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the house of clay.
_ — WM »boose—* housecfeUy,
' . the Inmate sane all day,
” Merry and poor.
rr.W- U f o e “^ helrt '
’ Vowing he never would .depart-
Mil 4II at once be changed his mind—
THE PEOPLE’S
tmllss that'
Through wall, roof, floor,
s ,nod in the midst of that poor room,
1 and fair—grand and fair,
risking a glory out of gloom, ,
Till at the window mocked old care—
lave sighed—"all lose and nothing win!”
* He shut the door.
<M o’er the barred bourn of clay,
ad jasmine and clematis gay
Grew evermore;—
lad bees humned merrily outalde
Loud and strong—loud and strong,
The inner silentness to hide,
The steadfast silence aU day long—
n evening touched with Anger gray
The do.' 1 shut door.
5 b7 e
'Marks itch,'marks poor;
eril,;
u which the inmate opens straight—
Whom, o’er the crumbling clay hou
falls,
m takes In kind arms silently,
“ And shuts the door.
A MARVELOUS STREAM
Wherein Birds and Beast.are Caught
and Hopslesaly Held Captive.
[“Pampas and Andes.”]
At a distance of thirty miles south of
the river Diamante our route passed by
a natural object of considerable interest
-a stream, or rather rill, of yellowish
shite fluid like petroleum issuing from
the mountain side at a considerable
height and trickling down the
slope till lost in the porous
soil of the valley below. The source
from which it flowed was at the
notion,wherenhard metamorphiorock,
overlay a stratum of volcanic tufa. It
was formed like the crater of a volcano,
and full of black, bituminous matter,
hot end sticky, which could be stirred
np to the depth of about eighteen inches.
Floundering in it was a polecat or
skunk, having been enticed to ite fate
br the desire of seonringsh bird caught
in the natural bird lime, till a bullet
from the revolver of one of the party
terminated the skunk’s struggles to
extricate itself from the warm and
adhesive bath in which it was hope
lessly captive. The overflow from this
fountain was, as described, like a stream
ot petroleum two or three feet wide
trickling over a bed of pitch or somo
such subetanoe, which extended to a
much greater width along the edge of
the running stream at its contact with
it. This material was of a very sticky
nature, becoming gradually harder
as it spread farther out, assuming
the appcaranco of asphalt when it
became mingled with the loose sand of
the adjoining solL
While engaged in examining this
natural curiosity, we came upon two
small birds, caught in the sticky sub
stance at the edge of the stream; they
were still alive, bat apon releasing them
both tho feathers anu the skin came off
where they had come in contact with
the bituminous matter, so that we had
tokiil them to put an end to their aulfer-
ings. No doubt they had been taken in
bj tho appcaranco of water which
the stream presented, and had alighted
to drink, when they discovered
their mistako too late. Their fate sug
gested the idea that in a district so
devoid of water others of tho feather
tribes must constantly become victims
to the same delusion in a similar man
ner, and upon a elose inspection of the
margin of the stream the correctness of
this inference was established by the
discovery of numerous skeletons of
biids imbedded in it; nor were those of
small qnadrhpeds unrepresented, among
which we recognized the remains of a
Blaster Decorations.
[New York Letter.]
A Broadway dealer says that tho
house-decoration mania runs chiefly to
plaster now. Bests, statuettes, plaques,
relief, antiques, urns, and vases are a
fen of the things sold every day by the
dozen. They are all made in the Italian
quarter by newly-arrived emigrants,
and cost almost nothing in quantity.
Ladies bnv them almost exclusively.
They take them home—paint, gild, silver
or bronze them. They then look almost
«> handsome as genuine antiques, and at
one-twentieth the price. Of course it’s
shoddy, but it brightens np a sitting-
tpom amazingly, and for people of
limited means it’s a good thing. Be-
"S'des, it gives a docent livelihood to
scores of young girls, who would other
wise be starving on needlework. They'H
buy s dozen or two casts for $3, color or
'hem up for $1 or more, and then, if
they have good taste, and are careful In
their work, they can sell ihom all the
Way from ahalf np to $3 apioce.
A Cheap Borne Boo.
[Philadelphia CalL]
Little Bob—Oh, pap, won't you take
me to the Zoological garden!
Pap—I am too busy, my son, too
busy.
“Well, ain't there any menagerie near
your office?”
“No, my boy; nothing but business
houses there.”
“Oh, I do want to see all the hor
rible creatures that Tom Tumpldns
[ells about. He’a been to the ‘Zoo’ and
three different menageries.”
"Well, Bub, although I have no time
w take you anywhere, your love of cx-
amirnng strange creatures shall be grati-
“Ain’t that nidet When!”
This evening. I will bring home a
RIGHTS
... JF THE POOR
OBSia
ALITY OB COLOR.
ONE LOW PRICE TO ALL.
WIDE AWAKE AND BOUND
"TO WIN.
REFORM
Whereas, Many citizens oi
this community have heretofore
subjected themselves to unnec
essary expense and burdensome
overcharges in the purchase of
goods; Therefore be it
Resolved; That the interests
of the people demand the for
mation of a new party which
shall concentrate its patronage
on one close-dealing candidate,
and thus combining with cor
rect principles, make still small
er profits practical and result in
the greatest good for all.
To this end weannounce our
self as the
OUR PLATFORM.
Low tariff on all goods used
by the people, such as j)f
Goods, Notions, Fanoy Goods,
Millinery, Clothing, Boots,
tdrop of
»«Mua la Ih* Hu nr Farm..
[Albany Journal]
average size of forms in the
baited States decreased from 203 acres
«1«0 to 184 acres in 1880; tho per-
“™*ge of unimproved land decreased
P»J **nL to 49.9 per cent., and tho
ffWKd ation almost trebled. As
r~ 'Population poshes westward the
*“®her of email terms will increase, the
£***.ranches of the west will be divided
•4 the ievil” wfll stmtdy Itself.
As low prices surely increaf
es trade and results in the
greatest good to both buyer and
seller Values must govern
prices. Deal only in good re
liable goods, making the prices
as low as possible. (A poor
article is dear atanyprice.) No
misrepresentation. Sell every
article on its own merits and at
its true value.
jom us!
Be on the winning side. Al
ready we are elected—selected
to sell you cheaper than the
cheapest; elected to show yon
the best and newest; in feet
elected as the people’s true bar-
gain-giving, fair dealing candi
date. Be one to help roll np
the big majority in favor of cor
rect principles and,the advance
ment of true economy and re
form. See ns personally and
learn our civil service principles.
In return for patronage we
promise Fair Dealing, Straight
Goods, Bed-Bock Prices.
Polls now open and will re
main go until further notice.
Vote early and often is the
wish of yonrs truly.
JOHN R. SHAW,
Forsyth Street, Americus, Ga
Under Commercial Hotel,
FORSYTH ST., - - AMERICUS, GA
New Goods! Low Prices t
TO FILL MY NEW STORE I HAVE ORDERED A LARGE BTOOK OF
Booh, Staiionery, Toys, Fancy Goofls, Etc.
Testaments and Bibles from 5 cts.'to $14.00 each.
Albums - - - from 25 cts. to 10.00 each.
Papetries ... from 15 cts. to 5.00 each.
Toys .... from 1 ct. to 6 00 each.
WRITING PAPER AND ENVELOPES A SPECIALTY !
Large Stock of Blank Books, Ink and Pens—Best Quality.
Best Grades of Tobacco and Cigars.
Goods to suit all tastes and purses from Candy and Chewing
Gum to Quarto Dictionaries and Bibles.
PLEASE CALL AND EXAMINE PRICES!
[KjTSpocial orders receive prompt attention.
AGNES AYCOCK
UOTO ■ •
CALVIN CARTER & SON
Vow SOOTS.ACTS SKOBS,
Public Square, . . Americus, Go.
BEST GOODS
LEAST HONEY t
AND*
New Goods.
CHRISTMAS
18 COMING, AND
W. E. CLARK,
On Lamar Street.
WHERE CAN BE FOUND A BEAUTIFUL
SELECTION OK
CANDIES,
FRUITS,
NUTS,
CANNED GOODS,
RAISINS,
CAKES,
PIES,
rerythlng necessary to’rnake holiday waek a
happy onf. A FULL LINK UK
T-O-Y-S
For Ike Utile one! et eery Low I’ricc.
CarOrdcrs fox Cakes and other Baking
atlended to promptly.
Ml SclooMes
MRS. FRED LEWIS.
Amarlona Ga., Aog.j24, 1884, if
The exereiee. of tbfs eehooi will be re-
eumed on Monday. foa 5th of January.
r Tones, Bates, Etc.:
Primary Department per month,.. ..92.00
Intermediate, per month, 3.00
Flret-Cbun, per month, A00
Tuition doe at Ike «nd of each 8cho-
Patronag. earnestly solicited.
Good, booeet. true and square w
guaranteed. For farther particular! call
on W. & ALLEN; Principal
Andersonville School
Will Open Spring Term January
18th, 1884.
Tuition $18.00. *20,00 and 125,00 per
STILL LEADS!
We invite everybody and the public gen
erally to call at our shop and examine our
immense stock of First-Class Finished Single
and Double Seat Buggies and One House
Wagons, of all styles and sizes. All of which
are of our own manufucture, and will be sold
as cheap as it is possible to sell such work in
any market. In reference to our Single and
Double Seat Dexter Buggies, we will say we
were the first to introduce them in this coun
try, and have from the beginning up to the
present time constantly improved them, and
we believe we now have them perfect We
ceep on hand all the while finished from 15 to
25 of these Buggies, with first-class Harness to
each buggy, and can sell you a Buggy and
Harness as cheap as anybody. All we ask is
to give us a trial. v ,
A word now to those who have old bug
gies and wagons and desire to have them re
paired or made new: We will give you more
work, and a better job, for less money than
any other shop in Americus. Try us and be
convinced.
Americus Ga., July 25,1884. ' «»
Wheatley^ Comer.
Hot every one in need of Clothing,
“COME AGAIN” to heatley’s Comer and buy
' %>e iplendldyitcoiM which atteaoedjoiuteffortapn ittiradaeltig the ealeiof
PINK CLOTHING-
|te[ooro , be* lad«ceJ|iie to brief oat fir the l^lnt trifle the lar*m^hei!.ozfleet and]
moil complete line of
Perfect Fitting Clothing
EVER 8H0WN IN AMERICUS!
Theoe fooflo bar. been selected with freet cere andpomeMlan.Iexuo.ofdtiifii, bcaaty ot flalah
end durability of toaten. that hwindeed can eqnl, ead none oupoM. In INI,Masse w*
GUARANTEE PERFECT FIT OR NO SALE
We htn|tiio> largo »d «iU eelected stock of TeefbetltUid
Shirts, Collars, Cuffs, Neek and Underwear!
And oTRytbiat In the tray of Oent’e PuntUhlug Uoope. Polite end etteuliy^Moemra will take |
Iplemran la dlrpUylng there beiotilbl (code whether you wish to tray or not.
THORNTON WHEATLEY,
Wheatley’s Comer, : : ; Americus, Ga
H. T.
INSURANCE AGENT,
OFFICE IN COMMERCIAL HOTEL BLOCK,
Forsyth Street, - ■ • - AmeriouftG*
AGENT FOR THE LEADING
IN THE COUNTRY, O!
urance uompaoies
G YOU THE BEST INSURANCE AT
— HATES.
GULLET AND LUMMES COTTON GINS,
Tla* SMtlOtaa Mjk*. t
CALL AND BEE ME, WHEN IN WANT OF INSURANCE OB OIMS.
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