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icrald and ^dccrfeer.
Newnan, Ga., Friday, Jan. 6, 1888.
Why Senator Brows toiled.
'Washington Spoolal.
.'Senator Brow n, of Georgia. «®nfce seeii
.Hi not likely to be forgotten. His long,
yellowish white beard gives him a pa-
“trottfchal appearance, and bis placid
fare was unreadable as l!ie*Sphynx. A
darg'Hi' man, but one not less-striking, is
Doorkeeper Bassett, whose long, snowy
white beard gives to him also the air ol
a patriarch. His face is quite a- placid
and unreadable as t lie Senator s coun
tenance. The very marked difference
between itlie two men is that the fv-na-
tor’s step is soft and catlike, and one
almost hears the “purring” as “Old -Ire
Brown.;” tJie richest man in .Georgia,
moves about the Senate Chamber.
Mow, on tJie contrary, although then
can be but lit tie difference in t heii
Doorkeeper Bassett’s step is >]inn
and active. X<»l long ag<>, when tlif
deluge of New York “interviewers on
the President's message -wept over the
capital, Senator Brown and Senator
t/orman happeneil to be in the Senate
restaurant get ting luncheon, they "ere
at, separate tables, but it .^ems that.!
“Old Joe”vi'ascombining t he business id
e;it ing wit h t he pleasure ol watching t he
Maryland Senator get rid <>i an “inter
viewer.” Mr. Gorman's lace expressed
surprise, annoyance, and. it must he
said, disgust. Of course he made short
work of it, and Senator Brown’s!
curiosity led him directly over and he •
asked, as he sat down with confidential
nearness to Senator Gorman:
“What is the matter, Gorman?
seem put out about something.”
“Why, one of those fellows from Xew
York, you know. Tie wanted me to tell
him what 1 t hought of t he message,
ami what my views were on the tariff.”
was (lie reply, in a vexed tone.
“Well, what did you tell him?” ask-
returns, who can picture the gladness,
; the woe, upon these century-old
I wbanes and siips'd'
j They say that «do<wn at brave old
1 Marblehead every -tliird woman is a
j widow. Here among fisher-folk the
| same is true. And -so the going and
■ coming, and going aaul never coming,
have woven a warp and woof of smiles
and tears here, whii’dh have mellowed
and softened thousands of human
hearts in a- way you can quickly see
. and feel. Your fisherman who comps,
and the wife, sweetheart or child that
feet, I could always* get railroad passes
ferr myself and family, and we always
vaeut home*to s|>end the holidays with
the people who elected ate. But I can-
net*. have that pleasure this year.”
Itiie needless to say that the gentleman
referred to was one of tbe snost enthu
siastic supporters of the law, and prac
ticably lay awake of nigfcts thinking
Old Southen^Vomes.
Savannah News.
A great many of ,yhe plantations in
different parts of the South, which
were once well known for their size,
the magnificence of the residences upon
them, the hospitality of their owners,
or on account of the prominence of
the families which possessed them,
whaft a blessing its passage would be to ; are now falling into mins. The reason
his ^constituents when he could strike 1 of this is. perhaps, that the land has
his breast with his fist and say to them been worked -o long without being fer-
that "i helped to pass it.” The mem- j tilized that it has become poor, or it
ber, continuing, said of the law: “I be- may be that those into whose posses-
is here to greet him, are o”er tender for J lieve now it was a mistake to pass it. sion they have passed lack the energy
it all. The old city is used to it, and After all, the people are little bene- and skill which are required to make
does not mind it. It istlie way its toilers fited by it. I hey do not get their pro- them pay under the present system of
! of the sea have. And so if you ever | ducts shipped to market any cheaper | labor,
walk ber streets and see a bulk of a fel- j than they did before, and the earnings One of these famous old places, in
of the roads have steadily increased Liberty county, in this State, was
since the new law went into force. So, ; lately sold to a colored man for $2,500,
you see, after all about the only per- \ only a part'of the purchase price being
sons benefited are the officers and j required at once. Iris known as Lau-
owners of-the roads. AN bile Cullom ! rel View, and is within two miles of the
THOMPSON BROS.
NEW NAN, GA.
FINE AND CHEAP FURNITURE
- AT PRICES-
THAT CANNOT BE BEAT IN THE STATE.
low holding a happy woman as he
would clutch a fire-rail or a capstan-
head in a heavy storm, you will know
he is simply “making fast” witli the
strong hawser of an honest love to the
very anchorage of his life, utterly un-1 andJteagan supposed they were doing j historic town of Sunbury. It was the
'.T m * conscious of your or aiiylxdy’s sense of; a great jtliiiig for the people, they in ; home of the gifted John Elliott, and a
the proprieties. And this tenderness;, j fact performed the greatest possible very beautiful home it was. John
proprieties. And this tendetne
too, is all-compassing. There are many
trusts and funds for the widow and
fatherless, and these men give gener
ously to them. On every week-day
night the whole year through, when
the seaport is stirred by the arrivals
of fleets with their “fares” or cargoes
of fish, there is a “fisherman’s ball,”
and often many. These are never for
individual profit, but invariably for the
benefit of women whose hearts are
breaking.
Two Southern Humorists.
New York Tribune.
Mr. Richard Malcolm Johnston, whose
| Georgian stories have become deserv-
You j e d]y popular, was received with curi
osity and heard with evident pleasure.
I do not vouch for the truth of it, but
I have heard that Mr. Johnston is mor
bidly modest about these inimitable
stories, and that it was with the great
est difficulty that his friends finally in-
i duced him to give them to the world,
ed Senator Brown, stroking his beard . Even now it is'said that he occasionally
with unbelieving deliberation, and de
termined to get at the bottom ol it by
ferreting out the cause of the other’s
annoyance.
“I told him I had nothing to say
about the message or tariff at present.”
“Well, l am sure there was nothing
in that to put you out,” soothingly
commented the Georgia Senator.
“I’d like to have put him out. AN hy,
Brown, the fellow’s first question was—
well, now, what do you think he
asked me?”
“Haven’t the least idea,” with full
emphasis on the first letter of the word
“idea.”
“Why, he began, ‘Senator Brown,
are you a Democrat or Republican?’
Think of asking me such a question.”
“I wouldn’t talk tariff, or anything
else, with a newspaper fellow who did
not know enough beforehand not to ask
me such a question!”
Seven years in the United States
Senate and unknown by name and of
unknown political faith was more than
the Maryland Senator could stand.
And to be taken for “Brown, of Geor
gia,” too. Of course it came out plump
enough and with merciless directness.
There was a dead pause, but only for a
moment. A smile more than slowly
passed over Senator Brown’s serene
countenance—passed slowly down and
lost itself in the long, yellowish white
heard. Then he-said, with his deliber
ate, ministerial condolence manner:
“Gorman, I can tell you something
much worse than that. One of these
newspaper fellows went for old Door
keeper Bassett yesterday and inter
viewed him on the tariff. Now, what
do you suppose the fellow said when
he got through with Bassett and went
out?”
“Oh, I haven’t an idea,” replied Sen
ator Gorman, brightening up with the
hope that somebody else had been hit
harder than himself,
“Well, that newspaper fellow -went
out and said: ‘I’vebeen talking in there
for half an hour with old Brown, of
Georgia, and the only tariff he knows
anything about is the tariff of TS19.”
The Sad Wives of Gloucester.
Correspondent Pittsburg Dispatch.
Thriftlessness is uncommon among
Gloucester fishermen; drunkenness is
almost unknown; harmless banjier^juid
bellowing and boasting are the nearest
approach to brawls. There is a ten
derheartedness among them that is re
markable and almost ■ pathetic. Many
go away that never come back. Stand
here, if you will, at these crowded
wharves, and watch the arrival and de
parture of fishing fleets; and if you
have a heart you will feel something
heavy in your throat. The oft! mothers
and,fathers, the younger brothers and
sisters, the wives and wee fishers’ chil
dren. jure all here, score on score. They
are trying to look brave as the vessels
sail out. There is pride and loyal
valor in their faces all. They shout
and shout to the departing ones, who
send it back in good measure, every
manner of good cheer and sea lore for
luck,
becomes possessed with the notion that
they are mere trash, and are making a
laughing stock of him, and he insists
on settling up with his publishers and
having them recalled as sdon as possi
ble. The reception which an audience
of such culture as the one lie faced re
cently gave him, ought to be enough to
drive such notions out of his head if he
has had them. “The Early Majority
of Mr. Thomas Watts,” is a work of ex
ceptional talent. Its pictures are thor
oughly funny, and the remarkable
thing about this, as about all his stories,
is their delicate setting. He presents
the most amusing scenes, in language
that suggests the grace and beauty of
Washington Irving. He has the pleas
ing faculty of presenting incidents fam
iliar to everyone who looks back upon
his own childhood in a way that is irre
sistibly comical. Mr. Johnston is a
strikingly handsome man, and a typi
cal Southerner in appearance. He is
tall and slender in figure. His hair is
silver white and a large moustache of
the same color adorns his face. His long,
straight nose, and slightly hollow
cheeks, are peculiar in their shape to
the Sunny South.
It was a Southern author, too, who
immediately succeeded Mr. Johnston,
and he also won the admiration of the
audience. Mr. Thomas Nelson Page,
of Virginia, is yet a young man, but he
has shown himself capable of excellent
work. He read the Christian scene in
“Unc’ Edinburgh’s Drownd’n,” and
Air. Page’s dialect was, as it should
have been from a native Virginian, sim
ply perfect. There is as much differ
ence between the dialect of Houston
street and that of a Southern “Jim-
town,” as there is between the lingo
of a street brat and that of a Fifth
avenue dude. To that portion of his
audience who have never been south of
the Mason and Dixon line, the perfect
music of Mr. Page’s dialect was a rev
elation. Northern men who derive
what notions they have of the true
negro tongue and character from min
strel shows and mnlatto cooks do the
colored race of the South a great injus
tice. Their voices are mellower than
a Moore’s. Even in conversation it
-rises and falls like the music of a chant,
asjd they often possess the noblest
traits of character. Mr. Page’s hero
tbld his simple tale of devotion to his
dashing young master in a strain that
touched every heart, and fyet he
brought out the amusing weakness of
the negro with that fidelity to nature
which distinguishes the genuine artist.
He was warmly applauded, as he well
deserved to be. .
Abolishment of Congressional Rail
road Puma.
Washington Special.
There is a state of affairs brought on
by the passage of the inter-state cpm-
merce law, which, in Congressional cir
cles, is very noticeable. It is a fact
that a very large percentage of the
members of Congress that have hereto
fore gone home to see their constitu-
fact performed t lie greatest possibh
service to the roads, and by the bill
practically voted thousands and thous
ands of dollars annually into the treas
uries of the roads, and the public, in
no particular way is any better protect
ed than it was before. If there were
to be an effort to repeal the law, there
would not lie a railroad manager in the
country who would not work to have it
remain as it now is.”.
Some Autobiographies of Congress
men.
Lewiston Journal.
It is well known that the Senators
and Congressmen write their own hi- j
ographies that appear in the Congres
sional record. This fact makes them
all the more interesting. The statesmen
are allowed in a general way to say
what they please, but there are some in
stances where the compiler of the Di
rectory has to do some pretty thorough
pruning. Oiie Arkansas Congressman
wrote in answer to the usual request
what would have filled a dozen pages
of the Directory. -He gave the full his
tory of his and his wife’s families, the
characteristics of his children, the
names of the husbands and wives and
children of those married, and intro
duced several illustrated sketches in
bear, bee and coon hunting. He intro
duced a poem on spring written by bis
second oldest son, gave the names of
two young fallows,- rivals for the hands
of one of his daughters named “Pink,”
and described the distress she was suf
fering over the question of which one
she should choose. The compiler cut
the “biography” down to eighty lines.
A Kentucky Congressman in his biog
raphy described a stock farm owned by
him, named the horses and gave their
pedigrees and prices. Another Ken
tuckian mentioned, among the events
of his eventful life, the number of
fights he had been in, and gave de
scriptions of two, in each of which he
had killed a man, • and gave the names
of the men he had slaughtered. One
Ohio man gave the number of sheep he
owned, the fluctuations in the prices
of wool in an elaborate table, and in
troduced a strong protest against the
reduction of the duty on wool, all of
which was sacrificed. A Congressman
from Iowa sent in his biography in
verse, and very bad verse, too. Another
from the same State stated that he was
living separate from his wife, but in a
detailed statement laid all the blame
upon her, and appealed to his brother
Congressmen to overlook the matter,
and to the Speaker not to allow him
self to be influenced by it in assigning
him to committees.
very beautiful home it was. John
Elliott represented Georgia in the
United States Senate from 1820 to lS2(i.
The plantation contains 2,800 acres.
It was purchased during the war of se
cession by lion. Linton Stephens, a
brother of Hon. Alexander II. Ste
phens. and was sold to the present
owner by his heirs.
The district in which the plantation
is situated was noted, from* the first
settlement of the State until the
emancipation of the slaves, for the in
telligence and wealth of its citizens. It
is now, however, almost abandoned to
the colored people. Its great planta
tions have been divided into small
farms, and the superb mansions, once
the homes of men noted for wealth
and culture, and for women famous for
beauty and refinement, are falling in
to decay, and are being replaced by
cabins and huts, whose chimneys of
slicks and mud tell more plainly than
words of the marvelous change for the
worse which has taken place in the
once rich and prosperous district.
The Decrease in Yield of Cotton per
Acre.
Columbus Enquirer-Sun.
The fact that the cotton yield, per
acre, is fast decreasing, has set the
thinking men of the country at work to
ascertain the cause. There, has been
an increase of thirty per cent, in the
area since 1880, and a corresponding de
crease in the yield per acre. This is
due to several causes. One is that the
indiscriminate use of commercial fertil
izers has rendered the cotton plant
susceptible to climatic influences, and
hence a poorer yield is obtained.
Another, and perhaps more impor
tant reason assigned, is that this enor
mous increase of 30 per cent, in the
acreage is, for the most part, poor and
unproductive uplands. It is the worn-
out lands that were allowed to grow a
young forest of small pines, and have
for the second or third time been clear
ed and put in cultivation. The yield
of this land is not to be compared with
that of lands just taken from the origi
nal forest, and as a consequence, the
yield per acre is not so great as was the
case when the increased area was for
new lands.
But there is one fact in this connec
tion that should strike terror to the
heart of the farmer. It is the cotton
seed oil industry. It is exhausting the
soil. As far back a? 1879 the danger of
exhausting the soil was seen. In that
Bill Nye Concerning Women.
Two young ladies, named respective
ly Burroughs and Springer, in a town in
A Vest Virginia, each carried a keg of
powder out of a burning building re
cently, although the kegs were so hot
that wet cloths had to lie wrapped
around them in order to hold them
without burning the hands. This was
an heroic act. They then went back to
rescue a dude who would not come
out of the building in a pair of tan-col
ored gaiters for fear it might excite re
mark. While the girls were reaching
under the bed for him, one of them got
her hand on a mouse and fainted. All
were rescued by a hook and ladder
company. Some thought the tire was
the work of an incendiary, while others
st ated that it was started on purpose.
Woman is a strange contradiction of
heroism, cowardice and clothes.
A stranger in New York recently
tried to hire a good servant girl, but did
not succeed very well, for she was a
haughty woman and rarely soaked her
hands into dish-water. She came of a
proud and arrogant race, which had for
years retained in its grasp the magnifi
cent Dutchy of Council Bluffs. For
centuries her family had vaunted its
long, dark-blue lineage-and put out its
washing.
“And who are your references?” she
asked an applicant in an uptown intel
ligence office day before yesterday.
“I have good references,” said the
girl, “which I will produce when you
show me that you are a suitable person
to work for. We will exchange refer
ences at any time you may name.”
What we need here is not so much a
better class of servants, but a better
class of employes, and who will try
to live up to and be an honor tb their
servants.
Now that the new year is coming so
near us and the expensive and dark-red
Yuletide also, let us resolve, one and
all, that during the next year we will
try to lead such lives that our servants
need not be ashamed of us.
Bis; stock of Chamber suits in Walnut. Antique Oak, and
Cherry, and Imitation suires.
French Dresser Suites (ten pieces), from £22.60 to £125.00.
Plush Parlor Suits, $35.00 and upward.
Bed Lounges, $9.00 and upward.
Silk Plush Parlor Suits, $50.00.
Good Cane-seat Chairs at $4.50 per set.
Extension Tables, 75 cents per foot.
Hat Racks from 25 cents to $25.00.
Brass trimmed Curtain Poles at 50 cents.
Dado Window Shades, on spring fixtures, very low.
Picture Frames on hand and made to order.
SPLENDID PARLOR ORGANS
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Metallic and W T ooden Coffins ready at all times, night or
THOMPSON BROS.,
NEWNAN, GA.
FURNITURE!
I buy and sell more FURNITURE than all the dealers in
Atlanta combined. I operate fifteen large establishments. I
buy the entire output of factories; therefore I can sell you
cheaper than small dealers. Read some of my pfices :
A Nice Plush Parlor Suit, $35.00.
A Strong Hotel Suit, $15.00.
A Good Bed Lounge, $10.00.
A Good Single Lounge, $5.00.
A Good Cotton-Top Mattress, $2.00.
A Good Strong Bedstead. $1.50.
A Nice Rattan Rocker, $2.50.
A Nice Leather Rocker, $5.00.
A'Strong Walnut Hat Rack, $7.00.
A Nice Wardrobe, $10.00.
A Fine Glass Door Wardrobe, $30.00.
A Fine Book Case, $20.00.
A Good Office Desk, $10.00.
A Fine Silk Plush Parlor Suit, $50.00.
A Fine Walnut 10-Piece Suit, $50.00.
A Nice French Dresser Suit, $25.00.
I respectfully invite everybody to examine my stock and ge:
my prices before buying your Furniture. I have the finest a."
well as the cheapest Furniture in Atlanta. Write for prices.
A. G. RHODES,
85 Whitehall St., Atlanta, Ga.
HUNNICUTT & BELLINGRATH,
36 AND 38 FEACHTREE STREET,
ATLANTA. GA.
“Mister, would you like to do a little
suthin’ in the cause of science ?”
“What science ?”
“Periitical economy.”
“What can I do ?”
“I s’pose you have heerd this discus
sion ’bout wether a man can live on
50c. a week?”
“Yes.”
“Wall, if you want ter encourage sci
ence, you jest let me have 50c., and I’ll
make the experiment fur a week.”
ents on the occasion •£ the Christmas
As the schooners clear the har-' holidays will this year remain within
l>or, out past the Ten Pound Island, sight of the dome of the Capitol,
some will run away around the harbor’s j This is all attributable to the inter- j was
edge, as if to keep company to the last. ! state commerce law, which prohibits j and
But those who stay, leaning far out the indiscriminate issuance of passes, time
over the dark bulkheads, look fixedly 1 In fact, there are few members who been increased fully *200 per cent, and
on and on until the white sails disap- have any hesitancy in assigning the the processes have also been improved
CoiMumption Surely Cured.
To the Editor—Please inform your
readers that I have a positive remedy
for the above named disease. By its
timely use thousands of hopeless cases
have been permanently cured. I shall
be glad to send two bottles of my reme
dy free to any of your readers who
have consumption if they will send me
their express and post office address.
Respectfully, T. A. SLOCUM, M. C.,
181 Pearl street, New York.
year it was estimated that no less; o n December 7 the King of Spain,
than one-seventh of the whole crop ! aged 18 months, was taken to the Sen-
worked up into oil cake 1 ate H° use an< * *“* 1 '
S laced on his father’s
the paraphernalia,
otner products. Since that j am i(j g re at enthusiasm,
the number of mills have
Mothers and nurses should, always
remember that disappointment never
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jiear behind the cruel Norman’s Woe. reason of their not going home. As It is readily seen, then, that the con- attends the use of Dr. Bull’s Baby
or sink behind the horizon: and if you | one member from Illinois said to-day to : sumption of cotton seed by the mills j Syrup. 1 rice onh 2-> cent.- a bottle.
ran see in their eyes as they 'at last
turn to the little. home-*pot for the
weeks or months of dreary waiting
t here is unutterable sadness behind the
quivering lids. Then, when the licet
tlie Courier-Journal correspondent:
VNo, I will not go home this year. It
cost- too much money, for railroad !
transportation. Before this infernal
has greatly increased and threatens the
productive power of the land. These
facts explain the decreased cotton pro
duction per acre and excites wonder
neaiung inter->taJe> law went into ef- 1 that the decrease has heen 110 greater.
The close sympathy existing between
the stomach and brain is noticeably
exhibited in the headache resulting.
from indigestion. Laxador always!
cures headache, when caused by indiges
tion.
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WHOLESALE GROCERS,
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NO. 15 SOUTH BROAD ST., ATLANTA, GA.
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