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II. C STORKY, Loci Kdllor.
Notice, to Admlnlntratora, Riccatoro
ud Onnrdlana.
Many oi onr friends are anxtoae to
advertise tbe sale or Estate Lands which
they represent, in tbe Beoohobb, but
are uncertain as to tbe requirements ol
tbe law. Under tbs Code (See. 25(H)),
administrators, guardians and executors
select any newspaper baring a general
circulation in Ibe county in wbieh tbe
property to be sold is located. Let our
triends bear this in mind. tf
Change or Schedule.
On and after Sunday, August 20tb,
trains will leave Ameri'eus as follows:—
Pasa. train leaves .or Albany
amt Montgomery daily 12:44 pu.
Pass, train loaves ter Macon d'y 3:21 p n.
Accomodation train for A|bany
daily exceptBunday ... 1:50 am
Accommodation train for Mncon
daily except Bunday 1 :00a m
Freight train leaves for Macon
daily except Sunday 9:40 a a
Freight train leaves forSmithville
daily except Sunday 6:14 p u
H. H. Cni.usn, Agent.
ITEMS AbTS mn aq
—Lawyers are preparing for
their fall trade.
—What are you going to do in the
way of making an exhibition at
tbe coming fair?
—Cotton buyers aro beginning
to smile a smile of contentment
and unutterable fullness.
—New bonnets will soon appear
AROUND TOWN
Amid the Peculiarities at tbe People.
A FEMALE ROOSTER.
‘■I’ve got one tor you,” said Jim
Brady, a few days ago, and tho
smile on his face began circulat
ing.
“Well."
“I was on tba train a few days
ago, and met Dr. Westbrook, of' night’s refreshing slumber, and go
ou our streets carrying along under' Andersonville. The Doctor is a ! out a "d inhale the dewy fragrance
them the usual angelic face. ! good talker, and does but little ! of the sweet cool morning air. Old
—The premium list of the Amer-; blowing. At length the converse
The tail of Summer.
Many nrd glad tosce it,and those
that are not are conllned princi
pally to the people who have enough
money and indpleucc to while away
their time and energies at tavorlte
watering place i. Bnt the great
mass of strangling, sulTocaiicg Im
munity are thankful tlmt they can
rise in the morning, alter n good
TOWK TALK.
* New Yerh Store.
We will sail for the next thirty days our
entire stock ofdry goods, clothing, bools,
shoes, and carpels at greatly reduced
rates to make room for our Fall and
Winter Stook. Parties in need of any
thing in our line will save money by
pricing onr givsls before purchasing
elsewhere.
J. Waxki.dapm & Co.
—When the baby tries to swallow n
leather its mother feels down ill the
m.iiilb.
—A piece of steel is s good deal like a
man; when yon get it red hot it lnsts its
temper.
Money to Loan.
I have places for one $1000, live $500,
end twelve $300 to $400 loans immediate
ly Farmers In want of sneb amounts,
and owning their terms, arc requested to
cell. Mortgage your farms, pay as you
go, and become prosperous. Expenses of
negotiating light- F. E. BURKE,
Successor to First National Bank,
jnly 10 Americus, On.
—Why is tba stomach of an invalid like
Wednesday? Because it is the middle of
the week.
' — 1 "liife is a riddle," say a western ex
change. Yes, lots of people give it up
every day. „
ICE.
BY THE CAB LOAD, TON, TIERCE,
CASK, BABBEL, OB BAG. And would
solicit vour inquiries, wbioh will be
cheerfally and promptly answered.
Kxickeruockeii Ice Company.
I. N. Haiit, Ag't,
June302m. Americus, On.
—Matrimony la a great blessing, be
cause even a blind man has bis eyes
opaoed after a Hills while.
—An editor who was told that bis last
article was as clear as mad, said: “Well
that covers the ground anyhow.”
Skinny Men.
‘‘Wells' Health Ronewcr” re
stores health and vigor, cures Dys
pepsia, Impotence, Sexual Debility.
Tbs watermelons
Will soon he gone,
Wbat will the darkey do?
Why some dark night
He will taka a torch light
And ootoh a ‘poanm or two.
When icecream day
Has passed away;
What will onr darlings try?
They one and all
Will qalakly anil:
“Give ms an oyster fry. ■’
Six circuses are billed for Oeor-
;ia this season.
New Freight Rate.
Arbnt's Office, i
SoornwEs-runN B. B. Co.. J
ices, Ga„ August 28, '82.)
In anil after September let, following
:on rates will he in effect from Ameri
in; a . * . . M
lift flo
Go
Qore
lo9
lelphia
114
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114
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H. if. Coi.i.iBn.
Agent.
Too Many Peas.
ty morning Mr. J. W. Har-
liorsc got out of tbe lot into
«patch and gorged himself,
i afterwards hitched up and
brought to town, and while services
at the Baptist chnrch were in pro
gress he got sick, and for a time it
jgSoOked as though a dead horse was
to be left on somebody’s bands.
.--His harness had to be cat off of him
he was taken from the church
Petty Thieving.
Monday forenoon about half-past
nine o’clock some sneak thief en-
! tered the store of George Stapleton
[ while be was busy nod stole a One
pair of shoes from the rack. A
slight clue has been obtained, and
it is thought ho will be speedily
brought to Justice. Such thieves
-linuld lie summarily dealt- with.
icus Fair Association will lie is-
sued on the first of September.
—Rummer shoes, lists and slip
pers at reduced prices at
Calvin Carter's.
—Our farmers will be able to
settle some of tbeir old debts
this fall and many of them will
do it. >
—Everybody in the city should
attend tbe union thanksgiving ser
vices on Thursday morning at the
Methodist church.
—Some of our young men think
that a visit to Cutbbcrt would be
beneficial to tbeir health, and we
entirely agree witli them.
-Tilery are about 300 dogs in
a certain portion of this town that
we would like to have the pleasure
of wasting some ammunition upon.
if you haven’t been away this
summer it may nrake you rccon
ciled to learn that only five summer
hotels out of six will more than clear
expenses.
—The change in tbe schedule of
the Southwestern, has, after
week’s trial, been unanimously vo
ted a nuisance, and Albany.tbinks
about tbe same.
—It seems that the elements
have conspired with Vennor to
make a muddy place out of Ameri-
ous—at. any rate tbe streets look
that way at times.
—“Piazzaing” is tbe new word
for young couples wbo take in tbe
moonlit balconies and piously de
cline the musical and embracing
temptations of tbe waltz.
—A Tennessee paper announscs:
“Subscribers sent to jail for the
summer season cun get their paper
mailed regularly by notifying us
of the change of address.”
—Appearaccs indicate that Al
bany is going to have a circus.
That’s the straw that breaks tbe
camel’s back. With ber artesian
well, telephone and numerous other
enterprises she seems to be whoop
ing it up for Americus, and now
she will have a circus! Where is
our departed glory?
—When Judge D. B. Harrell, the
Independent candidate for Con
gress from this district, returned
from Montezuma, on last Saturday
afternoon, where lie made bis op
ening speech of his campaign, be
found his room, at the Barlow
House, gaily decked with beautiful
boquets sent him by lady friends
in this city. Several were address
ed to him as the “People’s Candi
date. ”
lion drifted toward poultry.”
“ ‘I’ve got the queerest rooster
at my house yon 'ever heard of,’
said tlie doctor, ‘and I never heard
of his equal. Some time ago there
was a hen setting, and she left her
nest. The rooster .noticed it, got
on the nest, hatched the chicken*
Sol seems to smile kindly ami wil
lingly on all who are up in time to
meet his first kiss, and those that
arc up witli the birds always feel
tbe bettor for it during the long
hours allotcd to business.
Undeniably, the full is the beau
tiful seuson of the year. The blis
tering heat ol the summer lias pass-
see that under the difference of the
eyes of the lookers-on they play
with spirit and vim, oftimes witli
a certain nervousness, as if they
wished to do better timn they can.
Let the attention of the audience
bo drawn elsewhere and they play
languidly and with an air of
abandon and recklessnc-ss, and very
The Grain Product In the South.
There is no doubt that the peo
ple of the South planted and have
harvested a much iurger grain crop
this year than usual. The short
age and the high prices last year
the people were compelled to pay
for breadstuff* and provisions
prompted them to cnlargo their
grain product even at tho possible
diminution of tbeir ow" peculiar
often the glasses arc filled, in order j staples. It will be a mistake, how
to infuse the necessary excitement. I ever, to look upon this prospect as
Take old players, though, men who !“ complete reversal of the ordinary
! conditions of the South. There is
and raised them. I thought it ] c< ' “ wa y> the l lot days for
—An amusing instance of the
inability of the Englishmen to un
derstand American exaggerative
hutnor is furnished by Mathew Ar
nold in an article on America pub
lished in the Niuteenth Century.
Mr. Arnold says some harsh things
of Americans, and to make out his
case, gravely qnots from the Nation
to the effect that in the United
Stales “not one nmn in a hundred
thousand has either the manners or
the cultivation of a gentleman who
changes bis shirt more than oqce
a week, or eats witli a fork.”
—A sleeper is one who sleeps. A
siee|ier is that in which tbe sleeper
sleeps. A sleeper is that on which
the sleeper which carries the sleep
er while be sleeps, runs. There
fore, while the sleeper sleeps in tbe
sleeper, tbe sleeper carries tbe
sleeper over tbe sleeper under tbe
sleeper until tbe sleeper which car
ries tbe sleeper jumps off the sleep
er and wakes the sleeper in tbe
sleeper by striking tbe sleeper un
der the sleeper, and there is no
sleeper in the sleeper upon tbe
sleeper.
might have been just a freak of bis,
lint a few weeks ago be did the
same thing, and I li.ivc every rea
son to believe that be will keep it
up.’ ”
ABOUT SIIAVINU.
“There's lots of time wasted in
getting shaved,” remarked a gen
tleman in a barber shop Sunday
morning. “I think I have wailed
an hour and a half this morning.”
“I wonder how much time is
spent in shaving,” another one ask
ed, meditatively.
A little flgiiiing was done then,
blit we did not listen attentively
and did not bear the result, so wc
present onr own figures.
It will take on an average, 15
minutes to get shaved, counting
the time you have to wait. Now,
say a man shaves once a day, and
there are a good many that do
shave that often. In seven days it
would take 115 minutes, equal to
about 2 hours. In 52 weeks it
would make 104 hours, equal to 4
days and one-third. If a man shaves
50 years it would take about 21Cjj
days (24 hours to tho day), which
divided into weeks makes about 31,
an.I then| making lengtli of the
days at 12 hours, or tbe length of
a day of business, would make a
total of 62 weeks, or over one year
of a man’s life time spent in shav
ing.
These figures are crude and per
haps not exactly correct, but they
are close euough to show that it
takes mere time than most peoplo
imagine.
up TO SNUFF.
“Did snuff come in tbal?” asked
Captain Burnetto of our long-lost
prodical son, Rufus Joiner, Sun
day afternoon, indicating with his
thumb that be meant a huge barrel
standing in front of tbe drug
store.
“Yes, snuff came in that,” and
Rufus patted him affectionately on
tho bank.
“1 thought so. When I was in
Atlanta 1 used to think Americus
used more snuff than any city in
Georgia. Wo usod to send hun
dreds of barrels down here every
year.”
You don’t mean to insinuate
you sell that much snuff here?"
we asked, astonished.
“Wliy, of courso we do. You
don’t suppose we buy it for fun, do
you?” .
‘•N-o-o. ’ But wbo uses it?”
“The ladies and gentleman, of
course,” was tbe answer, witli a
grin, (for whicb.assertioii mid grin
Rufus should In: ostracized from
society.)
But it is an actual fact that
Americus consumes more snuff
than any city of its size in Ibe
state.
work and toil on the plantation is
have played for years, and it makes
no difference to them whether the
crowd be large or small, they'play
witii tlie same carefulness that they
would sign a check.
Why is this difference? . Is it
possible that tbe young billiard
player must have this excitement
to enable him to enjoy life, or is
tlie quiet evening too taiuc for him,
and make him long and thirst for
tho artificial excitement lie gets
over; for tlie time, at least, tbe nn- “»'»>• from tho ones lie loves at
ceasing anxiety of the merchant as
to whether lie can collect enough
money to meet his bills is allevia
ted; the parental care of tlie moth-
er in regard to the good health of
her daughter has ceased; the never
ceasing care of the head of the
family in regard to tho tabic sup
plies is slightly lightened; the
planter sells his cotton; tlie mer
chant Ids goods; the mother dresses
her daughter for fall ami winter
campaign; pater-familiag buys new
potatoes and smiles; tho world
turns over, the bright side up
with care, the hoys buy new cloth
es and once more begin the delight
ful and oil repeated task of love-
making; the birds don new feathers;
everybody is well and inquires af
ter bis neighbor; the whole world
seem glad, and so they go.
It is an intoxicating season of
tbe year. Tlie moon gets full und
smiles benignly down, with a broad
grin on bis face, at the pairs of bit
ing and cooing lovers, who, being
caught, laughingly escape to the
friendly shade of the trees. Tlie
cattle, oven, in their quiet way,
enjoy tlie change, and quietly lie
in tho shado during tlie day or
bask in the moonlight at night.
Tlie dogs, in their delight at the
intoxicating results of the heavy
dew, languidly ghinco out ol tbe
corner of tbeir, nigh eyo at the
passer-by and refuse to bark.
Affcr tlie heavy business duiing
the day of tlie fall months it is a
pleasure to be able to enjoy tlie ev
ening, and there can be nothing
that will make a man feel happier
than a full moon, a quiet cow and
a peaceful dog.
home?
Judge Harrell, tbe Independent
candidate for Congress, made Ids
opening spcecli in the campaign at
Montezuma last Saturday, where
lie spoke from the same stand ns
Gen. Garircll.
Tlie Morning Sky.
Saturn and Jupiter arc begin
ning to sln w conspicuously in the
morning sky. Saturn especially
is now a beautiful object for tho
telescope, as it rises early, and by
2 o’clock a. in., is entirely vlenr of
the mists of the horizon. Jupiter
is ns interesting us Saturn, lint lie
rises some two hours Iiitcr,and will
be better seen in September or Oe
tober. Taurus and Orion and oth
er constellations that make the
winter evenings brilliant, may now
be seen in the morning. T.ie most
wonderful of all is tho Great Neb
ula in tlie Sword of Orion.
-Venus is becoming very brilliant
in the evening sky, throwing ho,"
fiery neighbor Mars completely in
to tbe shade. In tbe telescope-she
now resembles tho moon when it is
a little past half full. Through
the uutumn she will continue to
grow more and more brilliant, un
til she appears ns n thin crescnt, a
silver bow.
PERRON AI. PARAGRAPHS.
Thanksgiving,
It has been suggested t6 us that it
would be tbe proper thing for our
merchants to close their places of
business next Thursday during the
hour for religious service.
Frank Gyles and T. Wheatley
arc taking care of each other in
New York.
Smith Stanfield, with Waxcl-
baum & Co., who has bocu quite
siok, is able to bo out again.
R. S. Head leaves Wednesday
to take bis position in Juban’s
store in Macon. He will fall into
Americus, occasionly, just to see
how things are going on.
Society News.
Those of onr friends who have
any society news to impart, such as
parties, weddings, personals, etc.,
will confer a favor by sending them
by mail or carrier to tbe office by
Friday noon of every week, ad
dressed to '“Chic” our society
correspondent. Tbe favor will lie
appreciated.
A Little Difference.
Ii you ever want logo out of tbe
even tenor of your way and see tlie
perceptinbic difference in the
habits, moods and customs of peo
ple who minglo in tho same social
atmosphere, you must take a walk
around Americus on some Satur
day night. We don’t know why
that particular evening should bo
chosen, but our observation is that
that is the one you must choose.
Probably people arc suffering less
from restraint than usual, knowing
that Sunday can lie hail to recuper
ate in, and naturally show which
way their thoughts and inclinations
tend.
First you limit up some quiet
ami sccliicded spot to begin witli,
s -y a library. You find tbe young
ladies scattered around the room,
generally engaged in reading, dis
cussing some author, or selecting
for the morrow’s reading. Tlie
low hum of voices Oil the room,
giving to tlie senses a feeling o(
restand security. In one corner
a fair maid is apparently absorbed
in tlie volume upon her lap, and to
a casual observer totally indiffer
ent to the low tones of tlie speaker i ioV».
bending toward her, but occasion
ally, as tbe young man grows elo
quent, lifting tier eyes to his faec
Negro Worshippers.
It is a very cxliilurating sight to
witness the enthusiasm displayed
by some of the negroe members of
the two churches here this kind of
weather. For the past summer a
scries of meetings have been held
almost nightly, nml it scorns as
though they would novel' tire of it.
Night after night they meet, sing
and pray, often continuing their
services way into the night. Their
prayers arc long-winded, and al
ways full of exhortation, und just at
the time when the listener would
imagino them to have fairly wound
up, their voices drop to tho ordin
ary tone and the “amen” is said.
Their singing is at limos weird and
fantastic, and not wholly devoid
of music. On tlie whole, their
worship is peculiarly peculiar to
their race, and to any who hove
never paid much attention to it,
would reply for the time spent in
listening.
no likelihood that thore will be .a'
surplus over home consumption in
that section. Outside of Texas
and Northern Ucorgia, the South
will have no grain to sell. The ab
sence of granaries and the attrac
tion of good prices may indiicotlic
producers to put some of their stuff
on the market for export early in
tlie season, but there iB reason to
suspect that later in the season the
South will be a large purchaser of
grain und provisions, as usual. Tlie
Southern people are proverbially
improvident; it is a characteristic
of botli wiiitcs and blacks to live
fully up to tbeir resources. If they
were obliged to stint themselves
last year on account of scarcity
and - high prices, the promise of
abundance will tempt them to over
indulgence. They will feed tbeir
hogs liberally on corn and they
themselves will eat liberally of
pork. Tlie South may not need to
buy so much of the North this year
ns it lias been in the habit of buy
ing, but it is entirely safe to con
clude Hint there will ho no surplus
of grain over consumption in that
section. Hence tho grain product
of tbe South is not likely to be an
important factor in determining
prices. All indications point to a
large yield of wheat everywhere,
and a sufficient supply of corn.—
Chicago Tribune.
New Advertisements.
Situation Wanted L
By a young man of sober and Industrious hub-
lt<4, to superintend farm. Must trado by tbe l&th
of Hftptcmbfr. A dll resit W. T. 8., care Recorder*
•July 28.wOw
For Heat.
Kevt'vul tfioro I looms and apatair rooms to rent.
Ipply aoon.
Aukust .'id.Ini 8. II. HAWKINS.
For Heat.
•Ir.'lrublo dwelling house to [rent on Lnmai
n true I, for terms apply to
Mra. A. Hlmmoua.
A Valuable Farm For Sale.
I offer iny farm, located in Webster
County on Chootehachcd [And Klnclie-
foonco, containing Nina Hundred Acres,
or will sell Eleven Hundred If desired.
It is woll watered, healthy location, and
beautifully situated. For terms apply to
mo. II. t. JENNINGH.
1’reeton, Webster Co., Go.
August, 18th, 1882.
—TIIK—
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..— e — —ftffg miatlro t
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stuling capacity and what wages
wanted.
It gives promlnsnee to all matU ____
Agricultural. Commercial and Political Interests
ortho people, while Its General News, Georgia
and Florida Items und Market Reports Depart*
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Foil Telegraph News from all ports of tho world
op to tho hour or golag to press. Original Glories,
*- *■ o an attractive features of the
by home authors, ai
WEEKLY NEW*.
Ibe pillowing new stories will appear tilts
season: “Ircno Douglas,” by Miss Aille Law.
bora; ‘The Harold Brothers,” by Mrs. Ophcla
nuisit itwu i “Kiglo Rend,” b;
Floyd; “Desire Wentworth,” I
brick; ‘The Rescue.” by Ml „ „
“Mias Littlejohn,” by Miss Eleanor M. Jones.
Every sutwerlber for one jeer Is entitled to any
f the f “-- J —
lend,” by Mra. Mary L
rortli,” by Miss 21 J. Phil-
.** by Miss Jiaey U Hope;
one or ib. following serials of the Mi
Library: * Sombre Monde,” by MUs Mary
Floyd; “Mufflt.” by Mrs. Ophelia Nlsbc-l I
••Through the Years ”bv Miss It. J. PbU
“Rsvlnaeo,” by MD» M. E. Heath: “Tho II
r by Ml.
nrouiosi" by Mat vn
Nora LipmanHussey; “Vasooe; or, I _
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ley,” by Mrs. Ophelia livid; “The
Mothpi,” by Mrs. Mary Augusta Wade; “
ItathuM’s Expiation,” MUs Fannie May
“Make Oat-Hall,” a country story, by Mat <
of (leorgls; “Brantly Farm,” bv IDs Mary
Floyd, of Florida: “Warp and Woof,” by
It. J. Phllbrlck, of Georgia.
as if trying to pierce tlie inmost : (tenpin
The e nsm makes Georgia tlie
tenth argricultiiral slate in tbe
union. VVo give below ibo vulue
of tlie leading crops of ten fore
most agricultural states in 1880,
comprising corn, wheat, rye, oats,
barley, buckwheat, potatoes, tobac
co, bay mid cotton:
Illinois $193,969,298
Ohio 144.602.455
New York 155,550,279
130,271,394
Pennsylvania 128,980,864
Indiana . 112,402,538
Missouri 100,483,913
Michigan 69,833,486
Texas 91,071,998
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.1 WIiliakorHtrcet, Savannah, (Ja.
THE
FA1TTAGHAFH
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depths of bis soul. Hours could
be spent with profit in such a place,
for it seems to be filled with a
sacredncss that nothing can pene
trate.
If you wiab to see another side,
go, say, to a billiard room. The
tables are all occupied, and aitting
room is at a premium. The place
that instantly claims your atten
tion is a table occupied by two
young men. There is a vast dif
ference In their playing when they
are observed and when they arc not
—notice them closely and you will
'
Tlie value of live stock for tlie
same year possessed by each of tho
states named is reported as follows:
Illinois $193,069,298
Ohio..' 109.160,100
New York 130,891.000
Pennsylvania 93,832,000
Indiana 81,435,000
Misaouri 96,633,000
Iowa 124,058.000
Michigan 68,780,000
Texa»?77. 103,972,000
Georgia 30,583,Ooo
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