though the reputation of men of genue character may be of slow growth, their true qualities cannot be wholly concealed. They may be misrepresented by some, and misunderstood by others; misfor tune and adversity may) for a time, overtake them, hut with patience and endurance, they will eveutual- ly inspire the respect and command the confidence which they really deserve. Experiment, Study. For fifty years, by Dr. A. L. Barry an old practitioner, especially in Female Troubles, was at last rewarded in the dis covery of that certain and safe specific for woman troubles, Luxomni. Luxomni is a preparation that daily grows in pop- ular favor. Testimonials from responsi ble persons all oven the country furnish ample evidence of the wonderfnl power of Luxomni as a remedial agent for the relief and permanent cure of all these distressing conditions incident to females. Luxomhi is specially adapted to troubles of pregnancy. It greatly ameliorates the pangs of child birth, shortens labor, pre vents after pains, and facilitates recovery. Owing to the strengthening and toning influence Lnxomui relieves all MEN STRUAL IRREGULARITIES, and is a uterine sedative and tonic. Price $1. If your druggist has not the preparation, address . THE BARRY MANUFACTURING CO., Drawer 28, Atlanta, Ga. Note—Luxomni is no alcoholic mix ture, but a combination of herbs and plants in paekage form from which a simple tea Ls made. Write for interesting hook mailed free* A Western man who has lived among tornadoes all his life, who was raised with them, as it were, says that it is easy to distinguish a tornado from an ordinary blow. A tornado north of the equator al ways come from the southwest. Its first appearance is that of a local cloud. It always comes when the temperature is low. It is nothing more than an electric storm. The earth refuses to receive the elec- In Middle Georgia a dog that was supposed to have shown some hy drophobic signs gnawed a plum tree that had a considerable amount of choice fruit upon it. The owner of the tree was actually afraid the eating of the plums would give one hydrophobia and had them all shaken from the tree. In a recent address before the Language Club, in New York, Da vid Dudley Field discussed “itera tion” in lawr .it in' 85 A GRAND COMBINATION. 85* THE CARROLL FREE PRESS AND THE LOUISVILLE WEEKLY COTTIER JOURNAL One year for only $2,50. Two papers for little more than the price of one. By paying us $2,50 you will receive for one year your home paper with the Courier-Journal, the Representative Newspaper of the South, Democratic and for a Tariff' for Revenue only, and the beat, brlghest and ablest family weekly in the United States. The Weekly Cour ier Journal has the largest Democratic circulation of any Newspaper in America. Those who desire to examine a sample copy of the C-ourier-Joumal can do so at this office. DO YOU KNOW. THAT LORlLLAED’SOT.TMAX PLUG TOBACCO with BM Tin 1 Chewing;

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The Carroll free press. (Carrollton, Ga.) 1883-1948, July 24, 1885, Image 1