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VOLUME VIII.
DUBLIN, GEORGIA, WEDNESDAY. JANUARY 14. 1886.
NUMBER XXIX.
Professional Cards.
T. L. CRINER,
ATTORNEY & COUNSELLOR
AT LAW,
Dulfm - Georgia.
.Will practice in Washington. Johnson.
Emanuel, Montgomery, Telfair, Dodge,
Pulaski, Twiggs and Wilkinson counties,
and eslewkere by special contract,
may,'ii tf. *
THOMAS B. FELDER, Jr.
ATTORNEY AT LAW,
Dublin. - - Georgia.
Will practice in the courts of the 9°°
ncc, Ocmulgee and Middle circuits, and
the Supreme court of Georgia, and else
where by special contract.
Will negotiate loans on improved farm
ing lands.
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1
Ah,” said Mrs. Prodgitt, “things
have changed since my day! When
I was a girl, folks used to stay at
homo and help tliei r mothei s to * do
the liouse-work, and piece bedquilts
and embroider lace veils, instead of
running about in all the dirty streets
and narrow, lades in creation 1”
Mrs. Prodgitt did not take kindly
to modern civilization.
She had come up from Owl B^ook
to visit her cousin Mary Ann, who
had married Ebenezer Hardy a quar
ter of a century ago and settled down
in New York;/ and as she ox
pressed herself, “things seemed to
he all turned topsy-turvy.”
“B«t, Cousin Prodgy,” said sauoy
Hattie Hardy, Who was equipping
herself with basket, bag, parasol and
water-proof cloak, it is a work of
mercy and charity that we are on-
gaged itn”
“Nonsense!” irritably cried Mrs.
Prodgitt. I think you’ve all gone
crazy together! I’m surprised at
you, Mary Ann to let the child go
tramping ah over the'city by herself
in tn.y day it waxjn’i. considered res
pectable.” j ')'
“You say truly that times have
changed since then,” mildly uttered
Mrs. Hardy, who was knitting fleecy
wool hy the fire. “Be sure, Hattie
that you come'early. The new min
ister is to be to-night to tea, and
Betsey can’t he trusted with the now
set of those rose china.”
“I wonder what he is like?” said
Hattie, as she tied the deep blue
strings of her line into a coquettish
bow under Her round chin. “I do
hope he’s young and handsome.”
“My .dear!” remonstrated' Mrs.
Prodgitt.
“Of course,” added 'Hattie, “we
knew that old Mr, Puzzleton was a
per foot saint; but one don’t like saints
with, red noses and spectacles and
three layers of double cliinP’
Mrs. Prodgitt looked as if she ex
pected that Hattie would ho struck
by lightning on the spot for that
heretical remark.
‘•Harriet!” was all that she could
utter.
While* Mrs. Hardy, more nccus*
tomed to the audacious speeches of
her pretty daughter, went on her
purring, sing song tones:
“Don’t forget that poor widow in
Cob lane. Hattie. And if you go to
Mdo Renan’s, I think it would be
well to speak a word in season to
that great lazy son of lus,..who,is al
ways buying lottery tickets, and does
nothing to support the.old folks.”
“On, yes; I’m glad you mentioned
that,” said Hattie, penciling an en
try on her little tablets. “ ‘Mem—
to give Jonas Renan a piece of my
mind.’ Dear Mr. Puzzleton always
said that that young man was a
dreadful stumbling block!”
“And I think,” wont on Mrs.
Hardy, “that the Gray sisters cpn
find work for Alice Jennings now,
if she is still employed.”
“The which?” said Mrs. Prod
gitt.
“The Gray sisters,” explained
Mrs. Hardy. '-“One of our children
organizations.”
Mrs. Prodgit glared.
“Is there any end to the fohy and
nonsense of the- present generation
said she.
“I suppose,” laughed Hattie, “that
in yonr day, Cousin Prodgy, nobody
went slumming?”
“Wewt—where?” said Mrs. Prod
gitt.
’•'‘Slumming!” distinctly repeated
Hattie. • : v\.
“She means visiting the poor a d
seeking out cases of destitution,” ex
plained Mrs. Hardy. .“Hut tie, my
child, I do wish you wouldn’t talk
slang!” - V : ‘
Hattie disappeared with a Jit tic*
breeze of laughter, while Mrs. Prod
gitt resettled her spec aciea and ut
tered a deep groan. -
••Mark my words, Mary An,” said
she, ‘that girl willj comp to no
good.”
“Hattie docs not mean any harm,
Cousin. Prodgitt,” mildly pleaded
Mrs. Hardy as she knitted on.
' While Hattie, on her errand of
nvccy, went from house to house in
the darklin'lanes and crowded tene
ment districts, leaving an ounce of
green tea here and a lecture there,
a bottle of beef, wine and iron by a
sick bed, a little rose scented snuff
iu a poor old woman’s hand, a pic
ture book on the pillow of some lit
tle child, a wooden toy in the delight
ed grasp of a skeleton-like infant,
a gentle admonition in the way of a
willful factory girl, and a word of*
comfort to encourage a despairing
widow. v.:
She could be gay and flippant
enough when “Cousin Prodgy”
teased her, out here she seemed to
have assumed a personality'of digni
ty and sweetness.
Old Milo Reneau’s was the-last
hohso on her list. Sho glanced anx
ionsly at . her watch ae she went
in.
“Past five,” she said to herself.
“I must make haste or the dear
little mammy will be fretting.
The dusk of the October evening
bad already darkened the little room,
Where lay the patient sufferer from
rheumatism. It was always neat
and clean there, but h Hattie’s eyes
it seemed more squalid and poverty
stricken than usual to-night. As
she came around the corner of the
door she perceived a young man sit
ting at an Uncovered pine table—a
figure strongly silhouetted against*,
the window.
“Ah!” said she, iho spirit of
righteous, exasperation arising up in
her heart, “I’ve caught you at last
in tiie very midst of your evil prac
tices 1”
The young man rose'll urriedly to
his feet.
“I beg your pardon—” he began;
but i he tide of Hattie’s i ldignution
was not thus easily stemmed.
“Don’t beg my pardon,” said she;
‘‘beg the pardon of semety—of pub
lie opinion—of everything else which
you are outraging by this shameful
behavior of yours. Apparently you
have neither pride nor self-respect
left—now take thy advice, turn over
a now leaf. Give up your evil prao
tices, and set yourself to earn a de
cent living. Look me in the eyes
young mail!” she added serenely;
“tell the if you are not ashamed of
yourself?”
To all appearance, the culprit was
stricken dumb. Involuntarily ho
raised a pair of clear, honest eyes to
Hattie’s face, according to orders,
but be did no speak a word, good,
bad or indifferent.
“He’s not bad looking,” thought
Hatt’e; “but I must not neglect, the
chance of making an impression
I am surprised at youl” she added
aloud, “a great, able-bodied fellow
like you sitting down as a disreputa
ble inculcuous on your friends' and
relatives. Don’t you Know tjiat yon
are the talk of the neighborhood?
Get up—go to work! Never let me
see you idling here again. No don’t
answer mo* I never enter into an
argument with the people in my dis
trict. Logic is useless in a case like
this one.”
. Sheliurried to old Milo who beipg
stone deaf, looked Binilingly on dur
ing this brief but energetic mono-
logne, as il it had been a recitation
from Shakespeare.
“Here’s some extract of beef for
yotf, Mr. Roneau,” she shouted in
his ear; “and a tumbler of lemon
jelly 1 I hope your lumbago is better
I’m sorry I can’t stay a little longer
to day, but 1*11 come again very
soon.”
And nodding and smiling good-by
to him, she bustled away.
She arrive! none too soon on the
domestic tapis. >
Betsy hud already broken one of
tiie moss-roso tea onj»j» and spilled
all the silad drosaing so that Hat
tie had to go to work to make
mere.
Cousin Prodgitt had lost her spec
tacles and M»*s. Haidy oonld not fin<^.
her best lace frill.
Coseqnoutly .she was only half
through arranging her hair when
Mrs. Hardy called up the stair
case.
Harriet! Harriet 1 Mr. Gray has
come.”
She hurried!v callod tip the shin
ing bronze locks and fastened them
with a shell-pin, tied the Swiss mus
lin bow at her throat, and, catching
up her pocket handkerchief, ran
down stairs. »
Cousin Prodgitt was still adjusting
her cap strings in her own room.
Mrs. Hardy had gone to see if th
tea was properly steeping; and so our
heroine walked directly into the
presence;of Reverend Cecil Gray.
“I arn Miss Hardy,” said she, “1
beg yonr paadon, but- —”
Here sho stopped, with the sylla
bles of further speech fairly frozon
on her tongue!
A cold chill crept through all her
veins as she recognized the curly
brown liair,'the clear, honest eyes,
the thick mustache.
But the Reverend Ceoil was equal
to the emergency.
“Don’t beg my pardon 1” said lie,
gravely, 'al tough there was no ro
guish sparkle in his eyes., “Beg
the pardon of society—of public
opinion. No, Miss Hardy,” lie
cried,.suddenly dropping his solemn
mannerism; “don’t look so distressed
Of course it was u mistake. Don’t
l know perfectly that it was.”
Oh, dear! oil dear!” gasped Hat
tie, “I thought it was Gilbert Re.
nan. I never had seen him you
Know, and it was so dark, and—
and—”
“And so yon scolded the wrong
man,” said .Mr. Gray. “Well, I'll
pass the lecture on to the genuine
offender at. the very first opportuni
ty, only I’m afraid l cannot ethqlia*
size it half so neatly as you did.”
“Oh, don’t,” suid Ilutt'e, piteous
ly lifting her little hands. “Please
don’t l”
“No, l won’t,” said Mr.
“We’ll forget and forgive,”
And when Cousin Prodgitt and
Mrs. Hardy came in Hut tie and the
young clergyman were earneRtly_dis
bussing tiie rival merits of the gera
niums on Mrs. Hardy’s flower-
stand.
Mrs. Prodgitt stayed until spring,
and when she went -buok home she
told her daughter that Hattie Hardy
was engaged to a young minister
“Or at least I suspicion she is,”
she added. “She won’t own noth
in’ for sartin; but things ain’t now
as they used to be. Folks as was
engaged to bo married need to be
proud of it. But Hattie’s a quepr
girl. She hasn’t been brought up
as g : rls were brought up in my day.”
fitness of Sterling’s selection and its
probable illegality tiro pointed out
to Mr. Cleveland by the mugwump
[inpers, reinforced promptly bv a
domoewilic journal—_Clio World.
The republican organs bellow that
Sterlings appointment is in further
ance of a deal, and hence he will not
bo suspended. He is suspended on
i be same day, ami his suspension is
declared to bo a faroo to affect the
conventions and Mr. Cleveland is
shown that if lie was in earnest lie
would class weighers among the
officials coining under the civil ser
vice law. Mr. Cleveland does this,
and is at once assailed for trying to
sneak out of the difficulty* This
sort of behavior is disgraceful to
American politics—to civilization
itself. Tho worst ruffian of the
prizo ring would feel far more loyal
toward the man who hud thrashed
him; the slums and gutters have
higher oodes of olliies. If only the
orgu'ns and managers of bot h parties,
could learn that the average Ameri
can citizen is not a maniac and a
Yazoo 1—Philadelphia Record.
Disgrace to American Politics,
To a sensible man; respecting the
anienities and decencies of life, if
must often seem as if Mr. Cleveland
would be justified in opening the
campagn gates and letting the
spoilsmen make a complete battuo
of the Republican office-holders.
During tho seven months that' he
has held the presidency he has made
less than a dozen mistakes, judging'
him by the high standard which is
now applied to the administrative
power, but which never was dream
ed of republican days. Of these the
most fragrant have been corrected—a
thing never thought of in republican
days. And what things has he had
for it? There is not one republican
newspaper of any prominence that
bus said a,,good word for him; every
republican state convention has re
viled 'Intu When a republican like
Pearson has been kept in office: or a
republican like Burt restored to
office, the republican organs lmvo
only been able to sec the rewarding
of republican unitors for coirupt
election services. Take the Brook
lyfi weigher’s case, Bacon is removed
and Sterling is appointed. Ths nn*
TliC ScuatoiVa Daughters.
From the Now York Sun.
Mr Turner tolls a story of Senator
Suwyer, which hits been told before,
but is worth repeating. Tho senator
lias two children, both daughters,
whom ho trained to work in his
kitchen, as though ho did not own u
dollar's worth of property ;in the-
world. On a certain Thanksgiving
day, when lie considered their edu
cation in the on 1 inary arts about
complete, he told them that lie ex
pected particular friends to dinner,
and wanted thcm'to expend all their
/skill in preparing the best and dain
tiest dishes for his guests, The dinner
was prepared aud passed ulong totho
dessert to the satisfaction of all con
cerned. When the dessert was served
each of the daughters found nndor
her plate a cheek forfl&i.OOO.
' m^n.. J--
No Winlc in the Soda.
From the Leesburg (Fla) Nows.
A good story is told on one of our
soda fountains. When Cole’s oireus
was hero some of the stare wanted
something etrdng to drink. They
were not able to get it, either accord
ing to the laws of the State or the
Nation. This made them want it
all tho more. Finally some native
wag told thorn that if Lhey would go
to a certain soda fountain, and call
for soda, and, wink, they would got
what they wanted. They went, 4114
called, and winked, and drank, and
found it soda. Still thirsty, tboy
called for soda again, winked with
the other eye, got it, drank it, and
found it nothing hut cold soda.
Hoping agumst hope they tried it
again; called for Boda, winked both
eyes, got it, drank it, and still it was
soda. So full of sod it and wrath that
they were ready to boil over, they
went in search of* their informant,
found him, and indignantly reported
tho result. “You don’t know how
to wink for whisky,” said he. “Take
me wito yon, call for soda, and let
me wink, and it will corno.” They
did Hi), ordered soda, left the wink-
work to toe,citizon,. drank, and, 1<>
and behold,, nothing b.it more soda.
The winker “wunk” himself out of
the back door suddenly aud the cir
cus men passed sadly on to Orlando.
He Was from Boston.
From the Boston Courier.
Texas lady (after a short journey
on the railroad) Why, John, they’ve
got a new conductor on the caret and
he’s a B ston man.
Texai gent—IIow d’yo know lie’s
a Boston man?
T. L. (with a gmglo of delight) —
Why, whon ho came round fur my
faro, he lifted his hut and said: “Ex
cuse me, umdunt, but I would esieom
it a favor if you would kiudlv oblige
me with your ticket.” So different
from tho old way of “Chuck movour
pasteboard.” I’ll never ride with any
other conductor after this.
T. G. (mentally) — That fellow’ll
bo having all the women running
ufirr him. He’ll have to be rpt.
Tobneeo Culture as n Fine Art.
It is announced than our energe ■
and enterprising commissioner <
agriculture is about to cull tho atten
tion of the pooplo to tho beauties of
tobacco culture as a ttno art, and h"
first stop in that direction is 'th-
purchase of twonty-fivo pounds of
clroioo tobacco seed. The invostmeni.
is a very modest one, for the product
of twenty-fivo pounds of tobacco
seed would probably give every nun
in the stale a pinch and a half of
snuff apicco, and leave a twist to l«*
divided among tho small boys for
ohewing purpose?.
As a matter of fact, tobacco-rais
ing is no now thing in Georgia,
having been carried on jn a smn '
way—by “pitching and patching
as it were—for many years. In tl..
rural rogiona of the Btate, a
ty of the families raise till
supplies of .tobacco, and tni!^^
the present,"is about all that
done. Tiie project of Commissio; •
or HeiidorSoii is worthy of considers* •
tion. His views fire soilndv but ti •
conditions |und(u' which tobacco c;: t
be prCfititblj*raised for mrtrket i ■
Georgia are' lacking. £Forjthero i *
no market in Georgia, nor at ar
point near enough to make the new
busitioss’profi table.
Nor is this the only drawback
There is not one in an in a hnndr-d
in G’oorgia.who will bo able to min'
ket a crop of tobacoo without ep»-
ploying the services of a lawyer. 1
ho made Aho^ attempt, ho won’''
probably land in the penitentiary u
Albany-as a violator of the revcir
laws. These laws>re fearfully',an
wonderfully made. The men tlm
undorstiind them have been study nr'
thorn for twenty-five years, and eve.,
how tlioro are joints mladd’
eisio'n which nobody is able to decnti..
The authorities in Washington (\
not nnlerstand the revenue law
the judges of tho courts, from u
lowes'JtO the highest, do not nmh-•
standdliem, and the men tlmtmii :
tlumi do iiot Juiulerstiiiid, thorn. 1"
fact they arc an aconmulalion • •
mitrageslSthnOffijo# understand.
iind’an*innocont man is ae likely
... 4..:i frt. vLviiitiiuf them' in
UK 11
bnsi-
go to jail foi violating
man. who^nmkes violation
ness.
Our opinion is that tho farmers f
Georgia, unless thoy are prepared : >
hire a lawyer to see them througb
and a very expert lawyer nt thn’.
will do well to let tobacco alone and
raise provisions.—Constitution.
. ■
John
From the San Francisco Call.
Tho number of Chinese in N» v
York is too small compared to tb
white population for the drain to I t
noticeablo, but it will grow in voluu.-
until its efioct will bo plainly porce;
tible. They have drained the Pacil •
coast for many years from 130,00* .
000 to $40,000,000 a year, The sau •
i.ifi'onfey earned by white men and in
vested in our industrioaf Would mat
Grtlifoi nia thejriclicst state in H e
union in proportion to populatim
General Butler, whoJias'Mie repuLi-
tiot) of being a tolerably clearsigliti
man, said when here that tho si i
prise to him on this question *wr
i.hut tho state had Btood this dru n
and still prospered. If it had i.<
possessed niuch greater thantaveri p
resources the Ohineso would bi»(
sapped its vitality years ago.
' ; 'i' &l ■
Tho Madisonian sayal Rat«v M
never fail to leave a sinking ihi’i* i
verified in the late *ct’of Evan
Howell, of Atlanta, lie has * «-
ceoded in selling Uia (interest in U-
Kimball House stock bornpany, «■
resigned l lie presidency of‘the stii
Guess General Toombs’ lieirs n »-
wish he had been fortunate cnot -b
to have sold his intmst pn^ to l id
dentn, and washed iiis liands of i ;
finunoial oiuharmBsmoitt at;
Gap tain 3Sy«tn Howell is a i
old rat; ouo of the
bar a.