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VOL. 1 --NO 162. THOMASVILLE, GEORGIA, WEDNESDAY MORNING. NOVEMBER 20, ’889 AT m When out shop ping, ladies will do well to drop in at LOHNSTEIN’S and inspect the va rious lines of new goods, just being opened. They are very handsomeand at very attractive prices. We are very busy and havn’t time to say much about them in this issue, but will be sure to please you if you will give us a call. Respectfully, • JiUUUWWVUIJ The Great Leader and Benefactor, 132 BROAD ST. WOIIMN. When with ft smllo your arcuitent sho.beara, Sho linn resolved your'wishes to obey, Bat whoa (he meetiyon reasoning, with tears, Be suro the woman means to hare her way, O woman, thon werttiiahloned to begltlle. The poet sings. A llbol surely this, They who hare known the sunshine of her smile Swear she was made to comfort and to bless. A pretty girl delights the gazer's eyes, Bnt beauty never can with lore compare; Her home a handsome woman beautifies, A loving oas diffuses snnshtno there Although 'gainst lorely woman cynlos prate, lien know It Is her nsture to be trde,' . And cortalnly her virtue should t>o great, Slnco frequently It must suffice tor two. Winter’s Travel Begun. From the Horning News of Sunday. The winter travel to Savannah and Florida practically begins to day with the putting on of the two tourist “fly ers” from New York to Savannah and Jacksonville, over the Atlantic Coast line and the Savannah, Floiida & Western railway. The trains are known as Nos. 15 and 66, aud will run a schedule equal to that ol the vestibule special. They are regular tourist trains. The additional trains show the rail road people's opinion about what this season's travel from the north will be. Their opinion may be regarded as pretty correct, for they make a careful study ofthe prospects for the winter travel. Their estimate is that more than twice as many people will come south over the Atlantic Coast line this year as did last year. With this idea in view, the Central system, as well as the Plant system, is making extensive preparations to accommodate the heavy travel. Hcrctolorc the Central has brought comparatively few tourists south. This was more from the fact that adequate accommodations were not offered to passengers from the west, and they preferred spending their winters in California. The Cen tral has made arrangements by which a fast schedule from St. Louis will be put on in a few days, transporting Florida. It will be a very fast train and will he fitted np in every way for tourist travel. The Central people estimate that quite as many people trom the north, west spend their winters atvay irom home as do in the east. The north western travel has been directed to California until recent years, when a good portion .of it has begun to drift into Florida by western routes. The California winters are too rainy, and the tourists are complaing and seeking more comfortable climes. Florida and Savannah have always been a lavorite resort with them, but inconvenience in getting there had a tendency to check travel, and conse quently no great amount of it . came this way. The Central’s schedules have been arranged so as to make close connections with the Savannah, Florida&Western railway at Savannah, so that tourists who wish to go through .to Florida without stopping here may do so. The De Soto has been built with a view to accommodating the travel, and Savannah will loom up as a resort again this season, and it is ex-, pected that many tourists will go this far aod no farther to spend the winter. For the dispatch of the increased business on the Savannah, Florida & Western railway, new schedules have been put on. and several changes in he old schedule will go into effect. Train No. 66, one of the new trains, will leave Jacksonville for New York at 6:45 o’clock in the afternoon, ar riving in Savannah at 11:33 o’clock in the night. It will remain there only a few minutes, and will go through to New York, arriving there in twenty- nine hours from Savannah. Train No. 33, another of the new trams which will be put on to-day, will arrive at Savannah from New York at 5:30 o’clock in the morning. It will arrive in Jacksonville at 11:30 o’clock in the forenoon. The changed schedules are No. 13, which will leave here at 1:33 o’clock in the afternoon, instead of 13:30 o’clock, as heretofore, and train No. 5, leaving here at 7:55 o’clock in the afternoon, instead of 8:15 o’clock, as heretofore. The Albany express, which has been arriving here at § o’clock in (he morning, will arrive here after at 5:50 o’clock, a. m. The people of the United States use annually about 3,000,000,000 postage stamps—a quantity sufficient to girdle the whole earth at the equa tor and then nearly belt the whole earth again. For these stamps ,)tbe public contribute into the treasury of the Fostoffice Department about $840,000,05?, a neat sum that is in creasing by gigantic strides each year. Be Explicit in Making Bargains- It is evident that many law suits and unpleasant business differences, and considerable loss of money, could be avoided by explicitness in asking and giving prices, in ordering, and in making statements, either oral or written, regarding the details of trans actions. Kicks and complaints are very common in the lumber business, says the Lumberman, and it applies equally to business transactions of every kind. Trouble arises from misunderstandings that'might easily have been averted by carefulness at the outset of s deal, while in other instances definiteness of statement on the part of buyer or seller, in event of controversy, would have mafie plain the merits of a case that looks -decidedly mixed, because too much has been taken for minted. Inqui ries often reach the Lumberman office regarding the right or wrong of a disputed point involving a rule or custom, but as a general thing a deci sion cannot be made without going into details that the enquirer omits to furnish. An ambignous order should never be given, nor should goods be forwarded on the strength of it. If there is any opening for a mistake os to the dimensions or quality of staff that is ordered, all the points should be definitely stated. Orders by tele graph especially, are-often too brief, are open to misconstruction, or lack ing in detail Jf goods are so urgent ly wanted that they are telegraphed for, it is'certainly highly important that there should bo nothing wrong on their arrival. The great aim of most persons in writing out a message is to rave a few cents by boiling it down—an economy that often loses dollars for the sender. An order by telagiam should be made to etite ex actly what is wanted, no matter how many words are required, and then in case of a dispute the buyer will have more ground to stand on.—Scientific American. Needing Another Wesley. The Episcopal Convention of the United States, has been in session for tlaye and days in the city of N«w 'York. "The "House of Bishops” and the “House of Deputies,” have been, taxing their wits over certain changes in their book of songs and their book of stereotyped prayers. Mr. Judd and divers others want to change the name from the Protestant Episcopal to “The American Church 1 ’—very ridiculous folly. The Missionary Bishop of Western Texas, Johnston, threw the soft saints into the hysterics by a voice as of the Man of the Wilderness. Ho said: ' “Oar great need is what the Meth odists call a revival of true and un defiled religion. Our ohuroh needs a John the Baptist. I am nut ashamed to say it—I would to God this church had life enough to produce oven' another John Wesley. "We have something better to do, my brethren, than tinkering canons and patching the prayer-book. Onr old men should dream dreams—not of corners, trusts, villas on the Hud son, palaces, falsely called oottages by tho sea, and steam yachts on the sonnd. They should bo dreaming how the world may bo reclaimed for the Redeemer—of how H is that after eighteen centuries of the gospel, mere than two thirds of the human family have not cfieo'ively heard of Him. Oar young men should bs dreaming, not how they should accumulate weald), but of a world converted to God and made a fit habitation for the Son of God. “Onr ministers should not be crying for soft places In eastern communi ties, but for a chance to go to the frontier in the Master’s work. Farther, ministers, thoso who call themselves tho ministers of Him who said of himself, ‘The foxes have holes, the birds of the a|r have nests, but the Bon of man hath not where to lay His head,’ should stand in their places and tell the people that they cannot be without blame if, Ioadeadown with blessings that are the direct result of a Christian civilization, they shut up their purses to the calls of the Gospel. “This Christian nation is laying on the altar the paltry sum of 85,000,000 a year only, while spending $1,500,- 000,000 no tobacco and intoxicating drinks. <rhe woild wants to know that Christianity is not an impossible code of morals, but that it is the great truth of tho fatherhood of God and man’s filial relation to Rim to he taught to follow Christ, to imitate Him, to give Him the loyalty of their hearts. Jeff Davis’ Good Deed- A Union soldier from Michigan re lates the following anecdote. of the president of the Southern Confedera cy: He says he was captured during the war while on a journey to carry important information to the Union general. The prisoner looked forward to a cruel treatment, but was deter mined to be mute. One day Jefferson Davis himself came to the.town where he was, and he and about a dozen other Yankee prisoners were called before him. The prisoner concluded that the momept of his severest or deal had come. “The care-worn face of the Confederate president lighted up as he saw the prisoners, ana he made the following speech: 'This day is the birthday of my mother, and I promised her long ago that on this day I would always do some good deed in her rememberance. Now for her sake and the love I owe her, I set you all free.’ ” I ship Mr. Davis every year, said the grateful man, a box of the finest fish that can be caught in these World. Will They Make Up This Way. Washington Post Two gentlemen who were watching the canvass on which the election re turns were being displayed in front of the Post building, Tuesday evening, agreed that the republicans ofVirgin- ia can never win until they cease to quarrel among themselves. “I think I see them agreeingsaid a third, dubiously. “I fancy their renewal of friendship would 00 like that of old Peters add Henshaw.” “And what was that like?” “Why, Peters and Henshaw had not spoken to each other for ten years, though during all that time they were next door neighbors. At last a reviv alist came along and so stirred Hen- shaw’s heart that, meeting Peters at the door, he extended his hand and said : “Good morning, Brother Peters.”' Brother Peters was amazed. “Why, Neighbor Henshaw,” said he, ;ott have not spoken to mo for ten years before. What prompts -you to do so now?” “Brother Petere,” answered Hen shaw, “I bavejust experienced relig ion and mysoulishumDledtothedust. Why, sir, I am so humiliated that I -would shake hands with a—dog.” Environments of the Press. It is often a desperate struggle with conscientious newspaper men to dis criminate between duty to themselves and duty to the public—to eliminate personal feeling from the considers tion of every question, big or little, to be absolutely impartial as between man and man, to know neither friends nor foes in the daily round of duty. No judge upon the bench encount ers half the difficulties which environ a member of the journalistic profes sion if he have a proper conception of his exalted mission. He is at perpet ual warfare with himself. He must smother ignoble jealousies, narrow prejudices, unworthy personalities. He must sink self absolutely out of sight and serve the public* with as much zeal, integrity and impartial ity as those sweet, self-forgetting and self-sacrificing evangels of mercy themselves—the sisters ol charity who have devoted their lives to doing good. It is possible to attain such sub waters.—School flime self-abnegation? Can any man bear daily in mind and heart the splen did lesson the great Cardinal Wolsfey left his servant Cromwell? I charge thee. Cromwell, fling away am bition I By that sin fell the angels; bow can man, then, The image of his Uaker, hope to win by it? Lore thyself last; chetrish those hearts that hate thee. S.ill in thy right hand carry gentle peace, To silence envious tongues. Be jnst and fear not; Let all the ends thon aims’st at, Be thy country’s, God's and trnth’s. It is a difficult undertaking, and yet a great newspaper must honestly strive to accomplish it. It may at least approximate it. The goal is worth striving for. — Times-Union, Jacksonville. From one standpoint the election of Rted to the speakership of the house, would be gratifying to the country: it would bo a most direct slap at James G. Blaine. Likes Home Customs Best. Boston Conrler. At the Isle of Shoals they tell the tale that a lecturer went thither to lecture to the assembled guests upon the character and Characteristics of the Japanese, and in the course of his remarks he dwelt upon the two facta that the self-contained people do not use expletives, profanity, being uh known in their land, and they are ignorant of the goodly fashion of kiss ing. These statements had their due ct upon the audience, it being ob served that the masculine portion of the hearers were the more impressed by the former statement and feminine portion by the latter. As the audi ence was dispersing, with all the chat ter of comment, gossip and banter which belongs to such a gathering, one young woman was overheard con fiding to another her sentiments in a phrase which was at once most human, expressive and picturesque. “As for mo,” she said, “give me a country where they kiss ana ouss.” It was felt that, on the whole, she ight be regarded as having pretty well sized up the situation. Shades of Cicero I Minneapolis Tribune. The friends, of a pretty young girl in one of the suburban towns,are tell ing, under their breath, the following story: ' The young woman, who is noted for her pretty face and winning ways, rather than for her gift of mind, has just returned from a personally con ducted tour of several months in Europe. . “And you visited Rome, of course,” said a fnend on her first morning call. “Let me see,” mused the young rl deeply, “did we visit Rome? arnma, aid we visit Rome?” “Why. child, I don't just remember but it seems to me that we did; let me see ” “Oh, yes, mamma,” broke in tho daughter, “I know now, of course we did, Don't you remember Rome? Why, that was where we got these lovely cheap stockings,” Jones^I believe in equal rights for that fairest of creation—woman. The gentler sex, so dear to tho heart of man, shook! have all privileges aocor- ded to us. Smith (Speaking to his friend Banks) —I WCOW If that man is married, The New York Press has the fol lowing : “Chauncey M. Depew, who has been down soulh on a business tour, talked to the Union League members at the monthly meeting Thursday night about the negro ques tion. He said he found tho southern white men sensible, sober, conserva. tive, earnest and willing to listen to argument and reason on every other subject but that of the black man.” Mr. Depew need not be surprised that the southern poople refused to accept his view with regard to the race question in this section. It is possible that they even laughed at him. They had a perfect right to do so. Mr. Depew has lived in tho north ail of his life. He has no practical knowledge of the race ques tion, and in that respect’he is just like thousands of other northern peo ple who think that the south ought to recive their theories as inspired truth. Neither should Mr. Depow feel hurt because tho south laugned slyly at him. His ignorance upon this subject is the most natural thing in the world. IN THE CITY. At the close of the war many of the negroes were rejected from the plantations upon which they had been born and reared. Land was often lefused them at any prico, and few had means wherewith to purchase. They were hated and persecuted by their former masters.—Philadelphia Inquirer.] This is a vile falsehood. Cotton was worth from fitly cents to one dollsr a pound, and the struggle between the former masters was not only to retain all former slaves at good wages, but to get os many mere as possible. Some of the niost serious personal difficulties in the southern states grew out of the competition for negro free laborers. The Inquirer must try again.—Times- Union Jacksonville. A very unusual scene was witnessed in a street car in New York the other day—that of an ex President of the United States giving up bis seat to a working girL Mr. Cleveland was riding to nis office, and the car was full. When the girl entered nobody seemed to be going to offer her a seat, and noticing this, the ox-President arose, politely insisted that she should take the seat he had vacated, and made the rest of the trip standing. The young girl did not know him, and doubtless when she discovers that it was an ex-President who gave np his seat for her, she will admire Mr. Cleveland more than she ever did be fore; and she will not forget that the spacothat was so gracefully yielded to her was very comfortable, because it woo large enough to accomodate two girls of average size.—News. First Female Burglar—Get your gun. We ore going to crack old man uolddollor’s house to-night Second Female Burglar—I wouldn’t go into that house after dark for the world. It is chuck full of mice.— Terre Haute Express. Stilljanother in voice of choice dress goods just reeled. Our Ladies’ Broad cloth in all the leading colors is certainly worthy pf your attention. We are 50c. per yard under New York retail prices on them. In Carpets and Rugs we down ev ery in this market, and we invite a comparison of pric es with other and larger markets. In Ladies, Misses and Children’s Wraps we are head quarters, as we are in everything else pertaining to] our line. Levy [Mitchell House Block 1 - V •