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j$he geraltl ami ^ferfeir Newnan, Ga., Friday, June 8, 1388. A LEGEND OF ST. LANDRY. the okl man replied, “1 will tell it to you. But it will be of no practical val ue to the world. “You doubtless share the prevailing A. Great Crop of Pretty Girls that Grew in a Louisiana Parish. Now Orleans Times-Democrat. The belief that St. Landry, in com- mon with the adjoining parishes of j last century. Louisiana, was settled mainl\ by lelu- j * gees from Acadia, as described in most popular American poet’s man who tried to arrest me,” said the desperado. “You are laboring under some hallu cination, my friend,” remarked the Re- torder. “You didn’t kill any police man last night.” “Then he isn’t dead vet. Take me time anterior to the sectional war. He conceived the idea oi? conquering Mex ico, as Burr and others had before, and he intended to do it on the plan of idea that the earliest settlement of I Capt. Bobadil. He instituted a secret white people in this district of Louisi- order for the purpose the Knights of ana is of most recent date-that is, of j the Golden Circle, of which he was comparatively recent date”-he added | grand high knkalorum, and made him- | to the hospital where his life * ebbing 1 ‘ ' j lis visitor—j self commander-in-chief of the paper | away. In Colorado I’m known as the - . . 1 Jumpin’Jiinplecute that chews up rail road iron, an’ they allers take me to the bedside of the dying policeman who There seems to be something fascinat- mo , t I known, came from Acadia. But they I tag to the youthful mind in this secret ' were not the first; they were not tire order, with all its flummery novels give it an impress of conquest. ine’s on a sign of dissent from thlit the'settlement was made in the | invading army Thenceforth, and un- That idea is erroneous, j til his death, he was known as Geu. it is true, an influx of set- ; Bickley. tiers at that time, most of whom, as is UIt - I . 4 i:„ T3,,+- Uiav ! 111 „ J The dime popular poem, is so generally held that centuries, it takes no common audacity, backed i u • j - . . by no ordinary authority, to advance | a different theory; nor would the pres- sent writer be equal to the undertaking, but for the strange and almost super natural character of the information which, by the merest accident, he was fortunate enough to gather. ! disenchanted "isle,” and set forth at length with his old comrades “to sail The surprise of the visitor at this startling statement may imagined; nor did it diminish while the hermit un folded the tale that follows: It seems that when Ulysses, weary of the inaction that succeeded his wars and wanderings, “grew restless in his hroush the oak and nc.giiolm grove" i sun sc, t an d the baths of all clot ho the softly umlu-1 ? , ... scal , ch of the rnolia groves I that crown and clothe the softly umlu-, h - Western stars ” in search latinj; lands which form such a d stmc- for ^ nat e is]auds> he pass ed between live feature of St. Landry 1 ansh, a i]lars of Hercules and steered st ranger came not long "^ ^ n ‘ l Sp0t ri ght out into the ocean in the that seemed specially maiked out t>> nature for the dwelling place of a her mit. II was a tiny glade of valley hid den in the folds of the ground, almost wholly shaded from the sunrays by in ward slanting trees and traversed by a bright and swiftly running thread of „ e milei dght onward in- water that rose bubbling at the head of , ount iful infinite West.” Many the dell. With no other feeling than a | “ tdT j “;. "l mouths he sailed; shght thrill of grat.fie,hexpect;iftonhe Greek galley was a vessel lute- stranger perceived, where the shadows ^ ^ Qnly tQ the C unard brier, which later followed in his track. At length blood and plunder, and nothing is so attractive to many humble folk as the prospect of becoming the noble grand, sublime dictator, illustrious ariscutus, or something of the kind. So Bickley created divers encampments, conclaves, or whatever title they had, and raked in the fees for their institution. In time he began to believe in the strength has tried to arrest me, so that he can identify me as the cyclone which devas tated him. Have you taken the ante mortem of the policeman I partially destroyed last night?” “I don’t know what you are talking about,” said the Justice. “You were arrested and brought to the lock-up by a little stick of a tailor who couldn’t sleep on account of the racket you made.” “So I was arrested by a civilian, was I? O, well, that’s all right. At first I elety MM For The NERVOUS The DEBILITATED The AQED, A NERVE TONIC. Celery and Coca, the prominent in gredients, are the best and safest? Nerve Tonics. It strengthens and* quiets the nervous system, curing. Nervous Weakness, Hysteria, Sleep lessness, &c. an alterative. It drives out the poisonous humors of the blood purifying and enriching it, and so overcoming th060 diseases resulting from impure or impover ished blood. A LAXATIVE. Acting mildly but surely on thebowels it cures habitual constipation, and promotes a regular habit. Itstrcngtii- ens the stomach, and aids digestion. A DIURETIC. In its composition the best and most active diureticsof the Materia Medica are combined scientifically with other effective remedies for diseases of the kidneys. It can be relied on to give quick relief and speedy cure. Hundredsof testimonials have beon received from persons who have used this remedy with remarkable benefit. Send for circulars, giving frill particulars. Price $1.00. Bold by Druggist*. WELLS. RICHARDSON & CO., Prop’s BURLINGTON. VT. direc tion where he believed those isles to be. But either his calculations were inaccurate or else the gods with whom he had often striven were still unpro pitiated. At all events, he failed to make any port in the Hesperides; vet, lay broadest and blackest across the glndo, a very small but neatly built frame cottage, with a man, apparently of extreme age, sitting motionless in the doorway. As the intruder ap proached the spot the old man rose and, with elaborate courtesy, and in French, the sound of which had a faint ring of a past century, bade him wel come. The visitor had difficulty in restrain ing some manifestation of surprise at the aspect of his venerable host. In the old man’s dress there was nothing ex traordinary; it was quite modem and commonplace. But the man himself though when he arose his tall form showed but a slight bend of the shoul ders, and though, as presently appear ed, his intellect was as clear as crystal -had about him an indefinable air of ■so runs the hermit’s tale—the galley beached its keel on the shore of South western Louisiana; and then, indeed, the wary mariners decided, unregret ful of the Hesperides, of the isle where blows the fire with the enchanted stem and even of old Greece, that ‘ they would not wander more.” Along the banks of the great bayou and beneath the slumberous shade of oaks and mag nolias, they settled down into a peace ful life; and there in the remote West they founded a colony, as Alexander long after founded colonies in the re mote East—one of which, according to the general belief, still holds its own and worships its old gods among the almost impenetrable valleys northward of Jellalabad—in Kaffaristan, “the of his own scheme, and even applied to | was afraid I had disgraced myself. I j a gentleman, afterward killed at Get- was afraid I had allowed a squad of! tysburg, to act as chief of staff. I policemen to take me. Any citizen can j But the sectional war came on and j arrest mq with impunity. Civilians are j real fighting occupied the people’s at- 1 beneath my resentment. A civilian , THOMPSON BROS NEWNAN, GA. remote antiquity. It will not do to tax : Country of the Pagan. rounding district largely derive their | descent, according to the hermit’s sto ry; and no simpler or more satisfactory explanation could be found to account old the hermit—for such he may fairly be called—seemed to the visitor to be. It must suffice to say that his age was evidently far beyond 1 lie years oi Gen. George Washington’s numerous color ed nurses whose deaths have so far been recorded in the newspapers. He was withal a singularly handsome old gentleman—a perfect type of the an cient patriarchs. His eyes had lost lit tle of their brightness and his uncover ed head was crowned with abundant hair that fell in white waves upon his shoulders. The first greetings over, the visitor’s natural impulse was to question his host about himself; how he came to be living there in solitude among the woods, and the various other inquiries which the old man’s remarkable per sonality could not fail to suggest. To put these questions direct was not to be thought of and the visitor’s curiosi ty was baffled whenever he. tried to reach the subject in an indirect way. On every other topic, however, the hermit spoke without hesitation. In t he same stately French with which he had first saluted the stranger he dis cussed not only the affairs of the par ish and the State, but general polities, literature, art and science. No subject seemed unfamiliar to him; and -yet to the visitor glancing back into the cot- for t he classic faces, the classic grace of the ladies of St. Landry. * * * * * When the stranger bade farwell to his singular host the shadows were be ginning to lengthen, but the day ivas still warm. He was impatient to reach his temporary abode and obtain some information regarding the hermit; but before lie had proceeded far an over mastering drowsiness seized him. Yielding to it perforce, he lay down in the shade of a blossoming magnolia and was soon asleep. It was near sundown when he awoke. To the cravings of unsatisfied curiosity were now added those of hunger—and still more of thirst. He lost no time in getting home, whei’e his material wants were quickly satisfied. But what was his amazement to find that no one in the neighborhood—for he inquired on all sides—had ever heard of this myste rious hermit! He was equally sur prised when, the next day. the most assiduous search on his part failed to discover again the narrow glade, the cottage or his patriarchal acquain tance. In up neither book nor newspaper was ° , ••li. 11,0 <sT>lvioct! Greek or Acadian, or botli, whatever anywhere visible, .but Hie subject ’ - c . T „„,w • .. , , ...H-i. fi,p 1 they he, the people of St. Landry may on which he evidently dweiu with the ; - ’ \ T . . . to himself was the well be proud of their glorious county greatest pleasure literature of ancient. Greece; Latin lit erature he appeared to regard with some cohtempt, speaking of it as mere ly imitative. He recited with genuine lire page after page of Homer and yEschylus; and what was much more surprising, he quoted numerous pas sages from Greek writers whose works | j" , , , ... * ,, the visitor, in common with the rest of i P hetic » but not sad E P r0 P lietlc of tbe the world, believed to have perished. and charming women. The loss of the Northern Acadia has been the South ern Acadia’s gain; and thq. Acadians themselves have assuredly lost nothing by the exchange. The Northern pine and hemlock are not more beautiful than tention. Bickley made a desperate at tempt to corral his dispersing forces. It attracted Seward’s attention. The Secretary of State was just then ar resting every one, from a bummer to a diplomat, by way of terrifying malcon tents. He scooped in Bickley. In due time a secret investigation was made. The humbug of the thing, and its real purpose was understood, and Bickley was unconditionally discharged. The prisoner of State was found to be a dime novel adventurer, and the Knights of the Golden Circle lapsed into the limbo of the misty past. If Mr. Ingalls desires to know all about the Knights of the Golden Cir cle, let him overhaul the records of the State or War Departments, or ask old Simon Cameron, through whom Seward effected most of his arbitrary arrests, and who got abuse for them. He may probably remember all about it. The Knights of the Golden Circle (the circle being §20 gold pieces, charg ed by Bickley for a charter) is the most shadowy and grotesque bugaboo that ever was brought from the limbo of the past to open the eyes and mouths of fools. The Brazilian Senoritas. Chicago Mail. The Senoritas of Brazil are as beau tiful as houris in youth, and can love like a house afire. Their figures are universally models for brunette Yen- uses, and their feet arched like rain bows, and Cinderelian in size. Their glorious eyes can set any well constitu ted man’s blood going like a respiration pump at a single glance, and their ruby lips are, as many of the boys can prac tically prove, equally perfect in action for kissing or cigarette smoking. They have money—many of them lots of it— and they stand ready and willing with all their worldly goods to endow almost any young American of whose affec tions they can become undisputed mis tress. Red hair and freckles are not counted as an obstacle in the matrimo nial market. In fact, at first acquaint ance, an angel, a Venus, and a muse all rolled into one. But—there is a but, and a hydra-headed one—the obverse of this pleasing picture comes under observation after a longer acquaint ance. Senorita, first of all, is ignorant —ignorant as sin. She is passionate, and passion in the tropics means a jealousy which is insanity when thoroughly aroused. She is unscrupu lously barbaric, and has a temper com pared to which, when once aroused, a cyclone is a gentle zephyr. Besides the few minor points, which must be counted against Senorita, there is another, a most illusion-dis pelling fact which cannot be overlook ed. Senorita’s beauty is as fleeting as a fog, as evanescent as a sunbeam, a thing j of the present solely, which has no! place in the future—that is, that future i winch stretches beyond the age of BO years. At 10 she is a picture ; at 20 a dream of oriental loveliness, a ha- can kick the Ghoul from Ghoulville who pick pieces of men from between his teeth after he has breakfasted, and I’ll not lay my hands on him. Jl'ou can’t make me fight an ordinary citizen. It’s officers of the law I’m after. When I want a light, I want some two or three policemen to tackle me as an in ducement. It takes five able-bodied policemen to make it interesting enough for me to let myself out. 1 never fish for sardines.” “Then it can never he?” he gasped, as he arose like a man in a dream. “No,” she murmured, in a low, but decided voice; “I am sorry, Mr. Peddledick, but it can never be. It is impossible.” “Grant me, then,” he said, hoarsely, passing his hand across his blinded eyes, “one last request.” She extended her hand in silence. “Let me,” he said, in a low voice, “have fifty cents until to morrow night. I’ve got a bet on this, and I’ve lost, and the hoys are waiting around the corner for the beer.” If you would enjoy your dinner and are prevented by Dyspepsia, use Ack ers’s Dyspepsia Tablets. They are a positive cure for Dyspepsia, Indigestion, Flatulency and Constipation. We guar antee them. Price 25 and 50 cents. Sold by W. P. Broom, Newnan, Ga. FINE AND CHEAP FURNITURE - AT PRICES- THAT CANNOT BE BEAT IN THE STATE, Bachelor philosophers have observed that the first baby generally gets about 95 per cent, of the parental discipline that is devoted to the whole family of children. Old and reliable Medicines are the best to depend upon. Acker’s Blood Elixir has been prescribed for years for all impurities of the Blood. In every form of Scrofulous, Syphilitic or Mercu rial diseases it has no equal. For rheu matism it has no equal. Sold by W. P. Broom, Newnan, Ga. £cgal Notices. Letters of Dismission. <3EORGIA—Coweta County : Joseph E. Dent, executor of W. B. \V. Dent, late of said county, deceased, having applied for letters of dismission from his said lrust, all persons concerned are required to show cause in said Court by the first Monday in September next, if any they can. why said application should not he granted. This J line 1, 1888. \V. H. PERSONS, Prs. fee, $5.00. Ordinary. Application for Years Support. GEORGIA-Coweia County: The return of the appraisers setting apart twelve months’support to tlie family of D. J. Meriwether, deceased, having been filed iumy office, all persons concerned are cited to show cause by the 2d day of July, 1SS8, why said application for twelve months’ support should not he granted. This June 1,1888. tV. H. PERSONS, Prs. fee, $3.00. Ordinary. Letters of Dismission. GEORGIA—Coweta County: H. M. Arnold, administrator of Tp.s. Arnold, late of said county, deceased,having applied.to the Court of Ordinary °f said county for let ters of dismission from his said trust, all per sons concerned are required to show cause in this Court by the first Monday in July next, if any they can, why said application should not be granted. This March 29, 1888. W. H. PERSONS, Prs. fee, $5.00. Ordinary. Bio; stock of Chambei suits in Walnut, Antique Oak, and Cherry, and Imitation suites. 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. ITat 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 Low, for cash or on the installment plan. Metallic and Wooden Coffins ready at all times, night or day. THOMPSON BROS., NEWNAN, GA .. , , v -F4i c 4-1 sheesl* inspiration to stir men 3 souls t o an the oak and magnolia of the South ; , , +1tt . . 0 , .. . anv deed; at 2o she is slightly pass*-, whose voices are prophetic, too; pro- , * . . . , ,, , 3 . , , A , 1- f L at 30 she is a hag, obese, yellow, sharp- coming splendor and prosperity of the There are two subjects which a stran- lovelv land. voiced, possibly addicted to drink, ami certainly addicted to the pipe and ci garette. She lacks all the mental beauties ger -writing St.H.jndix iimL it )_i q r i g i n 0 f the Golden Circle Knights. j . ble to keep out of lus conversation for , 1 which adorn the perfect nature, and any length of time-unless, indeed, he , jJ'li- InV-xlis isone of that lar-e class ! make the summer of human life more should happen to he Ubd-the beauty | ££ f \‘ om | enjoyable than the fltful spying, and . ,, I hor nh vernal rmi-fpr-tinn is trnnfi finr all as Sheriff's Sale for July. GEORGIA—Coweta County : Will be sold before tlie Court-house door in Newnan. said county, within the legal hours of sale, bn the first Tuesday in July, 1888, the following described property, to-wit : Three acres oi land, more or less, said tract of land being part of lot No. 157, in the Sixth district. G M , and hounded as follows: on the east by public road running from the Mc Intosh road to Hardy’s Mill, on the south and west bv lands of R. W. Hardy, and on the north by land known as the Smith lot, So. 156.) Levied on as the nroperty of James Burns to satisfv a fi.fa. issued from the Jus tice Court, 645th district, G. M., in favor of R. W. Hardy vs. the said James Barns. Levy made and returned to me b> J ■ M. Barnwell, L. C. This June 1st, 1888. Prs. fee $5.04. GEO. H. CARMICAL, Sheriff. nf the scenery end the beauty of the , . . 01 uic teener.) “ random assertions, accepting women—but especially the beauty of the women. The scenery is there and speaks for itself; it requires im expla nation. But to tiatcleis fiom less fa prac ti ce> but may lead a man into vored regions it seems that the aston ; , 3 :i . r o—4-1,,, ishing proportion of women who are beautiful—not merely pretty, but beau tiful—women with features in nowise surpassed in any “stone ideal” ever embodied by sculptor—does require some explanation. How comes it that these Acadian ladies have the faces of Greek goddesses ? A jesting remark on this topic drew from the hermit an explanation of the mystery which, it may be said with confidence, lias never before found its way into print, and which may be ap propriately called “A Legend of St. Landry.” . The visitor ventured to observe tout the secret by virtue of which St. Lan dry managed to produce and constant- truth that chimes with their prejudices or suits their partisan needs, and re jecting all the rest. It is a convenient an absurd position, as it has done the cred ulous Ingalls. The ilustrious Senator from Kansas, carefully Order to Perfect Service. GE< iRGIA—Cow f.t a County : E. K. Headj Libel for Divorce, in her physical perfection is gone forever. For those whq live but for the present the South American matrimonial mar ket Ls rich in bargains, however, and i anv voung man of passable looks, edu- I the Sheriff that the defendant in the above “. j ,, . stated case is not to he found in said county, cation and manners can pull a prize ; aud it further appearing that he resides be lt is I Coweta Superior Court. W. J. Head.) March Term, 1888. It appearing to the Court from the return of and it further appearing that li from the lottery, which, if it tarnishes | y^d^he^iimite^th^ state:^ ^ 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 yot cheaper than small dealers. Read some of my prices: A Nice Plush Parlor Suit, $35.00. A Strong Flotel 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, $to.oo. 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 to-Piecc Suit, $50.00. A Nice French Dresser Suit, $25.00. I respectfully invite everybody to examine my stock and ge 1 : my prices before buying your Furniture. I have the finest as well as the cheapest Furniture in Atlanta. Write for prices. A. G. RHODES, 85 Whitehall St., Atlanta, Ga. ?oon, is,* nevertheless, very brightly letting his barnacles astride P“',? nd • «> to * of its of ins nose, read from his prepared 1 ove lnes3 as manuscript, where it was carefully put; a B-a-d Man. down in the most graceful pothook* Texas Siftings. and hangers, that the Senator from In- • He called himself Rattlesnake Bill, diana had been a Knight of the Golden and he looked as if he might be a bad next term of this Court and defend, or the Court will proceed with thecese as in default, and that this order be published as the law _ * n -\\r TX \ Th> V* TO directs. S. 5V. H ARRIS. J. s. c. c. c. A true extract from the minutes of Coweta Superior Court. March Term. 1888. This March 19. 18*8. Iianiel Swint, Prs. $4.05—oam4m. Clerk. MICKELBERRY & McCLENDON, WHOLESALE GROCERS, PRODUCE AND COMMISSION MERCHANTS, NO. 15 SOUTH BROAD ST., ATLANTA, GA. Hay, Oats, Corn, Meal, Bran, Stock Feed, Onions, Feathers, Cabbage, Irish Potatoes Dressed and Live Poultry, Meat, Flour, Lard, N. O. Syrup, Dried Beef, Cheese, | FRUITS AND ALL KINDS OF PROVISIONS AND COUNTRY PRODUCE, j ag,?eXE tr Ibe'careof perishable goods!‘ tlailCeS ' G °" d ’ ^ rat - pto “' slor ' Judge Iolleson Kirby, 1 ravelins; Salesman. girls ly maintain its crop of beaut sad ought to be more generally known; that in the interest of the human race St. Landry ought not to keep the secret you desire to know the secret, Circle, a rebel organization. Whether Mr. Voorliees was or was not silly enough to join that small body, we are not prepared to say, for we do not know. But that the Knights of the Golden Circle was a “rebel” body was all bosh. We happen to be in posses sion of the facts about the K. G. (\, how it arose and how it broke. There was a gentleman named George W. I.. Bickley, a “doctor” of the eclec tic school of literature, who wrote a his tory of Tazewell county, Virginia, in which fact and fiction were judiciously blended, and who drifted North at a He was up for drunk- Order to Perfect Service. GEORGfA—Coweta County: Jane Stallings, ) Liuel for Divorce, : man to handle, enness. “Do you plead guilty or not guilty?” ; vs - ' Coweta Superior four* asked the Austin justice before whom ’ Geo--- s tailings J Mar.-UTcrm, i-*,". , i-i-i Ti appearing to the Court by;:- return of he was being tried. I the snVrifi'in the above stateJ cas si . that the “You don’t try a man before the in- •: f-a him aoes not reskin in .i.;> smteq ms . . ' . .i n ,4 i therefore order by the Court -hat s. -nee he quests are held, do you? Pon t you ^rfc-we l on the defendant by the publication f*i ko me *i round first tothpiinilpTi* 1 ’-ter' * of * .a i s order ■ 1 once a u :■ : ' - - t.im. me arounu ursi lume.un it t!ie next term of this Court ra The shop to identifv the remains? That’s hf.k,uu and advektisek, a newspaper what I have been accustomed to do m p Granted: s.' w. Harris, Colorado. I am always asked to iden-' .. _ .... . -l*. C. C. C. ,, j L. P. Barnes, Petitioner s Attorney, tify my corpses. j “What remains? What inquests?” t 4. true extnu-t from tire minutes of Coweta asked the Recorder. : Superior Court, March Term, isss. This | genmaUly Rkffren ces: Gate City National Bank, and merchants and hankers of Atiar Insure your houses against Tornadoes and Cyclones, with * IT C. FISHER & CO., Ag’ts., Newnan, Ga. View Clbuerttscments. the best .Spring FMcir Tarrant’s Seltzer Aperient. Sold by Tarrant Sc Co., NA and Druggists everywhei , , , ,. , j March 17th, LSsS. ’The inangled remains of the police- ■ p rs . fee $3.90.—oamim. Daniel Swint, Clerk. lowest rates. The safest Companies and cES SRt&SriZ 01 of Legal Blanks for sale McC-lendon tfc Co., Newnan, Ga.