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lipid and ^dccrtiser. Newnan, Ga., Friday, April 6, 1888. THE BEAUTIFUL LAND. There’s a beautiful land that lies to the west Ol the far-famed valley of tearR, Whore the griefs that are born are jealously prest To the hearts of sorrowful years, And are borne with a noiseless, measureless tread IJown the valley, across the strand, Straight on to the sea, where the barques of the dead Float by to the Beautiful Land. The dip of the water is heard in the night, And the griefH that iie on the sands In their naked woe through the shimmering light Reach out their weird, shadowy hands, And beckon the vessels to come to them there, Ar.d call to the mystical band, And drifts over the sea, toa welcoming air, Blown soft from the Beautiful Land. They glide in the wonderful silence of deal h, With faces snow white, to the west. And lily hands kissed by the spice-’aden breath That strays from the sweet land of rest. They heed not a moan from the gray, misty vale; They see not a beckoning hand, But sweetly they sleep in the barges a-sail For the beautiful, rest-filled lund. THE AUTHOR OF “BEN-HUR.’ How Qen. Lew Wallace Wrote His Famous Book. New York World. In April, 1878, the writer was in the golden age “when the years tire all sum mers.” Iler happy lot it was to visit Mrs. Lew Wallace in Crawfonlsville, Ind., the home where the imaginary child Ben-Hur was growing up. The famous “chariot race was on” tit that very time, and one might fancy it would have destroyed the family peace as thoroughly as the car of Juggernaut crashing through the house; but not so, for Gen. Wallace adds to his greatness the supreme grace of being amiable at home. It is a pleasure to remember that dur ing the week spent so near Ben-IIur and tho “wife of his youth,” the sky was not darkened by one impatient word. The’crack of the chariot whip Ls heard around the world in seven dif ferent languages, but it never fell upon those of his own household. The book was dedicated to his lady, a royal of fering, worn with every womanly grace befitting it. Gen. Wallace’s manner was so court ly that the first half day the visitor trembled and wished him away, that she might enjoy the charming wife un oppressed by his imperial presence. But the gulf was bridged by his own music. The next morning the house fairly quaked as lie paced his study to the tune of “(food Old Ortonville,” or some other bulwark of the Methodist hymn-book, roared so lustily that it might have waked a mummy. At the breakfast-table he said, with awful stateliness, “Did you hear sounds of melody from my room this morning ? “Yes,” said the bashful maiden (who still had the earache,) “but I should call that bellow-dy.” The singer stared an instant, not be ing used to such plain English, then burst into a laugh as merry as the Cheeryble Brothers. The ice was brok en, and behold, the waters beneath were warm—the veriest fountain of life and good cheer. ‘The Ben-Hur study had but few re quirements forthis.easily satisfied man, so he had chosen a little nook, as far from the household sounds as possible, and as barren of “modern convenien ces” as a monk’s cell. The children of his fancy needed no seats—they peo pled the air—and lie occupied the only chair in the room. All the rest of the furniture stood on the four legs of a fable—pens and paper heaped confus edly on a big blotter, the New Testa ment, Gfeikie’s “Life of Christ,” "Ivan- hoe,” and a few reference books. The door was always* shut for work, but opened readily for play, and the visitor usually knocked as she passed, and al ways heard the cordial “Come in,” res ponsive to her interruptions. Then he would tilt back in his chair and pocket his hands, like all other men, and laugh and talk like precious few other men. Often ho would read aloud what he had just written, and ask if it would do in ’ way that would have flattered the very elect, and which gave rise to the :inr- s doubtful boast that she bad He helped 1 write Ben-Hur-that is, she had hindered, but it was all the same, so the author made her think. This was courtesy, pure and simpL and an example to less busy men. wrote first on a slate to rub out i. then on soft paper with a pencil, patience in going over same groun to the of His and over the d until he had brought it up j in romr tall white figures sped with soundless tread through the opalescent light they appeared like spectres flying from hate ful shadows.” Gen. Wallace’s absent-mindedness is a proverb in his family, which brings down many a jibe on his head, and be fore the laughter at his putting sugar in his soft-boiled egg (two spoonfuls,) had died down he might be seen just as deliberately salting his coffee. This quality might be one of heredity, if certain wild legends pointing toward his maternal grandfather are true. He is peculiarly a man of reserved force. He lives in the background of himself, and the casual observer fails to see the big heart buttoned up within, the laughter carried in his sleeves and the inexhaustible industry in his pock ets. Bead the record of what he has accomplished in the fields of battle, di plomacy, art and literature, and you see how great his energy is, though every trace of it is suppressed some how as lie goes about his daily duties with less bluster and hurry-scurry than the ordinary man takes to get his one talent buried in the ground. So he al ways had time for household matters, and could and did minister to them as well as lie could and did minister plen- potentiate. His wife said one day: “Lew, the little bantam hen has hatched her family.” “Has she?” said he. “How many ?” with as much interest as if they were American eagles. And when she asked him to “go and take her off,” lie went and could be seen stooping down before the nest, handling the tiny hair-spring chickens tenderly enough to suit even the fussy bit of a mother. If those chicks knew who it was that set them up housekeeping they would all have grown up peacocks. Gen. Wallace is fond of writing out under the forest trees that surround his house, and the bantams used to settle on his shoulder and knee and eat out of his hand as he sat there alone with his own creations. Through all that visit fun carried the day and part of the night, too, for each evening brought a party in some friend’s house, and Ben-Hur was ruth lessly dragged from his chariot and car ried off to every one of them. He went not “as a schoolboy to his book,” more over—nay, he flocked with the magpies and jaybirds as if he had been of their feather, and many a time (Mi. Beecher to the contrary notwithstanding) the eagle was heard to cackle. To be sure, he would often forget the sport, and we would see he was sailing the ether of 1,800 years agone, but some one would bring him down with a jocular lasso, and he never failed to fall with his smile on top. He carries but two signs of his years about him (he was born in Brookville, Indiana, April 10, 1827). His hair has reached that uncompromising spicy mixture called pepper and salt, and then the spectacles—he is a sad victim to them—they and he play at a perpet ual game of hide and seek ! Of course, he never remembers where he put them nor what their favorite hiding-places are, and after overhauling everything within reach he ousts them from am bush on top of his head or in his hand. They worry him quite out of his wits, and I have seen liim while in the mazes of his admirable lecture on Turkey, be fore a crowded house, begin that piti ful search with his hands, feeling for them all over the lecture field. Ho is so used to depending upon his wife to supply all his little personal needs that in the spectacle case—which is the only one she cannot fill—he finds himself en tirely at sea. She is his secretary, al manac and memorandum, and a wife in the highest sense of that high word. One of her favorite sayings is, “To work for those I love is my chief joy.” She and four sisters were brought up by a Quaker mother to the wholesome old belief that its “wicked to be idle,” and her well ordered home shows the precept in hourly practice. In all their tastes, Ben-Hur and she are as one, and although fame has written his name in every language that has a literature, he. can never outgrow Mrs. Wallace. In appearance Gen. Wallace is—but the ante-mortem inquests should draw the line at this point. If the subject is not handsome, it is embarrassing if not dangerous to say so, and if he reads in a newspaper that he is, it would turn the head of the noblest Roman of them all. His father, Governor Wallace, was called the handsomest man iu Indiana. His mother died in his childhood, but her name lives in Esther, the daughter of Simonides. We will never have a true biography i of him. Whoever might undertake it ! should be a Garfield in arms, and Ir- ■ ring in scholarship, and a It alter Scott mce. and as no one but himself declare its author a man of unmatched genius, who, under an inspiration be yond our comprehension, has pictured the only Divine hero that ever dwelt among men. Emily Meigs Ripley. R. D. COLE MANUFACTURING CO., NEWNAN, GEORGIA. A Troublesome Staple. G’otton is the most troublesome sta ple of the world’s commerce. From the hour of picking until it passes out of the loom as a fabric it is susceptible of a million changes, each one of which affects its value on the market. A bale of cotton is so sensitive to heat and moisture that the weight varies even- minute of the day, as you will find by actual experiment. On this account buyers and sellers are styled “weigh-j ers,” but whose duties are something j more than recording weights or check- j . of receipts. On their judgment the j fH in value of a shipment or consignment can be diminished or increased by several hundred dollars; hence fac tories arc always careful to place only their clearest-headed and most relia ble men at the scales. A daub of mud at one corner of a bale may justify re bates with one package, while on an other the sellers’ representative would not consent to any deductions. The deleterious effectsof exposure to weath er can be estimated at a glance by a skillful man, but nevertheless the pro cess of weighing is accompanied by more frequent content than any other part of the business. Then you must remember that if any crooked work has been done, a bale of cotton can be traced from the mill through a hun dred hands until you finally reach the planter who sold it in the first place. From the Tar Heel State. Knott, Hennesee &Co., Brindleton, N. C., write that Huckleberry Cordial stills better, with every satisfaction, for bowel troubles and children teething, and commend it to every mother, the physician of the home. H M > M Q The verdict returned by a Western coroner’s jury in the case of a man who hanged himself by his suspenders to the bed post is said to be: “The de ceased came to his death by coming home drunk and mistaking himself for his pants.” Many of the good things of this life are sorrowfully let alone on account of Dyspepsia. Acker’s Dyspepsia Tablets will cure Dyspepsia, Indigestion and Constipation ; sold on a positive guar antee at 25 and 50 cents, by W. P. Broom, Newnan, Ga. “What kind of boys go to heaven ?” asked a Sunday school superintendent. “Dead boys!” shouted a new scholar, who had been brought in from the street. Is Consumption Incurable? Bead the following: Mr. C. H. Mor ris, Newark, Ark., says: “Was down with Abscess of Lungs, and friends and physicians pronounced me an Ineura- tive Consumptive. Began taking Dr. King’s New Discovery for Consump tion^ am now on my third bottle, and am able to oversee the work on my farm. It is the finest medicine ever made.” Jessie Middlewart, Decatur, Ohio, says: “Had it not been for Dr. King’s New Discovery for Consumption I would have died of Lung Troubles. Was given up by the doctors. Am now in best of health.” Try it. Sample bot tles free at A. J. Lyndon’s Drug Store. For sale, also, by J. L. Askew, Pal metto; G. W. Clower, Grantville. Honor is like an island, rugged and without a landing place ; we can never more re-enter when we are once out side of it. % U1 STEAM ENGINES. ALSO, SPECIAL GIN- WE HAVE ON HAND SOME SPECIAL BARGAINS IN STEAM ENGINES NERY OUTFITS, WHICH 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. J. H. Reynolds, President. Hamilton Yancey, Secretary. ROME TO COUNTRY PRINTERS! SHOWCASES FIRE INSURANCE COMPANY, OF THE STATE OF GEORGIA. CAPITAL STOCK, $103,400. A home company. Management conserv ative, prudent, gate. Soliciting the patron age of its home people and leading all com petitors nt 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. NO MORE EYE-GLASSES, NO Electric Bitters. This remedy is becoming so well known and so popular as to need no spe- cid mention. All who have used Eh-ctric Bitters sing the same song of praise. A purer medicine does not- ex ist and it is guaranteed to do all that is claimed. Electric Bitters will cure all diseases of the Liv.-r and Kidneys, will remove Pimples, Boils, Salt Rheum and other affections caused by impure blood. Will drive Malaria from the svstem and prevent as well as cure all Malarial fevers. For cure of Headache, Constipation and Indigestion try Elec tric Bitters Entire satisfaction guaran teed, or money refunded. Price 50 ets. and §1.00 per bottle at Lyndon’s Drug Store. For sale, also, by J. L. Aske w, Pal metto; G. W. Clower, Grantville. MORE WEAK EYES! MITCHELL'S EYE-SALVE A Certain, Safe and Effective Remedy for SORE, WEAK AND INFLAMED EYES. Produces Long-Sightedness, and the Sight of the Old. Restores The worst that can possibly be 9aid of Father Noah is that he was an arkist. Bucklin’s Arnica Salve. The best salve in the world for Cuts, Bruises, Sores, Ulcers, Salt Rheum, Fe ver Sores, Tetter, Chapped Hands, Chilblains, Corns, and all Skin Erup tions. and positively cures Piles, or no pay required. It is' guaranteed to give perfect satisfaction, or money refund ed. Price 25 cents per box. For sale by A. J. Lyndon. For sale,* also, by J. L. Askew, Pal metto: G. W. Clower, Grantville. Have a reserve force that will out when you need it. ! Save the Children. They are espe- | eially liable to sudden Colds, Coughs, i Whooping Cough, etc. We guarantee Acker s English Remedy a positive | cure. It saves hours of anxious wateli- : ing. Sold bv W. P. Broom. Newnan, ! Ga. CURES TEAK DROPS, GRANULATION, STYLE tumors, red eyes, matted eye lash es. AND PRODUCING QUICK RELIEF AND PERMANENT CURE. Also, equally efficacious when used in other maladies, such as Ulcers. Fever Sores, Tu mors, Salt Rheum, Burns,PBes. orwherever inflammation exists, MITCHELL S SALVE may be used to advantage. Sold by all Drug gists at 25 eents. * A GREAT YEAR In the history of the United States is now upon us. Every person of mtelhgence desirw keep puce with the course of its events. There is no better way to do so than to subscribe lor Souare house pronounced it the " 1 “ - ,-or offered him. The Original Wins. C. F. Simmons, St. Louis, Prop’r M. A. Simmons Liver Medicine. Ust’d tS-p, in the U. S. Court defeats J. H. Zeilin, Prop’r A. Q. Simmons Liv er Regulator, Hst'd by Zeilin 1S6S. M. A. S. L. M. has for 47 rears The Macon Telegraph. Tts news facilities are unsurpassed by any papei in the South. In addition to the fullest As-oci ated Press dispatches, it has special . co U® sp °^ t ence by wire and letter from all important points in Georgia and the neighboring^-totes^ ‘ During the present session of Congress Wasn in-ton will be the most important and most in wresting news centre m the “untry. Washington Correspondence of the Telegrapn 1 the very best that can be had. . . . . t „ t Its regular correspondent furnishes the news and gossip in full dispatches. Frequent speefal “etfers from Hon. Amos J. Cummings member of Congress trom £ ew ^ ork ’ Carpenter, and W. A. Croffut, three of the best known newspaper writers at the capital. dis cuss the livest and most important issues of t - The Telegraph is a Democratic Tariff Reform naner. It is thoroughly in line with the polic} of * President Cleveland and the Democratic party In the coming national campaign the Telegraph will not only give all new., b - w-ili "discuss all public issues irom stano- point of genuine Democratic faith. Subscr.ne ■u once. Daily, one year, - * * - 1 >nily, six months, - | Daily, three months, * i Daily, one month, - - - j Weekly, one year, - ' Terms: Cash in advance. Address the TtLEGKAPH, Macon. Georgia. ST 00 4 00 3 00 Complete Newspaper Outfit For Sale! We have for sale a quantity of first-class printing material, comprising the ent ire 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 The Herald and Advertis er is now printed and has been recently over hauled and put ir, good repair. It is sold sim ply to make room for a larger and faster press, Address NEWNAN PUBLI8HING CO. Newnan, Ga. Ui PISO’S CURE FOR 1 CURES WHERE AIL ELSE FAILS. „ E3 Beat Cough Syrup. Tastes good. Use Q in time. Sold by druggists. ^ CONSUMPTION “ I believe Piso’B Cure for Consumption saved hit life.—A. H. Dowell, Editor Enquirer. Eden- ton, N. C., April 23,1887. OFFICE & BAM FIJMITIJRE & FIXTURES. Ask for Illustrated Pamphlet. TERRY SHOW CASE CO., Nashville, Tenn. PIANOS* ORGANS Of all makes 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 Distributing Dep’t for the South. FREEMAN & CRANKSHAW, IMPORTERS AND MANUFACTU RERS OF FINE JEWELRY. LARGEST STOCK! FINEST ASSORTMENT! LOWEST PRICES! 31 WUitekaJl St., Atlanta, Ga. The best Cough Medi cine is Piso’s Cure for Consumption. Children take it without objection. By all druggists. 25c. PISO’S CURE FOR CURES WHERE ALL ELSE FAILS. Best Cough Syrup. Tastes good. Use in time. Sold by druggists. CONSUMPTION ARBUCKLES’ 100 name on a package of COFFEE is a guarantee of excellence- h " , " v * Ben-Hur du-Utis uite over. won. ,,1,1 tlativljcn m tvpro '■>' '' . ;todays* rtcM, :tor an a ■ with jus! the tight.color, i scribe acertaitt tmmi. ^ found it ^ ,Ul \ \ V , = ** iJi: authority,’and, „o douLt. d’Waed in her next production. word in the and next dtli. This is t’.b' x of its future. It must e a popular book. * It ?! “or its sacred for u- thrillingiurrMivo' i:> tklhieition of ch*»ra their eloquence of >!•>'<•; -b filial qnd mat ■ pictures < . and land, enty-tive th u face ind always be read ■ tlie nex next in need ould ; ry. . the i-rers the cured Indigestion, Biliousness, ;ryi Rvsr; -Via,Sice Headache,Lost ’ "- Y Afpet t te*. Sour Sto>: Etc. \ ’ \ «>y“V ARiOSA CARRIAGE AND WAGON REPAIR SHOP! We are prepared to do any kind of woik ii the Carriage, Buggy or Wagon line that maj be desired and in the best and most work* manlike manner. We use nothing but th< best seasoned material, and guarantee all work done. Old Buggies and Wagoos over hauled and made new. New Buggies and Wagons made to order. Prices reasonable Tires shrunk and wheels guaranteed. Give us a trial. FOLDS & POTTS. Nrwnan. February 11. 18R7. TAX RECEIVER'S NOTICE. FIRST ROUND. O ti nts. COFFEE is kept in all first-class stores from the Atlantic to the Pacino 11:11 u- but v. er opal in iy, hen I for its philosophies, and every year for j its marvelous setting forth of the dual j character of our Lord the Christ, i his: ‘ ' book, and it ; * A it. v. T B. Reams, Pasior O b\CT :rc-, Adams.Tcnn., writes: "I ’I should have been dead but r your Genuine M. A. Sim- F——gx mens Liver Medicine. I ir.ve 1 r rv. lines had to subs:; u.« 1 j fi f7jS i “y-C-tn’s stuff’ irryour Modi 1 pCi’ir* f Cine, but it don’t answer the } l ■> i F-rpose.” | • ' :cr - ' { Fir. vveda package of ■vourLivcr .\ Ji edicine, and have used halt 01 it. It works like a charm. I want no Liver Regulator and cer- 20 more cl Zeilin’s mixture. Wo find this J.-VA1 of ? r,rfdb V t!;e. is tin A-.-nt heart o£ the la .1 u. - every L hr: B “ reh !SbpS tU8 thiw moon came up, will beat on in every Christian iauu and j Give your children a watch and learn them to be prompt ( at school, at meals, at business, at study, etc. It is a lesson of oreat necessity. You can get these watches at Avery’s from §2 50 up. is ner-fr goer-. Always 1 sealed Cdt I will be at the following places at the times below mentioned, fort.he purpose of receiving returns of State ae,i county taxes, to-wit: sharpsburg, Monday, April 2d, A. M. Turin, Monday, April 2d, v. M. Newnan, Tuesday, April :?d. Haralson. Wednesday, April 1th. Seuoia. Thursday, April 5th. Cranford's Mill, Friday, April 6th. liyram's Court Ground, -Saturday,April 7th. V onus’s Tanyard, Monday, April 9th. Gr.intville, Tuesday, April 16th. Kirby’s Store, Wedne day. April 11th. Kandy, Thursday, April !2th. Panther Creek Court Ground. Friday, April Hurricane Court Ground, Saturday, April 14th, a.m. J J-FARMER, Tax Receiver. THOMAS J. JONES. Respectfully otters h:« services to the people in Newnan and vicinity. Office on Depot street. K. H. Barnes’ old jewelry office. Res idence on Depot street, third building east of A. A- W. P. depot. SEND FOR C/RCULARS* AU kinds of Legal Blanks for sale by McClendon .£ Co., Nett nan, Ga. ■Mm, t