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rr 'ts J w u Periom AWAY! OFFICIALS. ^ , ur ._-S.WH.ar*-qu . fjj. >V. .pgr^s. The Newsa* Herald. 9 ady< i UlU» tCBLISHEDEVEkf TUESDAY. A - «• CATES, Editor and Publisher. rctjs or soascaipioM One oopy one year, i t in advance . . fij*. “no; paid in advance, the terms are $2.00 a year. * club of six allowed an extra copy, ^ifty-two numbers complete the volume. THE NEWNAN HERALD. WOOTTEN & CATES, Propriety. WISDOM, JUSTICE AND MODERATION.- TEBXS:—»1.50 per year in AdTaace. VOLUME XXII. NEWNAJT, GEORGIA, TUESDAY, DECEMBER 21, 1SS6. NUMBER 10. The Newnat PUBLISHED EVERY TC bah: of var-: ctsui: One inch one year, 510; a cot year, $100; less time than three; $1.00 per inch for first insert:.>u. cents additional for each subsequ. sertion Notices in local column, ten cen line for each insertion. Liberal ari^ inents will be made with tlic ins by the quarter or year. All transient advertisemi nts nius paid for when handed in. Announcing candidates, Ac., strictlvin advance. Address all communications to A. B. CATKe, Newna pol- r Onr lives are alb^^ With good or ill, «, TO A BOY PIPING, ftp. While thou may st, oh happy boy. Thy soap, so true, so rare. That cost a Hal. pai n w As this soft natural air. That from thy lips take easier birth Ta*a rjoleta from the showered earth. *!***i ajay'rt, the world is deaf: Trua time is all tnrne own; ^ Pipe in thy mirth, nor wa6te a idrlv ^Because thou an unknown; The soogs that win a nation's ear* Are red with blood, are wet with teas*. i*ipe while thou may'st, and oh beware- when tbon to lore shalt bow, T^t she with whom thy pipe then pleads oe pure as thou art now, £or let thy songs untuned’bo By aught that shames the Muse and thee. Pipe while thou may'st, for life is short, •And, ere these leaves are brown. Death in his Lauds thy pipe may grasp And toss !t rudely down, And bring tLe to th- sunless shore. Where voice and pipe are heard no more. —Longman's Magazine. AN OPERATOR'S STORY. One afternoon last Septeml>er, at the Glen Mountain Louse, nt Watkins Glen, Kev.- York; a telegraphic friend told me now h2 w n great success in his profes sion. as follows: One ev< fk? cl.:ite In . cars ago I first visited s watering place. I had been ;• circuit'’ in various cities and here f »r a little recreation. i:s the dining room, amid of dishes und kuive the : ..mmmii In the hands of all. - - xnd forks, iught a meaning from on the table of knives l to well dressed men op to dc. io the crowd, if noticed at those sounds only indicated impa tience at the hurrying yet delayed waiters. If it had been commonplace conversa tion I should not have heeded their com munication. except, perhaps, for sport to “call*’ them. They ticked oil a phrase or two at intervals during their meal. Once the head waiter noticed the clinking of a spoon upon a cup. and inquired if either of them wanted anything. For an in stant the>were confused, then one said he wanted more coffee. A waiter replen ished his nearly full cup. After that the tick3 wei less frequeut. Of course it was pone of my business, but I could not help hearing the tick talk, and the conversa tion was so enrious it greatly interested bae. not bbta That very evening, while I was rending In the office, the two conversers in tight ning lingo at the table came in and lit fresh cigars. Occasionally the hotel “sounder’* clicked tidings from the world in the surrounding night. The deaih of 4 man of nat ional prominence was her alded by the instrument r fore the hotel operator informed the A dersof that important news one ot (U^ f -aiige pprmtors said to the other: “Ile’A last." w “Hush!" whispered the other. Nobody seemed to notice the betraying observation or its rejoinder. .5 I wondered at the object in view of t pair of mysterious conversers I did -.‘veal my identity, but determined to heed any signs. Whenever lhe\* were in the dining room first I thought best not near them, and, therefore, did not anv peculiar information. A::er a steamboat ride on beautiful Seneca I visited Ithaca to inspect Cornell When I returned to Watkins the landlord told me he was sorry he could not give me iny former room be cause of an extra large excursion party. He could. h< -wever. give me one as good, which I thankfully accepted. Tha T night I was far from being sorry for the change of room, as I heard mys terious raps on the wall. Somebody was r :gosling to some one in another room. If the messaze had been ordinary 1 should have signaled that I an uninten tional listener ja§3*r^ -JS3tf«r me words and phrases. From the fre- qnen: repetition of some of them n ftw had become fam;:ar to me. As a com- mercml operator I had handled many cipher messages. To amuse inJr * t tried to solve these. Ia them a ieading evo-ess;on had been: "The soup Is late. Vc-w the mp, said: -The soup is getting r .. j , vs , xnore than ever convinced there was a plot thought to the c As ih Ka:rs £ peeped ou These "conversations, being dis^ were :n themselves suspicious. I I had made out some of the key nher. , /A - s was pleasant I went down a stroll. A few stars . ._. V*-e wind sighed through W-JL'A, elosebv. I sauntered ra-r-oasiv, however, as the ad- -S.s-i would have Been a con- en ^fATLee for a footpad to dispose of his xri-boat exciting alarm. V-AVvr 1 caw a light Cash out and a '“U.-above the olen. Almost with dn*ppe*v* j ;;ir;le j m yhcad and us .-AX from the upper portion of the moonless night swallowed , .V 1-htv Perhaps the light I11 the cph-Sl-.-i. Mav be my excited hotel was f-* 1 ' -bout the gleam =*** "Nobody of flesh and blood out suy i bOtca- over ‘ . - iA-bT'bgbt 150 feet above the little ^ ~ e wbntTvo ce was lost ia the black be ow. Perhaps it « » Cashin y-roiintheempti. nes ; ^-&t iron, bank u, bank at hit point. a large tTee and 1 SttP? for »me time about the _un- oTthat - soup.- 1 aown “Syj-ffly pine tree as some nggea 'he pasti going to- ody waited a - f m i u utcs after I mrd the , ,'h vf l;mUe one theon'. eternnued to m , _ t ^ e Ir ack of the Cautiously 1 » e along the tie, all way. Care ^; r b e abvss. I estimated a d went out over - flashed, and ,e distance wbere^e^eti,,0,.. , knew lestly gro? 041 1 .i.jj.c I was foolish, what, hou m - 'j K , ck to the hotel was “^“t. a rail, touched tea my right h^- besme shieldin I the copper wire . blare. I , „<j box tied secure- lintonp^ 0 ^^ The wire led under a cio. hotel, to the air There I clnng, The brief ^ ° which, for all it» :ld nphvtheftrn^ seemcd to almost one, iron «md down the ?ay - ?Ai^out my P p^ke; knife I nron- TaBas , oU t«.dcftf the rail a^edthewireontheo right th my “knife blade. The *ed over^t^ j’^teoed around a A T carefully net led that Vsimay be »mre teavc it into the oi- 1 that such a course ■sftSsr 1 ’ *be hotel- ^ the nig’ to the w&tfX- aUU motions in a low tone and 1 - key. I slyly went to my clerk so handed room The h*•. -•.* :v 1-. v:llL Suddenly there tnng r>;:5 • ai.-.n . >f fire, Soon confu Bion rtigned. (Lie-d- were rudely awak ened. They hurried ont of windows or down the stairs. In a few minutes every body returned, pale, trembling and nerv ous. The lire had been put out with not very hex.' v damage, strange to say. Nobody, fortnriately, was hurt. Every body congratulated everybody on narrow escapes. To thk day there are, I under stand, only three persons who have known the origin of that fire alarm. To any outsider would it not have been surprising that the occupant? of rooms adjoining mine were more dressed than any others of the fleeing guests? Further more, my neighbors had scarcely disap peared for downstairs till my pass key, furnished by the proprietor, was used. If ever an intrusion was justifiable that was, for a quick glance before a hasty exit showed me n lighted bull’s eye lan tern set qn the carpet and near it an open valise. That Valise h&id an electric bat tery. Its wires led to another valise .which contained a reel from which led a wire running through a space beneath the partially raised lower sash out into the darkness toward t lie railway bridge. Scarcely had the fire alarm commotion subsided when there came a rumblinunnd a roar in the quiet night. The New York night express was nearing Walkin'? G'.en station. The bridge watchman came from his shanty and signaled “Goabeadt’’ To what? The ponderous train crept over the bridge. I shuddered, thinking of what might have happened. The conspirator? were hushed. I could imagine one, whose room gave him n view of the bridge, peering out anxiously as the train’s light? flashed ou to the doomed bridge. Did any remorse seize him for the dastardly deed of trying to hurl that unwarned train tocertain death and ruin? He seized the reel with one hand to quick ly draw in the evidence of liis crime. With the other he pressed the electric button and sped the fatal spark to the end of the wire. The devilish contriv ance did not work. Before the fiend could recover from his astonishment the train had passed safely across the bridge. With an oath the villain turned as the door was flung open and revolvers Leic him prisoner. The tarantula when cor nered stings itself. Tho traiir.vrecke- pushed his right hand into a side pocket and withdrew it, not holding a revolve! but something which ho swallowed. He staggered and fell—dead. Prussic acid; carried for years, had rescued him from earthly punishment. His partner, next door, was captured by surprise. % IIe toe was fully dressed but stoutly denied his complicity in any crime. The electric apparatus, wire, iuferna. machine and my testimony convicted him. He is now visiting Auburn to be enter tained by the state for ten years. He turned traitor to the rest ot the gang and tried to turn state’s evidence. A number (if rascals had planned to wreck t lint train Severn: stationed themselves in tho glen below to plunder the debris and the bodies. My good luck in frustrating the mur derous design commended me to the rail way company and I was given a lucrative position as some of my reward for pre venting what- would have proven a calamity almost unparalleled in the his tory of railroads. The cuff box is kept among the archives of the company. Come out north of here to-morrow and I’ll show you a hole like a cellar dug by the explosion of its contents. It con tained enough dynamite and chloride of nitrogen to have more than accom plished its villainous purpose.—T. G. Ls Moille in The Current. In a Ladle*’ Lunch Room. The drinking habit in men is mostly b matter of appetite, but appetite has very little to do with the lunching of women. She becomes a regular frequenter of the ladies’ lunch room because she loves a crowd. She delights in variety, and be cause of her innate vanity. If every woman had a separate room to lunch in there would be no lnnchers. There is in consequence a spirit of rivalry in these lunch rooms which makes them as fas cinating as a horse race. Every woman means to be ahead of her neighbor, either in the quantity or quality of the lunch she orders. There is no hanging back, and the woman will startji race with the ■saT 'iw-Uiauh. ^nd they come in neck a«d nerk with the same steaming fourth cup of tea. Sometimes it is like watching a game of poker. Four women, strangers to each other, will sit at the same table. They are all regular lnnchers. Each is reluct ant to give her order first, because each is desirous of bettering her neighbor’s repast. At length one of them, with the air of a man who 1. >K two jacks and a pair of ace?, orders opiate of turkey and a cup of coffee. Her neighbor immediately orders a pinto of tnrkty, a cup of coffee „ n d a plate of ice cream! The next one Hees that plate of turkey, the cup of coffee and tin* ue cream, a ml goes one better and order? a chicken salad. The fourth, Hoeing how matters stand, decides on her play ‘she has not ho much money as the other* She cun t go the turkey, the chicken. ti“* ice cream and the coffe* S<» t-hequietly tscnnstho board and make: li inuLriiificciil bluff with an oyster pattie. I u‘taka Hint first, she remarks to the wniirc&s Then rdm dallies with the bill of fare mid oils out the other three, win- nil,,, II.. .it,iiu* Will, 25 omits.—New York Mail Ullil l-*l" ThrUL'nff n.-mio In it Ktroot Car. A handAomo woman nt 30 or there- utwuts, iu-i:niii|Hiii. .1 1>y an attenuated ,-ouih miter, dn lliumlway rar lastn.ght The woman earrled n Seoteh terrier in her ami- mid vainly looked about the car for n scat Presently a smut man with huge cavalrv whisker., arose umi offered the woman ids seat, whk I. she «*;k without n "thank you, ' "Idle e'ni held t.ie dog up under her chin*. •!>«<■ n ■ ■-nld look out of the windin' In n f- w minutes a passenger next her vm-ated Ins sent, and before the fat man could get to itshrhad pulled her escort down into it. The fat man glared hut said :;oth:n;;. After the car hud P"»c oerernl blocks further an other riassouger arose to get out. The woman's attenuated escort touched tho stout man and pointed to the sent. -•No thnjak you,” said the s.out man •is he ambled low.-rd the door, ‘ I get out here. Give it to your dog.”—New York Sun. An Expl<*le<l Slander. “Talk: exclaimed the barber, intlig- nantlv. That is an exploded slander. There ii not a first class shop—that is tonsorinl parlor—in the city where a man will talk to a customei^-;nless the customer speaks first. It is very bad form norr for even a barber to say Good morn- in-.’ or .-uivthing of that sort. A slight nod of recognition, with the fpintest shadow of » pleased expression, which mast not bo allowed to extend into a 6mile, i. the only correct caper.”—Phila delphia Call. TO FAME. "Bright fairy of the mom. with flowers arrayed, Whose heauti s to :by younj? pursuer seers 5 Beyon 1 the ecstasy of poet's dream— Shall 1 o’ertake thee, ere thy last re fade? •’Ripe glory of the noon, to dazzled eyes A jiagcant of delight and power and gold. Dissolving into mirage manifold— Do I overtake thf-e, or mistake my prize f “Dull shadow of the evening, gaunt and pray. At random thrown, beyond me or above. Anil cold as memory in the arms of love— Havo I o'ertaken thee, but to cast away?** “No morn, or noon, or eve, am I,'* she said. “But night, the depth of night behind the sun; By nil mankind pursued, but never won, Until my shadow falls upon a shade." ' —R D. Blackmore in Harper's Magazine. JEANNE'S SMILE. A young man and a fair young girl were Fitting In the Park Moneear. talk ing in the shade. “You say yon have found me very nice; well that is all right, but afterward’’ “Well, afterward, my dear Jeanne, what else could I think except that I lo*o you and you will return my love” “That is all very well,” she inter rupted; “but so far I have lived an honest girl and I intend to continue so.” All this was said with the utmost good humor and good faith, without the least prudery or affectation and with a smile that disclosed the most adorable teeth. Antpinc—I have not yet told you his name—was the neighbor of Jeanne. He was very much in love with her, which was not astonishing, as she was very at tractive, with the most irresistible smile and teeth so beautiful, indeed, that An toine had never forgotten them since the first frugal breakfast when bo had seen the young girl biting a peach. At the same time I am obliged to say that he had ever thought of marrying her, for he Wits somewhat ambitious, young, inde pendent and counted upon marriage in the future accompanied by a good round dot, which Jeanne could not bring him. She was a fine workwoman, earning good wages in a fashionable store, but nothing more. After the interview which I have re lated Antoine, although always obligin: and Amiable, became more reserved in hi: into.- (.arse with the young girl. Both Oi then., in fact, held themselves on the de fensive: ::.:e did not appear to wish to marry any more than he, so they remained simply good friends. One day, however, she announced to him that she was going to leave Paris. She had a brother who had long been estab lished in America and he wished her to come out and join him. Antoine was somewhat annoyed at this intelligence, as he ’ ad become so accustomed to their Sunday talks. When tdi£ day of departure came he ac companied her to the railroad station and then returned, not without a feeling of regret, though nt the same time he took her departure very coolly, saying to him self: “Perhaps it is all for the best;” that a little romance begun like this rarely had a serious denouetnent. But one never knows when he is really involved, and he consoled himself for the past by dreaming of the future. Never theless, he could notrstTeaslTy forget his first fancy. More than a year had passed since fche departure of Jeanne, and her old neigh bor thought he was on the point of eue- cess, for he had been introduced into an honorable family, authorized to pay his court to the daughter of the. house. She was (lark and did not resemble Jeanne in the least. However, as to that, he had not thought of it or dreamed of making the comparison, the past 6eemed so far away. This was the way matters stood when one fine morning ho stopped astounded before a wall on which was stuck a great beautiful bill, upon which a good draughtsman had drawn the charming head of a young girl with an enchanting smile and exquisite pearly teeth. It was the head of Jeanne—there could be no donbt of it—and above it in great red letters ouo could read: : The Best Df.ntrtfice in the World : The Tooth Powder of : ; Robinson, Jr. : A Lawyer'* Dying Word*. “f have lain awake a thousand nights | wonlerteg how I could clear a guilty ras- i cal, v. her.* 1 have been troubled ono hour j to get an honest man his just deserts.” were the dying words of a New England lawyer, who, of course, died rich and re spected.—Detroit Free Press. Casters made oX he«vy dole leather are «w invention. Antoine went nearer—the bill bore the name of a New York printing house. Then it was over there in America that they had taken Jeanne’s portrait, and this portrait was used to advertise the pro ducts of :m industrial exotic. *Tt is very stupid,” said Antoine to himselt; but he could not keep from gaz ing at the .portrait- and saying she was very pretty. As the new bill attracted a great deal of attention, Antoine was compelled to listen to the comments upon her beauty, as if the opinion of such boobies amounted to anything. This day hi? fiancee did not appear so attractive, and he discovered that she had two crooked teeth, which he had not noticed before: however he would give it no attention, ns incisors did not constitute happiness. lie even reproached himself for the impression Jeanne’s portrait had made upon him, saying “It would pass off next day.” But the next diy and many days following it it was the same thing. The firm of Robinson, Jr., advertised •* I’Amcriraine”—incessant, persistent advertising, '.aking all shapes and cover ing all pi ace s. The most careless eye could not avoid seeing them. At the door of the tobbaco shops, in all the omnibus bureaus and-wine shops was the same smiling head and the same bill stretched out. Then it was the turn of the papers: on all tlie fourth pages a plate appeared, an imperfect reproduction, it was true, of the colored bill, still suffi ciently strong to more than recall the memory of Jeanne. It became a perfect craze—an aggravation—and at last an in cident occurred, which heaped to the full Antoine*? measure of irritation. One evening at the house of his fiancee, a little nephew, the spoiled darling of the house, amused himself playing with some empty boxes covered with the brilliant pictures,- and these boxes had contained “The best Dentifrice in the NYorld—the Dentifrice of Robinson, Jr.,” the portAit of Jeanne with that eternal smile always the beautiful ornament on the top. An toine could control himself no longer; with a movement of impatience he sent the boxes here and there. The child began to cry; the young girl took the part of the child*; the father took the part of the young girl—and as Antoine, his nerves .-ill on edge, promptly replied to this weeping family, the discussion grew hot and ended in a grand quarrel. There was no marriage, and, thinking It over, Antoine, though a little vexed, could not prevent himself from saving; ••These people were bad tempered, and doubtless he had made a happy escape.” Under the influence of all these inci dents he finally determined to leave Paris, lie would go and rent a little hut in the oitskirts of the city; there he would re gain his tranquillity and at least avoid seeing the papers. He would walk in the fields or the woods and for intellectual amusement play “cup and ball.” Just in front of the house which he rented there was a great white wall whose reflections had frequently annoyed him. One day he saw some workmen suspend from it a scaffold sad begin, to cover the wall with * coat of/blue. This did not distress Antoine tn the least—It «yuiu oe sorter ior tne eyes, men aite? they had worked some time, ascending and descending the movable bridges of the scaffolding, they outlined with chalk something very difficult to distinguish f£ such a distance. At last, however, a pointer came with his pots of colon, and Antoine, interested and curious, saw him little by little de sign a gigantic head; this head became blonde, with smiling mouth and pearly teeth, and above it in golden letters the name of Robinson, Jr., shone forth to all observers. It was Jeanne again—always Jeannel Antoine renounced the straggle and returned to Paris resigned and sub jugated. There, surrounded by these pict ures, that sometimes stretched in dozens along the walls, he began to ask himself if it would not be better to marry—even if it had not been better to marry Jeanne than to have let her go so far away. But could he find her now? And if so was she still free? This idea taking possession of him, he wrote to Robinson, Jr., and asked him for the address of the young girl who had been the model for his advertisements. Twenty days after he received an answer, and at the.top of the paper the Inevitable head, finely engraved. We will translate the letter for you: “Dear Sir—I thank you for your let ter, which added much to the interest of my publicity. It will be printed in thirty eight of the papers of. the new world. If you will send me your card photograph and the authority to reproduce it I will gladly forward to you $100. As to the obliging child whose smiling head is from this t iine forth inseparably connected with ray business, I do not know what has be come of her. One day I bought her photo graph. which appeared to me altogether suitablo f >r the end for which I desired it, and rv i; • /uced it with the consent of the model, to whom I paid $200 but whom I never saw. With much respect, etc., . “Robinson, Jr.” Antoine was forced to give it np, though he hoped that the publicity given to his letter in the American papers would at tract the attention of Jeanne, and she would write to him; but nothing came. Months passed by in anxiety and fever ish excitement. At last one day he saw again in the Rue Batignolles the head of Jeanne, living, smiling, speaking in the same well remembered voice, and she was holding out a hand to greet him. Was he crazy? No, it was no hallucination, it was Jeanne, Jeanne herself, returned to France and who was there before him. Forgetting that they were in the street, he embraced her then and there and, put ting her in a carriage, anxious and ex cited, he made her relate her story and then he told his. She had loBt her brother in America; he had left her a little legacy and she had returned to Paris. It was she—really and truly herself; only after the first emotion had passed it seemed to Antoine that her smile was not quite the same: and, looking still closer, it seemed to him that herj>eautiful teeth had not the brilliancy of other days. He spoke of it to her. “Ah, yes,” she replied, “you doubtless have heard them speak of Robinson, Jr.” “Robinson, Jr.l I was in correspond ence with him; ho paid you $900 for your photograph.” “Indeed! You know that? Well, it is true, and he also made me a present of a ■great T>ox of his powder. I was wrong to use it, for see how it has served me!” All the same, Antoine married Jeanne, who no longer recommended the incom parable powder. Little by little the bills of Robinson, Jr., have been replaced by others, but our lovers are no less happy, Jeanne’s smile no less enchanting and her teeth almost as brilliant as in other day^, but she no longer uses the “Best Dentifrice in the World—the Powder of Robinson, Jr.” — Translated for The Cincinnati Enquirer from the French of Charles Nutter by E. G. Wagener. HO*. JAMES C MIXON, Representative From Coweta County, What Ton? Hand Means. A soft hand, said Mr. Heron-Allen, in his lecture, indicated a fervent hut fickle lover, while a hard hand denoted a long enduring, though possibly smoldering, love. A spatula hand, wherein the tips of the lingers were broad and the tops flat, denoted inconstancy,desire for change and love of locomotion. It was found in jockeys and colonists. A hand with conically tipped fingers indicated inspira tion, instinct, Bohemianinm and gener osity. , A hand with squarely built finger tips showed order and arrangement, particu larly when the joints throughout were prominent. A scientific hand was irregu lar to a marked degree, the joints lumpy and highly developed—altogether a mal formed conglomeration of knots and twists. This sort of hand is invariably small, white the analytic, hand is large. The hand of the idealist is the most sym metrical of all and the most useless in every sense. A supple hand indicates generosity. A hand the fingers of which when placed together and held to the light exhibit transparency, and between which no rays of light penetrate, shows avarice, or, in other words, closeness. Fingers which submitted to the-same test will not fit alongside each other without openings, and which are- denser, indicate curiosity and loquacity. People with hands that are always white are egotistical and have no sympathy.—New York Sun. A Short Sermon. There are times when you are brought to realize that you stand on the shores of mysterious eternity—when you can hear the lapping at your feet of the waves- which roll across the sea so boundless that mortal eye has never reached the far ther shore. It is when you have met some good friend on the street, given him a friendly grip and heard him say that he hasn’t felt so well in years—the words hardly cold upon his Ups before he throws up his arms and sinks to the walk as dead as if a buUet had entered his brain. The doctors call it a case of heart disease, and those who did not pass that way read of it to forget it in an hour. To you, who even held his hand as the swift messenger came, there is something never to be forgotten— a sermon such as no divine can ever preach—Detroit Frfce Press. Rigidity of C*rp*Mi The experiments of Dr. Brown Sequard have convinced him that the rigidity retained in corpses for several days is due to a true muscular contraction, in dicating that the muscles ddsnot give up their vitality until after the body has been otherwise lifeless for a coVuderable time.—Arkansaw Traveler. “Krosiot." in Artillery. -Erosion" is tho greatest difficulty of the modem artillerist. For some reason or other modem big guns are scored to pieces by their own charges before they ham been fired many times. At the Iron and Steel institute the eugineers had a good deal to say on the subject, hut they did net come to any definite conclusion about it Some authorities main tain that it is the friction of solid particles of powder driven along at enormous speed ever the intensely heated surface of the tube which destroys the gun. Others thint it is dus to the chemical action set by tba gases liberated in the ignition of the powder. But in reality very little is known about th* matter.—Bt James' Gasette. Ooar: .home Light Ho lino c. o t quarreled about the etfior of the eea, and did not exchange another word for three months, when both were discharged by the government. In Newton county, September 14th, 1820, the above-mentioned get - tlemao was born. He was the fourth child of Elijah Mixon, who was born in Pamlico county, N. C., and who was engaged in the peace ful pursuit of farming. He was a Whig in polities and a M ithodist in religion. His grandfather wus Z dekiah Mixon. His mother’s maiden name wus Charlotte Ortrey. She was born in Hancock county, Georgia, and en tertained the same religious views us his father. Her father was Mr. Wm. Ortrey. The childhood and youth of James C. Mixon was passed in Oxford, Newton county. He has since lived two years in Campbell coun ty, two years in VlilaRiea, and since that time he has resided in Coweta. He was educated at Emory Col lege. Being of an unusually quiet demeanor, and so punctilious in bis habits whilst there, he obtained the Sobriquet among the boys of “Old Man Mixon.” After leaving school,“teaching the young idea how to snoot” became bis avocation. He soon grew dis gusted with that monotonous occu pation, and resorted to merchan dising for several years. Then he again began to teach, and contin ued at that work for about five years. The pleasures of the country attracted his attention, and he then engaged in the life of a farmer. In November '7th, 1850, be won the af fections of Miss N. E. Skein. She was the only womun he ever loved or ever asked in marriage. Hei father was Mr. Furnel! H. Skein, ol Coweta county. In her religion she and her father adopted Methodistic views. He combined the two oc- cupations-of farming and preach ing. The family of this interesting coupie consists of five boys. Tbe oldest is practicing medicine at Cor inth, Heard couHty,Ga.; tbe secoud is a practicing physician at Palmet to, Ga.; the third son is engaged in the profession of dentistry in Balti more, Md.; the two younge- are at homeifarming. Mr. James C. Mixon is not at all fond of outdoor sports. After his daily duties are over nothing pleas es him more than to sit by his own fireside, surrounded by his family, enjoying social converse with them, or with some neighbor, who is al ways a welcome guest at this hos pitable home. Seldom do we meet with a man so utterly devoid of had habits as he is. His only weakness i9 for the filthy weed. He has never taken a drink in his life, never visited hous es of bad name, never entered a tn eater, or seen a game of cards played. Four of his sons can boast of the same clean life record. The subject of this sketch entered upon the duties of the office of J. P. in 1872, and yet holds that posi- ti->n. In the Representative Hall he is on the committees of 't'emperance, Agriculture, Emigration, Public Property and Excuses of Members. During the Confederate struggle he entered the army May 7th, ’862, and served as an independent high private with Gen. Forrest un'il «n ov rwhelniing number of the ene my foreed a surrender. This gentleman, as a pure, good man, with a soul uncontaminated by the vice9 ot the day, has a clear head. Right ably and well does he represent Coweta, and reflects cred it on the good jailgment of his con stituents, in giving him the position he holds. he Legislature, and he was elected > that body in 18S0, and returned here in 1882, after which he was iectedto the Senate. He was married October 5, IStiS, i Miss Anna Maxwell, a ■ aughter t Dr. E. W. Maxwell, of Dougins unty. Unto them three bright nd attractive girls have been born o add sunshine to Iheir home. As i Senator he is making the same ecord as in every other otfie that le held. II *is one of the working numbers on the following eommil- t ws: General Judiciary, Finance, Itaiiroads,. Auditing, Penitentiary, ind that one looking to equalize the Judicial Circuits. He is) Chairman ■f the Penitentiary Committee, and ;s working in that connection with an energy worthy of commendation. He is a fluent speaker and good listener, a ready debater and a deep thinker, with all the powers ol which he is possessed. 0. H. ATLANTA. GENERAL NEWS- HOS. JOSEPH S. JAMES, Senator From tbe 36thDlstrlet Among the young men of the Sen ate, Hon. Joseph S. James stands in the front ranks. He is liberal in his views and is ready to fight any biii that his conscience dictates as con trary to the interests of his con stituents or the state at large. He is the sixth child in a family of thirteen children. His fattier, Stephen James, was a native ot North Carolina, and was a Justice of the Peace in one district for 24 years. His mother was a Miss Shippey. a native of Georgia. Sh<- is still living at the age of sixty- one. she early life of the Senator whs spint in what was then Campbc", now Douglas county, and after re ceiving his education in the com mon schools of that connty, he com menced reading law, and in 1875 he wa- admitted to the bar. Since that time he has been engaged in farming, merchandising and law, and has occupied manv Important offices of public trust. At the early age of 21 received the appoint ment of J.- P-, which appoint ment he fllie^yith satisfaction to all par' ies c«>ne»ie<i. He was next Tailis-'it house keepers on th* North Cmo- elected • "Mayor rf Douglasville. and ao well did he fill that ijo.aition that l «. eonstif- Prof. W. M. Robinson has gone up in Coweta for a few days. The professor is actively at'work in the interests ol the school for another year, and there is every assurance that the school will be full and in teresting. We have one of the be-n young teachers in the state, and there is no reason why we should not have, a flue school.—Frank!in Xews. Gov. Gordon has issued an order pardoning George T. Jackson, of Augusta, of the crime of emorzzle- uient- Tho preamble recit-es the numerous petitions which have been filed in the e . cunve office, invoking clemency, Jiu kson’s en- eel>. li couJiu III, amt the fact thai he hngih of the term of imprison ruent is not the measure of his pun- ishmt nt. Mrs. Jefferson i^avis has just written a letter to a friend in New York in reply.to one thanking her for the permission given to allow Miss Winnie Davis to visit the North. In it Mrs. Davis says that it was with great reluctance that her parents consented to Mi«s Winnie’s visit, but that any sacrifice they may have made in having her away from them so long a time has been more than repaid by their fiatisfae tiou »t the kind reception she has received in tbe North. t’he death of Representative Dowdney, which was announced December 10th, swells to twelve deaths thelistof the forty-ninth Con gress. It is as follows: Vice-Presi dent Hendricks and Senators Mil ler, of California, and Pike, of New Hampshire; Representatives Ell- wood of Illinois, Rankin of Wiscon sin, Hahn of Louisiana; Beach, Aruot and Dowdney of New York; Price of Wisconsin, Cole of Mary land, Duncan of Pennsylvania. Dowdney was stricken .with apo plexy while ente r ing his house in New York. The Attorney-General briefly urg es the importance of legi°)ation on the following matters, the necessity for which was pointed out in his annual report: Fees for marshal's in the territories; the pay of deputy marshals; the revision of the fee hill; the substitution of the fiscal for the c-.leudaryeai; he chief supervi sors of elections; the protection to civil officers and witnesses; fees for witnesses and jnrors iu the territo ries, and the reorganization of the jury sys'em in the District of Co lumbia. HedevotC! a chapter to the sui ject of United Ktate." prisoners and the gener 1 questions of convh.1 labor, and advocates the building of a Government penitentiary and reformatory at an early day. He recommends the appointment of a commission to enquire into the mat ter. He also renews the recommen dation that authority be given to judges of United States courts to sentence in their discretion prison ers convicted of their first offenses to such reformatories or graded prisons as the attorney-general may select. He also urges the necessity of additional Uni tad State 9 jails, and mentions Atlanta, ia., and Louisville. Ky., as cities where such buildings are much needed. The number of United States prisoners in custody June 30, 1886 was 5,929 The attorney-general calls a’tention to the unsatisfactory I--.- iliti in of rev mne litigation in hesouh. r disirict ’New York, and commends a sug-.estiiiu of th> solicitor of the treasury for the ap i.ointment of an additional judgt lor the exclusive trial of revenue cases in that district. Supplementary legislation re specting the restoration ot the court of reeords is strongly urged by. the No Introductory Chat with our friends. There is no apol ogy to offer for this, either, because this is ;i BUSINESS ADVERTISEMENT! And Don't You Forget It ! CLOAKS AND WRAPS! We can openly defy the whole state on these goods- W c J*a\ e.an o\ cr« stock and will close them out at wonderfully low prices. Tm* winter m . gun. - he prophets and the “goose bone” all predict cold weather alien l Come while we can afford to give you timely bargains. Jersey? at \ ei \ 0 ' c ‘ l —awav undei what they were earlier in the season. KNIT UNDERWEAR Here again we are defiant, because nobody ran torn .1 us. Kn t Ac --- \Vo do all the business ot the town in tins line, ami We have bought, out the fncto- Ladies, Children and Men are not afraid of being touched by factory prices, ries and are underselling them. LOWER YET. On Flannels and Pant Stuff, we are ahead of the closest competitors. We have an immense stock, and everything is dolvn to low rock prices. A new and extensive stock of handsome holiday goods, something nseful am something to please everybody. _ - Water Proofs and Repeilants For ladies’ and childrens’ suits. We know wo are underselling everybody here, and we say it boldly. Cotton-Flannels, from 5r to20c. immense bargains, and you will not fail to sav so when you get the goods. New Wool Hosiery- New- Woo. .Mittens, for ladiesand children. New Silk MulUers. New bilk Handkerchiefs, ive have them from 25 to 50c. Sold last season at from oO to 7oe. N ew Cotton and Linen Handkerchiefs in great variety-, very- low. atorney-general as necessary • the preservation of recoras of great value. It is almost impossible, the attorney-general says, to over-esti mate the necessity that exists for a change in the judicial system to meet the constantly increasing busi ness of the country; and he urge r that something be done to reme dy the-evils complained of on a l BLAM1T3 MB COMFORTS. Let everybody blow theirhoms, but'vou will make a mistakejif you fail to cornu to ns for any of 'these goods. Blankets from 85c to jfto.00. 10 per cent, low er than any house in Georgia. Comforts from o0c to $3.50 and $4.00. Now these are big values, anrl wc won’t deceive you when you come. DRESS GOODS. A fearful reduction in everything we have in the way of Dress Goods. W e have a heavy stock, a superb selection, choiee material, and we in tend to surprise everybody who will come and look at them. Nowr Evening Bilk in great variety. New Bilk Cord and Buttons to match for evening trimming. The handsomest line of Holiday Millinery ever for evening trimming, brought to Atlanta Or OVEB. New Kid Gloves in all colors, 50, 65, 75, $1 and $1.50. Our $1 Gloves are guaranteed. TABLE LIIXTEWS. We will save you 25 per cent, on these eoods. New Ruchings. New Col'ars and Cuffs. Big drives in bleached and unbleath d Domestics. Good Prints at 3 and 3}£c. Prints at 5c, cheap at 7>,jc. SHOES. We are ahead of our own purposes in Shoes. We run more men and have more Shoes and sell more Shoes than any house—than any two houses—in Atlanta. Shoes for everybody and Shoes cheap enough to open your eyes. 1. H. 1SIC1MTY & THOMPSON BROS. m Bedroom, Parlor and Dining Room Fnrnitnrr Big Stock and Low Prices.. PAROR AND CHURCH ORGANS, WOOD AND METALLIC BURIAL CASES! epJft- lv “Orders attended to at any hour day or night. THOMPSON BR03 Newim it* 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 Works,‘Railroad Water Supplies, Steam Pumps, Pipe and Brass Woods. Mend for Catalogue and Prices. E. VAN WINKLE & CO-, Box 83, ATLANTA, GA. 52-13 G-G. McXAMARA. NEWNAN WABBLE AND GRANITE WORKS. ISON & McNAMARA. —DEALERS IN* MARBLE&GRANITE MONUMENTS, TOMBS AND HEADSTONES, TAB LETS, CURBING, ETC. ^W"Special Designs, and Estimates for any desired work, furnished oa application. 10\V- ,hcse % 1 lew \ ic» \ \ A ■ *