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Newspaper Page TextVOLUME XLVI.] MILLEDGE VILLE, GEORGIA, OCTOBER 19, 1875. Union 4° Recorder, NUMBER 13. IS PUBLISHED WEEKLY lu Millcdge?il!e, Ga., ^OUGHTOM, JBaJ^NE At $2 in Adrance, nr If. BOUGHfON, W OORE, end John Longmire spun the ball with i Fate in this fashion: “I am a fail.- . uro thus far in the New World. | In making this long journey I will stake all, and travel first-class t like a gentlemen.” He laughed when i he had arrived at this conclusion, af- and fruitless exertion had not quite melted the gold to dross yet with 'him. Fugitive from the crowding £i. The “FEDERAL UNION” and the “SOUTH EUN RECORDER’ - were cons iKdated August 1st, 187”, l!:Ui ion b:-:nx iu its Forty-'I bird Volume and the Recorder iu it's Volume. ADVERTISING. Thuksiejit.—One Dollar!- r ii.juif o." ten liui-s I flr.t insertion, uni e.-v. cl;..is fur • ach sutMequ* continuance. . Liberal discount < n l. ra 4 ■«« wi i be allowed . advertise ;i.*nta'running :: :«* uw (, r longer. human race that he was, the cities of the Atlantic border had no space for him either; all commercial posts were filled ; he needed political po- ... ,, c - r, t sition, and then a railroad became Editor. | ter nights and days of painful rnedi- bank t He had geen OQ •tarion, but the laugh was not pleas- si i e !TI e U growing old in the tread- ant to hear, because bravado was ior- -i, 7 . , eign to his nature. The purchase of 1 cIin g>°g with haggard anxiety Fifty-Third j liis ticket left a margin of twenty- Tr set-dis individual bent-fit, eiiargeu ah trun LEfiAL Sheriff** S;.!»*s, per l«*v “ Mortgage li I Citation* for Letter* of Application for Disinis ADVERTISING. 44 for llo o to Debtors of Eh 'JLZ; property, n day*, p* Sa!«« of Land. k< u and uty iu ADVEIt TI3EMEKTS. ., by A iuiUiistrators, Kx r« d iiy law t«» be held oi No mis to the day of aL the Court Uouao i; y is situated. Notice c a public iJizi tt# SO slay the s like Notice to tlie tiebUu be puhlinhed day*. Notice that applicati Ordinary or leave to for one month. Citations for letters Ac., must be publish ministration montiily I Guardianship 4<Mays Rules for forerlosur monthly f r four tuoul "ull space oi three i erty must be »!*• <I*J- it t state must st bo pu ship. *t be publi l loat paper dling titles Ex by - dece ontha. cording to Book and Job Work of all Kinds PROMPTLY AND XEATL i EXECUTED AT Till* OFFKK. Tribute to a Gallant Soldier. In the minutes of a meeting of Council on the 4ih of February, 1811, we find tbe following tribute nt h Gen. John ennections a Harden, Ideiman Charlton— and meritorious vic- ;al John Floyd over 38, the Creek Indians, ntion of this Board, to that gal Floyd, some of wild are residents of our c “On motion of Aid seconded by Akhri ri “The signa tories of Gem tlm British all merit the att whereupon— “Resolved, That the Mayor be and he is hereby instructed to have a salute tired on Monday next, at 12 o’clock, and to requiet the volunteer companies to form a proeesion in commemoration of the victories of Autossee and Fort Defiance, gained by the brave General F oyil and his excellent olfieer, Captain Newnan, over the Creek Indians, whereby our frontiers have been relieved from a merciless and in idu ms foe, who liavo been goade 1 on are to violence by an euem merciless and insiduors. five dollars, the remnant of ins situs der fortune. Early summer had come to ihe city, promising bloom of flowers to the upper streets, promising noise, «!<i j dust and the exhalations of intenser heat in the lower thoroughfares ! I through which John Longmire, hum- 2 so | ble pedestrian, took his way. An a Z | amused sense of possible adven-j 2 22 I ture and romance succeeded pre- 3 jj n ! vious sharp anxiety. A carriage . 2 no | rolled along in the direction he 222 | was following, with glittering trap- ]\ 22 pings and fretting steeds. i oo j “That is the sort of equipage my wife shall Lave,” thought the young i man, glancing at the interior, where j J the satin enshions wore scarcely visi- i ble, because of the India shawls and traveling bags, not to mention a j young lady in elaborate toilet. Just as the vehicle came abreast of j our pedestrian, a Skye terrier strug- g’ed toward the window, a plump hand, delicately gloved, caught the victim, and a massive gold bracelet rolled at the feet of John Longmire. To rescue the trinket from crushing ; wheels, and restore it to a stout lady, as the carriage paused, was the work of an instant, and would have pass' ed from remembrance, among other trivial occurrences, but for two dis- . tinet impressions produced. The j stout lady stared, bowed affably, and prepared to offer him money: the girl enthronged among the shawls on the opposite seat checked 1 r ! with the warning, “Mamma, ho is a gentlemen.” John Longmire went on rapidly, j the color burning in his cheek, while 1 in his heart dawned the first im- ‘ pulse of gratitude toward the daught er for recognizing him at his true j value. Perhaps his coat was shabby, j placing him ou that indefinable ; boundary which is a step above vaga bondage, and he had learned already, from said experience, that if a mil- ! iionaire may indulge in the eecen- : tricity of rusty habiliments, it is vital to the poor man that his wardrobe j appears to lack nothing. A French 1 maid, holding the Skve, had glan ced at him with a scarcely percept- j ible mockery in her black eyes, as if the proximity of tho stout lady alone prevented her from shrugging her j shoulders with a “You see how it to the certainty without which they might perish. The tall, thin individual, Ira Hack- ley by name, would fain plumb the depths of English reserve in our hero. His was the garrulity which wears the speaker to a finger edge of nerve and fleshless muscle, in keep ing with small eyes, restless and pen- dozen times he had determined to j page of martyrdom to missionary speak, and then drew back. How ; annals. could he promise repayment to any j Kate was aroused by the approach one • i of John Longmire, who came toward Twilight melted into night, som- j her swiftly, as if under the influ- bre and mysterious, in the heart of a ! ence of strong emotion, wilderness : silence of hill and valley “Y*ou leave to-morrow only broken by the passing train. ; “Yes,” with slight reserve. John Longmire was not conscious j “Pardon my presumption, Miss having dozed, yet he opened his wea- ; Belles, but I may surely know your ry eyes to discover a small morocco j future address,” he implored, purse resting on his sleeve. The } “ purse contained fifty dollars. Next i day John looked with radiant grati- i tude at his angel. He was sure the j purse came from her. Miss Bolles j returned tho glance in haughty sur- j prise drooped her eyelids, and yawn - ed slightly behind her hand. For ! ests of pine and balsam were succeed- j She had moved away from him, and stood before the statue of St. John. “I have no address at present; we are going round the world,” she said gently; John Longmire’s blue eye flashed. “I am a gentleman, and owe a debt,” he said, firmly. etrating, surrounded with a net-work ! ing vast plains of sage and worm- Kate inclined her head toward him r tine wrinkles, hair already gray at j wood ; narrow canons, where the j archly,^ with a smile revealing snowy seduced equally S&almaison. “Malmaison, phine’s resident’ to bo soU-i unTer tn auctioneer. The wh strange revolutions Malmaison was Empress Joso- ar Paris, is about j hammer of the d of time brings IL home that tli up for Josephine places connected wi ill fated partner of rior, none possesses spired by this ear now historic AT the entire cai eer was their favorite it N surburban , __ oleon fitted | and of all the j k the lovely and 1 the grand war- i -s the interest in- one beautiful and j ilmaison. During : of Napoleon this | suburban retreat, i and after the divorce of the pair, Josephine took refuge and died here. When Lords XVII. took the throne ho confiscated Malmaison. It pass ed into various hands; belonging, among others, to the queen dowager of Spain, and doing duty at another A last glance at the city, and our traveler stepped on board a ferry boat, and stock on the deck watch ing the blue waters of the bay, flush ed to crimson by the sunset and the funnels of steamships, the lace work of masts and spars, all suggestive of the other side of the water. Tho carriage had rolled on board ihe ferry boat; the young man. leaning against the bulwark and taking a last farewell of tho ocean, did not observe it- “There was no room for me at home,” he reflected, a mist in his eyes, perhaps from the dazzle of the waters, and recognizing himself, in ! the sternest sense, one of the fugi tive birds cast out of the nest from over-crowding. After that momentary pang of homesickness he turned his face res olutely toward the west. The party of the carriage were already estab lished amidst the bustle of departure. Why did a blonde young man hasten along the platform with a bouquet of rare exotics for the daughter ? Why did she turn a shade paler and cling to liis arm, while the stout lauy the temples, and eager gesticulation of long, bony fingers—a garrulity never to be confounded with the measured utterance and intermina ble discourse of the stout, urbane conversationalist. He had not jour neyed a hundred miles before he had sketched his cwn misfortune in jerky sentences to this quiet listener and with great apparent sang froid. All his life lie hail toiled to gain proprie torship of a cotton mill in his native town, and just when he had obtained this position the dam had burst, running him in a swift rush of de struction. “That tied me, the mill did, and now I am free to try mining. Where are you going, Sir ?”—with abrupt change of tone and scant ceremony. “I do not know,” said John Long- mire. “Then try your luck in ‘White i’cak’ or ‘the Grag,’ ” said Mr. Hack lev - , promptly. The stout lady, who spoke French constantly, and the maid had with drawn to one of those compartments which resemble luxurious boudoirs panelled with mirrors, rich with gilt and polished woods. The daughter followed slowly, glancing at John Longmire as a fashionable young lady may glance at a handsome young man with well ent features, cieai blue eyes and brown hair char acteristic in tho wave with which it swept back from a square forehead. The girl was pretty, absurdly pretty, John had reasoned; petite and dain ty, a brunette with rich glow coming and going beneath the amber hued check, and lips curved like those of a child. This prettiness was enhan ced by the blended colors of her dress, which resembled the sheen of burnished plumage ; audaciously ex travagant in richness of texture ; in glittering buttons, chains, and pen dants ; in diamond ear-drops. When the large dark eyes were turned full upon him, as at this moment, he dis covered something more than tho rays of laughter, and coquetry—a latent force, intangible and inactive, which belied mere surfac beauty. Mr. Ira Hackley, representing per- petual motion, began some prelimi nary skirmishing with the father, who, deserted by his family, read a newspaper in the saloon. The over ture was received with frigid polite ness. the old gentleman glancing over 1 rim of the newspaper with an ex pression not to be misuuJoiotooa Mr. Hackley, undismayed simply changed his weapon, and attacked a good-natured German further on. . The train sped along through day and night. John Longmire was yielding to the jinflnence of Mr. Hackley’s unwearied vivacity, unless the change was attributed to undue interest in the “great people,” as he termed them in his own mind. Mr. Hackley knew who they were in a trice. “General Bolles, of the regular army, sir. The daughter seems to be a pretty gal, and the mother— well, I am a plain man myself sir.” Tho speaker winked in a fashion that ade the other desirous to escape waters leaped forth from nooks still sacred to the shy wild creatures, re placed belts of azure flowers and the ocean of grass with shadow-dimpled surface. Onward, through miles and leagues, and in advance mountains inaccessible and severe, disdaining the screen of silvery mists, every rift and scar of tempest visible in the pure atmosphere, and opening u v io ta pf gorges, crags, and ledges as the shrill steam-whistle eoched from peak to peak. Kate counted her days as a silver bead, the gold, pearl, amethyst, and sapphire. John studied her, while his own thoughts flew faster than the car. In the meanwhile Mr. Ira Hackley might be likened to a nerve current, uniting the whole train, so much of his own enthusiasm had he infused into his companions. teeth. “Pay your debts when this church yields its secret. You must know the story,” and tripped away. The voice of Mrs. Bolles was heard in plaintive lament: “Your papa has certainly caught the mining fe ver. He will bo rained if he re mains here.” rmict leave to-morrow,” re turned the daughter. Left alone, John} Longmire heard, understood and was rendered dumb by a great need. If this butterfly had fluttered into his hand, he would not have crushed her down on her wings. The veiy gulf dividing them made her more dazzling and allur ing. What was ho ?—a workman, a clown. Something cold touched his hand. He had rested his fingers Splitting Woc-d. MACON CARDS. Yes, sir, I can split wood without j splitting my head open, and I pride j myself in the fact, woman though I m. Jo JOB Has received for Fall and Winter Trade, 1874-5, am. Itried it the other day, and I'll Watches, Jewelry, Silver Ware, tell you just how I did it. FANCY GOODS, FINE CUTLERY I was expecting John home a little Musical Instruments, Strings, Ac earlier that night; so I determined 1 ° to have some nice spring chickens i SoIe Aseiit ,ur the Celebrated broiled just to a turn for him when ! DIAMOND PEBBLE SPECTACLES, he came. All went very well until, | EYE-GLASSES ic just as the crisis came in the broil- ! - - - ing of those chickens, I discovered DR. TTiMIPIiEv IOAS, LIVER CORRECTOR, that the wood was out. What should I do f If I waited till John came the chickens would bo quite spoiled. There were no street boys in our »vell- ordered village to be hired, and I just picked up the ax and walked out to that woodpile. Mr. Wadkins, the bald headed bachelor across the way, was sitting on his porch reading his newspaper ; bnt I didn t care. I'd just show him Particular Attention given to Repair* on Fine and Difficult Watche*. JEWELRY. Ac, REPAIRED, and ENGRAV ING. Heavy and Medium 14, 18 and 2d Karat Plain Gold Kings and Badges made to order and Engraved at Short Notice. Corner Mulberry di Second St's, MACON, GEORGIA. (OPPOSITE COURT HOUSE.) Nov, 10, 1874. 16 ly. •v KJ S5 5 SB H |ourn ot pleasure. An ELEGANT 8AMPLE ROOM has been titled np for tbe special use of commercial travelers. The table always supplied with allthe luxe- ned OI til8 8«omra, fttmi diet uraikoto, auJ be surpassed by none in the South- Omnibus to convey passengers to and from the Hotel and all trains, free of charge; B. DUB, Proprietor. April 18. 1872. 6m He was on tho platform, on the j in tho niche, and the statue of St. engine, mingling with lower-class passengers freely, and everywhere his influence became magnetic de spite'scoffs and ridicule. Was he a speculator, one of those agents who strew gold about the mine they wish to raise ? Had he become infected himself with a fever for gain which he could not resist imparting to oth ers ? Certain it is that before the long shed tunnels were reached John Longmire reflected. “I will go to Yalma Mountain- ' Gen. Bolles, lately so frigid to in trusive Ira Hackley, also remark ed : “We will first visit Yalma Moun tain, my dears.” Mrs. Bolles looked surprised; Kate pouted. “I can not wait to see the l T ose- raite, papa.” applied a lace pocket handkerchiei to f rom pjg company for fear the youn her own eyes, and even papa, a stiff . i ac ] v should also see the wink. time as a cavalry fallen into mein: thing around ii 1 uncleanly. Tin abused and negl tiful. The flowers have appeared, but ther rracks. It has ly decay, every- g neglected and rounds, though 1, are still beau- mostly dis- still a line green sward with grand old trees and an occasional statue of marble that stands sentinel over the enamel led loneliness, and mutely recalls the memories of tho most glorious sol dier the world ever knew, and the only queen his stern heart ever own ed as the mistress of his affections. A Great Gun.—Tbe Fraser 81-ton gun made at Wollwich arsenal, Eng land, is tho latest sensation in mod em arms manufacture - The gun is a modification of the Armstrong coil system. It is 27 feet long, bore 24 feet in length, primary calibre 14^ inches, afterwards to be made 1(5 inches. Two hundred and forty pounds of powder are consumed at a charge—the largest charge ever tired from a cannon—and projectiles of about 1,258 pounds. The muzzle velocity ranged from about 409 feet per second to 1,550. It is supposed that the new gun would probably carry a half-ton shot seven or eight miles; but though there are already guns which can carry five or six miles, something over two miles is the maximum for practical purpos es. The fortune of Gen. Grant is now- old gentleman with a military bear ing, look grave? John Longmire ob- j served these things from his comer with vague curiosity. He wanted to • know more of this girl who under- I stood him, even though social posi tion sundered them by an impassa ble abyss. The blonde young man was her accepted lover, evidently, and the separation would be a pain ful one. Well! Nobody watched the train bear John Longmire away with smile or a tear. Ho was a stranger among strangers, and his departure made no difference to a soul on this whole American conti nent. Among the throng in the depot he had noticed two persons in con versation ; one a tall, thin man, with nervous energy betrayed in every motion, and the other an olive-tinged Chinaman, who blinked impassive!;, at the throng. The tall thin mnn now entered the palace-car, his la' - companion having sought humbler accommodations. “Carious fellers, them Chinese,” he said, with a nod and a shrewd smile at John, as if it was the most natural conclusion possible that any one should be interested in Lis own reflections. The train moved away, night set tled down, folding the hills iu gray obscurity, and hedges seemed to iiy past in groups of dark shadow like the phantoms of dreams. To the villages and farms by the way-side this train was nothing, a mere pas sing flash of intelligence from the At Denver City John made a disa greeable discovery. After rambling about in tho crowd, in the delight of liberating cramped limbs, he found | that he had been robbed of his rem- I nant of money. Horrible mockery : of circumstance! Here he was seat- i ed in a palace car in motion, with a ! long journey before him, and not a 1 shilling wherewith to purchase food. To whom could he tell his story f Who would believe him if he did speak ? He would rather starve than encounter the frigid glance of the General, in which one might read ■ sarcastic incredulity. To suspect a thief in a crowd would be useless, although the Chinaman had stood close beside him, and Chinamen are f swifter plunge downward, the cage proverbially light fingered, ; dancing and swaying on the vibr.it- The young man in the comer | ing cable, until tho last stand of THE SILVER GNOMES. A mountain detached from the chain sweeping away to the north, its summit crowned with snow, red wood and pine skirting the steep sides, and below a valley threaded by rivulets and blooming with thick ets of glossy-leaved trees'and hedges of wild flowers, all mingling their aromatic perfumes in the hot sun shine—such was Yalma Mountain ; and the very breeze, wandering in nocently among the flowers, seemed to whisper of some fresh intelligence, for the hill had not held its treasure so closely through the ages but that man now bled its veins of silver ore. There was the mine known as “tho Crags;” here, “White Peak.” Which nLooRfi! Unfortunately there was no choice possible. The ricii man had cast his lot with “the Cragthe poor man might pick up a little in “White Peak,” if he was not discour aged at the outset by the fact that it had been twice worked a trifle, and abandoned because of an ugly repud iation gone abroad that porphyry, not as a “pony,” but as “the horse,” was rampant at every turn in the nn successful mine. Mr. Ira Hackley paused to con template in “the Crag,” the Mecca of his pilgrimage. His excitement amounted to delirium. Shares were selling like wild-fire on California street, San Francisco, and presum ably in Chicago and New l'ork. No time was to be lost. Ho led the way to a spacious building on the ledge which resembled a factory, with smokestacks projecting from the roof of one building and steam escaping from pipes elsewhere. Once inves ted in the mining costume of blue flannel, coarse shoes, and felt hat with narrow brim, social equality brought General Bolles in direct contact with Mr. Chang Foo and John Longmire as the cage dropped into the darkness of the shaft. Oh, the fearful ride! seemingly sacked down through a tube by the heated vapors of hidden volcanoes, a single lantern making tho gloom visible. Occasional glimpses were possible of branching galleries rayed with light and vocal with sounds; then a no less than a million dollars, and is j great world ; but even this one pal still growing. In 1860 it was less than nothing, and he was drinking poor whiskey out of his allowance of #700 a year. His present wealth might perhaps be used by moralists as a text to illustrate the benefit of honesty and economv.—.V. 1' Sun. What Three Folks haul.—Yes terday when a boy stole a big apple from a farmer's wagon and ran a- way the farmer ran after him, say- ace car of which we write represent ed many different spheres of indi viduality gathered in a gilded c.ig<, and meeting for the first time. Here was John Longmire, watching the trees and clouds mingle beyond the window pane, who had staked ibis all on this final step. "When he ha ! first taken the burden of life on liis broad young shoulders, his whole future apparently lay within the lim its of the United Kingdom. In his might have gone to bed snpperless that night but for tho caprice of the (. i neral’s daughter, who tossed bis- . uit to the Skye terrier, and when ihe dog failed to catch the falling morsels, the young man secured them with his foot, afterward devour ing them stealthily, like a crimis nal. *■ '1 Kate Bolles, to whom tho journey was a pleasure trip, had arranged that her days in the palace-cars should be like a chaplet of beads, each different, yet all to be shipped on the golden cord of memory. “I would write a book about the } overland route if I knew enough,” thought the girl bom to position, who had never doubted in her life the right of her own family to supre macy in all things. Tehy intended to make the tour of world, the Gen eral being interested in a ponderous way, in eastern antiquities, while his wife looked forward to Paris and Worth toilets. Another day dawned and closed. The young man in the comer was very pale, and read a book silently. Kate Bolles observed him. Evi dently here was a youth going forth to make his fortune. In the twilight, Mrs. Bolles, the French maid, and tenuity was reached in the bottom of the shaft. The balanced poised thus: Gener al Bolles and Mr. Hackley having, one much and the other a little, money to invest, were shareholders in “the Crag” before they again "em erged into daylight. Chang Foo modestly purchased a small interest in “White Peak” below par, and set up a booth, half cook-shop, half laundry. John Longmire, unable to obtain employment in the lucky i mine, mast needs work in the un j lucky one, or starve on the earth’s surface. “Perhaps I may cam ten pounds," he thought, grimly, and glaneed at a pretty figure singularly out of place in a mining community—that of a girl shielding her eyes from the sun with an ivory fan. The land was rich in legends and traces of previous possession, but xng: “It isn't tho apple I care for the principle of the thing.” A policeman joined in the race, saying : “It isn't the principle I care for—it’s the catching of the boy.” capacity of civil engineer he would even the Skye, having wearied of ■ i lay railroads in Wales, perhaps dwell confections and hot-heuse fruit, she u ° ; amidst the ragged wildness of the dropped a parcel out of the window Scotch coast, and might even be sent when the train stopped at a station. ' out to the east. Presto! A change j “Oh!” she murmered, and drew of ministry disbanded the corps, and , herself erect, like one suddenly awa- inLio iwot John Longmire was left with ample kened to a truth. A shadow had gli- i J. i M»»» haa*. and *200 in Lis « alone beneath the window sL- ' s ' • - -get ont o' this like a !’ ock S' t l .° gaz0 westward for future ed the packagetmd vanished. “Pov- , i” bread-winning. Tho prospect had erty is a shirt of fire, says the prov- exeited the same animation which erb. John Longmire, tortured by was now again stirring in his veins, hunger, and despising himself, crush- Philadelpbia has 100 shoo facto- as ho looked out of the car window ed the parcel savagely, half-minded at tho gathering night. Fame, rich- to throw it away again. He had t»s, power, were easily reaped in the 1 suffered all day long in silence, snf- or principle- streak of lightning ! ties, making in the aggregate 300.- 000 pairs of shoes a week. John looked down upon him benign ly- Did the Evangel speak to him of death and immcrtality? in.—A Millionaire. After that “White Peak” claimed John Longmire, and he vanished. Far down in the net-work of sta tions, drifts, cross cuts and winzes a mnn labored day after day, “stoping" the oar with desperate energy, that fever burning in his veins, consum ing and terrible, which has swept iu waves ever tho human race of Amer ica. He was part of a complicated ! mechanism. Others worked above ! and below him, as ho traced quartz i belts, the masses of black snlphnret j and chloride, in dread of the soapy touch which promised porphyry, for he received his wages in shares, and “White Peak” must yield. Life be came a dream, with a vague pain left afar off in some realms of sunshine ; he belonged to subterranean depths heated to suffocation, where nature promised to open wide the gate of untold treasures, if groping creature could find the key. Up on the earth’s surface, Chang Foo presided over stew-pans, and gleaned many a penny from his laun dry. Mr. Hackley, in active corres pondence with General Bolles, went about with an additional wrinkle be tween Ins eyebrows. “Tiro Crag,” j most prosperous of mines, selling at | $785, had commenced to hoard up i its riches. The public pulse bound- ! ed with alarm. It was a mere noth- j ing—a cross cut had been planked to prevent rock from sliding into the opening. laughed at their own pranks, in the delight of bringing smiles to one and despair to another. The honr came when Longmire found the key by patient search, in the rubbish of unpromising “White Peak,” and the flood of great wealth suddenly burst ing the bonds of darkness over whelmed, bewildered, well-nigh crash ed him, making reason in the reaction of hope, reel. As if by the stroke of i a wand, he was free, rich, powerful, and the past of weary labor rolled a- wav like a cloud. Chang Foo folded linen neatly, and afterward gave a banquet, when John Longmire was made the guest. If the Celestial robbed our hero at Denver City, were tinted eggs, con taining jellies and confectionery, ra gouts and rice-brandy, considered an atonement? Mr. Ira Hackley, white to the lips, heard the knell of “the Crag” rung with the rise of “White i’eak.” Tho ominous par tition of plank could not screen the truth, and tho drop to 858 meant rain, swift, awful and unexpected. An old man sat on a ruined col umn, bent, dejected and tremulous, gazing at vacancy. This was Gener al Bolles, withered as if by a blight to extreme age, and the stout lady at his side crying behind a lace hand kerchief was his wife, deserted by tbe French maid. No influence had been able to draw him away from that magnet, Yalma Mountain. “Girls are fall of whims,” moaned Mrs. Bolles. “K#te says that she has loved this Englishman ever since wo made the journey in the palace- car, and ho worships her.” “Beggars cannot be choosers,” said the General, absently. “Beggars: Why, his family is a good one, my dear, and he will bo one of tho millionaires of the world." Mr. Ira Hackley passed briskly. “I am going into farming, Gen eral. Why not try the grape or ol ive culture, sir? The statue of St. John caught the glow of sunset. Two young people stood again at its base, John Long- rnire radiantly happy, and Kate Bolles shy and doubtful, inserting her parasol tip into the crevices of tbe niche: two branches of one race meeting in the far West, all about them church ruins, with priests sleeping in quiet graves. “The young man at the depot was my brother,” said Kate. “How fun ny! Did yon think—” She paused LANIER HOUSE I*. DUB, Proprietor. what a woman could do. Maybe he’d Mulberry Street, - Macon, Georgia. be sorry that he hadn't a nice, smart j wife like John S. ; The above named Hotel has been recently I picked out a nice, straight maple } refurnished and fitted up for the aooommoda stick, and leaned it np against another i e r ° g n °p f , t ™n 3 .‘ e »;iI l finT> 1 t a8 H, P i !r “V ieDt * ?°Y d ' . 1 -F i -» , ! era - Fereone will find it to their interest to *top stick just as Iu seen John do, and . at this House, as its central location makes it then I actually laughed at the idea ' ®. ver y desirable place for merchant* and fam that a woman couldn’t split wood. I I •'" comin * to thecity or for . - placed the tip of one of my toes againet iW. stick, arranged my dress gracefully (pull back dresses are handy on such occasions,) and then taking hold of the extreme end of the handle, I raised tlie ax high over j my head and brought it down with ! all my might, the blade striking— j not the stick, but beyond it. Oh! oh! how my hands did sting ! j I rolled them up in my apron for a j few minutes, and after struggling a moment to keep back the tears, I took up the ax and went at it again. This time I took hold of the han dle nearer the blade, but when I came to bring down the ax I remem bered my former experience. I hesi tated just a half second before let ting the axe strike. Fatal hesitation! It turned the ax a hair’s breadth, and it glanced' rr n iDT/tPl' i „._i off the side of the stick and struck I 14 ™ 1 a deep into the soft earth. I wasn’t I (Kormerly JamorPa,lne^of Jra. Artope A Sou) prepared forJhU, and . ring nr, ba>- ^ yf, MONUMENTS. HEAD STONES, Box Tombs, Yases, Iron Railing, Copings, Building Work, &c., (ormr Nrrond and Poplar Rlrcft*« Opposite J. W. Hurke Ac Co’s, rear of Roes & C« leman’a. MACOXT, OA. Orders Sol cited. May 17, 1875. 43 ly. ance, over I went head foremost, stick and all. I can't tell exactly how I landed. I scrabbled up so quick, but when I glanced at Mr. Wad- Kins he dodged liis head behind his paper, which shook visibly. I never did like Mr. Wadkins, any how, though he and John are great friends. I think it would have look ed much better for a single gentle- } man like him to have come and of- I fered to split the wood himself than 1 to sit there and snicker behind his , paper. THE ISAACS HOUSE, Cherry Street, - Macon, Ga* H AVING some of the finest room* iu tbe eity. Witb meals at the tables D’Hote—$2 00 I always dill have a contempt for j per day, or 50ets. to 7.icts. for room, and meals bachelors’ opinions, SO I iust turned 1 to order. Lower rates by the week, and every , , ... . effort made to give comfort and satisfaction to my back on Mr. W adkms, piacc-d my „ uestd my DacK on air. \> aiming, pmceu my g„ es ta stick in a new position, shut my > teeth hard, and—no I didn’t, though. 1 There was a clothes line just behind | which I had not noticed; my ax caught in this, and jerked me back- April 22, 1875. E. INAACM, Proprietor. ELLIS & CUTTER, Manufacturers of wards over a big chunk, tho ax fall-jj) 00rs Sasll aR(l Blinds There was ing almost into my face, a sharp twinge m my back and a i Ro h and Dresse d Lumber, Build- buzzing in my head, so I laid quite still, until I was startled by the strained voice of dear'John, “Mollie, Mollie, are you hurt ?” -He picked me up in his great I strong arms and carried me into the j honse. I wasn’t hurt very- much af- i ter <U1, T U- -I -» —j ! John’s shoulder, and ever since that j I’ve had a whole wood house full of ers’ Material, &c., &c. J, E. ELLIS. I M. n. CUTTER. ( Wharf Dlrtel, BKACOZr, OA. March 15, 1875. 34 ly. Tailor Shop and Dye Honse. ..u -- 1. liis Shop to No. ‘j.’t Cattoa Are***, Macon, Ga. He has a first-class Tailor Shop ““<1 Dye House. Cleaning Gentlemen’* Hat* 1 .'° 1 ™ U 1 ?," UV1 '' 1 "7“ V“‘7 | ud Clothes, also, Ladies’ Dresses, Glove*, nicely split wood always on hand. sj 10eai Ribbons, &c, neatly done at short no- If a woman can’t do a thing one way she can another. Ave Nik. McConnells European House » AND RESTAURANT, 116 & 118 Bryan St., opposite Screv en House, SAVAJV'jYAM, ga. Boardvrith Room, 82.00 per dag. Room without Foard, 75c. to 81.00. A. FERNANDEZ, Manager. Sept. 28, 1875. 10 6m. tice. PRICES. For cleaning a Suit of Clothes will be $3 00 and for dying $4 00; for dying Silk Drees $4 00, for cleaning $3 00. J. M. DAMI & CO. Macon. Ga., Oppoeite New York 8tora. July 13th, 1875. 51 3m. SAM'L. HALL. W.M. A. LOFTOX. C. L. BARTLETT• ADOLPH SACK. Agt, DEALER IN Watches, Clocks, Jewelry, SPECTACLES, &€, Corner Bryan and Whitaker Streets, MYAJW' Watches, Jewelry and Clocks, care fully Repaired and Warranted. Sept. 28 1875. 3m. T7.ME ISEMZAHL, Manufacturing jeweller, Watch Repairing a Speciality, and warranted. Cauh paid for old Gold and Silver. West Side Market Square, Cor, St. Julian Barnard Streets, SAVAETSfAH!, €?-A. Sept. 28,1875. 10 3m. HALL, LOFTON & BARTLETT, ATTORNEYS AT LAW, ItffACOXr, - OSOB.OXA. Office over City Bank. W ILL practice io the counties of Bibb ; Ja»- per, JoDes, Putnam, Baldwin, Wilkinson, Twiggs, Washington, Houston, Crawford, Dougherty, Upson, Monroe, Dooly,Macon, Lau rens, Doage, Pulaski, in the Supreme Court of Georgia, and the Circuit and District Courts of the United States. Sept. 14,1875. 8 Cm. AUGUSTA HOUSES. C ARPETS, Oil Cloths, Window Shades, Wall Papers. Lace Curtains, Curtain Goods, Cornices, Mattings, die. JAMES G. BAILIE & BROTHER, Broad Street. (501yJ C V. WALKER, Auction and Commission • Merchant and Furniture Dealer, 317, 319 and 321 Broad Street.150 6m ] OOR, SASH and BLIND Manufacturer, W.M H. Goodrich, Reynolds St. [50 6m.J D G UN MAKER and Dealer, E. H. ROGERS, 245 Broad Street. [50 6m.J ea mm fiais PROPRIETOR OF Augusta Granite Works, Near Union Depot, Augusta, Ga. All kinds of work neatly done at short notice, August 3, 1875 2 ly. LUMBER FOR SALE! J. W. SCHEEK,SE, PRACTICAL Watchmaker A Jeweller, And Dealer in Watches, Clocks &, Jewelry, 170 Bryan stre et, Ma ket Suuart-, SAVANNAH. GEORGIA. All kinds of’Watches, Clocks r.nd Jewelry carefully repaired and Warranted. Savannah, Sept. 27, 1875. 10 3in T HE UNDERSIGNED has established a LUMBER YABD iu MilledgeviUe, I where he will keep a good supply of first-clae* I lumber constantly on hand, which can be had ! at low rates on application to T. A. CARAKER. ; Lumber also on band aod for sale at tbe Mill. | Bills for Lumber left with T. A. Caraker will ; be promptly filled. Lumber delivered when ' desired. W. G. ALLEN. May 5,1875. 42 8m AND MILL FURM8HINQ DEPOT. the hurrying throngs had no leisure , aa q C0 l 0 veil. The parasol had dis- to unravel fabulous tradition, save ( ] ot ]g e( i a l ose fragment of stone; the where it pointed to gain, .vate g ^,f ne roc ked and fell to the ground. Bolles, slipping a diamond bead on « oh j am B0 sorry r cr ied the her chaplet, beheld the century, and -j his children the vanishing Jj J 0 lm Longmire was raising a leading the phantom band ob : Jesuit gmal i 6 ] a b concealed in the niche, fathers down to oblmon. She had ■ L barg of silver lay beneath, and a seated herself amidst the rams of I cross studded with jewels that caught the mission church of St. John- : thg ]iht ]ike im / soned ^.drops. Above her was the dome of oluo sky i tolJ m0 \ o when to the left \ alma Mountain, and all , tbis church yie ldcd up its secret,” around her age and neglect, in falls ; and he laid ^ relics at her feet . ing roof, dismantled passages and | A litflo hancl stole int o his broad arches. Ko priest chanted before a | lm a soft voice w00 ed his ear: disused altar, wild flowers were the | r «j obll) this shall be my drownr.” sole incense, stillness in the over- ! j-j/ ar p er ' s Weekly.'] grown graveyard met stillness iu the ; - - ■ the courtyard, where niches for saints i Ode to my landlady—two weeks had been hollowed in the massive j board bill.—Exchange. Yes. She adobe wall. In the centre a discol.- ; under stanza joke of that kind, and ored image of St. John still remain*- j that’s why you re a verse to meter, ed. There towered the mountain, * we suppose—New York Commer- promising p future; here lay the i rial. SAMUEL POLFUS, 3aiLat and 3)i'-al LCl No. 7 Drayton Street, SA VANJVATI, G EORGIA, Iuvites the atlenlion of the public ger.eraliy to hia tew select-.tl etock of French ami tnglioli Cloth*, Cageimeres and Vestings, all the latest styles of Goods, adapted to the season, which will be made up to order in the most approved styles of Fashion. A full line of Gents luinis.i- ing Goods. All Goods Warranted as represented. Sept. 28,1875. 1° * 5m - CRISIPTOiVS IMPERIAL SOAP IS THE “BEST.” This Soap is manufactured from pure mate rials. and as it contains a large peroentageof Vegetable Oil, is warranted fully equal to the best imported Castile Soap, and at lhe same time possess** all the washing and cleansing cropertie*of the celebrated German and French Laundry Soaps It is therefore recommended foj use in the Laundry, Kitchen, and Lath-room, and for general household purposes; also, lor Printer* Painters, Engineers, und Machinists, £ i? w»i remove iuinTof Ink Grease Tar, 0.1, Paint etc fioxn the hands. Manufactured only Paint, etc-, «om CRAMT0N BB0 THEBS, o 7 4 6 8 and 10 Rutgers Place, and 33 and Jo *’ ’ ‘ Jefferson Street, New York. LoronmN moWNR nwRV DR. WHITTIER, No. 617 St. Charles Street, St Louis, Ho., coatlacM to treat all mm 1 •towel*, to aantoe*. M Imparities, sssry siUaaat or sfckasM vklak rsmlu he taiiiiersttoa or taprudne*. wit* anponlltM • BOSOM. Or. W.'s sstsbllshaeot Is ckortsro* bj tho Moto o* Mis* soari, wms toandsd sad has boss sstobUafeOd to BOOSTS s.-fs, certain sad rsliskls rollsf. Bsla* * »tols,ll Si sersral modioli eolletss, ood hsTtas tho ssssrtMns of a too* ud successful Ilfs la his spool ships ha BBS psrh remsSss tbst srs effectual la an tho so cases. Bis patj I failed, call or writs. Tram Ms ana* Bam- ber of tpplloaUoas be to enabled to hen liis it I M'S tow. 3d pages, diets* roll sjmptasss. tor two stamps. MARRIAGE GUIDE, 260 pages, ft papular beak which efconld be re«4 by trery- b. lva No marrlsd_pair, or penoti eon.emplaflaf mor- ^ARK- F or diseases arisingifkoh disor- ganized state ot the Liver, 6ucli as Dyspepsia, Obstructions of the Viscera, Stone in tbe Gall Bladder Dropsy, Jaundice, Acid Stomach, Constipation of the Bowels. Sick atnt Nervous Head- • ache, Diarihica and Dysente ry, Enlarged Spleen, Fever and Ague, Eruptive and Cutaneous Diseases, such as St. Anthony's F'ire, Erysip- * elas, Pimples, Postules and Boils, Female Weaknesses, Affections of the Kidneys and Bladder, Piles and many other disorders caused by derangement of the liver. This preparation, composed as it is of some of tbe most valuable alteratives kuown, is invalu able for the restoration of tone and strength to the system debilituted by disease. Some of our best Physicians, who are familiiar with the com position of this medicine, attest its virtues and prescribe it. It is a pleasant cordial. PREPARED )BY B. P. ULKZSR, BE- D., SAVANNAH, - - - GEORGIA. Sold by all Druggists, Price, $1. For sale in Milledgeville by B. R. Herty, Druggist. Aug 17,1875. 6 3m. S. S. PECK, Machinist ami Millwright, Furnishes to Older STEAM ENGINES, BOILERS, Circular Saw, Grist and Flour Mills, Also, the Celebrated Leffell Double Turbine Water Wheel. Hydraulic Rams, Pipes, Pumps, and General Machinery. All made of best Mate rial, at Manufacturer’s Prices. TOOBSSBOXLO, OA. l,V (ViairnlSt. K. Oct.20, 1874. 13 ly. la Europe ud Amoriao. Bobo i The Great Reputation which Dr. Pemberton’s Flu'd extract of Stillin- gia (or Queen's Delight) has attained in all sec tions of the country as a GREAT AND GOOD MEDICINE and the large number ot testimonials which are l * ;- u ar being received from persons who of nL „ en , care “ by its use, is conclusive proof This Great Health Restorer is a positive specific end cure for Dyspepsia. Liver Complaints, Constipation, Headache, Diz ziness, Pains in the Back, Kiduey Complaints, Jauudice. F’emale Weakness, Lumbago, Gener al Debility, Gravel, Gour, Scrofula, Cancerous Humor, Erysipelas, Salt-Rheum, Ringworm, Pimples amt Humors ou the Face, Old Ulcers, Rheumatism, Mercurial and Syphilitic Affec tions. It removes all Mercurial or other poisons from the Blood, and soou restores the system to per fect health and purity. That Pale, Yellow, 8ickly looking skin is soon changed to one of beauty,freshness and health. It will cure any chronfcorlong standing diseases, whose real or direct cause is bad blood. A trial will prove it. Thousands have been snatched as it were from the grave by its miraculous power, who now en joy health and happiness, where once all waa misery. It invigorates and strengthens the whole sys tem, acts upon the secretive organs, allays in flammation, cures ulceration, and regulates tha bowels. Dr. Pemberton’s Stillingia or Queen’s Delight gives Health, Strength and Appetite. ft purifies the Blood, and renovates and imUgorates tbe whole system. Its medical pi «p*rpnn are alterative, tonic, solvent and diur etic. Bor testimonials of wonderful cures, send to the Proprietor, or call upon your Druggists. Tha genuine is prepared only by. Dr. 7. 8- PEBEESATOBT, Chemist, Atlanta, Ga. For sale by all first-class Druggists. Office of George Adair, Wall Street, J Atlanta, Ga., July 16,1875. { Dr. J. S. Pimbet ton—Dear Sir: I have used your Extract of Stdlingia for a chronic skin affec tion of many years standing, which made a cure after all other remedies had failed. I have known your Stiliingia used in the worst cases of scrofula, secondary syphilitic diseases, rheuma tism, kidney and liver affections, with great success. In fact, I have never known it to fail in the most desperate cases. I consider it the greatest blood purifier known- Yours truly, J.C. EVANS. For sale by B. R. HERTY, Miiiegeville, Ga. July 27, 1875. 32 ly. FRENCH’S HOTEL, ON THE EUROPEAN PLAN, Opposite City Hall, Park, Court House and New Post-Office, NEW YOLS. All Modern Improvements, including E.evator Rooms 11 per dav and upwards- . T. J FRENCH & BROS.. Proprietors. July 27,1875. 1 Iy- StSD FOB IATALGGUJSS. June I. 1875. 4-J ^ P. P. TOAL.E, Manufacturer of DOOESj Si-SHSSj Blinds, Flooring, Ac., dec. Dealer in OTHW Paints, Oils, &c. Sole Agent for The National Mixed Paint Co#, The Great American FIRE EXTINGUISHER CO., Page Machine Belting Co. IBND FOIL * PRICES. OFFICE AND WAREKOOMS, g Ml OO Sc OO B*r*e A S3 A 35 Pitock- ■ey Sired*- FACTORY and YARDS, Aahler Bim, West E*d Bread Mired, CHARLESTON, S. C.

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Union and recorder. (Milledgeville, Ga.) 1872-1886, October 19, 1875, Image 1