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' Santa Claus. • r»« th* night Iwfoi* Chn»«*"'»*. •<*' " •** thro’ Hip bos**. lb. M>. king* >•*< I.iih.' I>) «biu.sey ,n tlw'tli* tint Mt. Xiel»lM**»n»»ul<lb« U»rr»- .. . .i. Hl. cUil.lr. n w< r- n«*IM *<>og in Mieir_> Wbil* »i*i'.*.*of *ng»r pl«<u« ‘ l * f “ , ' t >■ u “ ,f An I io her kvrebief, and J in i»' -o>r Uml ju.i *** tIM our brain* f-r a long wintar • Wbrnmitns tb»l*»n th»r* r—f «n«h »*'.^'• r. I spnag from *b« l»J tn ana <*>•' ,u ‘ <wnr io th* »i»*l -a I fl* w ilk* * *i* , b . tX «F«» th. .o'ltter. »nd M.itw up «h* *ab. The moon on th* br*»"t "f >i*» f*>l> n «!><>•, . . tI a I 1 • <»•<*• 111. l«"r« *■< '■> 1 When, *h*t l « my •• * nug « >••* But • nmXSsrsri*tah. .nd right tiny rend' ■r, With » little old dfirer «o lively at.'l *|'iicx. 1 kiK« In * moment it in i*t he Kt, V*« M t r*|*nl th** <*X l‘i» * ir.'-r. th* cmu*. . . . , ~ . And be »lil*t!**l, »nl »b*»ut<oj, and c*ll* 'l them by name; “Roa, l»»*her! now, I)an-er . now, I ran. - r now, Vixen! On, Comet ■ Ot>, I II; >d' • l>nnd* r*n 1 It *« T , t|,e t>p of Hie jr>l .' t> tb* * > of the w it. X.w 4..1, aw.y ■ d»*li ew.v ' .!*«'> «w.v .11 A« 4ty kevrn Ufor** tb« •»! I h'irnran* fly, When they with au ulxtvie in . uit t» th»- •by, . Hn «p th" hmuc topthe r mrten* they fly’*, W4h Hie-high full of toy* »n 4 Hl S.ch'dafl And then’ in a twinkling, I heard »■«» r• f Th* praiM’ui-j and pawing of t a‘‘i l»tti l»»» 4 A« I drew in my bead, and wat turning arown!, Jkiwii the «hunney Rt. .S iceolaa came with » bound. . H« wan drMaod all In fur, from hie head to hw f'»Ot. ... i And hlacl<»tbo« w r« all Urniabed with a»be» and a*»ol; A bundle <rf w-*" fl ing on hia bark. And ht looked Idu a iicr juM opening bin park ; rtia tyw» bow they tw.iikl*'- : hia 'li’iipi* S h *w mvtrv, Hia ch- *ka were like r«»fl a, hia iw like a charrv ; 1U« droll month wm drawn np like u tw, And the ImmH of hi* chin wa- aw whH*- .*•• tua enow ; The Rtmnp of a pipe he h< Id tight in hia t -th, And the ainokc it etic.nded hi* head li .<■ u wreath, He bad a br<».id faff*, and a httlr r >tin I brlh That ebook wh« O Io laughed, lik<- a bowl lull of j. Ilf: Hr w.ie chubby and pluruu, a n/l.t i lie <1 I < if. Aul I luurhi d when I eaw him in apitr of invN< If A wiiik-ifliH esc and a twhtofhie heid. J.-»on gave Hi’* to know I had nothing t • dread, He epekc n »l a word, but wriil straight to ln< work, , , And flll cl all the Hocking , then t un«- I with • Jerk, An-1 hving hie fl i ,;rr aMd- of bh none, And giving* no-1, up th” cliiuur-v h- r h». He epraug Io h.-* alcigb, b. hh U an gav • a whittle, An I awaf they all fl w like the d >wn of a thtatle: But! hoard him eielaim. erehedr »ve out of flight, “Merry Cbrietinaa to ail, and to all a goo<! Hight" Tlif labv and tin-Battle From tlx. N"W York Timex: Two ■tori* - * that (lotieral Hancock to <1 Hie on that day I recall with <!>•- tiuctnaxa atill. One wax of un in ciden at (li'ttyxburg, just before hia faiuoua charge. Paxxing near the outskirts of hia lines he camo upon a ehilil, only a half dozen years or so of age, and hardly yst old enough to apeak plainly. She somehow had strayed uoar to the Union pickets, bringing an old rille heavier than she could well carry without show ing that the wax overburdened. When she saw General Hancock she hel l the load in her arms a little higher ami fairly ran into his ariux crying. "My papa's dea 1. but here's my papa's gun." There was something like a tear in General Hancock x eve as he recited this heroic little incident ‘ I never rscall that brave chit of a child's ottering to our cause," ho said “with out feelings of deepest reverence. Her half lisped words voiced a sent - ruent that wm s iblime " 1 r 'out of sors w nli beiuiai be. stomach Co.inler, torpid liver. ;>s:uln lmclo>r si.b - . . - . u •iluaUon.ete ,ur.icrt n.rv Ie I t.l <>ae >l. se «t btrons'* Sanative Pit:* «ll| ghr r> .I. A few UiMtw re»Uue to new health und Vigor. M.'U HBU.L, 1 A. U iRDF-t.LI. J. 11 >RT. Beall & Co., 612 Brn.nl St, Augusta, Ga Druggists AMD DEALERS IN Seeds and Paints. "V\ E arc 'u p to .ell Drugs, Paints AMD SEEDS At Bottom Figures. I.mm Km.lv UitUPimU, S’ ~T £ ,|. lon or bul. ▲ttaMtic 1/ead, Linwt ’ (hi, Tur t wntiu<». 1 BrwriMM, Ktitutmue, (U*>» aud Tut. Wiu r von f - *! « ’_•£ THE SKIN. Its Diseases and Cure. This class of troublesome complaints embraces a large li.-t, >otnc of which ufllict near ly every family in the land. Heretofore the Heatment of nearly all those diseases has been very unsatisfactory and iinsticcpsfful, ami the people have been very much deceived bv pretended remedies. A majority arc caused by an impure, vitiated condition of she til nd, au l as m >st of the blood remedies ol the <lay re oiiirc 50 to 100 bottles before vim discover that they will not * !l"et a cure, we oiler B B. 8.. which makes po ilive cures by th'* use of only a lew bottles. The most common of the skin <li <‘as< > which are cured bv the use ol B. B. 8., the only quick Blood I’urilicr, are as follows: E -z' im*. Old Ulcers, Impetigo, Abxc».Hnex, I', vsip* l/ix, Dry letter, Ringworm, < nrbuiicl* x, S .it lie 11, Itching Humors, Pruritus, Blotches, Oil Sores, Herpes, Pimplcx, Boils, Il<h, Splotches, Beautiful Compexion is sought by the use of cosmetics ami all sorts of external ap plications, some of them being poisonous. All females love to look prettv (uhich gentlemen do not object to) ami a smooth, soft, dear complexion adds greatly to female charms. I'he use of B. B. will purify your blood, will remove blot* lies, splotches ami bumps thftl appear upon the face and neek. and will tinge the pah* cheek with the roseate hues of nature. One or two bottles will convince any one of its value. No family should fail to keep />. it. 11., in the house, as there is no family medicine its equal. Rheumatism. One author says: “I’hcu matism is due to the presence in the blood of a vegetable organism ofdefmite characters.” Anoth?r says: “It is due to the presence of a poison in the blood which is of the nature of a miasm.” The disease h iving its origin in the bl > 11, it is reasonable to suppose that it must be cured by remedies directed to the blood. A successful remedy must produce certain changes in the composition of the blood, and when this has been accomplish ed, all pain, swelling and stillness of the joints subside. This accounts for the r-ason why external applieatious fail to produce pei'ni.iiH'iit n hes. But we now have the remedy which nets like magic in giving relief to all forms of rheumatism, rheumatic gout, rheumatism of the joints, muscles anil heart. It also cures syphilitic and mercurial pains and rheumatism in an mcredibiy short time. The sac. cannot be denied that B. B. B. (Botanic Blood Bahn) lias proven itself to be the most speedy ami wonderful reme dy for uli forms of rheumatism ever before known. Tibiae who were prostrated in lied and could not get about, h ive been cured. Men with t vo crutches, and hobbling along with stitlenod and painful joint, withered 11.'sb. loss of sleep and appetite, are cured by the use of B. B. B. Cast aside all other rem dies, nse B. B. B. and you wdl soon have no use for crutches. Many who rend this will refuse to be cured by the use of B. B. B , but we a Ivise all such to drop us a postal card for our Book of Wonders, free, winch is tilled with startling proof of cures made hare at home. It also contains full information about blood and skin diseases, winch everybody should read. tddioußlood Balm Company, At lanta, Ga., and you may be made happy. bov le at the Drag Store of Dr. D. L. Peeples, Harlem (la. aug-27 I.LIIBE HOTEL BIBBER HOP S.nvmg. Hair* uttiu" atjshampooing done inUv uvalMt mJ most sen untie tuauui i I v McIXTOSH A ROHEHTX. Hound cold batli. Giv* us a call. Polite atlaau-a Special Notice. \JJ. ) arti* a i.idilt**! tome fur medicel M ivac are rc*|i>>'s'*-<t t > come forward »ii>l »ettl<-at <.»€’, either by not* or the caxh or they will In ! their account.',u an attimi J'» liai.de. jsnli A- J M- D- Arrust , G;b:cn ** Lande. £7. Io 2- 7. AtGU*TA,n. AND R. TUiIJWAD, ( Arm hta, (»a., Dec. 10, e.i. j In eff et Sui.(M, Uc. inU-i 11, 18&.5, at 5 p. m; Excc pt Sunday*— I’a»engerii and r reight. No. 1 a. >r. . No. 2 a. m. LeAvr ( ibwon 5' .I Lv .*ta C;23 Staph-ton -5.4*; “ Umteria .7:02 •» I’t.pt* boo “ Gracew«»<l 7 “ Matthewa 6:15; “ Hichniond. 7JB “ bfnith . 6:231 “ Hephzibah •* ]{< . 6 351 “ Bath b 32 “ Burke. . 6 501 “ burke . b 56 “ Bath 7:051 “ Keys V2O “ 11- phzibah 717 “ Smith 93s “ l;n hm<»rjd.. 7:37 | “ Matthew* 050 “ Hr. -■ wood . »7 i “ I'opf • Io 14 “ WfHtcria “ st..j»lc*ton .10 34 Arrive AUtfiinta fc : *0 Arrive Gibson. 1134 •4 r m Leave <nlm..n 1:45 L- ave. An/’ista 503 . • . i i. 17 ” V. * < i ..i ’■ 97 *• j»< pr 211 | “ Gracewood.s 42 “ M rthf WH .3 :6 • “ Richmond .5 52 “ Smith 34 w “ H*• phzibah Gl2 •• jv _>m 4"I “ Bath . .6 21 t‘ B-irke . 4 u “ Burke 639 Bath 4 54 “ Reyn G 54 “ Hephzibah.s 18 | “ Smith 709 “ Ki* .mold 5 : “ Matthews. .7 17 “ (I rare wood. 6’ 5 j “ Pope ... 7'2 \V»Hteri.i .62'. “ Stapleton <47 Arrive. A i\"uU 6 17 . Arrive 81* N DAYS-PASSE?. (i ERS ONLY. N’«» 1 a. M. i No. 2 a. -t Lrav • Gil* n 6.10 p-Leave Angunta... .H < o . • |... '>n .-* *. W • >' 7 “ I’fpv . 7.03 j “ Ga rw io<l. •I; “ yiatt’.iCM.' 7 23, “ Richmond, b.* Si.ii h 7.31 j “ Hepl.Zrbah 0:«2 “ Kcv« 7:16 j “ Bath 0.24 •' Burke.. H:921 “ Burke.. .9.46 “ Bith . . H:l7 | “ Kuy* 9.55 “ Hephzibah, 532 “ Sin th 10.10 “ K: 'iinon<l. f- 53 “ M.-itht wa .10.'.7 “ Graccw*.od. .9.03 ' “ l’< ) 10 32 “ Wf-tcria. ..9 H | “ Stall< tou 10 47 Arriv- Augusta.. 915 Arrive Gil.-on. 11 29 No. 3 p. m. | No. I p. m. LeavvoGibaon . 320 | Leave Align ta . P (»< “ Stapleton 4 <"’■ “ r ■ *. Pope . 4.13 1 “ Gracew* -*d .:!! -2 “ M iit'iewa 1 )Jj “ Rieh-H hi i 3 - “ Smith... 441 j “ Hephzibah .4:12 “ Krya 4:56 [ “ Bath .... 4:2' “ !’• irke. .5:11 • “ Burk--. .5 •(’ *’ Kith 526 1 “ Kcvh 4;'. “ Hephzibah. 5:381 “ Smith .s'o “ Pi <-'.n >n<] 5:58 “ V tthowK. 5- li “ Graccwood.6:(H I “ •• : Arrive Auguata. G:soArrive Gibsi n C. 30 R M. MITCIIELT., Pre.* ident. *nd &1I Pincus COMPLAi. n are rell-vcd bv t.iktaf WHISHT SIH3IVIVECETABLS PILLS ifuri’y K? Ot’.t’bz. Price SUc. AU Syjwicx THE GEE AT 5,10 and 15 Cent Store, No. 526 Broad Street, Augusta, Ga, G. B. DUBE, Proprietor, MANUFACTURER AND DEALER IN Plain, Stamped and Japanned Tinware. Wholesale and Retaio Deai.krs In Crockery, Limps and Glassware. Wooden and Willow-ware, etc. Jewelry ami Fancy Goods a sp«*cia!ty. Rooting, Guttering and Repairing promptly attended to. ap23-l NOVXCJEU Order your Gin Ribs from PWIIHON FIIIINORy AND MAlHl.y HdRR CHAS. F. LOMBARD, Piop’r. M M. PENDLETON, Supt. MANUFACTURE AND DEAL IN MILL MACHINERY AND SUPPLIES, No. 615, 617 and 619 Kollock Street, Augusta, Georgia Castings nf *ll kinds executed promptly, in iren nr brass. Pullovs. Gearing. Shating Jonrns boxes, Sugar Mills, Injectors. Water Wheels, Governor*, Saws, Files, Engine Supplies Ini Fronts, Balcony Caatinga, Ac. 11 ’ Special Attention Civen to Repairs.' K£"Ceirespondei.ce solicited. a r 1 r jaKSPIMDE <LINIMENT CTHira— Diphtherbu Croup. Asthma, Bronchitis, Neuralgia, Bheumatiam, Bleeding at the mrira. H N<rßeneaa. u.fluerea. Hacking Cough. WT. oping Cough. Catarrh, Choiera Morbus, Dysentery, Chronio Troublea. and Sptr.alP.Bcaaea. Pamphlet free. Dr. I. 8. Johnson & Co.• Boston. Maae. PARSONS’ S PILLS ’p-.eae pills were a wonderful discovery. No others like them in the world. TO if. positively * manner of disease. I’ne mlormat on auound each box is worth ten times the cost of a box of Find out about them and you will always be thankful. Ono pill a dose. Illustrated pamphkt • - Sj ieve vwhere.orsc-.;- by rost’ for J&c. tust .. . P s. r.-. I. S. JOHNSON 61 CO., 23 C.H 8t Boston. «SMAKE H UK wtsrywherv. orsent by maxi for 25 QontaUiaWunDa. B !•< lb. air-tirht tin cans, «bv mail «in k*«n* bv KWW. rvr *6.00. "2. M. ISI Home Council We take pleasure in calling your nttent on to a remedy ao long needed i in earning children safely through the clitic d stage of teething. It is an incalculable blessing to mother and child. If you m e disturbed at night I with a sick, fietful, teething child, use Pitts’ Carminative, it will give instant relief, ami regulate the Dowels, and make teething safe ami easy. It will cute Dvsentery and Diarrha a. Bills' : Carminative is an instant relief for colic of infants. It will promote di gestion, give tone and energy to the stomach and bowels. I lie sick, puny, suffering child will soon become the fat and frolicing joy of the household. It is very pleasant to the taste and | i onlv costs 25 cents er bottle. Sold by druggists. For sale at Holliday's Drug Stc re i Harlem, Ga., and by \V. J. Heggie, of Grovetown. open fire OTni/re VENTILATOR kllLlhS PATENTED. Bum any kind of Fuel! SOFT OR HARD COAL. A They keep the air la Jn a room pure •»r Perfect Ventilation ram SAVE IN FUEL I H MORE THAN THEY COST Keep fire longer than other kind ofeUrve* CX-lt HO CAS BUT BURN IT ALL | i THEY SLCIHB '^s;x.r. -=V -5' By P« foul V »ntU*«fa«. Economy. ’©’-j— ’.-Wk Perfect Combastion. KSiwynffi Cheerful wymijnjj-nn- Open Fire. 17 Wv Comfort, t w I? -By Uuifornt, Equable Warmta. Ab low In price na the cheapest. Illumination aa from an open Grate Fire. Worth more than the moat eoetly. See an Open-Fire Ventilator Stove, with fire in it, before buying any Btove. Ask your stove dealer to show yon one; if he has none send to us for catalogues and testL "GOLD’S HEATER RIF6, CO. 484-642 East 14th St.. New York. A XgßWßh.h!h!.K*ri £WiHSB LID A Life Experience. Remarkable and Quick cures. Trial Packages. Send etamp fcr scaled particulars. Address Dr. WAED & CO. L ouisiana, Mo, We Stand at the Head ■WIT2ET T_tzL-E LIGHT RUNNING DOMESTIC, iETZa Davis, Household v AND NEW HOME W Sewing Machines, NEW STYLE Attachments, New Style Wood Work. Patti-Hand Attachment FArnished Free, son Good Second-Hand S* v. ing M ■ bines taken in exchange for above makes, to be **ld u ; half value, i 5. (10, (15 each, wa: -anted in good ecwiugorder. Sewing Machin.* of *ll K.l. I epuired. Agents for Domestic Paper Patterns. Send for Catalogue and Price List** to THOMAS, BARTON & KEY, The Sewing Machine and Organ Dealers, 924 Broad Street, Anfnito, g> WATCHES I DIAMONDS ! JEWELRY I Largest and Handsomest Stock in Georgia. HAVING purchased F. A. BRAHE’S ENTIRE STOCK OF JEWELRY and *on*olid»t.4 with ii: he elegant stock formerly carried by me at my old stand under the Central Hotol, 1 now oiler at reduced prices the handsomest stock of Jewelry, Silverware, Ac , ever in this citv, at my NEW STOItE, Corner Broad and Seventh Streets, and familiarly known *• “Brahe’s Corner.” Mr BRAHE will remain with me, and will he pleased to see his friends. WILLIAM SCHWEIGERT, Jeweler, 702 Broad atr„t AT GOODYEAR’S CARRIAGE REPOSITORY CAN ALWAYS BE FOUND A FULL LINE OF Medium and Cheaper Grades OF Open and Top Buggies, At T.owsr Prices than at any other House this sido of Cincinnati. This work is all mad* to order, are Lightrr Running and Better Firished than the class of work generally sold as Stand ard Vehicles. But -I ha. c just received a Full Line of Fine Family Carriagss, Phalens & Cabriolets I , Jns f re 'l ei '; t ’ (l another shipment of those Fine Open and Top Buegies, mads upon special *r ders, by the beet. manufacturers North and East. Nothing being used in the construction *f these volueles but the best materials, end in Quality, Style and Finish, are unequalled bv *»y others now tu the market. In stock a Full Line of ‘ Saddles and Harness — All Grades! V\ hich I will ofter at Lower Price” than have ever before been known in the history of th* bn*i- U'7 S t pl’i I ,‘■ '' a ' , ', r aI P I Standard Plantation Wagons, all sizes. Oak and Hemlock Sole L<',i..i. r, ( ah Skies, shoe bindings. Carriage and Wagon Materials, Harass* Leather Belt Lacing ot superior quality, Rubber and Leather Belting. Also a full line of • a ‘“ er . HARDWARE. Guns, Shells, Powder, Shot. Table and Pocket Cutlery, Plow Points for all make* Nails Ax** Hoes, licks and. Mattocxs, I'Uch hoiks, Shovels, Spades, Steelyards and Scale Beam* ’Grin* and Chur^^lLtw^’l^Xmg at pl^: d ° W h ° 01 “ a " d , '* r “ A. R. GOODYEAR, Agent, At the Old Stand, Opppostte Georgiaßaihoad Bank, 704 Broad sT"" ‘° “' °' “ AT * Co ' C. C. P. C. Iff. «g Cbuls Creek H PORTABLE CORN MILLS *W Make the very best Meal. PricM law. Nl Kl ‘ 1 , U13 *-’ •*’* n ’ > D 8 very substantial mana* MK tte also sell the KORTING INJECTORS, th* r N cest boiler feeder made. Only one handl* .'l l '.'? 16 The ALI AS ENGINES »■* LULLUS, the ERIE ENGINES and BOHL -1 RS, the VAN DUbr.N JET PUMPS. Mak. and ic] air sll kinds of machinery: als. kwp Uj of Engines and Mill Fittings, (t c. R. Lombard & Co. . , Foundry, Machine and Boiler Work*, oundry. Machine and Boiler Works. Also Alill and Engine Supply House, Augusta, Ga.