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13,y Craig As Williamson.
VOLUME XXXVI.
Ootton.
With careful rotation of
crops and liberal fertilizations,
cotton lands will improve. The
application of a proper ferti
lizer containing sufficient Pot
ash often makes the difference
between a profitable crop and
failure. Use fertilizers contain
ing not less than 3 to 4%
Actual Potash.
Kainit is a complete specific
against “Rust.”
Our pamphlets are not advertising circulars boom
ing special fertilizers, bu.t are practical works, contain
ing the Jesuits of latest experiments in this line.
Every cotton farmer should have a copy. They are
sent free for the asking.
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call on Dr. F. C. Lillibridge at the Arlington
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REAL ESTATE
For Sale!
i have in my hands for sale every
kind of real estate, and can suit any
one who wants to buy. Store property,
manufacturing sites, city dwellings,
city building lots, raining property,
small farms near town, improved and
unimproved, some with large or
chards of a variety of fruits, and
farms of every size and character
further out. In short, if you are
looking for real estate of any de
scription see me, or write to me, and
I will supply you with what you are
looking for. Now is a good time to
buy while prices are low.
All persons who have real estate
to sell are invited to see me, and we
will arrange to our mutual advantage.
1 have connections and corres
pondents all through the North and
West, am land agent of the Georgia
Railroad Co., and have my arrange
ments well made for the successful
handling of real estate.
Come to see me whether you want
to buy or sell, and I will do you good.
Yours, truly,
C. A. Dozier,
REAL ESTATE AND INSURANCE,
No. 1 Slate Bank Building,
GAINESVILLE, - GA.
Public Sale
OF
Valuable City Lots.
The Gainesville Land Investment
Company will sell on FRIDAY,
MAY 1, at public auction, twen
ty-eight city lots, a portion situated
on North Bradford street and a por
tion on Eist Spring street. All
good building lots.
Sale will take place on the grounds.
Terms of sale: One-third cash,
balance Dec. 1, 1896.
Flats of these lots can be seen at
the office of C. A. Dozier, in State
Bank Building.
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Farming Tools.
All the latest and best improve
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Sash, Doors, and Blinds.
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Hall Sheriff Sales.
GEORGIA, HALL COUNTY-Will be sold be
fore the court house door, in the city of
Gainesville, Hall County, Georgia, within the
legal hours of sale, on the first Tuesday in
April, 189 G, the following property, to wit:
That city lot of land in Gainesville, Hall
county, Ga., and being a small house and lot
where Lucinda Hall lived at the time of her
death, and where J. T. Hall lived at the time of
his death, and being bounded by Banks street,
the Boggs lot and others. Levied on as the
property of the estate of Lucinda Hall and J.
T. Hall,"agent, by virtue of a tax fl fa issued by
M. J. Charles, Tax Collector of Hall county, in
favor of the State and County for taxes due for
the year 1895.
Also, at the same time and place, will be sold
the following described property, to wit: Part
of lot of land No. ninety-eight (98) in the tenth
(10th) district of Hall county, Ga., the same be
ing bounded on the north by land of J. B.
Stephens, on the west by land of Pass and
Clark, and on the south and east by land of
Samuel C. Dunlap and others. Levied on as the
property of the estate of John Mason, deceased,
by virtue of two (2) tax fi fas issued by M. J.
Charles, Tax Collector of Hall county, in favor
of the State and county for taxes due for the
years 1894 and 1895 against said estate.
Also, at the same time and place, will be sold
two houses and lots on Athens street in Gaines
ville, Hall county, Ga. One house and lot
fronting on the east side of Athens street one
hundred feet, and running back on the south
side of Myrtle street three hundred and sixty
feet, more or less. The other house and lot
fronts one hundred feet, more or less, on Ath
ens street, east side, and running back three
hundred and sixty feet, more or less, and ad
joining said first described lot, and adjoining
the house occupied by Dr. Daniel Fowler on the
south side. Levied on and to be sold as the
property of Oliver Clark by virtue of a fl fa
issued from the Superior Court of Hall county
in favor of E. F. Lilly vs Clark, Bell & Co., and
Oliver Clark, and J. M. Bell.
Also, at the same time and place, will be sold
one house and lot in the city of Gainesville,
Hall county, Ga., lying one hundred feet from
Maple street, in the rear of the residence of
Mitty Thomas, colored, and bounded on the
south by land of S. C. Dunlap, west by Bailey’s
lot, and running north ninety feet to the Moon
lot. Levied on and to be sold as the property
of Mitty Thomas, colored, to satisfy a fi la
issued by M. J. Charles, Tax Collector of Hall
county, Ga., in favor of State and county for
taxes due for the year 1895. Levy made and re
turned to me by J. M. Taylor. L. C.
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WINGS.
Wings that flutter in sunny air,
Wings that dive and-dip and dare.
Wings of the humming bird flashing by,
Wings of the lark in the purple sky,
Wings of the eagle aloft, aloof,
Wings of the pigeon upon the roof.
Wings of the storm bird swift and free
W’ith wild winds sweeping across the sea—
Often and often a voice in me sings—
Oh, for the freedom, the freedom of wings!
Oh, to winnow the air with wings!
Oh, to float far above hurtful things!
Things that weary and wear and fret—
Deep in the azure to fly and forget.
To touch in a moment the mountain's crest
Or haste to the valley for home and rest,
To rock with the pine tree as wild birds may,
To follow the sailor a summer's day,
Over and over a voice in me sings—
Oh, for the freedom, the freedom of wings!
Softly responsive a voice In me sings—
Thou hast the freedom, the freedom of wings.
Soon as the glass a second can count
Into the heavens thy heart may mount;
Hope may fly to the topmost peak,
Lone its nest in the vale may seek;
Outspeeding the sailor Faith's pinions may
Touch the ends of the earth in a summer’s day.
Softly responsive a voice in me sings—
Thou has the freedom, the freedom of wings!
—Mary F. Butts in Youth’s Companion.
STRATEGY.
“Did you Save a good time in
town?”
“No-o. Beastly holo; boros ono to
death.”
“But there is such a lot going on
now. Did you not go to any thea
ters?”
“Yes, to everyone; music halls,
too; saw everything there was to be
seen. I suppose I did enjoy myself,
but I have forgotten it.”
The girl looked at the man stead
ily for a moment, but ho walked
moodily on, unconscious of her gaze.
“Who were those people you wrote
about? Those people you were with
so much?”
“Oh, they were Irish.”
Dead silence. The man and the
girl sauntered along the beach, each
intent on his or her own thoughts.
“What charming people the Irish
are as a rule,” said the girl, at
length.
“Yes, awfully jolly, ” enthusiastic
ally.
“Were these?”
“Oh, yes. They weren’t bad.”
“How many were there, and of
what sort and condition? Do rouse
yourself a little and try to be a trifle
more entertaining.”
“What shall I tell you? About the
Irish people I mot? Well, there was
a father, also a mother—awfully fine
old lady she was—and a daughter.”
“Was tho daughter pretty? Irish
girls are lovely, as a rule, I think.
Their eyes are so beautiful. Had this
. girl beautiful eyes?”
“Ye-es, I suppose so.”
“Was she a nice girl, clever, and
so on? Tell me all about her.”
“Oh, there is nothing to tell. ” The
girl sauntered on more slowly. She
was a little paler than she had been,
but a slightly mocking smile played
round the corners of her mouth.
“How pretty those brown sails
look out there,” she said presently,
pointing to a little fleet of fishing
boats far out on the glittering sea.
“Mark, I should like to go out sail
ing.”
“Would you?” he rejoined indif
ferently.
“Yes. Let us go and have a nice
long day. I will get some provisions
while you get the boat. Shall we
go?”
“I should like it if you would.”
Out at sea there was a soft breeze
blowing, a little breeze that made
the hot sun bearable and put new
life and spirits into the two in the
boat. There was something so ex
hilarating, so free, so invigorating,
in the very feeling of flying along
over the smooth, sparkling waters.
“Shall we have lunch now?”
The girl was leaning back in a
perfect nest of cushions, looking
unspeakably comfortable and very
pretty. Her pink sunshade gave a
delicate flush to her cheeks, which
were otherwise pale.
The breeze flapped the wide brim
of her hat and blew her soft hair in
curls about her forehead.
The man looked round from the
sail ropes he had been intent on, and
an involuntary gleam of admiration
shone from his eyes.
“You look so comfortable it is a
pity you should move,” he said, in
less melodramatic manner than he
had hitherto spoken. “I will unpack
the things and hand you all you
want.”
“My dear boy, I could not possi
bly eat in this position, and loath as
I am to disturb myself, my spirit
longeth for sustenance. lam going
to sit in the bottom of the boat, ”
she said. “Will you arrange some
cushions at my back for me?”
Easily and deftly he arranged her
nest. There was something strange
ly fascinating in taking care of this
dainty, graceful maiden.
The girl seemed to divine his feel
ings, for she colored a little and
roused herself so as to dispense with
his attentions.
“This is awfully fine,” said the
man, leaning back, with his hands
I clasped behind his head, and looking
first at the girl, then at the sky and
then back at the girl again. “This is
splendid. I could go on sailing away
forever. One seems to leave all wor
| ries behind, and forget all disagree
ables. ”
“I do not know that I should care
I for it for the rest of my existence,”
she said at length. “ You are a very
agreeable companion, Mark; at least,
I you can be,” with a little rising of
i her eyebrows, “but I think it would
be very stupid to pass one’s whole
life with one friend”—
“With one what?”
“Friend,” answered the girl, calm
ly unfurling her sunshade and set
tling more comfortably into her
cushions.
The man stared at her for a few
seconds, then he followed her gaze
at the brown sails, and fora moment
they appeared to find something of
surnassing interest in them.
”1 think it would bo very jolly to'
bring out Mina Armstrong one day,
and her brother, don’t you?” asked
the girl.
“Ye-es, perhaps they would like
it,” indifferently.
“Oh, Jack Armstrong told mo yes
terday that ho is devoted to sailing.
He wanted mo to go with him—
them today, but I said you wore
coming and you would think it odd
if you found no ono at home. ”
“You were very kind,” ho an
swered a little sulkily. “I am sorry
to have kept you at home.”
“Oh, it does not matter, I can go
another Jay; I wanted to see you,
you know.”
For minutes silence reigned in the
boat. The man was wondering if it
could really be possible that the girl
regarded him simply as one of her
many friends and was quite indif
ferent as to whether he cared more
for another girl or not.
In an instant it all flashed across
him. She was infatuated by this
newcomer, this other friend, who
wantecl to take her out sailing, and
shb wanted to pack him, Mark, off
with the sister.
Perhaps her thoughts were witn
that other fellow! While he was try
ing to discover why he so disliked
that other fellow, Ruth gave a little
sigh, and the sadness vanished from
her face.
“How perfectly idyllic this is,”
she said. “What a comfort it is to
be able to sit silent when one feels
inclined, and not feel ono is playing
the bore. It is a sign of true friend
ship, Mark. I could not do so with
any one but you, but you under
stand. ’ ’
“ ‘Friend’ always seems to me such
an inadequate, cold word,” he said.
“Friends and acquaintances are the
same to me.”
“Oh, no! Oh, no!” she cried. “Ac
quaintances mean so little, they are
nothing. I have so many, but of
friends so few. You are one of my
chiefest, and”—
“I always thought we were more
than friends,” he said.
“You silly boy, how could we
be?” she replied, with a little laugh,
but the laugh did not ring true.
Later that day it occurred to him
that he had not thought of the Irish
girl for several hours. He did not
think of her until the moon rose,
and he went out on the headland and
sat alone with his pipe, and he long
ed to make her aware of the fact.
******
During the last week or two he
had found that she did not jump at
his suggestions with her old alacrity
—in fact, it had taken all his time
and all his tact to secure her com
pany at all, and so occupied had he
been that he had had no time to
think at all of the Irish girl. Today,
however, Ruth willingly consented
to accompany him.
So they strolled along the narrow
lane inland, until they camo to the
moor, where the low hedges were
draped with festoons of honeysuckle
and “old man’s beard.”
“Mark, this is an earthly para
dise,” she exclaimed, as she leaned
back against a soft cushion of sweet
scented thyme. “If I was supersti
tious, I should say it was too good
to last. ’ ’
“I think it is,” said Mark, rather
mournfully. “We seldom have a
walk or anything else together now,
Ruth.”
“No?” She was not prepared for
this sudden attack, and grew con
fused.
The man noticed it, and deter
mined to make the most of it.
“Ruth, dear, you have changed late
ly. We are not such good friends as
we used to be. Why is it? Tell me. ”
“Don’t be silly, ” she said, studi
ously averting her eyes. “Get Into
a more comfortable position,” she
said, smiling down at him, “and talk
tome. I must be amused.”
So the man, with a sigh, lay down
on his heather couch and began to
talk.
“And those Irish people?” said the
girl unconcernedly, idly sticking
pieces of heather in his curls, while
she looked keenly down on his face.
“Why do you not ask them down
here? You were so much with them
and liked them so, I am sure you
would be glad to have them.”
No answer.
“I am sure I should have liked to
have met them. I think I should
have liked the girl awfully.”
“I am sure you would not. She is
not your style at all.”
“What style is she?”
“Oh, I don’t know. She is an aw
ful flirt, and not good form at all.”
“Oh!” A silence ensued for about
five minutes; then the man rolled
over, and planting his elbows in the
heather looked up determinedly in
his companion’s face. An inkling of
the truth had reached bis brain.
“Ruth, I must know. It is only
fair that you should tell mo why you
have changed so to me? You are
making me very miserable, dear. ”
“I am? Oh, Mark, how can I make
you unhappy?”
“Because I love you, Ruth, and I
cannot bear this something that has
risen between us. It drives me mad.
Ruth, my dear little girl, don't you
know how I love you, and that I
want you to be something very, very
much nearer than a friend?”
“But, Mark, how about that other
girl, that Irish girl? Aren’t you—
don’t you—care for her?”
“Pooh!” said the man, with un
feigned scorn. “Careforher? I nev
er did. One may flirt with a girl like
that, but as to loving her, or—or
marrying her, well, I pity the poor
fool who does. She flirts abomina
bly.”
Then the girl smiled again, a tri
umphant little smile, quite unintel
ligible to the man. She knew that
• her QQUTse of treatment had been
.()() Per Annum in Advance.
successful; tlio cure was complete.
“Why do you smile?” asked the
man perplexed.
“Because—oh—because I am so
happy.”
“Happy! Do you moan that?”
catching one of her hands and kiss
ing it passionately. (
Still she looked away, intent on
tearing up the unfortunate heather
by her side. The man watched her
in silent dismay. He could not un
derstand her in this variable mood.
“You do not care,” he said at last,
when the silence had become unbear
able. “You do not you
cannot make yourself. ”
He turned over, and propped him
self on one elbow, with his face well
away from hers.
“Don’t try, dear,” he went on, but
the words came haltingly. “Don’t
try. Either you do or you do not,
and I would not have”—
“Mark,” she said softly.
“What is it, Ruth?”
He obeyed her, and turned a very
miserable - pair of eyes toward her.
“Never mind, little woman, ” he
said bravely. “I know you can’t
care”—
“You are making a mistake. Ido
care very, very much, ” she said ear
nestly, and leaning toward him she
took his face between her two hands
and kissed him gently on the fore
head.—Mabel Quiller-Couch in Gen
tlewoman.
A Potato Tercentenary.
It is proposed to hold in England
next year a unique celebration—a po
tato Tercentenary.
An English newspaper says :
“In 1596 the first potato was
planted in England, in Holborn,about
the time that Sir Walter Raleigh was
planting the first Irish potato at
Youghal, near Cork. For two cen
turies the potato continued as a bo
tanical curiosity. When first eaten
it was a delicacy, sometimes roasted
and steeped in sack, or baked with
marrow and spices or preserved and
candied. When Parmentier devel
oped the plant in France Louis XVI
and Marie Antionette wore the flow
ers as ornaments. Frederick the
Great had to force the Pomeranian
farmers to plant potatoes by the fear
of his soldiers. It was the famine of
1771-72 in Germany that first dem
onstrated the value of the tubers.”
It was Sir Walter Raleigh, the
most enterprising man of his time,
who introduced the potato into Eng
land. As early as 1586 he took some
potatoes from Virginia to the old
country, butdo the Spaniards really
belongs the credit of discovering the
potato and giving it a start in
Europe. The potato grows wild to
day in Chile and Peru, as it did at
the time of the Spanish conquest.
There is no evidence that the North
American Indians cultivated the po
tato before the Spanish conquest,
and it is certain that the Spaniards
carried it to Spain long before Ral
eigh gave his friends in England
their first taste of the tuber. From
Spain it was taken to Italy and was
known in Florence as early as 1588.
The name we now give this popular
tuber is from the Spanish “batata.”
There has been much discussion as
to whether the introduction of the
potato has been a blessing or a curse
to Europe, especially to Ireland.
The large dependence of the people
on it has caused the famines in that
unfortunate country, and is believed
by many who have checked its best
agricultural developement.
Recently a spirited anti-potato
crusade has been inaugurated in this
country by Dr. Cyrus Edson, of New
York. The learned doctor contends
that the potato is the great breeder
of dyspepsia in this country and be
lieves that our people depend upon
it entirely too much. Dr. Edson is
seconded in his assaults upon the
potato by several other medical au
thorities, but they have so far had
little effect either upon the potato
market or the appetites of the pop
nlace.
One Effect of Sam Jone*’ JleelinKx.
A Houston mother was much
astonished yesterday. The children
had gone into another room to play,
and presently she heard her ten-year
old son say to his younger sisters :
“You little fools, you ain’t got as
much sense as an old hog. If you
.don’t believe what I say you can go
to the devil!” She grabbed a switch
and cried, “Willie,” but she had pres
ence of mind enongh to sit down and
fan herself, when Willie shouted :
“That’s all right, ma ; we’re playing
•we’re having a Sam Jones meeting.”
T - ——
Sam Jones illustrates Sabbath
breaking in this original manner: “I
have six dollars in silver in my
pocket. I go down the road and
meet an old beggar and he says,
‘Please give me something.’ I give
him six of the dollars and that night
he comes in where I sleep and steals
the other one. Ain’t he mean ? God
says, I have seven days; take six and
leave the seventh; and you take six,
and then go and steal the seventh
one from him. Ain’t you a dandy ?”
The oldest love letter has been
discovered. It is in the British Mu
seum, and is written upon a brick
made of Nile mud and baked. It
contains the marriage proposal of a
Pharoah for the hand of a daughter
of the king of Babylon, and is sup
posed to be something like 4,000
years old. If the maidens of this pe
riod received such missives, many of
them could build mansions of their
love letters of a season.
The North Georgia Citizen, pub
lished at Dalton, could say nothing
truer than what it says in its current
issue :
“No high public officer was ever
subjected to such dirty treatment
from the’ malice of his enemies as
Grover Cleveland has been, but none
ever went out of office with a purer
1 record and a cleaner character than
Cleveland will take with him when
he shall retire to private life.”
NUMBER 14.
WEDDING BELLS WERE GOLDEN. ■
Idolphi:* Biimch B<j»f lh< *1 ai I boi ou
and De <'awtellane Moptials.
St. Louis, Mar. 27.—Captain Paufl
von Gontard of Hagan and Mis»
Clara Hazel Busch, daughter o J
Adolphus Busch, the multimillion-!
aire brewer of this city, were married!
last evening in the church of the!
Messiah. The ceremony was one of!
astonishing magnificence, as that!
term is understood in practical cir-l
cles here. The expenses were atl
least SIOO,OOO. “It was the best!
money could buy.” That is the rul ■
ing comment upon everything con ■
nected with the ceremony. Whether]
Adolphus Busch succeeded in his en-B
deavor to make his daughter’s wed-B
ding excel in point of magnificence B
the recent Marlborough-Vanderbilt]
ceremony in New York is a matter!
which will be decided according to!
the point of view. From the St. I
Louis standpoint there seems to be 1
little doubt that in the matter of I
weddings this one was a world I
beater. And yet some conservatives I
in the social swim here will smile.
When Mr. Busch set out to spend
SIOO,OOO, or more if necessary, great
expectations were raised. They
were exceeded by the event. The
sum mentioned was probably ex
ceeded, too. Art was employed
most successfully in turning the great
outlay of money into the happiest of
results in the matter of decorations,
gifts, and entertainment. It seemed
that Mr. Busch had robbed “the
purple east” to transform his resi
dence and the Southern and Planters
hotels into fairy castles, where fabrics
and metals and jewels hid all that
was common and produced effects
that were truly bewildering. It was,
indeed, “the best money could buy,”
and even St. Louis, which is not
easily amazed, held its breath when
Miss Busch became Mrs. Von Gon
tard and Adolphus Busch made good
his boast and entertained in splendor
the wealthiest of men and women
from the fatherland which he left as
a ruddy-cheeked brewer’s boy many
years ago to find his fortune in
America.
WHAT THE WEDDING COST.
Here is an estimate of some of the
expenses of the wedding :
Bridal dress and “trimmings”. . $5,000
Trousseau and all that it implies 25,000
Souvenirs 5,000
Flowers 31,000
Presents to brewery workmen. . 10,000
Transportation of European
guests and their entertainment 20,(W
Rent, Southern hotel 5,000
Supper 4,000
Rev. Dr. Snyder, who performed
the ceremony 1,000
Decorations of Southern and
Planters’ hotels 5,000
Incidentals, and bride’s jewels.. 10,000
Totalsl2l,ooo
Some persons whom I consulted
regarding these figures to-night said
Mr. Busch will be lucky if his total
expenditure does not exceed that
given above by from $15,000 to $50,-
000. That he has kept his word in
the matter of outlay no one who
breathed the air of lavish luxury in
house and church to-day is prepared
to doubt.
I.ore Feiind a Way.
John Watson Hines, a young far
mer of Wolcott, N. Y., after an ar
dent courtship asked early last week
for the hand of his sweetheart, Miss
Emma Eileen Beon, daughter of
Joshua G. Beon, a neighboring far
mer, and was nearly kicked out of
the house. On Friday night the
lovers prepared to elope.
Mounted on a barrel, young Hines
helped his sweetheart from her cham
ber and then fell into the barrel, cov
ering himself with the contents, liquid
coal tar
Forth rushed Pa Beon at the sound,
followed by Kosciusko, his faithful
and ferocious bulldog, and they
chased the pair into the barn, where
Hines’ buggy was concealed. The
dog was boosted in through a hole
and attacked the lovers, but he was
speedily killed with a few well di
rected strokes of a pitchfork. Then
Pa Beon stormed, swore and shivered,
for he was in his thin night robe, till
the cold wind and the snow under
his bare feet caused a compromise.
The whole party returned to thv
house, and the wedding was arranged
for Christmas, after which the old
man was put to bed, from which he
has not since risen. Young Hines
spoiled his best suit of clothes, but
got his girl.
Pullman Checkn Ti-nu*fernble.
The supreme court of Maryland
has decided that the purchaser of a
berth or a section in a sleeping car
has the right to give another person
the use thereof if he ’eaves the car
before it reaches the end of the trip
for which the berth was bought.
A passenger secured a section, rode
in it for part of the trip and then
sold his section ticket to another
passenger, he leaving the train. The
second purchaser was refused the use
of the section by the conductor of
the car and ejected, whereupon he
brought suit with the above result.
Abraham Life, a veteran soldier
of Farmland, Ind., who lost his right
arm during the war, is suffering
from a peculiar affliction that is
puzzling the doctors. A few months
ago his right leg began to shorten,
and it is now five inches shorter than
it used to be and ought to be. Mr.
Life is wondering whether there is
any connection between the loss of
his arm and the contraction of his
leg.
I'iuklou the ('aunty Ticket.
Charlotte, N. C., March 27-—ln a
populist-republican secret meeting
here Saturday they agreed to fuse on
the county ticket and divide spoils
• half and half. A ticket was named,
i- w -
1 Ex-Senator Reagan of Texas is the
■ only surviving member of the Con
i federate cabinet. He is enfeebled
i from age and has permanently re«
tired from public life.