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THE SOUTHERN INDIANS. NATURE'S REMEDY Is a flint-class scientific preparation, the result of Dr. King* untiring labors and researches following after Gaffrejr, De- geer, Brandtlett, Faatuer. Koch, Hlquel ad other llluitrioua compeers, whose la* ora substantiate, as held by the Trench Academy of Science, that" disease germs I may be not only attenuated until nearly harmless, but may be revlTlfled by degrees ^ and giren the most virulent character.” 4 —ROYAL GERMETUER— 4 is an Infallible cure for numerous diseases, , such as Rheumatism, Indigestion, heart « troubles. Headache, Liver, Bladder, and Kidney diseases, Chills and Fever, Ca* A tarrh, Faralysls, Asthma, Bronchitis, j Coughs, Incipient Consumption, all Blood ^ aad Skin diseases. Female troubles, etc. i It cures by purifying and correcting a dls* i eased condition of the blood. It builds up « from the first dose, the patient quickly k feeling Its Invigorating and health-giving W Influence. It Increases the appetite, aids j digestion, clears the complexion, purifies y fl the blood, regulates the liver, kidneys, p i eta, and speedily brings bloom to the l % cheek, strength to the body and Joy to the P « heart. For weak and debilitated females U It Is without a rival or a peer. K « tt you are suffering with disease, and h fall of a core,send stamp for printed mat- f d ter, certificates, etc. It Is a boon to the p j suffering and the wonder of the century. ■ 4 For sale by King’s Royal Germetuer p a Company, Atlanta, Ga., and by druggists, l " Brice flM per concentrated bottle, which " J makes one gallon of medicine as per dl- L " factions accompanying each bottle. Cab r 1 he sent by express a O. D. If ygnt drug* k j gist can not supply you. F If YOU WISH to Advertise Anything Anywhere * T Any time WRITS TO Seo. P. Rowell &C: No. io Spruce Street NEW YORK. Mots J.9. ui A. B. H Have one of the beat furnlancd and beat equipped doctor’* offices in the South nrn.nl nursery ond tb« tmtment nr the BYE, EA.lt. THBOAT and NOBE « specially. Perron, hnelnz defective vision will do veil torn!) and h»ve their rye, carefully examined and (rated and glaaaeu fitted suitable 1o the eye. SB. A. B. HINKLE hna recently taken a fecund extended courre of special In- atructlon at the New lork Post Graduate School and Hoapitnl. OFFICE BOOKS: S.-fO A M to 1:90 PM end 2:90 P >1 to 6:00 P M and on Tueadava. Thuradaya and Batur- daya from 7 to Oo'clock at night. GORGEOUS VISIONS OF THE APA CHES, ARAPAHOES, ETC. table In th. Boothweat War Nip ped In th. Bad by the Prompt AcUon of the AganU—Bltttag Ball'. Dream of th. Happy Vallay. [8pect*l Correspondence.) Arkansas Cut, Dee. 18.—The ex citement in the northwest has caused the people to overlook the extraordinary events in the southwest. There ore in the Indian Territory cloee to 100,000 Indiana Something over half of these Wong to the Five Nations—Cherokees, Choctaws, Chickasaws, Creeks and Seminolee—who are to a certain extent civilized, and from whom no danger is at any time to bo ap prehended. About half of the balance are partly civilized, but fully SO,000 be long to fierce and warlike tribes, as the Cheyennes, Arapahoes, Wichitss, Co- manches, Apaches and Caddoea. lished on earth. When he appeared be would bring with him all the dead Indians, the deer, the buffalo and other game; the white men would be driven from the land, and the Indians again come into -possession from ocean to ocean. The dead Indiana whom be conld eee dancing were preparing for their re film to earth, and in the same manner must the Indians here prepare to receive them. All daylong he talked with Sitting Boll, telling him theee things and many more, and at dusk he disappeared in the west with the setting son. Wearied with travel and loss of rest Sitting Ball dropped to sleep upon a bed of moss. At dawn he awoke to find himself in front of his own lodge, ten he had h WA1VTI A MERRY CHRISTMAS, -GO TO- suns' journey from where been Such a story, told in such a manner, would have had on effect on lees credu lous hearers. Under Sitting Bull's di rection a ghost or spirit dance was at once organized and kept np for three SCHEDULE AHEB1C0S STREET RAILWAY k C«*» leave Wheat ley’a Corner lor Cilj Limit*, Lee Street and corner Magnolt* Avenue and Fe'der Street, at 6:30,7:00,7:80 8:00,8:S0,0.00 and 9:30. HOUND TRIPS KACli WAY. City Limits, Lee Street and corner Mar nolla Avenue and Felder atreet at 8:40 and 8:10 p. ms Meet Central Tralna at 8:20, 0:00 a. m 12:10, m., 1:06,2:28,6:44 and 10:10 p.m. 8. A. M. at9; 16,0:40 10:30, a. m. 3:256:86 and 6.20 pm. To take effect October 19, 1800. RAYMOND REES, Bupt Trouble Brewing Shall the S. A. M. or the Central get the freight on Hall’s Immense Stock GardenSeeds That are just beginning to arrive. Listen for Competitive rates. The struggle for I’earl Onion USteli; gfte has commenced—first comes, Mrrt served. AH knew that HALT, keeps the best of everything—don’ get left! Call at JOHNSON SIDES. [Who vu »t on. time erroneously suppomd by lb. whllf. to betb. Indian Mcsjah.t A tradition has long prevailed among theee that a great prophet or medicine man would some day relieve them from the hated bondago of tho whites. So when last Aprils messenger came among them from the north, and said that cer tain chiefs there had been visited by the great Messiah, all were ready for the story, and many believed at once in the coming savior. The Cheyennes and Arapahoes were tho most active in the matter, and at once raised a snm of money and sent two of their number to the reservations in the north, with the request that at least one of the prophets of the coming Messiah should visit the southwest Theee messengers visited the Sioux agencies in Dakota, and returned with the assurance of the great prophet that he would visit the southern tribes very soon. This great prophet proved to be Sitting Bull, not the Big Medicine Mu, hut tho eon of a former illustrious chief of the Arapahoes, who had gone north eight years before. Cheyennes and Arapahoes to the number of 8,000 gath ered on the bonks of the Canadian river eonth of Fdrt Reno to listen to the story of their coming savior. Sitting Bull stood in the center of a great circle, with tho chiefs sitting at his right and left, and with many Btrango signs and mys terious movements told the following story: About n year ago ho went hunting with a large party of Sioux among the mountains in Wyoming. One day he becamo separated from the rest, and, led on by some strange impulse, ho hurried on toward the Shoshone mountain, which arose in the western horizon. When darkness came on he was at the foot of tho mountain, and just before him shone a bright red star, which he followed all night, and at daybreak fonnd himself on a great rock which overlooked a valley more beautiful ILan any ho had ever seen. Down its center flowed a stream clear os crystal and alive with darting fish. On the mountain sides were deer and mountain sheep, on the lower slopes grazed thousands of buffalo and here and there a bear prowled among tho nnderbrnsh. In the open places stood great num bers of Indian lodges covered with the finest skins, while at many places in the valley ho saw great numbers of Indians in a strango dance, aid to his ears was wafted the sound of strange and mysterious songs. Just below, him he recognized n party of dancers as Chey ennes and Arapahoea, who had died and gone to the happy hunting grounds. There wens all tho great chiefs of the past. Long ho stood and gazed upon the scene, when suddenly a voice at tracted his attention to the rear, where standing upon the mountain side was a strange being wrapped ins blanket of white and with flowing hair of the same And such a dance as it was! On a conch of skins reclined Sitting Boll, sur rounded by the chiefs cf tho tribes, while round about them inagreat circle danced the braves. With painted faces and hair bedecked with feathers, from left to right they circled, now leaping into the air, now beating their breasts, now re peating in a low, monotonous tono the refrain of a "spirit song,’’ and suddenly breaking into the weird funeral yell of tho tribe. When this dance was finally brought to a close most of the participants were worked into a perfect frenzy, and all re turned to their homes preaching the new doctrine, and prepared to bo called at any time to aid in driving the whites from the country. Sitting Bull and a delegation of be lievers at once visited the Kiowa, Co manche, Apache and Wichita tribes, where were enacted the same scenes that had taken place at Darlington. Arrangements were then made to hold a grand danoe, to he participated in by all the tribes, and it seemed for a time that the Indians were to bo so carried •way by the new belief os to be led into making war upon tho whites. While the believers in the new Mes siah at the north all hold that he will command them to drive the whites from the land by force, those hero in the eonth are divided. Some believe in war as do the faithful at the north, bat the greater number lielieve that the Messiah is all powerful, ind can dispose of the whites without any help. The arrival of Indian Commissioner' Little Mardre’s mnnunoTH book store Where you will find an elegant and carefully selected stock from which to choose. His goods are all new and of the most elegant and novel styles Morgan in the territory some little time also did much to tame down the re ligions ardor of mmnjr of the Indians, for they believe that he has the entire con trol of their supplies, and know that as head of the Indian schools he has many of their children in bis care. Gen. Mor gan, by the way, believes that the solu tion of the Indian question will be reached by getting all the children in Books of any and all Kinds. Bibles of all styles, Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary, sheep binding and indexed, at $4.8. Works o t standard at '* and many c from the ch Albums, etc., etc. Manicure Sets, Collaifand Cuff Boxes, Traveling Cases, etc. Ink Stands, ete., etc. Plush Goods of every Description. A magnificent line of|Papetries. Portfolios, Pictures I Pictures I! • Pictures I!! Oil paintings, steel engravings, Artotypes, Pastels, etc. Also an elegant assortment of easels and pict ure frames. A fine lot of Bisque figures, flowerpots, etc., mirrors of all sizes and styles. ChristmaslGards. The most elaborate stock ever brought to Americus. Prices range from ten cents to three dollars apiece. Dolla from the largest to the smallest, and at prices ranging from five cents to ten dollars. Dolls, Dolls, Dolls. From the smallest to the largest, and at prices ranging from five cents to ten dollars. Toys, Toys, Toys. Do!! Carriages, Velocipedes. Hobbv Horses, Express Wagons, ete. In fact, anything and everything in tUe shape of a toy. Be sure not to purchase your Christmas presents until you have called and examined the most murulflcent display of Christmas goods ever shown In this city. Little Mardre, 105 and 107 FORSYTH STREET, AMERICUS. QEOROIA - KICK1KO IIOESE. [A noted southwestern chief.) color. About his head was a strange light, and as he moved toward Sitting Bull he seemod to walk only upon the air. With a voice as musical as the foiling waters the strange and mysterious vis itor spoke to Sitting Ball, and told him that be vu the same Christ who once appeared upon earth to save the white man, but be had been crucified and rajseted by them, and now he was coming •gain to save tbs Indians. The scene which Sitting Btfll beheld in the valley THE OHOST DANCE. government schools. No old buck will go upon tho warpath while his children are away at school and in the power of the government. Commissioner Morgan is a man who says little but does mneh. As soon as he arrived in the territory he went to Anadarka, in the midst of tho wild tribes, and there held a conference with the Apaches, Comanches, Wichitas, Ki- owas and Caddoes, which was the largest Indian conference ever held in tho south west Assisted by tho Indian agent, the Baptist and Methodist missionaries and a number of tho young Indians who had been at school, he succeeded in winning a large number of the most prominent Indians from the new belief and con vincing them of the falseness of the doctrine. All of tho tribes then agreed to return to their homes and go about their usual avocations, whether they be lieved in the coming Messiah or not. At Darlingt-m a conference was held with the Cheyennes and Arapahoes with similar results, and among the Poncas and Osages it was fonnd that the craze had made bnt little headway, and the few who wanted to dance indulged in that pastime until they got tired and then returned to their homes. The Indian commissioner is a man pos sessed of strong personal magnetism, and he exerted a wonderful influence over the Indians he met. Bitting Bull meanwhile took the ponies with which he had been presented and left for his home in the north. While a number of the Indians still believe inrthe coming Messiah, and persist in holding dances in his honor, their number is now comparatively small, and there is no longer any possible danger of an upris ing among tho southern Indians. Feed L. Wenneb. Some Paris Bonnets. Strings to oil bonnets ore narrow, and only tio in a small knot without ends. (toe of green velvet has a small flat crown, and along the edges on the side are bands of gold lace, above which is a sort of coronet made by a twist of vel vet, surmounted by a leaf and flower of rich black beadwork, witli which are interspersed a few emeralds. The whole effect is very stylish and c-lcguui. The velvet is dark emerald green. Tho Hading veil is still 'worn, and other* with nhenflls or silk dots as large as ordinary lozenges are much liked by seme. Others like the treated, and a few always wear the dotted and red veO. Some veils have red etripea which cross the face jostoverthe cheeks; these Tffqlrcy th* iiqsq look wfl m tfift fhftfrfrr CALL ON 1 Thornton Wheatley, niVBMUl CLOTHING! Furnishing Goods, Shoesi Hats, Etc. WHEATLEYS&CORNER, 428, 425 and|427 JACKSON STREET All Electric Cars Stop at Wheatley's Comer. ^ , -■■ * : 1,- * TELEPHONE No-18