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nf* Georjris—75 wets per handled words for ESTABLISHED IN 1854 ) BY C. W. HANCOCK. \ DEMOCRATIC IN POLITICS AND DEVOTED TO NEWS, LITERATURE 8CIENCE. AND GENERAL PROGRESS Terms: *2 A TEAS IN ADVANCE Advertisements not specifying the lengtfc ot time for which they are to he inserted cliarsed for teeonUnfilj. ££> .nattcuttw f «-»?>»* »» » ss? ' cents YOL. 32. s AMERICUS, GEORGIA, FRIDAY, APRIL 3, 1885. NO. 6. Advertisement* tooccupy fixed places wll cent pet line each insertion. B. B.& E- F.Hinton, Attorneys at Law. ^ssssssstssssm B. P. HOLLIS, Attorney at Laic, AMERICUS, OA JSS 1 hSWrt. '.a N^lonal ay* E. G. SIMMONS, Attorney at Law, AHEUIOUS GA., .jflire In Hawkins* building, south side unar Street, In the old omce L.S.L. Louisiana State Lottery Co. “ We do hereby tertfy that a* supervise the mrfangtmtnU for alt the Monthly mad Stni-A* nual tiroteir.fi if The Lotdtirmo State Lottery Company, mad in perm* nmcyt and control the Drawing* Ikonslints, and that the eame art conducted srith- honesty, frimett, and in good faith toward all par tie*, and tee authorise th* Company to nee this certificate, with Jac smile* sf our signature* attached, in to adecrtisemenU.' CENTENNIAL YEAR. lAmar Street, I Mmtuona. o of Fort 4 janCtf M- R. Westbrook, M. D- Physician and Surgeon. Amerleus.Gn. Office In Dr. Khlridge’s Drug Store. Res idence on Chnrek Stmt, nextdoor to Wm- Haynes. feM-gm "bTh. WILKINSON, Attorney at Law. American. Gtf. All baslness entrusted to bin will receive prompt and careful attention. Booty col lected will bn immediately remitted. Iterance: J. W. Sheffield *Oo. - ’ Omen—Lamar Streetllsoples National Rank Bolhllng. fcb21-3m Dr. J. A. FORT, Physician and Surgeon, Offer* his jr.feaaiooal aemeeato the E3@EK&aS "“oanTwinraertTO prompt attention. mayte-tf K. E. Brown. Killmoxx Brown. Edgerton House, Opposite l’amcnger Depot, MACON, GEORGIA. E. E. Brown t Son, Proprietors. Rale* fi.00 Per Day. i&Tm, poratedin leesfor 15 years by the Legislature for Educational ana Charitable purposes—with a capital of »l,000,000-to which a reserve fund of over |5.%0,000 baa since been added. By an overwhelming popular franchise was made a part of the State Orrttitntion adopted Decei ‘ “ t7V tly Lottery tcer voted on a.\l endorsed ty the people of any State. It juser units or postpone* rand siad« sumbrr Dr will \ake place monthly. A NPI.ENPIO orPORXDWm’ TO WIN A rOHTONE. FOURTH GRAND DRAWING, CLASS D, IN THK ACAD EMY OF MUSIC, NEW ORLEANS, TUESDAY, April • 14, INS3— Monthiy Drawing. CAPITAL PRIZE, $75,000. 100,000 Tickets at Five Dollars Each. Fractions, In Fifths in proportion. list or rwzjcs. 1 CAPITAL PRIZE - *75,000 ! PRIZES OF *6000.— WO do 25 25,000 APPROXIMATION PRIZXfl. 9 Approximation Prites of *750 *6,750 Or. D. P HOLLOWAY, DentisT, American. - - - Georgia Traataanceessf ally all disease a of the Den — teeth Of cue improved to artificial teeth “ A * si known to the profession. _TOrFiCE over Davenport and Son's Drug Store. mi TENTS ss and Trade-Marks se- e advocacy of a first-lass newspaper. D polltlea honest and fearless in of all good measures—the organ of _ or clique, it has no friends to reward emies to penlsb. The purpose of the Chron icle is to advance the general good and sup port such measures as will Inure ** **— moral, social, educational and mater vancement of the State and country. The columns of the Chronicle at. from the taint of sensationalism and the de pravity engendered by Immoral publications. Our telegraphic new* service Is full—* complete. The Chronicle contains an a age of nine thousand wordsper day from New York Associated Press: This ear Is supplemented by specials from our i and talented correspondents at Atlanta Columbia, who are indefatigable in t labor* to give oor readers the latest n and the most Interesting letters. Oar accomplished ana brilliant asm Mr. James R, Randall, of the editorial sends our readers his graphic and Inti-rear ing letters from Washington The Chronicle^ubllsbes graphic service of the New York Associa ted Press. TERMS: Morning Edition,6 mo* Evening Edition, 6mus. “ i year.... Weekly Edition 6mos 1967 Prises, amounting to. Application for rates to elute should be made only to the office of the Company In New Orleans. For farther Information writeclearly, giv- _ig full address, postal notes Ex press Money Orders, or New York Ex- M. A. DAUPHIN. Make P. O. Money Orders payab: ' rest Registered Letters to EW ORLEANS NATIONAL BANK, 0. 1. €■ till MM One Hundred Years Old- d fully up to all the requirements Democratic In The Evening Chronicle Is the largest and cheapest Dally Paper In the South as it pub- “■*—"“-e telegraphic news, and all the i morning paper, and Is sent to The Weekly Unovr^a ten page paper, but in April it will be twelve pages—al columns It to filled with Important news. The Sunday Chronicle is a large eight page paper, and contains sixty-six column of natter. Specimen copies free. Address CHRONICLE 4 CONSTITUTIONALIST. Patrick Walsh, President, Augusta, Ga. is a tn*n°o»-n>l<1<T«Mj-s<lvsiiced In life, sad is Mr. John Pearson’s Statement: In tha Spring of 1*3 I was attacked with a ‘ : XS&rg “ kinds of medicine. kTtwH the time 1 had used upone bottloTwas * _ saved nr life, and mr neighbors are of the Mina eptalnn. It H the best Lum* Remedy Statement of Mr.Ben].F.Hearmloo: Early In November, J*W, while sewlwr on machine, my wife was taken with a severe | In her side, which was soon followed by bss StS?^S« , A*dS^S' swp. and In a f ew weeks she was redaead to a living skeleton. The attending physician told me that be thought one o( her longs wa* «a tlrely gone. Phe could not retain the delicate i.<>urt»hment on hex stomach. T St. Prizes, gay* the legend, wu of the first Roman converts to Cl tiunity. She was bat thirteen w she was sentenced to he torn topi in the Coliseum by a lion. Bntw he burst Into the am phi theatre, stead of attacking her be gw licked her feet. So she was ta back to prison, and U are legends of the martyrs t will toil yo* how she ttitd, In the dawn of virgin sweetness. In the bad of maiden pride: nd 1 think that I can see her. As did thousands, while she stood In the echoing Coliseum ‘ ter wondrous martyr mood. Just thirteen ! and ye< unflinching, the spirit of the child, agister nMrrt wUMW, AUitoBobSOT.’tooMithoaLnd^ MSuL'SmJhuSSid. IwiiU “For tlia dropping of , pin! r. Sullivan, my fi FtonSlwwtedt! ...Holloway Brewer's Long Restorer at tn**x. i sent for a bottle, and gavel - «. I found that abe could retain it ou t_ ach. and after about the third doea I benn •tie* some improvement la her conrtltk*. tinned tlio^medlclno^t-cnlar^,and bjrtl to house, eh* 1* now In better e has enjoyed forsevand years. LAMAR, RANKIN, & LAMAR, MACON, GA. TUTTS THE FIELDS ARE WHITE WITH COTTON. HARO TIMES NEARLY 0VEF- A glorious harvest Is at hand, and ] perity will soon prevail. Thousand ramifies who have been wanting Pianos _ Organs for many long yeara will BUY THIS Y EAR. Anticipating the demand, we have mbihmimtp liras 125 YEARS IN USE.M Greatest kledicsl Triumph of theAgs! I SYMPTOMS OF A J Torpid liver. o la d e,Kill n esa ‘-irllcntlon to exertion of bud r or ml frllnLllity oftrmprr, Low evlrll*. « [fcell a g ef haeta g neglect ed aasae 4^M ■ rar-io-**. DIcxJaeoo, Flatteriag at the leart. Data before the eyes. Ueadaeha I ■fis right eye* WstliMeesa, whk Uam«, lllrbly colored Vrlne,nod ^■constipation. BTPTT’a EgJJIareespwcliUJy adapted [chaiige offcel Ingas to aSonlsh the eutTtrerj . stock of SUPERB M TEN LEADING . Installment Terms. To accom modate those who wish to buy now hold their cotton until later, we maki SPECIAL OFFER TO PLANO ANL GAN BUYERS. ion Merchant e of the largest houses dealers in Corn, Floor, Meat. Spots and fU Luredetitogy in all these staples. He in Is to call at hi* office on Got iamti Slock for quotation 1 everyday. jsnlf-g FORSYTH, GA. This institution is fast regaining its form- gSiggSa&sgg to extend a kind, yet fins discipline. .Tito reenlt has beea a eteady increase of patron age and constant growttUaFStohc confidence and favor. The Spring session will begin (Old Indian Cure) Stands Peerless In the list of BLOOD RE M EDIKS for diseases due to IMPURE BLOOD. It Is Made strictly by _ without the slightest change. It is a vegetable preparation, containing! » mercury or other mineral poison. An excellent tonic and appetiser, emi nently adapted to troubles peculisr to wo man. It to an absolutely Infallible cure for every known form of BLOOD DISEASE and SKIN DISEASE arising from blood taint, be it Nyphllla Ju nny Htago, Morofulo, Ulcers, Khounmtlsni, Catarrh, Tetter, Ulcerated more Throat, White Kcaena, Fimplea or Krnp» iM PRICES. WITH 3 MOSTIS TME “old, tried and true” Made strictly by the“old original’ 1 ’receipe ThONlaswurek of a good school. tte^SsSamaad^dtSSathSTope v effortln the onto have been sneeessfnl U plying valnsM* contribution to the i atomst every eonthem atate are tea] invltod to consider the advantages tare prospects of Monroe. Foot tk Jaritt? Tt ° R. T. ASBURt, President* n., «uue 16th, 18M. , at first doubtingly; 1 confidence in its During the month* of Septem ber and October, 18W, ire irtU tell Piano* and Organ* at our Lotcctt Rock Bottom Oast* Price*, requiring only $25 CASH BOOT ON A PIAHO. $10 CASH DOOT ON A ORGAN. And alloid/tg threemonths time on the balance. Without Inlere*l or advance of price. Those who buy under this plan, and find vuemselves unable to complete payment after the three months, will be given further time, by agreeing to pay our regular Install ment prices, and complying withour In stallment Terms of payment. Should they pay one half the amount due st thee months, or make * largecash payment, an equitable price for tl * INDORSED BY PRACTICING i accordance withthe ti PHYSICIANS. pKMtT, Ga-, Jane I have used it • — - 1 ultimately, with _ — ... — - remedial virtues. I know whereof I speak. I am familiar with the medical properties of each of its component parts. It is profound, y alterative, tonic, diuretic, diaphoretic and emmenagogne. Is a word, c. IS A PERFECT BLOOD K PURIFIER- rgestho liver and all Its tributaries tnebsa.aadtoa specific, an Infalli- e for all diseases for which it to re commended bv the company- It never fails A. B.. A. M., and MVb. The following are falrsamplreor hni Ail purchasers r , fer are required to sign our usual form ss to their reeponslbUito. Instruments will be perfect direstion sent on the nsusl fifteen days trial^when active penorman LUDDEN A BATES SOUTHERN MUSIC HOUSE, Savannah. GA. the liver and bowels. As the quires tone through the inflm benign medicine, the nerves grew s d reds of tostimonlaU we Houston Co., Ga.. June 16. HOW SUCCESS 8UCCEED HALL’S G&B WOODEN DBV6 STORE SPREADS. sure foundation, use the peerless invigorent. For sale by all Druggists anp Dealers “inerally. LIBERAL, FAIR, HONEST DEALING John E. Hal j7.iift.tii.rairwit « Ula B££.v utUMrsu ro* jwus a _ d ®MltoatlscUlmedfor It 1KILE*1.3 0 LONQ TnCK AND IS NOW ENLAR- pan's Actual Measurement giving yet tosreet with the first failure of O. I. to do all that lad'* * '* wusnamt FEB BOTTLE. X I. C. CO. r, - - - ga. For Bale in Americus, Ga., by Dr. E. ®Fo?B2ealso HAS BEEN CRAMPED FOR ROOM .OKG TIME AND 18 NOW BNLA GING HIS STORE TO JUST DOU- BLE SIS YORKER SIZE. THIS BAS BEEN CAUSED BY INCREASING TRADF WHICH DEMANDS — obyDr. Joba.E.HalL J. sserieua foe thirty years, w DR. CARLISE’S L. & B Will cure Rheumatism, Cramp -a Morbus, Nsuralgla, Inflamstioo of Ineys,\VhiUow or Felon.S«-e Throat. ValnaMe City PROPERTY. For Sal©. SSKS | Twenty-Four Beautiful Building Lots. HEAVIER STOCK OF mmmm And All Sundries! ESPECIALLY tiiiii . SEED! And Plantera Goods. Be baa ta store aa Immense Stock of all the Best Varieties of Seeds that be will sell Wholesale or Rota AS LOW AS ANY HOUSE IN THE STATE. SOME RARE VARI ETIES OP CHOICE SOUTH ERN GROWN SEEDS ON HAND THAT CANNOT . BE FOUND ELBE- CREEN GROCERY I have opened next door to Pat **-npe my fri« icy want fresh FOR SALE. desirable house and lot % tit mils we 077100,44 Murray SL, Mow York. tfOSTJFEB’s Fitter 5 Other tales of early martyrs ~ mofedmeilketo this: i her lifted forehead, ly the Madonna’s kiss— ' owsoofebnahood _ still the girlish cheek, WiUe her child hand puts the fillet “ “ temple* young and meek! Never I can see Worthy the I ran see the Flushing er that the dwelling too his own —. the hungry Ron By the light that In them shoo* ? Drew him, by Ibelr powers of sweetnees, To theside of that rare child, Till the people saw him crouching Where she stood in radiance mild. But the hearts of men were fiercer Than the lion in bis need. Though the kingly beast was vanquished. ” 'id the dreadful And the dim old legend tells us Of bow little Prisea died, ““ forehead, With a halo round her foe And a lily at bet side! -HOWABD GfiTKDOS. K^»0k1, n LV«fftO-08. Next My Heart. blonde beanty of Philadelphia, the great heiress, who, as Dam* Rnmor bad once whispieered, would gladly, in her girlhood, have thrown herself and hundreds of thousands of dollars at the lest of her cousin. Walter Hazeldean! Oh, horror! horror! And the house just about to receive its second summer cleaning—the guest chamber with Its carpet taken tip and its curtains taken down, ia preparation for the women who was to come on the morrow to scrub and parify; the cold bread and fruit for tea, accorrding to Walter’s tastes; the impossibility of adding anything i except cold meat and salad.which i waa scarcely time to prepare »wn unfinished toilet,. when the hen and pantry demanded her pres- on the instant, if the credit of her tea-table waa to be saved; her eye# still red from tears, and that hatefnl, hate ful stripe of gray hair on either side of her temples, while blonde hair seldom changed its hoe—all there troubled massed themselves in one vast heap in poor Mrs. Hadedean’s mind driving her nearly distracted, as her husband knocked at her bed-room door. “We have an unexpected guest to ten, darling," he said ia a low tone, for she had not unlocked the doer. “On the boat I met Miss Pontifex—my consin Mildred, yon know, my dear.— She is going to Hyde Park on a visit, and her luggage is there by this time. Bnt I persuaded her to atop a few hours with ns and take tea, and afterward yon and I will sea her to Hyde Park by the nine o’clock train, if yon like, love." Mr*. Hasledean listened to this agree able piogrammo in silence, command' iag herself at its end sufficiently t< Wery well. Walter. I am not quite Bsed, Yon must entertain your consin till tea is ready, and after tea we will oonsult together about your plan.’* “All right, love. ‘Don’t be long,’ replied har husband gaily, as he wen down stairs. Mrs. Hszledean gave herself no fui ther time for thought. Dashing down into the kitchen by the back stain ■he conoocted a salad as possible, ent thin slioes of cold meat, and thicker shoes of frnit sad iponge cake, the girl flying into tha darkest recesses of the store-room for choice _ with a last order or two to tha bewil- 1«M It was a hot afternoon ia July, city and conntry alike baking and broiling beneath the direct rays of a blazing ■nn. Bat in tho small cottage of the Haxledeans on the Hudson, alt was coolness, greeaqry and shade. Vaeee of flowers stood in the open windows, blossoming vines wreathed over the veranda’e and the interior, with its moss-colored carpets, its white cur- tains, and light chain and wfa. of| Tb , w , ri ng. catling tree, baniboo and can., waa a aigLt moat rn- ■ bnubad and fattened op in a freshing to eyes that had been wearied j -fTT/.; t v. w wd—a white aiu.y long with thcdc.t.ftt.T.l «SXd~..l.lUd witi point., and •o blinding glare of city block, *nd wiUl ptak riblKM11 „ det dered j homed back to her i glare of city blocks and At her dressing-table in a front The finest tonic for ; functions by i oa g been M?Sm£S; ' __ _ rTceaseTirod at nameless anxiety which Is a peculiarity * ***** “Young lawyer” he was called by hi* friends of the same ags, and by the newspaper reporters who had occa sion to speak of him. Yet he was two and forty ytars of age, and success had but jnst begun to grow acquainted with his name. And Lizzie—bright, gypsyish, dark eyed Lizzie—who had been a beauty and a belle in her yoong days—in her yonng days!—alas! she began tb own to heiself (long after other women had ■aid it of her. mind yon), that she waa growing old. The young days were left behind forever, and Lizzie, though she still kept her bright obeeks aad sparkling eyes, and agile step, Lizzie was forty years of age on this dsy we first behold her. Ph« sat at her glass half-hidiag her lace behind her clasped hands. She had no longer a desire to look at that too faithful mirror. Only this after noon it had revealed a most me truth so her. There on her rounded templet, she had dis- r path of white among ot which she had so proud A gray hair and there had not mattered hertt She had pulled them out halt eeri bait laughingly, whenever she had hap pened to see them. Bnt nor * bnt a hundred—nay, a thou r funeral.” In a all the evening I was looking and long ing for tho whistle of that city train. * knew yon mast he suffering torture* _ on were so pal* and still, and I enter tained her, in your plsce to the best of my ability; bnt, by George! It was baril work. . Poor MCdred, she used to nice, pretty, simple-hearted, little girl, and I loved - her r in oor yonng days. Bnt sen her Parisan dress and Pi affectations, her paint and powder, and patches sud false hair, she dose not seem like the eame person to me at all. In fact, little wife, yon are the best oompany I can have in this world, and * sometimes think I don't cue if I nev- - have any other till I die. How is tbe poor little head now? Lean it on my shoulder—so. He drew her nearer and lips fondly upon her “1 am so tnsnkfnl, dear, that yon just what yon are!” he went on.“This hiding the advance of years ia a false and terrible thing to me. “Poor Mil dred! she was gray many a year ego, and yet she fancies that she can cheat everyone into believing her yonng again by the arts of her toilet.” “Paint—powder—false hair!” mated Lizzie, wonderingly. “Walter, Why, where are your eyes that yon could not see them?” Maid he laughing. “Bat I fo.get that yon have not known Mildred from her earliest years, as I have. To me the change is plain enough. Thank heaven! yon will nevet ** yourself.” —yon don’t object to—you don’t dislike gray hair, Walter?” ask ed Lfezie, anxicnsly. “What a question. Wait till your hair turns white, my love, and yon will see that it as dear to me as when a* black as now.' ’Bnt, oh, it is whit* already,” aaid poor Lizzie, almost historically. “And as eo graceful and accomplished perfectly dressed, so beautifully, and „ Walter, and yon talked to her, and i THE SMOKER SOLILOQUIZES, j was no danger of forgetti who calmly smokes his Abeot the Girl* of Americas, Written: The Smoker believes there is an i ia knowing how to smoke a cigar well as inmaking it.Some how.lt To the man _ar and eith er mentally or in reality observes this I little figure, sorely there can he no other conclusion than that she ia en dowed by nature with tho moat inter esting, pare andtratbfal of characters. Look calmly at those beautiful brown levee,beautiful alike in theireolor and (their expression o( innocence and puri ty, listen alternately to her merry laughter and to her sober word* jmd yon this.” 8he lifted the dark tresses aside, showed him the gray looks upon her temples, and hurst into tears. It wi jnst one of those utterly absurd, hyi terical, nonsensical outbreaks that woman, now and then, mnst give way to or die, and that a man can naver check in a better or more kindly way, than Walter Hszledean did, by a *i- waa quickly ing her eyes in es of tears were entirely tbe little wile tripped into the eool par lor to weloome her nawelcom* guest. A few momenta afterward thev wc seated aroond the tea-table, and in the datiee that devolved upon hex there, ” izzie bad ample excase for silence Bat her husband and his guest versed constantly, their talk going back to the days of old, of which she kaew nothing, to persons and places un known to her, bnt familiar to their earlier lire* as household words’ She felt shut out from their am. i&tence, aad eat in her place, growing paler and paler with every word that was exchanged between tbe two. Once or twice she looking at her, with Gradually the wife grew calm. Ly ing there upon his faithful heart, and listeniag to his whispered words, she said how unwarranted all her jealous | suspicion and sufferings had been. “Yon will be wiser another time,my love,” said her bnsband, as they tarn- j, or from any other trust me again, let me have a talisman to carry with me that will recall to yon all that we have talked about to- i aside, he RICHMOND Straight Cut No. CICARETTES. price charged for the ordinary trade Cl {Jar etts will find tho RICHMOND SIRMGHT CUT NO. SUPERIOR TO ALE OTHERS. They are made from tbe brightest, most eltoately flavored and - —*» leaf grown In Virginia, without r* r Jg? Wense the gennlne French Bice Paper, J our own direct iaportatioA. which Is especially for os, watermarked with the name ot the brand. Richmond Straight Cut No. 1 i each Cigarette, without which noo* aw genuine, imitations ot this brand have been paton sale, and Cigarettesmol cautioned that this is the old aad < brand to observe that each peckage of Blohmona' Straight Out OfinttM LMROmi J O ADVERTISERS—Lowest Bates for X Advertising 965 News papers sent free. Address Geo. P. Rowell & Oo^ 10 Spruce St.K.Y. would take a livelier and gayer t She could not blame him; and yet it cut her to the very heart. Tea over at last, and they adjourned to the parlor. Unbiddei, Mildred sat down to the piano. She touched the keys with a masterly skill, and let her rich foil soprano v * " the evening air, in a loo bright — good nor at ashes of rather is gone and for- watchful can de- i will see in this ) ■ \ - Wn, th. great nuu ot mankind a b.ia* either do not underataad or bil to ip-lnor too dull, neither too® * Meciate the true worth ofagoodcigar. Ln bed. ear. in ita flathe. Borne people emoae ae il it were their I childilh pataion that ia goe duty, and it wat a matter of little coo- Eott ,o before the leer wetehful Moomioe whether the, eojojed it or ite pretence. Yon will eee there (moke ae if they were bright netnfe, at time# aeedleeelj do eo hr the cigar, apd-the clouded hr imaginary mialortonei. e oouilter one aouhet it the hatter, creature that belicl the belief thtt ho- While a few smoke for the pure lor* I m .nit T Q » e , h* existence to chance of a cigar, and with a proper apprecia- nlonejuni that banishes the thought i of it excellencies of flavor, and it# J of a benefioent Creator. The Smoker belong* The Smoker next saw a fig- . He finds a great p!eM-1 a*,, *i mo ,t beautiful ia face and help in smoking. He M (him. at which, he looked is in no harry to finish adgar.hnt draws | closely iand derivedhie estimate from no it calmly, carefully and liesnrely. Ha | ot her data whatever. She is dark of Gads hi* cigar a companion and a I«yes and hair, rather light of oomplax- friend, and yet he does not grave at its (ion, and yonng, younger probably than gradual destruction, or heeitata in the , nj th, mo k#r has mentioned. Intal- leatt to knock off the lengthening ash] ligenoo beamed from her countenance 11 haa grown the proper bafrth. aod wit is evidently a part of her na- Tb# Smoker, of oonnw, likes his ci- j tare. She has a dreamy look out of gar sometimes more than at othern. eyeg , and u she i. engaged in any Wnil* be smokes nearly all day, it is | amassment that requires no mental ef- chiefly at night find on special occasions I there is such a repose on Ipr fea- that he likes hie cigar most. If the I tares as is delightful to behold. The truth must be told, while a great arm- ] smoker was not surprised when he chair u not wholly undesirable, be pre- learned from experience that she sang fern a bright fire, no other light in the I w ell, and less,that alto was bar favorite, a save that given by th# fire itself; It U an open secret that th# last - to lie at lengUiuDon tbe rug before I third of a smoker’* cigar i# th* best fire, with his head upon a pillow. | pwt 0 f it. Why it is eo, Tho 8moker bolstered by tbe back ofachaiiitnraed UannottolL Still it is atari and as he to th* fioor and forming a* _ inclined I wM drawing thus to theolosa of hi# plane. Then it is The Smoker most I , mo k e> h 0 fell in the best of humor to gladly lights his agar, and stretched J examining what is to him decidedly the at length to imbibe ita fragrance, to | hardest problem to thoroughly solve, feel its peaceful influence, and to watch h a t h« entire astronomy of Americas tf>e lazy wreaths of smoke curl grace-1 maidens. This nn# would not do for folly away. Then it is he mm thing# modest Diana, and yet of all th* ro of moment and things trivial in the (habitants of the heavens, Diana she cleareat^n tha least impassioned light. | mo#t resembles. She it a blonde, of Then it is Tbe Smoker meditate* and I course, and a very beautiful one too, enjoy# bie cigar. When thos alone, I G f perfect mould. Sbo it is that ie- h* is least alone. 1 minds Tho Smoker, more than anyone The other night, white thus watch-1 k e ^a* ever seen, of those lines of Ed- ing the wreatlms of emoke, and modi-1 watd . Coataworth Pinckney, addree- tating, Th* Smoker dropped upon the I ^ t ho “Most Beautiful W( subject of the “Girl# of Americas.” J America.” • Surely this wa# a delightful theme for I flU Ulll cup to one thought, thinks tbe reader. Bnt The I or loveliness alone. Smoker was not entirely siren over to I A woman ot her gentle sc: SXa .L-too fer J ^JffS^SSTWeett horn tie demoieliiing ioaoeoc. of tie fur visions,and hie cigar burnod tool Aniktodljrstarejtegegiven. .moothly .moked loo oomforteblj o(Si : tiSil ^£^n. , fer him to be an enthoaiast, he was [ derided to now a philosopher. He deride* taka each girl, and analyze her, no not harshly at all, hot .. # He did not reach them all, ( but those that he did, he lays before reader*, let them guess if they Her Health 1 and would there rVere more of soch a frame. That life might ho all poetry And weariness a name.’* The Smoker never looked so hard . so intently before. When he had concluded Ids observation ha wat not old UX gerdzyz melodies kaown only to of youth. Walter leaned over the piano one entranced. Mildred would . “Do yon remember this?” “Have yon glossy u black—another year, at most, and then she would be quite an old woman, with hair as *hite as her own grand mother’s had been! She—Lizzie Hszledean—an “old lady,” a gray—no a white-haired wo- Could ii be possible! Her heart was yonng as ever! * When she play ed with little Lizzie on the lawn, at ball, or batttedoor, and shuttlecock, it was hard to say which most enjoyed the game, she or the child of five yean. She could walk as far and as fast m ia her girlhood. Bb# could oversee her household affairs as well as ever. Bnt the white hair was there before her, ever repeating ita terrible teeson— Growing old, growing old!” It was neatly tea-time. She could bear little Liazie talking on the lawn, to ber pet kitten aad bar doll about the “time lor papa to oome. aad what would papa bring them when haeame.” Down-stairs in the kitchen, aad in the dining-room, below bei .beard the ring and tial _ Iver and china, and knew that tha servant was doing her beet to have ev erything in« rived. Yet she sat still before her mirror, wiping away m tear now aad then, and ihoking back a sob. Of what bm vein all the arts of the toilet now?— How long would Walter love her after ■he was old and gray? Suddenly there was a wild cry delight from the Uwa. and Bridget be- gan to fly to and fro ia her dominions another old-time song, to which lawyer seemed to listen wRh ell hi* “Hark! whet wee that?” aaid he, at length starting from the piano to lis- The whistle of the lest city train, I r,” said Mildred, gltorieg at the toy watch at her girdle. “My train will be here in a few minutes. What SKflrsnBfciS:' ‘ here, Coruin Walter. And ■ay so in her presence,” ran, approaching the cor Lizzie had sat alone, b FOR SALE. 1 hare two horse* for aal^oue tea suds band of ro#M that fastened back her the other Is a mare. Tbe mnle Is high he- Inm* dark earls. tend, tew before and all between wttboat a ]?*, w r_ smiling at tha excited child, and talk- ing to Walter in snehtew, right^enlj^Srfo’e'ud’ie tbe perf«- tion of a Parisian walking toilet, with a fluffy cloud of golden hair shadow ing her low, white foret tho bonnotof lace tulle. Mrs. Hazzledean gazed at the nn- slcome visitor in * e recognized her i Pontifex, of all woi Mildred Pontifex, the i yon have yon * ’A.** ifting the dark took a small and severed a There, Lizzie, dear, Til wear that next my heart fo raising it to his Hated her in, and tbe door of their home closed between them and all the folly and suffering of the outer world. Tbe Joys of Youth. Poets sing of tbe springtime of yonth, bnt this glad season is not a mere tion of fancy. It is in human life what as In nature. There are tbe days of singing birds and babbling brooks, then the seasons of ripening, and at last the harvest of life; with death fol lowing all. In yonth gayety and frolic ere as natural as the bndding of the leavM in spring. They cannot be checked. Tb* old fathers of New Eng. land tried it with their bine tews, bnt tbe youngsters had their stolen frolics, and went love-making Sundays in spite of the terrors of the etatnte. It is quite the proper thing, there fore, for yonag people to be fail of life and spirit*. Hearty and wholesome peasures should be cultivated, for they not only help develop* a cheerful sprit, but they gather a fnnd of satisfaction forth* mature character when it come*, to ita had work. On* tendency, how ever, is worth avoidihg. It it that of turning pleasure into dissipation; of •Mking in a sort of hot-bod excitement to force simple enjoyment into rank and unnatural growth. The craving for enjoyment of this * ‘ * ’ ”iofto-da: who they w ...... Ho drew a long puff of let it alowly can away. Somehqw it | vision. Somo how, the 8moker frit sad made a longer stream thkn usual, and I when he saw this, for he saw that *h^ formed itself in a rather tall, decidedly I « u very fond ot admiration, as was •tender yonng lady in a very tight fit-1 quite natural, and that ahe was equally ting dress. She - was a brunette,and j powerless to repell it. The ’Smoker ■bowed a littte anxiety aliko tor tha J thoogbt he* saw, white none were fit and effect of her dress, and a pen-1 seriously and positively disoouraged— chant for admiration. He saw sever-1 th* utter disappointment and defeat of al admirers around her, bnt none pin-1 several most in earnest. Thus ft was, ionel by Cupid's dart,nor did she seem J The Smoker,naturally a little hardliesrt strong on the intellectual _ and rather prided herself on tbatl And yet white ho was sorry for thorn, fact. I he knew their fate would be just. None The Smoker next saw a very pretty ( 0 f those hovering with such anxiety picture in the shape of a tall, graceful | and devotion could rightly aspire to With sort is one of th* evils of to-day. 1 all the other blessing of the 19th tuTy, its great opportunities for hap- ploess are in danger of being abased. Liberty, education, the printing pres all civilization and Christianity h won for ns—are in this peril. We the train to Hv< tx if the would had a bad headache ing on all day—and she would be best in bed. Bo tho siren parted from Mrs. Ha- zlsdesn with a well expressed regret 1 a light perfumery kiss, and Wei- went with her to the station and inca to Hyde Park, where he place her safely ant friends. fin the care of expect- have won for ns—are in this peril, like to become superficial and artificial in pleasure, as in business and social accomplishments. We stop hastily over th* smell comfort! end delights, which might be cultivated to our great solaoe and benefit. Th# pleasures of yonth should have a serious rid*. Not mere trifling, teef- ing away time, lazy enjoyment of de lightful things, but a sober cultivation of what ministers to- solid pleasure, should be oar aim. It is not the spor- threnes* of the butterfly that fits on* for the work of life. miration; of whteh she received quite a I nw no element in the bright vision liberal share. The 8moker think* this 1 that made him fear for her sake she yonng lady very pretty, bnt very con-1 would sometime in either rackleM haste scions of it, and,it truth be told, some-1 or passion oome down from her throne, what broods over it. There were eev-| erae to(i by kind nature, and lift some eral male figures constantly in vtow.| ona Q f these sait or*, and make him baton*, ia particular, was seen with J happy, at the expense of heraelf. the reserved seat coupons of five or six | The Smoker was satisfied that shows in his haads, standing near, and (had done her full duty by this e he seemed the most in favor. creation, bnt the creature bad not pre- The Smoker next observed a very ] B8 rved entirely intact tbe perfect a fine looking, elegant yonng lad^, not | given her. She was gey, ratfc pretty but handsome and distingue, (gay. She waa bright, aviabte^ood by Here the smoker derided waj| D atnn»; she had a little inclined to dull quite a noble character, end destined J these noble qaalittee by presuming too to make tbe man whom Madame Rn-1 much on her own strength, end upon mot aays will call for her toon, an ex-1 the infsiior, nay servila character ot oellent wife. She it toll and stately, I many with whom she might como in con with light complexion and light hair, (tact.' The Smoker gladly saw that this a blonde. ) wa* not a complete change, slight i The'Smoker next saw a petit* hot | unnoticeable by most persons, as it a bright little figure, with* bright faoe I but simply a tendency that, by the e and perfect srif-posMsaion. This lit-1 ere iso of tbe splendid will which is here, tie woman has hair rather dark, bnt j can be checked, and leave the black, is quite small and quite J almost perfect character as God had smart, and seems wholly owned by a j formed it. There are great posribili- devotad ssrain not much her superior I ties for this beautiful character, and if in size. 1 possible more beautiful person. God The Smoker looked again and saw a | grant they may beefrfie reaiitiM,thought _ * ’ *’'not quiteUhe Bmoket as he rather impatiently ender in I hurled the stomp of his eigar into the figure, with a rosebud month, a coil of | smouldering coals. Then he turned brown hair, and very pretty brown J uneasily from the position in which be eyes. She is rather youngei than the j had gazed so long, and concluded that . rest, bnt not too yonng to be much ad-1 probably the safest pise, and certainly mired by some of the yonng men, who (the most likely one, would be for him ■how their appreciation of her qualities j to oontinoe to fight if out on the ~line by frequently calling at the neat little | of single blessedness, and to look alone house where ahe lives. Her voice I to his cigar for solaoe and coufert. He' would rather snrpriM yon, being rath-1 thought again of the poor wretches he er fall for eo small and so yonng a girl had seen doomed to disappointment, but far from masculine. I and thought what an old hear he him- Tbe Smoker looked loag at the next Jerif was, and mattered hetwesg hi* I Nearly an hoar passed before he lift ed tha latch ot his garden gate once more. Glancing up at Lizzie's bedroom window he sew that it wee dark. “Poor child! I hope she is sound asleep by this time,” he said, ee be halted in the porch to light his last not asleep,” said a voice oat of the darkness, so close to him that it made him start. ■Lizzie, my darling, is this yon? in bed, my darl- “I could not go.' “Bat your head ting up like this. have suffered agonies all through this evening, my love. When I saw yoo turn eo pel* at the tea table I could have gone and knocked my own heed -*in«t the wall.” “Bat why?** asked Lizzie, surpassed For being such a stupid brute to bring home company without kno- ing whether you were ill or well,” w tbe reply. “Bnt you see my darling, I met her unexpectedly on the boat, and what could I do? To tell the truth my dear, she invited herself here to tea, but of course I couldn’t explain that to wom ®“- you at the bedroom door, while she S. T. Seay, JlalMax C was standing in the hall below. And dune JO 1884. Tbe Atlanta Constitution, n a long article relating to the B. B. B., of that city, says: The Blood Balm Company started otto* year ago with $162.00, bnt to-day tbe basins** cannot be bought for $50,000,001 The demand and the satisfaetiongiv- en is said to be without a parallel, ae its action is pronounced wonderful. We are glad to annonnM that oor druggist s have already secured a sup ply, and we hope our readers will sop- ply themeelvM at onoe. It is said to be the only speedy and permanent Mood poison remedy offered, giving entire satisfaction in all casM i one bottle has been need. Fer I Disease*, Kidney Trouble*, Scrofuls, Catarrh, old Ulcers and Skin Diseases, try one bottle of B. B. B. inch-21-lm Sees What the Ladles Say, Dor* Great Goon.— I have been using Mexican Female Remedy a and it hae done me mnch good. Mrs. Louisa F. Mourns, Gish*, Ye., Jane 80. 1884. Likes rr Splendidly.—My wife has been using Mexican Female Remedy and likes it splendidly. Sbo tell* ev ery one it is a perfect boon to Buffering m i, and white ho became thorough-1 teeth, image, and wl ly satisfied on some points, it wa# goae -or all sad words of _ before he conld finish his investigation, j The sadds* are three. She is decidedly plump, if truth mast be told, a very little^ too mnch to, bnt oSmiS^Srebeen.' enough to malm it noticeable. She is very lively, oonridered joktly, one of the liveliest in town, very indej-endeut, caring mostly for her own way, using very *xpre««iT* language at time*. She is fond of horseback riding, of ekating and dancing. She Is more of * bru nette than a. blonde, and flashes more intelligence from her eye* than Tbe Smoker thought on first view. She is one who ia now lively, and>ln»oet friv olous, bat capable of great eanmstaM* aad a laudable application to the du- tte*. and the responsibilities of life. Tbe question of moment with her is whether she wilt fall to appreciate her power until it is gone. Tho Si There ie another not unlike the" one the Smoker aaw lazt^ather her oppo site in complexion and in hair.bnt very similar in constitution. With this dif ference: white the former occasionally seems to remember her more tuber tore, the latter it appear# never d- The smoker candidly admits he Iisn not seen this figure ss clearly and clo-o- How lie Struck it Ulch. Mr. J. B. Franz, proprietor of the St. James’ Hotel, Mansfield. O.. is la luck on account of the purchase of a 1 ticket in Tbe Louisiana State Lottery.. * Several wocka since Mr: Franz, who plsce and Mr. Franz received a tele gram notifying him that his whole ticket had drawn ^6,000 in cash, which sum is subject to his order.—hfanajicl ' (Ohio) Liberal, Feb. 11. , IIow to bo llcauti Ladies, you can be sure < >u cannot have rosy . * ear complexion good health. Dia beauty. Parker’s l blood, invigorates tl all bad bnmore out of t raakos the plainest i Tell your husband*. - ly as his inclination wonld dictate, or a careful analysis would require. He maybe mistaken. The Smoker next nw a little figure j that had not been ont of his mind for an . II.. 'Va.jinutanl