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DOLGLASViLLE. GA.. W«,&nAX : 'iTANTJARY 2. 1889..
$1.00 A YEAR,
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Dr. J; W. DUKES,
DENTAL SURGEON,
Will be in Douglasville every Saturday
to practice.Dentistry. Office over Dor-
sett, Smith & Bursen.
DrT t. R. WHITLEY.
D0UGWSV|LE, GEORGIA.
I Chronic Diseases of wo-
ItyjV Gffice No. 8 Broul
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FMfrl ♦JpWBERTS,
Attorney at Law,
. Douglasville, Georgia.
all business promptly attended to.
JOHN V. EDGE,
| lawyer
( DoifgrasvirfeT^Ceorgia.
Office .in “NEWs’’ 1T .b.uilding. * Court-
>itai,se-S<}u(%ei' '
‘'Tired. ‘
I am so tired today; |
X long to lay
My head, for rest, upon the pillow green
Of some still churchyard grave, and shut me
: in ;
From all the cares, the worries, and the
strife
Of all this anxious, restless mother-life,
And sleep, please God’, for aye.
Ah! Little children, with your dancing feet
And glances sweet!
I have so weary of my burdens grown,
I fain would loose your fingers from my
own,
And .leave to other hands the dear delight
Of ghiding baby footsteps up the height,
And thus my task complete,
But, weary mothers, would I have it so?
Would 13 Ah! no.
I could not sleep within my grassy be$,
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
