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THE SEMI-WEEKLY SUMTER REPUBLICAN. ESTABLISHED IN 1854, By CHAS. W. HANCOCK. VOL. 18. The Sumter Republican. Semi-Weekly, One Year - - - ?4 00 Wkely, One Year - - - - - 2.00 ESTTayable in Advance^! All advertisements eminating from public dices will be charged for in accordance with an act passed by the late General Assembly of Georgia—7s cents per hundred words for each of the first four insertions, and 35 cents for each subsequent insertion. Fractional parts of one hundred are considered one hundred words; each figure and initial, with date and signature, is counted as a word. The cash must accompany the copy of each advertisement, unless different arrange ments have been made. Advertising Rates. One Square first insertion, - - - - ?1.00 Each subsequent insertion, - - - - 50 JS?"Tbn Lines of Minion, type solid con stitute a square. All advertisements not contracted for will be charged above rates. Advertisements not specifying the length Bf time for which they are to be inserted will be continued until ordered out and charged for accordingly. Advertisements tooccupy fixed places will be charged 25 per cent, above regular rates Notices in local column inserted for ten cent per line each insertion. Charles F. Crisp, Attorney at law , AMERICUS, GA. declGtf B. P. HOLLIS Attorney at Law, AMERICUS, GA. Office, Forsyth Street, in National Bank building. dec2otf ~ E. G. SIMMONS^ Attorney at Law* AMERICUS GA., Office in Hawkins’ building, south side of Lamar Street, in the old office of Fort& Simmons. janGtf ,JT. A. ANBLEY, ATTORNEY AT LAW AND SOLICITOR IN EQUITY, Office on Public Squaue, Over Gyles’ Clothing Stoke, Amehicus, Ga. After a brief respite I return again to the practice of law. As in the past it will be my earnest purpose to represent my clients faithfully and look to their interests. The commercial practice will receive close atten tion and remittances promptly made. The Equity practice, and cases involving titles of land and real estate are my favorites. Will practice in the Courts of Southwest Georgia, the Supreme Court and the United States Courts. Thankful to my friends for their patronage. Fees moderate. novlltf CARD. I offer my professional services again to the good people of Americus. After thirty years’ of medical service, I have found It difficult to withdraw entirely. Office next door to Dr. Eldridge’s drugstore, on the Square janljtf R. C. BLACK, M. D. M. H. O’DANIEL. HO Americus, Ga. Office and Residence, No. 21 Barlow House. All calls promptly attended, day or night. Calls left at Eldridge’s Drug Store. feb7-3m AFTER THIS DATE Ladie3 will please come to the Store to select their aJI\ © When they wish to purchase, as no Tiimmed Hats will be sent out unless sold. Mrs. M. T. Elam. Americus, Ga. , April 12, 1883. For Sale. I offer a splendid little 40-acre farm three Suarters a of mile north west from Americus a. There is on the place a six-room frame dwelling, the rooms plastered and very com fortable; bouse almost new; all necessary outbuildings on the place, and everything In good order, including stable and carriage house. The land lies well for cultivation, and the soil with ordinary attention could be made to produce profitably; excellent water on the place. For price and terms, apply to W. J. DIBBLE, mar7-tf Real Estate Agent. For Dyspepsia, C o stive ness, Headache, Chronic Diar rhoea, Jaundice, Impurity of the Blood, Fever and ) Ague, Malaria, and all Diseases caused by Dc- Yangement of Liver, Bowels and Kidneys. SYIVIPTOIWg OF A DISEASED LIVER. Bad Breath ; Pain in the Side, sometimes the pain is felt under the Shoulder-blade, mistaken for Rheumatism; general loss of appetite; Bowels generally costive, sometimes alternating with lax; the head is troubled with pain, is dull and heavy, with considerable loss of memory, accompanied with a painful sensation of leaving undone something which ought to have been done; a slight, dry cough and flushed face is sometimes an attendant, often mistaken for consumption; the patient complains of weariness and debility; nervous, easily startled; feet cold or burning, sometimes a prickly sensation of the skin exists; spirits are low and despondent, and, although satisfied that exercise would be bene ficial, yet one can hardly summon up fortitude to try it—in fact, distrusts every remedy. Several of the above symptoms attend the disease, but cases have occurred when but few of them existed, yet examination after death has shown the Liver to have been extensively deranged. It should ho used by all persons, old and youug, whenever any of the above symptoms appear. Persons Traveling or Living in Un healthy Localities, oy talcing a dose occasion ally to keep the Liver in healthy action, will avoid all Malaria, Bilious attacks, Dizziness, Nau sea, Drowsiness, Depression of Spirits, etc. It will invigorate like a glass of wine, hut is no in toxicating beverage. It You have eaten anything hard of digestion, or feel heavy after meals, or sleep less at night, take a dose and you will be relieved. Time and Doctors’ Bills will he saved by always keeping the Regulator s in the House! For, whatever the ailment may be, a thoroughly safe purgative, alterative and tonic can never be out of place. The remedy is harmless and does not interfere with business or pleasure. IT IS PURELY VEGETABLE, And has all the power and efficacy of Calomel or Quinine, without any of the injurious after effects. A Governor’s Testimony. Simmons Liver Regulator has been in use in my family for some time, and I arn satisfied it is a valuable addition to the medical science. J. Gill Shorter, Governor of Ala. non. Alexander 11. Stephens, of Ga., says: Have derived some benefit from the use of Simmons Liver Regulator, and wish to give it a further trial. “The only Thing that never fails to Relieve.”—l have used many remedies for Dys pepsia, Liver Affection and Debility, but never have found anything to benefit me to the extent Simmons Liver Regulator has. 1 sent from Min nesota to Georgia for it, and would send further for such a medicine, and would advise all who are sim ilarly affected to give it a trial as it seems the only thing that never fails to relieve. P. M. Janney, Minneapolis, Minn. Dr. T. W. Mason says: From actual ex perience in the use of Simmons Liver Regulator in my practice I have been and am satisfied to use and prescribe it as a purgative medicine. only the Genuine, which always has on the Wrapper the red Z Trade-Mark and Signature of J. 11. ZEILIN & CO. FOR SALE BY A Iff. DR UGGISTS. TUTT’S PILLS A DISORDERED LIVER IS THE BANE of the present generation. It is for the Cure of this disease and its attendants, BICK-HEADACHE, BILIOUSNESS, SYS* jPEPSIA, CONSTIPATION, PILES, etc., that fUTT’S PILLS have gained aw.orld-wide reputation. No Remedy has ever been discovered that acts so gffently on tho digestive organs, giving them vigor to aa> similate food. Asa natural result, the Nervous System is Braced, the Muscles are Developed, and the Body Robust. , diills and. Fever, B. RIVAL, a Planter at Bayou Sara, La., says My plantation is In a malarial district. For several years I could not make half a crop on account of bilious diseases and chills. I was nearly discouraged when I began tho use of TUTT’S PILLS. The result was marvelous: my laborers soon became hearty and robust, and I have had no further trouble. They relieve the engorged Liver, cleanse the Blood from poisonous humors, and cause the bowels to act naturally, with out which no one can feel well. Try this remedy fairly, and you will gala a healthy Digestion, Vigorous Body. Pure Blood, Strong Nerves, and a Sound Liver, Price, 25Cents. Office, 35 Murray St., N. V. TUTT’S HAIR DYE. Gray Hair or Whiskers changed to a Glossy- Black by a single application of this Dyk. It Imparts a natural color, and acts Instantaneously. Sold by Druggists, or sent by express on receipt of One Dollar. Office, 33 Murray Street, New York. (Dr. TWITTS MANUAL of Valuable\ Information and Useful Receipts I trill be mailed FREE on application* J HOSSITEIfc There has never been an instance in which this sterling invigorant and anti-febrile medicine has failed to ward off the com plaint, when taken duly as a protection against malaria. Hundreds of physicians have abandoned all the officinal specifics, and now prescribe this harmless vegetable tonic,for chills and fever, as well as dpspep sia and nervous affections. Hostetter’s Bit ters is the specific you need. For sale by all Druggists and Dealers generally. FOUTZ’S HORSE AND CATTLE POWDERS No Hors, will die of Colic, Rots or lira Ft V**, If Foutz’s Powders are used in time. Fontz's Powders will cure and prevent Hoo Cholera. Foutz’s Powders will prevent Gaper in Fowls. Foutz’s Powders will increase the quantity of milk and cream twenty per cent., and make the butter Arm and sweet. Foutz’s Powders will core or prevent almost every Disease to which Horses and Cattle are subject. Foutz’s Powders will give Satisfaction. Bold everywhere. DAVID F. FOTTTZ, Proprietor, BALTIMORE. MS. INDEPENDENT IN POLITICS, AND DEVOTED TO NEWS, LITERATURE, SCIENCE AND GENERAL PROGRESS. AMERICUS, GEORGIA, WEDNESDAY, MAY 9, 1883. “MGGER MIGHTY HAPPY.” PLANTATION SONG. Hog start a-runnin’ when de overseer callin’ VVhippcrwill holler when de jewdraps failin’; Duck keep a quackin’ when dc hard rain po’in’; Crows flock togedder when de young corn glowin’; Fig gwine to squeal when tie milk maid churnin’; Nigger mighty happy when blackberries turnin’. Squr’l go to jumpin’ when de scaly harks cornin’; Bee-martin sail when delioney-hee hummin’; Lean horse nicker when tho pumpkin vine spreadin’; Babbit hack his ear when de cabbage-stalk headin’; Booster start a crowin’ when de broad day breakin’; Nigger mighty happy when de hoe cake bakin’! Big fish flutter when he done kotch de cricket; Big frog Jibely when he singin’ in de thicket; Mule git slicker when de plantin’ time over; Golt mighty ga’ly when you turn him in de clover; An’ it como mighty handy to de nigger man natur’ When he soppin’ in de gravy wid a big yam ’tater. Blacksnake waitin’ while de ole lien hatchin’; Sparrow hawk lookin’ while de little chick en scratching Big owl jolly when de little bird singin’; 'Possum gwine to clam wiiar do ripe sum mons swingin’; Nigger mighty happy—ef he ain’t wuf a dollar— When he startin’ out co’tin’ wid a tall standin’ collar! —J. A. Macon in Century Bric-a-Brac. ft GYilbLVftY.O Y ST HIS PA AND DYNAMITE. Peeks Sun. “I guess your pa’s losses in the sil ver mine has made him crazy, haven’t they,” said the grocery man to the bad boy, as he came into the store with his eye winkers singed off, and powder marks on his lace, and began to play on the harmonica, as he sat down on the end of a stick of stove wood, and balanced himself.. “O, I guess not. He was hedged. He got in with a deacon of another church, and sold some his stock to him, and pa says if I will keep my con demn mouth shut he will unload the whole of it, if the churches hold out. He goes to anew church every night there is prayer meeting or anything, and makes ma go with him, to give him tone, and after meeting she talks with the sisters about how to piece a silk bed quilt, while pa gets iu his work soiling oiluor etook. J (lOII'L know but he will order some more stock, from the lactory if he sells all he has got,” and the boy went on play ing “There’s a land that is fairer than day.” “But what was he skipping up the street for the other night with his hat off, grabbing at his coattails as though they were on fire ? I thought I never saw a pussy man run any faster. And what was the celebration down on your street about that time ? I thought the world was coming to an end,” and the groceryman kept away from the boy for tear he would explode. “O, that was only a Fenian scare. Nothin’ serious. You see pa is a sort of half Englishman. He claims to be an American citizen, when he wants office, but when they talk about a draft he claims to be a subject of Great Britain, and he says they can’t touch him. Pa is a darn smart man, and don’t you forget it. There don’t any of them get ahead of pa, much. Well, pa has said a good deal about the wicked Fenians, and that they ought to he pulled, and all that, and when I read the story in papers about the ex plosion in the British Parliament pa was hot. He said the damnirish was ruining the whole world. He didn’t dare say it at the table or our hired girl would have knocked him silly with a spoonful of mashed potatoes, ’cause she is a nirish girl, and she can lick any Englishman in this town. Pa said there ought to have been somebody there to have taken that bomb up and throwed it in the sewer before it ex ploded. Ho said if ever should see a bomb he would grab it right up and throw it away where it wouldn’t hurt anybody. Pa has me read the papers to him nights, ’cause his eyes have got splinters in ’em, and after I had read all there was in the papers I made up a lot more and pretended to read it, about how it was rumored that the Fenians here in Milwaukee were going to place dynamite bombs at every house where an Englishman lived, and at a given signal blow them all up. Pa looked pale around the gills, but he said he wasn’t scared. Pa and ma were going to call on a she deacon that night, that has lots of money in the bank, to see if she didn’t want to invest in a dead sure paying silver mine, and me and my chum concluded to give them a send off. We got my big black injy rubber foot ball, and painted “Dinimight” in big white letters on it, and tied a piece of tarred rope to it for a fuse, and got a big fire cracker, one of those old fourth of Jnly horse scarers, and a basket fall of broken glass. We put the foot-ball in front of the steps, and lit the tarred rope, and got under the steps with the fire crackers and basket, where they go down into the basement. Pa and ma came out the front door and down the steps, and pa saw the foot-ball, and the burning fuse, and he said “Great God, Haulier, we are blowed up,” and he started to ran, and ma she stopped to look at it. Just as pa started to run I tonched off the fire cracker, and my chum arranged it to pour out the broken glass on the brick pavement just as the fire cracker went off. Well, every iking went just as wo expected, except ma. She had examined the foot-ball, and concluded it was nothing dangerous, and was just giving it a kick as the firecracker went off, and the glass fell, and the firecracker was so near her that it scared her, and when pa looked around ma was flying across the sidewalk, and he heard the noise and he thought the house was blown to atoms. 0, you’d a died to see him go around the corner. You could play crokay on his coat-tail, and his face was as pale as ma’s when she goes to a party. But ma didn’t scare much. As quick as she stopped against the hitching post she knew it was ns boys, and she came down there, and maybe she didn’t maul me. I cried and tried to gain her sympathy by tell ing her the firecracker went off before it was due, and burned my eyebrows off, but she didn’t let tip until I prom ised to go and find pa. I tell von, my ma ought to be engaged by the British government to hunt out the dynamite fiends. She would corral them in two minutes. If pa had as much sand as ma has got, it would be warm weather for me. Well, me and my chum went and headed pa off or 1 guess he would be running yet. We got him up by the lake shore, and he wanted to know if the house fell down. He said he would leave it to me if he ever said anything against the Fenians, and I told him he had always claimed that the Fenians were the nicest men in the world, and it seemed to relieve him very much. When he got home and found the house there he was tickled, and when ma called him an old bald headed coward, and said it was only a joke of the boys with a foot-ball, he laughed right out, and said he knew it all the time, and he ran to see if ma would be scared. And then he wanted to hng me, but it wasn’t my night to hug and I went down to the theatre. Pa don’t amount to much when there is trouble. The time ma had them cramps, you remember, when you got your cucumbers first last season, pa came near fainting away, and ma said ever since they had been married when anything ailed her, pa has had pains just the same as she has, only he grunted more, and thought he was going to die. Gosh if I was a man I wouldn’t be sick every time one of the neighbors had a back ache, would you ?” “Well, you can’t tell. When you have been married twenty or thirty years you will know a good deal more than you do now. You think you know it all, now, and you are pretty intelligent, lor a boy that has been brought up carelessly, but there are things that you will learn after awhile that will astonish you. But what ails your pa’s teeth. The hired girl was over here to get some corn meal for gruel, and she said your pa was gum ming it, since he lost his teeth.” “0, about the teeth. That was too bad. You see my chum has got a dog that is old, and his teeth have all come out in front, and this morning I bor ried pa’s teeth before he got up, to see if we couldn’t fix them in the dog’s mouth, so he could eat better. Pa says it is an evidence of a kind heart for a boy to be good to dumb animals, but its a darn mean dog that will go ' back on a friend. We tied the teeth !in the dog’s mouth with a string that 1 went around his upper jaw, and anoth er around his under jaw, and you’d a died to see how funny he looked when he laffed. He looked just like pa when he tries to smile so as to get me to 1 come up to him so he can lick me. The dog pawed his mouth a spell to get the teeth out, and then we gave him a bone with some meat on, and he began to gnaw at the bone, and the teeth come off the plate, and he thought it was ' pieces of the hone, and he swallowed the teeth. My chum noticed it first, and he said we had got to get in our work pretty quick to save the plates, and 1 think we were in luck to save them. I held the dog, and my chum, who was better acquainted with him, united the strings and got the gold plates out, but there were only three teeth left, and the dog was happy. He waggled his tail for more teeth, but we hadn’t any more. I am going to give him ma’s teeth some day. My chum says when a dog gets an appetite for anything you have got to keep giving it to him, or he goes back on you. But I think my chum played dirt on me. We sold the gold plate to a jewery man, and my chum kept the money. I think, as long as I furnished the goods, he ought to have given me some thing besides the experience, don’t you? After this I don’t have no more part ners, you bet.” All this time the boy was marking on a piece of paper, and soon after he went out the grocery man noticed a crowd outside, and on going out he found a sign hanging up which read: “ Wormy Jigs for Parties.” As the Divine Being is a Being of inexhaustible glory, is it likely that lie would keep it to Himself, or indeed could He? For love wishes to com municate its own to another—to give, indeed, as much of its own as it can, and what then must tho Divine Love do, which is infinite. On Thirty Day’s Trial. The Voltaic Belt Cos., Marshall, Mich will send Dr. Dye’s Celebratud Electro- Voltaic Belts and Electric Appliances on trial tor thirty days to men (young or old who are afflicted with Nervous Debility, ! Lost Vitality and Manhood, and kindred l troubles, guaranteeing speedy and complete restoration of health and manly vigor. Ad dress as above. N. B.—No risk is incurred, • thirty days’ trial is allowed; dec2l-ly- FROM DEATH TO LIFE. A HAPPY BRIDE IN BALTIMORE WHO THREF, YEARS AGO LAY IN HER COFFIN. < Baltimore, Md„ April 15.—1 t sel dom happens in real life that a young lady three years after being enveloped in her burial shroud and placed in a coffin as dead becomes a bright and happy bride, yet such a singular romance has just been developed here. Last evening the Immaculate Concep tion Catholic church, in this city, was thronged with society people to witness the nuptials of Miss Mary Griffith, daughter of the late John A. Griffith, a former prominent merchant of this city, and Mr. Vivian Neale. The bride is a beautiful young lady of about twenty one Summers, and for the last two seasons a belle in Baltimore society. The Rev. John A. Maloney performed the marriage ceremony, and the altar and sanctuary were magnificently dec orated with flowers. After the wed ding reception the young couple left on the Western express for Chicago. Several years ago when the young lady was residing in Cincinnati she had a terrible fall down a flight of stairs and received injuries which were considered fatal. Several prominent physicians called to see her, and pro nounced her case hopeless. One day the young girl grew much worse, fell into a comatose state, and, as it was thought, died. The body was prepar ed for burial and exposed for two days in a casket to the view of friends. The day of the funeral arrived, and, at the appointed time, the carriages and hearse drove up to the door. Just as the coffin was being closed it was noticed that the life-like appearance of the supposed corpse became more pronounced, and there were slight signs of returnifig vitality. A physician was called, and after an hour or so Miss Griffith re turned to consciousness. The solemn gathering was turned into one of joy. The young girl recovered rapidly, and has since been in better health than ever before. Various Kinds of Drunkards. Chambers Journal. Some men seem to become drunk suddenly, giving no previous indica tion by thickness of articulation or unsteadiness of gait; this being com monly the case where mental excite ment from other causes—as a heated discussion—prevails at the time. The most dreadful and astounded cases are afforded by those unfortunate people who are never sober. How they man age to survive so long as they do is a mystery. There are men who have nalljr nnrlnv f lro e liquor for twenty or thirty years. Of course the brain must have become permanently injured, so that we may infer that the drink these persons now take has little or no real effect on them, and that their state would be just the same without it. Others, again, systematic and punctual drunk ards of regulai habits, inen who take their quantum and are put to bed un conscious every night, yet aie capable of attending to their business in the most extraordinary manner. These, as a rule, never exceed a given amount by so much as a glass, and do not suf fer so much as intermitent drunkards, at any rate not so soon, for the inevita ble consequence is only a little longer deferred. The writer knew an old doctor in Jamaica who used to aver that the climate was the finest in the world. “Yellow fever, sir!” he would exclaim—“not a bit of it! A vulgar chimera! A malicious libel on us! The fact is, it’s the vicious irregular drinking habits of the people here that kills ’era. Lo®k at me! I drink a bottle of brandy every night, and have done so for thirty years. I get tipsy seven times a week, in an orderly and decent manner; and I’ve never had yel low fever nor a day’s illness!” And to all appearance he was a fine healthy man of sixty-five or seventy with a beard as whi’e as snow. Yet he was carried off suddenly by a trifling in disposition incidental to the climate, and it was found on examination of his papers after death that he was only fifty-two. It does not by any means follow, either, that because a man is never in toxicated ho may not be drinking too much. Men employed in the great breweries in London, especially the draymen, consume an enormous quan tity of beer. The daily allowance which their employers give them is a very large one, but they rarely confine themselves to that; and the draymen, in addition, get much gratuitously from the customers to whom they are always delivering the casks; so that ten or fourteen quarts is no exceptional consumption for one man; yet they are not drunkards, in the ordinary sense of term. The very nature of their work necessitatesjthe employment of none but steady men, strength being also a sine qua non. But if one of these men should break a limb, or get confined to bed from any other accident, he is almost sure to get delirum tremens; and a scalp wound frequently kills him. Brewers’ men are notorious in hospitals as being the worst cases for operation, being prone to exhibit all the most dan gerous complications which fetter the success of surgical treatment. Battle Creek, Mich., Jan. 31,1879. Gentlemen —Having been afflict ed for a number of years with indi gestion and general debility, by the advice of my doctor I used Hop Bit ters, and must say they afforded me almost instant relief. lam glad to be able to testify in their behalf. Thos. G. Knox. Something New in Funerals. A HUSBAND OFFICIATES AS MINISTER AT TIIE OBSEQUIES OF lIIS WIFE. Ciocinnati Enquirer. Not many weeks since a gentleman well known in Cincinnati lost his wife by consumption. A simple announce ment was made in the newspapers when she died, but no notice was given as to when the funeral wauld place. It seems that it was omitted at the special request of his wife, often made before her demise, as she only desired her most intimate friends to attend that ceremony. She said she had a horror of her house being crowded with peo ple upon such an occasion who really cared little or nothing for her. She only wanted certain ones present whom she knew well, and whom she felt sure would regret her death, and these were notified to attend at a particular hour on a given day. This departure from the usual cus tom was hardly made more conspicu ous than that of her husband officiat ing in the place of a minister, which was also done at the wife’s request. After the friends had assembled to the number of twenty-five or thirty, the husband, who was sitting beside her coffin with his head bowed in grief upon it, rose up and delivered the following address: Dear Friends: It was the dying re quest of my dear companion that no minister should be called upon to offi ciate at her obsequies, but that I should speak a few words to her special friends who would be invited to be present. I do so with reluctance, and I can hardly find words to express my sorrow and grief at the loss I have sustained by her death. This request was not made by her because of want of faith in re ligion or in holy things, but simply be cause neither of us are members of any Christian church, and have not been in the habit of attending religious serv ices, and we knew no minister upon whom we could call, and she did not think it meet or proper, under the cir cumstances, to have someone come here and deliver a sermon who did not know her. I need not tell you that Clara was a faithful wife and a loving mother, and that she possessed every trait of char acter necessary to constitute her a child of God. She made no professions of religion but she showed by her daily life and walk that her every impulse was pure and good. I never saw her turn the needy away from her door without a gift, and I never heard her speak lightly of her friends. She made her home her palace, and she was al ways the happiest when she prising me with some special manifes tation of her love. She has now gone to her reward, and if I can train up our little daughter to follow, in the foot steps of her mother, I shall have ac complished my mission upon earth. The flower of love shall ever bloom in my memory, and whether I live long or die soon, her sweet influence will follow me to my grave. I can scarcely realize that she whom I loved so pas sionately now lies within the narrow confines of this coffin, and that I shall never again hear her voice or see her at the window on my return home, giving me a welcome such as was her custom. But, though she has gone never to return, her influence will be felt, and will be as enduring as life itself. You will all please come forward and take a last farewell, after which we will sing her favorite hym: “I would not live always, I ask not to stay.’’ A gentleman who was present and witnessed the proceedings says they were exceedingly impressive. The la dies being especially demonstrative in their grief. The singing was led by a particular lady friend who also played the organ. That Bad Boy Again. Said the bad boy to the groceryman: “I think when a man is in trouble if he has a good little boy to take his mind from his troubles, and get him mad at something else, it rests him. “Last night we had hot mapel sirup and biscuit for supper, and pa had a saucer full in front of him, just a steam ing. I could see he was thinking too much of his mining stock, and I thought if there was anything I could do to take his mind off of it, and place it on something else, I would be doing a kindness that would be appreciated. I sat on the right of pa, and when he wasn’t looking I pulled the table cloth so the saucer of red-hot mapel sirup dropped off in his lap. Well, you’d a dide to see how quick his thoughts turned from his financial to his physi cal misfortunes. There was about a pint of hot sirup, and it went all over his lap, and you know how hot melted mapel sirup is, and how it sort of clings to anything. Pa jumped up and grab bed hold of his pants legs to pull them away from hisself, and he danced around and told ma to turn the hose on him, and then he took a pitcher of ice water and poured it down his pants, and he said the condemned old table was getting so rickety that a saucer wouldn’t stay on it, and I. told pa if he would put some tar on his legs, the same kind that he told me to put on my lip to make my moustache grow, the sirup wouldn’t burn so, and than he cuffed me. and l think he felt better. It is a great thing to get a man’s mind off his troubles.”— Peck’s Sun. Every one has paid their account but you. Call and settle yours, at Dr. Aldridge’s Drug Store. | FOUR DOLLARS PER ANNUM. NO. 65. Meet Me By Moonlight ALONE! Dgi’t kji It! Much pleasanter looking people will be found at JIN l SHAW’S, Who will assist you in making your selec tions from one of the LAimiIBTMTMOtSS To he found in the city, OF Spring and Summer Dry Goods NOTIONS, JjAJNUX UUUJLiS, PARASOLS, U mil 11 RE E E AS* Ladies’ Hats, PERFIMERI, Toilet Soaps, TT^TTNTKIS, CLOTHING, CENTS’ FINISHINC CODES, Boots and Shoes, Straw, Wool and Fur Hats, At prices Lover to tie Lowest. Our infallible rule for success in business is Honest Goods, " >'* 4 COURTEOUS TREATMENT, Reliable Statements, j low prices: Call early aipl often, and oblige, Yours truly, s JOHN R. SHAW.