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VOLUME VII.
Church Directory.
METHODIST.— Douglasville—First, third
and fifth Sundays.
SAltSpbings—Second Sunday, and Saturday
before. '
Midway—Fourth Sunday, and Saturday be
fore. W. R, FOOTE, Pastor.
Baptist—Douglaayille, first and fourth Sun
days. Rev. A. B. Vaughn, pastor.
Masonic,
Douglasville Lodge, No. 289, F. A. M.,meets
on Saturday night before the first and third
Sundays in each month. J. R. Carter, W. M.,
W. J. Camp, Secy.
County Directory.
Ordinary—H. T. Cpoper.
Clerk—B. N. Dorsett.
Sheriff—Henry Ward.
Deputy Sheriff—G, M. Souter.
Tax Receiver—E, H. Camp.
Tax Collector—W. A. Sayer.
Treasurer—Samuel Shannon.
Burveyorj'-John M. Huey.
Coroner—F. M. Mitchell.
BUPERIOB COURT.
Meets on third Mondays in January and Julj
*nd holds two weeks.
Judge—Hon. Samson W. Harris.
Sol. Genl.—Hon. Harry M. Reid.
Clerk,—S'- N,'Dorsett.
Sheriff—Henry Ward. *
, ■ : COUNTY COURT.
Meets'in Quarterly session on fourth Mon
days in February, <May, August and November
and holds until all the cases on the docket are
called. In monthly session it meets on fourth
Mondays in each month,
Judge—Hon. R. A. Massey.
Sol. Genl.r-Hon. W. T. Roberts.
Bailiff—D. W. Johns.
OBDIHAIb’S COURT
Meets for ordinary purposes on first Monday,
and for county purposes on first Tuesday Id
each month.
Judge—Hon. H. T. Cooper.
JUSTICES COURTS.
780th Diet. G. M. meets first Thursday in each
month. J. L Feely, J. P., W. H. Cash, N. P.,
D. W. Johns and W. K. Hunt, L. 0.
736th Dist. G. M., meets second Saturday.
A. R. Bomar, J. P., B. A. Arnold, N. P., 8. 0.
Yeager, L. C.
784th Dist. G. M. meets fourth Saturday.
Franklin Carver, J. P., C. B. Baggett, N. P.,
J. C. James and M. 8. Gore, L. Ca.
1269th Dist. G. M. meets third Saturday. T.
M. Hamilton. J.P., M. L. Yates, N. P., 8. W.
Biggers. L.C., S. J. Jourdan, L. C.
1260 tn Dist., G. M. meets third Saturday. N.
W. Camp, J. P., W. 8. Hudson, N. P., J. A.
Hill, L. C.
12715 t Dist. G. M. meets first Saturday. 0.
C. Clinton, J. P. Albcrry Hembree, N. P.,
—L. C.
1272nd Dist. G. M. meets fourth Friday.
Geo. W, Smith, J. P., 0. J. Robinson, N. P.,
, L. C.
1273rd Dist. G. M. meets third Friday. Thus.
White, J. P., A. J. Bowen, N. P., W. J.' Harbin,
L.O.
Professional Cards.
ATTORNEY AT LAW
DOUGLASVILLE, GA.
(Office in front room, Dorsett's
Will practice anywhere except in the County
Court of Douglas* county.
W. A JAMES.
ATTORfii EY AT LAW,
Will practice in all the courts, Slate an
Federal. Office on Court Bouse Square,
DOUGLASVILLE, GA.
wl? t. Roberts,
ATTORNEY AT LAW,
DOUGLABYIIXE, GA,
Will practice in ail the Courts. All lega
business will receive prompt attention. Office
in Court House. -
e. D. CAMP.
ATTORNEY AT LAW,
DOUGLASVILLE. GA.
Will practice in all the courts. All business
entrusted to him will receive prompt attention
O. GRIGGS?
ATTORNEY AT LAW,
DOU3LABVILLE, GA.
Will practice in all the courts. State and
Federal.
JOHN M, EDGE,
.ATTORNEY AT LAW.
V* * V k DOUGLASVILLE, GA.
Will practice in all the courts, and promptly
attend to all buaineas entrusted to ids care.
J. S. MMES,
ATTORNEY AT LAW,
DOUGLASVILLE, GA.
Will praetioe in the courts of Douglas*.
Campbell. Carroll, Paulding. Cobb, Fnltou and
adjoining counties. Prompt atUnliou given
J. h. McLarty,
ATTORNEY AT LAW,
IXX’OLASVUXE, GA.
Will practice in all the court*. belh State and
Federal. iMln U<>n« a spe,tally.
JOHN V. EDGE.
attorney at law.
DOUGLASVILLE, GA.
Doctors.
DR. T. R. WHITLEY,
Physician and Surgeon
DOUG LAS TILS, GA.
Tim' 1 -* aMMttea t» C«r**ry aad ChrcaU Dto-
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The Barley-Field.
By summer airs awoke from sleep
The bailey stirs; the ripples creep
In shimmering curves across its lea,
Expanding like a restless sea
Beneath the azure’s radiant sleep.
What story trusted to its keep
In foolish confidence and deep
Is this it babbles eagerly,
O summer airs?
Is it a tale to make eyes weep ?
The thrilled and quickened pulses leap?
Or hands to clap exultingly?
It murmurs thus to you and me
As o’er its fair expanse you sweep,
O summer airs!
—Mary L. Goodrich in the Current.
JESSICA’S WOOER.
It was very foolish of Mr. Peppers
to think he could keep Jessica from
falling in love, and other people from
falling in love with Jessica—she was
altogether too pretty for that. Just
17, with a round rosebud face, a wealth
of dark brown hair, and the sweetest
temper in the world. It was a sight
to see her upon her weather-beaten,
choleric old father’s arm on the way
to church.
He looked like a thunder-cloud
which had captured a sunbeam; or, as
the young men irreverently said, a
pompous old turkey-cock escorting a
dove.
He glared about to the right and
left, snorting defiance at admirers, so
that the sunbeam glowed and the dove
fluttered under very difficult circum
stances. But there she was, in spite
of the peculiar oppression, the bright
est, sweetest creature you can imagine;
and with a native bit of coquetry
about her, too,, that made even the
lifting of those curling, dark lashes
extremely perilous to the masculine
hearts so plentiful about her. Calford
was full ot young men.
There were a college, and a naval
academy, ahd a pianoforte manufac
tory there; then Calford was headquar
ters for artiste—the scenery was so
beautiful. And it chanced that there
were few young ladies in the town.
Peter Peppers was a widower. He
had brow-beaten his little wife to
death'when she was very young. She
had left him two daughters—Rebecca,
wlyj was made of the same harsh ma
terial as her father, and Jessica, who
was exceedingly like what the mother
had been. There was no danger of
any one facing in love with Rebecca—
or Becca, as* she was called.
Her tart an 1 puckery countenances
carried terror to the stoutest masculine
heart, and she was left withering on
the stem, in her 32d summer. Her
father found in her a spirit equal to
his own, but they both agreed in keep
ing a strict watch upon Jessica. Yet.
in spjte of continual scolding and
fault-finding, Jessica continued to be
as happy as a bird. She had youth
and hope on her side, and she could
hardly fail to go abroad without get
ting a hint of her power.
Jessica had been allowed the privi
lege of an intimate friend, a very
sweet girl, afflicted with lameness,
named Olive Aliys; but Olive’s two
brothers came home from the sea, and
this intimacy was interdicted by Mr.
Peppers.
Jessica was no more to visit her
friend.
To do Mr. Peppers justice, he was
very fond of Jessica and proud of her.
He knew she was charming and good,
and, without much forethought, de
termined to keep her to himself.
But fate and Mr. D'Albert were too
much for Mr. Peppers’s intentions.
Mr. D’Albert was the principal of
the naval academy. He saw Jessica,
and, upon meeting her again at a
church party, asked his landlady for
an Introduction to her.
Mrs. Japonica hesitated, declaring:
“Actually I daren’t Mr. Peppers
wouldn’t like it”
“But 1 should.” laughed Mr. D’Al
bert
-Mr. Peppers ifever allows gentle
men to pay attention to Jessica. If it
were Becca, now, case would be
different”
“It’s not Becca. wouldn’t kiss
Becca for fifty pounds.”
-Mercy! Well, when yoa get a
chance to kiss Jessica, let me know.”
"I will"
Mr. D‘ Albert went away and found
some more daring soul to introduce
him to Jessica.
He stood by her side some ten min
utes, saying the usual pleasant noth
ings of society, admiring the smiling
red mouth and dimpled cheeks, and
guessing at the length of the curling
FAWNING TO TVOTVE—CHARITY TO ALL.
DOUGLASVILLE, GEORGIA, TUESDAY, FEBRUARY 2, 18S6-
dark lashes, when Mr. Peppers, discov
ering the situation, with a portentious
putting up of his under lip, hastened
upon the scene, and, frowning heavily
into Mr. D’Albert’s handsome face,
drew Jessica away.
Mr. D’Albert’s quiet smile told that
he understood the situation, and look
ers-on laughed, but no one guessed the
end of this beginning.
Mr. D’Albert did not guess it him
self until weeks had flown, and he had
accumulated a vast deal of informa
tion concerning the Peppers.
Then he became acquainted with
Olive Aliys, and the latter spoke of
her friend with enthusiasm.
“If J were a young man,” concluded
Olive, excitedly, “I’d fall in love with
Jessica, and run away with her. She
is so bright and pretty, and she never
gets taken out for a concert, or a ride,
or a sail, as the other girls do. They
keep her as close as a nun, and will
until she’s dried to parchment, like
Becca. I don’t see how Jessica bears
it—l don’t I”
Mr. D’Albert had spells of deep
thought after this conversation, espec
ially on learning that the only place
where Jessica was allowed to walk of
a Sunday evening was in the cemetery.
From his window it chanced, too, that
he could see the back garden where
Jessica sewed and read, and tended
her plants and canary, and daily his
respect and interest deepened. He
had half-a-dozen merry, joyous sisters
at home, and dwelt on the contrast.
Now it happened that Jessica
thought as much of. Mr. D’Albert as
Mr. D’Albert thought of Jessica.
She knew his window in Mrs. Japon
ica’s pretentious boarding-house; knew
his horse when he galloped past her
father’s door; knew—at least, knew
well enough—where the lovely flowers
came from which sometimes reached
her.
Olive Aliys had a beautiful garden,
and-Becca thought Olive sent them,
but Jessica knew well enough that the
choice and costly selections came from
an unexpected quarter.
Mr. D’Albert’s glance said as much
whenever she chanced to get a bew
from him; and if she blushed vividly,
who can wonder? She could not
think of one objection against Mr.
D’Albert as a lover; nor, in reason,
could Mr. Peppers. He was every
inch a gentieman.
It was very accommodating
ca to fall 111. She was not
ill, only very sallow, and unabTe io
drive all before her in the household;
so that she was exceedingly fi*oss, and
Jessica had a harder time than nsual
at home.
The doctor ordered a change of
scene.
“I’d send you down to the seaside,
and Jessica might go with you to take
care of you,” said Mr. Peppers.
“There’s too many young men here I
notice that naval fellow lifting his hat
to Jessica. But there’s always board
ers at the seaside in summer, and a
great deal of foolishness going on.”
“We could go to Mrs. Green’s,” said
Becca. “Nobody ever goes there.”
They could, and did—Jlr. Peppers
first ascertaining that Mrs. Green had
no lodgers, and making her promise
that she would take none while his
daughters remained.
. It was a forlorn old place—isolated
enough, but comfortable and clean
within, and plenty of sea air.
Any change was a delight to Jessi
ca, and she climbed the rocks and
splashed In the surf, with her cheeks
like roses and her eyes bright as
jewels.
“Laws!” said Mrs. Green; “see that
girl enjoy herself. Ain’t she a beauty!
It does my heart good to look at her.
Sbe’ll marry early—you’ll see.”
“Indeed she won’t!” snapped Becca.
“We’ve other intentions."
“ ‘Man propwes. but God disposes,’ *
replied Mrs. Green, as she rattled her
knitting-needles.
Invalidism compelled Miss Becca to
be a late riser. Jessica usually bad a
sea bath and a run in the morning air
before her sister came down.
One morning, as she was tripping
across the dooryard, her attention was
attracted by a dog kennel, and a great
Russian boarhound rose up and looked
at her inquiringly.
Jessica stared, her bright eyes wid
ened, then she looked inquiringly
around. But there was no one but
the dog and herself in the yard, and as
he wagged bis tail invitingly and look
ed kind, in spite of his deep mouth,
she drew near and patted his great
head.
Jessica liked animals, especially
large dogs and horses. This dog wore
a handsome collar with his name
marked upon it—“Pasha”—also his
owner’s name.
Jessica trembled a little as she read
the letters. Her cheeks burned, too.
Then she heard Mrs. Green’s voice
through the open window.
“Y'es, Miss Peppers, I’ve taken a
dog to board. No harm in that, I
hope. Your pa couldn’t have no sort of
objection to him. I didn’t take his
master.”
“No!” snapped Miss Becca. “I hope
gpou didn’t take a man into the house!”
“He wanted to, though. He was a
stranger, but nice and pleasant-look
ing, and I’d a taken him but for my
promise tdfyour pa. He went to the
hotel, I suppose, ’bout two miles below
here.”
What makes such a swarm of dim
ples creep over Jessica’s satiny cheeks ?
It seemed to her the brightest morning
she had ever known, though Becca
came out and scolded her for dampen
ing her feet and running out bare
headed.
How the sea glittered!—how the
waves raced up the beach! How
sweetly the little beach birds, swing
ing among the tall marsh grasses,
whistled and called.
Miss Becca came out
“See what a nice dog, Becca, said
Jessica, timidly.
Becca examined the great fellow
with her eye-glasses, while Jessica
trembled.
“I suppose the great creature might
be of service to us, in case we should
meet a—man —in our walks,” she said.
“He’s very kind,” said Jessica.
It was soon apparent that Pasha
would follow her anywhere. He would
stalk contentedly at her side, and
when she sat down among the rocks,
lie down at her feet, with his head
jupop. her little «hoe. He evidently
grew very fend of Jessica, and Jessica
was very fond of Pasha.
Oae day they were under the cmrs.
“Hark!” said Becca. “What’s that?”
It was somebody who was whistling
very clearly:
A fox jumped over the parson’s gate.
“A man!” said Becca. “If he comes
here I’ll set the dog on him,” she add
ed fiercely.*
A handsome man somewhat under
! $) came around the rocks, then paused
t s.ddenly, lifting' his hat.
I had no time to set the dog
"WBn him. L>sha was off like a shot,
jWping with delight. He leaped up,
planting his great fore-paws upon his
master’s breast and lapping his face.
‘‘Down, down, Pasha, old fellow!
Pardon, ladies. Misses Peppers, lam
sure. lam sure I cannot be mistaken;
and perhaps you remember my face—
D’Albert of Calford. I have been in
the naval academy for the past year,
and know your respected* father well.
You are seeking your health down
here, Miss Peppers? Ah, and find it
You are looking finely.”
Few men have been brave enough
to compliment Becca. Perhaps that is
why she mentioned the sex so tartly.
Be that as it may, she forgot Jessica,
and received Mr. D’Albert very civilly.
He Was at the Oliver Hotel. Pasha
was his property. He was on his way
to Mrs. Green’s, to pay the dog’s bill.
The four walked down the sands
together. Miss Becca did not see any
thing suspicious in the situation.
Perhaps she was a little bewildered
at having a gentleman's arm to lean
on, and a gentleman’s strong hand to
help her over the rocks and gullies.
As for Jessica, who tripped lightly
ahead, with Pasha at her side, the sea
sparkled brighter and the waves raced
more mndly than ever. Her cheeks
were like roses, and her eyes lik? dia
monds.
By paying marked attention to Bec
, ca, Mr. D*Albert managed to get a
word and a glance from Jessica during
. his visits, which came weekly.
Mrs. Green stared.
“Well,” said Becca, apologetically,
‘ “Mr. D’Albert is not like common
i men.”
Certainly he was not, to undertake
; the prosecution of so difficult a siege.
Demure little Jessica could not but
; smile at the patience and zeal with
which her admirer continued his tac
tics.
It was a rung time before Becca took
■ alarm and guessed the truth.
| Mr. D’Albert came to Mrs. Green’s
lon Pasha's account Pasha’s bravery
and intelligence was a subject upon
which they all agreed.
Then. Mr. D’Albert made their stay
at the seaside much pleasanter by fre
quent sails and rows. He bided his
time, and by and by could not be shak
en off.
He loved Jessica, and Jessica had
learned to love him.
Why he should not be her husband
Becca could not say, especially as Mr.
D’Albert coolly signified his intention
of waiting any length of time for her
pretty sister.
Becca, who had fled from Calford
with Jessica, returned with her engag
ed, with her father’s consent, to Mr.
D’Albert.
Mr. Peppers, taken back by the situ
ation, had weakened, and Anally yield
ed. Pasha also approved.
And at the wedding Mrs. Japonica
had her opportunity to see Mr. D’Al
bert kiss his bride, Jessica.
How Many Eggs Will a Heu Lay?
We often read of hens that lay 200
eggs a year, says the Farm and Gar
den, but such statements do more harm
than good, by inducing the inexperi
enced to believe such to be a fact.
Any one who is familiar at all with
poultry knows that during the fall all
hens undergo the process of moulting
or shedding of feathers. This requires
usually about three months, or one
hundred days. As there are only 365
days in a year, we have 265 days left
after deducting the moulting period.
If a hen lays regularly an egg every
other day she will lay 133 eggs; but
she will probably Jose three months in
hatchingout her broods; even if she i?
a non-sitter she will take a resting
place. As moulting is a heavy drain
on the system, but few hens lay dur
ing that process, though there are ex
ceptions, and where the number of
eggs exceed one every two days, it will
be found that a corresponding reduct
ion-occurs during some portion of the
year. While we admit that certain in
dividual hens have been known to lay
as many as 150 to even 175 eggs in a
year, such cases are rare; and if one
has a flock of twenty hens or more he
should be satisfied if there is an aver
age of one hundred eggs a year for the
whole flock, or rather nine dozen.
Four dozen out of the nine should re
alize thirty cents per dozen, three doz
en should bring about twenty cents
per dozen, and two dozen should real
ize fifteen cents per dozen, on an aver
age of about twenty-three cents. Os
course this calculation may be wrong,
but it will convey an idea of what may
be expected.
The WeUtl* of Uhlli.
The world’s uf nitrate of
soda.',, and guano has been obtained
from the arid rainless west coast re
gions of South America. Along the
southern coast of Peru are a series of
rocky, desolate islands on Which no
rain evec falls and only the gentlest
breezes sweep. There are at present,
as there have been for centuries, my
riads of sea-birds along the coast, and
they, with thousands of sea lions, live,
breed and die upon these islands.
Guano is a mixture of the excrement
of these seals and birds, the decom
posed bodies of both and the bones of
the fishes which have been their food.
These deposits have been accumulat
ing for centuries and in many places
are hundreds of feet deep, baked into
a solid mass by the tropical sun.
These masses of guano were worked
by the Peruvian Government from
1846, when their value as fertilizers
became understood, up to the war
with Chili in 1880. The annual ship
ments to Europe and the United
States amounted to millions of tons,
valued at between $20,000,000 and
$30,000,000, all above the expense of
working being clear profit This
should have enriched Peru, but it
merely enriched her governing classes.
During the war the Chilians seized the
islands and annexed them to Chili.
There have been no exports of guano
since, but the Chilian Government is
making preparations to resume the
shipments, and it will probably be in
the market again next ye;ir.
Useful in One Way.
“Well, Booby,” said young Featherly,
“we had quite a pleasant time at the
house last evening.”
“Yes, indeed." replied Booby; “ma
was speaking about it at the breakfast
table this morning.”
“So your ma enjoyed the evening,
too, did she?”
“Yes. She told pa that she can
never think of you without laughing.’’
Yew For/- 2’imej.
NUMBER 50.
SCIENTIFIC SCRAPS.
The recent assertions by masters ’of
vessels, that refined petroleum in tin
cases exerts an influence on the cone
passes equal to the same amount of
iron or steel, has attracted much at
tention, and it is expected that means
of protection will in a short time be
devised.
Electricity has been brought to the
aid of the sportsman by the use of a
small lamp for the front sight of a ri
fle, to render it visible in the dusk, or
when, from any cause whatever, there
is insufficient l|ght. The minute elec
tric lamp is fixed near the muzzle of
the gun, and shielded by a metal.ic
screen. The current is supplied by a
small battery in the stock..? . ’
Experiments are making in Phila
delphia with the telepherage system.
The object is to transport packages, up
to eight hundred or one thousand
pounds’ weight, upoii cables strung bn
wires, -by means of electric m6tors.
Two cables are used, one above anoth
er, the package being suspended on
the upper and steadied on the lower
one. It is an English invention, apd
has been used in a South American
mine.
In a paper on the size of the brain
in extinct animals, Prof. Marsh,- of
Yale college, has brought forward .the
remarkable fact that in the race-for
life during the past ages the survival
of any particular group of animals de
pended on the size of their brain as
compared with that of their contem
poraries of the same class. Brains
won then, as now, and the brain of
animals crushed out of existence was
always found to be relatively smaller
than that of those outliving t.hern^,' :
A wild aquatiS plant,, called the
Elodea Canadensis, first discovered in
the rivers of Canada at the beginning
of the present century, has ’ recently
been found on the baqks, pi the’(Jka
river, near Moscow. In Germany ,|he
plant is called the “Wasserpest,” (,'ya
ter plague,) its vegetation bqing.so
rapid that, under favorable conditions
as to soil and climate, it,soon forms
such a dense tangle of * leaves: and
stems as to maUe navigation impossi
ble. ■ ’ ■*
The curious question has bs6nasked,
why oaks and elms are especially lia
ble to be struck by lightning* It 'was
declared in 1787 that the elni,
oak and pine were the trees mos(,pf
ten struck in America; and' iff
Mr. G. J. Symons stated
oak, ash and poplar were the most
frequently struck in EngUCmL A.
Madgeburg record reports injuries to
265 trees, 165 being oaks, 35 Scotch
firs, 22 pines, and 20 beeches. It has
been suggested that the frequency
with which oaks are struck is dub to
the presence of iron in the wood.’,
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A Vaccine Factory.
-A Greenwich, Conn., correspondent
writes : In a cow-house at the side
of the old turnpike road, in the quaint
village of Cos Cob, two calvfes c;..n be
seen on almost any day strapped to a
bench, their feet sticking up* in the
air and lots of quills protruding from
their bodies. Around the room are
razors, knives, bundles of qdills and
ropes. A man is usually in attend
ance. This is a vaccine factory, one
of the first established in this country.
The quills remain for a* short lime in
the flesh of the calves. As soon as
they become filled with ioucustt--vac
cine, as it is called—they are pulled
out, sealed up air tight, and in ume
do duty all over the world, finding
their way to Germany and Australia.
Some people imagine that the calves
are killed by the process, or* are
so injured as to be unfit for use. ‘.This
is not the case, but it is. claimed that
they are made more healthy by hav
ing these sores, for that is all. th6 harm
done to them. They seem (<> suffer
very little, and after a few days frisk
about as lively as ever. ' Calves of two
colors are preferred at the ’ factory,
white and red, and only strong and
healtny ones are (‘Often
times people come to the factory to be
vaccinated,” said the attendant: “They
are afraid they won’t get the.right
stuff—pure calf vaccine. lam«not
doctor, and the doctors dop’t-like it ver
well. I just take knife’that. Ici
the calves with; so I cut the atm as
cut the calf. I pull a. quill fi&m th
calf and put it in the cut or scratch
They smile, take a look at tfre calf, ant
go home, sure that it’s took.” Then
is more demand for vaccine at the pre
sent time than at any previous Um<
during the five years past,