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THE MACON WEEKLY TELEGRAPH: TUESDAY, DECEMBER 8, 1885.--TWEI.VE PAGES. BRIDAL VEIL USEFUL HOUSEHOLD HINTS. A SELECTED tTOBY. Kan. an City Journal. A pretty, dark-eyed girl began to work it, wlioae lover was over the Hen. Sho was a french girl, and came of a good family of laeo-makers. •■I'll worl: iny own bridal veil in my leie- nre time," she said, “so when Walter cornea to marry me, I shall bo a gay bride.” But she never finished the veil. Walter guile too soon. She married her English lover—ns poor us Ik rself—and went with him to Loudon, and the half-finished bri- dal veil went nlong, cnrefnlly folded away at tbo bottom of n trank, and, for time bo- ing, quite forgotten. It may have beon forgotten in earnest during twelve years, for aught I know; cer tainly it lay that long unnoticed. A lively 10-year-old girl was the fairv that broke its long sleep at best. Sho had dark oyes, like the little peasant of twelve years ago, but Walter's golden hair. ‘•Ob, the charming lace! she oned, clap ping her hands mid dancing delightedly as Elsie shook it out of tho folds. “Dear mamma, what ia it? and who mailo it? and why is it hut half done? Can I have it for a dress for my doll, mamma?” qiie pretty, dark-eyed matron laughed and shook her bead and half sighed, and she pressed the delicate fabric to her lips. Then she told her child the history of its making. "Bat it shall not lie hidden so long from the light again,” she said tenderly. “X will finish it, and when the time comes for my little Adele to bo a bride, sbe will have a veil to be proud of." Again the little tajar fingers toiled mer rily and busily over thfc delicate lace, and fairy-like ferns and masses of graceful flow ers grew steadily under them. Adele watched the progress of the work with tho keenest interest. “Mamma, teach me to work it," she said one day. “My lingers are much finer and tinier thin yours.” After that she would briug her little work- buket to her mother's side and work at a vector doll. The facility with which Bhe learned tho graceful art was astonishing. At tho age of fifteen so expert was sho that Elsie did not fear to let her take part in the creation of tho bridal veil itself, but they worked "uly nowand tiunjis Iho fancy seiz ed t -cm. Lonis Riviere was from Franco, like Adcle's mother—that had been the bond between them from the first—for Adele loved her mother's country for h% mother's sake, though the hersoU was proud of being called English, and she also loved the yonng Frenchman. Lonis enme of noble blood, and woe well to do. lie had some money—not enongh to live upon in idle luxury, but plenty to securu him in a fair start in business life. Unwilling to enter upon this conrse in Paris, where his noble relatives would not scruple to oppose him, he had chosen Lon- don us the scene of his futaro efforts;, snd embarked in business ns a merchant there. The happy weeks und months grew into yoars. Adele was now seventeen; it was agreed and promised that when tho spring time came sue wonld be Riviere's bride. “We most finish tbo bridal veil," cried Elsie, eagerly. “I tell yon Monsieur Louis, no lady of your proud house ever wore a laco more exquisite and rich. Ah, alnUl I not be proud win n 1 look at my bcsutifnl child in her marriage robes and think of the poor tittle peasant girl of long ago, who toiled at the lace to earn coarse bread so far away over the seal” Lonis turned quickly at these words, a look of displeased surprise in bis dark eyes. “What peasant girl, mndame?" he ques tioned uneasily. “Myself," sbe answered, happily, not marking the look or the tone. “Whet was 1 hut a poor little lace-maker when my gene rous young lover married me, the father of Adele." lie answered nothing, and Elsie went merrily chattering on, bat Adele noticed Ills suddenly downcast air snd gloomed eyes, though she wee fer from inspecting the ennse of either. His haughty family pride had received a blow. “A lace-maker!" he said to himself, peasant girl! If I hod hat known it!" All that night, sml for days and nights afterward, the thought - f hia bride's hum ble i xtraction tortured 1dm; the sting tohis plido would not la, r.moved. Unconaionaly to himself his annoyance affected l.ia temper; he became irritable, fretful, impatient, something to the very verge of impoliteness even. Above ell, he coiK-eiv. 1 ana! mints but viol* ut dislike to the bridal v< il. “I detest the sight of it!" he cried one evening, in a moment of self-forgetfulness, and when ho and Adele were alone. “If, indeed, you love me, never work at It in my nrwmna. Adele, and if I dared ask one medal favor of yon it should be—" lie luti-id Maidenly. She was listening My love! my love! And hand - fall. that tin . 1 was greatly . “It should be " rv.il in the world but tied in.” work and let her fair her lap; one eonld see nd . were trembling Sho 1 at li e matin' r and r. r hurt, she - ..n-. ly knew ...1, «!■•■ bad u.'.u.l r.-l - -Ib',1.- : nd Ullpb a-ant onld it be pi apulsive ont a tin r its cans am I that . bat si onld n ught— reason that I hate it!” 1 rstood him. The luul beon very slow to nd the pri l. of tin taw all clearly t marry tho man o take her. Sin ntly, but firmly en i you b:nl crimp- g!it vo learned the id so"—she held hand, which he o I will grant r frien-L Your mother's ' id at ■at is b N'o u., .1 t“'lw< II on wh it fol' wed. lbs nn&ld protections—bumble at first, that enwry—hie teen that had no power in them toeap tM strength of her resolution. Tlu-v part'd . dilly at last lovers etui in heart, for love die « not so • xsily—but out wardly seeming scarcely even Inen.ls. She sto-ij proudly n-i he left the room, when tlio sonn.1 of the street door Closing after him strode like a knell of hope to her yonng, passionate heart. She flew to the window and watch'd him ont cf nght. Xflo’an!' she cried, dashing sway the for tho last time have lost hi She s ink down sobbing. Just tlieu the sound of her mother's voice, singing merri ly on old French song in a room above, came to her cars. Once more sho dashed the tears away. “He despised yon, my darling mamma— you! No, no, I will nover pardon him!" Her parents questioned her in vain. She had quarreled with Lonis; that was all they could learn. And before a chance of recon ciliation came, Elsie was smitten with mor tal illness and died in three days;amlAilelo, overwhelmed by the awful calamity, was prostrated with brain fever. At this juncture a summons came to Louis from France, demanding his immedi ate presence there. Strange changes had token place. Two or three lives that stood between him and the title and estate of the Marquis de la lievicre hail been swept away and the third, a frail and delicate child, lay dying. The present marquis, himself a fee ble old man, was also at the point of death, so they sent in haste for Lonis, as the heir of tho dying nobleman. The nows bewildered him. His heart swe led with exultation tiud delight, bnt it sank again. Adele! Hod he lost Adelo? “I care not for rank or wealth unless she shares them!" cried his heart. “I will go and implore her pardon." Ho made the attempt, but in vain. He sought her father and said a few words to him. however that might have made all right again, had she ever heard them; but she never did. When her long aud wast ing sickness was over ut last, and she began slowly and feobly to take hold on life, slu found herself an orphan in very truth! Walter had followed Elsie to a better world. Not even then had sho drained tho cap of sorrow to the dregs; her father's affairs hail been terribly involved; when ull was settled she was penniless. Poor Adele! Truly might it be said that her sorrows “came not in single spies, but in battalions;" father, mother, lover, home, nil gone! What hail life left to offer her but patience anu pain? , And Louis? He wonld have written to her immediately upon his arrival in Paris, but he felt so blissfoBy suro that her father wonld make all well. A few weeks later he did write, informing her of his strangely altered fortunes, and imploring her to par don and accept once more as her true love the love of the Marquis do la Reviere. And the letter never reached her. The honso to which it came was empty and de serted, bnt tho late happy home was bro ken up, and the little English girl, for whom a husband and title and fortune were wasting in sunny France, was earning a sorrowful living os n lace-worker. Such are some of tbe reverses of real life; more wonderful than any fiction. So the marquis waited for an answer in vain. Then pride rose up in arnir. "She scorns me,” he thought. “She, u poor peasant’s child! 1 am punished f>-r my folly!" He resolved to drive her from his lioart. Bnt after many months his letter to Adele was returned crossed nnd reerossed with strange addresses. It was a message of hope to him. Sho hud not scorned him; perhaps she had not ceased to love. Be fore unotuer day and night had passed the marquis was on his journey to Lon. Need I tell you of his welcome there? When did wealth and title fail to find a warm one? Or of tbe friends of former years who flocked to claim acquaintance? Bnt none eonld tell him of Adele, beyet the history of her bitter sorrow. And ufb three months' search he had failed to find her. He hail money, influence, deepest heart interest to aid his search, and yet, in spite of all, he failed. “She is dead,” he thought with anguish. “I have come too bite—it is In the grave I shall find my darling. U it ho so, and I prove it is so, indeed, I will live and die single for her sake." But that waa hit heart's resolve, unsus pec ted by anyone; many a gay belle and brilliant beauty had spread her nets to se cure the splendid prize of a titled hnsbond. Foremost among the many, Rosalind Unit-; she was the fairest anil w ealthiest of them ull, and her golden hair was not unlike Adele's. It von this that attracted him toward her more than others—the memory of an oldsu love. She never inspected this, however; her vanity mado suro he was in her toils. She arranged charades, tableaux, plays—In which he should sustain a port with her. It never occurred to her that he was at once too good-natured and too indifferent to refuse. The tableaux were suggestive enough. One upon which Miss Hale had quite set her heart, was that of a bridal—need it be said that Louis waa the bridegroom, herself the bride? “He will speak'now, surely,” she thought, os sho blushed snd trembled beside him, while the curtain came slowly down. But, no, he only bowed as ho led her from the platform; and then one of tho buttons of his coat caught in her bridal veil. It has been said that “triflea make np tho sum of human happiness.” It seems so now. As the mnrqins stopped to disengage tho lace, suddenly he uttered a strange cry. It is Ailelo’s bridal veil “I borrowed it of a lace-maker," Miss Hale said, in reply to hia anxious question ing. “I had ordered ono like it; bnt her health is bail, and she failed to have it finished in time. So, then, I made her h ml me this. She was quite unwilling to, sho added, pouting, “jest because it was her mother's work. Such fancies for a poor iieraon!” “On, no! Very thin and worn and sad,' she said, in reply to another question of Louis’s; “with fino eyes, but too dull ami pale to be colled pretty. But on exquisite lace maker. I shall bo glad to give you her address if you have any work for her.” Yes, lie had work for—work that they would share together; tbe blessed work of building np an almost broken heart, of re- storing love and happiness to both their lives. Miss Hale never received her veil—the morqnis claimed it. In its stead he sent her a complete set of laces that made her in that regard at least—the envy of society anil Louis married Adele. Palo and thin and somewhat careworn still was the bride of the Marquis on her wedding dev, Imt to h!s ejrea—tbe eyea of faithful love—it was still the sweetest face in tiro whole world that smiled and wept beneath Elsie's bridal veil, Aud he kissed the old lace aud blessed it, because through it he bail found her again. "I love it now!" avid he. “I prize it next to yourself, dearest. It shall bo kept as treasure always.'* A tittle Mor« >)»»*««* to Literature. Anttktu HcconSor. The newspaper* and magazine* seem to be changing places. The newspaper* are devoting wore attention to literature and il lustration, and the magazines more atten tion |o tho current topics of tho day. We believe the readers of both are benefited by the < h inge. And speaking of this change in the newspapers, the "By play" column of the Macon Teh graph exhibits ss fine lit erary work as nnv magazine, and is equal to the "Editorial 'Easy Cba r” of Harper's. We do not know the writer, bnt he ia a man I of fin' si nsibOitlafl and a true heart. THE WAY TO PREPARE THE GOOD THINGS OF LIFE. Something About the Care nml liable*-A Collection of Beet Value to I in- Industrie Housewife—Other Items, For a long time there has been a tenden cy to overdress anil overload the baby. Certainly nothing could bo in much worse taste than a poor little baby overburdened with embroidery, laces and rufiles. The materials for tho little one’s wardrobe should be of the finest its owner con afford, but made up in the simplest manner possi ble. Among sensible people this has been tho rulo generally for some time, and wo hope it will become a universal fashion. Tho choicest and most expensive of the dainty little garments are those known us "French hana-made" goods. These are in many coses finished with deep borders of hemstitching in lines, bars and block-work of the most exquisite description, some times the entire lower portion of the skirt being of this delicate work. Soft-finished cambrics, nainsook, French percale nnd like fabrics are preferred for baby’s uses in cotton, and in wool materials albatross cloth aud cashmere for little cloaks and wraps are in regular and steady demand by the beet trade. A specially comfortable and economical material that won great popu larity during the autumn, and will be quite suitable for spring and summer, is the lighter and finer grade of cheese cloth, or thin canvas cloth. Many of the most charming little cloaks and wraps have been mnde from this material, with lining of opera flannel or surah, either of theaame or a contrasting color which may show throngh the meshes of the cheese cloth. The gar ments in the baby’s outfit should be select ed with reference to the little one’s comfort and health, and these considerations should nover he sacrificed to any whim or capri cious change of fashion. Fine flannel bonds are among tho baby’s first needs. Four or fivo of these arc desirable, and they should lie of firm but not thick flannel Inexperienced mothers shonld be reminded that an infant shonld never be permitted to cry daring the first few weeks of its life without the band to support tho delicate little body. Simple slips of cambric,. and plenty of them, are necessary, and duo pro vision shonld lie made for the proper pro tection of the infant from sudden changes of temperature or exposure to currents of air. Flannel shirts worn next to the body ore considered indispensable to the healtn of children of all ages, and should never lie omitted in the selection of the little one’s outfit. With a knitted wool shirt tfext to tho body, a child is comparatively safe from disorders caused by changes in temperature. Where children are extremely delicate they may be dressed in simple slips of opera flannel, albatross cloth or nuas’ veiling, made with long sleeves. Very little em broidery is nsoil on infants’ sliirts, as the needlework is likely to be harsh to the deli cate flesh. Shirts of wool knitted and soft und clastio, arc nice and comfortable for the tiny bodies, and cost bnt fifty to ninety cents for the plain ones. There are also the most cearming of knitted silk shirts. Cloaks and wraps are preferably made in cashmere and opera flannel for tho less ex pensive ones, aud the richest are of Otto man and Hicilliene, with elaborate em broidery and lace gnrniture. For warm weather there ore many cloaks of white, ■ink and blue American surah silk worn, as ho material may be washed and looks well afterward. Embroidered nuns’ veiling is desirable for this purpose and ia not at Ml expensive. The “Mother Hubbard" is still the most popular shape, although many sacques are made. There are many very pretty wraps and cloaks made of opera flan nel. It is a good plan to have a couple of wraps at least, and these ehonld be of dif ferent degress of warmth, as one that is too heavy may keep the child too warm, und the removing is almost certain to give it u cold. The Cook Hook. Corn Gems.—Two cups of corr- meal, two enpa of floor, two caps of eweet milk, two the hatter and sugar together, add tho milk 1 s-i-Ia and ti"- eggs well beaten, mix t, roll thin. When the cookies nro cut ont sift granulated sugar over them apd i 11 it by pressing the rolling-pin gently over the cakes, taking care not to llatt -:i toe much. id Enough to Malie One’s Hair Curl.— I don’t think that I hive given you a recipe l n sweet ilisb for some time; so hero is a delicious one and very simple to make: It is called ltiz a l’lmperatrice: il Iho rice, os though for a pudding, then make a custard with three eggs and a pint of milk flavoring it with vanilla and maraschino, aud sweetening it to taste. When the rice is thoroughly cooked and uito dry mix it with tho custard, n little freshly btewed fruit or jam, nccording to the season, and half n pint of whipped cream. When well mix™! peur the whole into n mould, stand it in the freeze^ and turn it out wheu wonted. Charlie says it ia good enongh to make one’s hair enri. There’s a kit of current slang for yon.—London Trntb. Cooking Oysters.—Remember that an oyster is like an egg, the longer it is cooked the harder it gets. Opinions are divided between the two plans of stewing oysters. One is to bring tho oyster, in tho liqnor, to the boiling point, removing it instantly then, and letting the “soup" cook a little longer while you add the thickening; then pour it over the oysters. The other is to cook the liquor, thickening and nil, first, nnd then plump in the oysters at the last minute before serving. The nearer you come to oatiug oysters raw the more diges tible the are. In reheating any stewed oys ters that mny have been left over, only heat the sonp and pour over the oysters in the tnreen. A few shreds of mace are the only seasoning required. Practical Hints on Frying. Many persons are horrified if you men tion frying to them, as they deem it a very improper way way of cooking food, which may be pretty true, owing to the false idea that many cooks have about tho method of frying. To smear the bottom of a frying pan with grease of some kind, place it over a hot lire, pnt in the meat or fish, and turn ns they cook is the method in com mon use, and much food is badly and waste- fuUy cooked in this manner. To fry properly ono should have a deep dish—porcelain, granite, or iron, as may be convenient—although for lightness, Man liness and durabilityjl think granite ware the best, nnd have sufficient tut to cover entirely the articles to be fried. These may be put into an ordinary wire basket and plunged into the hot fat until brown. Frying kettles nro more convenient than the wire bosket, as tho very best place to drain tho fried food is over the hot rat. Tho largo amount of fat necessary to cover the articles fried is by some consider ed oxtruvagant os compared to the method of greasing tho bottom of tho pan, bnt actual experiments havo proved to the contrary. Tho waste is far less, as there is no toss by burning and less fat adheres to the food. The heat may bo tested by frying a small piece of bread or potato, and the same fat can ho used for the several kinds of food, in tile following order: Potatoes, oysters, chicken, vonl und fish. Nothing can ex ceed the excellence of fish fried in this way, and fat that is not suitable to fry pota toes, chicken or oysters can still be used for fish. A careful cook may keep tho frying fat continually good liy pouring it into a deep baa in,, let it harden and then scrape off tbo sediment at the bottom before reheating. All the drippings of roost meat and grease re moved from sonp stocks can boused, either alone or mixed with lard or oil. Olive oil is excellent for frying, hut too expensive for general use, while cotton-seed oil has tho merit of economy and u lees objectionable in flavor than much oj the lord now in use. Hotter is not suitable l'oqfrying, as it burns to easily. To prepare oysters, chicken, veal or fish, for frying, roll them in fine bread crumbs, then in beaten egg and then in cracker crumbs. This renders them grease proof. Do not use a fork to remove them from the kettle, but with a skimmer remove them to dishes prepared with layers of paper under- AN OFT TOLD TALE. FROM THE LEADERS AND CONTROLLERS, A.t 97 Cherry Street. Bat Somehow it’s a tale that never loses its interest to the people, for well they know that L Y ON S CLINE 't are far in advance of all so-called competition in everything that is indicatvie of business success. BETTER GOODS, LARGER ASSORTMENT. Greater facilities and lower prices than you will find else where are the facts that we owe our well earned reputation of tho LEADERS AND CONTROLLERS. We lead all others in tho lowness of our prices, for with our immense trade our buyer is enabled to make his trips tho four seasons of the year—Spring, Summer, Autumn nnd Winter. He has just returned after milking his winter purchases, and it ia not neci- ary to say that kuccoss has been his reward, for our prices toll the whole story. Thonsanils of dollars■wortVofgoods'bonght at aylisconnt oft',0 anil flO'eenli on tho dollar. The past week we have been busy as a beo hive, for our Low Prices, aorta h1 the peo ple to improve on oach shining hour, and the contentment of well spent money k- j «t the customers in good humor, and those who were compelled to wait did so pleasantly, for which we return thanks. Our announcement last week of all wool Red Flannel, worth 15c., selling at 10a., caused a flutter in the market The cold winds of tho post week remind"! hundreds thnt procrastination was the thief of time, nnd our heavy Canton Flannels at 5c. pa 4 a rd was a parolyzer that floored oar wonld be competitors, because it was solid now and sound goods. LYONS & CLINE Aro enabled to offer you, on acoount.of jgreat barg,\ins’scoopcd in by our buyer on his re cent visit— 2,000 yards Brocaded Dress Goods, only 3$c. 2,500 yards Highlands Plaids, Wool Effects, only 5c. 4,700 yards 8inglo Width Cashmeres, only 8}c. C,750yard8 Double Width (.V hmerns, splendid goods, in all the popular sh'vles, at. only 121c. Those goods wonld be cheap at 20c. Great Drives in Black Cashmeres THE BEST BARGAINS WE HAVE YET OFFERED. 2,000yardsall wool Black Cashmeres, 33 inches wide, to he sold atJ371r. These goods would be cheap at 50c. We have about BOO yards of a Imttor grade, worth G5c., which wo havo marked at the low price of 45c. per yanl. All our other new desirable Black Go da have been marked down to correspond with tho Tery loir prices of these now goods. The knife has been put into all onr Dress Goods and the prices cut so t!.- trade can congratulate themselves on the glorious opportunity offered them of supplying their wonts in B’ack and Colored Dress Qoods at such prices as will delight yon. viiyn ui uuui, uiuui|M in Dsvtt inure, twu eggs, three heaping teaspoonfuls of baking- powdor, one-half cup of butter, one-lialf cup of sugar. Bake in gem pons. Volvet Cream.—Two tableapoonfula of strawberry jelly, two tablespoonfuls of cur rant jelly, two tahlcspoonfms of pulverized sugar, whites of two eggs beaten stiff, then whip the cream. All a wineglass one-half foil of tho whipped cream and fill tbe glass with tbe above mixture beaten to a cream. Chocolate Custard.—Make a boiled cust ard with one quart of milk, the yelks of six , six tablespoonfuls of sugar and one- cup of grated vanilla chocolate. Boil until thick enough, stirring all the time. When nearly cold flavor with vanilla. Four into enps, and put the whites of the eggs beaten with some powdered sugar on the top. Scotch Short Cake.—Take one-half pound of slightly salted butter and one pound of flour, then mix flour and bntter with hands, then add four ounces of loaf sugar and work all into a smooth boll, then roll ont until it ia an inch thick, prick over with a fork anil pinch ronnd tho edges and bake for one-half an hour in oven, with a moderate fire, in a round or square pan, ac cording to taste. Marmalade Padding.—Five ounces of bread crumbs, four ounces of suet, two ounces of candied peel, one lemon, one egg, three tablespoon! uls of marmalade. Chop tho suet very finely, shred tho candied peel, grate the rind of tne lemon, pnt these in gredients with the crumbs into a basin, and mix with them the manna!ado and egg- Well grease a basin, turn in the mixture, cover with greased paper and steam four hours. I Macaroni Pudding.—One ounce of roni, one pint of milk, two eggs, tbe joice of half a lemon and tha peel grated, one ounce of batter, one oanco of castor augur. Sim mer the macaroni till it is tender in the milk. Beat toe yelks of two eggs with the sugar and the butter, add tha lemon joice and grated peel; stir them into the macaroni and milk. Beat the whites of tho two eggs to a stiff fronth snd stir them in also very lightly. Pour all these ingredients into a buttered pie-dish and bake for half an hour. Floating bland.—Beat tbe yelks of three eggs until very light, sweeten and flavor to taste; stir into a quart of boiling milk, cook till it thickens, when cool pour into a low glam dish, whip the whites of the eggs to a stiff froth, sweeten and pour over a diah of boiling water to cook. TaPe a tablespoon and drop the whites on top of the cream, kinds of food are perfect cooked in this way, and apples fried by tho old method can claim no kinship to the puffy, brown slices that are now served os “apple fritters,” and thnt require little labor to prepare nnd that will necessitate tbe services of the family doctor even if freely estop. Under tlio Leave* Into the Up of tho bare brawn earth. stripped of her beautiful golden ebeevee, Ae If in aynpathir for her dearth, Flatter and oratio tho autumn leaver; And the lonely Undacupe hldee ewey tier face, deep-Uned wtih eud decay. Under the levee! Down from tbe tall old foreat tree# The leafy ehonuti gently fall. And taking the wince of toe pining breeze Softly they cover tbe earth like a pall. Ah. would that we the put might fold. Of blighted hope* and dreame-untold. Under the learnt Under the Irevea of tha flying yuan, strive, thou weary eouf. to ley The o.re end Borrow, tlio bitter team, The Vrery burden of yeetentay. Away d,wp down In tho heert’e racial. Under the leavee of forgetfnlneea. Under the Wane! Blankets! E llaiikets! No such bargains in Blankets were ever offered before, as aro now on our These were bought at the rooont great forced solo in New York, which was at our Mr. Lyons. Eight hundred and forty cases Hold in a few minate. at tho great tion sales. 500 White Blankets at $1.00 a pair. 400 White Blankets at $1.50 a pair. t!50 White Blankets, Fink Tinted, only $2.00 a pair. 200 White Blankets, splendid quality, at $3.75 a pair, ilu White California Blankets at $4.75, $3.00, $10.00 and $15.00. d by -MONDAY ■ befo Wo will open one case of 12-1 Wliile Blanket!; such ns h.n in Macon at a price which will astonish von. We have a dozen very fine Lamb's Wool Blanket, Blue and l ink, suitable for u ado Christmas present, which we bought at half their value. To Close Out at Fifty Cents on the Dollar ! About 20 pairs of fino White Blanket-, carri 1 over from last - .won, a little aoilod, but not to hurt, yet wo will sell them at Ilf ty cents on the dollar, ' Here are bargains in fashionable and d .irable drcsimbh dress goods. Elegant Serges reduced from 73 to llOc. Beautiful Satin Berbers reduced from 75c. to G2Jc. Ladies' Cloths Flannels and Trioota, all reduced. Handsome TTnitild Tidail ItdriU reduced from $1.00 to 87). rSilliss. Nal l!*** nnd Velvets. Our Black and Colored biles, Black snd Oolori 1 Satins, Block and Colored Velvets, bare not been spared and are being sold without profit. We stUl continue onr sale of GomMtiaUon Bolts at (lO.Qp, which cosi $i.',.m, ilH.oo and $20.00. When you talk about Cloaks we are with you. When you see our stock you will come to tlio truthful conclusion, which is, that Ly ons k Cline have more garments than all the other stores combined. CLOAKS, WRAPS AND CIRCULARS. The most extravanant language we can usa in dmriUag tho hundreds of Oovcrinffl Mr. Lyons bought at priceoao ridiculously low would not' touch the giih|Mt. Just think of selling a handsome Fur-Trimmed Visetto for $11.50, worth $33-00. Weil, that la just what we are doing. It we were to fill all this space with what w Mb truthfully my about our Clcak Department, the half would not be told. You must c ill nnd examine our st". k, which ia the largi t, most varied nnd choicest you ever looked at. You will find anything yon want from a Fix-Trimmed BunSaa Qb> cular at $8.00 to a Plush-Trimmed Vise tie at $35.001 ‘ItntaMittlOlN^ OnafaiL all styles, and for all ages, from $2.00 up to $12.00. Wean going to continue to do the clonk bu inr-s f.>r Mac uu LYONS A CLINE are not afraid to Day goods when we know they are eheapt Thnt scacunts fag os havtnff such an immense stock of Ladies’and Misses' Covcrin; Wo b lghtthem cheap- fifty cents on the dollar—and just that way we are going to sail them Wfl hrirth ai. nlm.ly to call and examinine, whether they wish to purchase or not. The young lady who has charge of our cloak room, whkfcfclW MhUBhWl.' will be glad to show you what handsome wraps WO fltff itthdMmo PRICK YOU HAVE TO PAY FOB COMMON ONES ELSEWHERE. Uy the Way. No baking powder is pure to the opposi tion manufacturer.—New Orleans Pica yune. The great men who were horn in cabins are rapidly dying out.—Philadelphia News. A sentimental poet says a Idea is “the meeting of two souls.” This pretty meta phor (■ badly shattered when a thud sole, on the foot of the giri'e father, puts in a sudden appearance. So are the young man's hopes.—Norristown Herald. One of the advrntagee of being an Amer ican sovereign lies in the ease with which we get our food and tha absence of a fear of poison. Alexander now, or Nero, eonld by no means have sat on a stool and dined at a lunch counter—that is, not many times. Corn buns and a cup of coffee would have dono more for Mithridates than five Roman ware.—Chicago Current Of all tbe absurd songs yon ev< r heard la ono just published in Boston, with the as tonishing title, “YonH never miss your mother till she’s gone.” Well of conrse not Withsll the love and reverence in the world for the mother, how in the thun der could you mist, her when she is right in the same room, talking to you? Bucli __ ^ j profound wisdom is enough to weary far enough apart so that the “little wbi. wooden Indian.—R. J. Bunlctte. islands" will not touch each other. By dropping little specks of bright jelly on island a pleasing effect will be produced. Also by filling wineglasses and arranging around the stand adds to the appearance of the table. Milk Cookies. —Two caps of sugar, one cup of butter, one cap of sour milk,, three eggs, one tosspooufal of to la; sour milk it so liUls used since the advent of baking powders that few modern cook, know lion to dispoee cf a cup of sour milk or Beautiful Bisques anti Other Novell ies for Christmas will be opened next week. This week w«* offer oartU 10,mh) Chribtinns hand-painted fringed, for Christmas, at 5 and lUe., worth 35e. cl-« where. CARPETS, LACE CURTAINS. In Carpets we have a full line left and although wool h is advanced, we are anxious to close at a reduction. Wa will give yon a bargain this week. OaB ana «—"**"« We lutvea large lino of remnants running from tlir. < to twenl. > rd-. which w, will cl,at a big disoount. We carry tbe largest line of Curtain Lace of aay hotaw tax Ittddla Oani* gin. We can show you a good article at 10c. worth elsewhere 2Uc. SIIOE!« i< >1 i S1IORS! Here ih an old tii recipe for sour < ar.d m i A Harvard student searched for a leak the gas pipe with a lighted match. He will never do it again. There is this to say in favor of a collegiate edu.tion: When u man learns anything be let.ms it m tl."r- oughly th-.t he never for_. - ., it lks>ton Transcript It Inn--ka nil the gilt of t'_. g':thread ol an edit ’a life to kiniw that »!»• n be has writt. n a fiery and Imli.iut iirtiele di noiinc- ing tyranny and os poring slavery he wil] ling wood for his Wo carry the cheapest and beat in the city and guarantee yon : bill of 20 per cent Childrens'Grain Button Tip, 4 to 8, 85c. to $1.25. Children's Grain Spring Heel; 4 to 8. 8V. to $1.25. Children's Grain Spring Heel Tip, 8 to 11, $1 to $1.35. Children’s Spring Heel, Philadelphia make, 8 to 101, $1 to $1.25 Misses’ Grain worked button hole, 1), $1.25 to $1.50. Misses' Goat worked button hole, 11, $2 to (2.25. Mines' Kid button heel, 4 to 8, 85c. to $1.50. Mieses' Kid spring heel, 4 to 8, 85c, to $1.50. Misses' Kid spring heel, 1), $1.50 to $3. Misses' Kid spring beet 14, $2.50. Ladies' Kid button, 3 to 7, at $1.25. Ladies' Kid, worked button hole, 3 to 7, st $1.50. Ladies' fine Kid, worked button hole, 2 to 0 at $2. Ladies' fine Kid, custom made, $2.50, $3, Ago. Ladies' line French Kid, 2 to C, at $5. Child's Copper Tip, ti to 12. at 60c. Child’s Glove Grain, 8 to 12, &b75c. Misses’Glove Grain, 1|, at $1. Mi* vi’ Calf, li, at$l. \\ till % J-!'** sot h« l\v Wo* latlh v a: tl mi-- • t iwriiv^, nnd we c •.in'm your sho i to all. whetin in C:w*'in iv e aniiousto cl o:i Woolen p> «ls, Wish topi 1 Ika them • f,r until n * vie.-A LYONS Ih, Cessimcra, 1 ipress ;iai'l , \c.41ent v ife aud all ■: Mu Ft ltiv.r Advnni o. i.i'ither-m-iuw . K. t- LYONS & CLIN E, 'Ihe l.rmh n* ami Controller* the I Dry uood.-aml lariict Market of Middle Georgia. !)7 ( berry St