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5T ART FOUND.
. Anniston (Ala.) Hot-Blast.]
I the good fortune to meet a gen*
ie grandest and
y of any ago.
■ ;rain to Cm-
.. ati was Mr. C'liarlea Williams, who,
Sen a young man boforo tlio war,
Norristown, Pa„ alter serving
time in a railroad maoliinn
to take charge of a
aotive on one of onr aonth-
lie o'oso of tlio war li >
Dt to tionth America to tako charge
’ionie mining engineering on tlio
Whenl met him ho was on bis
nek to his o!d homo after an
lenceof thirty years, Shortly liofoio
biag *
VVjMwing
Jftll
jver tlio cemetery or niglit had settled
jn the tree tops. Every tree- and you
know the troes at Arlington are large
iud close together—is so covered that
VO i can’t see the limbs. They look
like pyramids of crows, and the ground
is covered, too.
‘•They uro very curious birds," ho
: ontinned. "Early in the owning, be
fore settling down to rdost, thousands
of them will fuss and fly about the
jemetery, now settling upon the trees
then flying up and soaring about, their
---- - - . - wings flashing liko polisnod armor in
>pmg of the engine on . t j ie M(; tting sun. Others walk solemnly
10 engineer had put tt inoug the graves, in search of food, or
cm fly in every direo- B ; t silently ujion the tombstones. Their
me 6t the rods but num ber* increaso rapjiilW as the even
ing advances. They seem to divide Oir
iuto companies, as roosting time Ap
proaches, and drop off in flocks of two
or threo.huni'
rain Bad softened
he earth, so that the driving-whocla
ink in the mud, and ovory effort to
lock up cot tlio engine dceiicr. After
i hour's liar J work the engineer ton-
sided to wait for anutlior cDgino to
ilpliimonqgHn.
I Just then Williams got ont to aoe the
of dchiy. Boeing the engine off
adk Williams wont np telling
xxlr to stop ont of tho way, pat
atlas haud and lifted thu engiuo na
aily as if it hod boon a feather. In
• n t tlio driving wheela started off
lining, covering Williams with
i thrown out from tlio rapidly rovolv-
g roils and oil caps. Everybody was
ghtened, as well as Williams, who
pped ' tlio locomotivo qoinkly,
landde:
bli
pand BJt'W. St : the rods—but
nately uo ono was hurt. Tim on-
i," when trying to got tho engine
glcctod to close tho valve, so
’ was lifted off tlio
j not being turned off,
;i ed like lightning.
| the aatoniahed.engineer
, and then patting
okce of the driving-
1 tlio engine on tho track
H if it bad boon a pound
During tho balance of the trip
twaa regarded by the engineer
' i os a man from hados
h America.
he baa boon waited on by a
jfof the leading men of Cin-
Afayor William Moans,
" Bhillito, Mr. Sintou
1 something of his
Ho told them ho
,tlio .Andes, made a dis-
‘1 him to overcome
ion, and he or any
the samo means could
I weight, no matter hew
i woro aetonisliod
lied of the fact.
Ethia discovery there
^effect on enginoor-
nd all calonla-
ug possiblo.
MM, in tho morning for
( jficncM home. Ho was
kieged last night by persons
to lift them out of ’their
lioh'said bo would bo one In
”“ould give Williams $6,000,-
,1 tiio hbovo special to
(Blast, detailing the wonderful
Mr. Williams, wo woro stir-
‘Woabtfd Ito nconiocy. But
VfUienis has discovered a lost
r that llio Egyptians oneo
ffe find in history this
—Jfj?- -
lids required the labor of
tinea for many years. It
that tlioy were tho aepnl-
They avo in sovcral
nco from each other,
nks of the Nile. There arc
r of them, many being small
*'• ruined condition. The great
ftp! Qizoh or Jeezeli is 4S0 feet
on area of thirteen
l^flomo of tho hugo stones weigh
1 tons each, and wero dragged hull-
l of miles from tho quarry. It ia
.•ted that it would take '-’,1)00 men
_S years to bring ono of those stones
-the pyramid; and it must have re-
* 1 much mechanical knowledge and
ower (o lift rack enormous
„ .o thoir places in tho pyramid."
Jtaat think of it I One of tlieso atones
.'bed as much as our cotton factory
tiding, and yet tho Egyptians could
1 did handle them with case.
As Obaervl.c Elephant.
™^™glpbkago litre Id.]
of young elephants which
' f provided with a home at
sburg zoological gardens
1 fed with cakes and other good
ga to such tb extent by visitors’ to
I gardens that thoir health greatly
,j it beeame necessary to in-
,o public was requested to
eke generous iu its offbnngs, and
.request being not generally nt-
ledfo, a notice to tho aimc effect
jjMSftd on a metal plate fast led
~t the entrance of their liouso. This
rto si tain the object in view, ami
H continuing to find tho elo-
*KtU -pastry, an official was
1 •( the entranco to rail atton-
a notice. The animals observ-
never tho latter ruisod his
> to tho aign, buns and
1be given were withheld,
1 dusiouu and acted
When their
i one morn-
ho ground in
- that a new
nd placed
ir.l
pid. There’s
L fellow, but
lion with n
_ I the use
crauco prin-
' day and am
> like a glass
you undcr-
1 fool of
ist’s what
And oven
nt him Uraglo
| said anything
CROWS AT WABHINQT
rile Part They Play tn Preserving
the Health or the Inhabitant*
[Cor. Cincinnati Tlmse-gtslt]
Ono of the professors at the Smith-
Ionian has evolved some curious theo
ries about crows and the effect they
have on tlie health of Washington. Ar
lington and tho dopsewoois Of tho
Virginia lulls thereabout 'ore the
•roosts” of countless Hooka of erowa.
This professor estimates thorn ut some
thing like n million. These carious
oirds, which ho has iitndied a good deal,
are of groat valno in koeping Washing-
ion us healthful a city as it is.
They go on tho river flatsin tho oven-
jig just before roosting time and clean
iway much of the refuse which would
- breed miasma. Tliey sro down there
•MW ‘"® tr . a:n .; nearly overy evening digging away on
I ho flats like a gang of workmen—
“ thoysands of them.pt a timo.
through this festival racket ft
pay. It gets people do*n on y
ruins your reputation. Bhort-eo
frauds. You keep uwuv from them.
Don’t go near cream. It’s tho worst
thing yon can get mite 1 up with in
warm weather, .lust you wait until
you bco a feller with a big diamond on
his shirt aud a tombstone on his little
linger shaking up soma sherry and
sugar iu u glass. Keep your vest on
until you See hint put on top yf. the
sherry a piece of pinonpple, a piece of
lemon, a chip of orange, and a sprig of
mint; and thou you get right in among
them anil pass tho summer in good
•ociety. You h'nv me twitter."
■srnorauce Iu Utah Ufa
[Texas Siftings.]
“ You haw got u vorv picturesque pa
per,” remarked an elegantly dressed
ypung gentleman, looking over the
shoulder of a man who was reading a
copy of Texas Siftings.
It is an actual fact, that the young
man, although residing on Fifth avenge,
Now York city, was under the impres
sion that a picturesquepapermeantone
that was full of pictures.
This is almost as good ns the story of
the clergyman, who imagined that gar
bage meant pretty much tbo same as
garb, and who consequently rebuked
the frivolity of tlio Indies whoso dress
or “garbage,” as bq put it, was too ex
travagant.
■lancer In Drags.
[Cincinnati Commercial Qsiette. |
It is rightly observed that tlio great
daugor in using nureotie drugs lios in
the fact that the doso taken to-night
that will not give yon sleep, may to
morrow night pat yon into a sleep from
which you will never wake. As an old
commences in tho
id just outsido of
iiuenaa number of
crows uro scattered out during the day
over a belt of country from Annapolis
to Washington. Tho greater number,
1 think, ’ ■“ ’ “
and
and
,ng such food os tlioy can llnd. Tlioy
h m'Iii to liavo the power to travol a great
distance in a very short time, bnt they
are frequently on very short rations. I
think, however, that the distance of
their feeding ground from thu roost ia
regulated by their strength and a|
v4»y [old nnd feobfa leading 1$ th<
near by, and the others further sway
according to thoir ability to travol.
“Tho slioro of tho bay is, doubtless,
their chief rosort for food, and they
have almost .qxtcrmiuated ono of our
greatest table luxuries, the torrapin,
which formerly abounded in thu bay
und lower i’otomne, by, in certain sea
sons, destroying their eggs. Tho ter
rapin. in tho breed in; season, lay their
' ggs along the shore, burying them in
the sand, pressing the sand over them
with thoir breasts. In this way tho
cross mark on their, breast loaves an ini-
pressiun in the Band which enublca tho
crows to llnd tho oggs, and they eat
them with all tho relish of an epicurean
taste. The crows rise oarly, boforo tho
wind or tido has had a olmnoo to oblit
erate the mark, and wherover they see
the cross on tho dnnd thoy dig for tho
eggs. ]n this way thoy have almost
done nwav Witlj the |>feed of ternp-
')i ■ill iyierio ’the
it. a 'J [I'itMMrg Ohronlclo,]’ * * }
A dinsipatiul oyutcr thntluul just com-
plotoil u wintor'H round of orgies at
church fairs and Bund ay school sup-
porH, mot a young aud unsophisticated
strawberry ou its .tifst trip from homo.
*Tvo au ovo on you," said the oyntor,
leering at tho strawberry in a way that
mudo it blush. “Como up to ’tend tho
spring festivals, I suppose?"
M I thought of so doing, sir," modestly
replied the strawberry.
“doing to take in Chautauqua Lake,
Ocean drove, aud so ou, webbe?"
“Yes, sir."
“You’re the short-cake feller that
goes around with his f(ico tied up iu
sugar nnd cream, ain’t you?"
“ ltcallv, sir, I have seen but littlo of
the world as yet, but ”
“’1 hat's all right. Now just vou take
tlio advice of au old rounder. I’ve boen
ifta’t
it
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■n
f'.r.
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M THE OLD PRICES WITH THE NEff
-AT
ONLY
op
d, dropping suddenly
idng the trees.
, grounds stretch out
in a direct line to the bay, toward An
napolis, and they feod all along the
route. Tho 'feed 1 coir»"« l,rtrt “ »"
open holds in Maryland
tlio district, and an imrn
IN AMBRICU8.
Wft promised in issue of the Recorder of January 2d, to give you some prices so soon as
we arranged and marked down our goods. We are now prepared and ready to give you more
goods for less‘looney'than any house that sell goods on thirty days time.
Contemplate a ftiw .quotations and note the difference in SPOT CASH prices and thirty
days credit:
Flour. Flour.
In this article we stand head and shoulders above everybody, having ransacked the big
markets of the West and Northwest in search of the best, and paid the CASH DOWN. We
will sell you First Patent, (entire Roller system)
For 60 pounds,-i.
2d Pat., for 50 pounds,
.... $1.90. Old price
1.70. “
Fancy, for 50 pounds, 1.60. “
Choice Family 50 pounds, 1.50. "
We guarantee all these Flours as represented, and if not satisfactory you can return them
and we will cheerfully refund the money.
I In future we will.keep on hand the best grades of GRAHAM FLOUR - *cheap.
..$2.15.
.. 1.90.
.. 1.80.
.. 1.65.
The fire very unceremoniously moved us
out of our old store on the night of March
26th, where we have been doing business for
over seventeen years, but having secured the
store formerly occupied by J. W. HARRIS &
00., next door to Waxelbaum’s, on Cotton
Avenue, we are again ready for business.
Some of our stock was damaged by removal,
and as the insurance companies paid us in full
for all such damages, we are prepared to sell
them at a GREAT REDUCTION and not lose
any money by so doiug. We have ordered
new tools, fixtures, material, <5cc., to take the
place of those destroyed, and will be fully
prepared to do all kinds of work in a few days.
We saved all our Pianos, Organs and Sewing
Machines, and will guarantee bargains in them,
as in everything else. Call and see us in our
new quarters. Don’t forget the place—Cot
ton Avenue, next door to Waxelbaum’s.
James Flicker & Uro.
fa WMgwaMfl
Will sell you 10 pounds Granulated Sugar for $1.00.
“ lOf pounds New Orleans Clarified for. L00.
“ 11 pounds New Orleans (Bellewood) Clarified, for LOO.
. , 12 pounds New York Sugar, for 1.00.
In this line we are fully up and advise everybody to seize the golden opportunity and pur
chase at once a sufficiency for tlie year’s consumption.
Coffee. Coffee.
In this article alone (by buying from us) we can save you money enough in one year to buy
all the “Santa Claus” you want lor the little ones. We deal 6J pounds Choice Fio Coffee for$l.
Thurber’s No. 41, (Roasted) a combination of Java, Rio, and Mocha, for 23c per pound.
M- Salt. Salt.
Liverpool, full weight, for $1.20 per sack. Fine Salt, seamless bags, 150 pounds,' $1.05 per sack
We are slaughtering nt the very low price of $1.15 per cwt. to make room for a car load of
SEED POTATOES.
In this line we art full to overflowing, and to unload we have reduced the price on all grades
from 25c to $1.00 per gallon. Think of it! Cox, Hill & Thompson’s genuine Stone Mountain
Com Whisky for $2.20 per gallon, usually sold at $2.50,
and Cigars.
We can undersell anybody—we offer “Lucy Hinton” “t 57c per pound, and all other grades
proportionately.
We regret that we have not space sutfleient to give fiill and complete quotations’ on all of our goods, bat
you will bear from us occasionally. Remember that by njving your goods from us and paying SPOT CASH
you do not pay from 36 to 60 per cent, for bad debts, as usual In oredit store.
A Word as Regards the Penny l
To all those who scout at the idea of Introducing the Penny in Amerious, we say that we stand ready
to redeem tn goods or the cash any amount from 6c upwards. Bring them along and get their fell valae at
TIE MIT ENT MSI STORE II AIERKffi.
FIRST DOOR SOUTH OF J. W. WHEATLEY & CO.’S BANK.
Vefry titily,
i SCHUMPERT & RONEY.
Americus, Ga., January II, 1884.
Amerious,
Georgia
BOOKS!
HAVING MY STOCK THAT WAS I,EFT FROM THE FIRE IN ORDER.
AND REPLENISHED WITH NEW GOODS, I AM NOW PREPAR
ED FOR RU8INESS. NEW GOODS RECEIVED DAILY.
BOOKS -I- AND C: PERIODICALS
AT PUBLISHERS PRICES!
Best and Cheapest Writing Paper and En
velopes in town!
Croquet, Base Balls,
Hammocks, Chess, and
Light Reading for Summer Days.
BUTTERICK’S PATTERN GIVEN AWAY.
NEXT DOOR TO POST OFFICE.
AGNBS AYCOCK-
AMBRICDS, GA.
■Wilt , .1 . .
Wlieatley’s Corner-
Ho! every one in need of Clothing,
“COME AGAIN” to Wheatley’s Comer and bn)
The aplemliil «urce»« which atlended|nur*efforta.ln Introducing the rale of
PIJSTE CLOTHING
n our c » ha*Induced i
»Id bring out tor the Spring trade the largest, handaomest and
moat complete line of
Perfect Fitting Clothing
EVER SHOWN IN AMERIOUS I
Theio good* have been selected with great care atul possess J on elegance of defiffu, beauty of flnbh
and durability of teature, that tew indeed c*n equal, and none surpass. In ever)’ lnrt*iwe we
GUARANTEE PERFECT FIT OR NO SaLE
We harojalso n large and well selected slock of per.'cat lifting
Shirts, Collars, Cuffs, Neck and Underwear!
^ And everything In the way of Gent's Furnishing Guops. Polite and mteailv# Salesmen will t“ k<
pleasure In displaying these bountiful goods whether you wish to buy or not.
THORNTON WHEATLEY,
Wheatley’s Corner, : : : Americus, Ga.
HS^seed^CATALOGIIE
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