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THE CHATTOOGA NEW'S.
I BLACKBURN’S SUCCESSOR.
1
One Could Be Elected By An
Extra Session.
Washington, March 19.—When
asked if >;n oxtaa session of the
Kentucky legislature could elect a
successor to Senator Blackburn,
i Senator Mitchell, chairman of the
committee on privileges and elec
j tions, said : “Undoubtedly, and its
I their duty to elect one. I myself
was elected by a special session of
the legislature. The regular ses
sion like the one just adjourned at
Frankfort, frittered the term away
balloting for a senator. An extra
session was called soon afterwards
and at the session 1 was elected.”
Senator Gray, of Delaware, for
mer chairman of that committee,
I when asked for his opinion, said it
; was too delicate a matter to dis
cuss, but said he guessed so.
NEWS NOTES/
A fossil dragon fly 27 inces long
armed with big jaw teeth, h»8
been found in the coal measures
of the Commentary, in the depart
ment of the Allier, Franco.
A $150,000 cotton mill is to be
erected just across the river from
Augusta in South Carolina.
It has just been figured out that
106 pairs of twins wore born in the
state of Maine last year.
Next November women will vote
for President in the three states
• of Colorado, Wyoming and Utah.
At the present time the United
States has 144 garrisoned forts, ar
senals or mi itury posts occupied
by its troops.
In Memory
Os John It. Dorsett, who died Dec
ember 17, Ist),s, after a brief illness.
The. deceased came to his death from
blood poson, caused by a slight wound
in the foot inflicted only a short time
before his death.
We was a faitful husband and a lov
ing devoted father. A short time be
fore his death 1 wanted him to take
some medicine, when he refused, say
ing: “You have done all for me that
can be done, and now I am only wait
ing to be summoned home.” He was
perfectly sensible to the last and gave
diretions about his burial, and his fu
neral services. He was eighty years
old, and had lived in this county a
long time.
He will be greatly missed, not only
I by his immediate family and relatives,
but by all who knew him. He leaves
an aged wife and live children, all -of
whom were at his bedside when death
came. But he is not dead, only asleep.
Asleep in Jesus, blessed sleep,
From which uoue ever wake to weep.
When our work is done on earth we
hope to meet him ou that bright shore
where there is no more sorrow and
death. May God heal all wounds,
and may all the dear ones meet him in
that bright anu happy home.
Julia.
*n» • axtor Bean In Georgia.
Question 21.—1 am thinking of plant
ing some castor beans in the neighbor
hood of Rjine. I am told that if I
; raise them t here -will boa buyer here to
purchase them. Will they grow in this
seeti >n. and how should I plant and
I prepare thorn for market ?
Answer 21.—1 see uo good reason
why the castor bean should not be
I grown successfully in your section. The
chief objection would be the want
I of a market, and if you have that
assured, there should be, I think, some
I profit in the business. The castor bean
I requires a good loamy soil, deeply
I and thoroughly prepared, and should
be planted iu rows 4 1 ., to 5 feet wide,
. and 4to 4 feet apart in the rows. It
is best to plant three or four seed to the
hill, to insure a stand, as the cut worms
i are some times troublesome. As soon
i as the plants are well started, take out
all but one to the hill. Cultivate as you
i would corn, keeping down all grass and
weeds. The large variety grow in the
West Indies, is the best seed, and pref
erable to the small lightcolored beans
grown in some parts of the west. The
' seeds will begin to ripen in August, and
continue to do so until frost kills
the plants. When the pods on the
spikes begin to crack, they should be
cut and spread iu the sun to dry in
the place previously prepared. This
should be either a spot of hard, clean
ground, or a scaffold. They should
be spread thinly in order to dry
well. There will be several gath
erings of the crop, as the pode mature
and ripen. In sunny weather, two to
three days will dry the pods sufficiently
for the leaves to shell out. When all
the beans are out of the pods, the latter
are raked off and the leaves gathered
and cleaned by a fanning mill, or seed
cleaner. They are then spread in a cool,
dry place to become thoroughly dry. It
is best to turn them occasionally during
the drying process. The yield should
be from 25 to 40 bushels per acre.—
State Agricultural Department.
STRUCK DOWN IN BATTLE.
The Demeanor of Soldiers Disa
bled on the Field.
M. Quad in Detroit Free Press.
It was strange and queer to
watch the demeanor of men wound
ed in battle. You might have
stood beside hundreds who were
struck down, and yet you would
not have found two whose actions
wore exactly alike. When hit
while standing inactive most men
throw up their bands and cried out
and staggered about before falling.
If bit while the regiment was ad
vancing they fell with curses on
their lips, and sometimes rose up
again and limped painfully after
their comrades. If reached by a
bullet while the command was be
ing driven or retreating or chang
ing its position, then men wailed
out like children—not so much
over the hurt as because they were
to be left on the field to suffer and
would be helpless o protect them
selves.
When a regiment was in line,
waiting to move to the right or the
left or be advanced, the thud of a
bullet as it struck a man could bo
heard by the men on his right and
left. If struck in the chest or
shoulder or head her fell out of the
ranks, threw up his hands with a
shout, and then fell like a leg. If
struck below the breast he nearly
always lurched forward and placed
his hands on the wound and sunk
down with a groan. The demean
or of no two wounded men was a
like in minor particulars, but
strangely alike in the first move
ments. A soldier shot through the
head or heart—shot dead in his
tracks, ns you might term it —was
not instantly killed. There was
no such thing as instant death un
less struck with a solid shot or
blown to pieces by an exploded
shell. No matter whether the bul
let pierced heart or brain, the vic
tim lived on for a few seconds—
long enough to throw up his hands
and call out and clutch at his com
rades beside him for support.
Few men preserved silence after
being hard hit. After the first
examination they cursed or wept,
and were not conscious of what
they did Each felt that he had
been grieviously wronged by being
shot down. Sometimes they cursed
first and wept afterwards—some
times wept and sobbed like chil
dren from the first moment of
feeling pain. The cursing and
the weeping were the direct result
of the nervous system being keyed
too high by the excitement of the
battle. If a wounded man was
carried to the rear he soon
got the better of his hysterics, and
it was the same if left to himself
for three or four hours on the field,
provided the fighting had ceased
in his vicinity. It was the wound
ed who lay on a field where the
fighting continued who were the
most to be pitied. T,hey.feared to
be wounded again or killed out
right, and their shoutsand screams
could be heard whenever the roar
of battle died away a little. Bul
let and ball and shell and grape
shot were continually falling
among them, and during the war
thousands of soldiers were killed
while lying wounded between the
lines. The burial parties used to
find bodies which had been hit
frem three to ten times, and after
Grant's first battle in the Wilder
ness we found a confederate with
twenty-three bullet wounds iu his
dead body.
And there was more than the
fear of missiles before the eyes of
the wounded men. If infantry
charged over them they might not
suffer, but if a battery changed
position or there was a charge of
cavalry they might be ground into
the earth. When in his normal
condition a cavalry horse will not
step on the body of a man lying in
his path, but when excited to mad
ness by the roar of battle the
steeds of war will trample down
anything. The wounded men ly
ing about must take their chances
when the bugles blow a charge.
Some would escape the iron-shod
hoofs—others would be almost
j beaten into the earth. It was the
! same way if a battery was retired
.or advanced. The change of posi-
SUMMERVILLE, CHATTOOGA COUNTY, GEORGIA, MARCH 25, 1896
tion was made with horses on tho
dead run, and their riders could
take no thought of the dead and
wounded lying in the way. The
fate of a brigade or division, or
even a wing of the army, might be
at stake, and the sacrifice of a score
of men already wounded did not
count. When the guns were ad
vanced at Chancellorsville to check
Jackson’s twi-ight attack the earth
was fairly cumbered with the dead
and wounded. On the few acres
of c eared ground over which the
guns had to advance were camp
fires, knapsacks, haversacks, stack
ed muskets and several hundred
men who had fallen under the vol
leys poured in fixjm the edge of
tho forest. The guns dashed right
into and over this jumble, and a
bove tho roar of musket-y
tho oncoming confederates we
caught the screams and shrieks of
our wounded men as they realized
that death was to come under the
heavy wheels.
The burial parties were always
pushed for time, and yet there was
no time to look into the faces and
observe tho attitudes of the dead
and notice that death seldom come
to two alike. Some suffered ago
nies from their wounds—others
died as peacefully as if no twinge
of pain had been felt. Some had
their lips parted as if praying to
God or uttering farewells to the
loved ones at home—others had
lips compressed and their faces
showed grim determination or an
ger, Sometimes a wounded man
had crawled away into the bushes
or behind stump or log to die. On
his bronzed cheeks partly bleached
by the touch of death, we would
find traces of tears, and the hard
lines would be softened down.
When struck down as they moved
and dying within a few minutes
they carried fierce, stern faces and
clenched hands, and nearly always
their eyes were wide open and their
lips parted to show their teeth. If
the musket had not fallen from
their hands under the shock of the
missile it was clenched so tightly
that their stiffened fingers had to
bo opened one by one,
There was no pity for the wound
ed while the fight was on. Now
and then it was possible to alle
viate thirst, or iu case of an officer
to carry him to the rear, but the
unwounded had little thought of
the fallen. It was only when
night came down and the roar of
battle had died out to a growling
and sputtering here and there that
a new sound rose on the evening
air to pale the faces of the veterans
lying about with open haversacks.
It was a sound which began like
the far off murmur of a mighty
crowd—which came nearer and
nearer —which swelled in volume
till it drowned all other sounds —
which separated itself from the
shouts of men, neighing of horses,
peals of bugles and rattle of drums
—one great overpowering wail
from the thousands of wounded
men which went right to the heart
and caused every man to lift his
bead and whisper: “Poor fellows
—G> d pity them !”
Not to be Trifled With.
From Cincinnati Gazette.
Will people never learn that a
“cold” is an accident to be dreaded
and that when it occurs treatment
should be promptly applied? There
is no knowing where the Double
will end; and while complete re
covery is the rule, the exceptions
are erribly frequent and thousands
upon thousands of fatal illnesses
occur every year ushered in by a
little injudicious exposure and
seemingly trifling symptoms. Be
yond this, there are today countless
invalids who can trace their com
plaints to “colds,” which at the
time of occurrence gave no concern
and were therefore neglected. —
When troubled with a cold use
Chamberlain’s Cough Remedy. It
is prompt and effectual. 25 and
50 cent bottles for sale by all drug
gists.
A law suit will probably follow
| the finding of SIB,OOO by Farmer
Hartley on his jflace near Fort
Valley. The money is claimed by
. both landlord and tenant.
TO BE A CANDIDATE.
Gov. Atkinson Sets All Rumors to
Rest About His Retiring From
Georgia Politics.
Governor Atkinson has finally
decided that he will not retire
from politics, but on the other
hand will serve out his term as
governor and will, if his party
gives him the nomination, be a
candidate for a second term. He
had declined tho flattering busi
ness offer that was made to him.
The following is the first author
itative announcement of the gov
ernor's decision in his excellency's
own words:
“I have decided to decline the
business offer made mo, and if my
party gives me the nomination to
become a candidate for governor. '
the standpoint of those
who believe that to make money
is mail’s highest duty,” adefed the
governor, “1 know I am making a
great but I cannot accept
the view they t'ake-4Tf it. It is my
desire to l»e of service to my fellow
man, to aid in the development of
the state and to contribute to her
happiness and greatness. If I can
pursue this ambition with even a
small degree of success it will be
to me a great reward and higher
evidence of a successful career than
accumulated wealth. Thoroughly
appreciating the political condi
tions which surround us, my sense
of duty will not permit me to dis
regard the wishes of the numerous
members of the party who urge me
to enter the race for governor,
when my only reason for declining
would be purely a selfish one Pub
lic life has always been to my
taste and the position of governor
is in lino with my ambition, so I
sha'l again become a candidate.”
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New Discovery know its value, and
those who have not, have now the
opportunity to tty it Free. Call
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get a Trial Bottle, Free. Send
your name and address to 11. E.
Bucklen & Co., Chicago, and get a
sample box of Dr. King’s New Life
Pills Free, as well as a copy of
Guide to Health and Household
Instructor, Free. All of which is
guaranteed to do you good and
cost you nothing. H. If. Arring
ton’s Drug Store.
Mary’s Lamb Up-to-Date.
Mary had a little lamb, its fleece
was white as snow; it strayed a
way one summer day where lambs
should never go. Then Mary sat
her down and tears streamed from
her eyes; she never found the lamb
because she did not advertise. And
Mary h-td a brother John, who
kept a village store, he sat down
and smoked his pipe and watched
the open door. And as the people
passed along and did not stop to
buy, John still sat down and smo
ked his pipe and winked his sleep
y eye. And so the sheriff closed
him out, but still he lingered near ;
and Mary came to drop with him
a sympathetic tear. “How is it
sister, you can tell why the other
merchants here, sell all their goods
and thrive from year to year? Re
membering now her own bad luck
the little maid' replies: “These
little fellows get there, John, be
cause they advertise.”—Ex.
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medicine has been found to be pe
culiarly adapted to the relief and
cure of all Female Complaints, ex
erting a wonderful direct influence
in giving strength and tone to the
organs. If you have Loss of Appe
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Fainting Spells, or are Nervous,
Sleepless, Excitable, Melancholy
or troubled with Dizzy Spells,
Electric Bitters is the medicine
you need. Health and Strength
are guaranteed by its use. Large
bottles only 50 cents at H. H. Ar
rington's drug Store.
Death of Nathan Webb.
Rome, March 19. —Mr. Nathan
Webb died this morning at the
Central hotel in this city of pneu
monia.
Mr. Webb had hundreds of
+ ’riends who will learn of his death
with deep regret. The funeral will
be held from the First Methodist
j church Friday morning.
GREASE HEEL.
A Cure For This Disease Given by the
Commlsiioner of Agriculture.
Question 5. I have a 4-year-old
mare, which is suffering with what I
am told is grease heel. Her forelegs,
from her knees to her hoofs, are swol
len and hard, and her ankles are swol
len. Above and between the ankles
it is cracked. I have washed her legs
every morning with warm salt water
and wiped dry. I have tried blue
vitriol, sulphur and lard, and various
liniments, but she gets no better. Can ,
you tell me what to do ?
Answer s.—Keep the animal in a
clean, dry stall. Avoid wetting the !
sores or cracks, therefore do not wash
them with water. Four or five times !
daily apply liberally to the sores a lini- i
ment composed of one part of liquid
subacetate of lead to three parts of ol
ive oil. Prersevere in this treatment,
and I have no doubt you will cure the
animal, unless the sores or cracks arc
deeper than your description would in- >
dicate. In that case yow will need the ,
services of a veterinary surgeon. After
the sores have been healed, bandaging
and proper exercises will reduce the !
swelling.—State Agricultural Depart- ;
ment.
A canvass among the druggists .
of this place reveals the fact that
Chamberlain’s are the most popu- ,
lar proprietary medicines sold. ,
Chamberlain’s Cough Remedy es- ]
pecially, is regarded as in the lead ,
of all throat trouble remedies and ,
as such, is freely prescribed by (
physicians. As a croup medicine
it is also unexcelled, and most fam- ,
ilies with young children keep a
bottle always handy for instant
use. The editor of the Graphic
has repeatedly known Chamber- (
lain’s Cough Remedy to do the
work after all other medicines had ,
failed.—The Kimball S. D. Graph
ic. For sale at 25 and 50 cents ,
per bottle by all druggists.
LaGrange seems to bo on a boom '
sure enough. Two gentlemen
from Pennsylvania, seven from In- 1
diaua, one from Illinois and one
from Michigan have either just -
completed or are building now res
idences in the capital of Troup. 1
If a small bode of Shaker Di
gestive Cordial does you no good, ,
don’t buy a large one.
“Provo all things; hold fast that
which is good.” Its not good for
everybody, only for the thin; pale,
sick, weak and weary. For those
who starving for want of digested
food. For those who cannot get
fat or strong, because their sto
machs do not work as they ought
to.
These are the people, millions of
them, whom Shaker Digestive Cor
dial will cure.
Food makes strength, muscle,'
brain,-blood, energy—after it is
digested. If not digested, it will
do you no good at all.
Shaker Digestive Cordial helps
your stomach to digest your food
and cures indigestion permanently.
When you’ve tried a small bottle,
you can tell.
Sold by druggists. Trial bottle
10 cents.
The Dyersburg Gazette voices
public sentiment in the south when
it says: “That all the d—d foo's
are not dead yet is evidenced in
the fact that Ivan N. Walker, com
mander-in-chief of the Grand Ar
my of the Republic, has vetoed
tho proposed gray and blue parade
in New York City on the Fourth
of July. That’s all right, for the
south is too busy and prosperous
to indulge in a street parade with
’Rastus "Walker. But, as the
Commercial remarks, there are
some reasons in favor of the parade
scheme —for instance, it would
give a large number of Gen. Wal
ker’s pensioned veterans a chance
to see for the first time a real live
rebel with rebel clothes on.”
Pure blood is the safeguard of
health. Keep your blood pure,
rich and full of vitality by taking
Hood’s Sarsaparill, and you will
not need to fear the attacks of dis
ease .
Hood’s Pills cure liver ills, con
stipation, jaundice, sick headache,
biliousness. 25c.
It is said that the spot where
Jefferson Davis was captured, near
Irwinton, is visited daily by north
ern people who, if they were per
mitted, would cut i wn and carry
away all the timber near the spot.
Highest of all in Leavening Power.—Latest U. S. Gov’t Report
ABSOLUTELY PURE
IS IT A FAKE?
Some of the Subscribers to the Li
brary Seem to Think So.
Last week two young women,
representing the “Southern Libra-
Association,” were in town for the
purpose of getting up a library.
Miey got it, that is, the money for
it, but the twenty-five people who
subscribed to it seem to be in doubt
as to whether they themselves
have gotten anything.
Each subscriber paid $1.50 for a
year, making $37.50 in all, and for
this sum total thirty-five books
were placed at Arrington’s drug
store for their use. These will be
removed at the end of six months
and thirty-five other books put in.
Since the women have gone and
the books are here, numbers of
people have condemned it as a
“fake.” They will have nothing
for theii money except the privi
lege of reading the seventy books,
as the books are removed at the
end of the year.
A News reporter examined the
books at the drugstore. They arc
.very good as to the style of litera
ture, about half of them being no
vels by standard authors, as Dick
ens and Scott, with one or two
volumes of lectures by Emerson
and Ruskin. The others might be
termed “trashy,’ The bindings,
however, are cheap and the print
is poor. This is where the fake
comes in. Now it is an actual fact
that these books may be bought in
Chattanooga at nineteen cents
each. This reporter has bought
them and knows whereof she
speaks. So it is true that $37.50
would have purchased 225 of those
books, as they may probably be
gotten a little under 19 cents in
such large numbers. And the peo
ple would have had a very respec
table sort of library of their own.
The success those plausible,
smooth-tongued we men had here
induces the belief that people
rather like to be humbugged. It
will be remembered that the pro
ject of having a town library was
discussed incidentally with other
matters of public concern, in a
meeting held at the courthouse
last year. Capt. Cleghorn broach
ed the matter and practically of
fered to bear the larger part of the
expense for the first year. lie of
fered to contribute not less than
.fifty books to be selected by a com
mittee; and he expected to give
about one hundred dollars to the
enterprise, inclusive of the pur
chase money for tLe books he gave.
If the sum of $37 50 had been add
ed to this a nucleus for a good,
substantial public library would
have been formed, a room rented,
and a pleasant meeting place for
the people established. This would
have been productive of both pleas
ure and profit but the enterprise
fell through for lack of support.
This would seem to prove the as
sertion that people like to be hum
bugged and also to illustrate the
proverb, “a prophet is not without
honor save in his own country.”
Last season Ike L. Hall, drug
gist of West Lebanon, Indiana,
sold four gross of Chamberlain’s
Colic, Cholera and Diarrhoea Rem
edy and says every bottle of it gave
perfect satisfaction. For sale by
all druggists.
A carrier pigeon was found on
one of the streets of Augusta re
cently, with a silver band around
one of its legs with the following
mark: “H 30,3627, E.”
A Boston reporter recently gave
a graphic description of the burn
ing of an ice house and wound up
by saying: “the entire building
was destroyed and its contents re
duced to ashes.”
MACEO_IN A BATTLE,
live Thousand Insurgents At
tack Spaniards in Pinar del
Province.
New York, Mar-ch 19.—A dis
patch to the World from Havana
says:
Maceo s band, now concentrated
in I inar del Rio, met the columns
of Colonel Hernandez and Colonel
Ynclan near Candelaria, Tuesday.
Maceo has been joined by Ban
dera. Altogether the insurgents,
nearly 5,000 strong, opened lire
from dense thickets on the troops
under Colonel Hernandez as the
latter was proceeding at a gallop.'
Ihe Spanish leader threw out a
strong skirmish line consisting of
the Tariefa battalion and the Vic
toria squadron of cavalry and ar
tillery. The insurgents were driv
en back out rallied to the second
charge, their machetes in the air.
The Spanish troops met the on
slaught firmly and compelled their
assailants to retreat a second time.
In the confusion the Spanish
troops used their bayonets, killing
and wounding many of the insur
gents. Darkness ended the hostil
ities. Maceo met with a heavy
loss.
Iho highest ranking Spanish
officers killed were Captain Toro
jas and CaptainGuerioro. The to
tal Spanish loss was 00 killed and
wounded. The engagement was
the most serious which has occur
red, being no mere skirmish, hut a
formidable contest of the opposing
forces.
The lieutenant colonel command
ing the Luchana battalion and the
major commanding the two com
panies of the Tariefa battalion led
the charge in front of their men.
They will be promoted. CoL-nel
Ynclan has been recommended by
Weyler for promotion as general
of a brigade. He was formerly a
member of Woyler’s staff.
All last winter Mr. Geo. A; Mil’s
of Lebanon, Conn., was badly afflic
ted with rheumatism. At timesit
was so severe that he cow’d not
stand up straight, but was drawn
over on one side. “I tried differ
ent remedies without receiving re
lief,” he says, “un’.il about six
months ago I bought a bottle of
Chamberlain’s Pain Balm. After
using it for three days my rheuma
tism was gone and has not return
ed since. For sale by all druggists
THEYWILL BUYIT. '
The Oderiferous Guano Is Going
Out by Wagon Loads.
It looks as if more guano was
being sold in this county than us
ual, certainly more than last y ar
by a good deal.
For a number of days past iho
odorous stuff has been hauled out
ot town in large quantities, ami all
indications point to an increased
acreage in cotton.
The very fact oLthese (.xtciisi vo
preparations has already had a de
pressing influence on the market,
and if a largo crop should be rais
ed this year the price of the staple
in the fall will most likely be very
low.
It looks that way now.
Avardeft
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