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A !s3?S3 gsgaasa V ; : sm? im •*s«'«p*l** i i CE VOL. i. NO. 6. DOLGLASViLLE. GA.. W«,&nAX : 'iTANTJARY 2. 1889.. $1.00 A YEAR, fm Dr. J; W. DUKES, DENTAL SURGEON, Will be in Douglasville every Saturday to practice.Dentistry. Office over Dor- sett, Smith & Bursen. DrT t. R. WHITLEY. D0UGWSV|LE, GEORGIA. I Chronic Diseases of wo- ItyjV Gffice No. 8 Broul 3m m FMfrl ♦JpWBERTS, Attorney at Law, . Douglasville, Georgia. all business promptly attended to. JOHN V. EDGE, | lawyer ( DoifgrasvirfeT^Ceorgia. Office .in “NEWs’’ 1T .b.uilding. * Court- >itai,se-S<}u(%ei' ' ‘'Tired. ‘ I am so tired today; | X long to lay My head, for rest, upon the pillow green Of some still churchyard grave, and shut me : in ; From all the cares, the worries, and the strife Of all this anxious, restless mother-life, And sleep, please God’, for aye. Ah! Little children, with your dancing feet And glances sweet! I have so weary of my burdens grown, I fain would loose your fingers from my own, And .leave to other hands the dear delight Of ghiding baby footsteps up the height, And thus my task complete, But, weary mothers, would I have it so? Would 13 Ah! no. I could not sleep within my grassy be$, For bearing pattering footsteps overhead. This mother-heart, though turned to dust, would throb Responsive to the baby’s lonely sob, However faint and low. And so I could not rest me after all; The grasses tall, And snowy daisies could not bring me peace; The aching mother-loVe would ’never cease. Oh! Christ, who gave this love with mother- hoed. On mothers tired bestow this greater good, Patience—whate’er befall! ►[The Home-Maker. “GREASY BILL." ■ BY LEM DUKE. Mm ^•^WNiPtll'Sroad St, DOUGLASVILLE, CA. A clean Shave or lTaijr-.c.uj- for a trifle. Come to see me. Also a fitst-class Res taurant second door from N!|ws office,’dm Public Square. Meals >25 cents, launches td order. Will also Clean and Renovate your old Clothes. Charges reasonable. ii -AND- WAGON SHOP, DOUGLASVILLE. QA, “'"HBring me your. work. Baggett’s old stand.- Satisfaction guaranteed. tf LIME! LIME! LIME, Handled in Car Loads 1 . The Finest Coal at $5.50* Per Ton. Chattahoocltf c Brick at $8 per Thousand. Lime in Barrels to Merchants and Don tractors a^same price per barrel as at At lanta with freight added. Satisfaction given in every particular Please give me a call. H. W. HODGE. There were two Bill Smiths in. the worthless in hi3 own \yay, ,and tp distinguish them the peo- f plo c&lod one “Lyin’ Bill”;; and the I othef- “Greasy- Billy’ The former moved to parts unknown, but Greasy Bill it was said, didn’t have energy enough to move outside the incorpora tion, and so remained bearing with careless indifference his peculiar ap pellation. Greasy Bill didalt. h ayemuch educa tion nor much of anything else except time; he had plenty of that, and love for bright-eyed Mamie Hudson, the mayor’s daughter. He was generally looked on as a shiftless sort of fellow, with no ambition and no energy. The mayor soon saw an attachment growing between bis lovely daughter 1 and Greasy Bill, and viewed it with no little alarm. He forbid Greasy Bill en tering his house, and made other pre cautions to prevent the two young lovers meeting; but between the stores uptown and the mayor’s frontward fence down town they managed to see each other two or three limes every week. “Is that you, Bill?’’ “Whujs left uv mo.” It-was a clear, starlight night, and Mamie had been waiting in the front yard for Greasy Bill to pass that way going hom , \ “■Why are you so late? I've been waiting a long, long time, and had be gun to fear that you had gone some ■pther way to avoid me.” “Now, Mamie, whut makes yer talk that or way? Yer know I’d er come by here, even ef I’d er knowed I wouldn’.t er got tor see nothin’ uv yer but ther house yer live in." “I know it. Bill, but I can’t keep such nations out of my-head sometimes, especially since papa has gone to hound ing after you like'you were an escaped convict." “Wal, I don’t blame’im. He’s got er right ter, ’cause I ain’ no ’count." “That’s what he says. But I know you are. ‘ You are good and noble and true, and—I love you. I know you haven’t got pile3 of money and don’t wear fine clothes, but you wouldn’t stoop to low tricks as some do that arc more thought of than you. I overheard papa talking to mamma about you tho other night, and—” “You didn’t hear nothin’ good er ’bout me?" “Yes. Papa said that ha was sorry to have to treat you as he doe3 about coming here. Ho said.that the people all thought you worthless, and that ho was forced to do as ho did. Ho said that there was something truly magnan imous about you but that you badn’t spirit enough to force it to tho front. But you will show tho people some day, won’t you Bill?’’ “There’s nothin’ ter .show.” “Hush now, I know there is. If there wasn’t I wouldn’t love you. But I must go in. Good bye." She raised her lips towards his for a. kiss. 1 “No,” said Greasy Bill, “I can’t stain them sweet lips—’’ She put her arms-around his neck anffi%ouncil knows your capabilities? kissed .him thrice, then stole silently among the flowers to her room. Greasy Bill had not gone far when- he heard a pistol shot up in the business square. He stopped to listen. Another and then another followed in quick succession. _ “Some feller’s or havin’ a picnic,” he mused, “fer I hear ther music. I reck on ther marshal will be ' er swingin’ corners; with’i&’fore it’s over with.. B’l’eve I’ll go up an’ see ther fun.” eeptewthe resignation of the marshal |that walflind unanimously elected you to fill the Vacancy with the salary in- ; creased to oneithousand dollars. What ido~yousay to tBjst?” i . ‘ Say I can’t fill iff “Good heavens, man I What's tho reason.” " ,: ri A’ . . • , “'Cause I ain’t fltton.” V" • “Ain’t fit ton? Don’t-you suppose the Why, you’re the very man for the place. There’s not a man in the state that would suit so well.’’ P’ ”8ut I can’t write nor figger.-” ); “Ob, well you must have a 'secretary for that. Come in and we’ll . talk it over.” • • They had reached tho mayor's’; house, Mamie was playing the piano.. I “Yes,” Said he ,musingly,: : “you '.mult havo'a secretary. But that can bo eas ily arranged, I think. I known parson He turned, quickened his pace .and, Ixwsb would be 'only too glad to' do your ... part of made his way to tho business, the town. A tall, bony-fac.e'd- man flourished a pistol, shooting at-ttaigd'om, and no one dared to arrestJ’jnja. A large posse of citizens had collected and were held at bay by the daring of-, fender., - . ,, 4 “Come fight along, gentlemen-!” the desperado shouteJjj&fefe.Dott’t be back ward! This is a freo excursion! Through tickets to pet.4itipn.oa demand 1 No stops on the w^pj’Nb extra, for sleepers! Hots lead and. powder served for refreshnjliWy ^»S‘f"’ ; J*QniCkest rcaitSl^l/Oome right along! All aboard!” * i No one seemed inelgftetl t<» aePJfPiiS^ invitation. . aHSHSKBSS “Where’s the marsHWf’-’ iSsfioa^raP®* “Go for the marshal!” . shouted another. ‘‘Bring the marshal/ quick 1” -- “Have the feller airested 1” “Look him up!'’ ifFiji; ' “Shoot the fool!” ' “Somebody go for the marshal.” Several did go for t>.o marshal, but he could not bo found. Hearing the disturbance,, and knowing the repu tation of the man with whom he would have to deal, he had slunk away into some secluded corner out of danger. ► “Here is the best pistol that ever emptied a cartridge,” said a man,' 1 ‘but I wouldn’t take it and attempt to ar rest that man for all the wealth in this town.” “Give it ter’ me then,” said Greasy Bill. , He took it and forged his way through the crowd, “Eh! Ole Greasy Bill’s goin’ ter try him,” sneered one. $ “Wake, snakes! Greasy Bill’s er corn- writing... and figuring for you, and,” as they stood in thin parlor door, “I don’t think you wd’uldhave to go further than tho piano to find her.” | “Look er here. ” ; .s,aid. Greasy Bill, yer don’t mean it?’ . ^ ® ‘'Bill, you are the-fifstV;young fellow that I ever saw stand ^dgaaw^.-iwitig Jhe-eook whoa there was pSh the cap- I bc-aru.” - -*S-' § A fc-vsecondg later Greasy Bill 8had ie.—f Atlahta CoastitutiQlu ‘ n in’,” shouted another. Greasy Bill advanced. “You had better come back, Bill,” said a member of the council. “Stop {right . there, young man,’’ Warned the desperate offender, as ho levelled his pistol on Greasy Bill. “If you come another stop I’ll blow your light outl” , . : '. . “Blow!’’ said Greasy Bill, looking' him steadily in the eye^ and still ad - vancing. “You dare not shoot a man!” The crowd was breathless. The eyes of the two men pierced each other liko daggers. Neither showed fear. The offender lowered his pistol and hold out his hand, “Put it their, young man,”’ said he. “I never saw the man that I feared; but this band will never be stained with the blood of as brave a man as you. I’m your prisoner; do with me what you please.” Late in tho evening of the next day, Mayor Hudson overtook Greasy Bill as they were both going to supper. “Good evening, Bill,’’said he, “I have boon looking for you, I have some important and, I think, joyful news to communicate. First, however, ljt me congratulate you on the success ful manner in which you arrested the lawlessness on tho streets last night. The town is loud in your praise for do ing so gallant an act.” “I didn’t do nothin’ more’n I oughter done,” said he. “Weil, the council had a meeting this evening,” said tho mayor, “and ac- Aa iagefliqus stroke of business dias Aioe.n done by k.’swindler, who is now eought for^Dy the Moscow police. A yqung man ot YespectaWp^^eSfaSce recentlysntered a jeweller’s shop, se lected 4000 roubles’ worth of trinkets, paid down a sum of 500 roubles on ac cent, took the jewelry and explained that - if an assistant would accompany him .to the neighboring office of a well- known wholesale baker, tho balance of the sum due would be at once handed -Over. The baker in question was in the habit uf contracting for supplying targe establishments with bread; and as ho was notoriously a wealthly man, an assistant- was allowed to accompany the adventurer to his house. Of course, the swindler had already visited the baker and made him an innocent ac complice. On entering the office the 'adventurer; said to the baker in an off hand way: “This man will take tho 3500 that you havo arranged to let me have. Ho has had 500 roubles from me. Please take his receipt and oblige me by attending to .him quickly. I must be off. Good day! ’ The baker’s re ply was. a respectful “Certainly, sir;; good day,’’.,: He told the assistant to sit down and wait for a few minutes, and in the meantime the swindler "'van ished. When at last the baker, after listening at various tubes and making his replies, announced, “The bread is ready for you now. How many carts havo you to carry it in?” for tho first time it dawned upon tho victim that in icertain circumstances “three thousand "nvo hundred” might , allude not to roubles but to loaves. The swindler had, in fact, pretended to bo the di rector of an orphanage, and had intj- matod that, twice a week until further ’notice, ho should require 3500 loaves, and that the man who would period ically call for them wiould. also ‘pay for them in ready money.—[St. [James Gazette. Cold-Water Fishes. It will be a surprising fagt-wmany readers to..learAjfefesfr'c.old waters abound, snore in life than do warm wsASrs. The schools of herrings about the coasts of Japan greatly exceed those FOR FARMERS. An epidemic is spreading among horses. The disease is a new one to veterinary surgeons, and they are baffled iivits treatment. It apparently affects of England, though the Japanese waters | the glands of the throat, and in the ma- are the colder by at least 20 degrees. ; jority of cases it causes swelling, which ... , ,, .■ . _ . , • i oxtendsfittmthepoint of the law to the An idea of their numbers -may be had ^ breast Tifft makes breathing 3 and eat i ing vely clifficultfflnd, consequently, the j animal rapidly grows weak and Joses G, •may John’s “Notes from Capt. H. and Sketches.”^ , . - - • ' In May and June this fish appears in incredible numbers, The straits, bays and creeks are alive with herrings. They are' in such numbers that those nearest the beach are pushed out of the water, and the shore for miles, is thus kept constantly replenished with fresh fish;-, countless numbers of sea-gulls, tagles, utows, besides foxes, wolves and bears find an'ever ready meal, and the way the sea-gulls just picked the tidbit from the back of tho neck, and left the remainder of the fish, showed how.well they kqew the supply was constant. ‘ The Japanese , simply run a net straight out from the shore, 150 .or 200 yards along a line of stakes. At ,the end of tho net is a bag; ,into which the fish, on striking the net and working along it, soon. find their way. When required,, tha fishermen only have to go off, haul tho bag up, and opening the fud.let the fish fall into their boat. ' This,species of herring is both larger and coarser than our own. Thj^em> oejaturo .ofwap;r; flout! f —i——• extent *• flesh. Hon. C, 0.'Moore, of Huey, Ill., ar rived in New Smyrna, Fla., to spend the Winter there. He has valuable property at Eldora, and also a fine young grove in town, from which a box of oranges was picked this year. While in the North last Summer, he tad arranged with the Louisville & Nashville Road for a series of excursions from points in tlie North direct to New Smyrna, but tho yeiiovt | fever .‘care played' havoc with that, j though there is a prospect that later in ! the season, when confidence has been re- j established in the minds of the North- i erners as to Floridais;iaifei!htag^~tettt hlk I plans may yet be con sum 1 J The orange groves of Oviedo, Fla., j have the reputation of being the finest j in the state, and the growers have earned | the reputation of packing their fruit in the neatest manner. As evidence of this | latter fact, William Cleaier received a | letter from the well-known commission j house of L. W. Sherman & Co., ; of Bos- | ton, Mass., in acknowledgement of a , shipment of fruit a few days ago, io vthic'i this sen!eace is found? “Hurrah j.ibr Nelsonl Hispac!{ing^istfrejB®r%ff' { have see&Jhis season,’fw’hhiiis oertainly Nigh coiamen'dation, coming, fr- m such extraordi nary extent ^averages 86 debtees, whereas that in which our own fisli is f found de grees.' A Maker of Kid Gloves. Ah interestiag spectacle can be wit nessed on Broadway every pleasant evening. In the window of a kid glove store a man wearing a soiled blouse en tertains quite a crowd by the skilful manner in which ha dresses kid skins for the glovcmakers'. His knife might bC called a three-inch brojid chisel, of razor-like keene3S, which ho pushos delicately but swiftly over the uneven surface of the rough leather smoothing it down most beautifully. Every in stant ho is obliged to whet the blade with what appears to be on ordinary piece of smooth steel. Occasionally the artisan cuts the skin, no attention to the slip, the skin is dressed- it i3 damp cloth with a number of others. When he has finished a number pf choice, highly colored skins, tho opera tor takes one of them and cuts out a piece which is to be used for the back of the glove, the section being frequent ly eighteen inches in length. From the saihis ■pic.qe he cuts .out the palm and the scraps ho'Yracca. for the pieces for the fingers. Ordinarily he uses no guide for -the pieces, but when a lady “leaves her mo'ssure” he has to exercise as much care in cutting out the pattern as a tail or does in preparing a suit pattern. — [New York Sun. 1 reliable and experienced dealers i Flor-l . An event of more than passing interest and one of vast importance to the people of-Florida^isu^^rtKcomffrg'meeting Of thC American Pomological Society to be held at Ocala oh February 20, 21 and 22. This is the first time that the Society has ever held a meeting in the South—that is, in that part of the country comprising the extreme southern belt of the semi- but he pays As soon as wrapped in a A Natural Pipe of Peace. I Postmaster Martin recently -picked from the side of Missionary Ridge a ^beautiful spo dimen of the Indian pipe .flower. It is a perfect pipe , of peace, and every detail is carried out in per fection. The bowl contains tbp stamen .which appear very much liktf* tobacqg,, and the stem; is entwined with a feath ery ribbon, just like the typical pipe of peace. • It is snow white, of a wax-like appearance,, about twelve' inches in length and a more perfect pipe could not bp .constructed. The plant is found - in moist woods on the side of Mission ary •- Ridge. It is parasitic and flourishes chiefly on roots or decaying vegetable matter—[Chattanooga (Tenn.) Times, Monster Mississippi Bridge. Work on tho great bridge which is to span the Mississippi river at Memphis, Tenn., has been commenced. ■ The bridge'proper is on the cantilever plan, and will consist of a channel span 770. feet in length. This is said to be the longest single span of the kind in the world, and its construction is a difficult piece of engineering. The bridge will also have two spans, each 620 feet in length. The bridge will be 34 feet in width, and while only one' railroad track will bo used at present, the strength of the bridge will be such that two tracks can be laid. . The plans al ready contemplate a wagon road for ve hicles. Tho bridge will be approached from tho West ovsr an iron trestle 5200 feet in length and an embankment of 1800 feet in length. It will be ap proached from the east over an iron trestle lOOO.feet long and over an em bankment. The bridge will be 75 feet above high-water mark. The esti mated cost is $2,200,000.—[Times-Dem ocrat;!: tropical states. The society was organ ized in 1848, and has since then held bi- : ennial sessions in various sections of the I Eastern, Western and Middle States/ with one session at Baltimore, Md., and one at Rictaaond, Va. The last meetings.;* was held in Boston, Mass;, and at that time an invitation from the Jife^da Horticultural so8tgtv..,te,. hold Jla -ae-xt, session in this state was unammoiisly ac cepted. Sanford was originally selected as tho place, and February 6 as the time for holding this convention, but owing to • a lack of time for suitable preparations it was deemed ’ expedient to make"the change as above noted. The weather editor of the New York Herald goes over the indications of our ; Winter laboratory, the great Hudson’s bay and Manitoba sections of British North America, and concludes that, “this Winter’s gales on the western and northern margins of the Gulf Stream are likely to be sometvhnt more violent than in an ordinary season, and precipitation on the seaboard in excess, with more rain than snow. The - present outlook does not indicate an excessively rigorous winter in the Mississippi Valley and the Northwest, but on the contrary a season insertion.! more favorable for crops than that of >Lg88. By March 1, however, it is likely"" the pfc^st-Caaadiau high pressure^ will have disappeared and a similar wave have formed in the Northwest, in which case the Winter, ending March 21, will close With milder weather than usual in the Atlantic states and a late Spring in the Northwest,” Which would naturally give the lower Mississippi Valley and the Southwest-a late Spring also. These are tho tentative probabilities deduced | from scientific data and long experience,. and not the vaporing guesses of a Wig gins or other “weather prophet.” The Herald’8 weather bureau- is in all res pects superior to the one that is located at Washington. Age of Orange Trees. That the orange tree frequently at tains a great age is certain, and it is a well ascertained fact that many of those which are known to be at least one Run-,' dred years old appear to be in -their prime. It is even alleged that in the Az8tes there are trees which have pro duced fruit after their third century. We may take it, however, that as a gen eral rule the orange is at its best up to a hundred years, and after that time begins gradually to decay. Henry R. Smith, of San Francisco, Cal., died some years ago, and left a most peculiar will. He bequeathed his property to his widow, stipulating that she should educate their son as a lawyer and have him taught the Chinese langu age. - Mrs. Smith has faithfully carried out these provisions, and her son, who is now of age, can talk American law’ to a Celestial without effort, g . jg