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EDITORIAL NOTES.
Thf. Latter Day SainB arc in a pro
testing inood. |
The weather doesn’t get too damp
for grand juries to rattle the dry
bones.
The wealth and happiness of some
■ Senators seem to be contingent on “the
contingent fond.” :
Dedicated to General Graham:
‘•The king of France, with aaono men.
Marched up the liill and then marched
down again."
The aforesaid Whitelaw Reid misses
bis inlssloirbaclly, but the mission is
doing finely under the circumstances.
The French have a brand new Cab
inet, and .will straightway proceed to
batter it till it looks old mid storm-
beaten. c
The Canadian troops are not swift
in their movements towards the Reil
seat of war. It is a dangerous section
of country.
Mast Republican, officials are now
In tbtfHfsails state from which they
hope raRrto emerge full-orbed Demo
cratic butterflies. Idit lis weep.
• Honm'kas has pronounced against
the Barrios movement, and tlie Cen
tral American trouble will Ik* settled,
probably, without further bloodshed.
THE drill.
“Present annhj" there they are
Both stretched out to «m*—
Strong and sturdy, smooth and white.
Fair a* ami*rai* bo.
“Ground aim*!’* on the floor.
Picking np his toy*.
Breaking all within his reach.
Busiest of boys.
“Right wheel !’* off his cart;
“Left wheel !*’ too, is gon<
" * la broke
I is to,m.
“Quick sfep!*’ “Forward march?**
Crying, too. he comes;
Bad a battle with the cat—
“Scratched off Imfe my funis!**
“Shoulder arms!** here at last.
Round my neck they eh**e.
Poor little .soldier lioy
< »ff to quarter* goes.
—A nn}i and Mary Journal.
Wentworth rose to her feet and ap- j their eyes met.
prooched I.itka, taking both bands in j glad to see yoa
Horsey** bead in broken off.
Honey '* tail U
Written for the News asd Advkrtisu:.
LITKA,
.OK .
A Chapter of Border Life
in Alabama.
BY «'APT. WM. IIOWE.
It 'S
Dk. Haygood wants a negro called
a negro with a big X. That is an ad
vance over the humiliating nonsense of
calling him a “colored man” with any
sort of a c.
Breadstuff* will prolmbly lie dear
tlds summer, even if England and
Russia shouhl succeed In composing
their variances. A large area should
be given to corn in Georgia.
The Supreme Court of the 1'uitcd
State? has decided that that portion of
the Baltimore and Ohio railroad em
braced within the boundaries of West
Virginia is liable to taxation by that
State. _• _
The statement that China had ac
cepted France’s terms of peace turns
out to have been an April joke, John-
uy Crapeuu is uiad about it, because
he has hail his fill of the Mongolian
muss.
Russia want* naval architects bad
ly. The United States is well able to
•pare Subsidy Roai'ti. The opening
furnishes a luxuriant field for pecula
tion, just suited to the eminent abilities
of Citizen Roach.
He will not. coine to-night,
fearfully dark atul the wind is.
as if it would awaken a tetnjmsi
am siirele* would not venture to travel
in the |iathless woods in such a night.”
This was spoken by a handson e
young woiiiau, who was trying to
soothe a fretting balie, to her husband’*
mother, a matron about fifty years
old, with a placid countenance and
unusual large and intelligent eyes,
which indicated culture, moral cour
age and great goodness of heart.
her own, with a face lit up with smiles
extended her a ciieerful welcome. To
see these two females standing face to
fiteo, in an attitude of noble and capti
vating totality. One, the decendaiu of
a long line of Anglo Celtic men, the
other, the forest born, the personifica
tion ol nature'slovliest work; wearing
the a-|»eet of grace, beauty and intelli
gent*. softened into the refinement
of classic maimers, excites our admira
tion. Warn* and sincere was the
greting of the two. for Litka recog
nized and remembered Mrs. Weut-
worth. Gabriel was filled, with won
der when he saw the Indian’s superi
ority over his own race, which he al
ways considered teu degrees helow
himself in every respect, except fight-:
ing, which he set little value upon, for
that *mribute was a distinguishing
, qualification of his master's bull dog.
and he knew that a darkey was better
than a dog. Gabriel was ordered to
ptu the horses in the stable and feed
them. Ivan perceived that Gabe
1'dreadcd-the terrible darkness without,
and the fast; approaching midnight
hot r when superstition?
terrify many white people.
And 1 am more than glad to meet
you, Mr. Crockett, for 1 greatly need
your help at this time. Ladies, let me
introduce, to you my friend, Mr.
Crockett; you all know him from rep
utation.'* *
“Indeed we do,' 7 said Mrs. Weat-
worth; “and; in the absence of my
son, we give vou a hearty welcome.
Be seated. You jlnd us at this time in
trouble.”
“The times are. wild just now,” said
Mr. Crockett, “the Indian tribes have
formed a confederacy, with Bill Weath-
erford, whose Indian name is Red
Eagle, at Its head, and there is no tell
ing how many tribes may vet join it.
hind the garden fence, l»oth ends of the
cabin were in full. view. The brilliant
stars were shining in the deep blue
vault, not a cloud floated in the heav
enly arch. Xo sound or echo*came
from the. summmlinjj* forest. In a lit
tle while the hooting of an owl was
heard giviug a hollow and ominous
sound as from some dismal messenger
holding converse with the surrounding
-o itude. Mr. Crbckett understood the
meaning of the signal. For it was
for the red men to crawl to that point
and concentrate or deploy, as the emer
gency might require. Very *oou one
of their nunilier with noiseless and
stealthy tread, moved like a cat to the
cabin and listened for sounds within.
After walking round the cabin lie re-
General .Jackson thinks they will con- turned to his companions in conceal-
centrate at Kehaiiciiancana or Burnt : ment. In a very shott space of time
Corn on the Tallapoosa river. He ! eleven Indians returned, beariug com-
crossed the Tennessee river tw o days • bustable materials w hich they placed j
ago.” * : against the back* door. .lust as they j
’ * ... ... we|V 2 oin*r to apply the torch, the j
sharp crack of six rifles dropped an '
< 'rockett in turning his gaze hi the
direction of Ivan Mclsiou, was sur
prised to see Tustee Xaehee in his vise
like grasp.
“Why, Mac! got a redskin eh?
Where did you catch that goggle-eyed
itoms . thieving looking varmint?”
He bowed i “Skulking in the stable lot.
The man w ho stood at the bar hail
•‘set ’em up” several times that eve
ning, and now he was treating the
crowd again.
The different parties had given their
orders for the kind of “poison” they
liked best. One man said, “I’ll take
mine straight;” another, “sling In
miue;” auother, “a red and rosy sling,
and don’t you forget It,” and one man
said, “ginle me a Niagara Falls;” and
then they clluked glasses and the one
who wanted “Niagara Falls” said,
here’s luek!” and tossed It off with a
shiver of satisfaction or disgust, it was
hard to tell which.
When the man who was treating
heard that hoarse voice say “here’s
S3?'£££ *«*.” “ t th “,' p t aker r
and his companions leaped over the turned a deathly white, lie knew the
and (UapatchHl
kniws. ‘HkiM
illngln- worth, “tlirrp'y
the de\ilment of Oka- kill anil hum !>'■
_ He has
to the ladles and "went to the assist- , followed my trail like a blood hound
aiw-e ot'jklie servant, in dariiiff for tlie, since yesterday. lie is the leadingin
“ frriie In* bv. I stigator In
■r the horses I
well; supplied witu corti and fodder j .
Mac and die boy retunied to tlie botP-e. j uate us.” Here Mclston shook him _ Mr. (Crockett, with a look of exulta-
"Without knowing why, Ivan stopped a j roughly. J tion exclaimed: “The devil has made
. a piece of cake,
fence with stones in their hands, the man; he had taught him to drink his . . . , . . .
remaining tive were knoeke.1 down flrst „e ha,l hired him from 1 -. -Th-Atlanta ./oanml remarks that
—Brunswick wants a new
‘•tourists.”
—Mr. John F. Thompson is now ed
iting the Valdosta Xews.
—Brunswick’s experience seems to
be favorable to putting “colonels” on
the bench.
—There will be an interstate caval
ry tournament In Savannah on tlie
30th of tills month.
—The Chronicle says tliat “the pro
tests of tlie people of Hart county
against tlie daui across tin* Savannah
river are a little fishy.’’
—According to tin* Adrertiser and
Appeal: “Marryingand giving in mar
riage is epidemic in tlie ranks of Cof
fee. Prices for tying the knot in
Brna*wick forty-two cents; on the
Island a peck of oysters. 100 clams and
with their limiting
said Henry Went-
twelve who will rob,
more." 1 had no idea
, and ! futchee, whose daughter 1 married yes- i that Gain* would die able to plug one of
tiller \ tenlay. His real purpose is to assasi- j them tor six fell at the flrst fin*.”
moment and looked behind him. lie j “So,” said Mr. Crockett, advancing
saw the form of an Indian flitting in | and shaking bauds with Litka. “1
the darkness and crouching close to the ! love to see good looking gals have
stable. Ivan' lVH flat on the-groundgood partis like Mac. Injun gals
and lay motionless for some time. Tlie ! ought to make good wives. I never
bulking movements of an Indian i heard of one henpecking her husband.
When the Mudir of • Dougola left
that village on his way to Cairo, “some
of the natives threw mud at him.”
And so there are Blniue men in Nubia.
• This may explain the scarcity of them
in the United States at the Presiden
tial election.
Henry Oixikuk is threatening to
write a book “in favor of the abolition
of the tariff.” This is the hardest
blow* tariff reform lias yet received.
Henry is undoubtedly iu the employ
of the Pig Iron Kelley*He*. He is a
dangerous man.
In sending marines to .A spin wall for
* " hltid service Secretary Whitney should
send enough of them to do the work in
hand with promptness and efficiency.
It isn’t, worth the while to repeat
French folly in Tonquiu and English
hum buggery in Egypt.
Italy has pronounced in favor of
bi-metallism and the gold-standard
cranks will he sad. Their hatred of
vilver grows out of the fact that they
waut niouey to he scarce and dear.
Rich men and fools are the only* ones
that favor the demonetization of silver.
In the Federal force that is being
sent to the Isthmus of Panama there
is one officer lo every twelve men. The
force could have lieen made up entire
ly of epauletted fellows without ex
hausting the home supply. The expe
dition will consist of five war ships and
twelve hundred men.
The Macon Telegraph is exactly
right in objecting to the proposed sum
mer dead-head tour of Mr. Cleveland.
The discontinuance of such practices
was one of the objects had in view iu
tlie election of a Democrat. The
Washington flunkies are at the bottom
of the junketing programme, and this
fact, in itself, is enough to discount the
proposed trip clean out of sight.
It is announced in one of the “bul
letins” from New York that “Jesse
Grant aud-Fred Grant went out for a
walk this afternoon. 7 ' The informa
tion was intended to be comforting,
but, to us, it Is rather startling. Sup
pose they should get lost! Suppose
they should be klduapi>ed ! We turn
away from tlie harrowing thought with
a mind loaded down with forebodings.
It l» not stated that a single Fenian
has reported to Rell for duty against
the “bloody Britishers.” This is
queer. From the way iu which they
have beeu howling for years, one
would think they would hi* pining for
an opportunity to flash their swords
over tlie border. But they are not.
They are a set of unmitigated hum
bugs. They have an eye to expenses.
Howling Is cheap.
It is stated that some of the people of
Canada are afraid of “a Fenian raid.”
They ought to be ashamed to tell it.
There are grown men that are afraid
of ghosts, though they will* swear to
you that they do not believe there are
any such things; aud yet they are not
half as silly as the Canadians that fear'
a Fenian raid. The only raid that will
be made will he on the wages of rim-
plc-hearu d Irish men ami women by
dead-beats like Rossa.
Russia Is hurrying troops towards
the Afghan’ frontier. She isn’t mak
ing as much fuss over tlie movements
of her troops as Englaud is, but she is
sending them forward, all the same.
The bluff game of the English has
fklled to cause a panic at St. Peters
burg. Tlie bad faith -involved iotheir
making an offensive and defensive
alliance with the Ameer w hile ostensi
bly seeking to treat with Russia on an
equal footing is, in itself, a cause for
war as such matters go. We shall see
what Russia thinks of it.
There is nothing constant in France
but inconstauey. The people have no
fortitude. They cannot bear reverse.
They are satisfied only in wild and
threatening expressions of dissatisfac
tion. Tlie recent reverses in Tonqufn
are shaking the Republic to its fouti-
“daQous, and may pave the w ay to the
restoration of - the Monarchy. It
- wouldn’t be a very bad Idea for a peo
ple with so Htile'-nianliness and fixed
ness of purpose to go hack Into servi
tude. They deserve nothing better
than the iron rule and tlie stupid
abuses of Bourbonism.
ought to comb their heads with an
Inch and a half dub and put them to
..work. Litka. you'll find Mac to be
| the skYlker. keeping a stump’between | good, true grit, the very best sort that
- oigx-r ‘
within l In* limits of a white settlement
was unusual. Ivan was well
.schooled in Indian wiles ami Indian
The time of which we write, was I
... the sks lker. keeping a stump between
when Jaeksou and Floyd were begin- cSi<*im 9 mi a-* not to l»e seen. Gabe sits- • big.chiefs are made of. Id my young
ning.to fight the red battles of civili/.a-i p. eting nothing, proceeded to the j days l thought that I was foreordained
tion in the «raud youn" State of Al- • house and closed the door behind him. * for a chief of some sort, bnt now I fear
j The. Indian thiukiug the white man ; l w ill get up no higher in this world
j bad also filtered, rose to his feet and ? *'— “* *— 1 *—-*-—
j cautiously started in the same diree-
1 tion. As lie neared the stump Ivan
! mic e a leap and knocked him senseless
i w .'tli a .single blow of his fist. Before
l.e recovered consciousness he disarm-
ajfine haul this inoniitig.aiid the buzzard
a good feast. If old Okaftitchee could
just squint oil this pile it would give
him the delerium triangles and remod
el his ideas of kingdom eome. Let us
go into the house and report to the la-
but I liave often thought that they ! dies the result of the <*omhat, for we
ahamu. The cabins of the settlers
were rude and far apart; Steamboats
and railroads were not iu use then,
aud the silent aud majestic streams
swept ouward in silvery beauty to the
distant sea, bearing on their surface j him, andtieing his hands behind liis
tlie Indian canoe, and the flat boats of | back forced him into the cabin. The
the hardv pioneers. ladies were alarmed and sprang to their
! feet. Litka stood erect with flashing
negro, “he
of a white
lightning cleaving a thunder cloud.
She ndvai.ce.il toward him. exdamiug:
“Tustee Natchee. thou Jirowling wolf
of luv father’s trilie, what brought you
here V”
“Litka,” replied the savage,
“Okaftitchee yu Ids not tamely to the
white man’s insults and tlie white
man’s wrongs; the alachawa [prairie
tlmVerj mates with the white crow;
revenge is sweet to the warrior and the
curse of tlie redmnu blights like the
fnwt that kills.”
“Cease, babbler; thv own threaten
ing. 5 ! be thy own curse. Tustee
Natchee hisses like a serpent
which crawls in the path that is
walked by upright men. Litka never
loved you, spurned you, spit ti^on the
ground where thou hast slept, and
many times have I told you that I
would not mate with a glutton who
gorges himself with the flesh of wild
beasts until he has become the jest and
laughing-stock of my father’s tribe.
Loim have 1 despised you as the
bloody executioner of my father’s cruel
designs. The panther and the wild
cat have not tliy ferocity and malig
nity. Who hut you have goaded my
fatiier on iu savage.hatred to the white
men and the neighboring tribes, an .
now you pursue iiie like the hungry
wolf does tlie fawn, to quench a thirst
for blood.”
For an instant Ills eyes turned to
ward Litka and shot a fierce devilish
gleam of unutterable malignity, hut
she met his glance with a lofty dis
dain, with a spirit .panoplied with an
inward power wliudqawed the frenzy-of
his savage mind.
“For what pur(H>se did you come
skulking to the settlement of the white
people? * sternly demanded Litka, as
she stood erect and gazed at him with
a penetrating.look.
**l came by the bidding of Oka-
futehee; his braves arc on the war trail
to avenge the wrongs uhieh the white
beggars have done his tribe.”
Under these taunts the veins began
to .-well iu the lofty forehead of Ivan
Mclsiou. He turned a threatening look
upon the prowling wolf, aud sail I:
“I.itka is now-my wife, and made, such
by the w hite man’s laws aud sacred
custom. 1 found you skulking at my
heels like a blood hound! White meii
desire t«* shed no blood only in defence
of. their own lives, and iu defeucc of
their own honor. What security can
you give me tliat Litka or myself, or
those who befriend us, will remain
unharmed if 1 let you go free from this
The primeval forests in primit've
beauty contained every variety of tree
and shrub, many of them covered
over with inuscadiiie* and wild grajie-
vines, latleued with fruit “purple and
gushing,” exciting a haechanaliau
thirst at the prospect of their glorious
and ahundaut vintage.
It was a cold November night; no
star was visible, darkness aud gloom,
together with the savage howl. of. the
turbulent wind, made the shelter of a
log cabin as desirable as the festooned
and carpeted chaiulier of a city palace.
Warm and bright burned the fire in
the large log at hill of Henry Went
worth. The hearth had been and still
was a happy one. By it. sat the wife
and mother of its owner; al.-o, two
negroes, hale, hearty, and well clad.
Both were the property of the young
planter. They were fine specimens ol
their race—docile and affectionate,
with beautiful eyes and teeth, two of
the finest ornaments of the human
couuteiuiuce. Gabriel and Winnie,
completed the household of the absi nt
planter.
“He will not come to-night,” re
peated the -young wife, “and 1 shall
not look for him before to-morrow.
The distance he had to ride would on y
allow him to reach Tallasc *, lie. r the
falls; besides, the country is so hdiy
that it would he dangerous rili ng
horse in the impenetrable darkness.
“Gal**, what kind of a man w as the
traveler you talked with this after
noon?” ,
“Missus,” replied the
was a mighty queer sort
man. liis fare looked adzactly like a
big swamp owl's, aud his eyes had a
’|»ossuin look, and he couldn'qkeep Yin
still a minute. His hack lient away
over and he had de lougest legs <!at
ever straddled a boss. I tell you. Miss
Brenda, he^louked like lie mont out
iiijnii an Injun hisself.”
“Did he tell you that he had spoken
with Okafutchee?” inquired the eldei
Mrs. Wentworth.
“Yes, Missus; he said de ole clfet
wits mighty mad about de stealing o: .
his gal, by a white mandat lived up ii
de Tennesaw settlement, lie s :i i,i t i,
white man wus sorter kinfolks to de
big chief MoGilvery, de half-breed
Scotchman. He went on to say de
white niaii made Okafutchee drunk
and skid out wid Litka like a hawk
wid a stolen chicken; de ole chief, he
said w us fixing his contraptions to kill
all de white people iu Alabama.”
“Henry must have passed close to
Okaftitchee** town,” said Brenda, “and
if they get on his trail 1 will never see
1113' husband again. I have had strange
forebodings of evil in some form or
other ever since he left, I know
that Henry is brave, hut what will
courage avail w ith numbers, and tin*
wolfish and violent dispositions of the
vindictive Greeks, instigated by the
sullen and savage heart of old* Oka
futchee.
“Step out of the front door GabYiel
and listen, if the wind'will only lei
you hear. It may Ik* possible that you
inav hear tlie tramp of Heury’s horse.”
The negro obeyed, hut soon returned
saying he could hear nothing.
“When was Litka taken?” inquired
the elder Mrs. Weutworth.
“Dat white man said it wus yester
day artcr noon, aud de ole chief w*tts
so drunk dat lit* witsfeeliu' upward fur
de ground, his face wus as red as a
new copjier cent, aud he couldn't tell
a buzzard from a wild cat.”
. “1 have seen Litka many times.”
said Mfs. Wentworth. “She was
young then, quite young. She had
Very pretty eyes and a very pleasing
round faee. Her mother was a I'hero-
kee and died when Litka was a child.
She was tall, and had a gentle disposi
tion. Her expression of counteuance
W*as spiritual and ethereal, and looked
)ikc one lK>m to govern. In fact, her
tribe had none of the barbarity w hich
characterizes the Creeks and * Cchees.
Litka must be about twenty years old.
She has spent much of her life In the
family of McGilvery, who has all the
acquirements of a white gentleman, dis
tinguished as a statesman, and a war
rior,—1 hear the galloping of horses;
unbar the door Gabriel, and see who
it is.”
Gabriel obeyed, but not without a
chilling sensation which had a w eaken
ing effect upon his spiue. When the
door was opened a 'voice at the gate
inquired if Mr. Wentworth was at
home, when informed that he .was not,
he asked permission to enter the house,
saying at the same time tliat his wife
was with him and they wanted shelter
for the night. Galie w as instructed to
admit them* Very soon a tall aud
handsome voting white man with a
rudr and manly look," in comjiauy i ly handsome. His eyes were
than to be chief of sinners. 1 have seen
you at MeGilvery’s. He, Ivan and
tuyself have lieen panls in many a big
hunt, and 1 love you for your goon
looks and Mac’s sake. I say, Mac, are
you not tired holding that bullet
headed moccasin?”
**I am,” saiil Mclston. “How can
we secure him?”
^ ‘‘Buck and gag him,” said Mr.
yes J hat disdained uml threatened like j Crockett.
Which they proceeded to do iu genu
ine military style, aud then seated him
on the floor iu a most undignified |h>-
sltiou.
“1 verily believe,” said Mr. Crockett,
‘•that he is the very viper skunk that
set fire to widow Cranuock’s cabin this
afternoon. She lives due north of
Tallassee. Did you come that way ?”
“We did,,’ said Ivan, “and 1 re
member seeing a column of smoke in
that direction.”
Mr. Crockett’s face became rigid, a
stern metallic expression which de
noted a dangerous aud violent im
pulse to crush the life out of him w ith
the butt end of his rifle, but he restrain
ed himself. To have done so when
Tustee Natchee was applying the torch
would, in Mr. Crockett’s judgment,
have been a religious act, but he was a
prisoner and, and he said, controlling
liis rage,, “The poor widow ha- lost
everything but her milk cows. I say.
you scavenger of the devil, what good
did it do 3 011 to burn that poor worn
an’s house? She was kind to tlie red-
man; nursed their women when thc*3*
were sick, and harmed none of your
treacherous trilie and often fed their
hungry children. Look at tliat face of
his, Mac. Nature was in a had humor
w’hen she moulded and modeled that
phiz. Wl»3*, it looks like the title page
of a book of horrors. The devil, when
he made it, must have stolen the pat
tern from the countenance of a jatigar
or a wild cat, and greased it with the
oil of a wolf which committed suicide
l>3* eating crab apples. Thar ain’t aii3*
living animal that would thank 111‘e
for making tlie comparison. Its the
worst h*»king face 1 ever saw.*’
These remarks made Tustee Natchee
sullen and insolent. lie muttered
broken sentences of scalps, vengeance
and war.
There is nothing that can equal the
terrible glance of the human eye. We
have seen it iu battle and in the stern
conflicts of private life, burning, glow
ing—threatening, in Plutonic gleams.
With such an eye Mr. Crockett scorch
ed the visage of the tameless savage
before him.
“What shall we do with him, Ivan?”
asked Mr. Crockett. “It Is certain that
that galvanized (tolecat, .when he dis r
covered your trail sent runner* hack io
his chief for reinforcements, andYriih
broken twigs and other signs. marked
the path aud course you were taking,
and kindled fires after dark to guide
them in the pursuit; .nor would 1
he surprised if they should make an at-
place. I lielleve that Litka’s lather tack upon this house,'before da>iight.
has scut runners in every direction to
discover the path we have taken in our
flight. You are a renegade of Hillabee,
and the evil coiuiselo*r;of Okafutchee.
You have tired tlie hatred of the
Cchees, ami acted as guide in the terri
ble massacre of Fort Mims. I will
send 3’ou tiound as a prisoner to Gen
eral Jackson, who has crossed the
Tennessee river.”
Tustee Natchee tre mb led at the-men
tion of the liuuie of Jackson, that stern
indexable iron-faced warrior, who
crushed to earth tribe after tribe, as
they* threw themselves In his re
lentless line of march. Jackson, who
moved in battle as the avenger of the
white man’s ldood, guided and pro
tected by the white man’s God.
Prowling Wolf, bound as he was and
foiled iu Ills revenge, feeling keenh*
the loss of her who had been bis forest
idol, overpowered by superior physi
cal strength, stood that night in the
presence of Litka, the incarnation of
every evil pnssiou which could torture
a bosoin. which, heretofore, enjoyed
all the power of a savage anil uusocial
malignity. superficial philosophers
have tried to exalt man as he exists in
a state of nature. Their reasoning is
fahicious, because the augel of the soul
is deprived of wings, while tlie elevating
power of the religion of Christ fills him
with a ’sublime hope aud strengthens
him in all the tempestuous trials' which
surrounds him. In a state of nature
man becomes a prey to every evil
passion.
Tustee Natchee deeply felt his pres
ent humiliation, for standing beside
the manly Saxon he shrtiuk to nothing
in the eompa.isou. But the beautiful
I.itka stood in noble contrast to the
demi-demou who had dared to love her
in her forest home. She had been the
nnpilof thejhigh-toned and enlightened
McGilvery, He had reared her in all
the refinement of the Saxon race, and
implanted iu her miud a distaste for
the rude disgusting manners and cus-
tomrof Semi-barbaric life.
The crushed and humiliated Prowl
ing Wolf could not surpivss the rising
devil In liis nature. lie turned to Mc-
Dtouaud said iu broken English:
“Ugh! white mauhigliar, talk heap,
steal—red man brave, trap, scalp.
Litka die uiggu squaw’, when me, big
chief, much kill. Ugh! burn a-—-”
His speech was cut short by a load
rap at the door, made by a heavy
baud. Every one iu the* room was
alarmed. Prowling Wolf glanced
around seeking an opportune* to ilart
I do not say.tiiis to alarm 3*011, ladies.
1 know the Indian character too well
to feel secure when the3* have got the
devil in their brains. Our safest plan
Is to make buzzard meat of that devil’s
Imp, for self-preservation is the first
law of nature. I would just as soon
think of holdiug an eel with greas3*
hands as to prevent the escape of that
inhuman devil.”
“No, iio;” said Ivan, “1 cannot wil
lingly consent to his death. Can we
not send him bound as a prisoner to
General Jackson. He will pluck tlie
war feathers from his hide, with the
rigor of military law.”
••Yen* well,” replied Mr. Crockett:
“we- will turn him over to the keeping
of my comrade. Horse Shoe Ned, who
stopped for the night with Joseph
Snodgrass, while 1 cauie on to this
house, where we are to meet in the
morning.”
“1 think I hear the galloping of hor
ses,” said Litka; “the wind has lulled
and the rapid hoof strokes Indicate ex-
traorttinffry speed. What can it
mean ?”
In a moment three men halted at the
front gate and sprung from their sad
dles and rushed into the cabin.
Henry Wentworth, Horse Slice Ned
and Joseph Snodgrass. “We have no
time for greetings ami courtesies,”
said Hemy. “I am glad vou are all
awake. The Indians will be at our
door before we can make preparations
for defense. Brenda, 3*011 w omen must
go down in the cellar,* where you will
lie safe for the present. The light
must lie extinguished. Let all be
quiet as if we were asleep, and when
they come to tlie house we will shoot
them from an ambuscade. They are
killing ami burning as the3* come. See
the light of your burning house, Snod
grass. It Is fortunate for 3*011 that you
have no family, and they 'will not stop
to hunt your negroes in the swamp.”
J«st here bis eyes fell on the captive
I on the floor, “ilelloa!” when did
• that imp make make his escape from
the infernal deep?”
“He is one of Okafutehee’s hellions
and a private courier of tlie devil,”
said Mr. Crodfetu. 1 want to give the
blizzards a picnic find make an opjiosi-
tion smell of his - carcass to the pole
cats. 1 am aching In even* joint to
give hint a ^kdolager with "the barrel
of m3* rifle. That head of his would
stand a scientific blizzard, for I wonld
save th* |*»wder ami ball for a few of
his tribe, more or less, as they say la
law. The copper-colored cuss is
will
a wa*',and escape, but Ivan held him prisouer, and that protects his skeleton
with a tight and* unpleasant grasp,
The door was ojxuied I>y Gabe, aud in
stepped a man with much humor ex
pressed on hl< noble and manly coun
tenance. He was strong and well
built: finel3* proportioned, and decided-
removed at once ^iny doubt of their j whole make up showed
peaceful intentions. Winnie placed | ed great power of. endurance and gi-
ebairs near the fire and they were soon j gantic strength, ne was dressed like
comfortably seated. ; a back wood hunter, with a coon skin
4 *Ladies, my naiu*
name is Ivan Mac-
Iston. This is 1113*. wife, Litka, the
daughter of Okafutchee. We would
like to get shelter for the night and
will cheerfull3* pa>* 3*011 for the privi
lege. We are making our .way to the
Tennesaw settlements, and have many
dangers to face and risks to run.”
At this announcement the elder 3Irs.
cap on his head, the. tail falling be
tween his broad shoulders.
Wheu he entered the cabin he ad-
^ ■ i ;;: i'; i Y <>i‘ th♦; n.oni and
this intrusion. I want shelter aud
rest, for I have traveled a long wav to
day.” Turning toward Mac Uton
from a general smash up.’
By tliis time- the wotneti had de
scended to the cellar; the hatch was
let down, and all was quiet as if sweet,
peaceful slumber had sunk into inno
cent repose. The horses were put In the
stable. The men ambushed themselves
iu the garden weeds close behind the
picket fence and had an unobstructed
view of the back yard of the dwelling.
Horse Shoe Ned insisted on dis
patching Tustee Natchee, for said he,
“He will grunt or sneeze and give
some signal or intimation of our pres
ence and defeat our onh* safe plan of
defence.” Consent was given and tin*
Prowling Wolf received a crushing
"blow from Ned’s rifle, then with a
groan and convulsive shudder be pass
ed away forever from tlie dreams of
scalp aud battle.
Nearly an hour had passed away.
The part3* lay. quietly coucealed be-
will have 110 more fighting in these
parts to-»la>*. Before the sun rises we
must drag these scalp-iakeis into the
woods, so that the buzzards can hold a
pout mortem examination, extern|*»n*,
as ih«*3* say in law.”
The*cabin door was opened and its
brave defenders was warmly greeted
by the noble women who always adore
manly courage, while they trembled
at the thought of danger. They be-
stired themselves iu preparing a good
and ample breakfast for the keen ami
hungry guests.
After breakfast the Inalies of the
dead were dragged by the horses far
into the depths of the silent woods,
where the mournful wintry winds
might sing the long last requiem over
the remains of the once tameless and
unrelentingsavagesof the North Amer
ica 11 wilderness.
When the men returned, a large fire
was blazing ill the ample fire-place,
and there seated in a semi-circle—the
past was discussed—the present en-
joyed, while the future was looked for
ward to with bright anticipations.
Mr. Crockett felt a warm interest iu
Litka. whoexliibited so much culture
and refinement, so much I*eaut3* and
intelligence. Her youthful charms,
her determination lo abandon her i»eo-
plc and cast her lot with the white
people and live a nobler life in tin*
bosom of civilization, and the worship'
of the w hile man’s God.
We have been accustomed to hear
Mr. Crockett spokeu of, as a rude un
cultivated man, possessing a vein of
course unfeeling humor. This is a
great mistake, w hich had its origin in
the maii3’ spurious biographical sketch
es of this extraordinary man. The
writer of this tale, has con versa I with
men who visited his home- aud found
the floors carpeted, the walls decorated
with fine historical oil paintings, aud
1 >ooks in abundance. His neglected
education in early life, his hard strug
gles a? a pioneer, were obstacles iu the
way of mental culture and the devel
opment of power in his mind, which
was keen, shrewd,- and strong by na
ture. To what a lofty height he might
have risen in the nation’s e>*es, as an
organizer of society or a statesman in
the councils of the nation. Ills mind
took a strong grip, while the grasp of
his memory gathered knowledge from
every source. He had wonderful power
of close and rapid analvsis, comparing
and continuing every view of man as a
rational being-—clinging with one
hand to the throne of God, and grasp
ing with the other the vast glolie, as it
bore on its surface the children of iueu.
He wa< the hero of main- a deadly
conflict: sis a friend, he was as true
and trusting and tender as a woman.
Such men as Crockett, Jackson and
Floyd, were ticedcd in their clay and
time, aud in the rapid d tvelopments of
a >*o mg nation sr u glmg into national
life, they were co-worker* In fostering
and urging ilu g o . tli of the mast
powerful and Republic that
ever existed on our planet. The gal*
hint sacrifice which C rockett made
h!s life at the fall of the Alimo,
challenge tile admiration of distant
generations as an inflexible hero,
worthy of a nobler and better fate.
A braver man, never liveil.
A braver man. never died a soldier death.
A braver min, never dlled a soldiers crave!
Litka anti her husband reached their
new home in safety. For many
months Ivan Mclston, took an active
part in the Indian war and was the
comrade and bosom friend of Mr.
Crockett. At the conclusion of the
bloody struggle, lie returned, to his
plantation ant! led a peaceful, quiet
and prosperous life until sheer old tge
laid him and his Indian bride iu the
tomb, on the summit of one of tlie blue
hills of North Alabama.
Okafutchee never forgave Ids
daughter, never allowed her name to
be called in his presence. With tlie
increase of years liis sorrow s inoreased-
Long, continued dissipation rendered
him still more diabolical. Like a lac
erated and wounded wild lieast, lie
provoked the anger of his tribe aud
they dispatched him in hi? wigwam at
midnight. ~
The onl3* surviving descendant of
Litka fell on the bloody field of Chica-
nianga. Near the 1 raise of Lookout
Mountain at the close of that terrible
conflict; General Forest’s command
made a crushing and decisive charge
on the Federal masses who had taken
a position on the roailtJint led to Chat
tanooga. They swept down on that
living host like a red tornado. Shell
and shot and sabre reveled in the work
of death. A gigantic Federal officer
threw hiiuself in the path of Donald
Mclston. Blade crossed blade and
their clashing swords flashed in the
lurid September sun. Their .horses
reared and plunged as the combatants
exchanged blow for blow*. Donald
disarmed his foe and sent him a pris
oner to the rear. Just then a stray
shell exploited In his breast and muti
lated him beyond recognition. Thus
passed away the last decendeut of the
beautiful Litka, once the Alachawa of
Alabama.
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The Centipede is Quick.
Laramie Democrat
Several Mexicans were iu camp at
the mouth of tne Medina river, in
Texas, and were lying abont-the fire,
when one of them, Telestro Cruca, saw
a large centipede, folly nine inches
long traveling over his leg. Knowing
that the least motion would make it
sink Its claws into his skin, without
moving his leg, he got out his revolver
and waited until tlie insect had almost
Amchcd his knee, when, slowh* putting
the mouth of his pistol to Its* head, he
pulled the tlgger, and the centipede
was gone. But a centipede’s claws are
quicker than gunpowder, and Cruca
begau to cramp in a few minutes. The
track of the insect along his leg turned
a brownish yellow, and the place
where it was killed swelled up fright
fully. Cruca rapidly grew worse,
and in a little? over four hours after
ward he died iu grer; agony. But the
most singular part of the story Is that
the bullet from Cruca’s revolver cut a
small nick iu the foreleg of a mule
that was tethered uear by, and at da3*-
light the next morning the mule was
also dead, u ith the leg so swollen that
the skin bail hurst in several places.
What It Dork.
_ lady habit ually uses
of hair dressing. It i> a
* _ Parker’s Hair Bal
sam Is the best, because: it gives gloss
and softness; arrest falling oat; does
not soil the most delicate fabric: is
deliciously perfumed; cools the head;
eradicates dandruff, and promotes a
lux orient growth.
flrst glas?; he had lured hint from * , . ..
. ” ... . “the coroner of F niton countv ought
home and the companionship of lus| . . . • 7
, , , , • -to have a secretan*. If not, some day
wife and children, and kept him out . . n. u * « r
, . _ ........ .. ; an inquest will have to be held over
night after mght-witii tlie boys; they - _ _ . ... . .. .
0 . . „ ... • ~ ^ tire reporter who takes down the-ra
wer* both nobbv fellows then—young, , * , , , .
... ,, „ , r .1 1. deuce alamt dead people In the coro-
with the world all before them. It was , . .
only ten years since, and now they f ner ” to °^’ a,M * Hien lias to «*opy it for
were poor, disreputable, and drunk- j fin afternoon paper.”
jmls! Tlie nn.ii who said -‘liereV ! _ A rai , m . l( | f rom ,| lc Augusta
luck!” was iu rags under his «eody ...... . . ” ,
overcoat : the man who treated had • G/iro»«*/<*; A change-bn? been made
pawned Ills overcoat to pa3* for those j I13' the authorities of the .Southwestern
drinks. The famil3* of the first had i railroad in the color of the signals used
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Tli id Powder never varies. A marvel of pur
ity. strength arid wholesomene**. Mure econ
omical titan tlie ordinary kind*, and cannot be
itiHlw-multitude of low
sold m mmpeti ^
test, short weight, alum or plHwpliate imwiletv.
Said nnhi in canM. %
ROYAL BAKING
novld&wly
left him—the wife and children of the
other man were starting under a roof
they owed for.
.So if he had encompassed his friend’s
ruin he had not prospered himself, hut
as the man he had dragged down with
him uttered the careless “here’s luck,”
it struck him like a blow, and for a
moment a panoramic view of what his
life might have lieen flashed before
him; then he tossed another draught,
and sat down with the compauy to a
game of card*. The wish of his friend
lor luck seemeed to work good. It
might lie questionable If that was luek
which brought him money to be 'ex
pended in drink, but lie won several
small sums ami was still playing when
liis vis-a-vis drew a pistol and held it
cocked in hi* hand. Tlie men dropjied
their cards, but the man who had his
hand on the trigger was not looking at
them: his eyes were fixed on a point
beyond tlie screen, where a section of
counter was visible with some tempt
ing food set out in platters. “Maybe
3*oii think I’m drunk,” said tlie man
in a husky voice. “Watch a moment
and sec me w-wing that ere k-kid.”
The men followed the direction of
his e3*es and saw a small white hand
and arm stretched out from in front of
the screen. It secured a slice of meat
and drew quickly back.
“It’ll learn tb-thc k-kid a lesson and’
*11 tcacli it not to steal and keep it out
of the penitentiary, if I break itsa-r-in.
Can do it, too; wliat’ll you bet?”
He was the same man who had said:
“Here’s luck!” and now his friend,
the one who had ordered the Uriuks,
spoke up:
“Don’t fool with the child, Dave,”
he said, thickly. “I ain’t drunk, but
L wouldn’t waut to do any shooting
’thout any provocation; ’taint onr biz.
anyhow.”
But as he spoke the pistol went off
iu the hand of the drunken marksman,
and the shrill agonized cry of a child
rung through the miserable place.
“ ’Fore God I didn’t menu It,” cried
the frightened wretch as he was caught
»>3' tlie collar: “I only meant to sa%*—
scare it.”
An hour later the saloon was cleared
of all but an officer in charge, and iu
the small room adjoining tlie d\*iiig
child (for she was fatally shot) was
laid on a rickety couch and the doctor
had told them nothing could be done
for her. Prone beside her lay the man
who had treated, holdiug the wan
white fingers already* cold iu death.
The child could not see; her eyes were
fast glazing, but she kept whispering
to the man beside her from time to
time.
“Forgfc’e me, papa! I did not mean
to steal!”
“My* God,” moaned the wretched
father, “she asks me to forgive ,her
when I left her to steal or starve!”
“I was looking for you,” continued
the child, “but 1 was so hungry! Itook
the food—it looked so good*. Papa,
it’s beautiful here—all light and
t «2r wamith: there’s no fire at home and
nothing to eat—we WtH-*tay here,
won’t wer”- - .
In ail hour she was dead,
took her home* and kind
for the'other? till she
and the tide of life went on
her. Whether she died in vain time
will tell, but her father Is missed from
the haunts of sin, ami he will never
forget the challenge of that fatal night
—“Here’s luck!”
Ylutiluted Currency.
Washington Letter.
Among the curiosities to be seen in
the Treasury Department ire the
affidavit* which accompany multilated
notes sent for redemption. It is amaz
ing that so many people put money in
the ovens or pipes of stoves in tlie sum
mer and forget that it is there when a
fire is built. .Another occurrence
whicii is not uncommon is to sell hogs
and lay the money In a trough to be
eaten by. calves or other animals.
When this happens then the farted calf
is killed and the contents of the stom
ach scut to the Treasury* to lie exam
ined, and tlie undigested paper taken
out. In one such instance the entire
amount was identified: Sometimes
rotten pocketbooks with fragments of
notes are sent, and the affiant
takes oath before a notary tliat
three or more, or less years
liefore that the pocket-book was
lost while plowing a field, and
found wheu again the field was plowed.
One of the latest affidavits stated that
the owner had a twenty-dollar note
rolled up In hi* pocket.* He put his
hand In, and, thinking it was tobacco,
lie put it in his month, but after chew
ing for some time lie thought it didn’t
taste like tobacco, and he spit it out on
a piece of white ]mper, and the note
fell ami spread itself over the white
paper in exactly the way it lay when
sent for redemption. The lady who
opened the affidavit and read the state
ment said to those present: “This is
Mr. Smith’s great'expectoration.”
Prof. Sumner on Protection.
In a recent address in Brooklyn,
X. Y., i’rof. Stunner of Yale college
cleverly summed up the afisurditie* of
our high tariff polity iu the following
words.* More could not have lieen said
iu a volume;—
“Professor Sumner said that he was
not a (>oliticiaii, and he did nut-care
how tlie people of the United States
vote at any particular election. He
spoke as a scientific man, and as a citi
zen desirous to have the right prevail.
The protection of certain Industries in
thiA country did not add anything to
the industrial wealth of the country.
No home industry could be protected
by a tax without some other industry
having to pay for it. . A protected In
dustry was a parasite on the vast un
protected Industry of
'There wa
over that line and its connections.
Green flags and lights have lieen sub-
stitnded for blue ones. They were
distributed along the line yesterday.”
—Says the Valdosta Times; “A se
vere storm, almost a cyclone, swept
across the northern part «>t* Lowndes
last Saturday night. Trees were blown
down, fences turned over, ami a lews
outhouses here and there unroofed.
There wa- no loss of life or |>ersonal
injuries that we could learn of. The
wiud was accompanied by a vert* heavy
fall of hail.”
—The Bainbridgc Detiujcrat think.-
that “lion. 11.'G. Turner could be the
next Governor of Georgia” and that
“he is the ablest man in the State**-—
all of which is probably true. nt we
suspect lie doesn’t want the ofin,, .tud
we know that he ought to be iu Con
gress. Ills projier place is iu the Sen
ate, in the stead of the “commercial”
statesman.
—'Tlie Quitman Free Press is respon
sible for the following paragraph:
“Two lightning rod men were before
the commissioners on Wednesday.
Both agents want to put rods on the
com t house. Our worthy coroner sug
gest* that if liglrtuing should strike
the court house wheu all the lawyers
were assembled there it might he a
good thing for tlie country. We are
not disposed to argue the quotiou with
the coroner.”
—AJce.rtiser and Appeal: Our young
friend “Buddy” Wright, of Sterling,
has quite a record as a sportsman. Be
sides slaughtering deer, turkeys and
other small game whenever he gets
ready, he has turned hi? attention to
liears, and recently killed a large one.
Besides these exploits, he is follow ing
after Dr. Carver, as an exploit of thi.-
week will show. A friend tossed a
silver dollar on which to try his
marksmanship with a rifle, and, to
to his horror, saw it cut in two. Suf
fice it to say that he did not toss up any
more dollars.
—The Sumter Republican is inclined
to think that kerosene oil is a good fer
tilizer for oats, and tlie following para
graph suggests the reason: “Attention
was called to an oat patch in tlie gar
den of Mr. J. X. Hart. Along the
edges of a drain coming from G. W.
Glover’s Kerosene store room, the oats
were rank and of rich heavy growth.
Now;, said 31 r. If. you will smell the
kerosene, upon approaching tlie sj»ot
the 'odor was patent. Now look at the
pulllnp so.no ho ro-
Otaflusd -smell this.’* Krru-ono. .....
leni of its fertility I? nnsol veil, yet
fact is not to lie questioned, auy one
can call and see for themselves. It
may lie traced to the* destruction of in
sect life, which disturbs rapid growth,
or to some other cause. 3Iacou had
her kerosene well aud now Americus
furnishes a new virtue to the article.
One was a canard; but this story is
mitjhty true.”
.\rver Dfew on the Track.
Hiltimore American.
“I’ll bet a dollar and forty cents *he
won’t bit.him.”
Tliis remark was made yesterday af
ternoon by a tramp staudiug along
side tlie track of the Philadelphia, Wil
mington and Baltimore railroad near
Bay view.
“Slie won’t hit what?” asked a man
who, walking by, heard the remark.
“Why,’Vtlic. tramp replied, “the lim
ited express yon see coming up there
won’t hit tliat goat in the middle, of
the track.”
“I won’t bet 3*011,” said the man,
“but if that goat don’t move from there
soon he is a goner, sure.”
The hilh* was light in the centre of
the tract, ait ing an old newspaper as
quietly a* if he bad been iu his Bohe
mian home at Canton. He elicit ed the
news up as if it was as fresh as auy
new-mown hay. Ills south eye was
looking at the train, though, and just
a* the citizen wa* sorry that he didn't
take the tramp’s offer the goat juni|>ed
aud cleared the traekby about six feet,
and the train thundered on. The goat
was not scared a bit. He looked up
and dow*n tlie track, ami went 011 it
again and finished his meal bi’cliewiug
up am! swallowing an empty oyster
can and an old cast-off rubber ‘shoe
that were lying on the road.
“Didn’t I tell you so?” said the
tramp. “Engines run over men, wo
men and children and every other kind
of animal, but If you can establish tlie
fact that a live goat ever was run over
b3* an engine or anything else, j'ou’ve
got a fortune. Good-bye.”
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100.000 Tickets at $5.00 Each.
Fractions, In Fifths, In Pro
portion.
uht of rcizta.
JCAP1TAL PRIZE *73,
iu.uoe
’ —
* ** *•.:
100 *
300 300
300 - 30 r
luun ** 23
Ai’raoxiMATiox raiZKS.
9 Approximation Prizesuf |73o
IS, 720
4.300
1MS7 Prize*, amounting to..
Wyoming?* Nolid Wealth. '
Bhtte (Montana) Inter-Mountain.
In the heart of Wyoming Territory
is a mountain of solid hematite iron,
with fiOO feet of it above ground more
than a mile .wide, anti over two miles
in length; a lied of ignite coal big
euough to warm tlie world for centu
ries; eight lakes of solid soda, j
one of them over COO acres in extent 1
and not less than .*10 feet in depth; and i
petroleum basin which contains
Application* for rate* to club* ritoiihl be
made only to the office of the Company in New
Orlean*.
For further iuforuuUtoti w rite elearlv, git iuy
full addre**. PoNtal Note*, Exprev-
Money Order*, or New York.Exehnnge in or
dinary letier. Currency liy E.\pre.«* (all *umr
«»f K and upnnnt* at oar ex|teu*e) a»I«ire**eti
JI. A. RALPH IN.
New Orleans, La.,
or 51. A. DAUPHIN,
007 Seventh Street.
\Y a .tli ing! on, R. f.
Make J*. O. Money Orders payable ami ad-
•Ire*. Registered Letters to
NKYV ORLEANS NATIONAL BANK.
New Orleans, La.
more oil than Pennsylvania and We-t j
- „ _ . . . - Virginia combined, from which in I
was no necessity for an industry ; places the oil is onzing in natural wells
the country.
. —*r an industry ,,,,,, , , ll( ,- uu ui „—„
of the country. There was no ueeessi- i- at the rate 0 f two barrels a dav.
ty for an industry that had to be pro- i —
tected by taxing its tellow industries. YOUNG _nEN!~READ 1 alls.
Such an tadn&iy was like a j»oor-
house or an other public charity.. Far
mers were often perplexed In* the nov-
* method that protectionists had of
developing the country’s resources.
Every time a new iron mine was dis
covered in Pennsylvania the farmer
found the purchasing power of his
corn and wheat diminished rimplT be
cause a new “source of national
wealth” has sprung t:p and
be protected. Protection w
for the farmer as an avalanche of city
relations.”
Tue Voltaic Belt Co^ of Marshall,*:
Mich., offer to send their celebrated !
Electro-'Voltaic Belt aud other'
ELectric Appliances on trial for
thirty days, to men (3’oung or old) af- ;
dieted with nervous dehiHty, loss of vl- j
tality and manhood, and all kindred
troubles. Also for rheumatism, nen- j
ralgia, paralysis, and 111:1113* other dis
eases. Complete restoration to health,
vigor and uiauhood guaranteed. Xo j
risk i* incurred as thirt>* days trial L-
allowed. Write them at once for ill us- j
trated pamphlet free.
STANDS PEERLESS IN THE LIST OF
Slood Remedies
It is the origins.!, the oldest ami the beet. It
is a vegetable preparation routaining no mer
cury or other mineral poison. An excellent
tonic am! apjietizer, eminently adapted to
trouble- peculiar to woman. It is an absolute
ly infallible cure for every kuowti form of
lllood Disease and :skiu Disease arising from
blood taint.
The following are fair samples of bund red-
of testimonial* we ran produce:—
Echkconnke, Iloi**T0K jCo.. Ga., June Mth.
18*1.—1 take great pleasure iu saving J u-cd
half a dozen bottles of O. I. C. fora set ere
case i*f scrofula of eight years’ standing, ami
am fully restored to health. I cheerfully
recommend it to sufferer* from blood dug
ease. 8. W. UMiru.
Mac ox, Ga.—I have known some marvelous
cures of Mood disease by O. I. C. Among
others I now ^recall, was a case of .Syphilis of
ten years standing, that come within inv per
sonal observation. Tlie victim had tried al
most every known remedy and made related
visits to Hot Springs without benefit. O. I. C.
effected a permanent cure. W. II. O’Pxv.
I had in my family a rase of Poison Oak that
for ten years defied physicians. O. I. C*. made
a permanent cure. It is without doubt the
“Gem of Blood PurifierH.” S. D. Roporks.
Agent C. K. K., Perry, Ga.
O. I. C. ** * **r
It purges
branches, and is a specific, an infallible enre
for all diseases for which It is recommended by
tlie company. It never fails to make a perfect
aud permanent cure, Fkrd A. Toombs.
A. B. A. M.amlM.D,
Price 11.90 wer bottle.
THE O. I. C. CO.
Perry, Ca.
HOLD IX ALBANY MX
WELCH & ASAH.
a ng 23-dir
Men Think
they know all about Mustang Lin
iment. Few do. Not to know is
not to have.
COLUMN.
.vr PRICES TOSriTTHETIMKe ISDTHE
PRICES TO FIT THE short cp.op
ANTI ta)\Y PRICE OF COTTON.
Dry Goods Department
FULL AND COMPLETE
EMBRACING EVERYTHIN!; kept IS
FIKST-TI.AS* DRY GOODS STORK
Sl'CH AS
Plants,
Checks.
Sheeting,
Osnaburgs,
Notions
LADIES’DRESS GOODS
Fine Silks,
Trimmings,
Laces of all Kinds
SHIKTS,
LADIES’ AND MISSES UN
DERVESTS, Etc.
A FULL STOCK OF
WHICH WILL BE SOLD LOW DOWN.
Is now complete, and was purchased win
great care. If you wish to buy a Nice Suit for
a Small Sum of Money come and see us and
we will save yon money.
We are prepared to meet all competition. All
we ask i* for yon tocometo see ns and price
•,nr shoe-, and you will he *ure fobu>. Je
lMitiglit our Boots and Shoes to sell and we are
going to sell them.
GB.OCERIES !
with everything in the way of FAMlLi a* v
fancy Groceries. «.ar load and
We buy our Groceries in • arlfOrt ana
can eat* you money In the pnrcbaee or an
kind- of good*.
flouk
furniture r
Ouartoim
TE.TXW15S I
Our«—
Come and *® ur
prompt and. polit* atteanw
men.