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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- MOL UpMaU. .a Pmrml Mcb DaiUtot Ute wO "fM 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.’, i. ■ ■ i. ;i llw .w>— F 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,