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AMERICUS, GEORGIA, SUNDAY. AUGUST 24, 1884.
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urFICE OX COTTON AYEM E,
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C. It. McCRORY, |
A'lTORNEY AT LAW, I
JiL!,AVII,LE, GA.
TERM*?—All «Win» from $30 or under,
Dr. 0. i RAINES,
SIIRUEON AND PHYSICIAN.
>rt*r» Ini' proiesslonal sorvicos, with an t-xpei
i' <>t 20 lo tho nco|do of Amorim* at
miy Office over I»arf« & Cal In way’* Stoic. K
i,. t .gi corner of .liicljson and Church atm*!
will receive prompt nttmtlon. >«n9rtil
GREELY’S EXPEDITION.
RESULTS (JA1NE1V 1IY THREE
YEARS OF SUFFERING.
EiliatiMf t Oretlr Exprenci a Belief
Phenomena, Etr.
dr.c. a. brooks,
AMERICUS, OA.
Calls left at pjvenport’a druu store will rwolvt
i,r,,ni|.t attention. Will be round at nljrht at tin
' . ...» .r<i«i u ii iiawL-in* pnroer Lpc nn*
may 5 8m.
MISCELLANEOUS.
Neil Pioliett,
TAIaHOTTON, - - - - GEORGIA
Will do Plasterin*, Brickwork and Housework
Caisoidincfi specialty. Uepalrin« dona. Order*
promptly attended to. octStf
Fresn Meats
COUNTRY PRODUCE!
I uni now prepared to furnish the f nbjlc with
hoice meat*, such as Beef, Pork, Mutton, und
Ki l. 1 nlso have on hand at all time* chickens
and Kf»*. Come around ond try me. Houili aide
Cot too Avenue, next dour to I\ II. Williams,
funclltr W. V. HAUE.
GIN WORK.
£ I would respectfully Mate to the public that
I am now prepaired to
REPAIR OLD GINS I
pan Rive satlsfactluu. All work Runrsti-
I am located with mv father on .IctrerMHi
n rear of Oliver A Oliver’* ahop. Work
I. |may28■'•ml P, A. CAMERON.
I’dw* J. MiUer. C, Hornce McCall.
POWDER
Absolutely Pure.
PTi Is powder ucver varies. A marvel of purity
strength und whoiesomaqe**. More economical
than the ordinary kinds: and cannot »>e nold in
competiou with the multitude of low trst, short
light, nlnm or phosplmto powder*. Sold only
infantile Blood Purifiers
and Skin Beautifiers.
A hiNltlve Cure for Kvery Form i.t
Nkln anil lllooil IIIm'Uno*, from
l*ini|ilrN to Nrrofula.
JNPAXTII.E .and BirthJFjnmors. Milk Crest,
in*. Scaly. I'iinuly.1*rE»us •n^Tnher'ited I)it£
eases of the ItUai. Skin. and Nralp. will, loss of
Hair, from InUncy to A*e. cured by tiie t UTli'CHA
RKsm.VK.MT. the a-w blood purifier, .eternally,
and'CVTtruiA and CvrjrviiA Hiiai*. the Krest^Jkfn
“OUR LITTLE BOY." 1
. Mr and Mrs. Everett Rtehhins, Belchertown.
Mams., write: ,, Our little boy was terribly afilictcu
with Hcmfula. Halt Uheuiu and Erysipelas eve*
Since he wax born, and not hin* «« could *ive hi
helped him until wearied **
Portsmouth, August IT For
the purpose of obtaining some idea
of the general nature anil probable
value of the scientific observations
made by Lieutenant Greely at Lady
Frankiin Iiay, an Associated Press
agent visited the Lieutenant at his
cottage on Seavia Isle Saturday
evening. Be very, wrdtally
received by Lieut. Greely, and
when he stated t tbp, objpdt, of his
visit .tile Lieutenant at finite wlf*
lingly consented to give, all infor
mation desired. Lletiteibht'ffreely
first stated tile object of the Lady
Franklin Bav expedition, .viz., to
establish at Lady Franklin Bay a
polar station—one of thirteen sug
gested oy Lieutenant Weyprecht,
of Austria, who discovered Franz
Josef Land. Simultaneous obser-
o( the men said they had never
passed two happier years than
those spent at Fort Conger. On
the loth of October the sun left
them for 135 days, and twilight
varying from Imlf an hour to
twenty four hours succeeded for
two months. It wa9 so dim that
the dial of a watch could not be
read by it. On April 1 lth the sun
came above the horizon and re-
mained there 135 days, giving the
party a great sufficiency of the mid
night sun. During three months
the stars were visible constantly,
the constellations of Orion’s Belt
and the Great Bear being the
brightest. The North star looked
down from almost overhead. Stand
ing alone outside the fort on one of
these nights the sceno was weirdly
grand. To the north flamed the
aurora borealis and bright constel
lations wore set like jewels around
the glowing moon. Over every
thing wos a dead silence so hor
ribly oppressive that a man alone
is almost tempted to kill himself,
so lonely does he feel. The as
tronomer of the. party said that
with the naked eye stars of one de
gree smaller magnitude than can
claimed to have seen his open po- were built, and scouts were sent to
lar sea. On the trip of 1883 Look-1 Cape Isabella and Cape Sabine. In
wood reached the highest latitude | a few days they returned. Tbeir
ever attaincd-83 degrees 35 min-1 report sent a thrill of horror to
valions of all physical phenomena ! be seen here in the same way might
were to be taken. Aj complete pro- > be discerned. The moon would
gramme which was to bo followed remain in sight for Irora ten to
was arranged by an international twelve days at a time. The ther-
I child."
v fair
In n lei
it, «>■> in, t
nlali-il May *:
i.v’a laii. and h
arty i-tai
Monumental Marble Works,
MILLER* McCALL, Proprietors.
Sniitl,wont Corner of the Public Square,
AMEIUCUS, GA.
Monuments, Tombs, Etc., Eto.
«rth« hp*t Italian and American Marble.
Iron Hailing for Cemetery Ewcloa-
urea, a Specialty.
‘"'"y _ .
Meat Market
AND
PROVISION STORE.
W.H.&T.M.C0BB
Hhtin* purchased from lime A Col»b I hi* M«»
Market ami provision Blo.e on
COTTON AVBWUB
ki epou hand Iho very l*eel cui* of 1
BKKF, FORK, KID AND SAUSAGE,
Breen Groceries and Provisions,
eiul.ferIn* *11 kinds of VeKetoble* and FrulU III
iln-lr season, Canned Good*, etc. * It I* their aim
«•» keep * first, Um establishment, and tfiv* thair
"■paste?
kiadsofcoantry pre
“WORKS TO A CHARM.”
St. Albans,
works lo a
Cared the
d 1 ;!
“A TERRIBLE CASE."
CbarlanJiUyro llinklo. Jersey City Ueifflit*. N. J,
rite* - "My *on. a lad «*f twelve year*, ws* com
pletely cured of a terrible ca** of Eczema by the
fB.'tmcuKA Rkmkdiks. From the top of hi* head
Hdi the *oles of hi* feel *•« one iuas* of scab*."
Every other remedy and physicians had been
tried in vain.
FOR PALE, LANGUID,
Emaciated children, with pimply, sallow akin,
b^easing/cleausi!i* the Mood and* *kin of fnlirri-
led imparities and eipellin* the #erni*of scrof-
•How io Cui'O N
lid Toilet, Hath i
STILL AT HER OLD STAND.
polar congress, in which represen
tatives of thirteen nutions took
part. The observations in which
the greatest possible accuracy was
to be had were those of tho decli
nation and deviation of the mag
netic needle, temperature of tbc air
and sea, height of the barometer
and tbc mean and maximum rise
and fall ol the tides. AH explora
tions were incidental to the main
objects of tho expedition. The ex
pedition was fitted ont under au
thority of an net of Congress ap
proved May 1; 1880. The party
was composed of three olllccrs of
tbe'army, ono acting assistant sur-
gcon and nineteen enlisted men
kemkdiiw, 8e | ectcd recommendation from
the ranks of tho army. Stores for
twenty-seven months were put on
the Proteus for tho party. The
Proteus steamed away from St.
John, X. F., July 7, 1882, with the
party on board. Shu touched at
Disco Islaud and Upernavik to pro-
cure sledges, dogs, skins and dog
food. Two Esquimaux were added
to the party at Proven.' A landing
Wa". made at Carey Island, in North
Water, and provisions cached by
Narcs in 1875 in tho Alert were
found in.good condition. At Lit
tleton Wand Lieutenant Greely
personally recovered the English
Arctic mail left by Sir Allan Young
in the Pandora in 1870. At Carl
jtitter Bay, in Kennedy chiinnel, n
cache of provisions for use on the
retreat was made. It was the origi
nal intention to establish the polar
station at Water Course Bay, but
the heavy masses of ice which were
encountered rendered Water
Course Bay an exceedingly dan
gerous anchorage. Moving to Dis
covery Harbor a station was there
established on the site occupied by
the English expedition of 1875.
The erection ol a house was at once
commenced and tho stores and
equipments were lauded. On the
27th of August came the parting
between the Greely party and the
men of the Proteus. The little
band gathered on tbc frozen shore
and watched the Protons as she
steamed slowly down Lady Frank
lin Bay,leaving them to tin: mercies
of the cmul north. O.i the eve of
the same day the temperature sank
below the freezing point and tiie
mometer registered on Juno 30,
1882, the highest temperature at
Lady Franklin Bay which we knew
during our stay. It was 62 degrees
above zero. The lowest was in
February, 1883, and was 00 degrees
below zero. In this February our
mercury froze and remained solid
for fifteeu days, so intense was the
cold. The mercury in the ther
mometer invariably roso during
the storms or high winds. Tho
highest barometer was slightly
above thirty-one, and the lowest
slightly below twenty-nine, show-
ing a great range. The greatest
variations wero in winter. An
cleotrometer, an instrument used to
ascertain tire presence of electricity
was set up, but to the astonishment
of Lieutenant Greely not tbc slight
est results wore obtained. Tho dis
plays ol the aurora were very good
but not to be compared with those
seen at Disco Island or Upernavik.
As far as Lieutenant Greely could
observe, no cracking sound accom
panied the displays, and the gen
eral shape was that of a ribbon.
The southwesterly horizon was tbc
quarter in which the brightest dis
plays were seen. Sir George Narcs
reported in 1876 that no shadow
was oast by tho aurora, but Lieu
tenant Greely says that ho dis
tinctly observed bis shadow cast
by it. There were no electrical
disturbances save those manifested
by the rumbling ofdistant tbuader
heard twice far away to tho north.
In the course of tidal observances
a very interesting fact was uiscov-
cred, viz., that the tides at Lady
Franklin Bay came from the north,
wbils those at Melville Bay and
Capo Sabine came from the south,
The temperature of this north tide
is two degrees warmer than that of
tiie south tide at Cape Sabine.
Why this was, Lieut. Greely would
not venture to state. Ho used in
measuring the ebb and flow of tho
tides a flxed gauge—an iron rod
planted in the mud. Tho average
rise of the spriug tides at Lady
Franklin Bay was found to be
eight feet. At Cape Sabine the
highest tides rise twelve feet. Surf horribly from cold. So they drift-1 Bargain Store, Cotton Avenue,
was observed only twice during cd to within eleven miles of Cape ° > _
Sabine, and wtfre obliged to aban
don tho steam launch on Septem-
ber 10th. Tho back remained mo
tile two years at Lady Franklin
Bay. The average temperature of
the water is twenty-nine de-
_ _t th«* W»wMt price*.
* price u«id for Cattle, llog*,
—iry proanec,
erica*, D<c. IB. IWtf.lf
All! KTIVn AY Mf'YYAY VTRFpT II icy Arctic winter was on ibem in grecs above zero, or three degrees tionless for three days,and several
Ulilr 313,111 Ull JitUBOUil outer.. I, carne8 ^ Tlictr tioii.c was flni'shed j below the freezing point. Wolves times the party got within two or
{3T M • H«liie« ulTi'n, hcr-lnwp lhanka to lilt*
nrmbrr* nftli* Or.- hjr vhow noble
„n. Mb. woh ,-vril from mtIoii. 1i»» ilurlOft the
,, a,„i timll.xl her in free! her frlrnil. nt the
ICO eh,-re they have Inez hren oeetnitnme.1
tin,l her. apnltti
about u week alter the Proteus j weighing ninety pounds were killed
left. It was named in honor of j around Fort Conger, aud there are
Senator Conger, "Fort Conger.”| toxes and other animals there. Of
During the first month the cold | fish there is a wonderful scarcity,
affected the men more than at any > Perhaps the greatest surprise of
utes north. This was about 300
miles directly north of Lady Frank
lin Bay; but to get there ho travel-
od over 1,000 milos, open water aud
brokon packs frequently causing
him to retrace his steps 50 miles.
Lockwood sounded the sea both
years between Cape Bryant and
Cape Britannia, but aould not
touch bottom with 135 fathoms of
lino. Markham,a fewycara before,
obout 100 miles to tho west, got
bottom at 76 fathoms. Lockwood
found at his furthest point north
about the samo vegetation as at
Lady Franklin Bay, hut no signs
of a polar ourrent or open polar
sea. In 1883 ho was stopped near
Cupe Bryant, 125 miles from Lady
Franklin Bay, by an opan channel
extending west to tho coast of
Grinnoll Land. The width of this
channel varied from 200 yards lo
five miles, bnt on the north the ice
peaks extended ns far as could be
seen with a glass. With his sup
ply of provisions, the failure of
which had caused his return tho
year before, Lockwood was confi
dent that lie could have reached 85
degrees if this open channel had
not barred his way. No fossil re
mains wero discovered on this trip
and the only ones found were the
trunks of trees on the southwest
coast of Grinnell Land. Tho ocly
sea animals seen by Lockwood at
83:25 were the walrus aud seal,
and, strange to say, the walrus is
not to be found at Lady Franklin
Bay. At 83:25 the deflection of the
magnetic needle was 104 degrees
west, more than oneloarth of tho
circle. As far as Dcokwood went
the northeastern trend of tho Green-
land coa9t still continued. Maps
of the new regions he discovered
are in possession of Lieutenant
Greely and are very carefully
made. All through the two years
at Lady Franklin bay tho magnetic
needlo was never quiet except dur
ing storms In February, 1883.
Procurations for tho retreat wero
made by establishing a depot at
Capo Baird, twelve miles to. tho
south.
Day after day the anxious men
looked off over Lady Franklin Bay,
expecting the ico to open so they
might commence their journey to
wards homo. At last on August
19, 1883, the welcome nows that
the floe was open was brought.
AH had been made ready, and that
day the party embarked in a little
steam launoh. Behind thorn they
left their dogs, as they could not
he taken. Four barrels of pork
hnd some seal were loft for tho ani
mals. Lady Franklin Bay was
orossed to Capo Baird, a distance
ol thirteen miles, and then the
western const of Grinnoll Land was
followed south us far as Capo
Hnwkcs. Largo quantities ol heavy
ice were met, and there was ex-
treme danger that every moment
tho little launch would bo crushed.
Several limes all the boats were
nearly lost. The suffering of the
men was great. Tlioy wero now
within fifty miles of Cape Sabine.
Striking from Capo Hawkcs direct
for Bates Irland, the party was
caught in nn ico pack and frozen In
ten miles south of Cape Hnwkcs.
In thirteen days they drifted south
twenty.flve miles on floes, sufloring
every heart. At Cape Isabella anil
Cape Sabine were found only 1,800
rations, and .from the Oarlington
records, they'learned the fate of
the Proteus* Every one knew that
death must come to nearly all the
party long before a ship of rescue
could force its way into Melville
Bay. Efforts were, made to sustain
the spirits of tho men by leotures
and light resding.^On October
15th the party’ removed to Cape
Sabine. On January 18th Ser
geant Cross died of souTvy. In
April the rations issued daily had
dwindled to four ounces of meat
and six ounces of bread. Man
allor man died and all hope had
fled when on that stormy day the
blast ol the Thetis’s whistle roused
the survivors from the lethargy of
approaching dcntlf.
Lieutenant, Greely, when asked
as to bis ideas upon the probable
results of tiie Arotio expedition,
said: "I dO- hOt thlnk the noftll
pole can be readied- • unless every
olroumstaoce hitherto found to tie
unfavorable ehottld prove favorable
to the party* attempting to reach
tho pole, If it is to bo done at all,
I 1 i 10 "? by «W!PW.
Josef Land. It could never have
been reached by tbe Jeannette
route. That tfiere Is an open polar
sea I am well nigh certain. This
is proved by tho ico drifting ont of
Mussel Bay-- and: Bpltzburgen in
midwinter, and the northern drift
or the polar pack experienced by
Pnvy and Lockwood in 82 degress
and 25 minutes. A man can atand
two winters very well at Lady
Frankliu Bay, but the physical
strength rapidly deteriorates. If
we had every supply and necessa
ry of food wo could have lived per
haps eight ot ten years at Lady
Franklin Bay."
AlARB,
To all who are suffering from tbe error*
and indiserttlons of yOntb, nervous
weakness, early deasv loss of manhood,
&o., I will send a ipe that will cure
you, FREE OF f fiAllGE. This great
remedy was discovered by a missionary
in South America. Send a self-nddressed
envelope lo the Rrv. Joski'u T. Inman,
Station D, Hew York Oily
In a very short time I will
move into the two. stores now
occupied by Messrs. J, B. Dunn
and R. T. Byrd & Son,—botli
madp into one—and before mov
ing I will sell as much of my
stock as possible at prices that
will suit purchasers. This, like
my former otters, is genuine nnd
will be carried out to the letter
Come nnd be convinced,
S. M. COHEN,
three miles of Gape Sabine, only to
lie drifted back by southwest gales.
Five seals wero killed and eaten
while tbe party were drifting about.
Eventually a heavy northwest gale
subsequent lime at Fort Conger. I the expedition was the landing, drove them by Cape Sabine, within
KNOW THYSELF.*
J Great Medical Work on Manhood.
Kxhautted Vitality, Xt-rrou- amt l'hy-lcal file*
Later on, iu December, the lem-; from Lake Alexander, a fresh water
- j pci-attire sank to from 50 to 65 do-: lake fifteen feel above the sea level
11 I’ll fillip lip fUkUT I grees below zero, and remained ' a four pound salmon. From the
tlhldJiltl WUli 1 SI ISMJI' j (. or days a» a time, hut even in that i bay or sea only two very small fish
, j weather the cook's favorite amuse- - were taken during the entire two
{ ment was d.tncing Imreht-.ided, i years, and very few arc to lie found
i‘.,ris, neat Tiiirty Day, wi- w-n otir Kniirt?; burearnicd and with slippered feel north of Cape Ssltine. The vegc
‘un*. middle a.
npli»u* for all*
tilting frotulin-
or *v»-ry man
125 pre- ]
found l-r tho i
If II ISKIJtS, IV IS US, gan.
It It.4 X JPIKS
•* of which I* Invaltiabli
*»'•*, who** experience ‘or 5H year* Is such ns I
probably never W taro fell to the lot of any phy*l- !
300 I®?'" bofuA la btMftffttl french muslin, I
er*v#nh foil gilt, guaranteed to fitter i
***? n* every reuse—mechanical, literary and
ITufeuioBal—tlutii ftty Other work sold In this I
'<»aittry for |2.50 t or the money wiU be refunded
AT COST!
From a Quart,to a 1 Barrel.
fiSTittKEi ^“^V. , u. b 'sSi , ''£; , ! •*"
•Joll medal awarded the author by tho National
refers** A “ oci!l * lo,,i to the whirl* be j
Thiabook should be read bv the young tor In- |
, r't'liou, « n d by theafflii*lid for relief. It will j
'^Hl^ULondanFancrt.
i.J.1 **?.!• ttqnabe.* «f s icicty to whom tbi i
not to useful, whether youth, parent
guardian, instructor or clergy in* n. - Argonaut !
W ti IValwdy Medical Institute, or Dr.
Pbrter, No. 4 Balfincb Street, •Boatoti, !
notH? eonanlted on all disease* re-
1“*'** “d experience. Chronic and obatl>
S**.tte“!‘‘ ** “»r '
*«* treated i
oat an Instant
mstcMwiw
dut have baffled the up* | aklll :
physicians a speei IT trtl^Jty.
SHE’""THYSELF
on top of the show drift. During talion at Lady Franklin Bay is
the'lav tho inen dressed in ordi- ubout the sarau as at Capo Saliinl,
nary outside clothing, hut. their | and comprises mosses, lichens, wil-
flannols were very heavy. Five of lows ami saxofrage. Snow storms
the men were generally, lor part of - are ol course most frequent and
the day, engaged i. scientific work rain falls very rare. Tim highest
under Lieut. Oreely’s direction., I velocity of wind was registered
and in tlpiies ot the camp. The during a terrific snow storm—sev-
rcst ol the men were employed gen-! enty miles per hour,
erally .bout one hour u iiay, and Loockwdod’s trips to the north
devoted tbc rest of the lime to i in 1882 and 1883 were productive
amusement. All slept tit hunks., of most valuable results. Stand-
| Tfie quarters were heated by a ; ing on the Ifith of May in each year
I large coat stove, the average heat where Dr. Haves hail formerly
I ‘ maintained being 00 degrees above stood at about the same day, Lock-
•'zero. Playing checkers, cards and ! wood, from an elevation of 2,000
: chess and reading were the chiel ’ feet, using hi. strongest glass on
BVANS& XIEBRITT, j amusements of the evening. Tho | Hall's basin and Robeson channel,
Ciit.on Av-npr, oppnat, itfltei. life wa. >ai^ by Lieut. Greely to could discover nothing but Icc-
- 7 IbeTfiF from Ik lonely onc.and nmny l paoki. Here it was Dr. Hayes
us be Sort* buying •■bwwbfif*. (Jh
lUuwmbtr tli.it at these I*»w Price*
bargi* any i.’<r<xi*, *»•*
iff*rd
i a. i
a milo of Brevoort Island, but they
could not land. On September 22
tlicro arose the most terrific gale
they had yet seen on the Arctic
Ocean. Their Hoc was driven
hither and thither by the tempest
and the waves washed over them
again and again, the spray freezing
to them intense suffering. Night
came on, one of inky blackness.
The wind threw tbc heavy llocs to
gether and crash after crash ol ice
breaking from their own floe warn-
cd tbe men that death was near
them. No man knew at what min
ute the floe might break up and
the waters engulf them. Tho first
fninl light of dawn showed them
that little remained of the floe upon
which they were. The sea washed
another close to them. Closer it
came, and at lastatthe wovd the men
succeeded in getting upon it. Tbe
storm slowly subsided and they
? lined the land at Esquimaux
'ofnt, near Baird Inlet on Septem
ber 29. Here the winter quarter.
jnlylfitf
XTotioo Buildwcai.
We will let to contractora the bnildlng
ot a brick church at Americas, Ga., on
20th inst Sealed bid* will bo reooived
up to that date. For Information see
Brace & Morgan. Atlanta, or plan* and
BpeoiflcalionH in the handii of Bev. I. T*.
Vast, American, Ga. Committee reserve
the right to rejeet any and all bide.
For Sail* I
THE WONDERFUL ROOK,
V. \V. COKE It, of Oregon,
Formerly of Americmi. Ga. Price 50c and
$1 each. Apply to 4 no. M. Cokf.ii,
Cotton Arenne, Americas, Ga.
Angast 10.18N4. m2
‘ FOR RENT.
The late residence of L. C. Barrelt, nn
Cbnrob Street, now occupied by A. A.
Adams. Possession given September 1,
18M.
Also, in East Americas, a good fonr-
room dwelling, kitoben, eta, fonr acres
of land io tot. Possession given imme
diately. Apply to Jko. At Cokbu.
Aagast 20th. If
TOFLAMnm
A gentleman of experience and well rec
ommended desires a situation as overseer
of a plantation. For farther psrtlonUrs
en i*ire at this ofllco. sugli tl