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THE HEMLD
ADVERTISER.
VOL. XXV.
NEWNAN, GA, FRIDAY, APRIL 11, 1890.
NO. 26.
NEW HARDWARE AND SEED STORE,
GREENVILLE ST., NEWNAN, GA.
New goods in every department re
ceived regularly, The finest and best
stock pf Razors, Scissors and Pocket
Knives in the county.
Powder, Shot, Caps, Primers; Rim
and Central-fire Cartridges ;«• Smith &
Wesson, Colt’s and Marlin Pistols;
Winchester, Colt’s and Marlin Repeat
ing Rifles and fine Breech-loading Shot
guns; Wagon and Buggy Tire; Bolts
of all kinds; Hubs, Rims, Spokes; Sol
id §teel Axes; Fence Wire and Sta
ples;' Orchard and Blue Grass, Red
Clbver, Lucerne and cultivated Ger
man Millet.' Best Garden Seeds. Ask
to see the Sublett Hoe.
Jars and Jugs, (all dimensions,) for sale
A. POPE.
SCHOOL OVER A GROCERY.
AmnsInf'lSpl.mles Tula by ul’lmieor School
■t .Trailer of Lundvllle.
■ I tu.uglAt one of tho first schools over
;lit Ui the great mining camp of
taught in the great mining camp of
I^aavilk Colo., and naturally enough
I luM irtqny unusi 1
pertfcnl** Thesch
Ort#«#ftOf of n tw
K
the
unusual and amusing ex
schoolroom was tho seo-
two story log building,
d *
THOMPSON BROS.
HEADQUARTERS FOR
i FURNITURE, ORGANS AND COFFINS.
i‘ BED ROOM SUITS FROM $12.00 TO $100.
SUITS FROM 35.00 UPWARD.
PARLOR
Bedsteads, Bureaus and Chairs—All Sorts,
Sizes and Quality.
Organs for cash or on the installment plan.
Window Shades, Curtain Poles and Rings.
Drapery Pins and Curtain Chains.
Baby Carriages for all Pretty Babies.
COFFINS! COFFINS!
ESTABLISHED It*t2
(Wound on Warns .Spools.)
A full line of Mils oulehrutod THHKAJ) In
WHITE, I AST 111. IC1C und CU Lolly for
mile ut wholusiilo und retail by
ARNALL & FARMER.
I" From the Cheapest Wood to the Finest Metallic Burial
Caskets. Burial Robes and Shoes. Ready Day or Night.
THOMPSON BROS.,
NEWNAN, GA.
.1. A.;l*ARKH, PKJSS’T. W. G. ANItOLD, Viok-Pkkh’t. W. A., LENT, Sue. & Tkeah.
NEWNAN BUGGY COMPANY,
MANUFACTURERS OF
FOR SALE,
CASH OR GOOD NOTES!
One 6-horse Watertown En
gine, in good repair.
One 4-horse Eclipse Engine,
all right.
One Wheat Thresher, for
$50.
One Aultman & Taylor Sep
arator, cheap.
Three hundred bushels "Ex
tra” Cotton Seed, 30 cents per
bushel.
lower Hoor- being used for a gro-
caryistikM..
. Ey$gvlMng in tho schoolroom was
of tlw mbst primitive kind. The seats
were, long pine benches. There were
no deaJriCno blackboards and not an
in4h Of plastering in tho wholo build-
in#. There was nothing botwoen tho
grocery Store and the schoolroom but
a looselydnid Moor of unseasoned pino
that bocMue looser os it seasoned. It
was, ifbfOilunatoly, full of knotholes,
and whenever a customer cumo into
the store for a bar of soap or a pound
of sugar, 4 ^ho school hoard the entire
transaction, and as the merchant was
a vory loquacious man wo often heard
some funny things.
The schoolroom water pnil was kopt
on a pino njnx at ono ond of tho room
and it wat\accidontally overturned a
good niadiy times that winter, and,
strangely enough, tho bovg sitting
near it could-never tell just liow these
accident* happened, but tlioy always
occurred W9011 thoro were more than
the usual number of customers in tho
store below, and they nevor failed to
throw the -School into paroxysms of
joy. Tho^fi'oot was diilorontoii tho
grocorymam
“Hero irou, Mister Teacher I" ho
would roar up to mo.
“Well, fcliat is it?” I would ask in
ns calm and dignified a manner ns 1
could nssitiio when talking through
knot holeiTft my fouL
"Thom boys is pourin’water down
here ag’iir and wottln* my goods and
my custoittors, and I ain’t goin’ to
stuud it?" 1
“Boys I" 1 would say sternly, “did
any of you upset that pail?"
“No, jdv’ would coiuo from a dozen
of tho innocent ones.
“And thiV didl" tho grocoryman
would shriek out, “you just como
down here and sool If you can’t make
’em behave I kin now and I’ll do it
tool"
One day ho carried his threat into ox-
uliou. Thoro wore several eiistrimera
JAS. B. HUNNICUTT.
Turin, Ga., Feb. 7.2m
M. G. KEITH,
LIVERY, FEED AND SALE
STABLE,
Opposite M. 15. Chureli, NEWNAN, GA.
eculion. Thoro were several customers
in tho store and I was busy with acluss
in geography when an ominous splash
ami tho giggling of two boys told mo
that tho newly filled water pail had
gone Over again. There were little
feminine ^hnejss below, and tho next
minute the grocer, sugar scoop in
hand, appoarfed in the school room.
Without deigning to notico mo ho
ran back to whore the overturned pail
wus and began laying about him with
tho sugar scoop, and before I could ro-
covor from any amazement nearly
every pupil had gono shrieking und
laughing down the Htairs, with tho
irate grocer in mud pursuit, hummer
ing away with tho scoop on the heads
and hacks of the guilty und tho inno
cent alike.
A few minutes later ho roared up tho
through tho knot holes:
"Now, if you can’t muko them
youngsters befaavo themsolves und
navo some manners, I kin I”
This singular lesson in courtesy had
such a salutary effect on tho school
that tho pail was not overturned again
for two whole days. Tho next week
wo moved into a now and better room
on tho ground iloor, greatly to tho de
light of tho grocer.—J. L. Harbour in
Wide Avvuko.
FIRST-CLASS VEHICLES,
IN EVERY STYLE.
ISiTAll kinds of repairing neatly and promptly done.
ATKINSON BROS.,
NEWNAN AND GREENVILLE, GA.,
Our Winter Stock of SHOES, DRY GOODS, GROCE-
v RIES, Etc., has been bought low, for we buy for CASH and
J save discounts. We are selling these goods at CLOSE
* CASH PRICES. *
> RELIABLE GOODS ! BOTTOM P RICES !
It will pay you to examine our
Shoes, Jeans, Flour in Sacks,
1 Heavy Shoes, Jeans all Cotton, Flour in Barrels,
L Fine Shoes, Jeans with little Wool,
A Jeans with much Wool.
5r5ugars, Coffees, Teas, Tobaccos, Trunks, Umbrellas, Etc.
CREDIT TRADE IN 1890.
Having ample capital we are prepared to furnish goods on
time to safe, prompt-paying men at as low prices as anv firm
SAFETY AND LOW PRICES! 7
Call to see us, at second door south of First National Bank.
ATKINSON BROS.
The beHt vehicle*, the safest driver* ond the
(latent homo* always ready for hire, night und
day. No man, woman or child will ever hire
a team from ino with whleh they will he dis
satisfied. Everything Is first-class.
My charges are reasonable, und I do all I
can to accommodate my patrons. Glva ino a
call. Conveyances fordrummers to surroun-
plng towns a specialty. M. G. KEITH
MONEY TO LOAN
Suin' r J?£, I i 0Ved pl,l , ntatlon property, In sums 01
“P.y ttrd «' payable in Installments
nils is the cheapest money In Georg.a. An-
P'ylo L. M. FARMER,
Attorney at Law, Newnan, Ga.
(Ebucctiionul.
WALKER HIGH SCHOOL.
1890,
Begins Its Spring Session on the Second
Nonday In January.
Prepares girls for the Senior class In college:
boys for the Junior, and both for practical life.
The English and Ancient Classics, Hlghei
MathemHtlcK, the Sciences, Painting and Mu-
Hlc thoroughly taught.
*•?!.!" r ’‘, :r anni " n saved by pat
ronizing this school lnsteau of entering tht
lower classes In college. *
n £' r , u b , oarded b y tba . Principal study at
night under his supervision. J
»l«00 rd “ Dd TuUlon for scholastic month,
Text books furnished at reduced rates
DANIEL WALKER, Principal,
Ztcn? Ctboertisements.
^ /VsA/VAMiUVVbW /
COTTON SEED OIL MILLS.
pS?NTA-ri?m 1, ET?Vo , !5 l 1 -'"’ fr -" the
PLAN TATION MILLS of five tons to the
large city mill of fifty tons jAday. Our mills
have ail the latest modern Improvements In
the very bc * t rcBuiu -
CARDWELL MACHINE COMPANY,
Richmond, V*.
Eating hy Smell.
"Talking o’ people eating," said a
robust looking woman und tho report
er of an exchange nt the sumo timo,
“did you know that a great many peo
ple tako tho mostof their food through
their nose?”
“Wliut do you mean by that?” in
quired hor friend.
“Just this, I can satisfy my hunger
at any timo by merely inhaling tho
odor of good cooking. Tho aroma of
coffee, for iustuneo, sustains and ex
hilarates mo. A beefsteak llavor is ns
satisfying us a full meal. Any cook
will toll you that.”
"Then why should people eat?"
"They don’t cut when they can get a
full meal of cooking odors. This is
why tramps hang around the open
doors of kitchens and restaurants. Did
you never feast on tho smell of warm
f inger bread? I am very fond of can-
y, but I never eat it, us tho substance
does not agree with me. But I buy a
box of it every week, and when I feel
candy hungry I take the cover off and
inhulo the delicious flavors. The can
dy itself I give away to those who are
not yeteducated up to feeding through
the olfactories."
The friend looked at her in amaze
ment,' hut she only remarked, sadly:
"What an awful thing it is to bo a
crank.”
Superstition.
The days of superstition are by no
means over. There are women, not
over conscientious in the discharge of
religious observances, who would
sooner disconcert a hostess and
throw a roomful of guests into
confusion than sit flown with twelve
others at the dinner table. The lover
will not give his sweetheart an opal
ring, however pretty the stone may
be; the guest at the table shudders
when he spills the salt, and furtively
tries to propitiate fate by throwing a
few grains over his shoulder. Pen
knives and scissors are tabooed as
presents. Many a man would choose
any duy in the week but Friday for
starting on a journey, or beginning
some great enterprise. Many a wo
man dislikes (apart from sympathetic
sentiment) to meet a funeral or en
counter m Mock cat-
THE THIMBLE’S HISTORY.
St. ItlUlpgiml Win the First to Ilecord It*
Existence.
Liko tho origin ol many useful in
ventions, which is last in tho darkness
of past ages, tho history of tho thimble
is shrouded in uncertainty. The first
rocord of it is found in the Twelth
contury. It is vory brief, mentioning
only its nnmo. At that time lived St.
Hildegnrd, a woman highly regarded,
not only for her piety, but ul»o her
tuy
extraordinary learning. One of her
writings contains a combination of 000
words, translated into a strange, un
known language, which today is re
garded as the first uttempt over mtulo
to establish “tho lunguage of tho
world,” or n universal language.
Among these words is found tho word
“vingorhuth” (thimble), called "zir-
iskiuiz” in this peculiar translation.
This group of words mentions many
articles of daily use, so that it is proper
to infer Unit the thimble was well
known to tho Twelfth contury.
.The ladies of that ago, upon whose
tombstones the imago of a pair of scis
sors was engraved, must have been
industri
exceedingly Industrious. This custom
wus prevalent mostly in England, and
to this emblem of womanly diligence
should liuvo been added tho thimble in
order to transrnit to posterity iU earli
est shape. However, it is reasonable
to .presume that it was tho satno ns
that of tho bronte cost thimble, whioh
is preserved in tho museum of Darm
stadt. This thimble was found in 1848,
during excavations made along the
highway to tho castle of Tunnonbcrg.
This custle hud been dostrovod in 1390
by reason of tho depredations of tho
Knights of Tannonberg. and, as it was
never robuilt, it is evident that the
thimble of thane diiys Was not unliko
in form to the thimblo of modern
times.
The city of Nuernberg, with its clov
er urtisuns, was tho principal manu
facturing pluoo of tho thimblo. Its
manufacturers, called "flngorhuo-
ter" (thimble makers), aro men
tioned for the first time in 1-102, with
out, howevor, forming a guild of their
i. fn " *
own ut that time. In 1534 they ap
pear in history as an incorporated
trade, which in 1537 received its do
gree.
In a book written in 1568 wo find
tho illustration of n thimblo shop by
Jost Amman, tho most fertilo Gorman
artist of tho second half of tho Six
teenth century. Ho developed greut
renown in illustrating all kinds of
works of various contents.
While a number of tho free cities of
Germany enjoyed n democratic gov
ernmpnt, _ Nuernberg was under an
aristocratic regime, which allowed tho
trades no independence} whatever, but
restricted them in tho smallest details.
Joerg Endtnor. for iustuneo, a thim
blo maker of those days, constructed
a turning whcol to aid him in tin*
making of thimbles. This bo wus by
penalty prohibited to use, “becauso it
was of advantage to him, und to the
disadvantage of tho otlior makers."--
St. Louis Post-Dispatch.
A Grouml ling Ciuwt.
Wo wore comfortably seated around
the hearth ut Porter Luke, in Pike
county, Pa., und tho spirit of story
telling was strong upon us, because tho
fishing had been unusually good and
tho supper bounteous. Tho Hush und
spnrklo of wit filled tho upper air of
the room as with u. lino aurora, and a
halo of calm bliss encircled tho brow
of each entranced listener. But first
the drug mid then the antidote. Tho
benevolent colonel drew us down gen
tly from the giddy heights with a story
of a course plebeian, locally known as a
catfish. Thus ran his tale: "A man
and his dog went fishing in tho Mis
sissippi.
"in a short timo tho man felt a
mighty puli on tho line, and ho knew
that a catfish hud taken hold. The
giant came along peacefully enough
until ho happened tqchango his mind,
and then ho decided" to dou)blp on his
course and take tho man along. Tho
faithful dog, seeing his masters dan
ger, rushed to the rescue bravely
enough. Tho wily catfish, when ho
found the dog pursuing, turned upon
him and terrified tho dog, who incon
tinently turned tail and swum vigor
ously toward the dry land, the cattish
hotly following. Presently tho dog
gained tho land and ran hustily, tho
catfish madly surging after him. The
dog, sorely pressed and fearing a pain
ful deuth, in his extremity climbed a
Good Tun to.
“You may name this boy, Mary,”
said a man to his wife, when tlietr
fifth child was a few weeks old, “only
you must call him John.” Tho fa
ther had had his own way with the
other four, and it was no more than
fair that ho should consult his wife's
taste for once. It is a pleasure to see
husbands thus considerate. Tho De
troit Tribune records a similar in
stance t
An elderly couplo entered a dry
goods store on Woodward avenue. He
was slim and tall, and slio was round
and short.
“My wifo and I have como to do
some shopping,” ho said to tho clerk.
“Indeed?"
“Yes; my wife wants a now dress to
tako homo.'
“Ah 1"
“Just show her wlmt yo\i have.
Lot her select whatever she wants.”
“What line of goods will you have,
madam?" asked tho clerk.
“Oh, something in silk," answered
the husband for her.
The clerk took down a roll of bright
colored patterns.
**How does that pleaso you, madam?"
he asked.
"No, that is too bright," said the
husband.
“How do you like this, madam?"
asked tho clerk, displaying another
roll.
“No, my wifo doesn’t liko that,”
ho returned. “It is too dork.”
Again and again the clerk displayed
his warns before them, always appeal
ing to-tho taste of his wife, and being
answered by the husband.
“Well," said the latter at length,
"I guess this piece will do. Wrap it
up. 1 ’
When they were on the street he
said to his wife:
“That’s a nice piece of goods you se
lected, Mary."
A look of quiet humor stolo into the
the old lady’s eyes, but she moroly an
swered. quiotly, ns she glancod affoot
tionatoly into li is face:
"Do you think so, John?"
extremity
tree, the catfish still pursuing.”
' Holdon 1 hold on!” wo cried in a
chorus; “dogs cannot climb trees."
“Can’t climb a tree?” responded the
colonel. “But tho catfish was close
upon him, and this dog had to climb.”
—Forest and Stream.
At home Mr. Grady was full of fun
and frolic Ohio of the funniest scenes
i ever witnessed was during a dinner
at Mr. Grady’s house. when we
seated ourselves at tho table Mrs.
Grady gavo a warning look at hor
husband! who had commenced” to
carve the chickens, us she said:
“Henry, I am going to say grace.”
With a resigned air Mr. Grady sat,
his head a little inclined to the right,
his lips pui-sod up. Mrs. Grady, who
was a devout Methodist, began to say
grace, while Mr. Grady kept up an
undercurrent of soft toned, sotto voce
parentheses: “Now, dear, the chick
ens are getting cold." “Now, dear,
don’t make it longer because you’ve
got company.” “Now, dear, these
>plo can’t be thankful; they look
ready to eat me.” And yet Henry
Grady was a sincerely religious man.
He simply could not suppress bis bub
bling spirits. That’s sIL—Philadel
phia News.
Tils Dog and Uia Ilabjr.
She sat in the Long Island depot
and fondled a dude dog, while the
nurso girl carried a littlo human mem
ber of tho fumily. The dude dog’s
hair was hanged over its forehead,
and all it wanted was a pair of knee
breeches and a butter cracker hat to be
mistaken for a luwn tennis player
looking for some girls to have a game.
Lts tail was Hhaved off almost up to the
tonninus, whore there was a miniature
duster that gavo it tho appearance of a
putty blower with a fcothor stuck in
the ond. Tho clerk opened tho window
with a bang, and tho fashionably
dressed lady turned to purohuso hor
ticket, leaving tho dog on tho floor.
Two horny liundou sons of toil en
tered tho waiting room bearing a trunk
tho size of a eunal bout. They evident
ly mistook tho dude dog for a door
mat, for they placed tho trunk on its
outer edge. A man who stood beside
tho lady at the ticket window re
marked :
“Bo huvins, Oi do bo thinkin’ that
wan uv yor family’s in troublol”
She thought ho referred to tho baby
and took no notico of tho remark. Sud
denly thoro was a scream from tho
nui-sp girl. Bho let tho baby full and
hurried to the rcscuo. Tho lutly turned
and took in tho situation at a glance.
Then she swooned. Kho kept on hunt
ing up to tho arrival of tho train arid
then revived long enough to berate
tho nurse for her carelessness. When
thoy took tho dog from under tho
trunk tho poor littlo follow looked for
all tho world like a surrogate’s seal,
and his tail wasn’t fat enough for a
paper cutti^.
Tho station hands hauled tho for
gotten baby into tho train just as tlie
latter was moving off, and it was clap
ped down on u seat and spunked until
it looked liko tho Fourth of July.—
Brooklyn Citizen.
Tlie American Naval Ofllcer.
Ono of the best compliments which
I liuvo hoard of as paid to the officers
jf the “squadron of evolution” was
from an Englishman, who hud long
been a resident of Boston. He said
ho was struck by tho gentlemanly and
modest demeanor of these wearers of
uniforms, which impressed him as dif
fering greatly from tho consequential,
not to say urrogant, air of officers of
British men-of-war. This peculiarity,
ho said, extended to the sailors, who
were us courteous us tho officers in af
fording information. “Why, that
squadron,” ho said, “will furnish abet
ter argument for republicanism than
any-number of South American revo
lutions. It seems to mo that u tribute
of this sort from a foreigner is exceed
ingly satisfactory and it opens up con
siderations of tho relation of manners
to official life which have a wide ap
plication. Tho Englishmen said ho
had seen gray haired sailors in the
British navy insulted by beardless
midshipmen, and ho was- much im
pressed by tho self respecting appear
ance of "Jack” on board tho squadron
of evolution, and under this head he
included seamen of various nationali
ties, not excepting Chinese cooks, as
similated by American discipline.—
Boston Post.
Tli® Illo-ner Out of m Job.
And the organ blower also must go.
He has gono from most of the church
es, but old Trinity held* out against
any innovations. Now even Trinity
has fullon into the lino and electricity
will do tho work formerly done by
muscle. The xt thing will be to in
troduce electrical attachments for
in
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