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~ C. W. HANCOCK,
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Saourday Morning. May 26,1883-
Official Organ of City of Americus.
Official Organ of Sumter County
Official Jrgan of Schley County.
Official Organ of Lee County.
Ofticial Organ of Webster County.
Chicago has 500 churches, against
5,242 liquor saloons; 400 clergymen,
evangelists ami layreaders, aud 5,500
bartenders; ti art galleries, and 050
variety theatres. $2,500,000 are spent
for schools and religion, and $15,000,-
000 for liquor.
Mr. Frank V. Evans has sold his
interest in the Birmingham Iron Age
to Mr. .1. L. Watkins, and his connec
tion with that paper has ceased. In
his card announcing his retirement from
the Aye, he does not indicate what his
purposes are.
It is pleasant to observe the cordial
greetings exchanged between the Pres
byterian Assemblies of North and
South, now in session at Saratoga and
Lexington respectively. Such frater
nal expressions do much toward knit
ting the bond of good fellowship, which
is happily drawing the two sections
closer and closer together.
Major Sidney Herbert, writing to
the Savannah News from Atlanta,
rasps the farmers for staying away
from the meeting of the Poinologieal
Society, and adds: “Unless the truck
tarmers and fruit growers are more
united and watchful of their interests,
hundreds of them in Georgia will quit
the business in disgust,within two years.
Mark my prediction. There must be
hearty co-operation ancl judicious pro
tection.
One of our exchanges lias this item:
Jones is proud of his wife, and with
reason, for Mrs. Jones is pretty as well
as smart. She was lecturing on tem
perance reform in Whitechapel and got
naturally worked up as she rehearsed
the many things that should be done,
but which no one seemed ready to do,
“Oh, dear, she exclaimed, 1 wish 1
were a man!” “I object,” exclaimed
Jones, rising from his seat. It brought
down the house.
The New York Sun of the 10th inst.
uses the following language with ref
erence to a sermon of Rev. Dr. Tal
mage, in which he is reported to have
said that Mr. S. J. Tilden was a can
didate for the Presidency:
“Now, this is a falsehood on the part
of Talmage. In saying it he alleges
as true that which he does not know to
be true, and that which, in fact, is not
true. To put it quite plainly, Mr.
Talmage lies.”
This is hard language, and unworthy
such a journal as the Sun. Admitting
Mr. Talmage to have made the decla
ration, it would seem that respect alone
for his position as one of God’s minis
ters would have precluded such unpar
donable irreverence. It is but another
advantage taken of the unbridled
license of the press, and deserves the
frowns of every good man and decent
paper of the whole country. Such a
spirit of irreverence should be promptly
rebuked by the people, and lashed by
the press generally. It makes but little
what opinion we may entertain of a
man as a man, but when he becomes
one of God’s ministers, he demands as
such the respectful regard and rever
ence of all good people. We brand the
language of the Sun as wholly un
worthy a public journal, and unbecom
ing, unjust aud uncalled for. We can
only trust, for its own good name,
that our cotemporary of the North will
made amends for the wrong done a
good man, and one whose influence for
good are felt and shared by well nigh a
whole Continent of his fellow kind.
The Dead Letter Oftice.
The Boston Traveller has the fol
lowing about the dead letter office:
Notwithstanding the great exertion
the Postoffice Department makes to
find owners of letters and deliver letters
to them, the number of letters which
reach the dead letter office now runs
above 10,000 a day. The number re
ceived at the department during the
past year has been over 4,000,000. Of
these 3,000,000 were uncalled for at
the offices to which they were address
ed. Nearly 100,000 came from hotels,
uddressed to persons who had failed to
leave instructions to have their mail
forwarded, a quarter of a million were
sent because they were insullicienrly
prepared. A thousand because they
Contained articles forbidden to he trans
ported in the mails. Over 10,000 bear
no superscription whatever. The num
ber of dead liters mailed abroad was
350,000, all-of which were returned to
the country of their origin unopened.
Of those received and opened in the
past year 40,000 contained money,
drafts, money orders, etc., amounting
to 12,000,000, and 44,000 contained
paid notes, receipts and other canceled
obligations.
A
EARTH TO EARTH.
The Funeral Services of the Late
Mrs. Ridley.
The End of a Terrible Accident on
the Boulevard—Laid to Rest in
Oakland Beside the Spot Where
Sleeps Her Distinguished Father,
Senator Hill—The Sorrow of Her
Friends—Etc.
Atlanta Constitution 24th.
At half past ten o’clock on yesterday
the street in front of Dr. Ridley’s resi
dence was filled with carriages, that
had brought friends who came to per
fo-m the last offices of love for the
noble woman who was dead, and to ex
press their sympathy with the bereaved
family. The house was crowded with
fiiends, and there were flowers in sim
ple branches or worked into rare de
vices in the greatest profusion. Just
outside the door, the physicians of the
city, with touching thoughtfulness,
had gathered, to the number of perhaps
seventy, and stood in open ranks, and
with uncovered heads.
The pallbearers were Messrs. S. M.
Inman. R. D. Spalding, T. L. Langs
ton, R. J. Lowry, John Fitten, F. P.
Rice, C. E. Harmon, H. C. Jackson,
H. W. Grady, W. A. Taylor, W. H.
Venable, Harry Jordan, A Waldo aud
A. 11. Cox. As Dr. Ridley came down
the steps, following the coffined re
mains of the woman he loved so well,
with his widowed mother leaning on
his arm, his face was set and restrain
ed. But when he saw the long lines
of his comrades, fellow physicians that
had turned aside from their busy lives,
to assure him of their affection and
sympathy, the strong man gave way to
his feeling, and his rare courage and
self control was overcome.
The pallbearers ranged themselves
alongside the hearse, and the doctors on
foot in files of two followed it to the
church as an escort. In the church the
first six seats of the centre had been
reserved for the family, the pallbearers
and physicians. The altar was deco
rated with great taste, huge masses ol
lilies, snow white doves with out
stretchad wings and crosses almost
hiding it from view. As the minister
entered the church the choir sang,
“Jesus Lover of my Soul.” General
Evans read the lesson and the choir
sang, “How Firm a Foundation.”
General Evans made a tender and
touching talk, based on a verse from
first Thessalonians: “But I would not
have you to be ignorant, brethren, con
cerning them which are asleep, that ye
sorrow not even as those that have no
hope.” He portrayed, with loving
hand, the virtues and graces of Mrs.
Ridley, whom he had known and loved
from her girlhood, and bore a pastor’s
testimony to the genuineness and sin
cerity of her good work. He said:
“Only a few days ago I saw a letter
full of gentle sympathy and love, writ
ten by her to an old school girl friend,
who had just lost two lovely little
children. Many letters came to this
bereaved mother and all were valued
highly, but none more than the mes
sage from the heart of the friend of her
girlhood. Among other things she sai<J:
“You must remember that we both
now have someone in heaven who is
waiting for us there—our little ones
who have gone before us —and that
they are waiting at the gates to wel
come us when we come.”
“Little did she know,” said the
preacher, “when she wrote these lines
that the pearly gates were already ajar
for her, and that her little one, with
outstretched hand and eager face was
already hurrying over the golden streets
to meet her, and welcome her to her
eternal home.”
At the close of General Evan’s re
marks, Dr. Tucker offered a beautiful
and impressive prayer, and the choir
then sang “Beyond the Sunset’s Radi
ant Glow”—an old song that had al
ways been a favorite with Mrs. Ridley.
Dr. Tucker said that the last word he
ever heard Mrs. Ridley say, was to
make arrangements to give food and
maintenance to a family of poor people.
As the procession left the church,
the flowers about the altar was trans
ferred to the hearse, literally covering
it. The physicians, in their working
buggies, worn with honorable service,
went ahead of the hearse, the pali-bear
ers following. At the special request
of Dr. Ridley Captain ’May and his
family; followed the family in the line
of mourners. This was in grateful ap
preciation of the rare and considerate
hospitality of Capt. and Mrs. May to
the guest who was so sadly brought
into their house. Had she * been their
own daughter they could not have been
more sincere or unremitting in their
kindness and affection. The line of
carriages was the largest, perhaps ever
seen in Atlanta.
Mrs. Ridley in two visits to the
cemetery, made about a week before
her death—one with her mother and
one with Mrs. Howell Jackson—had
with particularity selected the spot in
which she wished to be buried. It is
a few feet to the left of her father’s
grave, and at the foot of a beautiful
little tree. Thoughtful friends had
preceded the mourners to the grave and
its bare walls were covered with flow
ers. The ceremony .in the cemetery was
short and simple, and at its conclusion
the immense crowd slowly and sadly
dispersed. A few friends remained un
til the grave was finished, and then
covered it with the freshest and purest
of flowers. When they hid finished
their work of love, not ouo inch of the
bare dirt was visible. The mound was
one mass of lilies, as white as driven
snow, and above it two spotless doves
were suspended. At the head and foot
were double crosses of white, and it
looked, in the loving eyes of those who
left it, with the soft evening sunshine
falling on it, emblematic of the pure
and radiant woman whose memory it
was to perpetuate.
Never, perhaps, in our history, has a
death occurred that touched more hearts
than this, and the stricken and bereav
ed family must know that they have
the full and univereal sympathy of our
people;
* GEORGIA NEWS.
The universal report from our ex
changes is that cotton is much injured
by the cool weather.
The Presidents of Mercer University
and the Wesleyan Female College,
situated in Macon, have resigned their
positions, to take effect at the same
time.
Capt. C. P. Crawford, of Milledge
ville, has been appointed by the Gov
ernor a member of the Board of Visit
ors of the State University.
Mr. J. L. Maxwell has retired from
the editorial staff of the Chronicle and
Constitutionalist after connection
with Augusta journalism for fourteen
years.
Union and Recorder: Dr. John
ston informs us that the joint commit
tee of the Legislature that has been ex
amining into the affairs of the Lunatic
Asylum (or the past week, closed their
work on Wednesday. The investiga
tion has beon a laborious one but very
thorough.
The Atlanta correspondent of the
Augusta Chronicle, says: “There is
a great deal of sickness in Atlanta
now. All the physicians report that
they have much to do aud that there is
a sort of epidemic of bowel diseases of
a very rapid and serious character, run
ning into bloody flux. Some alarming
cases have occured and the prevalence
is general of this trouble. The causes
are probably two-fold—the unusually
cool weather producing colds, and half
ripe strawberries and stale vegetables.
Gardeners pick their strawberries half
ripe to strike the high prices incident
to the beginning of the season. The
hucksters sell old vegetables that have
come from Florida and lower Georgia
and that cost too much money to be
allowed to waste.”
A decision in favor of the defendant
has been rendered in the case of J. C.
Zorn against Col. Lamar, ot the Macon
Telegraph and Messenger. This suit
was brought by Mr. Zorn against Col.
Lamar several years ago for the recovery
of some $200,000, which Mr. Zorn
claimed that Colonel Lamar had
wrongfully appropriated to his own use
from the estate of John Tharmond de
ceased. Though several efforts on the
part of Mr. Zorn were made to com
promise the suit, Colonel Lamar refus
ed every proposition, claiming that he
had made a full and true settlement
with the legatees. The decision effect
ually settles the case. The cost,
amounting to several thousand dollars,
will fall upon Mr. Zorn.
The Marietta Journal says: Mr.
Edgar Anderson bought a couple of
canary birds some time ago. He let a
lady have one, and carried the other
home, which by some mishap escaped
from its cage last week. His father,
Mr. D. Anderson, has a farm several
miles from town, and while a tenant
was plowing along, the canary lit on
the horse. The plowman tried to scare
it off, thinking it an omen of ill-luck.
It persisted in remaining, hut finally
flew to the house, where its tameness
was so apparent that it was caught,
and Mr. Anderson, learning of the mat
ter, put in his claim and got his canary.
By what undefinable instinct that bird
left Mr. Anderson’s house in town, and
found its way to Mr. Anderson’s farm
in the country, and quietly submitted
to recapture, we are unable to solve.
Mr. Anderson vouches for these facts,
and we give them to the public.”
Without a Parallel.
A man’s EVE I’Ol’S OUT AND AGAIN RE
SUMES ITS NATURAL POSITION.
Columbus Enquirer-Sun.
There was an occurrence in Northern
Liberties yesterday which beyond a
doubt has no parallel in any known
history. While John Daniel, or
Hughes, a negro, better known as
“Pop-Eyed John,” was walking along
the street, his right eye popped out and
fell down on his cheek. It hung there
for several minutes, and John was
frightened out of his wits from fear
that he had lost his eye. He laid upon
the ground and gave vent to his grief
in loud groans, and while he was strug
gling around the eye quietly resumed
its position in the socket, and to John’s
great surprise and happiness, he could
see from it as well as ever.
The gentleman who reported the oc
currence to us says that it was witness
ed by seventy-five or eighty people.
Welcome tlie Collector.
Does the thought ever occur that we
may render acceptable service by the
Aanner of our reception of the Church
or missionary collector? Humbly as
she may regard her work, it is a very
important factor of the whole, and to a
certain extent lies at the foundation.
No doubt she often shrinks from the
self-sacrificing necessary duty and hes
itates from all that it requires. Do
not say to her, “Ah, you come too
often,” or the very common stereotyped
expression, “I’ve no money for mis
sions.” Rather receive her with a
warm welcome, and as you lay your
nffVirin cr in Itnr lioml lta if lovnn
oltermg in her hand, be it large or
small, breathe a prayer for it and her
work, and send her on her way rejoic
ing. Sometimes a cup of cold water,
or a word of encouragement, shows
one’s loyalty to a cause, when more
active service is denied. —The Mis
sionary Helper.
Ashburnham, Mass., Jan. 14, >BO.
—I have been very sick over two
years. They all gave me up as past
cure. I tried the most skillful physi
cians, but they did not reach the worst
part. The lungs and heart would fill
up every night and distress me, and
my throat was very bad. I told my
children I never should die in peace
until I had tried Hop Bitters. I have
taken two bottles. They have helped
me very much indeed. I am now
well. There was a lot of sick folks
here who have seen how they helped
me, and they used them and are
cured, and feel as thankful as I do
that there is so valuable a medicine
made. Mrs. Julia G. Cushing.
Rev. B. W. Bussey.
Columbus Enquirer-Sun.
The New Orleans Times-Democrat
devotes a column to a synopsis of a
sermon delivered in that city last Sun
day morning. In introducing the sub
ject that paper says:
“Rev. B. W. Bussey, of Americus,
Ga., whose father, Dr. N. J. Bussey, is
well known in the commercial circle of
our city, preached in the Coliseum
Place Baptist Church to a fine audience
considering the storm which was rag
ing without. The pathos of the preach
er moved some of his audience to tears.
The text was selected from 1 Corin
thians, xv, 57: “But thanks be unto
God, Who giveth us the victory
through our Lord Jesus Christ.”
It goes on to speak of the sermon at
length, and concludes the article by
calling attention to the reflections de
ducted therefrom—
1. God giveth the victory, but He
gives it to those who strives for it.
God helps those who help themselves.
2. God givetli the victory through
the Lord Jesus Christ. Hence if you
would be victorious you must come to
Jesus.
3. God gives one victory at a time,
and at the right time. Do not expect
to-morrow’s victory to-day.
4. God giveth the victory. Hence
we should he humble and grateful.
5. Heaven is the home of the heroic
spirits. Hence if you would have it to
be your home you must be heroic here.
Mr. Bussey is one of the most able
ministers of his age anywhere in this
section, and the sermon above alluded
to is an evidence of the fact. We have
found much pleasure in reading it, and
it would give pleasure to our readers
also, were it not precluded by a want
of room.
A Dentist Tells a Queer Story .
“Why,” said a prominent dentist to
a Journal reporter, “a beautiful young
lady came to me and insisted on hav
ing her really fine teeth pulled, and
false ones put in their place. I protes
ted that it would be foolish, silly,
senseless; but she said no, she would
have them out, and if I would not do
it some other dentist would. ‘‘My
teeth are not fashionable,” said she,
“they are too long, and short little
broad teeth-like corn kernels are all the
fashion now and no one admires my
mouth and I will have them.” So I
made her the teeth, and they cost her
just S3OO. She couldn’t see anyone
for two weeks after I pulled out her
own. They were the upper ones only,
and I made them up with gold plates
for a handsome young fellow' who had
his own teeth knocked out in a base
ball game. The worst of it is that he
is in love with this very gill whose
teeth he wears, and she knows they are
hers. Just ponder on that.” —New
York Morning Journal.
The Bad and Worthless
are never imitated or counterfeited.
This is especially true of a family medicine,
and it is positive proof that the remedy imi
tated is of the highest value. As soon as
it had been tested and proved by the whole
world that Hop Hitters was the purest, best
and most valuable family med icineon earth
many imitations sprung up and began to
steal the. notices in which the press and
people of the country had expressed the
merits of 11. 8., and in every way trying to
induce suffering invalids to use their stuff
instead, expectiug to make money on the
credit and good name of H. B. Many others
started nostrums put up in similar style to
11. 8., with variously devised names in
which the word “Hop” or “Hops” were
used in a way to induce people to believe
they were the same as Hop Bitters. All
such pretended remedies or cures, no mat
ter what their style or name is, and especi
ally those with the word “Hop” or “Hops”
in their name or in any way connected
with them or their name, are imitations o'-
counterfeits, Beware of them. Touch
none of them. Use nothing but genuine
flop Bitters, witli a bunch or cluster of
green Hops on the white label. Trust noth
ing else. Druggists ami dealers are warned
against dealing in imitations or counterfeits.
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The dude is still a topic with the
newspapers.
Shriner’s Indian Vermifuge saved
three thousand children from disease
and death. It is the wonder of the
age. It will .not deceive you.
The best Salad Oil (pure and genu
ine Olive).
Dr. Eldridge’s Drug Store.
Pew
County Scrip Order Lost.
GEORGIA— Lee County.
All persons are hereby notified that on or
about the 13th day ot April last, a Lee
county scrip order on the County Treasurer
of said county, in favor of T. R. Stewart,
for services as Deputy Sheriff at the March
term 1883 of Lee Superior Court, endorsed
on back byT. It. Stewart, was lost in the
city of Albany, Ga., of which loss the
County Treasurer was atonce notified. All
persons are notified not to trade for said
scrip or order, as the same will not he paid
by the Treasurer. This 24th May, 1883.
may26-lm JAMES SALTER.
Local Legislation.
Notice is hereby given that at the session
of the Georgia Legislature, to he held in
July 1883, a bill will he introduced, of which
the following is the title, to-wit: “An Act
to be entitled an Act to provide for an elec
tion to he held in the county of Sumter, to
submit to tlie qualified voters of said county
the question of issuing and negotiating
bonds of the county of Sumter, not to ex
ceed in amount the sum of thirty thousand
dollars, for tlie purpose of erecting anew
Court House in said county.”
And in case two-thirds of the qualified
voters at said election shall vote in favor of
issuing and negotiating said bonds, to au
thorize and empower tlie Board of Com
missioners of Roads and Revenue of said
county to issue, negotiate and sell said
bonds, for the purpose aforesaid, and also
to provide for the payment of tiie principal
and interest of the bonds that may he issued
under this act, and for other purposes.
J. W. WHEATLEY,
may2.-)-lt Clerk C. C. S. C.
Executor’s Sale.
GEORGIA— Lee County.
Will be sold before the Court House door,
in Leesburg, Lee county, Ga., on the first
Tuesday in July next, between tlie usual
hours of sale, agreeable to an order of the
Ordinary of said county, lot of land number
one hundred and sixty one, in the first dis
trict of Lee county, belonging to the estate
of Solomon Page, late of said county de
ceased. Terms on the day of sale.
G. M. PAGE,
MARY E. PAGE,
may2s-tds Executors.
SCROFULA
and all scrofulous diseases, Sores, Erysipe
las, Eczema, Blotches, Ringworm, Tu
mors, Carbuncles, Boils, and Eruptions
of the Skin, are the direct result of an
impure state of the blood.
To cure these diseases the blood must be
purified, and restored to a healthy and na
tural condition. sVyeu’s Sarsaparilla lias
for over forty years been recognized by emi
nent medical authorities as the most pow
erful blood purifier in existence. It frees
the system from all foul humors, enriches
and strengthens the blood, removes all traces
of mercurial treatment, and proves itself a
complete master of all scrofulous diseases.
A Recent Cure of Scrofulous Sores.
“Some months ago I was troubled with
scrofulous sores (ulcers) on my legs. The
limbs were badly swollen and inflamed, and
the sores discharged large quantities of
offensive matter. Every remedy I tried
failed, until I used Ayer’s Sarsaparilla,
of which 1 have now taken three bottles,
with the result that the sores are healed,
and my general health greatly improved.
1 feel very grateful for the good your
bas done me.
Yours respectfully Mrs. Ann O’ Brian.”
148 Sullivan St., ISew * ork, June 24,1882.
(£gr All persons interested are invited
to call on Mrs. O’Brian; also upon the
Rev. Z. I*. Wilds of 78 East Is4th Street,
\ew York City, who will take pleasure
•tfving to the wonderful efficacy of
Ayer’s •'"-'dfi, of only in the cure
of this lady. Inn.- * •;> and
many others within Ills ~. .
The well-known writer on the boston Jlercila ,
B. W. Ball, of Rochester. X. 11 ., writes’, Juno
7, 1882:
“ Having suffered severely for some yeavs
with Eczema, and having failed to find relief
from other remedies. I have made use, during
the past three months, of Ayer’s Sarsapa
rilla, which has effected a complete cure.
J consider it a magnificent remedy for nil
v Mood diseases.” \
Ayer’s Sarsaparilla
stimulates and regulates the action of the
digestive and assimilative organs, renews
and strengthens the vital forces, and speedily
cures Kheumatisin, Neuralgia, Rheuma
tic Gout, Catarrh, General Bebility, and
all diseases arising from an impoverished or
corrupted condition of the blood, and a weak
ened vitality.
It is incomparably the cheapest blood medi
cine, on account of its concentrated strength,
aud great power over disease.
PREPARED BY
Dr. J.C. Ayer & Cos., Lowell, Mass.
Sold by all Druggists; price sl, six bottles
for §5.
wanted”
FARMERS II RIRfliW $110.101!
——and
Secure it by Mortgage on
Farms,
at
Eight per cent per Annum!
EXPENSES LIGHT.
Call on or address
F. E. BURKE, Successor to
First National Bank,
may26-tf Americus, Ga.
J. B. C. Smith & Sons,
dTDffiODS HO ODUMS,
Americus, Ga.
We are prepared to do any kind of work
in the carpenter line at short notice and on
reasonable terms. Having had years of ex
perience in tile business, we feel competent
to aive satisfaction. All orders for con
tracts for building will receive prompt at
tention. Jobbing promptly attended to.
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Dr. J. A. FORT,
Physician and Surgeon,
Offers his professional services to the
people of Americus and vicinity. Has ail
experience of fifteen years. Oftice at Dr.
E. J. Eldridge’s Drug Store. At night can
be found at residence on Furlow’s lawn.
Calls will receive prompt attention.
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Administrator’s Sale.
GEORGIA— Sumter County.
Will be sold before the Court House door
in the city of Americus. Sumter county, Ga.,
on the first Tuesday in July next, within
the legal hours of sale, the following prop
erty, to wit: A half interest in the ware
house, in the town of Andersonville, in said
county, formerly owned by Richter &
Wheeler.
Also an unimproved lot containing five
acres, more or less, in said town of Ander
sonville.
Sold in pursuance of an order from the
Court ot Ordinary of said county, as the
property of the estate of F. A. Wheeler,
deceased, for the benefit of the heirs and
creditors.
Terms one-third cash, and the balance in
two equal installments, one on the first day
of November and the first day of January
next. Titlesmado when the purchase money
is all paid. This May 24th,1883.
may 26-tds A. H. GREER,
Administrator.
local Legislation.
Notice is hereby given that application
will be made to the Georgia Legislature at
the session to be held in July next for
tlie passage of certain bills of which the fol
lowing are the titles:
First. An act to be entitled “An act to
create the office of County Solicitor for the
County Court of Sumter County, to pre
scribe his duties, to regulate his fees
and to provide for his appointment, and for
other purposes.”
Second. An act to be entitled “An act to
provide for the distribution of the fines, for
feitures and costsarising from criminal ca
ses in the County Court of Sumter County
and for other purposes.”
Third. An act to be entitled “An act to
authorize the formation of a chain gang for
Sumter County, to allow the convicts to he
used in working the public roads in said
County and other public works in said
County and for other purposes.”
Fourth. An act to be entitled “An act to
authorize ana empower the Hoard of Com
missioners of Roads and Revenue of Sumter
County to levy and collect a tax for the pur
poses of hiring hands and overseers, or over
seer, to work tlie public roads of said Coun
ty and for other purposes.”
J. B. PXLSBURT, J. C. C. S. C.
may 25, it,
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A DOMESTIC SCENE
BETWEEN
Mr. and Mrs. John Smith.
Mrs. Smith—Now, John Smith, what on earth ! Didn’t I tell you to go to
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JOHN R. SHAW’S and get these goods, and here you have gone some
wheie else and spent OUR hard-tarned dollars, and haven’t got much more than
half their value. Why didn’t you do as I told you ?
Smith— Why—er—why—my dear, you see 1 thought he had his store torn
up so, that he was paving no attention to getting in new goods, and
Mrs. S.—John Smith, you know that is not so, for I know I told you
yesterday that I had seen Mrs. Jones, who had been to John R. Shaw’s and got
E\ER\ THING she. wanted, and she told me his store was overflowing
with NEW Goods of the latest designs, and you know as well as I do, that a
man of Shaw’s business capacity and push, would be found in the lead ol “the
Procession,” with the best aad prettiest styles in everything. You know also
that I told yon he had turned nis attention exclusively to DRY GOODS
(Fancy and Staple), NOTIONS, CLOTHING, BOOTS,
SHOES, HATS, CAPS, UMBRELLAS, PARASOLS, and
all articles kept in a first-class Dry Goods Store, and if yon had
gone there you could have got just what I sent you for, and at much less than
what you have paid for these things you have brought home. No, lam well
aware how it all happened. Yon let some slick-tongue chap get hold ot you
and pour about a pint of “Corn Juice ” down that old dry throat of yours, and
then you were ready to believe anything ho said. I reckon he made you believe
this stuff here to be “all wool and a yard wide,” when its only seven-eighths, and
half cotton at that, and no style about it.
Smith— Well, my dear, don’t be so hard on me this time. I acknowledge
the Corn, and [ promise you that I will not go counter to your advice again, for
I am now convinced that I have missed some good bargains by not listening
to you.
Mrs. S. Now, you begin to talk sense, and I wish you had heeded my
words when you started out to buy—but I won’t scold you any more. Only
now he sure you listen to the old woman next time, for I tell you she has made
some of the best trades at John R. Shaw’s she ever made in her life.
[Smith retires, fully convinced that HIS Mrs. Smith is a woman o i decided
energy and superior judgment. \
And now, kind friends, we trust you will follow the good advice given by
Mrs. Smith to her better half, and call and be convinced that we can give you
BETTER BARGAINS
than you can obtain elsewhere.
0 COME ONE, COME ALL,
THE OLD, THE YOUNG,.THE SHORT, THE TALL,
THE RICH, THE POOR, WE PLEASE THEM ALL:
LET NOT THESE WORDS UNHEEDED FALL,
BUT HEED “THE WRITING ON THE WALL”;
COUNTLESS BARGAINS AWAIT YOUR CALL,
AT- -
JOHN R. SHAW’S,
J Forsyth Street , • Imericus , €ta,,
“AND DON’T YOU FORGET IT.’