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EaterpriM 4 AypeaL kUHMtfMMnoN HIKE •no copy one year .... “ ’ Eight months . . . “ Four months . . . *1:3 . so AllVKKTISISG KATES: Grizzled «M gray. indeismt, leaking** if ft* bnd Mien M the CraHi fa tffirpnffito* af his lilt; aaif the worlil hflff gone oe end left him hopalamjy behind— Chrsettnne tnrkty for bias thie year; net for twenty yearn peat, I reckon—tM old Confederate eol WU*ni|*«d&t tHAwer.1 It. for he bad a kit of lead to car ry, told me this star? the other day in the Shenandoah- If it ie uatraa, or dnii. Mnase bin net. I •**<* *>• I General “JylY”Stu»rt waa bang ing im the Federal ten It. Hie mtdalght camp wan pitched on the hillside. Up the hill a little ' way lay a farm booae; two or three hayelacks knag upon the hi liable. The worn out hnrnes the ground under the trees in the camp tha troopers lay—black men, white me*, brown man, men who were gray and old, little lade, boys who bad earn dozens of battles and hardly yet ae many yams, n mixed and mot lay lot; On.* square, (ten lines or less?" 1 insertion ■ ■ . . . - ■ ♦1.00 For csHfWBffifllniffiffipsertion .30 AIt jeklap ntmw^ 0 "^ price. Obituaries will Ire clisrged for ns >ther advertisements. without' r *8S c ‘*. wrntohnd, hungry. m They lav on tbeir bellies befere the firs, t «<»:n \ U, whew to all Jlimbs dU this cbHdcoane from? I* it yowra? I mea t have ckiklerv Don ad wm here. I Ml any babiee at heme; can't yen do the war?' -Taint my pane little chic hie. General Smart.” -Than take it to it* met bar,” tbnaderad the rbleC “It* mother tosfcnd, general.” “To its fstbor, then.” 9ll to fe i^mpgmaeH: “Dead. Killed ia thr ben yen led over that fence btr the fern bouse on the bilk tab.” The Confederate general bit bis lips. Then mut tering to himself an bn mar up and Inraed half away: “Killed at I the farm bowse where I led. Snree |mmm* farmer defee.ling bis home aad little ones. I can't stand Utter’ “Please. air. Meter General won't yon take my red np|iie? Papa growed it ia bis orchard. And he bayed that, turn” Here bayonets enuring thair camp, its aw the high ridge to The wd bn Over the ban* crest af agaiaut the moon he confederate carafrr pamriag to impeuas tight. Stnart. tious end wary leader, bad es caped. “Come, men! We mast follow owr general no foot—any way to get not of this. Come! Up by the I hey slacks ami over the ridge.” The strong man started up the 1 bay stacks. The child, as if it nmaMMit might foil, wound iu left arm affectionately a boot the great gray shark of hair. And that little act saved it; that acri ilental show of affection woa the oM fellow's heart entirely. Why. he would not now have pitched it aside with the terrified negroes lar gold. Up the bill he led swift ly. then men f.dlowed in groups, knots, singly, armed, aaarmed, limping. leaning, erect ia all man ner of ways, ealy so as to escape the ferocious federal*, charging np the bill from below. They could see the poieU ot shieing bv Advertisemeuts inserted .periflratiwn as to tin' iiuiiiUt .>1 in sertions, will lie published until order ed out, Slid charged arcnrdinyly. All advertise meats due-when hand ed in. -:0:- toii xten ear- WltiDs. Our long experience guarantee satisfaction, in the business enables us to and we promise to save you money if you will let us handle and sell your Cotton AH we ask is a trial, and you will bovonvmeed of tint fact. Before selling your Cotton and porit yourself as to prices. )n> sure tn cal! 4)11 US iagiy herd maal i ! the little chi Id reached its flag, i the light oftbe burning fence rails trying bard to make frtoada with : as thay fled oet of it, aad the man! 4Hn was ! black color had nearly all faded from the flying confederates as Ibcy.agared the hay stacks. Hera the gray-headed old ser want, with the child on his muachinK roasted corn, gnaeingit ... off tha cl greciltjr. basking it, tnrmng swo,m ,f toarotdIrt. roasting it. raffing* in the ashes n ^ ***** <, ‘ J **"*' on the coals, singeing it in the I °** ***** . ,. . „ I “Had it in its hand when 1 blazing lire «-f e!d Virginia fence I .... ... . .. ,, j found it, sr.b; it won l give it up, j shoulders, paused fur a moment , salt; says his father gave it to it: under the hay stacks to get his rails, out in Now and then a shot rang the clrar, still night, awav . . „ . „ . , . . . . . . , . . | for the Fourth of July, eah. where tha pickets wet too close! v . „ . J , 1 - “t’„ir ,.f Jnfe- ” ni.v»I t ha ; for peace.and now til then list ter disposed men on the picket lines, or more favored anil fortu Celebrated Pratt Gin, which is the best Gin made. We sold over twenty-five hundred dollar* worth of these Gins last soaeon, anti we hake pleasure in referring you to any of our numerous customers. Tf you. want a First-Class Engine, Saw Mill, •r any kind of Machinery, call and see us and get the most favorable prices ami terms. Thanking you for a liberal patronage in the past, we »r*, Respectfully, J. M. REDDING & CO. Jutr 31 3m. CtJRH Iicu:nsi5.Sirk Hezdachc. Turpi' '-'st sr.d E.-j/els, Indigestion Soul' Stomach. Spleen HCS3&, r Jdalarh :d rMi 'iJt and Enric, E'aod lyiih jut nauseating tt •~ csh or ureaksr.inq the system ’ ..e; 1 to 2Been: on going to beti Hsus Maras 4 ■ Pn p«. id hr Druggists ST LCTtl-j, ■ For S*il«r by J. W. Stanford.4’nthhurt <ia. jtuic Ww D, KIDDOO. ATTtmtr.l AT a. aw. Cuthbert, (in. W llsla pnH'tii f at any |*lare in th<* State l»v '*!***HaI o*i»tr:u t. tf. {natr, mst together tad reached I each other tobacco oa their kayo I nets, and old ragged newspapers ! in a sort of exchange of prisoners i of war. The moon rode high anil ‘ white in the great blue sea above, * and all the stars of heaven looked down in pity ami ia peace. Then a song burst out. The black nten were tinging louder, awreler, with more |>alh>ia and memoiie* of home than the white men. It was a Mil. grotesque. eur<l anil unique picture, fold, denly Stuart stood in the inidet ! of the ragged anil tiprnarious lot. “Discipline! Look here, Ser : geanl Zcb I want discipline or : death. Discipline. I say! Doyou ! expect me Vo light battles and i win victories with a howling moh i like thia. and the enemy right 1 here waiting to rev il on us the 1 moment we give him a chance! Discipline. I say! Hang your i blacks and abort your whites, or! otlttoUiy vilh .„ d , truke the have discipline! j hair of gold that hung heavy a* | Silence in a second! and the : gjgj, ; n waa j long, lean mcr. and the sleeping ! t Ue lad's shouldem Kolf of July,” pi|)ed the little waif, and waving the little stare and atripea overhead, there ia the midst of the dark aad gathering circle of soldiers under the rake. The general turned, stopped and caught the child ia bit arms. “Keep your pretty little flag, and wave il when ami where you like. You don't know the differ ence. Here Zeb, taka care of this little kill. Boys, we killed father by chance yesterday. Let ns lake care of it. We can't do less; aad maybe it will bring us I nek. What ilo you My, bovsK’ The wihl shout that shook the leaves of the oaks overhead etai - tied the advocate for discipline. I hearings. The moon bad fallen i down the crest of the hill. It was nearly dark now. The federal bayonets were only a few steps in the rvtr. The ragged and de moralised confederates huddled close aad helpleM np sail after the tall aad grizzled old giant, who stood there looking out which way to lirail them, with the chihl on his shoulder, its left arm hug ging the great gray heail, its right his i one holding the flag. The tall, gray soliiier threw up bis great hravy hand to his brow aed looked out under bis broail palm to try and see which way to lead Suddenly the hay stacks blazed out before him, anti the whole scene wm bright as day. pie, and many a black and while j aad not over clean band reached DENTIST C UTIIHERT, (IA. O ffice »>.« Kl«le FuUiv jvj.iw, .... r IL L. IAnm’n tVM7-lv I HOLT’S me ELIXIR The only known remeilv that will cure every ease of Dyspepsia or Indigestion. It lias been tcgOtd in Hundreds offenses and has never failed in a single instance. It has begp Mrtrrlieeessfiul in ' U - liHi Lirer CoaptaiBt, CMstipathMi, Jamtfice, HntadM, Acidity cr Hccrtkcn, Ckrwuc Dysentery er DiarriMn, Heart Disease, Etc. end in t?m eiseof ASTHMA. wlierFijmiylinitptl with indicrstiaai. Torpid Liver. «*r Constipation, it is a safe an»l certain mre. Wm MfDWKPTU.-MidHhMlM -fTIOfto tnr the wiiwnIw md they will be convinced that they are not incurable dieeAMt. lWis medicine is cdWfWMof ptirefy resctanlc reme*lies. Symptoms of I)ysjH*psia or indigestion, loss of appetite, loss of flesli, a feeling of fullness or weight in the Stomach, occasionally nausea and vomiting. Heartburn, Acidity, flatulence, sick or nervous headache, Dull pain in the head. with a sensa- u>* chicftsTu’ tion of Heaviness, or Gidtliness, Irregularity of the Bowels, sometimes Constipated > | acrilT and then acting too freely, Low Spirits, Sleeplessness. Sallow Skin. Derangement of corn 2 Kidneys. Palpitation of the Heart, <fec. If you suffer with any of these symptoms,! h*d only a few teeth marks in Dr. Holt’s Dyspeptic Elixir will cure you. The following are a few testimonials of i them, being almost entirely in- artics whohave been eur.'d by Ihe Elixir: . „ , . i Uul - Others again were pretty down to the cob. im’.s pulled themselvea together anil tried to look and act like sol iliers, while the blacks, at the sug gestion of their lieing hung up. melted back from tbeir Aiful em barn into the night, aa iftbey were a part of it. Then the weary, bearded chief threw liin.aelf on a heap of saddles at hand and for got his sternness, m he looked about over the wretched group of poor fellows gathered for a little rest under the oaks. “Boys, I'm hungry as a wolf; what have you got to eat?” A dozen men sprang up. a half dozen young, beardless troopers rushed forward, aad from oat of the night, back nailer trees, there came many black forms. Aad each and every one, b! and white men, old men and li boys, rushed np and thrust s haa<U witb an ear of roasted Some of these ears of coi Hatchks'k Station. Oa.. (Vtohcr IStti. 1SJK5. i —.it troubled with indferstiiai and neevous headache for tlie Ism rift'-'-n year*. During that nine I have j w * 11 gaaweo _ | pseioftnsl skarlm of liSadsiSie. Itarinyerlian-fr,l my os-n skill and trictl the prcM-rintions of a w at thlny physicians. I wan induced tn try your Dyspeptic Elixir. You sent me a hnute about tbv midille of MarcV last, and I sm happy to inform you that I have not suffered from these tieriodical attacks since. My indigestion is almost if not entirely cut#.' • can eat any and everythin* without material injury. I have been a practicing physician for thirty years, and have ever been opposed to proprietary medicine. You kindly furnished me with the formula fur the Elixir, and on fi- and turning In Zcl), an be strode | The fcilerals bad beta waiting for away into the night for another i the confederates to come. Aad i part of his camp, he shouted: “Si-1 now, as they stood there huddled! leave! and Zeb, discipline! DmIi together, apd helpless aa slieep,' it, discipline or death, I My!’’ j they found the Lay stacks ia their | and lie was gone. They gathered j path of retreat, and stood there alwiul the wide eyed, rosy faced j behind them, tiefore them, around orphan, with its flag and red ap-! them, to shoot them down in the light they had kindled. It was a matchless aad a mag aificent sight! No scene so bright no sunlgbl brighter! It pleased the time over child, excited and delighted it. 1 What coaid it care for the long “I found it ia the fence corner,” > line of gleaming guns leveled a said Zeb, “all a shiverin', and its , fe* rods away in the rear? What daddy and its mammy dM<l, allot, did it know of the death hiding down by stray ballet* when we; down in every gleaming gun bar stermed the |Jaee.” j rel of that compact mats of nni- “Yea, and dar war a rabbit' formed men just before? Nothing right acide uv him,” said a black at alL Its little heart leaped with lace ia the dark, over another man's sbouhkfe-r. “An’ golly, we kotebed and eat der rabbit,” chuckled another black man. “Wal, we'll keep the kid; keep ’em till tlie cows come home.” And with n grant of aairsrMl approval from all aa they malted •way, old Zeb, hoisted tlie little ana high up on hie colossal •boulders, aad turned suddenly look and to listen, for there waa ddee Ofld look raiders Nts af beyond flay stacks. Wkich way wonder anil delight at the lieattti- llie gun The the the this (ui uniforms, the discipline, quick action in which every was brought to the shoulder, bayonets were beantiftil, gleaming bayonets all in bright light. The child seemed to think a part af the celebration, and in fullness of it* delight, just ss the federal officer drew his sword and wm giving the word “Bre!” the child, holding tight on to tlie great, grixzly hand with its left bawl, aad m if to contribute its part to the celebration, wared its little flag there ia the gisra mad light. And ia Uial awful still ness which comes always before an? dreadful catastrophe, pi|ied its shrill little voice, out is as it stifr t4t the inrdical ompertfe* and Tlieroutitical application and I recoimnenoaU atifferirg from iudieestion rSisesv*ansitig from a tarpid liver' “ * ' *> —' ' ■- _ pid hvsrto preenrr s bottle of your Dyspeptic Elixir, for it is almost I recemnicml it To my patron, and prescribe it in my practice. 1 would have cumnlied with ye.' t request, made when I aaw you last, but tbsu*ht it best to dclav in order to be thoroughly convinced as to its cura tive properties. Verv truly yours, 11. I’. DOZIEK, M. D. T. *.—I cau'taflfotA to be a itiiout the Elixir. 1 will have it in luv house let it cost what it mar. 1.. I*. D. P*. F. X. Holt. EcrxrLX. Ai.x. c«*rT»oi.Lra Gexkkal's OrricE. Ati.axta. Ga.. July Shli. 1BW. Pear Sis—I am pleased to report that I have been entirely cured of indigestion, by the use of your “Dyspeptic Elixir.” I wav induced by a friend to try it after having tried almost every remedy known for my disease, without The slightest ctfect. J loek onlv three sniHlUmttles of your medicine iwrfore I was cntirelv wda I sutlercd several vears, ami although it has been three lesrs store I OScAyeur pees motion, tbs** had ne actum of it hours trniv. rr T7.. ^ Mf. A. WEIGHT. Comp. Gen. State of Ga. Oftice or tur Kixckr MAXrr.ACTrRixa Co.. Krrtru* At ... July 4tli. 1SSS. Till* is to certify that niv wife, kfary J. Hiplrtower, suffered for six years from indigestion and c;.--. of the liver; j that she had been reduce,! in flesh from lSOnoiinds tog.% poniHls. and was -ioomy and iloprmlrnt; tiiat as an cxjreriinent— ‘ and by earnest jierauasioli—she was induced to try one liotrlc of Dr. Holt's l>ysi*optie Elixir; that she was immediately and materially benefitted. ami coiltinuins its use a few'months, she was entirely relieved of her troubles, retrained licr appetite, and now wcizlts EkS pounds. The Elixir has bronxlit us health and happiness where all other remedies had resulted in con tinuous suffering and disappobiltueut. J. t', HlGIITi IWEK. But they were all alike offered ; ehiltl on bin massive shoulders, w.tb prompt generositv- fwas thglnlf officer iacbalge. Tbs “Cornf’ sad the Confederate | blanks'tsere bffilag akoaC behind chief shook bis head witb a grim j the trees, liebiad each other, na- aad sickly smile, as Its muttered ! der Mobiles, blankets, anywhere, to himself: “Corn! boiled corn. | The shouts of the advancing ene- roasteil corn, raw corn, while I mv came loud and clear from b«- should the surprised sad panic- j ' l **^ l*ig* ,er f° r l he «cca stricken sottlier fly? Tha colossal | old Virginia sergeant, with the' Ei fmt.a. All. May 1j»t, 1AK3. Dk. IIolt—Hear Air; AkmitflrryMn apo I whs taktn vith t violent *«»uarh with enlarged liver and ron<«tipiitt*>n. I prew Tronc «n<i rrorte until it was almyet iuipcnMhlc for tuffi|fl> Ue down Md fffi|et?|> at ni|*ht for 1?* m«>Hth*. uwin^to the severity of t |m dtodfo-4 Mfc*tofitt||M4flBMn iNffiMftBffiffiln • (RffanirtM rrttiRR inon a pillow oil a table. Was treated l>y two ditfer- «S«993fti3.nBBHTiSwrIMAit MmWw?,' *aH of wturD «ltd no good. After bavinic despaired «*f ever {retting wffill.inT wif« consulted you by letter. You sent me two bottles of your Dyspeptic Elixir: in lcssjhan jkruet lav ^tgu 1* 1 lie down and aleep «.♦ well as f ever <N>uld in mv life; a few Unties cured me perfectly. rei ‘ ( V¥ liel, *4QPvWB^S. nuni ‘ tor ^^iP-dnstfttkuahjWW-WHitof "M*. Yours truly, Mr. W. D. London, of Hatchers Station, says Dr. Holt's Dyspeptic Elixir cup^ I. After having despaired of ever jrciti Elixir: in lesgjthan thre^lav^lemild m Emm. Ala.. May 1st, IStfS. litA of Dyspepsia of a very aggravated form of twelve months ntmjrho failed to benefit her. * ^ BRYANT GBIFFIN. White Pond. Ga. SALS BY ALL 1333/0"GG-ISTS. -M>ri! m-iy. dauglit^ * count! bt boiled corn. corn, all kinds of corn. No, no Iniys. I'm hungry; but I can’t eat rare any more to-aigbt.” The men melted back in respac-tful silence into s broad circle. And there, suddenly, somehow, in the center of tlie circle, stood a child, a little boy who had been aroused from bis sleep on the pile of sad dles in the commotion that at tended the chieftain’s coming, j ncar throwing it away with Ami now wideawake with a little „f negroes hiding toy flag in one hand and s red apple in the other, this little boy stood there ia the midst of these wild and ragged men, with cheeks as rosy as the apple ha held >■ his dimpled little band. tlfyef hungry, mlater Saptaia, general, here's my red apple,” and low and eery near. The camp fire, the song of the soldiers, had done the mischief. This little squad of ragged, panic stricken night raiders wm doomed. The leaves began to fall like autumn time over tild Zeb, the tall and angular old sergeant. What a plight for • babe in his The old sergeant cams I sion: “Foof of July.” Put it upon record in gold and red that the federal officer lowered the |M>iat of his sword. The heavy breeches of the guns struck the stony grrand with a thud. The line of Ulus divided, and the old gray confederate, with his lit tle charge on bis shoulder still waving its little flag, passed on through the linn, while cheer after cheer shook the bullet ridilled leaves of toe oaks overhead. And this is the story ot the old ooafederate soldier of the Shenan doah, who bad missad the train on the line to progreM down la old Virginia. Josquis SIillek. A gentleman traveling in Ohio Tear* ago turned in at a country tavern for dinner. The the; bar room wm garnished with a negroes biffing away under tha saddles. Where wm Stnart? Tha sergeant pat his hand to his ear ami Ire Pad tolis- fen se best be con^l bet sharp volleys from below ruining the prospects af the ”tlm flffi twy* a that J»»rs head. dirty tub brein, a piece of aoap the size of a lozenge and a square yard of. erreh dimly visible through tpi dearie deposits. Hav ing slightly washed, the traveler seed the rag doubtfully, and then next (naked tbs proprietor. “Haven’t von, sir, nbont the premises a thia year's towel?” to a Nam Turk eradirala, aad the cosspicUoo of what is knows as the Bret divi- from Haiabriilgc to Cuth bert, arithin the next twelve •Melba ia gonranteed by the pnr- chasers. Tbs sale was virtually made or agreed upon in August laslj bat the papers were not sign ed aor tlie road turned over to the imrcbasers, until Honday night, or early yesterday morn lag. Tha read was owned by Messrs. Wm. and S. G. McLendon, of TboanMville, Capt. B. Iloltbs, of this city, Hr. L. O. Jackson, and one or iwo others, of Uainbridgr, sail C«ls. Wm. Tumlin, Arthur llood, and Capt. M. I. Atkins, of Cuthhert. These gentlemen, or ■ansi of them, met some gentle man representing a New York syndicate in this city on Momlay, and they were in consultation at Capt. Ilolih's office throughout the night anil until an early hour yesterday morning. The trans fer papers were all drawn up and signed in time for Mr. McLcudon aad some of the New Y'ork gentle men to get off on the 3 o'clock train yesterday morning, the notes that were given lieing print cti at the News and Advertiser of flee between 10 and 12 o'clock Monday night. The parlies met for business, and, after they got together, they didn't slop until they had flaisheil it. The News and Advertiser learn ed from the best authority that the purchasers of the road olili gated themselves to complete the road between Bainbridgc and Cuthbert within the next twelve months. The road is already- graded lietwea these two |xunu, and it was thia, together with the charter, franchise, etc., that was sold. The price paid for the road was $90,000, which amount comes to a majority ol the late owners almost like a “windfall.” It ia understood that the road i will be extended from Cuthbert, to Florence, thence across the j Chattahoochee to tap the Ixiuis- ville anil Nashville railroad at the moat practicable jmint, and from Florence to Columbus, connecting with the road now in rontciupla lion from Columbus to Atlanta or Ceilartown. The New York gentlemen who were here Monday and yesterilay workrd “on the quiet,” and lia-l nothing to aay to any one except those wilh whom they- hail busi ness. It is unclcrst. o-l by those who ought to know that the sy n ilicatc which has purchased the road is an independent one and a strong on*. The New Y'ork gentlemen left fur Cuthbert yesterday, anil work on the road was commenced by llic new company Monday.—At bnny Sort oad Adcertiaer. ■arret* tf Mineral Fstsaalag. OaLETiionrc, Macon Co., Ga., Aug. 25, 1884.—When a young man ol 2ayears I took mercury in pills and wus exposed to the weather, being a railroad inan. The result was salavation and the , iMiisoning of my whole system with i mercury. 1 i offered untold mit-! cry for years. Some few years | ago 1 broke tlie skin on my right j l*-g. and the poiaou in my blood ' produced an ulcer, from which I j suffered so much pain that ampu- tation was regarded necessary. I But instead of having the o|iei'a tion performed 1 commenced tak ing S. S. S. The ulcer has entire ly disappeared, aad ao symptom of the blood poison left. I am in better health than I have been for years, anil I have no hcaitancy ia saying that it is the best bliss I purifier in the world. I know •hereof I speak, as I have given ■any of them a trial. 1 honestly lielieve that S. S. S. haa added ten years to my life. J. II. Xocgax. Faiafol Ulcers. My mother, who is about seven ty-live years old, and a resident of Dooly County, hail an ulcerat ed ankle which gave her great pain and trouble. 11 became ag- j gravateil to a fearful degree, and every application of known or sug gested remedies failed to bring relief. Physicians prescribed, but to no avail. After six months suffering I induced her to try 8. 8. S. One bottle had the remarka ble effect ot producing a |>erfecl enre. aad there haa bran no return of the disease. P. H. Cm-wxq.cn. Of the Mouth Ga. Conference. Macon. Ga., July 14, 1884. Caseer fcr Many Tears. A family servant haa lieea af flicted for many years with a can cer on her nose, and was treated by some of the best physicians, and the old remedies used with out beuefit. Finally wc gave her Swift's S|*cifi‘-. ami she has been completely cured. Jons IIill, Druggist. Thompson, Ga., Aug. IS. 1884. Treatise on Blood and 8km Diseases limited free. Tbe Swift Sratuvc Cix. Draw er 3. Atlanta, Ga., 159 W. 23d St.. N. Y., anil 1205 Chestnut St. Phils. “I never saw such a woman in all my life.” said Bare; “you are never satlsled with anything. “People who knew tbe man I took for a husband,” replied Mrs. B., “think, a* lb*contrary, that I sm cosily satisfied.” ■e Saw Himself. Such incidents hare been the turning point in the fortunes of more than one family. “Yon must exense me, gentle men, for f candol drink any thing,” aaid a man who waa well known to the entire town as a drunkard. “That is the firat time yon ever refused a drink,” said anacqunin tancc. “The other day you wri-c hustling around after a cocktail, siul, in fact, you oven Mked me to set ’em np.” “That's very true,- but I am a very different man now.” “Preachers had a hohl of you?” “No, sir; no one bus said any thing to inc.” “Well, what has caused the chauge'r” “I'll tell you. After leaving you the nthr:- d;,y I kept on lifts tling after a cocktail, as you term it until I met a party of friends. When I left them I was aboiit half drunk. To a man of my tem perament a half ilrtiak is a miser able condition, for the desire for more is so strong that be forgets his self respect in his efforts to get more drink. I remembered that there was a half pint of wliis ky at home which has been pur chased for medicinal purposes. Just before reaching the gate 1 heard voices in the garden, anil looking over the fence l saw my little son and daughter ; laying, j •No; you be ma,’ said tbe boy, j •and I'll be pa. Now, you sit here, and I'll come in drunk. Wait, now till I till rny bottle.” He look a bottle, ran away and filled it wilh water. Pretty soon he returned, and, entering the play-house, nodded idiotically at the girl, and sat down without saying a word. The girl looked NO. 44 Now party crl And camp*i"n lien ,. Have v»ms3»e(l ftnra eeaffio**- * And poets bgj *pi*lC\*S Oil Get no n’ * . _ j • l - Fot_rffreillS Clillt* l i a i 11 ~ vvill sell as follows. biitu t.i.. Of every eam|Miigii speaker; But in bis place With brazen face Appears the office xcckci. — • m — George had proposed and been accepted. “Well,” she said. “I can sing .-.{id play on tha piano and harp, can paint, and at semi nary 1 was up in the fine arts and economy and logic, and I can crochet beautifully, and play lawn tennis, and, and—that’s about all, I think. Now tell me what arc some of your accom plishments, George?” “1 haven’t got any.” “Not a single one?” “Well,” lie said, wilh a sigh. “If the worst should come to the worst, I think I might be able to cook.” of all fiir- Tlie New Y'ork Tribune Is still worrying itself about “tbs anni hilation ot tlie Republican p;ity in Georgia by Democratic bull dozers.” The Tribune forgets that Gov. Bullock accidentally carried off tha Georgia Republi can party in his pants pocket when he •’abdicated” his office, and that lie lost it somewhere np North before hr came back.—Sa vannah .Vo-:. o ,c A Chicago man wanted a di vorce because !.i.s wife. jK-rsistcd in singing hymns. The Court laugh ed at him, ami lie would have lust his case had not the lawyer sum moned the wife to the witness stand and started her to singing. At the fifth verse the Court threw up the sponge anil the divorce was granted. up from Iter work and said: A countryman was sowing bis •James, why will you ilo this j ground when two smart fc.'lows nay?' | came riding by one of wiiom rail 'll hizzer way?" led out wilh si; insolent air: ‘Gettin’ drunk.’ •Who’s ilrunL?’ ‘Y'ou are; an' yon promised when the baby died that you wouldn't drink any more. The children arc almost ragged, an’ we haven't any thing to eat hard ly, but you still throw your mon ey away. Don't 3-011 know you are breaking my heart?' •I hurried away. The acting was too life-like. I could think of nothing (luring the day but llioM little children playing in the garden."—Arkantaw Travel er. —— — Sweet lisa. The exudation you sec clinging to tbe sweet gum tree in the hot summer months scientifically combined with a tea made from the old field mullein which lias mucilaginous principles so heal ing to the lungs, presents in Tay lor's Cherokee Remedy of Sweet Gum and Mutlien a pleasant and effective cure for Croup, Whoop ing Cough, Colds and Consump tion. Sold by all druggists at 25c and $1.00 a bottle. m *♦■ The Greensboro Herald says it is really surprising that so many persons neglect to have their titles to land recorded An altorucy wm looking up ihc chain of titles to a farm in Green county, a few days ago, aad, although the title Iim passed through several per son's hands within the last twen ty years, there is no record what ever in the clerk’s office, of any change in ownership for forty- year*. Thia is, ia all probability, only one case in fifty. ■ *- m Duioiey was describing at tbe supfier table a very narrow escape he once had from llic attack of a highwayman. “And had you no thing to protect yourself?” asked the landlady, much interested, “a pisfe.i, or any werqion of defense?” “Not a thing.” replied Dumley.— “I would have given a live dollar bill for one or these biscuits just at that time.” “Well, my good man. ’lia your business to sow; but we reap the fruits of your labor.” The rustic replied: “ Tis very likely you may, for just bow I am sowing hemp.” Let no young n.-ah despair. The original Vanderbilt ran a fer- r.y boat, and old man Astor bought and sold skins ■' t a liv ing. Now behold them how high their heads arc, and how they de spise ferry boats and pelts. There is nothing in this history to dis courage even a bootblack. It is stated that a Portuguese physician has cured seven ruses of hydrophobia by simply rub bing garlic in He t,-o.iik! and giving the patient a decoction of garlic to drink. He does noi state, however, how lie cures them of the gailie. Atleriaus 'time. ‘I am glad to hear that yonr wife is able to be about again af ter her long iliness. - remrukcil Jones, ‘I u idei stand she had a very serious time of it.’ *Y’es, rather serious ail around. The doctor's bill is over $200.' Robinson (after along whist- bout at the club)—“ft's awfully late. Brown. Wliat will you say to your wife?'' Brown (iu .1 whis per)—“Oh, I shan't r,r.y much, you know—“Good morning, dear! or something o’ that sort, She'll say the rest!” “Will you have your oysters scalloped?” asked the waiter at tiic restaurant of a green custom er. “Have the oysters scalped? Haa every tiling in this restaurant got hair on it? Why- don't you scalp the butter?” The man who r: gistc-red a vow that he wo»i!il never have Ids hair cut until Blr.ins wa?, elected Pres ident is seriously thinking about going West to bribe ai. Indian to scalp him. “Well, bow doyou like school, my boy?" “Oh, first rate—splendid.” “That's good. Now, what do vou like best about lifer’ _ _ -Best? Wliy, the recesses aad j Lily I ever knew vacations, of course.” j a • — | De pnttiest It stands to reason that the more a farmer has to sell the less “Y'ou may speak,” Mid a fond mother, “about panple having strength of mind, but when it yi ur schorl comes to strength of don’t mind, my son William surpasses every- wilumen ;s times dc worst when d roused up. Dc honey bee i some- gita ives a he will be compelled to liuy, and I , , . , . the easier it will lie for him to lm; : , J ” when forced to do so. There is no i ' , ,at * stinger ho s got! discount oa making the farm self- sustaining in every possible dirre tion. m o-ra— “Mr dear,” Mid a pious nnrse to her four-year-old charge, “ray- dear, are you a little Christian?” “No, I ain’t,” responded the trail! ; The husband is called the head of tbe family only by those young writers w ho haven't had any ex perience in itfcrsfed Ufa, rT- A ;n j »r in 'Jic-.v York is called The C:iY. Or'ce'iusc, it tn-ikes a boy; “I ain’t a Christian at all— sjieciafty of putrsonat ucyjtetft and I’m a Deamerat” furrin new*. A New York woman, iflgrd' eighty-four, has just died from tbe effects of tight lacing. This is a dreadful warning to giddy girls. -- “Theri}!:UiiU exp]:v:ns wheremy clothes liac «eot to!” exclaimed an Ohio woman ss she found her husband banging in (he stable. tz:. otiMPT