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DRESS OF CHILDREN. • -*r=—r— 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 1, 1-1 If 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: ~ ' £ j w V I