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tiymtntviimmirh wWraraUMtr; W H Vtvnont T h p*r*.)0« m -— ; - v - — I’WHlUlieMiwgiL :nm ®hf Jerald _and ^dcertisei;. Newnan, Ga~Friday, Dec. 30. 1887. THB POLICE-RIDDEN GERMANS. Er«r.TthIn{f^n a Teutonic City In Krpl ftrictlf Under rolle<rS tiperv|*ion. ^ At the feme Whon tli$ universal cry in England Is fortinoie lntvs,‘.,mon# legiila-’ t.oi^ fresfif restrictions fn every direction, it is well to turn one’s eyes to a country where a paternal government hedges round its submissive subjects with every possible safeguard, and decide whether, on the whole, people are better off there than they are with us. Germany under the Bismarck ian system offers a good field for study; it matters little whether we go to Prussia or to one of the minor kingdoms, ( for the chancellor’s iron hand is to be Mt on every side. The first point that will strike an Englishman on taking up his residence in a Germaju town—let us say in Munich, which in all respects is a fair type of the sleepy, beer . drinking, easy going Teutonic city —is that the word “polizei” meets him at every turn. Whatever he may wish to know, if it is only the address of a friend, he must apply to the police; whatever he may wish to do and cannot he i3 told is “polizeilich verboten” (for bidden by the police). The ordinary lawnbiding Englishman, when at home, lias no reason for coming in contact with the police from one year to another, and probably lives in sublime ignorance of the whereabouts of the nearest police station. Not so in Ger many. Within three days of his arrival he is expected to call at the police offices and fill up a form stating his name, age, profession and religion, whether lie is married, single or divorced, the object of his visit and liow long lie means to re main. Nor is it only foreigners who are treated in this inquisitorial manner. Every person who changes liis place of residence must give immediate notice thereof to the authorities; every servant girl who goes to a new situation must no tify the fact to the police, and allow her service Wok—also a compulsory institu tion—to be siqiervised. Every dog must lie taken to the police station, medically examined, its address entered, and be provided with a metal label to he worn on the collar. It is “polizeilich verboten” to have music in your house after 10 o’clock without the consent of all the other tenants; to take a lighted candle in your own loft; to put flower pots on your own window sill; to sell strong beer after midday. Every chimney must be swept by order of the government once a month (the sweep usually arriving for the oper ation in the middle of the afternoon) and periodic visits are paid by officials into every room to see that the careless house holder does not stand his own furniture too close to the stove, thereby running the risk of a possible tire. The whole drainage system, wretched and unsanitary as it is, is under the super vision of the police. Needless to say that the hours for opening and closing shops and restaurants are all fixed by law, and, by a peculiar stroke of one sided tyranny, the tram cars are not allowed to run after 9 p. m., as they would otherwise inter fere with the cab monopoly. The infrac tion of any of these rules is punished by strictly enforced fines, nor must it be imagined that the officials facilitate con formance to the law.* Everything is left to the initiative of the citizen, and the regulations as to the days, hours and pliioe of registration, etc.. are so numer ous, and so constantly changed, that the inexperienced foreigner may frequently make several weary journeys before red tapeism declares itself satisfied. It is not for a moment disputed that the majority of the regulations are dis tinctly beneficial to the general com munity. It is far better to insist on properly fixed flower boxes than that the unsuspecting pedestrian should re ceive a flower not on his head. It is most reassuring to lodging house keepers that they cannbt unwittingly receive a notorious scoundrel without the police immediately warning them of the fact. It is quite true, moreover, that the dog regulations have been absolutely effectual in stamping out hydrophobia. Prince Bismarck is a judicious despot, and in Idle eyes of those who look merely to im mediacy results a most beneficent ruler.— Pall Mall Gazette. Sunday Promenade In Washington. Usually Saturday iff the great “show iay” of Washington, though the great pedestrian parade always takes place Sunday afternoon (or “evening,” as they call it here and in the tiq^t avgftuX ai Then the wi on thiit beauti grooms, glitt clanking sflv th) on Connec- 5 o'clock, hion appears Carriages, ness, liveries, village carts, coupes, and even bi- and tricyles are aban doned, and the great swell, official, diplo matic, home and foreign, blooded and shoddy, and old family and nouveau riche, newcomers and old timers, bine blooded and no blooded, beau monde and hoi polloi, walk up and down Connecti cut avenue and exchange l>ows and greetings, cold stares, or “howdies," as the case may be. It is a great sight on Sunday afternoon, when the American aristocracy and the aristocracy of foreign legations-and the Aiheiico-European hybrids get out in style on Connecticut avenue for tlte weekly Sunday afternoon stroll; It heats “Unter den Linden” by a large majority. The Misses West, daughters of the Eng lish minrter, appear with a small “but tons” tugging at the leash of a couple of beagle hounds chained together; and half a dozen dudes who have just got through with their demi-tasse of cafe noir and th»ir Chartreuse at Chamberlain's, and tackled their cigarette#, are dragged along by their enormous St. Bernard dogs and Siberian hounds, while the ir reverent remark, •AYhere is the dog going with the dude?” A young lady from Scott circle, who is very plain herself, attracts attention by leading at the end of a scarlet ribbon a black-and-tan terrjor, which is about as big as a cockroach, with legs like knitting needles and t:iil like a Limerick fish hook and sore eyes. A tall young lady, the daughter of a cabinet officer, walks along with her sinevey left hand gripped upon the silver rivet studded col lar of a big Newfoundland dog, while in her right she carries a laced rawhide whip with a silver handle.—Cor. Cincin nati Commercial Gazette. Flow He Con*lcte*t Himself. IHie Uliieal ' truth - “Out of thy own mouth slialt thou be condemned” was strikingly verified in the case of a con ductor on a prominent line running put of St. Louis. He had been systematically defrauding his company, and his pecula tions were discovered m rather a peculiar way. His train passed the division lieau- quarters at night, and as he stepped into the train dispatcher’s.office to register his train, he turned into the division superin tendent's room, and was seen to^iave a memorandum book in his hand. After exchanging a few wonls with the Super intendent on business matters lie turned and left llie office, but before doing so in advertently droffped his mc'irioranuum and left without noticing liis loss. Bcf< re pulling out he discovered that hi?'memo randum hook eyas missing, and lie hur riedly entered the telegraph and superin tendent's office in search of the little book, blit without success, and was com pelled to board ids train ami leave with out it. He had evinced so much anxiety in searching for 'his book that after liis de parture the sujierintendent made a search for it liimself. and finally found it under some papers on the floor. Upon opening it. he found where this conductor had been keeping a ledger account with the company, showing the amountq col lected. tho amounts turned in and the amounts appropriated by himself, which , were much larger than the portion given the company. This proved very interest ing reading' to the superintendent, who promptly wired the conductor down the line that he had found his book. The ' conductor never answered, and when the time came for him to take out his train again he did not appear, although no no tice of discharge had been sent him.— Globe-Democrat. \ S'W N AN , GEORGIA. Diet Treatment of Obesity. M. Dujardin-Beaumetz, one of the most eminent of living French physicians, pre scribes the following dietary for the re duction of obesity: “Breakfast at 8 o'clock—Two ounces of cold meat, an ounce of bread, eight ounces of weak tpa without sugar. Luncheon at noon—Two ounces of bread, four ounces of meat or stew or two eggs, four ounces of fresh vegetables, half ;ui ounce of cheese, fruit- ad libitum. Dinner at 7 o’clock—No soup, two ounces of bread, four ounces of meat or stew, four ounces of fresh vegetables, salad, half an ounce of cheese, fruit ad libitum. In conjunction with this course purgatives should lie taken rather frequently, either mineral waters, pills or powders, and the subject should take exercise in proportion to his strength and employ massage. ”—Glucago News. Japan non?** and Cloth.**. In a delicious climate, v hostrtstiniiner heat rarely exceeds 75 degrees'i^r w inter cold decreases below 35 degrees .Fahren heit, houses end clothes are no source either of for .thought; or toiL. Paper is the mean material ‘alike . of ^-architect, tailor, dreseinaker. and should tlvy resist less blast of the typhoon lay low their mansions or a passing shower dissolve to their raiment, a small outlay and ready industry speedily restore the dam age/ A frame of sweet, clean woodwork, covered with paper, forms the structure of Japanese homes: papier iraehe, oiled, painted and lacquered, is the main sub stance of ov. ry i Yet. Furniture tl re is none, save mat : yet so-iinportnnt- arc these*reckoned tie . hoy are never eat to sffittlfe ream. n is m to s ... them.—Japan Letter.. One of John Marshall's Descendants. The descendants of Chief Justice John Marshall are a sturdy race. One of them, I bearing the great jurist's name, owns a ! farm in Virginia and runs a sawmill ! thereon. lie got down in the buzz saw pit not long ago to fix a loose screw. I Suddenly he felt something moving be- I hind him, and he threw liis arm up and felt the saw cut through above the elbow, almost from skin to skin. liaising liis head, he struck the saw, which cut a groove right through liis hair, over his forehead and face, and down into liis throat. When he was taken out his face was one. uiass of bleeding flesh. They laid him on the grass and brought a surgeon. While the latter was running across the fields to the spot where the men had left Marshall he heard his voice ..saying, as well as the wounds would permit.: “Shove this stuff away from my .eye so that I can see whether it’s hurt. ” They did “shove the stuff” away from his eye as carefully as possible, and lie gave them one ghastly glance and then murmured: “It's. all. right; lean see.” It took the surgeon an hour and a half to dress all liis wounds. He endured the pain wi#i perfect com posure. Within a month he was out again as well as ever. Some one was telling one of the old darkies on the place, while “Marster John” was still in bed, what a narrow escape he had had from death. “Huh!” said the darky, “take heap more than that to kill Mars John. Why, if you wanted to kill Mare John you’d have to cut his Lead off—and then hide the head.”—Detroit Free Press. Russian Officials Not Cruel. It may lie supposed that officials who are capable of treating prisoners in this way must be constitutionally cruel, cold blooded and heartless; but suc h a suppo sition would lie, in many eases, perhaps in a majority of cases, an erroneous one. Many of the officials are naturally no worse than other men, but they have been trained under a system which is in tolerant of opposition, and especially of that form of opposition which in Russia is called insubordination; they have been accustomed to regard themselves rather as the rulers than as the servants of the people; they have not felt personally the full weight of the yoke of oppression; they have been irritated and embittered by a long contest with fearless ;uk1 im petuous men whose motives and charac ters they misunderstand, and whom they regard' as unreasonable fanatics and treacherous assassins; and, finally, theif fortunes and prospects of advancement ! depend upon the success with which they ! carry on this contest.—George Kennan ■ in The Centurv. Ilo\s Learning In the ]■: Cal., the 1> obliged to h as the little ,’hools . wortc. of btc •kton, Beware of the Dog ! “Children should not be allowed to ap- I proach strange dogs.” said a physician. ! “Some dogs are vicious, particularly j where childreh are concerned, and snap at them without warning. Others do it from pure nervousness, for a child ap proaches a dog in a boisterous manner 1 which the dog doesn't understand, and i when he resists in the only way nature ! has given him he is unjustly blamed. The dog is the most devoted friend the human race has, hut it is his nature to be so to his master, not to strangers. It is not fair to put him in a position where he will be condemned and punished for what is not his fault. Let him have jus tice, if he is only a hog. ”—Philadelphia I Times. j Caring for the Quinine Trees. The price of quinine lias l>een reduced froni $5 an ounce to less than si. and a : denier says that it wiil remain cheap hereafter. The reason is that the chin- cliona trees are destroyed in taking i>ff the bark. Formerly the" hark was stripped clean and the trees 'L ere left naked to bleed to death. Now when the Lark is removed the trees are swath d with moss, new hark forms on them. and. in- stoud of iivir.g to one crop ut ■ vrk. they yield their hark yearly.—L -: a The Canned Goods Trade. “Over 1.000.000,000 cans are used an nually by the canners of this country,” said a dealer pi canned goods. “A box of fin plates, which weighs from 108 to 112 pounds, will make be tween seven and eight eases of cans. A case contains a dozen three-poUnd cans, the general size, or two dozen one pound cans. Taking the average, a box of tin will make about 100 cans. Thus, you seft. about-10.000.000 boxes of tin plates are necessary every year to make the cans to hold the goods packed in this country. The weight of the metal alone is something like 110.000,000 pounds, and the cost about $45,000,000.” “Are all the canned goods brought to New York?” “New York city is the main eource of supply to the rest of the United States for canned goods as well as for other articles. It is also the principal port from which canned goods are sent to Europe, and there is u large trade done now in this class of business between the United Slates and the Old World. The process of canning has enabled so many American products to be sent in good order all over the world that canned goods now form an important factor in the export trade. The hulk of the canned goods, therefore, comes here, although other large cities are often supplied direct from,the place of canning.” \ “Is any of the tin produced here?” “None that is used in canning. The cost of home manufactured tin plates is too great at. present to come in competi tion with the imported metal. Besides, that which is made here is not fitted for cans in which to pack food products.”— New York Mail and Express. A Rare Gold Coin. Mr. C. Scheben, of Kansas City, is the owner of a rare gold eoin of great value. It is United States money of the face value of $-1 and was manufactured at the mint in San Francisco in 1879. Only* seventeen were coined, and for some rea son the dies were destroyed. The front side contains the head of the G oil dess of Liberty, the date 1879, and around the rim there are thirteen stars with the fol lowing figures and letters between them: “6, G, 8. 8, 7, C, 7, G, R, A, M, S'” On the reverse side is a five point star in the center, underneath which is the word • 'Met. ” in a circle outside the stars are the inscriptions: “E Piurihus Unum” and “Deo Est Gloria.” There is still another circle outside this inscription bearing the words “United States of America. Four Dol.”—Chicago News. Girl# iu the Open Air. Man. like other animals, was made to live the greater part of the time out of doors. Out of door exercise is essential to vigor of body, and vigor of body is es sential to youthfulness of appearance. It is the indoor confinement of women— the constant breathing of overheated and vitiated air and the necessary neglect of natural forms of exercise—that makes their beauty fade prematurely. It is as natural for girls to romp and play in the open air as it is for colts to do so, and the health and strength of the horse would be vitally impaired by the hot house bringing up which the girls have to undergo before they attain to years of maturity.—Philadelphia Record. r: • ■ ?*i r»r • ,STEAM ENGINES. WE HAVE ON HAND BOME SPECIAL BARGAINS TN STEAM ENGINES. ALSO, SPECIAL GIN NERY OUTFITS, WHTCH WILL REPAY PROMPT INQUIRIES. A VERY LARGE STOCK OF DOORS, SASH AND BLINDS ON HAND AT LOW PRICES. R. E>. COLE MANUFACTURING CO., NEWNAN, Ga. .1. H. Reynolds, , President! HAMILTON YAKCEY, Secretary ROME FIRE INSURANCE COMPANY, OF THE STATE OF GEORGIA. CAPITAL STOCK, $103,400. A home company. Management conserv ative, prudent, safe. Soliciting the patron age of its home people and leading all com petitors at its home office. Its directory composed of eminently suc cessful business men; backed by more than one million dollars capital. H. C. FISHER & CO., Agents, Newnan, Ga. A. P. JONES. J. E. TOOLE. JONES & TOOLE, CARRIAGE BUILDERS * - AKD DEALERS IX HARDWARE, LaGRANGE. ga. Manufacture all kinds of Carriages, Buggies, Carts and Wagons. Repairing neatly and promptly done at reason able prices. We sell the Peer less Engine and Machinery. NO MORE EYE-GLASSES, NO WEAK MORE EYES I The Redwood of California. . Since mahogany and the more expensive woods have grown scarce, the redwood of California has been extensively used, not only in building, but also in the man- ufactifre of furniture. It is destined to take the place of walnut, cherry and mahogany, on account of its great supply and cheapness. When highly polished it is just as handsome as any of the more i expensive woods. 'When rosewood went | out of use on account of the extinction of j the supply, house decorators for a long | time were at a loss as to what they could ; use for a substitute, and at last they have ; discovered it in the California redwood. | It is suited for any kind of decoration, J and there i< an illimitable supply throngh- j out the Golden State, where extensive forests abound. The redwood trees grow to an immense size, and ihe timber made tl refroa 1- very large. - ] term irest's Mon till v. MITCHELL’S EYE-SALVE A Certain, Safe and Effective Remedy for SORE, WEAK AND INFLAMED EYES- I Produces Long-Sightedness, and Restores the Sight of the Old. ; CURBS TEAR DROPS, GRANULATION', STYLE i TUMORS, RED EYES, MATTED EYE LA9H- | ES. AND PRODUCING QUICK RELIEF AND PERMANENT CUKE. Also, equally efficacious when used in other ; maladies, such as Ulcers, Fever Sores, Tu- ! rners. Salt Rheum, Hums, Piles,-or wherever ! inflammation exists. MITCHELL’S SALVE ! may be used to advantage. Sold by all Drug- I gists at 25 cents. CARRIAGE AND WAGON REPAIR SHOP! We are prepared to do any kind of woik in the Carriage, Buggy or Wagon line that n.av desired and in tin best and most work manlike manner. Wo use nothing but th is?-i seasoned material, and guaranier- wc: k done. Aid Buggies and Wages is Application ror Charter. STATE OF GEO ROT A, Coweta County: To the Superior Court of said County: The petition of Abraham G. W. Foster, James II. Siielnutt, and Lavender R. Ray. of tin* county of Coweta, and John R. Wilkin son. r.f the county of Fulton, shows: That, they are joint owners of a certain pat ent granted by the United States, known as the '‘Abraham (I W. Foster Improved Car- Coupling,” No. 3(54,810. That said patent is of great value, to-wit: the sum of one million dollars. Your peti tioners pray That they, their associates and successors, may he made a body corporate and politic under the name and style of the “FOSTER CAR-COUPLING; COMPANY” For the full term of twenty years, with the privilege of renewing at tiie expiration of said term. That the capital stock of said company sliail lie one million dollars, divided into two hun dred thousand shares of live dollars each. That the principal office and place of busi ness of said company shall lie at Newnan, Georgia, with agencies raid offices at such oth er places. In or out of srtid State, as the busi ness of said corporation may require. That said company shall have the rigid to remove said principal office and place of busi ness to any other place that mav better suit the convenience of the corporation. That the object of said company is gain an<’ profit for its stockholders; and to tliatend t '•> particular business ot said corporation shall be: To deal in said patent, which your petition ers stand ready to assign to said corporation upon such terms as may lie agree-) upon, so soon as a charter shall be granted by the court, and all improvements that may be made thereon, and in any other patent car coupling. by purchase, assignment, grant, mortgage, license, conveyance, or otherwise; To manufacture and sell or let said car- couplings, or otherwise dispose of the same; To build railway cars, drawbars and draw- heads, with or without iajd potent attached thereto, and to dispose of the same; To erect or rent, own and control, shops for the manufacture of the -ame. That the rights, powers, and privileges shall be: To have and to use a corporate seal, and :•> alter the same at pleasure; To sue and lie simd, to plead and be implead ed. to contract and be contracted with: To purchase, take, hold, and use any pro perty, real or personal, that may he necessary for the purpose of the corporation.'either in the conduct of its business or to secure any indebtedness to the company, and to sell or Otherwise dispose of the same; To make hiiv constitution or by-law not contrary to the laws of this state arid' of the United States, and to amend or repeal the same at pleasure: To create'and elect such officers, managers, or directors, and appoint such agentp. as said company may decide upon, and to fix their salaries: To do any and all acts not prohibited by law that, rna.v be or become necessary for the successful management of the business of said corporation. That no stockholder in-sald company aliall be liable for the debts, contracts, torts, or de-i faults of said company over and beyond the amount of nis unpaid stock subscription. And petitioners will ever, pray, etc. •LAVENDER R. RaY. Petitioners' Attorney. SHOW-CASES DESKS OFFICE & BISK FmiTl'RE & FIXTURES. Ask for Illustrated Pamphlet. TERM SHOW CASE CO., Sasfoille, Tern*. PIANOS? ORGANS Of all make? direct to customers from head quarters, at wholesale prices. All goods guar anteed No money asked till instruments are re ceived and fully tested. Write us before pur» chasing. An investment of 2 cents may save you from $50.00 to SiOO.OO. Address- JESSE FRENCH, NASHVILLE, - TENNESSEE. Wholesale DislrUmling Dep't' for the Soulh. Filed in office November 24,1887. DANIEL KWfNT. - Clerk Superior Court. A true and correct copy as appears of record in this office. This November 24, lsS7. DANIEL SWINT, Clerk Superior Court. LUMBER. I HAVE A LARGE LOT OF 7f d .' ■> " t , LUMBER FOR SALE. DIFFER EXT QUALITIES AND PRICES, BUT PRICES ALL LOW. W. B. BERRY. Newnan, Ga., March 4tb, 1887. FREEMAN & CRANKSHAW, il&. 1MP0RTER s AND MANUFACTU RERS OF FINE JEWELRY. LARGEST STOCK ! FINEST ASSORTMENT! LOWEST PRICES! 31 WhiteHall St., Atlanta, Ga. XEW ADVERTISEMENTS. * • ARBUGKLES' name on r. rir.ctv of COFFEE is ?. guarantee of e::e ” " re in tl lur Pru-I» I'isli in Mu .•■tntcT of the dining i Bazar hotel of M hi. Wrtssc Prices .iC'fi' *oui of tl FACTS YOU CAN BET ON. That the eldest and largest tobacco factory t* tin ■world ia in Jersey City, N. J. , That this factory makes the popular and world- famed Climax Ping, the acknowledged stand ard for first-clars chewing tobacco. That this factory was established as long ago «* 1760. That last year (1886) it made and sold the enormous quantity of 27,962,380 lb*, or fourteen thou- sand tons of tobacco. That this was more than one-seventh of all the to bacco made in the United States notwith standing that there were 966 factories at work. That in the last ci years this factory has helped support the United States Government to the extent of over Fcrty-four million seven hun dred thousand dollars ($44,700,000.00) paid into the U. S. Treasury in Internal Revenue Taxes. That the pay-roll of this factory is about $1,000,- 000.00 per year or $30,000.00 per week. That this factory employs about 3,500 operatives. That this factory makes such a wonderfully good chew in Climax Plug that many other factories have tried to imitate it in vain, and in despair no-.v try to attract custom by offering larger pieces of inferior goods for the same price. That this factory nevertheless continues to increase its business every year. That this factor.- : ! - to and is operated by Years, very truly, P. L i ILLARD & CO. r E! 5 at Ti:b 0 ELECi tsed br. iritis.