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BY A. & E. A. M C HAN, O. E. & IK/T ES £3, CHATTANOOGA, - - - TENNESSEE, DEALER IN PIG IRON, IRON ORE, BAR IRON, NAILS, MINERS’TOOLS, LIGHT RAILS, STEEL, PICKS, FISH PLATES, RAILROAD SPIKES, SHOVELS, TRACK BOLTS, RAILWAY, FOUNDRY, MILL & MINERS' SURPLUS, Wrought Iron Pipe and Fittings, BRASS GOODS. INGOT COPPER, HOSE, STEAM GAUGES, BLOCK TIN. BELTING, GLOBE VALVES. &C., PIG AND BAR IRON, PACKING, Cast Iron Pipe, Rifle aad Blasting Fowder, Roofing Slate, Foundry Coke, Fire Brink, Blacksmith Coal. Knowels’ Psisssps, and MirSiS Brothers’ Scales, J!a chinerv, lOiigiiM-*, Site. April », >BO. 6m. w| *1 ENGINES & BOILERS & eW a » e . con^*^an^ / /;m A7v//> nr<i.o,.xi> Hand Machinery for Cash. L . P Y IS , DP.ALKR IN FAMILY AND FANCY 883013118, &C„ We hay a splendid lino of Also a fine as.-oriuiert of ERoijselVi'aaisSiiEig (loodii, Wliiskie* and everjtiling Factory Yarns, Colke, usually kept iss a ih*st- Sngar Salt and claw* €*iC«€ERY Mackerel. STOKE. All kinds of Produce wanted for w hich we will pay She highest market price. MTiiie trade of North Georgia respeilftilly solicited Between the W. & A. R. R, crossing am! the A. & G. S. Depot. ("IJ ATT A \ OOG A. TEX N'KSSI' E T. H. PATHS & C 0„ Sttocossorc to Patton and Payne JOBBERS AND RETASLERS OF School Books, Station ery, Blank Books, Wall Paper, Pic ture Frames and Moul dings . Our stock is complete in every lino and prices 15 0 t nr o 31 ON SCHOOL BOOKS, PATER, Envelops, Pens. Ink Pencils and slates. —:o: We make Pe€ls!6*« Frames of every discretion and price. -:o: — The Largest stock ol WA2j Sj PAPE 25 in East Tennessee. CKOQFGT .Sclfi. The (lesl ant! cheapesj m llie iii;ia*ket»t sl.lO. $1.93,51.30, $9.- 00, $9.30, s.*i.OO, $3.30, s3.oo perset. Basehalls* and | bats of evcß*y description. Send for Sample and prices T. SI. PAYNE & CO., Chattanooga, Tenn. A REVOLUTION A. W. JUDD, Portrait aiul Landscape PHOTOGRAPHER, has secured the exclusive right for the sity of Chattanooga to use the WONDERFUL AEOTTPE PROCESS. -n- This is the process which has brought about sue ll a startling revolution in the manner of producing photographic j prints. The urotype prints are made with printer's inks on a couimon band press, and a.-e therefore absolutely per- j maaerit. The most remarkable feature of this improvement is the cheapness with which the prints can be produced. We respectfully solicit an inspection ot the exquisite specimens of the work on exhibition 212 Market street, Chattanoo ga, Tenn Respectful)’, A. W. <iUDI>. i Walker County Messenger. VAOTOEi <s3s ESa,irci-W£\,x > ©. Iron, Steel, 'Hubs, Spoke* and E'ellows, Siorw Shoe*. Sasli, boor* nnti lllond*, Hercules, nvcnanile, Cement and Plaster Paris, Si*.<d tiiul Powder, Hope, EScttinsr. D'arkiicj;. j Soitih Elt itti ChtHt'd Plows. Avery’s Steel Plows.) I'airli‘ks, Ilisfliilo Seales! i CHATTANOOGA, - - - TENX. "TTa '***' **" Is an übsolnte and irresistible euro for Cnnesg, Intempcraiitv' and the who o f Opium, To bacco, Nareoi. h f t b:r . rein AL’.tf &1. j taste,dosiroandlia .t<‘f v.l < ».• sot tlitni, ren dering the taste or uo&uvft re: y < it .emperfectly odious a:i<l di rjußtinsr. C.vir.; cv.-ry one perfect and irreiistlbiocontrol of U.J t.obri«ty of theia solves and their f rieims. It prevents that ab*- .!•:> phy-lral nod mornl - prostration that follows t>-» J a bruukinj oil hom nuug etimulauts or iiarcoiica. Package,] i • i persons, $3, or at your dru&futc*, sl.c t y%:i boltic. Ternnernnee Bocie'ies Khonld roornmend it. I: is penectiy harale ® and never- Hop Bitters Mfg. Co., Rochester. N.Y. Co!e Agents ilon Couarh Cure d'‘-.troys nil pc’ >. 1 -sons the cough, qui .u thv lwrvea. produces u.i, ami never fails to cure. TholJop IV.« for Stomach. I.'v< r snd Finneys, Is superior Ito n ,lothc c Cui'ts Ly aL.iorpu..a. li is peri eciHUu; cirttggihUt. The Hop Bitters lircr. t 0., iff- - T-otter. Y. only, pre pare the •? reui«t-j r * *.t« i, .. ;• J. . i clur.o iens« abeverngi urfßt»xle*ttt,hn: :h -i - ..1 H... i i/.-ti- l '•»»!« ever made ■»»«..:ir inure cun* :ixaa a. i </...er rtioeiiie*. FOR SAI EBY ALL DRUGGISTS. i —I'BNi niilii'i' aasaavaaßaM TP. Hi. IX ymati I •7 Makes it tri<• to Chattanooga, pas irig j through La/’ayette ev< ry week, lie I pays higher prices for produce, poultry and eggs than anybody !li< charges for hauling from Chattanooga is very rea sonable, and he takes better care nf goods than any man no the line. He is j accommodating io all. and deserves a ; liberal patronage, Have ynur orders ready every Saturday evening. He will j return to LuFayntte on W etlae-day. j LAFAYETTE, GEORGIA, THURSDAY MORNING, SEPTEMBER 23, 1880. Saved By Love. Render, I have a story to tell.— Perhaps I have not the art to tell it gracefully, but he that speaks from the heart will ever be listened to at tentively, and will find a ready res ponse in every symapathetio bosom. I was left an orphan at an early age, and had to struggle hard to support myself and sister—a dainty little thing, who called out all the love chivalry of my nature. I j found but little time to attend school, hut that little was so itn- I proved that in looking back over tny school-days I find nothing to regret save their brevity. Before she had completed her 16th year, my sister died. I stood tie side her, and saw her sweet young life go out as gently a3 if she had hut fallen quietly to sleep. It was a long time before I could realize that she was dead. But when, at l ist, the truth forced itself upon my unwilling heart, I sat down by her side, took her white cold hand in mine, but did not weep. My grief was too deep for tears. I thought of the many timer she had wound her arms lovingly about my neck ; of the many kisses she had shower ed upon mv lips, cheeks and brow; and, oh ! how I longed to feel the pressure of those arms once more, to taste again the sweetness of those loving lips. But why-dwell upon the sweetly sorrowful theme? We buried her in' the village churchyard, hy the side of the dir ones wjio had gone before. When summer came, sweet ■flowers bloomed upon her grave, hut none so sweet as once had heen the flower that fay beneath. It was long ere I sufficiently re covered from tile shock to again take an interest in my work ; hut. as my time wore on,’ I forgot some thing of mv grief, though there was ever present in my heart an eager longing for love. At last that longing was satisfied. In the village there lived a lovelv girl the daughter of a merchant. — We had heen playmates and com panions from childhood, and our friendship had increased with in creasing years. One evening I breathed in her ear a tale of love, and asked her to he my wife. Her answer flooded my heart with a peaceful happiness to which it had long heen a stranger. I approached her father upon the subject of our marriage and gained his consent with the proviso that I should tie absent one year, to test the strength of my love for his daughter. To this we both objec ted most earnestly, hut he was in exorable, and we submitted. A few days later I bade adieu to all I held dear in life, and started forth to try my fortune at the West. At Cheyenne I halted, and, taking advantage of the first offer that was made, l was soon installed a “cow boy,” on one of the largest stock ranges, in the Territory. By strict attention to business, and a careful regard for the interests of my em ployer, I soon rose to the dignity of foreman, with a salary of 8100 per month. The months rolled on, and noth ing transpired to give me a mo ment’s uneasiness in regard to the constancy of my betrothed. Long, loving letters came regularly and of ten —bright spots in the lonely desert of u;v life. At last my year was up, and I prepared to hasten home and claim tny bride. O.i the day be | fore I was to start, I called at the office for my mail. A tiny, white | | envelope was handed to me, and , i one glance at the superscription j told me it was from site who was ; J all the world to me. Stepping apart from the crowd, I < ; tore open the envelope and read j these words: John : Do not write to me any ! more. lam married. Oh, John ! j j 1 know I have done wrong. Can j | you ever forgive me ? Bell. On ! the agony of that moment! J 1 As 1 stood there staring vacantly at the cruel note, it seemed that the light of my life had gone out for ever. Ah, reader, those only who I , have experienced it can realize the inexpressible grief that sweeps across the heart at such a time ! The death of a loved one cuts uotf half ho keenly. Mere we mourn the loss of one dearer perpops, then life; (hereto the consciousness of our loss is added the conviction of truilt on the part of one we had be lieved so pure, so true! Here our grief is mitigated by the thought that we may meet again—meet to love for ever —there no such gleam of hope comes to lessen the dark ness of the hour. Our dream of love is over—for life, for all eterni ty ! I know not how long I stood there in the office, hut I at last be came conscious of being observed. So putting the note in my pocket,! [ walked to the door. Without, a ! blending snow-storm raged. The! few who had business on the streets hurried to and fro, eager to reach some shelter from the storm. I got to my room, I scarcely knew how ; and sinking into a seat, 1 re mained there for hours, thinking, only thinking! When night closed in I took my hat and wandered forth into the storm. The wind tore through the streets, seemingly with the con scious power of a fiend. ISut, a fiercer tempest within my breast made me despise the warring ele ments, and I wandered on and on, careless of even life itself. In the days of untold anguish that followed, what wonder if I for got my manhood, what wonder if I fell! Spare me the pain of repeat ing the story of the ensuing years Let it suffice when I tel) you that all my hard earned money was gone ere the year was out; that f was a mere wreck of my former self. 1 do not pr« tend to justify my conduct. Cad me weak if you will. I only know my suffering was greater than I could bear. At times I was painfully conscious of my errors, and struggled hard to break the bonds that held me fast. But not until my last dollar was gone did I fully realize the folly of my conduct. Then, indeed, neces sity compelled me to pause and consider what was to he done. It took not long to decide. I would go to work and earn money suffi cient to bear by expenses to South Ameiica. Once out of my native country, I would never again set foot in a land w here 1 had known only sorrow and disappointment. I found no difficulty in obtaining work. But the vice of intemper ance had so strong a hold or. me that half my wages were squander in drink. Thus another year pass ed before I had saved money enough to take me out of the coun ty- At last, however, I was again pre pared to leave Cheyenne. As 1 stepped on board the train that was to.hear me from the spot where I had suffered so much, a heavy load seemed lifted from my heart. 1 had not thought of visiting my boyhood’s home. But now I felt that I could not go away forever without once more looking upon the graves of my loved ones, with out one final vie w of the scenes, I ! had loved so well. The village : which I yet called home was situa ! ted near my line of travel. As 1 | approached the home station my desire to stop increased And so, when the train halted at the well remembered depot, I stepped from the car, took the stage, and ill two hours was again in my native town I was greeted cordially, and yet I ■ felt there was a change. Many of j the friends of my youth had mov ed away ; others had died ; and ' those were left had wives and tain- j dies who claimed all their love. — Mv widowed aunt alone gave me a welcome that was heartfelt end warm. Yes, there was one other, ■ my cousin, a beautiful girl whom I had not seen since she Was a little child. In iter I found a friend, such as I never knew before. She was conversant with all the j circumstances of my life, and svm- ' pathizrd with me as none other ' had ever done. Unconsciously my! heart went out to her, and the few day I had purposed staying length- j ened into weeks, and still I linger ed, unwilling to le ir myself away.' i I knew my cousin felt a sincere j friendship for me, hut further than , that I dared not hope. She was .<>!■ young, so beautiful, so pure, it' seemed to me impossible sue could / over look upon « course rough man like myself in tiny more favorable light. Believing this, I kept the true state of my feelings a secret from h r, and tried hard to smother the affection that would not be put down. At last I determined to go—to forget Icrif I could. So at break fast one morning, I stutiled them hyanouncmg tny intention of leav ing tin m the following week. My aunt protested but I listened in vain for any word of remonstrance from the one who alone might in duce me to remain. I glanced across the table to where my cousin sot. Her eyes met mine for an instant—only an instant —and yet in that brief time ! they told me more than i hud ever dar«d to hope. A few minutes la ter 1 arose and followed her into the sitting-room, scarcely less agi tated than she. Leading her to a sofa. I sat down beside her, anil, still holding her hand in mine, 1 said : “Does not my liltle cousin wish me to remain ?” “Oh John you know 1 do. Please don’t go 1” "Ami will you let me love you if Instil v ?” "Yes.” . So gently came her answer, and so bloomed the roses on her cheeks that 1 knew she understood me, and, with a wild,-rapturous thrill of ■ jov, I clasped her to my heart, and pressed kiss after kisa upon her un ! resisting forehead. ’> “.Vrj;, darling,- m v own precious darling! and will you IndeedVM mine ?” I naked. Then she gently disengaged! hi® self from my arms and her beauti ful biown eyes filled with tears, as she re plied : “John, I gave you all my heart before you asked it, and yet I am afraid to marry you. 1 would be miserable if my husband should become a drunkard. Your habit nf drinking is no secret, and when 1 asked you to stop, you refused.— And now—’’ "And now, Maud,” I broke in, "I w ill stop. You asked me for my own sake to abstain, and I refused. For your sake, i will <Jo anything. Come with uie into the library, and 1 will write and sign a pledge w hich you yourself shall witness. With your dear name upon the paper, I know it never will he broken.” I led tiie way, and wrote as fol lows : July 10. 1876. “I hereby pledge rny word of honor to totally abstain from in toxicating drinks, from this day hence, forever. And I solemnly promise to keep this pledge invio late, whether the hopes of happi ness, now so fondly cherish, he ever realized or not. John It. W.w.son. “Will you write your name be neath mine?” I asked. She took the pen and wrote : Maud Rivers. “And now, my pet, will you trust me? Will you give yourself to me without reserve, and (rust your happiness foi life to my keeping?” For a moment her eyes looked searcbingly into mine—our lips met in a lingering kiss, and I was answered. Reader, my story is finished. — Three years ago we were married. Not a cloud has dimmed the bright i heaven of our happiness, and if ev- I era man might venture to believe what he feels to he true, then may : I believe t/,«t no possible crisis can ever tempt me to violate the pledge that won my wife. I had it fraimed, and it now hangs in my library, a continual reminder of the power of love, for by love I fell, and hy love I was | saved again. -to A most curious freak is reported : fr in Castulia.nn the C., S. Railroad. [ A young woman boa'ded the ex ! press train at that station. Eegin eer Quinn wild was running at the rate of twenty miles an hour, says she jumped off and turned several immodest handsprings. The train stopped on the signal of her red stockings, wh<n lot she was found comparatively unhurt. She had struck on a sand-pile. She ciaimes' she was siezed with a desire to jump off the train which she could not resist. — Col ambus Times. Felton liio Foe of (lie People, Just at tlie beginning of tlie last session of Congress, Doctor Felton allowed bis purpose to act with the ; monopolists and against the people jon the tariff question. At a meet | ing of the committee on Ways and j Means on the -itli of December, Mr. Wood moved the appointment of a sub-committee to inquire into the tariff and report a Dili revising it. On this motion of Mr. Wo id Dr. Felton voted With the Radicals And high turid men, And against the Democrats And the friends of the people. In the light, of this vote on his I pert, his subsequent votes to refer all bills looking to a reduction or repeal of the tariff On salt j And sugar I And iron | And paper And printing material And a thousand other things To the committee on Ways and .Means Which bad resolved lty the help of Dr. Felton’s vote Not to revise the tariff Shows that it was his studied pur pose not to do anything to lessen 11io burdens of taxation that weigli so heavily upon the tax-ridden people. We think the people of the Sev enth District of Georgia have had enough of this man, who is ail things to all men in order that he inav go to Congress nod draw $33 -a day for misrepresenting them. — Rome Courier. Dlsrepcctalily Connected. Th“re was a little shooting scrape at a little town in I tie interior of Texas not long ago. and it yvas not long before a Galveston Ntm re porter was on the spot interviewing one of the principals. ‘ So you are going to rite it up ?’’ said the survivor. “Yes, I want ull the facts.” "I don’t care a cent what you say about the shooting, but I have one lisle favor to ask.” The reporter said he would grant it cheerfully if he Could. “Well said the rdioolist, I want you to put down that my grand lather was one of laifitte’s pirates and the worst cutthroat of the gang.” The reporter started a little, hut the slmotist went on to say : “Please put in that one of my uncles was hung by the vigilance committee in San Francisco, and two more of them are making shoes in the Illinois penitentiary, that an other one of them is practicing law in New York, and my only sister r.ui away from home with the clown of a circus, that as far as you can learn there is not a member of the family that has not done some thing disgraceful.’’ “Why, what do you want all that in the paper for ?” "Because I am sick reading-in the papers that every fellow who , hits a little shooting scrape belongs ! to one of the most respectable fam ilies in the country. Just put it down, for once, that one of t e par ties to tlie unfortunate affair tie longs to a highly disreputable fam ily. If you dofi't put it that way you will wish you had.” Hon. J. C. Clements’ Speech. The City Hall was filled with an intelligent, conservative and thoughtful audience yesterday af ternoon to lis'en to the sneecii of Hon. J. C. Clements, Democratic candidate for congress from j this district. There was quite I a number of both white and color- j erj, independent voters in the au dience who paid marked and favor able attention to all that was said. Mr. Clements is a young man ofj fine address who blends oratory j and logic together in a peculiarly j pleasant style a man who confronts : the facta in a masterly and manly ■ manner, who deals conscientiously 1 with his opponent, granting ull i credit where credit is due—offering ! condemnation only where such is deserved. Impationate, just, critical and logical in all he gives utterance to, he deals with the record of Dr. Fel-1 VOL. IV. NO. 10. ton in an aggrersive, yet polite and dignified manner. Ilis speech went home to the hearts of his hearers, ami kindled therein feelings of pn trintism and thought where passion ruled before. The speech was a masterly effort, and continued from 'J until 4 o’clock, during every min ute of which time ho held the un divided attention of his uudience. We congratulate the Democracy or. the selection of such a worthy and efficient standard-bearer, and pre dict that Mon. J. C. Clements will represent thf*‘7th Georgia District in the next Congress of the United States. — Ron\ IhiJletin. Words of Wisdom. Hard workers are utVtally honest. Industry lifts them atiove tempta tion. \ Earthly pride is like the passing flower that springs to fail, mid blos soms hut to die. There is a certain aoblo pride through which merits snino bright er than through modesty ._ There is a paradox in wide—it nuikis some men ridiculous, but prevents others from becoming so. Bailor is one of the great elements of society—the great substantial interest on which we all gtand. Excess in apparel is a costly fol ly. The very trimming of the vain world would clothe all the naked ones. He that blows the coals in quar rels he has nothing to do with has no right to complain if the sparks fly in liis face. A patient and humble temper gathers blessings that are marred by the peevish and overlooked by Jhe aspiring. It is pride which fills the world with so much harshness and severi ty. We are rigorous to offenses, as if we had never offended. Pride, like ambition, is some times virtuous and sometimes vi cious, according to the character in which it. is found, and the object to which it is directed. rM -» The great planet Jupiter is attrac ting a great deal more of the atten tion of people who gaze at the phe nomena of the skies than even the Hancock and Garfield banner* do. lie is now playing a star engage ment and is preceding the harvest moon. Rising early he is watched until late, not only hy lovers who stand on rustic bridges, hut also by all other sorts of star-gazers, who look at him through powerful tele scopes and ordinary opera-glasses. He is bright, brilliant and beauti ful. His colors are gorgeous, and his satellites cling near him like of fice-set kers round a candidate. — There are people who ascribe to him the treat waves and the hur ricanes, the meteors ar.d the heavy shoai rs. lie seems to be King of September, and like a good ruler, he turns hid bright spot toward us, even when our sky is not clear.— New York Herald. —I ♦ —i • A (ciinl Campaign Issue. At the second buttle of Bull Run a Michigan regiment, in making a change of position, came upon a Confederate soldier sitting astride of a Federal who was lying on his back. Each had a firm hold on the other, and neither could break the hold. As the troops came up the reii was taken in, and as the Yank arose ire was asked how lie came in such a fix. “Why, I captured the blamed Johnny,” he replied. “Then how did he come to be on top ?” “That’s what makes me so infer \ mil mad !” shouted the blueroat.— ! “He captured me the same time i 1 did him and then he wouldn’t loss ip to see who had the bulge! He’s no gentleman—no, sir, he ain’t. A young lady was speaking to a friend who had called upon her re garding a trait characteristic of her mother, who always had a good word to sav to every one. “Why,” she said, “I believe if Satan were under discussion, mother would have a good word to say for him.” Just then the mother entered, and was informed what the daughter had said, whereupon she quietly replied : “Well, my dear, I think we might all imitate Satan’s perse verance.”