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W H Person* Thf Sewhas TEEMS or SCBftCBIPIOM One copy one year, in advance 11.50 If not paid in advance, the terms are 12.00 a year. A. club of six allowed an extra copy. Fifty-two nutnberscoigplete the volume. WOOTTEH * CATES, Proprietors' WISDOM, JUSTICE AND MODERATION. TEK*S:..»l.oO per year UjAdraace. VOLUME XXIL NEWJTA5, GEORGIA, TUESDAY, JANUARY 25, 1887. NUMBER) 5. mass Thb Newnan Heralr, PUBLISHED ETEBT TUESDAY UlEi Jf t lfKtlilMD One inch one year, $10; a colum on year, $100; less tune than three moutoa. $1.00 per inch for Prat insertion, and W cents additional for each subsequent In sertion Notices in local column, ten oenta per line for each insertion. Liberal arrange menta will be naade with those adrerua- ina by the quarter or year. All transient adverUMmeato Mast b paid for when handed in. Announcing candidates, ta, M strictly in advance. Address all communications to A. B. CATES, Newnan On Our lives are albums, written through With good or ill, with false or true. A SEASHORE LEGEND. It was my good fortune to spend the happy summers of mv youthful days in an old aeaport town, whoje glory has long aince departed. Its fast decaying wharves had once echoed to the tread of busy feet, and many very stately ships had iieen moored beside them. Now, as in my childhood days, no proud ship Anris a haven in the still waters of its harbor; its deserted ship yards ring no more with the Sound of ax or hammer; the busy hum of com merce is stilled, and a silence, broken only by the fisherman’s call, or the merry laughter of some yachting party, per vades what was once a very busy, thriv ing place. But commerce has left traces of wealth behind, and I remember some old-fash ioned, though stately, houses, standing near the shore. Those were tile homes of some of New England's famous sea captains, and in one of these old houses I passed those happy summer days. The men of The family had all been sailors, commanding some of the finest and liest known American ships. No ports had lieon too distant for them, and they brought home, as gifts, spoils from every clime. Now, all those dead and gone, tlie women of the family lived alone, surrounded by treasures from the sen. Tlie old friend who had riiarge of us was very fond of children, anil was never happier than when relating to ns tlie stories of sen and shore with which her mind was stored: and when a rainy day came, driving us from tlie liejich. we liked nothing I letter than to listen to her charming legends. I will repeat to you. as nearly as I ran remember, the story of the elopement that look place many years ago. As 1 recall it. I seem to hear again the musical voice, long since hushed, to which the snapping of the driftwood fire upon the ijearth and the distant booming of the ■urf u|>on the lieach, formed n lifting accompaniment. A long time ago. when T was a little girl, the events happened that I am nljout to relate to you. My grandmother knew all about it. and I often heard her tell the story to the young folks, in my day, as I am telling it to you. In that large, old-fashioned house which stands on the brow of Beach Ilill lived a very wealthy gentleman, called Judge Cushman. 1 say ho livtxl there. Imt he only sjient part of the time in the little town of B , for his business kept him in the city during the winter months; hut ns so ui as the warm days came the house would lie opened, and he would ride through th • town in his big coach, drawn by four horses and driven hv a colorful coachman. Tin' judge was a widower, and lived alone with his servants and an old house- kei’iior. So yon may imagine the sur prise of the villagers tine day early in tho spring of 1812 when they hoard that Squire Cushman, as he was called, had brought home with him a lovely young girl. At first all thought that he had mar ried again, hut soon the report was circu lated that his niece had come from Eng land alone, with only a maid to attend her, to visit him. And a long visit we all thought it would lie, for war hail just been declared with Great Britain, and probably there would lie no friendly in tercourse between the two countries for a long time. Of c arse all were anxious to see the now comer, hut none were gratified un til the following Sabbath, when she ap peared at church with the old squire. She was a true English maiden, with fair hair and lustrous blue eves, and a complexion in which lilies ami roses were skillfully blended by nature’s hand. She was the “observed of all observers,” but bore herself modestly, seeming uncon scious of the gaze of all around tier. Many were the questions asked, many the conjectures formed, as to her pres ence in tlie lonely house, so far from home ami in an enemy's country: and finally tlie mystery was solved by the old housekeeper, who divulged it as a great secret to a friend of hers, an in veterate gossip, who soon made the af fair the property of the whole neighbor hood. Hose Cushman, tlie daughter of the squire’s only brother, was a motherless child, ami had grown to womanhood without knowing what it was to be re fused the slightest wish, for she had al ways lieon her father's idol. He had planned in her early childhood that she Should marry tho son of his most inti mate friend. But such designs are rarely accom plished. At the age of 19 Rose met a young ami gallant officer in his majesty's navy, and lost her heart almost at first sight. Tlie ntfection was reciprocated, and. not dreaming of any obstacle, the lovers plighted their troth with the fondest and brightest hopes for the future. But the father of Rose sternly refused to consent to tlioir engagement, and for- hade Rose ever to see her lover again. But years of indulgence liad not prepared liis daughter for such arbitrary measures, and she continued to meet her lover se cretly whenever she was able to do so. One meeting in the park near tlie house was witnessed by her father, and so in censed was he by this open defiance of all liis commands that he ordered the brave r oung sailor from his grounds, using the arsliest language. Rose returned to the house. locked her self into her room and was soon con vulsed with a perfect-passion of tears: for under her sweet and charming exterior ehe hid a will that was just as strong and unsubdued as her father's. In subsequent interviews with her father she vowed she never could or would forget i Ashton. Not all the affection she ■ father, not all the remembrance kindness and love, would prevent ting her lover whenever an op- ■ was found. He well knew that t man was of honorable birth and , but he could not give up the ; he had formed for her future, r weeks of fruitless argument with ghter, it suddenly occurred to him her to his brother, our Squire , in America. 1 in those days a long journey almost unknown land, bit her thought a few months in a strange r would tame his self-willed daugh- 1that before winter be would join her, visit his beloved brother, and mntlw year would find Rose willing to return and comply with his wishes. The squire did all in his power to make the visit agreeable, even relaxing his ha bitual reserve and inviting all the young people in the neighborhood to his house to be introduced to his niece. Although Rose was very sweet and gracious to all her guests, no one became at all familiar with her, and finally all at tempts at intimacy ceased, and she was left to the companionship of her uncle and her old nurse. But active preparations for war soon hanished all minor topics. The young men were getting ready to join their ships; privateers were being fitted out and the whole country was wild with ex citement. Our village became almost deserted Every vessel of any size was manned and equipped with guns and ammunition, and sent out to meet the enemy, and all the poor wives and mothers could do was to watch and wait at home. News traveled slowly in those days, and tidings of de feat or victory seemed long in coming. Often we climlied the hill and from the church tower scanned the horizon for a glimpse of some man-of-war, for we lived in constant fear that our town, like many others on tlie coast, might be invailrxl by tlie enemy. But though often saw large ships passing, and once hoard the sound of distant cannonading, we were left in peace. And so tlie summer passed; its weary weeks of watching anil anxiety wore away; the line storm visited us with all its fury, and then came tlie mild and sunny Indian summer, the days of sofi delight, when all nature seems dreamy, quiet mood, giving us a gentle smile before old winter, with raging ele ments, comes to bind her with liis icy fetters. About the middle of October a watcher on the liill saw a man-of-war heading for our liarlsir. He gazed with almost breathless anxietv until with liis glass he descried the English flag at her mast Then he rushwl down tlie steep road into the main street, shouting: The British are coming! Save your selves!” All at once was noise and confusion. The men left their work, tlie women forsook their spinning wheels, and all ran to the beach or to the wharves. Yes, it was true; she had anchored out side the harbor, and. too large to enter herself, we could see a large lioat just leaving her iill-d with men, who would probably land and plunder, perhaps bum our village. Resistance was useless, for the ship could easily shell the whole town lying as she did at the mouth of tlie har- Ixir, but little more tlmn a mile away. It had Ixx'ii planned long liefore that in case of invasion the people should take their valuables and flee to tin' woods for safety. So as quickly ns possible the large hay carls were brought out, the liest feather beds were hastily thrown into them, the tall clocks wore placed on top. as many women and children as could bo were piled in, each carrying a pillow case con taining some valuables, tha horses were whipp'd into a gallop and tlie procession started belter skelter for the woods. The servants of Squire Cushman shared tlie general alarm, and as the squire was away from home, they, too. prepared for flight, and urged tlie housekeeper to pack up the silver, and, taking Miss Rose and her nurse, to hasten to a plats' of safety with them. But when she went to the young lady's chamber she found her watching tho incoming bont with eager eyes, and she firmly refused to leave the house. ‘•They are not enemies to me.” she said. "They are from dear old England, my home, and I will not run from them even if the whole village goes.” The housekeeper tried to reason with her. but ir. vain, and not daring to leave her in the house, Font ofT the servants with tlie most valuable articles to a safe hiding place and awaited tlie result with trembling anxiety. Roeo stood at the open window, watch ing the ixiat. As it neared the siiore she sent tier maid for the squire's spy glass, and. resting it on the woman's shoulder, ol Prints! a good view of the harbor and all who were in tlie boat. Nearer and nearer it approached the shore, and tlie few fishermen who lingered near the wharf, their curiosity overcom ing their fears, row that it was com mantled by a young officer, whose dress betokened tlie high rank lie bore. Tilt' lx tat came up to tlie wharf, and one of tlie sailors sprang nshore and fas tened it. Giving a command to his men in a low tone, tlie officer landed, accompanied by two marines. Seeing the fishermen about to run. lie cried out: “You have nothing to fear. If you let us come and go unmolested, your village shall be spired, tome here; I want to ask you a question.” One of the most daring approached liim. “Now. my man," he said, “no tricks, but answer me correctly. Do you know where Judge Cushman lives, and will you show us tin' way to his house? Do not fear; no harm shall be done to any of you: only tell me the truth.” The man. only too glad to escape so easily, pointed out the house, and the officer, with his men. hastened toward it. In tlie meantime Rose hail been scan ning the boat with eager eyes, trying to discern the features of the men. When she saw the officer approaching the house she gave one long, fixed look, and shout ing to her nurse: “It is he! It is Charles!" flew down tlie staircase, followed by her servant and tlie housekeeper, and. as he entered the open door, sprang into his arms and was clasped to liis heart in a loving embrace. But lie stopped her eager questions by saying: I have no time to lose. You see the ship at the entrance of the harbor? Since you left England, my darling. I have been prompted to the command of that noble craft and ordered to America. You may imagine how glad I was to know I was to be near you. for. thanks to nurse here, I received your last letter, and since my duty brought me to this part of the coast, I determined to find you. Yesterday we overhauled a fishing craft from this port, and I learned I was only a few miles from you. I at once shaped my course for this harbor, resolved to take you with me, for I can endure this separation no longer. Where is your uncle?” He is away from home, dear Charles,” said Rose, “and nearly all the people here fled, so frightened are they of the dreaded British." ••Good! That makes it easier for you to go,” said Charles. But what do you mean, Charles? How can I go alone with you on that great ship? I shall be afraid.” Afraid with me, sweetheart? Nursie will go with you, and as my wife, you will be safe from all harm. Let us find the clergyman here and he will unite us. Do you tiunk ho bm fled?” --no, saia nose, “he nas always seta, I believe, that he would never run from the enemy; that he was a man of peace and would, be left unmolested. But, Charles, since I have been here, I have thought much of my disobedience to my father’s wishes, and although I could never he false to you, dear Charles, I have thought that time and distance may have softened his heart, and. loving me as I know he does, he might sometime consent to our marriage.” “Sweetheart,” said Charles, “do not disappoint me so cruelly. When we are married I am sure your father will for give us. Besides, I am surrounded daily by great perils, and may not outlive this war. Let me at least call you my wife, and I shall be doubly armed for the con flict. Do consent, dear Rose. ” He clasped her once more to his heart, pressing kis6 after kiss upon her lips, and none but a lover’s ear could hear the softly whispered “yes.” “Now, listen to my plans, dearest," said he. “We will go at once to the clergyman and compel him to marry us. Nursie shall pack some necessary clothing for you and meet us at the boat. My orders are to cruise up and domn the coast on the lookout fc r merchantmen. I will sail as far as Halifax, there land and leave you with a good friend of mine, and join you later in the season when the weather compels us to seek winter quarters. ’ ’ He then gave a few directions to the nurse, who received them with many Ixiwg and smiles, and ordered one of the marines to wait for her and bring her with him to the wharf. Their old house keeper tried to interfere with their move ments, hut her words passed unnoticed, fur, leaning on her lover’s arm, Rose waved her a laughing good-by, as she passed out of the house forever. Tlie minister made many objections to performing the ceremony, but they were all overcome by the entreaties of Rose anil the stem commands of her lover, and as he afterwards said, lie had no altema five, for if he persisted in liis refusal he might have been taken away prisoner ill the vessel and his church burned to tlie ground. So Rose and her . husband sailed away from our shores, never to return. We heard, however, long after, that Charles Ashton was wounded soon after his mar riage, and had left the service. We never knew how Squire Cushman bore the news of his niece’s flight. Nobody asked liim, and he died not long after, leaving his property to a distant relative. There, girls, that is the way my grand ma used to end the story, but I can tell you something more. Last summer an English lady and gen tleman stopped at tho hotel here several days. One day they obtained permission to go over the old Cushman house. They lingered long in the chamber looking over the sea, and we learned that the lady was the grandaughter of Rose Cushman, who had come, with her husband, to visit the scene of her grandmother’s elopement.— Boston Traveler. LIFE ON A TRAINING SHIP. A SHADOW BOAT. UicsUli Ballon for tho United Staten Kory. We happened to arrive at the training ship at a very opportune masnent. There was to be a lecttlre ton International law in the war college, which had brought over many interested listeners from New port, and the weekly drill of all the boys in the class was taking place on the lawn before the college building, while the New Hampshire band, established be neath a spreading beech hard by. breathed martial music for the performing regi ment. It was a fine fall morning, the water blue and the sky cloudless, but the air was chilly, and the few spectators in carriages drew their wraps closely about them, and now and then gave an invol untary shiver. To and fro over the green sward tramped the boyish rank and file in their white apparel, the sailor raps set jauntily upon their close cropped hair and the rifles carried over their shoulders with careful precision, as they marched by twos, by fours, by platoons, went through the manual of arms, and per formed all sorts of military evolutions. To our unsophisticated eyes, their move ments were marvels of grace and pre cision, and we were not a little grieved to hearjone of the trig young army officers who were looking on critically observe that it was very apparently the navy, and not the army, represented there. At noon the drill was over, and the troops filed through the armory, deposit ing their guns as they went, and returned to the ship, where dinner was presently served. We followed them, climbing up the plank gangway that led up the side of the hull, and found ourselves on the uppermost deck of the five which the old vessel boasts, for it has almost as many stories as a New Y"rk apartment house. Under my keel another boot Sails as I sail, floatsaa 1 float; Silent and dim and mystic still, II steals through that weird nether world Blocking my power, though at my will The foam before its prow is curled, Or cairn it lies, with canvas furled. Vainly I peer, and fain would see BVhat phantom in that boat may he; Vet half 1 dread, lest I with ruth Some rbcK nf my dead past divine. Some gracious shape of my lost youth. Whose deathless eyes once Used on mine Would draw me downward through the brine’ —Arlo Bates. TENTED TOWNS OUT WEST. Mushroom Camps Along the California and Oregon Railroad Use. During the progress <rf the extension of the i tlifomia and Oregon railroad from Redding toward the Webfoot state dozens of camps have been located and have been dignified by being called “towns.” Be ing located in wild and beautiful moun tain regions they have been given roman tic and poetical names differing from the style of the Argonauts, who gave their camps such euphonious titles as Buzzard’s Roost, Poor Man’s Gulch, Whiskeytown, Hangtown, or anything else that hap pened to suggest itself by some incident. The railroad camps have always been lively places, occupied by from 1,500 to 4,000 men. whites and Chinese. They have comfortable tents and live a very happy life in the mountains, where the air is pure and bracing, the water cool and clear, and where the atmosphere is made healthy by the pines and firs. As might be expected, one of the first tents generally put up is that of a saloon keeper, and hie drives a lively trade deal- out his “Dew of Death,” his “Coffin GREAT BRITAIN’S BALLOT SYSTEM Aw Outlive Sketch ef the Kegllih Law- Counting the Votee—Secrecy. It is impossible to describe briefly the ballot system adopted in Great Britain in 1072. and only an outline sketch can be given. Tlie public nomination is abolished, bat the nomination day -is D. 1. DOUGHERTY k CO. ATLANTA, GA. j N “ Isu«tat«y Chit With our friend*. There i» oo .pel- The Life of • Convict. Tlie study of human nature,” said Principal Keeper Patterson, of the state penitentiary at Trenton. N. J.. to a re- Iiorter in tlie lobby of tlie National hotel, ‘inside prison walls is more interesting than pleasant. The class of human beings one comes in contact with is usually so depraved and hardened that it often times surprises even those accustomed to the life. We believe our system to be as good as any in existence, and yet we are not as severe in some ways as the people of the Eastern penitentiary.” Are there not a number of criminals sent you who instead should go to asy lums? Do you not have many cranky haractcrs to contend with?” “Well, we do in a certain sense. Criminals are. as a rule, one-sided char acters: their moral character is, so to -peak, lopsided. But it is not the men who go into tlie prisons that are mentally unbalanced: it is those who come out. The fact is. tlie man who serves a five or oven a three years’ sentence out, is apt to leave tlie penitentiary unsound in mind, if not in both body and mind. Imagine, for instance, tlie life they lead, day in and day out. To the mess room in tlie morning, where they cannot speak word to any one: to the workshop for the day. where talking is strictly forbid den; to the mess room again for sup]x>r. where tlie same order is enforced, ami then to solitary confinement in their cells, .•here there is no one to talk to. Think of it. Such a life for years! Is it not enough to drive a man insane? Why, man alive, you cannot realize it; but the percentage is simply frightful of those who go to jail strong in ixith mind and body and who come out wrecks in one or both.”—Washington Post. Resistance of Hard Burned Bricks. It is found that walls laid up of good, hard burned bricks, in mortar composed of good lime and sharp sand, will resist a pressure of 1.500 pounds per square inch, or 210.000 pounds per square foot, at which figures it would require 1.000 feet height of 12-inch wall to crush the bottom courses, allowing 1:50 pounds as the weight of each cubic foot. It also appears from accurate calculations and measure ments that walls laid up in the same quality of brick and mortar, with one- third quantity of Portland cement added to tlie same, are capable of resisting some 2.500 pounds per square inch, or 300.000 pounds jier square foot: this would re quire a height of wall 2.700 feet to crush the bottom bricks.—New York Bun. Varnish, ” his “Bug Juice” and other Everything was as trim and neat as I choice brands. In connection with his constant care and work could make it. J “sample rooms” he keeps a “hotel, "pro- The planks in the flooring of the deck were white as white could be; no speck of dust or dirt was anywhere to lie found, and the exquisite order of naval man agement pervaded all. A sentry in the uniform of the United States marine corps and white cotton gloves that didn’t fit walked up and down before tlie cap tain's quarters, and various officers, in braided fatigue jackets and becoming caps, were coming and going in discharge of their various duties. Below, on tlie second deck, the boys were at dinner. They sat at long tables, row after row, displaying as good appetites as any set of land lubbers could boast, and as this was the occasion of the departure of the com missary, it was being celebrated by an un usual feast. Each emhryo tar had a large supply of roast turkey, with potatoes, white and sweet, and for dessert a bunch of grapes and a paper bag of candy, deli cacies which were duly appreciated. They had not tlie sort of manners at table that one looks for in Newport society, these gav young sailors, for their knives went into their mouths with alarming frequency, and they ate with an eager ness and rapidity which “Don’t” and kin dred books of etiquette would denounce severely. But they were well and strong and hearty, and. perhaps, enjoyed tlieir dinner quite as much as if it had been served on delicate china and eaten with gold forks and knives in the most elegant and approved fashion. On this deck they sleep, in hammocks of canvas, slung in long rows from iron hooks set in the beams overhead. During the day the hammocks are neatly lashed up and piled away on the upper deck. At 9 o’clock each even ing every boy finds his own hammock, slings it, arranges his blankets and cover ings (the poor things are not allowed the luxury of a pillow) and puts himself to sleep; and each morning at 5:30 he rises, and is allowed half an hour in which to dress himself, take down his swinging viding blankets for travelers and giving them a “bed” on the ground, but under cover of his canvas roof. But no one ever complains of such accommodations —they are the best to be had, and then it might not be safe to find fault. The railroad camps contain a rough set of men, but, in many instances, hard working, honest fellows are found. The mushroom villages have been followed from the start by blacklegs, who have waxed fat from the earnings of the hard working men. Right after the pay car arrives and distributes the wages these sports produce cards and dice, qnd in a very short period many men who have been toiling with pick and shovel along the rocky line find themselves without nickel to show for their labor. There is one thing remarkable about the camps, and that is that good order has been maintained and few fights have occurred. Every man who comes along the road is offered work, and there is no necessity for idle men in the country. The big camp, made up of track layers, is now above Sissons, at the base of Mount Shasta, a region of cold and snow, and as a hard winter is anticipated, tlie tents will soon have to be struck and sent down to the valley.—Sacramento Bee. Necessity for Two Kars. Sound travels by waves radiating from a central point of disturbance, like the wavelets caused by dropping a pebble into still water. So far as the hearing of each individual is concerned, these waves move in a direct line from the cause of sound to his ear, the impact being greatest in the ear that is nearest to tlie source. The ef fect, in this respect, of the total loss of hearing in one ear was forcibly illustrated by the statement of a patient who con sulted me recently. He lived in a wild portion of Tennessee, and spent a good deal of his spare time in the woods, hunt- _ _ ing squirrels, accompanied only by his bed and lash it up, and to dispose of the dog. An explosion suddenly destroyed cup of cocoa that is all the breakfast he 1 the hearing in one ear. After this acd- gets until 8 o clock. j dent, while in the woods, he found that The routine on board ship is very strict | he could hear his dog bark, but for the and regular. Every soul in the class has I life of him he could not locate the direc ts a; i j minted duties at drill, naval and j tion of the sound, even when quite close military, and in the school room, and he to him. and he was compelled to take his is held strictly to account for them. The j little boy along with him to find the dog. life is pleasant, if a little monotonous, and | After a time persons learned to correct, most .of the boys profess a great deal of to a limited extent, the errors in estimat- sorrow when they are forced to leave the , ing distances after the loss of vision, but good, old ship which has been their home . tlie effect of the loss of an ear upon the for six long mouths, even while they re- estimation of the direction of sound ii joice at the prospect of going tesea. Bad , never corrected.—Dr. Williams. lioys are discharged as soon as their evil j doing is found out. There are dark cells j in which thev are imprisoned for various 1 >» Korop*, offenses.—Boston Sunday Herald. j The art of buying appropriate present* during a foreign tour is one to be learned only by experience, and there are many Presidents Buried in New York. Of the twenty presidents who have passed away four lie buried in New York state. Arthur sleeps in tlie Albany ceme tery. Martin Van Buren was huried in the old burying ground at Kinderhook. Mil lard Fillmore's grave is in Forest Lawn cemetery. Buffalo, and Gen. Grant's re mains lie in a tomb at Riverside. James Monroe was buried in tlie old Second Avenue cemetery. New York city, but the Virginia legislature had his remains removed to Richmond.—Chicago Tribune. Tin- largest army this country ever h3d was in 1865. when over 1,000.000 soldiers were in the ranks. London's First Street Car. Oakey Hall contributed an article to a recent number of The Pall Mall Gazette on London tramways, in which he gave a picture of the alleged clumsy tram car first introduced in the great metropolis a quarter of a century ago. In this he did injustice to George Francis Train, the man who introduced street railways in Europe. The first street car ran on a London tramway was built in 1859 for Mr. Train by Stevenson in Now York city. It cost (1,500 and was constructed and equipped in the style of those now seen an Broadway. The tog double decked cars in London are imitatwni. of omni bases and axe a purely British in- “ York World. Method of Purifying Water. Mr. Holmes, the engineer of the 1 little pleasant ways of making up such water works at Hornsea, England, has presents not known to the general pub- adopted an ingenious arrangement for lie. A lady friend of mine was making filtering and purifying the water supplied • a book of travels for another friend in by tlie company there. Tlie process is America, and she was doing it without thus described by The Sanitary World: writing a paragraph. She had a very ic water is pumped from a bore whose I handsome scrapbook, and she made it a bottom is on a level with the surface of : ru]e flowers and nictnres the Mere, the water being obtained from 1 w i,erever^he visited, and to naste them the chalk. Formerly it was far from t ^ satisfactory and formed such a scale “ her °T th « upon the boilers that it materials af- ? la f* tama the grade book. She put fected their workings. Mr. Holmes set m U er ^ bdU \ her street «“• bcketo ' himself the task of remedving this state and ““P 1 ® of tbe colna g® and Postage of things. The water has" always been ? f the vanous coon tries. As completed pumped into a tank, and supplied thence ! *t made a most beautiful souvenir of her to the town. Mr. Holmes had a wooden trip, and it took but very little work. It tank formed inside the larger one. and he ! raade a present as could be got in so spread out* the water pumped upward j no other way. that it descended into the wooden tank j Another lady was making up a set of in the form of rain. The air, getting to ; odd china and she bought a new piece the water as it descended, oxidized it, j at each city she visited. She had cups and, of course, made it purer. Inside' from Dresden, Pane-and London, and tiiis wooden tank several smaller tanks j other pieces from nearly every one of were constructed, through which all the , the great cities of Europe. I know of water passed. Tlie sides of the smaller j one or two people who have bought sets tanks were made of prepared linen, and ; of solid silver spoons, purchasing one in as the water passed through them they j each city and having the name of the caught up the impurities which it held in i c ity engraved in the bowl of it. The suspension. As the water flowed from | bowl was first gilded and the white SSJPS? i ° - the lower. from , 6ilver shinin out the lettenj of the Hnnfin*, i produced a beautiful effect, rippling over gravel, which further lm- proves its quiUtv. Although the con-1 a . d fT”, t trivance is admirable adapted for the ** 6 “ E ^ and * Irel t nd if i. i„f„„,i^ -—„ if .-„ i ji_ and Scotland every city has Us peculiar persons. If only as many candidates are nominated os are to be elected, they are at once declared elected. If there are more candidates, there must be a ballot. The election offioers procure the printing of the requisite number of bal lots, which are bound in the same way as a merchant’s cheek book; that is to say, there is a coupon which may be de tached, leaving a part of the leaf still in the book. Upon the ballots are printed the names of all the candidates in alpha betical order. When the elector pre sents himself at the polls, he first satis fies the presiding officer that he is a legal voter. The latter then tears off p ballot, upon tlie back of which he puts an official stamp, after which he enters the registered number of the elector on the retained part of the ballot, or coun terfoil, and makes a mark against the name of the voter on the registry. The voters and ballots both being numbered, in case it become necessary to ascertain how any particular person has voted, as, for instance, if there is a contest on the ground of illegal voting, the identical ballot given by each person may be found and examined. The voter, having recieved his ballot, retires to a room provided for the purpose, where, unseen by any person, he makes a mark opposite the name of the person for whom he wishes to vote. He then folds the paper so as to conceal the printing and mark within, but to show the official stamp on the back, returns to the polling room and throws tlie ballot into the box. To use the words of Mr. Webster in quite another connection: “The deed is done. No eye has seen him: no ear has heard him. His secret is his own, and it is safe.” He is obliged to keep it a secret, too. There is a serious penalty attached to the exhibi tion of a ballot after it is marked. Tlie man may tell any one how lie voted— and he may tell a lie—but no one can no whether he has told the truth or a false hood. When the ballots are counted no one but the presiding officer can possibly known one paper from the other, and it is crediting him with an extraordinary memory to suppose that he could keep in mind the two numbers that must be remembered in order to identify any ballot as that of a certain man. There is an infinite variety of detail in the reg ulations respecting the acts to be done, and there are quite as many prohibitions of things that must not be done before, during and after the polling, but into none of these can we enter. The law lias had fourteen years’ trial, and it is not only telling the exact truth to say that the Conservatives do not find it nearly so bad as they expected it to be; Liberals do not like it so well as they supposed they should; and the horde of agents, at whose occupation it was meant to be a severe blow, are already finding ways to circumvent the nice con trivances of the act.—“B. C. M. Brooklyn Eaele. ogy to offer for this, either, because this is a BUSINESS ADVERTISEMENT! And Don’t You Forget It ! CLOAKS AND WRAPS! We can openly defy the whole state on these goods. We have an overwhelming stock and will ciose them out at wonderfully low prices. The winter has only be- -rmi. The prophets and the “goose bone” all predict cold weather ahead. Come while we can afford to give you timely bargains. Jerseys at very “low cut” prices —away nmlei what tliev were earlier in the season. KNIT UNDERWEAR! Here again we are defiant, because nobody can touch us. Knit Underwear for Ladies, Children and Men. We do all the business of the town in this line, and are not afraid of being touched by factory prices. We have bought out tlie facto ries and are underselling them." LOWEE YET. On Flannels anil Pant Stuff, we are ahead of the closest competitors. We have an immense stock, anil everything is down to low’ rock prices. A new and extensive stock of liandsonje holiday goods, something useful and something to please everybody. Water Proofs and Repellants For ladies’ and childrens’ suits. We know we are underselling everybody here, and we say it boldly. Cotton Flannels, from 5c to20c, immense bargains, and you will not fail to say s i when you get the goods. New Wool Hosiery. New Wool Mittens, for ladies and children. New Silk Mufflers. New Silk Handkerchiefs, we have them from 25 to 50e, sold last season at from 50 to 75c. New Cotton and Linen Handkerchiefs in great variety, very low. Let everybody blow tlieir horns, lint you will make a mistakejif you fail to come to ns for any of these goods. Blankets from 85c to $15.00. 10 per cent, low er than any house in Georgia. Comforts from 50c to $3.50 and $4.00. Now these are big values, and we won’t deceive you when you come. DRESS GOODS. purpose it is intended to serve, it is hardly suitable for towns which reqnire a large supply of water.—Boston Budget. An Arizona Lizard. These lizards are found in the canyons of Arizona. They are very poisonous— as poisonous as the most venomous snake. The natives claim that to inhale . Cleveland Leader, a lizard's breath is sure and almost in stant death. The truth or fallacy of this has never been established. Nobody seems to want to take the chances of try ing the experiment. The lizard’s fare, in captivity, is a fresh egg every morning. The attendant breaks the shell and the lizard sucks the egg.—Cincinnati En quirer. mark which has to be placed on all of the silver made within it Of course it costs more to buy the spoons separately than as a whole, but the oddity of the collection and the memories called up by their use ie worth much more than the difference.—Frank G. Carpenter Largest Wooden Structure. The largest wooden structure in the world is said to be the government build ings in the capital of New Zealand. The block is four stories high, and occupies on area of nearly two acres. The city itself is mostly wooden cu account of the earth quakes ct the region, and is called “Tbe City of Packing Cases” and “The City of Match Baxes.”—Chicago Herald. Be Wanted Soda Water. Two Indians entered a drug store on Third street. One was stall young man, and his companion was aa aged and dried-up specimen of humanity. They w ere dressed in dark, ill-fitting clothes, and each of them had on moccasins. Their black slouch hat* partially con cealed their jet-black hair. Marching into tbe center of the store the red man, after the style at the porw-wow around the camp fire; expressed himself as fol lows; “Big Injun wants heap btg sweet wind." Without any hesitation the clerk homed off two glasses of soda wasarwad gave them to the two red. mem.-’The Indiana drank and were satis fied.—St. Paul Globa. Evidences of Increasing Culture. The clerk of the Fiftli Avenue hotel was leaning meditatively against the desk the other night, with his eyes on the corrider. He has been at his post many years, and is a shrewd observer. “They are all countrymen, as the say ing goes," he remarked, nodding his head toward the throng, “and they are a won derful illustration of the advance the whole country has made during the past ten or fifteen years in manners and at tire. The men are from every corner of the big continent This is the time of year, you know, when the backwoods man, farmer, herder, miner, and village merchant come to New York for their annual blowout. Look at them, and you see a body of men who are dressed as quiet every-day New Yorkers dress, and who do not differ in the mass from so many respectable and well-to-do citi zens. Their clothes are of the conventional cut and pattern, their boots well and neatly made, their hats of the proper block, and their faces composed. Three years ago you’d have seen a dozen big slouch hats in that crowd; five years ago a quarter of the faces would have been decorated by open mouths and eyes shining with surprise and fright; seven years ago there would have been a dozen men among them without neckties; and fifteen years ago you would have seen no end of awkward, uncouth, and shamb ling back-country gentry who didn’t know how to talk or what to do with their hands or feet.” It’s a great change; quite as noticea ble, too, in the streets as here.” Of course; that’s just the point; as they are before you, so they are all over America. It has been an amazing change. It is due in part to the drum mers, who go everywhere and by ex ample teach young men in the country how to dress; to the great clothing houses that send out hundreds of thou sands of city-made suit3 of clothes a year, and to the newspapers that talk so much about the big cities that the read ers are gradually educated up to the standard. It’s a wonderful change.— Blakely Hall in Chicago Times. A fearful reduction in everything we have in the wayof Drew Goods. We have a heavy stock, a superb selection, choice material, and we in tend to surprise everybody who will coine and look at them. New Evening Silk in great variety. New Silk Cord and Buttons to match for evening trimming. The handsomest liue of Holiday Millinery ever brought to Atlanta. Gr OVE8. New Kid Gloves in all colors, 50, 6-5,75, $1 and $1.50. are guaranteed. Our $1 Glove* TABLE LIINTEIVS. We will save you 25 per cent, on these goods. New Ruchings. New Collars and Cuffs. Big drives in bleached and unbleached Domestics Good Prints at 3 andH'ic. Prints at oc, cheap at 7j£c. 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. 0.1D0JBHE1TY & Cl. THOMPSON BROS. Bedroom, Parlor and Dining Room Fornitnr? Big Stock and Low Prices. PAROR AND CHURCH ORGANS, WOOD AND METALLIC BURIAL CASES <ipI6- lv "Orders attended to at any hoar day or nighh^£? THOMPSON BROS Newnan. Ida. g.g. mcnamara NEWNAN MARBLE AND GRANITE WORKS. -:0:- ISON & McNAMARA. -DEALERS IN- MARBLE&GRANITE Perhaps one of the most astounding discoveries we shall make in eternity is that our planet is not only one of the mo6t insignificant in size, but one of the least advanced in civilization.—Augusta fGa.) Chronicle. MONUMENTS, TOMBS AND HEADSTONES, TAB LETS, CURBING, ETC. ^F*Special Designs, and Estimates for anydesired work, furnished on application. NEWNAN, GEORGIA. Queen Victoria’s Jubilee. This is the fiftieth year of Qneen Vic toria’s reign, a fact which will be com memorated in a suitable manner by the people of the British Isles. To signalize the event, the Prince of Wales has pro posed that an Institute should be estab lished to keep on permanent exhibition the arts and manufactures of the queen’s colonial and Indian empire. Money is being raised to erect buildings London to thns commemorate the fiftieth anniversary of a not inglorious reign. Say what men wil!, the fact remains that women have r.:ade bet ter sovereigns than men. Comparing the rulers of all nations, there hr re been far more wise women monarehc, rela tively, than of the other sex. But, curi ously enough,’ the influence of women, when indirect, lies usually been pernici ous. The female favorites of kings have generally brought disgrace upon the mon arch whose councils they influenced. Vic toria lias already reigned longer than any other female sovereign in history.—Dem- orest’s Monthly. JOHWMNDniE ■UWMBIT-S.- Eton. iu«._xi»sstn« e» mtI esse. ^ ^^yTroableft.ftod Spinal PI———. parsonsHMBHI MAKE KKW. mow _ BLOOD. 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