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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. aeptl8m8 B. V. : . \