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worst forms of stomach, liver, bowel, kid-
*py and bladder diseases, dropsy, heart
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complaints, opium and whisky habits,
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- PRACTITIONER,
Lovett, - - CleQVgla.
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[six mils north of Dublin,J
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night. Office at residence,
aug 20, ’84 ly. A ' - :
CHARLES HICKS, M. D
PRACTITIONER.
Dublin, - Georgia.
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DR. G. F. GREEN,
PRACTITIONER.
Dublin, - Georgia.
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Residence
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T. L. GRINER,
ATTORNEY & COUNSELLOR
AT LAW, ■'
Dublin - Georgia.
may 21 tf.
FELDER & SANDERS,
ATTORNEYS AT LAW,
Dublin, - Georgia.
W ill practice iU the courts of the Oco
nee, Ocraulgee and Middle circuits, and
the Supreme court of Georgia, and else
where by special contract.
Will negotiate loans on improved farm
ing lands,
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FOR TIIE ACCOMMODATION OF
TIIE PUBLIC.
Suillio Montgomery and myself
were daughters of farmers in Preston,
poor girls and members of largo fam
ilies.
Sallio wont to the city Hist, and
got a place in a largo paper box fac
tory, at good wages, and when she
had beon there three mouths she
wrote to mo that there was a vacan
cy she could secure mei•, So I wont’
to the city, too. We were called
pretty girls in Preston, and had our
share of admiration from our country
beaux. But Sallio was something
more than pretty, though I never
thought her very wise. Slio was
easily oxcited, very impulsive, and
rushed into extremes of feeling with
out sufficient cause.
We had two small rooms, a voyy
tiny bed-room, and a larger one
where wo cooked our breakfast and
supper, that we could turn into a
cosy sitting room for evening uso
and for Sunday.
Being sociable, we soon made
friends with other girls in the fac
tory, and at their homes wo met
their friends. It was in this way
that we met James Seaman, a clerk
in a wholesale store ; a frank, bright
young follow of twenty-four or five
who soon becumo a great friend of
Sallio’s und mine.
For several months ho visited us
spending many evenings in our little
sitting-room, reading aloud to us
when wo worked. , '
And in these months Jof pleasant
intercourse. I gave Janies Seaman all
the love of my heart. I do not bring
any accusar.ion against him, for
think he was pleased.with both of us
and did not know himself where his
love was for a long time.
But one evening when ho called,
he found me, for a wonder, alone.
Sallie had gone with one of the fac
tory girls to a small company, but I
had not cared to go. I saw that
James was full of important nows, as -
soon as he came into-{tho room, and
J* soon heard it. A relative hat!
died and left him some money, and
ho was going into business for him
elf, with ono ofghis fellow-clerks,
who had some money too—fora part
ner. And then be told me bis love
for. Sallio, and begged me to be his
friend in pleading bis suit with her,
Not to make too long a story, Sal-
1 lo was dolighteu, accepted him, and
they were married as soon as she
made up a few pretty wedding gar-r
ments, for the price of which we
live upon porridge for about six
weeks, <. -
Not having money enougli to tako
a whole house, James and Sallio
rented the fioor below tho rooms
where she and I had lived so cosily
together, and set up housekeeping.
I did not go down very often, be
cause my heart was very sore for a
long time, although I hope I w;«
not wicked enough to cherish a love
for another' woman’s husband. I
When wanting
line call on me.
accommodation in thD
Nov. 24, M.
W. J. HIGHTOWER,
Dublim (leorgia.
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fought it down, and I prayed against
it, until I could look upon James as
only a good friend, and 1 can say
truly, my love for Sallie never les
sened.
For a year the young folks.- wore
very happy, although there were
some pretty sharp quarrels about
Bailie’s extravagance. James could
not convince her that, although ho
was in business for himself, his capi
tal was small, his business just start
ing, and his income but little more
than his old salary.
Sallio was always vain and empty-
headed, although generally sweet-
tempered, and she wanted fine dres
ses and bonnets that James could
not afford to buy. After her baby
came, sho did settle down for a time,
but her health was not good, tho ba
by was a sickly little thing, and tho
housekeeping began to be very care
less. The baby died when it was
eight months old, and Sallie was very
sick for several weeks afterwards.
Then the real trouble began. Tho
doctors proscribed wino and milk
punch for weakness; and it roused
an appertito for drink, Oh, dear,
dear 1 It would bo too hourt break
ing to writo out all tho misory of tho
next, three years, for Sallie became a
perfect drunkard, and James,
though ho was wonderfully patient,
would loso his temper sometimes,
and any very hard things. There
would bo fierco quarrels; Sallie would
promise to do bettor, and really Try
fora time; but she nover kept hor
good resolutions long.
X endeavored to bo a good friend
to both of thorn, but things grew
worso and worse,■ until ono evening
thore.wns it dreadful quarrel. I heard
James say bo wished lie had nover<
seen Sallied face, or that ho might
never see it again. Presently I liourd
stops running down tho stairs, the
door leading to tho street slammed,
and. tho running foot wont out of
hearing. Sallie had rushed out of
the house down to tho river, and
tliiown “herself in. A policeman
saw her, and recognized her, but she
was too quick for him. For days
and days they tried to recovor her
body, but could not find it, and
James was like a madman. IIo re
proached himself bitterly, above all
for his last bitter words, but after
the first violence of his grief was
over I think ho was happier without
Sallio.
It was a hard thing to say of tho
dead, but sho had not been a good
wife to James, trying t.o have her
own way at any cost to him, care
less about hoi- own way at any cost
to him, careless about his comfort,
slovenly in liqr person and hor house
keeping;- r And when Jumps had sold
his furnitiiro. giy'on iij> the rooms
and gone back to his old boarding ill that I had to light ami pray down
on tho five years of his married life
as an ugly nightmare.
In all hiaiVantjo grief, in his so!
tened sorrow, and after he began to
bo hko his old self again, James
came to tne, Us frankly as a brother
to a sister, for sympathy and com
fort. In my own hours of solitude
and heartache, I tried to improve my
education, reading solid books of in
formation and some good works of
poetry and fiction. My subscript
ion to a library had to cqme out of
tiio necessities, blit I managed to
pay it, and never regretted the ex
penso. James, being fond of read
ing, had been disappointed that Sal
lie cared nothing for books, often
taunting him with denying her
bonnet or a dress, and spending as
nrjuch in a “nasty, hfstory,” or other
volufne ho had vainly' expected they
would enjoy together. \
1 am -soro we were only; good
friends, James and myself, for more
tliivn a year after Sallio threw her
self m the river. Then, when 1
know the old love was springing up
as strong as ever in my heart, 1 kept
iny secret from- James until two
years after lie lest his wifo, ho asked
mo to marry him.
What a happy woman I was 1,1
was sure I could bo a good wifo to
James, and make his life a happy
one, and when lie rented the same
old rooms again, and began to put in
furniture, I inado curtains and car
pets, and worked in every leisure
moment to make our floor look cosy
add homelike. V . \ l 1
It was just one week before tho
day wo had set for our wedding,
when one Sunday morning, while 1
was drossiug for church, my door
opened, and in walked Sallio. [ had
more reasons than one for thinking
she was a ghost. She was so pule
and so tbin, she was a mere shadow
of her old self. Her face had lost
tho horrible flush drink had given if,
and was white us ashes, and she
coughed terribly. My first bewilder
ment over, I put her in a chair. and
tried U> sootho hor, for sho was
trembling all over.
“i hud lo come !” rhe sobbed. “I
taid uway u]] this time because
•lamed never wauled to see mo again
and I know ho was hotter of! without
mo.. But when I heard ho was go
ing to marry yon, I did not dare to,
let him. 1 don’t want to come back.
I nevor want to trouble him again,
never, but 1 could not let you marry
him, and not know I was living.”
“Living where ? How ?” l cried.
“I was picked up by a schooner
that night, and tho men took oaro of
me until thoy.oamo back hero, and
put mo in a hospital. When I got
well I was taken on for an "Under
nurse, and I have boon tlioro over
since. I lmvo never touchod a drop
of liquor since that night. A hid I
tell you now, I’ll never trouble you
or James if you want to got married,
lie can get a divorce for my leaving
him; if ho chooses. VV hat are' yon
drying so hard about ?”
Crying ? My heart was breaking.
I gavo James up the minute I saw
Sallie. Divorce or no divorce, I was
not going to marry another '.woman's
husband. But it was an awful blow.
And it was so pitiful to Beo Sallie, so
.pq,lo and’crushed, not one bit like
herself, so hum hie and quiet, and
looking so horribly ill. And while I
was wondering wTiafc to say to her,
James^alled to mo-from the Sitting
room, to know if I was‘ ready for
Church.
“Don’t go!” I whispered to Sallie.
“Promise trio you will nob go until I
come back*”
Sho nodded, and I went to James
l canqot recall the words I usod to
toll him. Ho was fairly stunned 1
then ho vowod'.ho would never sue
hor again, then softened under my
coaxing, until at last lie loMowod mb
into the hod-room, where wo found
Sallie in a dond faint on tho Hoot-.
She was Lom-bly ill after that—so
a wj'Okod hopo that sho rrirgh t dto,
after all. Bub 1 nursed her faith—
inly, and James was as kind and ten-
jor as iffslie had boon the dUarost
wifo in the world.
Sho came baoic to life and health
very slowly, but she did recover.
Janies’ had prospored in his business,
and when she was able to ho moved
down , stairs ho had a strong, middle
aged servant to do tho work and take
caro qf Iris wife when ho was not at
homo.
And his wife— his fonder,
wife—earno to him in Sallie, repen-
Innt mid grateful, Sho had p posh
tine loathing for’ liquor after that
terrible night and tho shook it pro
duced, and sho was humbly penitent
for her past follies.
They aro very happy, set,tied now
in a house' a short drive from the
city, and two dear little children,
havo come to add mother-love to
Sallio’s happiness, Jameses ns a kind
brother to mo, though I do not see
him very often, as my busy life pre
vents my doing trncli visiting, and
Sallio seldom comes into the city in
rtio evening.:
I can not marry, though I might
have done so, but I oan never love
again as I have loved Jamos ^eaman.
fcan rejoice in his happino3P, and
give as warm a love as ever to Sallie,
but 1 car.ot love any ono elso us 1
should love a husband. And so 1 go
°n my quiet old-maid way, laying up
a little nest-egg against'olfl ago, and
wondering, sometimes, that there
should have crept into my humdrum
existence tho romance l have told
here -New York Ledger., i
ThdrO are too ninny fellows who
ought to bo blacksmiths trying to
make watches; too many young men
iro trying to he lawyers who ought to
be fanners. It is far bettor to be pro
ficient in the labor to which you aro
born than tube a belch in some pro
fession, and ekoont a miserable exis
tence,-—Trade Gazette,
• 'An Illustrator..
in tho Arkansas legislature, morn-
bor from Sandstone Knob: “Mr.
Speaker: I hope, Air, that you, will
lot mo havo a few minutes’ linio in
which to place mysolf squaiG on tho
record. Yostorday evening: Mr.
Buckley Brown, from Gum Bottoms,
said that 1 had accepted tho ‘present
of a now hut from a railroad super
intendent and hinted, in a way in
clined to aliiig a aousitive man, that
1 had practically sold mysolf. 1
should like to know if there is any
thing in our constitution that pro*
vents a than from acocping presents.
1 say the.ro js not, and, sir when our
constitution arivos aud says that 1
shan’t take everything that is given
to tne, thou 1 will say, ‘Mr. Ooni-
Btitntion, attend to yourown affairs!’
Mr. Speaker, l am a present talkor,
and a8 s an onoounigomcnt to those
Who mny cQ;itom,plate- giving mo
something, lob mo say that my
oapaoity for taking prosonts,
although v well dovolopod, has hot
boon oyortaxod. L may also say that;
tho man who won’t tako a hat, and
thereby suvohimsolf tho expense of
buying oho, is composed of a mix
ture of fool, liar and thiof, I’d ‘bp
afraid, to moot such a man away out
in the woods. 1 would, fool sn'rb
that, ho would knock [me down and
rob me; 1 knowMAh affair in my
oOnutry that strongly illustrates the
dishonesty of men who aro afraid to
accept presents. A rod-boarded fol
low mimed Watson wont to work
foi old man Clark:, and inado him—
self so useful that Clark, who well
know how to approoiato morit, wont
to him and said*:- k * 5
‘“Watson, 1 nover lmd a man that
1 think more of than 1 do yon/ ‘
J fcVjou,’ replied
Watson. * ( 7 f *
‘“And 1 have decided,’ Clark cou-
tiiiued, Mo givo.you my daughter,
Loreua.’
‘“iMiiOh obliged to yon,” said #at-
soh, ‘but 1 ain’t ftcoopliu’ any pros-!
onlH.’
“Well, Mr.* Speaker, that man
wa ; so honest that ho would not ao-
copt tho daughter as a present, bu t
til’ 0 , n^t day ho ran away with
Clark’ wifo. Since then 1 have been
oxtromoly auspicious ot men who are
too high-toned to Accept presents,
ami lo keep other fair-minded men
from suspecting mo, .1. liuvo detor-
»iinod to refuse nothing?'~Arkm-
saw Traveler. *■ ’ ,,
Must He Built>tliut Way.
lT,o was built that way.
Tins answer will fit a great many
question asked about people.
Why docs old Bender stoop over
so far when walking ?
Booause ho was built that way.
Why does Miss Wiggles shako
herself in that ridiculous way at
every step ?
Because sho was bqjit that way.
Why dopa Mrs.; Miociugstop too
in ?
Because sho was built that way.
Why does Mr. Ilykoy, talk load
enqu^h to be hoard in tlie next
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blopk when, his auditor is within a
‘
loot; of him ? . ; ,
:
Booau^fl ho was built that way.
Why do meu and women prosont
/
suqh a yarioty oil shapes stylos and
manners? | '.M
Booauso thoy aro built that way.
O'
If men aro.ijl %hapon in form be-
qauso thpY were built thiib way, may
"Sim
morals for the same reason ? May a
man not bo born a thiof, or a gam
bler, a loafer, just as easily as to
ho born a poet, a mathematician or
an artist ?
Wo often heat’ toll of bonrgoritlb-
mou; also, of born oranks, Is one
pot as possible ns tiro other ? To in
herit certain traits is to bo bdrti tlmt
was, hut men arc born groat without
inheriting greatness. They lmvo it
thrust upon thorn. Vory few mou of
genius can hold their an,oesto:s r«-
sppnsipjo for it. 'I’hoiiv parohts know
nothing of it, _and woro tho last to
roOoghiao the
P\tt.3burg Dispatch.’\jjjj$l
, Silo Knew Hor Business.
Ho was mvturally bashful, and in
bpjvprbflOncO was as dutrjb as an oys-
ibr. Sho mulorstood him, and ono o-
voningasked him plainly what made
hini so silent whenever he oallod on
bor.
“1—or—1 don’t know,” ho stain-
merodj “1 always ali—havo gome-
thing to say before yon come in, but
1 cant got it out.” “Indeed ?”-sho
said oncourngitigly,
“Yos l am like a bottle that is cor
ked up tight.” ?
“Very tight, Mr. Smith ?”
“Yos, indeed, very’ ”,
“Wall, that isn’t so bad as you
think. There is one good thing about
it.”' I
,“What is pray?”
“W.liy, yon know, the tighter a
bottle is corked tho more forcibly it
pOpH
and now she doesn’t care whether he
talks or not. Sho is content to do it
all liersolf. “-Merchant Traveler.
An Eustorn paper, hoad-Iinirig ila
local matters, intended to have the
head lead, “The City in Brief,” hut
ft typographical orror made it, “Tho
Oily in Grief.” Guom Unit proof
reader was tic a mm i.mg.
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A beggar, to idl uppoararico slight
ly befogged, thus uccostod a pasaor-
b.y :
“Sir, would you please give mo a
little money to buy ,t bit of bread,
for 1 am so dreadfully thirsty that 1
don’t know wliero I am lo get a
night’s lodging.”
k . IHm Hlrdliiig.
“It ain’t cv’rybo'dy I’d trust my
littlb.giil toy” said old Farmor Skin
ner to tho Ipvo-“|or ,V‘ yotVtig granger
who had booomo emtiftOrod with Miss
Sally Skinnor rthd wished to carry
her from tho loving care and shelter
of tho homo nosfc,
Tho “liLlle gal,” who was 5 fr«t
and 11 ihchos in her barefeot (us sho
w|is at that uiombtil j, hid 'her ha][)py,
blushing faco on tlio dear, fond old
fatiior’s shouldor, and wept happy
lours as ho said to tho deeply moved
lover:
“You must tako good kerr of my
woo hi idling, Jack, Ricollect tliut
she's boon raised kind o’tondbrliko.
Two acres a day is all 1 over asked
hor to p|ow, and an aero of corn a
day is all gho’s used to lioeiiig.
“Slio kin do light work, sicli as mn-
kin rail fences and digging post holes
and burning brush, and ull that, but
ain’t used to regular farm, work, and
you musn’t ask too much of hor. Tt’s
hard for her old dad to give his little
sunshino up. He’ll havo to split Ilia
own oord wopd and dig his own ta-‘
(oib now. But go, birdio und bo hap
py P’—Ex,
His Narrowest 12scaiio.
“/presume, General, you havo
had some very narrow escapes,” said
a pretty Dupont Oirclo girl to uu old
warhorso of oclibato proclivities.
“Oh, yos ; chat is part of our busi
ness,” ho replies nonchalantly,
“Toll mo about some of thorn. /
do lovo storiea of adventuro when Mia
atory-tellor is tho adventurer. Tell
mo the very worst of them all,” sho
oriod with a pretty flush of excitod
intorost.
“Um—tun,” ho muttered, scratch-
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w
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ii, E i h JSH9S . ing his head, so as to sort them over
Ho grasped tho situation at onco, , ,, , ■ , . L
,i nmv ,i, imM fc kochoicest ; “mn lot mo see
,;
\. A '
well, / was ongtq
once,”
Ono was all she
ington Critic.
;od to bo married
wanted
-Wash-
f-t^f
The “sooioty Hum” it dejcrihod to
bo a youtIt who dovoten more time to
airanging his noekim than cultiva
ting i i! mind.
Tho blacksmith is the wor
ot a hero, lie can make a wheel
tired.—Ex’.
i’hirlooti members of the Congress
that lias just adjourned wero added
to tho death roll, This martality is
said to he without precedent.
“Ben Butler, Lowell'ti foremost
* On ? l ejaculated Mrs. Sprigging, “/f
IhV J.owolIV son. what’s he or!5 his-
H.-if Bit;ler foi ?'*