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THE SEMI-WEEKLY SUMTER REPUBLICAN. ESTABLISHED IN 1854, ByCHAS. W. HANCOCK. f VOL. 18. The Sumter Republican. Sa vii- Weekly, One Year - - - ft 00 W belt, One Year - - - - - 2.00 BF~Payaslb in Advancbjß AU advertisements eminating from public CBces 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 Ratos. One Square first insertion, - - - - fl.oo Each subsequent insertion, - - - - 5P @>“Ten Links of Minion, type solid con stitute a square. All advertisements not contracted for will be charged above rates. Advertisements not specifying the length of 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. dec!6tf _ B. P. HOLLIS, Attorney at Law, AMERICUS, GA. Office, Forsyth Street, in National Bank building. dec2otf ~e7g SIMMONS, Attorney at Law, AMERICUS GA., Office in Hawkins’ building, south side of Lamar Street, in the old office of Fort & Simmons. jan6tf_ J. A. ANSI KY, .ATTORNEY AT LAW AND SOLICITOR IN EQUITY, Office on Public Square, Over Gyles’ Clothing Store, Americus, Ga. Aftor 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 eases involvingtitlesof 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 O A RI ). I offer iny 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, outlie Square jan!7tf B. C. BLACK, M. D. I>r. J. A. FORT, Physician and Surgeon. Otters his professional services to the people of Americus and vicinity. Office at Ur. Eldridge’s Drug Store. At night can be found at residence on Furlow’s lawn. Calls will receive prompt attention. may26-tf Dr. D P. HOLLOWAY, D^wtssT, Americas. - - - Georgia Treatssuccessfully all diseasesof the Den tal organs. Fills teeth by the improved method, and inserts artificial teeth on the best material known to the profession. r t3T"OFFICE over Davenport and Son’s Drug Store. marllt J. B. C. Smith & Sons, fIITUM! MO BUILDERS, 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 the business, we feel competent to give satisfaction. All orders for con tracts for building will receive prompt at tention. Jobbing promptly attended to. may26-3m Commercial Bar. This ■well-established house will he kept in the same first-class style that has always eharacterized it. The Choicest Liquor and Cigars, Milwaukee, Budweiser and Aurora Beer, constantly on hand, and all the best brands of fine Brandies, Wines, &c. Good Billiard Tables for the accommodation of customers. mayfitf JOHN W. COTNEY, Clerk. Commercial Hotel, G. M. HAY, Proprietor. This popular House is quite new and handsomely furnished with new furniture, bedding and all other arlicles. It is in the centre of the business portion of the city, convenient to depot, the banks, warehouses, &c., and enjoys a fine reputation, second to n®ne, among its permanent and transient guests, on account of the excellence of its cuisine. Table Boarders Accommodated on Reasonable Terms. may9-tf G. M. HAT, Proprietor. BLAM JOHNSON, JOHN W. M’PHKItSON, STEVE K. JOHNSON, JAMES B. WILBANKS. El AM JOHNBON, SON & CO., WHOLESALE HUBtaaßannißun —-DEALERS IN— •TOBACCO AND CIGARS. FOREIGN and DOMESTIC FRUITS Veg etables and Melons in Season. BUT TER, CHICKENS and EGGS, SWEET and IRISH Potatoes. CrailinmeiM and Order* Solicited. 12 Decatur and 13 Line Sts., P. O. Box 515. ATLANTA, GEORGIA. maystf The Public is requested carefully to notice th new and enlarged scheme to be drawn monthly TCAPITAL PRIZE, $75,000..** Ticket* only ss* share* In proportion L.S L. LOUiSIANA STATE LOTTERY CO. “ We do hereby certify that we supervise the arrangements for all Monthly and Semi-A nnual Drawings of The Louisiana State Lottery Company, and in person manage and control the Drawings themselves, and that the same are conducted with honesty, fairness, and in good faith toward all parties, and we authorize the Company to use this certificate, with fac simile, of our signatures attached, in its advertisementss” Commissioners. Incorporated in 1868 for 25 years by tire Legislature for Educational and Charitable purposes—with a capital of sl,ooo,ooo—to which a reserve fund of over 5550,000 has since been added. By an overwhelming popular vote its franchise was made a part of the present State Constitution adopted December 2d, A.D., 1879. The only Lottery ever voted on and endorsed by the people of any State. It never scales or postpones. Its tiraud single Number Drawing, take place monthly. I SPLENDID OPPORTUNITY TO win ttumivi:. EIGHTH GRAND DRAWING, CLASS H, AT NEW OR LEANS, TUESDAY, August 14, 1883— 159th Monthly Drawing. Capital Prize, $75,000. 100,000 Tickets at Five Dollars Each. Fractions, in Fifths in proportion. LIST OP PRIZES. 1 CAPITAL PRIZE of 575,000 1 do do 25,000 1 do do 10,000 2 PRIZES OF 56,000 12.000 5 do 2,000 10,000 10 do 1,000 10,000 20 do 500 10,000 100 do 200 20,000 300 do 100 30,000 500 do 50 25,000 1000 do 25 25,000 APPROXIMATION PRIZES. 9 Approximation Prizes of 5750 6,750 9 do do 500 4,500 9 do do 250 2,250 1967 Prizes, amounting to $265,500 Application for rates to clubs should be made only to the otlice of the Company iu New Orleans. For information write .clearly, giving full address. Send orders by Express or Mail, addressed only to (V!. A. DAUPHIN, New Orleans, 1,a., or Wl. A. DAUPHIN. 007 st.'Washington? I>.C. julyll-nw How Many Hilts Do You Drive? Tlio Odometer Will Toll. This instrument is no larger than a watch. It tells the exact number of miles driven to the 1100th part of a mile; counts up to 1,000 miles; water and dust tight; always in order; saves horses from being over-driven; is easily attached to the wheel of a Buggy, carnage, Sulky, Wagon, Hoad Cart, Sulky Plow, lteaper, lloiver or other vehicle. Invaluable to Liverymen, Pleas ure Drivers, Physicians, Farmers, Sijr vkyors, Draymen, Expressmen, Stages Owners, &c. Price only *5 00 each, one third the price of any other Odometer. When ordering give diameter of the wheel. Sent by mail on receipt of price, post-paid. Address McDonnell odomei eit co., ‘2 Worth l.a Salle St., Chicago, IjgTSend for circular. ju!2s-w3m Mrs. M. E. HAINES Is now opening her stock of Spring Millinery 1 She will have on exhibition iu a few days a full line of HATS, BONNETS NECKWEAR, HAIRGOODS AND jewelry: Those who wish to purchase MILLINERY will do well to call and examine her goods, as they have been selected with great care, dccstf Educational. WESTERN Maryland College. male and Female Department*. Sit uation most healthful and delightful. Full corps of instructors, both in College and Preparatory school. Well-ordered Chris tian family government. Terms moderate Thirty-!bird *c**on begins *opt. 4th 18S3. For Catalogue, &c., address KEV. J. T. WAItD, President, or I*l ISS li. A. OWI>GS. Preeeptre**, Westminster, jJld* julylß-lm _ THE GEORGIA SEMINARY FOIL voimo LADIES, IN GAINESVILLE, HALL CO.. GA., will open Sept. 3d, 1883. Full corps of Teachers in Soience, Music and Art. Not equaled in climate, health and economy, aDd equal to the best in scholarship. Board Fall term, J4O; Tuition, 1G; music, sl4. Preach ers’ daughters, teachers and poor girls at reduced rates. The last is said to be the best Commencement In Georgia. For fur ther information and a Catalogue write to WM. CLAY WILKES. President. jttlyll-lm INDEPENDENT IN POLITICK, AND DEVOTED TO NEWS, LITERATURE, SCIENCE AND GENERAL PROGRESS, AMERICUS, GEORGIA, SATURDAY, JULY 28, 1883. AYER’S Cherry Pectoral. No other complaints are to insidious in their attack as those affecting the throat and lungs: none so trifled with by the majority of suffer ers. The ordinary cough or cold, resulting perhaps from a trifling or unconscious ex posure, is often hut the beginning of a fatal sickness. Ayer’s Cherry Pectoral hag well proven its efficacy in a forty years’ fight with throat and lung diseases, and should be taken in all cases without delay. A Terrible Cough Cured. “In 18571 took a severe cold, which affected my lungs. 1 had a terrible cough, and passed night after night without sleep. The doctors gave me up. 1 tried Ayer’s Cherry Pec toral, which relieved my lungs, induced sleep, and afforded me the rest necessary for the recovery of my strength. By the continued use of the Pectoral a perma nent cure was effected. 1 am now f>2 years old, halo and hearty, and am satisfied your Cherry Pectoral saved me. Horace FAinnßOTnuß.” Rockingham, Vt., July 15, 1882. Croup.—A Moilier’s Tribute. “While in the country last winter my little boy, three yearsold, was taken ill with croup; it seemed as if lie would die from strangu lation. One of the family suggested tlio uso of Ayer’s Cherry Pectoral, a bottle of which was always kept in the house. This was tried in small and frequent doses, and to our delight in less than half an hour the little patient was breathing easily. Tlio doc tor said that the Cherry Pectoral had saved my darling’s life. Can you wonder at our gratitude? Sincerely yours, Mrs. Emma Gedney.” 159 West 128th St., New York, May 10, 1882. “I have used Ayer’s Cherry Pectoral in my family for several years, and do not hesitate to pronounce it the most effectual remedy for coughs and colds we have ever tried. A. J. CRANE.” Lake Crystal, Mine., March 13,1882. “ I suffered for eight years from Bronchitis, ami after trying many remedies with no suc cess, I was cured by the use of Ayer’s Cher ry Pectoral. ‘ Joseph Walden.” Bylialia, Miss., April 5,1882. “ I cannot say enough in praise of Ayer’s Cherry Pectoral, believing as I do that but for its use I should long since have died from lung troubles. E. BRAODON.” Palestine, Texas, April 22, 1882. No case of an affection of the throat or lungs exists which cannot be greatly relieved by the use of Ayer’s Cherry Pectoral, and it will alicajs cure when the disease is not already beyond the control of medicine. PREPARED BY Dr. J.C. Ayer & Cos., Lowell, Mass. Sold by all Druggists. ITTER s No time should bo lost if the stomach, liver and bowels are affected, to adopt the snre remedy, Hostetter’s Stomach Bitters. Diseases of the organs named beget others far more serious, and a delay is therefore hazardous. Dyspepsia, liver complaint, chills and fever, early rheumatic twinges, kidney weakness, bring serious bodily trouble if trifled with. Lose no time in using effective and safe medicine. For sale by all Druggists and Dealers generally. IF O TT 1 1 25’ S HORSE AND CATTLE POWDERS No House will die of Colic. noTS or Lvxa Fa vrr, if Foutz’s Powders are used in time. Foutz’s Powders will cure and prevent llooCiioi.kea. Foutz's Powders will prevent Gapes in Fowls. Foutz’s Powders will increase the quantity of milk and cream twenty per cent., and make the butter firm and sweet. Foutz’s Powders will cure or prevent almost every Disease to which Horses and Cattle arc subject, Foutz’s Powders will qive Satisfaction. Sold everywhere. DAVID E. FOUTZ. Proprietor, BALTIMORE. MD. AYER’S Ague Cure IS WARRANTED to cure all cases of ma larial disease, such as Fever and Ague, Inter mittent or Chill Fever, Remittent Fever, Dumb Ague, Bilious Fever, and Liver Com plaint. In case of failure, after due trial dealers are authorized, by our circular o) July Ist, 1882, to refund the money, Dr.J.C. AyerACo., Lowell, Mass. Sold by all Druggists. M. B. COUNCIL, J. J. WILLIFORD. COUNCIL & WILLIFORD, Proprietors Georgia Warehouse, Northeast Corner Public Square, AMERICUS, - - - GEORGIA. Having leased the New Brick Warehouse, on Troup street, wo invile a share of the patronage of the cotton planters of this and surrounding counties. Our facilities for storage are ample, our warehouse secure against tire, our advantages for showing and sampling cotton fine, while our advan tages for unloading are not equaled. EifWe are also agents for the celebrated WINSIIIP GINS. julylStf. DIVORCES —No publicity; residents of Desertion, Non-Support. Advice and applications for stamps. \V. 11. LEE, Att’v, 239 B’way, N. T. ADVERTISERS By addressing geo p. rowell&co., 10. Spruce St., New York, can learn the ex act cost of any proposed line of ADVER TISING In American Newspapors. IST 100 page Pamphlet, 2Sc. july4 mSCTE.I/LVftY.OYSS. AN ANGEL IN A SALOON. A TltfE INCIDENT. Oue afternoon in the month of June, 1870 a lady in deep mourning followed by a child entered oue of the fashion able saloons in the city of N . The writer happened to be passing at the same time, and impelled by curios ity' followed her in to see what would ensue. Stepping up to the bar and addressing the proprietor, who happen ed to be present, she said: “Sir, can you assist me? I have no home, no friends, and am not able to work.” He glanced at her and then, at the child, with a mingled look of curiosity and pity. Evidently he was much surprised to see a woman in such a place begging, but without asking any questions, gave her some change and turning to those present, he said: “Gentlemen, here is a lady in dis tress. Can’t some of you help her a little?” They cheerfully acceded to the re quest, and soon a purse of two dollars was made up and put into her hands. “Madam,” said the gentleman who gave her the money, “why do you come to a saloon? It isn’t a proper place for a lady, and why are you driven to such a curious step?” “Sir,” said the lady, “I know it is not a proper place for me to be in, and you asked me why I am driven to such a place. I will tell you in one short word”—pointing to a bottle behind the counter labeled—“that is what brought me here—whiskey!” “I was once happy and surrounded with all the luxuries which wealth could procure, and with a fond and in dulgent husband. But in an evil hour he was tempted, and not possessing the will to resist the temptation, fell, and in one short year my dream of happiness was over, my home forever desolated, and the kind husband and the wealth which some called mine, lost, never to return, and by the ac cursed wine clip,” “You see before you only a wreck of my former self, homeless and friend less, and nothing left me in this world but this little child, weeping bitterly she affectionately caressed the golden curls that shaded a face of exquisite loveliness, llegaiuing her composure and turning to the propiietor of the saloon, she continued: “Sir, the reason I occasionally enter a place like this is to implore those who deal in the deadly poison to de sist, to stop a business that spreads desolation, ruin, poverty and starva tion. Think one moment of your loved ones, and then imagine them in the condition I am in, I appeal to jour heart, for I know you possess a kind one, to retire from a business so ruin ous to your patrons. “Did you know that the money you take across the bar is the same as tak ing the bread out of the mouth of the famishing wives and children of your customers? That it strips the clothes from their backs, deprives them of all the comforts of this life, and throws unhappiness, misery, crime and deso lation into their once happy home! Oh! sir, I implore, beseech and pray you to retire from a business which will make you blush to own you are engaged in before your fellow-men,ana enter one that will not only be profit able to you but to your fellow creat ures also. You will excuse mo if I have spoken too plainly, but I assure you that I could not help it when I thought of the misery, the suffering and the unhappiness it has caused me.” “Madam, 1 am not offended,” he an swered in a voice husky with emotion, “but I thank you from the bottom of my heart for what you have said.” “Mamma,” said the little child— who meantime, had been spoken to by some of the gentlemen present—taking hold of her mother’s hand—“these gentlemen wish me to sing ‘Little Bessie’ to them. Shall Ido so?” “Y’es, my darling, if they wish you to.” They all joined in the request, and placing her in a chair, she sang in a sweet child like voice the following beautiful song: Out in the gloomy night sadly I aoam, I have no mother dear, no pleasant home; No one cares for me, no one would cry Even if poor little Bessie should die. Weary and tired I’ve been wandering all day Asking for work, but I’m too small they say. On the damp ground I must now lay my head, Father’s a drunkard and mother is dead. We were so liappj till father drank rum, Then all the unhappy troubles begun. Mother grew pale and wept every day— Baby and I were too hungry to play; Slowly they faded till one summer night Found their dead faces all silent and white Then with big tears slowly dropping l said Father’s a drunkard and mother is dead. Oh, if the temperance men only could find Poor, wretched father, and talk very kind; If they would stop him from driuking, then I should be so very happy again. Is it too late, temperance men? Please try Or poor little Bessie must soon starve aud die. All the day long I’ve been begging for bread; Father’s a drunkard and mother is dead. The games of billiards were left un finished, the cards were thrown aside, and the nnetnptied glass remained on the counter; all had pressed near, some with curiosity, some with pity beaming in their eyes, entranced with the musi cal voice and beauty of the child, who seemed better fi ted to be with angels above than in such a place. The scene I shall hever forget to my dying day, and the sweet cadence of her musical voice still rings in my ears and every word of the song as it drop ped from her lips sank deep into the hearts of those gathered around her. With her golden hair falling care lessly around her little shoulders, her face of almost etlieral beauty and looking so trustingly and comfortingly upon the gentlemen around, her beau tiful eyes illuminated with a light that seemed not of this earth, she formed a picture of purity and innocence worthy the genius of a poet or painter. At the close of the song many were weeping; men who had not shed a tear for years, now wept like children. One young man who had resisted with scorn the pleadings and entreaties of a loving mother to strive to lead a better life, to desist from a course that was waisting his fortune and ruining his health, now approached the child, and, taking both her little hands in his, whilo tears streamed down his pale cheeks, ex claimed with deep emotion: “God bless you, my little angel! you have saved me from ruin and dis grace, from poverty and a drunkard’s grave. If there are angels on earth you are one; God bless you!” aud putting a bill in the hands of the mother said: “Please accept this trifle as a token of my regard and osteem, for yottr little girl has done me a kindness I can nev er repay. And, remember, whenever you are in want, you will find me a true friend, at the same time giving her his name and address. Taking her child by the hand, she turned to go, but, pausing at the door, said: “God bless you genlemen. Accept the heartfelt thanks of a poor, friend less womau for the kindness and cour tesy you have shown her.” Before any one could reply, she was gone. A silence of several minutes ensued which waß at length broken by the proprietor, who exclaimed: “Gentlemen, that lady was right and I have sold my last glass of whisky; if any of you want more you will have to go elsewhere.” “And I have drained my last glass of whiskey,” said a young man who had long been given up as utterly be yond the reach of those who had a deep interest in his welfare—as sunk too low ever to reform. There is a temperance organization in this city called Temperance Honor, and at their next meeting, I shall send up my name to be admitted. Who will go with me?” “I—l—l—and I,” several exclaim ed in a chorus, and fifteen names were added to the list. True to his word the owner of the saloon where this scene was enacted, disposed of his entire stock the next, day, and is now engaged in an honor able business. Would to heaven that lady with her little one could have gone into every hamlet, town and city throughout the country and met with like results.— Ex. PECK’S BAD BOY. His CJncle Ezra Comes Back from Chicago, and They Get Up a Joke on His Pa and Have a Regular Circus. From Peck’s Sun. “I see your pa wheeling the baby around a good deal lately,” said the grocery man to the bad boy, as he came into the store one evening to buy a stick of striped peppermint candy for the baby, while his pa stopped the ba by wagon out on the side walk and waited for the boy, with an expression of resignation on his face. “What’s got into your pa to be a nurse girl this hot weather?” “O, we have had a circus at our house,” said the boy, as became in af ter putting the candy in the baby’s hand. “ You see, Uncle Ezra came back from Chicago, where he had been to sell some cheese, and he stopped over a couple of days with us, and he said we must play one more joke on pa betore he went home. We played it, and its a wonder 1 am alive, because } never saw pa so mad in all my life. Now this is the last time I go into any juke on shares. If I play any more jokes I don’t want any old uncle in to give me away.” “What was it?” said the grocery man, as ha took a stool and sat out by the front door besido the boy who was trying to cat a box of red raspberries on the sly. “Well, Uncle Ez>-a and me bribed the house girl to dress the baby up one evening in some old dirty clothes, be longing to our washwoman’s baby, and wo put it in a basket and placed the basket on the front door step, and put a note in the basket and addressed it to pa. Wc had the nurse girl stay out in front, by the basement stairs, so the baby couldn’t get away, and she rung the bell and got behind something. Ma and pa, and Uncle Ezra and me were in the back parlor when the bell rang, and ma told me to go to the duor and I brought out the basket and set it down, and told pa there was a note in it for him. Ma, she came up and look ed at the note as pa toro it open, and Uncle Ezra looked in the basket and sighed. Pa read part of the note and stopped and turned pale, and sat down, then ma read some of it, and she didn’t feel very well, and she leaned against the piano and grated her teeth. The note was in a girl’s hand writing, and was like this: “Old Bald Headed Pet. —You will have to take care of your child, be cause I cannot. Bring it up tenderly, and don’i for heaven’s sake, send it to the foundling asylum. I shall go and drown myself. Yottr loving Almira.” “ What did your masay?” said the groceryman, becoming interested. “O, ma played her part well. Uncle Ezra had told her the joke, and she said ‘retch,’ to pa, jubt as the actresses do on the stage, and put her handker chief to her eyes. ‘O. brother, that I should live to see this day,’ and 1 said, as 1 looked in the basket, ‘pa, it looks just like you, and I’ll leave it to ma.’ That was too much, and pa got mad in a minute, lie always gets mad at me. But he went up and looked in the bas ket, and he said it was some Dutch baby, ana was evidently from the lower strata of sooiety, and the unnatural mother wanted to get rid of it, and he said he didn’t know any ‘Almira’ at all. When he called it a Dutch baby, and called attention to its irregular features, that made ma mad, and she took it up out of the basket and told pa it was a perlect picture of him, and tried to put it in pa’s arms, but he wouldn’t have it, and said he would call the police and have it taken to the poor house. Uncle Ezra took pa in a corner and told him the best thing he could do would be to see ‘Almira’ and compromise with her, and that made pa mad and he was going to hit Uncle Ezra with a chair. Pa was perfectly wild, and if he had a gun 1 guess he would have shot all of us. Ma took the baby up stairs and had the girl put it to bed, and after pa had got mad enough Uncle Ezra told him it was all a joke, and it was his own baby that we had put in the basket, and then he was madder than ever, and he told Uncle Ezra never to darken his door again. I don’t know how he made up with ma for calling it a Dutch baby from the Polack settlement, but any way, he wheels it around every day, and ma and pa have got so they speak again.’ “That was a mightj mean trick, and j r on ought to be ashamed of your self. Where do you expect to fetch up when you die?” said the grocery man. “I told Uncle Ezra it was a mean trick,” said the boy, “but he said that wasn’t a priming to some of the tricks pa had played on him years ago. He says pa used to play tricks on every body. I may be mean, but I never played wicked jokes on blind people, as pa did when he was a boy. Uncle Exra says once there was a party of four blind vocalists, all girls, gave an entertainment .at the town where pa lived, and they stayed at the hotel where pa tended bar. Another thing, I never sold rum, either, as pa did. Well, before the blind vocalists went to bed pa caught a lot of frogs and put them in the beds where the girls were to sleep, and when the poor blind girls got into bed the frogs hopped all over them, and the way they got out was a caution. It is bad enough to have frogs hopping all over girls that can see, but for girls that are deprived of their sight, and don’t know what any thing is, except hv the feeling ot it, it looks to me like a pretty tough joke. I guess pa is sorry now, for what he did, ’cause when Uncle Ezra told the frog story, I brought home a frog and put it in pa’s bed. Pa has been afraid of paralysis for years, and when his leg, or anything gets asleep, he thinks that is the end of him. Before bed time I turned the conversation onto paralysis, and told about a man about pa’s age having it on the west side, and pa was nervous, and soon after he retired I guess the frog wanted to get acquainted with pa, .cause pa yelled six kinds of murder, and we went into his room. You know how cold a frog is? Well, you’d a dide to see pa. He laid still, and said his end had come, and Uncle Ezra asked him if it was the end with the head on, or the feet, and pa told him paralysis had marked him for a victim, and he conld feel that his left leg was becoming dead. He said he could feel the cold, clammy hand of death walk up him, and he wanted ma put a bottle of hot water to his feet. Ma got the bottle of hot water and put it to pa’s feet, and the cork came out and pa said he was dead, suie enough, now, because he was hot in the extremities, and that a cold wave was going up his leg. Ma asked him where the cold wave was, and he told her, and she thought she would rub it, but she began to yell the same kind of murder pa did, and she said a snake had gone up her sleeve. Then I thought it was time to stop the circus, and I teached up ma’s lace sleeve and caught the frog by the leg and pulled it out, and told pa I guessed he had taken my frog to bed with him, and 1 showed it to him, and then he said I •did it, and he would maul me so that I could not get up alone, and he said a boy that would do such a thing would go to hell as sure as preachin’ and I asked him if he thought a man who put'frogs in the bed with blind girls, when he was a boy, would get to heaven, and then he told me to lite out, and I lit, and don’t you think I done right. I gness pa will feel bet ter when Uncle Ezra goes away, cause he thinks Uncle Ezra talks too much about old times. Well, here comes our baby wagon, .and I guess pa has done pennance long enough, and I will wheel the kid awhile. Say yon call pa in after I take the has y wagon, and tell him you don’t know how he would get along without such a nice boy as me, and yon can charge it in our next month’s bill.” _ _ Anew supply of He-no Tea, Blank Tea, Greeh Tea, Chocolate at Dr. Eldridge’s Drug Store. . FOUR DOLLARS PER ANNUM. NO. 88. LETTER FROM MARION. Draneville, Ga., July 23, >B3. Dear Republican; Again death has visited our already sad little burg and taken from us a good naan. M. C. Cliambless died last Friday morn ing at half past two o’clock. He died of typhoid fever, after a short illness of one week. He was a young man, strong and healthy, full of spirits and life, yet in the very bud of manhood his Master called him to his long resting place. We will miss him in our society because he was loved by all who knew him. I never in my life, while I was acquainted with him, ever heard of him doing one single act that was wrong. He greet ed his friends always with a smile, treated them with profound courtesy. He was pious to the letter, worship ped his Master in his quiet, simple way, and kept the commands of Him whom he loved, as nearly as possible for human to do. While earth lost, heaven gained. It would be well for our young men to follow the precepts of our dead young friend, Mark Chambless. Mrs. Lela Chambless is still quite feeble. Her little babe is quite sick with dysentery—had the Dr. with it Sunday morning. Miss Alice Park was right sick last week with sore throat, she is now convalescing. Mr. Joe Crawford’s family are about to get over the effects of measels.— There are no new cases in our neigh borhood that I know of at present. The severe drouth is injuring the crops very badly in this section, thougli there will be plenty of corn made and to spare. Corn sold in Draneville last week at forty cents per bushel. A good many of our far mers held their corn last spring for a better price in summer. We were invited to attend a Reun ion, at Dr. J. A. Parks’ last Saturday and as a matter of course, Mrs. J., being one of the Doctor’s little fellows, we accepted, and I don’t think we will ever have occasion to regret our sojourn with happy Dock and his very pleasant wife on that day. It was a day long to be remembered — all of their children that are living, except one was there. All of their grand-children was present, twenty one in number, from “sweet sixteen” down to three months old. It will probably be a good while before he gets them all together again. When he does there may be more to count. After we all arrived and had pleas antly chatted awhile, the Doctor an nounced the cutting of water-melons. We walked out in the back yard, un der a cool shady mulberry tree. And behold the tempting critters. Your humblo correspondent waltzed around on the opposite side of a long table, and eagerly seized a large slice and waided into it. Stand back Mr. Editor, don’t scrouge, it was nice, sweet, good, lucious, O, ,1 hate to dwell on such topics. It does seem to me that the Dr. can raise some of the best,- largest and sweetest melons I ever ate. After we had filled of the delicious truck of the vine, and walk ed back into the house, chatted awhile longer we were invited out to his grape vineyard. We found the ar bor laden with the largest and sweet est grapes I ever tasted. We did not mind any persuasion to partake of the tempting things. It was getting along toward noon and I remember ed that the Dr. had told me that he was going to kill a fat pig, and also being aware of Mrs. Parks’ expert ness in the culinary department, I sorter took up on the grapes, and sug gested to the Dr. that they might make us sick. He said no, that grapes were very healthy, and it was a long time till dinner but he could not fool me, I knew what I was thinking about, aud he did too, so we went back, and it was not long before Mrs. P. announced dinner. The goodies, the goodies she did have, baked shoat, chicken pie, fried chicken, tarts, cov ered and uncovered, in fact every thing that was good—l would not mind the Doctor’s having a re-union every week. After we had rested from dinner, the Doctor called all of his grand-children out in the front porch placed them in a row and count ed twenty-one as fine looking grand children as any man in the State can show at fifty-five years old. Long may the Dr. live to have Re-unions. Our farmers are a little despondent about their cotton crops, but there is time enough yet for a good crop to be made, if we have seasons from now on. Mr. J. T. Persons thinks it will not rain any more till Christmas. Cheer up Johnnie, don’t look on the dark side. Miss Ory James, of Eufaula, is vis iting relatives in Draneville. We are always pleased to see Miss Ory. She is interesting. Mr. Erastus Jackson has returned from the “Land of Flowers.” Ras. says Florida does not suit him. Mr. Emit Reese is now a citizen of Draneville. We extend a hearty welcome to you Emit; may your so journ with us prove both to you and to us, a source of great pleasure. Dr. G. B. Merritt has not resumed his school yet, which delay was occa sioned by the measels. We hope he will be able to get a school ere long. Let it rain. J.