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Sh* l^rmd and gttertiser, ^ Newnan, Ga., Friday. September 23,1887. SPEED ON THE RAIL. n v' r if **» n ■i An Engineer Tells Why It Is Sometimes Safer to Travel Fast.' “Of course an accident on a railroad is an event that can occur any time, no matter how great the precautions are,” said an old "West Shore engineer to a New York Star man, who found him sitting on a box in the depot yard, while a “hostler” was grooming his “iron ed,” just in from a day’s run. “I have railroaded many years—at least twenty—and my experience lias been varied and at times exciting. I have faced death more than once, and have averted many possible disasters by keeping a cool brain and a iirm hand upon the throttle. “I have run directly through the jaws of death to save the lives of the passen gers, whereas had 1 endeavored to have shunned the danger ahead many lives would have been lost. “On general principles there is less danger in running a train swiftly than " ‘ xx. is The reason is obvious. I have five-^ - ra tn—when behind time—at as ^ a speed as 65 and 70 miles an hour, and have passed safely over loose rails that would have thrown my engine and cars from the track had I been running niore slowly. The momentum carried me over safely. “An engineer seldom, if ever, thinks of his personal safety at the expense of those whose lives are entrusted to his cafe, but I have driven ahead at great velocity over dangers that, had I pre viously know'n of their existence, I would have slowed up; and, as I before said, I have speeded where I knew there was danger, and that very spurt of speed has saved my train. “Engines wall jump the track quicker over light places at moderate speed than at express time, and we are as .safe in running around curves at a high rate of speed as when at twenty miles an hour; in fact, safer. You see, the in cline of a track—or the rails on one side of a curve being higher than those op posite—is decidedly necessary for fast running, and there is no danger in the elevation. A train carries itself around a curve with the momentum it has gain ed before reaching the point. If an en gineer made a spurt just before or as he reached the curve, his engine could hardly fail to jump. Again, if brakes are put on hard and the wdieels are thus clogged instead of allowing,the coaches to swing readily and easily as they reach and round the curve, the bumping of one car agains* the other might send all off the track J “The sec., f. lot' the rapid running around curves lies in the fact of the rail elevation on one side, and that the lianges on the wdieels hug the rails with a death grip, thus making the pressure so great that it is almost impossible to leave the track unceremoniously. “An eugine in good order is as tract able as a. lamb, and apparently endow ed with human intelligence. I can tell you of a circumstance that makes me believe an engine lias human intelli gence, locomotiyely speaking. In 1878 I Avas running on a Western road, and left Chicago on one of the stormiest nights I ever saw. I had orders to speed, as I had a theatrical party on board, and I was thirty minutes late, OAving to some connections Avith anoth er and inbound Western train. I pulled out of the depot in good style and Avas oon speeding through the siioav flakes aV- the-rate of forty-fh’"e miles an hour. I Continued at this rate for about three hours, Avhen suddenly, and Avithout any apparent reason, my engine jerked. I at once thought Ave had struck some thing on the track and either had throAvn it. aside or had passed over it. In three minutes more the engine jerk ed again and seemed inclined to stop. I AA*as nonplussed. I had carefully ex amined the machinery In every part during the afternoon and I kneiv every thing Avas all right Avlien Ave started. A minute later there Avas another jerk, and about a couple of minutes after that another and A'ery A’iolent one. I slOAved up, and after riding very slowly a mile further the moon came out brightly. An eighth of a mile ahead of me Avas a curve, and I intended to again let out after passing that point. Just as AA T e turned the curve my fireman yelled out: ‘Let. her up; something ahead!’ I at once pulled doAvn hard, and, Avliat do you think. We stopped about thirty feet from where a tree had been blown across the track. The train hands, with the assistance of the male ‘ passengers and axes Ave had on board, cut the tree so that we’ could sAving it across the track, and after nearly tAvo hours’ delay Ave started again. Talk about speed ! 1 made that train almost • fly through the air, and my loss of two and a half hours’ time in all from Chi cago to Detroit, Mich., was reduced to 53 minutes. Railroading is not the easi est life in the world, especially for en gineers.” The Coral Keys. /New York Mail and Express. Perhaps there is no place in the I ni- ted States so much talked about in New E"ork and so little known as Key West. A is generally associated with cigars. H is the largest of a series of coral is- nds, called keys, which dot the ocean , the southern end of the peninsula of lorida. It is entirely away from the lainland, which is only to be reached *>y steamer. But on this coral reef is a / • nnn inhjihitanta. con- Avith a few Americans. Perhaps the island has a bright future before it, for it has had no past and Aery little pres ent. While other cities in the Union haA'e been up and doing, this coral key has been asleep in the Gulf. It is the most southerly part of the Union—in fact, the very end of the United States. The city is the only one in the country where neither snow nor frost has eA'er been seen; the temperature is about 75 or 80 degrees in the day, and 65 at night. Communication is kept up Avitli the rest of the AA'orld by means of a line of steamers from New York and another j from New Orleans, and a mail steamer ■ tAvo or three times a week by way of Tampa, Fla. By the last Ave get New York papers three days old. The island is as fl.it as a pancake, the highest point being 12 feet above the level of the sea. The city proper is densely populated, but is as unlike an American city as possible. All the houses avk made oi Avood and built quite plainly. Once in a.while you may detect something that looks like lattice work, but it is plain, and not intended to display anything. Many of the stores haA'e no signs upon or about them, and- the store-keepers look as if they did not care whether they sold anything or not. There are no hotels, and those who desire a tem porary residence haA'e to hunt about for a boarding-house. The streets are wide and dusty, for there are no sprinklers. In fact, Avater is such a luxury in the dry season that it cannot be Avasted in sprinkling the streets. It is rain Avater caught in cis terns when the heavens furnish a sup ply, and is often carried from place to place in pails supported by a. yoke from the shoulders. An attempt was once made to drive an artesian Avell, but the water Avhen reached was so brackish that it could only be used for the extin guishing of fires. There is no surface soil. What passes for soil is nothing more than rock ground up. As before stated, .the population consists mainly of Cubans, Conchs and negroes. The Conehs are really natives of the Baha ma Island, but eA'erybody in Key West calls them by that name. Cigar mak ing is the principal employment of the Cubans, and there is plenty of Avork for them, as Key West contains 125 cigar factories. It is said on good authority that 90,000,000 cigars are shipped aAvay from the island eA’ery year. The Cuban is not very strong looking. Ilis sports are gambling and rooster- figliting. The women are fairly .good looking, giA'en to Avearing high heels, lace shawls and face poAvder. Both men and Avomen smoke, and chatter like magpies. Their food is principally oil 1 , pork, banannas and coffee. Their coffee is good, but made so strong that it Avill stain the cup from Avliich it is drunk. When in a restaurant the Cu bans appear to talk all at once, each trying, as it were, to drown the other’s A'oice, and gesticulating as if about to strike each other in the face. The Conchs are the fishermen of the island and the gatherers of sponges. They are a large, rough class of men and ap parently A'ery ignorant. One marked feature is their accent, which is consid ered the characteristic of the Londoner —the dropping of the aspirate where needed and using it excessi vely where not wanted. They use their fists when fighting, while the Cubans are reat^.f Avith the revolver or stilletto. one which our fanners will do well to investigate.” Spanish Groundpeas. Americus (Ga.) Recorder. “Do you want to see the salvation of the South?” asked an amateur farmer of us yesterday morning, as he march ed into our sanctum, with a couple of bundles of dark green foliage. We confessed our desire to see such, and he laid upon our table the bundles of foliage, Avith the remark: “There it is—Spanish groundpeas.” He then informed us that it was the cheapest and best feed for stock that could be raised, combining both forage and corn. The stalks, from tAA'o to three feet in height, are heavily leaved and succulent. On the roots are grown the peas, which are larger than the or dinary groundpea, and are more pro lific. The stalks groAv up straight and branching, instead of Hailing upon the ground, as do those of the ordinary groundpea. When the peas are ma tured the stalks are pulled up, the peas clinging to the roh.ts, and are thrown into small piles, where they soon cure in the sun, making a most excellent fodder, Avhile the peas have all the fat tening qualities of corn. As a food for cattle it cannot be excelled, and is es pecially fine for milk cattle. These peas can be grown upon the poorest ground, and indeed seem to do as AA'ell as when richly fertilized. Where they are groAvn in large quantities the prac tice is to mow off the A'ines, cure them into liay, and then turn the hogs into the field to fatten upon the peas. If desired the peas can be easily stripped off the vines after they are cured and can be readily sold in the market at $1 per bushel. Our enthusiastic friend made the fol- loAving comparison betAveen raising corn and Spanish peas upon poor ground: “On ground that will raise ten bushels of corn to the acre forty bushels of peas and two tons of forage can be raised. • Estimating the corn at 75 cents per bushel, we have $7.50, while the fodder is probably worth $2.50, making a total of $10. Estimating the peas at 50 cents per bushel, we have $20, and the forage at 50 cents per .hundred we have $20, making a total of $40. And in this I have really estima-! tfed the peas at only half their market J value. I fell you it is a big thing, and l A Quaint Race. Easter Island is in the eastern part of the Pacific ocean, 2,300 miles from the coast of South America. It has about a thousand inhabitants of the Polynesian race, and is seldom visited by navigators. Since 1865, when some French missionaries landed among them, they haA'e become Christians. The island contains several hundred gi gantic stone statues, the largest of which is forty feet high and measures nine.feet across the shoulders. ' They are scattered about the island, which is about eleven miles long and six wide, generally prostrate.* 1 They were Carved' out of the common rock of the island and some are tolerably well cherished. Nothing is known is to the origin of these rude Avorks of art and worship. As the present race has neither tools for such sculpture nor means of moving such huge masses, it seems certain that they Avere cut in some former age. Na-"' tive traditions give them a supernatur al origin. It has recently been conject ured that the island is the remnant of a submerged continent, and that these statues were made for idols by an ex tinct race. • R. D. COLE MANUFACTURING CO., NEWNAN, GEORGIA. Reunion of the 1st Regiment Georgia Volunteers and 12th Battalion Georgia Volunteers. The following circular letter has been issued to the surviving members of the above named commands, the object be ing to secure a full attendance of the survivors at the approaching reunion, Avliich will take place at the Exposition Grounds in Atlanta on the 18th day of October, As that will .be one of the most attractive days of the Fair we suppose there will be little difficulty in securing a full attendance. The circu lar is as follows: . Atlanta, Ga., Sept. 1st, 1887. Dear Sir: You are expected to at tend a meeting, or reunion, of the sur viving members of the 1st Regiment and 12th Battalion Georgia Volunteers, at Atlanta, Ga., October lStli, 1887. You Avill please Avear your Company badge, anti upon your arrival, will re port at my office, Avhen I will give you place and hour of meeting. Respectfully, Harry Krouse, Sec’y Sure. Ass’n 1st Regt. Ga. Vols., No. 2 Kimball. House, Wall street. In pursuance of the above notice a call is issued for a meeting of the sur vivors of the “NeAvnan Guards,” to take such action as may be deemed nec essary in preparing for the reunion. The official notice appears beloAv: CALL SLEETING. Let every member of the “Newnan Guards” that expects to attend the re union of the 1st Georgia Regiment and 12th Georgia Battalion in Atlanta on the 18th of October, meet in the Court house at NeAvnan on the 23d of Septem ber, at 10 o’clock A. si., to make suitable arrangements for the 18th of October. J. W. Anderson, Pres’t. Y. H. Thompson, Sec’v “Newnan Guards.” In Brief, ancl to the Point. Dyspepsia is dreadful. Disordered liver is misery. Indigestion is a foe to good nature. The human digestive apparatus is one of the most complicated and wonderful things in existence. It is easily put out of order. Greasy food, tough food, sloppy food, bad cookery, mental worry, late hours, irregular habits, and many other things which ought not to be, have made the American people A nation of dyspeptics. But Green’s August Flower has done a wonderful Avork in reforming this sad business and making the American peo ple so healthy that they cqn enjoy tlieir meals and be happy. Remember:—No* happiness Avithout health. But Green’s August FloAver brings health and happiness to the dys peptic. Ask your druggist for a bottle. Seventy-five cents. FREEMAN & CRANKSHAW, &g^|§JII|fe- IMP0RTERS AND MANUFACTU RERS OF FINE JEWELRY. LARGEST .STOCK! FINEST ASSORTMENT! LOWEST PRICES ! 31 wniteHaU St., Atlanta, Ga. NO MORE EYE-GLASSES, NO MORE WEAK EYES! MITCHELL’S EYE-SALVE A Certain, Safe and Effective Remedy for SORE, WEAK AND INFLAMED EYES* Produces Long-Sightedness, and Restores the Bight of the Old. CUBES TEAR DltOYS, GRANULATION, STYLE TUMORS. RED EYES, MATTED EYE LASH ES. AND PRODOC1 NO QUICK RELIEF AND PERMANENT CURB. •Also, equally efficacious when need in other maladies, such as L T leers. Fever Sores, Tu mors, Salt Rheipn, Burns, Piles, or wherever inflammation exists, MITCHELL’S SALVE may he used to advantage. Sold by all Drug gists at 25 cents. STEAM ENGINES. WE HAVE ON HAND SOME SPECIAL BARGAINS IN STEAM ENGINES. ALftO, SPECIAL GIN NERY OUTFITS, WHICH WILL REPAY PROMPT INQUIRIES. A VERY LARGE STOCK OF DOORS, SASH AND BLINDS ON HAND AT LOW PRICES. R. D. COLE MANUFACTURING CO., NEWNAN, GA. Catar r H ^, „ CREAM BALM Cleanses the Heart. [Allays Inflamma tion. Heals the Sores. Restores the Senses of Taste, Smell, Hearing. .4 Quick Relief. HAY-FEVER A Positive Cure. A particle is applied into each nosiril and is agreeable. Price 50 cents nt Druggists; by mail, registered, 60 cents. ELY BROS., New York office, 235 Greenwich street. HAY FEVER is an inflamed condition of the lining mem brane of the nostrils. tear ducts and throat, affecting the lungs. An acrid mucus is secre ted, the discharge is accompanied with a burning sensation. There are severe spasms of sneezing, frequent, attacks of headache, wa tery and inflamed eyes. Ely’s Cream Bairn is a remedy that can be depended upon to relieve at once and cure. TO COUNTRY PRINTERS! Complete Newspaper Outfit For Sale! We have for sale a quantity of first-class printingmaterial, comprising the entire out fit formerly used in printing the Newnan Herald, as well as type, stones, chases, and numerous other appurtenances belonging to the old Herald Job office. Most of the mate rial is in excellent condition and will be sold from 50 to 75 per cent, below foundry prices. The following list contains the leading ar ticles: i Campbell Press, in good repair. 250 lbs. Brevier. 150 lbs. Minion, 50 lbs. Pica. 50 lbs. English. 50 fonts Newspaper Display Type. 25 select fonts Job Type. 8 fonts Combination Border, Flourishes, etc.' Imposing Stones, Chases, Type Stands and Racks. The Campbell Press here offered is the same upon which Tiib Herald and Advertis er is now printed and has been recently over hauled and put in good repair. It is sold sim ply to make room for a larger and faster press. Address NEWNAN PUBLISHING CO. Newnan, Ga. Hatlroab Scfyebules rv.XWWNA'VVA'VWW^V'WVV't'N.W^WVX ATLANTA & WEST POINT R. R. Sept. 4th, 18S7. Up Day Passenger Train— East. Leave Selma .5 20 a m Leave Montgomery 7 52 a m “ Grantville 11 45 a m “ Newnan 12 08 pm “ Palmetto 12 32 pm Arrive at Atlanta . 1 25 pm •Down Day Passenger Train -West. Leave Atlanta 1 29 pm “ Palmetto 2 17 p m “ Newnan 2 15 pm *• Puckett’s 3 00 p m “ Grantville 8 12 pm Arrive at Montgomerv 7 lo p m Arrive Selma .10 CO p m Up Night Passenger Train —East.. Leave Selma . 3 30 p m Leave Montgomery 8 15 pm “ Grantvilie 3 13 a m “ Puckett’s 3 37 am “ Newnan 3 58 a m “ Palmetto 4 45 a m Arrive at Atlanta 6 10 am Down Night Passenger Train—West. Leave Atlanta 10 00 p m “ Palmetto 11 26 p in “ Newnan 12 OS a m “ Puckett’s . 12 32 a m “ Grantville 12 50 a in Arrive at Montgomery . 6 50 a m Arrive at Selma .11 47 am Accommodation Train (daily —East. Arrive Grantville . .7 02 a m “ Puckett’s ..7 20am “ Newnan ..7 33a m “ Powell’s ..7 52 a m “ Palmetto.-. . . 8 10 a in “ Atlanta .. 9 15 a m Accommodation Train (daily)- -West. Leave Atlanta . 4 55 p m Arrive Palmetto . 6 09 p ill “ Powell’s . 6 27 p m “ Newnan . 6 42 p m Puckett’s . 7 00pm “ Grantville . 7 13 p m ,J LaGrange . .8 00 p m Columbus and Atlanta Express, (daily) GOING SOUTH. Leave Atlanta 6 50 a m Arrive at Newnan s 00 a m “ LaGrange 8 55 a m “ Opelika 9 58 a m “ Columbus- 11 07 a m “ Montgomery 12 10 a m “ Selma. 4 08 pm GOING NORTH. Leave Selma 10 14 a m “ Montgomery 12 30 p m “ Columbus 1 25 p m “ LaGrange 3 34 p m “ Newnan 4 30 p m Arrive at Atlanta. 5 45 p m CHAS. H. CROMWELL, Cecil Gabbett, II Gen’l Pass. Agent. Gen’l Manager. CARRIAGE AND WAGON REPAIR SHOP! • We are prepared to do any kind of woik in the Carriage, Buggy or Wagon line that may be desired and in the best and most work manlike manner. We use nothing but the best seasoned material, and guarantee all work done. Old Buggies and Wagons over hauled and made new. New Buggies and Wagons made to order. Prices reasonable. Jlres shrunk and wheels guaranteed. Give us a trial. FOLDS A POTTS. Newnan. February 11. 1R87. S., G. & N. A. R. R. No. I— Leave Carrollton 5 45 a m ArriveAtkinson,T.O 3 00 am “ Banning 6 15 a m ■ “ Wbitesbnrg 6 20 am “ Sargent’s 6 50 a m “ Newnan 7 14 am “ Sharpsbnrg 8 05 am “ Turin 8 12 am “ Senoia 8 32 am “ Brooks 9 05 am “ Vaughns 9 27 am “ Griffin 9 50 am No. 2— Leave Griffin 12 01 pm Arrive at Vaughns 12 18 pm “ Brooks 12 36 pm “ Senoia 110 pm “ Turin 1 35 p m “ Sharpsburg 150 pm “ Newnan ... 2 28 pm “ Sargent’s 3 25 p m “ White.sburg 3 48 p m “ Banning 4 00 pm “ Atkinson, T. 0 423pm “ Carrollton....’. 4 50pm M. S. Belknap, Gen’l Manager. JERSEY BULLS! I will sell cheap or trade for beef cattle 6 or 8 fine Jersey Bull Calves, from registered stock. Call on undersigned or Maj. W. A Turner. J. T. REESE. Newnan/Oa., Sept. 1/1887. JONES WgsggHiE T, Stol Bavtetm, Bras led >oa Bo* fee •. 860. Per free prie*lM frit paper aad eiHrw yilKHJSLV baa Lceer*. NEW MILL! GOOD GRINDING! I have erected a new mill on the site of the one recently homed, and with new rocks and new .outfit entirely, am prepared to serve my easterners with quick service and a good turn • •MU. W. U CROCK. SHOW-CASES OFFICE & MM FUMITIIRE ft FIXTIIRU Ask for Illustrated Pamphlet. TERRY SHOW CASE CO., Muffle, Twin. PIANOS ORGANS Of. all makes direct tc customers from head quarters, at wholesal prices. All goods guar anteed No money askei till instruments are ie ceived and fully tested Write us before pur chasing. An investment of 2 cents may sav. you from $50.00 to $100.00. 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