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THE SILVERSPINS.
There were four Miss Silverspins, and
Leona, the youngest of all, was married first.
Miss Silverspin was literary, corresponded
with two or three country newspapers, wrote
essays, and even tried her hand at poetry.
Miss Eudora Silverspin was domestic, kept a
big receipt book, counted the bars of soap,
and nearly drove the one maid of all work
distracted with her constant criticisms and
surveillance. Miss Rebecca, the third, be
longed to the congregation of “St. Petrifac
tus-in the Highway,” was one of a sisterhood,
and visited the poor until the poor were
heartily sick of her. And little Leona, the
eighteen-year-old “baby” of the family, was
considered as good for nothing in particular,
except to I*? snubbed, scolded, and ordered
around by all three of her sisters, until Mr.
Motley came along and married her.
“The man must be crazy to fancy a chit of
a thing like Leona,” said Miss Silverspin. “I
did think he had soma literary taste, but of
course he can’t have, when he is satisfied with
a wife who can never read Carlysle, and
knows nothing about Hume and Macaulay,”
“One would suppose,” added Miss Eudora,
acrimoniously, “that a man would select for
a life companion one who understands the art
of housekeeping, and can make his home com
fortable ! Leona never baked a biscuit in her
life, and as for preserving I don’t think she
knows the difference between a damsen and a
greengage!”
“All this is mere folly and trifling,” said
the sister of St. Petrisacius, rolling her eyes
skyward. “No man who is entirely devoid
of the devotional element can be expected to
show common sense in his matrimonial
choice.” •
“Leona knows nothing at all about him,”
said Miss Silverspin, sharply.
“He may be a mere imposter, for anything
we know,” said Miss Eudora.
“Leona will be sure to rej>enfc her headlong
haste one of these days,” said Miss Rebecca.
But in spite of all this croaking, little Leona
was a happy as a bird. She loved John Mot
ley, and John Motley loved her. What else
was wanting to complete her bliss. She went
to housekeeping in a little bird’s nest of a
house, with the curtains all looped back with
blue ribbons, and plants and canary birds in
every window, and the three Miss Silverspins
came there frequently to breakfast, dinner,
and tea, although they took no pains to con
ceal their disapprobation of her match.
“Nothing but an engraver,” said Miss Sil
verspin, sourly. “I did think, Leona, you
would have looked higher.”
“It's a very respectable business, I am sure,”
said Leona, timidly.
“You’ll be sure to repent of it one of these
days,” said Miss Eudora.
“I’m sure I don't know why,” said Leona,
ready to cry.
“He is a free-thinker and an infidel,”
groaned Rebecca.
“He isn’t!” retorted Leona, half frightened
at her own boldness. “He reads the Bible
every day. and is very regular at church.”
“It’s all a white sepulcher.’ sighed the sister
of St. Petrifaeius.
“I wish they’d all get married, too.” thought
Leona, “and then, perhaps, they’d have
enough to do attending to tlieir husban .s to
keep away from here!"
The next week the three sisters arrived en
masse, with faces a yard long and eyes
aglitter with gloomy triumph.
“I told you so.” said Miss Silverspin.
“1 foresaw it from the very beginning,”
said Rebecca.
“It’s no more than you might have ex
pected," added Eudora.
“Do speak out!” cried bewildred Leona.
“I don’t at all understand what you mean!”
“Did you kyow, wretched child,” said Miss
Silverspin, leaning forward and altering her
voice to a sepulchral key, •’that your- husband
has had another wife?”
“Os course 1 knew that he was a widower,*’
said Leona, much relieved. “Do you suppose
he has any secrets from me?”
“But did you know,” struck in the devotee
of the saint with the stony name, "that the
first Mi's. Motley is still living?”
“Nonsense,” said Leona. “She died within
six months of t heir marriage, and is buried at
Milwaukee.”
“Poor deceived lamb!” groaned Eudora.
“She’s living now. It was not even a divorce;
only a legal separation, and he has no more
right to get married than—than any other
man that is tie-1 tight and fast to a living
wife!”
Leona turned very pale.
“That is false!” she cried. “You are de
ceiving me!”
“Seeing is believing,” said Mrs. Silverspin.
“She’s down stairs in the reception room.”
“Who is?” gasi>ed Leona.
“The first Mi's. Motley!”
Leona started up with glittering eyes and
crimson cheeks.
“How dare she come here? Here to my
very house!” she cried out.
“Because she wants her husband,” said
Eudora. “Be calm, child, I entreat. Sister
Rebecca, lead in the real Mrs. Motley.”
And before Leona could mutter words to
remonstrate a tall female wearing blue spec
tacles and a water-proof suit stalked in.
“Who are you?” cried Leona, starting up.
“And what do you want?”
“1 am Mi's. John Motley,” answered the
gaunt female, with a wave of her umbrella,
“and 1 want my husband. He married me
out West three years ago, and now he’s
cleared out and don't allow me one penny of
maintenance. And he's been gone and mar
ried again, and I’ll have him up for bigamy
as sure as my name is Phili Maria Motley!
What’s the use of laws, if this is the way a re
spectable woman is to be swindled out of her
support?”
Leona sank back, pale and startled, as if
she had seen a ghost. And so she had—not
only the ghost of the woman she had deemed
dead and in her grave years ago, but the
sheeted specter of her own married love and
happiness.
Poor, trembling, pallid little Leona! And
the three Miss Kilverpins stood around, tri
umphing in her dismay, like exultant ghouls,
crying in one voice:
“Didn’t we tell you so?”
Just at this moment the door opened and
in walked Mr. John Motley himself.
“Hallo!” cried he. “What’s the matter,
Leo? What’s all this about?”
“Deceiver!” shrieked Miss Silverspin.
“Bigamist!” shouted Miss Rebecca.
“Are you all mad?” said Mr. Motley, look
ing from one to the other.
“John, who is that? Speak!” sobbed out
j oor Leona, pointing to the tall woman in the
| lue spectacles.
“I’m hanged if I know,” said Mr. Motley,
|X)king her full in the face.
The three Miss Silverspins stared.
“She said she was your fii-st wife,” cried
{hey in chorus. “She said she wasn’t di
vorced—only legally separated. She said
you were her lawful husband, and that Le
ona wasn’t your wife at all. ”
“Then she has told a pack of confounded
lie!” roared John Motely, with flashing eyes.
“Isn’t this man your husband?” demanded
Miss Silverspin, shaking the fall stranger bv
THE SAVANNAH DAILY TIMES, SEND AY, FEBRUARY 15, IS 85.
the shoulder.
“No, he ain't” sheepishly confessed the
soi-distant Mrs. Motley. “My husband’s
name is John Motely, but he ain’t this man
at all. My husband is tall and stout, with
red hair and whiskers, face marked with
gmall-pox, and only one eye.
“There’s a John Motley keeps a grocery
store down by the river,” said the other po
sessor of that name. “Perhaps—”
“That's him,” said the spectacled one, with
alacrity. “He always kuowed a heap about
the grocery business. He’s pretty sly, but he
can’t dodge me.”
And exit the would-be destroyer of Leona
Motley’s domestic peace.
The three Miss Silverpins retreated in dis
order, mutually reproaching one another.
Leona had a goixl cry and laugh on her hus
band’s shoulder, and Mr. Motley registered,
then and there, a solemn vow that the three
sisters-in-law should keep out of his house
thereafter.
And he kept it, too. _
THIN PEOPLE.
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Caution to tlie Public.
EW 1 MB,
MUSIC BUYERS should not be deceived
bv those who otter Evans’ Music at 5
cents per copy. There are two editions of
The Old b-Cent Edition and
the New 10 -Cent Edition . For information we
will state that Evans’ Music was originally,
and until the past few months, sold gener
ally at 5 cents per copy, and was then, from
necessity , printed upon poor paper. No repu
table Music House then sold it, as it was too
poor to sell.
The ’Publishers are noiv issuing Improved,
Editions upon good paper and have raised the
price to 10 cents. Under the personal assur
ance of Mr. W. A. Evans that this Music was
to be sold uniformly at 10 cents by the Princi
pal Houses at Boston by their Branches at
New York, Philadelphia ,Cinciuati Chicago,
St. Louis and by their Agencies, we accepted
the Agency under the following written con
tract, vis:
U Savannah, Ga., Dec. 4,1854.
hodden &' Bates Southern Music House :
In consideration of your purchase from us
of 40,000 Copies of our Music, we do make you
our SOLE AGENTS to sell our Music at
Wholesale and Retail in theS'atesof Geor
gia , North and South Carolina, Mississippi and
Alabama. We also agree to keep you supplied
with Ten-Cent Catalogues.
(Signed) W. A. E s.. .
It will thus be seen that we are the Sole
Authorized Agents for this Music, and that its
regular price is 10 cents per copy.
There are still large supplies of th* old
o-Cent Editions in the hands of dealers at
the North, some of which has been imported to
Savannah, but Evans v ro. will not sell their
New 10-Cent Editions to any save their
Agents. There are also Old Catalogues of b-
Cmt Music Xo bo had, but Evans & Co. will
not furnish their Latest Catalogues to any but
their Agents.
A 5-Cent Music Dealer in this city states
that W A. Evans & Bro. is now printing sev
eral thousand catalogues for him. We would
not intimate that this is not so, but, all the
same, we don't believe it. He may surrepti
tiously obtain through some Cheap Music-
Dealer in Boston a supply of the Old b-Cent
Catalogues, upon which he can have his own
name printed, but Evans tfc Co. will not print
them specially or knoumigly for him. Con
cerning this we shall have more to say as
soon as we can hear from them. Our rights in
this matter have been trespassed on and we
shall sift the business to the bottom. Bring in
these b-Cent Catalogues and we shall show
you that ours are later and contains hundreds
more pieces, and a'so that our Music is of bet
ter grades and quality.
5-CSHT MUSIC mi mi
We are still giving away the cheap 5-Cent
Music. There’s lots left and loads of it coming
Come in and get some.
Ludden & Bates
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In buying the imitation yon pay as much
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For sale by SOLOMONS & CO„ LIPPMAN
BROS., and all Druggists.
DANIEL HOGAN,
In order to reduce liis winter stock of KID GLOVES,
WILL OFFER ON MONDAY MORNING:
One lot Jouviu 3-Button Kid Gloves at 50c, reduced from 75c.
One lot Parts 4-But ton Kid Gloves at Hilo, reduced from sl.
One lot Blanche 4-Button Kid Gloves at 81, reduced from SI 25.
One lot Constanze Kid Gloves at SI 10, reduced from SI 50.
One lot Constanze 4-Button Kid Gloves at St 35, reduced from $1 75.
One lot Mosquitere 8-Button length at $1 25, reduced from St 75.
One lot Mosquitere 10-Button length at SI 75, reduced from 82 50.
Ladies’ and Gents’ Hosiery!
One lo.t Ladies’ Fancy Brilliant Lisle Hose, reduced from 75c a pair to 50c.
One lot Ladies’ Black Brilliant Lisle Hose, reduced from 75c a pair to 50c.
One lot Ladies’ Brilliant Lisle Ribbed Hose in Black, Garnet and Navy at 7,.c a pairs never
sold under 81. . .
One lot Ladies Striped Hose, reduced from o»c a pan- to 25e.
One lot Ladies’ Solid Colored Hose at 35c, reduced from 50c.
One lot Solid Colored Ribbed Hose at 75c, closing price.
One lot Gents’ Balbriggan % Hose, Solid Colors, at 25c a pair, former price 37Kc.
One lot Gents’ Plain Balbriggan % Hose at 25c a pair, reduced from 35c.
100 doz. Gents’ British Seamless % Hose at 12%c a pair, reduced from 2oc.
50 doz. Children’s Black Ribbed Hose at 20c, former price 3oc.
50 doz. Children’s Solid Black Hose at 25c apair, former price 37>$e.
50 doz. Children’s Fancy Striped Hose at 20c, reduced from 3xc.
CHILDREN’S AND MISSES’ SUITS!
I am Closing Out all Misses’ and Children’s Suits at One-Half
of what They were Sold at Last Month.
x will sell Children’s Cash mere Suits at 81 each that were 8150.
Children’s Cashmere Suits at 8125 each that were 82.
Children’s Cashmere Suits at 82 each that were $2 70.
Misses’ Flannel Suiis at 83 75 that were 85 50.
Misses’ Flannel Suits at $5 that were 87 50.
Misses’ Flannel Suits at 87 that were 810.
Ladies’ and Misses* Cloaks
AT A REDUCTION OF B'ULLY 60 PER CENT UNDER FORMER PRICES.
One Lot Ladies’ Seal Flush Cloaks
REDUCED FROM 835 EACH TO 822 50.
300 BOYS’ SUITS to be closed at half price to make room for Spring Stock.;
500 PIECES EMBROIDERIES fully 50 per cent, under last years prices.
DANIEL HOGAN.
T O BXT I L I) EB S :
We have now in our Show Rooms a full line of fine
SLATE MANTLES,
Grates and Grate Fixtures
At Lowest Prices.
Parties contemplating building this coming season will do well to call and obtain our
pr ices before purchasing elsewhere.
JOHN A. DOUGLASS & CO.
161 Brongbton Street, SAVANNAH. GA.
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AT
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We shall keep the choicest designs made, and invite an inspection ol our mammoth
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New Styles in BED ROOM, HALL and DINING ROOM FURNITURE received weekly.
Parlor Suites Made to Order.
AN ELEGANT LINE OF FRAMES AND UPHOLSTERY GOODS from which to select.
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Cor.Bull and Froughton Sts.
Savannah, Ga.
Almost a Miracle!
A REMARKABLE STORY.
A few- days ago a gentleman of high standing in
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“For tbe past eighteen months my wife has been
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raense , etc., and I hue t ied e erythiugl could hear
of in the way of medicine, and have had several of our
be t physicians attending her. to one of whom (calling
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ars Instead of improving or gettlhg any relief, she
gradu -Uy grew worse, and I had almost given up hope,
and really did not believe she would ever get up from
an invalid’s bed; but a friend of mine who knew of
the case suggested the use of
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and although lie stated that he knew of a similar rase
being cured by it, and endorsed it highly himself, 1
was so discouraged I did not believe it would do her
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it and she began taking it, and from tne very first a
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and be added, “I wish every lady in the world so af
flicted would try it, as I know it cure them.”
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by the highest and most undoubted testimony.
That this Remedy will cure all womb troub’es.
That this Remedy will cure luchorrhoea or whitea.
That this Remedy will restore the menstrual functions
That this Remedy will stop excessive monthly flow.
That this Remedy will relieve painful menstruation.
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Send for our Treatise on Woman. Mailed free to
any address.
The Bradfield Regulator Co,
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B -adfleld’s Regulator and Mother's
Friend
For Sale by OSCEOLA BUTLER, Corner Bull
ancl Congress st reets.
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ACTIVE, PASSIVE AND LEGAL
KISSES.
A Pedestrian Catches the Sound.
From time immemorial, no one will pretend
to deny the fact that kisses have been held in
high repute by both sexes, whether active or
passive. It has been decided that a LEGAL
KISS implies ACTION on both parties; but
when a lady simply consents to be kissed
without action of her lips it constitutes only a
PASSIVE kiss, a sweet deprived of its nectar.
Many long years ago—so says history—the
Spanish student Victorian became desperate
ly enamored with the personal beauty aud
fascinating charms of Prosperino, daughter of
the King of Naples. There existed a wall,
being a line of aemarkation between them,
which he dare not cross; nevertheless, they
managed to exchange sentiments and arrange
clandestine meetings. Many times he scaled
the wall at night in order to steal a kiss from
the fair one while the pale moonbeams were
playing upon her classic features, and one
rime while gazing into the depths of her deep
blue orbs, in rapturous ecstacy, lie exclaimed,
“PROSPERINO, WHAT HAST MADE THE
SO BEAUTIFUL?”
“The constant use of a SGIENTIFIC.bIood
purifier,’’ was her only response.
Sr.ugly ensconced within a moss-embowered
and vine-clad veranda, and almost hid
from view amid sweet-scented honeysuckles,
was seated a fair Atlanta nymph, whose beau
timl dark eyes, alabaster complexion and
voluptuous contour, seemed to DAZE the
young gent by her side, who ever and anon,
while circumnavigating her slender waist,
gave her a BUSS and then RE-BUSS, to the
amazement of a pedestrian who happened to
be passing that beautiful moonlight night.
At that moment the lover was heard to ask:
••My dear darling Sarah Jane, you are
becoming more beautiful every day; your
eyes sparkle with more brilliancy, your once
pale cheeks have been painted by the roseate
lines of nature, and you seem to have entirely
regained your health. Will yo tell me the
•ause of the change?”
• L have simply used that wonderfully effec
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Thousands of ladies these days attempt to
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structures of the body. Throw aside your
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known as B. B. B.—Botanic Blood Balm—
which can be had of all druggists at one dol
lar for large bottles. It purifies the blood,
softens the skin, beautifies the complexion,
and adds health and happiness to all.
For sale by
OSCEOLA BUTLER,
Savannah, Ga.
Analysis by Dr. A. Voelcker, F. R. S., Con
iltlng Chemist Royal Agricultural Society,
ngland, shows only a trace of nitrates In
Blackwell’s Bull Durham Tobacco. The soli
of the Golden Belt of North Carolina, In which
tills tobacco is grown, don’t supply nitrates to
the leaf. That is the secret or Its delicious
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