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Newspaper Page Texttltitl 1*1' «iUs.:.tl^|ox : One copy one year, iu Advance. ... If not paid in advance, the terms a' $2.00 c. year. A. club of allowed an ex.ra copx Fifty-two nuraberscomplete the volnm, 'is\3L, Our lives are albums, written throug With good or ill, with false or true? A DAUGHTER OF JACOB. Tlie curse is upon us. Oh, woe is me and mine! They lobk upon me as an outcast. Father, why do you stand there wrapped in apathy? Why do you not go forth and Jasli their tender flesh? How I could stand and smile upon them as they writhed under the whist ling, cutting lash. They hate, despise and heap ignominy upon me. I—I whom you call a daughter of Jacob. Father, are you dumb? Do you hear me?” She was a grand, a beautiful creature. There was the fierce beauty of the tiger- cat about her now as she stood there in the faint, crimson light of the money changer’s office. Her face was aglow with rage; every limb and muscle of her superb person quivered with tpassion. The old man, over three score and ten, with a bearu «ia white as the snow drifts outside falling upon his hollow chest, iaised his trembling hand, com manding the girl to be silent while he spoke: “Rebecca, our race is a long-suffering one. We await the lapse of years often before we strike; but when the blow falls the victim quivers in agony. We never forget a wrong; we never forgive an injury. You. my child, are a daugh ter of Jacob. In your veins courses the blood of kings. The j>oor, petted, fee ble, pale lilies—daughters of the Chris tians— should be but as faint rays of mo., alight, lights to hide away and van ish when you, the glowing, scintillating sun’s rav, sweep athwart them. The lion t f the.desert is strung, and when he roars the sons of man tremble. Be, then, not the queen, the fierce purring tigress, but the deadly cobra, for in the sting of the smoothly gliding serpent is the bane and poison of fatality.” As the aged Jew spoke the girl crouched lower and lower. The faint rustling of her dress and the deep- breathed words of her father were the only sounds that broke the ominous, painful silence of the office. The crimson bars of light from the colored globes fell upon the crouching girl’s face, adding warmth, fire, to the surge of hate that swept over those beauteous features. The thin nostrils quivered and the veiled brows throbbed as she pressed her hands convulsively to her heaving bosom aud listened, hun grily, greedily drinking in each word that fell from her father’s lips. “Aud the cobra slings to the death?” “To the death, ever, always!” “And the lion?” “Not always kills—” “But mangles. Yes, mangles the vic tim. Deprives him of his beauty, causes him to hate, despise and loathe himself as he sees in the glass the ruin worked. I will be the lion.” The girl arose with composed features and emotions in subjection. She had made up her mind what she should do. She would mangle her victim. She would not bo the cobra. The fatal sting would smart for an instant and then all would be over. No; she will not be the cobra. She will play the pait of the lion. Her victim shall be mangled. He shall see his possessions pass from him. He shall hate the day he- was ever born as he writhes un>ler the sharp, white, cruel teeth of the lion. “Love blinds you, Rebecca.” “Love lifts the scales from my eyes, father. I do love him. That you know. I love him as woman never before loved—” “Sh, my poor child, it is in the blood. The maidens of our race love all or caught in naught. There is not the gentlivreath of consideration to cool entrance the la|*i stream of passion. It is a part rhe S 1 * 1 of the iWirse. Apart of the curse!” The o;d man turned away, took a small lamp from the side bracket and left the room. It was now late. Rebecca covered the fire in the grate, fastened the door and windows, lighted a wax candle, put out the lamp light and went up to her chamber. No sleep greeted the beauti ful creature’s eyes. She chose her des tiny from the clear sky above her as she sat there with her arms crossed upon the window sill reading the stars. * * * * * * * “And you would borrow $50,000 ?” The- words fell in clear-cut tones of irony from the old Jew’s white bearded lii>- “Yes; no less, no more. Can you let me have the sum ?” “A A the security ?” “Mv • i-mte. Is that sufficient?” “It would be if—” “Well, if what?” interrupted the young 'man as an angry flush passetl over his face. His very soul re volted at this task. He hated, despised all Jews. It sickened him to stand here at this man's mercy and answer dis- agreeable questions. “Mv dear young man. It is a large sum I can not let you have it unless you give me better security than your estate.” “Explain your meaning, old man. I did not come here out of mere hu mor. Business is my task. Will you or will vou not give me the sum?” “No." “Then I will go further.^ Old Isaac will give me what I require. -Isaac is posted: oh. excuse me, I did not intend to cause you worry. “What does Isaac know.- asked the *•* ■*=•• -• — - ; .^r » WOOTTEN & CATES, Proprietors. WISDOM, JUSTICE AND MODERATION. — ; —:—' ; ... ■ — i--,-—1—i— - TEBMS:--*1.00 *>er year iu Ad a mm. VOLUME XXII. NEWNAN, GEORGIA, TUESDAY, NOVEMBER 23, ISjliA ? 3f[ffr) NUMBER A. ilients wiHbemiide w’itlitboaeiMftre _Aid^TUt. m u.t.b 14 t'ot jilieo handed in.J l AddresS fn^ommuuieaUons to' A. B.CATE8, Newnati oa must be paid, or in on* week’s tone his P roaa > nangmy sister* snail to hummed ne me would be tossed from mouth to *° du * t " I tea voiing man as lie leaned forward. “He knows what I know— “And that isT “That vour estate is incumbered now bevond its value. My dear young iuim. I would not lend you one dollar and take security against your estate.” “Sir!” “I know that you gambled away last mouth among the high-toned chib asso ciates. “My God, man I am in trouble. Can you point out no way of escape? You have assisted me before. What shall I dor “It is a debt of honor, is it notr “Yes,” angrily responded Lancaster. “It must be paid.” “And shall be paid.” “Ah! you give me hope,” broke in the young man, clutching, as a drowning man does, at the one, solitary straw. “I, sir, am a Jew. A Jew is despised, hated, an object of scorn in the eyes of such men as you, Mr. Lancaster. But you and your associates do not scorn to beg money of a Jew in your time of ne cessity. I have often helped you to means in times gone by. Mr. Lancaster, your sisters are proud, vain, haughty women of the world.” “Old man, what have my sisters to do with your loaning money?" interrupted the other, failing to catch the drift of the old Jew’s meaning. “I have a daughter.” “And a deuced pretty girl, too, she is. She is the rarest—” “Never mind the rest, my dear young man. I, who have watched her daily, know her „races and her virtues. Her bert Lancaster, your sisters have insulted my daughter.” “You astonish me,” broke from the young man’s lips. “It is the truth; not once, but many times have they heaped their irony and abuse upon my daughter. Rebecca is a sublime creature; too sublime for her peace and comfort. Your sisters, ladies bred though they be, stoop to insult the despised daughter of a despised Jew. ” “I will speak to them.” “You will say nothing to them about it. if you please, Herbert Lancaster. You want $50,000.” “Yes. I must have it.” “Do you know of any one who will lend you such a sum of money?” “No one, since, as you say, it is known that- my estates be encumbered.” “Think well before you answer my fast question,” said the old Jew, as he leaned slightly forward and fixed his eyes.upon the young man’s face. “I have answered your question. I know of know one to whom I can ap ply for assistance.” “Rebecca, my child, a Jewess, the daughter of Jacob, one of the proscribed race, loves you.” Had the old Jew plunged a dagger into the other’s flesh it could not have startled him more. His blood boiled one instant with rage, the next instant his veins felt like threads of ice binding his entire being in a network of horror. And then he became more composed and his heart felt a subtle thrill, why he could not readily telL “I—you flatter me—” “No hollow words, young man. You came here for business. Business it shall be from the word. I will loan you $50,- 000. Stop! I will give you $50,000 as a wedding gift. Is my meaning clear?” If the old Jew’s words were wrapped in mystery before they are plain now. The Jew would sell his daughter. Marry a daughter of a Jew? Horror! It would cause a sensation of more than seven days’ duration. His proud, haughty sisters, what would they do? How would they receive their brother’s wife? “You must be mad!” fell from Lancas ter’s lips. “More sane than you think. I will trend upon one of the cardinal edicts of our church teachings. I will stand by and see my child, a Jewess, a daughter of Jacob, be joined in matrimony with a Christian." “In other words you would give $50,- 000 to see your child marry a man you can not help but despise?” “Well, yes; if you look at it in that ways. ” “Rebecca, what of her?” “She is here,” said the old Jew, as a tap fell on the floor, followed by the of the beautiful girl, of the Orient was in the depth of her superb eyes. Upon her damask cheek blushed the roses of pur est, most perfect health. Her lips, full and red, seemed formed for lover’s kisses, they were so soft, plump and in viting. From her regal form depended richest folds of velvet and on her half- bared bosom rose and fell the grandest single jewel in the city. She glided over the floor like some Juno creature of light and glory. But when her eyes fell upon Herbert Lancaster she became as a timid child whose breath comes convul sively when in the presence of some be ing above, higher, beyond earth’s gods. “Rebecca, my child, approach me.” Toe girl drew near in response to her father’s words. Her eyes were veiled with the dark, silky lashes, but her throat, face and bosom were warm with the rich blood rushing through the veins. “My child. Mr. Lancaster has asked me for your hand in marriage. A gasp fell from the young man's lips. It was echoed by one deeper from the girl’s. What a grand, superbly beautiful woman she was. Lancaster felt that such a lovely creature should share a knight’s throne. And here she is—his. But she is a Jewess. His vain sisters, his proud, haughty friends would scorn him for marrying her—a daughter of Jacob. “Mr. Lancaster, you make take your intended bride by the hand. You may kiss her brow and—now you may go. No, not another minute. Go, Leave me and my child alone.” Out into the chill night air Lancaster went like a being bereft of senses. . What was this strange power that this ; 16 about 0,135,000. woman, a Jewess, had over him? When j Not injurious to Eyesight, he touched her hand a great flood of j A well-known oculist who has exam- “Father, I do not understand." “But yon shall—" “Did he ask you for my hand?" “He asked me for $50,000.” “Tell me what all this means, you again T do not understand,” uttered the girl as she laid her hand upon the old man's arm. “His sisters, tbs white lilies that grow pale and languid by your rich. Oriental beauty will be humbled. Herbert Lan caster will receive his $50,000. Yon will be avenged for the wrongs and in sults you have suffered.” “You have sold me!” The words fell like darts of ice from the lips which had turned ashen in an instant. She was a marble image now. All that was left of the semblance of life was the rich coloring of her robes she stood there in the lamplight. “Sold me like a slave!” “Rebecca, don’t, child. Compose your self. My dear; you do not understand. What do I care for fifty, thrice fifty thousand dollars ? You will walk over the proud women who have insulted you.” “But what of me T “A daughter of Jacob will bear the great name of Lancaster." “And that is all V “Is it not enough ?” “Yes; quite. Good night.' Rebecca moved out of the room me chanically. Her limbs seemed like ioe. Her heart—it was broken. * » * * e • • “You have oome for your money?” “No; for pay bride. The money I have secured elsewhere. Last night you pre sented to me my future wife. It was subterfuge last night. This morning all is fair and above board. I love your daughter—” “And you will become one of us?” “I tell you I love your daughter. I will become anything—a beggar for you?” “I never dreamed that men of your race knew what love was. I will call Rebecca.” It seemed an age before the old Jew returned. Herbert Lancaster was in the meshes of a passion such as few men dream of. let alone realize. The face of the girl was his sun, her voice was as the breeze of heaven and her eyes were the stars in his fairest summer’s day’s sky. “Lost! Lost! Oil, God! She is lost!” cried the old Jew as he tottered through the doorway and fell upon the floor at Lancaster’s feet “For God’s sake. Tell me; what is the matter?” A thin, white, trembling hand was lifted from the prostrate form. It pointed through the doorway. Herbert dashed up the stairs, pushed aside the crowd of frightened servants and entered the room. The roses had fled and the rounded cheeks were waxen. A faint lingering trace of a smile parted the lips, now ashen and cold. One bared arm was extended; the other lay under the beauti ful mass of jet hair. Upon the left bosom glittered in the pale morning light the jeweled hilt of an Oriental dagger. The daughter of Jacob was dead. Herbert Lancaster left the house of woe with his heart in sorrow and anguish. His friends in after yean wondered at his changed demeanor. None knew of the tragedy of his life. He held it as sacred.—S. H. Keller in New York Mercury. Giving the Png Character. 1 want to say with double-barreled emphasis that the pug is a canine idiot. He is of ignoble ancestry and is admitted to the parlors nowadays when his great-. great-grandfather was forced to gnaw a bone in a quiet comer in the kitchen. The pug is the product of what is known as “in-breeding," or in plain English, the offspring of parents closely related. Or iginally he came from the English turn spit and the bulldog, which accounts for his flat nozzle and bow legs. His fero cious aspect belies his character alto gether. I do not think toe pug would bite anything but his daily supply of bread and milk and caramels. He is a pampered impostor. The pug—taking the average tpn—is not capable of learn ing the moat Tirdinary tricks. His brain power is limited, and you have probably noticed that, as a rule, he hasn’t sense enough to get in out of the rain. His instinct is about as kinky as his tail, and he is degenerating more and more every day.—New York Tribune. LIFE IN THE WILD WEST. A Bench Hear the tom Kttn torn tains—Mot an Attractive Feetarc In the eternal mow hanks icing in the shadows cast by the lofty peaks of ths Sierra Madre mountains, just north of Kdrth park. Big emit has its rise. It is a rapid, foamy stream of ice water.flow- ing through dense forests of pine. On the banks about two miles from the foot hills, and at the bead of the meadow, stands a small hat built of unhewn pins logs. The roof of Ibe hat consists at pine poles placed side by side and cov ered with clay. The floor is of logs, roughly hewn to an uneven surface, like railroad ties. The spaces between the floor logs are filled'with rubbish and lit ter. The interior of this dwelling is six teen feet by twenty feet. Two small windows admit light. Against the east ern end of the room stands a rusty, bat tered old cooking stove. Two rough shelves extend from the rusty stove pipe to the corner of the room. These were laden, when I last visited the ranch, with tin plates, tin cups, baking powder-cans, plugs of chewing tobacco, dirty tobacco pipes, a roll of streaked butter, bits of bread, a bread board, dirty spoons, and two slouch hats. Against the northern wall a gun rack, made of antelope horns, was solidly nailed. In the rack were four heavy re peating rifles, and four powerful field glasses hung by them. Two bunks filled with hay occupy the northwest comer of the room. A roll of heavy California blankets lies at the head of each bunk. A long, rough, greasy table stands in the center of the room. Around it empty boxes, once filled with cannel vegeta bles, are placed 'for seats, |o|ls df blankets, rolls of buffalo robes, and two bearskins occupy the space at the base of the southern walL Piled high in the southwest comer are sacks of flour, ■labs of bacon, bags of sugar, boxes of canned goods, and various kinds of provisions. For reading matter a few well-thumbed pictorial papers, which pretend to set forth the doings of the de praved people of the country, are on the greasy table. Clothes of canvas and flannel shirts hang on pegs all around the room. Two small oil lamps, never, under any circumstances, cleaned or trimmed, stand on a little shelf over one of the windows. There is a lantern standing on toe floor under one of the bunks, and two saddles under the other, and a large quantity of unlisted litter and portable property scattered over the floor. Such is'the’adornment of the in terior of this choice retreat, toe home of toe cattle raisers. Outside of the house is a row of sad dle pegs, driven into the topmost log. A tin wash basin sits on a bench which stands near the door, imd a piece of yel low soap lies beside it, while a dirty jack towel flutters from a peg above. On the ground ase antelope skins that long ex posure to the weather hap rolled into A Iqgal reqoir JTbe cause next in this state is proof.j >rgia will' hav* tion if for thf average as z.k o bad in the per cDaniel. ott, iibher at,the Asylum, in tuo ionths has made 1 347 r<«b'n38 qfqne mile each and li ci-ndisete9fv#fe ylsijpEeithrough ti huil .iug and grounds. Standard says: “Th ’s declars- Germany. stiens which sideratlon of f silver £af i ’th ! tariff. the part of tin will Melancholy Herr Bismarck. At the bottom Bismarck is melon* cholly and even misanthropic. Herr Busch reports that he once heard him complaining bitterly in 1877 of his fate. His life work, he said, hrd brought him little satisfaction and fewer friends. No one loved him for what be had accom plished. He had made no one any the happier—neither himself, his family nor any one else. Some one present sug gested that he had secured that of a great people. “Yes,” he replied, “but the misery of how many? But for me three great wars would not have taken place, 80,000 men wot Id not have per ished—fathers, mothers, brothers, sisters, widows would not be plunged in grief. I have settled all that with my Maker, but I have reaped little or no pleasure from my exploits—nothing but weari ness, anxiety and grief.”—New York Graphic. Thermometer tubes have to be sea soned. This requires a year or two. When glass is new it changes, expands, contracts and warps almpet as badly as green wood.—Philadelphia Call. The regular army of the United States numbers nearly 30,000; the militia force warmth seemed to pervade his entire ; ined the eyes of 1,100 persons who work being. And when he pressed his lipe to by the incandescent electric light found her hot. smooth brow his heart seemed hi no case any particularly injurious bathed in the buoyant intoxication of j effects.—Chicago Times. supremest bliss. i _ Whv did he not have the will to re- ; A Bride «f the TjieL fute the old Jew’s words? Surely he The village of India, in the Tyrol, has far had not asked the man for his daughter’* generations observed a* rule that its * hand. He came to borrow money. Re- ‘ ' must not take husband* outside their Tillage. lately, however Catherine Schrmnz, The! EeaMiss heads of elk, deer, and antelope are scattered along the base of the building. They will be nailed up next Tuesday afternoon—but next Tues day afternoon never comes. The heads, legs, and feathers of sage hens and other grouse, the heads and feet of jack rab bits, bones, old cast-off clothing, and a pile of empty tot cans, with out lying cans as sentojsls, litter the ground in front of the house. Twelve feet in front of the open door there is a very small pile of fireifood, against which a dull axe with a crooked handle leans, as though it were alive and weary of ranch life. " One hundred yards north of the house a large log barn stands. It has been there for four years, but is not chinked and mudded, bat will be chinked and mudded next week, which, of course, never oomes. There is on the ranch a hay rake, two mowing ma chines, two wagons, and three heavy- beaded dogs that are so weary of ranch life that they do not take sufficient in terest in its affairs to bark at a stranger. If there were any other articles of per sonal property around this home of the cattlemen, they were so . securely hidden that I'did not see them. Of coarse there were many cattle and horses grazing in the valley and on the steep hillsides. Eight men lived in this dirty, vermin- infested hut They cooked, ate, smoked, and chewed tobacco, and slept in the one room. They washed iu the same basin, frequently in the same water, and dried themselves on the same jack towel, Uncultivated young blackguards? Not ■T slL W ell-educated young men, who thoroughly understood their business of handling 8-year-old steers, and who Were making money rapidly-. When they were in the east they lived as gen tlemen should. In the west they live like swine, thinking nothing of it.— Frank Wiikesou in New York Sun. - Playing a Trick with Cowhaga. Cowhage or Mucuna, a prariens, ms it is called in medical dictionaries, is pro bably the most powerful irritant extant. It comes from leguminous climbing plants and will produce an intense itch ing that will drive a' man crazy. Re cently, a giri employed as a waiter at a Minneapolis hotel, for some reason or other, became possessed of an intense hatred of a traveling man. To avenge herself for some fancied insult, she pro cured a quantity of cowhage aud plenti fully besprinkled his bed with it As a result, the victim was driven nearly frantic. His groans attracted attention and help was summoned. He was given a warm bath and soundly scrubbed. Afterward cold cream was applied, but it was several hours before he could find any relief.—Chicago Her ald. The last census has shown that there are in France 08,500 idiots and persons of notoriously weak minds, in addition to 34,000 lunatics. Lawyers, pnKciei.n. authors, and artists furnish the largest contingents of. insanity. Dvdliaf>lMiN In America the dwellings of the peo ple look like structures, and are indica tive only of present prosperity; here they look like growths, and are suggest ive of a history.—Gold win Smith in Mac millan’s. hecca, the lovely, the graniloved him, wlZ owned; - . dollar." and a heaven seemed revealed to Her- accepted the proposal of a suitor can go. I lend you . . . Herbert bert Lancaster as he stood there upon from s distant place. The youths of India Every drop of blooa wu , h e great bridge joining two great cities resented this as a personal injury." fa et Lancaster’s veins turned to lava ^ j . ; upon the flitting lights be- them seized her, tied heron a manure cart, and old man before him .uttered toe-fore- led her through ttovUlag^ tto other ymnJ* Lronghtover bythabteckfanc. Karamoko, gone words. Then an icy current seem«i The teautT of the girl, the surpassing and boy. jeering and ongmg denave chants. «bo has lately been sto of the lion* of th# to surge through his heart as hero- * the form , the veiled eyes. At length her father rmcnod_ hex, and took Frew* capital. Th. grigrt h » bay hm** ^.edthe fact that every word uttered £ !m nbm «i andwou h£. " His l^risatstake. Thatdeb^ Hi. ram. | —^5* j^fahto. toto. fa, jmsufL to* outcome of a game of°*re* j ^ plant tion is Bulpari- ■ o feck ‘ <tnd, in cai The two -nuet comm; Congress are .rd the modi -Vise action Government on result in the pros| es of the people. The result? of Georgia Synod ter was to revel (he Augusta Pi t- its recent meeting at Bethany, and the giving of notice by Dr. Vt oodrow that be would app al he case to the General Assembly,which 1 meet (n St. Louis next May. A s|>ecial from Fort Keogh, Mon - 'ana, says: “A party of Indians, either from Canada or northern Montana. have been raiding in that vicinity, carrying off about fifty norpes belonging to rancher®, and driving off the owners who sough to protect their projierty. T’w< ranchmen had a narrow escape with their lives. The new Constitutional Conven tion, voted for by the people of New York, will sit in troubled times and meet home difficult questions, l’h e special objects it is called for are: (1) To ’imit the indebtedness that counties and cities may con tract; .2) to limit the tax-rates in counties and cities; (3) to prohibit special legislation. A party of forly or fifty excur sionists from New York, Vermont and the East were in the city of At lanta November 15 prospecting with it view to investing and settling in the South. They had an interview with Governor Gordon. They trav el in a special car, and will visit other points in Georgia. It is said some of the party have already decided to purchase aud settle near Rome. A special dispatch from Indian- apo'is, Itid., says: “Secretary Met calf, of the State Board of Health, has returned from the cattle plague districts of Clinton, where, in con nection with Dr. Salmon, chief of the Bureau of animal industry, at Washington, he made a thorough investigation into the disease. Dr. Salmon says it is not pleuro-pnemo- nia, but vern mous bronchitis, very contageous and frequently fatal. The post mortem in each case dis closed thousands of hair-like white i his, from one to two inches in ..gth, in th.i bronchial tubes. The ziifected cattle are quarantined and it is thonght the disease will be checked. The result of the calculation on the orbit of the comet recently dis covered by Professor Barnard was announced from the Dudley observ atory last week. It should be observed that this Celestial wander er is not the one whose ide tity with Davis’comet was pointed out sev eral days ago; but it is a brigii**r one, visible just before snnrise. It is believed to be making its first visit to our system, as no comet like it has been recorded for eenturi es past. The heavenly visitor is now on the south side of the eliptlc or plane of the eastern orbit. In a few days it will pass above that orbit, and will go on day after day nearing th< sun u~til the middle or December, w lien it will only be 60,- 000,000 miles away, according to calculations. The comet is at pres- ent 200,000,000 miles from the earth and throwing rapidly brighter. Ii is already half as bright again as it waa at discovery, and by the mid die of December will be twenty-two times as bright as it is now. It will remain so faint, however, as to be hardly visible to the naked eye. even at its brightest. Its movement toward the earth is 2,000,000 miles a day. Accomplishments of German Girls. As a matter of course, they take their share in honsebold work; this does not prevent them from being frequently very accomplished, often excellent musicians; but it does prevent a great deal of restlessness and vague discontent. A young man who. marries in that class knows that he can reasonably ex pect iiis bride to be a good house wife. If be is in the upper middle class, for instance a shopkeeper, his wife often keeps the accounts of the shopi. I fcBvewaodcrBO at the close ucntioB to business details shoun •y women who might have expect- ? i to beggared such exertions; tat was »-stored rh.-y . referred to b. thus occupied,/partly in order to i ve for uieir children. It seemed ■ me that the master and mistress u most shops were on friendly erms with their assistants, who vere permitted to rest at intervals luring the day in a room behind ; he shop. A Shrewd Young San. The year before last, a bright- luokingyouugman entered-a count ing ro ira in response to an adver tisement for an assistant shipping •Jerk. He'told the usual tale of how he deslred_a. .position inure that, wages for the time being, and was willing to accept a nominal alary to start iu OH; The did merchant was feeling in a particularly good humor that afternoon, and said pleasantly to the new comer: “Well, sir, what do you consider a n- initial salary? What would you be willing to accept in the beginning ?’’ The young man picked at iht- lining of his bat with his fingers and deferentially replied: “I want to show you, sir, that 1 mean business, and I will work foi one cent the remainder of this month, provided you think it woun- not be too much todouble my sal irj each month thereafter.” “Thai’s a novel proposition, surely,” said the old man > ith a smile, “Doyou know what y-men talking about, my dear boy ?” ‘Well, sir, my principal aim is to learn the business,” responded th« ^i-uug lei- •* , “au-i 1 would b. to Work lor nothing, hut IV e to feel and bo abb- ‘o say Him was earning something, you know.” “i’ll take you,” remarked the oi« man. “Ope cent, two cente, fou cents, eight, sixteen,” he enumer ated. “You won’t- got much f-» awhile,” he added. He tool: hin< up to the cashier. ‘‘This is John -Smith," he said “He will go to work as assistant shipping clerk to-morrow. His salary will be one cent this month. Double it every month trom now on.” “In consideration of tuy work in r for this small salary might I ask you to assure me . a position for a lefinite period?” inquired John Smith. ‘•We don’« usually do that,” repli ed the Governor, “but we can’t lose much on you anyhow, I guess, and you look like an honest fellow. How long do you want employ ment?” “Three years, sir, ii agreeable to you.” Weil, the old man agreed, and young Mr. Smith, on pretense wanting some evidence ofstabiiityof his place, got the Governor to wrl»e out and sign a paper that be bad been guaranteed a position in the house for three years on the terms 1 he ve stated. He worked along for six mouths without drawing a cent. He said he would draw all his earnings at I'hristmas. The cashier one day thought he would figure up and stf now much would be coming to the y mng man. He grew 90 interested in tiie project that- he kept . multi ply ing for the three -years. The result almost staggered him. This is the column of figures he took the oldman: First month .01, second .02,third .04, fourth .06, fifth .16, sixth .32, seventh .64, eight 1.28, ninth 2.- 56, tenth 6.12,eleventh 1024, twelfth 20.48, thirteenth 40.96, fourteenth 81.- 92, fifteenth 16384, sixteenth 327.68, seventeenth 75536, eighteenth 1,811; 72, nineteenth 2,623 54, twentieth o.l 247.08, twenty-first 10,494.16, twenty- second 20,988.32, t wen ty-l bird 41,975.- 64, t wenty-foarth 82,953. 28, twenty- fifth 165.0U6.56, twenty-sixth 331,813.- 13, i wenty seventh 663,62624, twen ty-eighth 1,327,252.48, twenty-ninth 2,654,40196, thirtieth 4,709,009.92, thirty-first 8^18.01884, thirty-second 17,236,039 68, thirty-third 34,471,078.- 38, thirty-fourth 68,914,156 72, thirty- fin n 137,688.313.44, thirty-sixth 275.- 776826.88: total salary for three years, $552,554,253.65. The Governor nearly fatnteu when he ’.intb-rstood how, even if he were twice as,rlcfi as Vanderbilt, he would be ruined in paying John Smith’s salary. 41 ATLANTA, GA. THE FALL CAMPAIGN IS OPEN! The Races Have Begun. Trot in Your Fastest Nag's aud Watch ua^Look Back Into Their Faces! Fedof Oar Palss ail M lilt MM State of tea Dry Goods Market For Atlanta!, From our competitors, titinn ^ tue next niraety days you m iy looko'itfora barometer, with prices ro*»tinsr upward, aud a slight tendency to nervousness fol lowed Jhy more or leas fever, when our prices are mentioned. D. H. Dougherty & Co. Nowee have passetl he Ii st quarter pole aud are full five lengths abesd, soil vhilealmost every bilv knows now we aid it, we will here take occasion to turn flown a leal and tell you’thst it was Euferj-rioisi: G-a?y. \\ iih the freeipt of the usual pro.- pectus and announcement of thi-, the best of all lady magazines, viz. Godey’s Lady’s Book, wetlotice that it has distanced 'all its competitors :n securing for the literary corps two such stare as Mi»s Bose .Eliza beth Cleveland (our President’s sis ter) , and the beet known of all fash ion writers, Jewnie June, whose ar ticles commence in the January number. Like old wise, Godey’s seems to growhetter wifh age, and we hope our lady friends will show their appreciation of enterprise by sending their subscription (..nly $2 yearly) for our old and . esteemed friend, Godey’s Lady’s-Book,'Phila delphia. - ;*•**=’**-'• rt-.iu-aw 2-r vVesell a beautiful four Dutton kid glove-ataQoents apair! . . , . . Because our five but(on acallop top kid glove is a perfect beauty, and Is made of a fine, soft skin, and is underthe market in price. ■ . .. Because we don r t advertise to sell an article vorth 40c for 15c, for we canit doit, vou know; but we do sav that our Knit Cndorw*ear for Dadies, Misses, Children tnd Gents,, are bia values. 25c each for Ladies* Pants aud Vesta, aood quality. Aie each for Misses* Pants and Veats, good quality. The Misses are sizes 16 to 84. Because our stock of Worsted and Silk Dress floods are the handsomest in th© -otiuiry, and bitch price* are out of fashion. .... .1 . . - . Because our Plain and Striped Plush and Velvet Novelties, and Beaded and Jet Trimmings match the Worsted and Silk Dress Goods, and everybody says they *re cheap. . Because you can’t afford to bny your Dry Goods before yon examine our many tterause our Jersey Waists for Ladies and Children are going at snch rock-bottom -ides, and our sales are double any we ever made. _ . __ Because it i* nonsense ferns to say we sell goods worth 75c for 50,.and 50c goods or 25c This is bosh, and it can’t be done. Don’t you listen to such deception. >Ve simply sav that we are selling many lines of goods cheaper than any house in \tlanta,and it is your duty to LOOK BEFORE YOU BUY, and this is all we ask. OTHER REASONS Why we beat the race could be and shall bo m®htioned. Again we 'say that onrcombination Dress G'»oIs, Choice aud Grand Novelties, both in Worstel and •*il‘< Gobd *^V©I ■/et-i n l P.u««he* *r* msnro n*e I in q laljtv an l price. Once mlore. .\ »vjri »V> it o-ir T ible Lj'i-m*. iapJcuw, Tovols, Lt;. • , V h:kve i tjuperb .Stock, G real Variety and Great Big Barg tins—Bl^gar St>ck and Bigger Bargains than an vbody over offered in this town, and we will stake our reputation on the assertion. -■ And as for HOSIKKY^why, we bull the market on low prices, excellence' of goods and handsome designs. Oar low prices here are a winning feature. AND DON’T YOU FORGET OiirCljO V’iS,Short Wraps in-fl Jsoltets. They sab la handsome doslgas and at prtneslargel v in favor of the buyer. “Comforting” Thoughts Pardons his chestnut, but the truth is. our Comforts, Blankets and “snch l|k®* are in by whole carloads, and you can keep warm this winter on the very smallest “outlay.” This is no joke, but a solid truth. • FOB MEN AND BOTS, Weaave brought oat a superior line of Jeans and Cusimere for Pants, V eats, Co3ts and Overcoats, whioe are lower than anybody will sell. . In other words, we are ‘Forcing the Fight,” ana have got the goods and prices to back ns up in any statement contained in this or any other advertisement in print. We don’t care a sqap what others say, yon coma to us; we tl satlaty yen unless you want the earth—and we’II give you a large slice of that. IP. H. DOUGHERTY & CO. Atlanta, Ga THOMPSON BROS. Bedroom, Parlor and Dining Rood Furniture Big Stock and Low Price*.. PAROR AND CHURCH ORGANS, WOOD AI^D METALLIC BURIAL GASES ‘Orders attended to at any hoor day or night. Jkwoan. ttis E. VAN WINKLE & CO. .Manufacturers and Dealers in r Wind Mills, Pum] Tanks, Etc., ALSO Cotton Gins, Cotton Presses, Oil Mills, Etc, CONSTRUCT Public aid Private Water Weeks, Railroad Water Supplies. Steam Pomp*. Pipe aorf Bra** Wood*. .«M*nd for Catalogue and Price*. E. VAN WINKLE Sr CO, 52-13 Box 83, ATLANTA, GA. g. g. McNamara. NEWNAN MARBLE AND GRANITE WORKS. -.-0:- ISON & McNAMARA. T7—PE^LERS.JN— MARBLE&GRANITE MON UMEN TS r TOMBS AND HEADSTONES, TAB- : LETS, CURBING, ETC. fW Special Designs, and Estimates for any desired work, furnished on application. m. ii' .

Georgia Historic Newspapers

The Newnan herald. (Newnan, Ga.) 1865-1887, November 23, 1886, Image 1