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THE HENRY COUNTY WEEKLY Yf'l YVH ± \ : ! . V » J A. . PROFESSIONAL FA EDS. j I is, s». rAMiMSM.i., DENTIST, vT Don-»t on Any one d «-rir.? *< rk done can »c ae cmnmodntou ■ KV.oi !•;• eallin? on me in per son or nddre -ini: r.i. through the mails. lYrni* cash, un';’;-* special arrangements ire otherwise made (1 ko \V. Ur van' j W.T. Dickk.n. HiStVAV A DH'SUIV ATTORNEYS AT LAW. McDosouon, a*. Will practice in the counties composing the Flint Judicial Circuit,the Supreme Court el' Georgia and the United States District Court . apr‘J7-l v j s * J. KKIGA.V, ATTORNEY AT LAW. McDosocn h, Ga. Will practice in all tire Courts ol Georgia Special attention given to commercial and othercollectious. Will attend all the Courts it Hampton regularly. Office upstairs over This Wekkly office. yy A.IIKiHV.V, ' ATTORNEY AT LAW, McDonough, Ga. Will practice in all the counties compos ing the Flint Circuit, flic Supreme Court of Georgia and tlie United States District Court. juiil-Iv ~ 11 a. n:s:i*M>, ATTORNEY AT LAW, Hami-ton, Ga, Will practice in all the counties composing the Flint Judicial Circuit, the Supreme Court of Georgia and the District Court of the United States. Special and prompt atten tion given to Collections, Oct 8,18 SS Jno. 0. Stkwart. J lt.T. Danibi. STEWART & IHAll’l., ATTORNEYS at law, Griffin, Ga. josm r. TI E. ATTORNEY' AT LAW, Gate City Nation! Bank Building, Atlanta, Ga, Practices in the Slate and Federal Courts. P E. WEEMS, ATTORNEY AT LAW, H nip ton, Ga. Will practice in all the State and Feder al courts. Collections a specialty, and prompt attention given to all Business en trusted to me. - ! THE East Ten. Virginia k Ga. R’Y. IS THE ONLY SHORT AND DIRECT LINE . TO THE NORTH, SOUTH, EAST AND V/EST. PULLMAN'S FINEST VES TIBULE SLEEPERS TJ ETW KKN ATLANTA & KNOXVILLE MACON <2 CHATTANOOGA BOLINS I ,VICK& ATLANTA wrnioir change. Dikect Connections at Chat tanooga with Through TRAINS AND PULLMAN SLEEP ERS TO Memphis and the West at Knoxville with l*nllm«in Sleep<T>i for WASHINGTON, PHILADELPHIA, AND NEW YORK. FOR FURTHER INFORMATION ADDRESS, | B. W. WRENN, CHAS. N.KICHT Gen’l. Pass. As*-, A, G. P. A. KNOX VI DUE. ATLANTA Georgia HitUanil A Gulf H. It. SOUTH. Leave McDonough 7:00 a. m. Arrive Greenwood “ Louella 7:"25 “ “ Griffin “ NOUTH. Leave Griffin 4:00 p. m. Arrive Louella 4:40 “ “ Greenwood 4:48 “ “ McDonough 5:05 “ M. E GRAY, Sup’t. rf ITT / < cures scratch on |\ 1 Ijij'VL i jiUl horses, mange on dogs with one or two applications. For sate by D. J. Sanders. _____ a OVLiSA A DS. TAJTS ASTSKALEIfB ASTliiVl A-AIIDCJ. »rr fall. id ur ,M. , ««m malt trie bUHtli [TLipjSpp [HE Dt! TBIT BROS. M. CO.,tt&CHESTEB,B.I.s IV tE J \ 77/ E LOSE /:> V. In the long run fame finds deserving mail ; The lucky wight may prosper for a dav, But in good time line merit leads the van, And vain pretense, unnoticed, goes it iviiv. There is no chance, no destiny, no fate. Rut fortune smiles on those who work and wait, 1 n the long run. In the long run all godly sorrow pays ; Therein no Ik Iter thing than righteous pain ; The sleepless nights, the awful thorn crown j cd days, Bring sure reward to tortued soul and 1 train j Unmeaning joy enervate in the end. But sorrow yields a glorious dividend 1 u the long run. In the long run all hidden things are known. The eve of truth will penetrate the night. And, good or ill, thy secret shall lie known, However well ’tis guarded from the lighl. I i All the unspoken motives of the breast Arc fathomed by the years, and stand con fessed , In the long run. In the long run ail love is paid bv love ; Though undervalued by (lie hearts of earth, i The great, Eternal government above Keeps strict account, and will redeem ils work. Give Ih love I'eelv ; do not count the cost ; So beautiful a thing is never lost In ilie long run. Don't Discuiirage the Bay.*. Have yon stopped to consider the effect of your complaints and discon tent upon the boys on the farm. Every body seems to be out of joint in agri cultural matters, nobody seems satisfied on the farm. Day and night are spent in murmuriugs and comp'aiut at spec ial afflictions that come to farmers, while the farmers while the farmers themselves seem up in arms and ready to do harm all opposing forces. Is there not some plan by which wo can gain our ends and readjust matters that seem out of joint without so much complaint and bitterness ? Such con ditions have most hurtful effect upon the younger members of the household, to say nothiug of the very damaging effect upon our own temper and morals How can we expect the hoys to cul tivate any degree of fondness for farm life wheu they uever hear anything pleasant in its pursuit ? How can we censure them as they grow up to man hood for abandoning the homestead, when every zephyr that played among its flowers was turned to a sigh and all its bright cheer into sadness and tears. We must hold on to good spirits, at least in the presence of the hoys, until we can whip the terrible fight upon which we have entered. No man was ever made better by having the blues nor better fitted for a conflict because of feeling sure that he would be whipped in the fight. Y'oung spirits are much more easily broken than those that have weathered the storm for years. Just as young mules are ruined for life by overtaxing their strength the first year, so young boys are made prematurely old by put ting upou them the burden of cares beyond their years. The farmer makes a mistake who discusses his cares and his troubles in a complaining spirit in the presence of his boys, as he puts their youug minds in search of brighter surroundings and more pleasant prospects. Under all the complaints that now burden the land, what must be the grevious consequences upon the youug iu bringing about a demoralization that will bring failure to our agriculture. Make the future of your children bright and happy by keeping their youug years as far from care as possi ble. —W. J. Northern Some Hen Shouitl Aever Harry. There is something peculiarly sor rowful to me iu the way in which the children of some housholds slip quietly | out of sight when they hear their I father’s footsteps outside the door. The children must “sett'e down” j then, for father ‘‘can't bear noise,” and disorder “worries” him. Oh, it does, does it? It makes him nervous to hear the baby cry or the children laugh, \ does it ? He likes to have the house perfectly still does he? Well, then, , what under the sun did he ever marry for? Why didn’t he remain in that state of single blessedness peculiarly appropriate to men wh ra children “worry.” There are so many nice, quiet, delightful hoarding houses in which the laugh of a child is never heard because children are not allowed there. Hall’s Hair Henewer renders the bait lustrous and silken, gives it an ■ even color, and enables women to put ! it up iu a great variety of styles. McDonough, ga., Friday. September bo, is-12. 3ARRELS OE BRANDY disc ova nun hidden he- SEA Tll THE SOIL UPON WHICH WERE TURNIPS I lain Were Growing: l.nniri unity— lilisitleu liv ltailtN Con illy Distillers. J u'KSON', Sept. 21.—Six miles west of here, in this country, the Washington brothers have been oper ating a registered brandy distilery dur ing the summer. It is located on their picturesque farm, and farmers from all the country round about have carried their lus cious peaches to namesakes of the fa ther of our country and have had it made into brandy. At this work the Washingtons are skilled hands. They could take a load of luscious, juicy, sunkissed peaches and distil them into as fine peach brandy as was ever made. The peaches are all gone now and the distilery is closed for the summer after a big season’s work. The peach crop around Jacksons was unusually line, and the amount made into brandy was greater than usual The revenue authorities became sus pieious that every gallou of liquor made by the Washingtons had not been accounted for. They felt sure that the output was greater than the amount paid tax on by the Washing tons. Suspecting that they had con cealed several barrels of whisky which they would try to dispose of without paying the regulation tax, the reve nue authorities decided to mike an in vestigation. Deputy Marshal Corbett was dis patched to Jackson to do the work, and he went at once to the farm. The Washingtons learned of his presence in their vicinity, and began to make prep arations to get away before ho made any discoveries. The day after his arrival at the Washington place the shrewd Marshal Corbett made a visit to the Washing tons’ home, tie found them gone. Leading away toward a swamp to the rear of the house were tracks made by them as they left. The path followed by the Washingtons in their exit was smoothed down as if by some heavy article being rolled over it. Marshal Corbett followed this track until it led into the swamp and there, by the side of a purling stream, he found a barrel of genuine home-made Georgia brandy. Returning to the home of the Wash ington’s the seaach was renewed. It promised for a long while to prove fruitless, llut finally a startling dis covery was accidentally made. Near the Washingtons’ residence is a turnip patch, and in it grows healthy green topped turnips. Buried under neath the ground with big turnips growing over them, four barrels of brandy were found. It had evidently been buried for some time, and it was apparently secure. It was all taken charge of by Mar shall Corbett, but the owners had fled. Now the dandy marshal wants the Washingtons. Nothing to Wear. “Where are my suspenders, maw ?’ shrieked a Jefferson avenue belle to her mother across the upstairs hall, ac cording to the Detroit Free Press. ‘Your father borrowed them while I mended his,’ was the answer. ‘I cau’t find my four iu-hand tie.’ ‘Your brother Tom wore it lasl night. You will find it in his room.’ ‘But maw, where’s my silk yachting shirt ?’ ‘Algy wore it to the regatta.’ There was a brief silence. Then the voice wailed across the hall again : ‘Maw, I can’t find my trou-s-e-rs’ ‘Charles has them on,’ was the re sponse. Then a tired looking young man, who had been waiting unannounced in the hall below, rose up and softly stole away. ‘She might want my boots, next,’ lie said, wearily, and no one knows why the engagment is off. Young Mr. Fitts—l never shall for get bow sweet you looked the day I ' proposed to you, dear ! Mrs. Fitts—How was I dressed? Mr. Fitts —Lemme see. You had on a dress of some soft, light colored stuff ; I forget whether it was white or not. And you had a hat that was | trimmed iu—that was trimmed like most of the hats were trimmed that year.’and shoes—or did you wear slip pers ? Anyway, I shall never forget just how you looked if I live to be 100 years old. In the Interest of Precision. “There! Another mosquito has bii ids!” exclaimed Mrs. Suaggs, as slit made a rapid slap at the Insect, au.i on'.y succeeded iu striking the spot where it had been operating, says the Pittsburg Chrouicle Telegraph. “I think you are mistaken,” replied Mr. Snaggs. Mistaken? Indeed I’m no:! I know a tnosquito’s bite when l feel one. “That is preoisly where you are mistaken,” Mr. Snaggs went on, “I know you merely folloti colloqual usage in saving the mosquito bit you, but nevertheless, usage is wrong. It is always well to he aeciA'ale, and in this case it is not accurate to speak of the mosquito’s bite." The . mosquito’s operations in search of food are truly interesting, especially when he is oper ating on some other person’s epider mis. He carries with him a remarka ble kit of tools, consisting of two saws, a lance and pump. With the lance a puncture is made in the skin, but the perforation is not wide enough for the insertion of the pump which is to trails fer a portion of your blood to the in sect’s stomach. So the saws are intro duced, and they commence to widen the puncture. It is the operation of the saws which causes the irritation to which you allude as a bite. Y'on see, my dear, how inacurate it is to talk of a mosquito’s bite. Don’t you ?” “Mr. Snaggs !” “Well!” “You irritate nte a great deal more than the mosquitoes do. Now, I want to ask you one question,” v “Go ahead.” “What constitutes a bite “Well, there can be no bite without teeth.’’ “Then, Mr. Snaggs,” exclaimed his wife triumphantly, ‘I am right after all. The mosquito bites witlWie teeth ofhissaws. Mr. Snaggs, it H always well to be accurate. Now—” But she did not finish A ytfk and a vicious slap from her husba«Bfindi cated that one of the rnosquit/SjflLwas giving him a lesson in the ust£^Es<hc “Tuck Down WUh Matri/iiony.” I had stopped lor the uignt at a house over looking the Cumberland river near its source in Keutucky, says a writer in the Detroit Free Press, and after supper I had taken a seat on the front porch and was talking to the owner ol the house, and my host, tern porarily. ’ls the young lady who waited on the table your daughter ? I inquired after a short and desultory colloquy on the crops. ‘Yes ; purty likely gal, ain’t she ? he answered, with a fatherly pride. “Very handsome; much more so than most of tiie girls I have seen in this section,’ I admitted frankly. He pulled his chair over closer to mine in a confidential way. ‘Do you know much about gals ? he inquired almost in a whisper. ‘Some little by observation. I’ve known a good many during a long and more or less eventful life in that re spect.’ “Did you notice anything out of the way about my gal ?” “Not that 1 cau recall.” “Didn’t notice that she was kinder fergitful and awliered ?’ •No.’ ‘Ner quiet like without much to say to nobody ?’ ‘I noticed she didn’t talk much.’ ‘Ner hasn’t,’ ho corroborated, ‘fer a week or two. Didn’t strike you that she had a wanduriu’ in her mind, did she ?’ ‘No.’ ‘Ner a hankerin’ after somethin’ that wuzn’t in sight?’ ‘No.’ ‘That’s odd you didn’t,’ he said with a puzzle expression ; ‘me and the old woman has been a noticin’ it fer ten day 3 er more.’ ‘We ain’t right he whispered, but the symptoms is powerful like she wuz agoin’ to be tuck down with mat rimony. There’s the young feller now,’ and he got up and went out to meet a strapping young man who was hitching his horse at the gate. “Don’t you know better than to put your arm around a lady’s waist?” she cried indignantly. “I know few things better” he said.* Statistics show that women live lon ger I ban men. This gives the dear ! creatures the opportunity to have the last word. Those people who are always going to pay their bills ‘•to morrow” general | ly oversleep themselves. POTPOURRI. \ soil APS GATHERED FROM EXCHANGES AND ARRANGED FOR READERS Ol' Tlie Weekly, and (’ohmlmilii" of New k A ole*.(’online lit*, II iimoron-, lleiu». Ete. A revolver has beeu invented that shoots seven times a second. Y’oung man, no one may be able to tell your fortune, hut you can work it out for yourself. The cemeteries of London cover 2,000 acres and the land they occupy represents a capital of $1,000,000. Philadelphia is said to be agitated over a new drink called cucumber ice cream soda water. We imagine ii would agitate any one who experiment ted with it. A Florida editor says it’s too had to be threatened with the cholera and the third party at the same time. He says if he has to maka choice of either, give him the cholera. No man is born into this world whose work is not horn with him : there is always work, and tools to work withal, for those who will; and blessed are the heavy hands of toil. 'The people will observe, in the re turns from Arkansas and the decreas ing Republican majorities in Maine and Vermont, that the old organized De mocracy is stiff in the ring Women may be more curious than men, but we have never heard of a wo man who soiled either her hands or gloves trying to find whether it was dry or not seeing the sign of “Paint,” Fifty years ago a house of one room was suffeient to raise ten children in ; now it some times requires a house of ten rooms in which to raise one boy, and often he is uot very well raised theu! The Supreme court of Georgia has rendered a decision sustaining the law prohibiting the sale of spirituous liquors withiu threo miles of any church or school house, outside of an incorpor ated town. The local newspaper is the backbone of the community, and generous as is the public appreciation of its offices, it merits much more sympathy and sup port than it generally receives, re marks an exchange. There is a case on record where a young couple got seventeen clocks among the wedding presents, and yet three months afterwards the husband didn’t know what time it was when he came home in the morning. It is said that tho independent vote of ludianna that supported and carred the State for Harrson in 1888 will give Cleveland such support iu the coming election as to insure the electoral vote for the Democratic party. The Detroit Free Press maintains that, “one trouble with the American farmer is that when the wether is dry he does not need better roads, and when the mud is hub deep there is no chance to build better ones.” “Why is it that you are bringing up your daughter to work for her living when you have enough to keep her in comfort at home ?” “I want her to be able to support her husband proper ly if she ever gets married.” The Eastman Times-Journal says : “We learn that some of the ladies of our county who have daughters are ob jecting to young men who are in the least inclined toward the third party visiting them. It is said that an old lady, who does not live a thousand miles from Eastman, made one hustle a few evening' ago. Our women, as well as our men, are true Democrats.” Talmage says if the people of tbit nation, or any ottier nation, could only understand what anarchy is they would crush out its life instantaneously. Anarchy is abolition of property. It makes your store and your house and your family mine and yours. It is wholesale robbery- It is every man’s hand against every other man. It is ar son and murder and loss and death triumphant. It means no law, no church, no defense, no rights, no hap piuess, no God. !t means hell let loose on earth, and society a combination of devils incarnate. It means extermi nation of everything good and the • creation of everything infamous. Highest of all in Leavening Tower— U. S. Cov’t Report, Aug. 17, ISS9. D q Baking Powder ABSOLUTELY PURE Whistled Speech. Whin the Marquis do LaFayette and several general officers quitted the French army, then in insurrection, af ter the famous 10th of August, they were seized by tho King of Frusia, says the Youth’s Companion. Then they were transferred to the custody of Austria, and for a long time were con fined in tho castle of Olmutz. They were kept in solitary confinement, but were within hearing of each other when standing at tho windows of their chambers. To improve this advantage they thought of tho following plan : There are, or were at that time, in Paris, certain tunes called airs of tho “Point Neuf”—popular ballads that were sung on street corners and in other public places. The words belonging to these airs were so well known that to strike up a few of the notes was to recall to memory tho words that accom panied them. The captives at Olmutz gradually composed for themselves a vocal vocab ulary by whistling these notes at their windows ; and this vocabulary, after a short time became so complete that two or three notes from each tune formed an alphabet, and gave the meu a means of intercourse. In this way they communicated to one another news concerning their families the progress of the war, and many other things; and when, by rare good fortune, one of them had procured a gazette, he whistled its en tire contents to his partners in suffering and confinement. The commander of the fortress was constantly informed of these unaccount able concerts. lie listened ; ho sot spies ; but as the whole was a language of convention, the most practiced musi cian would have failed to detect the meaning of the notes. Whistling was prohibited, but in vain, and at length tho Austrian, tired of conjecture, interposed no further to prevent what 110 could not compre hend. Presently. Never say you will do presently what your reason or your conscience tells you should bo done now. No man ever shaped his own destiny or the destines of others wisely and well who dealt much in preseutließ. Look at nature. She never pospones. When tho time ar rives for the buds to open, for tho leaves to fall, they fall. Look up ward. The shining worlds never put off their settings. Tho comets even, erratic as they are, keep their appoint ments; and eclispses are always puntual to the minute. Thero are no delays in any of the movements of the universe which have predetermined by the absolute fiat of the Creator. Pro crastination among the stais might in volve the destruction of innumerable systems ; procrastination in the opera tions of nature on this earth might re sult in famine, pestilence and the blot ting out of the human race. Man, however, being a free agent, can post pone the performance of bis duty ; and he does so too frequently, to his own destruction. The drafts drawn by Indolence up on the Future are pretty sure to be dishonored. Do not say you will eoon omize presently, for presently you may be bankrupt, Begin at once. N vis the time. I.k'i p 1 sent <■ file makes future *u. easier. i sel fi .. rain’s a a .i.'.'s , h.s aeliiA t.e .s, eai.liot h -■ ’•;• l im ii lie djos ; :-«t fi ;'ilt it at once. D-J not think I tiat you will repent and make atone- I raent piescutly, for presently you may be judged. Hoar in mind the very im portant fact, taught alike by the histo ry of every nation, all rulers and pri ! vate individuals, that, in at least three I cases out of five, presently is too late. There can be no health for either | mind or body so long as the blood is j vitiated. Cleanse the vital current from all impurities by the use of I Ayer's Sarsaparilla. This medicine recruits the wasted energies, strength ens the net ves, and restore health to the debilitated system. 5 CENTS A COPY THREE KISSES. Tho purest kiss In the. sorld is this— The kiss that a mother lays On her childs fresh lips As he blithely trips To meet the world and its ways. The sweetest kiss In the world is this— The first kiss of love, When time is not, And the earth’s forgot, And Eden drops from above. The saintliest kiss In the world is this— The kiss on unaoswering clay ; When dead lips tell We must soh farewell Till tho dawn of the judgement day. Why Advertise ? Ever and anon, wo may say, some whipper-snapper rises to inquire “why should I advertise ?” We might, in answer, cite the example of one John Jones who died loved and respected by all who knew him, but his acquaintan ces few—bocauso he didn’t advertise.' Hut there are other reasons for ad vertising. It will pay yon, for the reading public—and everybody reads these days—will have more confidence in the stability of your establishment and in the quality of your wares, if they see your shingle swinging in the breezes of the homo paper, year in and year out. They finanly come to re gard it as one of the essential parts of that business, and it is ; and, more over, they will know exactly where to go if they should need any particular article. They will go to the store of tho man who advertises every time. Why advertise ? Why my dear sir, do you know that one Benjamin Franklin said that communication at one time was hy word of mouth alone, but through the press we can speak to the millions of the nations. Do you know that printers ink iias made more millionaires of country merchants than McKinley tariff has ever done? Do you know that the great business men of tho world spend billions yearly for the advertising they are obliged to have ? Do you know that the most unpretentious country weekly derives the greater part of its income from a for* eigti source ? If a man in New York or Chicago is willing to risk your coun ty paper, can’t you do it too ? Why advertise ? The flowers that bloom in the spring and slied their fragrances in the moruiug air advertise for insect customers in tho shape of honey bees and humming birds. The corn that rustics in tho fields ami waves its many green arms up to the summer sun is advertising for rain. The forest trees that burn in purple and ersmion and gold, toward tho shank of summer, are advertising that a change of clothing is in order. The swallows that fly southward advertise that the farmer’s hens anil early spring poets are beginning to lay. Yes, old brother “befo’-de war,” there are advertisers and advertisers. Everything in nature does it. Why not you ?—Ex. W ill Make Ills Mark. “I want to know that boy,” said a well known gentleman yesterday to the reporter who was walking along the street in company with him. The reporter had noticed that the boy; who was not more than 8 years old, had removed his hat when he spoke to the gentleman in passing. “Yes,” continued the gentleman, who by the. way is a prominent profes sor. “it is such a rare thing to see a boy lift his hat to ati elderly person, or even his own pastor, that when one does, it is the occasion for comment,” Tbs reporter agreed with the pro- I fessor and could not help wondering why it was that the children of well bred parents were never taught to treat I with deference and respect old age, or any one who by rank 01 otherwise should be entitled to such treatment. It is indeed a degenerate age when I the common politeness that every child should be taught is such a rare thing as to be the subject for comment. —Macon j Telegraph. — . I Settle for your paper.