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v AMERI0U8 ttBCORDBB.
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I Organ *r tVebaler County.
rmouT jai
Abort la a correct repreaen tation
of the beantltnl gold medal awarded
to the Rkcohux* n i competitor
for the Press prlxo at the Louisville
Exposition. It le appropriate in
Mg*, ! bMuUtol 10 * finish, and
something to he proud of. The in
scription on the medal—’'Material
opuient of the South”—is pc
ly appropriate as regards the
a, for it baa been Its eon
stant aim to call attention to the re*
sources of the South, with a view
to their development. It has sought
to. encourage the ptople of the
South to make stronger efforts to
utilize their own resomces, as well
as to encourage the immigration of
an rinergetio and Induslrieue elate
to aid in tbo good work. The R«-
•oanm entered upon thie work be*
fore any prizes were offered and U
will continue in itaalongaeiupre.
•eni conductor* control It, making
the Mne effort at ail times, louklng
for its great reward In the prosper!'
ty of the |ieople of La section.
An cxchango calls attention to
tho foot that the last Democratic
COLD WRATII KB*
The eeld wave which has been
ebiliing this section for several
days came from a cold country,
and la extremely mild as compared
with its Awake in the Northern
State*. At Mlnnaapolia, Minn., on
the 4th, the therm imeter Stood 48°
below aero, the coldest weather for
many, years. At Dqbuque, Iowa,
it was 20'' below aero. At Rock
ford ami Chicago, III., it was 3.0°
| j billow aero, the coldest known for
of the public debt.” How doe,^ n "' 0 ' fro , m
tlmt Htrikn tiuiflA ifkiiri.iiu i.imf. >i„vn Chicago stands a train of twenty
President waa eleoted In 1800, and
oamof (be planks In the platform
reads acted lows: “No more revenue
ought to bo raised than la required
to defray the necessary expenses of
tbe gifvorninent and to provide for
tho'gradual, but uertain extinction
THE BilLBOAO CQHUUU05.
More than a year ago the Ra-
onRuxa ebaraoteriaed the Railroad
Commission as a fraud. Oar eon*
iwmpurarte* seem to hare beta long
t*r in And log out this bet, but they
have arrived at the conAuilod with
an unanimity, that la aurprlaing.
Aa A merlons was tbe first to sug
gest the formation of the (JotnmU-
cion, It wsi fitting that its repre
sentative paper |ebonWg8releog.
goat it* abolition.
But tbe funny part of tbe bust,
nee Is, that tb^Raooaois asked for
its abolition because it tuougut tbe
Commission was working Into the
bands of tbe railroads and nsed It*
power for their benefit and at the
expense of the people. Our unani
Arnold’s Lane.
Tsxss Sittings]
i torn the corn
■4CXS
Whom.or, -
Miller In
■balls tore the earner of
[sir.” Down from nnder
weal s good deed deno—end told het
about this queer little girl with her
boundless faith hi the miraelea of Saint
Bj (tet ctme * cracked, piping littla ^ _
d ©ddlj enough in feMjkbjtoc^ to go down to Uie •lurin© of Saint Ann
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■Thera will be a miraela; there shall
be a miracle I" cried this stout-hearted
Protestant lady, with tears in bar oyea.
aa I told her how eager tbe child war
from the awann of children there. And. - “Cut," continued tbe good Protestant
of all tbe extended bands, imploring ]aj T .< it will not lie sueh a miracle a*
peonies, her thin hand* were not semi thoee faithful Catholics believe iu: but
* * * what it will be;" and
ed bar head and whin*
perod slyly; “Her father shall be
arippta held sr tq tha aideof a tow fonnd. Yea, her father will eome to
JAMES THICKER,
Danv.U*, Vs.
O. A. FBICKER "
Americiu, G».
James Flicker & Bro.
pennies, her win nanus were noi sen those faithful Cath
exeept to clutch nervously about th* I will tell you whi
little cratch. The void* was that iff n here sho lowered
child, but we face was old. The little perod slyly: “0
wish tbe Commission abolished be
enaaC it la working against the
railroad* and for the benefit of the
people.
The truth’ of the matter i*. no
three men should be vetted with
the power to vlo'ently disturb rater
of transportation In any Interest.
It la giving to them all tbe [lower-
at the legislative, judicial nnd ex
Mintiru departments, tlire* power*
which should at all tiine* lie kept
separate. A law which would pro
hibit extortionate and dlsctiml
nating rates ol transportation and
give the right to any citizen to
bring euit against transportation
companies for any violation of tbe
law would be Just both to tbe rail-
roads and tbe people, and experi
ence has shown thie to be the best
method.
those Journal* that have
beet) asserting that a low revenue
platform boa Invariably led to the
dileat of the Democratic party f
Amid - the oriot of hard times
atad fears ot a financial panic it will
be well to romomber that if water
ed stock* dry up and bubble
schemes are burs ted, we have still
as raueh land, as many railroads,
mamifttctnrlcs nnd mint*, and at
many people to work them, and are
aubstantially richer then we were
years ago. A few speculative for
tune* may vanlah and gambler*
may have to go to work for a living,
but that will be no misfortune to
the country.
In another column we publish an
item from Preston, showing what
Judge llarrell is doing with bit
home manure. We call attention
to it in the bo|M- that other* may
be Induoed to follow hi* example.
We would also call attention to the
iu|mrtance ol every farmer keeping
a small Ihx-ic of sheep, as being tbe
most profitable stock a farmer can
raise.
It might lie n good idea, says
cars of famishing and frerxing live
■took. Tim train wa* allowed under
Tuesday night, alnco which time It
is believed the animals have been
without food or walor. Although
several engines were sent down,
tbe train eould not be reached and
the party returned, several of them
being badly frost bitten. We are
earnestly thankful that we no long
er live in auob a country, and if
our Northern frleede only appreci
ated 'be sitnation and knew as
mnek about 8outbweat Georgia as
we know they would come down
here en masse before another
winter.
bench sritb one hand aa she looked op
at me with her great, pitiful eyes from
under the most wonderful growth of
hair ever s»en. It looked as if this
child, buried here in this place, bad
stopped growing long, long before, and
that her hair hsd kept on growing as it
is said sometimes of person* buried in
her, and th*t will be the miracle. Oh.
do not fear me, or doubt for an instant
that there is a good Ood. Wa will take
this little girl, take her to-morrow, to
tbe ahrins ol (Saint Ann, and my word
for it, her father wilt come for her from
bis long voyage around the Horn; for
this is tbe only kind of miraolee we
have now."
And eoit wae agreed
should take the child to the nhrinn to*
-fehaatoa* I ain't a beggar, if I Is- £££ iLmtime. the practical Pro-
* cripple. .. .. • teatant, who did not believe in miraelea
JEWELERS
-AND DEALERS IN-
Musical Instruments!
“Jben ait here on tbe low bench with
m* and tell me all about yourself and I
will give yon a whole bright sixpence
ell for yourself. Oh! don’t iieafraid:
and don’t be ashamed to do it either,
for I shall write it all out for a paper,
end I shall Mil it and get 100, maybe
1,000 sixpence* for it. Yes, I work; I
am poor, too, I mat go is queer
plsee* all over the world like this and
gat stories, and sell them to psyfor
bread for my little kids, left alone, like
yon are. while I work and wander."
On to the bench she clambered in
stantly. I, too, wee poor, and so we
were on a level, looking each other piti
fully in the face. The doge lazily crept
away into their corners, the childrru
looked at ns curiously, and then sli-l
swav to spend their pennies. The
washboards kept np their muffled
sound*, end the eoopen clanged array
like a far, faint echo of tbe roar of
musketry more than 100 years ago, hero
in Arnold’s lane. And what a history
wss hors! She had been born away up
st tbe top of the heights of Quebec.
Then her father loot bis ship, and went
away around Cape Horn as a mate.
The mother then died, and then she bo-
ten aUpping down, down, down, till
this little cripple, with no legi to speak
of, no shape or form, only the greet big
Mini tint wa* in her little body to help
otto-day, busied herself in trying to get
track of tbe poor absent father. It wee
nearly a week, however, be.'on
off. for the days ware wet end dreary,
and tbe child was hardly strong enough
to make the journey there end book on
s bad day. We got off at last. It was
s great oocaaiou for tbs child. 8he
nestled her little heed, with its mean ol
wealth, down on my bosom sod preyed
ill the time as I carried her on board
and laid her down on tbo little bench
reserved for cripples, before the lamp
bnrning at the feet of good Heint Ann.
The good Protestant lady, leaning over
her, said:
“My child, pray for your father to
»mc to you. I know he will com* for
yon soon, may lie to-day, and he will lw
your legs, and that, my darling, will be
tbe miracle.”
“If my pap* eome* to me from
iround the Horn,” piped the pitiful,
tailing voice from down there in the
s-hite pillows aud from nnder the clond-
if black hair, “if my father come* for
me after I have ooma to the thrum of
Saint Ann"—brow, bluest, left, right—
‘whv, he won’t have to carry me at ail,
for I will run at his aids as light as a
feather, ma’am, and my leg* will lw
long, and strong, and straight ai any
body’s.’’
And ao I carried bar ashore and into
her.jdid doom, down, down, into this I the church, and laid her praying at the
i will come beck from pitiful feet of the mother of the Holy
[on; and be will take me Virgin, full of faith, and hope, end
:lown to Haint Ann’s, to good Saint
Ann’s” And ban she touched her
brow, her breast, left, right, crossing
herself devoutly on mention of the
good saint's name, and bowing her head.
“Yes, papa will come from around the
Horn, and will taka me to good Saint
Ann’*"—brow, breast, left, right—“and
there will lie e miracle, and my lug*
will be straight and strong, and long
tike auybody’H.”
"Ana yon have neror been to the
ahrino of good-Saint Ann, my child?
Why, it is only twenty miles uwny.
Yon i-nn sen the olinreh from the
height* of Quelieo up yonder."
“No, no, uo, and if only 1 could gel
up there and see it away oIT, mavis-
titnt w ould straighten my legs and make
peace; of boundless belief that a iniru
ele should restore her, end mako her
itmng and straight like others.
An hour later we oama beck. She
dill lay there before theshriuebotwucii
tho (wo tall pyramids of crutches, left
>thousand* w‘
there by the'thousands who had li-en
healed. Hut her little crutch -till
peeped out over the little shoulder
through the nlonds of hair. It was
time to go, and, leaning over, I took the
little one again iu my urrna.
■' [lit ns a feather," she
‘Oil, I am as ligl
whispered, as she nestled down her
little head and I poised out of the
eiiureh, “and I know that my papa will
come from around tho Horn, like tile
good woman naid, only I shell rise up
then: strong aud long like anybody's.
Ah, if I could
The Atlanta Constitution says:
“Certain editorial and communica
tion* in the Stale papers are sup
posed to indicate the beginning of
an organized attack upon tbe Rail
road Commiaaion. It It not thought
that tbe railroad* detiro to bave the
eommlselon abolished, but the in
dication* are that an effort will be
made to curtail its power.”
If Congressman Crisp wants to
make a point for hi* Americus con
the Savannah News, for Governor atiturnt*, let him call around to the
McDaniel to accompany his me*. I 1>o,llofflc0 Department ami oak Mr.
sage to tile next General Assembly
witU a copy of the journal of thc
Sonth Carolina Legislature recent
ly udjouned. It might give our
law makers some ideas about limit- < l u,rler -
only got up there and
look at tho slirino of good Saint Ann"
—brow, broast, left, right, and a bow
ing of the little head till hidden in the
black mantle of hair. “Ob, if I could
only get up there end see out, nnd look
once down on the shrine, I know my
legs wonld be strong and straight like
tnvbodr’s."
t took her in my arms after ranch
coaxing, (or I did not care to talk much
now, and carried her out to tho light of
the sun. Then, climbing into a car
riage, in half an hour we were on tlie
summit of the heights, looking away
down the St. Lawrence to the dim
little white dot on the bank, which is
the distant shrine of Saint Ann, a place
that lias been visited by cripples for
2no years; a shrine which more than
100,(H)0 people sought last year.
Crutches that have been left behind are
I dled up in littla pyramids. Such, in
■rief. i.< the shrine of Saint Ann, which
this little cripple, now praying silently
at my side in the carriage, so longed to
ace.
“I feel lighter end better than for a
long time, ah, good sir, and goad Saint
Ann"—brow, breast, left, right—“and
when my papa comes from around
tlie Horn I know he will tease me ail
the wav down to tho shrine of Saint
and be straight and strong, with leg-
rV’
like anybody
We laid her down on the little bed
in the boat es before. Him was, in
deed, as light os a feutlu-r. Her faitli
was not shaken. She assured til* good
Protestant lady that we would not Imve
to carry her on shore, but that she
should snrely walk at her side. As we
left her the woman was crying, but the
face ol the cliild waa radiant with
peace, and faith and hope. At lost the
lady said:
* i know as well as I know that I am
living that tho father lias como into
1 >ort, aud will bo waiting to receive her.
[ know that the day of miracles on
oarth aro over, yet I know that faith
like iter's has iu reward. She mud
not, sho shall not bo disappointed en
tirely; that would kill her. Yes," she
continued, as wo drew iu toward Que
bec, “ 1 know that is the snlntiou and
way ont of it all. The father Itas not
been lost at sea, but ho has returned
from around tlie stormy cape, and it
waiting for her now.”
Tlie boat ground against tho wlurf,
and we went in to got our little charge,
after looking in vain among the crowd
for some oue who might po-uiltlv l>e her
father. Tlie woman approached, held
back the sheet, touched the clasped
hands, and drew back with a cry of pain
and terror, * • • Tito Father hod
Ann"—brow, breast, left, right—“and ! indeed come to take HU cliild to the
sho will make my legs long, and strong, j shore, to that better shore beyond the
Gresham why the postofllce box
rent in Americus is kept at ft per
quarter, while in Northern post-,
’’ i j. • ...... . .... this dark place for so many years. She
r -ofii(.LS It la put down to fine per gQuld not help looking at the sunshine
. WC would like to know, and the go at big houses, and the clean
nnd straight like anybody’s.'
lint for all her faith, it was clear to
me, at I took her back at sunset and
set her down in the darkness, amid the
roar of washboards and mallets, that
she waa sorely disappointed. Her
voice was fccliier than before, as she
told me in a whisper that it was all her
own fanlt that sho bail not been out of
stormy capo of earth's unrest, ' She was
dead.
AMERICUS, QA.
We wssMUrvspsetfsIlifesll tks sMmtba *f IS* r*MI« grtmBy *Us>likg
WATCHES, .-CLOCKS, JEWELRY, SILVER AND PLATED WARE, PIANOS.
ORGANS. ACCORDEOKK, VIOLIN A GUITARS, BANJOS,
TAMBOURINES AND 1IABMON1CA&
ing tho session to tho forty days
hinted nt in onr Sts; o constitution.
We republish Furman's formula
tor composting munures, believing
that some of onr farmer readers
may with to uic it. If our farmers
would more generally save and
uae the fertlliiera at hand on their
own farm* they would not only
aave money, but their land* would
he more permanently improved.
At the election in Randolph
county, Jan. I, to decide whether
to ieeuo bond* to huild a new court
house, tbe majority in favor of la-
cuing tbe bond* wa* 39 over tbe re
quired two-thlrd*. So Randolph
viU have a new court home.
"BCiLa-ajiw L — ,j
ft i* remarked as a significant
fact that over production, With con
sequent loss of employment and re
duction of wage*. Is mainly con
fined to protected Industrie*.
yon know, and Judge Crisp is the
man to find it ont.
That very unreliable journal, tlie
Philadelphia Timea, baa discovered
at laat that there are no practical
Free Trader*. It baa probably dis
covered also that it made an aa* oi
itacii when it went to blowing for
Grant and a third term.
Messrs. Bailey & Shaffer, mer
chant! of Albany, hare made an
assignment for the benefit of their
creditor*. We are sorry for them,
for they were energetic young men
and bad been in business bat a
short time.
Henry Villard, president of tbe
Northern Pacific railroad, has
made, an assignment for tbe bene
fit of hit creditor*. It it said that
hi* entire fortune ha* been swept
away by tbe decline in Northern
Pacific stock.
people, niul so could not keep her miml
aud her eyes and her heart all the time
on tlie shrine tar away down the bonk
of the river.
“But when my pajia comes hack from
oroand tho Horn lie will take me in his
anus nnd lay me down in the little bed
on tho boat where they lay crippled
children when they take them to good
Saint Ann’s”—brow, breast, left, right
—“and I will hide my face in my hands
and hair and pray, all the way down.
Then he will cany me on shore and
int* the chnrcb, and I still fall down at
tbe feet of good Saint Ann"—brow.
breaaL left, right—“and pray, and prav
until I am as lights* a feather, and
right np and my legs are long and
strong, and straight, like
The XMlns's-XMMC
[Cor. Kt. Paul Pioneer Pros*]
Bnt tho lion in the way of his enter
prise is the inevitable Mexican “man-
ana" (to-morrow) which meets yon at
even- turn. In Mexico tho wise old
saw is transposed, and reads: “Never
do to-day w hat you can possibly put otl
until to-morrow." Tins tropical cli
mate, with its balmy airs, blito moun
tains, cloudless skies, and eternal sun-
shine, wonhl incline even Mrs. Stowe’s
Aunt Ophelia to enjoy the dolcc far
me:.to of life lioro, and cease saying “How
shiftless!” But os the poet has assured us,
to-morrow never comes, and when im
portant business interests are at stake
the everlasting “utauana" is aggravating.
An American innst first obtain a con
cession from tho government before ho
can establish business here, and the
government i* not only exceedingly
suspicions, and at heart unfriendly,
bat is afflicted with the chronic
“manoua," as incurably aa the humblest
private citizen.
vtmnimafiMiMtiMlMilto smiIh* start of t PVa*-Claas J*w*try and Msatesl Iu.
MtssMaf lleew. w* bsirr rsrtB-lr rlultsd ihvNortlwrB raartsts, sad hsv* HesfcttS* Iarp*t,aji<
is*at variedalsck Inoor llossnr brosski »* .tmsftciu. Ws rsamaiasstwrUiiscws *sU M bsjs.
»• rapRMBtrd, tad ds errata*? Isnurrrrjoev lorsll toduw wkrt ws fcsvt, f.r w* essaot r***>-.
i-ittfl Iu i*mv eeliMitr. Wv srv sir* belt Afsst■ i«r,t*t
Davis 1 Williams Singer Sewing Machines.
Ws hsra boa rsptmn* surinoM »fsll k'wh f«r ih« e» t >|ttM* jrtsniacd w# ks .
•st.k wk*a «. r»*WM Iks NKW IIIUII ARM DAVID as Ik.W tasriai the I
irkei to-d«)r. Call a«| Ik-*;*.**. )n* bsy. WssUokn*
Sewing Machine Mw, Oil, Faria and AKsehments of All Mackines
-OUB STOCK OF-
SPECTACLES AND EYE GLASSES
!s ODl.O, alf.VKlt. STUM.. CKtAVLOlp sad HUftBKK^FUAlfKD, It sosplrte.
•ad v. are imparad t* Hit til •
hi«4 kui-ir*i*«lua work. Xsirsrtns dsn. to'erdrr.
Monograms a Specialty.
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SAME OLD STAND UNDER BARLOW HOUSE.
America*, Os.. October 24. 1MI.
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BAD, BAD, BAD BLOOD.
Some blood i* bad because it is poor and weak. Some is bad because
it contains impurities. Some men have such bad blood that the wonder is
it docs not poison the mosquitoes who come to bite them. - auq
The rich red color of good blood is owing to the iron which ispresent
Blood which has not enough iron in it is always unsatisfactory. The per
son in whose veins it circulates cannot be said to enjoy good health. •*
The efforts of expert chemists to produce a preparation of iron which
can be assimilated with the blood have resulted in that perfect preparation
which is an important part of Brown’s Iron Bitters, ft is the only om
which freely enters into the blood; - It is the only one which accomplishes
the desired good. „
’ *\W«dt, poor, thin blood may be made rich and strong, and impure..
Mood may be punfied by the use of that Great Iron Medicine, Browrii!
tifott Billers. 0
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Then I asked her all about herfather.
She told me aU ah* knew, and that was
ao little. However, I got tho name ol
th* ship and the date of sailing. Itwss _
t °.^ VC ' Thaw are few men who can write on
no idea of th* Upee of year* down there | - Tho -piunga*, of tll0 H ere" and
Tke Invalid Fhlleeopker.
[Chicago Tribune.]
Tho venerable Brotwon Alcott, who
i* reported aa a confirmed invalid of
failing mind, hat had his long white
hair cat, and it cultivating a beard.
in tho darknea*. And a* for Cape
Hom. she seemed to think it was onlv
K>mc bend in the river a little distance
off. I kissed her, crowded a shilling
into her bony and unwilling hand, as I
hurried away, and left her there in the
damp and darknea* with her cratch. I
went to * good lady whom I know—^wi
all go to women somehow when w.
V.indred themes and keep np their gait
for any great length of time without
tilting themselves for a practical [
aciiuuiutance with “Ilia Realism of tho
lievoud."
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WE KEEP A PURE AND 8ELE0T1UNE OF
DRUGS
and will not have anything for our Prescriptions
but what is the very best and freahett. Wc buy
the best of everything, as our experience has prov
en that it is the cheapest in the end.
Tlie mostjlasting and delicate
Perfumes,
Soft Complexion Powders and
Lily Whites of nil grades.1
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Jerry Greening: "Innerccnce haia’t \
never suspicious, ont guilt's alien
ready t’ turn informer."
Tlie purest Wines and Li
quors for Medicinal purposes,
nnd also for Pics, Puddings,
Sauces, &c.,
Of our manufactured products,
viz: Flavoring Extracts of
Lemon, Vanilla, &c., &c., La
mar, Rankin & Lamar, of Ma
con, say: “There is none better
manufactured North or South."
: INSPECT OUR
[OLIDAT
"BEFORE BUYING EL8EWHERE.
Respectfully,
J. A. &D.F. DAVENPORT,
Lamar Street. Americus, Ga
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