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Xj_ W SIUVES.,
successor to sims, ibvin * co.]
Tb* Finn of Sim*, Irvin b Cos. having dissolved, I will continue
le keep alwavs on hand
LUMBEB, SHINGLES, LATHS,
DOORS, SASH, BLINDS,
BRICK, LIME,
and other buildings material.
Mr prisss will b. low and CASH must .company all orders. Call and consult
-a bsfor. b,vl .ls.wb.rs. Will ..or. Ou.no and other arti.De at my warehouse ,
5Ti*2Z enable. A am.,, --
lam autb.rl.ed to ..Ml. all claim, du. by or to tb. old ftrm. OrViCT AT^AKNOUt
L. W. SIMS.
1884. COTTON BUSINESS SEASON. 1884.
W. V. MERCIES,
COTTON FACTOR.
AUGUSTA, GEORGIA.
marble.
A. R. ROBERTSON, Athens, Georgia.
MANUFACTURE It AND IMPORTER OF
Granite and Marble Monuments & Tombstones
A large lot of fltiiuhed work ou on hand ready for loitering. I will P
half freight on Monument* and Tomb Stone* delivered In Washington, Oa.
l#l A. R. ROBERTSON. Alfct aa *.
N EW STORE
NEW GOODS!
NEW PRICES!
B. M. WINESTOCK,
Formerly of Greenydll®, S. 0„*
inform, the citizens of Washington and Wilke, county generally, that be ha*
opened at the .tore on the wont aide of the public square, tot metly
occupied by Mr*. Stewart a* a millinery .tore,
a well selected stock of
Clothing for Gants, Youths and Boys,
FltOM THE CHEAPEST TO THE BEST.
—A Good A.aertmant of
Shoos, Boots, Hats, Caps, Gents’ Furnishing Goods,
amb H..a(mapna Umbrellas. Trunk* 'and Jswelry. Largi lot of Underwear. Toils!
rlaty. Su.prudcrs, Silk, Uo.u .ad Cotton H.ndk.rebl.f., Boalscy
J ODv!. A nls. lot of tali,.' Cloak., .11 of which we *>''*"'•<'\ h ’ mVg
* , m.taanimK th nstivciH These iloo'ds wa offtP to sail cheap for OMD. MR. U,
TIfoMAsVoPK *. will u. and will b. glad to ... bi. f.i.ad. and n„*hbor. .ndUt tb.o,
have ttods at VKRT LOW PRHiItS.
Gw da at Vh. B; M WINESTOCK, AG’T.
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The Most Modern Style of Monuments,
Soluble Pacific Guano.
Tne Onlv one of the Pioneer Fertilizers that is
still under the same name.—
M AM.-FACTUKKI) BY
Pacific Guano Company.
CAPITAL ONE MILLION DOLLARS.
This widelv known and exlenalvely used Fertilixcr. made famous by all
taat nearlv a quarter of a century, may be bad, as usual, from Agents
everywhere,
J. o. MATHEWSON & CO.,
Gan a wal. Aobktb Pact rlo Gravo CoMrasv, AUGUbTA, GA
JAS. A. BENSON. Ag’t. Washington, Ga.
AM H. r. Boiler and is it. P Eagln* for Sale at a Bargain
Nan Ueattd at Magmder Mlae.
GEO. R. LOMBARD & CO.,
Foundry, Machine and Boiler Works,
ANI) MILL AND ENGINE SUPPLY HOUSE.
ManafttLrsr, and dealers ill Fngios t>d Bill Machinery, Boilers snd Piping and
all kiada .if Fittm**. Shafting, VnUeya, lUucera, Boxes, Hie., in a ock for prompt da
-I,eery. fleneral agent in Uehrgia, South Carolina, Florida and Alabama lor Korting
Inject ora and Van Buren Jet Bump*. Wa hate the moat eilenaiTe shops in the South.
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THE INVISIBLE HAND.
*. I,IN WOOD SMITH.
I cannot pretend te explain away or
to account for the following incident.
I am not a fanciful or imaginative man
and if ever I thought of “ghost.” or
took part in any conversation ef
which they happened to be the topic,
it was to throw ridicule upen them
That I .hail never do again. The
skeptical reader may declare that
what I am about to relate was the re
sult of a dream or hallucination. 1
knew that I was never in fuller pos
session of my waking senses, and I
actually aaw and went through the
following experience:
It i* about seven ye.r. ago since
the announcement appeared in a lo
paper that “Shufton Villa.” a meat
desirable, excellently ventilated and
advantageously siturled residence,
was to be let. I had Jong been in
search of a suitable bouse (V>r myself
ami my family, and regularly, ovary
tiay. had described a cin ui/of about
seven or aighl miles around the fair
city of Exeter with tlie moat disheart
ing results.
H was while plunged in despair at
my tton-succeM that iLu above adver
tisement one morning attracted the
eye of my wife. We eagerly caught
at the prospect of such a solution to
onr difficulty; it seemed a blessing in
deed after so much tabor si>c-ut in
vain. The preliminaries were ar
ranged, aud in duo time we were in
stalled in our new home.
After a week’s sojourn, however,
we began to feet unpleasantly cun
teioua that by the surrounding in
habitants, and the peasantry in par
ticular, we were regarded’ with ab
sorbing interest and enrtexity; and
it was not until Jane, one ol out do
mestics, had captured the heart of a
certain son of toil that any clew was
allot, I fit to the myatery. Then wc
learned for the first time since taking
our new rtaiilence, that it bote the
reputation of being haunted.
A former proprietor, ao ran the sto
ry among the ignorant villagers, hail
surprised his daughter one evening
inditing a loving epistle to the soli ot
his enemy; had ssized it ovr her
shoulder, and alter reading it had
compelled hefito write another ap
pointing a meeting in tlutt room that
very night. Providing himself with
a pistol tho snraged tat lose himself
met the young lover, and alter be
stowing upon him hot words, present
ed a loaded revolver at the young
man’s breast. This wa* probsbly
done merely te intimidate the hero,
but at that very moment the door wa.
throw it open by his daughter, whs,
taking in the situation at a glance,
cast herself upon the form of her
lover.
This scented to have turned the
rattier’* wavering purpose into a
fixed determination At any rale,
whether ■.rent accident or design, the
pistol went off, and before the
wretched man's gaze the next moment
Wet's tlto dying form* of bis daughter
and his etu'iny s '“it. Casting him
self before them iu passionate griei
the terroristrickeu lather besought
forgiveness. It was too late. N*
word est.aiied their lips, and ere lie
coni*l summon aaaisiance he fell
upon his brow the braudof Cain.
That hi|ht the matter of the house
disappeared, and tome fishermen,
rowing on the river the following
morning, discovered his b*dy floating
down the tide
Thu* ran this very tragic story, and
as it appeared on further Inquiry
our new and enviable reaidettre had
been let and rein again. On each
occasion the tenant had quitted it af
ter a very short stay, front, some
unknown cause, and this bad at last
given the houae the reputation of
being in the possession of disettibedied
spirits.
I was sitting at half-past 11, one
night in the latter part of February
in the room 1 used as my study,
busily writing, when my mind in a
careless fashion rararted to this su
perstition concerning “Shufton Vil
la,'’ 1 bad hot been thinking of the
story, which seemed In eome strange
manner to be borne iu upon uty mind
My wife and children ami our aer
vauta had retired to real, and my
thoughts were uttditlitrbed by the
aligheat sound. AM about the bouee
waa as silent as the grava.
At the same moment that 1 began
to recall the legend in the form in
which it had reached me itawidenly
flashed across me that I waa seated
in the vary room in which the ter
rible deed was to have been enact
ed.
1 am by no means a superstitious
man, but the de -d silence in the house
and the wind mourning among the
tall trees without, ind fhe hollow
ringing sound made by my own foot
steps whenever I moved to stretch
myself, combined with the in-
fluence of the supposed witch
ing hour, when calculated to pro
duce a certain teusadon of awe
morula. I again settle,! myself to
work even in the most unimaginative
of but I quickly discovered that it was
almost impossible to divert :ny
thoughts from the subject of the haun
ted room.
My writing—a philosepbieal trai
nee that I was preparing for a quar
terly review—was spread out on the
table before me, aud I had leaned
back upon my chair iu a futile en
deavor to get again into train of
thought, my eyes meantime being
bent listlessly U|ton the paper. 1 be
held sheets slowly rise frow the table
and more forward in the direction of
my sheulder, as tf drawn there from
behind toe by some invisible hand.
The lamp had burnt rather low,
and a gentle, subdued light was in
the room, aud iu it I saw distinctly
the paper shake and quiterflmi with
out a single rustle or uoise of any
kind), as if the Itand that held it
were violently trembling. I felt rny
sclfquite powerless cither to move
or Utter a sound; my tongue became
routed to my mouth and my lia.r
teumvd is assume a perpendicular
position.
By a great effort of will I pushed
hack the chair, and rose from mj
seat, and the paper as I did so fell
silently u|ku the table. I drew my
handkerchiul from my* pocket and
wiped my forehead and walked
around to where the lamp burned to
turn it up. As I did so my ryes fell
it|ton the opposite side iff the wall ami
rested for a moment Upon the por
trait of the dead master of the house.
I involuntarily shuddered 1 know not
why, at rhesight,and then my gaze
dropped to the chair 1 had just quit
ted and tivhind it 1 saw with the ut
most vividness the outline of a human
form.
The feature* as I looked became
plainly visible and Worn those of the
picture on the wall. TransAxcd to
the spot my hand resting upon the
lamp, unable to move it up, I watched
the countenance of the figure and saw
that it was convulsed with rsge and
surprise. For a moment I thought a
faarful gaze was Axed upon me, when
slowly aud was shaken
furitß.ty at some invisible object ap
parently in the seat 1? itad left. The
expression next changed to one of in
tense malice and anticipated revenge,
and the forefinger iiointed to a paper
an the tablo.
Drawing a deep breath, I still gazed
at my unearthly visitant. For the
moment all fear had let) me, and I
wailed calmly what wa* to follow.
I assert this moat emphatically.
From Ihe gestnru* of the figure there
appeared to be another invisible per
sonage in the roem whom it was up
bridiug. Suddenly a lrightlul change
passed over the distorted features
and I beheld written upon them aa
if It bad been stamped in legible let
ters the word “murder.” My lips tried
to cry “forbear,” but no sound escaped
them. The horrible dsspair upon
that face which fullewtd, as succeed
ing some rash deed, was awful te
witness, and it haunted ms for many
a long day after. The figure wrung
its hands with a took of unspeakable
agony, and to my horror was steal
thily laming its eyee full upon me,
when the lamp, which op to new had
been burning lew, suddenly wem
out anil left me iu total darkness.
llow long I stood there I know not;
but at last with a fading of faintness
l groped my way lo the door and
made for my wife’s room. She w's
awakened by my coming up stairs,
and in wonderment beheld my stag
gering gait and pallid countenance
and looked with astonishment at the
glass of brandy which 1 swallowed
at a gulp.
In less than a week our excelleut
ly situated and enviable residence
had lost its tenants and we were
numbered among the panic-stricken
occupiers of the puat. Many times
after our departure I heard tbit
“Shufton Villa” waa to be let. But
the last time the announcement waa
varied. Through the medium of the
same local paper a paragraph inform
adme tlvsfSbuflott ViUa” waa to be
pulled down aud and church erected on
the aide out of the bounty of a
lately deceased Lord of the Manor.
Wiley Britt, residing near Foreyth,
has recently made a shingle which
had been riven from neartbo centre of
a pine tree thirty-two inches in diame
ter. and in which was imbedded a
smalt bullet. Actual measurement
shewed the location of the bullet to be
about thirteen inches from the cir
cumference of the tree, and bv close
inspection no tract of its penetration
could be seen.
A telegraph line will be established
between A morions and Preston, and
probably Lumpkin.
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