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AMERICUS, GEORGIA. SUNDAY MORNING, .TANUARY 15, 1882.
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“The next time Ous Kybolt is, 11'von will leave me now and be-
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Amt Judge Johnson stirred his! undertaking was great, but down
tea vigorously while a deep wrinkle i in wicked dare-devil Ous Uybolt’s
grew between his lino iron-grey j heart there was a • tender spot,
lirowa,' under which glowed his j which beautiful Janey Johnson
keen earnest eyes. j Imd held ever since she was a little
lli*litllc daughter Janie linger- mite of a child, and lie Imd taken
cd to/p nil- mi . I.i. seemiil cup of care not to lnrm her.
tea -She was verv loud of wait- Harm her '- lie woidtlen'l have
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ly twelve years old was l lie Jrnlge's ; liis own life, and she knew it.
housekeeper, lier mother hav’irg j “You cannot have the money,
died'two years previously. ; lint won't you make the compact?"
“ Who pays his (lues—for you of- ! “Yes,” he said at last, in a husky,
ten speak of his arrest, papa?” | strained voice, “lloaven liloss you,
“His hrother Winren, who is as 1 Janey Johnson, and may Hcuvun
line 4 young man as the town eon-; help me!” amt lie was gone,
tains. I cannot understand (Jus; j And Janey, with her eyes full ol
he if handsome, height, and might : tears, slipped into bed, and after a
be most nnytliing be elio.se. lie'll long time fell soundly asleep,
end at the gallows yet." I Hut wasen’t the old judge fur-
“O, papa!” i ions when lie came home?
Bot reckless, will! (Jus Rybolt | "An abominable practical joke,’’
was forgotten when the parlor was j lie fumed. “There was lltilic, well
reached, and Janey sat down to j as I am, and very much suipitied
Inr piano. j to see me. I only wish I knew
A servant entered an hour la-; who did it.”
ter and handed the judge a tele-1 “Why, papa,” laughed Janey,
gram. i “you ought to bn so glad that
“Uncle Itnlx- is dying, and hast Uncle Kube is well and not dying,
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I ought to have put it in the bank,
hut have been over crowded with
work anil business. Too bad!”
muttered tile judge u trilie anxious
ly, glancing nt his little daughter
dubiously.
“Oh no, papa, I am not afraid.—
Poor Uncle Kulie! Don’t worry
about me; Mrs. Smith steeps in
the adjoining room, you remem
ber.”
Bill tlie judge did,worry and
fret not only for tlie danger of his
daughter and his money, bill
blamed himself severely lor his
carelessness.
IMhi among Ids graver fears
for liis brother, the thought ol
thieves and burglars * Wonted
him.
“ I ought, to bn ashamed of my
self to have that amount of money
in the bouse even-for a day, for the
place is so isolated, the servants
such arrant cowards, and cousin
Sally such a weak help. Only
.fancy’s brave little heart is to be
depended on. Ilenven bless the
child. Now wlmt can lie tlie mat
ter with Ituhc I cannot imagine;
lie was well enough last week.”
Mrs. 'Sallic Smith a forty-sec
ond cousin of the judge’s and a
confirmed invalid, occupied the
room to the right of Jalley’s, while
that on the left was her father’s,
and in it the iron safe that contain
ed the money refored to.
“I am afraid—I am a bit ner
vous,” mused Janey, looking about
her room with a shudder. “The
servants are quite a way oil, and
cousin Sallic takes so much laud
anum that she would never waken.
I wonder if X would feel safer with
the money under my piliow.”
And foolish little Janey, having
the combination of the safe, went
to it and took out the roll of
bills.
“Oh, ho,” said a soft voice be
hind her. “That is exactly what I
want, lint 1 had no idea that you
would be so accommodating Do
not scream on your life !”
And tlie bold fellow actually
laughed as lie seized her wrist.
Janey did not cry out. She
as you thought. How can you feel
provoked or nngry ? I am so glad
it was not true.”
COTTON’ CROP OF 1881-8
A Comiunllv, Eillmtli of Receipts
Msile In New York.
New York Commorcl.l Advertiser, Wrdnetulsr.
In 1879 and 1880, the rccepts at
the ports up to January 1, was C.7-
3-10 per cent, of the total receipts.
If we accept the theory that this
crop has inov:-d in the same pro
portion, allowing 750,000 hales for
overland and Southern conaum|>-
lion, it gives us a crop of 5,050,000
bale-*. But as all the-evidence tends
to allow this crop lias been picked
and marketed earlier than any pre
ceding crop, we will give a table
showing Jrcsulls at several estim
ates, so each person can adopt such
estimate as agrees with his infor
mation on the moveuent of tlie
crop:
halos.
If fiS nor coal, rccoirod by Jan. 1,
makes crop 0,620,000
If (lltij per cent i-ecoivoil by Jan. 1,
makea crop 5,400,000
II 70 per cent, received by Jan. 1,
makes crop 0.17H.07O
If 70 per cent, received by Jan. ‘
kes
makes crop 4,H83,3;t:l
And some contend for the largest
estimate in the above statement.
Another statemeni which shows
that the receipts ate very unrelia
ble in indicating the total of crops:
On flrst day of May, 1880, the re
ceipts of the crop of 1879 and 1880
were only 335,000 bales behind the
largo crop ot 1880 and 1881. Yet
. . ,, ,, , „ it proved to be 844,498 bales less,
'he next morning Ous Rybolt T ,‘e B | IO rtage on Unit day of March
of that year is about the same as
Imd disappeared.
Ten years later Janey Johnson
was a lovely, stalely woman. The
radient promise of early girlhood
was more than fulfilled, while the
brave, lender heart was unchanged.
The wife of the governor was re
ceiving, und her rooms were filled
with distinguished guests. The
lust coiner was a young mail ol
thirty, of commanding presence,
whose grave and noble face made
him scum somewhat older. After
paying bis respects to the hostess
lie made his way slowly forward
and was met by many smiles and
greetings, lie was evidently a
great favorite in society.
“Oil ! there is General Kybolt,
who lias refused the Austrian mis
sion, papa says, because lie Ims u
better mission among the poor ol
New York. Yon know him by
reputation, dear; but very few
know the Imll of the good tilings
lie does with his wealth und tal
ents.” The speaker was the gov
ernor’s daughter.
Janey Johnson turned her love
ly hazel eyes toward the pc:ion
pointed out—looked onu instant
coolly upon him, and her face un
derwent a sudden strange change.
“|l is—yes, it must be Gus Ry
bolt! How marvelous are thy
ways, O, God," she breathed.
Slowly yet steadily he worked
his way to her.
Her face was no longer pule, but
Hushed, and her upraised eyes show
ed pleased recognition.
His first words were: “I Imvo
kept my irromisc; have you kept
yours?”
“Yes, oh, yes,” she breathed,
then added, “Thank Heaven!” to
which lie gave a low “Amen !”
To say tlmt tlie judge was aston
ished is putting it mildly. To find
in Llie eminent editor and reformer
liis old—us he siqqiosed—incorri
gible (Jus Kybolt, utterly nonpluss
ed him. To an old friend lie said
confidentially:
“Yes, lie; Isiy 1ms turned out a
tramp, and the wonder of it is
Janey thinks so too,” lie laughed.
And Janey never told of her rob
ber yet she kisses sometimes a pur-
i.ouf-. It ibouM^k j is tlmt it in llir. Inn! l.iiv.r Mini- I she thrust the roll of money in the
it’/ 1 ^“-n* *'ili | . . * j safe and sprung the lock.
'iTrV' 1 ' 1 ,l " ir 111 | "Now," she said, triumphant,
in'M-.t/t-r , , , , , , ,. i “get it if you caii-oh’ Gus Kybolt
- h, ,,»w | • It has hisoino a household | Know you."
gave one. sudden, startled, indig-1 |,|„ „eur on her husband’s wrist,
iiant look, and bending tier bead, “It wus llie beginning of u new
buried her white strong teeth in I life.” she says, “the lieautiful lifeof
the exposed wrist of the hand tlmt | a i, honest man.”
held her captive. . , -
"You little tiger-cat,” ho cried,| Wc8lorn farmers have re
in rage and intense suffering. ceivcd |)riccs for t | leir crops
,et go, or I wd kill yon. o( l8Wj w | icat and corn. While
But while the sharp pain had an- t | complain of short crops, they
manned huu, with the other hand ... - ccc j ve more money for the
Disiiifrriiuit ami Purifier!
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April 2D-ly
ARCHITECTURE-
l-llli*-, - , ,, " « V I ... II LI* 1 VIUD Wl * GGW.
"aSTSi.i'Sa'tJ? I ri . m ,.,lv it, many fainilirs in tlie i . ;' H ' | - no >’°" don t—ah well orfollt . |ul , , lml ln |||i on lmsliels of
^n-mav-., i.yii,: r ""‘"J mail) lamui. s 111 in will u-ll your precious father before whcat va , uc( , at $519,000,000.
v-uow f-v-,-ia-1-ai-.i 1 city, when* it is host ZllOlvn. “ ,,,,ll,pr ‘ ,K J r . The crop of 1880 of live hundred
• j over the cash; I want to have some | ni j||; ons „f hushels. was marketed
It is witliul, iilf-usniit lo tii/f,!'han'c of getting away.
i "No, you cannot have the
will receive more money
crops of 1881 than they did for the
large crops of 1880. Wheat has
averaged 33 cents more and corn
23 cents a bushel more than for
the crop of 1880. The 1881 crop
iwi to filllll.il iD'tnll Draw
1 A.. .. .
Fall Hp.«mciiti.
at'KKX AXNF. AXO HAST I.AI4K
or nt.\ «tlif*r •>!
•» i*ii 11 iwtli yw
A'ldre**
r larli' *b>i tour i“»* L«*l.
IL J. M OAN. An •..«
millions of bushels, was marketed
lor $481,375.000, or about tldrty-llvc
..., . . i , money.. mii|j on ,| 0 || !U . S i CSH than the last
so iiiiii'Ii so tlmt rllllclrpil take if j Oh, Gus Kybolt, remember your | an(| sllorter cro .,.
i hu id ted motlier, your good brother; <
1 (jiccljiillv, altiTtyarils fii'ciuollt- | and wlmt will they think now? 1
, • ’ ‘ | How can you Is- so wicked ?” | Die gaeatost advertiser in the
1 1\ rillin'' lor it lor tin* relief ol j “I have no time for nonsense.— country is a Baltimore manufactu-
• ' ’’’ I Hand over the cash, or I’ll and res of liniment, who expends $200,-
' llieir little sloliinelis. j the click el' a rcvoivdr hammer OllOa year. The next largest is a
j sounded near. lohaceo manufacturer, whose hill*
It is purely vegelnlile. ami J niicy’g eyes flashed in scorn. on this account arc almost A150,-
! “You harm a helpless little girl! 000. Both of them testify that
li-iniiii-ss in its nclioil. ; You who always boasted or lirav- their great success in business is
jery! For shame, Gus Kybolt; you , due to persistency in news|ei|ier
I Kor sole by nil liruggists. I art- a eowaril !” Ibit inn gentler I advertising.
the shortage of this year on the
1st day of January will show, and
receipts after tho first or March in
1879 and 1880 were about 530,000
hales less than the receipts in 1880
and 1881. These facts arc given
to show how deceptive receipts are
as an index lo tho crop. Wc ex
pect by the 1st ot February a sud
den failing off in receipts unpre
cedented in the history of cotton,
ns facilities for moving the crop nro
better each year.
Islimaelltish Items.
jBparta Iahm&cllto.
Tlie farmer who doesn’t like tlie
humiliation of asking some mer
chants “to ' run” him, every year,
will raise liis supplies at home. This
would lie genuine independence.
We are glad to known that the
grain crops in this section look
green and nourishing. Let them
lie supplemented with other pro
vision crops, so tlmt we can declare
our independence of the provision
crows of the West.
When the farms of the South be
come self-sustaining in the matter
of provisions, and foreign Govern
ments, in retaliation for our prohi
bitory tariff, impose high d.itics on
provision exports from this coun
try, wlmt are tlie Western farmers
going to do about it?
l’lace a lot ol political skugks on
a sound platform nnd uli the disin
fectants in the world could not pre
vent the whole concern from be
coming enveloped with tlie aroma
of decayed fragrance. The plat
form would not long be sound, and
it would never lie presentable.
Bruthcr Shivers Bent us word
the other day that lie had his “gun
loaded to the brooch” for us. This
accounts for tho trouble he Imd in
getting it to go olf He ought to
Imvo loaded to tlie muzzle—put
ting in the powder first. But when
n man gets to advocating a “reve
nue turifffor protection only”there
is no telling how he will load his
gun.
lie lluil SoiurlliiuK to Sujr About II.
A crude old farmer, living on
tlie line of one of the recent rail
road surveys, and who is owner of
u barn of largo dimensions, with
huge swinging doors on both sides,
observed a posse of surveyors busi
ly driving a row of stakes through
bis premises that extended to tlie
very centre of his large barn.
Sauntering leisurely toward tlie
trespassers with on air savoring
somewhat of indignation, he ad
dressed tlie leader of tho gang as
follows:
“Imytn’ cout another railroad ?"
“Surveying for one,” was tlie re-
ply.
"Goin’ threw my barn ?”
“Don’t sec how we can possibly
avoid it.”
“Wa’al now, mister,” said tlie
worthy farmer, “I calkcrlatc I’ve
got Huinthin’ tew say about that.
1 want you lew understand I’ve
got Kumthin’ else tew do besides
runnin’ out tew open and shot
them doors every time a train •
wants tew run threw.”
Tlie man who feathers his nest
by dislio lorable means deserves to-
have tar mixed with the feathers.