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Established 1879. JL.. <> M<; HAUj Recorder. AMERICUS, GEORGIA, SUNDAY. AUGUST 24, 1884. Tni-WKEKLY 14.00 per year SlTNDAT 1AO •• •• AMERICUS Recorder. i* PUUM8HKD 11Y , oxiUsskthr. urFICE OX COTTON AYEM E, PKOFKSSIOML&ltUNm CARDS j LA n’VKltS. J 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