Below is the OCR text representation for this newspapers page.

- aJEgf-Sfitt*- 'V THB SbWMS 0ERALB.I laULUHUlievEKk TCESOAI. A - a. uiv S ‘ t<,iUr »»• Pa bibber. M4<4 ■CBIPioa : One copy one year. In advance |1J0 "° 0t P *" 1 in ^»»ce, the term, are 12.00 a year. 4. Club of Hi, allowed an extra copy. Fifty-two nnmbera complete the volume. THE WOOTTES * CATES, Pnprietora. WISDOM, JUSTICE AND MODERATION. TEBXS 50 per fear la Adraae*. VOLUME xxh. SEWN AN, GEORGIA, TUESDAll DECEMBER 7, 1886. NUMBER 8. fHF a NEWSAOBBAMfc PUBLISHED ETEBT ftESPAT uuiir ursmiim One inch one Tear, *1Q; » c ® Iu ™ vear, 1100; leas time than three mou-i-a. jUW perinch for first Insertion, and oO cents additional for each sunsequeut In* Notices in local column, ten cents per me for each insertion. Liberal arrange* uieuts will be made with those adrertis- in iu-UM??dvo°r r tfs e emonts must b paid for when handed in., Announcing candidates, Ac., triotly in advance. Address sll communications to A. B. CATES, Newnan Ga \ -v-sj % ooold not help saying, “though I must admit that she is poasesaed of fine talents In more respect, than one.* Itj-v.' kfI wee quite sore on the snbjeet of Misa ' Ballou, for it waa only a few months Our lives are albums, written throuvh 8he " en,ed •“ «* once to hare With good or ill, with false or tnuT i *?*?? ? *"“* fanc - T *° me-no* •» r true. sight, for we had met before for years— ~ * — 1 end L therefore, gradually began to see all manner of qualities, admirable and ERNEST CONRAD. “Come,” I called, in lovable, in her. However, just as I waa beginning to ponder earnestly on our mutual attraction, to my discomfiture I became aware of the fact that her pref *? * **P' •* . erence for mo was on the wane. And accompanied b^a'yon^ i^n 1 “ <1Ud> “ a ehort time I waa convinced beyond V “I have brough t vouvoi^ room „ , * doubt “ BtIra **> linger bor beau the began, in her'pleasmu votoe “Mr for 8he w “ openly be6towin « b " Con rail—Mr. Hama” ’ u favors on another, a young man with I had arisen from"my sitting porture. j “ S "° d tim8 - and now »dr»n«.i , ‘ f—*«*«, ■ 1 cannot say that I suffered terribly on his hand a him to shake «xoont of this little episode in my qui- bokl of mine in «’ hand ' tbat tooA etly flowing student life, for I am of too “^"r«:£f*rrr"" pw “ d “ r'““',r”TMr us-v: •SrASrjT '““nr""" ^ ceiled it Y I US nan 'f bad not sug- oeedingLy at the time, and left me rather Won, 1st tvT a Gtfr f an ’ of ,b8 oensitive in regard to M.se Ballou, b ue ivi ^ 1 flale, ‘ bair - liKht - I fe»t like warning my unsuspecting ^ eyebrows and eyelashes room-mate, for I know that a c£nmo!! broad Rl.n^l I P if’ "^though tall and i OTe f or mua j c jg apt to draw two hearts ^'^ed.dnotunpressme together. But on second thought I t ong. On the contrary, liis considered it best not to prejudice him pele compiexi m, tiat chest, and lank against her. make-up generally, gave him an almost sickly apiiearance. I liked him at first sight. His large eyes looked into mine with a directness But what I feared came all too soon. Ernest Conrad had not been long in O—, before he was known as the most that lies poke a clear conscience' and an promising of the studento absence of all disguise. .11-wX or ‘ he conservatory. He was mademuch a j v . . v of by the several profesaors and teachen °“7’ eiolJ n" * r T me W,th 8Uch a fbere, and his pUymg was a marked Wetelv “ W °“ C ° m ‘ : future at their frequent soirees and concerts. pletely. “I hope we shall tie very good friends,” I could not help saying, after our land lady, Mrs, Barnes had left us, and we were seated. “Oh. I think we shall,” he replied. “Is your home very far from here?" 1 asked him. “Only fifteen miles but I am the only child or my parents, and they will h* I, mesomo without me. They are so used to hearing me play the violin at all hours of the day, that they will miss the music very much, especially my mother.” He said tliis with moist eye and quiver ing lip. “You are a musician then,” I said. “No, not yet,” he replied, “but I hope to be one sometime. I have come to study music.” “The violin?” I asked. “Yes, 1 meau to make thajjnv princi pal instrument. I have got Vh, this, he got up, opened the door to the hall, where, from his trunk, standing there, he took the box containing his violin. Taking it out, he showed it to me. “I wish you would play something far “I don't know mnch of anything to play,” he replied, turning his instrument, "I ton’t tiling 1 can play anything well.” I was surprised at his playing, as well as at what he played. Although 1 knew not what it was.' I could hear that it was not common. It sounded classic to me, and lie played it with a taste aad finish which I had not looked for. “You have taken lessons before," I said, after he had finished. “Not many. There was a German school teacher in our district, a while, who gave me a lesson here and there. He was a good musician, but he drank and was intoxicated meet of his time, so 1 had t, learn what little I know mostly by myself.” “You must be very talented then, for I think you play quite well." “I have a great liking for music, and always have l«\d since I can remember. I would like to go to Europe to study, bnt just now I am hardly advanced enough. I can learn a good deal more here.” Ernest Conrad proved a very agree able addition to our family, whioh con sisted of the landlady. Mrs. Barnes, who was a widow®* three daughters, a ~ yr.^. SP 1 ' lyQ.ABP‘ nt boarders, besides myself. Mrs. Barnes was an easy-going woman, and allowed each member of her family to do abou# as he pleased. The young people drew many visitor* to the house. Nearly every evening Mrs. Barnes’ parlor was filled with friends of theirs. Most of these were students of the college or conservatory of music, or both. Our new corner soon became a central figure in these circles. It was not long before it was apparent that he not only possessed fine musical sense and taste, but was a natural critic of the art of tones not to be despised. Therefore, whem. ver music was in order, and Em* es* Conrad present, there was much re luctance shown on the part of some of the more sensitive to display their ac complishments. He never gave Offense, however, by proffering his opinion or edvice when it was not asked tor. Ill fact, his innate regard tor other 1 * feel ings, as well as his great modesty, would scarcely allow him to express any- that could discourage or dishearten. Still, many of those who performed before him were quite amta- *7 r ~siwinir his Brood opinion of their tious of gaming his musical talents and attainments For he had the true sense of what ought to be required of an art- tet on the piano or violin, as well a* of a 'ZZ “What do you think of the mu- 8 I asked him after we had .might be a good player if Marv Barnes might *be had the right mstructiom She^ to have the right idea._ but laexs tne technique to car^ it out *You set* 111 o understand the piano, as ^^XviJumDoyoupUythepimiA I can’t sav that I play it I drum > » liute. Bit I have my idea M to '* \Ld ' piano-playing ought to be. T 1 theviolin, one must first play well mec^dly before be can play music ally. .Well, then, howjo rou like Mim Mary’s singme? I asked. -—-■ - , brtow I sniett (die oooM -Ob.ldontknow.^lgu^ ^ ^ Everybody liked him, and all with suf ficient understanding tor it were de lighted with bis music. True to his chosen art, he had a high standard, and was seldom satisfied with his performance himself. This popularity of his no doubt flat tered Miss Ballou’s vanity wheu it bad became a settled fact that she was a necessity to him. I remember how one night, after a con cert at which Ernest had gathered fresh laurels, I walked behind them, as Misa Ballou leaned upon his arm, clinging, as if she would say, “What he is and what he does belongs to me, for we have all things in common." Was she really in love with him? It certainly appeared so. And yet oft- times, when I veiwed him as he lay, „ tired and hollow-eyed from hours of f re ‘ tedious practice, on the lounge in our -if' ti\ »hu . ° room, despite the fact that he wa» really tile beet-hearted fellow that I had ever met with, I could not make out what it coukl be that attracted pretty little Annie Ballou so strongly to him. But, let him come into a musical cir cle. Let all eyes be turned to him as the head figure. Let him take his be loved instrument and draw from it ten der, melting tones, such as only he who was born to speak in the language of tones, can bring forth, and 1 under- erstood it all. At such times I could see her face glow with undisguised admiration and sympathy. She comprehended his lan guage. She forgot the man and saw and admired only the musician. Miss Ballou, who had lost her mother when but a child, lived with her widowed aunt, Mrs. Foster, who had a fine home just opposite Mrs. Barnes’ modest dwell ing. There waa not a day on which Ernest Conrad did not. at least once, and often two and three times, cross the street to the bouse of Mrs. Foster, to visit Miss Ballou. The aunt of the latter had always been very indulgent toward her, and was nevermore pleased than when her niece was enjoying her self. She therefore let the young people have their own way entirely. Annie and Ernest made good use of thus being left to themseKes, though, I think, most of their time they practiced together, he playing on the violin, she accompanying him on the piano, for Miss Ballou was a good player as well as singer. If ever a man loved sincerely, Ernest Conrad did. He often spoke to me of his plans tor the future, but always in connection with Miss Ballou. I often mildly remonstrated with him, telling him that he could not be so sure of An nie linking her lot to his, that many things might interfere, but he would not listen. “Oh. no,” he would say, “Annie understands and sympathizes with me as only one other person ever does, and that is my mother. We could never be happy apart.” There was an air of sadness about him when be spoke thus, as if a vague doubt as to the realization of the bright pros pect he was picturing to himself as sailed him. Poor fellow! The whole affair ended quickly and sadly enough. One fore noon. after just coming from there, Ernest remarked to me that there was a visitor at Mrs. Foster’s. “A lady?" I questioned. “No, a gentleman.” I looked at him. His eyee were directed toward the win dow. His face wore a troubled look. “Old or young man?” I questioned further. "Oh, he is rather young yet,” he an swered, rousing himself; “he may be 80, though." I did not seek to satisfy my curiosity further. He waa evidently disinclined to speak. I saw the gentleman in ques tion a very few hours afterward, how ever. He was gallantly escorting Miss Ballou across the street. Though rather tall, b — ss delicate looking, with a pale, handsome face, which was adorned by a soft blonde mustache. Miss Ballou introduced him to us as Mr. Guernsy. a relative of Mr. Foster’s, who had come to spend several weeks with his aunt. That same evening they spent at our house in company with several other friends. I was gratified to notice how eager Miss Ballou was to have Mr. Guernsy hear Erneet play. The latter responded reluctantly, evidently not be- mg in a mood to play. You play very finely,* said Mr. reaenea tne door. Ernest can a weary, longing look toward Miss Ballou, who, unmindful of him, waa sitting on the stool before the piano, chatting and laughing with her new acquaintance. I don’t think Ernest slept at all that night He was nervous, and several times during the night I heard him murmur snd sigh. I heartily pitied him. But what oould I do to console him? He got up very early the next morn ing, and although haggered and pale, went right to his practice. “Why do you get up so early? You look tired,” I said to him. “I can’t sleep,” he answered wearily, “so I thought I would get up and play. I must get these pieces for the concert which is only a week from to-morrow night A FAMOUS DIARY VILLAGE. much TO, ^ tt ^ er Bat I’M tdl you i liked best, that of that litths #m g m g I Iifcea in Italian. I * * , 0( i r w ho sang m Italian. I mid. | -You mean Miss ^ 1 rfieuses it welL I think ■mwerfuL and— lady, too, isn’t shrf* . i 71 > very nice better acquaintance r» It waa jest one week from this morn ing, while we were sitting at the break fast table, that Rhona, one of Mrs. Barnes daughters, looking significantly at Erneet said to me: “Mr. Harris, have you heard the news?” I had no idea as to what was ooming.else I should not have added, “What is it?" “Annie Ballou had engaged herself to Mr. Guernsy.” I looked at Ernest He had dropped his fork as if a sharp pain had suddenly seized him. Next morning while we were yet in bed Ernest startled me by saying “Char ley”—that is my name—“I am going to enlist” (What I am here relating took place at the time of the “War of the Re bellion.”) “You.” I exclaimed, “why, you would not stand it a week. ” “Oli, yes, I shall,” he replied, “and what if I do die, I shall die for my coun try?” “Erneet" said I, “take my advice; don’t go. You are not strong. You will not be able to bear the hardships and exposures of a soldier’s life, Be sides, you are the only son of your parents. Think of them.” I do think of them. The thought of them is all that worries me. But you talk as if it were already settled that I must die. I may go through the war, and come back, as thousands of others wilL" All remonstrance on my part waa useless. He would go. He asked me not to tell the folks in the house about his going to enliBt until after he was gone. “I cannot bear to have them urge me to giTe it up,” said he. “I shall have enough to do to overcome my parents. He went and when I next heard from him it was in the form of a letter which he had written from camp, received a few lm*e from him about two weeks after this by which be in formed me that they would “break up and march” on the morrow. From that time I had no knowledge of him until one morning about three months subsequent to his departure from O., when Mrs. Barnes called me down, telling me a young man wished to see me. I found in the latter a mes senger from Erneet who, through the efforts of his mother and kind neigh bors. had been brought home sick, dying perhaps, and wished to see me. I ac companied the stranger without delay, and several hours of smart driving brought us to the heme of my poor friend. His mother met me at the door, her eyes red from weeping and I saw at a glance the worst was feared. Though pale and emaciated, his large eyes glowing with feverish brightness, a smile illuminated his countenance as Ernest feebly put forth his hand to greet me. “Well, I did not stand it long, did I, Charley?” he said pleasantly. Emotion choked my utterance.' “No, may poor friend,” I manSged to say. We chatted some time. He asked some favors of me, which I promised should be granted. After which I left him. I returned on s Saturday, but found poor Ernest no more alive. They took me to the chamber where all that remained of him lay. A peace ful smile rested upon the still features, 60 pleasant to look at even in death. “I hear celestial harmonies” had been his last words. With the help of the under taker, I fulfilled his last request. I met Mrs. Guernsy, nee Ballou, a few months ago. She is a middle-aged woman now, and the mother of grown sons and daughters. Though somewhat stout she is still pretty, and retains the vivacity and sprightliness of her youth. She seemed delighted to meet me, and spoke of old times. But never once did she refer to him, our common friend, who was laid to rest with his hands peacefully folded over her image lyi ng on the throbless bosom.—Olga L. Sturm in Cleveland Leader. id Bitter Industry or KortAore Holland—A Glimpso of Brook. One boatload of excursionists, such as is seal every Sunday on the bay of San Francisco, would drive all Holland from Helder to Rotterdam and from The Ha gue to Zutpben, to the verge of distrao- tion. The voyagers are of the tranquil Bort If there is any hilarity it is a for eign element They do not generally exceed twenty or thirty, chiefly inhab itants of the villages that border the ca nal. or farmers from the houses that ap pear here and there on the face of the country like islands, and as some of these are surrounded by a dyke, and a ditch with a drawbridge, islands there are indeed capable of being defended like a medieval castle, against all com ers. There is probably on the boats man interested in dairy produce, who tells you in a melancholy tone that cheese has fallen. This is sad, tor if there is one thing more than another that the causal traveler is interested in, it is the price of cheese. Cheese and butter are closely related to the prosperity of the North Holland canal, because several villages along it are engaged in that industry. One of these is Broek, which lies about midway between Amsterdam and Monnikendam, and has for untold ages been famous for its dairies and its neatness. Formerly everybody went to Broek, tor fear that if lie did not when he got home all his friends would ask him in chorus, “Hava you been to Broek?” and he would re luctantly be compelled to answer, “No." Broek lies along its main dyke and But tered over considerable space behind- it It has the usual allowance • of small canals, several neat shaded streets, and a church or two, for it has some 1,800 inhabitants who live by butter and cheese alone. GENERAL NEWS- Hun. Jordan Stokes, one of th< loremoat of Tennessee lawyers, i dead. , We did not land at Broek, but. as we . . . glided along almost under the shade of i W - n,n ^ ,on * Florid* adopted Her new consti tulion by a small bat sab9tauti> majority, .s', Henry M. Stanley, the Africa' explorer, Arrived in New Yrfil Saturday. More than one-half of the Unit* < S'ates Senators own real estate i • Washington. ’ v Vicksburghim made a cot - < ract tor the construction of a sy tun of waterworks. .. Experts, after a careful investiga- ion, report thHt there ia no pleur< - pneumonia in Tennessee. The Comptroller of the Treasury ias decided that a Congressman is ■■•ran officer of the United States, Nathan Hobbs, of Penflad, Gs n who is ninety-six yeas old, works ■ very day and reads without spec tacles. A farmer named Moore, near Chatham, N. C, was sent to the chain gang recently for swapping off his wife. Ten thousand acres of undevel oped land in Mississippi will be put in cultivation by Northern capital next year. Mrs. Hancock, widow of the late Gt-n. Winfield S. Hancock, will make her permanent residence in *TTi*i*tion of Cloud. Investv,p- ;. by Dr. R. Von Helm holtz described to the Berlin Royal soci ety confirm the statement that tile formation of cloud in saturated air is in duced solely by particles of dust and that the finer and sparser are the dust particles the more slowly is the cloud formed. These results are also confirm atory of Professor Tyndall’s explanation that the blue color of the sky is due to floating dust—Chicago Herald. A Science of Manner*. Manners are an art Some are com mendable, some faulty; but there are none who are of no moment How comes it that we have no precepts by which to teach them, or at least no rule whereby to judge them as we judge sculpture and music? A science of man- its trees we made an acquaintance with it that was sufficiently intimate. It turned for our benefit its back doors, to the canal, and about them were hang ing dairy utensils shining in the adu - terated sunlight It also left its stable doors open, that travelers might gaze therein and remark, though the spotted cows were grazing in the meadows, the porcelain stalls in which they pass the winter and the appliance for attaching .their troublesome tails to the spotless ceiling. Travelers have recovered from their commonplace infatuation regard ing Broek. and are now contented to study Dutch cleanliness in a generic way in towns less noted for that virtue, and Bimply as an incident of passage. The fact is, personal nehtnesa is less ex ceptional in Europe than it was fifty years ago.—Amsterdam Cor. San Fran cisco Chronicle. Oysters That Grow aa Trace. The boat soon reached the mangroves, and, pushing in as far as possible, ws found ourselves surrounded by the life of the tropics, As the tide waa out we could reach up from the boat and gather over our heads the oysters which were growing in great clusters on the roots and branches of the trees. The clear water was filled with fishes of strange forms and brilliant colors, and they were perfectly fearless, so that they could be examined without difficulty, as they chased and captured their food among the submerged roots. The bottom was thickly covered with beautiful sea anemones, and everywhere, on the bot tom, on the roots and branches of the trees, and on the rocks at the water’s edge, we found a wealth of mollusks and Crustacea, which soon taught us to regard the mangrove-thickets as rich collecting grounds.—Prof. W. K. Brooks in Popular Science Monthly. Flogging in A a* trio. Almost all the Vienna newspapers protest against a strange decision come to by an assembly of German-Austrian schoolmasters now sitting in Vienna. They wished to reintroduce into the schools the system of flogging which had been so happily abolished in Aus trian schools. It is true that the major ity which voted this reactionary motion was very small, and the most prominent pedagogues declared themselves decid edly against it acceptance. Almost sim ultaneously with the abolition of flog ging in schools it was done away with in the army, and no military voice has since been raised in favor of the reintro- duetion of the stick as a means of correc tion. Tiie decision of the German- Austrian schoolmasters is not likely to have any practical result—Foreign Let ter. Sawdust for Boddlng. The cost of obtaining straw for stabling purposes long ago led horsemen to adopt sawdust for bedding in the city stables. It is the article now in general use and answers the purpose so well that Any attempt to displace it has proved futile. Recently there have been considerable importations of peat moss from Holland, which it has been sought to introduce here as a substitute for sawdust bedding. The moss comes in small pieces, the size of a man’s hand, is soft and spongy and full of fertilizing material which makes it valuable as a manure after it has left the stable. In spite of these qualties horsemen have not taken a liking to it and sawdust is still the favorite with the stablemen.—New York Tribune. Utilising the Scrape. ‘Monkey hash” is the name given to a preparation made up of the scraps of beef, pork, mutton and fish left over and uneaten by the guests at meals. ners would be more important to the A)I ‘bese leavings are scraped together, virtue and happiness of men than one a P°t. which is placed inside of would suppose.—Detroit Free Press. j “ oveD - 30,1 served up to the waiters | under the name of “roast beef.” Some Th« Brsrhionjfiwph. | c f t |j e hotels here in St Lonis feed their A patented invention, called the brzchloni- waiters on monkey hash, and I tell you graph K Claimed to render the of wTritin* h takes a cast-iron stomach to stand muc b of it. 'Waiter in Glob^Demo. crat. internal revenue receipts from the. tax on-.oleonw£trine which went itito,;ej^eVfc on the 1st Novem ber are about $400,000. Several Alabama papers want il e .State Leislature to pass a law r< - quiring every man to produce a tax receipt before voting. Iroquois, the only Americai. liotse that ever won the English Derby, is being wintered on a farm near Nashville, Tenn. The English Parliament will meet JauUitry 13,and theevenisuf to-day in Ireland clearly foreshadow what will be the ruling subject of discus sion . Reports come that hog cholera prevails near Urbana, O. One far mer hast at eighty togs out of a h;-rd of two hundred from the dis ease. Hun. J« fferson Davis attended re open* iii Memphis recently. A" hen he entered, the audience ro-e and applauded him lor five -nil utes. Colonel John Moore, of the raedi- .-nl d* partment of the armv, has bei n Appointed Surgeon-General by I tie President, to succeed Surgeon- G- Herat Mui-rav, retired. Golif in paying quantities has net-n discovered near Oklahoma,- indian Territory, and the “boomers” will be more than than ever anxious to gain a lodgement there. The prospects that the American Exhibition in London will be the only exposition open during the jubilee years (1887) has increased public interest in the enterprise. The lamps in 'the-torch of the Liberty s.tatue at." New York were aj.iin,lighted <>n the night of the 22U ult. and will be henceforth kept burning-by the lighthouse- board. It is officially declared that R- - aire, in the Argentine Republic, is infected with cholera. Several lints in the country along the Ri< de la Plata are supp iseJ to be also infected. The heirs of the late Baron Botha- child, at Frankfort-on-the-Main, wTI erect a' public museum, in which will be exhibited the Roths child art collection, the richest in the world. writers’ cramp and of paralysis of the fingers. The instrument is of simple construction, and i consists of a long, light strip of iron, curved so as to be easily adapted to the nln.r border Henry George's Literary Work. Henry George, nnlikeMr. Howells, is note “iou P“>J ’"• i of the forearm. This splints sewn into- a methodical worker. “I write when the mood Guernsy to him, after he haa mushed, casing of snpple leather material, shaped so seizes me,” he said, "sometime* getting off a I disliked tbs patronising way » j as to form a kind of gauntlet or sleeve few “»» of copy bnt often vey little. My works, which he spoke. | the forearm. The gauntlet at fastened to the particularly ‘Progress and Poverty,’ were Erneet appeared awkward and at forearm by an ingenious arrangement of the hardest labors I ever performed. Many a disadvantage beside this handsome screw hooks and studs, allowing of an ad- a time I've sat down with a whole chapter stranger. He seemed to feel this and jastable degree of pressure. The bar or mapped out in my mind and been unable to could not be induced to play again. j splint carries at its lower end a mechanism get beyond the first sentence in erpr-ssinn. There was plenty more music, how- “ universal joint by means of which a Yet when I was a newspaper man I could ua. Ballou —»g then Mr P“ “*7 be held in any daaired position, reel off takes’ aa fast as any of them. But At Ishppoing, Mich., sll dances and piibl c meetings have been pro hibited. the schools closed and serv ices in the churches discontinu d, owing to the prevalence of dipb- theria in an epidemic form. Baldwin Gardiner, president of he Pacific Stock Board at S*n Francisco, and a leading stock bn-k er of the city, has disappeared. His liabilities'are supposed to be about f200,000, mostly to customers. Secretary Manning is steadily Im- ■. ving in health and strength. He - -.Iks every pleasant m -rti.-g kikI ‘rives out Hi the afternoon. Tl-e Secretary has dispensed with fire' daily attendance of a physician. 'i'ti Postmaster-General's report,- just ont, shdws: Number of new poatoifires established for the year ending June 30, 1886, 3.482. Num ber discontinued, 1,120. Total number remaining in operation, 53,- 614. The B If o yews says “the De- ■loeracy can not retain power and •ep the Republicans in offi.-e. he voters will riot sustain such c •oiicy.” The Xeirs has evidently ■eeu out in the country taiking . ith the people. Of the total appropriations • f >r lie year, amountingto$54,183,012.14, 1 oe entire outlay a-'tually made and stimated to be made, is but $50,- '39,340,46, leaving a balance to be •■veutually covered into the Treas- ry of $3.344 301.63 Isaac Shelby Sr., the only son of iCenlucky’s first Governor, died a ew days ago in the ninety-second . ear of his age at the home of his -on, John \V. Shelby, near Danville, iteeeased had no disease, and seems to have died ol old age. Ex-Governor Phelps, of Mi-souri, who died recently in St.LouK serv ed nineteen consecutive years in CoDgreas, daring which time he made himself conspicuously useful, not only to his own constituency, bnt to the entire West. A sensation was created in the Madison Avenue Baptist church in New York on the 2tst by the advent of fifty live Indians, in lull bur < r costume, into 'the sacred edifice. They were Sioux, Pawnees anu Lpeyennes, connected with Buffs n Bill’s show." Gen. Arthur is supposed to have saveu $100,000 from his salary s President His total estate, real and personal, is thought to >« b. - tween $200,000 and $400,000. Al»n and Nellie Arthur inherite-i in m their mother property value.! ut about $100,000. While Henry E-ler ■ in waschop- pma wuudin Uetnany, Va., one day -■ -cent|v, hi- four-year old daughter an up playftfliy and put her little not upon the log, and the next in stant it was severed by the descend ing axe, the father not seeing his child in time to stay the blow. The Postmaster at Washington City is a very active and‘bitter Re publican, the son of the Republican Senator Conger, of Miehigitu. He li mit protected by the civil-service rules, but seems to have secured a firm hold upon his office through t er means. The New "York Tribune- is respon- itile for the. statement that there ire about 200,000 men interested in brass bands, either as players or akers of instruments. There are 30 000 brass bunds in this country at the present time, and the num ber is rapidly increasing. The latest advices from the hot fight for the Presidency of theGeor- ;ia Central indicate the election of Jen. E. P. -.Alexander over Mr. Raopl, who defeated him in the last election of a President. Gen. Alex ander was formerly Vice President PI the Louisvdle and Nashville road. Judge. Scott, of the Illinois Su preme Court, has granted a super sedeas in the cases of the condetnn- --<1 Chicago, anarchists, thus post poning the execution of the death sentence uuitii, the Supreme Court shall pass upon the regularity of the proceedings under which they were convicted. ’ •* D. 1. DOUBT! k CO. ATLANTA, GA. THE FALL CAMPAIGN IS OPEN! The Races Have Begun. Trot in Your Fa-»tes?; Nags anil Watch us Look Back into Their Faces! Ffislof Oar Falsa aM Yaa will Gat is Lawasi State af 1 D17 Goods Market For Atlantal rom our c >mipetitory, daring tne next ninety days yon tnay look out for n nicch barometer, with prices n*»tinjr upward, and a slight tendency to norvotifjneas, fol lowed by more «>r lens fever, when our prices are mentioned. D. H. Dougherty-8r Co. Nowwe have passed l!i«? fust quarter pole and are full live lougfch* ahead, and while* I most every bo*iv know* how we aid it, we will here take oocaaiou to turn down a lear and tell you"t!?at it was BBC AUSB General J. D. C. Atktrfs,'Com missioner ot Indi-n Affairs, has re- .turned to; Witstilugton after, a month spept inspecting the. Indian agencies iu tlnd iuth-wesl. He re ports'that affairs ; at the several agencies are m a satisfactory con dition’and that the-policy of the Indian Office, that the Indians sipiiild abandon their tribal rela tions and accept their lands , in severalty, is daily growing in favor among the tribes. The Scientific • merican, publish ed by the great patent agency firm of Muuu <t Co.. New York, is the most practically useful publication of >ts kind in the country. Indeed, it occupies a field disiiuctly its own. Not alone-for the machinist, man alat-tarer,.or scientist, -bat it- is a journal for- popular perusal ahd study. It is the standard authority on scientific and mechanical sub jects. It is placed at a very low rale of subscription, $3 per Annum, which places it within the reach Because our five button scallop top kid glove is a perfect beauty, and is made ol a fine, soft skin, and is under the market in price. Because we don’t advertise to sell an article vorth tOc.for 15c, for we can t doit you know;.hut we do say that ou-ICnit Underwear for L idies, Misses, Uhiblren and.Gents,"are bi_• values. 25c each for Ladies’ Pants and Vests, good quality. ‘-’Ac each for Misses’ Pants ami Vests, gisxl quality. The Misses’ are sizes 16 to 34. Because our stock of tVorsced and silk Dress Goods are the handsomest in tho coun»ry, and high prices are out of fashion. Because our Plain i id Stripe-l Piush and Volvot Novelties and Beaned and Jet Trimmings match the Worsted aud Silk Dress Goods, and evorybody says they ire cheap. Because 3'ou can’t afford to buy your Dry Goods before you examine our many b-rgslus. Because our Jersey Waists for Ladies and Children are going at such rock-bottom prices, aud our sales are d->ublo any we ov rroado. Became it is nousense for us to say wo sell goods worth 75c for 50, and 50c goods for 25c This is bosh, and it can’t be done. Don’t you listen to such deception. We simply sav that we are selling manv line- of goods cheaper than any house in Atlanta, and if is your duty to LOOK BEFORE YOU BUY, and this is all we ask. Why we beat the race could bo aud shall bo mentioned. Again we say that our combination Dress Goods, Choice aud Grand Novelties, both in Worsted and Silk Goods, Velvets and Plushesare unsurpassed in quality and price. Once more. A word about onr Table Linens, Napkins, Towels, Etc. We have a Superb Stock, Great Varietyand Great Big Bargains—Biggor Stock and Bigger Bargains than anybody ever offered in this town, and we will stake our reputation on the assertion. And as tor HOSIERY, why, we bull the market on low prices, excellence of goods and handsome designs. Onr low prices here are a winning feature. AND DOY’T YOU FORGET ■urCTiOAKS.Short Wraps and Jaokets. They are In handsome designs and at prices largely in favor of the buyer. “Comforting” Thoughts Pardon his chestnut, but the truth is. oar Uo*aforts. Blankets and “such liko are in by whol**carloads, and you can keep warm this winter on the very smallest* ith. “outlay.” This is no joke, but a solid trut FOB MEN AND BOYS, -y% iYe aave brought out a superior line of Jeans and Cassimers for Pants, Vests, Coats and Overcoats, whiceare lower than anybody will sell. In other words, we are ‘Forcing the Fizht,” and have xot the goods and prices to back us up inauv state nent contained in this or any other advertisement in print. We don’t care a snap what others say, you com* to us; wa’U aattsty yen unless you want the earth—and we’ll give you a large slice of that. D.H.jD0UGHEETY &C0. Atlanta, Ga THOMPSON BROS. Bedroom, Parlor and Dining Room Fnrnitnrr Big Stock and Low Prices.; PAROR AND CHURCH ORGANS, WOOD AND METALLIC BURIAL CASES) eplft- lv "Orders Attended to at any hoar day or night.^^1 THOMPSON BROS Newnau.ua. all. _. .J , .11.'flrin wttnna With ^ instrument the act of writing is «is one thing to write for tbs hour and Guernsy, who ban a renuy nna performed by the lunacies mf the arm snd another for the yrara, w to ipeek I regard ▼otoe, tang* two twjr nog togecner. i ^noaldar, white those cl the digits and thnmh journalistic work an the meet valuable train- saw how unhappy the change of tma are throw* completely oaMCaea. 1$ teener «ng & literary man con pomSMy hare. It te, I eretihff was making poor Erneet »o*cqai«4ks.mfsmsry dsxSsrity iathsw tbfafc. more important than a «eUcge rararr. -Come,” said I to him. “let ago up *f ths invention far hgMs ^endwritm.*— though I iwt my ao 'from exparieaoe, aa I mMT, Vbwaaft ha is kail” As W.ffd—Sdi Tisml • amr watte coUs^'-JIsw trek Trifeaa. The Mississippi penitentiary and one ihonsand convicts have been transferred for six years to the Gull Ship Inland Railroad Company, f r $20,000 per annum and expenses Tue one hundredth anniversary of the birth of Karl Von Weber, the rv-mponer, wiU le observed on De- c ml*r 18th with operatic jv-rform- ances throughout Germany. It appears as if all the' protect classes of manufacturers were fori ins* i-Ools to secure higher prif fiu Lfir i-f-.<!n.-f“. .'he a e-.r <■ '.uifa-tit.fi : U,r-■ kiiii.i i ; Uia :. -larch iij.tiiufaciurer-. A p-«>, w, formed a year ago, and all the -tareh-mckirttr fi-ins are vradnally lOiiig into it. A in.-eiing ,»f i;» members was recently held at Indi anapolis at which it was agreed to edvance the price of the article one-eighth of a c»nt per ponqd. Starch 'is »n article ol nniVr-rsa! necessity and consumption. It can he made cheaper in the- United States than anywhere else in the world; nevertheless, the home tnana 'aeturers pers-iaded aKepnb- 1 canO- ngress-D'.pr-iteot it with a ..nty o!2>£ cents a pound. This is prohibitory. It keeps nut for-ign starch and gives the home mann facturersa naonop-dy ot the horn.- market, and it is under cover o' this prot**UnO-th*V-pnnI ttiefp bu-j ness and increase the price E. VAN WINKLE & CO. Manufacturers and Dealers in Wind Mills, Pumps, Tanks, Etc., ALSO Cotton Gins, Cotton Presses, Oil Mills, Etc. CONSTRUCT Public and Private Water Workit, 'Railroad Water Supplies, Steam Pumps, Pipe and Brava Moods. Mend Jor Catalogue and Prices. E. VAN WINKLE * CO-, 52-13 Box 83, ATLANTA, GA. g.g. McNamara, NEWNAN MARBLE AND GRANITE WORKS. ISON & McNAMARA. -DEALERS IN- MARBLE&GRANITE. MONUMENTS, TOMBS AND HEADSTONES, TAB LETS, CURBING, ETC. "Special Designs, and Estimates for any desired work, furnished on application. NEWHAN, GEORGIA. •< r .. ,v. i