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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. Send to Blood Balm Co., Atlanta, Ga., for thoir Book of Wonders, free. jan22-frl-snn&w rin col'ghsisjcroup use TAYLOR’S te' ^ REMEDY SWEET GUM --A.2NTX3— MULLEIN. Ik. pbi««a rndaciag tk* »ulj M*fk. u4 Mia*. UlMtMckiM l*lkr*v*fftk*fklM u4 «kM*iU Wk« MMMt VMS Ik* tosltag mod- toflMM r l* to to* malki* glut *f tkt *M fi«UU, fr*> Mttlt Tmot'i Cinoiu Inin *t BwinOw *n Ifruti* a., lam tw«i nm4; Ur Ch|U, Cmp, WVwpU* Coeack ui CMMUftfM; u4 m ptUubte, *ny tktU U pWm*4 to Uka It. Aik j««r 4rartftt lar It. frW«, WALTER A. TAYLOR, Atlanta, 0*. DR. BIGUERS HUCKLEBERRY CORDIAL. FOR THE BOWELS A5D CHILDREN TEETHING. 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 lor. Atlanta, fla.. for Riddle Book.annaw 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. ’ aprl7dlw&wlm 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 ~ ' rat MUi* hen enybody, end that they will give perfsU A. REYNOLDS. Proprietor Cor. Ptfth end Hewthorne streets. Macon, Ge. octTI-w-tf 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 •t ■ aura apr2Sw«d ratkwklySm 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*. mar28d&wtf 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 - 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-