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P. L. HOLT,
DEALER IN-——
UG6IES. WAGONS, AND HARNESS !
•i UldoplleiCto Atlan-
. and Mhcoii Price* In
rfMtei Lime, Cement
«T LAMAR HTRF.E'fi, * - - AMERICUS, GEORGIA
> WHm.KSAL# AND RETAIL DEALER IN
PtFt JT-CJL.A© *** BRICK
WHERE 8HE COMES.
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An old fence tumble* on, atpoof
Tbtf tangled meadow grasses.
It makes a shade for lady fern
Which nestles dose beside It:
While clematis, at every torn.
Aed rowy skanrt hide It.
FOR ORE33STT.
Handsomo two-story, eight room residence with out buildings,
stables, etc. Two minutes walk of business. Suitable, for two or
three families or a boarding bouse.
M. Callaway - Real Estate Agent.
The. People’s. National. Bank
8. Mostoomf.ry, President.. J. 0. Roney, Vice President.
John Windsor. I'snltier. E. A. Hawkins, Attorney.
H. C. Mitchell, Book-keeper. •
ALL BUSINESS STRICTLY PRIVATE !
CAPITAL. 850.000.
SURPLUS, 325,000*
BEAL: E8TATE: BARGAINS
I have TWO VER,Y DESIRABLE NEW COTTAGES which I can
SELL ON EASY TERMS.
LOTT WARRKN 1 .
Bank of Sumter Building!
REAL ESTATE BARGAINS.
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T tor a f w day a the following desirable property cloao in at a bargain:
Fonr boose* and lots, bouses Just completed; 4 large room* each; Iota 60x145 each.
T * r One f hw*cand lot on College Hill, large lot JlOitTO, fronting tiro street*. The pfet*
ttest home fb Americas.
One house and lot on Jackson stree*, fronting th* College. Large lot, ft rooms to the
comparatively new bonqp wl» h cook room and bath house attached, nice out house and
barn on tbe place. Call for baftgain*.
HUGH M. BROWN,
705 Jackson St, : : Americus, Ca.
nrtecn Share, Fumltur. Factor; Slock (or Fait
,V. HOOD HITT,
# KKRIOEXT AGENT OF fBB
Fenn Mutual Life Insurance Company.
Tula company oShnstMter Incuc'm.c.. ihananr other. In that IU accurlt; lann-
roe**™
^ .ltife 1
, rin*uranc*7eali on me before insuring. *
Kkcobdku Building, Americus, Ga. a
.FOR SALE.
One farm, 725 acres, three miles from Americas,
* One farm, 600 acres, near Leslie, on S. A. M. B. B., twelve
miles from Americas, about 850 scrips cleared, 10 new tenant houses
on place. This is one of the finest cotton farms in Georgia; will bo
sold at a bargain. Also several houses and vacant lots in Amerieus t
Gall on
W. x>. Haynes db Son.
208 Fortyth St., Recorder Building. AMERICUS, GA.
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By haaei oopM, aad woodland wuy^
Tbe winding fanoe X follow;
By rose and thorn aad fragrant dew,
, In search of something sweeter—
Tbe orchard gapt where she oomee thr
And X go down to meet bert -
Tbe euahgbt slant* along the fence.
Where lichens gray It over.
And stirs a hundred dreamy scents
’ From fern aad mint and clover;
, But^hough the air Is sweet today
sib* way.
And so. while ctypmunka run a match
To tell tbe wrens who's coming;
And all across tbs brier patch
Tbe bum of honey —king baas
I sack for somsthtng sweeter:
A gap amongst tbe apple tree*?
When I am going (o meet her!
— Charles B. Going in Scribner’*
A SPECTRE HELMSMAN.
In the rammer of 1839 the ship Vul
can, under the command of Capt. Iaaao
Johnson, was on her homeward bound
from the Indlee with half a
cargo of tea. and eh, stopped at Cape
Negro, on the coast of Bengasi., after a
lot ot ivory to make np her load. Har
ing gone on shore st the Cape the
captain learned from tho native con
tractor that he would have to go acme
fifteen miles np the Cannibal's river, as
the elephant hunter, had all tho boats
further np In tho country, so that con
sequently they had not been enabled to
bring the ivory down. -
Capt. Johnaoo was somewhat dlasp-
_ rfnted at thla canao for delay, but with
out waiting to find useless fault he de
termined toman hi* own boats and pro
ceed at once np the river. It required
four trips to bring all tbe Ivory dqwn,
but a, they had opportunity to take ad
vantage of the slight tides the task was
accomplished in four days. On the last
trip- the captain went 'himself, leaving
tho first mate in charge of the ship, and
on arriving at tho imall village where
the ivory was rioted he waa not a
little surprised to find that nearly all tbe
miserable huts were deserted. Several
times Capt Johnson inquired the mean
ing of thla, but the natives were either
unable oy unwilling to give any plain
answer, and it was not until thejari lot'
of tnaka had been conveyed to the boats
and the natives had been rantmemted
for their labor that tbe least clew could
be obtained astothecanaeof thisrirsnge
desertion, and then for the first time the
captain received the startling intelli-
lence that the cholera waa sweeping
own the river!
As soon as this fact became known to
the icemen they wildly huddled into
their boats, as though the fearful death
angel was at their heels, and silently,
yet with powerful strokes, they polled
down the fatal stream. At length they
reached their ship, and though they
breathed somewhat more freely as they
trod their own deck, yet each counte
nance bore the stamp of deep fear. The
ivory waa soon got on hoard, and with
all haste the old Vnlcan was got under
way. It waa nearly night when the
chip got off, and with a good brans
from tho northward and eastward she
atoodwellon her coarse. On the next
morning, shortly after breakfast, and
wfcile the crew had begun to think that
they bau no occasion for further fear, a
ronng man named Walter Addison waa
i ;okcn suddenly sick#
Young Addison was the favorite both
of the officer, aad tbe crew, and as 1t
was reported that he was thna ill a gen
eral conxternatioa seised upon all hands.
The young man felt st first a giddiness
and a sickly chill, and intbe'eonno of
two hours he sank into an alarming de
bility, the countenanoe assuming s
deadly paleness and his sldn bearing all
the appearance of a oorpee. Poor Addi
son raffeted tin, noon, and then the
startling announosment went through
the ship that he was dead.
This waa tho first, but who should be
theqextf A panic had seised upon the.
men; the cholera waa with than, and
none dared remove tbe form of their
more fores from the northward and
westward, and ore long a good fresh
breese filled tho ship’s canvas and started
her through tbe water. Tbe wind con
tinued to increase, aad before midnight
all hands were called to tako in the top-
gallontsaili. At 13 o'clock the mid
watch was set, and all hands were for a
few momenta brought in contact with
each other. No further' symptoms ot
tfca dreadri fsriSar--ttirf retired, and
tber began to taka hope.
Itwia half past’II o'clock. An old
«s*n^in nfcmriif BUI Shippon b^d the
helm, while the remainder of the watch
were either in the gangway or else for
ward. The wind continued fresh, but
yet steady, and the old ship was dose
hauled upon it, lying some two points
off from her true course. Tbe ship’s bell
was suspended over the binnacle, and
old SMppen reached over and struck the
first half hour after midnight He had
Just resumed his position, and was gaz
ing intently at the compass, when he
felt a hand laid upon his shoulder, and
on turning around he beheld by the,
straggling beams of the binnacle lamp'
the pale, deathly features of Walter Ad
dison! *
For an instant the old sailor remained
rooted to th" not, and then, uttering a
sharp cry of .oar, ho let'go the wheel and
darted forward. In a moment the ship
began to full off, and aa she brought the
flat surfkce of broad canvas to the wind
ahe heeled over alarmingly; but soon the
that had frightened the
from hts post caught the
wheel, and laid tho halm hard down, and
ere long the ship was once more to the
wind.
Shippen's cry had started all hands
from their listleesneee, far they thought
the cholera fiend had assailed him, but
from his broken ejaculations they soon
learned what was the matter, and In a
body they crowded aft, and by tho dim
light from tbe binnacle they saw the
specter helmsman 1 Every knse trembled,
and overy tongue clove to the roof of Its
mouth. None dared to approach him,
nor did any move back. At this Juncture
the captain came on deck. Hla eye
caught tbe corpee like form that still
held tbe wheel, and he, too. was riveted
to tbe spot where he stood.
"Shipmates, roliqvo ms from hare, or
I shall faint I am cold and weak!" at
length came burn tbe lips of the seem-
tng specter, in faint, agouUbd tones.
Capt Johnson hesitated an instant
and than he rushed forward and laid his
hand upon tbe trembling form before
him. It was cold and wet bathe knew
that it was a living man. One after an
other of tho men gathered about, and
before long all knew that young Walter
Addison, still lived. The captain had
him conveyed to the cabin, where every
thing that could be thought of was ad-,
ministered for his comfort, and it waa
not long before he sufficiently revived to
give an seconnt of Ms strange escape
from tbe cold, deep grave to which be
hod been consigned.
It seemed that young Addison had
fallen Into that deathlike lethargy which
not infrequently results from sudden
chplera, and wMch, as sQ who are ac
quainted with the disease most be aware,
so nearly resembles death that even the
best physicians have been deceived
it The sudden Immersion in the <
water had revived his dormant senses,
and as the chip bad but a slight motion
at the time be came to a partial ycaliza-
tion of hla situation before tho bad
passed him, and by considerable exer
tion he managed to get hold of the rod
der chains. He tried to call for assist
ance, but his tongue was so swollen that
he found it impossible, and after remain
ing upon the chains long enodgb tore-
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Solid Trains with Pullman Buffet Weeping Cars Between Havannsh and Blrmlng*
Pullman Bnlfet Bleeping can America* to Jacksonville* Florida.
For farther information retaffve to tlekete.eebfdutee* beet routes etc. etc.* apply to
A. T. MAY WELL* Agent, J. O. McKENZIE* 8up% E.T. CHARLTON, Gen. Pa*a. Ag’t.
-■ Americas, ne. Macon, Ga. Savannah, Ga.
D. H; BYTIIEWOOD, Division Pass! Art., Columbn*, (Ja.
B. D. CURRAN, Snp’t, Columbus, Ga. J. C„6 IIAW.Trav. Paw. Ag't., Savannah Ga
Savannah, Americus & Montgomery Railway
Time Card in Effect October 12, 1890.
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JOHN R. SHAW.
*” Clothier of S. W. <
dead shipmate .from his berth. Night
approaihod, and with it came an almost
dead calm, bnt th* oorpee still remained
in the forcastle, nor did the men due to
go thither. The captain urged that tho
longer presence of the body would breed
more dangerous oontaglon, but tbs only
answer he received was a ’mournful
shake of the heads about Mm.
At length, finding that all arguments
were nseleffi, he turned to Ms mate and
asked him if be would serist himself in
board. The mate st first hesitated, but
in a moment he signified his oonsnt, and
together himself and the
down into the forecastle. They dared]
I not remain long enough with tbe corpse
I to »ew it up, nor even to attach toit a
sinking weight, but throwing over its
I single blanket, they managed to get it
upon deck and. lay it across the bub I
work of the starboard bow. A moment
ICapt. Johnson hesitated—he opened his
lips, breathed a prayer for the cool of I
the departed, and then, while a ahndder
I ran over Ms frame, he let tbe oold form I
of young Walter Addison olido into tho
bine water! Instinctively he cast Ms
eyes over the side as th* dead was dode,
and by the pale phosphorescent light he
Icoold just see the corpse sink, then rise
and sink again, and then with a heavy
step and a still heavier heart ho walked
aft
■ Tho first watch had bocn set, bnt the
other watch dared not go below, and
huddling themselves beneath tho long
boet they sought the repose which they
feared to seek where their companion
had died; bnt each sffimed to fear his
neighbor, for none knew where the con-
might be. At 11 o’clock the
of the air, which
have
strength he
ip till be got hold of the lanyards of the
cabin dead light*.
From thence he reached the lashings of
tbs stern boat, but hero weakness again
overpowered Mm, and after working hla
way into the boot he remained some time
insensible, bat at length he revived and
came on board- He had tried to speak,
bnt he could not. When tbe ticlmm.n
fied-from the wheel he had sense enough
to see the imp’s danger, and from the
Impulse of • sort of Instinct ha adzed
the wheel and brought her np to the
wind.
Tbe morning dawned, and the next
day passed, then another, and another,
bnt tbs death fiend esms not again! He
had lari Ms flint Intended victim sad he
left the sMp in peace.—Sylvanns Cobb,
Jr., in Yankee Blade.
II. Oat tp. Job.
Farmer Crane, who lives over on the
town line, has some very unique meth
ods of examining tho men who apply to
I him from time to time for work. ■
One evening a tall, big boned frilowJ
I In his shirt sleeves, asked Crane If be had I
any work to da
"I don’t know,' eaid the farmer.
I “Can yon tend horsesT
r “Yee, indoedy. I’ve worked about
horses ill my lift.'
“Coins sronnd here to the pomp,” said I
Crarik, and be lad the way to a common!
sucker rod pump near the bam. Going
Inride be got a long, narrow pitcher, and
I placed. It under the spout. “There,"
said he, “pomp that pitcher fall of wa
ter." Tbe Mg booed fellow complied,!
carefully pumping tho pitchpr full with
out spilling o singlo drop,
“That’lldo,"said Cranet “Ooinsids
and get ready for rapper; HI give yon a
job in tbe morning." ' J
About a weak later tho big boned fell
low asked Crane what pumping the I
pitcher foil of water had to do with hia
gettings Job,
“Well, m jnri tell you. This is
mighty dry weather, and water U get
ting scare*. Yon must have thought
that far, for 3‘oa didn’t spill nny water.
It you hadn’t pumped hard the water
would have been spilled, and if you had
pumped too hard tho water would bavo
gone over the pitcher. Now, the way 1
argue i* thi*: If n fellow don’t pump
hard enough he won’t frork hard
enough. It ho pumpa too hard he’ll
work too hard for a little while, and I
don’t want either kind to work for me.
w boon tc have X<» psmptd exactly right, sad you got
b«aa to gate * jo£”-4oidk>Usd* .
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1 Meal station. ‘D^Jly. f Flag Stallone.
*Jor any information oa to rsten.etu., call otr you regent, or n-Mn-M
' W. N. MARSHALL, C. H. ADAMS, E. 8. GOODMAN,
Superintendent. Train Dispatcher. Gen. Paw. A rent.
CHATTAHOOCHEE VALLEY EMIli.
Commencing November 5th. Ending November 15th. *
OOIjTTIMIBTJS, G\A..
A SEASON OF UNRIVALLED ATTRACTION,
This Exposition Will Be One of tho Most Complete and Intcrcstinj
Ever Held in’the South. •
EVERY DEPARTMENT WILL PRESENT A PINE DISPLAY.
LIBERAL PREMIUMS OFFERED FOR COUNTY AND INDIVIDUAL EXHIBITS
Tho Attractions for Visitors Will Be Numerous and Varied.
HlOTTlNO and RUNNING RACKS, MILITARY CONTESTS and EVKH1
KIND OKAMl'KKMKNTS.
ALLIANCK DAY, SIERCIIANTS’ DAY,
DRU3I3IEKS* DAY uml ICI'J) MKNS* DAY
Balloon Ascensions ami Parachute Leap* Every Day During tho Exposition
ONE CENT A MILE RATES OVER ALL RAILROADS
Everybody como and have a good time, Colambr.s will be in her glory
Kor further information, catalogues, etc., address
<* J. J. SLADE, President,
C. B; GRIMES, Secretary.
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