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VOLUME VIII.
DUBLIN* GEORGIA* WEDNESDAY. MARCH £L 1886.
NUMBER XXXIX.
Professional Cards.
T. L. CRINER,
ATTORNEY & COUNSELLOR
AT LAW,
Dublin - Georgia.
may 21 tf.
Dr. J. P. HOLMES,
PRACTITIONER,
CONDOR, - - GEORGIA.
C ALLS ATTENDED TO AT ALL
hours. Obsterics a specialty. Office
Residence.
mch24, 7m.
THOMAS B. FELDER, Jr.
ATTORNEY AT LAW,
Dublin. - - Georgia.
Will practice in the courts of the Oco:
nee, Ocmulgcc and Middle circuits, and
the Supreme court of Georgia, and else*
where by-special contract.
Will negotiate loans on improved farm
ing lands. ^
Feb. 18th, 1885. -6m.
Dr. T, A, WOOD,
COOL SPRINGS, GA.
C 'I ALLS ATTENDED. TO AT ALL
J hours. Obsterics a specialty. Office
Residence.
inch24, tf.
Dr. J. L. LINDER.
. [SIX MILES NORTH OF DUBI.lN,]
OFFERS his services to the public at
large. Call?, promptly attended to, day “
night. Office at residence.
augSO, ’84 ly.
or
CHARLES HICKS, E. D -«
PRACTITIONER.
Dublin, • Georgia.
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DR. G. F. GREEN,
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Dublin, - Georgia.
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It was late on a dismal Saturday
evening in November, when a mau,
genteelly dressed, pind closely wrap
ped up, went hurrying down one of
the narrow streets leading towards
the river. He had resolved to drown
himself.
The man intent on this desperate
act was Homy Horton. Born in the
midst of luxury, the idea that the
stern necessity of laboring for his
dully bread, either with his brain or
his hands,- would be to him a possi-.
ble contingency, did'not, .until after
ho was twenty-four years old, occur
to him for a moment.
But a change, sudden' and un
looked for, came in, one of those
financial tornadoes that strikes heav
iest where least expected. In one
short year, the large fortune upon
which his father had retired some
years before.wasswept from it§ sup
posed fastenings, and gone. Soon
after the father died, broken-hearted,
and the mother quickly followed.
After the; firfife shock *was over,
Henry, to whom the other children
turned as their only protector, nerved
liimself firmly to the task of making
the best possRfe provision for hisj
brothers and sisters; In^these e^orts 1 ;
he was successful far beyond his ex
pectations. Aided- by influential
friends of his father, • he was first
clerk, and afterwards junior partner,
m a commercial house that had been
getting along very well, and contiu
ued to doeo iorseveralyeftra, during
which time his brothers and sisters
were settled in- the world, each,
through iiis uiu C'‘!»fortably provided
for. -
- .But now another change came.
The house with .which Henry Har-
ton was connected failed, and he
not only lost everything, but was al
so thrown out of employment. In
the midst of these embarrassments,
Mr. Harton, as a last resort, applied
somewhat cautiously to his two
brothers, also his brothers in-law,
intimating- that the assistance he
sought was more than due to him
on the scoro of what he had done for
them some years before. "-This ap
peal brought fifty dollars from one,
half that sum from another, and* a
paltry five-dollar bill from a third.
From the- fourth—the youngest
brother, and from whom he had ex
pected the most—the only reply re
ceived was that lie had no money to
spare.'
In tliifi embarrassed way he had
been struggling along for some years,
and becoming more and more dis :
couraged. He was now forty-five
years old.
In the early part of his mercantile
prosperity, Henry Harton, while do-,
voting ail his thoughts and care to
his brothers and sisters, had scarcely
thought of entering into the marriage
relation. A little later, when those
relatives were provided for, he had
become deeply interested in.a worthy
young lady, who, for some reason ho
could never understand, hud not re
turned his love and that un requitted
attachment formed one of those
painful and depressing remembran
ces that hung around him for years,
and aided in ma'king him feel more
than ever as if this world had noth
ing for him worth living for.
At last he began to let thoughts
come into his mind which bear down
ward towards death and the grate;
first, barely perceptible and instant
ly repelled, and yet continuing to re
turn, and each time taking a strong
er hold; until an accident finally
occurred which led him tp resolve to
carry out his cherished purpose'at
once.
He had called on a friend whom
he had often aided in former years,
and having frankly explained -his
situation, intimated his desire to ob
tain a email loan with the privilege
of returning it as soon as he could.
But instead of mooting the applica
tion promptly, as lie supposed would
bo done, the gentleman, after wait
1 ig a few miuutcs, remarked that he
had no money to lend in any suoh
indefinite way. He regarded a loan
us the next thing to a gift, and would
be better pleased to give him half
the su m asked for and make no ac
count of it; at which suggestion Mr.
Harton promptly withdrew.
That night ho resolved to put an
end to a life that had now, as it
seemed to him? become of no further
value tp him or any one else. He
had a few good articles of furniture
in the room ho had been occupying
and some valuable books. Seating
himself at his desk, on that gloomy
Saturday night, he wroto a few
lines addressed to.his landlord, say
ing:
l am about leaving Here, and shall nev
er ret ur Q, The articles in my room, please
dispose of; first pay yourself the balance
due on mv room rent, then divide %hat is
left ;into four equal sums, and send tliopj
to my bi others and sisters, whose address
es are. here given. Tell them the money
a parting gift from their brother, wfiom
they will never-again see.
This letter he closed, directed and
lefb'W fils table;;. then locking the
door and putting the night key in
his pooket, lie started for the river.
When within a short distance of the
shore, he saw iu the dim light of a
distant lamp, a female figure, closely
vjail&d; gtid also moving towards the
wator’s edge.
To drown herself was evidently
her intentions; and to pursue and
rescue her if possible, was the iin|
pulse that instantly drove every oth
er thought from his mind.( Rushing
forward, and at the. same time
. throwing off the coat in which the
^shot was contained, he reached the
spot just after the woman, with a
desparing cry, had plunged in; and
at the next instant he, also, was in
the water.
For a moment the woman, ?.’N
had quickly, risen to the surface and
been promptly seized, attempted to
struggle away from him; hut finding
it useless, resigned herself to her
fate, and was soon ashore.
Recovering.his coat, at the sa.i e
time throwing, out the shot, for.
which lie had no further use just
then, he gave his immediate use and
attention to the person he had res
cued. Her confidence was readily
obtained, and she was soon relating
the sad story of her life.
She had been reared in luxury;
had married a man whom she loved
to the end of his life; hut the price
of that love,had been the displeasure
and final alienation of her parents
and relatives. Her husband hud
died of a lingering consumptipn, his
funeral expenses, in a plain way,
being paid for witli money obtained
by pawning ..her jewelry, and even
the best of her clothing. Two deaf
children remained; hut they had in
herited their father’s fatal disease
and had followed him to the grave,
the funeral of the last one being paid
by the charity commissioner. Left
t h us u tterly desolate and alone, site
sought the death from which her
unknown friend had rescued her.
“Will you, Mrs. Loring,” said
Henry Harton, after conducting the
lady back to the lodgings she had
left—“will you promise me solemnly
not to attempt again the destruction
of your life.”
“I do not see why you desire me
to live,” was the sad reply. “But
since a merciful Providence seems
to have sent you to rescue and save
me, I will grant your request. 1 will
once more nerve myself to the strug
gle and live until the Lord in His
providence takes me away.”
To send a present-in money to the
lady whose acquaintance Harton had
so recently made, and who, as lie
discoVorcd, wus endowed with that
delicate sensibility that renders the
acceptance of pecuniary aid exceed
i.ngly paiufol and mortifying, was
not a pleasant tusk to contemplate,
and yet it must be done. But where
was the money to be obtained? Not
from his own empty purse; and yet
a way was soon thought of by which
ho could procure the small sum he
wanted for that purpose. It lmd al
ways been an easy thing for him to
obtain money for others when iu
want, for he had been ready to load,
as far as possible, in oharitable acts
of that sort.
Calling on an old and wealthy
friend, be told him frankly that he
wanted twenty-five dollars for a per
son itTextremo want, and whoso ne
cessities his own purso was, unfortu
nately, not well enough filled to sup
ply. The money was handed to him
without a moment’s hesitation, and
tho gentleman then remarked.
“Ar»cl how are yon getting along
yourself, my dear Mr. Harton? 1
havo mot seen nor hoard mUoh of
you lately, and my thoughts were
turned to y.oq this very morning. A
friend of mine, Mr. Williams, who
■has been appointed, to a government
mission, must, leave before long with
the -prospect of being absen t several
years, and desires to find some suita
ble person to take care of his estate.
His wife and two, .daughters, the on
ly moroljers of his family, will go
with him. The trust is one of con
siderable responsibility, He is leav
ing a largo amount of property which
must be looked after, and he most,
have a man. who is a thorough and
careful accountant, strictly honest
and reliable, and to whom fie oftiV
intrust a power of attorney to mim
ago everything in his absence. Such
is the man fio described. And ho
described you, with one exception I
am sorry to say,” Mr. Osgood added
with a smile, “I have known you
from your boyhood, have known a
good deul of the trials and vicissi
tudes through which you ipne
passed, and. observed; with deep in
terest, your efforts to be just and
true to every one.” ’ r
. Hlr-atff truly thankful to you, Mr.
Osgood,” said Harton. “But you
sti,7 !) ,Are is one reason why I may
not answer the «t>d I.snp*.
pose I know what it is.- I 1 nvo no
wife.”
I “Yes, but you may havo some fe-,
male relative—some glint, sister, or
cousin—who is qualified to come and
assist you- in taking churgo of tho
place?”
‘‘l ean think of no such person
at preaeut,” said Mr. Harton; “but
I should ho delighted to obtain the
situation, and will, if possible, think
of some way to supply the deficiency
especially if in the meantime you
think best to mention my name to
Mr., Williams.”
“Which I shall certainly do in
preference to any other,” was the
closing remark; and Mr. Hurloti left
with that twenty-five dollars in his
pocket, and some thoughts in hist
mind which were of greater value.
“Yon will pardon me, Mrs. Lor
ing,” said Mr. Harton, “for asking,
you to accept a small sum of money
—a gift from a wealthy utid liberal
gentleman to whom you are entirely
unknown.”
Tears of gratitude filled tho poor
woman’s eyes as sho thuiiKfully re
ceived the money so greatly needed.
Their acquaintance, was continued
and ripened into love. At last Har
ton told Mrs. Loring how he hap
pened to savo her from drowning,
and ended by saying: “In saving
ypu I saved myself also; and if there
;is any obligation, it is as great on
my part as on yours.”
A long earnest embrace followed
this declaration; and that embrace
also was the seal of a love to which
the still further soul of a marriage
was soon added. .
. Two weeks had passed, when Mr.
Harton again called on his friend,
Mr. Osgood, and remarked tp the
old gentleman that lie had already,
in accordance with his suggestion,
found a lady well fitted, as' he be
lieved, to aid him in the duties for
which his services wore required,
and who, before the time when he
would bo wanted, would become his
wife.
“The wisest and best wav, my
dear fellow!” said Mr. Osgood, gras
ping his hand. “Some old ilumo no
doubt, whom vou have looked up.
But never mind! She could not
have united her fortunes with yours
at a better time.”
When Mr. Williams returned, af
ter an absence of four years, ho
found Mr. Harton and his wife,
with two beautiful and interesting
children, quite at home on the old
place. The estato, in overy respect,
had been so carefully and suecesss-
fully mauuged that ho made up his
mind at on.co that it was not host for
him even to try to dispense with tho
services of his faithful steward. And
as the two daughters ho had taken
away with him had found husbands
and homes abroad, there was abuiK
dance of room tliero at tho old place
for them all.— Bonne Beure, in
New Ycrh Ledger.
Good Society.
[The Housekeeper.]
Extremes are dangerous,'"’particu
larly; social extremes.' People Who
live in tRo baokwoods, ; far from the
bustle of civilization and the com
panionship of their follows, are in
danger of losing their ambition and'
intellectual vigor, and letting thbir
minds and manners grow up to weeds
hko a neglected garden; while oity
pcdple ofi tho fashionable dirolos.oft
en, wear out their bodies, brains and
nerves, in; ther ceusoloss whirl of arti
ficial and unwholesome excitement.
This was painfully exemplified re
cently in the death of Miss Bayard,
a young woman of uiuisuuMbvelinesa
iii both person and character. Hor
mother being an invalid, Miss Bayard
undertook to fulfill the social .duties
resulting from her father’s important
position. She was plunged into a
perfect miBlstrom of sooial duties and-
excitements, whioli was more than
she could bear. Nature moans that
pooplo shall rest ut nighb, and always
rebels when they turn the hours of
rest into long continued revelry*
Miss Bayard retired in the early
morning .hours, giving orders to he
called in time to dross fora reception
at tfib ’.yhite House. When her sister
went.to call her, she 'f/d::*.! her life
less; and the poor mothor, prostrated
by the shook, soon succumbed and
djod in a fow days. This ought to
be a terrible warning to ultra-society
pooplo regarding tho (langurs of ar
tificial life and continued oxoitomont.
If people could only realize tho truth
they would never mourn because
they are not situated so as to move
in fashionable and wealthy society.
The best society is found where
cultured and congenial minds meet
together for mutual entertainment
a.id profit, and does not depend
upon costly dress, lu>o hours, and
due excitement. As regards morals;
and two extremes of society ore about
on a level; the best, purest, and
most cultured society is; as a rule,
found in the great middle cli^s, who
are iieithor unduly deprived ,of the
pleasures and advantages of life, nor
enervated by a surfeit of wealth and
the luck of the incentive^ to ambi
tion.
Danger of Chloral*
[Scientific Amerlcau.]
At a recent meeting of the Cin
cinnati Academy of Medicine the
ubCS of “chloral” as a romody wore
pretty thoroughly discussed. Tho
experience of the profession' seemed
to bo that “chloral was an uncertain
and treacherous romody.” Some
persons arc more affected by a dose
of fourgmins than others arc by a
dose of twenty grains. Oases were
roportod whole 200 grains por day
had been given, and or.o case re
ported by Dr. Beck, of tho Baden
army, where 430 grains woro given
in throo hours, the paciont sleeping
thirty hours and recovering. The
professionulso agreed that chloral
cannot successfully be administered
hypodermically.; There woro oases
reported also where deutlTwasoauaod
by the administration of ten or
twenty grain doses, and whore dan
gerous symptoms resulted from a
single five grain dose. Such a rem
edy cannot be' regarded less than
dangerous in any except the most
sk’llful hauls.
The Farmers Paradise.
[Savannah News.]
A man on his own farm, well cul
tivated and kept, well stocked, with
good modern dwellings and barns
and outbuildings,, master of both
time and acres, tied to no hours by
the calls of bolls or whistles, free to
come and .go according to the neces
sities of none hut himself, mostly in
his own fields, performing liis
healthful labors within sight of the
stnoko of his own chimneys, is sure
ly as rich in the genuine senso of tho
word as any man can be. IIo has
nothing to fear and nobody to envy.
Of one thing he is sure all his days,
and that is a sufficient living; and
that is what other men aro never
sure, of wichout a singlo pang of
doubt or apprehension. There' is ;
his land; there is his homo; thoro is
all t,ho animal and inimato machine
ry of his establishment and for the
rest ho loolfs iii prbforind irust to the
bounty of heaven.
Instead of his unworthy and de
moralizing anxiety to got rich, H the
average farmer, onco being Bolidly
established, would resolvo to enlargo
and exhalt his life as it is, to muko
more out of that, to enjoy as much
as possible of what there is to be on-
joyed, to adon aud beautify his home
—tlittt only paradise on earth—
within and without, lie would find
all his daily tasks easier, even to tho
oxtont of boing delightlul; ho would
feel rich now, with more money, ho
feel all the time poor, and he would
rid himself of a false tyrant in the
form of* increasing parsimony that
holds his lioso ' to-the grindstone till
ho is flung into his grave. If farm
ers only knew it they would bo the
richest men on earth.
' | Women in Wnalilngton.
[Washington Letter iu the Troy Times,]
Tho utter recklessness of tho fe
male portion of Washington society
is of teft re marked by persons of expe
rience. There is a freedom among
strangers that is never shown by tho
well-meaning young women of other
cities. Society is fully as kaleid
oscopic as polities. You do not al:
ways know who is who in oithor
sphere, and a great deal is taken for
granted Tho modes of flirting
whioli are known- in! the north, and
which are supposed to bo innocent,
though to some extent mischievous
are altogether too.slow for Washing;
ton. A great jnuny cheeky young
socioty men hove are in the habit of
.introducing themselves tuludios, and
they are hob often snulbed. Women
who move in respectable circles are
accustomed to send notes to uc*
quaintanship, soliciting ' private
interviews. Usually they want an
office, but are not above accepting
gifts from these men. It iu very
difficult to draw the line botween
the good and tho bud. Anybody
attempting to do so is apt to become
terribly confused. Probably the
great mass of people here, as in othet
places, mean well, but thoy are
extremely reckless in their social
conduct. These remarks are not
intended to reflect upon the virtue,
but upon tho discretion of the female
population of Washington. Ladies
of good standing here do with
impunity things which would cause
them to bo sociully ostracised in
other cities.'' ■■P'
A Louely Grave.
A Detroit preacher has just wooed
and won a widow possessed of thir
teen children and ♦1,000,000. There
is hope for Jonos.
[Rome Courier.] *s|i*vTh-*
On the Alabama road about five
miles from town, by the side of the
Mad, is a loi e'y gravj that maike the
resting place of an unknown confed
erate soldier, who was killed during
the war in a skirmish or while on
picket duty near by. The good peo
ple of the neighborhood have
placed a substantial fence around
tho grave. To a stranger passing,
the lonely hillock brings up sad
memories of tho pilot, and suggests
some mother or wife who bade her
son ov husband good-bye, and nover
knew where’lie fell.
A gentleman of color—a painter.