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DODGLASYILLE, GKpRGIA, TUESDAY, MARfH ; 8/I88T
NUMBER m
Church Directory.
METHODISX^-DOtjGXiXsXlXdiE—.‘p
First third and fifth Sundays; ■
KAI,T sriilNtiS-S^coml Sunday and Sat*
fil'd ay hefo.re.i i
WIinVAY- Fourth Sunday and. Saturday:
before.;:" . . -
GCE. K. KO?t3SE'5l > -l*as<or;.'
®A**T1ST"-- -Ti< J «f|j ic\ fefjufc'-AFirst
and foartli Sundays. ,; 1 ’
' w. J- SUXvARS, Pastor.
MASOHIC, g
Dou^’asville Logbe Ko. 289 F. & A. M.
Meejs "mi Saturday, at 4 P: JVf, before the first
and iMrcl Suiicl.iys ‘in o:vcli month. J. G«
Wright, W.- M. # J. I,. Perkins, Secretary,,
W i hston, Ga. .•
Professional Cards.
J. H. 5¥IcLARTY,
ATTORNEY AT LAW,
Dduriasvilla,. Georgia.
HAPPY REUNION.
I Will practice in
and Federal. GdiB
ie rod rts, s 'both State
fjGasped alifcy/ '
M
BT
ATTORN5
Douglasvi
MASSEY,
V AT LAW
1 GeorMa.'- --
| (Office in front room, Dors&tt, J & bnildmg) ; ;
Will practice any wh^re./-
WM..T> ROBERTS,
ATTORNEY AT LAW,
Dooiglasville, Georgia. f
Will practic'e'in all the" Gourts. "All legal
business \vill receive proinptt^fceniion. Office
i#Oo iirt Hours . ■ SJ | '• ' '
§g£ , W. A. JAMES,
ATTORNEY AT LAW,
. Dottflasville, Georgia.
Will praetiosAn all the courts; c State*'and
Federal. Of' ‘ / • on Court Aouse Square, next
door to printing oiiice. |
JOHN m. EDGE,
ATTORNEY AT LAW
D0UGLA8V1LLE, GA.
Will practice;in all the courts, and prompt-:
; ly attend to all business: entrusted to his
care. ’
J.,S, JAMES,
t 9 r ? y' sat. Law,
DOUGLASVfLLF, GA. • -
: I had just graduated. ■ My college
life was oyer, and now . retd life, the
pleasures, mingled with the 'troubles,:
o! manhood, was before me. And I
always was of a philosophical disposi '
tion, so when my father was caution
ing rue against the trouble, I was
dreaming of the happiness, and dost
the: fruit of many a warning which in
alter life I much needed/
We lived in the snherbs of the little
city of Newport. My’ father was a
genial kind hearted, dignified man
and very well off’. I was his only
child: r never knew anything of my
mother; she had dled before I could
remember, ■
Aly father was now very proud of
me and took great pains: to introduce
mfe into the best of society, and being
naturally very sociable;; I was well
liked.
J had been at home but a short time,
.wheh o!ie.evi:ning, as 1 ^vas reading,
one of the poets, my father? came to
where I was sitting.
“Sere,how do you like society around
boTe?hi#v
“Well, sir, I must say that 1 am
pleSsed. It las improved vastly,, I
think, while. I have beciraDseiit.” . •
“All, indeed! Have you made the
acquaintance of Laura and Mary St.
Germain - .”’
“No, although that is-a consumatlon
devout ly to be Wished.’.’
* “Well, I can easily remedy that,you
know. I’ll introduce you if you’ll take
a st roll in that direction. What say
you?
Wi 11 justice in the Courts 'of, Douglas,
' Qai^beH, Carroll, PauldiD^^Cobb, F<on
ah 1 adjolniiig. - 1 ouhties\ P j on*
giveip.to- all b.im 1 ess. '
B I, ORipS,-
§T LAW,
Douglasviite, /SeorgiiS^^BMI
Of course J assented, and getting my
Panama we started: Their residence
wits not very far distant, from ours,
and as we reached the mansion the
colonel with his two daughters ’was
sitting on the piaza.
■“Good evening, friend Gordon, come
n for awhile; come in. Ah, is that
3erkley back again? 'Good evening,
Bere; glad to see you,” he said, with a
hearty shake of my hand. “ When
did you get back from college? Glad
to see you; come in, come in. But” he
continued, “I had almost forgotten
myself. Laura and Mamie, tliis is
Here. Gordon, an old friend of mine.
You see, Here, you didn’t know white
charming daughters I had; ha, ha, ha!|
Theytoynst got ■ back from Europe]
Now go; ■ jilHfe foUssrari d 'tnijoy 'enels
Friend Gordoh ( yOii
u v father told me the circumstances.
His explanation was to this effect;*
About 21v years ago, or perhaps less
•than that, he, together with his wife
and two children,: a little hoy arid girl,
had embarked upon the steamer. A.
M. Johnson, from the city of Mays-
f rile Ky. ’.The ill-fated boat exploded,
sending some eighty souls inio eterni
ty. Among these, niv father was at
last driven to coin-hide, were bis .‘-wife;
arid two.,,children. He. gneved long
arid deeply, but at last bowed to the
will of his Heavenly Father.
He inquired far and near, but lie
one had seen his childreli—but he re
covered the body of his wife. His
Children had each of them a.gold lock
et upon their neck, and both were of
the same kind. But no one had either
seen locket or children. Ho he at last
gave up the search, and returned to
Newport.
But he felt himself irresistably drawn
to revisit the spot, and on going there
again,he eh a need upon an old Irish
woman, who had in her charge a small
hoy. She stated that she had taken
him and also a little.girl at the time
of the .wreck, their parents: being lost.
She had given the girl to. some gentle
man; did riot now recollect whom. My
father was interested in the Child. He
asked if a locket had been found upon
thejchfld. “No, no; no locket had.
be eh found,” was her reply.
My protector took the child and adop
ted it. ;I was that child.
.. When# he had finished,/hri' took my
htedriri'hotihof hia/and iri r? voice husr
ky with emotion, said: . “Berc,’: stay
with me; -comfort me in my old age.
You Shall have all my fortune. Oh,
say that you will stay! But no- that
is selfish. No, Berc, hunt up your
parent.” •
“No, sir; if you will allow met kind
'father, I will stay .with/you. You are
the one to whom I am bound, whom
it. is my duty to love and respect. No;
I don’t want to find my parents!” He
was very willing that it should be so,
and rising from the chair into which
he had thrown himself, he exclaimed:
“Well, Bere, it’s all settled, ain’t it—
Bless God! You stay here and marry
Laura St. Germain, and we’ll ali he
happy. Let no think no more about
^g^jj&jyyimjffiaj^^ae&in^Yourire
uiy.,son, and, I am your father, Fell®'
and she burst into tears, and 6 - nk up.
on a rustic seat.Ig //. /" |||H9|
“Mary,” said I. But I apuld say no
more, before ! saw my father running
toward me with ari open letter in his
hand. Mr. 8t. Germain followed, and
last came I,a ura. Oh, blessed/■ God!
wo are at last reunited. Ih hd that,”
continued he thrusting the letter into
xny hands.: “And read iti aloud: to
Mary.” -
I proceeded to read it. it was as
|follovvs: v
Mr. tlermain, and whom it nnjy con-
cefn.
An Irish woman, one of l&y flock, to
day haseoufesse<J.to si‘Ci,has.
lied to’you anhvMr- GojrdOn couhrirte
lug two children, a boyjandjgiri. She
found them alter en exptosirin oltejixe
Onio. You adopted fh| girl, Mr. G —
the boy. • From w.liat i fleam lie is pie
father of both. Each, at •tj^gs'MBig
found, wore a gold locklt—we send it!
ho you. - Blie denied this; h.efqte, r hut
now confesses. Hoping thaffthis may
be of some service, 1 remain J:
Michexl .G’B.ojs'AHxjhy
Pastor of Church <»S—of--.
' As I fiinshed, Mr. G^mafuaud' my
father both exclaimed;! All of wHiCh
is true.” .'
Yes, tliat letter e^iilai.ned p YftJJJp||
gave me a father, a sistgr, ant! alio vied
me to love ; my Mary. - I thaalied God
for it.
Air. Germain couldn't-give up Mary:
to We all live in .
happy family. . ■
■S'opMfatioia ivecitfcil in Hit
If men do not lose their meB Anp
moral balance and conclude |ii l the
\ i I ii i k of ~ in ih
South is to make money; - her prpgresf;
within the next:ten years will ;he; tl*
most remarkable evet|witnte|ed upon
this continent. The South 'has nonj-
A PA8TOHl.it, RO91ANCE.-
of the disadvahtages'of the^Mwt: :Hef
eiimatcTis mild and ImatiJifiil. her ag-
rioultural, \ industrial, mining and
manufacturing advantages ai - :_ unsur
passed, Her educational rip.el, nuiral in
terests are well looked alter,her
laws are as good and as sfarictlylenforc - ?
ed as those of any other section. ,
TheBputh needs ;pOp|dati(te-
does hot seek'pauper P:Olulat;|^rihut
her gates. i^a^^ddgfo|JK tt^idmit;
the industrious and t!ie hylptef.'#o)u
WhateviJ- iquarter 1 Lji *, -inhy.
Tli-re is i - >'>iu • S:>: einliyteriUjriteulX:
: win
FeTerl
a^ll tbefi^urfcs, State and
-r-
JOHN V. EOOE,
ATTORNEY AT LAW,
Douglasville, Georgia.
-THE--
WEEKLY STM,
JLAS COPY’S
OFFICIAL
oi^ulates
Douglas,
Carroll,
Fulton,
, Faulding,
Cobb,
and l Will Ipieuss stocksitl,
“No need of telling me to enjoy the
company of these lovely girls,’’thought
I, as giving an arm to each , we ( stroll
ed over the grounds.
I was delighted/ They both had the
same inclination as l myself had. They
spoke Italian, French, German/Arid
Spanish, which I also did. They liked
tlfesariie poete dhat I did. On the
whole the,evening passed meat pleas
antly,-and I was quite vexed with the
flight of time when I saw how late it
was. We walked toward the house; I
then bade them adieu., . seeing father
glancing uneasily toward the sky, as
he always doek when afraid of the cotn-
iiigffews.
A.KT33*
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ADVERIS1NG IEOH
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The Treatment of Chronic Disea
ses a Specialty.
Sept. 2S-3»i. :
ROBERT COCHRAN.
- r ; - : —^WilTH— .
PEES 1 WiLSCII,
i Whofv" - ale and Betail Grocers,
25 AV. Mifchcll St., Atlanta, Ga
m-mSmm
Tbe Old Reliable
On the road home 1 could talk of
nothing else than the two girls,though
I was inclined to thiak that I men
tioned Mary ofterier than I did Laura/
“Berc, I am strong! yd raw:) toward
that girl Laura, arid, to tell the tru th, T
wish you would get her for a wife.” J
I thought, “ Well, I’d rather . have
Mamie, Lthink,’.’ but'I answered ab-
senlly, “Yes, sir.” -
To tell the truth, tiVe old g nfei hibri:
was a little too su iden. I didn’t Wgrit
to think Of marriage yet; hut the 1 old
foiks.always;always:hurry things .«<>.
- “Yes, Berc, I want you ro ninny
Laura. But, look h -re, my hoy, you
vvill be 21 tomofroyv/eome to my room
in the mornthl ai»'>iit 9'o’eloek.
“Yes, sir,” wood ring for what pur-
pose he wislied tq s ..tee me ; then;: and
not now: b.tfi 3 3S i i I my curiosi
ty, and asked no q-iestious. . v
But we were now at the gate; We.
passed into the house, separating; at
the foot of the sttirs,./.
I went : to my room io think ofMafy;;
and Laura—of Mary, I mean.
Myjfather soon passed tip to his room,
and then I heard him pacing to .and
fro in if (his room vy.as directly above
mine).
• I listened to it for - sotn-.v time, atnl
then i determined to go up stairs t<> see
whether he was sick, or ariytliifig the
matter with him. 1 rapped; at Hie
door. .
“1$ thatyou, !5erc - ? Come
hoy, come in.”
I entered My father was .
He come towards me,
"Bere, give me your hand,
your dear father.”
I did So, astonished at his conduct.
“Berc,” he continued,‘-‘sit down in
that chair; I must tpll vou sdmithfng.
Berc, I am not your father.”
Had a thunderbolt struck nu^Tcould
notjiave been.more appalled.
•‘What? Oli, don’t say that! What
do you mean? Take back those words.”
‘II tfm riot:your father, Berc; I must
you this; I think you ought
uuTifar'idi
room, hut not to sleep.
.''^tehge'tesay, I did not .feel Rny
eiiange of selitiment tewara niy kindl
protector.
Was it philosophy, or what was it,
that whispered this-confidence to my
1 ' i id* I now thought again of Mary.
Y.-.s, ro:i<l-.:r, I wag in love. My last
ti-.ouglits that,evening were^'about Ma
ry; my dreams arid my first waking
trimigite; were occupied by the' same
person;
' When; I greeted my father next
morning; it- was with such cordiality,
and so much in the old-manner, that
he instantly noticed it/and exclaimed:
‘Berc, you; don’t feel any change of
feelings toward me, do you? Do
‘Yteye me still?” ’
Of course I did and I soon told
you
him
so.
in, my
in tears.
call me
m-w
raso-a.,
Ijs liead-quarters for Qouy'as
(I surrounding counlies. Be
re to stop there while in the
L Maj. J. Di SLOAN, Pro
l-tfi |
..•-it y;m this; 1 think you ought to
k nw this.”' ?
I bail risen at his first announce-
ment, and I now san..< to a chair, and,
covering my faee with my hands,
gro.meditloud, and yetl'did not fully
coiiip/aheud tiio terrible news “Fa
ther! Oh, can I call you father? Tell
ma what you mean.”
Ill e-N cal! me father, Berc, my boy.—
You do love me, don’t you? Take-a
sip of this wine, and I -will tell you
all.”’
.The wine revived mo somewhat,ami
I visited St Germain’s on every con
venient occasion. Two weeks; tin*
pissed away.
. Orie evening Mary and I walked out:
m ■ i \ I confessed my love. Oh, hap
piness! she, too, loved/ rne. What a
happy evening that was.
But ifi the iliidst of my joy • at the
new foundlove/a.. strange, foreboding
c une over me. 1 renumiberod that I
siii)ii i ■//•; !.;Vur.i. and I ^vas pledg
ed to Mary. • My God! wiiat must I
do!
i tore myself away from her Moved,
and parting from her/with a kiss and a
whispered vow to love no other, Ihur-
ried homeward. ..T.wo f!)oughfg 6hased
each other through my brafri,. One
was, 1 iovo ')!arv; the oilier,, father
v ni ts me to love Lau ra::
I (VH. th-.it I could not disobey my
ririid protecter. ' No, that was impossi-
b!e. - i f'.-h iliat I could not. iove any
one. but Mary: no, that was, too, im
possible:
'1 said notring a,bout, it upon reach
ing lioiue, iuit. went aflor iiidiling him
good n’glif, directly to my room jjj
pac d if through the whole night.:
The next day was TTednesday. In
the evening abou t S o’clock Germain’s
servant brought'a note' tequestirig/tho:
iniinodi ite pi-'esonce ef 'my fatlier. 1
acco!n;>aiilcd liim. He went over and:
then went up stairs, (Erected by a ser-
:vanf. I litigered r ot a moment upon
live piazza and th.en went toward the
•little su-nniei - louse at the side of the
mansion, .As I entered, judge ;of my
surprise Alien Laura, with a.cry’j threw
horse'f into my arms, and her arms
about my neck, atid swooned away. '
I drew lier to the neaiest seat and
endeavored to restore her. . It was an
awkwark predicament to say/ the least.
.c, i And#l^^^that moriieut ;Mary . eriteied'
the gate. . She saw my situation, and
thinking that I had made love also to
Laura, passed me coldly and then rush#
ed into the house.
T called the negro nurse, and with
her assistance recovered the fainting
form.
| then left her,- fTml despite the voice
of Laura calling to me, ! rushed mad
e 1 madly forth to sock Mary and give
art explanation.
- -Seeing her in ihe'"shaded arber, I
went to Writ d her. She art> B e anu walk
ed away at nay approach.
. “ktu/y,” rx:::ied,/“ jtri\ 1-moaTeUf; /T
Wish to speak wilii you.”
“Go; you are false. False to me,”
leave, ltmhH have heretofore,
abiding places: • j * o
need be ho fear- of law^ssi-tessj,.^) suk-'
picion oi disloyally/nO rlptibts/ about
the enjoyment of freedoms of speech,
thought arid action. Thete are no po
litical nor are there any so , 5fai , ' i 'lsijste@’
eles which should prevent: Northern
ers from seeking homes in the Nouth.
Tlie conditions here are/just as they
are in the North. Those who ''adhere
to their peculiar opinions without de
nying that right toothers may Choose
their political alliances without fear
of interference, and those who ate res
pectable may take any social position
to which the free citizens of the /Uni
ted States afe en titled to aspire. -
The opportunities in the -South for
progress in all directions are 'charm
ingly inviting. It Is not necessary/ to
undergo the; hardships endured by
pOineers in the - West, * b•’■*if.» Uc
South possesses ail the conveniences
and comforts ofa country kuig scttlial.
The markets of the world are of easy
access,- so that whether, one is engaged
upon the farm, in the mine, or in the
maim factory-, his producis may be
readily and profitably disposed'of Not
only are these things true, but tltere is
never any serious delay’ because (if the
weather to business of any sort.
There will never be a time half so
favorably as the present’ for emigra
tion to the Houtii. Lands are cheap
and abundant, Their owners aro.anx-
ious to;dispose of them, because they
Know the increased wealth which jut*
creased popu latiou lirings. They are
anxisus to sell to Northerners, because
those that have already settled in the
-South have proved tlieir value in de
veloping her resources. But i-Soutliern
land owners will not refuse to sell to
foreigners, and it is a question of hut
short time when tjie tide of foreign
emigration will turn toward the Bout h.
With increased population the price of
lands will advauce, whether that. prip-.
illation be foreign or native. The
present is emphatically the 1 time / for 1
emigration from the .North to the
South, and those who. come may be;
sure that in pwifiimj tfi* -vuotji jh#*v
will also profit themselves.—Savanna-T^
Ne.of, /
Senator Brown admits that the ?or-
r.-spoiKlence between Secretary Bayard
ami <Jeu. i i. R. - Jackson, ex-Minkter
to Mexico, is mtei-esting and what may
be termed «,iisatip':.'k He denies that
Gen. Jackson has aliy- intention of-
it public. lie says that if this is done
the publicy must come from Secretary
Bayard.
John was Willing to iSo the Court.
for the FArm until lie met;
Lovely Miss hniiuda Tyl^r. :
Lovely Miss Lucinda Tyler- went to
Fiirmer Hayseed’s for the' sntnme.r.
The; object of her visit was to secure
rest and quiet- She decided to abstain
from all social exeilomont, and at first
she succeeded. After awhile, howev
er, her resolutions gradually gave way,
and she found herself indulging in a
pleasant little flirtation, with Farther
Hayseed’s son John. ' ,
John was good-looking and accom
modating, and lie did not object in the
least to the effects of the city girl’s fas
cinations. In tact,, lie raU'cr seemeJ
to like it, and when he grit hold of her.
hand one evening—gr idttaliy/of course
—:Uid gave it a good squeeze, the affair
deveiopecl in to something serious.
Of course, Miss Tyler’s affections
were not permanently disabledjj but
she sympathized wiI Ii the steady de
votion of her admirer arid encouraged
him because she, like ail women, fan
cied- tlnft sort of thing. Even Eve left-
poor oid Adam for an hour or two to
flirt with that very insinuating gentle
man Beelzebub.
: John’s courtship was placid 1 and un
remitting. Everything .lie could do
for Miss Tyler was done. It was,
therefore, with regret that lie saw the
end of August approaching, for then
she v. as to leave. lie took her out
Viiiing. They entered a long well sha
ded, romantic looking mid,:and -al
most before Miss Tyler knew anything
John exclaimed with more orless emc-
A SUN® AW EBf't'EK.TAInfMBSJT.
Wonderful Feats of J. Rattdall
Urown. tlie Mind Reader.
The Rome parties who/ :drew-;«yfc:js
money in the Lpasiana- State Lottery,
have gone to the Courts to settle the
ownership of $5,009 of the amount
The courts will docfbtl'ess deny Ithe le
gality of the lottery and the money
will he left where it is, iu the hahds of
the lixpress agent. 1
Debt is a hard fca r -!c master, and in
terest is a ei/uri ‘‘wiripping-post.’?
Credit is cpuveuieat to have,land is
I sometimes a great blessing, ggi the
habrtua) use/Of _er - - if- ^
gstS ®ud oitheift'esuHs.
t i de>t lift-ioiqt-u h tortures
of flic 'lash of interest (umry||jlt$|l
utterl^iu/eak down and destroy 1 ira.
lion :
“I love you.”
/ “This is very sudden,” she teplied.
; /“I hope you ain’t mad about it.”
- “No, I don’t, know,” and she falter
ed, his arm encircled her waist.; 1
There was a silence for a minute or
two, an d then pity got the better of the
dear girl’s feelings, and she said sbft-
iyi/////
‘‘John, I should think that you
would; get tired of the monotony of
your life here.”
“Yes;'it is kind o’ tiresome some/ 1
times.’' 4
- “Tell me what you do?” m
“You won’t get m ad about it ?”, H
“Certainly not.”
know, we run this .farm.
JS’Wrrime®0 1 n Io make enough to
keep thej&aily the rest of the yeaM-
Man! *soe»\'|o /the cooking tfaifistO;
tlie writs®!11 floors, and 1 hoy make me
do-all thelove making business?” -
“The love making business ?” ‘
, !‘Yes;-that’s what it amounts to.
[Flirt with t lie boarders, you know and
make’em believe that they’ve made a
- mash. First it was tough work - kind
of bashful, you know- and the/ first
summer I reached a dozen, and- this
year—but, say, you ain’t mad about it,
are yon.!.” v *
“No dear Jolm,” and her head nest
led fondly on his shoulder. What a
pretty 1 hat you have ! Let mo hold it
for you; and, dear John, how fine and
grift your hair is.” And she ran her
fingers gently through .his chestnut
locks. Presently she put both hands
up there, and, after getting a good tight
hold, she«ppiled with all the gathering
strength of.a Six weeks) vacation, John
tried to yell, but he couldn’t.-his
breath forsook him. He tried to speak
but it was no go. The big tears that
foiled down his cheek were the otily
manifestations of his misery, but they;
were enough to touch a heart of stone.
In about a minute—to John it seemed
a century—the lovely Miss.Taylor re-
leaSed her hold, and gathered several
dozen strands of chestnut hair
knot.
“No, dear John,” she, said
sweetest way, “ 1 ain’t mad. I
want a tuft of your lovely hair
summer souvenir;./ And npw,
Jolm^supposew-ereturn,”
Dear John obeyed without a mur-
mur. They reaehrid home, and tliat
night at family council Jolm issued his
ultimat u m | /“Dad,)K said h ; e, || if tfi e re’s
any more courtin’ business to !«; fione
’round here you’ve got to do it. I’ve
quit for good.” The Judge. -
Atlanta, February 2S; -J. aandall
Brown, t.lio mind reader,.gave a scant e
at the opera house, last night in the
presence of an immenee audience,
which filled (lie parquette, family cir
cle arid the trip gallery. Parts of. the
performance were- beyond doubt, very
wonderful and mystifying to a degree.
A commit tee of gentlemen, all stran
gers to the wizard, were nominated by
the audience arid went up on the stage/
On this committee was Hon. William
Bray, now representing. Fulton county
in the Legislature; ■■Brown asked Mr.
Bray Ip think of some person in the.
audience. Mi Bray fixed iris mi mi
ll pon a man, hut told no living human
win# lie was. - Brown then blindfolded
himself, and taking Mr. Bray by the
hand led him through the great crowd,
at times rushing here and there with
him at almost brenk-rieek speed. Mr.
Bray-kept up with him very well., tei;
length both men got pretty tired, and,
Brown still leading, Bray returned to
the stage; He then removed the hand
kerchief ffpiu his eyes and described to
the audience the man whom he. said
that'Mr. Bray had inirrored on his
mind. He said tliat lie was a slender
man with-sandy beard, and that l-e
wore glasses. Then Brown- took sev
eral turnkalon'e/thrpugh the isles of
the theatre. His faee. were.an expres
sion of intense pain and his/body
writhedat tirues as if lie was in great
physical agony. He would stop at the
foot of the aisles near the stage and
pass his hands over his eyes and then
flirt his fingers in the air, as if he was
throwing perspiration from his brow.
After some lime he rushed madly down
the.aisle next to Marietta street with
a wild expression gleaming in liis eyes,
arid suddenly stopping in front of Dr.
Edward Roach, said : “You are the
man. but you have removed your glas
ses,” • >■"■
into a
in her
only
for a
dear
Newnan has a case of small
The victim is a sou of Mr. J. 8.
Hams, recently returned from
York. a
pox.
Wil-
#ew
dome»'! theip^pIBs./ seoaien-jirisc-il
that the Constitution should change
its position on the ‘ tariff question so
suddenly. If a fellow is going to
change, why not do it in a day as well
j^riri/p-omth/ vAruMjMBtA^OH rulji-ep/t^u'
other day that tiie Constitution had
increased its capital stock to a million
dollars? It is now a “bloated bond
holder,” and has a l-ighl to he on both
sides o'f the question, if it wants to—
which is not an uncommon thing with
tiiis great moulder of public sentiment.
Tallapoosa Journal.
. I inly had a .terrible, earthquake
Wednes-rlay morning. U was also felt
Jft piu is of : ranee. The Italian earni-
valgivosit out witli a tcp-Hile tragedy.
AVtele thq maskers in the various
toSis were iu the midst .of their f jV ■
otj» , (lie rumbling of , p |earth warn
ed .them, of their danger,. They ran
OutSn tile streets in their costumes.
The; scene which follows beggars
dcsiription. Whole blocks of build-
’irigri were tiu-own io the ground. The
los^oflifc /vas terrific. At one place
tho^nrth opened and swallowed up
"khvie hundred peisons.
! Mr. Bray admitted that Dr. Roach
was the man, and I)r. Roach drew .his
spectacles, from his pocket and stated
to the audience that he had removed
his glasses to deceive Brown in case lie
!.Uiri:i<“ I'll!' /' in- the mall of w u/!f ■
'Bray was thinking, Th| i, o'' -
tremendous, and this was the raorit
; • ■- -,
Martin Amerous, of the comriaitteo,'
e mart 1 ijplnte
audienco.. iriowh thqii te“k liim/.by
the hand and led liini to a lady seated
in the dress circle. Mr, Amerous ad
mitted that he had thought of the lady
instead of a man in order, if possible,
to throw Brown off the track.
He performed several other mental
feats. Nobody could offer an explana
tion and Brown stated that he could
not explain how- he did it.
The second part of the performance
consisted of the spiritual manifesta
tions', from which Mr. Brown stated
that the audience must draw their own
conclusions. He would not say wheth
er or not they were genuiue. but he did
say that he regarded about nine-tenths
of the spiritual manifestations of the
day as legerdemain,’ and one-tenth as
genuine His performance of these'
manifestations including the table trick
and the cabinet trick and the message
from the dead trick evidently came
under the head of th e nine-tenths,
though nobody in the audience , could
'explain how they were done.
The papers stated that a nominal
price would he charged for admission.
This proved to be fifty 1 cents to all
parts of the house/ including tee top
gallery, which was crowded. This was
a part of the phenomena, of the eveu-
ing as nobody had ever been known to
pay that much to go up there before.
Another part of the phenomena of the
evening was the fact that, although
lie entertainment was of a purely, sec
ular character, and although it was;
Sunday night, yet. ihe police made tin
effort; either to pull the, wizard or to
suppress , the boisterous applause,
which at limes was unseemly and iris
duFed in by I’d- entire audience,
which included ali classes o+‘ people,
with i big sprinkling of many of the
ladies and gentlemen of the city 'of the
highest standing. As a Sunday - show
it was-sadly .out Of place, arid on that
account lias beep sternly denoiineed on
the streets to day by many of our best
citizens. Per haps Mr DeGive or
son.iebody else Ciin explain the phenom
enon of a pay sleight of mind show at
the opera house oil a Sabbath evening.
— Telegraph. :;/';'■ I ,-te '| / .;;;•
“A pound of pluck is worth a.tori of
luck, ’: was one of President Garlicld’s
tru i si ms. “Let not poverty,” lie said,
“stand as an obstacle in your way.
Poverty is uncomfortable, as I can tes-
tify; but nine cases out of ten tiie best-
thing that can happen to a you ng man,
is to be tossed overboard and be com
pelled to sink or swim for himself. In
all my experience f have never,known
one to be drowned who was worth
saving.” *
idles: will never succeed as 1 railway
^iluetor®. TTipir frairis are alwajri
| “ Young mail, do you believe iu a fu
ture state ?” “In course I tluz, and
ridiat’s more, I intend to enter it as
soon as Betsey gets her. tilings ready.”
“Goto, young man, go to.” “Gotwo?:
—if it wasn’t forthe law against itpvhi j>
me if I u ouldn’t go a dozen. But wl o
supposed, Deacon, that a man of your,
age would give such advice to a,young
■ iMiw-ltti g iti8B iimpr -
A Touching scene.
Out in a large western city, a
one-u
?rfo/t of us lay up a good Po.-k of - 1».
tieucc, but wo make Go fi.T-i ike of
putting it winire we can’t .find ii just
when werieed it most.
armed tramp; was arraigned before the
city Recorder, and seemed to have ‘
NsJkod over the continent. He'Was
talj arid though in rags, had'an ap-
pearanee of having boon reared in .
luxury,
Tln> Recorder, wlio was n man of S5
or 3* years of age, looked upon the of- :
fen del - sternly,, saying: “You are ; ac-
cuscd of vagrancy and drunkenness:
w hat have'you grit to offer as Jin ex
cuse ?”
Ihe tramp arose, and looking /into
the eyes of the Recorder, said.'
“As to drunkenness, I deny the as-
sertion. After wandering river the;
Ulilted States in search of my loved
onps/I arrived io this city three/ days
since, a. vagvant Iiy tiie law, harmless,:
penniless, sick and- hungry. I was
weak for want of food, hence the accu
sation of drunkenness. To make my
story, sir, as short as possible/ I will
t./il you, as you have disposed of your
oilier prisoners. I was a; Confederate
officer, in Fort Dnnnelson; was wound
ed in that fight,,-and when the. surren,-
der ^yas made,: my coriirades tbought 11
was dead, and wrote to that purpose
home to my wife and only boy, a .lad
of thirteen. However, j recovered i
enough to go to Rock Island, where I j
remained a prisoner until after the
close of the war. I then returned to
my home in the South, to find it des
troyed and my wife and boy gone. I
went to the northern city where I- first
saw arid married my wife; but her en
tire/family had disappeared, moved off
or died, I then began to search for
those I loved, which has carried me
into every part of the union I have
looked everywhere. Hunger nor cold,
nor heat, nor poverty, disease nor suf
fering, has ever shaken my purpose.
;I am now 60 years old, wont out' and
ready for the'grave/ 1 but I want te
prosecute my search as longas life ex-
istSf—I feel that I will find my boy
some day.” 1 , • , ' * * r
/ The Recarder ha,d paled and was
trembling like a leat in thi win<L-
Arising, he beconed to the trarrip to
follow him into an adjoining room,
and in there the scene ! was shut out
ofjttfepurious. A
'$0*
gf
m&
: bin« was heard,’-and
ii ard to say, “Fatbcr/ob., my faihev;
\vf iiiopv.ht yb-u/vciv .J yl,’. - and iif a
few minutes he retumeSb»aying, “the.
of. He- is
my own father, whom -^Theat'd'Yvas/
killed in a battle.' My mother, after
the Union army had moved into the
Southern country, .returned to the
North. Having heard that he was
killed, she riiarried again and died ten
years ago; that Was the reason tfre had
never heard of him. He shall now
stop'his travels and find a home with
me.” And, with tears of joy beaming
in his eyes, he presented the tramp to
his friends, all Of whom gave him a
welcome. A few days' after he was on
the street, dressed up handsomely and
attracted respect by liis,manly appaer-
ance.
WMi
.
Simple but Dishonest. '
Memphis Avalimehe. ‘ ,
One of the simplest things ever heard
of, and which was still as neat as it
was simple, was the breach of trust of
a Philadelphia messenger. He receiv
ed a package of $100,000 and hid it safe
ly away. He then went, back to the
bank which had employed him and
told the officers that he was 'tired bef
ing poor, and that lie had determined
tiri, use the money - they had given liink
tg carry to a certain othar bank. At
first it was thought he was drunk,then
crazy, (hen joking. But he simply ad
vised the officers to have him arrested,
as he intended to keep and use the
money in question. The principal he
promised eventually to return. /
Tiie oifieers tried to persuade him, -
but without avail. He was finally ar
rested, but h’s only crime was breach
of trust.- His declared intention of
eventually returning the money in
it. alinest impossible to brirrgij®rifiriie
under the head of any, indictable of
fense. He was final! - / tried for breach
of trust and came off'With two years in
tiie penitentiary. This occured about
fifteen years ago. The perpetrator
still lives in Philadelphia, and is in
comfortable circumstances, and talks
freely about: his little escapade.
He had his lawyer draw up a will in
which he bequeathed the sum of $100,-
009 to the hank, being the sum borrow
ed on such a date, loss $2,400, being the
amount charged for two years of en
forced-idleness at $100 a month.
sni
Ari old lady being late at church,en
tered as the - congregation was rising
from pfay/r. “La,” said she, “don't
get rip on my account.”
man; Adam
Driri’t be proud young
and Eve were among your ancestors
and they could not show aYnarriage
certificate.
Henry Ward Beecher says that lie
would just as soon go a courting with
his father's old love-letters, as to go to
church and carry a book to pray out,
of. 8
Balzac says: “Tiie man who can
govern a .woman can govern a nation.”
An eaithquako shock, overturning
nrni litre and displacing/-plastering/
occurred atFrederiekston, Missouri ou
last Thursday night.
eost/$f|,civn now he produced for eight
cents./ Gertian letter-writing politi
cians will regret to learn this,
mk -&£ y lri -1 A . . ;