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J LAW CAMS
T. D. illHUIl T'WEIi, F. A. BtJfeii
HIUTIMPR & Bt'SH,
Attorneys at Law,
Lumpkin, Georgia
Jan. 1, 1881.
WFLLBOKK F. ( LAUKF,
At ton cy at law,
Lumpkin, Georgia.
Wiil practice, in Stewart Com tv.
Special intention gi ven to collections
Lumpkin, On., May !>. 18S3.
R G. SIMMONS
ATTO ItK MY AT L AW,
' AMF.RICUy, GA.
Will pin dice in all the counties oi
■t T.iis Juiticml Circuit, in the Snvmm
Court of the State of Georgia, and
in the District Court r.f the Unite!
States, and in all other court.\ by
special.cm tract. • jniy 23-81.
MEDIIAL CARPS- •
\V. A. GREGOR Y,
Physician & Surgeon,
Lumpkin, Ceorgia.
Oct. 20-ly
J. L. &W. r. CAKTEIt,
Pranking Physicians,
LUMPKIN, - GEORGIA.
Office South Side Public Square.
Oct 20-ly
J. A, TJiOltXT'OS 4K V
Practical Dentist,
LUMPKIN, GEOIiGIA.
Will dp -all kinds of Dental Work
jn'fl neat aid substantia manner.
00.23-1 y.
LUMLKIN HOTE1
V, YAKBltOUGII,
JOIIlN
PltOPR IKTO I£.
This old and will-known Hotel is
Btill «pen to the public and offers su
ptrior inducements to travelers and
drummers. With an experience of
20 years Jjie Proprietor thinks lie
knows how to look after the comfort
of his guests. Table furnished with
the best tbe market affords. FoiiU
0 attention .Stock and reasonable charges.
Jed at 25c rer meat each.
LumpkiOfOa., Sept. 1,1«S3. tf
Livery and Feed Stables,
EtKI’KIN, GEORGIA
A. F. HOLT, PROP.
The cmkreigged is prepaired to
furnisq the public with nuv kind of
team desired at reasonable prices.
t Y‘ HACK LISE
I will also fan a Fine, Comfurtii
ble H-.ck between Lumpkin and
Cuibbert, leaving Lumpkin every
Monday, Wednesday am 1 Friday,
returning same days and making
conueclions u iib morning and
iug traiii. Only skillful drivers tin
ployed.
esrOush in advance will be
ed for passage and , ackages.
jgrDrovers will find a 1 .rge and
commodious lot for their stock.
‘
- A F. HOLT.
Lumpkin, Sept. 1st, ly
LUMPKIN, GEORGIA, MARCH 29, 1884.
The Fight of the Factions.
The plan of the Rauda’l men is, it
seems, to offer a compromise based
upon flie Ohio Democratic platform.
Tbe Morrison elemeut insists that
some positive aotiou upon the tariff
is necessary to save the party in the
West. They declare that the over¬
whelming sentiment of the West de¬
mands something tangible in the
way of tariff legislation. The pro¬
tectionists submit tile patent fact
that the Democrats are powerless
now to enact any such legislation;
that an oppositoin Senate and lie
publican President wilt certianly de¬
feat any act the House may puss
looking to tariff reduction. But to
this the Morrison men reply that the
Democratic House must evince its
cineerity of purpose ami leave the
responsibility of defeating rcfoim
legislation with the R-pub'icans.
The Ouio platform declare* substant¬
ially for a tariff [aid for revenue with
incidental protection; for the foster¬
ing of domestic iiulnstrinstries and
against monopolies. The ltmdail
meu are entirely willing to stand up¬
on this position, and the suggestion
of compromise embraces the idea of
a positivo declarition of the Demo¬
crat io House that the party pledges
itself to tariff reform according t •
the Ohio plat foirn. This pledge,
it is mged, will be just as binding
>n 1 effective as the passage of a bill
that cannot become a law. It will
give the country assurance of tariff
reform if the Demociats come into
power, and will heal all present in
ternal differences and permit I lie
party to ei.t r (lie coming campaign
united and barm >nioU3.
Tbe follovveis of Mr. Morrison,
however, m ike no secret of their pur
pose to rij-ct all compromise thai
does not include the Morrison bid.
This draws the line distinctly, and
renders a fight in caucus inevitable.
Fear of loosing the Presidency
'hrough the pending quarrel has un¬
doubtedly ii Hueiiwd some of the
Democrats who favor tariff legisla¬
tion to look kindly upon the sug
g< s‘ ion ol compromise, and Mr Han
dull may get a good deal of support
from this class. He and his friends
are urging that considerations of du¬
ty to the party should have great
weight, ftml they decline that their
main purpose to do what will
strengthen the Democracy Dr the
coming struggle. The disposition of
the Morrison wing to lay duwu an
ultimatum before going into caucus
has the effects ol putting Randall on
the vantage ground of conservatism,
and al a time like the present, with
a l residential buttle just ahead, par¬
ty men nre likely to assent to sacrific
es,if th .t be necessary,*o avoid inter
ual stnfo. The position he occupies,
con led with Mr. Randall's tact and
ability, will make it no easy task for
’he Mortisenitea to down him.—
Washington Slav.
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Words Of Wievlora.
A true and genuine imprudence is
covered over the effect of iguorinco,
without the sense of it.
The balls of sight are so forme 1
that one man’s eyes arc spectacles to
another to read his heart with.
No man ever made an ill figure
who understood his own talents, not
a good one who mistook them.
A wide, rich heaven hangs above
you, but it bangs high; a wide, rough
world is around you, and it lies very
low.
Vr.tue will catch as well as vice by
contact; and the pub'ic stock of hon¬
est, manly principle will daily accu
inula'e.
Philanthropy, like charity, must
begin at home. From this center
our sympathies may extend in an
ever-extending circle.
Life is girt all around with a zodi¬
ac of sciences, the contributions of
men who have perished to add their
point of light to our sky.
A man troubles himsolf with imag
j na ,y sorrows, and discards these
lliiugs which could help him easily
(o eradicate those sorrows.
Jt .. oke .... pf
we nt ’ V " r *P ft 3 Vir
tucs beforc l “ M filC0 ‘ 1!or rjf lliN
hi hind bis back, there would be an
to flattery and defamaticn.—
Lady's Jjurual.
A ‘Weskljr Newspaper, Published ia the Political, Social and Agricultural Interests of Stewart County.
Too Many Subjects in Our
Schools.
I am no educationalist, aud may
bo accosted of speaking about wliat
I am ignorant of, if I suggest that
loo many things are taught at tho
same time, aud too little timo is tak¬
en for the whole process. Think of
an undeveloped brain gelling up
book-knt vvledge on tea different
subjects all the same day, aud this
going i n day aftei day for years 1 It
is altogether contrary to tho princi¬
ples of a sound psychology to imag¬
ine, that, auy sort of menial process,
worthy of the name of thinking, can
take place in that brain while that is
going on. The natural tendency of
a good brain at trat. ago, to be in¬
quisitive and receptive is glutted to
more than satiety. The natural pro¬
cess of building up a fabric of men¬
tal completeness, by having each
new fact and observation looked at
in different ways, and having it sug¬
gest other facts and ideas, and then
settle down as a part of the regular
furniture of the mind, cannot j ossi
b!y go on where new facts are shov¬
eled in,by .be hundred, day by day.
Tbe i ffect of this is bad on boys, but
is is worse on girls, because it is
more alien to their mental constitu¬
tion Tho < if-el on them, of this
linn dural process, is to exhaust the
nervous power at the time, and to
leave the brain afterward filled with
useless tilings that are soon forgot
ten an 1 pass away ; as Goethe said
about professional men : ‘They la¬
bor under a great disadvantage in
not being allowed to be iguorant of
wb.it is to tliem useless.’ The vital
energies and nervous power that had
thus been thrown away should have
gone toward a feminiiio
of a hr-a'tliy, well-developed bodv, a
mind built up and stored with know!
edge, that had a relation to its own
nature and to the wants of its future
life,' aff-etions, not attenuated by
scholastic routine, and a cheerfulness
that is only compatible with good
health. The cramming up of tho
dry facts of those many subjects is
in most cases a weariness and gain.
while the intelligent- si inly of one
tfcird of them, selected on account of
their fitness to the mental constitn
tiou of the learner, or her probable
requirements in future life, might bo
a lasting profit.— Popular Science
Monthly.
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An Eec®utnc Family.
Twenty years ago there lived in
Belgrade, Me., a large family, tho
father of which was a very eccentric
individual. There were nineteen
children. They lived in a big house,
but one room of which was plaster¬
ed. The head of the family daily
dealt out in stated amounts the food
required by the f-mily. The wife
was an invalid. Many of the chil¬
dren took peculiar, eccentric turns.
They nearly all had remarkably re¬
tentive im mories. Several were en¬
tirely carried away with reading.
Ono would sit for twenty-four hours
at a time, neither eating nor bleep¬
ing, perusing history and sacred
writings. Although appearing idot
ic he could talk intelligently on al¬
most any subject. Another child was
fascinated with literature of the
dime novel character. Three of the
boys were drowned at one* in a lake
in Belgrade while gunning. Ci )0 of
the daughters, a little punny girl,
died, and her father procured a coffin
for her. of dimensions suitable fora
man. One of tho girls, now a wo¬
man past the i rime of life, is in the
iusauo asylum. One evening, re¬
cently, an Augusta lady, who twenty
years ago was five years of ago, and
lived a neighbor to the above family,
visited the.asylum. While moving
about the female patients she was
astonished to hear her name spoken
by one of tils unfortunates. ‘That
is you,-,’ said the patient ; ‘I
should Lave known you by your
father.’ Thus this woman, broken
in intillect and shat tercel in health,
recognized I Lie lady whom she had
not Boon for tweutv years and then
only as a five-year old girl. But two
children of (his, large family now re
, . #
in irn alive.—Aogusla Journal.
Dropping Corn,
Pretty Pliceho Lane and I
In the soft May weather,
Barefoot down the furrows went
Dropping corn together.
Side by side across the Held
Back and forth we hurried,
All the g.ddo i grains wo dropped
Soon the ploughshare bnriod.
So I whi-pered: ‘T’h<cbe,.deiir,
Kiss m-,”--“Keep on dropping,”
Called her father from tho plough,
‘•There's no t mo for stopping.”
Tiro cord was loosed—tho moment sped
The golden charm was broken 1
Nov- rmerc between ns two
Word of love was spoken.
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An Oyster Party.
''Vilson’s wife had given him a
commission to execute, and although
he was not the purchasing member
of the firm, she thought sbe could
trust him to get her some oysters
for Sunday dinner.
‘Now dear,’ she said, ‘you must
withdraw your mind from those stu¬
pid philosophical studies and don’t
let tbe oyster man get ahead of yon,
for he’ll do it if he sens the chance.
Now mind, I want three pints of
bulk oysters,’
‘How d’ye sell tbe oysters?’ said
iVilson to the Teutonic fossil who
was head clerk and proprietor of the
oyster shop.
‘Verty ccnds by a kwart,’ replied
the fossil.
‘Gimme three pint.? thou.’
The oysters were duly dumped in¬
to bisdin pail, and a silver dollar
handed ovei the counter in return.
After considerable mental figuring,
forty cents were banded back in
change. Another mental calculation,
this ti . e on Wilson’s part,
‘How's this,’ he exclaimed, ‘I want
thiitv cents more.’
'Ye cs, I pelief dots so,’said the
German, scratching his head in a
puzzled way. ‘No ; holt or.. You got
dree bints, ain’t it ?
‘Yes.’
‘Veil, dots vovty couds pv a kwart,
uud dree bints is den sixty cents ;
ain't dot so ?’
'Why, no, of course not,’said Wil¬
son. ‘There’s four pints in a quart,
ain’t there ? So throe pints would
only bo thirty cents.’
‘Mine froiad, you earn! blay dot
game on mu. Ven I wend on ilor
schuls dor vos only dwo bints iu a
kwart.’
‘Why, you old fuo!,’ retorts Wilson
I can prove it by anybody- Hero
Brown, come in here a minute. How
many pints are there in a quart?’
‘Eight!’ exclaimed Brown readily.
‘Vots do matter >nit you ?’ asked
tho yonder. ‘Ob, Mr. Shouson, ebust
come auf do sthore vdnee und dell be
chentlemeus how many bints vos in
a kwart.’
‘There’s six,’ exclaimed Johnson,
‘either six or four. I don’t just re¬
member which.’
‘Gutt grashious 1’ exclaimed the
exasperated fish monger. ‘You dinks
a Dutchman was a goeso. I glean
do whole sthore rnityou oud.’
D:ring Ihe racket which followed,
a policeman entered, and upon being
told that the oyster man was trying
to sell three pinis of oysters for a
quart and i half, ho remarked that
the new superintendent was down on
all these cheatin’ hucksters, aud so
marched the German off to the cala
boose, and Wilson went home tri¬
umphantly and told his wi f e about
the man who ha l triod to sell oys
ters two pints to thu quait.— Indian¬
apolis Scissors.
An eccentric individual is Dr.
Whitney Clevel and, formerly Of New
Haven, Conn., but now of Colorado
Ho always wears the garment of a
Quaker. He carefully notes all the
calls of his practice, but never sends
ont a bill, Ouly those pay him who
chase to eio so. He always usss salt
instead of soap for washing hiR face
and head, lie never drinks ten. cof¬
fee nor intoxicants. Black clothes
aro his abhorrence, a cravat or neck
tie he never wears, and although he
keeps Lis boots oiled he never has
them blacked. He is very fund
tha water and swims as well no.v,
although he is eighty years old,
he did when he was eighteen.—
c ago Tunes:
A Railway in tlio Caucasus.
It. is only fair to add that the rail
way from Porti to Tiflis is a marvel
of engineering skill. It follows the
gorge of the Phasis, among the
mountains, for about ICO mites, con¬
stantly ascending by a grade so steep
that the short train requires two en¬
gines to draw it. Often the bide of
the mountain is so steep it required
to be leveled for a space esuffinently
wide for the track. Every where the
scenery was of the moat captivating
character. Noble cliffs, treuoinaUng
in basaltic ramparts, ( ften inclosed
the roaring waters of the rushing
stream ; or slopes excessively steep,
cultivated from the water to an ex
traordinary height, seemed to Laug
over the road; or idyllic valleys open
ed to catch the sunlight, giving
space for a hamlet of wattled huts
In several gorges ancient castles
were descried perched on the apex
of seemingly inaccessible peaks, and
now deserted and alone. One of the
venerable fortresses was of vast ex
tent. The clouds surged arouud it
like surf of tho sea, and above soar
ed the eagle, the sole tenant of that
lofty height. These ruins bore the
fancy back to those picturesque ages
of romance and songs which, if they
served no other purpose, were at
least ol use, if they bequeathed senti¬
ment and poetry.to ages more order¬
ly nad prosaic.
At frequent intervals tha train
stopped at towns of some size and
sta’iona well-ordered and provided
with excellent guffets. Besides the
excellent warm meals in readiness
for the traveler whose appelito was
sharpened by the mountain air, each
dining room was furnished with the
sideboard peculiar to Russia, provid¬
ed wi(b caviare, vodky, and other
characteristic appetizers; which it
dues not take long for the traveler to
learn to appreciate.
Was Afraid.
A Little Ruck preacher, during a
sermon, fold tho following touching
story: ‘A little girl dreamed that
she was sitting in ihe door yard, and
that near her stood her grandfather.
Presently two angels came down,
took hold of the old man and carried
him np until he almost faded from
sight, but pretty soon they began to
return with Li n, and at last, when
they placed him on tho ground, one
of tlu-m said : ‘Not now, old man ;
yon aro too heavy.’ The little girl
rotated the dream to her grandfath¬
er, and the old follow was so much
impressed that he went around, the
next day, and paid all of his debts.
Thus releaved of heaviness he died
shortly afterwards, and, we have rea¬
son to believe, was taken up by the
angels.’
As the minister was leaving the.
church, ha saw a member who had
not paid his part of the salary neces¬
sary to the financial comfort of
shepherd. Approaching the delin¬
quent gentleman, the preacher said :
‘Brother Bubbleton, 1 dislike to
speak to you on such a subject to
day, but I have repeatedly called at
your bouse without being able to
find you. The amount you owe me
is twenty dollars.’
‘Parson, I would like to pay yon
but-’
‘But what ? Haven’t you got the
money ?’
‘Oh, yes, but you see my little
grand-daughter has had a dream
very much like tho one you told
about, and I am afraid that if I pay
my debts, I’ll dio. I ain’t ready just,
yet for the angels to fly away with
mo. If I wasn’t afraid it would kill
me, I’d pay everything I owe.’
RiiPLENisii'Na a Wardrobe. —Mrs
B —Do you know, dear, that I have
u’t a decent dress to my name ?
Air. B. — Why, what has become
all those you had in your wedding
trousseau ?
Mrs. B.—They arc all worn out.
Mr. B.—Well, dear, I dou’t know
what cau be done unless wo
for awhile,
Mrs. B.—Separate?
Mr. B—Yes, you go homo
stay a few months, and then I
come courting and we will be
riel oVu.' again.— PhUa-hiphiu Call-.
Terms $1.50 Per Annum.
Scraps of Humor.
A sign of an early fall—a bar of
soap on the cellar stairs.
Horse Dealwr:‘Why do you want
to sell that pretty colt? He is not
broka yet, is he? Owner: ‘No, but I
am.’
It makes the landlady mad to hear
one boarder reffiark to another ris¬
ing from tho dinner-table, ‘Now, Jim
lot’s go to a restaurant aud get some
thing to eat.’
In a town in Kentucky, a lady
found the proprietor in a store so
sound asleep, that she thought he
was a retired night watenman and
imagined himself back on duty. In
quiry d veloped the fact that he
didn’t advertise.
That was a noble littfce boy out
in Ohio who, previous to a railway
smash up sat on the feilce for two
hours in the freezing cold, watch
iug the broken rail in order that he
might carry the nows to his father,
who was editor of the local paper.
‘That’s not what I meant,' respond
ed the professor. ‘In ancient days
knowledge was confined to a few
learned men, but nowadays almost
every donkey knows ns much as a
professor.’ The students looked a‘
each other, nodded, and whispered,
‘That’s so .’—Texas Siftings.
‘Has your ma got religion?’ asked
little Ni'.tie. ‘Yes, of course,, repli¬
ed Eddie. T didn’t kuow but sbe
hadn’t any sl,e speaks so sharp and
ugly to you sometimes,’ continued
Nittie. ‘Oh,’ exclaimed Eddie,bright
eni tig up, ‘I guess she’s got that
kind—the religion of the cross!’
Correspondent asks if it is healthy
to sleep between feathers. It. is sir;
decidedly healthy. The chickens ot
the early spring, which you eat at
your boarding house, slept all its life
between feathers, and have you not
noticed that it is healthy, though,
robust and of iron frame. A‘as, it
is too health}!
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A Successful Book Agent.
Bedford Buod Agent.—‘Why, Low
do do, Jinks? How spruce you are
looking. What business arc you in
now ?’
Jir.ks—‘3ame old business—sell
iug books.’
‘What ! still a book ugeut?’
‘Yes.’
‘And alive 1’
‘I seem to be.’
‘Well, I can’t understand it. Since
I got out of the hospital I have giv
cu up books.’
‘I keep on, aud am making $20,
000 a year.’
‘How Jo you manage to escape
death ?’
‘Easy enough. I first introduce
myself as an agent of Mr. O'Dolo
van Rossa aud ask for a subscription
to the dynamite fund.’
‘People refuse, of course?’
‘Certain! v. Then I take out of my
pocket a caa of brickdnat, labeled in
big letters, ‘Dynamite,’ and begin to
expatiate on its merits.’
*Yvs.’
‘They beg rne to handle it careful
ly and put it away: Then I place it
in my coat tail pocket.’
‘Oh! ho!’
‘After that I open my samples and
talk book to them until they buy,and
they don’t dare kick mo.’— Philadel¬
phia Cal'. -•
An Aristocrat.
Several days ago, when Lord Pack
letou stopped at tbe Little Rock de
pot, he was approached by a li nk,
long haired man who said :
‘They tell me that you b’long to
tho ’stocracy.’
Lord Pack letou regarded tbe ques¬
tioner for a moment, aud replied :
‘Yes, I belong to the English no¬
bility.’
‘Wal, I’m glad to meet yer. I be¬
long to the ’stocracy over here, aU’ I
wash yer had time to stop olf an’
take dinner with mo.’
‘I didn’t kuow that yon had an
aristocracy over here ?’
‘Oh, yas, I’m a ’ristocrat.'
‘From whom did you descend?’
‘Dam ’ti know.’
‘Thou why ure you an nristocaat ?’
‘Bereause I’ve been a justice o’ tho
peace three times, an’am still a cau
- 'hacclkr.
cidate ’—J ritutsan-
NO. 5 .
BUSINESS 1)1 ItEUTOItY*
M. CORBETT,
DEALER IN
Dris.lsiiis, PERFUMERY, CSeicffi
FINE SOAPS,
Fancy and Toilet Articles;
Cot. 16-1 y
CORBETT HOUSE
M. C'OliBETT, Prop.,
Lumpkin 4 Georgia;
fiver if Attention Given to the Ac¬
commodation if- comfort vf Guests T
Oct.l '1
E. M. 8HERAM,
MANUFACTURER OF
miTATI 0 \ W.UlOYSi
Plow Stocks, Etc.
Blaclsmithixg & Wagon Repaiiung.
Oct. 20 ly
A. H. SIMPSON,
DE1LERIN
Fail? tafias,Haritaii
STAPLE DEY GOODS, SHOES, &C
Collins. Burial Casc-s, Ssdsteads,
___Chairs B e.
w. w. Dealeji stokesT -
Ix
Family k Fancy Groceries*
OANNED'GOODS, TOBACCO )
Cigars and at agio Drij Goods.
Got 10 ly
W. A. GREGORY,
DEALER IN
Fancy & Family Groceries;
CANNED SQnnS, 80WFECTI0H
Tobacco, ASUES, STAPLE DRYGOODS,
Cigars, Snuff, Tinware Etc;'
Get.20
ill. M. & W. H. GRIFFIS*
—VEALEna IX—
Family Groceries, Wljstes*
BEER, WINES, TOBACCO, CISARS.
Splendid Billiard and Pool Tables*
J&e-Nui tli Side Public Square.
| SUIS,
D ■
DEALER IN
Family Groceries*
Plan fcation 8 applies,
Produce Eta
South Side Public Square.
Lumpkin, Ga. Jan. 1,1883.
FIRE INSUEANB.
Insure your dwellings, Furniture;
Merchandise. Gin Houses, and other
nropcity. None but first-class Com¬
panies represented. Rates low.
J. B. Kichabdson, Agent;
Sept.2-.ct h-1881-tf;
Slmi & Miller,
—DEALERS IN—
Coffins, caskets ami
Burial Cases
Can furnish any style ef COFFIN
wanted at reasonable prices*
IISrTteposifory at Sheuam’s Snorsir
Lumpkin, Ga., Sep 1,
SUSIE’S iAStRIME
Ami BiitrkssaUh Shops*
Having purchased the above well
known Shops from Mr. D. W. Surle3
lam now prepared to manufacture
to order any kind of Wagons or Buo
gies that may ba wanted. Skillful
mechanics are cmj loyed and the best'
of materi tl will be used in all work.
Special attention given to repairing,*
and all work promptly attended to.
Terms Cash.
O’ A. SURLES:
Luinpkifi, Ga , Feb. 1, 1884.
Globe Cotton Planter'
The Best Now Iu Use!
Call and see its perfect work.
H. S. EVERETT, Agent
Lumpkin, Ga. J.ui. 2(j.