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mmmm imm m / wmmagm i mf 14 FAWNING TO KONE-CHABITY TO ALL- VOLUME YIXL DOUGLASVILLE, GEORGIA, TUESDAY JUNE 22. 18S6- NUMBER 20. Church Directory. —^WQLASY^E-Fii'st, third «id fifth Sundays. before ^ PRINGS —® econ( i Sunday, ard Saturday Midway—Fourth Sunday, and Saturday he, R>re - ( : "W. R, JOOTE, Pastor. B^tist—Douglaijville, first and fourth Sun days. Rev. A. B. Vaughn, pastor. ■ A THIEF DETECTOR. One Man’s Employment a New York Store. in Masonic, DoupIasviHe Lodge, No. 289, F. A; M. .meets m Saturday night before the first and third Sundays in each month. J. R. Garter, W. M., . J. Gamp, Secy. A Private Detective who Mingles with the Throng of Shoppers. County Directory. ^Ordinary—H. T. Coopery Clerk—3. N. Darsett. Sheriff—Henrv Ward. : Deputy Sheriff—G, M. Souter. 'fax Raoeiyer-—E. H. Camp. Tax Collector—W. A. Sayer. Treasurer—Samuel Shannon, Surveyor—John, M. Huey. Coroner—F. H„ Mitchell. iSBUPEKIOB COURT. Meets on thiitd Mondays in January and Jnlj ■ and holds two weeks. Judge—Hon, Ramson W. Harris. ■ Sol. Genl.—Hdn. Harry M. Reid. 1 Glerk—S. NfDorBett. Sheriff—Henry Ward. ' COUHTY COURT. ! „ : Meets in quarterly session . on fourth Mon days in February, May, August and November , and holds until all the cases on the dooket are - oalled. In monthly session it meets on fourth Mondays in each month, Judge—Hon, R. A. Massey. Sol. Genl.—Hon. W. T. Roberts. Bailiff—D. W. Johns. . ordinary’s court Meets for ordinary purposes on first Monday, and for county purposes on first Tuesday in each month. . Judge—Hon. H. T. Cooper. JUSTICES COURTS. 730th Dist. G. M. meets first.Thursday in each month. J. I. Feeiy, J. P., W. H. Cash, N. P., ». w. Johns and W. K. Hunt, L. 0. 736th Dist. G. M., meets second Saturday. A. R. Bornar, J. P., B. A. Arnold, N. P., S. C. SjeerpL 0. 84th Dist. G. M. meets .-fourth Saturday, nblin Carver, J. P., C, JB- Baggett, N. I’., I asms* and M. S. Gore, L. Cs. JSgtk Dial. G. M. meets third Saturday, T. /Hamilton, J.P., M, L. Yates, N. P., ». W. liggefs, L.C., S. J. JooraSn, L. C. 1260th Dist.'.' G. M. meets third Saturday. N. W. Camp, J.P., W.' S. Hudson, N. Pi, J. A. Hill, L. C., 1271st Dist. G, M. meets first Saturday; C. C. Clinton, J. P. Aiberry Hembree, N. P., L, , L. O. L 1272nd Disf. G. M. meets fourth Friday. Geo. W, Smith, J. P., C. J. Robinson, N. P., , L. O. 12.73rd Dist. G. M. meets third Friday. Thos. White, J. P.,iA. J. Bowen, N. P-, W. J. Harbin, L. C. Professional Cards. ROBERT A. MASSEY, Attorney at law DOUGLASVIllLE, GA. '.(Office in front room. Dqrsett’s Building. j,xi practice anywhere except in thyeCouhtj Court of Douglass county. W. A. JAMES, I ATTPRPiEY AT 1 Vill -..jactico in u ‘ ts- 1 Trif Office on Cou -?««• GA. Slate an D0W J T. ROBERTS, 'WjfORNEY AT LAW, A tall haughty young woman, wrapped in furs, with large diamond earrings, moved lazily through the throng of shop pers in an uptown dry goods establish ment the other day. She viewed with indifference the great varietySgf objects exposed for sale, and chatted gayly with a Young and stylish dressed companion, casting haughty looks of displeasure at the more vulger shoppers whenever, as frequently happened they were rude enough to jostle against her. A hand some Japanese leather shopping satchel swung from her left arm, and in a harder jostle than any she had yet received, the spring snapped and the satchel swung, open. Inside lay a purse, some loose greenbacks, and odd change -temptingly exposed to view. The 1 fair owner 1 con tinued her elegant walk utterly oblivious of the danger threatening her purse. . A stylish young fellew who had been darting hither and thither in the thron suddenly rested his eyes on the open satchel." They twinkled for a moment, and then he became very earnest and ap parently very anxious to reach the street, lie forced his way up to the satchel, dex terously bid it from view, and slyly stole his hand into its depths. He was about to withdraw it again, when he met with a sudden and unexpected shock. A stout, heavily -built man, with his over coat buttoned up to the ears, who had been moving slowly with the crowd, ap parently indifferent to everything and everybodv, had suddenly taken a violent interest in the dapper young map, and it was his hand which had arrested the thief justj as he had started to remove purse and money from the open safchel. The yotmg lady turned around With a slight scream, much disturbed, and there was ^ j commotion ip. the immediate neigmsorhood. " ‘‘keep your satchel Close I. Madam,” remarked the stout man calmly, " ‘Md be fore she.had recovered from her frigb^ho had disappeared with tbe-- : t&ei in his custody, v . ■ A reporter ..for thg.- Sun, who hfd watched the foregoing, followed 1116^/4’' men fipto a private office. 'the second. -story. 1 1 ‘ T should think that*- you wbuldjknQw enough.to keep c»t of herCf ’ said tile to the thfef. ’ ■ Tlie latter laughed carelessly and spi mitted to being’qpSr ched without mftir- mur. / “What’s the odds,” he retoj>md with a 'grin. / The bosses won’t hav^os arrested, so they all do, inside and out of the store, from the superintendent down to the scrub woman. If the superintendent is a drinking man or the cash girl eats more candy than her wages would pay for, the firm wants to know .it. If the young clerk there spends his nights going around town, J am expected to keep my eye on him. I take orders from no one but the firm itself, and, although I be lieve I am popular with the employees, I also know that I am fearedby them, f° T an evil,report from me would be immediate ly followed "by the delinquents discharge. The firm trusts me, and I am proud Of it, but it’s a trying and responsible place all the same.” The reporter watched the detective as he slowly moved away, appareiffly seeing nothing bdt his little piercing byes tak ing in everything within their range of vision.—New York Sun. / , THE “ALABAMA. The Confederate Cruiser’s Last Engagement. How- She Was Sunk by the "Kearsarge” Off the French Coast. Washington Money Lenders. When a government clerk gets deeply “in a hole,” or suffers the agonizing dis comfort of being pn “his last legs,” he generally appeals for a lift to one who, in Washington parlance, is known as a 10- percenter. This is a specimen of human ity that loans money for. sums not ex ceeding half the borrower’s salary, at' the rate of 10 per cent, per month; that is, if your salary is $100 a month, he will loan you $45 in cash and take your note for $50, payable in thirty days. These mon ey-lenders claim this exorbi*-'‘"t interest on the ground that the unsufficient secu rity subjects them to frequent losses. But I do not see how they/an lose; a clerk is completely in their power, They never accept a note without lihc name of a second clerk in gook standing as ah en^ dorser. If either clerk refuses to pay,- his position in the department can V e placed in jeopardy by thq., 10-percenter filing a report of disregard - of obligation against him. The lender’s only danger of loss depends upon the rare contingency of death, resignation,-or discharge sever ing both the principal’s and the endors-. el’s connection with ,the |depffl$menfBu-; fore the note falls due. T^is money lend ing business, is a lucrative one, and the foundation of inbny a handsome fortune in W MjfflBi ■f. 'j Shaksperqjs School-4 In ,1482, Thujas .Tclj.^ From an account of “Life on the Ala bama,” by one of her- sailors, in the Cen tury, we quote the following: ‘ We got everything ship-shape and left Cherbourg for our last cruise on a bright Sunday morning, June 19th. We were escorted by a French armored vessel, and when we got outside we could see the Kearsarge awaiting us, about four miles away. . Captain Semmes made us a short speech which was well received, though it seemed odd to me that ah American should ap peal to an Englishman’s love of 1 glory to animate him to fight the speaker’s own - countrymen. But we cheered, and the French ship leaving us, we steamed straight for the Kearsarge. There is, no doubt that Sgmmes was flurried and com menced firing too sopn. We were, I should say, nearly a mile away, and I do not" think a single shot told. The enemy circled around us and did not return our fire until within seven or eight hundred yards and then she let us have it. The first shot that struck us made the ship reel and shake all over. I was serving on one of the thirty-two pounders, and my sponger was an 1 old man-o’-war’s man, i who remarked, after a look out of the .port, ‘We might as well fire batter pud- dens as these pop-guns:, a few more biffs like that last and we may turn turtle.’ He had scarcely spoken when a shell burst under our ]7?vot-gun, tilting it out of range and killing five of the, crew”. ‘What is wrong Vith the rifle-gun|’ *^.a^ asked. Wo don’t seem to he a m enemy.an/iarm,’ while with sktO-wuiu- as: a taking a stSi -away- fortu" The fruit ripens in June and December * at which time the beans, which are abou the size of shelled almonds, are separated .from the pulp and dried in the sun, when they are ready for the market. They are then roasted like coffee, which causes the Shells to separate from the beans. These shells are sorted by winnowing, and form an inferior, cocoa. The seeds thus pre pared are sometimes used for food after being boiled a long time, but if they are to be made into chocolate they are ground, mixed with starch, sugar and other , sub stances, and made into cakes. The best chocolate, however,, is simply made from shelled beans, which axe parched and ground like coffee. The irregular pieces into which the seeds separate after being shelled are called nibbs, and are the pur est form in which cocoa can be bought. Collector Harris is now experimenting with some of the seeds, with a view of starting a cocoa farm. It takes about three years fer the plants to come into Key West (Fla.) Democrat. A Woodland Flower. How could I know, 0 tender woodland treas- . ure. , - ' . ■ .... , With petals blue and soft as Summer skiee, That from the dust of long forgotten pleasure- So dear a hope, so fair a dream could rise? Meek, lonely blossom hiding in the shadows, And waved by mountain breezes cool and’ free, w No fairer flower from Summer’s golden meadows Could bring the thoughts i that thou hash bom to me 1 From the sweet stillness of the misty moun tains, Where fairies weave a strange mysterious spell, The cooling winds that blow from hidden fountains Bore thee ’mid alien bowers and scenes, to dwell I Ah! sweeter en thy petals, fair and broken,. Than winds -that blow across a Suipmesr sea, Or Strain of fairy music, is that token, Oh wonderous flower, that thou has brought to me. . ■ , —Courier-Journal. 1 bearing.* Canned Hoods. In the testimony brought forward in the recent Kolyer-Thurber case, much light'was thrown by expert and other witnesses upon the methods, in some in stances, of the canning trade. Besides the copper boiling and zinc soldering practices, other reprehensible modes of manufacture* were testified to. One wit ness, who said that be had been in the canning business for thirty years, gave a simple means , ; o£,,distinguishing spoiled from wholesome fruit. It is- midci/tood that when air can get at the contents ol the cap. decomposition will ensue. The, wholesomenCSsj of the goods, therefore, depends entirely upon the air-tight con- di-cJ HUMOROUS. often. "TJre vptness kt.ly alf asserted tight Sweet strains—Clear honey. When a man falls down his temper gen-, orally gets up before he does. The tramp, like the mariner, looking for a hospitable cove. . A fly is said to have lft;000 eyes. No- wonder he is careless where he leaves his -specs. . , if A man seeing the sign , “Hands off,” innocently asked if they had gone on st picnic; Lite is short—-only four letters in it- Three quarters of it is a “lie” and a half of it is ah “if.” The man who wouldn’t pay his tailor^ rtas non-suited. That i4* the HuEi the clqth|g^>ack. was hrpdil that he bd ‘steam-b’iljB DOUGLASVILLE, GA. I fllpractioe in all the Charts, ness will rei ^jjjourt House. *|snf ss will receive prompt attention. Office All lega N O. D. CAMP, TTORNEY AT LAW, jWjgfeg-:-- DOUGLASVILLE, GA. ■Will practice in rail the courts. All business • intrusted to himWill receive prompt attention. B. G. GRIGGS, ATTORNEY AT LAW,, ■ DOUGLASVILLE, GA / Will practice in ali the courts, Staf™ n( ^ Federal. ■ ^^gieslt: a' jpj&sffiSSr of the , gave certp^p^Ahd &0 the ,BrpthJrh|od of the Hol^i Cross, to 'maintain a jiri.fst fit to teach grammar freely to all scholars. a There is very kittle doubt that here, in ris boyhood, Shakspere conned hiktasks. The antique appearance of the school room islo a^riftfr extent gone, fd r in the laspe of timq many of the old, character, listipreaturei; have passed away. lore the fhissile ‘She’s going was confusiom^B about the wafe'r-Ir like- a drunken man. The wounded were lying abfeut. ITTiqh S^Snd the [ms was” Alabama, ^rj*. all hi^Hstrhek' vesi^l land thq deck. we run no risks. Oy : m a wmle w^e ra |3| e - • - J y ^ IchhIm JOHN M, EDGF ATTORNEY A^ SSSSitetea— a h 1 DOUGLASVI^f-, GA, LAW. / WiU practice in all attend iif all business Sppurts, and promptly Kusted to liis care. J./JANIES, ATTOl AT LAW, /OUGLASVILLE, GA. Will police in the courts of Douglass, Cainpheit Carroll, Paulding, Cobb, Fulton and adjorning counties. Prompt attention given' to all business. J. H. McLARTY, AXTQtirt§V AT DOUCLASYI/LE, GA. . Will practice in all the Courts, both State and Federal. Collections a f|>eoia(ty. JOHN V. EOGE. attorney at law, DOUGLASVILLE, GA. n® JOB PRINTING NEATLY DONE AT THE “STAR” OFFICE strike a duffer when y^t’re off galliv ing with the daisies^ That was a^tretty •lay you spoilednow, thpdgh, ” he added regretful- “Won’t you come out and have/^thingl-li#' “Not jusrt° w >” replied the stout man ironically'LU see that you get out..?’ “I an^“ e house detective,” ho said a little/^ er > after having conducted his cha-to out of a side door. I ‘I have been -^elective nearly all my life,* and I owe present place to the faet that I know /by i sight every professional thief and pickpocket in the country. I get "a large salary for doing nothing but walk upj down through the store all day^*^ 111 entirely my own master; several j assistants also, but I am^^onsible for all. If a pocketboo^^fost, an article taken from a cw-rter, or a clerk knocks down, I am/dfd to answer, so that I am obliged.- 4o keep my eyes wide open all the time. “People are* very careless. A dozen times, at least every day I have to warn ladiesj that their shopping satchels are open | or that they have laid their purses on the counter while Examining goods. “It is a rule of this house to avoid pub licity as much as possible in the matter of arrests. If I find a thief, even in the act of stealing, I simply take away his booty, search him "carefully for other stolen goods and then put him out. Jf I find him in the crowd, even when he is not plying his' trade, I search him just the same and put him out. 1 use no dis guise. The thieves know me and I know them. They submit to search rather than arrest, and in that way we keep from the public the fact that thieves fre quent this place, There is no doubt that they do come here in large numbers as well as to every other*large store. Some of the biggest criminals in the country have been in this store. They frequent the art stores‘very much, for there they have a chance to make rich and unsus pecting acquaintances, “Besides watching for thieves from outside, * I have to keep my eyes on the employees. I am supposed to know what and impressed me deeply. At the invitation of the Head Master, I ligt- eued for a few minutes to the recitations ui Greek of a class of English boys. stout and sturdy The boys in Shakspere’s school if 1 f i a it ? .xLsiii: /hat given to skylarking^” 1011 the mas ' back was turng^ P° or man! he er a hard time of it; rYto maintain a conversa- and at the same time re- which was red with blood. Our officers did their duty and the men at once , be- gan tqsget up-the wbut|led.' The’’cutter and launch were in tha water, and the officers were trying to -keep the men back till the wounded vverekll in; but- certain-: ly many of them were lefb !oFFsaw- sev eral on the berth-leck''witoh : I w||MMg low, 1 and the boats werafc, ; fSe^rt| pushing || ^ h ' the shiiwH^^^ ft “ a a ^ a look ‘ "rtween decks, and I tuT below, but iuv-.u;a hole I •rtiij fruit and this trick is cl vent-hole, heat, der the can no mark, a dence with.- tha(| -Ne\J a afB ter’s in his ende^> tion wijh^"®‘■ ■- i v- -■ . ,,-i 1 -:vvf... strain^® exuberant feelings of his pupils. Nicholas. Extracting Teeth Willi a Pistol. Old Dr. Mousey extracted teeth by fastening, a strong piece of catgut secure ly to the, tooth, to the opposite end of which lie affixed a bullet, With this bullet and a full measure of powder, a pistol was charged, and when the trigger: was pulled, the operation was performed effectually and speedily. Once a gentle man who had agreed to try . the novelty,: and had even allowed the apparatus to be adjusted, at the last moment ex claimed, “Stop, ‘stop, I’ve changed my mind!” “But I haven’t, and you’re a fool and a coward for your pains,” answered the Doctor, pulling tlip trigger. In an other instant the tooth 1 was extracted, , much to the timid patient’s delight and astonishment, -—Scientific "American. Doubly Unfortunate. Clara—Well, Henry, this is pretty con duct. Mother was here to supper , and you never made your appearance. Henry—Very, sorry, my love—cou’fn’t help it, Met Boojum—would have-' me go to the theatre'. Clara (suspiciously)—Indeed 1 - /What was the play about? You know I always like to hear. Henry—Sorry I can’t oblige y0u. .Boo jum talked to me. ■ :sq that I dicin’i hear a word. Clara—What did you see ! Henry—Nothing. Boojum’s sister and her hat sat in front of uic. —t-SKiUidclyhia Call they were gone. . ; “ ‘All hands., on deck— ship’s going down!’ was called, an* I hhd just got on the upper step ofrte forward,compan ion-way when the-/ater, : entering the berth-deck ports, forced the air up and almost carried me /off my legs. I cast my eyes around fqf a moment. Old Gill, with his ,head errthed under' the carriage of the eight-inc/gun, was lying there, his brawny hanks clinching the breast of hie jumper. - Just as the water came over the stern I event over the port bulwarks. • I was a good'swimmer, and had not been in the water five minutes when a French pilot-boat'/bame running past, and a brawny fellow in petticoats and top-boots dracked me out of the water.” % Oo 1 « Chocolate. There is no reason why Alonroe County, should not afford a large portion of the chocolate which is consumed in theUnit- ed 'States. We have ‘a climate and soil which is admirably adapted to its pro- citiction, and it will certainly pay a hand some profit upon any proper investment hiade in its cultivation. The; name is de rived from the Aztec chocqlati, pnd it is, as we know, . a nutritious, drink,' and is prepared from the cocoa, which is the 1 fruit of the theobroraa cocoa. 1 The tree is found in Central America, South Amer ica and Mexico, and in the West India Islands. . It is a beautiful evergreen,, growing to the height of from twelve to twenty feet; producer both fruit and flowers during the; entire year,’ and is one of the handsomest plants known. The fruit is about five or six inches long, and about two and a half in diameter, and is shaped like apod of okra. It turns yel low when ripe, and contains generally from twenty to thirty beans in the fruit. These are arranged in rows in a rose col ored pulp, which is sometimes eaten. Tie Ilf greatly sands of po from Italy to China sends us tET? it is rather coarse, aud is’ factoring low-grade . theatrics; and back-pieces;' braids and bangs fa? ladies’ street wear. By bleaching .and , dyeing, Chinese hair can be given any color that is desired. But it assumes;; auburn 1 shades best, and an enormous quantity of it has been used. The Swedish hair is rarely longer than twenty-two inches, and when received here it is always dirty and teeming with insects. French hair is generally clean, bqt the Italian half, which comes to New, York in 100-pound bundles, is ex ceedingly’filthy, and the workmen who clean it before it is purchased by the; wig-makers sometimes contract diseases from handling it., Dyed hair is called (“dead,” and becomes harsh after .being worn a short time.' Chemicals are used to give H. a glossy appearance., Besides the human hair large- quantities >of yak and angora goat hair and - jute -liber 1 are used. Jlsftlt A Tough Regiment. Jack Stephens, Clerk of toe | Court) He BHmm War'Prices in the South. A few days ago a party of gentlcirien: were discussing high prices in the South during the latter,part of the civil war. (voUI paid $30 a yard for a suit of gray cotton jeans; ’’ said the first speaker, “and the suit of clothes cost me $800 after be-, ing cut and made.” \ “The,biggest trade,!, made during the war,” said No. 2, “was$30.for a spool ,of cotton thread.” ■’ ' “And I,” saidNo, 3, .. ‘-‘.paid $15 for a shave.” ; . 9 “How, could a man carry ..enough' change; in his pocket to buy anything!’/'; I ventured *to ask. “They stuffed it in their hats, boots, pockets, or most anywhere it would stick, replied No. 1 .—Barnesville, Ga., Mail, is - l Criminal I tells how it came about that his [regiment was in the late Senator Miller’s | brigade but fifteen minutes. Jack’s regi- Jment was one of the toughest in the army, \and nobody seemed anxious to have it in 1 his command. Alter it had been trans ferred from one brigade to another and had found nobody who could control it. Gen. Miller, , who Was on pretty good 1 terms with himself and had a high opin ion of his ability to, control any set of rien asked to have thetough regiment ad ded to his brigade. There was no opposi tion to this, of course, and the transfer rtas made. Gen. Miller immediately or dered the regiment up in line and pro ceeded to make a speech Jo it, telling the hoys what he was and what -he was not. going to ' suffer [them to do. As he warmed up to his subject he drew off his long gauntlets and laid them on a drum standing near him. Hardly had he done this when one of the boys in the line, sneaked around behind the General and' in plain sight Of the entire regiment stole the' gauntlets, and succeeded in getting back tbihis place in the ranks unobserved by the, eloquent General. At the close of the speech, which did not take more than ten minutes, ; the General dismissed the boys .and turned to pick up his gauntlets. “Well, I’ll be blessed 1” What he said is not fully reported, but the faejis known that in five minutes more he had succeeded in having the regiment turned over* to another brigade.—Chicago News.