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VOL. IV. WIiWRMijrHBIJW : CIIAPTFR: TRIONIR. A. CHAPTER. No. 19, meets nt Tiinn on the Friday night before the third Sunday in April, May, June, July, August, and Septem ber and on Saturday night before the third Sunday in October. Novumper, December, January, Feh-nary. and March. O. C. BRYAN, H. I*. G. B. MYERS. Sect’y. ATTORNEYS: J. M. Robertson, Attorney at Law, and Solicitor in Chancery, Chattanooga., - - Tenn. FRACTICR iii Chancery, Circuit mill Cupreine Court* of Trnn»*we# and U. S. ilist lmCourt. Ai§o in adjoinlnf cnu.itieulß Georgia. QtJ- tli-e in Court House. Robert M. YY.] Gleun, Attorney at Latv, LaFayette, - - - - Georgia. WILL PRACTICE in tlie Supeilor Court* nfiho home and adjoinine circuit*. Collections a specialty. Office on cor.ier apposite Drug store, f ,3 2j 3m. John I’uklan, C. I’. Corke. Phelan & Goree, Attorneys at Law, Poss Block, 249 Market St., CHATTANOOGA, - - - TENNESSEE W. U. & J. P, Jacoway, Attorneys at Law, Trenton, - - - - Georgia. I>RACTIOE in the coutitias of Dade. Walker anti OaMo-a. and a lj lining counties, and in tile S« preitic and Fctler.il Omi ts V»o, Jackson, lleKalh »a «fCherokee, in North Alnlinin s and Hsewliero by jptuial contract. Special attcutiongiven to tlie col lision of vlamis. W. It. Henry, Attorney at Law, Summerville, - - - - Georgia. WILL practi-o in the Rome and adjoining Cir cuit*. Collections a specialty. J. C. Clements, Attorney at Law’, LaFayette, - - - Georgia. W| practice in the several counties of Lhr. Unme and Cherokee Circuits, and the Supreme Oiurt at Georgia. P. W. Copeland, Attorney at Law, L Fayette, - - - Georgia. Wll.fi practice in the Fnpnrior Courts, of Rome Circuit. K.lsewh* re bv special afreement. Co! lemons a*p cia ty. (OfiDc in rear of Culberson’s I* tore.) 11. P. Lumpkin, Attorney at Law, LaFayette . - - Georgia. 11 il.l. giv? prompt attention to all business f entrusted to him. sty- Office at Slmford & Lumpkin’* store. DENTISTS: Dr. Geo. B. Jordan, Resident Realist, Rising Fawn, - - - - Ga. Offers hi* professional services to the people of fiade and Walker counties. Dental operations per form- d in a neat and substantial manner. All woik warranted to give perfect satisfaction. Will make a professional trip through McLc niorws’ Cove, on the first nl catli month. Dr.’J. P. Fann, Resident Dentist. Dalton, - - - Georgia. —T AM PRBfAKED with till the J3+i& 1 Modern Iniprovements in Dental ‘pplianccs to turn out as good work as can be Imil In the State, and at as low prices as can be donehy anv firatelass workman. {&7-I guarantee all woik turned out to stand any mi til reasonable tests. Special attention given to corrcciing irregularities in children’s teeth. ft; -Ladies wai’ed onuilhcir residence, when un able 'o visit the office. A liberal share of patronage solicited, (Tp-stairs on Hamilton street, opposite Na.iona! Hotel. Will visit LaFavette, Walker Co., at Superior Courts August and February. HOTELS: HAMILTON HOUSE, CHATTANOOGA,TENN. J. ». RAWAX3S $ MM(pr tfw's. Centi'afly Located ; €iood Accommodations; Rates Reasonable. Terms; sl-50 to $2-00 per Day- THE ROME HOTEL, Stroud St., Rome, Cia. In Ten Step* of the Railroad. IO OMNIBUS HEEDED IOCATED in the Principal DusincFS Square of Jtbe City, convenient to the Wharf, the Hank* and the Post Office, and is thoroughly renovated and repainted. J. L. M. BrfTES, Proprietor. NATIONAL HOTEL, J. «l. A. LEWIS, I'rop'r. Dalton, - - - Georgia, This bouse is a large four-story brick, within a few steps of the Passenger do- Hoard per day - - - $2.00 Polite and attentive porters at every train; pass them your cheeks, walk right »," , "d“ k VT'LEWI’B"cW. J A. 33 ASS, —DEALER IN — Staple Dry Goods, FANCY AND FAMILY GROCERIES. Allkinds of produce taken in exchange for goods. . We keep the best wagon yard in the city, and feed stock at reasonable rates Our yard is free to ail during the day Walker County Messenger. (Jhattanooga Advertisements. T. H. PAYNE & CO., Successors to Patton and Payne JOBBERS AND RETAILERS GF School Books, Station ery, Blank Books, Wall Paper, Pic ture Frames and Moul dings . Our stock is complete in every line and prices IS OjT 3- O M ’ OS SCHOOI/BOOKS"CATE!!, Envelops, Pens. Ink Pencils and slates. —:o: YYemakn Picture Frames of every discretion and price. The Largest stock ot WALL RAPIER in East Tennessee. CItOdVET Sctw. Tlie best a ltd elienpcsit in the market at SJ.K>, $1.75, s£.- ot>, $2.50, s:».©©, ss.so, s.■>.oo perset. Base Italic and hats of every description. . Send for Sample and prices T. 11. PAYNE & CO., Chattanooga, Tenn. A REVOLUTION A. W. JUDD, Portrait and Landscape PHOTOGRAPHER, has secured the exclusive rfolit for the >.ity of Chattanooga to use the WONDERFUL AROTYPE PROCESS. This is the process which has brought about sue'' a startling revolution in the manner of producing photographic prints. The arotype prints are made with printer’s inks on a common hand press, and are therefore absolutely per manent. The most remarkable feature of this improvement is the cheapness with which the prints can he produced. We respectfully solicit an inspection of the exquisite specimens of the work on exhibition 212]Market street. Chattanoo ga. Tenn. liespcctfnly, A. W. JUDD. J. H. CADY & ICO., 198 Market Street, CHATTANOOGA, TENNESSEE. -§o§- Keep on hand a full line of Newspapers and Periodicals, Books and Stationery, Whole sale ami Retail, Wall Paper, Variety Goods, Wrapping Paper and Paper Bags, School Books. -Sol- Will sell any Book published. If not iu stock will order promptly. —§o§— Call and sec me mo when you come to Chattanooga and gut bargains. Bp bitterS Rleulcltir, not a DWnk,) n CONTAINS H if BUCIIU, MANDRAKE, S DANDELION. Ptrkst and Jlkst Medical Qua li !9 LSOPALL OTJIKtt JiITTKUB. A [IEY CUIiK | of the Stomach, Bowel*. F.lood ■ idneys,find IriinuyOiKi.iiN. Nt r- ■ sm,Kloeplewm vssuid chjtecialty .Ea Female Com;*lamu J >OO IN fcQLB. iltl for a case they will not cure orfi for anythin# ii.ipt.; u oriujuuoiu ,■ found in them. druggist for Hop Bitters and tryn >re you Bleep. Take uu Gthei*.Jf in absolute ami irresistible euro form ness, use of opium, tobacco and U narcotics. jfl Send For. Ciuctlab. •1 by druggiUv LAFAYETTE, GEORGIA, THURSDAY MORNING, MARCH 10, 1881. They Say “Tlievsay!” Ah, well; suppose .‘hey do. But can tliev prove this story true! Suspicions may arise from naught But malice, envy want of thought ; What count yours if among the "they,' WIIO whisper what they dare not say? “They say!" why the tale rehearse, And help to make the matter worse? N’o good can possibly accrue F• on, telling what may be untrue, And is it not a noble plan To speak of all the best you can ? "Tliev say!” Well, if it should be so, Why need you tell the tale of woe? 0 Will it the bitter wrong redress, Or make the pang of sorrow less? Will it the erring-one restore Henceforth to "go and sin no more?” “They say !” Oh ! pause and look with in : See how thy heart inclines to sin; Watch, lest in strong temptation’s hour Thou,;too, should sink] beneath its power, Pity the frail: weep o’er theirffall, But speak of good, or not at all. —Columbus Enquirer. The Darkest Hour is Just Before Day. BY MARY GRACE IIAI.PINE. Richard Irwin toiled slowly and very wearily up thejtwo'flights of st.rrs which led to the poor abode, whose scanty]furiiiture]had grown still more scanty as want and pov erty pressed more hardly" upon him. But poor as it was, everything was as neat as his pretty wife Mary’s busy hand could make it, who turned upon him tlie same brave cheerful smile with which she always welcomed him, though her heart sank as she saw the gloom which shrouded his face. “It’s sf no use, Mary,’ he said sinking down into a chair. ‘I walk ed the streets all tlie morning, and there is no work to lie had; men are discharging their old hands in stead of taking new. I’ve had no work for three months now, with tlie exception of an odd job or so. Winter is coming on; all my hard ly earned savings are gone; and what is to become of us is more than I know.’ ‘lt is always darkest before the dawn, Richard.’ ‘That’s what you have been say ing for a long time.’ was the gloomy response; ‘hut the r.igbt keeps grow ing darker. I wouldn’t care so much if it wasn’t for you and the baby; but to see you growing so pale and hollow-eyed, and to know that Freddie is neither comfortably fed or clothed drives me almost wild.’ The young wife laid her hand softly upon tlie bowed head of the speaker. ‘God is good, my husband. He will r.ot forsake those who put their trust in Him.’ ‘I sometimes doubt whether He cares much foi what is done here. It don’t look as if he Hid. There is Tom Stevens, who got rich through fraud and extortion. As I was going through the market on my way home, I saw him bringing a turkey for to-morrow —for 10-mor row is Thanksgiving Day—that is for some people. I don’t know what we have to be thankful for.’ Mrs. Irvin’s chief comfort in dark days was her firm belief in tlie wisdom and power of God, and and it cost her not a little effort to repress the eager piotest that arose to her lips. But she was a wise lit tle woman, who knew when to speak and when to be silent. ‘I know what I have most to be thankful for,’ she said touching her lips to his forehead; ‘that I am (lie happy wife of a man who never gave me occasion to blush for him or regret the day that made me bis.’ Lifting his head Mr. Irwin look ed eagerly into those sweetly seri ously eyes. ‘ls this really so, Mary ? J have feared of late, that it was a ('elfish tiling in me to take you from a home of ease and comfort to my hard and toilsome life. You had many suitors. If, knowing all that you do now, you had your choice to make again, would it be the same ?’ ‘lt would be the same. You lit tle know the heart of your wife, Richard, if you think that I have the shadow of a regret. I only wish I could Help you in some way.’ ‘You do help mo ! [I it were not for your love, and all that it gives me, lie,art and strength would ut terly fail.’ ‘Bee wlint a nice dinner I have for you I’ said Mrs. Irwin, pointing to some covered dishes upon the hearth “I don’t believe you can guess wiiere I got it ?’ ‘Begged it, perhaps’ was the hit ter repoiiße. ‘No, indeellwe haven’t got. to that yet, and please God, we never will. We had only a crust left from breakfast, and ibis I moisten-1 oil with some milk for Freddie. As , I was thinking of it, and feeling! troubled at the prospects of having I no dinner for you on your return. Mrs. Allen’s little girl tapped at the door, saying ‘that her mother hop ed I would excuse her for sending some meat and vegetables ns she had more than she wanted for her dinner. Mrs Allen is the woman who has the rooms under us. and with whose sick baby I watched one right last week.’ The savory dishes that Mrs. Ir win placed upon the neatly spread table gave forth a very grateful odor to the hungry man, who, with all the rest of his discomforts, was faint for want ol food. It may be a very humiliating ad mission for them to make, but is, nevertheless, true, that the world looks very different to most men after and before dinner, and Mr. Ir win arose from the table with more courage for the sharp conflict, the inevitable hardships, that the ma jority of the people have to endure in one form or another. * ‘Bee how nicely I have mended your coat,’ said Mrs. Irwin, holding the article alluded to up before her husband, ‘I want to go to church in the morning. You will go too, won’t you?’ Mr. Irwin had his hut in his hand preparatory to going out again on his almost hopeless errand. He turned hack. ‘What for ?’ Tlie voice was very low and rev erent that said : ‘To render thanks to the Lord for all His mercies.’ •Poor little woman 1 For what will you render thanks ? For these thin, faded garments, these bare walls, and scarcely food enough to keep soul and hody together?’ ‘No Richard. For this, that health and strength are continued to us; j that while so many households have been made desolate in our land, we are spared to each other!’ Mr. Irwin felt his eyes moisten as he descended the stairs though he did not feel tlie full significance of these words until a few hours later. ‘Mery is a good woman,’ he thought; ‘the best wife in the world I wish I could feel as she does , about these things hut I can’t.’ As he entered a store whose pro prietor liad sometimes employed , him t,o do odd jobs about it, lie was ; accosted by a pleasant looking el-1 derly man, who addressed him thus : ‘ls your name Irwin?’ ‘Yes, sir.’ ‘You worked at one time for the Waterville sewing machine compa ny ?’ ‘Ye3, sir. I worked for the com pany until they failed, about a year ago.’ ‘lt did not fail exactly,’ said the Stranger, with a smile; ‘it suspend ed. It lias gone into operation again. My son is a member of tlie firm. He wrote me to try and hunt you up. He is in want of a com petent man to act ns foreman. | Would you like the place?’ Mr. Irwin felt a choking sensa tion in his throat, and hi* voice was a little husky as lie su'd : ‘I should, very much. I have a dependent family; and I have been out of work for some months.’ Those keen eyes took a rapid sur vey of the speaker’s worn and shah by garments. ‘My'son writes that there is some j tiling due you on the old account, i Let me see —’ Here the speaker refered to a let ; ter which he took from his pocket. “Seventy-five dollars. 1 think J have the amount with trie, and il j you will give me a receipt, I will i make it rquarts with you now.’ It Imd been n long time since Mr Irwin had had a sum like this nl j his disposal, and he*could hardly | reali/," his good fortune, even when the roll of hills was in his hand. I Its first collected thought was ofj his dear, patient wife. ‘Poor Mary ! how glad she will he to know this! he said to himself as he went down the steps into the street, putting | his hand in his breast pocket to | make sure it was not a myth, the money he had placed there, as well as the bright prospects that.had so suddenly opened before him. As lie hurried along, eager to tell the good news, and impatient at every obstacle in his way, he saw a dense cloud of smoke in the quar ter where he lived. As lie drew nearer he saw a crowd of people following some ghastly thing that was being borne past him to the station. ‘What is it.?’.he inqured of n by stander. ‘A woman and a child burned to . death in a tenant house on Front street.’ Front street! There wbb "where he lived, and with quickened steps and sinking heart he pushed on. His worst fears were realized. The building he had left a few hours he fore was a mass of smoking ruins, whose numerous tenants were hud dled out upon the sidewalk before the few things they were able to snatch from the flames, but among whom his eyes sought vainly for those that he most wished to see. Rushing up to one of the women he seized her almost rudely by the arm. ‘Mrs. A Ten, where is’my wife,’ h 3 cried. Pntting'down'the child phe was holding, the woman aroseandjstar ed around wildly. ‘I haven’t seen her. The Lord he good to us 1 It’couldn't bo her they tooK away so burned and j blacKened that her own mother | wouldn’t Know who she was !’ For a moment Mr. Irwin stood motionless, strugling with the sine- [ eni'.g horror that, palsied limb and [ brain. Then, as ho remotnbered j the gastlyjspectaclo ho bad met, pushing through the crowd ho turn ed his tottering steps in the din e* tion in which lie had seen it borne a moment before. In the shadow of such a terrible bereavement, how light seemed all other trials, how h'aeic the ingrati tude that made him sothanuful for rich treasure of love that had been hie! What cared he now for the opportunities thrown open to Him ! i How poor and empty seemed all he had hoped to do and win, now she was gone whose presence had made his abode such a haven of peace and rest, ‘Merciful Father! taico all else hut spare my wife and child !’ was the cry that went up from his tor tured soul, as the > dicer in charge turned the Key of the room where the dead lay. Upon a rude table, tlioir faces chared and lilarKened beyond all | recognition, were the unfortunate j mother and child, awaiting identi- i fieatioo. ‘Oh, Mary ! oh, my hoy !— can J this heyou?’ groaned the wretched man as he turned lus shuddering gaze upon them. Here Mr. Irwin felt a light touch on his ar r. “Richard!’ Turning, he saw his wife with their child in tier arms, standing just hacK of him. The revulsion, from the extremes of grief and despair to this blessed reality was too strong, and had il not been for the officer who was standing by, he would have fallen to the floor. It seems that Mrs. Irwin who had barely time to escape with her life had taken ref ge in a house opposite. She had seen her hus hand rush p.-.ston his way to thesta tion, and divining his errand, fol- j lowed him. The following day was truly j “Thanksgiving Day” to both; and j riot only for the material blessings that surrounded them. And through all the prosperous , years that followed, years that | whitened their hair littd knit thoir ! hearts more closely together, never | did Mr. Irwin omit, on that day, to refer to this eventful season of his life, or fail to render most hearty than/,a to the Giver of all good for this crowning proof ol I'is good ness “that they were spared to each other.” Eat ing Onions. A couple of young girls living in | a hoarding house on Charles sire d, | n'aved a mean trick theothrruight ' r . t on another young ami attractive maiden in thesame house. They all had some cake and wine togeth er, and in the unsuspecting ont’s glass was poured a small portion of tincture of nssafoetida, which, ns j every one kn .ws, smells like a con glomeration of onions, had eggs, de cayed vegetables and a host of oth er things too numerous to men tion. The prank-playing damsel knew that the unhappy maid’s Charles Augustus called on Sunday, and they al o knew that while she could not detect the flavor of tlie assafav-ida in the fragrant wine, nevertheless it would produce to lier aforesaid Charles Augustus the impression that she had hee l eat ing onions by the peek. Poor lit tle unsuspecting thing! She was radiant when she flew to the door ar.d admitted tlie manly form of the object of Iter heart’s affections; and she did not observe, as they were locked in close embrace, that as bis lips met.her’s drawing a dim ple in the back of her neck, that a look of wild, unutterable horror spread over his lineaments a dusky pallor. He cut the embrace short, and they went and took their places on the cosy tete-a-tete in the corner. Thenjihe noticed that there was n far-off, trohled look in his eyes, end In; shifted about uneasily, .as'Jif vaguely aware that something was the matter, but th-t he couldn’t tell exictly what it was. She | couldn't detect the odor, which | resembled day before yesterday’s ! fried onions, and which was] ling ering dreamily around on Ihe soft, warm air. “Dearest,” asked hlic, “wlint is the matter? ’ “Nothing, sweetheart, nothing; t’'.tt is nothing,” answered he, as liisgazi flew swiftly from one object •o another. “But there must be,” said she, leaning forward. "You are. not yourself to night. You have some thing on your mind. Tell tne, i darling,” and she tried to gaze into his face, while he dodged her with a look in his eyes like that of a hunted wild beast.. “My love, you are. not well,” said she, anxiously, as she wound her arm about his neck and drew his head about until their faces nearly touched. "Wh-h-hat is the mat- | ter?” and she tenderly sighed her soul into ears. •‘Oil, great Go ’frey!” hn groaned, ns the fatpl simoom struck him. ‘•“You--that is, I—am not not feel ing very well.” “But, dearest, you looked all right when you came in.” she per sisted, lovingly, and then she sighed again, and be jumped like a goaded mule, and kicked over a little table. ‘T know 1 did,” said lie, ner vously picking up the pokor and abstractly putting it in his coat-tail pocket. “I know I did, Imt I’m awful had now; I’m afraid I’ll have j tc go,” lie continued, ss she leaned j over.toward him again. “I think I am going to have the yellow fe-; ver.” “Gracious, Charles,” said she. | “Can it ho tint you arc ill?” “Yes,” answered he,'is lie rose j and ran the poker through hi» hair j in an ill-directed, agitated manner' “Good night, darling. Don’t kiss j me,” he continued, shuddering.! “you m ght catch the fatal scourge,’ | and he hurst out of tlie door and j disappeared. The young girl, as she wandered j j distressed and musing out of the j ! room, next tacfcled a gruff old i lodger, who, in pretty strong Inn- [ ' guage, convinced her of the fact 1 j that she had been eating onions; j I and she discovered the joke by i asking tfcs same girls who had I NO. 31. played Hi trick on I or. in tin ago nizing tone of voice, if her breath iv:ia really perce| tililo. Tliey ex ploded with ill-timed‘levity, ;nr>d then told lo r all. She says tow j she will never have any thing to do wtih them as long’ehe lives, aintjas j for Charles Augustus, wvl\.-~Balti more American. Whittle tV.tS. One el’ the lieok-lippers far a Detroit himlier linn was recently sin;, to the | nnr.li woods in transact sonic iSnslness ! for Ids employers, lie is a linin' of good mind uml strong limb, and lias about, gymnasiums long enough to work up his muscle mill understand Imw to strike front the shoulder. lie reached a camp belonging to another firm just at noon one day, and all hut ; one of the loggers gave him a hearty welcome. This one man seemed out. of sorts and bent on mischief. After throwing out repeated slursnml insults he boldly said: “Stranger, I’ve been aching’ fur a whole week past to put some one in my vest pocket.” This was turned till’ in a pleasant manner, lint the logger persisted: “I've got a great hankering to play pitch tml toss with you and if you don’t, run before 1 Oiihli my dinner I’m going lo heave you over the slnuily a few times.” The Detroiter didn’t run worth :t cent. When lie saw that a litas was in evitable lie removed his watch and pin shed his overcoat and was in first-rate trim when the logger got ready to heave away. As tho hull}'came for ward lie was neatly knocked down, lie got up witli a grin and went down again’. The third time lie got up he sal down on a log to collect his ideas, and w hen they had returned to him ho carefully approached the Detroiter and said: ‘Mebbc ton area Presidin’ Elder!’ ‘No.’ ‘Hegular preacher?’ •Xti.’ ‘Circuit rid -r?’ ‘No;’ ‘Triii-; di-'rilmtor?’ ‘Xo; i am a book-keeper hi (lie em ploy of l>a!li iV Shingle, of Detroit,’ ‘l’u! it lli-it-! ’ said the man, as he lidil out liis hand, ‘I am all bluff and no light, hut I look you for some sort of a preacher, ami I thought 1 might whallop you and stand solid with the hoys. Say. will tondo me a favor?’ ‘Yes.’ ‘All right. I’m going io 101 l the hoys von are Tom Sayers! Carrying two black eyes around '.W* rauif wall lie grief enough for aIC to stagger under j let alone anyone knowing I got eni from a man wearing a tolled shirt, and a clean collar.*—Detroit Free Press. The Cheaper Way. A man with a blue eye called upon tt Griswold street lawyer yes terdny and said: ‘‘l have been ki ocketl d .wn.” “Good case—good case, if you have atiy witnesses, was the smiling reply. “I’ve got this black eye and an old woman for witnesses.” “Correct—correct. I’ll tai-ce tho evidence and see you through.” “For liovv much?” “Well, the whole thing won’t cost more than six or eight dol lars.” “And whnl’ll I get.” “Justice.” “And what’ll the other man get?” “Oil, he’ll probably he fined fivo dollars.” “Say, you go to thunder!” sud denly exclaimed t lie plaintiff. "You must think I am a fool to pay out SC or SS anti have the bother of a law-suit, when threo different men are just aching to lick the feller in rotation at only 81 a head! I’m not ptirty looking, hut I’m no cun durango.”—Dclriot Free Presi. Colored Philosophy. “Sometimes (says Brother Gard ner) my ole woman gits de blues an’ blows ttroun’ kase she sees odder folks ride out in deir kear idges an’dress up in deir satins; hut I build up a good fire, git out tie apples, cider an’ pop corn, draw up de big rockin’-cheer, an’ she can’t Htnn’it nber ten minits. I)e blues begins to tiy away, an 1 she pats ile bald spot on my head an’ buys: ‘We has a cation of our own, plenty to cat aleetle money in the bank, an’ I ’sped we tin sot down an’ take as much solid comfort as if you war Guv’ner an’l had ten silk dresses.’ He who makes de most of what lie’s got am fitten liisself to enjoy better. No situa shun hut what could he made worse. Ebery foliar made by honest work ought to bring two dollars worf of solid comfort.”