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The Marietta journal. [volume] (Marietta, Ga.) 1866-1909, 1877-09-14
soLAN VS. cRGaus.

When the great Solan was at Sar-
dis, the capitol of Dydia, he had an
interview with Cresus, the Lydian
king, who, to astonish the republi
can simplicity of the Grecian philoso
pher, received him in all the splen-
dor and pomp of Oriental magnifi>
cenee. At this interview Creius
exhibited to Solan his great wealth
in golden treasures ; but Solan, moth
ing daunted by his display, took from
his garments peice of iron ore,
which he had found in Egypt, and
handing it to the monarch, said,
"This has intrinsic worth greater
than all, and in time it will command
more gold than tho treasureahouse
of Cresus could hold" The vain
king threw down the rusty gift, and
retired in disgust; but the sage, cv-
err true to his simplicity and integrity
returned to AthoEa to sfevalop the
merits Of that rude stone. He made
it into defensive armor by aid Of
which the Spartan soldier afterward
rescued his country from ruin and
dishonor.
In our day how great the contrast
between the intrinsic worth Of the
siron stone," and all other metals.
Had Solan lived till now he would
have seen this 'siron horse" perform
ing moro wonders than his philosophy
ever drcamt of. lie would have seen
old Father Time, with his hour glass
broken, leaning, palsied wreck, on
his rusty scythe, when he first saw
the workings of a "Patent American
Ticker" lie would have seen the
god Neptune grounded on the mud
flats of "Wallabout Bay" with his
naiads in alarm, as the paddles and
the screws of the floating iron pala-
ces outstripped their speed toward
every cline. He would have seen
Vulcan throw up his sledge in dis
gust as the twenty~ton hammer of
Krupp forged out the eighty>ton
peace>maker at Essen. He would
have seen the embarrassment Of Mer-
curry with his feet entangled in the
electric wire and his occupation gone
as the "Fast Mail with its iron horse
went steaming over the land That
simple "iron stone has become the
master mineral and power 10 the
land, which all the wealth of tho mod
ern Cresus cannot control. 1t has
assumed the shape of a blessing to
all mankind, more valuable, perhaps,
ia cur domestic and defensive econo-
my than was prophesied by the great
Solan.
The Marietta journal. [volume] (Marietta, Ga.) 1866-1909, 1877-09-14
HOMESTEAD.

TIE submission of the homestead
question to a seperate vote of the peo-
pie, the present exemption to remain
in force if the project of the Conven-
ton is rejected, cannot fail to satisfy
everybody, remarks the Macon 1ele-
graph. Those who prefer a large
homestead and absolute aOaiUes' as de-
cided by the Supreme Court to be
permissible under the existing law,
can vote against any change. While
all who think that 81, 600 exempted
is an amount amply sufficient, with
limited waiver of certain personal
property the remainder to be held
intact for the benefit of wife and
children, may support that measure.
1t is evident that tho Convention
wishes to consult the views and de-
8ires of the people generally on 60
important subject. and tho decis-
ion arrived at is eminently just and
proper in every sense..
The Marietta journal. [volume] (Marietta, Ga.) 1866-1909, 1877-09-14

AFTER the low and cringing
speeches of Key, de acto Postmaster
General, in Ncw England, tho gem
eral opinion is that he is poor Great
ure, as he was poor Colonel in the
Confederate army. With him the
salary Of the Office is everything and
he cmits no occasion to bedaub his
employer with disgusting homage, or
to depreciate the people among
whom he has always lived, and to
whom he owes everything. The
Northern mind admires manhood and
true courage, and it despisss the
canting professions Of trimmers like
Key, who represent nothing but
their own trucking venaI;ty. I.
SIN.
The Marietta journal. [volume] (Marietta, Ga.) 1866-1909, 1877-09-14

The following contains good ar
gument on both sides: One speaker
gaid to the other 'You say that the
expression Tomorrow as Wednes-
day is bad English, and that | ought
70 say, 'To-morrow wiH be'Wednes-
day But | say Wednesday is to
morrow mOs0, but when it comes it
will be to-day and not Tomorrow.
1t will not be Tomorrow hereafter,
bat is to morrow now" "Well, "
said the other, sit is poor rule that
won't work both ways. If you can
say tomorrow is Wednesday, with
just the same propriety you can say,
Yesterday is Monday, and nobody
ever heard that expression.
The Marietta journal. [volume] (Marietta, Ga.) 1866-1909, 1877-09-14

JOHN lTrARNE, farnhr living
near Raleigh, N. G., gavsa dinner
to remarkably polite ramp, who
said he had been acquainted with a
family of the same namoHn Qnebcc.
This chance remark led III the union
oftwo brothers who had been separ-
ated Is years.
The Marietta journal. [volume] (Marietta, Ga.) 1866-1909, 1877-09-14

SMOTHER, | saved the house bat
| shall die" said a Sky earOld girl
to Mrs. Theodore Markham as she
entered her home at High Market,
Mo. TIE chile, while attempting to
light lamp to warm milk for baby
set fire to her clothing. Her first
thought was to run out Of doors, fear
ing that the house would be burned
and the baby be hurt, nut noticing
that shrcds Of her clothing had fallen
upon the floor, she carefully extin>
guished the flames. She died an
hour Utter the accident.
The Marietta journal. [volume] (Marietta, Ga.) 1866-1909, 1877-09-14

ONE of the natural excrescences
which disfgares the surface of the
moral character Of man is dissatis
faction. Whatever else man may or
may not be he is never satisfied.
Surround him with all the Injuries
of life-indulge him even in the
princely extravaganza Of square
meal and a Bourbon cocktail three
times day, and a clean shirt twice
a week-.and yet the half famished
demon Of dissatisfaction will still
prowl through tho avenues of his soul
and frightcn afar tho serene tram
guilty of his breast.
OMAN never is, but is to he blessed
The Marietta journal. [volume] (Marietta, Ga.) 1866-1909, 1877-09-14

GROWTH or HUMAN HAIR AFTER
DEATu.-Dr. Caldwell, Of Iowa,
states that in 1862 he was present at
the exhumation of body which had
been buried two years before. The
coffin had sprung open at the joints,
and the hair protruded through the
openings. On opening the coffin the
hair of the head was found to meass
ure eighteen inches, the whiskers
eight inches, and the hair on the
breast FIVE OF six inches. The man
had been shaved before being buri-
ed. In 1874 similar circumstance
occurred 10 Mercer county, Pa. Ia
digging grave the workmen came
upon the skeleton of man that had
been buried ten years. The hair was
as firm as during life, and had grown
to the length of eleven or twelve
inches.
The Marietta journal. [volume] (Marietta, Ga.) 1866-1909, 1877-09-14
JOURNALISM.

A college graduate writing to the
Philadelphia Times for an editorial
situation, gets the following answer
from that paper:
t'Not one graduate of college in
a hundred would make journalist,
even with the best opportunities, and
many of our thorough scholars and
most industrious mon have no ftaess
for calling that is law unto itself.
journalism is the most exacting Of
all professions, and the sooner that
young men dismiss the common idea
that collage diploma qualities them
to take an editorial or reporters
chair, the sooner will they protect
themselves against severe disap-
pointmont. The roller-boy, who alb
serbs his education among his pa
pers in his inky kingdom, may &C.
quire the attributes of journalism
which the collegiate can never com
prehend, and severe training in the
school Of the hard master, expert
ence, is the only crucible that can
test the capacity of any one to make
the newspaper work successful
pursuit. There are few exceptions
to the general rule that no man can
be useful OH first class daily jour>
nal who has not been trained to it
more or less from youth, and it is
tho failure to appreciate this act that
has given bitter sorrow to the hum
dreds Of accomplished scholars who
afllict newspaper Offices with their
from day to day for
relief from starvation"
The Marietta journal. [volume] (Marietta, Ga.) 1866-1909, 1877-09-14

THERE is married lady stopping
at Saratoga who is pretty if dress
makes ono SO. A lady friSnd says
she has counted thus far tWenty,six
different suits, with everything
to match in jewelry, gems, etc. She
usually comes out with rev para
sol every morning, and carries it.,
rain or shine.
The Marietta journal. [volume] (Marietta, Ga.) 1866-1909, 1877-09-14

THE New York Sun in brief
double-leaded editorial made the max
ed statement, supported by no proof
or reference to any authority, that
Judge Bradley, the night before the
decision of tho Florida case, read
over to Judge Field an argument
which was to support his decision in
favor of giving the Electoral vote Of
that State to Tilden. That night,
said the Sun, the streets around
Judge Bradley's residence were
crowded with carriages, and bis par
lors was filled with anxious Republi>
cans. Next day he voted to give
the Electoral vote of the State to
Hayes, and when his argument was
printed it was the same he had read
to Judge Field, changed, we suppose,
to meet his changed views, by the
insertion of Hayes for Tilden.
Judge Fields' statements are no
curious than those of the Sun. He
declines to be interviewed and will
not make any statement except that
Judge Bradley read no such opinion
with strong emphasis on "read," re-
peated again and again in responses
to queries. lie declines to make any
further statement, He leaves the
inference that the statement was
true, except that he did not read the
opinion. lie leaves the inference
clear that he did orally give such
opinion, and allows the reporter to
give his peculiar emphasis of the
woro tread
The Marietta journal. [volume] (Marietta, Ga.) 1866-1909, 1877-09-14

A prisoner for life in the pcniten>
iiary at Michigan City, Ind, has
served nine aud a half years, during
which time he has made 1912 large
lard ticrces. His task was 1900 for
the State, leaving 1912 over his task
for which he received Is cents each,
as an average, securing to him for
oyermork SAG IS.
The Marietta journal. [volume] (Marietta, Ga.) 1866-1909, 1877-09-14

THE Northern Peniteatiary at
Michigan City contains CGp convicts;
the Southern Peniteutiary.at Jeffer>
sonville, contains sol; teal, ,260.'
This is large number; but in pro
portion to population no rnprc than
the other States in the Union report.
The Marietta journal. [volume] (Marietta, Ga.) 1866-1909, 1877-09-14

TIE bodies of thrre I1en were
found hanging to tree inRed River
County, near Sulphur Springs, Tex
as, last Tuesday, with placard pin
ned to one of them bearing all the
information that is knownI of them.
1t read: "lIere is where we found
them, and here we left them. They
stole horsel in Arkansas, and we are
from there and strangers here %
The Marietta journal. [volume] (Marietta, Ga.) 1866-1909, 1877-09-14

A San Francisco drummer in Ne
vada has devised a way to evade
payment of the license required by
law for soliciting orders in that
State. He will not enter an order
in his book, but presents the pur~
chaser of his wares with a postal
card addressed to the firm no repre-
sents, and instructs his customer to
write his order thereon, and then
pockets or mails it.
The Marietta journal. [volume] (Marietta, Ga.) 1866-1909, 1877-09-14

THE diving of bathefs ID upper
Kings river, CAL, reveaios the fact
that the bed was richly COVERED with
gold. Preparations wofa at once
made to lumo tho river and begin
mining.
The Marietta journal. [volume] (Marietta, Ga.) 1866-1909, 1877-09-14

A letter bearing a Confederate ten
cent postage stamp passed the in
spection Of two Virginia postmssters
lately, and reached its destination
unchallenged. The postmark was
written with pen directly under the
stamp, and the likeness of JEFF Da-
Wis must have stared him full in the
face.
The Marietta journal. [volume] (Marietta, Ga.) 1866-1909, 1877-09-14

TIE fun has commmced. The
Jonosboro News saysh Mr.. NJ, D.
Rouatree of Henry cqlnty lost his
gin house last week byhn incendia
nv fire. A
The Marietta journal. [volume] (Marietta, Ga.) 1866-1909, 1877-09-14

TIE fighting in shipka pass has
been the most desperate episode in
the Eastern war. The Tdlks hav g
charged up a valley By marrow
gorge@iinod with cliffs ard a~Hep sss
artillery. In two days fghsiag they
had left 5000 dead in that valley Of
death.
The Marietta journal. [volume] (Marietta, Ga.) 1866-1909, 1877-09-14

BIsnop O'CcNNELL III California
has announced to his diocese that,
according to instructioA Fecoived
from Rome, no Catholic aa parties
pate in "round Dances infer pain
of mortal sin.
The Marietta journal. [volume] (Marietta, Ga.) 1866-1909, 1877-09-14
Blanks on Hand.

We have the following Legal Blanks on Ilar.t
and for sale:
WARRANTED Deeds,
Bond for Titles.
Blank InteFrogaiories,
Recognizanccs,
Affidavit. Bond and Attachment,
Cainisllment, Affidavit and Bond,
Marriage Licenses,
Justice Court Fiias,
Justice Court Summons
SupGnas.
City Blank Bonds,
Exemption Waiver Notes. &c.
The Marietta journal. [volume] (Marietta, Ga.) 1866-1909, 1877-09-14
ONO is getting re@s0t over the
State campaign.

THE Commissioner of Marion
county, Ind, contradict for a new
Court House, to COST $4,000. 1t
has cost 1912, S4o andis Incomplete.
The Marietta journal. [volume] (Marietta, Ga.) 1866-1909, 1877-09-14
ultc y1|ariettE serraal.

Marietts, Ga, friday Eept ID, 1877,
The Marietta journal. [volume] (Marietta, Ga.) 1866-1909, 1877-09-14
oEFICE.

UPSTAIRS, IN FREYER'S BRICK
Building, in the rooms formerly occupied by
DIR. Greer, South-Side of the Public Square.
Mexico weekly ledger., 1877-03-22

There never was such a really good.
substantias,-sati rapid
selling Sewing Machine offered SO low
as the New Family Shuttle, at $50.
1t surpasses expectations, and fulfills
all the requirements of every family
as a helper. 1t will do every descrip-
ton of work-tine of course-that
any machine at any price ever did OF
can do; equally as rapid. correct,
smooth, neat and streng. Has all the
late improvements, Is easy to learn
and manage, is serviceable, don't
wear out, always ready and never out
of order. Agents make money rap
idly, supplying the great demand for
this the cheapest machine in the
world. Territory free. Address A
Cately & Co, corner Broadway and
Eighth ST., New York. 40-tf
Mexico weekly ledger., 1877-03-22
PITCHERS
CASTORIA

Mothers may hare rest and their babies
may nave health, if they viii use Csstoris
for Wind Gallo, Worms. Feverishness,
Sore Mouth, Group. or Stomach Com.
plants. 1t is entirely a vegetable prepar-
alton, and contains neither mineral, NOR
phine, nor alcohol. 1t lie as pleasant to
take as honey. and neither gags nor gripes.
~ am using Castoria in my practice
with the most signal benefits and happy
result"
This is what everyone says. Most
nurses in New York City use the Castoria.
It is prepared by Messrs. ). B. Bose Is
Co., 4S Dey street, New Yerk. successors
Samuel Pitcher, n. d.
Mexico weekly ledger., 1877-03-22
Nd, REPUBLICANS! PATRIOTS!

Grand Life Size plate Portraits Of
ar National rulers sent free.
These splendid Portraits of Hayes
and Wheeler, have been selling at
Picture Dealers for $1,000 each but
40 have several thousand left which
no failed to sell ON account of the
,ono INDIGESTION in Presidential mat
ters. and general s~tagnation in bust
ness. which we now propose to send
10 every reader of this advertisement
for IS cents each or both 5Ocents.
This insignificant sum will barely pay
hostage and packing, SIZE, 22x3O
inches. SPECIAL OFFER. We will
send beth portraits already framed in
heavy Black Walnut and Gilt for
20 25 or either one for $1.25. DON'T
MISS THE CHANCE. This adver-
tisement will not appear again, and
the offer herein holds good for3O days
only.
Address,
/. y. FINE ART co.
ST. Louis, Mo.
Mexico weekly ledger., 1877-03-22

Hepatitis or Liver Complaint,
DYSPEPSIA AND SICK HEADACHE.
FoR TIE cuRx or

Symptoms of a Diseased Liver.
DAM in the right side, under the
L edge of the ribs, increases on pres
sure ; sometimes the pain is in the left
side; the pataseF is rarely able to lie
on the left side; sometimes the pain
is felt under the shoulder-blade, and
it frequently extends to the top of
the shoulder, and is sometimes mis-
taken for a rheumatism in the arm.
The stomach is affected with loss of
appetite and sickness; the bowels in
general are costive, sometimes alter
native with lax the head is troubled
with pain, accompanied with a dull,
heavy sensation in the back part.
There is generally considerable loss
ofmemory,accompanie with pain
full sensation of having left undone
something which ought to have been
done. A slight, dry cough is some
times an attendant. The patient
complains OF weariness and debility;
he is easily startled, his feet are colo
or burning, and he complains of
prickly sensation of the skin hi
spirits are low; and although he
satisfied tina. exercise would be ben,
fetal to him, yet he can scarcel
m up fortitude enough to II
it. In fact, he distrusts every rem
edy. Several of the above sym.
toms attend the disease, but case
have occurred where few of them e.
iSted, yet examination of the body
after death, las shown the LIvEp tt
have been extensively %deranged.
AGUE AND FEVER.
DR.. G. McLANE's LIVER Pills,
IN CASES OF AGUE AND FEVER, when
taken with Quinine, are productive
of the most happy results. No better
cathartic 4 be used, preparatory
to, or after taking Quinine. We
would advise all who are afflicted
with this disease to give them A
FAIR TRIAL.
For all Bilious arrangements, and
as a simple purgative, they are IN
equaled.
BEWARE OF MUTATIONS.
The genuine DR.. G. McLANE's
LIVER PILLS are never sugar coated.
Every box kas a red wax seal on
the lid, with the impression DR..
MeLANE's LIVER Pills.
The genuine McLANF's Liver
PILLS bcar tie signatures of c.
McLANE and FLEMING EROS. on the
wrappers.
ED~ Insist on your druggist or
storekeeper giving you the genuine
DR.. c. McLANE's LIVER Pills, prel
pared by Fleming Bros, Pittsburgh,
Pa.
Sold by all respectable druggists
and country storekeepers generally.
To those wishing to give DR.. c. McLANE'.
LIVER Pills n trial, we viii mail post paid 70 any
F7~5 # the United States, one Box of Fills fol
MING RPos.. pfeSbur~t. Pc
Mexico weekly ledger., 1877-03-22
CENTA1Uk
Letter froM q P~ostmaster.1


"ANTIoCR, ILL, Dec. /, 1874.
''Messrs. J. B. ROSE It Co:
"Mv wife has. Tor a long time, beer a
terrible sufferer from Rheumatism. She
has I: led many physiciaus and many raue-
dies. The only thing which has given hrf
relief Is Centaur Liniment. | Am rel iced
to SAY this has cured her, | am dojn.
what I ear to extend its sale =
". Il. RING.
This is a sample OF many thousand trstj-
mcnials received, of wonderful cures
effected by the Centaur Liniment. The
ingI edients of this article are published
around each bottle. 1t contains Witch
Hazel, Me-tha, Arnica, Rock Oil, Car
bolic, and ingredients hitherto little
known 1t Is an indisputable fact that tie
Centaur Liuiment Is performing more
cures of SwelIings, Stiff Joints, Eruptions,
Rheumatism, Neuralgia. Sciatiaa. Caked
Breasts, Lock.jaw, &c, than all other Lin
iments, E~mbrocs.ions, Extracts, Salves,
| Ointm ents, and Plastsrs now in use.
For Toothachs. Earache Weak Back,
tch and Cutaneous Eruptions it is ad-
mirsble. 1t cures burns and scalds with
out a scar. Extracts poison from bites
and stings, and heals frost bites and chill
blalrs, in q short time. No family can
afford to be without the Csntaur Lini-
ment, white wrapper.
The CeRtaur Llniment, yellow wrapper,
is adapted to the tough skin, nuscles and
flesh Of the animal creation. Its effects
upon severe cases or SPAWN. Sw eny,
Wind Gall, Big Head and Poll Evil, are
little less than mary llops.
Messrs. j. Mcclure d Co., Druggists
corner ELM and Front streets, Cincinnati
O., say:
"Ia our neighborhood a number o
teamsters are using the Centaur Liniment
They pronounce it superior to anything
they have ever used. We sell as high a.
four to Ave dozen bottles per month t.
thess Transfers"
We have thousands of sinilar testime
aials.
Fer Wounds, Calls, Scratches, Ring
bone, 60, and for Screw Worm in Sheer
il has no rival. Farmers, Livery-meE
and Stock-raisers, have in this Imminent
remedy which is worth q hundred time
its cost.
Laboratory OG j. B. R Oss S. Co.
46 DEY STREET. New YehK.
Mexico weekly ledger., 1877-03-22

. Mounted upon fine polished OF oiled :
3 black walnut top table and ,readle.
all complete, $50
: The mos solid, re liable and salts {
- factory machine even invented for all s
. kinds Of family work. An acknowl- :
> edged unequivocal mechanical sue 8
cess, thoroughly sestea. and used in :
. thousands of homes. An efficient, ST. i.
3 lent. rapid, reliable and ~ever.rsady q
helper to the weary wife or seam &
stress, that will do the work Of a =
tamily for a lifetime, and costing b
3 less than half the price of machines :
& OF q like quality. It makes the shut =
Z tie, double-thresd. lock stitch (the =
: same on both sides of tho work.
y which re ceived the highcst award at
. the Centennial. The strongest, finest =
- and most lasting stitch ever produced. <
u It does more w rk at less cost: ope- =
. rates more easily. smoothly and fast 5
9 er and with less labor thar any other =
( machine ct any price. 1t is hailt for x
: strength and constant hard work; -
will run for years without repairs. 1t u
Is easy to learn, easy to manag and 8
Z always ready, in a moment, 10 do q
: every description of strong o. fine p
- hhN.f WIN VIGIL GiS GDC ILdCulDS, -
; at any price, ever did or can do, and =
: with less trouble. It will sew any
> thing a needle can pierce, from lace :
2 or cambria to heavy cloth or harness =
with any kind of thread, and run off :
: twenty yards Per minute; uses a z
= strong straight needle, and never 9
breaks them, II can not miss or :.
; drop q stitch. raw! or break the <
Afnn4H Tl,r -. I~.F IL -
= funded i it will not outwork and
"utlast m muchi' At double the
. price. Il vcu have aEy other ina {
chine, bay this and have q better :
: II The ease aud rap!dity % It's :
4 motion AID "a iitv et is wprH is lis :
K best recommendation. and /: i thor
= ough!y warranted in every respect.
r. by written guar .utee g. maintain s. :
= mcrited reputation as a c,nst.ut. :
- ready and evcI-faithful worker il /. :
: family for aye years. Il will hem. .
= fell, tuck. braid. cord, bind, gather, :
z quilt, rutie. plaat, fold, scaglop.snirr
: roll, haste, embroider. run up
s breadths. etc, with elegance, ease /;
ana quickneSs. 1t requires no learn
= and it will earn from S4 TO SIS per
uhJ AOI any oho "Hc NlSAes W st"
{ fora living. the best End lowest
q priced machine ever invented. For
: testimonials see descriptive books.
~ mailed free with samples Of work.
= Agents wanted throughout the
= country for this, the cheapest and
- most rapld-selling machine in the
= world. Fer liberal terms, address
Z A. CATELY & Co.
, Cor. Broadway and Eighth streets,
& New York. n42-lY
HL1s4M 81 AKONOO4 'HL1V8.
Mexico weekly ledger., 1877-03-22

The CemfaMr III i snenfs have
created a revolution in remedies tor Rhea-
matism strains, Swellings. Pains. Burns
f6calds. Stings. Sc. The White Liniment
ia for the human ismily.and the Yellow
liniment is for horses. They are certain.
handy and cheap
Mexico weekly ledger., 1877-03-22
TU LOAN.

Tn sums of $500. $500, 81 600, So. 00t
and $4,000 secured by good city and
farm property on three, five, and tel!
years time.
Apply to JNo; CLARK " DON
General land and loan agents.
Office over Savings Bank, Mexico
Mo. f'''
Mexico weekly ledger., 1877-03-22

Ladies, why throw away yonr old
scissors and buy new ones, when you
can get your old ones put in as good
order as when new, by bringing them
to Dunn s. NcIlhenny's. 39tf
Mexico weekly ledger., 1877-03-22

Ta..en ~ .trah ! Ba dridg. liv-
in. u H'i%r ""r. p Audraln
o3h,p 80. an - >,,ej before the
a.. o~~ g / .juS!1c.,ast tn eace with
an1 iai: SAID ccuft5 az a stray.
GA ~otr.i f;f. twoyeas~ old medi-
IN ~ To-. len hands i,< the main
lies on the left side of the neck, no
other marks or brands pen ceivable
and appraised at the sum OF twenty
dollars hv G. F.. Rollins and L.
Barnes given under my hand this 9Th
day of Feb. 1871
G.. w. HoLLAwAY, j. L.
45-3t.