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THE MACON WEEKLY TELEGRAPH: Tt ESDAY, MAY 4.1886.—'TWELVE PAGES.
LITTLE MISS JOYCE.
How a Plucky American Girl Managed a
School.
We lived in School bistrict No. 4. It had
gained an unenviable reputation for disor
derly conduct, and it was difficult to secure
and‘keep a teacher for any length of time.
This state of affairs had been brought about
by several half-grown boys, %ell in their
teens, who had never had any training at
home, and consequently were ungovernable
at school and a nuisance to the community.
The last teacher had resigned and gone away
before the term was out. My father was
one of the board of directors. The board
met with only one application to consider.
When my father came home we beseiged
him with question! concerning the new
loftchcr.
“I think,” said he, with mock gravity
"we*ll have order out of ch**os, now; there’s
a look in her eye that means business.’
••Reuben!” said my mother with anxious
solicitude, “wouldn’t it have been better to
have hired a man teacher this time ? ’
“We had no choice, my dear. There was
no other applicant. And now, boys,” turn
ing to Mark and me, “when you can’t be
gentlemen at school,” putting a good deal
of emphasis on the word, insisting that it
covered the whole ground, “I’ll put you
to work on the farm.” That caution was
all we needed. We knew he meant busi-
wim» the middle of the week. There
was nothing seen or heard of Miss Joyce—
that washer name—till the following Mon
day morning. We were gathered in little
knots about the school-yard, wondering
what abe would be like, any wav, when a
carriage drove up; a lady alighted, walked
briskly up the path, throwing a cheery good
morning right and left, unlocked the school-
house door and went in. The driver fol
lowed her with a large basket. I think if a
bombshell bad exploded in our midst we
wtuld not have been more completely
amazed.
“Pooh!” said Nat Green, the leader of the
outlawry, at last drawing a long breath, “1
could pick her up with one hand and put
her in my pocket.”
“Whar dat muskcctcr I seed gv. me erlong
dis er walk?” cned the mimic Sam Wilder,
running a little ways and jumping up and
clapping his hands together.
“Uncle Sambo! where’s your glasses?” said
Pete Dowey. “Your mosquito is only a
harmless little gnat.”
These sallies excited peals of laughter,
which had scarcely died away when the bell
rang and we marched in and took our places.
It would be difficult to say just what the
scholars expected in the new teacher.
That it was something entirely different
from what they had anticipated their faces
readily showem But I can only speak defi
nitely in regard to myself. Remembering
what my father had said, “There’s a look
in her eye that means business,” and also
remembering that her predecessors, so far
as I knew, had all been of generous propor
tions, I had framed this portrait in my
“mind’s eye.”
A tall, raw-boned, muscular woman of at
least 36, with steel blue eyes, to whom the
darkest deception was as the lsce of a cob
web. And there she was. not my portrait,
surely, but the new teacher, nevertheless,
and not a whit taller than our Marv Marthy.
I never read Robert Browning’s “Flight of
the Duchess,” when he sketched
"Tile MUialle.t would alive,"
he r to understand also that da; that she was mnat not know that my father waa away.
to make oar house her borne as long as she
remained, which she always did.
“Nathan, will yon lie good enough to as
sist me with this basket?"
It was a large one and filled to the brim,
as we coaid see from the bulging lids.
The knowledge of that fact would pat us
completely at their mercy. She determine d
to face the danger alone. She knew my
father had firearms, but where he kept them
she did not know, and besides there was no j
time to procure them. Already the holes
“Chumps”
Nat looked embarrassed, but pleased with I had grown into an aperature large enough
the preference shown him, took the basket for a man's band. And now the hand it-
from her hand and led the way. Well, we
had a feast fit for a queen that noon from
the solid substantial, down to the most
toothsome French caramels. And all the
time she kept up such a running How of
anecdote and story, both humorous and
pathetic.
“Isn’t she jtuUsplendid?" was the verdict
of all when she bad withdrawn and left us
to ourselves. Even Nnt Green was so drawn
out of himself os to exclaim with some
show of enthusiasm, “It isn't in a feller
to fight a wee thing like her, nohow, an'
'specially when she’s so jolly too."
In the afternoon classes were organized
and the term’s work outlined, the whole
waa seasoned with more interesting talk,
and when the first school day closed we
were all agreed that we hail never spent a
happier day in our lives. Tha three out
laws skulked home, but the next morning
they were punctually on time, and under
her wise management they became not only
the best behaved boys but the best scholars
in school.
Before the term was half out the new
teacher waa known far anil near as “little
Miss Joyce," and there waa not a boy ntuong
ns that wouldn’t have fought for her ns
zealousy anil died for her, if need be, with
as chivalrous a devotion as knights of old
in the lists. St. Chur's summing up of the
day to mother contained the root of the
whole matter.
1 'She jes’ looked aud talked, an* we got
gooder an' gooder an' didn’t want to do
without thinking of her aa she stood on the
platform that Monday morning. A diminu
tive form, but of perfect symmetry, a face
all sunshine and dimples, laughing brown
eyes and an abundance of Hotly, golil-brown
hair rolled into a glistening coil high on the
toad. This last, I presume, was a device to
increase her stature. She did not look a
day over Is, but we afterward learned that
abe had just turned her twenty-tilth birth
day. When she spoke it waa like listening
to a chime of bells, so musical and so per
fectly modulated were the tones of her
voice. She spoke with simple directness.
"My dear pupils, I am Miss Joyce, your
teacher for thin term. I am very glad to
see you all. 1 have brought a heart full ot
love for yon and my work, and I know we
shall get along admirably together and do
each other good. It is always my custom
to open school each morning bv repeating
tire Lord's prayer anil asking His guidance
and blessing on our efforts for the day. We
will repeat It together, please."
She followed the bcautitnl prayer to th'o
end, bnt not a voice joined hers. I know
yon could have heard a pin drop, the silence
waa so profound. I toil been accustomed
to hear it repeated in onr family circle aud
in the pnlpit as far back aa I could remem
ber, but never with such power and pathos
aa that. It was an inspiration, and deftly
brought out inch realistic ^spiritual meanings
aa I never dreamed it possessed. I felt ruy
heart made so tender that I knew I eonld
abed tears if I were not a boy 12 years old
and too big for that sort of thing. Oh,
wonderfnl, magnetic power! "And I will
draw all men unto me," said the Man of
Borrows. The spirit of the Master was
working in our midst I threw one hurried
glance about the room. Mary Marthy waa
wiping tor eyes with tho corner of her blno
gingham apron; Ht. Clair'aface—usually bis
black eyes were dancing with mischief—
wore a solemn, wistful look that I had never
seen on it before; Nat Green bed his back
to the echool and was looking out of tho
window across a rolling stretch of prairie,
motionless aa stone. I knew some other
hearts were made tender as well as my own.
The knowledge only tended to enhance the
effect on myself., I could bear it no longer.
My eve* were already overflowing. I leaned
my elbows on my desk and dropped my face
in my hands, while the big drops fell in a
i my hands, while the big drops
little pitiful pool st my feet.
I was not conscious of the lapse of time
till a soft hand was laid on my head and
her voice—that divinely inspired
said with thrilling earnestness;
" ‘And as He passed by He saw Matthew
sitting at the receipt of custom and eanl
sitting at the receipt of custom and aanl
unto him, follow rue. And to prose and
followed Him.' Be aa ready, my boy, aa
thy namesake of old to follow the call of
thy Master."
If ahe it living anywhere in the wide
world and reads this story I would like her
to know that I date my tint call to on evan
gelistic life to tor timely dropping of those
words. It was seed sown lu good ground,
and I am thankful to know that it has
borne some fruit “Paul may plant and
Apollus may water, bnt it is God that giveth
the increase." ,
She pasted so quietly and so gently from
one to another, earing just the right word
in the right piece, talking little of books
but much of what was, oh! so wonderfully
interesting and instructive that the fore
noon slipped sway almost before we knew it.
“I see it in-high noon.” she said, looking
at tor watch—a tiny affair, aa thoogh made
expressly for her. “Now we'll adjourn to
that noble sycamore yonder, and have a
picnic together, Nathan," turning on Nat
Green a face like a sunbeam. She invar-
self—a white, shapely hand—had slipped
it wn
nothin' bad.
Just before the elose of the term an event
occurred which lifted Miss Joyce at once
to the front rank of heroines aud forever
canonized her, at least in our family. Father
bail been absent several days on business,
and came home about dark one evening
with several thousand dollars in his posses
sion, which he locked up in the sale. He
intended to go to town the next morning
and deposit it in the bank. Between 1) And
10 o'clock the same evening mother waa
summoned by a telegram to the bedside of
a dying sister in a distant State. It waa
necessary to leave home by daylight to reach
the station in time for the early morning
train. Father decided to go with mother,
as he disliked to have her travel so far
alone. To do this he would be obliged to
leave the money in the safe at home until
his return, lie was not, however, a man to
borrow trouble. There had been no rob
bery of any consequence committed in the
county for several years. It is not likely
such a visitation would occur now. We
had a good girl in the kitchen, and Miss
Joyce had promised to take mother's place
as far os possible. With the exception of
Bt. Clair, we were all up to see them otf.
Mother would not allow him to be disturb-
ed;khe kissed his rosy face still wrapped in
slumber and quickly drew her veil.
The day was clear and bright until nl-
roost noon, then the air grew turbulent and
the sky murky aud threatening. Later
heavy black masses of clouds piled them
selves into a formidable bank, out of which
came angry rumblings and fittnl lurid
flashes that augured a brewing storm near at
hand. Miss Juice closed aclino! early and
we reached home jnst as the big drops be
gan to fall.
It proved the heaviest rainfall of the
season. The floodgates of heaven seemed
to be opened and the ruin fell in torrents all
tho fore part of the night, while the house
(a solid, substantial piece of masonry)
groaned and shook with tho violence of the
wind. About midnight the fien-eces* of
tho gale spent itself, but the rain still fell in
gentle, measured cadence*. We children
went to bed early. Murk and I were both
tired and out of sorts. The morrow would
be Saturday and we hail planned to bavi
some rare sport. Such weather would spoil
all our tun and we did so bate to be cooped
up in the house. AfUratinie I lost con
sciousness anil slept profoundly. The
particulars of the awful tragedy enacted
•luring that terrible night we* learned
the ni xt morning from Miss Joyce’s own
lips, and were eye-witnesses to the fearful
evidences to tho crime. Miss Joyce hod sat
up late writing letters. During fnther’s
and mother'll absence she was to occupy
their npartinent, which was a front room oil
the ground door anil opened into a little
room buck, where slept Mary, Martha aud
St Clair. All the windows ot the house,
np stairs and down, hail massive shutters,
which securely fastened inside with heavy
iron clomps. As I said before Miss Joyce
waa writing letters till n late hour and did
not retire till after midnight. It was some
time after this before she dozed off into a
slumber. She was always a light sleeper.
The least noise seemed instantly to arouse
her, not into that drowsy,- Hcmi-conscious-
ness which usually precedes full awakening,
hat at once into alert cognizance. And to
this particular night, when her nerves were
tensely strong by the rigor of the storm, all
her bodily senses seemed preternaturally
acute.
How long she slept, whether minutes or
hours, she did not know, but she waa sud
denly awakened by the sound of something
falling. And the iiupre.-sdou received by
her in that second of time, as the inind
leaped from slumber to consciousness, waa
so distinct and real that she could have
taken oath on the Bible that the sound she
heard was that of some metallic substance
dropping with a sharp ring upon the door.
The sound would have been dulled had it
fallen on the thick carpets of the room im
mediately adjacent. In the more remote
parts of the boose distance wonld also have
deadened the sound.
Her thought instantly flew to the wide
hall, covered with oilcloth, into which
mother's room opened. The door of the
room bad been left purpoeely ajar that abe
wight the more readily hear if anyone
called. What metallic substance would be
likely to fail but the ball door-key? And
she remembered distinctly, when she locked
the door during the evening, to have turned
the key to prevent that It must,
therefore, have been re-turned and
pushed inward from tire outside. How
swiftly the mind leaps from link to
link in the chain of cause and effect. She
threw on a woolen wrapper and in her
stocking feet glided noiselesely into the
lull and laid her hand softly on the lock;
the key was gone! At the same instant a
key waa inserted from withont Her heart
stood still. Had ahe forgotten the bolt?
Swiftly her band sought it No, ttonkGod!
The bolt waa drawn, anil was both atont
anil strong. Bnt—Great Heavens! they
were not to to foiled. Hist! With bmoe
and bit they were boring perpendicular
boles parallel with and close to the lock,
through which the light from a dark lantern
made ghostly lines upon the floor. She
took in the meaning of it all at once and re-
through the slit anil was about to reach for
the bolt. Lifting a silent prayer for help,
she grasped the hand and with a quick jerk
folded the wrist backward upon the edge of
the aperture, and then threw her weight
upon the hand. There was a dull, sicken
ing snap, followed by a smothering groan
anil muttered enraea from outside. Then
there was a short, whispered parley, a slight
struggle and the sound of water dripping
upon the stone steps. Afterward silence
reigned, and os time wore on the hand that
wes clutched about hers grew as cold as
ice. Good Good! Had they—but the
thought which dashed upon her was so aw
ful that for the first time in her life she
fainted dead away.
I was awakened by vigorous poundings
upon the front door. It was broad day
light, Hastily slipping on my clothes I
descended to the ball and found Miss Joyce
on her knees leaning against the door. I
spoke to her hut she did not answer. Han
ning out and around the house I saw a sight
that for the moment transfixed me with
horror. A young stripling of a boy—far too
young for a'ovilea trade—was half reclining
against the door with his throat cut from
car to ear. He was covered with blood,
which yet trickled from the wound and
stood in* little pools upon the steps. The
burglars could not take him away with
them, and dared not run the risk of leaving
him. Dead men tell no secrets. A neigh
bor passing by bail seen the strange sight
anil gave tho alarm. I motioned him to
follow me into the house, for I could not
yet Anil my voice. We lifted Miss Joyce—
we had to pry her band from out the clutch
of the dead one—and laid her on moth
er's bed and rnbbeil and bathed the
poor, crumpled hand. In a short
•ime she regained consciousness, hut
was nervously prostrated for several days.
Very unexpectedly, and to our inexpressi
ble relief, my father came home that after
noon. They had accomplished but a short
part of their journey when the impression
came to him that he ought to be at home.
It Anally grew so strong upon him that he
anil mother both decided that it was best
for him to return. When he learned of the
tragic events of the night he jnst took Miss
Joyce in his arms and kissed her, while his
voice trembled with emotion as she said:
“Brave little heroine! Oar little, eldest
daughter henceforth!"
This act of appreciation greatly delighted
us children. Well, she stayed with us a
year, growing sweeter and dearer to ns all,
then she left us. Mother told us confiden
tially that she was going to New York to
marry a missionary under appointment to
South America.
God bless her! She had tho true mis
sionary spirit. School District No. 4 bad
afterward many a teacher as capable of im
parting knowledge and as good disciplina
rians in their way as she, hut none, ay! not
one of them could qnite ever take the place
in our hearts of little Miss Joyce.—Rocky
Mountain News.
AVIio (Hither in the Ducats at the
Expense of Suffering
Humanity.
The (Haring Gall Exhibited by
Non-Professional Frauds.
The country is flooded with liogns medi
cine men, and in a few cases a heavy capi*
t.d is all they have to sustain their prestige.
Numerous cleverly concocted certificates
ere forced upon the unsuspecting, purport
ing to have “snatched from the grave"
some poor visum of blood poison or other
disease, when to ear knowledge the identi
cal persons lay grouning in agony while the
public were reading of their remarkable re
covery.
Another serious offense is the publica
tion of erroneous statements concerning
various drags, such as are daily prescribed
by our best physicians, declaring them to
be deadly poisons. Iodide of potash, which
seemB to receive their greatest condemna
tion, when prescribed by physic ana and in
the proper combination with certain com
pounds, is not only harmless bnt forms one
of the most powerful antagonists to blood
poison known to tho medical world. B. B.
B. (Botanic Blood Balm) contains iodide of
potash. This company hold hundreds of
f ermine certificates from persona who have
een cured of various diseases arising from
An impure state of the blood by the use of
B. B. B. The question now is, if iodide of
potash is such a terrible enemy to health,
why is it that the Blood Balm Co. have
made within two years the most gigantic
sales and cures ever before made on Amer
ican soil?
Wherever introduced it takes the lead of
all Blood Remedies for the cheap and speedy
cure of all Blood, Skin and Kidney Dis
eases, Scrofula, Ulcers, Rheumatism, etc.
Oltl England Outdone.
Soddy, Tknn., Nov. 9, '84.
I have had a bad ulcer or running sore
for twenty years, which no doctor has ever
been able to heal. I was afflicted be’o.e
leaving England, and the doctors over there
eonld not oure me. For so ne time I have
been aging B. B. B., and the effects aston
ish every one, and I enclose several pieces
of bone which it has worked ont. My
health is rapidly improving, ulcers nearly
all healed, and I am far better than I have
been in twenty years I will send you a
certificate soon. Mas. Jennie Williams.
Near Chattanooga, Tenn.
“Lone Star State.”
Dextkb, Texas, June 1C, 1885.
* * * One of our customers left his
bed for the first time in six months, after
u-ing only one bottle of B. B. B. He had
scrofula of a terrible form, that had resist
ed all other treatment. B. B. B now takes
the lead in this section.
LIEDTKE BROS.
A CANNIBAL ON DIET.
XVliy ilwumllceil Subjects are CnitcMlrablc—
Objections to Liver.
Connoisseurs among the cannibals have
no great liking for jaundiced subjects.
Dyspeptics, consumptives, and even per
sons afflicted with varioloid, are welcomed
(with gnashing of teeth), hut yonr cultured
cannibal rejects with contumely a victim
with a liver. In (act there is noplace
where bilious people are safer than in Fiji, ac
cording ton very respectablenud prominent
cannibal whom a reporter interviewed this
morning over a transom. And it is just in
this connection that the heathen attests his
superior ’ fealty to epicureanism. “You
Americans," said the cannibal, “prefer
liver to any other portion of the ceased.
Now, how do they know that tho deceased
—it may be a beef, a mutton or a chicken—
is not also diseased? One-hel: of the
human population have bad livers, and
isn't it a resonnble presumption that more
than that per cent, of the animals which
frequent the malarious places that men a
wise enough to avoid are afflicted as to
these orguna? Y'et what ia regarded as a
greater delicacy than a chicken liver, or
what is cheaper and more tempting in tho
butcher’s array than a liver ? If there is
any part of animal's frame that was not in
tended for food I think it is the liver—es
pecially at this bloomin' time of the year,
when file function of this organ seems to
be to make the owner hopelessly miserable,
aud, aa I maintain, unfit for food."
The Minim and the Iten).
Every good thing bu I to boat of Imitator*; every!
genuine article ito counterfeit*. Itod manner* and
wicked habit* have their* atoo; but he who*b*ui*
the bed never boeeto of it, while they who ape the I
virtue* or the good or elmuleto the genuine never
beeltoto to piece the counterfeit before the public i
I in their moet alluring tone*, •
the. el way* choose a
imitate they el waye choose a pronounced type or
potmler subject to copy from end when they cleim
to twee good ee "Ho-snd-Mo." or to eetl en ertlclo
equal to ••Bo-end-So,” the public roey depend upon
It that Mr. "8o-*nd-8o” and hto article ere always
the beet of the kind. Thne the sham to always prov
ing the genuine merit of the thine it copies.
end reel merit make for itoelf aa immenae end
universal aale. A hundred imitator* artae on every
hand, and aa they hold out their ehaut article* to
the pnblic yelp in chorue, "Buy this; It's just aa
good aa Royal, and much cheaper !'* The Royal
Baking Powder to the etondenl the world over,
and ito imitator* in their cry that their* ia "aa good
aa Royal" are all the time emphasizing this fact
In their laborious attempts to ehow by analyeie and
otherwise th t the -rinowbaU" brand nee aa much
raising power "a* the Royal;" or that the "Ueeur-
rectlon** powder to aa wholesome **aa Royal;" or
that the ••Karthqnako" brand to "aa pure aa the
Uoyal,"aa well aa by their contortive twistings of
chemical certificate* and labored efforts to obtain
recognition from the government chemists and
prominent scientist* who have certified the super!
ortty ot Royal over all other*, they all admit the
"Royal" to be the acme of perfection, which it to
their highest ambition to Imitate, But the differ
ence between the real and theee imitations, which
copy only ito general appearance, to aa wide aa that
between the paste ana the true die * ~
sham* all pay homage to the "Boyal I"
Sectionalism a» Hhown Drinks.
Moat of the Southern men drink their
whisky straight and lots of it The West
ern men are divided between beer and whis
ky. Those from the far West take whiaky
like the Bontherners, while the members
from the large cities are partial to beer.
The men of the Pacific coast like wine and
usually of the moat costly variety. They all
•wear that California produces the finest
wines in the world, bnt it in noticeable that
they nanally drink out of bottles bearing
foreign labels and of a costlier variety. The
New York men drink wine and beer and
very few of them care for whisky, while
thoae of the New England men who drink
at all take small quantities of the light
wines and of the venr beat. Most of the
liqnor at the Capitol u drank by employee
iabl, called tu b, our rirfrt rarorro and it Mixe.1 that U.v working with th. rap- "Vi.t^ra^ey p.Tfo? fh^t
wmt always a mystery now ahe knew so | ably arnl dull of expert,. Some nature. . . tll J..nen.lra eio.ra . n .l .Uni
ranch about u» from the start, but I know are coolest in momenta of greatest mril. “, h * hicher Ra£ either tbi S ri.lm
now that on thatday of the meeting father
in a few words explained to her where the
difficulty lay. Being gifted with wonderfol
intuitive power,, and a strange hot vital
magnetism, tha was mistreat of the situa
tion from tha moment we came within her
Mfi'iaJovee hadV'Tled ^xnonthe onlyc/ur'" 1 ° r **«• Representative*. Gnat quantities of
h ^ liquor are sold at the Capitol daily, but
left t^her. Bhe wm 1> jndged it hod to t jj ere ^ drunkenness, and this is prob-
57' r nf n. unZ?nAJd Th. 1 lh « re UttU drunkenne*, and this ia prob-
and the boy, were too young to exercise • * - * pouo
taenoc. Father was keenly observant, tbe proper* caution. At all hazards the
id mnat have detected this, tor he gave I bu.qpnia .there proved to bt threw of them) 1
Umt. Groville has returned to France.
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DR. BIGUERS HUCKLEBERRY CORDIAL.
FOR THE
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It to tha great Southern remedy for the bowels.
It to one of the moet pleasant and efficacious
remedies for all Huiumar complaints. At a aea*
ton when violent attack* of the bowels are to
frequent some speedy relief should be at hand.
The wearied mother, losing Bleep in nursing
the little one teething, thoulduae thl* medicine.
fiOc. a bottle, bend 3c. itamp to Walter A. Tay
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THIS ELEGANT '
GENTS’ OR ZADlEgf ■
IS K Alt AT
Gold Plated Watehl
For $7.50.
She Is Not I)ca«l.
It has been reported that I waa dead—
bnt 1 am not.
For four years I have been afflicted with
a severe casoof Blood Poison, Rheumatism
and Neuralgia. My flesh shrank away, my
muscles seemed to dry up aud form into
little knots, joints were swollen and pain
ful and all concluded I must die. I have
used tivo bottles of B. B, B. and I have
gained fiO pounds of fleah, and am now aa
sound ns any woman. Belle Dltixaway,
Atlanta, Go.
To introduce onr goods into the market an.l
inducement to ngenta to handle watches of on,„ ,
ractnre we will n.ke the following liberal X ““*
will send a sample watch by Registered Mm! ,'
address on receipt of "(•even Hollars and a ! „tr v
Draft, Money Order or Registered Letter -li J
wish to examine fame before paying for it wew“l j, 0 ?
’*__•' \ privileged inspection.'on
"60 cents to guarantee expri ss charges. ‘ 01
The case* are "Solid Aluminum" heavily plated with 18 karat gold, are guaran-e.ti I
stand the acid test, hunting or openfsce style, and have the appearance of and ,
nary care will wear as well as solid 18 karat gold watches that cost from 175 to *irin n *
have fine full jewel lever movements, compensation balance,-patent sprung over rwirih
tor, French enamel dials with second hand, and are all adjusted to keep Mrfect tig ,
guarantee being given with each and < very watch.—We also have tbe same grade of f
stem winder and stem setter costing one dollar more than the key-winders.
When ordering please say if Hunting or Openface, Plain or ‘Engraved Cases r...
or Ladies' size are desired. All other styles at equally low prices. ’
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NASSAU WATCH CO..
■VS ,0 40 WILLOW PLACE. BROOKLTa% X T,
RINGING THE CHANGES!
REYNOLDS’ IRON WORKS.
Iron nntl Brass Foundries and
Mnelduc Shops.
Iron Balling*. Can* Mill,, Byrup Kettle, I
Engine*. Saw Mill*. Iron Fronts for building*
Engines, 8*w Mlll*, Iron Fronts for building* of all
kinds, machinery of *11 kinds. Grist Mill*. Ito
pairing engine* and machine*? a specialty.
Iron and b • casting* of every description. It
fact any aa • everything that to made or kept in first
class iron sorks.
The proprietor has had an experience of over
forty yean in the iron business.
a«*We guarantee to sell yon Cano Mills cheeper
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hen enybody, end that they will give perfsU
A. REYNOLDS. Proprietor
Cor. Ptfth end Hewthorne streets. Macon, Ge.
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Dr.J.M. liuclian & Son
EASTMAN, GEORGIA.
Privet* end chronic disease* e epeetontr. Hun
dred* of certificate* o? enree. Will vtert sJJotnlag
c-rnti**. Coaenlteitob free. Medicine l» neil er
expeeea. Jurttwlyr
The seasons being as arbitrary in thoir exactions as the
styles, and as Spring is rapidly passing into Summer we would!
call special attention to our r
ELEGANT LIAE OF SUMMER FABRIC*J
Both in wash and unwash goods. We have just received a|
new and very pretty lot of F
Venetian Cloths, Batistes, Crinkles, Crazy Cloths in plain and fit.
ured, Satteens, Colored I.avvns, etc.
These goods are the most seasonable on tho market and maiel
very pretty and stylish dresses.
OUR WHITE GOODS DEPARTMENT
Is the most complete in the city. We have a very choice!
line of Victoria and India Lawns, Nainsooks, Mulls, Organ-1
dies, etc, Also a beautiful line of matched Mull and Ham-1
burg Embroideries, white and colored Laces, Flouncing,I
AJlovers and Black Lace Suitings in all the different widths.*
A large Invoice of Laces to be opened the coming week.
J. W. RICE & CO.
TIlu Brown Cotton Clin Co
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NEW LONDON, CONN.
Manufacture™ of the “Old Reliable”
llrown Cotton Gina, Feeders and Con
denser,.
All the very latent improvements: in-
proved roll box. patent whlppcr, two I
brush belts, extra strong brush, cart |
steel beariugs, new improved Feeder,
enlarged dust proof Coudenser.
Strong, simple inconstruction, durable
ns fast, runs light, cleans th, seed per-
ectly and produces first class ssmplti.' ,
DBUTBRBD FUBBOF FIlKKinT; |
at any nrcc-islble polar. Mend for fill'
dcncrlptloo and price list.
A. B. FAHQUHAR A CO., Macon, Ga
GROCERIES!
The undersigned have opened a large and complete stock of Grocrie* at l'I4 Third j
Slrerl, and rca|icctfnlly invite all in need ot Snppliev, to call on Urn) before pnreba-itt
elsewhere. The stock includes all the staples used by farmers, and baa been selected
with special reference to their wants. It Las been marked at
PRICES TO ST IT THE TIMES,
and planters will find it to their interest to consult them.
WEIGHT & HILL,
janl7illtAwfim
Pit Third Street,
ESTABLISHED 1.S57. ESTABLISHED l«-‘
WIN8HIP sSc CALLAWAY,
LEADING CLOTIIIELtS AND HATTERS,
126 Second Street, Macon, Ga.
Return thanks and offer to tho public at lowest prices the
best grades of Clothing and Hats for men and boys. Odd
goods und all clothing from previous seasons at very low fig
ures, Look at us beforo buying. Suits and shirts made to
measure.
Low Prices Will Rule!
A FINE LOT TIMOTHY HAY
FEED OATS
NEW ORLEANS SYRUP, per gallon
WATER GROUND MEAL, per bnahel
14 POUNDS WIUTE SUGAR
13 POUNDS GRANULATED SUGAR
. 11.00
. v<
. 35e
6ue
HUDNUT8 GRITS, per peck.
25 BOXES MATCHES 25c,
All other goods in propottion. Cull on
WARE & OLIVER,
1UD Tliiril Street, Macon,
... 100
... 1.00
... »<•
... 1.25'
Don’t Buy Sweeps, Farmers I
Don’t Waste Your Money Until You Sec am
Try our (i Poor Mule’s Friend'’ Sweep.
ever uw IIenderson ' Commissioner of Agriculture, says it ia the beat in every respect!
exi)j Col^Rediling, bis assistant, says he is simply sincere when he lays it is the best
Both cordially recommend it to tbe notice of planter*.
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M. J. lIATGIIEIt, Inventor and Manufacturer,
Macon, Oa.
THREEilllLLS
iCrab Orchard Waferzf^s ssssa
j_C»AB ORCHARD WA-ER CO., Prc,,’,,.*' MMoNV J«»M ac/r.' io^l-Ln'e. ia,-J
m*r23-3towaw6m
REWARD!
lion of school vaouicte* and needs. No tumble or
•speii**. Mend stamp for circnlam. CHICAGO
SP*OOL AGENCY, IfiHtmUi Clark itmt. Cbimgei
H** B- W# want all kinds of teschsm for schools
nndfnmOtos. Jy?4 2j
a prize.
poods which will help *1L to
ml
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r\ wunit «m ntip an. ui titter ** ,_
*7 mo—f right »w*y than soytLu v.* •*•** t*
this world. Fortner* await tie worker* sh
Ttma tea tied ttrt. Tati k Oo, Augwu-