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S—5 v AMERI0U8 ttBCORDBB. •. bT«i. KIM * 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 35 ■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. CALL AND 8EE US [KSffSK!t it n| lid)' | Mr* It) •••.,%« viki4p]iU«ldit.’«ail < »*!.1r% SAME OLD STAND UNDER BARLOW HOUSE. America*, Os.. October 24. 1MI. tf 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 a og Pi h) _ anybody'*.’ 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." t5 5 n i>£ «j A 9 fc 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 ■ 2 H A ■ A H Oh 0 * ® 4 Ph 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 rad btSfl*