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TOE, STORY OF A SHIRT.
% J»«on Perry bad made a fortune
fo Texas. Ilowasoneoftbelargeat
ranchman In Tom Qrcen county,
hut no one would have imagined
that he was other than an ordinary
vanuero to have looked St l)lc.
He drested in duckings, and
sirw oe first 'loaned a woolen shirt
g** cowboy ten year* previous, he
■ever bail worn anything else.
He lived in oamp, and bis food
' was of the coarsest description, but
his check was good lor a hundred
. thousand dollars, and be bad an
■nlin'ted ored't with the 8an An*
gel .'storekeepers.
The Texas Pacific railroad bad
las* been completed, and trains
1 daily through Jason Perry’s
The little water station wbleb,
Bke new Western towns was ambl
tfous ot some day beooming a great
At, bad 1 been named Perry vllle in
his honor.
Its total population now, bow-
over, consisted of tbo section mas
ter and bis bands,a Mexican butch
ering ontfit—whieh killed Jason
Ferry’s beeves and loaded them
into the relrigerator cars, to be
shipped to the Northern market—
the telegraph operator, who was
alto ticket, freight and express
» agent, and Tom Bently, who looked
after Jason Perry’s interests, and
kept the little supply store where
Jbaon’e herders bought whiskey,
CDbaeoo and dockings.
The business of shipping beef
North wee a new enterprise, and
Jhoan was making a great deal of
wmney.
* He bad determined to extend
this branch of besinesa, and be bad
written to hit agent in Philadelphia
that be might expect him on any
day “to give things a boom,’’as be
quaintly expressed it.
On this particular dav bo rode
down to Perryvllle. dressed in his
best suit of docking, and wearing
a Mexican sombrero gaudily dec
orated.
While waiting tor the train he
took occasion to give Tom Bently
dome instructions as to how busi
ness was to be eonduoted in bis
abeenre.
“How long are you going to be
gone. Jay?" asked the latter.
* About a month," was tbo reply.
“Ton ought to dress up a little.”
suggested tbo elerk, who was ar
rayed in a suit of “store clothes"
and wore a white sMrt.
* “Ob, these are good enough for
»e,” said Jason, carelessly, looking
clown nt his duoklngs.
“Put on a white shirt, anyway,
Jay’’ persisted Tom. “I haven’t
C l any in the store done up, but 1
vo somo nice unlsumlricd ones
that came in that bill of goods I
got yesterday from San An-
ennio. One or those will be better
than that old woolen one of yours.
You ean put on aslarabed collar—
INre got plenty of them—and a big
. necktie, and a pair of culls, ami
* nobody will know whether your
abirt in laundriod or not. You can
gat it done up when yon gel to '.he
* suUlcmentH.”
“All right," said Jason, good
*natnredly, “get them out for mo.
■twill be the llrat biled shirt I’ve
• worn since I left the states."
Bently laid a shirt, end's, collar
and necklio out on the rude coun
ter, end Jason Perry, alter ho fin
ished looking over the books, pro-
. cecdcd to don these evidences of
, ePiliaation.
■ He was very awkward, as men
usually are, in putting on the shirt,
» and when he pushed b'.s big hinds
through the sleeves his came in
contact with a piece of paper.
“Hello!” bo cried, holding up tbo
find. “Here’s a paper, Tom. 11
?’’
r,Tom. lioes
it belong toyouf
“I reckon not,” said the other,
the paper from his employ
ees liand. “It came In the shirts.”
“It’s got some writing on it,”
'■aid Jason. Perhaps it’s the bill.”
“No," said Tom, spreading out
the paper. “Ills written by a wo-
“By a woman!” repeated Jason.
“Bead it:”
Thus bidden, Tom Bently read
a* follows:
“I, Adelo Storms, pretty, yonng,
with a good English education and
■ore than ordinary intelligence,
am compelled by the stern decrees
of tetc to labor at shirt-making,
bom early in the morning till late
at night, for the paltry sum of $&
. per week, when many who arc in
tellectually my inferiors earn three
times as much. Dear! dear! will it
■ever end?”
“Adele! That’s a pretty name,”
observed Jason, and he picked up
the pa|ier. “Poor girl! 1 wonder
where she lives?”
“It don’t give her residence..
-- - - -a I
them on to go in search of enjoy
ment.
Tuc duckings that be had worn
away from Texas lay across the
bed, and he proceeded to transfer
the content of the pockets to the
new suit.
Among the thing he polled ont
wm the pper he had found in the
•Inrt
He read Adele Storms’soliloquy
again, and then, turning ovar the
paper, eaw that It was written on a
shirt-maker’s blank, which was
beaded by the business card of
Jones. 8mith A Brown, Philadel
phia. Pa.
“Why, that was written right
here in Philadelphia,” be aaid. “I
believe Hi eall around see her.”
He blushed like a school girl at
the andaeity ot the undertaking;
bat wbeu be nad the notes second
time be was more determined than
ever to go, and go be did.
“Adele Storms?" said the cash
ier at Jones, Smith & Brown’*,
when be Inquired about her. "Yea,
we have a girl of that name work
ing for ns. She works at home,
684 North street.’’
“Thank you,” >aid Jason, and be
went straight to the addreas given.
Adele Storms was very much
surprised when she opened the door
ot her room in response to Jason’s
vigorous knock and came face to
race with the tall, bearded cowman,
and she was more astonished than
ever, and blushed profusely when
be produced the little paper, clum
sily introduced himself, and ex
plained how it eamo into hla pos
session.
“Ob, air,’’ she aaid, “I hope you
don’t think I pnt that note in the
shirt on purpose! 1 recollect bow
it occurred now. I was very much
discouraged that day, and as I live
alono, and bavo no confidants, I
sometime scribble down my
thoughts on paper. I wrote that,
and when 1 packed the shirts to
take them to the factory it must
have got in with them.’
“I’m glad it did,” said Jason,
honestly, for be saw that Adelu was
a very pretty and sensible looking
girl, and he made np his mind that
•be would just suit him for a wife.
She invited him in, and during
the two hours bo spent in her com
pany ho learned her history, and
pitying her torlornness and admir
ing her beauty and brightnes, he
was emlioldened to givober a sj nop
sis of his own eventful life.
At bis invitation she accompa
nied him to tbo theatre that night,
and ho camo to tee her tbo next
day, and the next, and ovory day
for two weeks.
It was a case of love at first sight
and Tom Bently was very much as
tonished one dev when he was look-
ing for Ids employer home, ho re
ceived. instead, the following brier
letter:
Dull Ton—I got nuii'il to-day to Ihu
girl who wrote that letter 1 found in tbo
shirt yon made mo pnt on. Wo'rc going
on n little wedding trip, and won’t get
Imak to the ranch brforo the beginning of
m-xt month. Yours, Jar.
“ Well, I’ll be hanged!” cried Tom
Brnlly, dropping the letter.
“Who’d have thought it?"—[Kx
On tho second Tuesday in April
the iC’tli Grand Monthly Drawing
of The Louisiana Stale Lottery took
place in New Orleans. Ticket No.
80.800 drew First Capital I’rlr.e ol‘
$75,000, and it was sold in fifths nt
$1 each; one was held by Elbert 8.
Montgomery. of Bit-. Olivet, Ky.,
paid through Flrnt National Bank
of Maynvillc, Ky.: another to J. O’
Brien, Richmond, Va.,paid through
Mentis. Lancaster Si Luoke. The
Second Capital of $25,000 was
drawn by No. 58 398, also sold In
fifths at $1 each; one to Isadora
Isaacs, a clothing store keepet in
Modesto, Cat The Third Capital
prise of $10,000 fell to ticket No.
25,339.l«oid in fifths also at$l each;
one to Norman Saunders, Washing
ton City, D. C., another to Htobt.
J. Walker, ot the same city. The
Fourth Capital prises, two of $0,000
each, went to Noa, 88,147 and 44,-
135, sold in fifths also at $1 each;
one to B. T. Holmes, one to Jas.
Fox, coal dealer, both of Fort Way
ne, lnd.;anothestoC.T Deshfold*,
Sherman. Texas, through The Mer
chants and Planters’ Bank lliero.
The Grand Extraordinary Semi-
Annual (the 169th Month'y) Draw
ing will occur on Tuesday, the 17th
day of June, when $533,500 will
lie scattered, in sums from $150,000
to $50. Tickets are $10: tenth*. $1,
and any further information can be
bad on application to M. A. Dau
phin, New Orleans, La.
The discussions on the Morrison
bill make particularly timely a pa
per announced for June Harpers,
on “The New York Ctutom.hou.-ie;'
But you'd hetter hurry on with , A t | ic collector of the port ol New
your dressing, for here c-omcs the " ‘ ,
train." York deals with more than two-
Jason Perry thrust the paper - thirds of nil the importations ot
into bis pocket, and managed, with | the country, the article is practical-
the assistance of Tom Bently, to |y a comprehensive sketch of our
get dressed in time to catch the j customs-revenue system. The writ-
train. i er gives a quantity of interesting
lie reached Philadelphia safely,, facts and table* as to the imports
transacted bis Imsinets, and then j and shipping of the country, and
determined to enjoy himself for a ; follows the complicated processes
day or two seeing the sights. of rustoms entry through all the
A fashionable tailor bad made
bio a soil of clothes, and now that
Ms business was all over, he pnt
;r y
divisions of the Custom-house.
Many illustrations aid to the in
terest of the article.
Why a Railroad Is Sot BnllL
lfsastsetaRrs* BenrO.
As we have previously remarked,
a railroad, e*en with high freight
charges, is vastly superior to no
railroad at all, and in saying this
we bnt voiced the eentiment ol
nearly all wise men. Down in
8onih Carolina, however, somo of
(be people don’t think that way,
or, at least, they didn’t a few years
Ago; and, worcovcr t tlic law makers
of that State bad an idea tb>( nil .
rood owner* bad no right* which
they were bound to respect. With
there ideas in their heads they
passed some moat unjust and arbi
trary l.ws, that placed the control
of the railroads absolutely in the
heads of* commission f om whose
decisions there eoald be no appeal.
Naturally, capitalists were not
quite s«. foolish as to continue to
invest their money in bnilding new
roads in that State, and so a num
ber of promising project* were
abandoned. The Seaboard A Roan
oke Railroad, of which Col. John
M. Robinson, of this city, is the
•bio president, and in which other
Baltimore capitalists are interested,
have planned an extension tbeir
svstem that would have required
tbo building of a new road entirely
across South Carolina, passing
through Newberry and other points
to Augusta, os well as to one or
two other points In Georgia. To
bnild and equip this road meant
the spending of probably from four
to six million dollars. The money
bad all been secured and prepara
tions bad about been completed for
actual work, when this railroad
eommiatlon law was passed. That
at once put a atop to everything.
At tbo last session or the South
Carolina Legislature, however, the
managers of the Seaboard A Roan
oke Road, seeing the dissatisfaction
of the people with the practical ef
fects of tbeir railroad laws, applied
for b charter for this new road, ex
empting it from any control of the
railroad commission. Col. Robin
son appeared before the members
of tho I legislature and explained
the position of bis company;—they
a>ked for no help of any kind from
tbo State or from any of thu conn-
ties; they had tho money to bui.d
the road'and onlj wished the privi
lege of managing tbeir own prop
erty after it bad been built. The
oharter passed one branch of the
Legislature by a very favorable
vote, hat was defeated in the other,
probably because tho members did
not appreciate the fact that they
were dealing with men who meant
wbat they said when they empbat
ically rclused to build this road if
it was to be subjected to the con
trol of tbo commission. After the
bill had been defeated and when
Col. Robinson was about to foave
Columbia, n number of the mem
bers went to him and begged him
to reconsider the matter, but with
out inducing him to change.
Now, here is a road which, if
built, would bo ot vast benefit to
South Carolina; It would open up a
new country and furnish much
needed transportation facilities to
a large territory; but until the law
makers of thal'Stalo learn to leave
tho management of railroads to
their owners, tbc people alon^ tliSi
proposed line, as well ns along
many others, must do without any
railroad ajivantages. Railroads aro
essential to the development ot the
South, and without more of them
there would soon come a halt in tbc
progress of that section. Will our
southern people be so foolish as to
continue their unwise railroad legis
lation, and thus effectually keep out
foreign capital?
WILDCAT BAHK1KB.
HAYS WHEN A TICK «F MONEY HID
NOT AMOUNT TO MICH.
Detroit Tlilirs.
“Wildest banking days? Yes,
I had aome little experience of
how business wts done in those
times," aaid Mr. WUliam A. Butler
yesterday. Banka used to be start
ed on a capital or land; it was as
sessed at a certain value, generally
about ten times wbat it was worth,
and the bank allowed to issue a
proportion of the amount in notes.
On pa|>er the scheme was perfec
tion, all the safeguards imaginable,
but it was all on paper. You sec
we follows came from the east, and
I imagined that fortunes were to
be made out here, but people didn't
have anv money to do business
with. So this wildcat money was
issued, and as soon as a man got
some of it be was anxious to
change it “with a laugh.” Tbc
man who could change it quickest
was the fellow who came out best.
I remembered one tunny instance.
At the time 1 was keeping a store
I hail some bills to pay in New
I York. 1 bad lots of wildcat money,
but unfortunately it was no good
down east. I had a neighbor of
the name of Elltnore who was
in about tbe same fix. lie propos
ed collecting all tbe money he
could get on one bank and getting
it exchanged.
He was pretty sanguine aoont
the success of bia scheme, but 1
wasn’t; at any rate I tald him wc
would try it. Ellmore got all his
money on a Lapeer bank, and I
get mine or three wildcat banks in
Pontiac. We drort ont next day,
and Ellmore left roe at Pontiac to
go to Lapeer, i did wbat 1 could
and managed to get $200 or $300
for all tbe notes I held; tbe bank
wouldn’t pay any more. When
Ellmore returned I asked him how
be bad made ont, and be said be
bad got bis note* redeemed in
full. I was surprised to bear this,
because tbe Lapeer bonk was con
sidered tbe meanest in tbe whole
state. He aaid be bad a draft on (
Detroit which would be paid all
right. When to got to Detroit be
took bia draft fr. get it cashed, and
soon afterward* I saw him come
up to bia store with a handkerchief
full of money; be must have bad a
peck of it. Well, sir, tbe man on
whom the draft was drawn bad
paid bim 'all Lapeer bank notes,
tbe same thing that be had so in
dustriously collected and taken
out to tbe book.”
“How long did wildcat banks
flourish?”
“From about 1837 to 1839, if I
remember rightly. At first the
notes circulated a little in neigh
boring state, but afterward tbe act
creating tbe bankit was declared un
constitutional, and they coliapscd.
Men who have had any experience
of that kind of currency arc now so
anxious to see the present system
retained, and not have an unsecur
ed medium.
An exchange tells the story of a
boy who watt sent to markot with a
sack of roastingears, a id after lin
gering around town ell day, came
borne without selling them. When
asked by bis mother why ho bod
not sold tbe corn, he said no one
asked bim whsi be had in his sack.
How many of our ir.creliants are
like this boy? They have plenty
of goods for sale, but fail to tell
what is in tbeir sack. If you ex
pect to sell goods in this day and
age of the w-irld you must open
your sack and kt-cp shouting tbe
merits of your stock in trade.
warn. BOOBOmciwcawinnniiw, nm,
North anti South, for “mow of thatelejrant
tobacco.” Than, Un men ran an unknown
factory, Ztowlt«nplojraN0n*n,UM«tlM
pink and rick of ttoeOnlden llalt, and tho
Durham Dull la tbo trade-mark of thl*,the
beat tobacco In tbo world. Blackwell's Dull
Durham Smokimr Tolacco baa tbo Unreal
aalo of any sroohlnr tobacco In tho world.
Wbyf Utmply because It lo tho bt$t. All
(WUrobavolt. Trade-mark of tho Dull.
D. C. X. BUBKHALTER. [ JOHN N. SCARBOROUGH,
COTTON SEED and MEAL, j
-(o)-
Burklialter & Scarborough,
FOR SOUTHWEST GEORGIA.
Long Loans, Cheap Rates, Quick Time.
-(<>)-
Office over Georgia Warehouse, Northeast Corner of Public Square
AMERIOUS, GA.
DANIEL PRATT’S
COTTON GIN, FEEDER and CONDEESER!
Tbla t?iti with 1U Improvements !• abr.nl of all other*. Its ruvolvlnt; bead In the ond-t'of tho cuituu
box prevents faction. It doo* net choke or break tlio role. It docs net ln|nro th«* Maple, but save#
all of tlio lint cotton. For *poed It cannot bo excelled. Tbo cettou box can be opened and cleaned
without trouble. Theso wonderful Improvement* are connected only with their gin. ThU la the
Flfiy-Firat jn.ur of ihl« "In, and in that time twenty-three thousand have baeo made and aold. A
number oftlm** Ginn are now In une In Sumter ootinty, mid .rl have Riven p*rfeet>nU*fiictlon.
TOOI.K, AlcOARRAII fe TONDKE, Agents,
Auwicu*, Go. March tl, 1WM.
n>2
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Cotton Avenue,
ORjAMESWJONES
v '
IT C UBES
NEURALGIA,
RHEUMATISM,
TOOTHACHE,
HEADACHE,
CATARRH,
AND ALL DISEASES OP AN IX-
KLAMATOUY NATURE,
Good for Htui and Good for Beast.
Price one Dollar,
Sold by K. -t. Kl.lilUDOE, l>raf,i»\ Omni
A,rot. dmnkmUi.
ALL ORDKRS PROMPTI.Y FILLIi B
ryK.ll dlrwUMH I.MIIIU, wh tnttl.
—DEALER IN
First-Class Guanos and Acid
Cooper’s Clebrated Farm and Traction
GLOBE COTTON PLANTER!
Tlio Bent Ever Xnveutcd.
LORILLARD’S
MACC0B0Y SNUFF.!
CAVTIOfl TO COSOUSIERI.
A i many inferior imitation* have appeared upon
the market la package* eoeloeely r*»rmMlnf oar*
a* to deceive the unwary, wc would returnt thi
purchaser to see that the red lithographed flu
ran* In which It t« packed always hear
Onr Xante end Trade Murk.
In buying the Imitation yon pay a* much ler
un iafhrtor article *» the rraulne cost*.
Ur Sure Yon Obtain tkr Genuine.
Lorillard’s Climax
BED TIN-TAG PLUG TOBACCO.
Tkr Plant Swrrt 5m Clicnjpx Te-
bseeo Made.
The Grtmlue always bear* a Red Tiu*Ta* with
our name thereon.
BEWARE OF IMITATIONS.
I AM ALSO PREPARED TO GIVE YOU
ON YOUR LIFE AND PROPERTY IN THE BK^OMPANHSft Wno PAY
THEIR LOSSES PROMPTLY AM) EQUITABLY I
CALL AND SEE ME!
R. T, 1
Americus, Gn., Jan. 12, 1SS4.