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S e @ trade-marks, co N B (.0 United Statos, and bo obiain pat- A ents in Canada, England, France, ®mid B (ermany, and all other countries. a 3 Thiriy=six years’ practice. NO charge for examination of mofela or draw 8. Advice by mail free. atonts obtained through us are noticed in SCIENTIFIC nmfllcu' which has e largest circulation, and is the most influ tial newspager of its kind published in the world. The a vantages of such a notice every Pie sSt daaisadidly fiiuaiulted towy slarge andeplen psgerl:&)rggli shefivnmzmr 2t $3.20 a year, ; :‘l’l scii' mittec}l '?11 be ?: boat paper devoted enco, mechanics, inven mmm works, and other Menb of ind! pmfreaa, publishe y country., Single soplel by wail, 10 cents. Bold by all news ealors, i Address, Munn & 00., publishers of Sclens tifioc American, 261 Broo&g:y, New York. Handbook about patents mailed free, THE DAWSON JOURNAL. BY U. L. WESTON & CO. THE INAUGURATION AND RESULT Of the Temperance Movement : ~in Putnam. EaronToN, Deec. 9th, 1882. A. A. MurrHEY, Esq., Barnes ville, Ga,: DEAr Slr—ln reply to your ingui ry about the temperancs move ment in Putnam county, permit me to offer the following brief his tory of its inauguration, and the results growing out of it: About two years ago, a petition, signed by over five hundred of the best eitizens of the county, was submitted to the commissiorers of Roads and Revenues of the chunty, it whom is vested the authority t 6 license the sale of spirituous Liquors, ‘praying that the license fee be fixed at five thousand dol lars. After ccnsidering the peti tion, the board was in doubt ab .ut the advisability of such action, but concluded to give it a trial at $3,000 and accordingly passed an order, that after the 27th May of September, 1881, no license should be granted in the county, save for that amount There had been, and was at that time, five bar rooms in Eatonton selling annual ly $20,000 worth of whiskey. On the 27th day of September, 1881, all of the formerlicense having expired, - one of the saloon keepers applied for, and received a license, paying into the treasury of the county $3,000. Last May this man proposed to the courts to give up his license and quit sell ing, if they would refund to him one thousand dollars, which was done, and the board immediately revoked their former order, and raised the fee to $5,000, as first prayed for. Since then Putnam has been strictly a temperance county, no whiskey being sold within her boundaries. As to the results of this action no favorable comment can be too strongly uttered. A practi cal demonstation has proven con clusively, that confining the sale of spirituous liquors %o one house in & community where formerly five saloons flourished, reduces drunkenness ot a low estimate at least fifty per cent; crime and immorality to a like extent, be sides saving as in our case, at least $lO,OOO to consumers, which went into more legitimate channels, with better profit to the buyer. Since the total abolition of its cale here, the revolution has been, of course, greater. No successful argument can be found against the present state of affairs. The tem perance movement has not hurt the trade of Eatonton. On the contrary our merchants will all testify that their business has in creased, instead of 'diminishing. They are every day drawing from surrounding counties, in which whiskey is freely sold, more trade than they ever had before. Madi son, Monticello, Clinton and Milledgeville each week furnish customers for Eatonton merchants. And the facts in the case show conclusively why this is true. Twenty thousand dollars saved in a community, and spent for articles of use to the buyer, on which the geller makes a fair profit, is enough to give a new impetus to business. Neither has prohibition injured the labor of the county, as was predicted by the whiskey men. On the. contrary our labor is more easily controlled, better satisfied, and more reliable in all respects than formerly. The well-dressed, contented appearance of our col ored people will at once strike the eye of a stranger in our midst. Many poor negroes who formerly spent their hard-earned wages for ‘whiskey will next year commence life wit{l a little money laid by. The records of the Superior and i Counnty Courts will show a decrease of crime at least seventy-five per ‘cent, and the mayor's court, for the violators of town ordinances, | has been practically closed, not a | Ease having been docketed since this system went into effect, attvi butable directly or indirectly to whiskey. Were it not to collect taxes and work streets, the office of marshal could well be abolish ed. From a moral standpoint, after having given you some of the financial facts, this abolition of whiskey has been a great bless ing. I have seen buttwo drunken men upon the streets of Eatonton in five months, and one of these got drunk in Milledgeville, and came to Eatonton on the cars. One year ago, it was no unusual sight to see a dozeén or more in one day. Morality is on a higher plane in Putnam than was ever known in her history. We have no chronic loafers, no chronic drunkards, no young men with the temptation at every hand to become so. The man who drank habitually, now drinks no more; ‘the man who occasionally got on a spree, now goes to a happier home, and meets his wife and children with a clear conscience and a light heart. Of course I do not mean to say that no whiskey is brought or drank here. On the contrary, every express brings one or more jugs. I have only drawn (from facts and not imagination) the picture as it was, and is. Some men drink, and habitually, but even they do it at home, and in a ‘ decent manner. - Happy homes, happier wives and mothers, and successful busi ness men, since the yoke that op pressed them so grievously has been thrown off. If the question, whiskey or no whiskey, was left to a popular vote to-morrow, I am sure a large majority of all classes and conditions in Putnam county would vote no whirkey. Yours very truly, Jos. 8. TurYER. 2 » | Snuff-Dipping. The quantity of snuff used in this district. dealers say, is on the increase. Larkin, Merril & Co., Byfield, sell twelve tons of snuff annually, in Massechasetts. Female snuff takers are the principle consumers of the article, and they are largely the op peratives in various manufacturing establishments. A very common way of using it is to wef some cotton waste, dip it into the snuff anl place in one side of the mouth, after the manner of a tobacco chewer in chew ing his “cud.” These “dips” are renewed as fast as the strength is ex hausted. Sometimes the snuff is per fumed before it is nsed. Droggists say that they have snuff-buying cus tomers who want it strongly per fumed with oil of chickerberry. These revelations in regard to the manuafacture, wale and use of snuff, are so unexpected and remarkable, that ooly reliable authority prevents doubts of their correctness. In ad diiton to the cotton waste dipping practice, another eustom much in vogue among mill operatives is to moisten the end of a stick of licorice until it is soft, and then using it af ter it has been dipped in the snuff. This custom has been brought here from the South, and has been spread almost beyond belief. The Catholic Archbishop of this State made an at tempt to root vut this practice about a year ago, and for a time the habit was somew fiat curtailed, bu, it s uow in full operation again—New Ing land @roecer. ' A Wild Duck Story. Now is the time for storiez about wild ducks and geese, and the Denver Republican heads the list with this one told by ita St. Louis correspondent : As the Steamer Emma 0. Eiliott was coming up the river last night, the cab in passengers and crew were startled by a singular whistling sound in the air about the boat. Capt. Postal went to the electrical machine and turned on a light of 800 2andle power. Ia & we ment the whole fogey river was floodel with light. It was scen that the noise preceeded from an innumerable colony of wild ducks on their. way southward. The blinding glare stastled the fowls, and rising in great crowds, they began flying straight at the lamp. = For twen ty minutes the buat was literaly full of ducks. Some of thémi would hit heavi ly against the glass around the light and fall stunned to the deck. Others fell into the faces of men and were ‘knocked down with canes. In all sover hundrel were secured: Thirty-six were found consealed iu different parts of the eabin in the moining when the boat came into St. Leuis. - Others were aboutthe boilers and in the engine Toom, and & great many were killed by the wheels. When the light was turn ed on they seemed to be crazed with fear, “Mania,” said: little . Johuny, I wonder if the schoolmaster's rod 8 a piece of the board of eduta on?” Dawson, Ga., Thursday, January 4, 1883. A Dooly County Boy as a Circus Rider. 4 An old Methodist preacher in Dooly county, Ga., has ason whom we will designate as Rankins. This old man would never let his boys go toa cireus, no matter how much they longed to go. Rankins was the oldest son, and he always said he was going to the “first circus that come along after ho got grown.” : Well, Rankins is grown now, and and the circus came along the other week, and he went. He saw it all, too from the ring-tail monkey ia the me nagerie, to the last act of the clown in the circus. Hhe was completely sar ried away with every aet; but more especially was he taken with the cir cus riders. He said that evening af ter the show, that if ho could “jes’ stick to a horse like them fellows, he would not begrudge a hundred dellars.” The wonderful feats of the circus riders preyed upon his mind that week. He spent all his spare time in salking tohin younger brothers, ‘telling them how the monkev acted, what the elown did, and firing their youthful imagina tions with ideas of circus life in gener al. His father had an old mare, with which the boys plowed and hauled, and every day when they were going to and from the field, Rankins used to practice on this old animsal. He would ride on his all-fours, or on his back, and could even ride a little stand ing up, ifthe old mare would walk slowly. Well, Sunday rolled around finally, and with it the family atrolled off to church, leaving Rankins and two of the younger boys to take care of the house. Now was Rankin’s time. The coast was clear, and he determined to take bis brothers down to the horse lot and play circus. He was going to fix up things in style, too. So he looked up and old suit of red flannel underelothes which bis father had cast aside, for they had become too holy even for that reverend old gentleman. He carried them down to the lot,and put them in to the horse-trough until he could “fix up the old mare,” as he said. He got anold saddle, which he had added up until it was even on top, and strapped it on tothe old mare. He then plaited up her maine and tail, and tied some small t'n boxes contain ing shot to the saddle. (These boxes were to answer in the place :f the lit tle bells he had seen on the circus hor ses.) Ile then went into the stable, and haviug pulled off his clothes, donned his circus suit, and when he again made bis appearance, he was frightfnl to behold : for his suit was glaringly red, and terribly ragged, especially the seat of his breeches, which needed half soling badly. The first trick he intended to per form was to stap himself on the back of the old mare, aud keep up a barrel with his feet, while the boys led the mare around the lot, but he took care to come np behind her, so that she couldn’t see him untii he mounted. lle got up and lay down on his back, and told Bill to hold the mare while Joe buckled him on. As soon as he was fastened on tight by the arms and waist—leaving nothing at play but his legs, he told bill to lead ber off. But it suddenly occurred to the old mare to look around and see what sort of a load she had on. “Look out!—hold to her,” gaid Rankins as the oid mare snorted. But it was too late. The old animal had lived along time, but she never had seen such a sight as 'hat, and to have suvh a thing on her back, was too much {or ber dignity. She flirted her head around, and threw Bill agaist the sta ble, and backed up and down, and wheeled around toshake off her load all of which time Ranking was shout ing : “Woa! woa! Ketca hoid of her, Bi1l! ketch her !-—stop ver boys !” But the old mare didn’t intend to be stopped. She scemed to be possessed of some of her youthful vigor, and, making for the fence, she cleard it i with such & bound that it nearly jolted ‘Rankin’s head off As soon as they } reached the middle-of the road, the old mare commeunced to shake again. She plunged and reared and wheeled and Licked and switched her tail and stir. red up wore dust than a regiment ot calvary. “Oh, Lord! exclamed Rankins, as the idea popped into his head that the old mare might start down the road to ‘ward the churcl ; and sure enough she did. “Run here, boys! head her! for the Tiord’s sake stop her!” ~ But the old mare wastoo fast; and a 8 she plunged past the house, the dog started after her, and with his barking and ihe tin boxes rattling, and the old mare’s snorting, there was more racket in that road that bright Sab bath morning than was ever known befora. As they disappeared down the road Rankin’s legs were describing curves like the patent rakes in a new fashioned threshing machine, and he was still erying out : Woa! Lord have mercy on—Woa! woa, I say! Confound™ your old-- Woa! But the old mare became more stubborn, and the dog became more noisy. As they turned the corner, Rankins saw a negro man on the side of the road. *Say,” said Rankins, If you'll stop this mare I'll give you—" But lhe negro dici’n’t. stop to trade. Heran againw the fence, E:nockad it down,and tore off down thfough thecorn-field as if Tam O’Shanter’s devils were after him. Rankins now concluded to try coazy ing: “Bva! Sally he exclaimed, gen tly, “Hoa! gal woa-a!” But it wouldn’t answer, and, as they ap proached the charch, he became des perate. “Woa! asay! Blast’your old soul, I'll bust your durned old—Woa! Sal.” They were now within a hundred yards of the church, and the people were just beginning to come ocut. One old brother, hearing the rack et, looked up the road and exclaimed : “Good Lord! what is that coming down the road?” All eyes were now turned on Ran kins ard the mare, as they came dash ing right into the crowd. The wo men screamed, and the men began to back out of the way; but the old mare stopped when she got into the crowd,(the very place Rankins didn't want her to stop.) and stood trembl ing, for she was well-nigh broken down. - Rankins rolled his eyes round to a by.standeér, and said : “Cut this strap.” “What is the matter ?” said one. “Cut me luose, if you please.” “Why, it's Rankins,"said the old reacher, coming up. g “Why in th:%—ll don’t you un buckle the strap?” said Rankins, be coming desperale, = Some one unfastened him, and he rolled off on the ground. “What in the world are you doing here in that plight?” asked the old man ; but Rankios had started off up the road in 2 doy trot, amidst the laughter and jests of the boys. “Look at him,” said one ; “he looks like & painted scare-crow.” “Cail your dog, Rankins,” and an other. “Where ars you going to show at next time ?”’ asked a third_ But these jests only served to make Rankins trot faster. He keeps close at home now, but Ihappened to. meet him the other evening as, he was sueaking down the road. jon gl goem b ins,” sai aughing, “what pos{:?.kt;é;i you to fasten yourself on that horse in that ridiculous plight, the other day?” *“You go to h—I11,” said he. “You might bave known,” said I, “that the mare—’ “You'd better dry up now,” said Rankins. Idried up. I saw that Rankins was waxing hot, and the least I said to him the better. And my opinion is ow, that the man who says any thing to Rankins about a eircus is fi)ing'to get a fiiht on his hands.— ontezuma Weekly. Liquor Trafic. It has been argued by some that the sale of liquor is a right guarante ed by the constitution of the United States, aud, therefore, it would be wrong to prohibit its sale. To put this matter at rest, however, we publish below something bearing directly upon this subject: The Supreme Court of the United States, at Washington,is the highest legal authority -in 'this country. Chief Justice Taney, of that court, said: “If any state deems the retail and internal traffic in ardent spirits in jurious to its citizens, and ealculated to produceidleness, vice or debauche ry, L see nothing in the constitution of the United States to prevent it from regulaiing or restraining the traffic, or from prohibiting it alto, ether, if it thinks proper.”—s %oward, 577. Justice MclLean, also of that court, said: “No one can claim a license to retail spirits as a matter of right.”"—s Howard, 597. Justice Greer, of the same court, said: “Ibis not necessary to array the appalling statistics of misery, pauperism and elaita® which have their origin in the use and abuse of ardent spirits. The police power, which is exclusively in the state, is competent to the correction of these great evils,and all measures of re straint or prohibition necessary to effect that purpose, are within the scope of that authority ; and if a loss of revenue should accrue to the United States from a diminished consuwption of ardent spirits, she will be a gainer by a thousand fold, in the health, wealth, and happiness of the people.”—lbid, 532. The ‘question of “iights” is setiled by the highest court in the nation. The retail of liquor is no right—it is all wrong, :mg the world is fast finding it out,” VOL. 17—NO. 45. Hew Prombition Works in Houston County, Below we give a certificate which speaks for itself . The law which is to be voted on in Terrell county is in all respects the same as the one which is now in force in Houston. The cortificate which we give below speaks for itself: How It Works in Houston. We take pleasure in oertifying to the following facts as the results of the operation of the law to prohibit the sale of liquor in Houston county: Ist. The opposition to the law which existed at the election held under it, and immediately thereaficr has been almost completely extingnished, and an election held now would show an al most unanimous vote in favor of pro hibition, . 2d. This change of sentiment has been brought about by the evident good effects of the operation of the law, upon all classes and interest. Intemperance and crime has decreas ed—labor has become more satisfaets ry and reliable, and farmers especially kave been benefitted in the effects of the law upon their colored labor ; whils the colored people themselves, in whom the chief opposition to the law existed at the election, are more economical, comfortable and happy ; and a majori ty of this class now favor prohibition. In testimony whereof, we have each of us set our official signatures and seals, this September 28d. 1882, A. 8. Giles, ordivary ; D. H. Culler, clerk Superior Court; -W. D, Nottingbam,] Judge county Court ;: B. N. Holtzolaw, Mayor of Perry; 4. R. Duncan, sher iff; John H, Houser, tax raceiver ;B. H. Sasnett, pastor M. E. cln.:roh, south; B. F. Tharp, pastor Baptist church ; Edwin Martin, ex representative Geeor gia legislature ; W. M. Havis, M. D; Hon. C. C. Duncan, A. L. Miller, B. M. Davis, lawyers; 'W. T. Swift, Robt. J. Smith, J. R. Parnell, S. B. Burr, J. A. Swith, F. A. Jobson, F. M. Hou ser, J M. Lamar, citizens; B. F. 1 Avant, G. W. Killen, Day & Gordot, J. W. Mann, W. Brunson, M. Kenneyl C. H. Moore, B. Phillips, W. D. Mar tin, N. J. Moores, Geo Paul, T. T, Martin, Lewis Pieard, T. J. Carter & R 2 Grand Jury Says. We publish below an extract from the presentments of the Houston coun ty grand jury fall term: We do not think it amiss to incor porate with our presentments the re sult of our observations and inquiry as to the workings of prohibiiion in our county; not only that it affects direct ly the interest, pecuniary and moral, of our own people, but becavse this watter is now commanding so large a share of public consideration, that in formation coneerning it is largely sought, in order to apply it if practica ble, to the conservation of public mor als and economy. We think it safe to say most if not all, the woney hitherto consumed here by alcoholic beverages, is now nsed in the improvement of homes, the procur ing of comforts for the family, and the education of the children, and could furnish many instances to prove the truth of the arsertion, if a proper re gard forthe sensibilities of men per mitted. How extensive this good is will appear when we state that in Pes ty alone the traffic in spiritous liquors exceeds $15,000 per anum, which we estimaie to be about one-third of the amount g 0 expended in the county. In municipal government, taxes have been rednced one-half, salaries of officers two-thirds, and trials of misde meanor in the mayor's court are almost unknown. In the eountry planters re port their labor better, difficulties with the labor far less freqaent, peace and good order more prevalent among thew and. of course, the business of the courts is proportionately diminished So manifest and so great aro its bene fits, that in seotions of our county where, at first, opposition to prohibi tion was greatest, it has now entirely tisappeared, and men who so opposed it are loud in its praise. What.its benefits to our boys will be whom it frees from the temptations of the drinking salcons, we will not speak except to say, that our hearts never swell with purer joy nor glow with brighter hope than when we contem plate them. : To our representatives in the Gener al Assembly, we commend its care. Let them watch and defeat every attack upon it, counting bim from whem jt comes the worst enemy of themselves and their constit..ents, : J R Wimberly, Foreman; E S Wellons, J W Hodge, T H Rentz, W L Carr, J W Clark, David R Kersh, J W Taylor, C. H. Moore, J. . Eilis, J Q Ellis, J M Simmons, ¢ N Round tree, B J Swith, W, F Kilien, I 8 Tounsley, J H Houser, J H Hodges, ‘J F Warren, T &' Murph. 'HE ROMAN CARNdEE 00, SRR YOO ORKEDON - e up lemon about as big as a prane, and told him he was a iermév% is the matter with your eye winkers and your hair? They seem to be burned off.’ - W ‘Ob, thunder, didn’t pa tell you about the comet exploding and burn- - ingus all? that was the worst thing since the flood, when Noar run the ‘excursion boat from Kalamazoo to Mo'nt Ararat. You see we had been - reading about the comet, which is visible at 4 o'clock in the morning, and I heard pa tell the hired girl to wake him and ma up, when she got up to set the pancakes and go to early mass, so they could seo the critter. Tae hired girl is a catholic and she don't make no fuss about it, but she has got more good square . religion thap a dozen like pa’ It makes & good deal of deffzrence how religion affects folks, don’t it? Now wants to kick my pants and pull my hair, but the hired girl's religian makes her want to hug me, if [am abused; 25d she puts anarchy on my braises and gives me pie. Pa would not gef up at 4o'clock in the morn. ing to go to early mass, unless he could take a fish pole along and . sowe angle worms. The hired girl prays when no one sees ker Lut God, but pa wants to get a church full of sisterins, and pray loud, as though— he was an aactioneer selling tin ra- _ Zers. ‘Well, when I heard pa tell tfip iire © girl to wake him and ma wp, wad thea T got my chum to stay with we, and we made a comet to play on pa. You see my room is right over pas roo n, and I got two lengths of stove pipes and covered tham all over with phosphorus, so they looked just as brightas a commei. Then we got two rowan candles and a big sky rocket, and we were going to touch off the Roman candles and the sky rocket, just as ma and pa got to looking at the comat. I didn’t know that a sky rocket would kick back, did you? Well, you'd & died to seen that comet. We tied a pieee of white rubber garden hose to the stove pipe for a tail, and then went to bed, and hen the hired girl woke us we lay for ma and pa. ‘Pretty soon we heard pa's win dow open, and then I looked out and ma and pa had their heards and half ther bodies out of their window. They had their night shirts on and looked just like the pictures of Mill erites waiting for the world to come toan end Pa looked up and seed the stove pipe, and he said, ‘Hanner for God sake look up there. That’s the d——dst comet I ever seed. It is as bright as day. See the tail of it. Now that is worth getting ap to see.’ ‘Just then ;my chum touched off the two Roman candles and I touch ed off the rocket, and there's where my eye-winkers went. The rocket busted the joints of the stove pipe, and they fell down on pa, but ma got her head inside before the comet struck, and wasn’t hurt, but one end of the stoveflpipe struck pa endwaye on the neck and almost ent a biscuit out of him, and the firs and the sparks just poured down on him and burned Lis hair and night shirt. Pa was scant, He must have thought the world was coming to an end, and "’ the window came down on his back and he begun to sing : Earth is but a desert Jrear, Heaven is my home. I seed he was caught in the win= dow, and I went down to put out the tive ou his uight shirt, and pat ap the window -to let him in, and he said :My boy your ma and me are going to heaven, but I fear yon will go to the bad place, and I tuld him I would take my chances, and that he had better put on his pauts j was going anywhere, that a would be liabie to be ladies present, and when he got his head ma told him that the world wes not coming to an end, but somebody had been setting off fire works, and she said she gussed it was their dear little boy, and when I saw pa feeling under the bed for a bed slat, I got up stairs pretty previous now, and don't you forget it, and ma put cold cream on where the sparks burnt pa’s ghirt, and pa said another day would not pass over my head before hflnd nte in the reform school. ‘Well, if Igo the reform sch b somebody's got to pay a’.wutioxg can bet you liver.—A boy can’t have any fun these days without o&~ ‘body thinks he’s a heathen. hurt did it do 10 play comet? 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