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Crisp I* up Again.
ThtSatcberlnoWiion factory, at
Karon, i» burned. L«m fSO.OUO.
South Georgia b rapidly filling up
with Carolina aegrot*.
.. Nr. J. 11. Jackson, of Washington
county, made 180 bales of cotton with
■even plow*.
Col. T. 8. Winfie'nl and Mina Kina
Davis, of Eatontoo, are married,
The East Tennessee Railroad flatly re
fuses to pay sleeping car tax.
Dan Reed, the negro who cut King
Smith, has been arrested near Eastman.
From a twelve foot tree in Catoosa
county, 1,782 feet of lumber was cut.
A dummy line will be built between
Chattanooga, Ringgold and Catoosa
Springs.
Col. James Powell, of Brunswick,
was 88 yean o’d Christmas day, and has
■ever seen any snow in his life.
Frank Sikes, a negro boy in Pulaski
county, was accidentally killed while
firing a Christmas gun.
Editor Binn’s house, at Botler, was
burned Friday. The lost is about $SOO.
, -with no insurance,
r 'The first bale of cotton over theHawk-
insville. Empire and .Dublin railroad
reached Hmwkintviile last Thursday,
The store or Jones A Bon, at Condor,
was totally destroyed by fire last week,
Kot a thing was saved,
f" J. id. Iiobhs, of Atlanta, struck H.
M. Nash a fatal blow because he dunned
hint for a bill while Nash was drunk.
The first boat, for the Ocinulgec has
' ’arrived at Macon by rail. It was bought
t>y a gun club.
For the year that has just passed, At
lanta paid out for her public school sys
tem $1)7,013.20.
Dealers in liquors, pistols, bowie
knives, dirks, Ac., an required to regis
ter with the Ordinary on the first day
of the year.
It is reported that outaws in Chero
kee, Kabun and Pickens comities are
holding up aud robbing people on the
highway 1 .
Mrs. Joe Karris, living near Graysville,
gave birth to twinsTuesday night. One
of the girls was born December 31,1889,
and the other January 1, 1890.
Bob Long, a negro near Columbus,
was badly stabbed about the shoulders
and breast by his wife. The injuries
* may prove fatal.
Fitmore Bell was executed at Louis
ville for killing Mr. Evans. The exe
cution was private, and Bell expressed
regret for his crime.
At Chauncey, Clem Lott, a notorious
* yellow wench, was faulty shot by Mr.
John forest. She was cursing his
brother.
Win. Butler, of Cuba, Earh county,
attempted to commit a nameless crime
, upon the person of Win. Houston’s
daughter one night last week He was
foiled in the attempt and fled the county.
Dr. H. F Hoyt preached nis farewell
sermon at the Presbyterian church in
Madison last Sunday. Tbe Doctor will
take charge of the church at Hartwell,
Ga, for the eusuing year.
In Atlanta bar-roams are compelled
to close at 10 o’clock. The new Coun
cil of Columbus has adopted an ordi
nance forbidding them to remain open
later than 11 o’ciock.
Mrs. Mary Tims, of Atlanta, sued out
a writ of habeas corpus for her twins
who were held in the Home of the
Friendless. Judge Calhoun decided that
even a mother must give up her chil
dren if they can be better tukeu care of
elsewhere.
The Macon Telegraph will probably
soon lose the services of its brilliant
editor, F. Henry Richardson. It seems
that the democratic leaders at Washing
ton have offered Richardson the' posi
tion of literary chief of the campaign
bureau, and that he has accepted.
At Blnckville, G»., several negroes
entered the commissary of Stephens A
- Carter and ordered the clerks to stand
•side while they helped themselves t-.
anything they wanted. One took two
suits of clothes, others fingered knives,
* shirts, ele. A negro was arrested yes
terday with some of the stolen goods in
bis possession.
A negro desperado decided to bike in
the town of Benton. When Mr. Horton
the marshal, attempted to arrest him,
the negro fired on hint, which Hr. Hor
ton returned, an 1 succeeded in arrest
ing him. The negro boasted that he had
whipped the marshals in the Carolinas,
and intended to go through Georgia in
the 8time manner.
The excitement at Jcsup a few days
ago has completely subsided, and the
town has assumed its aecnstomed
quietude. The search for Brewer was
given up yesterday, because it was con
sidered useless. Some citizens, who
are well acquainted with Brewer, thinks
be has gone to Florida, St. Marks and
vicinity being one of his old tramping
grounds. The negroes are coropletely
subdued, and the entire town wears an
aspect of ntter sorrow.
-The New South, of Binggold, con
tains a brief account of a desperate duel
in the daik, in Catoosa county, last
Wednesday night. Mr John Elrod was
attacked by some unknown n
fired upon him without effect. Mr. El
rod then procured his gun and a regu
lar battle was begun, but the marks
manship of the duelists seems to have
been imperfect. During the melee, in
some way, Mr. Elrod’s father, who was
in the house, was shot through the
thigh of the left leg.
A balloon ascension and parachute
leap took place at Ty-Ty one day last
week. When the ascent began, the
balloon veered to the southwest, going
about a mile up into the air. In de
scending tbe parachute caught in the
.toughs of a large pine, hanging there
until the tree was felled by axmen,
brusing and scratching the Professor to
some extent, though not seriously, and
damaging his canvass to the amount of
five or six dollars. The balloon also
bang in the top of another tree and bad
to be cut down.
“lamdckor tbe drrih that leer
ItiBOOOCSttOMrfMbT:
I will bar air Boor to tbe world;
t «ID lay me down aad die”
• sebanzeasbeepokw
And the mhaa woe burned away:
W«a tuned to Jocund day
And the win bom forth once more
TO hie gterie* Oiled tbe tide*
And the medical power that wrought the change
Wee ooe look In a woman'e eyex
POSITIVE MISS KENT.
Preparing for Spring,
Davison, Lowe & Shepherd will com
mence their grand cleasance sale to
morrow. Bead their advertisement on
lourtli page.
/Zply to 221 Dougherty
stret. Jai
Aim
“I wouldn’t marry the boatman that ever
lived r And tbe meant it, or what ant wen
the tame purpose, the thought the meant it
After all, bow few of os ever really know
what we meant ”1 engaged myaelf once,
wbeo a girl, and tbe simpleton thought be
owned me. 1 toon took tbe >>oceit cut of
him, and tent him away about bit burineea 1
The voice was now a little sharp. What
wonder, with so galling a memory! “Ho
man shall ever tyrannise over me—neverl
What the mischief do jou suppose is tbe mat
ter with this lowing machine f"
“Annoyed at your logic, most likely,” said
my friend, a bright young matron, os she
threaded her needle “My husband is not a
tyrant. Miss Kent.”
“lam glad you ars satisfied,” was the la
conic reply.
“It was quite evident by tbe expression o(
the dreasnaker’s face that she had formed
her own opinion about my friend's husband,
and was quite competent to form and express
an opinion on any subject. Miss Rent was a
little woman, fair os a girl and plump as a
robin. She wasn’t ashamed to own that she
> 40 years old aud an old maid. She had
earned herowu living most of her life nud
was proud of it. She was a good nurse, a
faithful friend and a jolly companion, hut
stroko her the wrong way and you’d wish
you hadn't in much shorter time than it takes
me to write it. Her views on all subjects
were strikingly original, and not to be com
bated.
“What are you going to do when you are
oldr persisted the mistress of the establish
ment.
“What other folks do, I suppose.”
“But you eau’t work forever."
“Can’t say that 1 want to.” *-
“How, Miss Rent, a husband with means,
» kind, intelligent man”—
“I don't want any man. I tell you, Mrs.
Carlisle, I wouldn’t marry the best man liv
ing, if he was rich as Grasqps. and would die
if I didn’t have him. How, if you have ex
hausted the marriage question, I should like
to try ou your dress.”
There eras something behind all this 1
knew welL My friend’s eyes danced with
fun; and as Mist Rent fitted the waist, Mm
threw me a letter from the bureau.
“Bead that," she said, with a knowing
look. “It may amuse you.”
“This is what the letter said:
Mv Data Jcxxnt: I shall be delighted to spend
a mouth with you aad your husband. There
trust be, however, ooe stipulation about my
visit—you must say do more about marriage. )
thaU never be foolish again. Twenty yean ago to
day I wrecked |my whole Ufa (“better embark
In a new ship, hadn't her 1 put in Jennie lotto
voce.) Bo unsuitable was this marriage, so utter
(y and entirely wretched have been Its conse
quences. that I am foroed to believe the marriage
Institution a mistake. So, for the last time, let
me assure you that I wouldn't marry the best
woman that ever lived, if by so doing I could save
her life. Your old cousin, Maas Lansixo.
“Rich, isn’t her said Jennie, and theu
pointed to the chubby little figure whose
back happened to be turned.
1 shook my head and laughed.
“You’ll eee,” said the incorrigible.
“See what!" inquired Miss Rent, quite un
aware of our pantomime. *
“That’ parties which are chemically attrac
ted will unite. Of course an alkali and an
acid. Don't you think this sleeve a little
too long, Miss Rent!”
“Not after the scam is off. But what was
you saying, Miss Carlisle! The other day at
Professor Boynton’s 1 saw some wonderful
experiments.”
“And'did they succeed!” inquired Jennie,
demurely.
“Beautifully."
“So will mine. I never yet botched a job
in my life."
“1 don’t think I quite understand you,” re
plied Miss Rent perplexed.
“No! 1 always grow scientific when talk
ing about marriage, my dear.”
“Bother 1” was all the little woman said,
but the tone was much better uatured than 1
expected.
Tbe next week cousin Mark arrived, and I
liked him at once. An unhappy marriage
would have been tbe lest thing thought of in
connection with that gentleman. He had ac
cepted tbs situation like a man, Jennie told
mo, mid for fifteen years carried a load of
misery that few could have endured. Death
came to him at last, and now the poor fellow
actually believed himself an alien from do
mestic happiness.
Singular as it may appear, Cousin Mark
was tbe embodiment of good health and good
nature; 30, perhaps, though ho didn’t look it,
and as rotund and cs fresh in his way or the
little dressmaker was in hers. As I looked at
him I defied anybody to see one and not bo
reminded of the other. True, he had more
of the polish which comes from travel aad
adaptation to different classes and individ
uals, but he was not a whit more intelligent
by nature than the bright little woman
whom Jennie determined be should marry.
“1 was surprised you should think it neces
sary to caution me about that Cousin Mark,”
cooed the plotter as she stood, his by side,
looking out of the window. “The idea of
my being so ridlculousl” and In tbe same
breath, with a wink at me, “Como, let us go
to my sitting room. We are at work there,
but it won’t make any difference to you, will
itr
Of course Cousin Mark' answered “No,”
promptly, as innocent os a dove about the
trap being laid for him.
“This Is my cousin, Mr. tansing, Mb*
Rent.” And Mr. Lansing bowed politely
and Miss Rent rose, dropped her scissors,
blushed aud sat down again. Cousin Mark
picked up tbe refractory implements, and
then Mrs. Jennie proceeded with rare cau
tion and tact to her labor of love. Cousin
Mark at her request reed aloudan article from
The Popular Science Monthly, drawing Miss
Rent into the discussion as deftly as was
ever fly drawn into tbe web of a spider.
“Who was that lady, Jennief* Cousin Mark*
Inquired in the evening.
“You mean Miss Kentf” said Jennie, look
ing up from her paper. “Oh, she is a lady
I have known for a long time. She is mak
ing same dresses for mo now. Why!”
“She seemed uncommonly well posted for
a woman.”
Under any other circumstances Mrs. Car
lisle would have resented this, bat now she
Ah, what an arch plotter! She lo« them
skirmish about, but not once did she give
them a chance to be alone together. Her
plans were not to be destroyed by premature
confidence*, until the very evening preceding
Cousin Mark's departure for California.
Then Mias Rent was very demurely asked to
remain and keep an eye on Master Carlisle,
whom tbe fond mother did not like to leave
quite alone with bit none.
“We are compelled to be gone a couple of
hours,” said she; “but Cousin Mark will read
to you—won’t you, coastal”
“Certainly, if Miss Keut would like It,” re
plied the gentleman. _
The infant Carlisle, thanks to good man
agement, we* never awake in the evening, *o
the victim* of this matrimonial spacalatioo
would have plenty of time. The back parlor
waa the room most in use daring the evening,
and out of this room wa* a large closet with
a large blind ventilator, and out of this du*et
a door leading to the back stoop and garden.
Imagine my surprise when 1 was told that
Mr. Carlisle was going to the lodge, and that
we, after profuse warnings about tbe baby,
end promises not to be gone too long, were to
proceed to this closet overlooking the back
parlor by the way of the hack gate and gar
den. In vain 1 protested.
“Why, you little gooste,” laughed Jennie,
“there’ll be fun enough to last a lifetime.
John wanted to come awfully, but 1 knew
he’d make an awful noise, and spoil every
thing, so 1 wouldn’t let him.”
The wily schemer took the precaution to
lock the closet door from the outside, so there
was no fear of detection. On a high bench,
still as two mice, we awaited results.
Presently, Cousin Mark, as if arousing
from a protracted reverie, asked, “Would
yon like to Iravo me read!”
“Oh, 1 am not particular," replied Mis*
Rent.
“Here ban excellent article on eloctive
affinities. How would you like that!”
Jennie’s elbow in my side almost took away
my breath.
“Who is it by!” she inquired.
Jennie exclaimed (clear In my ear), “That’s
to gain time, see if It ain’t."
“It's by a prominent French writer, I be
lieve," answered Cousin Mark.
“I don’t think I care for a translation to
night,” said Mire Rent.
“Nor I; nor reading of any kind,” be con
tinued. “This is my last evening in Hew
York, Mbs Kent.
“I hope you’ve enjoyed your visit," she re
turned.
Jennie (into my very head thb time), “She’s
as shy a* a three year-old colt.”
“1 didn’t think I should feel so bad about
leaving,” Cousin Mark went on.
“He b tbe wreck, you remember," whb-
T i Jennie,
long pause.
“I think 1 hear tbe baby,” exclaimed Miss
Kent •
“Oh, no,” said Cousin Mark. "You are
fond of babies, are yon not Muss Kent!”
Ho answer from Miss Kent.
“1 have been n very lonely man, Miss-
Rent,” Cousin Mark resumed, "but I never
realized how lonely the rest of my life must
be until I came to thb house.”
"Oh, how lonely,” echoed Jennie.
“How I must return to my business and
my boarding house—boarding bouse for a
man so fond of domestic life os I am, Miss
Kent”
Just then wo very distinctly beard a little
kind of a purr, which sounded very liko a
note of intense sympathy from Miss Kent.
“I have friends hi San Francisco, of
course,” said Cousin Mark, “but no fireside
like thb, no one to care for me if I am ill, no
body to feel very badly, if 1 die.”
“Tbat'll fetch her,” said Jennie.
“1 wish that I lived in San Francisco,”
said Mbs Rent, in a little quivering voice.
“You could call upon me at any time if you
needed anything.”
Jennie in convulsions.
“If you Will go to California with me, Mbs
Kent. I’ll wait another week.”
“Why, Mr. Lansing, what do you mean?
What would folks say!” she said.
“We don’t care for folks,” said Mark, “li
you will go, wo will have a house as pleasant
as money- can make it. You shall have birds
and flower* and horses, and ail the scientific
monthlies that you want-, deuced if you
sha'nt, and you shall never sow another
stitch for anybody but me. Will you be my
wife!”
Just then Jennie and I stepped up auotber
peg, and there was that little old maid, who
would not marry the best man that ever
lived, hugged close to the man’s breast who
wouldn’t marry the best woman that ever
lived, not even to save her life. We came
away then, but it’a ray opinion that they re
mained in just that position till we rang the
bell half an hour later.
“How did you know!” I ashed of Jennie.
“My dear,” sho answered, “ray whole re
liance was upon human nature; and let me
tell you, dear goosie, whatever else may fail,
that never does.”
“Why, Mia Kent, what makes your face
so very red!” inquired Jennie, apou entering;
“and Cousin Mark, how strangely yon look I
your hair is all mnssed up.”
“And 1 hope to have it mussed often,” said
Cousin Mark, boldly. “Miss Rent and I ore
to be married thb week."
Jennie laughed till her face was purple,
and when l went upstairs, Mbs Keut waa
pounding her back.—Waver ley Magazine.
Bow and When to Orlnlc Water.
In giving some advice os to tbe best time
and manner of drinking water. Dr. Veit ex
plains that when water b taken into the foil
or partly full stomach, it docs not mingle
with tho food, but passes along quickly be
tween the food and lesser curvativo toward
the pylorus, through which it passes into the
intestines. The secretion of mucus by the
lining membrane is constant, and during the
night a considerable amount accumulates in
the stomach; some »f its liquid portion ft ab
sorbed, and that which remains is thick and
tenacious. If food is token into tho stomach
when in this condition it becomes coated
with thb mucus, and the secretion of the
gastric juice and its action are delayed.
These bets show the value of a goblet of
water before breakfast. Thb washes ont the
tenacious mucus, and stimulates the gastrio
glands to secretion. In old and feeble per
sons water should not be taken cold, but fi
may be with great advantage taken warm or
hot Thb removal of the accumulated mu
cus from the stomach b probably one of tbe
reasons why taking soup at tbe beginning of
a meal has been found so beneficial.
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