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DRESS OF CHILDREN.
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OUVt HARPER TELLS SOME INTER-
■ ESTINQ THINGS TO MOTHERS.
toves, Stoves,
^he cheapest and most varied assortment
(Ming' Stoves,
Ranges and
Office Heaters,
GAS FIXTURES.
IN THE CITY.
JU8TJ. RECEIVED, A LARGE LOT OF
Fiower Pots and Grates!
Call early.and .nspeot our goods.
A. larve lot of hardware ordered and will
soon be in.
Plumbing and Repair Work Our Specialty
CALL .A.1T23 SBC TT3‘
Harris & Payne,
Artesian Block? - Telephone No. 12
AMERICF3, G-A.
The Feuntleroy Belt* Hew Goo* Oat for
Boy., and Scotch and Boeelaa Haro
Come Id—Dreeeee for Little Olrlt and
Those of Lerjj.r Growth.
[Special Correspondence.)
New York, Dec. 4.—The time has
gone by for FauDtleroy suits, which har
rowed tho souls of the poor little wear-
era, and now the styles for small boys
have a leaning toward the Scotch and
Russian, being about equally divided.
The Scotch has a velvet cap, with the
CLOTHING
First claims parents’ attention. We are more than ready In this de
partment, The Suits, The little Trousers and the Boys Furnishings; Hats
and Caps begin to go, ere the men begin to think of changing theirs.
We’ve often thought of calling our store The Mothers’ Clothing Store,
because the mother is the best economizer iu the household and she gen
erally finds out that the dollars go the farthest at
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2ANDJPROPRIETOU OF
' “The Eagle’' Shoe and Hat Store,
117 and UOTORSSTH ST.
fAMERICUS, GA.
■CALL AND SEE-
vT_ W_ MIZE,
At his new quarters on Colton Avenue, uud^r Hawkins House,
keeps the finest
Wines, Whiskies. Cigars, Etc., Etc.
in town. He always lios’on tap kegs of the
Pamon s Cook. Beer,
The BEST Beer ever sold in Americus.
Fancy Drinks at Lowest Living Prices!
He keeps nothing but first-class goods, and don’t charge fancy prices
far them. GIVE ME A CALL.
FOR THE LITTLE ONES,
traditional heron's plume, a kilted skirt
and n little Inverness topcoat, with
several little overlapping capes, a rather
pretty bat most cumbersome garment.
Tho Russian costume is made usually
of velutina, with a little blouso shaped
overcoat belted in and bordered, with
fur of some description and belted with
the same. There is a cap something the
form of a polo cap, but deeper, and this
has a wide band of fur. The little
trousers ore gathered in at tho knees
and a lovely pair of top boots are worn
with it, just such as any hoy would ffiel
himself a bigger man than his father in.
The eoat is sometimes lined with fur,
but is not so healthy as when lined with
fleecy Jersey flannel, which makes it
both light and warm. Tho outsido
material can he of cloth, serge, cheviot,
tweed or camel’s hair, as well as of
velvet. Tho distinctive features are its
blouse shape aud belt and borderings of
fur. Any mother can make this easily.
No other overcoat is to he worn with it.
It is suitablo for boys from four to
eight years old.
It is very difficult to dress a little girl
in a short winter garment without hav
ing herlooklikoan overgrown doll baby.
The pictureof the little sister shows how
one looks, hnt as there are as many ideas
as mothers I present this, saying it is
made of dark blue serge, trimmed with
velvet of the same hue. There is no
warmth or protection to tho lower limbs
in such a garment, and the little wearer
shonld have warm woolen drawers ex
tending to her feet, and leggings besides
in the coldest days..
The qnaint Greenaway picture gowns
and clonks and hats are still the best and
most general fashion for children, and it
is hard indeed to pass one of tho dear
little wearers without wanting to stop
and kiss the sweet little face.
Dark gTeen flannel or velvet with a fur
bordering, and a green beaver felt hat
covered with fluffy plumes, make of n
little girl a very hud, all rosy and pink,
and a picture of beauty. Brown cloak
ami hat make one look like a ennning
littlo sparrow, and, in fact,' every new
color on a dear little girl makes you
think of some other pleasant thing.
For larger girls different shaped gar
ments are necessary, but good taste
should make them simpfe in form, grace
ful and loose enough to permit of growth
ns well as free movement. Those who
have growing children should remember
that often when a child is between
twelvo and fifteen ho or she will out
grow n garment in three months. Allow
ance should he made for that sudden
growth in length and in the length of
the sleeve particularly, for it looks much
better to have them rather too long at
first than to soe five or six inches of bare
wrist showing later.
A very pretty dress for a growing girl
is made of plaid wool, made on the bias.
The sleeves, of velvet or velutina, being
full, are naturally rather longer than
tho arm, and if the young wearer out
grows it a simple band of trimming
lengthens tho bottom and a wider cuff
answers for the sleeve. The old device
of letting down tucks is at best a poor
one, os the places always show. The
best placo is to lengthen the dress from
tho bottom.
A very pretty redingote for a little girl
of from twelve to sixteen is made of dark
redingote, and can bo cut by it, only doe
allowance must bo made for the thick
lining which shonld he put In. There
are silk, satin and farmer satin linings;
quilted neatly with cotton, to be pur
chased by the yard. This is a very great
convenience to the home dressmaker.
The price ia from 8S cents to $1.10 a
ydrd, according to quality, and it can
be found in all colors—white, pale bine
and pink, gold .color, cherry, brown and
black. To use it so that there will be no
thick, unwieldy seams the cotton shonld
ho snipped ont along tho edges, and
when the seam is sewn it ought to be
pressed down with a hot irou.
Many ladies, particularly those who
w«br short wraps, jackets and loose
cloaks, mako a little sleeveless vest of
silk, lined with this quilted satin, and
wear it on going out It is a good pro
tector against pneumonia and kindred
affections. Olive Harper.
HENRY VILLARD.
HOW A
FOR
SCHMIDT’S
Reading Room,
Lamar Street, Americus, Ga.
Having fitted up this large room in handsome style, with the Inten
tlon’of making it. a pleasant and quiet resort, I am prepared to serve the
finest and best Liquors, Wines, Beers, sod Cigars, some of them of my
own Importation from Germany and France.
FREE LUNCH every morning from 11 to 12.
I ask all to give me a call. sepll
R. Li McLEOD <fe CO.,
.CALEHS IN
FANCY STAPLE GROCERIES. SHOES, ETC.
: WHISKIES. CIGARS AND TOBACCO A SPECIALTY.
ALSO, ‘ ]I , HtS l gObAB3 EAR, ATTACHED
spiled With tys Best Brands of Liquors, Brandies, Wines, Beer, Ete.
Forryth Street, Under tha Opera House, : AMERICUS GA
FOR YOUNG OIRLS.
prune vigogne, with sleeves qf velvet in
a darker shade. The little Medici collar
and pointed belt ore of the same. Down
tho front is a double row of little dork
amethyst buttons, round in shape. The
samo ornament the sleeves.
The design is a pretty one, and if the
weather is very col'd a cape of the samo
material or of Astrakhan or any other
fur am be worn; or a drab coachman's
cape can be also worn. A simple prin-
dreea pattern is the style of the
Brief Sketch of HU Antecedent#. Career
and Character.
[Special Correspondence. ]
"• New York, Dec. 4.—So many and so
contradictory Btories have been circn
lated and printed about Henry Villard
during the panicky condition of Wall
street that tho general public, forming
its opinions as it does from what it hears
and reads in tho newspapers, must be
greatly puzzled as to tho antecedents
and character of the man. He has been
a prominent, often a leading, financier
in Europe and this country for six
teen years, aud more than lialf that
time lias been a power in the monetary
market of America and Germany.
He was bom in the old cathedral town
of Speyer in 1833, the only son of a civil
judge who afterward became a justice
of the supreme court of Bavaria. One of
his two sisters died early, and the other is
the wife of a general in tho German
army who not long since represented
the Bavarian government at tho court of
Berlin. His family is distinguished and
related to some of the must influential
personages in tho empire, where ho en
joys the highest esteem and favor. He was
carefully educated, having been grad,
uated at tlio Gymnasium of his native
city before 17. While studying at the
University of Munich he becamo so dis
satisfied with the political oppression
(his tendencies lind from tho first been
democratic) prevailing in Germany at
that time that he immigrated to tile New
World, where some of his more liberal
kinsmen had preceded him. Eighteen
when he arrived here, and bent on mak
ing a place for himself, he assumed the
name of Villard—his own being Hilgard
—lust he should bring discredit on his
family by non-success. He achieved suc
cess so much earlier than he lmd antici
pated that lie found the resumption of
his patronymic extremely inconvenient.
He has, therefore, kept the name of his
adoption, making no secret of the fact,
fumiliar to all his friends and most of
his acquaintances.
In tho west he showed a strong bias
toward journalism, and speedily master
ing English became correspondent, one
after another, of the leading newspapers
of the republic. His service was most
valuable. Ho formed intimacies with
the principal public questions and men
of the day, and exercised a potent influ
ence privately and publicly. On tho
breaking out of the war he joined the
•army and furnished admirable accounts
of many of tho most memorable occur
rences of the strife, and won wido repu
tation thereby. At 30 he married Miss
Fanny Uurrison, sole daughter of Will
iam Lloyd Garrison, the apostle of eman
cipation, nnd soon after went to Europe,
where at intervals ho has since spent
much of his time. He continued to write
for tho daily and periodical press until
1873, when, as ho was firing at Weis-
Iladen, he interested himself in Ameri
can securities, nnd so formed the ac
quaintance of many prominent bankers
of Frankfort nnd Be (Jin. This led to
liis return to the United States as their
lent, aud to his protection of their in
terests in certain defaulted bonds, also
to his organization of tho Oregon Rail
way und Navigation company, by which
he and his intimates made a great deal
of money, and which has paid dividends
from the start.
By tills time (1879) he hod gained
broad fame ns an able nnd brilliant
financier, and his completion of tho
Northern Pacific road find his adminis
tration of its affairs gave 1dm a national
and transatlantic reputation. Ho was
at the acme of his renown nnd pros
perity when, at tho close of 1883, ho lost
the hulk of his fortune, estimated at
$3,000,000 or $8,000,000, and resigned
the presidency of the corporations ho
had controlled At this time ho was
rigorously uttacked by men who had
suffered by tho decline of the securities
lie had managed. Bat his friends have
always claimed that he acted in the
most honorable manner; that he sacri
ficed $1,000,000 trying to protect his
friends, nndtbathe was the heaviest loser
of all by tho downward course of the
market. Broken in health by his long
labors and hard straggle, he went abroad
with his family for rest and reenperation,
nnd remained two years. The Germans
retained complete faith in his abilities
in spite of his reverses, and orinced their
esteem and admiration for him iu every
way possible. They bought more and
more largely of the Northern Pacific
curities, and when he came back toNew
York he wasmgain. through them, the
controller of tho rood. He returned to
Wall street, and had more friends than
before. *
Now that the stocks known as the Vi£
lards—tho Northern Pacific, the North
American, and the Edison General Elec
tric—have materially declined owing to
tlie reckless speculations of Loudon, Vil
lard has once more been assailed. But
his admirers hold that he is as untainted
us ever by any just reproach. He may
he tod confident, too sanguino, they say,
hnt bo has stood firmly by his friends;
he has not disposed of his securities; he
has not acted a double part Villard’s
return to America, leaving his family in
Germany, ia dus to the fact that he be-
lietree his presence here may do good.
Paul R, Cleveland.
■Is eastern** Am Mostly, if No* Wholly,
Among the Wealthy—People Overfeed
Their Doge—Point* on Whoa to rood
and Wbnt to Give tho Animals.
“Yes, Tm a doctor bow,” sold a bird
fancier to a reporter, as he dropped
capsnlo into tho open month of a hull
dog he had between his knees.
“Yes, sir," he continued, patting the
dog, “Tm a real doctor now; that is,
far as dogs and birds go. Can I cure
them if they are sick! Well, yon just
try mo. Never loet • patient yet, and
some of my cures are marvelous. Does
it pay? Well, I just reckon it does. Do
yon soo that bull dog? His liver is out
of order, and it will take just throe days
to cure him. At $1 a visit and one visit
a day that makes $3—not bad for caring
a dog’s diseased fiver, eh?"
“Is $1 your regular fee?" returned the
scribe, taking a seat on a box of dog
hiscaits.
“That’s my visiting foe. Of course,
I take the dog here with me the owner
has to pay board for it
"Surgical operations? Bless your soul,
we have plenty of that tort of work. It
was only Monday that I amputated
dog’s tail. But that’s nothing; we ent
tails off every day or so. It’s a society
fad, you know, to have dogs with short
tails. Then wo clip terriers’ears, but
there’s not rnach skill in that. You
would laugh if you could seo 3ome of the
ladies who bring dogs here to have their
tails cut They go on terrible, and if the
porp happens to yell, which, of course, it
does, they stop up their ears and run
away.”
ONE OF MANY CASES.
“Do you allow people to see you at
work?"
“No, not generally; but when these
fine ladies come down nothing will do
hnt they must see everything. Whist!
hero comes ono now. Just listen.
“Good morning, Mrs. H. How’s your
dog today?”
“Ob, doctor, Toodles is awful! Didn’t
sleep oil night and forsook his milk and
bread this morning. Pleaso seo what
yon can do for himl”
The dog was passed over. It was
fat pug—so fat, in fact, that it conld
hardly walk. Yet it carried its pedigreed
tail in thoroughbred stylo from without
a velvet coat which encircled tho dog’s
body and was fastened underneath with
tiny pink bows.
Tho dog doctor squeezed tho pup’s
throat and out came his tongue.
“Tho dog’s bilious,” said the doctor,
with a knowing wink. “You’ve boon
feeding him on candy."
“Just a tiny bit, doctor. Oh! say he’ll
get well!"- '
Tho doctor looked thoughtful a mo
ment and continued;
“Yes, I can cure him, bat if.ho gets
over this tako my advice and don’t.glve
him any more Bweets.”
’Til never do it again, doctor. Will I,
Toodles?” appealing to the dog.
Then tako this box of capsules and
glvo him ono threo times a dny. Walt,
I’ll givo him ono now, and yon can see
how I do it"
Taking tho dog between his legs the
doctor pressed his knees about its nock
.and opened its month. Then taking a
capsule in his month ho dropped it down
the dog’s throat, way oat of sight
“I can nover do that in tho world,
doctor," said the lady despairingly.
‘Can't yon do It in any other way?”
"You might put it in a piece of meat
but my way is tho best.”
“I’ll try the meat way first. How much,
doctor?"
“One dollar, please, aud twenty-five
cents for tho inedidno.’’
“My I how reasonable you are. Our
family doctor charges mo $3 each visit
and tho mcdicino always costs about $).'’
So handing tho feo over she departed with
Toodles in her arras.
HOW TO FEED DOOS.
“They are the people wo make u living
off of," said the doctor os soon us she was
ont of sight. "SUo overfeeds her dog in
tho first placo and stuffs him with cake
and candy. A hull dog couldn't stand
such treatment. Tho result is the dog
gets sick. Can you blamo him? Yon’d
get sick yourself. And if ho isn't treated
at once he dies. Dogs should be fed tat
twice a day—a light breakfast and n
hearty dinner.
“Puppies should not bo fed oftelier,
tat in either coso never overfed. It not
only mokes the dog lazy hnt sick. Meat
shonld never be given to pnppics. It
gives them distemper. A largo bone
now and then, however, is beneficial, as
it aids teething, and When broken np
and swallowed aids digestion. Somo
people think a good plateful cf meat is
all a dog requires. Wrong again. Show
mo a dog brought up on meat and Til
venture to say he ia worthless.
RUGS.
Owing to tfie great
delay in freights, I am
compelled to retire
from the Carpet busi
ness. I offer tor sale
in my store on Cotton
Avenue, consisting of
They are ■ suitable for
lugs only nnd will be
sold at
nw Prices!
Call and examine
1 lem. There are a
number of beautiful
pieces.
No trouble to show
them,
MANAGER.
414, 416 and 418 Cotton Ave
RUGS
and baked.
“What land of patients do dogs make?”
queried the reporter.
"Best in tho world,” rejoined the doc
tor. “It is really a pleasure to physic a
dog. You kflotr they can’t say anything,
even if they do growl a little.
“No, 1 never was bitten by a sick dog.
They seem to know that T am doing all
I can to moke them well, and I think ap
preciate it.”
“That was an excellent method of giv
ing pills 1 noticed a few momenta ago.
tat how do yon manage when the medi-
cino is in liquid form?”
“Nothing easier in the world," an
swered the doctor, removing ^splinter
from a setter's broken leg. “Take the
deg between your legs and force its
month open by pressing the finger and
thamb on either sideof the threat. Then
hold ont ono comer of tho mouth and
pour the medicine imtbera. It makes a
natural funnel. Of course thedog’s head
must b« held aloft to keep the. medicine
from spi 111: ~ '
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