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pointer Republican.
The End of Journalists.
WHERE OLD NEWSPAPER MEN GO.
A lady visitor, who has been long
acquainted with the newspaper world
and its iuhabitants, whose purpose in
life is charity, and who goes to the
newspaper men to help her in her phil
antlirophy, asked the editor an odd
question. “Did you ever think,” she
said, “that journalists drop out of the
business as they get on in years?” “I
did not.” “Well, look around you.
Most of the editors and reporters are
young men. Some of the editors-in
chief may be old fellows, but most of
the workers are young. It has always
been so as far back as I can remember.
What becomes of the journalists who
have got old? All wj know is that
they are not in journalism. Is your
business such a terrible one that it kills
you off, like cholera? No doubt there
are old journalists working elsewhere,
but you never hear of them. They
give the best part of their lives to jour
nalism, and wherever they may be they
have not enough energy left to make a
noise. Journalism took all their vim
anl dash, and after that it did not
want any more. It captured new life
and new blood, and threw the old,
worn-out material away, not thinking
or caring what became of it. I tell
yon journalism is a heartless, ungrate
ful business fori's followers. It makes
me sorry to see a brilliant young fellow
go into it. In any other profession—
I believe journalism is a profession—
the older he got the more power and the
higher standing he would have, but in
journalism he jnst uses himself up
before he reaches middle age, and then
drops out of sight. The proportion
of journalists who get to be owners of
papers, or editors-in-chief at salaries
their business warrant, is so small that
it is scarcely worth considering. Mr.
Ringwalt said in his lecture that you
could count the number of rich jour
nalists on your fingers, meaning jour
nalists who had built up successful
newspaper establishments which
they owned, but that no man
could imagine the vast number
of failures or the vast num
ber of editor owners who are struggling
through an existence tf half starvation.
There are some rich journalists, but
the majority of rich journalists are not
journalists at all. They are capital
ists who have bought into journalism,
just as they would buy into a foundry
or any other business enterprise. They
cannot do the work of journalism, and
they buy the brains for it as they
would buy a pound of butter in the
market. You journalists are all en
thusiasts in yohr profession, but its
money rewards are seldom for you.
You may have lots of talent, hut you
lack the common sense of knowing
how to make money or to keep it, if
your business manager makes it for
you. Journalism may give you fame;
but you can do nothing but starve on
fame. You are the most impractical of
men. I never knew an editor-in-chief
who was not at war with|liis business
manager, who mayjnot be able to write a
two line paragraph, kept him from the
poorhouse. Five or six years ago I
met a very able journalist, and I gave
him my opinion of what he was doing.
I told him to get out of journalism be
fore it was too late, before he was all
used up. He took my advice, went into
another profession, lias now as much
honor as he could have had, had he re
mained a journalist, and has besides a
big hank account, which, a thousand
to one, he would not have had if he
had scorned my advice. I never see
him but what he thanks me for what I
did for him. Ido not understand your
fascination for your business. Why
you are its slave. You may lead oth
ers, but you are not your own master.
Your work never lets loose its hold, I
can’t see the glory of that. You take
your editorial sanctum with you wher
ever you go. You are thinking out ar
ticles when you are walking the streets.
You destroy night and you laugh at
Sunday. It is write, write, think,
think incessantly. I have not reached
the end of the chapter, but it is long
enough. I hope I will be welcome
again.
The Lily toMarry Freddie.
The Washington Sunday Herald,
one the leading society papers, pub
lishes the following to-day: “I have
just heard some news touching Mrs.
Langtry, which I give to the public
for what it is worth. My news is that
the Jersey Lily is to be married to
Freddie Gebhard this coming autumn,
by which time she will be free from the
bond matrimonial and at liberty to do
as she will. My information goes fur
ther and declares that a divorce will be
obtained under the law in New York,
which grants a divorce for abandon
ment or desertion for two years.
The fair Lily will plead the fact
that Mr. Langtry has abandoned her
and done nothing toward her support
for the period mentioned. There is
quite a difference between Mrs. Lang
try and Mr. Gebhard in the matter of
age, she being about 32 and he 24; but
then that is their affair.
Mrs. Langtry has made about $50,.
000, which she now has above her ex
penses, end Mr. Gebhard’s fortune is
rated at $40,000 a year.
Spring Time Rapidly Flies,
And as rapidly it seems the Wheel of
Fortune is turned by Gen’ls G. T.
Beauregard of La., and Jubal A.
Early of Va., at New Orleans, La.,
in the monthly distribution of The
Louisiana State Lottery Company.
The next (the 157th) is the Grand
Semi-Annual, when $522,500 is scat
tered every which way in sums of
slso,ooodown, on Tuesday, June 12th.
Whole Tickets are $lO, fractional
parts proportionately, and any infor
mation can be obtained from M. A.
Dauphin, New Orleans, La. Who
will it be—to be enriched forever?
Laundry Starch, Laundry BluO|
Laundry Soaps.
Dr. Eldridge’s Drug Store.
Rev. Father Wi V
EXPERIENCE.
The Rev. Z. P. Wfldh, well-know n city
missionary in New York, and • broih< r
of the late eminent Judge Wilds, of (li '
Massachusetts Supreme Court, writ;**
as follows:
“78 E. 54 th St., New York, May 1(5, 188-.
Messrs. J. C. Ayer & Cos., iientlemen :
Last winter I was troubled with aim. \
uncomfortable Itching humor ntfeetiuu
more especially my limb*, vrhi;*h itched s •
intolerably at mglit, mi l bunted so intense
ly, that 1 could scare-ly hear any clothing
over them. 1 was also a suilVrer front a
severe catarrh and CHtarrlial cough; my
appetite was i>oor, ami uiy system a good
deal run down. Knowing the value of
Ayer's Sarsaparilla, by observation of
many Other cases, and from personal use
in former years, 1 began taking it for the
above-named disorders. My appetite im
proved almost from the tirsi dose. After
a short time the fever and itching were
allayed, and all signs of irritation of the
skin disappeared. .My catarrh and cough
were also cured by the same means, and
my general health greatly improved, until;
it is now excellent. I feel a hundred per
cent stronger, and 1 attribute these results
to the use of the Saksaparilla, which.
I recommend with nil ooiilUlencc ns the'
best blood medicine ever devised. 1 took; .
it In small doses three times a day* and
used, in all. less than two bottles, i place
these facts at your service, hoping their
publication may do good.
Yours respectfully, Z. I*. Wii.ds.”
The above instance is but one of the many
constantly coming to our notice, which prove
the perfect adaptability of Ayer's Sarsa
parilla to the cure of all diseases arising
from impure or impoverished blood, and a
weakened vitality.
Ayer’s Sarsaparilla
cleanses, enriches, and strengthens the blood,
stimulates the action of the stomach aud
bowels, and thereby enables the system to
resist ami overcome the attacks of all Scrofu
lous Diseases, fini/t'ioiis of the Skin, liheu
matism, Catarrh, f’ <•;•-// Debility, and all
disorders resulting from pwr or corrupted
blood and a low state of I In* system.
prepar: I* 1Y
Dp. J.C. Ayer ACo.j Lowell, Mass.
Sold by all Druggists: price il, six bottles
for
Best Purgative Medicine
cure Constipation, Indigestion, Headache, aud
all bilious Disorders.
Sold everywhere. Always reliable.
El. Tube
Is now opening her stock of
Spring Millinery!
She will have on exhibition in a few days a
full line of
HATS, BONNETS
NECKWEAR,
HAIRGOODS
AND
JEWEERM*:
Those who wish to purchase MILLINERY
will do well to call and examine her goods,
as they have been selected with great care.
decStf
Miss KATE KING
Invites the attention of the Ladies to her
SELECT STOCK OF
Millinery sind Fancy Goods,
NOTIONS, Etc.
ALL OF THE LATEST STYLES,
Which she keeps on hand at all times,
and at the
LOWEST GASH PRICES!
NEW GOODS
ARRIVING DAILY.
FimiiTDFmBMS.
ISf-Don’t fail to Call and Examine her
stock before purchasing elsewhere.
Miss Kate King,
PUBLIC SQUARE AMERICUS, GA.
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HtvTMu,
AMERICUS, QA.
MThe undersigned has
Just opened on Jackson
street, next door to the
Telegraph Office, where
prepared to cot
GENTS’ CLOTHING
in a style that will equal
those mado in other
cities, either North or
—— South, from past experi
ence as a Cutter and practical Tailor, in
other cities, he can guarantee his work as
first-class. He has the
IffiT REPOSTS OF FMHIiS
for customers to select from, yet all gar
ments will be made to suit the taste of each
and every customer. Not having Goods or
Trimmings at present, they may be obtained
of the Americus merchants; but if the de
sired goods cannot be found here he has a
Full Line of Samples
from some of the best Piece-Goods Houses
In the North for customers to select from
and order at Wholesale rates. Particular
attention paid to Cutting, Making, Fitting,
Pressing, Cleaning and Repairing, at low
rates for cash.
Come and test the work of
W. T. MOORE.
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DrIJ. list’s
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HAIR BRUSHES,
COMBS,
Toilet Powder,
SOAPS, ETC.
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-.4* DR. ELDRIDGE’S DRUG AND PRESCRIPTION STORE DR. ELDRIDGE’S DRUG AND PRESCRIPTION STORE
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
JOHN R. SHAW’S anil get these goods, and here you have gone some
where else and spent OUR hard-earned dollars, and haven’t got much more than
half their value. Why didn’t you do as I told you ?
Smith —W T hy—er—why—my dear, you see I thought he had his store torn
up so, that he was paying 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
EVERYTHING she wanted, and she told me his store was overflowing
with NEW Goods of the latest designs, and yon know as well as I do, that a
man of Shaw’s business capacity and push, would be found in the lead ot “the
Procession,” with the best and prettiest styles in everything. You know also
that I told you he had turned his 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 you had
gone there you could have got just wliat 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. You let some slick-tongue chap get hold ot you
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and pour about a pint of “Corn Juice” down that old dry throat of yours, and
then you were ready to believe anything he 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 he so hard on me this time. I acknowledge
the Corn, and I 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 listeniiig
to you. j-
Mrs. S.—Now, yon 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.
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[Smith retires, fully convinced that HIS Mrs. Smith is a woman of decided
energy and superior judgment .]
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And now, kind friends, we trust you will follow the good advice given by
Mrs. Smith to her better half, aud call and be convinced that wo can give yon
BETTER BARGAINS
than you can obtain elsewhere.
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,
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BUT HEED “THE WRITING ON THE WALL”;
• COUNTLESS BARGAINS AWAIT YOUR CALL,
AT- -
JOHN R. SHAW'S,
Forsyth Street , Ga, n
“AND DON’T YOU FORGET IT.”
DR. ELDRIDGE’S DRUG AND PRESCRIPTION STORE... DR. ELDRIDGE’S DRUG AND PRESCRIPTION STORE. ~
JAMES FRICKER, U dptpepp
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Jas. Flicker &Bro.'s
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MUSICAL INSTRUMENT HOUSE!
Under Barlow House, Americus, .Ga.
New Firm, New Goods, Low Prices!
tamers lower prices than ever. Our stock of K cus
WATCHES, CHAINS, NECKLACES, LOCKETS, BRACELETS
RINGS, SETS, LACE PINS, EAR RINGS,
GOLD AND SILVER THIMBLES, SOLID SILVERWARE
KNIVES, FORKS, SPOONS, CASTORS, BUTTER DISHES
PICKLE STANDS, SYRUP CUPS, SPOON HOLDERS
BAKING DISHES, CAKE BASKETS, WATER SETS
WAITERS, GOBLETS, CUPS, FLOWER STANDS ’
CARD RECEIVERS, ETC., ETC.,
was never more complete than at the present time. We also have on hand a large lot ot
Clocks of ieill Kinds !!
which we will sell cheaper than ever and guarantee each one to give entire satisfaction
SEWING MACHINES.
WE KEEP THE
DAVIS, WILLIAMS SIM, WHEELED & WILSON, DEV DOME,
OT ? ER , S - instantly on hand, and have Just reduced the price FIVE
DOLLARS on each style. Just think of it, a bran new Wheeler & Wilson, No. 8 with
•Yrojlpwers and drop leaf, with attachments complete, for TWENTY-liIGHT DOL
SPECTACLES.
We always keep in large quantities, and have instruments to test your eyes, and can fit
you up with just what you need. Prices from Fifty-Cents to Twelve Dollars per pair.
MUSICAL INSTRUMENTS.
This Department is filled with
PIANOS, ORGANS, ORGUINETTES, ACCORDEONS
HARMONICAS, VIOLINS, GUITARS, BANJOS,
TAMBOURINES, and everything else in the Musical Instrument
line down to a Jews Harp.
In thia line, as in all others, we cannot be undersold, as we buy in large quantities
?L rec manufacturers. Our terms for selling Pianos and Organs on time are more
liberal than any other house we know of. To convince yourselves, get prices and terms
from any one else and then call and compare with ours. Remember, when you buy from
us you don t have to pay freight extra; the price of Instrument covers that; also Includes
“tool and Book. We guarantee every Instrument sold. Should anything get wrong you
do not have to write North and wait ten days for an answer, or ship your Instrument a
thousand miles to have it repaired, and be deprived of the use of it tor six or eight weeks,
but simply report the trouble to us. Be sure and examine our stock, and get our prices
before you purchase. * * '
WOEK DEPARTMENT.
We will, as neretofore, turn out nothing but first-class work. Mr. C. A. FRICKER
gives his personal attention to this Department. ALL WORK WARRANTED. Prices
reasonable. We solicit your patronage, and will endeavor by fair dealing to merit thesame
JAMES FRICKER & BROTHER,
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CARRIAGE BUILDER
Thankful for the patronage
heretofore extended to him,
would inform the public that he
is fully prepared to do work
in his line,in the best manner, and
at prices as low as the lowest.
Bring me your old Buggies; Wagons, &c., and
I will surprise yon at the price they can he put
in order for. All work Ido is fully warranted,
and I won’t go hack on anybody.
Gome and see and be convinced. Shops Cot
ton Avenue, opposite Prince Bros.’ Stables.
T. S. GREENE.
Americus, Ga., May 19, 1883.
MEAT MARKET
Provision Store
W. H. & T. M. COBB
Having purchased from HARE* COBB.
• 'the Meat Market and Provision Store, on
COTTON AVENUE,
Keep on hand the VERY BEST CUTS of
SE£F, FOBS, SID
AND SAUSAGE,
AND ALSO A FULL LINE OF \
GREEN GROCERIES
Provisions, Kto.,
embracing all kinds of Vegetables and
Fruits in their season, Canned Goods, etc.
It is their aim to keep a first-class establish
ment, and give their customers good goods
at the lowest prices.
Highest price paid for CATTLE, HOGS,
and all kinds of COUNTRY PRODUCE.
Amebicpb, Ga-, Dec. 16,1882. tf
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DOG ORDINANCE.
I Section 1. Be it ordained by the Mayor
and City Council of Americus, and it is
hereby ordained by the authority of the
; same that from and after the sixteenth day
, of June, 1883, it shall be unlawful for any
owner of a dug to permit the same to run at
large, within the corporate limits of the city
of Americus, unless such dog shall be
securely and safely muzzled.
Section 2. Be it further ordained by the
authority aforesaid, that it shall be the duty
of the impounding officers of said city, to
impound and at the expiration of forty-eight
hours, kill all dogs running at large in vio
lation of the above and foregoing Section,
unless the owner of said dog so impounded
shall reclaim the same within the above
Ere scribed time by the payment of two dol
us and fifty cents to the Marshal.
Section 3. Be it further ordained by the
authority aforesaid, that all ordinances in
conflict with or militating against the provi
sions of this ordinance, be and the same are
hereby repealed. J. B, FELDER,
may3o-td : • Mayor.
For Sale.
1 oiler a splendid little 40-acre farm three
Suarters a of mile northwest 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. JiIHBBLE,
mar7-tf I BM) Estate Agent.