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VOL. IV.
TFU-WMEIKX.'Y. _
AMERICUS, GEORGIA. SUNDAY- MORNING JUNE 11, 1882.
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NO. !2.
Rotliscliild’s Shirts.
•« for $o. v:r.„ 1
Delivered Free Everywhere.
icrowhig builp.M, »l»pU IfcagPt ja«iy>ww wpatmit, limit „.t or cmtouior. In principal rttlra I
to WJ...II our,(Hidi ri»« pcnfect aatlifactlon, Ju.llfy m In uylng that wo prod on’ CUSTOM WORK I
excelled by none
rrSSltfSS «dS2^ hlr "” r ' *" the n ™ •» *»«■»«• i
Underwear,
looted .took oi (.cuts’ Knit Shirts ami I
Wo hare Dow on baud lb. largest and boot
Drawi'i, for taring and Hummer wear.
Rothwcliila’S White Merino Shirts „t so cenu «ci,.
Rothschild’S Royal Merino Shirts and Drawers at 75 cents each.
Rothschild’s Suinilier Cass! mere Shirts and Drawers .1 11 mote
Rothschild’s India Gc size Shirts, whole or hair sm. at 500 each.
Rothschild’s Summer Merino Shirts and Drawers at 60 cents each.
Rothschild’s Rest Jeans Drawers no cent. each.
Also, Beautiful Lines of Balbrlggau and Silk Underwear.
Our stock is now complete, and includes all tlio latest novelties and choicest productions of the
Foreign and Domestic marketa. Ijjivb lir.es of Club House, DeJoluville, C'laudent and lx»rd Stanley
Hcarfr, in 1 lain and fancy Colored Hilka and Batina, 40 et*. to 91,60 each. Also lane lines of Folded
Silk and Satin Ties, in l'lsln and fancy Colors, 30c to 83c. each.
3 |AJl »a,stared iu our own factory from imported 8kias, very beat quality, 91.26 per pair. Spring
PlotliBolillcl’S Fancy SalfHoso.
AH the newest dcslgna in imported Fancy HALF 1IOSK (him T5c to 1.25 per pslr. m
Plain, Colored and British Half Hose fVom 25c. per pair upward*.
All grades, c
■ UmlsroUan.
a inanufHcturr. Host Ointrliain Umbrella, 81.
ngliain Ur
General «tncit «.r rurni.iiin, (ioaia, Collars and CiifTs, Cambric, Linen
and Silk Handkerchiefs, Suspenders, ,nd Gentlemen’s Jewelry,
all at {topu.nr prices.
An elejpint set of Hold Plated Collar and Hleevc Duttons, or elegant set (8) of Bbiit Studs piren
with each bulLdozcu ol Itolbsc lit Id's Custom Shirts.
Samples, Directions for »elf-measurement, und descriptive circnlnrs mailed free. Special Price-List
to the trade. Wo refer to all New York.
Wo H. ROTHSCHILD & C0-, Broadway & 8th St, New York,
H»yl >*»*!«
MERICUS VARIETY WORKS,
AMERICUS,
GEORGIA.
C. 1. WHEATLEY, CONTRACTOR AND BUILDER,
Sash, Doors, Blinds and Windows, Lumber Plained, Woodwork
of every kind done with promptness, Furniture, Bedsteads
and Coffins, Plans Drawn and Estimates Furnished.
tools, und am prc»
{Minding with me, will receive prompt attention.
C. M. WI1EATLGY, Pron’r.
Henry 8. Davis.
Meuiiei. Callaway
JSTJBW IFilM!
FACTS AND FANCIES.
UNKNOWN LI AW.
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SItaily tree,
Babbling br« ok.
Girl in iiuminock.
Reading book,
Goldeu curls,
Tiny feet,
Girl in hammock.
Looks ro sweet.
Man rides past,
Big moustache.
Girl in hammock,
Makes a “mash.”
Mash i« mutual,
I>ay in HO.,
Man and maiilen,
Married get.
II.
Married now.
One year ago,
Keeping house
On Baxter ltow,
Red hot stove,
Breakfast frying,
Girl got married.
Cooking trying.
Cheeks all burning,
Eyes look red;
Girl got married,
Nearly dead.
Biscuit burnt up,
Breakfast charry ;
Girl got tnurriod,
Awful sorry,
Man comes home.
Tears moustache,
Mad ns blazes;
Got no hash.
Thinks of hatutnook
In the lane,
Wisheii maiden
Back again.
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Pretty widow,
With a book.
In the hammock,
By the brook.
**# ## » on
Man rides past,
Big moustache;
Keeps on riding,
Nary Mush.
“ONLY ^ANOLDMAID.”
The children-are trudging homo-
ward, but the teacher sits quietly
at her desk, expectantly watching
the open door, and idly toying with
a hunch of faded forget-me-nots. A
shadow fails on the school-room
floor, and she looks up at the hand
some figure, tall and manly, at the
handsome face, brown and beard
ed. There is an unwonted wist-
fulness in the sparkling dark grey
eyes to-day.
“You are early, Philip.”
“As early as possible, Elsie.”
“And is everything ready so
soon?”
she answers quickly. Tiicn a shad
ow flics over her face as she remem
bers that Eva cannot go—that
Philip cannot stay; remembers
that there must always lie a dark
er side, but she will not inar the
pleasure of the first day.
“Kisie—Poor, kind Miss Grey,
tlio tender-hearted neighbors say,
but to us she is the same Klsio we
saw on this ‘same vine-covered
porch so long . ago—but sadly
changed.- Changed! Yes changed;
but why should we say sadly? Ki
sic of nineteen was very beautiful
I only wail for—one—answer.”! brave and noble 11s she put away
The brown eyes are veiled, and
the brown head droops.
“What docs your heart say
Elsie?”
“Say, ‘what does iny conscience
say,’ Philip.”
“What does your conscience say.
Elsie?”
“Your mother and sisters need
you. My mother and sister need
me. Your work is there, mine is
here.”
Side by side they go out. into
the bright sunlight, side by side
they go down the lime, but neither
speaks Until they reach the end.
Philip tukes both small hands in
his own, and looks long into the
brown eyes, but their depths have
no ahndow of wavering or turning
away. Then lie asks: “Is it
best?” And is answered: “It is
best,” as she puts the faded forget-
me-not in his hand.
Davis & Callaway I
-HAVING LATELY PURCHASED TIIE-
The house is old and brown-,djfl-
crcnt from the ordinary farmhouse
only in that look of quiet rcstfnl-
ncss that plainly says: “I am more
than a house—1 am a home.” On
the long, vinc-covcrcd porcli stands
a slight, graceful girl. Her slen
der hands rest on [the railing, and
she leans slightly forward. The
brow is contracted, the mom!) com
pressed ns if in pain. The brown
eyes nrc looking toward the 'gold
and crimson of a summer sunset,
but see it not. The waving, brown
hair is carelessly brushed from the
smooth, white forehead, and the
sunshine entangled in its tangled
meshes make a halo for the sweet,
I sad face. Not a muscle moves,
only the lines of the luce grow
I deeper, and the breath conic more
i thick and fast. The glory of the
OLD CORNER | the twilight growsdoeporanddoep.
1 er;. the stars arc brighter and
brighter, still that steadfast gaze
never wavers.
Through the open window conies
a thin, weak voice: • “Elsie, Elsie,
have you come?"
The girl starts, looks hurriedly
around, then she stoops for books
and basket, und a cheery voice an
swers, “Coming, mamma,” but
one that is strangely low and calm
adds: “And 1 urn coming* to
stav.V
Ab, child, the strife of love and
duty is a bitter one, but who can
regret its coming when it only
makes a brave, true life and a
strong, pure soul, braver and truer,
stronger and purer? Eartli has her
martyrs still, aye, many more than
we can ever know.
“Your papa and Kva walked
down to the store, thinking you
would soon come. Von are fate
■ to-night, Elsie.”
“No, not late coming, only so
careless ns to forget. Wish you
had called sooner; 1 was on the
porch.” Deft hands made the sick
room fresh and tidy, while her
cheerful talk coaxes a smile to the
suffering mother’s face. “There,
they have come, and you will have
1 company while I go s«c about the
| supper.” •
_ Ere the letters arc read (this is
White Goode, Eto., i tta one maiMuy -or the week)
Elsie calls: “Supper! I’ap" K ”*
I come.” And Mrs. Urey
cxtttstst . ! alone, sorely puzzled to know what
J—BUc'irXj wonderful thing could make Elsie
\ forget. The meal is a quiet one.
The father is nlways grave and si
lent. Tlie eldest daughter is so
[ to-night. The youngest divides
jj - i her attention between supper and a
Ladies and Grents Shoes
asks:
IEACTTIFUL STOC!
OP MR. JOHN WINDSOR, ARE DAILY ADDING TO THE SAME THE
! LATEST PATTERNS AND DESIGNS;
Dress flows,
Somes tics,
Sheetings and
AMI HJiXMBAit,
Again the children arc trudging
homeward, again the summer sun
shine comes ir. at the open door,
again tile tcneiicr sits quietly at
her desk,- but site is not waiting
now—not listening for a well re
membered footstep—not watching
for a shadow on the floor. Usual
ly mind, heart and hand arc busy
witli to-day’s work, but this stolen
reverie belongs to tlio long ago -
Shc sketches year after year of
what has been, to tlic world,an un
common-place life. Old maids’
lives are always common-place to
tlie world, and may it not be be
cause tlio heart that is strong
enough to live alone is strong
enough to hide its sorrows. Then
she arranged her books just as she
bad done for so many years, while
the sivcel voice: of • o)d -koftly
repeats Whittier's beautiful lines:
‘Still fiiitli will trust anil lovo rlream on.
Tlnil somewhere,soiiiiiUuw moot we must.
She was not wutebing for n
shadow on the floor, nevertheless
the shadow comes, and in the door.
No, she 'must be dreaming, and
yet what a vivid dream it is. How
plain she sees and hears it all. The
great joy shining in the face, the
ont*‘:etched arms, tlie glad voice
that says: “After ail these years
I have come to claim my own.”
The startled dreamer looks like
chiseled marble and answers not.
lie comes a step nearer and ques
tions: “Kva said 1 would tini
Elsie here; are you Elsie Grey?”
Slowly the color comes to the pule,
pale face—slowly, yes, very, very
slowly, and, in a vague, bewildered
way, she answers:
“Yes, I am Eisio Grey, and you
are Philip Manchester. We arc
the same, yet not tlio .same. On,
Philip! tell rao all about it.”
“Eva said wo must come to her
that we might rejoice together.
Shall we rejoice?”
“Let us go now.” She turns
him a radiant face mid I’hilip is
content. Oil the threshold lie
pauses to say: “The old house is
little changed; limn lias touched it
gently.”
“Yes, but lie lias not dealt
so kindly with you or me.”
Again side by side they go down
the lane, but not silently. Not si
lent when both have so much to
say. First of tbc eight years that
were not long because every month
brought to each letters full-weight
ed with love and loving plans of
the future; then of that all impor
tant letter that “did not come.”
all that love could oiler and took
in exchange the stern, practical re
alitios of duly—but is Klsicof fifty
less beautiful, brave or noble for
having struggled wiLii mid con
qitercd thorn? On the contrary
can years spent as those'have bcfcri
ever liavo a face other than beaut!
fill? Why .should, silken,.silvery
hair be less beautiful than cluster
ing lirowu curls? If the brown
eyes have lost some brightness, nr
they less lender or truthful? I
not the plain, sombre garb of
mourning as becoming as was
the bright, clicerlui one of youth?
A rosy cheeked bov comes up the
patli und stops beside her. “Miss
Elsie, mother said would you Come
nail stay all night, ’cause you arc
lonesome here npd ’cause the baby
is sick. I brought tlio mail—-noth
ing but a paper.”
“Yes, Johnnie, I will go becauso
the baby is sick, not because I 1 am
lonely.” Sho stoops to kiss the
child as she says: “Only two
more weeks and I will nevor again
be alone.”
Baby was sick, very sick. Not
until early morning did lie sleep,
and not until then (lid Elsie look at
her paper. Eagerly her eyes scan
column after column for the mark
ed passages thnt were sure to be in
every paper Philip sent. Now she
has come to the “Deaths.” Slowly
site grasps the manning of tlio two
lines, then she wanders out under
tlio stars, across tlio dewy fields, on
und on to the dark old church and
the gleaming marble.
And there they found tier asleep
when i l was morning. Loving hands
carried her away; loving hands car
ried her back at evening. At tho
grave there was not one mourner
made such by tics of blood, but her
sweet and virtuous womanhood
made mourners of nil; and when the
last prayer hnd been said null the
now-mudo mound covered with
fresh green turf, they still stood
in groups and talked ol the good
she had done.
“Baby would ’a’died last night,”
said poor Mrs. Green, between her
sobg, “hut fur her blessed ungel as
she was in sickness and cvcij where.
I always told John it was a pity
she was only an old msid.”
ANOTHER LARGr. AND FRESH INVOICE OF
*jsr TO AHHIVB t
DAVIS & CALLAWAY,
Vnnnnri |!„™ lv ’ f Alas! for all the lives wrecked by
Mra GraTis leh U.o« thil did not come.] Only
Mrs. Urey is lelt now Jocg gLc know tu#t t J e „
years ago a, new home -was found
—found more from necessity than
choice. For the first time docs
Philip know how the patient moth
er was freed from pain; how the
weary’ father went to rest beside
her; how, since that time, Eva had
been a confirmed invalid; how Elsie
had yearly planned to stop teach
ing ami as often found that she
must teach. Philip had little but
trial and disappointment, yet his
heart lets him show only the bright
er side. “Let us hope for the
1 “Have you heard, Elsie, that
Philip Manchester thought of leav
ing us?”
“Yes, he told me. He starts to
morrow.*
Gran berry Comer,
AMERICUS, GA.
“Going so soon?-We will miss 1 i, , ri Z l ! t , so
, • clouds,” he says.
' “It is bright and sunlight now,
him, child.
“ Vcs, but bis mother and sisters
need him.”
Every cloud has a silver lining, but
there is no darker side to this,”
Tlio St. Louis Jtej.ublicun, refer,
ring to tffo fruit crop of Georgia,
says: ‘The experience of the pres
ent season will probably teach the
Georgia farmers thnt there is moie
money in raising poaches, to a lim
ited extent at loi'.st, than in rais
ing cotton, und that they cannot
nflord to neglect u crop so easily
raised and so largely remunerative.
Tlie Gcorgiu pcui-li crop, an uniisu-
aily large one, is now ripening.
The prices of crates in Atlanta
nrc ut the rule of $10 to $15 per
bushel for line fruit. Of course
tlicso high prices cannot lie main
tained throughout the season; they
will apply only to the early fruii.
But even after they shall have been
reduced two-thiras or three-fourths
tlicic will he margin enough left
to make a Georgia peach orchard
a profitable piece of property. The
railroads offer to carry the fruit at
$40 a car to Nnshvillc, $50 a car to
Louisville and Cincinnati, $C0 a
car to St. Louis and Indian ipolis,
and $05 a cur to Chicago, Cleve
land, Toledo and Detroit. These
are to be the rates both on peaches
and watermelons, f.'lie demand in
Northern cities for early fruit and
vegetables grows faster than the
supply, and Southern farmers liv
ing in localities possessing facili
ties for shipping cannot do better
than to take advantage of the fact.’
flow to Sare^
All hard workers nrc subjert to
bilious attacks which may end in
dangerous illness. Parker’s Ginger
Tonic will keep the kidneys pnd
liver active, and by preventing the
attack save much ‘sickness, loss of
time and expense. Delay at such
times means danger.-Oetnril Vrt>».
See other coluniu.
•Hucfiupullia.”
quick, complete cure, all annoy
ing Kidney, Bladder and Urinary
Diseases. $1. Druggists.
The Llme-KIln Clab.
The President ordered thirteen
windows to be raised, the ice in the
water-pail renewed and all the dogs
turned out of room, and then said:
“When you cum across a man
who has no vices nor weakness,
drop him ns you would a hot ’tatcr.
Do Lawd Intended man to bo mo’
or loss weak, wicked an’ wretched.
It was not de idoali to turn out a
pcrfeck man. If it had been we
should have had neither religion,
preachers nor de Bible. Airtli
would have bin Heabcn nn’ dar
would have bin no call to die.”
•‘Natnr’ sometimes turns out a
pusson widoul guile, just ns she
turns out one-eyed colts an’ three-
logged calves. Sieli pussons soon
become known ns cither fools or
lunatics. It am agin Natur’s way’
to bring man into dis world will an
angel’s wings already half grown.
An’ it nin a leelle suspicious to find
a too-good man. When yon dis-
kircr a human bein’who isn’t lame
somowhnr’—who neliber deceives,
cheats, lies, envies, covets—who
goes about satisfied wid'dn weath
er, craps an’ himself—who won’t
bet, drink, go to n circus or look
upon a boss raca, you have foun’ a
man to let alone. He am too good.
Natnr’ made him fur an angel aud
forgot to pnt him iu Heabcn.”
“I like a man who has weakness
an’ sins. Den I know dat he am a
feller-mortal who was put on airtli
to be saved. I like a man who has
had sickness, heartaches an’ griev
ous troubles. Den I am snrtin of
a man wbo has sympathy. 1 like a
man \vho has bin foolish ’nufrtoglt *
drunk an’ strong ’nuff to kick de
temptaskun obor aseben-rail fenoe.
Don you know wliar to find him.
He has bin dm an’ knows wbat q
fool lie was. 1 like a man wbo has
bin a liar, an’who hasn’t entirely
recovered from de injury. Den I
know how to trade hosscs widhim,
an’ I know what to believe when he
tells nic dat he has bin fisbin’. If
a goody-good naybur borrys my
spade I doan’ know when it will
oum borne, nor how much of It will
ho left. If a thief takes it for a
loan I am pretty sartin to rekiver
it in a day or two an’ in good con-
dishun.”
“When n man tells mo dat he
has become so good dat lie feels
like bustin', I go right home an’
put nil extra padlock on my kitch
en doah. When a man sheds tears
ober do condition ol de far-ofTheath
en, do heathen at home had better
be kcortul how dey lend him mon
ey. Do man who’s conscience won’t
let him go to u place ofaimiscmcnt
lias bin known to elope wid anoder
man's wife. Do man who can’t rc-
mcmlicr dat he cber used nn oath
or toie a lio lias bin fullered across
do ocean an’ arrested fnr robbin*
widders an’orphans. De man vylio
alius w'ars a smile am now sarvin’
his third term in State Prison.”
“Let me say to you in slimin’ lip
dat do man who sins an’ knows it
an’ wants to do better, am sooner
to bo trusted dan de man who neb-
cr sins an’ feels dat lie am good
’nuff. If you tie to a man, let it be
a man who feels dat lie aui weak
an’ sinful. You will den bare tf
pardner who am. not a freak pf No-
tur’. Let us now embaross our
selves wid de regular order of biz-
noss.”
Tho city oi Texarkana is a phe
nomenal citv. It lies in the two
States of Texas and Arkansas;
lienee its name. Tlie 8tate line
runs through the centre of its chief
street, and on each side of tbejstrcct
is a population of three tbo’usHnd.
It is considered the gateway of
tlie Southwest. It is only 8 years
old, but has all the airs of a city of
twenty-live years. Fonr railroad
lines centre there. It has an
Italian like climate, tramps are
not tolerated, the Sunday law is
enforced, money is plenty and the
people are prosperous.
Beauty Regained.
The beauty and color of the hair
may bo safely regained by using
Parker’s Hair Balsom, which is
much admired for its perfume,
clcanline^p and dandruff eradicat
ing properties.
* From less than one eighth of an
acre of land, on the Oconee, over
$3,000 worth ofaand has been battl
ed. This beats a gold mine. The
best saud in Georgia for building
purposes is found around Athens.
A negro at Canton, Qa., wbo is
113 years old, had a tooth pulled
the other day.
A little eight-yer-oid girl, living
in Walton county, has gathered
and sold six dollars worth of
strawberries.