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I ItAILHOADS-
Western .V Atiaotto.
HIGnT PASSENGER TRAIN — OCTWAHD.
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I,me Atlanta - 8 / 15 a. m
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PROFESSIONAL CARDS.
W. S. JOHNSON, ~
Attorney At Law,
cAurorx, Georgia.
Office in Southeast corner of the
Court Houso.
Aug 11 1 ts
Ik c. FAIN. JOS. m’CONNELL.
w . FAIN AM) Mc€ONNELL,
Atlorne.vs at I^aw,
cArjiduiV, Georgia.
w c )iiice in the Court House.
Aug 11 1 ts
R. M. TARVER,
iSLtt Ol?XI.O y £Vt ’£-*ZXr&V v
CALliorw GEORGIA.
CfejT* Office in the Court House.
Aug 11 1 ts
\Y. ,1. CANTRELL,
Attorney At ]jaw.
(’ai.idu n, Georgia.
WILL Practice in the Cherokee Circuit,
in l. 8. District Court, Northern Dis
trict of Georgia, (at Atlanta); and iu tlie Su
preme Court of the State of Georgia.
E..T. KIKEK,
Attorney ett Xiaw,
C ! ITIOUX, GEORGIA.
[O ’i' at the Old Stand of Cantrell f Kiker. J
lUILL practice in all the Courts of the
m Cherokee Circuit; Supreme Court of
Georgm. and the United States District Court
fit Atlanta, Ga. augl'J’TOly
Bov. A. Martin,
A TTOIiXEY A T LA IT,
DAII LON EG A, ... GEO.
Nov 10 1870 ts
mTWTjTreeves,
Stuff con t s: Physician ,
CALHOUN, - - - GEORGIA,
ts Al be found at his office, in the Brick
JL Store of Boa/,, Barrett & Cos., day
or night — when not professionally engaged.
jan2G’7ltf
RUFE WALDO THORNTON,'
i DENTIST,
Calhoun, - - - G, oigia.
THANKFUL for patronage, solicits
a continuance of the same.
Office at Residence. seplo
OR. D .C. HUNT,
Physician and Druggist,
CALI TO IX, aA.
A eyv Nliina <*'enient!
CALHODNHOTEL
E. R. SASSEEN,
[ Formerly of Atlanta. Ga.]
J)KSI'I’0 I FULLY announces to the travel
b hag public, that he has refurnished and
ta ited the above hotel, and is now ready to
"Lunmodate all who may stop with him.
ates moderate ; and table furnished with
e best the market affords.
Calhoun, Ga., August 19th, 1870—ts
J• 17. TINSLEY.
WATCH-MAKER
AND
JEWELER,
ALIIOUN, : : : . GEORGIA.
o—
A jL stylos of Clocks, Watches and Jewelry
iu ..tly repaired and warranted.
aug!9 70tf
hav n!°' RNET . T . & SoN ’ Kftme . (da., will always
try d-llucc h,gliest market P ricc For Coun-
ROME ADVERTISEMENTS.
“HomeAgaln.”
J. C. RAWLINS, Prop’r.
CHOICE - HOTEL
BROAD ST.. ROME, GA.
Passengers taken to and from the Depot Free
of Charge. oct6’7otl
TENNESSEE HOUSE,
ROME, GEORGIA,
J. A. STANSBURY, Proprietor.
ritHE above Hote is located within Twenty
1 Steps o'' the Railroad Platform. Baggage
hundled free ot Charge. o t6’7otf
ALBERT (L IMTTIER. HENRY H. SMITH.
PITNER & SMITH,
Wholesale and Retail
Grocers k Commission Merchants
AND DEALERS IN
PURE KENTUCKY WHISKIES,&c.
No. 25, Corner Broad &. Howard sts.,
ROME , - - GEORGIA.
0ct6,1870-ly
COLCLOUGH.
HARKINS &
GLOVER,
Rome, G-a.,
C( ALL the attention of dealers to the fact
I that they have just received the largest
stock of
Dry Goods, Boots, Shoes, &c.,
ever offered in the Cherokee country, and
can furnish them at exactly New York prices.
Call and be convinced. sept22'7o-ly
Bones, Brown &. Cos., J. &S. Bones & Cos,,
Augusta, Ga. Koine, Ga.
Established 1825. Established 18G9.
J. &S. BONES & CO.
ROME, GA.
IMPORTERS
AND
Wholesale Dealers
IN
HARDWARE,
CUTitRY, RUNS, £O,
WILL offer for sale, the coming season :
350 Tons Swedes Iron,
75 Tons “Jenks” Plow Steel,
A LARGE LOT OF
Imported Cutlery and Files,
Together with a full assortment of GEN
ERAL HARDWARE.
WE are Agents for R. HOE & CO S. Pat
ent Inserted Tooth Circular Saws; Machine
Belting, Orange Rifle Powder, and Rome
Iron Manufacturing Co’s. Merchant Bar Iron
and Nails.
All of above to compete with any Rouse
South. novl7’7o-4m
IK X ARCHER,
Wholesale and Retail Dealer in
Mattresses, Looking-Glasses,&c.
All of which lam offering at extremely low
prices.
82 Whitehall st., : ATLANTA, GA.
novl7’7o-3m
XTh7cavan,
WHOLESALE AND RETAIL DEALER IN
Fine Wines, Liquors k Cigars,
Xo. 11 Granite Block,
Broad Street, - ATLANTA, GA.
AGENT FOR THE SALE OF THE
Celebrated Cincinnati LAGER BEER and ALE
sept 29 For the State of Georgia. 3m
(i. H. & A. W. FORCE,
SION OF THE
BIG IRON BOOT,
Whitehall Street, : : : Atlanta, Ga.
BOOTS, Shoes and Trunks, a complete Stock
and new Goods arriving daily! Gents’
Roots and Shoes, of the best makes. Ladies’
Shoes of all kinds. Hoys, Misses and Children’s
Shoes of every grade and make.
asr w e an- prepared to offer inducements to
Wholesale Trade. sept‘2 ,’7O-1 v
BETTE ItTOX FORD & Cos,
WHOLESALE DEALERS IN
BRANDIES, WHISKIES,
Wines, Tobaccos, Cigars, &c.,
No. 209. MARKET ST., No. 209.
Cl IATTANOOGA, TENN.
0ct13,1870-1y
( ES TAHLISIIED IN 1855,)
J.O.MATHEWSON,
PRODUCE
COMMISSION MERCHANT
AEG VSTA , GEOR GIA.
sept 22 1870 ly
Established in IHSO.
T. R. RIPLEY,
Removed to Peachtree Street,
A TLA N TA , GEOB GEL
Wholesale Dealer in
CROCKERY & GLASSWARES,
IIT ILL duplicate any Ilills bought
W Market, to the amount of One Hun
dred Dollars, and upwards, adding Freight.
P. S. .Ml Goods guaranteed as represented
from this lions*. Aug 19 ly
CALHOUN, G A., THURSDAY, FEBRUARY 9, 1871.
MISCELLANY.
A Night of Terrors.
The great Pacific Railroad was com
plete only as far as Julesburg, iu Colora
do, and from Fort Sedgwick, a military
station on the opposite of the Platte Riv
er, passengers were compelled to take
the overland line of stages. The Indi
ans were troublesome ; and as we neared
the mountuins, and night was coming
on, I felt a little uneasy, for fate or for
tune had decreed that I should occupy
a seat in one of Butterfields coaches.
We had two women and a child with
us, and this increased the interest of our
situation in case of an attack. We had
two soldiers acting as guard; and the
passengers—four men —as well as the
driver, were all heavily armed; so we
felt that we could make a very good
fight of it if necessary.
Pausing for supper at a ranch, the
prospect was not brightened by the nar
ratives to which we listened concerning
the daring and cruelty of the Sioux na
tion. But we received an additional
passenger, one of those trappers who un
derstood “Ingen fightin’, could whip his
weight in wildcats, and was all right on
a b’ar hug.”
lie talked largely ; and I s really be
gan to think he wouldn’t be so loud, af
ter all. when the hour of real danger ar
rived. Nor did I change my opinion,
as he became more quiet and thoughtful
as we began winding up the rough road
of the mountain, and he made several
careful examinations of his weapon.
It was becoming very dark, and final
ly, this man, who gloried in the name
of Joe Mason, exclaimed, “ We must
throw out a scout; for if any of these
red men are after us, we’ll hear from
them pretty soon I”
One of the party offered to advance
with him, but he answered rather con
temptuously, “You don’t know nothin’
about Ingens’ tricks. They’d hear you
half a mile off.”
“How do you know that ?” asked the
party so addressed.
“I may be wrong, but if you do, you
arc an exception to any man I ever met
who wears store clothes. No, I’ll go
alone, and if you hear a wild-cat yell
three times, then look out for danger,
for you may know the red-skins are
near.”
Saying this he sprang from the coach,
and almost instantly disappeared*up the
winding road, in the dense darkness.—
It was not possible to prevent the rum
bling of the coach wheels; and they
could be heard for a considerable dis
tance. This would apprise any enemy
of our apporach.
It was not five minutes after Mason
disappeared before we heard the signal,
followed by a succession of rapid shots,
and then the voice of our scout, crying,
“They are coming! Give ’em thunder!”
By the fierce yelling of the savages,
which made the very mountains ring,
we knew that our enemy were in consid
erable numbers ; so each nerved lnuiself
for the fierce struggle which must follow,
as they came howling down the decliv
ity.
It was deemed best for the women to
remain in the coach—but one of them
refused to do so. lest the horses should
take fright and dash over the cliffs,
which were rugged and steep, flanking
in the road to the south. The other la
dy passenger had become thoroughly
frightened, and was almost helpless.
On came the Indians, but they were
received with such a volley that they
paused in utter astonishment. Still,
they were not at all inclined to give
way.
At this moment the horses took
fright, and in their struggles backed the
coach directly over the chasm. Never
before or since have I experienced such
feelings; for I saw that the half faint
ing woman had struggled to the win
dow. with the child in her arms, and
was trying to escape. I sprang forward,
but I succeeded only in reaching the
infant, as down the cliff the vehicle
thundered, carrying the mother with it.
At the same time I felt myself falling:.
With one hand I clutched wildly about
me, but still I clung to the child. Then
I expenieuced a sharp pang and all was
dark.
I must have remained unconscious
for some time ; and when I awoke it was
with great difficulty that I could move.
I could see that I was on a shelving
rock, and behind me was a kind of cave.
I heard the dripping of water, and
crawling to the spot, I quenched my
burning thirst and washed the blood
from my head.
I thought of the child, and hunted
about for it. Poor little thing ; it lay
stiff in death, and was badly mangled.
Now arose the question as to what had
become of my fellow travelers. I could
hear nothing of them; and I almost be
gan to believe that I was the only one
who had escaped with life. I began an
examination of my position. I dared
not venture to stir in the darkness, lest
I should fall or encounter the savages.
And yet my situation was terrible.—
Below me I could hear the howling of';
wolves, and one or two of them were ev
idently trying to reach my perch,, no
doubt scenting the blood of the dead
infant.
And there was still another cause of
alarm. Back in the cave, I could see
fiery eyes, and hear the sharp rattle
which can not well be mistaken. I was
near a den of rattlesnakes, and 1 could
not tell at what instant one of the ven
omous reptiles might spring upon me,
and fasten its fangs into my flesh. And
yeti could not escape.
Presently I saw a dark form just be
low me, moving stealthily up. In a mo
ment more the fact was revealed to me
that it was a savage. I had found my
revolver lying beside me, but I had dis
charged every barrel. However, I
clutched the weapon firml}*, aud step
ping forward, I struck him a terrific
blow on the head. He fell, and his cry
rang back as he went whirling down.
Immediately after there followed sev
eral shots and other yells, which told me
that the enemy were still about, and
that some of out party were yet alive
and defending themselves to the best of
their ability, from their hiding places
among the rocks.
And so the night passed on. At
any moment I might be discovered by
the Indians—at any moment a serpent
might spring upon me, for they w r ere ev
idently becoming more restless. The
wolves were raving like fiends in their
thirst for blood, and several Junes I saw
their fiery eyes flashing upo x the rocks
some twenty feet above me; and if at
tacked by them, my resistence must
necessarily be a feeble one, for I had
nothing to use in self-defense but niy
unloaded revolver.
And when daylight came, what could
I expect ? If I succeeded in leaving my
hiding place, would I not be discovered
and mercilessly butchered ? I was not
inclined to despair; lat my wounds
were very painful, and my throat and
brain burned with feverish thirst, and I
dared not approach the water again; for
that was near the serpents.
At length I saw that the morning was
dawning. Oh, how I welcomed it! for
it would decide my fate. And how I
doubly welcomed another sight which
met my gaze. Down in the valley I
saw a company of cavalry winding along
the road. Onward they came, and soon
the battle was renewed; but I could
hear the shouts of the Indians as they
retreated back among the rocks where
their enemy could not follow.
After a time I managed to make my
situation known, and I was assisted to
reach the road. Joe. Mason was there,
wounded, but still with life enough left
to make a good fight.
Then began a search for the remain
der of the party. The two soldiers had
fallen fighting to the last. The driver
was seriously hurt, and one male passen
ger died soon after being found. All
those living had found shelter along the
ledges, and thus saved themselves. The
woman who had first leaped from the
coach had not been injured, but was
taken a captive, although recovered by
oar troops.
The mother of the child was scarcely
recognized as a human body, but with
her little one, was placer. j.o rce-fc in the
valley. Os bourse the horses was killed
and the coach broken into atoms, while
much of value was carried off’.
Heaven forbid that I should ever pass
such another night!
A Brave Deed.
The Louisville Commercial says ; A
bloody scene was enacted in Anderson
county, one day last week. The facts
as related to us are about as follows:
A farmer residing in that -county vis
ited the farms of four neighbors from
whom he purchased hogs that were to
be delivered and paid for the next day.
He returned to his home that night and
went to his bed. About midnight he
was aroused by a noise in an adjoining
room, which was caused by the entrance
of four disguised men into his dwelling.
Upon the summons, the farmer arose
from his bed and opened the door to his
room, when he was met by the disguised
men, who demanded his money or his
life. Tiie farmer replied that he was
willing to give them the money that be
longed to him, but that he had in his
possession money which belonged to his
neighbors that lie could not give them.
He was then told that all money in his
possession must be given up, or his life
would be taken. VJith some apparent
reluctance the farmer acceded to the de
mand of the robbers aud went into an
adjoining room, where he admitted the
money was concealed, the robbers re
maining behind. In a short time the
farmer returned with a double barelled
shot gun and a Colt’s pistol, with the
first of which he opened fire on the rob
bers, two of whom fell to the floor mor
tally wounded, while the other two made
their escape and were not afterwards
seen. The farmer called in one of his
neighbors, who assisted him in washing
the black from the faces of the two dead
men, when, to liis utter astonishment,
the farmer discovered that the corpses
before him were those of two men from
whom he had purchased hogs the day
before. As soon as possible the bodies
were removed to the homes of their
families.
llow to Keep a Situation. —lt is
a sad time just now for many who de
pend upon their salaries for the support
ot themselves and families. So many
men are thrown out of employment be
cause the times are so dull; their ser
vices are not needed in stores and work
shops. But some men and. boys are al
ways retained. Do you know who are the
fortunate ones ?. They are those who
are most useful to do their work the
most thoroughly, and are the most obli
ging and economical.
Those young men who watch the time
to see the very second their working
.hour is up—who leave, no matter what
state the work may be in, at precisely
the instant—who calculate the extra
amount they can slight their work and
yet not reproved—are lavish of their
employer’s goods, will always be the first
to receive notice that times are dull, and
their services are no longer required. .M
—————
‘ llow can I expand my chest ?” an
extortionate man asked of a vhysician.
‘•By carrying a good large heart in it,”
replied the doctor.
The Alligators of Florida.
The female alligators will not allow
the male to approach her nest. He has
a gluttonous habit of eating all the eggs,
thus necessitating her laying more,
which she does not like to do. So. when
ever she catches him in that neighbor
hood she thrashes him on general prin
ciples—he has either done mischief or
intends it; at any rate, he is meddling
in domestic matters and deserves snub
bing. I’m told that it is really amusing
to see the big bully stick his tail between
his legs and sneak off, the very image
of a henpecked husband, after one of
these conjugal scoldings. He is not by
any means a model husband; and al
though he takes his thrashing kindly,
he revenges himself by watching until
the eggs are really hatched, and then
eats up as many of the causes of the
family dispute as lie can catch. Young
alligators don’t like to kuow their own
fathers.
I heard of but few instances where
creatures have attacked grown men;
they are fond of children, and show
their attachment to the offspring of
other people as they do their own. In
one instance, where a man on horseback
was crossing a ford, he was seized by the
leg, but when his dog plunged in, the
alligator left his leg to take the more
delicate morsel. In another instance,
an alligator struck at the mule pulling a
cart, and hit out two spokes from one of
the wheels, leaving a tooth sticking in
one as a memento of the visit. He hur
ried off with great speed, on the lookout
I suppose, for a dentist.
’Gators like dogs, pigs, and young
darkies. The dog is a special favorite.
The whine of an alligator is easily mis
taken for that of a puppy, and may mis
lead a young and inexperienced dog. A
wise Florida dog will not go bodily down
to the water to drink ; he learns by ex
perience after having been eaten once or
twice. If the shore is open he will draw
all the alligators to one place by bark
ing. and then scamper off to another
place where the coast is clear, or he will
creep down to a moist spot, tail down,
body crouched, eyes skinned and ears
up, pushing his pawa before him slowly
to feel the water, lapping it without
noise, and then sneaking away again.
The alligator has liis uses; near every
house you find more or less swamp, and
in every swamp more or less alligator.
I heard one lady complain very much
because some traveler had killed her al
ligator. lie lived near, and killed
snakes, frogs, young wild cats and other
varmints; thus he arned his board, and
was constantly protected; besides, he
was useful in preventing young children
from straying too far from home.
This worthy creature is very much
maligned, however, every theft of cattle
is laid on his slimy back, and that even
when the cattle is found in the woods
and the entrails carefully taken out and
left behind. Ilis eyes are on the top of
his head, and it is curious to see the crea
ture swim rung along with only his eyes
floating above the surface. He conies
ashore to sleep in the sunshine, and pay
ing attention to his sleep, becomes so
dead to all sound that a steamboat may
come alongside; then his astonishment
when a bullet wakes him up, and the
hurried way in which he scuffles into
the water, are sometimes very ludi
crous.—Lippincott’s Magazine.
Taglioni’s Visit to the Field
of Woerth.
An opera dancer—one who was Tag
lioni—has a son in the Twelfth Chas
seurs. This regiment was almost cut to
pieces at the battle of Woerth, and news
soon came to the anxious mother that
her Albert was among the slain. Mdme.
Thrich —for that is her name, and her
husband is Governor of Strasboug—de
clared that she did not believe the news;
she would travel to Woerth herself, and
not credit the false tale until she had
found liis body out among the corpses
left without burial.
The journey lasted a few days to a
small village, where by dint of persever
ing inquiry, she had ascertained a few
survivors of the 15th Chasseurs were
gaining fresh strength for a second at
tack. It was night when she reached
the village; but by the light of an oil
lamp she was led, and of the first Chas
seur mounting guard, asked in confident
tones where to find Albert Uhrich. —
“He is in there,” replied the man point
ing to the barn door. The grateful
mother rushed on. There indeed was
the youth, fast asleep, between the legs
of a horse eating hay.
Down crawled the lovely figure of the
weary mother, down to the sleeper’s
warm temples; then without awakening
him. pressed her lips on his forehead.
What would she not have given for
an affectionate glance in return? But
no, it would be cruel to wake the soldier
boy up; then there would be the separ
ation again, and she knew he was to
fight next day; better far that he should
gain fresh strength, and so she noise
lessly arose once more, looked at the
brave, heaving bosom, undisturbed by
tossing dreams, and left him.
“You will tell Albert I came and
kissed him.” she said to the man out
side, slipping a coin in his hand.
The next day Albert fought again,
and he is still spared. The mother’s
kiss is his talisman for life.
A drunken man sprawling on the
ground in. Patterson, the other night
anxiously wanted to know whether ‘any
body else had been struck by the earth
quake V
—
The Germans have no set funeral
service. It is left to the ability and
discretion of the officiating clergyman
to one suitable to each ease.
How to Cure Drunkenness.
It is generally understood that young
persons, when first employed as pastry
cooks, are permitted to surfeit them
selves to their heart’s content on pies
aud sweetmeats ; the result being that in
a very short time they become perfectly
callous to the charms of the counter.—
We learn from a valuable little book re
cently published in London, called “The
Home Nurse,” that in the Austrian
army a method on a similar principle is
adopted as a remedy for drunkenness ;
and medical reports state that out of lot)
cases, 12S cases of confirmed drunkards
have been effected. The plan is as fol
lows :
The soldier taken in a state of ixtoxi
cation, or purposely inebriated, is con
fined to his room, where his diet is care
fully and amply supplied to him, accord
ing to his choice. For drink, he is al
lowed brandy and water, in the propor
tion of one-third brandy to two-thirds
water. All his food is prepared in a
weak solution of brandy and water
Coffee, with a small quantity of brandy,
is also allowed him. At first, the treat
ment throws the patient into a constant
state of intoxication, and he sleeps much.
At the end of three or four days betakes
a dislike to his food and drink and asks
for a change, which request, were it ac
ceded to, would entirely prevent the
completion of the cure. On the con
trary, it must now be persevered in. un
til the patient can no longer swallow
food and drink, and even the smell re
volts and nauseates the stomach, when
the cure may be considered as effected.
The shortest time for the continunnco-of
the treatment is seven days, the longest,
nine. In order to prevent the conges
tion which might follow, the patient
must now be given gentle emetics—that
is, one grain of emetic in a bottle of wa
ter ; a wineglassfull to be taken every
quarter of an hour in the morning fast
ing. This is followed by forty grains of
magnesia, daily given in broth and gruel,
placing the patient at first on a low,
light diet, and then gradually increasing
to his original rations. If, during the
first part of the treatment, spitting of
blood or convulsions should result, it
must not be persevered in ; therefore,
this mode of remedy cannot, on any pre
tence whatever, be adopted by any but
a medical man. In Russia, drunken
ness is also treated as a disease, and cer
tain strong aromatic preparations are
used as curative means. Asa tempora
ry remedy to restore the unfortunate
victim to a state of sobriety, give him
from tea to twelve drops of spirits of
ammonia in a wineglass of water. This
will be sufficient in an ordinary case;
but if the person is positively drunk, it
may be necessary to give him a dose a
second time, in which case it will gen
erally act as an emetic (an advantage),
when a short sleep will ensue, and the
patient will wake restored. None but a
tuedieal man can venture to apply the
ammonia to the nostrils, as not only in
jurious, but fatal effects might ensue.
Mental Taxation a Cause of
Dyspepsia.
Mental anxiety and pecuniary embar
rassments, such as loss of property by
fire, by failure in business, or by bad
debts, and also domestic troubles, disap
pointed affections, and the loss, or the
treachery of friends, will frequently
cause dyspepsia; too close, and too ac
tive intellectual labor is also a frequent
cause. Editors, authors, and literary
persons often engender dyspepsia in this
way.
Much brain labor requires much blood
at the brain, and an ever-working intel
lect uses up so much of both blood and
nervous force that there is not enough
remaining to do the work of digestion.
On the other hand, deranged diges
tion is sometimes produced by too little
exercise of the brain. Persons are fre
quently met with who have been in ac
tive business life, and, having accumula
ted enough to satisfy their ambition,
having retired from business. Now al
though the brains and bodies retire from
active life, yet the poor stomachs very
often have their tasks increased. If a
man has been for a long time accustomed
to eating heartily working hard,
either w ith body or brains, he had bet
ter not relax his working habits without
at the same time having a correspond
ing relaxation in bis habits of eating.
“He who will not work neither shall lie
eat,” is not only a Bible injunction, but
a law of the human constitution, the
disobedience of which is often attended
with such derangements of digestion,
and other bodily infirmities, as to ren
der either property or life of but little
value.
British tea-drinkers h sve been
alarmed by a h- rrible suggestion that
the offended Chinese may attempt to
poison the whole British race by means
of tea. There seems little danger of
such an event, since thereby the Celes
tials would lose their best customers,
and they are as fond of the “almighty
dollar’’ as other people. There is. how
ever. little doubt that sundry articles,
not tea leaves, are sold under that name.
Investigation has brought various adul
terations to light—such as rice and pea
husks, leaves of the Chinese willow, de
cayed wood, seeds, as well as iron hi in os.
lattipbirek, an 1 Prussian blue, which lat
ter is actually poisonous, and is used to
color black tea to make it sell for green.
The Chinese do not want to kill their
customers, bat they are willing to de
ceive them.
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The ways of society axe curious. Two
ladies who reside near each other in
New York, have exchanged calls and
invitations fur the last six years, ar.d yet
have never met personally.
Number 26.
Rules for Playing Onto a Or
gan Into a Meeting.
BY P. BENSON, SR.
W hen the preaelver enow in and ncel*
down in the poolpit, pool oat nil the
stoppers. That’s wot the stoppers is for.
\\ hen a him is pave out to be sung,
play over the whoal toon before sin pin,
but be sure to play it so they can’t tell
whether its that toou or some other toon.
It will amoozc the jveople to goss.
\\ hen you play the interloods. suui
times pull all the stoppers out. and sum
times pull them all in. The stoppers is
made to pull out and in.
I lay the interloods about twice as
l°np as the toon. The interloods is the
best part of the mewsic, and should be
the longest.
Play Horn the interloods into the toon
without letting them know when the
tune bepins This will teach them to
mind thare bizncss.
Always play the interloods faster or
slower than the toon. This will keep it
lrom bein the saute time as the toon.
II the preacher gives out 5 virces play*
4. Too many virces is tee jus.
Poor in the sermon go out of the
church, and cum back in time for the''
next toon. This will show you doan’t
mean to be hard on the preacher by
havin tew memiy listenin to him at
wunst.
Playing Marbles with Dia
monds.
The Telegraph editors at Maconhavo
interviewed Dr. Stephenson, of Hall
county, on the diamond discoveries in
that section of the State, and have elic
ited some curious facts. The Doctor
says about forty diamonds have been
found in Hall county alone, but the most
valuable have been destroyed or lost
through ignorance of their character and
value. Some negroes broke one worth
a hundred thousand dollars to pieces, to
see what it might be. A farmer de
scribes one which was given to him 30
years ago, and used by himself as a child
and his boys subsequently for a middle
man in marbles j but it was lost about
the place six months ago, and they are
hunting for it now.'Nothing was known
about its value until similar stones were
pronounced to be diamonds, and then
the farmer knew that ho and his boys
had been playing marbles with a dia
mond. which, from description, the Doc
tor thinks must be worth half a million
of dollars, and be one of the most val
uable gems in the world. The Doctor
says that labor and capital only are need
ed to prove that these diamond fields in
Georgia surpass in value those of Bra
zil, and are equal to any in the world.—
/So ion noh lirjtublican.
A wag, strolling with a friend
through a country churchyard, called
attention to a grave, the stone of which
had no name or inscription on it.—
-J his, said h , “is the grave of
the once notorious gambler, Mr. li .
You will observe there is no name or in
scription recorded on the tombstone,
but 1 think I could suggest a very ap
propriate epitaph.” “What would you
suggest?” inquired the friend. “Wait
ing for the last trump,” w r as the reply.
ter A good joke is told in Washing
ton at the expense of a well-known Sen
ator, who is notorious for taking two
cocktails in succession before breakfast.
One morning, while the Senator was
practicing at the Metropolitan bar, a
friend put to him the pertinent question :
“Senator, why do you take two cocktails
as a custom ? ANon't one tone you?”—
“W hen I take one it makes me feel like
another man, well you see I’m bound
by common courtesy to treat that mau ;
so I take a second.
Western adaptation of the words of the
poet: “Loathe the poor Indian.”
The last of the Good Tem
plars of lowa was “Not for Joseph.”
It is a noticeable fact that people who
change their mind often never get a
good one.
bat is a smile ?” asked a man of a
little girl. “The whisper of a laugh,”
said she.
Three burglars worked twenty hours
! on a county safe in A\ iscousin. and just
j got a cent apiece.
1 bey recently had a rat hunt in a Fair
field county, (O.) town. About 100
| people killed, in the hunt, 17,5C1 rats.
An Alabama Judge, who was too
drunk to sit upon the bench, was put in
[jail by the Sheriff for contempt of
I court.
An cldc -ly Indiana pair, aged res
; pectively 78 and 75, want a divorce -on
| account of accumulated incompatibility.
Ihe Chinese relieve neuralgia and
I gout by applying oil of peppermint over
! the parts affected, with a camels' hair
pencil.
On an average about one man in every
I four was more or less under the influ
' ence of liquor in New Vnrk on Christ
| mas night, if we may believe a city pa
per.
A Portland paper averts that a man
recently walked into the office of the
Zion’s Advocate, in that pleasant little
Maine city, and inquired if Mr. Zion
were in.
A Western p;p:r, which one day re
cently noticed the opening of anew
whiskey store, the next day apologised
for the brevity of its local column, be
cause she “reporter was ill.” Be had
assisted at the opening.