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-jjc Houston Ttomc journal perry, ca. .3-PnJblIsSeil every Saturday 117-59 JAWIN’ MAHTXKT. 1 TEi 2 2.V :i IK>. 5 0dj 6 511:10 001 is 3on; 4oo‘ soul 900111 twinft' 1 if 4 50' 3 7T. 6 75F12 00)15 00 21 ft>! 311 3 75! 7 25 aSIllMSOllSOO'SSOo! 371 70" S75jl0 2j[17 0Uj21 00129 001 42 |13'00; If, mm IS 75 29 Onto# "0 48 00! 65 21 tai'27 00,32 0Q|53 lXJ|75 00| 110 VOLUME IV PERRY, GA., SATURDAY, NOVEMBER 21, IS74. NUMBER 45. professional Cards, , Inserted at one dollar a lint per annum if paid to advance. oUnrtvii-c, two dollars a line. ■ ■ • .. >j - - •. It surprised him so to think that he had held his peaceful war along for forty odd years, like a knotrhole in a barn-door, withont any one haring I discovered what a heap of a fellow he was, -but he concluded that there was j a new era in politics and that it was j all right. The politicians corered John Cain I With, soft soap; They told him that I the canvass should not cost him a red, and that he could still retire at eight | o’clock every evening, and rest assured I that his interests would be properly cared for. It' was to be a still himt— a very qniet election, and howonld hardly know what was going on.—— John was an honest, nnsnspecting .pttoman—jnst as rf a man conld get J he himself will see the absurdity of it. I if yon conld be got out of the way a few months.” ■Wes, I have an aunt, my mother’s 1 sister, living m Florida. My father had some misunderstanding with, her before mother’s death, and she has j never visited ns since.” ! “Do yon remember her address?” sail Mis. Clifton, taking May’s wrap pings and carrying them info the iden tical dressing-room where her fate first appeared on the Halloween two years ago. ; ' “Yes, ” said May, “she lives at St. Augustine.” “How very fortunate,” exclaimed ni. j. tmifltnf W.E. Brown, Cashier. CASH C.'VITAt. *100,000: Clara Clifton is just sixteen. Nell 1 under an. ottoman. Covington and May Andley, her firm I Well, *.eclared May, ‘"if it was a friends, liave been with her all day, j , - Jnst then Mrs. Chfton came in, and and, to quote Mrs. Clifton’s own a t their scared faces when she words, “The way those girls have car- J heard all there was to tell, tor being ried on has been enough to drive ev-j so frightened, at seeing, what they ery one else out of the house.” They (would have been so disappointed have notyet concocted half mischief abont if they had not seen, ebongh, as is evident from the laugh- She did not think that; May had seen a man’s face,.hut that her exci- ’ ted imagination bad pictured one thorp. She turned to leave the room, bade the girls good-mght, and advised them to go to bed at once. The girls were not satisfied yet, how ever, and did not' obey immediately, bnt each in tarn gazed into the depth of her own eyes, and saw only, the fair proportions of her own shoulders, nothing more. Nell Covington said they were all, excepting May, undoubtedly to be come old maids, and that they might as well retire at once. This they forth with did. In the meantime Ralph Clifton had seen his father and mother, and told his mother of the part he had played in lifting the veil which hid Clara” future, and his mother had told him of his mistake,t.hatit was not Cl ira, bnt May, whose fate he had assisted in re vealing. He requested his mother not to call Clara that night, os he did not wish to see May. The next morning the girls di d not rise until after the nsual breakfast hour, and, in consequence, ate by themselves. After breakfast the trio 1 disbanded, and the day after, Balph went Sonth on business for his father, : so the young people did not meet, and to tell the truth, Balph had no desire : to meet May, when he fonnd out the : mistake he hau made. May thought many times that day of audacious face she had seen, and had grown to regard it quite as a com- 1 but was not aware that her i I. J. TRAY WICK &0 A. S. CILES, v nt UjH vii pEBBY* HOUSTON COUNTY, GA. Office in tha Court House. AVj ,tiiDti<m given to ft&jjnat in the Supe- county Court* of Houston County. Tcb«. 1V ~ PLANTERS’ BANK FORT VALLEY. GF.OROIA. Transacts a General Ranking. Discount. and . ' Exchange Business. Particular attention given to the collection t Notes. Drafts, Coupons, Dividends, etc. GROCERIES waB BEN D. NOTTINGHAM, AND COUNTRY PRODUCE, 40 THIRD STREET, ^ttor-XLcy at Imw. PEBBY, GEORGIA. Particular att< ntion given to the eollee- of claims in Houston and adjoining, oaatics. * c. J H ARRIS, ^.ttoiTiew ot Ii w, from your animation,’’-said Mrs. Clif. ton, os .she entered the room where the girls were. “O, mother!” cried out Clara, “we want to try our fortunes, may we?” “In what way, my deal? I should think it would be the better plan; to allow fortune to tell itself to yon in the time to come; bnt how are you going to try your fortunes? - ’ “O, May Andley knows, she has been telling ns of such a splendid way. You know this is Halloween, and if you.go into a room all alone,' and look steadily at your own eyes in the mir ror, while you pare and eat an apple, the face of the gentleman who is to be your love - will appear over your shoulder. May we, mother, dear?” pleaded Clara, in her winsome way, as she caressed her mother and finally gained the consent to what she term ed a silly proceeding. “That is splendid, ” cried Nell Cov ington, the sauciest witch of them all, as she bounced into the middle of the room. “And now that Mrs. Clif ton is gone, we will do it right away. "Who will be the first one to try it?” “You are the one, Nell,” they all agreed, bnt Nell declared that she was A. M. WATKINS* ■WITH J; CURRIER, S&Eit\V00D A COi. 476.Jt 678 Broome Street, WEV5? YORK. BOOTS & SHOES* AT WHOLESALE. OLIVER DOUGLASS & CO With the band came s. veral hundred electors, who filled the Cain mansion to overflowing, spit tobacco all over the house, ate and drank all they conld find, broke down the gate, and went off with three cheers for John Cain. Before the canvass was ten duvs old half a dozen men called on Cain and gently hinted that he mnstcome down with the “sugar.” He didn’t even know what “sugar”- was nntil thev j. A. EDWARDS, Attorney at Law, jiarshallvxlle gfobgia. ANOTHER CHANGE. TINWARE, FIFTH AND LAST GIFT CONCERT th aid of the Public Library, Kentucky Postponed to November 1874, DRAWING CERTAIN AT E 3733..£a,-t LIST OF GIFTS. One Grand Cash Gift $250,006 One Grand Cash Gift. 100,000 One Grand Cash Gift 75.000 One Grand Cash Gift 50.000 One Grand Cash Gift 25,000 5 Cash Gifts, $20,000 each, 100,000 w. H. REESE, Attorney at Law. marshallville geobgia. jy-Spccial attention given to cases in auk roptcy. DUNCAN & MILLER. attorneys nt: Law, PEBBY and FORT VALLEY, GA. f*,C. C. Duncan, Perry, office on Public Square A. LMiJlcr, Fort Valley- office in Mathew's Hall B. M. DAVIS. Attorney al Law PERRY. GEORGIA. ward meeting. He tried to claw off, bnt th"y told him that the opposing candidate wonld ran Lim out of sight if he didn’t come ont, and he went out. When he got through speaking, the crowd crank at his expense, and Mr. Cain was astonished at the way the liquor went down, and more aston ished at the way the bill footed up. He didn’t reach home nntil midnight, and for the first time in his life he was going to bed with his boots on.— His wife wouldn’t speak to him, the hired girl left- the house to save her character, and John Cain wished that fhe politicians had let- him alone. More men came and crooked their fingers at him and whispered “sngnr.” They wanted money to buy doubtfu votes, and to hire four-horse teams, and to mail his slips, and he had to come dowr. He hesitated abent it, but they told that the opposing can didate felt sure of victory and it acted as a spur. There was hardly a night that from 14 to 240 friends did not call on Mr Cain to inform him us to the ^‘pros pects.” They drank up the currant wine Mrs. Gain had laid aside for sick ness, emptied her preserve jars, and there wasn’t a morning that shecouhl- not sweep out forty or fifty cigar stumps, and a peck of mud. •ILL practice in tlie Courts of Houston and adjoining counties; also iu the Su ae Court and U. S. District Conrt. MACON GA. BYRON, S. W. R, R. GA. 33-Special attention given to collections. QUR STOCK OP GOODS IS NOW OPENED AND ARRANGED. HAVING bought it for Cosh, we can and will sell as low as ethers in the trade. panion, first love had been awakened by those merry eyes. Every one wondered why a girl with so loving a disposition as May’s should refuse one eligible offer of marriage after another, for she had scores of lovers. Men get panic-stricken for love as well as gold, and when the homage of two or three has been refused by one there seems to be an irresist- E. W. CROCKER, Attornev at Iianv FORT VALLEY, GA. f WCollcctlons and Criminal Law a spcilall; Odin- at Hiller, 1'ic.un & Co’s. H. Diston’s Saw Mill Goods of all kinds, Pools of every kind, Buggy and Wagon Material. Rubber and Leather Beltings, Fair bank’s Scales. Wooden Ware, Hollow Ware, Iron and Steel, T. T. MARTIN, Manufacturer and Retail Healer in TIIST WiLR.E3, COOKING STOVES,, SHEET IRON, TIN WARE, ET CETERA TJEPAIRING, ROOFING, GUT TERING, _&c., done at short no tice and in the best manner. T. T. MARTIN, tf- Petty, Ga. Table and Pocket Cutlery Builders Materials woman, ible impulse which leads all to try for the prize which seems so hard to win. At last May ' somehow got the title of a flirt, and her gouty, head-strong father came to bear of it, and said he would choose her u husband and she should marry him. So, looking about him, he decided upon a rich old bachelor who was paying court to May. “Aha!” said the old gentleman to himself, “now we shall see! I will stop my daughter’s sport. A flirt, is she? Let me see. Yes; a month will be ^SS-In short, All Goods usually kept in such a business. The Parker Breech-Loading Gun, Togetlifr with the best makes of English Muzzle-Loading Guns, Hazzard’s Powders. We. represent THe Gin And have them of all sizes on hand. Call and See Us. XJEKTTXST. PERRY AND HAWKINSYILLE GA. FURNITURE FREIGHT FM N entirely New and Elegant Stock of FU KWI'I'U itE Jnst received ai>d for sale at Foit Valley and Macon prices. ja^BUY AT HOME.^f H E WILL SPJ ND the first lialf of each month in his office in Perry, over the old drag store, iml one-fourth, or the latter half of each month will be given to. his practice in Hawkinsville, at Mrs. Hudspeth's. aug23 i F. S. JOHNSON & SONS, No. 31 Third Street, near City and Central Banks, Macon, Ga. up mmmm Tney - »n mained unfinished, and Mr. Andley t-jld Cain that he wonld beat the other returned to his carriage and order- man so far oat of sight that it wonld ed home. take a carrier pigeon to find him, May had never met Ralph Clifton and he couldn’t well refuse to go to face to face, and during the two years the comer grocery and “ set ’em up” which had intervened, his face had for the boys. changed somewhat. For one thing; The crisis finally ca mo. On the eve whiskers had covered, the well-turned of election Mr. Cain's friends called chin. This prevented May from rec- for “sugar” again, and he had to sn- ognizing him at once; but his eyes gar’em. A big crowd came to warn were unaltered, and the same boyish him that he wouli Certainly be elected, frankness looked out of them, and the | and the saloon bill was $28 more.— Thirteen or fourteen men shook hands with his wife, a hundred or ' more shook hands with. h>m, and lie had to get up and declare that he didn’t favor woman’s rights, and that he did;that he was down on whiskey, and yet loved it as a beverage; that he wanted the currency inflated, and yet favored specie payments;-that he favored the civil rights bill, and yet he didn’t; and in his brief speech Mrs Cain connted -27 straight lies besides the evasions. Mr. Cain wanted to hold popular views, and had to be on all sides at once. On tha day of election they drag ged him poll to poll, stopping at all the saloons bn the way. He had to make 256,000 promises, pnllliis wallet ont until it was os fiat as a wafer, drink lager with some and cold water with others, and when night came he went home and tried to hug the hired girl called Mrs. Cain his dear old rhi noceros, and fell over the cradle and i went to sleep with his head niuler the AMERICAN CYCLOPAEDIA. New Revised Edition. Entirely rewritten by the ablest writers on every subject. Printed from new tyde, and illustrat ed with Several Thousand Engraviugs and Maps. . Warehouse and Commission Merchants, MACON, GEORGIA. T O MEET THE DEMANDS OF THE TIMES, WE DETERMINED, EARLY.IN in the Spring to t ttempt a reduction in the rates of Storage and Commission on COFFIIsTS - A Hearse can be furnished to ordei al atljr time,- on short notice. lean be fonnd in the day time at iny store,: next to the Hotel D residence, adjoining that OLD RATES | PRESENT RATES- Commission II per c-nt. Commission 1] per cent Storage. 5<Jc per bale. ; . | Storage " 25c per bale' Thankful for theliberalify of our friends in the part, w» most- look to -them for in creased patronage to enable us to adhere to the low rates we have inauguatet. ■ Mb. J. TV. Stubbs, a prominent Granger and Planter ot Bibb County, will be our Weigher the present season. same merry twinkle hid there. May knew them at once. She did not sus pect their real identity, but her heart answered to them through her own eyes. The voyage down was lovely. May found, her aunt with, ease, nnd with the palmetto shade falling' on them, one moonlight night, sho became the promised wife of Ralph. Ouly one tliing remained to do,'that was to gain her father’s consent. This, Ralph thinks he can get, by applying per sonally for it. Mr. Andley has sadly missed May’s sunny face, and gladly consents to her marriage with so good a man as Ralph Clifton. And when the Jane roses ^on^e more spread their fair Furniture Made to Order. and repaired at short notice. BURIAL CLOTHES, Ready-made, for ladies, gentlemen and children always- on hand. GEORGE PAUL, PERRY. GA., pressed “halloo! who the deuce is that! She is studying'the contour of her face very closely, upon my word. And she is beautiful enough to look at long and well, but, yet it is strange. Ah, dow I remember this is All Hal- loweve,- and.I: suppose this is Clara trying her fortune. She willnot know me at any rate, and I have a mind to startle her a little by peeping over her shoulder.” . . .No sooner had these thoughts pas sed through Ralph’s ■ mind than he pulled off Kis boots and softly raised the window, which, fortunately for his plans, went np without a squeak. He then entered the room and glided nut. The movement of political affairs Las kept pace *ith the discoveries of science, and their fruitful application to the industrial and useful arts and convenience and refinement of social life.— Great wars and consequent revolutions have oc curred, involving national changes of peculiar moment The civil war of our own country, which was at its height when the last volume of the old work appeared, has happily been fended, mri a new course of commercial and industrial Activity has been commenced. large accession! to our geographical knowl edge have been made by the indefatigable explor ers of Africa, Tlie great political revolutions of the last de ride, with the natural result of-the lapse of time, have brought into public view a multitude of new taen, whose names are in every one's month, and of whose lives every One is curious to know the particulars. Great battles have been fought and important seiges maintained, of- which the de- mfls are as yet preserved only in newspapers or in the transient publications of the day, bnt which now ought to take their places in perma nent and authentic history. . In ‘preparing the present edition for the press, « has accordingly been the aim of Hie editors to bring down the information to the latest posrible dates, and to furnish an accurate account of the mest recent discoveries in science, of every fresh production fax literature, and of-the newest inyen- «ons in the practical arts, as well as to give a succinct and original record of the progress of Pmffical and historical events. , The work has been.begun after long and care ful preliminary labor, and with the most ample I ®source8 for carryingit oh to a successful termi nation. Kone of - the original stereotype plates" have uecn used, but every page hds been printed on JJJtype, forming, in f«it a new Cydopmdia, with the same plan and compass as its predecssor, JJ*’With a far greater pecuniary expenditure, at.d with such improvements in. its composition, as ^^been^su^est*:d by longer experience apd^ ‘ Ike illustrations which.are introduced for the MERCHANTS. READ IT! IT’S MEANT FOR YOU!! and Provisions, softiy behind May, and revealed his laughing- face over her shoulder never doubting but that it was his sistei’ Clara. May screamed, bnt was top much' frightened to look around at the. re treating figure of , Ralph as he started out of the window in the twinkling of an eye. He had just arranged the lace cur tain and dosed the window, as the girls ran into the room, eager to hear what May’s lover was to look like. ; She could not jspeak for some time, but at last got over her flight -enough to tell them all about it That he had very handsome brown eyes and a month that was just then smiling au daciously, • “Was he-brown or light, May?” ask-. edNelU “O, he was very brown,” answered May, “and he had such a handsome moustache.” . “Well, that was a pretty good look j to take at him, at any rate,” said prac tical Clara. “What do yon think of j it, Nell? Could, it really have , been j the Fates loose to-1 ISAAC’S HOUSE. Macon, Ca. Hotel and Restaurant. Board §3 X 3 ei- Day. Bagjrnge Free io and from fhe House. Liberal terms made for families o. others, by the «e<*_k cr a longer penod. C. J. Marlelle.il in the office, E. ISAACS. Proprietor. TRe Tale of a Defeated Candidate- John Cain was a qniet, nnobtrnsive citizen. He didn’t long’for fame and renown, and he didn’t care two cents whether this greatond glorious coun try is governed dy a one-horse Repub lican or, a two horse Democrat. He had a pew in chnrcli; gave - six teen ounces for a pound, and whenev er a- man looked him square in the eye Mr. Cain never took a back seat. He was at home at a reasonable hour in the eveninsr, never took part ir the. discussion, “Is lager healthy?” and many a man wished that- his life rolled on as evenly and peacefully as John Cain’s. -J Pf But, alasl the tempter came. In an evil hour John Cain allowed the poli ticians to get. after him and to sur round him. They said he was the strongest man In.the county; that he conld scoop out of his boots any man. set rip by the opposition; ihat his vis- tues were many anil his vices 00000; Our Goods are Fresh. They are Full Weight They are Bought Right and will be Sold the Same Way. We Can’t be Undersold by any House in the Sonth. Seymour, Tinsley & Co., MACON, GA. proaching marriage, when-Clara Clif ton was announced. Clara had heard the news of May’? approaching nup tials, and had hastened to condole with her friend, knowing that such a marriage would be extremely distaste ful to her. Clara was ready witted and propos ed a plan at once. ... “Why not run away,” she said. « nen jot. Gain arose in the morn and became sober enough to read the election retarns, lie found he had scooped ’em as follows. Opposing candinate. John Cain .36,420 31,380 time in the present edition have been added B »t for the sake of pictorial effect,' but to give frwter lucidity ondYofce to the:exphmntions i n tte teit. They embrace-all branches of science of natural history;' and depict the inost ’fa- Jujus and remarkable features of scenery, archi- "'tare. and art, as well as the. various processes « mechanics and manufactures. 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Capital and Asset* ^ THE EQUITABLE FIRE I5& CO, ofNis^HRe, Tena. ‘ $1,000,000, some one, or are night?” " V? “I think we had better search the room,” said Nell. And at it they went, behind the cur tains, under the lounge, under the ta bles, and they even turned over an GUERNSEY, BARI lit M & HENDRIX, DOORS, SASH AND BLINDS,WINDOW AND DOORFRAMES, BALUS TERS, NEWEL POSIS, SCHOLL WORKS, BUILDERS’ HARD WARE, GLASS, OILS, PAINTS, PUTTY, ETC., ETC. A full line of the above always in stock, and supplied io city and country on short notice ‘ June 27, 6m N Jgj m 11 4 ■« 8831