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"A. Fortunate Jest > rl. , . . A certain young man, living not n thousand miles from the city of Lon don, had, at the ago of one and twen ty, c»nie into the possession of £ large fortune. Immediately ■ thereupon the fair- weather friends assembled about him, and sought to make him believe that they could make life pleasant for him. He was fond of company, full of life, witk no restraint save bis own con- sciie, and be was easily led into the glare and glitter of convivial enjoy ment. His mother had died when he was a youth of sixteen, and bis father had lived but a year longer. And be had no near relative to guide him. Oneo be had loved a beautiful young girl, but bis dissipated course had frightened her parents, aud they bad forbidden him their bouse nutil he could truly mend. This hnd so nugered him that he had torn I be imago out from his heart, resolving that he would never be a sluve. And be was living a brilliuut, glori ous life be knew—nt lenst, be told himsolf so. He drank deeper, and anon, be came to the ganiing-tuble.— In short, every vice that a wealthy spendthrift might find fleeting pleas ure* in be was sure to indulge. And the circle of friends clung closely. They swore by him—de clared him a trump. They drank his wine, and robbed him of his money, and if a new source of pleasure could be found, they all went iu for the en joyment and ho paid the bill. One day after bis eye bad become bleared and his step uncertaio, be mot the girl ho had onco loved in the street. He read pity in her sweet ace, and saw tears in her eyes; and he tried to steel his heart, yet he thought of her until Lis wild friends were again around him. One day beJwMit to the bank and drew out a thousand ponnds. That night he sat down in his own apart ments, with bis Own wino upon the sideboard, and his own curds upon the table and played with bis dear friends. Tho wiuo flowed freely, he drauk deeply, and tho game went on recklessly. They played for high stffkes, nnd played fast and late. On the following morning the young man awoke with a bursting head nnd aching eyes. By-nnd-by ho called to mind the ovents of the night. Ho looked into hispockelbook nnd in to his purse. Both empty ! Aud be rouionibcred Hint bo hnd given his cheeks to various members of the party for largo amounts. Ho found the counterfoils, aud they told him bo had drawn bis.checks to tho amount of over two thousand pounds. But wlmt of that? Before nigh 1 lie bad drank brandy enough to steady his nerves and make him oucu more happy. Another evening came, aud again his friends assembled round his board. Hu bad got up a grand sup per for them this time, and after tbo various courses of food bad passed iu order came tho wine nnd tho toasts. And ouo of tho friends, to whom n largo check had been given, got up to offer n sentiment. “Fillup! fillup!" bo cried “while I give you the toast of tha evening! Hero's to our sober and thrifty host! May he bo ever as sensible as he is at this moment!’’ It was drank with cheers—three times three. It was obseived that from that mo ment tbo spirits of their host seemed to fail him. Hu became moody and abstracted. By-and-by some one ban tered him upon it, nnd naked what was the matter. He replied: tT was thinking, did Tom tell truth when he said I was so ber and thrifty V Ami thereupon they all exclaimed: “Of course be did ! Ob! was ever a iu hi soberer or more thrifty ?” ‘‘Became,” pursued the host, pa thetically, “I shouldn’t want a friend to lie on my account!” ‘•Oho ! Sensible to the !nst! Fill up!" Bat the host would drink no more. He bade the otbers enjoy themselves as much and as long as they pleased, bat they must excuse him. Without bito/ however, the sport lagged, and when they found there was to be no card-playing they soon dispersed. And after they were gone, the yonng man sat down alone and thought, and the words “Sober and thrifty 1” rang repeatedly in bio ears, and he repeated them aloud. And then be repeated: “May ho be ever ns sensible as he is at this mo ment!” And then, with a smiting of bis eleuebed baud npon his bosom, be exclnimed. “Tom did not lie—I will not let him lie?” ^ On the following day the youth went to the bank, and was closeted for half an hoar with the manager. On the morning of the next dny a paragraph appeared in the papers, announcing: “We are rather pained to announce that F B , the young man who was the inheritor of n fortune a little more than two years ago, hns lost ev ery penny. Misfortune has befallen him; false friends have betrayed him; so Unit now his bill for less than a hundred pounds has gone to protest.” On the next dny nfter this the yonng mnn (we will cnll him Fred) went to Tom Amberly, to whom he hnd given hundreds and thousands, nnd asked him for the loan of a hun dred pounds. 'Pon my honor, Fred, I wish I had it; but really—” Tho youth waited to hear no more. He tried half dozen others, and with the same result, save that one man, who had won two thousand ponnds from him at one sitting, offered to give him five pounds, but he wouldn’t lend him. Then Fred went to his rooms and sold off his furniture and gave thorn up, and from that time was lost to sight for several months. It was getting towards Christmas time that a society paper camo out on a certain morning with a paragiuph which, to a certain set, was startling: “We are happy to state a sad mis take was made n few months since in the announcement of the entiro loss of Mr. F B 's fortune. He hnd nl that time been very unfortun ate, aud through some strange mis take, a bill of bis went to protest; but bo is all right now. The manager of the bank where bis account is kept informs us that bu will honor the young man's check for a hundred thousand pounds with pleasure. All is well that ends well.” Within four-and-tweuty hours of that time Fred was in receipt of a dozen gushing notes, from ns many different individuals, offering him nny help in tbeir power to give, begging him to remember the old friendship. Only one of them did be answer, nnd that was the noteyfrom Tom Am- berly: “Do you remember, Toni, that you once offered a toast iu my rooms in i honor of myself, nnd yon called uio .nail' ‘sooer and thrifty host.’ And I | resolved iu my heart of hearts from that moment that you bad not lied And when the Christmas bells,were ringing Fred led tbo dear girl of bis old time love to the altar, and took her hand in wedlock, promising that* the night had [passed, and that the morning bud dawned upon n new nnd better life. Blais’ Newcastle and Grant Streets, BE’TOTS’WICaC, k’n r u) (OFFICE PORT PHYSIC AN & HEALTH OFFICER) Where will be foun % LARGE STOCK DRUGS, CHEMICALS, and— mt Hair, Nail and Tooth Brushes, Perfumery and Toilet Aticlees IN GREAT VARIETY. Soda and Mineral Waters. FROM MY SPLENDID FOUNTAIN. (Liquors prohibted). Trusses & Abdominal Supporters, THE VERY BEST CIGARS AND TOBACCOS, BBIST’S and FERRY’S GARDEN SEEDS . LAMPS AND LAMP FIXTURES. FINE GREEN AND BLACK TEAS, And other articles, too numerous to mention, usually kept In a first-class Drug 8tore. Physicians’ Prescriptions carefully Compounded. JAMES T. BLAIN, LICENSED DRUGGIST. EE-ESTABLISHED I MMiMstatlwMret J.B.WrigMM Gents’FurnishingGoods A SPECIALTY. We have Just opened, In new brick building ot Messrs. Moore A McCrary, a handsome Hue of above goods, which we propose selling at prices Never Before Known ! Call on us end see cur stock, which wss bought expressly tor this market. J. B. WRIGHT & CO. tt-lj For Sale or Kent. The uudersigned hss a pleasaut home for sale or rent. Good titles. Everything in good repair, aud a good bargain for the man that is in season to re ive it. auglPtf A. C. BARTLETT. A.ter being burned out at the lute fire, ban re-opened, IN FLINT’S BUILDING, NEWCASTLE STREET, a large stock, coutirtiug of STAPLE & FAIGY DRY GOODS Notions, Embroideries, Ready-Made Clothing, r BOOTS & SHOES, HATS AND CAPS, Crockery, Glass and Tinware, Groceries, ToDaooo and Cigars 7 Which ho offers at BOTTOM PRICES! Ho solicits the patronage of the people. Remember, Opposite Blain’s Drug Store ! BAKERY! FRESH BREAD, CAKES, PIES, Etc., Bailed Daily ! GRAHAM & RYE BREADS SPECIALTIES. I deliver bread, etc., every afternoon. Leave vour orders at the bakery. PETER KRAUSS, Brunswick, Ga. My wagon is labelled, “ Peter Krauss’ Bakery.” spr29-t>in Hardware, Steves, Plows, . POCKET AND TABLE CUTLERY, TINWARE, DOORS, SASH. GLASS. PUMPS. CROCKERY. LAMPS AND LAMP FIXTURE*. KEROSINE AND LARD OIL, ronHALE BY It. D. HOYT & Co. i Fire Insurance! WHOLESALE DEALERS IN GROCERIES, FEED, HAY, Etc. ALSO mmi COMMISSION MERCHANTS. Goods bought and sqld on closest fig ures. Consignments solicited. WE SELL AS CHEAP AS ANY AND CHEAPER THAN YOURORDERS! T. O'CONNOR, Jr. AGENT FOB THE RRITISH AMERICA. LIVERPMLOION&IMBE, NEW YORK UNDERWRITERS’ AUENCY. Office over Madden's Drug Store. L. J.LEAVY&CO Auction and Commixdon Merchants, and General.Collecting Agents. Special# Mention given to the collection of rents Business od consignments solicited, and speedy returns guaranteed, Office under Advertiser and Appeal office, Urnnawick, Ga. Refers by permis sion to J. 51. Madden, broker, Cook Bros. A Co., manufacturer* of lumber, aud 51. J. Colson, Mayor of the city of Brunswick. janli-Iy ADDRESS, AUG.p.mmm&co. FINNEYS BUILDING. BRUNSWICK,GA F ! re Insurance! J. M. DEXTER, INSURANCE AND REAL ESTATE AGENT, REPRESENTS THE SOUTHERN MUTUAL 11. (0., OF ATHENS, GA., AND 8 OTHER FIRST-CLASS COMPANIES. Insurance on dwellings it .very low rate* in town or country. ,el 1