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YOLUME IX
DUBLIN, GEORGIA, WEDNESDAY SEPTEMBER 15. 1886.
NUMBER XII.
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Dr... F. WILMAS,
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Dr. J.P. HOLMES,
PRACTITIONER,
CONDOR, - - GEORGIA.
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COOL SPUINGS, \ GA.' 1
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Residence. 5 *
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Dr. P. M.JQHNSON, j
’ V PRACTITIONER;
Lovett, - Georgia.
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J hours. Day aud Night.
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Dr. J. L. LINDER.
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[Stx MIL S NORTH OF DUBI.IN,]
OFFERS his services to the public at
large. Calls promptly attended to, day or
uight. Office at residence,
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Charles hicks, m. d.,
PRACTITIONER.
Dublin,
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Georgia.
DR. G. F. GREEN,
* PRACTITIONER.
Dublin, - Georgia.
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V^'hours. Obstetrics a specialty. Office
Residence
T. L. GRINER,
ATTORNEY & COUNSELLOR
AT LAW,
Dublin - Georgia, : .
may 21 tf.
FELDER & SANDERS,
'ATTORNEYS AT LAW,
Dublin,
Georgia.
Will practice in the courts of tfci Oco?
nee, Ocmulgec and Middle circuits, and
the Supreme court of Georgia, and else
where by special contract.
Will negotiate loans on improved farm
ing lauds.
Feb. 18th, 1885.-Gm.
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few
and
him
not
nib-
“Will you not give mo some hopes
Lucy? | If have itwod you^so long and
so faithfully, that it is hard to give
up all happiness. And l thought
you cared for me r
jJDuj tjie speaker, ahandsonio yotuig
omfeeiy in * tne undress udifbrm 'ot
the.U..S,.Navy, looked anxiously at
i • • • & # jf ■ w x
his fair companion. . a .
They, were walking on tho beach
at Long Brunch, where Lucy Dau-
forth and her mother were spending
the summer. ,, T . ...
. ‘It worihi jnot be Hghtyfery ” re
plied tho beautiful girl, “to givo yon
hope that would only lead to a disap-
pdihthfehfc^ih the future that would
be harder to bear than a decided
refusal now". T cannot return 1 ybur
love as it ought to be returned, al
though l gladly give you a sister's
auction. .
Harry .impetuously growled out
something which sounded like a
malediction on sisterly affect ion,-she
rV :': ( )
“But you did care for mo ones,
■IiiubyJL Vmm UotiDe -mistaken* - T
She;blushed.
“1 thought so.when I was three
years; younger, Harry,” she said.,
“But when you went away On your
iast cruise, although the impression
yon had made on my heart las ted : a
long time, yet,,?t faded, ; I am speak
ing very frankly, and it is only right
to finish as frankly. I do not love
Von now.”
•You love another?”
She said nothing,-but her manner
was answer enough.
They finished their walk in a
minutes more, aud he bowed
hastened away.
Lucy Dan forth looked after
with a tenderness that she had
shown in her words, and for a
ment her face was clouded with a
regret that might have encouraged
Harry Markham if he had seen it.
But lie did not. ' And when a
tall, young man strode across the
broad piazza of the hotel, ai.d ad
(1 ressed Tier, the exptfesilon changed
to ashy short of joy that.he was not
slow to real.
And when, late in the evening, he
whispered, under the pale moonlight,
a story that was more musical to her
ears than the roar of the great ocean
breakers, ho had no such lmrd an
swer as Harry lmd received.
It was a beautiful evening, and
they sat on the piazza until Mrs.
Danfort!} came and summoned Lucy
to her room.
. “I will speak to your father to
morrow,” whispered Ralph Pollard,
as ho said good night; and Lucy sat
late with her mother, telling her of
hor new-found happiness.
And the next day Pollard took the
early train to tho city, and called on
the rich merchant in hia private
office.
“I am a stranger in N«»w York,
sir,” he said, wnen be had told Mr.
Danforth'what the latter had already
heard from his wite. “But my
bankers, Messrs. , will give you
all tho information you desire in re
lation to my family and my fortune.
As for myself, although I am not
good enough for yonr daughter, I
am no bolter nor worse than other
men, I suppose.”
He was handsome and manly in
appearance, si a) wart, tall, and
browned UyTilsnopeif-aTtTife inTi-x
as; and «Mr. Danforth could not
wonder, os he looked at him, that
Lacy’s heart had been easily won.
So after learning from Messrs
that Pollard was of an excellent fami
ly in Galveston, and was undoubted
ly wealthy, he had nothing to urge
against tho match and freely gave his
consent.
I
ed a la
efforts to “drown sorro
lute in a gorgeous roou
goddess of Chance playin,
feverish recklessness, un
heavily all night.
Consequently ho was hardly in .tho
condition in which he appeared to
best advantage when lie stumbled
into ;his room just after dawn, and
found his elder brother there, calmly
eh ling and smoking.
XM, ‘i fPell, youngster,” said George,
quietly, “what kind of trouble have
£ob been getting into? I thought
you had finished sowing ygnr wild
6atSi "
He was too wise a man to : lecture
Hdri’y under the circumstances; and
ho listened gravely while ho heard
tho cirouinstances. Then ho said,
quietly:
“I don't'see' that yon have better
ed yourself by this folly. Do you
imagine that yo^ti* chances are better
now than they wore yosr.erdav?”
“Chances! What chance have I?’’
said! Harry, very much ashamed of
himself, but as despondent as
ever. >yw — •* ’
“!You nevey can toll what chance
you: have of winning a woman,” was
thejst^o response.
1 But when he talked with his old
friend Mrs. Danforth at the hop that
evening, and she told him that Lucy
wus engaged, he acknolwedged to
himself that Harry’s chance was
small.
Itgiieved him, for he had been
both father and brother to the w ; ld'
yonjng Sailor, and his dearest wish was
for Harry’s happiness.
But when ho heard Mrs. Danforth
name the man Lncy was engaged to,
he started Violently.
“Ralph Pollard!” he said, and
checked himself.
TDo you know?” asked Mrs. Dali*
fortli.
“1 knew a man of that name four
years ago,” he replied. But it was
in Texas.”
“Mr. Pollard is from Texas,” said
Mrs. Danforth. “There ho come
now with Lucy. Is he tho man you
knew?”
But George Murichani had seen
Pollard at the same time, and, look
ing keenly at him for a moment,
turned away, and Mrs. Danforth re
ceived no answer. She was puzzled,
but Lucy began talking volubly, and
the incident was forgotten.
. George went immediately in search
of Ilarry.
Ho found him in the bar-room,
drinking again.
Going up to him, he said:
“Will you come with me? I
have something of importance to
say.”
Harry followed him to his room.
They entered together, and George
shut the door carefully.
“Now, Harry,” he said, “are you
determined to go straight to ruin''”
•“Why not?” said Harry, sullen-
>y-
“W r e wou’t argue tho question,”
said George. “But I have some
news for you. Lucy Duuforth is
engaged.”
“Well, that is a beautiful thing
to say to me if you want to stop my
driuking,” said Harry, with a harsh
laugh.
“I know the man she is engaged
to.”
“WeiP” .
“Well, lean break off the engage
ment,”
“You can!”
“Yes. But I will not lift a finger
reserve a man with no more sense
than yon are showing'”
“I suppose you arc right,” said
Harry, after a mo.i ent.
He was surprised at such words
from his brother, who bad nover be
fore spoken unkindly to him.
“But, George,” he urged, “make
some allowance for my feelings.”
\ will make no allowance for such
folly,” said George, sternly. “But
if you are manly enough to stop
tort I will break off this ongago-
out.”
“Thai will not help us any,” said
urry. “She loves the fellow; and
ou id Mm ui both.”
“I’ll undertake to oure that love,’*
said George briefly.
“If you can do that, I will do any
thing you ask.”
“Promise mo, then, by the memo
ry of on r sainted mother, never to
drink or gamble again, and I will
do it.”
Harry bhiicd his face in lijs hands.
Thon ho raised his head, and George
saw tears in his eyes, which he knew
were for his mother’s memory.
“George, I promise you. And it
is as rnnoli for her sako and my
own. honor as for tho sako of Ln
cy.”
They clasped hands, and both
kne,w that the compact would nover
be brolcoti.
The next day wus Sunday, and
Mr. Danforth remained with his
family. They were soatod in their
private parlor, itnd Ralph Pollard
was there talking with Lucy, when
G.eorgo 'Markham knocked at thp’
door.
On his entrance Pollard changed
color, and slipping a ring off his fin
ger, put it in his pocket. The action
was only noticed by Murklinm.
After a few weeds of hearty wel
come hud boeii, spoken Mr. Danforth
turned to introduce Pollard to the
new-comer. “No introduction is
necessary,” said George, quietly.
“I know Mr. Pollard well.”
The younger man seemed confused,
but advanced holding out his hand,
of which Markham took no no
tice.
“I come or. an unpleasant errand,”
said George, speaking slowly and
distinctly. “It is to request Mr.
Pollard to withdraw his suit for your
daughter’s hand, and to tell her that
lie is ti.nworthy of her Jove.”
“Bless my soul, Goorgo,” said
Mr. Danforth. “what do you moan?”
Mr. Pollard knows,” said Goorgo.
“Will yoti do this, sir?” he con
tinued, speaking to Pollard, who had
grown white.
Lucy spoko up indignantly:
“Mr. Markhitm, this is outrageous
Ralph, tell him he is wrong. He has
made some a terrible mistake.”
For she knew George Markham to
be an honorable man, and even at
such a moment thought ho must be
mistaken.
Thus excited, Pollard said:
“You are certainly mad to talk so,
sir. I will hot do any euoli thing.”
“Then you must take the conse
quences,” said Markham. “Givo me
my ring which you have in your
pocket, and which you stole from
my room, together with* my purse,
when I was a guest in your father’s
house. You did not think I saw
you; but I was awake. 1 kept silent
for the sake of your father, who was
my valued friend. But I regretted
my leniency afterwards, when I
learned of some other villainy, which
you will hardly care to have mo dis
close.”
“It is fulsc!” said Pollard.
But as ho looked around, ho saw
in tho faces of those around him that
his bluster was useless. Even Lucy
shrank from his side.
“Very well, then, I will go on with
tho recital,” said George. Shall J?”
No. It's no use. Here’s your
ring. Aiid I suppose you want your
money back,” said Pollard with a
curse, throwing down the ring and
pulling out his pocket-book.
“I do. I want twelve hundred
dollars, with interest for four years,”
said George, quietly.
Poliurd counted out the mouey,
and started to leave the room. Before
ho went, George said:
“I will tako no further steps in
this mutter unless some fresh villainy
comes to my knowledge. But re
member that there is a woman enti
tled to your name, although she
wus deceived by a mock marriage.
See that a genuine marriage is per
formed, or you nmv hear from mo
again.”
The villuitt, thoroughly conquered,
answered only with a how, and was
gone.
“I am sorry to have boon obliged
to do this,” George began; but Mr.
Danforth intoirupted him;
Don’i think of being sorry. Yon
have done us an inestimable ser
vice.”
Lucy had left tho room, and George
soon made his exit; and seeking Hurry
again, told him what he had done.
And in tho fullnoss of time ho had
the pleasure of dancing at his broth
er’s wedding, and of being assured
by that brother that Lucy decjaied
her love for Pollard to Have been
nothing but a fancy, which nsw
entirely destroyed when.sho learned
his true character.—David A. Cur
tis, in N. IK
Forty Years Afto.
There was a time to live.
Mod slept in their beds.
Tho epoch of haste liad not
ooino.
Tho saddle was the emblem of
speed.
Brawn and brains went hutid in
# ' ; ;i . •
hand.
Wo were still a nation of hand
workers.
A day’s journey was a sei ions mat
ter.
Tho highways were dusty and
populous.
No house contained a sowing mu
ch inf.
Tho canvas ooverod wagon wus
tho ark of tho trade.
Tho turnpike was st'll tho great
artery of couirnerooi
There was not a mower of harvest
er in existence.
The land was ligliLod with cuiullus
after uight fall.
Butter was unmarketable 100 miles
from tho dairy.
The steam saw mill had juBt begun
to devour tho forest.
Tho lord of a thousand acres sat
with his harvests at dinner.
The day began with the dawn and
not with the train’s arrival.
Tho spinning wheel and shuttle
sou tided in every fanner’s house.
He who counted Ins possessions by
tho square mile kept open house for
the wayfarer.
The telegraph had begun in
Washington and ended in New York
twelve months before.
The rich were lavjsli in an abun
dance which was hot yet oovetod bv
the keen eyes of ccnimcrce.
From East to West uas the
pilgriaiago of a life; from North
to South was u voyage of dis
coverv.
Outdoor on an Uartquako Nlglit.
Living awake under tho broad
canopy of heaven, waiohing through
the endless hours of night, while
helpless women and children uio
sleepingaround, what horrors pro
Rent themselves to the imagination.
Tho reverberat ing earthquake, whose
inistoi'ious and assistless force you
feel passing beneath you like a
mighty wave of tho ocean, is felt a
thousand times in imagination to
unco in reality. To it ure added the
horrors of yawning chasm and
engulfing wave, with tho wild effort
to escape foryotusolf and loved ones,
whom yon see holding for dear life to
tree or twig, or flooiug to some
strong building that the waters can
not overcomo. The sky stems of a
pinkish tinge and tho stars bedimmed
by a nebulous haze. The air is hot
and stifling. Wlmt mean these
portents? Shull the city bo burled
beneath showers of gravel like those
that have already fallou? Will a part
of the mainland be broken off and
slipped into the sen?
Wearied, by wild imaginings, such
as these, exhausted nature ia-about to
surrender to conquering sleep, when
suddenly you uro conciotis of an ap
proaching shock, t>» buildings of
'tne city quivor liko tho leaves of tho
forest,-tho great wave of mysterious
forco passes under von with more or
less jar ncconnng to-tho severity of
the shock, and recedes in the
distance, leaving you again a prey to
tho horrors of imH|ginu’ion.
If the shook is of the st-ccud or
third rato of forco us compared with
the gloat shock of Tiio.sday itight
lust, women mid children jump from
their oxlcmpo izod beds on the green
sward Mind gather around with pule
faces and trembling limbs, while
their beseeching looks stir yonr
deepest ' sympathios--words of
soot hing and oiicouiigemont are till
you havo lo give. You urCas helpless
as thoy but their trusting yon make
yonr words of value. While yotii
soothe and cheer , them as best you
may, yoti are inwardly '.omsing tHd'.
coward men, who havo also jumped
from their places of roposo, arid are
hitn iedly putting on their ebats and
shoos, as if thoy woiidd flee they
know not whithor. ,
In five or ten minutes thoir
excitement is over, first oho then
another roturns to his or her codoli,
and finally 'silenoo settles oil the
sooiip, save -when tho shout of soino
>iiogi|o oxliortof on the next square is’
raised t° an unsuul pitch aiid breakfc'
the stillnes of tho liight:. 1 . .
So wears on the Weary night till
the dawn begins to illumine the cast,
and tho oheerful croiv of the cock is
heard, rc-eohoed from roost. Slowly
i.ppears tho welcome sun, and then
the camp iabrokou pooplo thank
God that their lives are still spared,
and wonp their way t6 thoir respeo-
tivo homes, J£p take up the trade of
daily cares liiid troubles, but ready at
a moment’s notice to floe to tho open
ground.
NoL to Bo Blhfftid.
‘President and wife git in town
last night?’ lie confidentially inquired
at the tnnrkot yostc'day morning.
“No, sir. They are not coming
this way that I’ve heard of.” - ^
“They ain’t tht^tuke ii* Detroit on
their bridal towerl” '
'“No”
“Wall, that’s funny. They got
tho story all over our neighborhood
that tho President and wife would
bo here to-day, ami' nothing would
do but the old woman intuit mle m
with me to soo ’em. Say, Jane, this
man says they won’t be here.”
“1 don’t believe it,” sho bluntly
replied. “I assure you, madam,”
he replied, “that any such report is
false. The President und wife me
in Washington.”
She would hot be convinced until
hor husband had inquired or several
olhor persons and recoived tho sdme,
replies.
“Wall, you’ve bad yonr trip lor
nothing,” he remarked.
“1 guess pot,” bIio replied, as Bho
climbed down over tho wheel.
“Samuel, tho first thing on tho
program mo is ginger ale. Then comes
soda water with sarsaparilla syrup.
Then v/o’ll have pounuts and pop
corn, and if wo feel like it, we’JI
spread out some on candy. I’m going
to show tho President of tho United
States that ho can’t bluff me wuth n
cent.”
“Pa,” inquired a liulo boy. “if
you cun say that ‘people rnn for
office,’ why can’t yon say that pcoplo
walk for office?” “Because-they arc
in too big a hurry to walk,” explained
tho intelligent father.
A Brockton; Mass., shoemaker has
spoilt a deni of valuable time in mak
ing a pair of shoes out of 851 diffei-
on t pieces o# leather. Each tip con-
taino 109 small diamond-shaped
piocos. Fourteen different Kinds of
leather wore used, and various color
ed silks were used.
Minnow Itcuw.
Ohauncoy is now a dry towi*.
There is. not a vacant store in Daw
son,
Eastman’s skating rink will soon
be re-open«d.
“Dooly county’s primaries occur
on the 23d mst.
Nowton holds legislative prima
ries in Covington, on the 25ih mat.
Curtorsvillc ha9 a $100,000 m<fm
basis than bIio had last year.
K. A. Reese has retired from tho
Port Games Enterprise, lie moves
to Randolph county.
Tho managers of the Romo Bulle
tin have offered lheir entire news
paper and job outfits for sale.,
