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He Know* « <l»mt !»•**• About I>«» k h ft ml Dukmi'I llelleve Tli*t Many uf Them C«» Mud *•» !»•»» Sunir of Hl« K*|MTini*« Willi ‘(.’.'iii m m in scare huiisHI to death after having liven bitten by a d«*K whit* V s '. cptvwcxr it»® \ What Your Great Grandmother Did, Bbo hetchclcd the flnx and carded tb* wool, and wovo the linen, end spun the tow. and made the clothes for her husband and ten children. Bfce made butter and cheese, she dittoed tallow candles, to light the house at nignt, and she cooked all the food for her household by nn open lire place and A brick oven. Yes; ami when she was forty years of age, she was already an old lady wboee best days were over. Her shoulder* were bent and her joints enlarged by hard work, and she wore spectacles and a cap. Her greet granddaughter, with oil the modem conveniences for comfort, refinement and luxury, may be os charming and attract* ive at forty-five as at twenty. Especially is this true if she preserves her health by the use of Dr. Fiends Favorite Prescription, which wards oil all female ailments and ir* s the life current healthful and vigorous, and enables the woman of middle age to re* tain the freshness of girlhood upon brow and Cheek, the light of youth in her eyes, and Its elasticity in her step. Go to your drug Etore, pay a dollar, bottle and tir it—try a second, a third if neo cssary. Before the third one’s been you’ll know that there's a remodv to he] Then you’ll keep on and a curo’ll come, But if you shouldn't feel the help, should he disapp inted in the results — you’ll find a guarantee printed on the bottle-wrapper that'll get your money back for you. Can you oi k more f This is the way with the Ball corset: if you want ease and shapeliness, you buy it—but you don’t keep it unless you like it. After two or three weeks’ wear, you can return it and have your money. Comfort isn’t all of It though. Soft Eyelets, and "bones” that can’t break or kink—Ball’s corsets have both of these. For sal* by GKO. T>. WfIRATLEY. 1 r Ct Old Nick Whiskey ,8 the best and in noted for its ago and purity, having been made on tne same plantation over 133 years without a rival as we constantly keep four year old RYE AND CORN .on "hand—ship any quantity, so write 1 for price-list. Ou> Nick Whiskey Co., -Yadkin Co. PANTHER "CHE KK, N. C. UPPHAN MWi., Proprietor,, OnKhts, Uppma’i Block, SAVANNAH, QA. P For sale by the DAVENPORT DRUG COMPANY, Americas, Os. n-tok for catalogue. tRRY MT’Q CO- Nashville, Terr $500 Reward! WBwril pvturim rows for •»? M of Urer Oonp^lnl. Sir, H.iUrh., IHtci "".Ccts • aHpaSOa st O il ....* .. n—I «r* vita Wort VrcMsM. UnrW Is warn the Ansk* llflltl i- - thf srernrtr V»f «S8 ms .VOUuMarti^ hplOsW UlSSkouL r T- 1 -*-. »no.,» rmmU. ttwm at iinsiis _It-- — ts. —rtMlnwesmxW Hunoaaa'wxs.'cospssT.caicLoo.iLi. ■ told THE DAVENPORT DEUO m.. ■ wn-rswiTT I nuked Bulwrinton.leiit Han I the Atin-ru-an Society for the I’revi-immi of Cruelty to Animate, one day.ax lit-sat in his little offiia-.m T rv-swontl street Mr Hankins,m is n g.n-,1 nature.! i.silting man with reddish hair, who is afr,.i,l of nothing and noissly. eertailtl not or hydrophohia i|.tanks •Why. certainly." he said, with de clstott. "That man down in Asbttry Park who was bitten by a oat waa scared to death. He never hud hydro phobia He died of nervous iroxtration brought on by worry over ur. imaginary danger Hia friends were r.’l pitying hint and Imping lie wouldn’t die. and phropliesyitig that he would, and he was a man of nervous teuiperuimnt, nji edit rated people sometimes are, and it sim ply killed him. I «nppo**, he read np in tile Isstks nlsuit hydrophobia and it turned his head That’s all there wus alsuit it Do you remember what great howl tiler- waa about those New ark boys who were bitten by a ‘Iliad dog.’ and wild were sent ov.r to Pasteur to be •cured?’ ’ •Why. of course, who doesn’t?’ •Well, it’s <|nite easy to cure a disease that never existed Those hoys never bud hydrophobia urn) never would huve had it The dogs didn’t have it. Dur ing that excitement we went to Newark and found a lot of dogs shut up We asked to be allowed to take them away to ottr stables, but the people wouldn’t have it Do yon know what was done with those .logs? After the excitement was all over they were given back to their owners, every one of them Not me was killed , Not one of them bnd anything worse than a lit Why, ottr men are constantly handling .logs, gel bitten again and again, bnt they novel Ireain of having hydrophobia. It’s a myth There isn’t any such thing." A CASK OK IMAGINATION. Then yon don’t believe in the exist ence of stteb a disease?" I asked, think ing Hint, as Mr. Hankinson probably knows more about animals titan nny other man in America, be mnst be ge.nl authority. " No. I don’t. There may be such n disease, but I don't believe it. I never saw a case or knew of one positively." How al»mt these doctors who cure it?" I asked They don’t cure anything I naked a matt who makes a *i>ec-iulty of treating hydrophobia, as lie calls it, if lie ever saw one single case of hydrophobia to which beootlld swear. He refused to answer, hut he told me this story ’A man came to him oue day in temliledistvess. He had been bitten by a dog; lie feared madness; he could not sleep at night and was afraid lie was going to die. He iH-gged the doctor to treat him The doctor said it was too late; the period of inocula tion Imd passed, and it would be no good now. If he had hydrophobia there was no way to stop it.’ The man went away, but came back tile next day nearly frantic. He hadn't slept a wink and liegg.-d the doctor tb do something fur hiut So the doctor took the Hiatt iuto his o|ierating mom and gave him a hyisideniiic injection of water—just pure Cr.it.nt water. He went unity, slept for the first time in two weeks mid came buck the next day for more water, and again the next, and was soon perfectly cured The doctor told me that himself, and lie professes to cure hydrophobia. BUB WAS HAD 'Why,' continued Mr. Hunajntou. •I've bad a woman in hysterics right in thst chair yuu're sitting in because a dog had bitten her. She wanted me to kill the dug. I wouldn’t .do it. Then she screamed in h terrible way. When she stopped I said to her; ‘Madam, yon ought to be ashamed of yonrself. A woman of your intelligence! You're interrupted the business of the office and drawn a big crowd nnder the window to listen to yonr yelling, and all for a whim. Some body told yon you were going to go mad, and now yon think you ought to go mad und you'll be mad if yon don’t go mad. Yon just go home and say nothing about it and you’ll lie all right.' And she di.l it. ‘Another woman brought Iter boy in. He had been bitten by a mad dog. Hnd she wanted it shot, she said The boy looked perfectly well. Now, luok here,' said I. 'you've been talking a good deal to the boy about this, haven't yon? And the neighbors have too? And you've been telling him that lie's likely to have hydrophobia, haven't you?' Yes. of course, we've talked about it.' said she " ’Exactly,' said I. 'You’ve been tak ing the precise course likely to drive hint mad ur make him think himself so. Yon have been trying to scare aim to death. If he were to go crazy it would be your fault. How is it, bub,’ sai.l i. turning to the little fellow 'Yon don't aijs-ct to go mail, do you?' "No, he didn't think lie should, lie said. He didn't feel any different. He was a brave little fellow. So I sent tb nn home. tis>. anil that was the last I he ml of it The dog hud had a fit. that wuiitll. it's a shame the way |>eople will •hoot valuub'e .logs just for it fit that might easily V* cured cr avoided.'*— New York Wot.S Sr plenum Coi'irr—Hon. W. H. Judge; C. B. Hudson, soil J. U. Allen, clerk, L. B. Forrest, sheriff; J. B. Lamar, deputy sheriff. Regular terms, fourth Mondays In November and June, ‘ County Coubt—J. B. Pilsbnry, judge; F. A. Hooper, solicitor. Monthly terms, first Wednesday. Quarterly terms, third Monday in March, June, September sod December. County Commissioners—J. H. Black, chairman; C. A. Huntington, J. A.Cobb, G. W. Council, J. W. Wheatley. County Treasurer—J. E. Sullivan. Tax Receiver—J. W. Mize. Tax Collector—J. B. Dunn. Coroner—J. B. Parker. Ordinary—A. C. Speer. Antericus, 780th district, G. M.—W. U. F. Oliver, J. P. W. K. Wheatley, K. P, Court, second Tuesday. City ok Amejiicus—Mayor—Jno. B. Felder. Mayor Pro Tom—W. K. Wheatley. Aldermen—P. H. Williams, J. J. Wll Ilford, T. F. Logan, J. E. Bivins, J. A. Davenport, W. K. Wheatley. Clerk and Treasurer—D. K. Brinson. City Engineer and Superintendent Water Works—G. M. Eldridge. Chief of Police—A. I*. Lingo. for Infants and Children. Must have that cartwheel •tt red-feeling”—The A Had Awakening I When In the dark,on thvaoftband s And.hear; the tempting syren it thy t iiltue— What It tinea—wbat darts—what anguish 1 .-lit! II red, But when the candle entered—I \ Such complexions ns so many of our young ladles possess—dull, pimply, and covered with sores and blackheads, is enough to cool the ardor of the warmest lover. To such young ladles wo would say, that you can never have a soft, fair, smooth, attractive, kissable complexion, unless your blood Is healthy nnd pure, for the condition of tho blood decides the complexion. Dr. Pierce's Golden Medical Discovery will purify your blood, tone up your system, and drive away those distressing headaches and backacho, from which you suffer period ally, and give you a complexion a lily or rose-leaf might envy. She—I suppose in Bohemia every one Is Tom, Dick and Harry? He—Well, yes; bnt Bills aro rather more numerous. pan Ha poisons os scrofula, skin disease, ecze ma, rheumatism. Its timely use saves many lives. For sale by the Davenport Drug Company. Wo ntay boast about our refined civil! zation; but when a man doesn’t turn to look at a dog fight, it is safe to bet that he is either blind or deaf. You never tried DeWItt’s Little Ear ly Risers for constipation, billiousness, ■ ck headache, or you would not have thesese diseases. For sale by the Da venport Drug Company. Mrs. Stcptin (calling upon Mrs. Solder, the plumber’s wlfo)—And how is Mr. Solder? Mrs. Solder—Oh, he's mending slow)). FORCE THEM OUT. WISTS SPECIFIC Is a remedy which S yr. Is far in advance of medical science, as it has been expelling Mlcrobl from the blood, and curing the wont diseases for CO years, and it la only recently that the medical world have concluded that THE ONLY WA T o cure disease Is to force out the baccilli hrough the PORES OF THE SKIN. 8 Never Pails to do this. ah Mn. W. C. Ctnm*, Editor of the Uccklcnbnrjr News, nt Boyd ton. V*.. EDITOR I WJJ* that he h** been entirely rellev- j rA fmm an abscess which formed In caused intense pain, Almost choking oEdfc " * "CMto'rlv *so jeDadapr. I to chill t recommend It u superior to any prescriptaefi known to or*” H. A. ijtcuK, M. D„ 11; So. Oxford £0., Brooklyn, N. f. “The me of 'CMtorta'ia so universal and It# mnrita so well known that it seems a wortc of supererogation to endorse It. Few are the Intelligent families who do not keep Costoria withinUtgrngg^ Late Pastor Bloomiagdale Reformed Church. r» Kills Worm,, WitfoutInjurious medication. folic. Constipation, bjUThcea. Eructation, Ives sleep, end promt t A (7 * Tor several years I have recommended your 1 Csstoria,' and shall always continue to do ao as It has invariably produced beaedcitl results." Edwin F. Paedxv. K. D., "Tho WInthrop," issth Street and 7th Are, . New York City. Tsa CzsTAoa Conran, 77 Murray Strztt, New Yota. ft if ; i ? U $ s {jf ||l Going west or east, north or south, who goes by the ‘ Racket Store” without drooping in and examining our goods and prices is BADLY FITTED to support a family. He needs a kind but firm hand to knock some sense into him. Ours is the only stock in town winch is calculated TO SUPPORT extravagant claims, but we won’t make ’em. We prefer to have a man. and his family come in and look us over; in fact, ours is •< A FAMILY store, and each member of your family will find something to interest and instruct them. ROGERS & WIEDfiM, 104 Lee Street, *3 * SepflMAw ^0The Bank of Americus a*. D “ , «ho% , asasfyfi 1 sr su - -—'-"828282 -; directors 2'£',5*T ,e 7t P”*- Americus Investment Co ZF rV',**- ‘V' °e»ah:ee Brlcl. Co. jjM. Dodooa. of aios. DoOnoti & Bon. Attnma.1. THE BANK OF SUMTER T' 1T -gAWg«S. 0. A. COLEMAN, President , Vice-President W. C. FURLOW, Cashier. DIRECTORS- O. „ .. , ., A. Coleman. C (' Hawkins, B. H. Jossey, T. N. Hawks. W. C. Furlow, W. H. & Wbajw bl s Ollver. H, M. Brown, W. M. Hawies,' Dr. E. T. Mathis, A rtfuir Rvlander* ting to tho publio and prudent la its management, this bank solicits dapo.it, and other business in Its line. K A MONTGOMERY, Preit. J. C. RONEY, Vice p fe ,i' JNO. WINDSOR. Cr. LESTER WINDSOR A„t ? E. A. HAWKINS, Attars,y - NO. 2888. -THE" Peoples’ National Bank I Of Americas ) ‘.Mi.I Cspltsu, *50,000. Surpla-, 025,000 | ; ORGANIZED 1883. Ui ALLISON |& AYCOCK in The Booksellers and Stationers ARE NOW IN THEIR , • 777 ~i >I •• New quarters in the New Hotel Build ing “The Windsor” and are Ready for Business. / m ALLISON & AYCOCK, 40G Jackson Street. amvtricds. ga. °nRV. Proa . P.c. Oua.ii, vice ?re, I T. T. OA rsw.ioi), See. Jc Tt. i Investment Securities. 'Paid tip CaDital, 81,000,000. qj.jj Q[i Surplus, S250,000.| . in itxcTOBe; H C Bagtey, W E Hawkins, S W Coneyl JV S Olllis, J W Sheffield, P C Cleggl W MIIawkes, BF Mathews, p M Bvnel E. Bukii, Jk., Pres. H. M. Knapp, V. p| y/. •O.-A. Colbmak, Sec, a Tress, Georgia LoanftTrusiCoj Negotiates Loans on improved! Farm and City Property. B t* Hollis, ’ J £ Bivins. - • Attorney. Land Ezaminttj Americus Iron Works; -BUILDERS 0F- rnfi-J Engines, Boilers, Cotton Gins, lilm. He couR act swallow solid a most psluful cuoultluo. II, ss/s that he took only three bottles, sad that It affected a complete cure. Trestles oo Blood and Skis Disease mailed free. A surgeon reports that a yonng Indy ■wallowed n liuirpit while dressing. Three dwtors aaid it w \s only imigna- tion on her part. The hairpin was eventnally found to have become lodged in the back part of her nos* It is stated that the flesh of animals killed by electricity it much tenderer than If the animals mn killed in the ordinary way. This is especially the <n regard to fowls. Are you going to use Gas or Electric Light Fixtures? If so we can save you money. We have $ 10,000 worth of Gas and Com bination fixtures in Brass, Copper, Gilt, Bronze, Old Iron, Or molu, Silver, &c.. in stock. Our prices are 10 per cent, cheaper than you can buy from the factory. We carry a full line of Hard Wood and Mar- bleized Iron Mantels, Tile Hearths, Grates, &c. Heating and Cook ing Stoves, Ranges, Fire Sets. Coal Vases, Hods, Fenders, &c., in Brass and Japanned. Send for prices. We are furnishing the New Hotel with gas fixtures. Hannicntt & Belliogratb Co., ATLANTA, OA.. Presses, Feeders and Condensers, Saw dnd Grist Mills, Shingle Machines, Pipe and Pipe Fittings, Boiler Feeders, Valves, Jets, Etc. “ _ j Hangers, Boxes and Pulleys E@“Special attention given to repairing all kinds of Machinery. Telephone 79. s " ,Mm UHOST STORIES When you , hear a man sayl “ We!ve got id 1 PIANO herel as; Saw Mill Men, Attention Our special business is heavy machinery such as ENGINES, BOILERS, SAW MILLS, AND W00D-W0RUNG MACHINERY, and tor first-class machinery, we defy competition. We are general agent* for CO.’S celebrated Wood-working machines, ana can dis- H. B. SMITH MACUDTE _ count factory prices. Write for circular of “Farmers’ Favorite" taw mill; It it the best on the market. Second-hand machinery constantly on hand. Write for prices;‘we can aave you money. Perkins Machinery Company, 67 SOUTH BROAD STREET, kSmtlo. luTnos-BacoBDU Wh t When Yon Writ*. ATLANTA. GA augl3d&wly E. T. BYED, FIRE AND LIFE INSURANCE. REPRESENTING THE SAFESTAND STRONGESTCOMPANIES.IN'TRBJIYORLD. Insurance placed on City and Country Property. Office on Jackson Street, next door below Mayor’s Office, dects-dly. ;ood as the IVERSJ ’& POND for A:great deal| Jess money," remonber 1 all the ghost stories havq not been told yet. f. , When you hear a man sayj that “So-and-so” keeps 1 betlferi' line of musical gooc than we do", just add onq more to your list of , ftoriwMc bioW i WoM When you want an IVERq & POND PIANO with . its patented improvementi see that you g# it. .Allow nj solicitation or specious mis| representation to switch off onto aMkething infc Ghost stories frighten dren, but not mature an| sensible people. ' Call on us and try IVERS & toNDiSOF STOP, even though you < not wish to buy anything. PHILLIPS l CREW,| 79 Peachtree St,’Atlanta,! AUGUST ISjYERS,| Artistic Taili * Under T. Wheatley’s Store,] FORSYTH ST.. AMEPICUS.f O ( O. O. HAWKINS. ti.O. LOVINO. HAWKINS & LOVING We are prepared todo^EMBALMIN Q on short notice. SATISFAC TION GUARANTEED. Also keep a fine line of- Metallio and doth Covered Cases, Caskets and Coffins. #*7 HEADQUARTERS FOR FURNITURE. Might calls ft* eoffliie Telephone Kei<B, or call on Q.O. Lovtag, Brows street. mayS-ly.T Having been in the tailoiirit 1,11 1 tor twenty seven years, 1 [>»” k J terfect satisfaction to my cu.toni* ■! tave made no misfits. I desj r flrst-elsss house In New Yorkclf,! can show many exoellent Mrop'^' good’ English, Fretuih and I”“|, goods, and custotoers will 6oi off ire all flrsbcUsa. A large numW samples ’ of lmphrtod miltbif make up suits for*2* to |3S. Call and tee me. A. JtYEBS, Cor. Forsyth and Jack*’"! DOMESTIC - C0A| w For Sale Ibis Sia*