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ATTORNEYS:
J. M, Robertson,
Attorney at Tan',
and Solicitor in Chancery. I
Chattanooga, • - Tenn.
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Courts of Tcmicsscij'anil U S. Ilistital Court
▲lao in adjoining! counties in Georgia.
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Robert M. IV. Uleun,
Attorney at l.aiv,
LaFayette, - - - - Georgia.
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yy home and adjoining circuits. Collections a
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Phelan &, (ioree,
Attorneys at Bj3W,
Poss ltlock,
249 Market St.,
OHATTANOrvUA, - - - TENNESSEE
W. U. & J. P. Jaeoway,
Attorneys at Efiinj
TufiSTfox, - - - Georgia.
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Catoosa, and N'ljoiningcoimtics. and in ih<* $n
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os gchorokee, in North Alnhnni i, and elsewhere hy
special cantract. Special attention given-to thn’ col
laction of claims.
"W.IM, Henry,
Attorney 'at Law,
Summerville, - - - - Georgia.
WILL practice in the Rome and adjoining Or
cults. Collections a specialty.
J. C. Clements,
Attorney at Law,
LaFayettk, - - - Georgia.
WIgL practice In the several •counties «f the
Rome and Cherokee Circuits, and the Supreme
ftloart ol Georgia.
F. W. Copeland,
Attorney at Lair,
LaFayette, - - - Georgia.
TTTILL practice in ilic Superior Courts, of Rome
Vs Circuit. Elsewhere by special agreement. Col
Isctions a specialty. (Office in rear of Culberson’s
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LaFayette ; G none in.
WILL give prompt attention to ail business
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repainted. i-L. M. ESTEP, Proprietor.
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Dalton, - - - Georgia,
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C'hattanoosia .Advertisements. \
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Sueoessors to Patton and Payne
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a! REVOLUTION
A. W. JUDD,
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PHOTOGRAPHED,
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WONDERFUL AEOTYPE PROCESS.
| This is the process g'hich has brought
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manent. The most remarkable feature
of this improvement is the cheapness
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We respectfully, solicit an inspection of
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LAFAYETTE, GEORGIA, THURSDAY .MORNING, DECEMBER 9, 1880.
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If you want to appreciate the ge- J
nius of ShnKespeare put yourself in
his plays.
“They said ! could make either side
In my cheek a most beautiful dimple
If 1 out out a peica; and 1 tried :
And it isn’t a dim—it’s apim-plc.
The name of the largest city in
America tvas furnished by Sbans
peare. He said, in a propl elic
mood, “I Knew Yoroc well."
John Calvin have said, “I have
not so great a struggle with my
vices, great and numerous as they
are,as I have with my impatience.”
— > —■
Jones thinKs a man is fortunate
who has his will contested after
death only. He says his will has
been contested ever since lie mar
ried Mrs. J.
An exchange says that “up in Xe\v
Hampshire von can for .$2 50, purchase
a barrel of cider with a yellow dog
thrown in.” Yes, but hang k, who
wants a barrel of eider into which a
yellow dog lias been thrown.
The Church and the Woisi.d. —
The church in the world is iike a
ship on the ocean. The ship is
safe enough in tire ocean, so 1 ng
as the ocean is not in the ship. The
church is safe enough in tlie world
as long as the world is not in the
church.
The Senate of France, by a vote
of 254 majority has passed a bill
maxing the study of agriculture ob-1
ligatory upon the children in their
elementary schools. This action on
the part of the French Legislature
testifies to the exalted position in
which the culture of tlie’eoil is held
by that enterprising and prosperous
people it also furnishes a lesson
that our law irinKers wo’ti’d do well
to heed.
Democratic Principles.
The supremacy of the federal
government with its s here;
The rights of the stales;
Home rule;
Honest money ;
Free trade ;
Faith in the people ;
Seetn to the Eagle to lie the fun
damental principles which the dem
ocratic party was organized to con- i
tend for. In so far as it stands for \
them and by them, the Engle is
democratic, and-no further. — Brook
lyn Laqle
Proper Rest. —Nothing gives
more mental and bodily vigor than
sound rest, when properly obtain
ed. Sleep is our great replenished
and, if we neglect to take it regular
ly in childhood, the result will be
all the worse for us when we grow
up. If we go to lie.l early, we ripen;
if we sit up. late, we decay; and
sooner or later we contract a disease
called insomnia, or sleeplessness, 1
allowing it to he permanently fixed 1
on us and then we begin to decay,
even in youth. Late hours are
shadows from the grave. 1
"A Southern Merchant.” writes
from Grifiin to the Atlanta Constitu
tion suggesting to Southern tier- ,
chants to form themselves into so
cieties or unions in every city and
town for the purpose of promoting
Southern commerce and eneourag
ing Southern enterprise. His idea is
that these societies would then call ,
a general convention of delegates, (
which should appoint an executive
committee composed of one or two
members from every Southern |
State. Tiie duty of this committee (
will lie to disseminate knowledge j
by means of circulars regarding
Southern markets, their shipping ,
facilities, cot., and also to do all in |
its power to encourage Southern j *
buyers to purchase whatever they j s
need, as far as possible, of maim- ■ c
facturies in this section. lie thinks j f
thir will tend to build up the South, j
and be tiie only true means of
bringing her wealth, cornn eicia)
independence and importance in c
the country. v
A KICK FOB V KISS.
Tlio Lthlapoan (omul.’lliui \Vl.esc
Can, ve of T. lie Love Did Nat
Ban ‘"mooth.
In this great world ful' of con
i tracts there are none so striking as
! thoso presented in the mimic world
of the theatre. The most dazzling
beauty and the most extravagant
ugliness meet on the common level
of the stage.
Beauty and the Beast jostile one
another in the green-room, and Cal
iban makes love to Titauiu in the
wings. Sometimes, however, Cali
ban gets in trouble, ns was the case
the other night in one of our varie
ty theidn s.
The leading attraction at the
hoti-e is question, was a young se
rio-comic singer of dazzling beauty.
More than that she knew that she
was lovely, and demanded that that
fact should be recognized. The re
sult was that she possessed a train
of influential worshipers.
According to the old adage, a cat
may look at a king, and acting
probably on this principle, the ne
gro comedian of the theatre had
the audacity to raise his eyes to its
dazzling divinity. lie fi ll so des
perately in love that he became the
laughing stock of the theatre, and
the more the haughty beauty dis
dained his advances the fiercer grew
his passion. Finally, like many
another lover in his position, lie
took to drink. His favorite tap was
gin.
Gin being a dutch beverage, it
fostered in him that species of cour
agecharacterized by the same name.
The drunker he got the more vali
ant he became, and when he arriv
ed at tlm ftaggery stage he was
1 word to swear with oaths as big as
the towers of the City Hall, that
bis darling should be his and his
alone. The stage carpenter who
j had listened to him till he was tired
, finally remarked :
"Oh, Bones! Why. I’ll tut you a
ter. dollar bill you don’t even dare
kiss her.”
“You do?”
"Yes, 1 do.”
"Then put up.”
The propertv-ma l was elected
stake holder. That evening, in the
course of an act in which both were
engaged, the burnt-cork lover sud
denly bobbed his head forward and
imprinted a sounding kiss upon the
lovely serio-comic’s lips.
Then the poor lover felt the fan
tastic toe strike with sledge ham
mer force upon hisstormich and the
next tiling ! e knew ho was being
mended in a drug store.
He afterwards heard the stage
j carpenter remark, when he found
j he was ten dollars out, "Such is
life,” hut the kicked man calmly
and earnestly remarked that anoth
er “such is death.”
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Exaggeration.
Some habits are so unconscious
ly practised that a mom jot to mend
them is the only way to detect
them. The beam in one’s own eve
is less noticed than the mote in an
,i i 11
other p'-rson s eve.
A family wh'le at the breakfast-)
table one morning pledged to ob
serve the strictest veracity lor that
day. A member of the family tells
the •‘consequences.”
As a first-fruit of the resolve, we 1
a-ked the one who suggested it
"What made you so late at break
fast this morning ?”
She hesitated, began with “Be
cause I couldn’t” and then,
true to her compact, said "The
truth is, I w is lazy and didn’t hur
rv, or I might have been down
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long ago.”
Presently one of them remarked
that, she had been very cold, ad-
ding, “I never was so cold in my
ife.”
An inquiring look caused the
last speaker to modify his state- j 1
merit instantly with "O/i, I don’t '
think it. was so cold after all.”
A third remark to the effect that ,
‘Miss So-and-so was the homeliest ■,
girl in the city,” was recalled as '
soon as made, the speaker being j ,
compelled to own that Miss So-and- j [
go was only rather plain, instead of ,
being excessively homely. r
So it went on throughout the r
day, causing much merriment, : (
which was good-naturedly accepted j t
by the subjects, and giving rise to |
constant corrections in the interest j,
of truth.
One tiling become more and
more apprising, however, to each
one of iif, and that was the amount I
of cutting down which 'our most I
careless statements demanded un- i
der this new law. — Youth's Coin- 1
panion. 1
The Lime-Kiln Club.
"Death am do final let of all,”
began the president as the last foot
became quiet, “an yet de announce
ment of a sudden death iu our 1
midst strikes us wid a chill. I war
feedin’ de pigs die ninwnin’ when
word was brought me by a cull d
boy wid bis fadder’s lint an’ butes
on, dal Elder Goober Flatbush, of
dis club, bad passed away to be
seen on nirtli no more. 1 presume
dnt trios’ of the members am ac
quainted wid de sack, as many of
dem war’at de fun’ral, which, I
may suv right heah, was fust-class
frewout, an’ dtit six h;icks an’a one
hoi.s wagon formed de purcesliun.
What am de pleasure nl’de club ?”
Way down Beliee said lus had
known the deceased for many years
The Eider had once cheated him in
a dog trade, hut was a good man as
men go.
Samuel Shin had paid the Elder
twenty per cent, for money, but lie
grieved that a good mau had passed
away.
Giveadam Jones knew that Elder
Flatbush occasionally thrashed his
wife, hut he always made up for it
' at the next Thursday evening pray
. er-meeling.
Articulate Boom has husked corn
• with the Elder and knew him us a
B man who would hide behind a hay
s stack to lake a chew of tobacco. —
1 the Elder always bud plenty of fine
* cut, hut was never known to puss
' over his box. Still there was notli
! mg against his general character,
and his death was cause for
grief.
"Elder Flatbush was mean in
some lings an’ good in udders,’’said
the president —"jest like de test of
us. He would starve his own boss
and vet be was the fust to give to
the poo’. He hud a bad temper,
hut he would walk home wid a lost
chile. We shall not try to make
out dat tie was an angel, hut we
will give him due credit. His cha’r .
will he draped in mournin’, Lis ,
family car’d fur. an’ Ids name he ,
written wid de seben coders who ,
have jified our ranks to (rabble on .
I'riu do dark valley an’ de shad- ,
der.” —Detroit Free Press.
"Save Bat l’ocketbook.”
A negro planter came to Vicks- |
burg, sold his cotton, put his mon- ,
ey in his pockethook, and started |
down the river.
Leaning too far over the guards as 1
the boat backed out, lie fill over- '
hoard. His portemonnuie, which ,
was in his side pocket, floated out t
and rode with his hat on the sur
face of the water, while the current |
carried the negro away. The yaw l |
was lowered, and assistance at once <•
i started towards the drowning man, ;
; who, preceving his treasure floating i
' off, raised his voice and shouted : 1
“Save dat pockethook.!”
His head went under and disap-
peared. As he rose up again he
gasp.d :
"Dor's 8118 ip dat pockethook.”
Scarcely had he uttered the words j
before he sank a second time.
Tiie yawl came within reach just j
in time to secure the drowning As {
ricun as he came to the surface for |
the last time. As soon as the wa- (
ter was wiped from his nose and j
mouth so that lie could see and (|
speak, he asked : -j
“Did—did you save dat pocket- p
book ?’, (1
“No,” was the response. f
"Well, den,” said the negro re-
gretfully, “what de debbil was de (
use oh savin’ me?”
A meeting of citizens was held at \ *'
Atlanta Monday to take steps to ; <1
secure the building of the G>-rogia i w
Western 1!. It. A letter from fieri. |>'
Alexander, of the L. & N. It. It., was | 1‘
rend, offering any company that: tl
would build the Hue the use of their 11
charter and the road bed, for St he : d
original cost of therm A cornu it- | ll
tee was appointed to confer with j P
the L. kN, Co. — Ch'iV.enwjrja, Times. ! n
KOKMCN ,H\ItItIAUKS. e
The Quadruple I'urm of M.itrim .nhil
Arrangements.
An intelligent gentleman, who j i
has recently spent several weeks at J 1
Suit Lake City, gives us the follow-1 e
iog facts : The Mormons have four i
kinds nf marriages, viz: f r time I 1
only, for eternoty only, for hotli |
time and eternity, and by proxy, c
If a mormon marries a Gentile wo- 3
man, it is for time only. At death t
he goes to heaven, and sh? goes to t
purgatory or perdition. He can j I
call her out and up if*he choose-, j d
hut her union with him does not j n
insure her salvation, ns it would if, I
she were a believer. If a Mormon j t
wants to save an unmarried woman, |
hut does not want to add her to his
Imrem/die has her sealed to him
for eternity only. After the ceremo
ny of sealing, they have no special
• relations to each other, or recipro- |
cai rights and duties in this life.— (
But iu the life to come, the Mor
toon maiden secures a place iu ,
heaven through her spiritual union j
with a masculine believer ; for live (
Mormon theory is, that unmarried ,
men and women, are imperfect, and
as such are not immortal. Mar- (
riaga is necessary to complete a per
sonality that will silt vive"thc wreck
■ of matter and the crash of worlds.”
, The usual Mormon marriage is
I between believers and for both
worlds, and the more wives a Mor
r mon has the holier he is. But this
, does not apply, vice versa, to the
t woman. The proxy it .-images are
based on the provision of live Mosaio
Code, that if a man dies childless
his brother should take his wife
;i and* raise up seed to iiis deceased
y brother. An old Mormon dies
1 without children. This fact is sup
e posed, in some way, to offset his
s celestial ftlicty. S.) in order that
_ I his bliss may be perfected, some
■ young Mermen lakes his wife, as a
t proxy, in addition to whatever
wives he has nhemlv, hoping that
i children may he horn who will be
counted not only as his, hut as
• belonging to his deceased brother
Mormon. Wonderful are Mormon
ideas of marriage l—Sun Francisco (
Californian.
Strange Seme at a Funeral. 1
A remarkable scene occurred at a <
funeral in Louisville, Kv., on Mon- t
day, the 22d last., of a man who
was murdered the Saturday prevl i
ous. CharDs C. Williams and Jet- 'J
ry Williams were brothers. Ahoy p
named Watson having denied to t
Jerry Williams that ho had, in a 'I
speech, reflected on ids sister’s <1
character in any way, Charles Wil- s
limns spoke, saying that he had, a
and Li - remark was true, adding to v
Ids brother, "Go home, or I’ll whip
you.” At this remark Jerry Wil
liams thrust a knife into Charles
Williams’ heurt. At the funeral, p
Jerry Williams, accompanied by ()
three officers, suddenly appeared, ( |
and rushing to the coflin that con
talned his brother’s dead body, j,
threw it Jpen and kissed his broth- ((
er’s lijps. He then threw hi* arms j
around his mother and kissed her. p
Both fainted. It is probable that
Williams’ trial will result in con- ,
victim! of murder iu the first de-
R rtB * v
lie’s Had ’Fin 1 11
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Delirium tremens ! Snake's ! Jim- tl
jams! Yes, I’ve had touches of q
them. You ward to know how it t|
feels? I’ll tell you. Yon have drunk 'nl
maybe a week, maybe more. At (J
last liquor ceases to excite, brace T
up or trunqtiilize. You drink a <1
half pint of brandy and it has no m
more effect than so much water.— f (J
Then you are oh se on tlm horrors. L
Food won’t help.you. Your storm Iu
aeh rejects it. Now your punish- tl
merit commences. You can’t sleep, oi
You are weary. Oh! so weary, hut ut
there is no rest. You are tired of pi
thinking yet the tired brain will tl j
think. You lie down, drop into a ( ;l
doze for a moment and wake up j
with a shock as if touched by an j
electric wire. You ere covered with j
perspiration. You gel up and walk j
the room, walk the streets —walk, s
walk, walk, and then fling yourself j
down praying for ever so few min- j
utes’ sleep. All this for days with j "
people about you, and through j
nights. But no Chinese torturer]*b
VOL. IV. NO. 21.
employed in keeping mono mist-ru
ble criminal nwnk'o till he dies was,
over more full of relent Ipm vigilance
than your abused nerves. Dr. ads
indescribable seize upon you. Your
hands have a sensation of being of
! enormous siza They do not look
it. They feel it. Your head in
like manner feels hh if enormously
puffed out. Then your bieath
comes spasmodically, hot slush's
strike at the region of the heart all
the blood seems at times to rusli in
that direction, and you fight nim
| lessly for lilo and expect to fall
! dead. This is the commencement
of the horrors. Now you are fixed
for seeing rats and snakes and ver
min.
An Alderman’s Great Sorrow.
There is an alderman in Detroit
who Knows a bale of hay when he
sees it ns we!! as any man living.—
He was passing up Michigan ave
nue the oilier day, when he came
across a small group of friends.
They had perhaps been waiting for
him. Knowing that he would pass
that way about that hour. They
were standing near a bale of buy
marked "210 pounds,’’ and beside
the bale stood a consumptive look
ing youth of 20 summers, who kept
j spitting on his hands and saying lie
would shoulder Hie bale or die in
the attempt.
1 " I’ve bet ten dollars that he can’t,’
remarked one of the group to the
3 Aide!man, as he came to a halt.
B "Why, he must he a fool!” re
u plied the ollicial, as he looked from
th;' man to the hay.
fi
“I can’t eh ?” queried the con
j sumptive. “You dasri’t put up 810
I that I can’t shoulder this ’ere hay
and carry it across the street and
hack.
] Nothing hut chain-lightning could
have heat the movements of that
II Alderman in pulling out an "X”
11 and placing it in the hands of a
1 stakeholder. When all was ready
t • J
I the consumptive spit on his hands,
1 I shouldered the bale and took his
walk. The end of the Alderman’s
tongue was in sight, and his eyes
could have been stepped on ns the
dying youth returned to the curb,
(hopped the bale and tooK the
money.
"Lcinme see that hay 1” whisper
ed the ollicial as consciousness fi
nally returned.
lie walKeil up to the bale, gave
it a heave, and it went rolling over.
Then lie placed it up and hefted it'
got red clear bncK to the collar-but
ton, and wnlKed elf without a word.
The consumptive was only half a
day fixing tip the sham bale with
alines and papers and a little hay,
and 810 is good pay for half a day’s
woi'K. —Detroit Free Press.
A Beautiful Prayer.
The editor of the Weekly Pont,
happening in the Senate Chamber
I on Wednesday', listened to one of
the most beautiful and appropriate
prayers he ever heard. President
Boynton having called the Senato
to order, the chaplain, lfev. J. P.
Duncan, known ns the “Blind
Preacher.” said : "It is of the Lord’s
mercies that we are not consumed ;
because his compassions fail not —
they are new every moment. Great
is thy faithfulness. The Lord is
my portiou, saith my soul; there
fore will I trurt in Him. It is good
that.a man should hotli hope and
quietly hope for the salvation of
the Lord. It is good that a mar.
should hear the yoke in his youth,”
Great and eternal God, we thank
Thee for the beautiful light of this
day. Impress its with its moment
ous responsibilities. May we vote
for the best and most capable men.
In evening’s quiet hush, when wo
lay our heads on our pillow, may
there he no remorse. Pardon all
our sins, we beseech Thee; conduct
us down the deelivitv of life to the
peaceful vale of our final rest, and
up to the celestial hills of immor
tality. Thine shall he the glory
forever. Amen. — Atlanta Pont-Ap
peal.
A Scotchman has invented n pro
cess by which oil can be poured up
on a troubled season as to still the
waves. The next thing we shall
hear of will be oiled routes for ocean
steamships.